She Haliipz Uatly ^rospprtor
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912.
INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR
WILL RE POSTPONED
OWINQ TO FLOOD DISASTERS IN LOUISIANA GOVERNOR HILL
REQUESTS THAT FESTIVITIES BE POSTPONED—-IVIORE
THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DROWNED
New Orleans, May 9.—The in- I
auguration of Governor-elect Hall
may be postponed on account of
the flood situation. The festiv-|
ities were to be held on the 20th
but Governor Hall has asked lhat
they be postponed until a more
suspicious time.
The waters are not receding
owing to the heavy rains and the
situation is beyond description.
The slate government is doing all
in its power to provide for the
thousands made homeless by the
Mississippi. Reports from the
districts under water show that
more than 100 people have met
death in the valley from the
Hood.
The Tacoina anti-treating bill
seems to have been overlooked.
BLUE AND GRAY
19 BE TOGETHER
Confederate Veterans Will Join
Grand Army of Republic in
Celebration
Alacon, May 9.—The Veterans
of the Confederacy have decided
to accept the invitation to join
the Grand Army of the Republic
in celebrating the battle of Get
tysburg in July, 1913.
An impressive memorial serv
ice was held in commemoration
of the nine veterans who lost
their lives in a railroad wreck
while coming lo the encamp
ment .
10 MAKE STRIKE
NATIONAL ONE
Chicago Pressmen Find They
Cannot Win Fight With
out Support
Chicago, May 0.—The striking
pressmen of this city arc si ill out
and will attempt to make the
strike a national one.
The daily papers have secured
help from outside cities loit all
issues are still curtailed. Tim
hook ami job shops are almost
completely tied up, many of tin*
ollices sending their work I<> «• 111 —
side cities. It is Ibis' feature
which has decided the press mm
to attempt a national strike.
BRYAN CAN SEE NO
GOOD IN HARMON
Lima, M4.V 9.--William Jen
nings Bryan in a speech More last
night continued to denounce Har
mon as a presidential candidate.
He was emphatic in his declara
tion that Harmon was being pnl
forward by the trusts.
MACHINERY QOINQ TO
•RUTHERFORD-RAMSEY
Tho engines, compressors, re
ceivers, pumps, hoists and other
paraphernalia for the Ruthor
ford-Ramsey property is now be
ing freighted four miles up the
trail from which placo it will be
relayed to the property when the
condition of the trail ponnits.
By July the Rutherford-Ramsey
will be ono of tho best equipped
camps in the district.
"Jimmy" Hay don is cxpoetod up
from the slates to begin opera
tions on his gold properties back
of Howard.
MEET DEATH IN
MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE
Washington. May y.-Advices
have been received here hv t In*
stale department from Mexico
conveying the news that scores of
persons were killed in an earth
quake which destroyed Zapatian
last night.
DALLAS WINS
NEXT CONCLAVE
Shriners at Los Angeles Elect
Baltimore Man Imperial
Potentate
Los Angeles, May 0.—William
Cunningham, of Baltimore, has
been elected imperial potentate of
the Order of Shriners.
I>allas, Tex., has been chosen
as the place where the next con
clave will be held. There were
several cities in the race, but the
delegation from Texas secured the
honor.
YOUNG GOES
TO HILL ROAD
Alaska Steamship Man Accepts
Presidency of North Bank
Railroad
Pf»rl laiiil, On*., May U.^-Presi
Carl <*ray, of the North
Hank railroad, has been appoint
ed Id I lit* active control of I ti t* Mill
railroad interests.
Seattle, May 0.—President
Young, of I ho Alaska Steamship
company, has accepted Iti«* presi
dency of Ih«» North liank railroad,
will sever his connection with the
Alaska companion.
OHILIAN MILL FOR
THlE GLACIER PROPERTY
Col. Millard has pnrehased a
I'.ftno Chilian mill for the Huth *r
ford-UoniHoy property, which is
exported to reach here in the im
mediate future. It is IhouKht by
many that the rotary mills of Ihe
Chilian type are peculiarly well
adapted for pulverizing the gold
ores of this camp,
PRANK QOTOH IV
PAV6RITC IN BETTING
Baltimore, May 0.--Frank
flotch will wrestle Am.^ricus (flus
Schoonlein) here on Decoration
day, Tha-belling is nil In.favor
of the champion.
Subscribe for (he Prospector.
MINERS GOING
TO WESTWARD
8everal Hunting Parties on Nor
thwestern for Kodiak and
Cook Inlet
eSattle, May 9.—Tlio North
western sailed for Alaska last
night with many mining men
with laborers going to the west
ward. There are also several
hunting parties on board for Ko
diak and Cook Inlet.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. lies are the
only passengers on the list for
Yaldez.
CHANGES ON
HILL RAILROADS
Carl Oray Will be Active Head
Of Grtat Railroad
System
New York, May 9.—James J.
Hill has announced that he will
place Can Oray at the head of the
Hill railroad interests. Mr. Gray
has been president of one of the
Hill western lines.
Louis IIil| will take the chair
manship of the hoard of directors
of the different companies.
REPORT SHOWS BOLIVIA
COUNTRY FOR BIG CAPITAL
From the Bureau of American
Republics I he Prospector has
learned the following information
relative to the placer mines of
Bolivia, which of late has altract
eil so much attention from the
miners of Alaska.
"The distribution of the melal
ic bells," says the official i*<»_
port, "in Bolivia has always been
a matter of wonder to geologists,
Haimondi having made lhi> state
ment that the Bolivia plateau is
a silver table, supported by gold
columns," The gold bearing belt
of the country is divided into
three regions; the first extend
ing from the western boundaries
of the republic into the Inambari
basin, to the eastern frontier of
upper Paraguay. The second
starts in Lipaz, ext Miding south
to the Santa Cruz plains and the
third, perhaps the richest, ex
tends to the northwest of the re
public as far as the boundaries of
Peru.
Tipunni is located in tho pro
vince of Lacacaja. Department
of La-Pa/. about 150 miles north
of tin; city of La-Paz, I lie river
of tin? same name, flows from the
Mount Illampu, formed by sever
al streams, and empties into the
river Mapiri. Roth rivers of re
nowned fame hold in their {trav
els immense quantities of gold.
For this reason we think it use
ful to give the details about these
placers. Through some studies
and publications made on the
subject the gravel of the said
rivers are so wonderful that at
a depth of 300 feet rock bottom
could not be found, and the pro
duction of Ihe gold increasing
with the d 'plb of the gravel.
•Though these mines have been
worked for more than three cen
turies and have contributed on a
large scale to the riches of th«»
Spanish crown under Ihe Span
ish domination, they art- far from
brimr exhausted. On Ihe con
tra iv they ofTer splendid chances
to the prospectors. Tipuani gold
is from 23 to 23.50 karats.
8uohez River.
Snche/., location, northwestern
part of the department of La
Paz, province of Laceraja, about
200 miles from the City of La
Paz: the river Suchez is as im
portant as the Tipuani becatise
of Ihe preat amount of gold that
its waters carry. At the head
waters of the river gold is found
in conglomerates and placers;
along its bed gold bearing gravel
exists in paying quantities, there
being about 100,000,000 cubic
metres of gravel yielding gold at
the rate of \0 cents per cubic
metre.
Resides Tipuani and Suchez
there are in Bolivia many mora
placers and mines of no less im
portance, thus San Juan Deloro,
I.os„Ca.iones (rivorl, Chuquiag
uillo (river), about three miles
'from La-t>az, and the mines of
Area. Arque, San-Jose, Sorloca
de fihiquitos. etc., all comprised
in Ihe flr's'f regioto.
Amavapampa, Sujacha. Esmo
raca, Chiquqichuqin, Kan-Jaun
'ami tributaries of the river (lua
pay, comprised in the second
region.
II must lie noted that not all
the placers and mines referred to
are under actual exploitation,
many of them are left out of work
because of lack of capital, thus
affording a good opportunity for
new applicants for mining con
cessions.
Though I he following facts
concern the ancient history of
fin* mining industry in Bolivia,
we consider il interesting to make
references to it here.
According to I he data gather
ed by the General Bureau of Sta
tistics and tin' estimates of sev
eral scientific men as Humboldt,
Stolier and others, who made a
I special study of the matter, the
mines of Bolivia have produced
from the year 1510 to 1750. a
lapse of 210 years, tin* enormous
amount of '<20,000,000 pounds,
or about *2,100,000.000.
I Mining Regulations.
| The mining laws in Bolivia are
Ivory liberal, all the foreigners
enjoying the same privileges anil
rights as the natives.
Any person having legal im
parity tc» contract may ask as
many as thirty mineral conces
sions (pertenencias> the meas
urement of each concession is
llxeil al 1 (»o square meters (about
2'M square feet) in the direction
ilesired hy the applicant ami of
indefinite ilepth.
The procedure is this: Any
person finding deposits, pincers,
veins. I'le., has to make his ap
plication to tin* prefect of lliede- I
partmenl in which his is located,
accompanying a sketch, clearly
showing tin* position in which the
mining elaims shall be surveyed:
and pointing out also the loca
tion willi regard In the adjoin
ing claims.
The application must he liled
on fdamped paper of the value of
H) Bolivianos (ahoul 8i).
The prefect after having pub
lished application in the papers
for some time to see if there is
any opposition to the claim, shall
issue the decree of concession
and the applicant becomes the
owner of the mine, paying I he
annual tax of for each per
lencncia.
An application shall be consid
ered abandoned if the survey and
setting of land marks are not
made within 70 days from the
first application.
Any person may denounce the
abandonment of an application,
asking to be granted the same,
when I lie owner has failed to
comply with the laws relating to
the matter.
For prospecting it is not nec
essary to get a special permis
sion; any porson may do that
kind of work giving notice to the
authority of the place in which
he intends to prospect.
Machinery and tools for min
ing purposes may bo imported
free into the country of custom
TWO ATTEMPTS MADE
TO DESTROY HOQUIAM
STRIKING INDUSTRIAL WORKER8 ARE BLAMED FOR SETTING
FIRES IN BUSINES8 8ECTION OF MILL TOWN—CITIZENS
ARM THEM8ELVE8 AND ARRE8T MANY
Hoquiam, May 9.—The trouble]
between the citizens and the In
dustrial Workers culminated in
an attempt to burn the town last |
night. Two fires were started in
the business section which for
tunately were discovered before
they had gained headway.
When the first alarm was turn
ed in from the principal business
I
section the department respond
ed and while fighting the flames
a second alarm was sounded.
Citizens armed themselves and
every Worker who was connected
with the recent mill strike was
arrested. Nearly all the strikers
are foreigners and have been liv
ing in camp outside the city lim
its since their places were filled
at the mills.
house duly.
It is advisable l<» all persons in
tending or interested in mining
ami ol11 • *i* business I<> go first t«•
ilie City of La-Paz, which, though
it is not the capital, is the larg
Kolivian government and the cen
ter t t the principal commercial
Holivia, being the residence of the
est and most important city of
transactions.
TAFT WILL TRY
10 CAPTURE OHIO
He Will Spend Another Week
Campaigning in the
State
|
Columbus, May — President
Taft will campaign in this state
for nine more days in hopes of
getting control of the state.
lie was given a rousing recep
tion last night, many attending
his meeting who were unable t<»
hear him.
RELATIVES ARE
HEARD FROM
Bodies of Men Killed on Slate
Creek Have Not Been Re
covered
Word has been reeei\ed from
relatives *»f A. \\\ C.ollins and T.
Kvans. win» wi'i'i' killed recent -
ly in a siimw slide on Slale creek,
giving instructions for the dis
position of tin* bodies in rase tinw
are recovered. Holli mrn have
many relatives in and about
Mountain View, Oklahoma.
M. A. K. Kohs, who writes, is
cashier of the First National
hank of that place and upon the
lelterhends appears the name nf
O. W. Collins as assistant cash
ier. No word has yet heen re
ceived froni Slate creck as to
whether the bodies have been re
covered or not.
ITALIANS CAPTURE 1,000
TURKS IN ftATTLE
London, May 0.—One thousand
Turks were captured by the Ital
ians in a battle which took place
at Island Rhodes.
OOULON WINS EASILY
PROM YOUNQ 8OL8BERQ
New York, May 9.--Johnny
Coulon easily defeated Young
Solsburg in their 10-round box
ing contest last night.
II looks as if slate politics was
developing a crop of hard losers.
ABOLISH THE
COMMERCE COURT
Democratic Congress Holds It
Serves to Delay Enforce
ment of Law
Washington, May —I Jon
press by a vr»t#» «»f 12fl Jo 1 i9 to
day passed a measure abolishing
the Uceral court «>f poinmcrc.r
The measure abolishing the
court was of Democratic origin
and held that the commerce court,
which considered only appeals
from thi« interstate commerce
commission, was obsolete and
served only as a means of delay
in enforcing the rulings «>f the
interstate commerce commission.
W00L0 POISON
OROZGO'S ARMY
Mexico Federals Are Accused of
Polluting the Wells and
Springs
Kseahm. May i> Hundreds of
(•eneral Orozeo's army aiv suf
fering from poison as a result of
ill-inking wafer from wel|> poison
imI l»y lli«» federal troops in the
hopes of killing them. The fed
erals a it aeeused of ha\iu>r poi
soned many \v»'lls ami springs
through lln- \arious districts
through whirh lln' rebel arui> i>
maiThin^.
COMMITTEES WILL MEET
TO DECIDE CONTE8T8
•
Chicago, May 0.—Tin* Republi
can National committees will
meet here on June i» ami contin
ue in session for I«' flays to de
cide the merits of the contest
ing delegations.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
SHOULD BE RECORDED
It might he interesting to phy
sicians practicing in Valdez to
know that there is an ordinance
in effect, passed a number of
years ago. providing that nil
deaths, and the causes thereof,
as well as births, should be re
ported to the health officer, un
der a penally for neglect or re
fusal to so report.
The council committee have
decided let await the arrival of
Col. Richardson before taking any
action in regard to controlling or
partially controlling the glacial
stream, in order to facilitate the
building of the dike.