Balbrz Satlg Prnapprtnr
Vol. 9
VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1tf!2
No. 2
THROWS HOT AIR
AT ONCLE SAM
United States is Felicitated on its
Zeal in the Caluse of Justice
by Modero
Washington, Oct. Ji.'—Presi
dent Madero, of Mcxico has sent
the following reply to President
TafL's message of congratulation
upon the occasion of the cele
bration of Mexican indepen
dence day.
"In the name of the Mexican
people and of the government
over which I preside, I thank you
and your government for I he con
gratulations on the occasion of
I lie anniversary of our indepen
dence and for your hearty wishes
for the prosperity of Mexico. I
also extend my best wishes for
the continued prosperity of Hie
great people over whom you so
worthily preside and which ha~S
its prodigious development as on
account of its having distinguish
ed ilsejf among the world's greaP
pt.w. r< by the zeal and enthusiasm
with which it has defended the
ends of just ice."
Tonight is ladies night at the Til
likum Club. Mrs. Al. Grigsby and
Mrs James Fish, jfre the liosteses.
"Five Hundred:: will bo played.
George Fawcefct, has decorated the
display windows of S. Blum & Com
panys atore very handsomely, by us
ing autumn leaves as the motif. The
display would be a credit in any city.
PRODIGAL RETURNS
AFTER TEARS
Gives the Old Excuse, But His
Sizeable Poke Covers aMul
titude of Sins
There is great rejoicing in the
Woodworth family over tin- un
expected relurn today of "Monte"
Woodworth after an absencc of 17
years in Alaska. Ilis family liaii
long ago given him up for lead
because of his failure to answer
; ny of Nip letters which the anx
ious ones ;il home • >nt lo him al
irequenl interval*. Alaskans who
chanced Ibis wa> from lime lo
I fine were quest ione«| with regard
i<> the mis«ing man, hul none
could ni\e any information in i-i>_
gard lo him. KfVorls lo learn
something of him through I lie
Northern postmasters proved e
Oually unsuccessful, and after ten
yehrs or more of anxious waiting
for his return,' Woodworth was
Anally given up as dead, and fur
ther «earch was discontinued.
The home-coming of the long
absent gold-seeker was made
doubly joyful because of the fact
that he returned with a fortune
of generous proporions, the fruits
of his toil and privationH in the
dreary wastes of the great North
land.
In explanation of his failure to
write home, Woodworth state,*
that his wanderings in Alaska
were far from civilization, and
that there were no opportunities
for sending letters from the iso
lated camps.—Ex.
Launch B. F. M. leaves for Cor
dova at R o'clock sharp Monday
morning.
Room and board at the Grand
Motel *1.50 per day. Home cook
ed meals and good bed*. Mrs. H.
Charts.
f,0't--An Eastern Star pin,
finder please relurn lo Mss Falk
a I I.one's Cafe.
BOSTON WINS THE THIRD GAME
BY A SCORE OF TWO TO ONE
Bedient, Boston's Pitcher, Gives the Giants a Touch of High
Life, With But Three Hits—Boston Gets Five Bingles
and Two Men Over the Plate—Batteries Math
ewson, Meyers; Bedient, Cady
Boston, Oct. 12—Boston won
its third game from New York
today by 2 to1 , and one more will
give it the championship. It
was a light hitting game on both
sides, Benedict holding New York
down to three hits, while Boston
made only five off Matthewson.
From the hitting standpoint both
pitchers eclipsed all prior box
work in the series.
New York made three errors to
Boston's one and two of them
were cpstly. Boston played a
much better fielding game
throughout, and led all the way
through In every phase of the
game. The Red Sox scored In
the second inning, while New
York did not get its one run un
til the seventh.
Boston scored when Hooper and
Yerkes made three-baggers in
succession. Then Yerkes scored
a moment later when Boyle fum
bled Speaker's hot grounder. This
lead New York failed to tie. New
York's one run was made on Mer
kle's double, a sacrifice and
Gardner's error.
It is expected that Wood and
' Marquard will pitch Monday's
game.
It was a fast and clever contest
jon both sides except occasional
'.ragged fielding by the Giants
Matthewson pitched a game that
• ought to have won, and would
i generally, but for some reason
{the hard-hitting Giants seemed
.unable to place the ball safely
although they landed on it fre
quently.
It is conceded that nothing
short of a miracle or uncommon
run of bad luck can defeat Boston
in the series now. The team not
only has three games to one, but
is admitted to be playing a shade
better ball, though the New York
ers are making them fight every
inch of the way.
Batteries, Matthewson and
Meyers, Bedient and Cady. At
tendence 35,000.
MOVING PICTURES
HURT SALOONS
Moving Picture Shows Take Cash
Out of Saloon Ca-h Reg
isters
lottsville. I»a„ October 12 -Court
officials of Schuylkill county liav«
been surprised at the falling off in
the- number of liquor licenses, and th<
Judges ordered an investigation. The
report shows some of the most inter
esting facts about the liquor traffic
that have ever been made public in
this state.
It is shown that of tho 1,200 saloon
In Schuylkill only 30 per cent of
them are making money. The others
are seriously thinking of giving up
business. Of those who are trying to
get out, 40 per cent blame the de
cline on the moving picture shows.
AurricT
FOR FAIRCANKS
Fairbanks, October 12.—Jacob Sam
nelson, tho Richardson freighter, re
ceived a gasoline truck on the last
steamer. The truck Is especially
Planned to meet the required of
the difficult Alaska trail traffic. If
will be used by Samuelson In freight
ing goods between Fairbanks* and
Richardson.
WRECK BANK
MAKE ESCAPE
Rapid City, 8. !>., Oct. 12-- Fodr
bandits attacked the bank at
Owanko, getting away with all the
money in sight and making good
their escape toward the 'Bad
Lands.' A pose of fifty men Im
mediately started in pursuit and
are engaged in a running fight
I with the thieves.
Schmidt's Lunch Room open
for business tomorrow. Try that
Subseribe for toe Prospector.
CONSCIENCE HURTS
BLOWS BACK
Pain of it Finally Overcomes Sto
ic and He Refjunds With 20
Cents Interest
Indianapolis, October 1-.—Because
he could no longer endure the guilty
conscience of having knowingly failed
i to pay his fare on a trip taken over
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
lines between Indianapolis and North
Salem, Ind., more than 18 years ago,
a man whose identity has been with
held, walked into the office of R. B.
White, superintendent of the road,
and found relief in the payment of
the debt.
MESSENGER FI6HTS
SAVES MONEY
Express Messenger Fights off
Bandit*, Mortally Wound
ing One
Hatfield, Ark.. Oct. 12—An ex
press messenger on the Kansas
City &. Southern railroad was at
tacked by four bandits near here
'and stood them off with his rofle
Until hi* ammunition gave out
when he hid the money he carried.
When the bandits succeeded in
rushing the car they brutally beat
Ihe messenger who refused todis
close where the mones was hid
den. One of tho bandits who was
dying wag later captured.
The Three M will leave for El
lam&r and Landlock, and Fldalgo a«
soon aa the Alameda arrives. Captain
rtorrla will make a trip to Cordova
leaving Valdes Monday if enough
paaeengers can be aecured.
Weather Report.
Barometric Presauro 20.106
Temperature 7 p. m 38.
Maximum Temperature... 30.
Minimum Temperature... 30.
Mean Temperature :37.B
Precipitatlop 10 i
Cloudy, Calm. •
PLAYERS 10 GET
WADS or COIN
Winners of Championship .. will
Receive About $4,000 Each—
Losers $2,800
New York, Oct. 12—The play
ers' share of I he receipts in I he
baseball championship games will
amount to about $88,000 for the
winning team, ami 310,000 for
the losing team. Individual
player* will receive about $ i,000
each on the winning team and
£•2.800 on the losing team.
Grouse and rabbits are very plenti
ful around Whltehorse this year.
IDITAROD DREDGE
IS HOW WORKING
Flat Creek Ground is Proving to
bo Richer Than Was at First
Expected
After experiencing considerable
trouble In getting the parts in
working order, the Yukon Gold Com
pany have completed the erection of
their big dredge on Flat creek, and
all ofthemen employed in the work
have been laid off.
The big machine la now handling
a large amount of dirt daily without
a hitch, and some very big cleanups
are expected before the freezeup. ft
la aald aome of the ground taken ov
erhaaproved to be much richer than
was commonly supposed, and the
profits will be very large.
The Yukon Oold Company Is now
striving to otrtain control of the
whole of the lower end of Flat creek,
ind aa they generally sucoeed In
letting what they want, the transfer
teems to be only a ratotfer of time.
The "Dutch lunch" at N.
3ohmldt'g. next to Blum's. Try it.
Miss Micas will sing n solo at
the Congregational church Sun
Jay night, and Mrj. Je*se Martin
pill accompany her on the orgnn.
MANY MILLS
TO OPERATE
Seventeen Mills Will be Operat
1
ing This Winter as Against
Three Last Year
Fairbanks, Ocl. I-—There i.«
in iicli hurrying and scurrying
among I he hard r<«rk iiumi Hh-m
days, some being busied in mov
ing Hie. niaehinery of I In*ir mill
to the creeks and others hustling
with the foundations and mill
buildings, ftu* all arc trying t<» get
their quartz crushing plants jn
[operation before the freezeup.
i The present indication* an
| that inosloO them will g|?t Urn
|work done, although in one 01
two instances the mills ordered
have not as yet arrived.
There will be seventeen mills
in I ho Fairbanks camp this win
ter. where a year ago there were
bill three.
WITNESSES TESTIFY
IN BANKER CASES
Ni'cw York, Oct . 1 i— Chauf
feur P. Ryan, was afraid to iden
tify the gunmen charged with
having killed Herman Rosenthal.
•Maurice Ltiban, a white slaver,
was found in the Newark jail.
He was placed on the stand and
swore that Lieutenant Decker
swore he would make Rosenthal
"croak."
MINING STRIKE
DEPLETS TOWN
Prince Rupert, Oct. 12--A big
mining .strike ninety miles up the
railroad hag depleted the towns
of Kilsumkalum anr Terrace of
(heir inhabitants. The strike
made is in a formation simitar to
that of the great Troadwell mine
on Douglas island in Alaska, and
all along the line. Hundreds of
prospectors and speculators ar
leaving here on every train.
SUBMARINE T
GOES ASHORE
Just Completed Most Wonderful
Maneuvers—Is caught Se
vere 8torm
" - —."H
Watsonville, Oct. 12—Subma
rine "F" went ashore off Monte
rey bay in a storm, two of her
crew of twenty-six being drowned.
It is thought. I lie vessel, which
lias only been recently launched
from the Union Iron Works, will
bo a complete loss. While man
euvering in the waters of tin*
Pacific the little craft made the
world's record by diving L'H.'i feet
beneath the surface, remaining at
that bepth fur ten minutes, cruis
ing at a I of >i\ knots and
finally risinn !<• within 1feel of
the surface with a- uiiieh ea-e
and terlaiuly a- i porpojs«.. This
reinai Uahle demount i iJion was
made under 111• • eommun'd of
l.»eu',,iiant .Ian i s I.'. Howell,
iturinu the entire crur*-; .lie ve"»
>e| wa- submerged for s;\ hour-,
and was always undo:* lii * mc.-t
i trfecl control, r-spondin:. I • her
lowering and raiding pl.ii.es with
i'n: same exactness* Ilia'. is fount1
i:i the best class of air>hij:«. At
no time during her cruise ilid the
vesel come nearer to the surface
than nineteen feut. All ell'orl*
will be made by the navy depart
ment t«» saxe the '!•'*" from total
dest IMiel ion. Ye.-e|< have been
senl from Mare island li» help In
I lie salvage.
GOOD ROAO TO
! WILLOW GREEK
Road commission Builds Splen
did Road into the Willow
Creek Country
Mllo Kelly, general manager of the
Alaska Gold Quartz Mining Company,
operating a mine in the Willow creek
country, pays abigh tribute to the Al
aska Road Commission for the con
struction of an excellent wagon road
leading from Knik to the minesiu
hie district. Mr. K- lly says the high
way will greatly uid the develop
ment of tlie mining industry, in that
tho cost of transportation, hitherto
almost prohibitive, will bo largely re
duced.
If the Willow creek gold camp was
not a high-grade one, It would haver
been utterly impossible to attain the
state of development already reach
ed, because of the high cost of get
ting supplies and mining machinery
from tide water to the scene of op
erations.
The road Is completed from Knik
flor a distance of thirty miles, at *
point within esay reach of the mine#
of the gold camp. It Is practically *.
water grade, save for cortaln por
tions for short dlstfenecs. where the
contour of the country made a lesser
grade Impossible.
The road was laid out by Superln
tendent Anton Elde, and the con
struction work was under the Im
mediate direction of Foreman Roes
Kenny. Mr. Kelly declares every dol
lar of the appropriation allotted for
the work was well and wisely spent,
and states that Messrs. Elde and
Kenny, as well as the crew, are to be
commended for accomplishing n
splendid piece of road work which
Is a distinct credit to the country
and which will have such resultant
benefits to the mine owners of tlte
Willow creek gold cam p.—Oneway.
Schmidt'* ' Lunch Room open
for business tomorrow. Try I hat
Dutch I.un6h nnd other frond
thing* In t»nf_ Nexl lo Blum'*.