VALDEZ DAILY PROSPECTOR
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VOL. S. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY IE, 1912. HO 74 •
PROF. PARKER
ENROUTE NORTH
Will Sail on Alameda to Make
Third Try to Climb Mount
McKinley
Seattle, Jan. 15.--Professor
Parker has arrived in I his city
and will sail fen- Alaska on the
Alameda, 11c poos north to make
a vT,,«*d al tempi l<> sea If Mount
McKinley.
Professor Parker will no into
the interior l>.v way of Seward.
Men have been engaged during
the winter in establishing camps
and clearing thn way. lie is hope
ful of accomplishing his purpos„
of reaching the lop of the moun
tain this time. He will follow the
route taken by I he Lloyd party,
who claimed (o have scaled the
peak.
MILITIA GALLED
TO KEEP ORDER
•Striking Cotton Mill Operatives
Cause Governor to 8end 8tate
Militia to Lawrence
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 15—This
•city is under rule of the militia.
The striking cotton operatives
have worn the police out and they
are unable to maintain order.
The governor was asked for
protection and has sent the state
militia to restore order. Several
of the leaders have been arrest
ed.
IS CASE OE
HOBSON'S CHOICE
Rumored in Diplomatic Circles
That China's Emperor
Will Abdicate
Pckin, China, Jan. 15.—II is an
nounced in diplomatic circles I hat
the emperor has decided to ab
dicate and will accept I lie terms
of the rebels.
The royal family will rolire
from China for a lime. Th.j em
peror's relatives will lake up their
residence nl Jehol.
Subserve for the Prospector.
GOVERNOR CLARK'S ANNUAL REPORT
ON CONDITIONS IN ALASKA
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Points Out Defects In Mining Laws and Urges Increase of Tax
on Product of Fisheries—Recommends Suspension of
Railroad Mileage Tax and Asks Larger
Appropriations For Roads.
(invernnr Walter K. ('dark's an
nual report In I lie. president has
been issued and contains many
recommendations for elianpres in
the present laws prove riling the
territory. The report deals ex
haustively with I lie question of
territorial government and Iho
necessity of increasing the tax on
the product of the fisheries, (iov
ernor ('lark is opposed In local
territorial government, fearing
that the revenues of Alaska would
not he sutllrient In maintain the
lerritnr.v as il now is hy appropri
atinns from the federal govern
ment.
The report shows there are now
15 incorporated towns in Alaska.
In nine of these taxes have been
levied on a total assessed value
of $7,669,047.
The total of merchandise ship
ments from Alaska during the fis
cal year amounted to $13,813,
824 as against $12,349,562 in
1910. This does not include prec
ious metals.
The shipments of gold and sil
ver in 1911 were $15,171,008 as
against $18,401,849 for 1910.
The shipments of copper for
1911 were valued at $776,947 as
aprainst $165,655 in 1910.
The shipments of coal to Alas
ka from the United States de
creased in 1911, while that from
foreign countries showed an in
crease.
j (Inventor (Hark states there are
|serious defects in the general
! mining laws as applied to Alaska.
■ The laws encourage speculation
: for I he owners nf mining claims
♦ The portion of Governor Clark's report relating to terri- £
♦ torial government is largely a matter of statistics and very £
T voluminous. It will be printed in subsequent issues of the £
♦ Prospector. £
iii many cast's reside elsewhere,
anil hlive 110 intention of operat
ing their claims. The motive to
develop as a condition of own
ership—the central fact in Hie
activities of some of the most
progressive mining states in oth
er parts of the world—is entirely
wanting in Alaska. The require
ment that a certain amount of
assessment work be done does not
answer the purpose of develop
ment at all, nor would it do so ev
en if the provision were not evad
ed notoriously in many instances.
Moreover the amount of assess
ment work required when the
owners of eight mining claims
form an association is absurdly
small.
The forest reserves in Alaska
were administered at an expense
of 69 per cent of the revenue de
rived. It is estimated that be
tween 30 and <40 per cent of the
lumber consumed in the territory
is imported. The timber cut on
th»; forest reserves in the last fis
cal year amounted to 28,147,040
bonrd feet, and the stumpage
charges were $29,975.07. The to
tal collections of money on ac
count of the use of forest reserv
es and their products were $39,
917.35, and the expenses of ad
ministering the reserves amount
ed to 827,581.70.
The number «»f Alaska insane
persons oared for in the asylum
was I i5 on July 10 last, as against
120 on the same dale in 1910.
Then1! was, however. a decrease
in tlie number «»f patients in 1010
as compared with 1909.
Governor Clark urges thai the
school law be so amended as to
make the amount which may be
allotted for a building from 81,
200 to $2,500, according to the
size of the school. The act also
should be amended so as to make
it possible to establish school dis
tricts in places where there are
as few as 15 white children of
school age. The schools for na
tives, of which there arc about 80,
are administered by the bureau
of^rducation in Washington.
In regard to the liquor law as
applied to the sale of liquor to
natives the report states that a
case is now before the courts
which may cause the law to be
eonie inoperative. In that event
the immediate enactment of a new
liquor law is urged, as the es
tablishment of the right of the
Alaska Indians lo purchase li
quor, and of white men lo see il
(o them, means (he utter ruin and
ultimate destruction of a super
ior native race.
The suspension of the federal
(ax of S1(M» per milt* per annum
on railroads in Alaska is recom
muded. It is shown that the
earnings of tin* railroads are
small and tli«* people pay this tax
through higher rales for trans
port at ion.
The report, stales that at the
end of the last working season
(autumn 1010) the total mileage
of roads and trails constructed
since the organizatinn of the com
mission in 1905 was as follows:
Wagon roads, 750: sled roads, 2;
horse, 507; trails, single horse
or dog sleds, fifil; trail staked
permanently, 85; trail staked tem
porarily, 1,170. A great number
of bridges were also built. More
liberal appropriations are urged
as the expense of maintaining
roads already constructed pre
vent any large new work being
undertaken.
Governor Clark urges that the
appropriations for aids to naviga
tion be made at least four times
as large as those of last year. It
is estimated that at least $400,000
would be required to defray the
expense of constructing and
maintaining new lighthouses
which have been surveyed and ap
proved by the lighthouse depart
ment.
Under the caption of important
minor legislation the report urges
the passage of measures regulat
ing: Territorial quarantine, san
itation and public health, regis
(Copinued on page 2)
FRENCH PREMIER
FORMING CABINET
i Paris, Jan. 1 r> — Monsieur Poih
•eare lias accepted lln» premiership
and is organizing a cabinet.
Mr. and Mrs. M. I.. McAllister
| were outgoing passengers «>n tin*
! Alameda.
MR. STULL GOES
SOUTH ON ALAMEDA
I Mr. Slull, the jeweler. was a
passenger on Hit* Alameda. lie
will go In California in hopes llial
the milder climate of the south
may rex I ore his impaired health.
Mis many friends wish him com
plete recovery and hope to see him
again in Valdez next summer.
I
j Olio Klfstrom went to Kllamar
on the Brighton this morning.
HITCHCOCK WILL URGE
AN IMPORTANT MEASURE
V/JLL A8K CONGRESS TO PERMIT OF ACQUISITION OF TELE
GRAPH UNE8 IN AMERICA AND OPERATE 8AME WITH
POSTAL 8ERVIOE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT
WitMinfflnrt, Jan. IB.— II i* un
dnrMlood in ofTicinl efrclon thai
PoHltuaHl-or (leneral Hitchcock Ih
preparing an Important meatuiro
fo bo prcnenled to congron« dur
ing Ihe proffont HCRHion.
He will recommend that con
xre.SH lake action to permit of the
government acquiring all the tele
graph linen of the different prl
voir companies in Amorica. i!n
will show thai the telegraph bns
iiu»KH of I ho country cni) be hand
led in connection with (ho .postal
ftcrvlcc at a great saving to both
Ihc government and the public.
Mr. and MrH. fleorgc C. Ilazlolt
returned'to their home in Cordova
un the Alanicdn.
GIRL DENIES
THE REPORT
Condemned Murderer Said to
Have Been Engaged to Young
Lady in Utah
Huston, Jan. Ifi.--Kev. Clarence
lliehcson, who was sentenced to
bo electrocuted on May 10, for flip
murder of Avis Linnet, had an
other sweetheart in Salt Lake City.
Tho narup of his Utah fiance was
Miss Palsy Foil/,.
Salt Lake. Jan. 15 Miss Felt/.
(Ionics that she wiib rvrr engaged
Id llichcson. Stic states that ho
proposed to her tint that she re.
fused to have anything to do with
him, as she feared he was tnen
Inll.v unbalanced.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
John Hcckman was an outgo
ing passenger on the Alanu'da to
day. lie will return early next
spring.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. JVt. Wilson left
on tho Alameda to spend a few
weeks with friends in Portland.
They will return In Valdez early
In Maroh.
L>r. Daggett, who has been
handling tho disposal offho jew
elry stock of his friend, W. C.
Rtull, will go to Seward on the
next steamer to attend to some
important personal business. He
will return on the same boal.
SPANISH CABINET
RESIGNS IN HUFF
King Qrantod Pardons to Leadors
of ftiolers With Too Qreat
Liberality
Madrid, Spain, Jan. I ft.—Kin#
Alfonso has caused Hit* members
of the cabinet to resign in a bod>
as a protest against bis action
in commuting the sentences im
posed upon the leaders of the
rioters.
The king showed great leniency
by granting pardon during the
holiday festivities. Several leaders
of the riots who had been con
demned to pay tb«» extreme pen
alty were commuted to life im
prisonment. The terms of other
long sentence prisoners was
greatly reduced. The members of
the cabinet considered the action
of the king an interference which
could n»»| be approved h\ them.
Married.
In the presence of a few invit
ed guests and friends Mrs. Hessie
Wooldridge and Mr. Kmil Dnvln
were united in marriage at I :Mft
yesterday at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. R. fl, Ames. Ilev. J.
Bunting Johnson officiated. Mr.
Davis is a well known mining man
of Valdez, having interests in a
number of properties at Shoyp
bay. The newly married couple
have leased the Ames residence
find will make thoir home there
this winter.
SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER
IS STILL IN JAIL
l.ns Amreles, Jan. I r> C.harles
l»ran, wiin was arrested al I In- in
slitralion <<f ('anailian anlhnrili.*s
for rohltin^r a hank in British C.o
Ituuhia. is .si ill in .jail. His hail
was fixed at $ I .">.000 al I In- pre
liminary hearing last Salnrilay.
THE ALAMEDA SAILED
FOR SEATTLE TODAY
The Alameda sailed (his after
noon for Sent tie willi tli«* follow
in jr passengers for outside points:
H. V. Perry, William P. Murray,
K<lfiitm<J Smitli. Tessie Johnson.
Hose Johnson, Mrs. J. ('oh*. Mr.
and Mrs. M. I,. McAllister. W. II.
Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. K. <1. Ames
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilson and
W. G. Stull.
EXPENSE WAS
TOO GREAT
Believed Ambassador Bacon Re
signed Because Position Was
Too Expensive for Him
Washington. Jan. 15—i'rcsidcnt
l\aft formally accepted tin? resiff
la'lion of Ambassador Dacon to
Jay. Then' is considerable spec
11 <11 i*>n as to who will la* Kiveu the
ippoinl 111 < ■ 111.
Ambassador Karon is said to
have resigned hecausi' his income
ami salary wi'n* not sufficient to
maintain the position on a scale
iMpial to that adopted hy the rep
resentatives of tin- countries in
Paris. The salary of the Ameri
can ambassador to France i«
$ 1J.r»nn prr annum.
KELLOGG MAY
SUCCEED BACON
Believed He Will be Named by
President as Ambassador
to France
St. Paul, Jan. 15-—It i** under
stood in official circles that Praei
dent Taft will appoint a St. Paid
mau to the position rendered va
cant through the resignation «f
Robert Bacon, ambassador to
France.
Frank Kellogg has been in con
ference with the president and H.
is believed he will be given tba
appointment. Ke Hogg's friends
state be will accept il if tin* posi
tion is otTered him.
STEAMSHIP LINE
FROM PORTLAND
Chamber of Commerce Will Baolu
Enterprise—Relying on
Trade Reports
Portland. Ore., Jan. I TA*
chamber of commerce of Ibis cite
lias announced itself as ready
back a steamship line runninc
from Ibis port to Alaska.
This action was taken as a re
still of the reviews of I be bcalLtap
outlook of Alaska in Dunn's ani.
Hradslrect's reports.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROZEN
over at
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COLD CAUSED FOUR DEATHS IN NEW YORK AND THREE UT
PHILADELPHIA YESTERDAY--MISSISSIPPI FROZEN FROM
8HORE TO SHORE AT ST. LOUIS
Now York, Jan. ir>.—Ther«> has
boon n change for Hip hotter in
Jhr tempera!uro. It is much mild
er throughout Ihin Hlato today.
Four dealh from freezing wore re
ported yesterday.
Ht. I.ouis, Jan. 15.--The Mis
sissippi river is frozen from shorp
to shore for inil<;x above and b*
low this place. There has heeau>
no obnnKo but ttio weather hureMt
promise* reliof tomorrow. /
Philadelphia, Jan. tr>..-Thra»
persons perished from exposure
in this citv yesterday* The
wave still continues and husin^a*
is depressed.