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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1912.
NO. 279.
SWIFT JUSTICE
FLOATING COURT
8ix Cases Tried in Six Days by
Alaska's Famous Float
ing Court
Trying six cases in eight days
a^t Dillingham, finding four of
the defendants guilty and acquit
ting the other two, was the rec
ord made by the floating court
presided over by Judge T. R. Ly
Jons on the present trip which
started at Valdez, July 15. At
present there are on board Ihe
revenue culler Thetis six prison
ers who are being taken out, four
being those convicted at. Dilling
ham and two being insane per
sons who will be taken soulh for
confinement.
Court was convened a| Dilling
ham on the afternoon of July L>9
and the grand jury sworn in at
(hal lime. In two days the feder
al inquisitors had investigated
six matters and returned six true
bills, fhe first case being sol and
tried on the first day of August.
Those convicted and now on
board the revenue cutter in
charge of Deputy Uniled Slates
Marshal George Goshaw and Ihrec
special guards are: Frank Frag
om'ene, an Italian convicted of
murder for killing a fellow Ital
ian and sentenced to life impris
onment—the crime was commit
ted at Alacanak; Denicio Flores
is going out lo serve a sentence
of fen years at hard labor for
slabbing a Mexican al Ihe Creek
cannery; M. Sato was sentenced to
six years imprisonment for a
shooting afTray al Nushagak—
Salo was allowed a new lrial and
pleaded guilty to a lesser charge
I ban Ihe first one againsl him;
Edward Kalilikane will serve a
lenience of 18 months for wound
ing a Mexican al Koggiung.
The Iwo acquittals were of \\\
C. Taylor, charged wilh rape, and
Anaslacio Costello. charged with
murder.
The courl was closed for Ihe
form of 1912 on the morning of
August 8. and on the following
day the Thetis wilh Ihe officials
oil board started for Nome to
leave Judge Lyons and Ralph A.
Robertson, his stenographer.
From this city the Thetis pro
ceeds to Valdez by way of Port
Clarence, St. Lawrence and the
Seal Islands, Unalaska, Kodiak
and Seward. II fs expected that
fho cutler will sail some lime to
morrow.—Nome Nrvgel.
COPPER OUTPUT
IN THIS SECTION
Many Properties In Course Devel
opment Now Coming Into
Produolng Class
YVilh the gradual increase in
the price of copper it i<j grati
fying to know that the production
from Prince William Hound is al
so on the increase. Louis Lav
••nsaller, who is representative
in this section of Alaska for the
Tacoma Smelter Company, takes
a very encouraging view of the
probable output from the prop
erties around the sound. Then the
development at the various prop
erties in the interior country will,
in the course of a year or two
very materially increase the out
put of Southwestern Alaska.
The Kennecott Mines Company
are rebuilding their mill and in
Ihree or four months their out
put at the Bonanza will be large
ly increased. The Great North
ern Development Company and
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IS THE VALDEZ DIKE Bill A LAW?
SAN FBANCISCO CHRONICAL SAYS YES
Says the Valdez Dike Appropriation Was Included !n the Gen-;
eral Deficiency Appropriation Bill—The Record $hows
- ~ <*
That the Conferees Could Not Agree and
House Forces Senate To Recede
The San Francisco Chronicle
of August 27lli, (ho day after con
gress adjourned, contained I he
following telegram from the capi
i t a I:
Washington, I). C., Aug. L'G.—
Pacific coast appropriations in Ihe
[general deficiency hill passed by
congrcss today are: £110,000 In
reimburse the revenue culler ser
vice for expense^ incurred in re
lief of sufferers in the Kodiak,
Alaska, volcano disaster; £50,000
additional for I lie public health
and marine service, most of which
will be .spent on I he Pacific in
bubonic plague prevent ion; *55,
000 for protection of government
property and office buildings from
glacial floods at Valdez, Alaska;
to complete an office build
ing al I he naval magazine, Mare
island', $1,145 for care of insane
persons in Alaska; $115,000* for
a lighthouse near Cape SI. Kli
as, Alaska.
In discussing I lie disagreement
between the House and Senate
conferees on the general «i**(i — I
ciency appropriation bill, Mr.
Fitzgerald said:
"An item of §55,000 (•» protect
Taldez, Alaska, against the glaeial
floodsyhas been placed upon this
bill. II was on the river and •
harbor bill, and il held up agree
ment on that, bill for sonic einhl.|
weeks. The Senate finally receded
f oni ils amendment on the river ^
and iiarlmr bill and is insisting
at ths late hour that I he managers,
on the part of tin1 House on I he
deficiency bill shall yield and por
,
mil lliui appropriation (•> be
made."
And upon a motion of I**it/.ger-j
aid, 11»« House further insisted j
upon its disagreement |o the Sen-j
alt? amendments and agree to con-'
fiM'once asked by the Senate. Tin's
occurred on I lie 23rd of August.
<)u I he 251 h of August, in Ihej
Senale, Mr. Warren moved that'
the Senale recede from the'
amendments not agreed upon by]
the Mouse conferees (of which
the dike bill was one). The mo
tion was then carried.
AERIAL TRAM IS
NEAR COMPLETED
To Carry Ore From '.he Wine to
the Mills—Development Work
is Proceeding
The work of installing I In* atr
ial train leading from Iho mine lo
1he mill on I he Kenai-Alaska <»o|d
company's properly is gelling
along as well as weal her condi
tions will permit. The material
has been hauled to the point of
'its installation and but seven
towers remain to be erected.
There are three crews engaged on
the job. Charles Krefting is in
charge <»f one, Charles Osborne
another and Richard Dougherty
the other. Engineer Hays, from
the tram factory, has immediate
charge of the entire installation.
Development work is proceed
ing in the mine and a report
reaches here thsif a very rich ore
chute has recnlly been uncov
ered.
About half of ihe supplies for
(lie Thompson-Ford properties
have been landed on Ihe ground.
Bob Mcintosh has the contract
for Ihe packTng.
William ftillincau is back P'ont
his mining properties on the
cier.
PETECASHMAN
AND THE BEAR
Pete Cashmdn, of Camp Com
fort, knew he had left comfort be
hind when he crossed Lowe river
the other day to show Baldy Rey
nolds the location of an old cab
in on Craig. Accompanyingg Rey
nolds, with a map in hand, fur
nished by Wm. Finical, showing
the location of the sought for
cabin, the pair slowly climbed the
hill, when they suddonly came up
on an open spot and incidentally
three bear.
Pete's dog did not hesitate an
instant, .but developed a sudden
inclination to proceed home.
About the same timo it dawned
nn Pete that he had business at
the other end of the trail and thjn
began the Marathon between Pete
Find the pup. Doing the beat he
nould, the dog could not keep out
of Pete's way, and, irritated al the
unnecessary delay. Pete sent his
numbi'r O.in advance, lifting his
favorite canine clear of the trail
and ejaculating, as lie swiftly
passed by, "If you can't run, let.
some one have the trail who can,"
keeping up his gait until lie could
seek refuge behind the portly
/orm of Baldy, the latter reas
suring him that in his company
in> danger could lurk. The two
then proceeded for Comfort and
the protection of Mrs. Cashman.
WHITE PASS IS
BRANCHING OUT
j Contemplated Extensions Down
the River and Into Kluane and
White River Sections
\V. H. Close, head (»f the lirm
of Close Bros. & Co., London and
Chicago financiers, the firm who
floated the White Pass and start
ed the Copper Iliver and North
western railroad, is making a very
jelose study in person of tin* coun
try contiguous to Him White Pas*
road, and its possible resource,
with a view of extending the road
[wherever the conditions justify.
The extension of I lie line to the
lower end of Lake I.abarge and
a feeder into the Kluane and
White river countries is contem
plated. In reply to a telegram
for information sent by the Daw
son News, Mr. Close promptly wir
ed:
| "Dawson News: I have just
reached the Yukon, and complet
ed a hurried first trip to the cop
per mines at Whitehorse. These
properties look very encouraging,
and there is every indication of
their permanency. When these
bodies of ore arc sufficiently de
veloped they undoubtedly will
«uppotr a smelter, for which cap
ital will be found. I have no per
sonal knowledge of the reported
arrangements for addition to the
smelter at Tacoma.
"The White Pass & Yukon
noute is aggressively undertak
ing to study the need* and condi
tions contiguous to jts line for the
purpose of assisting in developing
tho natural resource*, and we
have unlimited faith in the ul
timate future of the country. I
am taking an important trip to
the interior and if not absent loo
long hope to come to Dawson af
terwards."
(ieorge Wilson, a former resi
dent of \aide/ ar-1 r. brother of
Alex, Wilson, who operated a
store for Meyers at Ni/.ina, arriv
ed in town from Fairbanks, where
he has been for the last seven
jyears. .Mr. Wilson walked out
and states thai the trail is in line
shape.
Don't forget the Wo Irian's Guild
will give a dinner next Thursday ev
ening in the Ames Building, MoKin
ley and Keystone streets.
j Dinner ready from 5 to 7 :00.
ANOTHER DREDGE
FOR FAIRBANKS
MINING BY MACHINERY IS THE
FEATURE OF THE GREAT
PLACER CAMP.
Another dredge on Fairbanks creek
Is a probability of the very near fu
ture. Options are being taken up
by James Funchlon and J. Tod
Cowles on all (the claims on Fair
banks cret k from J) below to 4
above, boili Inclusive. The opt Ions \
are all made out with the excep
tions of a few interests, tho owners
of which are in the states. The mon
ey Involved In the purchasing of the
claim* alone will (Potal up to SI
000.
Mr. Funchlon and Mr. Cowloa hav©
options on 14 claims, 10 bench
claims and a large number of frac
tional claims, insuring ground for
dredging gruond for mnay years to
come were a gold-digger started up
stream on the wide paystreak on
9 below, creek claim. It is their
Intention to leave on one of *he
early steamers for the states,
where, after obtaining signatures on
the remaining ground, they plan to
leave for Englnaid to float a com
pany or dispose of their options to
capitalists.
Of the ground under option Messrs.
Funchlon and Cowles are at present
the owners of numbers 7, 8, and 9
creek claims, number 8 side claim
and the fraction between 8 and 9.
creek claims.
All of lower Falrbnksa creek was
at one time held under option by
the Ouggenhelms, and they prospect
ed the ground thoroughly with the
aSd of a Keystone drill. It Is *ated
on good authority that the Ouggen
helms were well satisfied with the
values In the claims, but were un
able to g«t enough ground under op
tion to Jutlfy them to enter the1
Tanana as gold-dredgers on as ex
tensive scale as they desired.
GOVT. SUPPLIES |
I ARE TOTAL LOSS
I
I
i Barge Containing Government^
Supplies Which Went Adrift
at Katalla Lost
Katalla. Sept. I I.-Tin* barge,
containing 7<> |»»ns •»f supplies for
I In- government coal inspect i«»n
party, has never been seen sinee,
il drifted past Martin Island and
is undoubtedly a total loss. I.osf
merchandise and supplies have j
l»een reordered in Seattle. i
Ten days' supplies were secur-|
ed here to bridge over the party I
inIiI their supplies reach here
from below. The expedition and
horses left here for the coal fields
on Monday and will begin opera
tions at once.
The new skin grafted on No
body of the little girl who was
burned at Seldovia recently, as
e> oi led in the Prospector, is per
f-nung its functions perfectly.
'Si\l> minute pieces of skin were
placed at jntervals over the burn-'
ed portion and in nearly every in-i
stance the grafting was success-j
Charles Crawford has received
the contract of building t In*'
wrecked portion of the Vablez!
Dock and already is at work on I
the structure with a force of men.j
SALMON PACKS
ON COOK INLET
Salmon packing on Cook Inlet
is about completed for the sea
son. Up to last reports the fol
lowing were the packs of the var
ious canneries:
Alaska Packer?, at Kasilof, 70,
000 cases; Northwestern Fisher
ies company, at Kenai, 50,000}
Libhy, McNeill & Libby'* cannery,
at Kenai, 35,000, and the Whorf
cannery at Seldovia, 23,000.
There wa« a big run of hump
back salmon toward (he latter end
of the season.
8inco the filling in of Prospector
alloy that thoroughfare i* me
coming quite popular with team
sters. Andy Dieringer did a good
job in Ailing in. doing away with
a very unsanitary spot.
WHITE RIVER IS
COMING FRONT
Is Said to be a Qreat Min
eral and Qame
Country
Otto O. (iumtnere, an arrival"
from the head of the White river,
brings word that Fred. Wann, the
mineral surveyor, has just com
pleted the survey of the largo
group of claims held by F. J. No
land and associates, of Dawson.
They are on what is known as the
Middle Fork and Moraine creek.
Ciummure slaked a number of
claims on Moraine. He located
claims in Ilu* district this sea
son. ll»* reports that Jimmy
Kingston. of Dawson, located a
new claim on Snap, one of tin*
creeks of the district. Kingston
has been located on Sheep and
Moraine for some time.
Andy Taylor, says (iiuuuiere.
will leave tile White the end of
August to lake over the Skolai
pass the American survey horses
to Mullet's Peavine bar. where ;i
large number of horses were pas
{•ired last winter.
The survey posts of the Cop
per Uiver and Northwestern rail
way, says (iiimmere, extend
through Skolai pass to Hie bead
of the While.
rireat activity exists at I he head
of the While, says Ciummere. and
is being increased by the arrival
of prospectors every week from
Chitina, on the Alaska side. He
reports on the way there: From
Kennecolt side, Count von Bergen,
with eight horses, six dogs, and
two tons of merchandise, with
plans to remain for the winter;
Bob Wiley and.parly: two mining
engineers sent in by John Hosenc;
Mr. Wheeler, of Indiana, and
guide, on the way in from While
horse; Mr. Slaughter, of Illinois,
and Senator F.lkins' son. with val
et, chef and I i horses, with K.
Bansen for guide; I>iston, of Phil
adelphia, and party, with Jack
Hayden as guide; hr. McoNrma
and parly, of New York, with T.
I). D'ckson as guide.
A petition to the cili/ens <>f
Cordova, asking to pet a trail ov
er the pass at a cost of $20,000,
estimated, was signed by pros
pectors and miners.
IS A SURVIVOR
SIR. DISCOVERY
After Nine Years a Survivor of
Lost Steamer Makes His Iden
tity Known
linlrr Everett. Washington,
dateline, llw subjoined news story
has been published in papers* iu
the states.
After nine years of aili'iice tlui
niyster.v of the disappearance of
the steamer Discovery fif Everett,
in the ice fields of Alaska has to
day been cleared by the accidental
discovery of a man who not only
asserts that he was the sole sur
vivor from the vessel, but backs
it up with proof which causes ev
en Capt. Harry Ram well, of tin*
American Tugboat company, t<»
believe that he is telling the
truth.
Gai^,'. Ram well returned thi,s
evening from Port Townsend,
whero he met the man who de
clares himself survivor, face to
face, and he convinced himself
lhat. O. 8. Weaver is telling the
truth, Weaver, whose craft, the
fiallihut power schooner Dove, of
Seattle, wag struck by the British
steamer ( (kalis and sunk a few
lays ago, declared lhat he had
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