Sfo ffalitez jtoly flrnspertor
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THUR8DAY, JUNE 6, 1912.
NO. 197.
YUKON GOVERNOR
FAVORSHOMEBOLE
Says Alaska Just as Capable of
Managing Own Affairs as is
the Yukon
Dr. Alfred Thompson, Domin
ion member <>f Parliament from
Yukon, has returned from the
outside. In an interview with a
report r of I ho Skagway Alaskan,
lie spoke of the chances of the
passage of the home rule bill for
Alaska, and said he Imped I he
measure would pass.
lie is practically I lie fallier of
!.< iii> rule for Yukon, as il was
l.i> measure whieh was adopted
I»;-* I ij Dominion ^rovernmenl in
' m; whereby llie Yukon elected
il;e entire len members which
4'ouipriscs I he Yukon council.
I cannot sec wiiy an elective
legislature," said Mr. Thompson,
'"would not be as well in Alas
ka as in the Yukon. The people
ill Alaska, like I hose, in Yukon,
are 110 novices in the difficult art
nf self-government. They come
from the stales or provinces
where the franchise, or what it
stands for, is well known and ap
preciated, and are therefore ac
customed to elect men from
among themselves to carry on
their government. You can al
ways trust any section of the
Anglo-^taxon race to govern
themselves, and they develop best
where they are given the most
freedom.."
In speaking of the future de
velopment of the northland,
meaning Alaska, as well as the
Yukon, Dr. Thompson said, "Hc
rause of the various industries
in Alaska, il seems |o me that
Ihe country could he better gov
erned by 'having a central body
composed of men representing
the various sections and int-erests
who could, because of their local
knowledge, cast a policy which
would be in the interest of all."
Dr. Thompson admitted that in
his opinion there was a vast dif
ference in the interests of Alaska
and Yukon, as in Alaska there
wa-s Ihe interests incident to sea
ports and shipping, in addition to
milling, fishing and the agricul
tural possibilities while in the
Yukon, at Ihe present lime, th.J
placer gold was the main issue.
In conclusion. Dr. Thompson
said that Alaska had the bed
wishes «»f all Ihe Yukon for the
passage of the measure now
pending before the l*. S. congress,
as Ihe development of Alaska
meant the progress of Yukon, and
the advancement of Alaska meant
the advancement of Yukon.
THE TRANSPORT
IS AT SEATTLE
*
Transport Sheridan Arrives In
Seattle En Route to the
North
&euttlo, June 0—-The transport
fthoridan arrived he™ yesterday
with 1,000 soldiers of the Thir
tieth infantry, who arc exchanpc
inK stations wilh the Bixteenth,
ordered to the Presidio. From
this port the Bheridan will pro
ceed directly to Fort William
H. Beward, and from thence to
Fort Liscum, after which she
will steam dircotly to Fort Bt.
Michael and Fort Davis, Nome,
taking Um troopi from (Hbhnn
and the m*r> from Cagle at fft.
Michael.
Pathe weekly at the Majestic
lonight. Kee poster in front of
Ihe theater.
MINING DFAL WITH
VANCOUVER PEOPLE
C. E. Campbell Closes Deal for
Black Diamond and Three
in One Properties
Another important mining deal
lias been consumimated by wihich
two promising groups of proper
ties pass over to the control of a
powerful syndicate of Vancouver
financiers.
For some time past Mr. Camp
bell and Mr. Kempfer have been
'giving the proper!ies a careful
examination, but at no time would
I hey give mil anything for pub
lication. The lirsl inlimali<m
! thai a deal was in process of con
summation was when Mr. Camp
bell located-a mill site for llie
properties. Since then the terms
of the transfer have been agrocd
upon by those conlrolling the
I Black Diamond and the Three in
i One properties.
The latter properties are under
a ten years' lease to the Hockey
brothers, and this interest they
have turned over lo the Canadian
people. Recently the Heckej
brothers struck tlx; ledge on the
Three in One at a depth of 20(1
feet by driving a tunnel in a dis
tance of 300 feet. At this point
a 0-foot ledge was disclosed from
which a number of cross sam
ples ran §90 to the ton.
The properties are well local
eft. easy <»f access, being practi
cally on the water front, where
the largest vessels can land. It
is understood that work of de
veloping these properties will be
begun at once and pushed until a
mine is opencd'np, if the pay con
tinues as it is -expected. II is
said .the syndicate taking over
these properties is nne of the
strongest in British oClumhia.
IS IN SESSION
I AT SEATILE
Development Congress 8ends Res
olution to Washington De
manding Home Rule
Seattie, Juin' (i The .North
western Development ('.miKress
opened here yesterday willi a very
large attendance. Falcon Jnxlyn,
wliii represents (iovernor ('.lark
in thai body, a* a representalivc
froui Alaska, in a ringing speech,
iidvoeal Mil Ili<» sending of a reso
IiiI i«mi In I hi' Senate favoring
home nil for Alaska.
Ilo was followed by others in
I In* same strain with (lit* result
that that body caused a resolu
tion to he wired to Washington
demanding that congress grant
self-govern men t to Alaska, not
as a privilege, but as a riKht to
be accorded American citizen
ship.
SENATOR NIXON
Washington, Juno 0,—Senator
George H. Nixon succumbed lo
thrv o|»erafion for appendicitis
performed upon him. Senator
Nixon was serving his second
term and wan very popular in the
upper house. He wan a direct
representative of the people of his
state, having been twice elected
at Ihe primaries by popular vote.
1
John I.utson, one of Ihe minera
hurt in the tunnel explosion hack
,ef Jttneau last week, will be
-blind tor 'ife.
THE LATEST STORY
FROM HAMMOND RIVER
THE CAMP 18 AT NORMAL, A8 8TRIKES HAVE BEEN EXAG
GERATED, ALTHOUGH GOOD PAY FOUND—-OPERA
TORS ENABLED TO PAY UP DEBTS
Tlit' reported strikes tliat have
been. made on 'Hammond river
simply bring the camp up to the
normal condition," report J. \V.
McCord and N. A. Drown, who ar
rived last niRlit on the steamer
Tetlin from the northern camp,
"and I here is no excuse for any
stampede whatever to the Koyuk
nk, f«»r any more business estab
lishments. or for amy more men."
'ftn* limU ailong Hammond haive
j enabled the owners and operators
j to pay up their debts and to got
on sound footing; what there is
for the future is yet to be de
termined. for the people nf ihe
Hammond river. having bad
plenty of experieiiee with other
Koyukuk creeks, aire skeptical
about the pay being continuous.
The pay taken out from the
spots is all coarse, no fine gold
being found, and the men who
discover it are usually ample to
remove the pay without, tlie aid
of any additional crews.
No one should go into the Koy
ukuk unless he is prepared to
prospect in which case il i^ a
good country for a man.
Referring to the Hammond riv
er strikes, McCord says that
these are exaggerated. Howard,
Tobin. and Owens, working on
the Hoosier association, or the
Hastings ground, as it has been
'Paled, don't know yet whether
lliey aire in a spot or not, for they
tiaive not reached the edges. Since
they hit the pay. in a little more
I I ban a inontti they have rocked
out or picked up in coarse gold
something like $25,000. The
most taken out in any one week
was $5,100, of which the largest
nugget weigtied 8205 and lh3
smallest 25 cents. All told, with
what u in the dump, they should
clean up $30,000. but the dump
is no| expected to yield very
much, as the gold is coarse and
can be mostly picked out.
Sibeley, on the lay below How
ard & Co, has some rich pay.
McCord says that he did not see
the pay from Sibeley's last pick
up. but he understands that the
laymen took out 85,000 in one
day.
Sluicing had not Marled on tlie
Hsunmond river when McCord and
Brown left.
II is over Ibis Hoosier associa
tion that the litigation mention
I ed in recent press dispatches is
likely originate. It seems
that the claim was re-staked be
fore the time of the first stakers
had expired, some of the names
of Iti«* original stakers being left
oiT Iln» second list. Now that the
claim turning out (he money,
lliu two sets of claimants are go
ing to haw I rouble. Plumnicr,
lbi» independent storekeeper, and
some •»f the others who claim un
di*r lli«' tirst localiim, have served
Si be Icy notice not to pay any
limn* royalties to Hastings. who
has a three-lift lis interest in the
uritiiml.
However. il is likely that I flu
Kn> ukiikers will settle ilie mailer
• • 111 nf I'inirl. as they have the fac
ulty of adjusting 'Uu'ir dilTieul
lie> without resorting to law
yers.
Mei'.nril ami Brown themselves
elaiin to have staked a fraction
otv of the Hoosicr not called for
by the description of that claim,
and if they ran get a mineral
surveyor to go back lo measure
the claims, they will start on
ill- ir return in about three days.
MeCord and Brown have a lay
on t below discovery and are
drifting on the 00-foot level.
While Hammond river has
some rich spots, a number of the
miner, are looking for fine gold
ami a continuous paystreak down
in the valley. The channel where
the pay now is found is very nar
row and drops down in seven
I steps, hence there may be some
reason for the belief that all of
the tine gold has been carried
down below, where the valley wid
ens out. Thus Howard & (In. are
mining where the depth to deh
rock if On feet. At Sibeley's lay
the depth is 1 tn feet. Hastings
has a depth of 120 feel. Bncker
Bros. also have a depth of 120
feet, while at Olson and Smith's
workings the depth is I i i feet.
Discovery claim of Hammond
river, where the valley begins to
widen out, recently was sold I"
Jno. Hollengren for $50,000, $5,
000 being paid down, and he is
sinking in hopes of finding a tine
gold pay channel. He was down
to a depth of 90 feel when Me
Cord and Brown left. Others are
sinking in the lower part of the
Hammond toward the mouth.
None had reached bedrock as yet.
The ground will necessarily be
deep at this point in the valley.
ANOTHER CAMP
OOE8WT SHOW UP
Almost ;i year afI«• r In* 1 •• ft
I'airlmilks f«»c I lie ll«*«l Mountain
j country. in the Koyukuk. Tom J.
MH'.mskey mushed inlo I«»wn the
( lli.-r day, bringing word Ihnl the
RimI Mountain or Indian rivor dis
Irict has failed In 1 iv«» up In Hip
ptomisps made a yoar ago. iMir
iiiK Hip winter I hp district has
bppn prospected vpry thoroughly,
but lias failpd In show anything
in I Iip way nf npw pay streaks. In
fart, fnr Hip amniint nf prnappct
ing, Hip showing is vpry poor.
TIip nnly pay is thai found nn
Indian rivpr, and lhat in very lini
itpd. Last summer the creek turn
ed nut about $14,000, and thia
srnson it should dn a little bet
ter, as thpre are fnur nr Ave nut
fits at work. While coining nut,
Mofirnskey mot Happy Jack Fe
ll*, Ihe discoverer of the pay on
Indian, who was going back to the
camp after having been outside
[rl:£Vaw^rhl"^ ic&w..;°
a recent addrcTs at Fair
banks, Vanderlip, tbe mining en
gineer, stated that in his opinion,
in Ave years the hard rook output
pf the camp will equal lhal of the
bent years of placer.
BOUNDARY SURVEY
LOSE THIRTY HORSES
Advices rcrcivcil by wire, un
der • In I •* of May 17 llinl. J. I>.
r.rnijr. in charge of llie Canadian
boundary survey parly, ami Thus.
Kiggs, head «»f ihf American
lnMimJai-x parly, arc on the White
l'as.4 launch I'eliean, in Daw
son on Ilial dale. The Pelican
was brought over Labarge, and
lias come down all I lit* way from
Lower Labarge with her own pow
er. She has a nTail which she
has brought from Labarge and
the delayed nlage mail which she
picked lip al Pelly. I
The ttien for I he boundary
parly and the freight and horse*
are expected to arrive on th.» Ca
nadian. A scow left Five Fin
ger* and at last reports had not
(cached Selkirk. It in said to be
on a bar. It is understood 30 of
thp boundary horse* which win
' re red on the upper White starved
to cealh this winter because of
slioitage of pea vines on some of
th?
LjW, t n 11 jjf ytO qnr; gOvern men t .<y
. With the recent rich returns
on the placer tin taken to Wales
from Hot ftpHnff*, interest In tin
mining is growing in this sec.
tion.
COPPER SECTION
GREAT ACTIVITY
Immigration Inspector 8ees Good
Times Ahead for Alaska and
This District in Particular
Alaska this year will experience
one of the most prosperous sea
sons il has had in many years,
from present indications, accord
ing lo Immigration Inspector
Samui'l I.. Lenimon. Mr. Lem
nion has been at I he capital of!
ihe territory, Juneau, for a con-I
siderable lengtti of I iine.
"There will he ahout <»0 can-'
neries npi'rat in^ in Alaska this!
season." >aid Mr. i.iMiimou.j
I "About »o ip.-w Mies will he put J
! iii operation this year. The fish-,
iiig- industry is steadily growing!
in I 1m> norlli and is one of tin*
most important of tli«> eountry.
"Vaidez. Seward and the Nome i
•list lids in particular will also!
have a good season. Some half
do/en or more of the largest typo
of pro Id dredges are to he in op
eration this year, in addition to
those working already. The coun
try is in many respects becom
ing a rich man's land now as far
as mining is concerned, though
the quartz mining is just being
developed.
"The rapidly increasing popu
lation of Alaska is making a
heavy demand for meats of all
kinds and the high cost of it when
shipped north is increasing the
demand for fish and fish pro
duct •«. Alaska will continue to
supply a big market for meat,
and one which will steadily in
I erease in importance."
DON. M'KENZIE |
! ROASTS FISNERi
i
|
j Tells Senate Committee How Sec
| letary Fisher Further Tied
Up Coal Cases
Washington. Juno 0.--I >onald
McKenzie, well known in Alaska
and Seattle, and lh»» fa I her of the
Nelson townsilc on Orca hay.
Prince William sound, roasted j
Secretary Fisher before Ih«* Sen-;
ate I'.oinniit tec oil Territories for;
his delays in opening up Ih•> coal!
lands and f»»r his recent stale
infills thiil no| a coal claim c\-1
isled iu Alaska I hat could pass
tin* licparl tu«*ii I of I lie Interior. ,
McKenzie slali'd I hat III** see-J
••clary's policy towards coal!
claiiuauls was |o presume Ili»*>
were rascals and upon thai pre
-umplion to apply such tests as,
lo Iheir hona tides as to preclude
any possibility of Iheir proofs
going to patent.
lie said that when Fisher vis
ited Alaska last summer the Sec
retary had promised to relieve the
coal situation hut that immedi
ately on returning tn Washing
ton he had ordered a swarm of
inspectors and special agent << to
the northern country with spec
ific instructions to s<h» that no
claiirt* were passed to patent, and
thus he has but added to the long
delay and has kept 92,000,000
tied up and now the claimants
want their money back if the gov
ernment does not Intend to let
them have tho land.
. 'Baltimore, June tf.-.'/heodore
Hell, of California, lata Demo,
craiio nominee for governor
against Hiram Johntion, will
probably be named .• temporary
chairman of Ihe l>Ptnyorallf eon
vention. /
GOOD TIMES
ARE PREDICTED
General Revival of Copper Inter
ests Are Noted, Due to Advan
ced Price of Product
C. If. (iolden, who lias ju*t re
turned from the Copper country,
reports great arlivily in that sec
lion, and reports the hills full of
men doing1 assessment ami devel
opment work. During his stay
then* of a few weeks fifteen min
ing experts were on the ground
looking over properties in hehalf
of owners ami prosper! ive buy
ers. Taken as a whole, develop
ment work is showing up line
properties, many of them of very
hi-rh grade copper ore.
r.npt. <iray j< working ;t large'
force of men on the Copper
Mountain properties ami is
-liowing up some line ore. It is
reported thai a spur I• • his claims
will lie luiilt this season, thus
enabling him to become an early
shipper.
fiillineau ami Hell are devel
oping their property on the Kot
sina and are making a good
showing.
... ,-v nii>« *»1 11 it Finn" || Opf'll —
in^t: up th«'ir properly nn the Kus
kulana. havinp a pood showing of
higrh grade ore.
MeCrary, Ole Herp. I he I >i 11 -
mans and other* arc all repre
sent infr their holdings in iiiohI
instances running in on the ore
bodies.
Hubbard and Klliol have three
men working on their holdings.
They have piven Jake Nafsled a
contract |o haul four ions of pro
visions.
Murphy and Kish arc ciintiuu
inp tli-'ir development on tin*
Kotsinn.
Tin* < ioldcu and (la-hniau
properties nn Iln> r.lit'slasliua.
where four men are now work
ing. liefore leavinp they had run
•JO ferl further into ihe ore linily,
which is >a liiph prade bornite.
Tlif (Copper lliver railroad
company have two trains ballast
ing lli«' line in . tin- vicinity of
mile tr»H.
Operators in that section com
plain of the difficulty in obtain
inp labor.
SEA ROMANCE
NORTHWARD TRIP
Elcping Alaska Couple Married on
City of Seattle to Escape an
Obdurate Papa
A marriage I In* ln-li sons,
!•» which "papa" «»h.jI••• I. ImiI
"mother" approved. i< reported
hy officers of the steamer City
of Smith1.
.1«»hii S. .lohuxlone, of Wrantr
ell, met Mis.* Milly Ablsclioeger.
(»f Oregon, several years ax<> nn<f
began lu court the lady nf his
dreams. Thrice did ho K»» !•» Ore
gon (c» remove, if possible, the
objections of a stern parent. Hut
his conquest on each occasion
proved unavailing. A few weeks
»go Johnstone determined to
make one more try. He went to
Oregon, eloped with Miss Ab
Iscloeger to Heat tie and bought
two tickets fi»r Wrangcll on the
City of. Seattle.
Meanwhile a 'Stop" telegram
had been received in Seattle from
Piipa AbloHchlocger. But too late.
The "go ahead'.' signal, by the
elbping pair had already been
given and the telegram was dis
regarded by a sympathetic steam
ship company. Kven the police
to whom the proleMing telegram
hud been directed, were prone to
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