The Alaska Prospector
I'nl>ll.stu'tl at YhIiIoz, Alaska, cwry TliurMtay
by 11iv PkuM'kctok I'rui.isuiNo <.'«»
I'iionk Main l.
Kulori'il at tlu> Viilili't IVMotlWt* as mm'oikI
C')a>> Milliter.
ubs(-ri|>llon $:t |n-r year. |2 (>>r six month
single tiijiii'H |ofent»
FRAMING UP EXCUSES
Probably the editor of tin- Cordova
Alaskan could "frame " a logical
utatcment in support of a Root! cause
but lit' never does it in defense of a
bad one. He couples the statement
of the Prospector that Cordova is peo
pled from other Alaska towns with
the charge that a hunch'of illegal
votes were east there in the delegate
election and calls it knocking the
town.
The Prospector has never knocked
Cordova as a town and never will, and
does not in the least envy its pros
perity. It hopes that Cordova and
every other t »wn in Alaska will grow
bigger every year.
The Prospector never charged that
citizens of Cordova cost illegal votes
at the recent election hut what it
does explicitly charge i* this:
That several hundred pick and shov
el men who had not been in Alaska
ninety days --at least mi t heir pres
ent tour—voted for Corson with the
knowledge on the part of everybody
wInf took not ice, including t lie judges
ot election, several railroad ollicials
who were rooting around the polls,
and the editor ol the Alaskan, that
they were mere floater* who might
have been in Alaska several times
but. have iio fixed habitation any
where and had not been in Alaska
half the required time since the\
came up last. Some ot these rail
road laborers were doubtless legal
voters hut the great majority were
not. Nearly all came from outside
since last *ovenibcr.
Hut don't lake i! so se.iotisly, dear
Cordova, because the rest ol the ter
ritory doesn't care now. Alaska is
so much bigger than Coido\a.
After a stern debate tin' direct «rs
of the Alaska-Yukon-Paeilie exposi
tion recently decided dial they could
take the risk of lengthening the time
of tlu; exposit inn one day, closing
(>«•!,«»li«*r 1(>. In all (In- time sine*' the
exposition began brewing it seems
novcr to have occurred t«> anybody
connected therewith that a good
closing date would he October Is, the
anniversary of American occupation
of Alftska, making that a big Alaska
jubilation. Hut thou probably no
body in Seattle knows that October
18 is Alaska I >ay.
The federal government Acems nev
er to care anything about the obliga
tion of contracts, which the states
are forbidden to impair by legislat ion.
In all these mail contracts t he govern
ment incorporates a clause permit
ting it to cancel at any time. This
puts it in the power ot a hiircaucrat
to abolish a mail route at any time
the whim seizes him, even though
conditions are unchanged and peo
ple are discommoded thereby ami
the contractor loses money.
They have fou id the man who stole
$-12 ,0()0 worth of jewelry from ('apt.
K. W. Johnston. The man who got a
lot of votes claimed by his friend
Corson was located several days
earlier.
Whenever the revenue oll'icers gel
tired of entertaining them the Jap
anese poachers will he sent to Valdez.
They seem to have Hoods also in
regions where they can't blame it on
the glacier.
Valdez is promised a wireless sta
tion. It has always had plenty of
wireless operators who conk' get
news of events that never happened.
Suppose this race riot in Illinois
should affect the negro vote in the
presidential elect ion?
Wickornham got. '<*:{ vote« nl 1411a
mur. (!oi'«on hikI Itonan rcoivod 2M
from the territory.
Tho Haglio in to be given a free
hand with ('antro. Why n<»l take
both IiaihIh and a bednlat?
Now it Nunhagak returiiH about V7J»
voton for CV»i*hoii, montly ChinoHo, it
will hItso up beautifully with Cordova'n
hunch of rdnoty-day railroad gradern.
Kvory fellow who ha<l a joh at tho
JamoHtown oxpowltion Ih trying to
grab one at t ho HflAttld fair.
Tho AlaHknn proudly annorth that
no illegal voton wore cant In Cordova.
Well, Homo mm could walk through
tho itfAflU naked without hliiHhtng.
Kugono V. Dolw, doelallnt candidate
for pronldont, Ih Haying mean thing*
about Bryan and Iloarnt.
Mr. Front maken It clear that ho
rogardn John K. Itallaluo an an un*
donlrablo citizen.
UNLUCKY AlyASKA COAL
Coal development in Alaska seems
to have boon horn under an unlucky
star. Whenever the men interested
kick olT one incubus another fastens
itself upon them, and now to add to
the burden of government handicaps
rival claimants threaten to open up a
scrap over the ownership of the Mat
anuska Held. This is likely to add to
the nightmare of suspicion that dis
turbs the sleep of the Roosevelt ad
ministration w hen Alaska coal land is
mentioned in the purlieus of the
national capital.
Kvcr since the president first hoard
of coal in Alaska he has been emitting
continents like Sir Hovle O'Roche's
famous assault upon a suspected
graft; "I smell a rat. I see him Heat
ing through the air; but mark me,
1 shall yet nip him in the bud."
A legal contest over the ownership
of the Matanuska coal lands will in
tensify the li< rrible suspicion that
somebody has been trying to steal
and cart away all the eoal in Alaska
before the government can turn
around. The inibeeile statutes gov
erning the acquisition of eoal lands
have made i' almost impossible for
men to obtain title when seeking to
buy and develop Alaska deposits in
good faith. Slowly ami in spite of
the most harassing interference from
the federal administration ><>ine pur
chasers have readied or approxi
mated the final receipt stage with a
chance of getting patents. A row
over the Matanuska ownership may
I start a general investigation which
will he an •• recuse for holding up
everything lor several years.
TO SCRAPIv OFF MOSS
.1 iitlgc Taft s:ivh that il In* is elected
! In- will <•;111 a special session of cmi
grcss to revise 11»• • tarilf. Il remains
| to lie ,41'i'n whet her t he lit11;1 minority
of tin1 republican party whi"h has
dragooned it into Slipp" I"! of eXirellie
! high protection fortyi nty \carswiil
| still lie able to doUli-l.ll.'.
There has never been i.i hour sii.< e
I < Jrant's administ rat ;• • • v» lien a large
majority of the r< publican p.irly
would not have voted I .r a lower tar
I itl. The party has be.-n b.r a protect
I ive taritl always but rever fen' one
I writ ten exclusively i>\ i' pccial bene
lieiaries. If the MeK:> :e. hill, which
i nearly wrecked the fart\ i.i lv!i(i and
I would have done so hat for the hopc
j less imhc.cility ol the Cleveland ad
ministration tollowin;; which galvan
zed republicanism into life, had been
submitted ton repnbliean primary il
conid not have received In percent of
t he party vote west ol I lie \ Mechanics.
Neit her eonld the I'ingleyhill in |sM7.
both bills were jammed through con
gress by cracking the party whip,
i What the republican party most
needs is numerous congressional !u
norals. The fossilized high farilf bar
; naeles are as useful to the country as
tin- frothy anti-negro yaw pcrsol dim
oeracy.
A .lap in New Mexico played with
la live wire carrying 2*2,oiO volts and
; the current never touched him. May
I be lie had rea<l I lobson's Hpcccli and
I was immune.
The statisticians of both parlicsarc
warming over their quadrennial
claims that they will carry nearly
| everything.
The Seat t le Times and I '<<st -1 ill<11
; Igencer are beginning to lam it to
each other just like the papers do in
i Juneau.
Manager Vorys says Tall will carry
Ohio by 100,011,1. This s.'ems to set I le
| it except, getting the votes.
' McKcnzie to l.ocate Coal I<andR
I). A. MeKen/.ie, part owner of one
of Cordova's potential townsitcs, who
went through to Seward on the Yu
catan, is making the trip to send coal
locators into the Matanuska. There
is a considerable area of coal land
there which was not. nailed down by
Alaska Central Interests and MeKen
zie plans to gel some of it. Although
an enthusiastic Hooscvclt man Mr.
MeKcnzie agrees with everybody else
who knows anything about law that
the executive order withdrawing coal
lands from ent ry had no legal basis.
Must dljr tip the Mnzuowi
Deputy Clerk Iturtou of the district
court at Vnldez Iiiih received Htriet or
derw from Clerlt Wells at KalrhankH
to collect nil lleeiiHCM due from resi
dent* of the coast «>itd of (ho Tldrd
division, on account of any kind of
huHlncM, It haw been learned that
many hiiHincHH houses, particularly
hotels, madhouses, lodKinirhouscs and
restaurant*, have not complied with
tho law. The order now ^och forth
"Ixit no guilty man escape" hut.com
pel everyone liable under the law t«
«llK
Hl« outfit* are leaving Fairbanks
for I fundi Creek, a tributary of the
III# Chcna, where good pay is re
(Kirtod.
Cooney and Klllarney erecks In the
Tanana Ifot HprliiKH section wre com
ing to the front aw good producer*.
NOME MAN BURNS
BODY OF HIS WIFE
Seattle, Sept. 1 — l.i'e II. Johnson,
a prominent Nome mining man now
in the city prision here charged with j
the murder of his young wife, denies
the crime hut admits that last spring
he dismembered and burned the
body of the woman who, according to
him, died a suieide. Johnsou de
clares that in his actions he did his
best to comply with the last request
of the woman who de ured a secret
burial that the manner of her death
might be kept from the public.
HAIR OF THE 00G
CORES THE BITE
Los Anp'lcs, Sept. I — llitton l».v a
rattlesnake, John Mc( 'ormick, a
rancher living in 1 liin county proved
tlu> (rutli of tin* ancient adage that
"tlie hair of the «1<»j-C is good for the
bile" and I»so doing is today alive
and on the rapid road t o complete re
ciivcn. i'pon being struck hy tin'
reptile, Mel ;'ormick killed the snake,
tore oil a hit of it ) skin and then
with:-, pccket knife slashed a deep
incision where the snake's fangs had
pierced his llesh. Int > the incision
Mc('ormick stuiled thepieee of snake
skin.
HELLO GIRL GIVES I
LIFE FOR OTHERS
T'i. i a.', Col., Sept. I— Vorly resi
dent* i ! the «.all country near hen*
l owe their lives to the heroism of Mrs.
Marl ha Hooke, a telephone operator
i who stuck to her post and enabled
them to escape the llood sweeping
down toward them. Mrs. Ilookegave
her life as a sacrifice lor while she
was at the switch hoard the llood
swept away the telephone olliee.
HUBBARD AND ELLIOTT
DEAL LONG EXPECTED
I The stor\ published in the I'ros
j pector of yesterd;*--. <.| | he purchase
hy I.. IlirschA < o., •>> t!ic llnhhard
and I'llio! I property ( am" to many of
the residents ol \* i!»*t•i:. a ci.nlirma
I I ion < 1 1 < • i:: v - h t • 111 • 'vta i.n:>. It.
i has heen !ai. wii ic.r !•< me iii.n that
Hun p -an capilali Is were dickering
for the purchase of the property and
i it has also heen known that the pro
; posed deal included the rights ol the
Vahle/.-Yukon Ihiilway.
(leorge Love, local r< prescntativo
of the railroad people received on the
'last hoat a h Iter from one <>l the
principals which stated anions other
things that it was feared that some of
(lie Huhharda ul Klliot people would
reiusc lo comply wiih the terms of
the proposed deal and thai in that
case t he railroad end of il mighl hang
i lire until some time ne>! year. Mr.
Love says that while lie has received
| no private alvie.-» he believes 111 a I
j tIn' < 'hicago story is well f«|.
FAIRBANKS TO HAVE
NEW C0r/I{Y1ISSI0NER
Seattle, Aug. '.!!• Judge Hcid of the
| Third division of Alaska, says lie w ill
appoint II. .1. Miller commissioner at
Fairbanks as soon as In* reaches Al
aska.
This may he taken to mean that.
John A. Moodw in. I lie present com
missioner and receiver of Iho Alaska
Central roil road, will go to Seward to
! take personal charge of the railroad
j affairs there.
killed by collision
OF CAR AND AUTO
Coviim, ('ill., Aug. 20--I'rofoHKor
Kit'/.gorald, iuuhIo (ouohor in llio pub
lic? roIiooIh ami ft noted orehoHtra
Iwidor, wih wtrurk in an automobile
by an olcot.rle oar and thrown 22r>
fret. receiving fatal injinioH.
SHOT WHILE OUT WITH
ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE
Atlantic; (,'lty, N. .1., Aug. 2ft—
' (Jliarb'H Roberta, a Haltlmoro flnan
rlor, waH mIimI la«t nl^ht while out. ri
ding with Mrn. W. WilllairiH In a roll
ing obalr. Mo will rcoovor although
bin wound Ih painful. Mrw. WllllamH
I* ivIho from Hftltlinoro, thfl wlfo of a
prominent. ronldont of tlmt. olt.y. Tho
woman dnnlon that, hor huHband nhot
Robert* anil tho whole affair Ih In- '
volvod In myHtory. Tho polho hint
atwuHiitlonal features in tho orwo
but. rofime to divulge what. Mioy olalrn
to know.
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
Visit our BIG STORE while in the city and look over our line
of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
We receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
VftLDEZ PROMOTER !
IN NEW YORK JAIL!
i
Frank C. Helm, at mu' time well
known in Valde/. and who is well if
not favorably remembered by the
older residents of the town is in seri-j
oils t.rouble. Helm, about live years
ago, came to Valdey. asa railroad pro
moter. lli> succeeded in raising in j
the east several hundred thousand of
dollars, the greater part of which lie
squandered.
1 (elm's scheme was to start a town
at what is known as I la/.elct ville and
from thereto build a railroad into
the interior. He was among the lirst
promoters to settle upon Valdey. as a
base of operat ions, and for a time was
responsible for much excitement and
the elevation of many hopes but he
finally went. the. way of others who
have followed in his path.
Helm's latest, escapade seems to be
the wind-upof a different method of
possessing himself of easy money.
Here is what the New York Fvening
World of July I says about the af
fair:
"Michael Jacobs, who says he is :i
lawyer, and Frank ('. Helm, for whom
the police have been searching in
connection with the operations of the
Barry-Shippoy-Hosier note swindling
gang, were arraigned today in the
Centre Street Police Court. Detec
tives McConville and Nelson appear !
ii'K against them.
"Fdgar P. Holliugshcad, bookkeep
er ami confidential elerk for the Blue
Hidge Fuamcl Brick Company, of j
Newark, says he met Jacobs in the
olllce of Bodman & (Company, deal
ers in investment securities, at Fifth
Avenue and Thirty-ninth street, and
supposed he was in authority there.
"Jacobs told Holliugshcad he had a
principal with $200,0(H), who would
lend the brick concern $180,000 and
take as security promissory notes ag
gregating $'200,000, HU0 shares of t lie
Prudential Insurance Company of
America and 500 shares of the Trust I
Company of Idaho.
"There was delivered in the pres
ence of Mr. Ilollingshead by W. W.
Blanchard, general manager in the
Cambridge Building, Thirty-third
street and Fifth Avenue, a proinniis
sory note of the brick company for
$r,,ooo, payable in four months, and
Indorsed by Theodore O. 10. Blanch
ard and Frederick C. Blanchard. At
tached was a receipt In which it. was
conditioned that tho note was not to
be used except under agreement of
even date and then to lie returned on
demand.
"Holliugshcad avers lie saw Jacobs
sign the receipt "Henry T. Hodman
& Co., i>er. M. J." Tho brick com
pany's confidential man has also been
Informed that Jacobs gave the note
to Helm, who got W. T. Van Brunt,
of Ho. 120 Broadway, to discount it.
Jacobs says Helm stole t he not© from
Ids office. The detectives say that
Jacobs Is the founder of the note*
swindling industry."
Htampeders to the Innoko arc be
ginning to return to Fairbanks, and
most of thorn declare the count ry is
no good.
THrKraph ami Mai! ^ Town in Itself. Hlaakaniltlii Shop,
Station. —^ i etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWMNTV MILKS FROM VALDKZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
'TrnnV vlilTw hMll^SmmnVr POllti US MagHUSOII PfOp
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
I(»f accommodations for man and beiist.. Kronli Moat
always on liaml. Horse and Dok 1^*«*<•< 1 All tlio latest
nis. rmvatic rooms.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
T,. G, and G. B. RORI$R, Proprietor.
118 M I M->'. ON FAIRBANKS
KIJOM VAU>KZ AND 10AGLIC TRAILS
Alaska Coast Co.
S. S. BERTHA, 8th ,,f
S. S. PORTLAND,25111 »f
From Valdez for
Juneau and all I'ugot Round Ports
I'i^lilH deserved to (Miange Stcamors or Sailing Dates Without Notice.
A. S. DAUTUICK. (ienoral Agent, Valdcz, Alaska.
Steamship
Company.
SEATTLE - VAIDEZ ROUTE
FROM VA
Santa Clara August - 5
Yucatan - - - - - 12
Pennsylvania- - - - 19
Santa Clara - - - - 27
Hlcnmvr Porn unlls from Hewiiril Mio of
oneli tn«>(iIli fur Ptinlnxkn nml wny port*.
,1. H. Hunch, Vamjkz Dock Co.
P. & 1\ A., Bmittlo. Loon! Agont-.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
UoKorvrttion Avo. nonr (Jnurt Houkci
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
"Phone 77