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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1S18.
NO. 275.
GALLANT SOLDIER
ANSWERS GALL
Lieut. Qen. McArthur Suddenly
8tricken by Apoplexy While
With Oomrades
Milwaukee, Sept. C.-Lieut. Gen
eral McArthur, retired, a hero of
the rebellion and the Spanish
American war, who resided in this
city since his retirement, dropped
dead hero of apoplexy while at
tending a re-union of old sol
diers. L'pon ascertaining the
death of the old soldier liis com
rades knelt and offered a prayer
for their former leader.
A LONG TRIP
IN FRAIL GRAFT
Sails From San Francisco to Point
aBrrow in Seven Ton Scow
in Three Months
:?•
Saa Francisco, Sept. O.-IL was
learned here from a returning
vessel that H. Slato and his parl
ner in the trading business had
reached Point Barrow on August
18th on board an old scow of sev
en tons registtM* ajfter a three
months' trip frnin tho Golden
* la I *.*.
HEW ROAD
TO BE BUILT
Government Road to Sheep Creek
Will be Completed This
Season
Jack 'Havps. I he man behind the
r<>ad work yiin in Southeastern
Alaska. announces lhal Major \V.
I'. Iliehardson. president «»I* Mm*
Maska road commission. has
,ircd him to i-ady" for eon
s(ruc|ioii work on the government
highway lo Sheep crock, and Mr.
Ifa>es is now carrying out the or
der and looking |o Hit* next nd
\ iri-s. which will prohahly lie or
ders In slarl work.
Tin1 city's share of Ilna Sheep
«• road is about done. From
lh<' Sawmill lo Ih«• Indian village
mii the bench .ionIh of town the
lresile work is in place and the
road is planked to nearly its dis
tance. From the Indian village
lo Sheep creek the Kovcrumcnt
will superintend operations.
The government could get in
three months' work on the road
before winter set3 in, and if it
should happen that another win
ter like last year should favor this
section, the road could b«> built
before the dawn of spring.
This road, when completed, will
prove of incalculable benefit to
this growing section. The great
mineral belt lying back of Oasti
nenu channel fs continuous from
Gold creek to Sheep creek. With
the excellent transportation fa
cilities that the completion of the
road will create, development of
the ore zone i* expected to ad
vance by herculenn strides.-Ju
nenu f>ispalch.
The Maripno was due in Cor
dova ni i o'clock this afternoon,
and should reach Valdez some
!ime tomorrow forenoon. •
MORE GRAFT
IN 60THANI
Aldermen Qet About One Million
Dollars Annually Levying
Blaokmall
New York, Sept. 6.—Mayor (iay
nor says that members of the
board of aldermen are getting as
high as $2,500 each for licenses.
Under an ordinance the mem
bers of the board of aldermen
must endorse applications for li
cense^ before they can he granted.
News dealers have been taxed
from $100 to $500 for each news
dealer license aggregating a graft
r>f nearly ;i million dollars annu
ally.
Kinery Valentine has announced
his inlenlion lo run for the ter
ritorial legislature as one of the
two assemblymen from the First
division.
WAITERS STRIKE
HIGHER WAGES
Hoston, Sept. G.-Waiters in the
fcity haw struck for an increase
of five dollar*? monthly in their
wages and shorter hours of work.
Most of the restaurants are run
ning short-handed, employing
girls wherever they can be had.
MOOSE MEETING
HAS A PANIC
SI. I'uul, Sept. (i.— W'll ill* Col.
Roosevelt was addressing I tn*
'.Progre. sives al I he stale fair
grounds, a runaway team caused
a panic, in which many were in
juredf Roosevelt remained on
lie plaform unmoved.
ALAMEOA ARRIVES
IN SEATTLE
Seal lie, Sepl. 0.—The steamer
Alameda arrived in port al two
o'clock this aflernoon with llaf,rs
Hying at half mast in respect to
IHie body of Mrs. Ila/clcl, wliicli
was on board on its way io its
; litinI resting place.
[WOMAN ARRESTED
US ACCESSOR*
Chicago, Scpl. 0.—Franco** Ford,
a prostitute, hn.s Imm*n arrested
n* an accessory in the murder of
Messmaker, who was killed for his
jnoney in a dive al Wosl Ham
mond, Indiana.
bump¥cro7
or WHEAT
Chicago, Wept. fi^-The estimat
ed increase of the wheat crop
this year over that of last year
in estimated at ^evente.m million
hushels. Wheat i« now (footed
at 0! cents a bushel.
Subscribe for th* Prosptctor.
OLD KLONDIKE!)
WAS MURDERED
I
mmigratin Inspector Shot by Man
Who Was Refused Entrance
Into Canada
A recent Edmonton newspaper
speak$ of the funeral of H. G.
Herbert, a former Klondiker. who
was murdered recently near De
troit.
Amidst profound expressions of
sympathy and regret the body of
the late Traveling Immigration
luspeelor Herbert (i. Herbert, who
was murdered on Ameriean waters
Ia*d Tuhrsday noon, was laid to
rest in I he Kdmontim cemetery
ahmgside of his wife and child,
who were buried I here a few years j
ami. Herberl was an old Yukon-:
or, having been in the norlli for
.many years as a mining record
er prior (o laking I he position as
inspector of immigration for I he
|l>ominion government. Many of
liis old friends attended the fu
neral. and those who acted as
pall bearers were those with whom
he bad worked in the Yukon. An
impressive funeral service was
read over I he remains.
MUCH POWER
FOR JUALIN
Tweleve Hundred Horse Power
I
Being Developed by Belgian
Syndicate
|
!
| Const rue I j«iii work I • • prepare
or Ho- economical working of I lit*
'Jualiu mines is being pushed for
ward l»y |hi* Algunican Develop
ui'iil Co. Might nifii undi'i* Supt.
Albert Xadeau art' al present em
ployed al Jualin and since I lie
j< oinplet ion of (lit* new wbarf, fa
cilitating |Ik* freighting of sup
plies to the scene of operations,
tin' construction work is moving
"briskly.
"We iiiv building a II'i.flnu
Teet long," said Managing Direct
or Smith this morning, "and from
I In* ••nil of |his Hume there will
le a hydraulic pipe line 3.800 feet
long extending to the power plant,
•fere we will install a compres
sor capable of general inn 400 h.
I». through K.nnn feet of 8-ineh
air-pipe lo the mine. This will he
'the lirsl of .several compressors
which will be installed as the de
velopment of the mine requires J
additional power, both for min-j
Sing and milling purposes. The.
Hume and pipe line have been ■
built lo furnish a maximum of
t.'JOu horse power.
The wharf at Jualin is al Inn-l
ing favorable comment, because
of ils solution to the hitherto
transportation problem at Jualin.
'At low tide there is 2f» feel of
water at' the dock, giving the
largest steamer plying these wa
llers ample water in which lo dock.
Mr. Jean Vanophein, head of
the Algunican Development C.o.,
which is one of the largest of Ihe
■French eBlgian syndicates oper
ating from European headquar
ters, has been in Juneau lor the
past three weeks and ha* made
one vlsil to Ihe properly which
as been acquired from the ffng
I aft brothers by his company.
Mr. Vanophefn will he In Juneau
[until the latter part of October,
at which time he wilt go lo the
Cobalt mining country, tfhere his
company ha* several mining prop
erties. The Jualin will commence
mining by December, thinks Mr.
Vanophem^lnneau Dispatch.
Closing out itifts. coals and ev
ening gown* at half p'lce at Har
vey's Toggery.
ELECTION NOTICE i
IS GIVEN OUT!
Two Precincts Discontinued and
Landlock Bay Precinct l»
Established
United States Commissioner
Thomas R. Shepard, on Thursday,
Sept. r>tti, filed for record the call
for a general election to be held
on Tuesday, November 5th, for
J wo members of the territorial
senate and four members of the
house of representatives.
In defining I Ik* boundaries of
Hit' preeinels constituting (his
commissioner'* dislriel. Mineral
creek ami Worlmans voting pre
einels were discontinued and
Absorbed in llexervalion precinct.
Lamlbick voting precinct was es
tablished, dividing il from Klla
mar precinct by a line running
due esa| from Moulder bay. Hligh
Island being included in the El
lamar precinct. Otherwise the
voting preeinels remain unchang
ed from the last, election, there
being now seven precincts in the
district instead of eighl.
NIGHT TERROR
ON NT. M'KINLEY
PROF. PARKER GIVES THRILLING
DESCRIPTION OF EARTH
QUAKE.
The volcano 'hat shook this section
of Alaska and Fairbanks so severely
at on the evening of July 6th,
had its origin very near the b»se of
a 12.000 foot peak, situated about
lf> miles e^st of the famous south
l>eak of Mount McKinley At least
that is the bel.ief of Professor Iler
scliel c. Parker, of Columbia univer
sity, the celebrated mountain climber
who recently returned from the north
land.
"I believe we experienced the se
verest earthquake shock of moder
times." said Professor Parker the
other evening to a News representa
tive. "We were camped In the
'.'alley at th-e base of Alt. .NKKinley
n the eve.ling of the severe shock
"I was lying on a fur robe inside
the tent when suddenly I received a
tremendous shaking.
"The other members of our party
were out of the lent and as soon
as I could regain my feet I rushed out
side. Off to (the east of where we
were and distant, I should judge In
'•he neighborhood of fifteen miles, the
whole top of one of the great peaks
could be seen sliding into the valley.
We had left our highest camp, at
an elevation of 17,000 feet on 'he
south peak of ML MeKlnley, but five
'ay * before and back over the
course we had Just traveled we could
see great clouHs of snow rising high
in the air, indicating that slides were
occurring there. There is no doubt
l»u» that we would have all been kill
ed |f we had then been on the moun
tain.
At our camp, or cache, built of
■mail logs and resting on the sawed
off tops of four small trees, had
been thrown down; a large boulder,
weighing nearly a ton had been "Hd
along the ground for a number of
fee*, leaving a deep furrow behind
K. The shaking of the earth sent
Mr. Arthur Aten reeling up against
one of the poets of our cache and
•censed to hold him there until the
trembling subsided; fortunately he
wag on tt»* op pool te side from where
th« toga fotl. Our camp stove w**
olid aloag «tght or ten feet and* then
tumod over.
(Continued on page t)
STEAMSHIP WAR
SOUTHERN COAST
8lashlno of Rates Continue* Un
til Mow Freight Carried at
$2.00 Per Ton
Seattle, Sept. G.-A fierce steam
ship rate war is in progress on
the Southeastern Alaska coast, by
the "regular" lines against the in
dependents. The second cut in
two weeks was made yesterday
and as n result general merchan
dise is heing rnrried for I wo dol
lar a Ion.
! Soiillihoiind freight retnains
unchanged. The war started when
I lie II111 ul m • h 11 and oilier independ
ent companies refused lo come
in on the raise in rales eslaldish
ed recently hy I lie lines in the
|Coinhine. Many of the business
1 houses are taki11cr advantaui* of
CONTRACTORS
INDICTED GRAFT
Clinton. la.. Sept. ti.—Kiplil •»f—
lirials ami conlractors have been
arresfod for graft inK in romier
Iion with the building of ronnly
|bridg»?s. All I li«> pari it's arc prom
inent people in I lie Coininnnil V.
HATE TO HEAR
TALES OF CRIME
Spokane. Sept. ti. Rjuiileen wo
men who were drawn on the reg
ular jury panel refused to <erve.
Taking advantage of (lie slalnle
1-aving jnry *er\ire optional wilh
women, alleging thai lliey i|js
jliked I• • listen to tales of erinie.
I
WANT TO VOTE
AT THE ELECTION
' •attic. Sept. li. -An itli|—
cii-i h'il rush is lieing imulc in I lie
ri mis for naturalization paper*,
jiiii account of l h«> cumins elec
tion. Naturalization officers arc
;kcpt busy looking up (lie histories
j_of those seeking cilizenship pa
pers.
THE FDOeTpRICES
| ARE SLUMPING
Olyinpia, Hi*pi. (l.-Tlic labor
commissioner, in a special report,
announces that I lie price of foods
V« decreasing in I he slate of
Washington, owing to the hig
cr- ps.
COHVICTSFLOfiGED
FOR RIOTING
Jackson. Mich,, f*»»pl, O.-Nliie
ringleader* of Hip prisoner* who
engaged in rioting ami attempt
ing to burn tlm prison buildings
were flopped ami r#*luriio#l to dark
cells.
Bring your Joh work to the
f>i">«pprtor ofTtne.
A LONE BANDIT
HOLDS UP TRAIN
When About to Leave the Engi
neer Fells Him With an
Iron Bar
Mich»*au(J, La., Sept. C.-A lone
bandit crept into the caboose of
an engine on the Louisville ami
Nashville railroad and forced the
•engineer and fireman to pull his
train ahead, and then began loot
ing Ihe train. When he was about
to leave thf engineer felled him
willi an iron bar. There was but
one revolver mi the Ii*nin and that
wouldn't work.
ATLIN PROSPEROUS
SAYS MGLOSKEY
i
Buys Out His Partners and Will
Mine Spruce Creek as Sole
Owner
15. Ill^ ill^' i'Cports lllill I III' -fil
son's cleanup mi hi.- valuable
placer properly at Spruce creek.
Allin district. would ayvre^at e
§05.000 before tlii* -mnmcr was
over, ami I li*> news. I liat In* hail
jptirrhaNt'il for s-j-j.uon the inter
j«•?*| •»f four ..I hi- partner.- in tin?
'claims.
Tln» pari ihts \\ li«1111 •• r« • -1 mi
111*' Spruce creek claim.. ha< I
jhoughl h> .Mr. McCJoskcy are I'al
'Foley, Marl in ilmiway. A. 151 • • 11 —
• lean anil .1 • >h11 II. t'rumhack. Mr.
■jMcl'.luskev and hi- Ih'mIIiit .lack.
"J. M. l>.-cker ami Mr-. Itlack. are
' ll"W I lie s«»le owners «• f" llie III lie
I Alula- claim*', .lack Mci'lo-key
I'einaiiieil al lln- mine wilh crew
of men ami w ill remain I here uu
jlil I lie lasl cleanup, which will
he mailc alx.nl I\m» tin>nIh — from
| now.
| Mr. McClnskey brought his us
i ml sackful of "potatoes" a- he
| alls I hem. Ami such potatoes!
One o| I hi* line-) collections of
1 ll«*een here i< on ili
jj la> in the <rermania saloon w in
Vow, ami these are the "potatoes"
j o which Jim laimhiuulv refers as
' In* prothirl of Ins Ii1111* "yarden"
! ip on Spruce creel
i "l'.\••• »|icraloi m i>. iw i|o_
' iij/ wi l| ihi- stimuli ! : a\c i|i»rn
< xcepilinn l> well, ami I he ,-how
(i ip.r uiaile I»\ our properlx luis sur
passed all my expectation-. of
roiirse -oun* uf the operator.- have
•hail low water |o ili.-1re.-s llieni.
Imt in I In* main every one of them
l a heen regularly faking mil much
jpohl. There :< plenty nf water on
ilMne creek. Huhy creek, when?
j*l >a 11 on operates. ha.« shown up
well cmishicrinK 'lie shortage of
water, ami on Mrfiee creek the
same shortage of water exist-.'*
say.* Mr. MrC.loskc.v.
Tlio Fire Department will pe
1 ili«»n Iho city council for live
hundred more foci of new hose nl.
fheir next meeting. II is row three
year* finer hose ha* boon pur
chased for the use of the depart
ment.
Sidney Drake will leave on I lie
no*f Sampson with supplies an.I
lumber wllh which to build Ilo*
Cameron Johnson company'*
tvinler quarters. The I.atoucho
brought up half a Ion of powder
fop I he company.
Thirly-flvc tons of ore from
be Alice properties on Shoup bay
a* brought up lo Ibe stamp mill
»n a barge, for treatment. The
»re will be rim through at onre
|o fe«»| the value., of the mine run.
Tbe Valdc* Cafe i? one good
ninne In enf If