Members of the bar of Southern
Alaska now in Valdes, including
nearly every lawyer practicing in
Valdcz or Seward, agreed yestord: y
morning to send a message to Wash
ington urging the immediate confirm
ation of Judge Reid 44fo:* tho good of
the service.'*
Judge Reid has made a good im
pression upon tlie bar during his first
week on the bench and the attorneys
are satisfied that he will meet all re
quirements. In order, tharefore, to
exert any influence they may possess
to prevent the uncertainty and tho
handicap to judicial procedure in the
Third division which would prevail
if tho nomination of the judge should
be held up indefinitely they decided
to place themselves on record in
favor of his prompt confirmation.
Henry Anderson admitted out of
•ourb and in it this morning that lie
was the man who sent to Assistant
District Attorney Ray a certificate of
deposit for §10 through the local post
office. The matter might have kept
Mr. Anderson busy for one while but
for the fact that a criminal charge
which had been pending against him
was dismissed a few days ago. Ac
cordingly Judge Ileid read Anderson
x lecture and let him &o with the ad
monition to sin 110 more in that way
The case against Anderson was dis
missed after wire communication with
the department of justice at Wash
ington. Anderson explained to the
court that he knew Mr. Ray had
•pent some money 011 telegrams and
wished to reimburse him, not know
ing that the government would final
ly pay tbe freight. He said he sent
the money to Ray in an anonymous
letter thoughtlessly, not reflecting
lhat it was irregular and if known
might look ugly for both of them.
Anderson lias boon for two years
manager for the K>*7»g River Mining
Company, a corporation whose stock
holders are chiefly Mississippi men
whose knowledge of mining in Alaska
•r anywhere else is as exhaustive as
a rabbit's information regarding the
New York stock exchange, whence
fche company has come to be know
where it operates as the "Mississippi
Bubble.'' Anderson spent a great
deal of money for the company in the
Yentna district. He claims to have
expended this legitimately but the
■tockholdors saw fit to accuse him of
•mbozzloment and secured hi« in
dictment at the last term of the
United States district court in Valdez,
last August. The indictment was dis
missed because the district attorney's
•fllce thought the evidence insuffi
cient. to secure a conviction.
Fat Hewitt of He ward arrived from
Reward on the Bertha.
Steamer Saratoga nailed from Sew
ard for Valdez at 5 o'clock thin morn
ing.
Captain P. H. Blodgett," the Cook
inlet transportation man, arrived on
♦he steamer Bertha from Beldovia.
Joe LeClair, one of the best known
prospectors in Alaska, arrived here
•n the Bertha, hailing from the
Yentna goldflelds. He lias large
holdings in that «eetion. J«eClair's
fraction was one of the best known
•Iaims of the Nome region.
The biggest mineral deposit in
Alaska, with the possible exception
of the Tread well mines, is oil Pros
pect bay, on the Alaska peninsula,
uid known as the Warner property.
Practically all forms of copper are
loted in the mineral mass—bornite,
glance, gray and sulphide—although
Jie chalcopyrite ore predominates.
A native showed Warner the huge
outcrop in the fall of 19C6. At that time
vVarner was engaged in opening up a
scam of coal some fifteen miles away,
lie knew practically nothing of min
eral, but picked up several pieces
of float, but did not stake the proper
ty, as li 3 divl not realize its value.
On returning to the sta'es late that
fall lie took samples from the ledge
with him, and out of idle curiosity
took them to a Seattle assayer to be
tested. He was amazed at the re
turns received. Ore which he had re
garded as practically valueless- went
over $75, in coppar, gold and silver,
to the ton. In his enthusiasm he told
the assayer of the vast extent- of the
property, and how, in his ignorance,
he had failed to locate it but intended
to do so in the spring.
l ne assayer, who Knew a good
thing when he saw it, devised a plan
to beat Warner to the ground and
thus become a prior locator. He
wrote to a friend of his, who was an
agent of the A. 0. Co. in Western
Alaska, giving details of t he discov
ery and requesting the agent to go
and locate the ground, with the un
derstanding that the assayer was to
have a cut. in the spoils. The agent
made two unsuccessful trips by dog
sledge, but the snows of winter had
changed the physical appearance of
things, and the mantle of white pro
tected Warner's find for him until his
return last spring, when a pencil and
hatchet were instruments in separat
ing this big bonanza from the public
domain.
Seattle, Jan. 14—The Alaska dem
ocratic club held a meeting last night
at which it declared for territorial
government in Alaska, and the ap
pointment of Alaskans to federal ofll
ces in the territory. It was also de
cided to hold the democratic conven
tion after the Republican convention,
which is called for May 12.
A resolution wan adopted urging
Alaskans to correct many impressions
P. S. Hunt, the photographer* has
oponed an office and salesroom in the
Swan block, where pictures may be se
cured. The studio on Keystone Ave.
will atill be retained .
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concerning Alaska which are current
in the north, and asserting that many
things good for tho territory and the
democratic party emanate from
Seattle. i
Permanent officers were elccted as
follows: president, Frank Waskcy;
vice presidents, John Steels, IT. W.
Molten and John Ronan; secretary-'
treasurer, John W. Troy; executive
committee, T. J. Nestor and George
Stanley of Nome, Geo. Murphy cf
Seattle, Blake D. Mills of Fairbanks,
H. Dunn of Skagway, Frank Pratt of
Candle, Max Eiulleman of Juneau.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 14—Con
gressman! Kahn of California today
introduced a bill in the house pro
viding for the fortification of the
Alaska coast from Ketchikan to Sew
ard. lie proposes a system of de
fenses which would prevent foreign
military forces from landing and
using the Alaska coast as a base of
supplies in ease of war with the
United States.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 14—Th»
house had a hot session today over
proposed amendments of the penal
laws. An amendment providing that
acts committed by members of labor
unions during organized strikes and
boycotts should be exempted from
the operation of the laws was losfr.
The provision that poisons one#
convicted of felony shall be forever
barred from holding federal office*
carried.
Washington, D. (J., Jan. 14r—Th»
war department asks an appropriation
of $15,000 to buy clothing for the sold
iers in Alaska.
San Francisco. Jan. 14—Abe Ruerf
announced today that h^ will have a
conference with I istrict Attorney
Langdon £ to del ermine Ins futum
course, lie con plains that lie is give*
a very narrow cell in the county jail.
The weight of a cubic toot of any
substance, in ounces, is easily found
by multiplying the spocifij gravity of
the substance by 1,100.
Telegraph and Mail Town in Itself. Blacksmith Shw*,
Station. ggggggacaggi—■■» ©I©., ©t«.
FOOT Ob1 SUMMIT, TWENTY MULES FROM YALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouse*
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
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The leikhell Roadlumse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
of accommodations for man and beaut. P'runii Meat
alway* on hand. Horse and Dok Feorl All 1h*
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor,
When in Copper
Center Stop at
Headquarters for Commercial Travelers
Best of Accomodations and Service Guar
Private Rooms. All the latest
Improvements. Horse and Dog Feed
for Sale
RINGWALD BLIX,
Proprietor
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
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i FROM VALDKZ AMI> KAGIjB TRAIL*
The Tacoma Roadhousc
$6 mil«» from VaI<I«* on government trail. On# mi|t {»•*■»
UWgrAph utation «t Teikhrl). Firni-oUii* A**OMm»dAtii)«t«
for mon and b«A8t. Hat And <)r*in for «a1«.
pbivath ROOM* Dick Windtniller, Ptop.