The Alaska Prospector
Published hi YhMcz, Alaska, every Thtir*<lay
by tin- 1'ROSPKCTOR Pt'Rt.lKlltSO <"o
1'iioSK Main 1.
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MUST ANNEX THR NORTH
An important work for Valdez dur
ing the present year is to annex for
business purposes the gold creeks of
the upper Susitna river. Vuldez is
the naturul gateway and entrepot of
that region. It lies nearer and offers
a shorter and better route of trans
portation than any other coast town.
Nevertheless rival influences are at
work which may take away part of
the trade.
Already the Alaska Commercial
Company has arranged to locate a
store below the falls of the Susitna,
less than 100 miles from Valdez creek.
The port ago around the rapids of
twenty miles or more is more difficult
but not impassable in the winter.
Valdez must meet this competition.
Fairbanks is also making efforts to
capture outfitting trade in the upper
Susitna region notwithstanding the
immense handicap it is under in
freight transportation from the out
side. To aid in establishing regular
connection with Valdez creek, Post
master ( Mum of Fairbanks, who is a
postal inspector, has established a
temporary mail schedule between
Fairbanks and the creek. This is
worth a good deal to Fairbanks.
Valdez should move immediately
in an effort to obtain from the post
ollloe department a regular mail ser
vice to Valdez ereek from this town.
Its business men should also study
and prepare to meet trade competi
• ion by way of Cook inlet and the
Susitna river, and from the Tauana.
The district is naturally tributary to
Valdez ami none of its business
should be allowed to escape.
The Seattle l'oo-Kyn is hurling
stink-pots at Kx-dov. Med raw and
Senator Ankeny because those poli
ticians controlled the republican
state eoiivention against John L. Wil
hoii . Now how much better it would
be to smile philosophically and divert
public attention to the beauty of
logged-off hinds.
Weeause the Seattle I'ost-Intelligen
cer spells K at alia with an initial O
the Herald of that town now spoilt!
the name of the sound city "C'eattle."
The Herald should reflect that igno
rant persons often misplace Cs and
K's in spelling the names of popular
objects.
It is to be hoped that when the
highly civilized states of New York
and Washington turn Harry Thaw
and Chester Thompson loose they
witt not expatriate them to Alaska.
The territewjf is sending its own
crazies and homicides out of its juris
diction as rapidly as possible.
Two delegates in .the national re
publican convention were alloted to
Alaska and twelve have been elected
up to date, which shows the liberal
disposition of the north.
It is a 100 to 1 bet that the Seattle
pajK»rs made a count of tho people
when the city was full of visitors to
see the Hoot and will give that as the
population of tho city hereafter.
The princess who ran away with an
automobile agent certainly made a
hit in nailing a party with an easy
^monoy graft.
Did you notice that nobody raiRed
\ objection when an early adjourn
|nt of eongress was settled upon?
JUDGE HARLAN STILL
HOLDING HIS OFFICE
In tho cuho of Htono and othorfl
charged with Htoallng provlslonH from
a alod loaded with HttppliCB for Lnw
hoii & Friend, Attornoy Dillon today
objected to tho form of complaint, on
tho groundH th»t it wan nigned by
Nathnn V. Harlan an dirttriet attornoy
and that tho lattor haft resigned.
Judge Held announced that tho ro«ig
nation *»f Mr. ifnrian would not tako
effect until July I. Ho road tele
graphic corroapondence hotwoon him
Holf and tho department of Juntloo re
lating to tho matter,—Fairbank«
New«.
Delegatea Elected at Ketchikan
Through an orror in tranflmlHHion It
appear* that tho mcRnage telling of
the final proceeding* of the republi
can faction* at Ketchikan ntated that
certain fdatoa had boon agreed ti|>on
by each faction. Tho moMRge Hhould
Jiavo Mated that tho two lint* given
.were thorto of tho delegates elocted
toy the two conventions The con
P"iitlona both adjourned the night of
IMay 13.
I Tho placing of Judge Hlla« II. Held
li|K>n the Hhaekolford delegation worn*
to have been unauthorized, an Judge
j^ld promptly wired a declination
^t day.
CERTAIN FACTS ABOUT
KETCHIKAN CONVENTION
Threshing over old straw in always
a profitless enterprise, but certain
facts concerning the recent Republi
can circus at Ketchikan arc entitled
to be enbalmed in print while the
subject is new, and the most import
ant is that but for the obstinacy of a
very few men the party could have
been united without leaving anybody
in a violent state of dissatisfaction.
A discussion of the attempted dis
position of delegate contests would
start an endless controversy, and it is
only fair to say that while the majority
of the credentials committee which
was permitted to act by sufferance
decided nearly all contests for thoir
own side with what the minority in
sisted with much heat evinced a plain
determination to "hog every
| thing." it must be conceded that they
were only following precedent estab
! lished in convention and congress
from time immemorial. Contests are
seldom decided on their merits.
This much however, is entitled to go
into history—The delegates person
ally present from the Third division,
all but one opposed to what was
known as the "Juneau bunch," off
ered every possible concession which
could be dlgniiled by the name of
of compromise and the Juneau crowd
refused everything that did not give
them assurance that they could name
the national committeeman, tin- triv
ial issue upon which rotated nearly
the whole controversy. The result
was two delegations to tin- Chicago
convention with the chances in favor
of the admission of tin* anti Juneau
i men and the naming of a national
i committeeman hostile to them.
I The anti-Hoggatt men *>f tin? Third
' diviHion, net one of whom is person
j ally hostile to the governor, offered
for two days to split tin* delegation to
I Chicago evenly between the two fae
I lions and narno a man friendly to I»<>11»
j sides for national eoinit teeniiiii, or
leave that matter to he settled at
Chicago. They otlered to accept
j Milo Kelly of Cordova, a lloggatt
i man, for the disputed post, knowing
Mr. Kelly to he fair. This was de
clined, the determination of the .Ju
neau crowd being to name L. 1'.
Sbackleford, the governor's close
friend and political s)>okcsman. Mr.
Khackleford is an ahle man and there
was no perHonai antipathy to him
but as the delegates from the Third
represented anti-lloggatl constitu
eneieH, aside from Cordova, they
could not support Shacklcford.
Finally Mr. Shacklcford proposed
Ed S. Orr of Valdez for national com
mitteeman in a conference with tin
delegates from Valdez and Fairbanks,
and the proposition was instantly ac
cepted. Shacklcford said he would
have to see his lieutenants and after
an hour returned and said he would
have to withdraw his proposition.
Then he was urged again to split the
national delegation evenly and pass
the question of representative on t he
national committee up to the delega
tion. He assented but when the
names of the anti-Hoggatt delegates
were given him he refused to accept
W. T. Perkins or John (1. Held. He
was told that no objection would he
made to any three men he might
name for his side hut he must make
the same concession. This ended
efforts to compromise.
Some of the anti-Hoggatt men were
ho anxious for peace that they were
willing to give the Juneau crowd a
a little the best of a deal, but Chaun
cey Boyer of Fairbanks insisted on an
oven break, while W. T. PerkiiiH of
Nome was opjKisod to any compro
mise at all. This made anything but
an even split impossible.
jiiiw uoKgntt men wore willing at
all timea to accept in the platform
their ]>ct antipathy, territorial govern
ment, and after the aplit their eon
vention adopted in toto the platform
of the Jnneau convention of last
November, the demand for homo rule
included. Then they nominated for
delegate to eongrcHS that pronounced
advocate of territorial organization,
John W. Coraon of Nome. Following
thi« they pasacd n acparato reHoiution
IndorHing the official career of Oov.
Hoggatt, the uncompromising oppo
nent of territorial government.
A apodal Kriovanee Mo anti
Hoggatt delegatca wa* the conHiHtont
and poraiatent ruling of every point
In favoroftho other Hide by <\ I). Mti
rane of Nome, who was permitted to
act aa temporary chairman by apodal
agreement while compromlae nego
tiation h were |)onding. Outside the
convention hall Mr. Murano cnrucatly
proteated hia yearning for a square
deal but the antl-lloggatt men woro
unable to aoo In hia actions on the
platform anything hut a drain* to
aorvo the other Hide. A a his own aeat
waa contented he accept**! a nroxy
from the Juneau crowd to give him a
place in the temporary, or rather the
tentative, organization, yet at one
atage he attempted to nde that prox
leahad no voice In the temporary
organ I ration.
All thla medley of Ineonalatenoloa
Rnd a breach In the party to get the
place of national committeeman,
which la valuoleaa except during the
rare occurrence of a cloao fight, for
control of that bodv an In the past
year, a condition wnleh may not hap
pen again In two decades.
R. K. Ritchie
CATTLE THRIVE
ON KODIAK ISLAND
Head of Government Exper
iment Station Writes of
Present Conditions.
Kodiak Breeding Station, Kodiak,
May 5—It ban often been said that
Alaska could produce beef and dairy
products for home use and for export
as cheaply as any of the coast states
For many years cattle have been
raised by the Russian settlers along
tho southern coast and on the islands
of the Kodiak group.
At one time there were many cat
tle raised on Kodiak island and the
industry seemed to have been well
established, but upon tho coming of
the Americans and the great rush of
traders into the fur country, the eat
tle business was neglected and the
number gradually decreased from
year to year, until the rich harvest
of furs was over and then a few men
began to look about for a few cattle
to help make them a living. Their
success was limited to a small degree
because so many of them knew so
little about cattle raising and many
did not eare to bother with more
than was needed to furnish milk and
I butter fur family use. In many
places on tho islands the cattle reeeiv
I ed no care whatever and were left
I run in the timber winter and summer
without their being disturbed. In ;i
' few eases the cattle were allowed to
inter-breed and run down to scrubs,
but where proper eare was given the
stock it grew to be profitable.
rne experiment station work, <lur
| in^ the last few years, lias been ex
! tended to take up cattle breeding and
' dairy work. There is a heard of fifty
four head of pure bread (Jalloway
j cattle at Kodiak, which is increasing
as fast as any heard of its size in the
states and the cattle are doing them
selves creditably in this country.
The (iallowav is a native of Scotland
! and is as much at home in Alaska as
in the old country. They are good
rustlers and have proven to be fairly
good milkers for this climate. No
better beef cattle are to be found and
the thick coat of long hair makes
their hides valuable for robes and
overcoats. A fine (lalloway hide
grown in this countay will far dis
count the bear skin in beauty and
service.
It is the plan of the experiment
station to grow and sell cattle to
the people of Alaska at a very
reasonable figure and in this way en
courage the settlers to engage in
stock growing. There will be no
cows or heifer calves for sale by the
station unt il the heard shall have in
creased to sufficient numbers to war
rant. the disposal of cows. There are
now a number of young bulls for sale
to settlers who wish to breed up their
stock. These bull calves are eligible
to record and are of some of the best
strains of the breed found in the
states, l'riees will run from up,
depending upon the individual ani
mals, and their age.
An eight thousand acre reservation
lias been laid out for the permanent
breeding station, some fifteen miles
south of Kodiak and three hundred
and twenty acres for a dairy station
just back of the town. During the
the next three years the necessary
buildings will be put up on both re
servations, and the dairy will then be
made all a model dairy should be.
The climatic conditions along the
southern coast of Alaska and on the
islands of those parts are favorable
for rattle raising and the industry
should be pushed by every citizen of
the territory. There are some ex
cellent opportunities for men, who
have small capital, in many placcs
along the coast and on the islands to
engage in cattle and sheep raising.
The country Is new and the range is
unlimited.
M. I). Snodgrass,
Hllpt. of Station.
Alaaka Democratic Convention
For Honu reason tho cable corres
pondent failed ♦-«» send any news of
tho democratic territorial conven
tion, hold at Juneau last Monday, hut
arrivals on the h team or Portland
state that the Impression prevailed
when the hoat left Juneau Hunday
night that Maj. J. P. A. Strong,
editor of the Katalla Iforald and for
merly of Nomo, would he the nomi
nee for deh'K'de to oongroHfl.
Change In Btcamnhlpa
For the next month or no tho steam
ships Northwestern and Yucatan of
the Alaska Ntoamshlp Company's
lino will l>e withdrawn from tho Hoafc
tlo-Valdoz run and will go to Nome.
Tho vessol* named will ho replaced
on the Valdea run by the Fnrallon
and tho Pennsylvania. Tho Fnrallon
departed from Heattle yesterday with
nlnoty-neven pannenKorn and a full
freight enrffo.
VALDEZ BANK a MERCANTILE CO.
(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.
VSLDEZ HI MERCANTILE CO, INC.
Sm PIONEER OUTFITTERS nil
HENKEL CHARGES ARE
DECLARED SPITEWORKl
I'ndcr tin- clsit«* of Kodiak, April 25,
1 tlie following communication is sent
tli the Prospector with the request
that it he published. The communi
cation is in explanation of u news
■ story published at the time the Pros-J
| pec tor received word that the Mr.
Ilcnklc referred too had been arrest
ed. The communication is sent hy I
M. I>. Snod^ras, superintendent of
the breeding station at Kodiak and it
I
I sa,\ s:
"At the trial of I', llenkel, sup
lerintcndent of the government llsh
hatchery at I.ctnik, Afognak island,
L charged with rape upon the person
I of one Alexj'ndria Naomolf-Growers,
a 1 t-year-oh, half caste Russian girl,
it was shown by the evidence that
the person, who brought the action
against Mr. llenkel, was the husband
of the girl, and that he had been dis
missed from the hatchery three days
before the complaint was tiled. He
had threatened Mr. llenkel that be
cause lie (llenkelj had fired him, he
would see that Ifenkel lost his job.
"This man, Ben Growers, the com
plaining witness, is of the class who
come among the native women of
j low morals, and live with them until
forced to marry t hem, and then beat
them into submission to do their bid
ding. He had lived with this girl for
some time before they were married,
and went so far as to talk freely
about his relations with her.
"After wedding her he used her as
a tool to blackmail people and satisfy
a malicious revengful disposition. It
was shown conclusively, that there
was no ground upon which to prose
cute Mr. llenkel, and to an outsider,
it seemed a farce.
"The mother, father and sister of
the girl all swore upon the stand that
the girl was in thdiouse and in their
sight at the time she asserted the
crime was committed. Growers
sworo that he saw Mr. llenkel in
frontof the house of the girl at fc
o'clock in the morning and talked
with him on the morning the crime
was supposed to have been committ
ed.
"The facts of the case are; Mr.
llenkel was on board the steamer
Tyonic lying in Oxinka bay some ton
miles distant at that- particular, time
and did not reach Afognak until after
H o'clock that morning. It was the
first time Mr. llenkel had seen that
town and was a stranger in the coun
try.
"The feeling was very hitter
against Growers and his wife here in
Kodiak during the time they were on
trial. Had not the authorities con- \
lined them in jail, a can of tar and a
ban of feathers would have been
wasted in all probability".
Paper Clmo^ea Owncrahlp
Willi thO Ihhuo of May 2.'t the Cor
dova AlnskHii pfiMHi'd from the con
trol of (!lande II. Kinney and O, M.
Kinney to that of K, (J. Alton. Tho
former proprietor* arc to engage In
Other InmlnOHH. The new manage
ment expect* to eonvcrt fVie publica
tion Into a dalljr beginning Ita t.lilnl
year of exlutaneo, which In Juno 10.
Mr. Allen, tho new proprietor, In an
old time Alankan and ha* run n«rw«
paporH In varlou* parta of the terri
tory.
ALASKA (OMMIM COHPAtlT
COOK INLET STORES
Susitna Tyoonok Sunrise
Merchandise, Stores, and Outfits of all
kinds, necessary for Miners, Prospect
ors, Hunters and Trappers. I/arge
stocks of guaranteed quality on hand
at all seasons of the year.
PURCHASERS OF FURS OF AIyI, KINDS
Telograph and Mail Town in ItSelf. Maaksmith Shop,
Station. etc., otc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OK SUMMIT, TWENTY MILKS FROM VAL!>EZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
'frSi'i"vliaS' SWhuSiIh Pontius Magiiusoii Prop
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Traveling Public:
The reason why I am able to give you mor accomoda
dation and better service for your money than you get at
any other place on the Route between Valdez and Fair
banks, is, that I am a Bachelor and do not need to
make a profit on the maintenance of a wife and children.
But, if you r,re one of the Traveling Public who
passes through Copper Center, Stop at Hotel
Holman and get your moneys worth.
Try it once and you will stop again.
RINGWALD BLIX, Proprietor
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Hent of accoinmodfttioiiB for man and beaut. Frewh Meat
alwayn on band. Horne and Do# Feed All tho latent
ImprovementH. PRIVATK ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. O. nnd O. B. RORHR, Proprietor*.
1:18 MILKS ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDKZ AND KAGLK TRAIL8
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reflorvfttlon Avo. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
For rtiten and further pftrticularn Apply to
Phone 77 E. C. Daltotl, M. D.