STORY OF GOLD ON LAIRD
IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED
AN OLD-TIMER SAYS A LITTLE QOLD HA8 BEEN FOUND BY IN
DIANS IN CREVASSES, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO JUS
TIFY PROSPBCTINQ r
"Black" Sullivan, who arrived
in Dawson a few days ago from
lh" outside, brings word that two
weeks ago he men an old-time
prospector at Wrangell who had
just come down the Stikine, front
the old placer fields, and said
there was no truth in the report
ed rich gold find in the southeast
corner of I he Yukon territory, at
Iho head of (he Stikfne or near tin.'
Liard.
"The man who gave me the
news," says Mr. Sullivan, "was a
miner of i5 years' experience. 11
had been in I he Omineca years ago
and later was al Juneau, and stak
ed the first adjoining claim to th.-}
Tn'adwell. 1 forget his name, hut
I had a long talk with him. He
had gono into the country this
season to stake quartz. II*? said
some gold had been found in a
erevas.»e in thp district, to which
the bishop and the Indians had
drawn attention, but that there
was nothing found outside the!
one crevasse and nothing to war
rant a stampede.
"I was disappointed to hear
this news, because I was out for
some new gold field. Had it heen
reported on favorably by the man
at Wrangell, I should have gone
(here. Instead of going up the
Stikine lifter meeting the man at
Wrangell, I turned northward,and
decided to try my luck-again in
the Yukon watershed. I came
north first in 1ft87. mined on thf
.Stewart and at Forlymile, and was
in and about Dawson in the early
days. The gold fever remains
with me, and I am still looking
for the bagful of yellow hope.
"The trip I took several years
ago over the Rockies from Daw
son with Marry Waugh was a
grand one. We went up (lie
Twelvemile. which enters the Yu
kon a short distance below Daw
son, crossed the Rockies to Un
wind, descended the Wind and
the Peel t«» the Mackenzie; got a
whaleboat at Fort MePherson.
which look us to Herschel island.
There we shipped on a whaler f«»r
Poin! Harrow, the northernmost
pari of this continent.! On the
ocean trip we saw polar bear and
everything of Arctic wonder.
"In the Peel district Waugh and
I found a mountain of quartz, but
.it was too far from the base of
supplies, and I never returned.
Some may say we found only py
rites or soinetiiing else, but I
know we had the genuine gold
bearing quartz."
' "Sullivan told the foregoing on
a barge at the foot of King street,
silting beside a smalUbo^t in
which he was about to push off
for a trip down the river. He stat
ed he would try his luck in the
Koyukuk, and was going with two
Swedes who had been there before.
Then li s eyes twinkled. Some oth
ers say "Black"' and his pards are
headed for the Forlymile to pros
pect.
MAKES PLEA
BETTER ROADS
Sail Lak.- City, August
The Trans-Mississippi congress,
now in session here is very largely
attenderi. It has marie a strong
plea for belter roads throughout
the country.
Oyster Hay, Auk. 28-Col. Hoose
vell is seeking I•» have Senator
Penrose «• x (»«»11 • • • I from Ihe Sen
nle.
BAR MOOSE
IN KANSAS
Topeka, Auk. -H.-TIio ilepnb
licau council has voted to place
no third parly stale ticket in the
field. The fight «.»f the Progres
sives will he made entirely on the
presidential elector*. •
The last of the government
freight, aggregating 110 Ions,
went out over I he road thi* morn
ing. It will be late in the fall he
fore all the freight ij< delivered.
THE HIGH PRICE OF COPPER
STIMULATESDEVELOPMENT
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY BEING SHOWN THIS YEAR IN THE DEVEL
OPMENT OF OOP PEN PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE
BELT-INSTALLING HYDRAUlIO METHODS
Oeot'gc K. Baldwin, who is on.*
of thotold«>9l mining men and sur
veyor* to operate in the Copper
RiverkCountry, jp referring to his
recent trip, aaicf: .
"Actual mining development of
properties which have passed Ihc
stage of helng prospects, prelim
inary work on showings located in
prior yearn og which excessive,
transportation charges, h&Vfl.Dre
vented anything more vfhaYt < as
•<c*anicnf work heing done until
now, with some surface prospect
ing in regions hilherto neglected
«>r hastily gone pyer, characterise
Hip present condition of the min-j
•■ral indiiHtry in the territory
served by the Copper River rail
way.
"Some prosper! in* j« being
done on the Toikel and Hreniner
river* and in the neighborhood of
Chit inn for. gold quartz, also on
Porphyry mountain at Mile 191;
There a mill is soon In be erect
ed to trerit the hrn from the tv
er«on property, on which ncvcrnl
huhdrcd .fept of vyork,.l|as bean
done and auftiotcnt. ore ,i}loC)(ad
out. to, in the 0pfn1an'pf >xp#r».
kirtoed mining men, justify* fU*
noecKwary nxprnditurei ,,
■ I "To nam a all the:popper prop
ortion on which development work
i« being carried on by large foroea
would be iedioue, but a few de
•erve espcoial mention on account
of tho vigor with which worlc i«*
(Continued on page 3)
WftNTS COMPANY
IN HIS MISERY
Bull Moose Would Involve Others
in 8candal In Which He Has
Besmirched Himself
Oyster Bay, Aug. 28-Col. Roose
velt wants to involve Alton B,
Parker and Jainej# Sherman into
the Senate investigation of cam
paign contributions in 189 4. His
attitude in attempting to involve
others nol connected with his
campaign is looked upon hero in
he nature of confession of guilt,
which he hopes to mitigate on the
{(Core of others having been guilly
of Ihe same thing.
A CLOSE FIGHT
HHGHieANrSIATE
I __
Hot Fight in the Michigan Pri
maries and Results Are
Very Close
l>e«»n»il. Auk. 28.-Tlie slate
wide primary on national, slate,
county and rity officers look placc
yesterday and shows the race to
bo very close between I lie stand
pat and progressive candidates for
governor, Amos Musselman and
Fred. Marlindale. Jt wjiUuLubs
ably take an official ronnt to de
termine the result.
Will 8tump for Taft. '
Chicago, Aug. 28.-Former Vice
president Fairbanks and Senator
Borah will campaign for Taft, is
announced by the national com
mittee.
VALDEZLAWYER
IN REBUTTAL
Tells How Simple It Is to Draw a
Deed or Contract If People
Are Only Satisfied
I
To l lie |I«»r:
In yeMi'rday's issih' yon Ijft<•«I
! nn editorial from Ili«* Skagway
Alaskan attacking the inlriraeieri
,«»r legal contracts. Tim arlich1
KayH:
"Linlcr Ihi* working «»f tin' sen
tentious and polysyllabic |i»rms ol
I lie code il is utterly impossible
to prlve anybody u peanut. You
in list bequeath, bestow, grant,
and convey, furnish, supply, pre
sent, deliver, make over, yield, ad
minister, proffer, emit, surrender
imparl, ultnr and abandon."
The shortest answer to this ed
ito(rial is that it is entirely un
triie. It is not-necessary in draw
ing a eonlraet, deed or will to em
ploy any terminology except what
is absolutely necessary to convc)
fhoi meaning intended. It is true
that printed blanks often contain
eighteenth century phraseology
ap(l lawyers, and business meri
anticlines . use thosh forms, bill
Vn«ytHre not. newlMiry. •
!h'- Probably ,monk..of |lie mining
coAifaflts drawn. toy VaNH/ law*.
. In tho past -two yearn wen
merely;;fy p.e*trH4en ataienieiits iUi
hufcinetM t*rnm ogf. the -agreement t
ninido J».v tbo>aifi%*, All oveMiifi
l.'uii} • ^onrU • ire"ttphfdding sueli
coniraets-fvery day/ All itiar Is
(Continued on page 4)
Publication■ of Niriicii of^Owhers
of Premises Occupied by'
Gamblers
New York, Aug. 28,-The police
commission has made public the
names of I ho owners of the prem
ises occupied by gambling houses.
The; list is made up entirely ol
the'name* of men prominent in
the affairs of Ihe rity.
• T^e publication of Iht* list has
caused tremendous interest and
it is thought will go far towards
jlhe suppression of gambling.
ALASKA'S ILLS DUE
TO ROOSEVELT
Senator Kearns Says Rooseveltiar
Policies Responsible for Con
dition Alaskan Affairs
I
i
Sail L.ake (lily. Aug. «8.—l-'ormei
Unitl'd States fcenalor Kearn* re
turned yesterday from a tniir o
(lie Alaskan coast. He roasts Col
Roosevelt as I he author of alt th»
ills from which the northern ter
ritory is suffering.
| Sfj&ator eKaru* says thai -Taf
is the true friend of Alaska, whirl
needs I In* investment of capital t<
develop its resource* and say*
that owing to the policies carriei
out hy Taft's predecessor, capita
is chary ahoul investing in t
place subject to th»» caprices of j
handful of theorists who have art.
jed without attempting to lean
it lie conditions prevailing.
TRANSFER OF
Half Interest In 17 Below on Qol<
Strerm is Sold at High
Figure
I I'robabl.x Ili<a most imporlan
jdeal of llu* past season was close*
• last evening, when If. II. Mellon,
'aid alTixed his signature to a deei
conveying to Fred Craig a one.
jlialf interest in 17 below diseoy.
er.v, Holds! ream. Tile eonsidera.
lion was not made public. hnl it i?
understood thai tin* gure was r
fancy one/
The claim is without a douh
the most famous one on the loop
dreek and is among the richest ii
the? district. The body of pay or
the flaini is probably bigger thai
on qny othor claim in the Fair
banks district. Drill tests mad*
during the past,year have shrfiwr
workable gold-bearing gravel t*
be whoro least expected.
Extensive prospering has beei
done on the claim by Peterson i
Craig. laytoea on the ilower*en<
of the claim. . Work .of bol»*inf
wITI he started at once, It Is un
derstood and big crews will b«
woeked steadily.
. The product ion of the Maim t*
idetf has been placed at some,
thing over a million dollars.
, Fa (thanks Times.
v«i#m setate.
If youheve a bouse to renl
tlst it with the Velds* Real Kg.
tate Ageney, Well street.
BIG CORPORATIONS ARE
FIGHTING FOR SUPREMACY
LOWER RATES GIVEN BY WHITE PAS8 HAS STIMULATED MIN
ING ACTIVITY ON SOUTHE RN YUKON-NEW PROPER
TIES ARE BEING OPENED UP
Iii the fight of the White Pass
road to break into the freight and
passenger business of the Acner
ican-Yukon, just at present the
strategic point, is the establish
ment of a sub-port of entry at
Fairbanks. The creation of this
office will allow Canadian ves
sels fo di'scend (he Yukon below
Eagle r.ily, beyond which point
presenl. American vessels are
allowed In land al Dawson, in
Canadian territory, a sub-port
having been established in the
early days of the Klondike for the
purpose of bringing in American
.supplies In American miners in
Hrilish territory. The necessity
for this suhport no longer exists
And it is threatened that if Secre
tary of the Treasury Franklin
M'cYeagh does not establish the
sub-port of entry at Fairbanks,
( retaliation will be made by the
abolition of the one at Dawson.
The petition presented to the
Secretary of the Treasury ask
ing for the establishment of the
Fairbanks entry port recites that
the White Pass & Yukon system
is prepared to extend its road 00
miles to |he foot of Leberge, al a
" cost of $2,500,000, and to guar
antee to deliver mail at Fairbanks
• i) to I I days earlier than il is
! delivered by the Northern Com
' inercial company by way of St.
Michael. It is believed the Ca
nadian government will grant* a
subsidy for the construction of
'ilhis line, as il will enable the up
per river vessel* to remain in
commission about thirty days
longer each year.
The United States Geologieal
Survey, in a recent report, said
(fiat owing t• > the heavy cost of
transportation in interior Alaska,
more than one-half of the gold
output of the Tanana district had
been paid out iti freight bills. If
is no| contended that the North
ern Commercial company has
lieen charging all the larilT will
bear, bul thai il lias enjoyed a
monopoly of the trade through
the inability of I lie Canadian ships
lo enter American wafers on I ho
Yukon on I lie same grounds that,
"the American vessels enter Cana
dian waters on the same stream.
The baffle between I he Whit ft
Pass and Northern Commercial
company will be watched with in
fe.esl. We will see just how
strong flie N. C. lobby al Wash
ington really is.
SOLDIERS ORDERED
TO NICARAGUA
Washington. Aug. i'S.—Solid.t,
occupying fin* PaiiHina canal /our
have been ordered to Nicaragua
and will reach there within i'i
hours.
BRITISH FILE
EXCEPTIONS
Washington, Ant:. I'H.-Hril i*h 1
exceptions In Hit* free t <»11 provis
ions of tin' Panama canal law
have been filed with Ihc Slate de
partment by tin* Hrilish embassy.
The Yahlcz Iron Works have
turned nnf a brass casting for Ili.»
wheel of (he Lieut. Donaldson,
work which herelofore had to he
iscnl lo S«*alHe.
i
ir. Charles T. Una. wife and
child, of Kllamar, arc in Ih.- city
on a .short visit.
GOV. MARSHALL
ARRAIGNS ENEMY
Aumt.slsi. An,.'. UH.-i ioveriitw*
Marshall, in his speech here. ar
raigned tfit* Republican policy ,»f
proleclion. showing \vln» payed ilie
hills.
Tin* «>leanier Alameda I•• ft .1 ti
neau a I .'3 o'clock this m*»:*n inK
anil is <luc here early Friday
morning. *•
Supl. I i^ram. nl il .• : I com
mission. is in I In* cii>. He re
ports I lie road ^ainfc dojn«r good
work.
SAYS THE QUARTZ CAMP
BE PERMANENT INDUSTRY
1 ' <«,
r *• w* —
REPRESENTATIVE OF FAIRBANKS MOUSE, AFTER VISITING
QUART*AWF* CrtF TMt mtERlOR SAYS THAT THE '
1 SHOWING MADE IS HIGHLV ENCOURAGING
Mr. Arlhur O.* Jonwvrepretien-'
lative of the Fairbanks-Morse
1 company, who Is quite woll known
[ ill" Valdez, recently completed n
' trip among the quartz properties'
' near Fairbanks*, and a«4 a result is
1 highly pleased with the outlook
for Ihnt earn p.
"Wo* wonderful," wa* the reply
* Arlhur O. .Tones, chief engineer
and mill expert "f the Fairbanks
Morse company, when quentioned
concerning his opinion of the
hard rock dlslriel of Fair hanks.
"Ni'Vrr in my life," In* continued,
••have I seen *o much rieh ore in
so many dilTerenl plaees nml in
sueh Inrge qnnntittcs im during
the1 trip I hav»» ju.nt made. There
arc n»» Iruor ledges lhan soino I
c«w on the trip in Riiy mintim
camp in I ho world. Many biK
mining camp* hav<* never hnd the
ftucloiiii thai Fairbanks has. The
minors and pronppclor* here ha\o
really niado a wonderful allowing
in developing *o many proportion
lo ibo producing alng»\ without
I ho ii mi* of oulalde capital."
Mr. .lone* l»»ff in company with
iHay Krfhinger. and made tlm
round trip on horaeback. On I In*
'lour, tin1 proporliea on Kkoogoy
1 milch. Zimmerman'** and Kkoogry
PpIi'N, wore Aral viailed. Tim
(Continued on Pago 3)