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VOL. 8. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1912.
THREE MURDERS COMMITTED
AT WESTWARD CANNERIES
TWO MURDERERS ARE UNDER ARREST, THE OTHER NOT AP
PREHENDED—NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM THE
WESTWARD
Eleven vagrants are in jail at.
Unalaska.
S. Sliiazaki was declared in
sane at Unga.
A native woman is reported to
have been poisoned at Coffee
creek.
A native woman, I lie mother of
seven children, is reported In he
insane at Cold Bay.
A Filipino employed at the Uy
;ik cannery is insane. He at
Ie111ptc<I in fire the cannery.
The revenue cntter service are
issuing rations to about 100 peo
ple in Kodiak and 85 at Afognak.
A Chinaman was found kiHod
at the Haverhill cannery. Ttie
murderer has not been appre
hended.
Edward Kaillakan'e was hound
nv.'i' h» the grand jury for an
assault with a dangerous Weapon
.opt111 (ieorge 'Sonzaley.
The whaling station af Akutan
has SO whale anchored along I lie
beach awaiting conversion info
oil and fcrt ili/cr. This represents
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THE DEATH TOLL
IS VERY HIGH
Heat Wave is Extending From the
Great Lakes to the Atlan
tic Seaboard
Philadelphia, July 0.—The heat
lien- is intense. Five have heeit
reported dead.
Rosloit, July J) Yes|erda> was
I lie hol iest day of I he year, sev
en sacrilirinp I heir lives l<> the
heal.
Pittsburg, July !>.—The heal is
eausinK intense sufTeriiiK. Kij-'hl
died here yesterday and many
proslralions have hern report
ed.
rjiiea^o. July p,-_Nolwilh
-Iandiu^ the Iwo hours' heavy
rain the wealher eonlinues suf
roealillrf. Seven have heeii add
ed In 1111 > death roll during tin*
past - i hours.
New York. July P The poor
ill Hie congested port ions of tile
eil> are siitVerin^ greatly from
I In' ln»nl. Tlif packs liavi* been
thrown open. thousands lakin^
advanIajre of llii* ciKili'i' places Id
I sleep. 'J'lie ire supply is lieuin
| ninir lo shorlen.
PROSECUTION RESTS
IN DARROW CASE
Los Anjreles July O.-The pros
ecution has rested in (he har
row rase and tli«; defense is mil.
lining I heir rase.
L«»s Anpeles, July it.—James
McXamara will probably testify
for the defense in I lie Harrow
case.
RUBE MARQUARD
MEETS WATERLOO
Chicago, July 0.— Huhe iMar
quard met his Waterloo here af
ter having won I!) straiKhl sanies,
lie was taken from the box in the
seventh' inning, when the locals
scored seven |o two.
Alameda Sails.
Seattle. July {».__The Alameda
left here oil schedule lime with
the following passenger list for
Valdez: Mrs. M. I.. Walker, A.
K. haniels. wife and son. I). S.
Warlin^. J. II. Kane and wife. L.
15. Lcl-Vveri' and wife. A. L.
Meek ley.
The Fairbanks cily council has
erected a bandstand on the wii
lei froiil iii which weekly roiicerls
are Riven by the local hand.
THE ALASKA BUNCH
ARE STUNG VERY HARD
THE CROWD WHICH STAMPEDED TO BOLIVIA ARE HAVINQ A
HARD DEAL AND ARE WENDINQ THEIR WAY HOME
8AY THERE 18 NOTHINQ IN THE COUNTRY
The reported rich gold .strikes
in Bolivia which reached Alaska
last fall and were the moans of
attracting a number of minors
from thin northland, have turned
out lo be canards, and the fol
lowing expose in the Seattle
Times will fnrnish interesting
reading fop those who stayed at
home and were not among thone
dupod:
"This 1* the greatest fafce
stampede that was over conceiv
ed. Wo wouldn't trade an acre
of boggy, soggy, squashy Alaska
tundra for the whole' country.
VV'o're coming back, stuhg again."
This is the manner in which
Hobert F). Adams. Karl Hyde, Totfi
Doyle and many other well khown
Alaskan mining mon size up Bo
livia, the country to which thoy
stampeded last winter in great
haste ami expectation.
News of a big gold strike wan
received here last fall, and im
mediately Karl Hyde hurried to
Washington whore he gathered
up a number of panftports and
other documents, all covered with
gold seals, blue ribbons and other
insignia calculated to impress the
Spanish mind with his import
ance. He rushed to Panama and
then through Bolivia to f,a Paz.
tireat were the expoctatiops of
the northerners, and still greater
was their disappointment. One
letter from Hob Adams 'to Felix
Brown, of this city, written, like
the others, for the purposo of
warning Alaskans that Bolivia
wa* a good country to koep away
from, explains the situation. Ad
ams owns an orange ranch In
(California for which he paid
$1 40,000. His letter is corrobo
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GUARD APPLIES
THE WHITEWASH
Old Guard Declare Lorimer is
Victim of Vicious Puritan
ical Fight
Washington., July 0.—Senator
Dillingham, of Vermont, in de
fending the Illinois senator se
verely arraigned Col. Roosevelt
as the trouble maker of the age.
lie declares that Lorimer is the
vielim of a vicious puritanical
light iead by..such men as Rundo
wn. whose only moral code is
I heir sell-aggrandizement.
GOV. OSBORNE
BACK IN LINE
Says Third Party Can Accomplish
No Permanent or Temporary
Good
Lansing', Midi., July i>.—Gov
ernor Osborne says that he
hopes 110 good Republican will
join the third party movement,
as it can accomplish no perma
nent or temporary good. lie
urges Republicans |o remain with
tin* organization and In work
lher»» for lh?« 11«*11«• r 11ii>111 of llio
parly.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS IN A DEEP MUDDLE
SOME WANT BOTH TAFT AND ROOSEVELT TO GET OUT OF
THE WAY—WILL VOTE DOWN SOUTH TO FIND WHERE
THEY ARE AT—OTHERS STAND PAT
New York, July U.--Roosevelt
was Hcarly disappointed in I hi;
action of I In* Baltimore conven
tion in nominalin)-r Wilson and
adopting a* progressive platform,
as his plan of campaign was bas
ed on gelling Hit* progressive
Democrats of 111«> South, ami I In*
Republican progressives in Hi"
North with which |o win his bai
lie.
< irccnshorough. N. July i).—
The Republican* of North C.aro
linn arc to hold a state wide pri
niiiry to determine which is Un
rightful candidate for the pres
idency, Tafl or Roosevelt. The
parly is hopelessly split.
Washington. July 9 Many
standpatters are beginning In he
Jieve it to he a mistake In per
mit tin* formation of a new parly.
Hundreds are sending petitions hy
mail asking that hnlli Tafl and
Koosevi'lt withdraw from tin- li«*l«I
in favnr of any suitable dark
horse, in order lo keep tin* lle
puhliean party together.
BROWN BEAR
KILLING STOCK
i
I Shortage of Food Causes Bear to
Dcscend on Stock Ranges and
Kill Cattle
\Y«»;*i| li.u Imm'ji rreeived I'm in
.\l. I >. Sm»dgra*s. superinl cmh'iil
of iln> experiment tdation nl
Kodiak island, lo the effect llial
I ho brown hear are on a rampage
on tlie* inl(iti«l owing Id a short
age <>f ford, have mine down from
Ihe mountains and arc killing ulT
I In* liv«* stock on I he island.
The morning I hat the Herlha
was in Kodiak a hip hrown hear
killed a cow and ealf from the
experimental farm and had eat
#-n a portion of I he ealf when
discovered and was shot ami kill
ed by Ihr superintendent.
The* hears are heing driven
down from the hills in search of
food, heing unable to get any fish
from the ash-choked streams and
are turning to the stock for food.
Mr. Bnodgrass reports that the
hear killed was very poor ami was
doubtless in a starving condi
tion when killed.
The slock from the experimen
tal farm will be moved from the
vicinity of Kodiak to the south
end of the island al once, as the
grass at that point has not been
hurt as much as near Kodiak and
Afognak.
Smeller returns of the ore
shipped from the Hamsay-llulh
erford give ft value of 885 to Ihe
ton, whore the sampling tesls
made here ran $82. This ore con
stituted Ihe envlre mine run from
wall lo wall. Co! Millard is very
highly pleased over Ihe resulls.
GOOD SHOWING
ON SILL GUN
Falls Creek Mines Run Througji
79 Tons of Ore and Get
$1,700
lloherl I'ollork, superintendent
of llu* Silverman Syndicate mini's
ill Kails cppi'k, came in I«• spend
llu* Knurl It. Mr. Pnllml, report
ed Unit everything is moving
nloiiK in a nmsl suMsractory
niaiim>r al I lie mine and I hat I hoy
are taking <»ut money every day.
Willi their present equipment
il is nnl possible In pul a Kreat
autnuul «>f ore thrniiffh, hut a
run of 79 Ions of Ihe mine ore
nulled the company a little bet
ter limn 81,700, which in consid
ered a very frond showing indeed.
President Silverman is at pres
ent outside, where he will pur
chase a tramway and a Chillcau
mill lo be used as a secondary
mill. The ore will flrsl be pass
ed through Ihe Nissen, using a
10-mesh screen, and then the
entire tailings will he put
through the Ohillean mill and
Ihe remainder will he evanided,
making it almost impossible to
lose any values al all. At the
present time an 80_mesh screen
in being used, which of necessity
cuts down the capacity of Ihe
m,ill, and it is thought that with
n higher discharge the capacity
of the mill will he doubled.
The vein from which Ihe ore
I lint has been milled was taken
from is fully five feet wide, and
a ton of picked ore, put through
thf1 mill as a special run, showed
a recovery of *81.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
SERIOUS SHOOTING SCRAPE
IN SEWARD FISHING CAMP
OTTO GLATZ 8HOOT8 AT FELLOW WORKMAN WITH A RIFLE
—WILL BE BROUGHT TO VALDEZ FOR TRIAL AND IS
BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY
There was a little bit r»f the
real wild west down at the mouth
of Russian river last Friday, says
I lie Oaleway, when one Otto Olatz,
peeved al a remark that Rill
AI > I m »11 parsed regarding the
German's ability In earve a lish,
and look a slnd at Ili■> former
keeper of 111• • lloosevelt road
house I• i show his displeasure.
Olio (Hal/., Mill Abbott and
Harney Flaherty have been pul
ljup up salmon fov the fall and
winter trade at the mouth of Rus
sian river, ami Friday mornm-:
jAbbolt not ieeil that Otto \va< eul
ling the fish in a manner not laid
down in the book.
Olio retorted in Oerinan with
a remark that had to do with the
ancestry • tf Abbott and then laid
down the knife and wended, his
way to the tent that furnished.the
home for the trio. At noon wfien
I tie pardners knocked «»1V for
Inneh, the eonversation was re
newed with some heal and the in
vitation was uiven and accepted
In «ru outside. AhDoll states thai
lie tliiiii^lll there Wib nothing
more serimis than a little scrap
• in. but when lie pushed himself
(C.ont inned on Patre r»)
LOCAL BREVITIES.
I • 11 i - |.;t\rii-aler It-li mi llif
.Mariposa fur a short I * 11 - m i .—•
1 rip In ('.ordova.
M. J. Sullivan, of C.ordoxa. was
in lh.« cily, having arri\f«I ami
departed <»ii llii* IMariposa..
C11 i IV .111li11s« >11 ami Kil. W est brook
returned |o llit* Cameron-John
som properties on Slioup glacier
today.
Col. Millard. Mrs. Millard, and
Mrs. Hay Millard left for I In*
Xirkolai mining properties in I lit*
cupper bell, on Ihe Mariposa to
day. |o In* ^iiiie for a sliorl I inn*.
Charles Itrcuuaii ami wife left
for Portland on Ili>* Mariposa,
having disposed of his interest
in llir Independent laumlry lo his
partner, II. K. !•'. Kinj,r. who will
conduct llit* business in I In* fu
I lire.
William f.onle> has rt'lurm-<l I<•
I'orl \\ ells. wlii'i'e In* ami II*»!••• 1*1
McC.hrsnry havi* uiininv iuler
t's I > of which I hey sa\ very lil_
lb*, bill of which olhi'i's sp.-ak
\cr> hi--lily. The\ will ri'inaiii in
thai si'clioii 11111-i 11 I In* t • 111 i »*• •
season.
Kemp's cable ferr> at Steele
creek crossing on the Kurt y mile,
broke louse ami Kill Tinioth\ was
ilra^ed o\i>r the side ami drown-j
PLACER MINES
STETSON GREEK
Hydraulicking is Going on on
Greater Scale Than Ever to
the Westward
Charles Harper rami* in |o How
ard from Si el s< in rrt'i'k. when* ho
is in in in^r. ami reporl.- thai things
arc Iwiitiniiip at I In- I«>\\«• r end of
llio lake. They hiivc lini-hed 111•• ir
• lead work and aro imw piping
1111«• l Ik* and while Ihey
have heen troubled some with
hoii ld«T>. I ll-• v feel .-lire I hill (|iev
will lake dill .-Mine V'hhI 1111111«■ >
I his season.
The reeeill Weather has
• larli'il Hi'- ^laeicr yoini: and with
I In* 1111*11 in- -now adih'il the waler
is prell> h it'll. and tin-ii- works
ha\e hei'il llonileil for a lew da>
Imii I h e > will i-f-nii:r operations
a- .-••mi a- (lie waler subsides a
I rille.
'I'll)' Hit me of III*' l\)'iiai Miniiifr
and Milling eompauy. a I Cooper
ereek. was washed away I a -1 week
hul has I repaired, ami lliev
(C«uilinuod on papc 3 ■
NANENA COAL CLAIMANTS
WILL APPEAL TO SECRETARY
CONTEND THAT WITHDRAWAL OF COAL LANDS BY ROOSE
VELT WA8 CONTRARY TO LAW—IMPO8ITION8 OF SEC
RETARY WERE ONEROUS
The brief aiul spocillcalions of
orro hold by the coal land claim
ants of ?he 11 a I y fork of I he
Naruna, in I heir appeal lo the
Secretary of I he Interior, have
been Mod with the register of Hie
Fairbanks land office. The decla
ratory statements filed by the
claimant* in connection with
their locations were rejected by
Ihe commissioner of the general
land office on March 12, 1912, and
3 days after the service of the
decision was had on the attorney
for the claimants n notice of ap
peal was filed. The brief and
specilcations of error, now pre
pared, are in support of the ap
peal. It is believed thai Waller
Fisher, Ihe Secretary of the In
terior, will make a final decision
on Ihe matter within Ihe next six
months.
The clnimnnls question the
right and authority of the execu
tive to withdraw public lands
from entry as provided in his
special proclamation issued No
vember I?, 1000, at a time subse
quent to th»» location of the
claims. The right of the execu
tive to withdraw public lands from
entry is generally recognized with
the qualification that the with
drawal act be made with I lie
special authority of Congress,
and If no snch special authority
is given, then only lands to be
devoted to some public purpose
can be withdrawn. The brief
states that the act of President
Roosevelt in withdrawing tin*
Jand* from entry was without
statutory provision and therefore
entirely void.
II also staled that the action
of the commissioner in deciding
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