) The Alaska Prospcctor
Published hi VaUtcx, Alnskn, evory Thursday
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MORE NEAR KNOWLEDGE
In Seattle, where ho ekes out a
parasitic existence by disseminating
misinformation tlirougli the medium
of u publication known «h the Trade
Register, dwells one, Lovett M.
Wood. Mr. Wood fondly exploits his
publication as a necessity to the
commercial needs of the community
and by thus doing squeezes from the
coffers of the business interests the
where-with-all to issue the journal
each month and to pay the expenses
of his own livelihood,
L. M. Wood is a regular participant
in the meetings of the Seattle cham
ber of commerce and contributes to
the gaities of these meetings by mak
ing loud noises which lie considers
enlightening vocalizations of thought.
Thus he endeavors to establish
himself as one of the "solid men " of
the commonwealth.
Also to this effect, he uses the eol
ums of his publication to voice his
near knowledge regarding questions
of the day and occasionally he refers
to Alaska and suggests something
that in his belief will enable Alaska
to produce more, so that more of
what is produced will come to Seattle
where possibly, he may succeed in
obtaining a few extra "white quar
ters."
The only reason reference is made
to L. M. Wood in this column, is to
call attention to the fact that one,
who for some unknown reason has
attained to such a certain standing
that 11is utterances are depended on
by the uninitiated, in giving editorial
advice to Alaskans advises moving
the capital of the territory to White
Horse, which is all right as a town,
but which, owing to the fact that is
in British territory, is hardly the lo
cation for the capital of a United
States possession.
The experiences of the past have
enabled Alaskans to cont rol their feel
ings when such as \,. M. Wood lly
spcek their horizon.
TROUBLE BREWS
^SCHOOL BOARD
There is disHcuti<>n in the Valdc/,
school system, which, while it lias
Iiccii covered from the public has so
far resulted in the dismissal of I'rof.
Sweet and the resignation of Miss
i^y^^/'edondro. The dismsssal was
o^^^Bnand the resignation accepted
last. Thursday night at a meeting of
school directors representing the city
proper and t he reservat ion as well.
The directors are silent with regard
to the school affairs only going so far
as to say that the regime of Prof.
Sweet has not been satisfactory.
Home of the directors are in favor of
employing I'rof. Bunnell, formerly in
charge of the school, to take the
place made vacant by the retirement
of I'rof. Sweet. This question will
be threshed out at a meeting of the
school board to be held Friday night.
Prof. Sweet declined to discuss tins
the afTair further than to say that the
failure of the board to re-elect him to
the prinelpalship came as a surprise
inasmuch as, ho far as he knows,
none of the parents have complained
of the manner in which the school |
in being conducted. Prof. Sweet fur
ther nays that as only one member of
the board, 0. Rudolph, has visited
the school since he assumed charge J
the members can hardly be presumed
to bo acting on their own knowledge
of conditions.
Prof. Sweet has friends on the
board and it is possible that the ac
tion of the Thursday night meeting
will bo reconsidered Friday night.
Also at tho meeting held Thursday
night it was decided to consolidate
the Reservation board and the Valdoa
board and this consolidation was
effected with Director (Irlgsby as
treasurer, James Fish, Jr., chairman,
and W. II. Miller, clerk. It is believed
that, by thin means the affairs of the
school can l>e conducted in a manner
to give satisfaction both to tho Kos
ervation and to those of V aide/.
Horotofore the Reservation directors
have boon confined in their effort to
directing tho expenditure of$.'*2T>0 con
tributed by tho government and as
about half of the pupils are from the
Reservation It Is realized that it Is no
more than fair to give the Itenerva
tlon an equal voice in the manage
ment of tho school department. The
amount contributed to the depart
ment by tho Reservation Is about
half tho total expense of running the
schools.
Tilllkum Club K1*ctu
The Tilllkum club haw olooted A.
Jndnon Adams, president, l>r. P. R.
0!hanoy, secretary, and Alvah Karnes
member of the house committee. The
term of office Is for six months.
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VALDEZ DANCE
HALLS CLOSED
Deputy Marshal Drebelbis
Acts on Instructions From
Marshal Perry.
Orders wore istmed Sat unlay to the
proprietors of dance halls directing
them to close their places of business
forthwith. The order further directs
that all persons doing business under
a bar-room license stop the practice
of permitting women of ill repute to
live upon or to loiter about the pre
mises.
The dance hall men were notified
by Deputy I'nited States Marshal
Dreibelbis in pcrsuanco to instruc
tions received from Marshal
] Perry in Fairbanks. The telegram of
! Instructions follows:
"The court has issued an order that
i the marshal immediately cause to be
[ closed all so called dance halls within
j the Third judicial division of Alaska
I and keep them closed; and that notice
I be served on all persons doing busi
| ness on bar room license that they
| must at once refuse to permit women
of ill repute to live upon the premises
: where liquors are nold or to permit
them to enter or to loiter about said
premises or to aid in the s !l«- of in
toxicating liquors or solicit (he sale
of liquor upon percentage or any
I ot her basis.
"liar room license will be cancelled
j by order of court on any violation of
j above provision. Von will act accord
ing to provisions of said order. Close
all dance halls and notify all saloon
t keepers. Notify Cordova and Ka
talla."
J. 0. M'GOVERN
IS UNDER ARREST
.1. I). Mcdiivcm, against whom an
indietmeut was brought by the grand
jury a year ago last March, was ar
rested yesterday in Seattle according
to a telegram received by Deputy
Marshal Drebelhls from Deputy Mar
shal llowern. Kxtradition papers
asked for by (lovernor Hoggatt have
boon honored by (lovornor Mead of
Washington, and it is expected that
MeCJovern will be brought to Valdez
on the llrst boat.
MeOovern came to Valdez a year
ago. and created the impression that
he was representing Tom Larson, a
well known Fairbanks mining opera
tor. MefJoverndid have certain bus
ness relations with Larson and after
making investigations of several min
ing properties on the sound tele
graphed Larson for $2,000
Mr. Levy saw this telegraph and
when Larson sent the money it was
turned over to McClovern, who went
to Seattle shortly afterward. Later if
developed that Larson had intended
the $'2,000 to he placed to his own
account and the dispute that followed
was taken into court, the jury decid
ing in favor of Larson.
Hince the indictment, the marshal's
olliec has been using every effort to
capture Medovern, hut he has been
so elusive that it is believed that he
had some confederate who has kept
him informed on every occasion that
he had been located except the last .
\_neiHcn I'ire Disastrous
The lire in Chelsea, Miihh.. April 14
was one of tho most disastrous in tho
history of the country. In brief tho
havoc wrought hp tho llames in: Es
timated loss between $10,000,000 and
$12,000,000; buildings destroyed 1,200;
persons rendered homeless I0,0(K);
known dead live; reported missing
eighty-live; injured MOO; churches
burned thirteen; hanks burned three; :
schools burned seven; engine houses
destroyed three; area hurnod 482
acres.
The copper market did not show
tnuch strength during tho past week.
The highest quotations were noted
during the first three days of the
week, lako belli# quoted at. ?l2.87'a j
electrolytic at 912'74<»$12.00, j
easting at. 12.500? 12.75. During the
latter half of the week, lake declined
to 112.70(^12.87^, electrolytic to I
$12.62)^('M2.75, and easting to I2.<i7|£
(9>12.50.~ Mining Hclcnce April 10.
In boring for oil at Mobile, Ala.,
some three vears ago, salt water and
nat ural gas went struck at a depth of
400 ft. All attempts to shut off the
well have been unsucceijftful and 400
aeres of farm land have been ruined
by It.
Aeeordlng to the Railroad Gazette
the mileage of railroads In the United
Hl-atea in 1907 was inereased 5,212
milon. This does not luelndo electric
lino*. The increase was 8 per cent
. ess t han In 100(1.
KNIGHTS ISLAND
MINE LOOKS GOOD
Development Work on Big
Copper Property Has Es
tablished Its Value.
On exhibition in front of tho Soat
tle hotel in a piece of copper ore
weighing about 100 pounds which was
brought from the property of the
Knights Island Mining and Develop
: ment Company, located at Louis bay,
j Knights Island. The company has
eleven distinct veins in sight and the
vein from which the sample was taken
shows a hanging wall of six feet of
j heavily impregnated mineral vein
j matter. The foot wall has not been
reached.
Within the six feet on this vein
J there is a two foot strip of
high grade ore, which, although no
• assay lias been made, it is believed
by tho men in charge will show about
1 25 per cent copper and possibly from
$1 to a ton in gold. The showing
from which this ore was taken was
j inspected by Charles Crawford of
j Valdez and Seymore Crandall of La
touchc, both of them being highly im
pressed.
This vein dips toward the east, and
strikes southeast and northwest. Con
siderable ore has been slufTcd off the
! vein and is now on the rockslide,
many of the boulders weighing two
tons and more.
Another one of the viens has been
opened up for a distance of about
thirty feet below the the eroppings
by a cross-cut tunnel which runs
twelve feet through greenstone, after I
which the foot wall of the vein watfj
struck. The vein shows four feet of (
heavily naturalized mineral vein mat
ter at eroppings. The foot wall was
followed in a northerly direction for
twenty-six feet with a tunnel live by |
seven feet and on the face of this |
tunnel there is two feet of solid ore. |
Ore Assays Well
Neither ore or mineral showings
are noticahle on the eroppings above !
the face of this tunnel but a winze I
sunk twenty feet below the lloor of
the t unnel shows eight feotof solid ore.
Samples of this ore are in possession
of W. K. Hecks, United States district ,
clerk at Valdez, who is interested in j
the property.
Another vein shows two feet of |
solid ore which was assayed by three
different linns, Messers King, Borgor
dus and Lad no, the average showing
being $10.08 per cent copper and
gold to each ton. This ore is found
in eppidote.
i\ vein iiuuiwoneo l>y II. A, MHior, I
(lio mining specialist is his report on I
the property, made hint Hummer, lias,
since the report, had ten foet. more |
work done 011 it and shows up much .
better. It is believed that the ore
will run at leant 7 pur cent cop
per. Another vein which has boon |
pronounced a mineral zone is heavily |
impregnated with chalcopyrite and j
/inc. It has been uncovered for some |
distance eight feet in width and
traced about 100 feet under the muck
and grass. This vein strikes south
cast and northwest and assays made
of the ore show 32 per cent zinc and
7 per cent copper.
Still another vein shows eight feet
of solid ore, the vein striking north
and south and the values being in
copper, silver and gold, the total
average value being about $4.50 a ton.
Along side this vein is another of
about twenty-five feet of shale or
slate which is impregnated with chal
copyrite and iron pyrites, hutnowork
has been done on it as it is intended
to cross-cut all the veins with the
main tunnel. At a distance of 200
feet the majority of the veins men
tioned have been t raced for a distance
of from one and a half to two miles
in a southerly direction.
Heavy Ore 8chutcfl
On several of the claims located
south of the claim now boing worked
heavy ore schutes as much as twelve
feet wide have been encountered.
These schutes carry the twelvo foot
width for 600 feet.
In speaking of the company's plans
for the future, J. O. Miller, who in
addition to being a director Is in ac
tive charge of the work said:
"After starting up with our full
force we expeot to be under our best
high grade copper showings in al>out
two or three months. Our main tun
nel is now In about !f>0 feet, the upper
tunnel about fifty feet and the winze
Is about twenty foot l>elow the floor
of the upper tunnel. In addition to
this about 180 feet of open out work
bus been dono on our property*
"It Is our intention to sink the
winze In the upper tunnel about 300
deep and connoct It with the main
tunnel for ventilation. The main tun
nel will reach the winze at a distance
of almut -too feet, and this system of
ventilation will enable us to work
any dtftAflto ill the main ttfflfMl be
(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.
VKLDEZ BANK SI MERCANTILE CO., INC.
sino PIONEER OUTFITTERS nil
yoiul the winze with pure air and
thus keep the tunnel clear of powder
and gas fumes. We will also have
from 300 to 700 feot of stoping ground
above our main tunnel.
"Our power plant for machine drills
can he increased to double its present
capacity with very little additional
expense. We have ample accomo
dations at both the lower camp and
the mine for tlie increased force that
will be required to operate our entire
plant. A number of new buildings
were const ructed last fall.
"Our saw mill has a capacity of
from '2,000 to r>,t)00 feet of lumber a
day, and we expect to operate it
short ly.
"Wo have also made headway to
ward installing a water power plant
white can bo utilized eight months
during the year with sutllcicnt power
to operate all of our machinery and
drills as well as furnishing power for
the saw mill and electric lights. Our
upper and lower camps are in com
munication by telephone connection.
"We expect to make a shipment of
ore in the near future."
MIRACLE SAVES
MILLER'S LIFE
Apparently none the worse for an
experience, that, only for a miracle
would have caused bis death, John
Miller, the Orr Stage Company em
ploye, who was buried under a snow
slide in Keystone canyon yesterday,
reached town Saturday. Miller
was packed solidly in snow for close
to four hours, and was unconsious
when dug out. He soon revived and
was brought to town on the sled sent
out by Mr. Orr yesterday afternoon.
Miller was so averse to publicity
that he refused to ride inio town but
insisted on walking as soon as the
outskirts of Valdoz were reached. Ho
refused medical attendance, declaring
that all he required was a shave and
a hair cut.
Above tho place where Miller was
working was a miniature glacier which
loosened by the powder being used to
clear a rock slide came down bring
ing a mass of snow with it. Chance
no ordained it that a piece of ice
lodged in a crevice about a foot above
Miller's head, breaking the forco of
the snow which packed around Miller
in a solid mass. One hand was left
free, however, and Miller was able to
clear a space around his head.
One of the men with Miller was
swept Into the river by tho slido. lie
was rescued by Pat Meehan who hap
pened to reach the spot Just as the
slide catne clown. Meehan spread
the alarm and the men at. tho canyon
who aro under Guy Hanta responded.
Men of the road commission, tho sig
nal service and from the Orr Stago
Uompany were also soon at tho
Hceno.
Dr. F. M. Boylo, who for the past
month has been In .Juneau in atten
dance on the Hasoy trial returned on
the Bertha.
Judge Hrown, one of Ifasoy's law
yers, went to Seattle from Junonu at.
the close of the trial.
! mm (OIMMM C0HPAHT
I COOK INLET STORES
Susitna Tyoonok Sunrise
Merchandise, Stores, and Outfits of all
kinds, necessary for Miners, Prospect
ors, Hunters and Trappers. Large
stocks of guaranteed quality on hand
at all seasons of the year.
[ PURCHASERS OF FURS OF AU, KINDS
Telegraph aud Mail ^ Town in Itself. Blasksuuth Shop,
Station. I,* etc., otc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWENTY MILES FROM VALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warn. Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
W*
'i'rom1vJiaS' S'u.rSS'mil.u Pontius JWagnuson Prop
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Traveling Public:
'I'he 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 are 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 Valdcz
On Government Trail.
Host of Accommodations for mnn and brant. Kronh Moat
always 011 hand. I Torso and Do# Feed All tho latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
M rs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
b. <>■ mid O. B. ROHI',11, Proprietor*.
,,« ON FAIRBANKS
KROm'vAI.OKZ an.. KAOUC THAI!,ft
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
For rates and further particulars Apply to
■phone 7*7 B* C. Balton, M. D.