MUCK MINING ACTIVITY
IN THE NIZINA COUNTRY
A PROSPEROUS SECTION OF THE MINING COUNTRY THAT 18
FAST FORGING AHEAD—NUMBER OF LARGE HYDRAUL
IC PLANTS SOON BE IN OPERATION
Tlu* operators and minors who
n:-e working in a prosperous sec
lion of the country tributary to
l.he IS'i/.ina river have an added!
convenience in a recent road-j
house. store and ferry that has
in on established hy the Cbilitu
Pending CompMiy. It is located
;it the safest ford on the Xixina
riwr l>» I ween May creek and Cliil
itu creek oil the direct road to
(ieorpe Max Ksterly's hydraulic
placer work*.
They are six and a half miles
up the creek ami the Nazina post
•office is eight miles up the Chit-1
iiu creek. About nine and a half
miles up Chit it 11 and Ilex creeks
are located" the Ilex Alaska Min
ing1 Company's plant under the
management «»f Everett Brooks.
There are a number of other
smaller operators anion# them,
being: Frank Hoffman, the form
er marshal of Valdez.
Five miles up the Nazina we
tind the mouth of Dan creek, and
a mile and a half up Dan creek
i* the Dan Creek Mining Com
pany's outfit under the able man
agement of Howard Birch, who
will have a force of about '»0 men
'Ksterl.v 50 or 55 men, and
Brooks 18 or 20 men^ when sluic
ing begins.
About a mile and three-quar
ters up Dan and Boulder creeks
'Howard Foster, superintend
.•enI of the Westover copper prop
erties, which will be heard of in
the near future. The samples
which he anil his wife displayed
were very line, lie has six men
employed, who have been work
ing all winler.
Returning now to the mouth of
Dan creek, we go up the N'a/.ina
about two miles and find the
(!hiti<done. This is the best route
over lo the head of (he While
river eounlry ami we are in I lie
tlireel survey of the eonlemplal
ed extension of the railroad up
river Scolai pass.
The mail carrier visits u« twice
a month on his way to the Nizina
postotfice. We are about \'i miles
ea-d. across the river from Mc
Carthy station.
There arc quile a few who have
taken lays on placer ground.
A.iionu Ihei.i is Frank Johnson,
Peter Martin. Joe Borger, Julius
£?l»*ucfc and Shorty Ileed. William
('.rum will work some of his own
ground, so will Ernest Range and
Bush.
Up the Ohilistone is a pood
sheep country: also over lo the
head of the Chitina, IK or 20
niile« from here. Hunting part
ies can be furnished with a camp
outfit on reasonable notice, and
paek trains and guides who will
guarantee to show them the
sheep at reasonable rales. There
are plenty of mountain goal as
well'. The streams emptying into
tliCL-Xizina river abound in trout
and grayling.—Chitina Leader.
RIPARION RIGHTS
NOT APPLICABLE
To Right of Fish Trap by Upland
Owner 8ays Judge
Lyons
In refusing to issue a perma
nent injunction mi behalf of .Fas.
T. Harrow, of Portland. 1 * 11 iI«*«1
Stales District Judge Thomas II.
Lyons pracl ically holds thai I ho
ownership of Ihi» upland is nse
|e«s mi far as holding a trap si I «•
i-< concerned. TIh» decision goe*
nmrh farther in limiting Ihe
riphls nf upland owners than any
other decision ever made hy a
l' 11 i I «•« 1 I Salt's dislrirl court and
lias attracted a good deal of al
lenlion among cannery men here.
Three or" four years ago Mr.
Harrow purchased from V. A.
Hoherlson his right lo a Iraet of
'land on Chatham '<1 rails. I wo
miles south of Kuoter hay.
Tlfc* land had heen surveyed,
l I'.y purvey approved hy I lie Unit -
government land of
llcfyft iwl payment forwarded in
soldier ' additional homestead
scri pt, when Claire Alexander s»>t
up a fish trap immediately in
trout of the properly. It was I ho
Intention of Mr. Barrow lo move
flip cannery of Iho Thlinket
Packing Company lo fhi.| site, and
when Alexander set up his flsli
I rap, Harrow applied for and re
straining order. This has now
hoen dissolved and permanent in
junction refused.
The court holds thai the first
comer linn a right lo set up a fish
frap without regard to the inten
lions of the owner of the upland.
The trap site is one of the most
valuable in Alaska, mfiprfc than a
thousand dollars worth of king
»almon having been caught in
Mexander'* frap in a -tingle haul.
CAPTAIN ARMERIA
IS EXONERATED
Report of Inspectors Complete
ly Exonerate All Officers
from Blame
Tlir I'niled Slates local inspec
tors, II. Whitney uml
Tlios. K. Kell have made an in
vest juration of the wrecking of Ihc
I'liiled Stall's lighthouse Ir
Armeria. In their Anilines they
completely exoncrnle ('apt. Wil
liam K. (Sregory and all licensed
officers from any blame in tin1
loss of the lender, which was
dashed aKninst a pinnacle *• f un
charted rock at llape IIinchi 11 —
brook on May l'U.
CJapl. Hregory and hi-* men will
return In Juneau on the steamer
Northwestern. They had expect
ed to have a busy summer and tr»
place large niimher of much
needed Mollis on Ihc Southwest
ern Alaska coast. They succeed
ed in placing an acetylene light
on Schooner rock, Montague is
land, and aNo one at Ocean cape,
Ynkulaf bay.
A MORAL WAVE
STRIKES PORTLAND
Petri land. Juno 3.--Following a
stinging report made by the prand
jury fts In • he immoral conditions*
prevailing in Iho eily, the police
today began ridding Iho eily of
Ihn underworld.
A|Mltav Oltiffcr
j 'll.e regulit irtonthly business
mooting of the Alaska Club will
he held tM« evening in fhe club
froom* at 8 o'clock.
f 'ii * i
George l/ove,, and Frank Keinp
fer went down the bay to Ihe
Irtack IMamond propertieg this
morning.
FOSTERS IMS
IS NOT VERIFIED
Dr. Kruli8h Finding a Small Frac
tion oT the Natives Suffering
From Tuberculosis
I)i*. Kuril Krulish, of the Unit
ed Mates Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service, who was
sent to Alaska to inspect into the
couditions «il' Hie Alaska native,
for u.»e by Iris department in its
next report l«» congress, lias been
for !b.» past six weeks in the vi
j cinily of Sitka, where ho exam
ined over -400 natives.
lie will, during tin* course of
ill-- -iiiniiirr, examine the native
inhabitants «»i' the several settle
ments, covering the entire Pacific
coast of Alaska, save the Aleutian
group. Out of the large number
of natives examined, l)r. Krulish
found but 12 natives suffering
from tuberculosis, and that a
great many who were supposed
to be atriicted with tubercular
trouble, were really syphilitic,
most of which was hereditary.
This rather puts a crimp in the
sensational report made to ron
gres- last winter by Dr. Foster,
of the same bureau, who said
that two-third* <»f the Alaskans
were suffering from tubercular
trouhh* not specifying whether
he meant natives or whiles or
both, creating at I In* time, quite
a sensation, and many indignant
replies from Alaska physicians
and the press.
It was the intention of bis de
partment, Krulish say-s. to start
the use of salvarsan (liOiP, and
to make an effort to put all na
Iives afflicted with the disease in
I the hospital, and instead of in_
.jeeliug the compound into the
museular tissues of the body, it
would be injected into an artery.
The patient will he required to
remain under treatment for six
weeks, during which time they
will he administered the arsenic
'compound twice,once upon enter
ing the hospital, and then again
at the end of three or four weeks.
MONEY REVERT
TO GOVERNMENT
Over Half Million Dollars Reverts
to Government by Death of
Man Near Cordova
Tacouia. June ;t.—No relative
• if l-'rauklin hammers. who was
ki11*><I in a siiowslidc near Cor
dova last mmilli, can Id* found,
willi 111 • * result lliat a fortune of
lover *00(1,0(10, recently found,
will revert t«• Ih«» government.
ADDED FUND8
FOR ALA8KA ROAD8
| Col. W. I*. Richardson, in an
| inlei uew wilh I he .Tunrau I>is
|i(ilcli «uys: "Wo have an ap
propriation of 8125,000, anil in
n«ldifi«»ii In (hi* there is I«» ho
transferred from llio residue f»f
the .'('ImjoI fund which has been
uccumulat ing for four years,
about * 150,000 more. Governor
Walter E. Clark took the matter
up at Washington anil in Retting
an order from the Comptroller of
the Currency for the transfer of
the residue-of the .school tax fund
the 25 per cenl; provided 'by 1AW.
Wilh this money We feel sure we
shall be able to do more nnd bet
tor work in opening- new roads
and trails where needed in Alas
ka than ever before. Approxi^
hlately $50,000 of the school tax.
fund residue has already been
transferred."
Supposed to be That of Charles
G. Severs, Well Known in
the FortyMlle
Tin? body of a man was found
in Ili»» Taiiana shortly after the
break-up, a short distance below
the Hot Springs. The body is be
lieved to he that of Charles G.
Severs, a well known Forty-Mile
miner, who shipped on llio Seh
watka as a deck hai.d to work his
way to Fort. Gibbon.
Twii hours above Tidovaua Ili."»
sounding signal was given and
Severs went forward. His com
panion climbed over the roof of
the barge, while Severs went
around the. side. On this barge,
the Seattle No. 1. there was no
hand line, and it is supposed Se
vers stumbled in the dark over
the syphon pipe. At any rale he
was heard to cry out. The steam
er was stopped, life preservers
and slicks of wood thrown over
board and a boat lowered.
Severs screams continued un
til he came into the swell of the
steamer, when they ceased. The
searchlight of the steamer was
turned to the bank, along which
the current set, but no sign of
tin' missing man appeared and
several hours of fruitless search
failed |u reveal any Iraetj of him.
Severs people are believed to
reside in Missouri.
MARIPOSA SAILS;
PASSENGER LI8T
Seattle. June It-.The S. S. Mar
iposa sailed for Southwestern
Alaska on Saturday night with
Mrs. C. M. Cook. Mrs. II. I..
■Weeks. .1. Hamilton. K. II. IMiI
ver, II. M. Carter, l\ F. Hoffman,
Max (iiegold. Mel. Rosenthal as
cabin passengers, and seven
steerage.
AMERICANS ARE
SAL FLEEING
Rebel Forces Are Facing a Crisis
and Are Hard Pressed by
the Federals
l-'.l Paso. Jiiiip .'{.--American
eili/.ons arc slill llooiug from I lit*
iiiI•• ri«>i* ami an* /locking into Ju
an1/..
Wnshiugl«»n, Juno M Advices
. « I
roeeived from Oroy.eo promise;
Dial In* will proleel American
oil izens.
I
I Chihuahua, Juno ,'l._-Tho rebel
forces are facing a crisis without
money, auimunilion or supplies.
They aro being hard pressed by
I he federal I roups.
^ ——————— '
Pole lluganir raine in Sunday
from the glacier, whore he has a
parly of men blasting out Ihobod!
of the stream lending from I ho
west side of fhe glacier, in order
Dial I he high wafer-* may wash
out I lie bed to a greater depth,
thus routining tho flood, or a
substantial portion of it, in the
channel. He reports thai, he is
making very satisfactory pro
gress and think* Ihe work be
Iftjg done wilt do much to avert
thin spreading of the flood over the
hrwor flats.
ftflAHO DEM0ORATI
lirowmwfiw
Copup d'Alene, Ida., June 3—
rhe Democratic state convention
•tuemble* here Ihls mnrnlng. The
crtnvenlion ia conceded to Champ
Clark.
COL. RICHARDSON TALKS
OFWMTER WORK IN CAPITOL
THE PA88AGE OF THE DIKE BILL 8URE--THE ROAD BETWEEN
VALDEZ AND FAIRBANK8 TO BE MADE GOOD ALL^™"
YEAR ROUND WAGON ROAD
Oil. W. P. Ilichardson, presi
dent «»f tht» Alaska Road Commis
sion. is bark at his desk this
morning, feeling none the worse
for Hie accident willi which he
met lasl winler while in Wash
ington, other than that In? feels
lie must nurse his injured .ankle
for a linn- yd. it not having fully I
regained it.< strength. j
Tin* Colonel is glad to again be
anions his friends and has al
ready begun an active campaign
|of road building. In speaking of
the work done at the capital in
behalf of Alaska this winler, Col.
! Richardson pair) a special tribute
to the exceedingly good work ac
complished by <). P. Hubbard,
against very heavy odds. He says
J that Judge Hubbard was always
| on his .job. looking after the in
terests of Valdez, and that th*•
i work he did was always perform
ed with great discretion and an
evident knowledge of the sub
jects with which he was dealing.
He appeared always prepared
I wit It official data to bear out his
j statements, vith the result that
much dependence is being placed
on the information given by him
to the committees of congress.
The Colonel was out. of the
tight for awhile, but as soon as
lie was permitted to go out on
crutches he gave his attention to
Alaska road matters and the dike
hill. It was through the Colonel's
I efforts that the War department
was prevailed upon to give it-;
support to the dike bill. In* and
(Jovernor Clark going- to the As
sistant Secretary of War for that,
purpose, with the result that Col
onel Richardson wrole a Idler
whieh was signed hv tin* assist -
ant secretary, to Senator Nelson,
approving of the appropriation.
This letter embodied tin* facts sef
forth in Col. Richardson's teb*
grnm to the Secretary of War la-i
summer when lie urged that tin*
War department send an engineer
here to st»nly out a method by
which the glacial stream niiyht
be controlled.
lie took the ground that the
citizens of Yablez had for year-*
protected the government'* prop
erly, ami that it was but a mat
ter of justice for the government
in protecting its own property t«<
give Yablez so rue much needed
aid. It was (Jovernor Clark, said
Col. Richardson, who went to
Senator Lee Overman and ex
plained to him the dike appro
priation. causing that gentleman
to remove bis objections to the
bill.
Speaking of Alaska road*. the
Colonel said that the commission
would expend more money on road
construction this season than in
several years previous. About
000 would be expended on the
Yaldez-Fairbanks road, exclusive
of the r.hitina cuf-ofT, by which
(Continued on page i)
EGYPTIAN PRINCE
TO VISIT ALASKA
He is Traveling Incog.—Will Not
Trust His Harem With
Alaskans.
.\i'\v Y«»rk. .June I.—\ recent
arrival in this city is his Hoyal
IliKhncs*. Prince Ita'dom, broth
er of I lit' KliediVC of Kgypl. for a
three months* sojourn in I In1 J
t'nited Slalfs.
The Prince announced In* is
lrn\cling ini-M^. In his palace in j
I'.airo In* has entertained scores'
i»f American millionaires, anions \
them .1. P. Morgan. (!o|. AI• »rj
anil I'.harh'K M. Schwab.
lli» is .'<«'» years old ami has been i
tra\cliiur since lie was six. lie!
has visited every country in lhe|
world save America ami Auslra-|
lia. II is his purpose tn wind up i
his world explorations thorough-!
ly before lie returns home. After!
lie linn spent three months lour-'
iiiK the Eastern stales ami C.an
ndn he will do Alaska ami the Pa
cific const, winding up with the
Panama cannl ami I hence head
ing for South America.
('.. K. Campbell, the mining en
gineor, i* still making an exam
ination of the Hlack Diamond
properties on behalf of Canadian
capitalists, who have an option
on the properties. In order that
there he no mishap in case the
propertir«« were taken over a mill
sito was located below the pres
ent openinRs.
Sam Knudsnn, the popular
wharfinger of I he Valdez dock,
entertained a number of friends
yesterday with a launch parly to
Fort Idscum. In the evening the
parly were numbered in Ihe au
dience of the Majestic, where
Sain wfi* presented with a pack
age of sweets.
i
A WILEY JAP
BESTS CHINEE
Alaska Native After Sampling Or
ientals Picks on Japanese
Life Partner
Seattle. .Inin* .'I.--An int.'not
ing case has been before Ih»* su
perior couii. Married to an Alas
ka Imlian \voin,aii, who found af
ter marriage thai .-he preferred
I he Japanese. and who finally
eloped with a Korean. I.oy I.an. a
Sea I lie Chinaman. disillusioned
as fn marital happiness, procur
ed a deeree of divorce. iIwas
eorrohnraled in his exidenec by
(iow Wing and .Mm Vee. fellow
canner.v worker* ;tI .lunean and
Douglas.
The couple were married at .In
neail oil October 8. IUUP. Tile wife
was Annie llurkness. a full
hlooded Alaska Indian girl. I.oy
carefully preserved a« a memen
to of tin* marriage a cerlillcale
crowded full of joy hells and red
nnd pink ink. with cupid* in
diaphanous drapery floating
nhoul. die showed Ihis to the
courl and sighed willi regret ol
his blasted hopes.
I.oy I<>l#l Ihe pourl flint when
he came out last fall Annie liked
Juneau so well thai *he refused
In come wilh him. Soon afler she
rejoined him in Seattle, one I.ee.
n young Korean, allrncled herat
lenlinn, naid Ihe husband, and
nfler they eloped he Irled lo get
Annie to come back and forget the
past, hut she remained deaf to
his cnlrenffes. flow Wing and
Jim Yee expressed the view that
it was a shame fo treat I.oy that,
way and the court granted the
decree to I.oy without further
qunslioiis. |.oy has his noH>
marriage certificate marked as
exhibit A in the case, and it re
mains in the custody of the su
perior court as pari of the record.