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VOL. 8. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, SATURDAY,
PROSPECTOR
Y 20, 1912. NO. 79
FLYNN MAKING
EASY MONEY
Signs for Short Theatrical Trip
Before Beginning to Train
for Big Fight
Chicago, Jan. 20.—Flynn has
signed for a short theatrical tour
through the eastern states and
will then begin active training for
his fight with Jack Johnson.
Flynn states that lie is in per
fect physical condition and will
not require long training for the
championship contest. His spar
ring partner will accompany him
on his theatrical tour.
KANSAS FAVORS
THE COLONEL
Want His Name on Ballots Used
in Presidential Election
This Fall
Kansas (lily. Jan. —The
Kansas Republican county con
vent ions have gone on record as
favoring Oil. Roosevelt. Tliey want
his name to appear on llic bal
lots used iu lin* presidential elec
tions, .whether he receives the
nofninalion al (lie hands of the
(Chicago cmii\fiit ion or is turned
down.
The plan i* I«» determine wheth
er the present system of electing
the ehief executive is represen
tative of the wishes of the people
as a whole.
TWO BOWLING GAMES
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
There will lie two howling con
tests of interest on the alleys to
morrow. The married men will
meet the bachelors on the Ingram
& Bush alleys at 2 o'clock. The
teams from the Big Place and In
gram & Hush will play on the
alleys of the former tomorrow
evening. The I. <fc B. aggrega
tion have a comfortable lead in
the total of pins, but their op
ponents have hopes that the tide
will turn in their favor.
KING OF BIRDS
HA8 NEW MEMBER
Mr. 11. E. F. King, of the Nor
thern steam laundry, is now a
full fledged bird, having been in
itiated by the Eagles last night.
The membership of the Eagles is
increasing very rapidly in Val
deyM as it floes wherever an aerie
is established in Alaska.
PRESIDENT TAFT NOT ALARMED BY
GROWTH Of SOCIALISM IN AMERICA
Delivers Address Before New Haven Commercial Organization
and Urges Body To Assist In Bringing About Return
of Prosperity—Will Continue To Enforce
Law Against Illegal Trusts.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20.—
President Taft delivered an ad
dress before the chamber of com
merce here last night, lie was
given an enthusiastic reception.
The president told his audience
that the conditions in America
wore good and he urged the com
mercial organizations to join with
him in bringing about the good
limes which the financial condi
tion of t In* country warranted.
President Taft staled the work
of enforcing the Sherman anti
trust law would be continued un
til the trusts were all complying
with its provisions. He said the
administration had been criti
cised for interfering with busi
ness but he believed the officers
of the big corporations knew
what they were doing wiien they
went outside of the pale of the
law and adopted oppressive meth
ods of business.
The president dors not believe
there is any danger to the peace
and harmony c»f this country aris
ing from the increasing display of
socialism throughout America.
lie had an abiding failli in the
inherent good sense of the Amer
ican people and believed they
would not be long led astray. He
believed tin* growth of the move
ment was largely due to the de
pression which prevails at pres
ent. The depression was world
wide and not so seven; in the
I nited States as in many coun
tries of Europe.
SECOND PAYMENT IS MADE ON PROPERTY
Col. Millard made (In? second
payment to tin; owners of the
ilntlierford-Ilainscy property this
afternoon. The payment was not
yet due for five days, but Col. Mil
lard made III'* payment while in
town today.
When seen lliis afternoon by a
reporter for (lie Prospector Col.
Millard slated Ihat the payment
had been made and that il had
been made by himself personally,
lie slated Ihat lie had reijneslcd
an extension of lime in order to
COL. MILLARD MAKES SECOND PAYMENT ON RUTHERFORD
RAMSEY PROPERTY—ASSOCIATES WANTED EXTENSION,
WHICH WAS REFU8ED—MADE PERSONAL PAYMENT
ilo iiion; development work, but
that. I In; owners «• f I tie ground
wnulil not appro to an extension.
Col. Millard's associates on the
outside refused lo eoine .through
for I he second payment owinp lo
Ihe amount of development not
having been sufficient in their.
i.jiiilKiiii'iil warrant so doiujr. lie
ilia* jrreal faith in the fill lire of I lie
prhpi-rly and made the payment
loday to protect the money al
ready spent in (lcvMopmenl.
When asked if the mailer would
I!><• adjusted whereby his associ
ates could eoine in afrain he !•••_
pii«'d thai such would probably 1m*
tin* ease later. He hoped tli«■
properly would develop so Ilia)
any one would he (flail lo own an
iuien.'sl in it. lie believed his as.
soeiales were ri^hl in wantiiiK an
extension of lime in order to p»*r
mil of greater development, bill
that not beinn" possible lie pre
ferrefl to pt ahead and make I lie
payment himself to settle the
matter. The work of sinking llir
shaft, for which (iuy Manly has
the contract, will be pushed as
quickly as possible.
ECUADOR REBELS
MEET DEFEAT
Retire Under Cover of Darkness,
Leaving One Thousand Dead
on the Field
Guayaquil, Jan. 20.--The rebel
forces of Ecuador were defeated
by the government troops in a
stubborn engagement at Yagu
ache.
The battle raged for the whole
day, the rebels maintaining their
ground despite the overwhelming
numbers of the government
forces. The rebels retired un
der cover of darkness, leaving one
thousand dead on the field.
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REPUBLIC OF CHINA WANTS
RECOGNITION BY POWERS
8ECRETARY KNOX OF STATE DEPARTMENT FEARS TO TAKE
HASTY AOTION—BELIEVED GREAT BRITAIN WILL WEL
COME CHANQE OF GOVERNMENT IN OHINA
Nanking, Jan. 20.--The mpiih
lican government of China has
sent an appeal to the nations of
the world for recognition of Chi
na a» a republic.
Washington, Jan. 20.--Tho
Stale department has received an
appeal from the new government
of China asking for the recogni
tion of the republic of China as an
established nation of the world.
Secretary Knox is in a qnandry
and is pondering what nclion to
J ake in I he matter.
London, Jan. 20.—The repub
lic of China has appealed to Groat
Britain for recognition as an in
dependent country. It is rumor- i
ed in official circles that Britain i
is ih sympathy with the ropuhli- i
can government of China and will i
he among Ihe Aral, nations of Eu- i
rope in giving it recognition hy '
fhe powers. i
PORT WELLS PROPERTIES
MAKING GOOD SHOWING
REPORT8 FROM THE NEW 0AMP8 INDICATE THAT NEXT
YEAR WILL WITNESS GREAT ACTIVITY AMONG MINER8
—RICH ORE FROM DAVIS PROPERTY
The properties in the Port
Wells district which are being
developed give promise of becom
ing mines, thereby adding to the
advance of this section of Alas
ka. Valdez will be the headquar
ters "f the new camp and the bus
iness of that section will mater
ially increase the general pros
perity of our local merchants.
The launch Annie, owned by Thos.
Davis and others interested in the
Port Wells district, was in Cor
dova recently.
Mr. layers, of the launch Gold
en, met the Annie when she was
returning to Port Wells about a
week ago. Among the Annie's
passengers were Leon Oiroux,
Jack Harris, Felix Wilson and
Ram McKeith, all of whom wero
going hack to the camp to con
tinue development work after hav
ing spent a few days in Cordova.
They reported that Mr. Davis
had taken eight sacks of select
nd oro with him for shipment to
Ihe outside. Mr. Oiroux is con
sidered a conservative man, and
he stated it as his belief that Ihe
t>ro would average at least SI.00
per pound. Mr. Davis also has1
ibout 3,500 pounds of ore on the)
beach which it is believed will
?ive a return of at least $500 per
ton. Pannlngs show that Ihe ore
Is exceptionally rich.
Dr. Frodenberg is now in Cor
lova making arrangements to
ako over the Little property on
\ bond or lease. A tunnel has
•ecently beon driven about 12 feet
>n tho ledge. The ledge upon
vhlch they are now working is
imall, being only six inches at the
top of the tunnel, but widens out
to ten inches at ttie bottom, mak
ing a gain of four inches in seven
feet. Free gold is seen in near
ly every piece of ore from the
ledge, even where gold cannot he
seen the rock pans well.
Felix Wilson and others are
working on claims on Avery riv
er owned by the Cordova Consoli
dated Mines company. They are
sinking a shaft, and are now down
30 feet. The ledge at that .point
is five and one-half feet from wall
to wall. The ledge on the sur
face, where it can lie traced for
u considerable distance, is between
vfour and five feet wide. The
miners save the muck taken from
the drill holes for panning and
have never failed to get a liberal
showing of colors.
Harry Kavanaugh in working on
his claims, which is located on
the mainland in Ester passage.
He had 80 sacks of oro piled up
when the Annie passed his camp
about ten days ago. He is devel
oping his claim and sacking the
ore taken out. Ho hopes to take
out better than ten tons between
now nnd early spring and at the
same time prove the worth of the
properly. Numerous assays of
tho ore gives values averaging
$.10 per ton.
There are othtfr miners at work
in the now camp, but tho Annie's
passengers were unable ot state
how their work was progressing.
Tho Northwestern arrived at
Cordova at 4 o'clock this after
noon and is expected to reach
Valdez tomorrow about noon.
MORSE WILL
GO TO EUROPE
Physicians State Banker's Col
lapse Was Due to Heart
Trouble
Washington, Jan. 20.--Mrs.
Morse will lake her husband to
Europe as soon as his health has
sufficiently recovered to permit of
traveling.
Physicians stale that the bank
er's collapse was <i 11 •• to heart
trouble brought on by muniirnn'nl
to prison ami worry. Then' are
no criticism of the president's
nrlion in pi-anting the p;irdon. as
il is generally conceded the dis
grace and confinement has been
sufficient punishment.
BE TAKEN BACK
TO LOS ANGELES
Will be Returned to California
When Through at Indi
anapolis
Los Angeles, Jan.- 20.--Ortie
McManigal will bo brought back
hen; when In* has finished giving
testimony before I he Indianapo
lis grand jury.
His evidence is required in the
prosecution of the four men who
are now in jail awaiting trial for
complicity with McManigal and
McNamara in blowing up the
Times and Llewellyn Iron Works.
ITALIANS STOP
FRENCH LINER
Destroyers Held Up Passenger
Steamer and Search for Con
traband of War
' Tunis. .Ian. — 11 n I in n I • •
J <»at <l«*sI rnvi-rs held up tin* French
passenger steamer Mascuha and
searched In• r l<• r cnnlrahaml mu
nitions of war. A Iter searrhin;
tin* steamer -lif was allotted I<>
pr<
! Paris. Jan. I»j-. • - ident
I**: 111 i''iv s has received an evpla
j nation I'r<>ni III" Italian vo\ern
nicnt rejranlinjf tin- slopping of
tin* French steamer Mascuha. The
Italian na\y officers claimed I"
have i \ ••• I in l'< • mi a I ion that a
shipment of arms would 1 n» made
to tin* Turkish poverumeul by the
French lim-r. No complications
will result from tin* incident.
ROYAL FAMILY
AGREES TO ABDICATE
London. Jan. 20 \d\ices have
hoen received from Pekin slat
ing that the Manehu royal fam
ily had 'agreed to ahdicale the
throne of China.
BRYAN IS STILL
0PP08ED TO QUFFEY
Lincoln. Jan. 20.—William
Jenninps Hryan takes a slap at
James (lufTey in the latest issue
r»f I In* Commoner. If«> says men
of (inO'ey's slamp are a menace
to any parly and should he voted
out of il.
The lliir Place howling alleys
will jrive a hoi tie of wine free lo
the player making Ihe highest
score on 'he alleys every three
hours tomorrow.
PORTLAND'S REIGN OF
CRIME IS UNCHECKED
ANOTHER PROMINENT RE8IDENT OF R08E OITY KILLED BY
FOOTPAD8 WHILE ON WAY HOME—POLICE UNABLE TO
OHEOK REIQN OF MIDNIGHT CRIME
Portland, Ore., Jan. l'O.—Tho
midnight reign of crime in this
city remains unchockod dospite
tho utmost efforts of the police.
Another murder look place Inst
night and holdups nnd rohhorios
nro nightly occurroncos.
TCdison Muton, ft well known
resident nnd business man, wfts
killed by footpads while on his
wfty home enrly Inst night. Tho
police hftve no clue ns the ci(y is
full of unemployed men. Tho
chief of poller lias ordered » gen
eral overhauling of the dives and
low resorls of thn city in an ef
forl lo eheck the reign of criinc.
The pnlroltuen hnvo boon in
structed lo question any man
found on the outlying streets In^e
at night, which has resulted in
Hip shooting of two men by the
police for failnre lo slop when or
dered to do so.
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