DOING POLITICS
IN CORDOVA
m
Council Calls fon Open prJm»Nesf
But a Faotlon Nominate a
Candladte In 8tar Chamber
Cordova, Sept. 12—At a meeting
of the city counoil held last night
it was decided to hold open pri
maries for the selection of a non
partisan candidate for the Sen
ate and a representative from
Chitina.
Last night 24 dissatisfied fac
fionalists held a star chamber
"convention" and ''nominated T.
B. Tansey for the Senate, with
I he understanding that the Cop
per river section would nominate
a representative.
RICH FIND ON
FAIRBANKS CK.
Fairbanks Creek's Latest Find is
Said to be the Richest Yet
Uncovered
"The best tiling ever found in
the camp in the way of a quartz
prospect, without any exception,"
is the way Angus McDougall
characterizes the find reported
last, week by Crites and Feldman
on above left limit of Fairbanks
creek, and the veteran quartz man
»»f the camp knows whereof lie
speaks, for he has been in the
quartz game since the earjy days
of the camp, and lie himself holds
the rich Pioneer properly, which
lie i* now developing.
iNIr. McDougall had just visited
Hi*'. Crites and Feldman strike,
which is well upon the hill be
tween a half mile and a mile from
the creek. The two prospectors
have a well defined ledge two feet
in thickness, mineralized from
wall to wall, which Mr. McDougall
in his conservative way estimates
will go better than $75 to the ton
all the way across. And more im
portant still, the two boys have
stripped this pay ore for 350 feet
with a series of trenches and
-hallow holes, and il shows the
same values all <"»f that distance.
lu addition lo tl.<< rich two-foot
ledge, ('riles ami Feldman have
a second ledg.», parallel to |lie tirsl
• 'lie. only 50 feel away. This vein
is IK inches in width and carries
ore that will mill from J?io to $75
to the Ion. ftaturally, lying as
close as I his, both ledges can be
mined from the same working
shaft.
While down on the creek, Mc
dougall took occasion to visit the
Cook brothers' workings on il
above, where they uncovered a
three or four-inch stringer of ex
ceptionally rich ore two weeks
ago'He intimates that the glories
of the rock going $10 to the
pound is not exaggerated, for he
saw slabs of ore several inches in
length with seam* and plates of
free gold howing at the side.
Steamer movements.
Maripo/jW in Seattle' Saturday.
Alatneda passed Juneau 11:30 a.
tri. West hound.
Sampson passed Ketchikan north
bound at early hour this a. m„
Thetis due.in Valdezt tomorrow.
—U/mi , ti.'c,
•p«oial Ikft;
In order W ffiVike'V'bom for my
new fall stock of good1® t fthi mat
ing a hiir rcductioh ht ladles'tfnd
children's wash drd'sfliA,,.! Wash
wais|M frorri 80c lo
mrs. e. Winter.
Fresh Morgan oysters fried in
butter and cracker crumb* at the
Vnldez Cafe, I
DIKE BILL LACKED
HELP IN HOUSE
Reoord Show* T.ha^ Only. Efficient
Support Was by Nelson In
the Senate
Valde missed getting the $55,
000 dike appropriation by a
scratch because it had no active
backer in the House. Senator
Nelson secured passage of the it
em in the Rivers and Harbors bill
in the Senate. The item was not
in the House Rivers and Harbors
bill, and when the bills passed by
the two houses went to confer-!
enre. Senator Nelson, chairman!
of the Senate conferees, held up
1 he bill for eight weeks in an ef
fort to get I he Valdez item
through. The House conferees
would not agree and Nelson final
ly had to yield in ruder to let the
bill go through.
Senator Nelson then had the
dike item placed upon tin* Gen
eral Deficiency Appropriation bill
and i| passed the Senate. In con
ference upon the bill the House
conferees insisted upon striking
out. the dike item. Representa
tive Fitzgerald, of New York, who
was chairman of tin* House con
ferees both bills, made this
statement in the House on August
[2-4 (Congressional Record, p. 12
: 9 i 0 >:
| "An item of $55,000 to protect
| Valdez, Alaska, against the gla
IciaI floods has been placed upon
|thi.s bill. It was on the River and
I Harbor bill, and it held up agree
jment on that bill for some eight
weeks. The Senate finally reced
jed from its amendment on the
River and Harbor bill and is in
sisting at this laf»» hour that the
! Managers on the part of the House
on the deficiency bill shall yield
and permit I hat appropriation to
.be made."
GOVT. MANSION
i NEAR COMPLETED
Handsome Structure Will be
Ready for Occupanoy by Holi
day Time
Tin* work of construcling the
governor's mansion is progress
ing fast under the supervision <>.
Superintendent Collier. The roof
is praelieally complete with I hi?
exception of part of the cornice
and a small area to shiugh*. The
exterior door and window panes
are being made up at (tic mill of
Iln> Alaska Supply Co. ami will
he put in place as soon a* de
livered, after which tin* siding will
be put on and the exterior of Un
building will begin to assume its
finished appearance. The me
chanical equipment is being in
stalled and the conscientious ef
forts of the workmen on the
structure will tend to expedite the
completion of the mansion.
The plumbing throughout the
residence is the famous "Dur
ham" system, used by Uncle Sam
in all public buildings beingerecl
ed by the supervising architect's
office, in which is used the "con
tinuous vent" and alt scre\V-j'oint
ed piping. The electric work is
awaiting the arrival this week of
an electrician from Seattle. All
Qonductor* are Tn Iron conduits
with' trotl outlet boxes, includitifr
telephone and bell wiring, fcltlle
of tills wrtrk !„ dofta in Alflsfcrf
lain the Wires in buildings here ftrd
irtv'arfaMy run exposed to walls,
flodr#, etc.
Ttfe cfilrlnneys a'rtd fireplaces are
cofhf>fete except the pressed brick
taafttels. •" <
tfdllier stales that the',
building will certainly ba ready
for occupancy before Christmas.'
-Juneau Dispatch.
PLACER NIK
FARTHEST NORTH
Activity Displayed in the Kotzebue
Region, Where Big Opera
tions Are in Order
Messrs. George K. McLeod and
Otto Daniels, who arrived in
Nome from the Immaehuk on the
tug Kobuk, says there is great
'activity this season in the Inma
chuk, which will be news to those
who have not kept in touch with
(he important mining operations
\vhich are being carried on in var
ious parts of Seward peninsula.
Mr. McLeod is manager of the
Fairhaven Water Co. in which he
himself is so very extensively in
terested. They have already
cleaned up two large pi I s and liava
Jhreo opened up. The results
have been eminently satisfactory,
ami the season's outlook is very
bright. Two lifts are steadily
washing the auriferous ground,
and sometimes three. About DO
men are employed by the com
pany, and this number may be
later increased. The Inmachuek
i* the most active camp north of
Nome.
| inmacnuk i>retiging <*0. «>t which
W. Johnson is president, is con
struct fnpr a dredge of largo size
on No. 6 below on Hannmn creek.
Tho hull will he placed in tho wa
ter this week, and tho machinery
.installed «o that the dredge will
starl digging ahont September t.
j Hank Fries is.building a small
er dredge, on the Inmachuk riv
er and he hopes to he running
{full blast by August. 25. T*oth of
these machines of modern typo
j'aro being placed oh (proved
ground. Little doubts are enter
tained therefore that their suc
cors will mean that they will be
tin* pioneer machines of a largo
• number <>f dredges in thai dis
trict.
j Messrs. Woodruff & Co. are op
erating a steam scraper on Black
■ Hold fraction, and are said t<» be
;in excellent pay.
The Inmachuk Dredging r.n..
,which has had prospecting crews
at work, announces that the drill
ling has been very satisfactory in
every way.
I Two prospectors are now drill
ing on the Hood Hope river. There
are large gravel bars on this
stream, and should they prove to
contain sufficient gold they will
[provide big dredging (proposi
tions.
Messrs. Sundquist and Pierce
nf Candle have launched their
small dredge and will have it op
erating in two weeks' lime.
Tl is understood that the Bucy
rus Co., of Milwaukee, the leading
dredge as well as shovel builders,
have become interested in the
Kugruk river, and will send a
prospecting party with a well
equipped outfit to test the ground
of Henry Coffin and others close
to where Myers and Roust look
'out some #175,000 a few year*
ago.
! Freighting is very active in the
Inmachuk, and as this Is always
a fair index of the range of min
ing operations it is clearly seen
that there is considerable work
being accomplished In the district.
Joe Montgomery, the manager
of C. L. Morris & Co. ha'* rented
hoad of horses to the Inmachuk
Dredging Co., while Messrs. Dunn
fc Sankey are steadily working
eight for Hank Fries.
The Inmachuk Springs Ditch
ha* been repajred, and mining on
a sniall *ca1e will shorlTy be stall
ed as some pay has been lo
cated about one mile below the
3pi'Wga:
Mf. Mcleod Ik here on business
wltn the cohnp&riy he represents
Ml wfll shortly fettorn TOIr the
balance' 61 IW seniofi, while Mr.
IWIels Intend* #ofn* outside for
,a well deserved holiday after he
M* hevetV year's dMrirteled wlfh
»eh Falrhaven Water Co."-World.
Subscribe for the Prospeolor.
THINGS QUIET
IN KUSKOKWIM
No Great Amount of Activity Pre
valent fn the Lower ftiver
Country
Guy Schaefer of the Bethel
rading Arm of Brown 4c Schaefer,
who came out from the Kusko
kwim, left Bethel last month, go
ing up the river to the Porlage,
where he crossed to the Russian
Mission, thence going down the
river by boat to St. Michaels. Ac
cording to Mr. Schaefer things are
very quiet indeed on the Kusko
kwim, and there is a boom neiTh
er in trading nor in mining. There
is some activity al» various points,
but it i« nothing to get. exeiled
over.
In Hi)- lower Kuskokwiin around
Hit' Irolik country, coniinonly but
erroneously referred to in Nome
as the (iooil News Bay country,
things are no| very bright. While
some <»f the miners report pro
gress others are leaving there dis
couraged. Oabrielson's claim on
Butte creek is the only producer
,to any extent, and an influx ol
[miners there would not be war
ranted.
| On the Anink which is some
.150 miles from Bethel to it.«
mouth two claims of low grade
gold are producers, hut every
,th.ng there is very costly as il
costs 33 conts a pound lo freight
up the river to I he diggings. A
steam shovel has been installer
;on Bear creek on the Tuluksak
It was brought in by Andersor
and Capt. Peterson. These iner
organized (lit* Kuskokwim fiob
Mining & Dredging Co., while out
side. It is financed by outsidi
capitalists almost exclusively, an#
may work out all right.
, There are three sleand>oats
working on the river, two owner
bv the X. C. Co., the I.avelh
Young and tlie Alice. The Quick,
steep owned by the K. C. Co. i.
.the other one. The X. C. Co.'.«
boats have made all the trip*
which they will this season, am
are now laid up, while the Quick
step. laid up at the present time
(is scheduled to make two mop
I before tlie close of navigation,
Some complaint is heard amonp
captains of incoming boats as I'
the difficulty of negotiating tlx
I river bars !at the mouth. The
Kuskokwim opens over a semi
jdelta of mud flats, and the chan
nel is tortuous and difficult t<
follow. Accordingly many of them
;?o aground, and when low water
supervenes tliey are left high awl
[dry. An urgent demand is nindt
for guiding buoys and lights.
;• . The fact that the Alaska II. II
Commisison is coming to Valdey
js corroborated by a cablegram
received by Col. Richardson from
Col. Morrow, asking if it would
be possible lo reach the interior
from this place. Upon receiving
an affirmative reply Col. Richard
!son was instructed to securr
fran# portal ion and to make other
|arrangements to facilitate the
I work of the commission.
A telegram was received by the
Road Commission yesterday stal
ing that the bridge at the Delta,
108 feet in length', had b*en com
pleted and that the force of men
were being moved to Oun creek.
This latter bridge will be the last
the commission contemplated
building this year, save that
(crossing the Oulkana, which will
be constructed during the winter.
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Eagla Danoa September 1S.
Hay and apple dance, music in
fhe'6*»nler floor like a dream, new
features. Ragle hall September
JlO. Don't forget the date.
Don't fdryftt the Woman's Guild
Will1 Klr« a dinner next Thursday ev
ening la ttaa AmiN Building, McKln
ley and Keystone atreerta.
Dinner ready from 5 lo 7:30,
DUST THIEVES
FOUND GUILTY
of 8tealtng Twenty-nine Thousand
Dollars in Qold Dust on Flat
Greek Claim
After four days triaV .Louis
Gorman, charged with holding up
the tram between this place and
Flat on September 21, last year,
and stealing 829,000 in gold dust
from George Friend, was found
guilty as charged. The jury de
liberated but two hours. Although
40 witnesses were examined, the
evidence of James Hagan is re
garded l<> be mainly responsible
for the man's conviction.
Ilagen. who arrived (no lale In
Jje a witness in I lie lironsen case
last Week, positively identified t lie
parka and slicker prnduced as (lie
properly of llmnsnn and (iornian.
These articles were used by tin*
robbers during the hold-up. and
this testimony practically clinch
ed I lie conviction. II is generally
approved, but there are not wanl
ling a number of skeptics.
The second trial of lironson
began Thursday and both Thurs
jday and Friday were occupied get
r'ting a jury. The witnesses in the
'case are now being examined, and
'.the 'inpression is that Bronson
will share the fate of his partner,
j Attorneys Mall by and Coke-IIill
are defending the men in an able
jnanner and the court room has
I been crowded throughout the en
tire proceedings. Many of Hie ve
i niremen were objected to by the
i counsel and many of I he objec
tions sustained by the courl. All
.were put through a searching ex
amination to find if the jurors had
I any preconceived notion as lo Ilir*
guill or innocence of the accuse'l.
as is general throughout a small
I camp like I he Tditarod.
LUCKY LESSEES
i ARE IN RICH PAY
i
i
' Forty-eight Dollar Pans Found in
I i
I 40-Foot Paystreak-Offered Big
I Price for Lease
1
i Pay so rich thai it is visible
in lh"' faro «>f Ihr open cul as#
• nil'* it amis «»1V and looks at ii lias
jusl born oprnod tip by Noeller
iand fiustafson, laymen on Mer
jlian and Larson's ground on 3
• below of Fairbanks ereek; and
more remarkablr, fliis is on a pur
'lion of the claim llinl was nol sup
posed lo carry any pay.
; J. A. Clustafson. who is book
keeper ror Yarhon & Stirling. \is
iled Ihr claim, and testing ..oinr
of tin* ground look out one *'i8
pan and one $30 pan. His pnrl
ner, Norllrr, also did some pan
ning wilh results corresponding,
and Rowden, the dredger man
from 8 above, look oul a $48 pan.
The rich ground is said lo be
40 f ct in width. How far up and
down the crdek i'l may extend is
yet to be dete/fnined.
As a eonsequence of the dis
covery the laymen were this
morning made an offer of $ 15,000
for their lease.
It is believed (hat as a result
of the And on .1 below the Alaska
FJxploratlon company, or the En
glish syndicate, as it is more
.comrtionly called, which is oper
ating thd dredge on 8 above of
Fa.-banks, wfll take up the op
tion* which have been quietly se
cured on the balanee of the creek,
as f«r down as If Is shallow
enough for dredging.
Ouslafson and "• Noeller nre
I working a crew of 20 men nl pre«
,enl In their open cut.
Ladies' Guild dinner tonight
frnm 5 In 7:30 o'clock.
JOHN ROSENE
AND MONORAIL
A System Which, if Practicable,
Would Solve Alaska's Trans
portation Problem
John Rosene, widely , known,
through the West and Northwest
as a wizard organizer of develop
ment projects here and in Alaska,
has succeeded in obtaining entire
control of the famous monorail
in the United States and Canada.
I He is now in Seattle planning for
tlir foundation of the vast pro.
jject Ihi» introduction of the now
I train will mean, anil he has «!•»—
jlcrinined that Seattle will he thff
'headquarters for all of his opor
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SIBERIAN SIDE
j PROSPECTIVE GOAL
i
i
!
jFor 12 Years Prospectors Have
i Tramped Bleak Country-A
Haven of Traders
I
I Bill> Thompson, an American
j I ratling with tin* native* on the
Siberian coast, recently arrived
• in Nome, according to (In* Indus
trial Worker. For 12 years
(American miners have heen pros
'peeling that section with hut in
different success.
j lie says that there is mueli
commercial activity aronml Ana
dir as tin* government is making
lit an administrative center. A
Jwireless station, material for
which was shipped in last fall,
will he ready to give and lake
radiograms for any part of the
Siberian coast on August 28. The
completion of this station will he
the most northerly of a series of
coast stations connecting with the
|.Trans-Siberian railroad at Yladi
voslock, and will through the ov
jerland telegraphs connect with
Russia in Europe at St. Peters
burg.
j The government sent a big ami
jwell equipped expedition about
$00 miles up the Anadir river. It
is a mining expxei'i'ion and iit
the parly are en^im-i ; < end ge
ologists. Careful %\ i 11 be
taken of tin' formation with spec
ial attention paid for precious
melals.
• Another party was sent m the
station formerly occupied by tin?
Northeastern Co., and will more
thoroughly prospect and explore
II he surrounding country. Both
.these parlies are well and scien
tifically equipped, 30 that their
work may be efficiently done.
A fishing steamer formerly tha
English tramp "Ed. Berry," but
now flying the Russian colors, wa*
at Anadir. This boat is of about
3,000 tons, and is equipped with
refrigerators whose cap'aeily is
estimated at 800,000 salmon. The
steamer is now loading up with
salmon which will be takon to
Riga or St. Petersburg In rofrig
orators; what, cannot he placed
thpre being salted down in casks.
The largest fishing company in
the Baltic, a Russian outfit, in
hacking this venture. A* there
has been a big run of salmon,
the refrigerators of the boat are
being rapidly filled. Trading i*
somewhat slack owing to the
schooners having cleaned up the
winter holdings of tho natives.
They arc holding back a large
amount of whalebone In the hope
that the present stagnation in the
market may pass »\way.
The natives over in Siberia can
be divided now, such progress ha*
comniereo made, into those who
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