ALASKA TREMORS
ARE STUDIED
Geolog!cal Survey Says Yakutat
Quake Was One of Ten
Great Ones
The United h?lal<\s Geological
Survey has Just published an ac
count uf one of |he ten greatest
Earthquakes of historic tinies
fhat in the Yakutat hay region of
Alaska. Although there is no
especial relation between earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions, the
recently reported earthquake at
Fairbanks as well as tho activity
among Alaskan volcanoes gives
perhaps added interest to this ac
count of a natural phenomenon of
another class.
The Yakutat bay earthquake
occurred on September 3, 1899,
and was followed during Ihe next
three w.'ekg by many less violent
shocks. The area of greatest in
tensity lay along the flanks of Ihe
St. Elias range, in a region of
high tnounlains and superb' gla
ciers, and Ihe movement was ac
companied by enormous avalan
ches and rock slides. This is a
vivid domonstral ion lhal Ihe
growth of mountains is si ill in
progress. At some places, how
ever, the land rose, and many
points which before had lain he
low soa level were elevaled above
it. Barnacles whirli had lived in
sea waler were found M feet
above sea level. The study of the
effects of I his earlh movement
was undertaken hv I ho late Ralph
S. Tarr, of Cornell University, and
"Lawrence Marl in, of the Univer
sily of Wisconsin, and their re
port of Ihe work has .just been
published as Professional Paper
69 of the United States Geologi
cal Survey, willi a preface Hy C..
K. Gibert. • ***
In addition to making an ex
haustive study of the movements
of the land which took place in the
Yakutat bay region and of the ef
fects of the earthquake upon
many of the glaciers of the reg
ion, the writers amassed a great
fund of information in regard to
Ilic intensity of the quake
throughout the whole area within
which it was sensible and record
ed the tqfstiinony of many witness
es. The shock wa0 felt at dis
tances of 070 and 1,200 miles in
opposite directions from Yakulat
hay, and the area^of the region
over which the tremblings were
felt is more than 1,500,000 square
miles. This gives the Yakutat
bay earthquake a place among the
very greatest earthquakes of his
toric times. The other great
shocks, without exception, re
sulted in heavy loss of life, the
number of persons killed reaching
in many of them the enormous to
tal of over 00,000. The Yakutat
bay shock was fortunately free
from fatalities, not because it was
b'ss severe than the others, buf
on account of the sparsely settled
character of the region in which
it occurred.
RADIUM PLANT To BE
ESTABLISHED AT DENVER
Scientists ami capitalists of Eu
rope who arc interested in the
development of radium are plan
ning to establish in Denver an
elaborate plant for the extraction
of radium and other rare miner
als from ores found in that re
gion. It has become known that
four scientific men from France
and England have made a tour
of various deposits in this and
nearby slates and have undertak
en to arrange with owners for
control of I he oulput in case the
plant is erected.
The larger portion of the pres
ent radium and vanadium supply
of (he world has come from Col
orado. Special efTorls have been
made by mining men in that rcg-,
ion lo discover and develop such
deposits. The Colorado School of
Mines has paid especial attention
lo this field.
The oulput heretofore has been
sent («» Liverpool to be treated,
lm| I hose interested in that plant
have thought that shipping the
ore across the ocean was too ex
pensive. They propose to erect
a planl at Denver at an expense
of $50,000. It will cost §100,000
a year lo conduct it. The scien
tific men who made a r?cent jris
'it came lo sec if there were suffi
cient quantities of ore in sight to
make such a plant pay.
Salvator beer, a special home
brew, on draft at all places.
CAMP
COMFORT
E. P. CASHMAN. Prop.
lO Milfea From Valdez
BEST MEALS - CLEAN BEDS
Tnko a trip through the Keystone Canyon by
buckboard over the Government Kosid. Unsur
passed for scenery.
Now is
The
Time
To advertise. If business is quiet
invigorate It by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever suooeeded by outtlng
down his advertising Just beoause
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
oreates * demand for his wares
through the advertising oolumns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Its merit*. We will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring reeults. Try It.
NORTHLAND NOTE3
Aa eccentric individual is said
So be navigating the Stikine on
a raft of logs.
Continuous and heavy rains in
the Fairbanks district have cut
tin? n>ads to pieces.
The last cleanup on the liige
low workings on a Coldstream
bench amounted to $55,000.
Michael Cannon, a Fairbanks
miner, was crushed to death on
July Glli under a slab of rock.
Fox gulch, on the Innoko, is the
scene of a recent strike. Pay on
discovery runs 82 to the fool.
\Y. 11. Pol ler, of Iluby, lias been
declared insane and will be taken
lo I he Morningside sanitarium.
Mrs. Isabel Ambler Oilman,
formerly a lawyer at Petersburg,
is moving from Seattle to Nusha
gak.
A Ketchikan lineman nearly
burned his thumb ofT when he
touched a live wire carrying 2,200
volts.
James Thompson, an Atlin bar
ber, was found dead in bed on the
morning of Ihe 8th inst. Heart
trouble.
The common council of the
town of Ketchikan lias appropri
ated SI 1,125 for school purposes
for I ho. next year.
Fairbanks school boys are or
ganizing a cadet company and
will ask the government for arms
and accoutrements.
This early in the season one of
Seattle's barn-storming theatri
cal ouMils had lo work its way
back to the sound city.
Fort Seward is to be lighted by
electricity. Several new buildings
arc to be erected at the post in
cluding a central lighting plant.
Iver I verso n had both bones of
his right leg broken below the
knee by the sloughing of the roof
in the workings of I (» below right
limit Cleary creek.
The miners on the Newsboy
mine* at Fairbanks went on a
strike because the new manage
ment insisted they work 10 in
stead of eight hours.
Mrs. Thomas Maichell, a resi
dent of Discovery, B. C.. since
1808, died on the 10th inst. Her
death was caused by a blood ves
sel bursting in her head.
A course in coal mining engi
neering will b° offered by the
School of Mines of the University
<»f Washington, beginning with
the college year of 1012-1913.
Patriotic tourists on the Spo
kane brought both an American
and British flag, which they un
furled at the summit of the While
Pass, in place of the old ragged
ones.
The White Pass & Yukon ad
vertises a special excursion rate
from Skagway to Dawson and re
turn for $70. This will enable
excursionists In take in the Daw
son fair August 1 ith and 17th.
A careful estimate of the pres
ent population of (ditarod places
the tignre at (>00, a considerable
falling off from the number re
corded a year ago. Practically nil
I he surplus men have |««f| the
camp.
Mr. and Mrs. George II. Barnes.
»>f Wrangell, recently celebrated
the anniversary of their wedding,
which took place in that town
four years ago, and'wns the first
marriage In the (.own among the
white folks.
l.i<*Xil<*iiaiilx Prosser and Weeks
wont over Ih<> government road
this morning, one to look over the
progress being made in road
building and the other to see af
ter repair* on th.? telegraph line.
There was born to the wife of
Mr Pain. Blum. in Cordova, a
daughter. The mother i* report
ed f'oing well and Mr. Blum still
better, a« this is his flrsl daugh
ter.
The governor's office, is in re
ceipt, of a letter asking for In
formation regarding William Mc
Gregor, who is supposed to have
been killed in thp mines in Alas
ka. The last heard of him was
four years ago in Seattle, from
which placo he came north. He
was 25 years of age, 5 feet 7 inch
es in heighth, dark hair, blue eyes
and fresh complexion. National
ity firuteh. Srnd Information to
the governor's off ire.
Thn power boat Alaska, under
construction for the past, flvo
[weeks by the Dullard Marine Rail
way company, and launched a
week ago, is practically complet
ed and will begin a voyage to
Alaska in another week. The
Alaska is Oi feel over all, with a
17-foot beam. When she leaves
Mallard she will go to Seattle for
stores and thence to St. Michael.
She is owned by (he U. S. Mercan
tile Company, of Nome, and will
be commanded by L. Whitlam,
who has superintended her con
struction. In Alaska she will be
used as a freight passenger and
mail carrier between St. Michael
and Kotzebue and way points.
COOL TIME FOR 16TH IN
THE ICE FOR SEVEN DAYS
( Continued from page I ;
rence island, the ice ll<*e was en
countered. Capt. liealy endeav
ored to guide his ship through,
but found it impossible to do so.
Then he tried to pass to the lel't of
St. Lawrence island and encoun
tered even worse difficulties. It
was at this lime he stood with his
pilot on the prow of the ship and
guided her a foot at a time
through the monster ice cakes. A
few yards forward would be made
and then the ship would encoun
ter a -olid cake of ice, acres in
area, .Mid would be obliged to
pause again. Day and night, in
the Land of the Midnight Sun in
the sumemr time, the men aboard
the army transport saw nothing
but tloes of ice.
The cold grew intense and with
inadequate heat aboard ship the
enlisted men suffered from ex-!
posurc to the bitter cold. Two
died of pneumonia.
Finally the ship was enabled
to reach Nome and the transfer
nf the troops wa> made.
After a slay in Taemiia <'f three
Hi' four days for the purpose of
roaling, the transport will leave
for San Francisco, where the Kith
regiment will he stationed at the
Presidio.
The Sheridan conveyed the iCtli
regiment to Alaska two years ago,
departing from Seattle. So glad
were the soldiers to be back in the
i nilvd States hundreds of them
immediately came ashore and
wended their way up town. Offi
cers and their wive* stood about
Ihe streets expressing their hap
piness If) be back in the United
Stales.-Tacoma Ledger.
NOTICE.
The contest for catching (lie®
and for which 920 in prizes will
be distributed, will terminate at
the noon hour of August 1, 1912.
All contestants are requested to
deliver I heir eatcii on the above
dale at noon at my ofTice. The
prizes are as follows:
To the person catching the larg
est number of Hies, a cash prize
of 810 will be given.
The second highest will receive
85.00.
The third prize will be "§3.00.
The fourth prize will be 82.00.
The prizes will be awarded by
a committee of three, whose
names, will be published later.
I). II. SLl'.F.M.
Ileallh < Mirer.
NOTICE.
There will be a special meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce this
evening at the eity hall to take up
the matter of having the Maryland
call at Valdez and investigate
Valdez harbor with a view to es
tablishing a coaling station.
C. E. BUNNELL.
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To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle .... July 20
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - July 27
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - Aug. 15
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-Paclflo Steamship Co. for
Southern California porta. Saillnics every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Kates. Itight reserved to change steamers and sailing dates.
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Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed 1 I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Roujrh Dry 10c lb.
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Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
The Largest and Best Equipped Steamships in
the Alaskan Service, ALAMEDA and MARI
POSA, leave every eight days, All the
Year 'Round for Cordova and Seattle via. In
side Passage.
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Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms
For Housekeeping, Sleeping and Offices. Rates
Reasonable
Foot of wan st. ARCHIBALD BLOCK
COAL COAL
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Port Wells
THE LAUNCH
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Loaves Valdez for Port
Wells every Tuesday earrv
ing passengers and freight,
touching at all way points
where business offers.
Speci*l Trips Can Be Arranged
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Nothing bnt best material* «»ed.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
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I buy.