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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, '12.
B. F. MILLARD.
Col. B. F. Millard, who has an
nounced himself a candidate for
I he territorial senate, is one of
the best known men on the Alas
kan coast, having been in this
section since 1898, actively en
paged in developing Ihe mineral
resources of this extended min
eral belt.
Col. Millard was horn in Bara
boo, Wisconsin, in 1850, where
lie remained until he immigrated
to Alaska. Back in his home
state he was engaged in the lum-,
bering business; was a member J
of the county board and of the
council of his homo city for sev-l
'•n years; was mayor of his city
for one year; served one term as
state assemblyman and one term
as sergeant-at-anns of the same
body. For four years he was .1
member of Ihe executive commit
tee of Ihe Republican Stale Cen
tral Committee, of Wisconsin, an
experience, in the whole, which
qualifies him well to fill the du
ties of ITie honorable oITiee lo
which he now aspires.
It Fs not an exaggeration to say
that Col. Millard has done more
for the development of our min
eral resources than any other per
son. Since 1898, Col. Millard has
brought to this country $550,000,
all of which has been "expended
in development work, not one dol
lar of which was used as salary
for himself, or expended for per
sonal wants. Of this vast sum,
fully G5 per cent was expanded
for labor. This is wholly exclu
sive of the operations of Ihe ClitT
mine.
Mr. Millard's relations with la
bor have always been amicable!
and there is no known reason why!
those who loil cannot give lheir
support lo Col. Millard, in view
of his past, relations with I hem.
Tn Ihe business world Col. Mil
lard carries a good name for hon
est dealing with those with whom
he has had business lran«ac
I ions.
Altogether, lie is an admirable
candidate for Ihe Third division
to support as a non-parti/.an
nominee to Ihe upper chamber of
the territorial legislature.
MR. CROSSLEY, DISTRICT AT
TORNEY.
We believe that Fairbanks lias
been particularly fortunate in
having as district allorney a man
who has the courage of his con
victions-a man who is not con
trolled by the local party bosses
anil, above all, a man who is
thoroughly honest ami depend
able. This division has been
weighted down with too many ap
pointee** who worship at the
shrine of Mammon and who lake
I heir orders, not from the book of
instruct ions, but from the men
who seek to dictate the politics
of the territory. A man sych as
Mr. Crossley has shown himself
to be is a valuable asset in an
office which has not always borno
the reputation of integrity, an.I
in a building which has been
much of the time filled with
c rooks.
We believe the majority of the
people in the camp appreciate the.
worth of Mr. Crossley as an of
ficial, and if he has seemed loo
exacting in his interpretation of
certain of the laws, they know
that he has been actuated by hon
est motives, and that no arlual
harm has resulted from any of
his rulings. Injured feelings, per
haps, but nothing more serious.
The fact that he has insisted up
on the observance of those laws
which appear to have escaped the
notice of other district attorneys
in other parts of Alaska, doe? not
brand Mr. Ooqsley the despot he
ba.s been pictured in local news
papers. If the truth were known,
many of those persons who have
complained lefudest against the
district attorney are largely re
sponsible for the plight-as they
view it- in which they And them
selves.
Finally, we believe that had the
administration given the fourth
d.vision mpre officials like Mr.
Crossley, the Republican candi
date for delegate to congress in
the present campaign would stand
a much better chance of election
and the Republican dictators at
Juneau would be less thoroughly
disliked by the volers of interior
Alaska-Fairbanks Times.
ALASKAN TRADE.
The wholesalers of Portland
are again agitating the Alaska
trade movement. They believe
that by a united action they can
divert much of the business now
going to Seattle to the Ros<> City.
Here is what the Telegram has to
say about it:
"It will soon be tinio to bring
the proposed trading venture wiln
Alaska to an issue. For a good
many years we have been talking
about advancing trade interests
between this city and Alaskan
ports, knowing lull well that, the
trade as at present developed is
profitable, and realizing keenly
that, it is a plum which we have
lot slip through our fingers. Rut
never yot have we been able to
make the connection which would
put that trade on an established
fooling. The trouble seems to lie
in the fact that in order to do
.that I here must bo sacrifice for
11»«» lime ievng. and, regret able
as it is (o slate lb.* truth, we
have never yet found a sitfTicienl
number <>f people who are willing
to make the requisite sacrifice.
"There are I wo ways in which
I lie .sacrifice might be made, one
of them by locally financing a
steamship line with a willingness
to accept a losing business at
first as a matter <»f necessity, the J
loss lo be recouped later on a
trade developed, and concerning
that development there seems to
be little room for doubt. In fact,
one may be assured that in the
ultimate the trade between this
city and Alaska will assume enor
mous proportions if we only have
the nerve and the public spirit
lo get it started and nourish it.
"The other method of nourish
ing Alaskan trade is the one un
der consideration, namely, the
pledging of a specific amount of
freight for a season's business
that will serve to help a new line
to gel established, not exactly on
a paying, but on a staying basis.
"It. is np to the men who lay
claim lo really doing things in
this city lo say whether they will
go into this enterprise to win or
not. It is np |o that class of men
who say for the city of Portland
whether I he Alaskan trade is
worth the Portland effort. About
the volume of trade there can be
no manner of doubt, it is only a
question of whether or not the
business men of this city care to
bring a reasonable portion of it
to Portland."
STEFANSSON'S WORK.
For years Dr. Stefansson, a man
devoted lo science, has boon work
ing quietly along the shores of
I ho Canadian Arctic. Ho lias boon
little hoard of by the world, hut
Ihoso interested fn his peculiar
lino of endeavor know him as one
of-lbo most indefatigable seekers
after knowledge that the seionli
fto world has sent north Peary
distinguished himself bv years of
repeated spectacular attempt* to
make the pole. Numerous oth
ers seeking the same goal were
singularly before the eye* of the
world. The practical benefit to
man from the explorations of
those hardy mariners, however,
may not prove any greater to the
generations to come than thai
which will accrue from the efforts
of this unostentatious and liftle
heard-of explorer along the main
land of the Dominion.
In his ethnological researches
Stefansson has gathered daita
about the variousu Eskimo tribrs
from which invaluable deductions
may be made. He has discovered,
a« related in his letter in the
Prospector yesterday. I hp pros
enoo of a tribe of many hundreds
of Eskimo*. His discovery there
may leaf to !lio opening of a
region rieb in mineral, fur bear
ing annua'*, whales, caribou and
oilier largo pamo. And none can
/my but w'ia: tt.o precious min
erals may bp found in that region.
While Stefansson is nof looking
primarily for minerals or other
resources, his carefully compiler!
data on the country may prove
invaluable to explorers, prospect
ors and others who will follow af
ter him. He is a precise man, a
thoroughly reliable man, and one
endowed with God's great bTess
ing of common sense.
The American Museum of Nat
ural History keeps Mr. Stcfansson
in the field. In ho doing it is ren
dering a splendid service to the
northland. Stefansson may spend
many more years along the Arc
tic. He already has gathered suf
ficient datp. on which to found a
name in connection with Arctic
development that should never be
effaced from the scroll of time.
His work of assembling th? new
Eskimo language and reducing it
to a written science among tlie
natives may bring great benefits
direct or indirect lo the future
occupants of the norlhland and
others of the world who come in
contact with them.
If you want all the news all th?
ime read the Prospector
ORDER TO 8HOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
11 the United States Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In (he matter of the guardian
hio of I lie estate of Nel3 Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
jewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
crested in the above-named es
ate or in the sale of lands 1 >h
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles (5.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,|
ring duly fllod in this court, r?n_
cscnting that it would be for the!
lenctlt of the estate of said in
ompctent person and of all pcr
ong interested therein that cer
ain' lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying that license be granted
to tho said Charlc3 G. Sail, as
uardian, to sell tbe same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Commission
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
named precinct in the Territory
of Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
why the prayer of said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 26th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD,
Judge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
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Valdez. alabka
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F. BUTTERWORTH
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U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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