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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUQU8T 2, 1912.
NO. 146.
INTERVENTION
- IS IMMINENT
Peeling Pervading That This Gov
ernment Will Have to lnter
vene in Mexico
Washington, Aug. 2.-A feeling
is pervading official circles lhat
(his government will be compelled
to intervene in Mexico, in order to
protect foreign as well as our own
interests.
The recent altitude of the rebel
leaders will force American inter
vention to restore peace. In army
circles the feeling is strong that
«iur troops will bo across tin* nio
Grande within a month.
Pmitus M,agnussen, of Wort
mans, reports many prospectors
in the hills about Lowe r:rer and
Sheep creek.
FLOATING COURT
GRINDING AWAY
A Heavy Criminal Docket to be
Disposed of Before the
Court Adjourns
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Naknek, Aug. 2.-Tlie court here
is in full swing with a heavy
criminal calendar, including four
murder cases. An Italian tishery
employee charged with having
sold whiskey to a native, plead
guilty and was fined $100 and
costs.
The grand jury returned three
bills of murder and one of com
mitting an assault with a danger
ous weapon, to which O. A. Tuck
cr, attorney for the defense, in
terposed a demurrer against each
indictment, which the court very
promptly overruled. ,The prison
ers then plead not guilty.
One Italian charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon will
In- Iried today. The court ap
poinl d I)r. CJiilespie and Dr. Ilob
in><>ii Id examine inlo the mental
emuiition of a prisoner named
SAY THAT ROOSEVELT IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR STEEL TRUST'S ABSOLUTE CONTROL
The House Committee Majority Investigating Steel Trust Lays
Blame On Former President—Wickersham As a Na
tional Progressive Will Compel His Follow
ers Enter New Political Affiliations
Boise City, Aug. 2.-II will bo
necessary to eomit Ihc first and
second choice vote cast in the re
cent primaries to decide whether
Paul Gladstone, Progressive, or
John Haines, Regular, has been
nominated Republican candidate
for governor. Both wings of the
i party are very evenly divided, in
asmuch as the bulk of the party
has gone over I«> the National
Progressives.
Washington, Aug. 2.—The Sen
late. by a vote of 51 to four has
passed the Lodge resolution warn
ing foreign governments not to
establish naval bases on the
American continents, north or
soulh.
Washington, Aug. ^.-Delegate
Wickersham leaves for Chicago,
Tregemne, charged with murder,
who is thoughto be insane.
ANOTHER RAISE IN MEAT
WILL CONTINUE JUMPING
Denver, Aug. 2.-Meat prices on
foot have jumped to $8 per hun
dred and is still going higher.
New York, Aug. 2.—Meat has
jumped from five to ten cents per
pound.
Chicago, Aug. 2.-Meat prices
a?e taking rapid advances owing
to 'he raise of beef on foot.
| HARRY THAW
18 P0I80NED
j Matlewan, Aug. 2.-'Harry Thaw
| is suffering from a severe attack
of ptomaine poisoning as the re_
| suit of eating canned goods. His
condition is hot considered ser
ious.
THE TRAVELS OF A BISHOP
LENDS TO STRENUOUS LIFE
COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILES OVER 8ELDOM VI8ITED SEC
TIONS, GIVING ADVICE, COUNSEL AND RELIEF
WHERE IT IS NEEDED
The Fairbanks Times contains
an interesting account of the wan.
(taring* of Bishop P. T. Rowe, of
Ihe Episcopal Diocese of Alaska.
It says:
Pound for the little known reg
ions around Tenana crossing,
I is'iop P. T. R.a\c, in charge af
the Episcopal church work in ttn
territory of Alaska, reached Fair
l-an';- on the f. uift trom Chenu.
I ho bishop, in company wi!h
Airhdeacofl Stuck and the Rever
< i (. C. E. Bettich.r, Jr., arrived
here yesterday on the launch P*:li.
ran.
Since leaving h.-re late in Ihe
winter, Bishop Rowe has covered
n good deal of gr< und and per
former) a considerable amount of
work among the natives. Th».* 81.
John's-in-tho-Wilderness mHsion
in lh.» Koyukuk, was visited, the
return trip to Tnnana being made
in the record iimo of three day*
ami throe niglils. Quick travel
ir.g was necessary f*»r the rea
son I hat the frails were going tf»
pieces rapidly.
At Tanana Bishop Rowe r«
mained for a month or more, re
organizing the Indian settlement.
a result, a decided improve
ment is noticeable In the condi
tion of tho natives there. They
have planted gardens and have
elected a new chief. Alexander
now presiden over the councils
of the natives, instead of William,
the former chieftain.
From Tanana, the venerable
and enorgetic churchman went
upriver to Eagle by steamer. Af
tor a short visit thore, he dropped
to Circle in a small boat, visiting
all the Indian camps and settle
ments on the way.
At Circle, he Joined Archdeacon
Stuck and came downstream In
Ihe Pelican, making stops at every
Indian settlement. The trip up
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where lie will fit as delegate in
the National Progressive conven
tion, although the rail made no
provision for delegates from the
territories.
Washington. Aug. 2.—Roosevelt
is charged with the responsibil
ity of the .absolute control by the
United States Steel corporation
over the industry in the United
States by a majority report of tho
Ilou^e committee investigating
the steel trust. The report goes
on to .stale Ilia it was Roosevelt's
initiative which permitted tho
trust to absorb the holdings of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany, in which matter Roosevelt
gives the trust credit for having
averted a panic in 1907.
Portland, Aug. 2.-Senalor
ttourue lias announced that he
will bo. a candidate for re-election
on the Progressive ticket. Ho
holds that not having boon an
avowod candidate in Iho Ropubli
ran primaries porniits him in all
consoionce to stand fop tho Pro
grossivo nomination.
Hoiso. Ida., Aug. .'.-Tho gover
nors of live western .stales are
hero in conforonce. The mooting
has mi political signiticance as
matters fur tho bottornionl of the
conditions in Iho statos aro undor
discussion.
Washington. Aug. 2.-Political
leaders hore believe that thekey
noto of Tafl's campaign as dis
closod by his speech of accept
MINERS STRIKE
SHORTER HOURS
Newsboy Property Makes Its Sec
ond Cleanup and 8tamps Out
$200 a Day
From I lie Newsboy property it
i* reported Uiat all of the miners
employed there have prone out on
a strike, for the reason that the
change <>f management brought
with jt a lengthening of the work
ing hours. Tho new manager.
I.ouis (iolden, stated that 10-hour
shifts would be worked hereafter
instead of eighl-hour, which have
been in vogue there.
For that reason the men derid
ed thai they would not continue
tr» work I here. Their places have
been filled with new men.
Mr. Sherard came to town with
the second cleanup of the present
year. The amalgam weighed 'i58
ounce*, while the gold, after re
torting, weighed a little over 195
ounces. Representing 15 days'
operation, the gold from the
cleanup amounts to an average of
about $200 to the day. This is
considered to be a good showing,
considering the fact thai Ihe ore
is coming from one stope.-iMner.
ANOTHER 8U8PCOT
IN THE TOILS
New York, Aug. 2.-\Vhitey Lew
is, one of the four men wanted
for the murder of Herman Ro -
enthal, the murdered gambler,
was yesterday arrested in the Cat
skill mountains, where he had fled
in hiding imemdlately after the
killing.
Steamer Mov«m*nLs.
Heat tie, Aug. 2.-The steamer
Mariposa sailed last evening for
Southwestern Alaska points with
the following passengers for Val
dez: Ralph Williams, Geo. Klines,
Joseph Bourke, Harry Kahn, Fred.
Wilson, fleorge ffaunders, J. E.
Warms and Tom Magill. One
steerage passenger.
The Rampson passed Juneau at.
midnight the 31st, being due in
Cordova this afternoon, ami at
this port some lime In Ihe morn
ing.
TWO ALASKANS
IN NEW HELD
Will Minft^n Peru Where the In
cas, Three Hundred Years Ago,
Sought for Gold
Captain J. J. I>onovan, former
ly a deputy United Stales mar
shal in the Fourth division, and
one of those who stampeded |o
Bolivia, when the Ferguson let
ter lirst leaked out, will not return
lo Alaska a disgusted man. at
least not for awhile yet. lie has
now taken a flyer in the mining
game in Peru. Together with
have Johnson, an old-timer in the
North ami one of the lucky Idil
arod miners, he has taken a lease
and optio-i on the Cat?hi Cachi
mining property in the province
of Sandia, Peru, according f«» a
letter to Marshal II. K. Love, of
Fairbanks, dated Arequipa, Peru.
March 20, last.
The option had been taken three
days before. Donovan and John
son intended to leave for an ex
amination of the placer properly
the next day. The captain said
he was in good health and was
gradually becoming acclimated.
A copy of-the agreement, as well
as a typewritten report of the
property, made previously by an
English mining enginer, enclosed
in the letter to the marshal, prov
ed interesting. The two north
erners have under option a total
of 123 olftims of four hectares
each. a hectare i* equal to
about two and one-half acres, the
total area that the men are to
prospect comprises 1,230 acres of
land . The land is onwed by one
Oodfroy Rahli. He is to get a 25
per cent, royalty of the output
for nit work done on tho
claim, and in the event that an
option to purchase is desired to
he made binding, a deposit of
£200 must be made to insure good
faith. The option to purchase
expire* September 30, 1013, the
price being stated to be £50,000,
less the amount paid in r.s royal
ties.
The report of the engineer on
the properly is, on the whole,
promising. The claims are 779
ance will be the upholding nf the
constitution.. Those among' tho
opposition cannot see wherein tho
president can raise an issue on
the question of maintaining the
constitution unless he is center
ing his fire on Roosevelt and tho
Socialists, as they say, the Demo
cratic parly has always heen tho
strides! constructionists of the
consitution, that being oiio of tho
party's cardinal principles.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2.-The
National I'rogresives held a well
attended state convention, nomi
nating a full state ticket, presi
dential electors and delegates to
the second Chicago convention.
Ex-Senator Beveridge was unan
imously chosen as candidate for
governor.
kilometers from Mollendo, the J
seaport. Two hundred and thirty
miles has to be traveled on fool
or with mules. The freight rate
per ton to the diggings is equiv
alent to 84 in gold. The supply
center is Arequipa. on the rail
road from Mollendo to the inter
ior.
The gravel deposit that is be
lieved by th<f* engineer Jo be gol<%
hearing and workable by the hy
draulic method, is on the eastern
slope of the Andes and at an al
titude of 6.500 feet. Old workings
arc still in existence on some of
the claims, and. according to the
engineer, considerable gold hasj
been taken out. The workings are
very extensive, and it is said that)
about 0,000 Indians were at one I
time employed on the claims by,
the Spaniards, probably in thej
year IG!>0. The old canals lhatj
were used to convey water are si ill j
in fairly good condition and canj
be made u*able. i
WOULDBE WIDOWS
TAKE TO HILLS
Flee From Homes for Second Time
-Not From Husbands but From
the Raging Waters
Reno, Nov., Aug. 2.-As a result
of a terrific cloudburst which
broke near the city, the creeks
flowing through I In; town have
become raging torrents overflow
ing their bank.* and flooding the
streets.
Tin? people are fleeing to the
nearby hills for safely, the colony
of won Mho grass widows again
hitting the hitrh spots lo escape
the waters threatening their tem
porary homes.
An immense amount of damage
has be«»n done llie mines in the
vicinity as well as properly in the
city.
MUCH FREIGHT
IS BEING MOVED
Yukon Gold Co. Is Keeping Small
Craft Busy Moving Dredger
Material
Dikeman. with tonnage running
high into the hundred*, awaiting
transhipment to (ditarod, presents
a scene of unusual activity these
days. The major pari of the ton
nage consists of material for the
Yukon (Wdd coVnpafiy, and it is
coming up constantly on light
drafl scows and is being forward
ed promptly over the tramway and
the wagon road to Flat. Owing to
I he low stage of water the lighter
class of material is being brought,
up tlrsl.
The launches Nancy Hell and
Yenlna have been making regular
trips, but I lie water is so low that
I lie Yenlna lias its famous white
hor*e along to snake the craft ov
er I lie numerous bars. The horse
has learned ils business so well
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VERY RICH STRIKE MADE
AT HEAD HARRIMAN FIORD
PORT WELLS DISTRICT IS EXCITED OVER A RICH DISCOVERY
MADE AT THE HEAD OF HARRIMAN FIORD BY TWO
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF ALEX. 8INQLETARY
Captain Ktamey, of I he launch
Briglon, returned from Wells
hay, after the most successful
trip of tho season from a busi
ness standpoint.
Captain Stamey reports that
two of tho men who had been
working for Alex. Singletary, on
Avery river, had made one of the
greatest strike* known in that
section, at the very head of Har
rinian Fiord. The rock is the
riehesl ever seen in flolden, and
the locators report that the vein
from which it was Taken is a very
large one, clearly defined and eas
ily aceessihle. They came tiaek to
the camp to got tools, powder ami
supplies, intending to return at
once to do some development
work on their new find. Consid
erable excitement followed ami
r|4iif«• a number of prospectors
have rushed into the new district,
hopitm to be n* lucky a* the two
pioneers.
Captain Stamey also report^ a
most optimistic feeling pervading
lh»» entire district, which is now
beginning In nllracl men of
means, who are seeking legitimate
mining investments. The reeenl
deal* pnt through by which local
properties are to he developed for
an interest in the property meet*
the general approbation of claim
owners, who have faith in their
properlies, but lack the means to
develop them. II is believed that,
a number of promising prospects
can be obtained on similar terms
by men who can show that I bey
mean business nnd are no| onf on
stork peddling jobs.
F. L. Wagner, of the Rambler
(told Mining company, is inspect -
ign ppoeprlies at Port Wells and
may become interested in lhal
seel ion.
Bring your Job work to tho
Prospector office.