SIhg Halfoz latlp flrnspprtor
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1S12.
NO. 126.
«. W. AGENT IS
TO BE PAROLED
George Parker, Serving Sentence
at McNeil's Is'and, to be
Released
Seattle, July 11.-George Park
er, the fiscal agent of the United
Wireless Telegraph company,
sentenced to the penitentiary
along with a number of others
similarly convicted, will be parol
ed within a week, lie is now
serving sentence al McNeil's In
land.
MILITARY DISPLAY
AT EXPOSITION
Regulars and National Guard Will
Participate in the Exposition
eCremonies
San Francisco, July II.—'That
the military display of the 1915
Universal Exposition at San
Francisco will be one of its gieat
features is evidenced by the in
terest the United States govern
ment and the various states are
taking in arranging for the en
campment of their soldiery on I he
exposition grounds.
Word lias been received ihat
the Second Pennsylvania regi
ment. «»ne of the famous organ
izations of the East, will be sent
hen* lo participate in the exposi
tion. Massachusetts will send its
crack regiment as will also I he
stale of New York.
Th«» United Stales government
plans lo bring its troops now sta
tioned al I lit* Presidio, to its max
imum strength and I he regulars
will be used for all ceremonies
during I lie progress of I lie i«xpo_
That Goat is Barred.
Portland. July II.—During the]
session oT the (Irand l.odn<> of
F.Iks il was decided Ibal I lie goal
must remain out of the initiation
ceremonies.
BUILDING WAGON ROADS
TO THE WESTWARD MINES
I
THE ROAD COMMISSION IS SHOWING GREAT ACTIVITY TO THE
WESTWARD".*UlLDTNO GOOD WAGON ROAb FROM
kniok to Willow creek
Superintendent Fide, of Ihe
Alaska road commission, serit out
n couple of men to mile 21) to
prepare a camp for the crew that
will bo sent out. The crew will
ramp at Oilpatrirk's and will
build about 16 miles of road con
necting Ihe mile 34 trail Willi Ihe
Sunrise Irail at the forks of Ihe
six mile. There will be about
20 men at work on I his part of
the road for Ihe balance of the
summer or unlil Ihe road Is com
pleled.
Over in Ihe Knick country fhe
road commission have n crew of
fflmen at work building 35 miles
fif Irail from Ihe town of Knlk
fo Willow creek. The new road
will go through Utile Husltna
canyon and will work around Ihe
big hill known n«« The Prop, giv
ing a much better grade and al
lowing team* to handh* larger
loads of supplies from Knlk to
the different mines on Willow;
Fishook anil Crazy crooks. The
trail work that Is being done be
tween Husitna station and Rainy
pass in charge of Superintondent
Oiddings, is coming along in good
shape and will make a much hot
lor trail for this winter than the
Interior mil shorn had to contend
with last year. Superintendent
Kido will have personal chargo of
the work on the trail from mile
29 to Sunrise, and will remain
there until late in the season,
when he will make another trip
to Knlk to chock up tho work that
is bring done at that point.
Superintendent Floy Oiddings
has gone out along the Mitarod
Soward trail with a force of men
to continue work on that trunk
line.
THE POLITICAL POT BOILING
IOWA GOES BACK ON TAFT
lies Moines, July 11.-The Re
publican stale convention assem
bled here, has endorsed Colonel
Roosevelt and condemns the man
agers of the Chicago convention
for the rough-handed way in
which they conducted matters,
jeopardizing the success of the
party in the November elections.
The convention was one of the
largest attended held in the state
for many years and was repre
sentative of the Republican party
of the stal«'. The action of the
convention will make it impos
sible for Tafl t<> carry the slate.
SI. Louis, July 11 .—Governor
lladley says he will try and pre
vent the formation of a third
party in this state, but bow he
will be able to do so in I he face
of the active determination r-\
Roosevelt's local followers is a
IOWA 8TATE CONVENTION REPUDIATES TAFT A«!P ENDORSES
TEDDY R008EVELT—HOW TEDDY BURNED MONEY
DURING CAMPAIGN OF 1904
question no one can answer. But
few Republicans have hope of
this slate in the coining elections.
The Taft management is being
roundly denounced for disrupt
ing the party in order to force
the nomination of their candi
date against the will of the ma
jority of the party.
Atlantic City, July II.-Wood
row Wilson laid the corner stone
of the Young Men's Christian as
soeiation building being con
structed here.
Trenton, N. J., July II.-It is
reported here 011 good authority
that Samuel (rompers will sup
port Woodrow Wilson for the
presidency.
Washington, July 11.-Speaker
Clark is going to confer with
Wilson tomorrow. Clark will
give the candidate his loyal sup
port.
Washington, July It.—The Re
publican national commitleol
leeted one million nine hundred
thousand dollars for campaign
expenses in tOoi when Theodore
Roosevelt was a candidate, ac
cording to the testimony of Geo.
Cortelyou, who was chairman of
I he committee, as given before
the Senate investigating commit
tee.
Washington, July 11.—Today
the House took under consider
ation the impeachment proceed
ings against Judge Archibald.
Washington, July II.-The
House today passed the Clayton
contempt bill, providing for jury
trials in cases where the con
tempi is not committed in open
j eourl.
Washington. .July l l.—Willi the
galb-ries parked to th«'ir utmost
capacity. Senator I.nrimer began
his speech ill his own defense to
retain his seat.
ELECTRIC CAR
TANANA ROAD
Storage Battery to Displace Steam
for Passenger Service on
Tanana Railroad
There is about due a new stor
age battery .car at Fairbanks for
the Tanana Valley railroad. This
is the ear manufactured at Or
ange, X. J., which liiakcs us»- of
the storage battery on which
Thomas Edison has sn long been
working.
Foi three years the T. V. rail
way has had an order in for one
of Ihe cars just as soon a* they
were perfecled, so as to Im- <-n
tirely salisfactory. ami one would
have h.-en ^hipped last fall, but
for Ili•> fact tliat it could nol In
got |en ready in time to catch tin
last boat.
II is proposed to charge tin- car
f..r tlx- daily runs lo and from
r.halanikn with I In- curreut from
tlin X. power house. The car
will accouimodalu 30 passengers.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
HOME RAILWAYS
BY THE DOZEN
Reynolds Now at Head of Eight
Railway, Mining, Banking and
Steamship Companies
Philadelphia, July 11.-II. \V.
Hoy no Ids, who made such a
splurge opening mines and build
ing railroads in Alaska a few
years ago, has suddenly broken
into the limelight here as the
head of eight companies, includ
ing mining, railroad, bank and
ship owning corporations, prin
cipally owned in Alaska, lie is
offering stock fop sale, promising
lln' biggest kind of dividends.
Porcupine 8howing Up.
Porcupine creek is coming in
for ii great deal of publicity I lies.'
days and I lie best part of it is
111;iI it all seems to be deserved.
The lalesl dope from the lillle
camp back of Kenai lake is to
the effect I ha I old Man Totlen
has picked up a ledge jusl above
llie Primrose on Porcupine creek
that is rich in gold value*, or
course there is llie usual story
of "its being half gold" and all
thai soil of thing, bill il really
is one of the best sample pro
ducers that has been uncovered
and will warrant a lot of devel
opment work. The lead, where
located, is from H lo l!> inches
in width and shows a lot of free
gold.
Sierra Poet Is Very III.
Oakland, Cal.f July 11 .-Joaquin
Miller, I ho "poet of the Sierras,"
is lying seriously ill hero, nnd
hut little hope* are entertained
for his rooovery.
The Nome Nugget says: Last
Thursday aflernoon the two
crews employed out on the Pio
neer Mining company's tunnel at
Cape Horn, drifting irf opposite
directions, .broke through and
made the opening in the renter
of the mountain. The hole was
made by blasts shot from bolh
drifts simultaneously and the
opening made just large enough
for the men to extend their arms
through and say: "How are you,
old sox; glad to sop or feel ydUl"
It will require two or three days
to "rim" out the roniaining rock
connecting Ihe two drifts-, then
tile tunnel at Cape Horn will he
nompleted and ready for the ten
thousand miners' Inrhes of water
Ihe * loneer Mining rompnnywill
bring jo he foothills back of
Nome to work tho large deposits
of low grade gravel.
THE NEWSBOY'S
BIG CLEANUP
Fairbanks' Second Mining Com
pany Makes a Good
8howing
When the amalgam taken from
(hi' mill from tlie tlrsl cleanup at
(he Newsboy mine was retorted
the brick was found to wvigh
about 20 ounces, its assay val
ue being $3,371.72. Per ounce
the gold was worth just *17.18.
From the run I here were also
laken about two tons of concen
trates. These ha\e not been as
sayed. ImiI il is believed I hey have
a very high gold content.
The mill is being kepi eoulin
nously poundiiiK and another
cleanup will lie briiiight in i>n the
I r»lh iif this month. On tin* lirst
of the month il is the intention
of ilir officials of I lie company to
make a full and complete slale
menl lo the stockholders of the
cost of operation of lh<> mine and
mill. This will show all expenses
that have to lie incurred. Hi.*
amount of ore I hat can be laken
out isicli day and give data re
garding the showing in the var
ious levels that have been run.
The ore run through at the
last cleanup was taken from
across four feel of the ledge,
practically the whole tilling be
ing milled without soiling. The
showing was entirely satisfac
tory to the operators of the mine.
A BIQ PARADE
IN PORTLAND
fori land. July 11 .--Twelve
thousand Klks joined in (he pa
rade here. There were many
brantiful floats and flowers pre
dominated everywhere.
What Oeftnu Will Prove.
Los Angeles, July H.-The de
fense are going to prove that
Harrow was not with Franklin
when the latter had tho alleged
bribe money. ,
Owing to extreme low water
between this place and Hootalin
qua, the White Pass steamers are
now relaying freight-taking down
barges laden with 125 to t \0 tons,
leaving it on the hank at Hoota
linqua and returning for another
load. The rnlald freight, is then
picked up and the combined car
goes taken on to Dawson. Hy thia
means, a steamer requires nine
days for a Dawson trip which
formerly required but seven. But
in the long run it Is ft saving of
live ilays on two trips.-White
hor?e Star.
RICH OPERATOR
VIEWING COUNTRY
Tom Aitken, Wealthy Fairbanks
Operator, Looking Situation
Over to the Westward
Tom Aitken, nin> of the best
known ami most successful of I hi*
interior operators, was a passen
ger on llie Bertha bound for Ihe
Knik country, where he pries to
look over tin- quart/, situation.
Aitken lia-i made a forlune on
llie placer properties both in the
Fairbanks country and in the
Fdilarod, and, like all of Ih•> men
who have mined in Alaska and
made a success of il. lie is look
ing b»r a trood ipiarlz proposition
Io lake on as a permanent lliinp.
On I'ic interior he has lieen as
sociated with I-'. «i. Manley and
Henry Hib-y. and was interested
with Ihfill in lb«> rich ground on
rial creek, which was recently
taken over by Ihe riiiKP<'nhejins
for a consiileralion amount hip to
two million dollars.—Seward (Jale_
way.
FIGHT FULL OF
GfllMINATIONS
Seek to Prove HlcNamara Attorney
Had Knowledge of Dyna
mite Plot
Los Angelas, July 11.-District
Attorney Fredericks is seeking to
prove that Job Harriman, one of
the attorneys in the McNamara
defense, and 1 at«» Socialist can
didate for mayor here, had ad
vance knowledge of the dynamite
plot which blew lip the Times of
fice and the Llewellyn Iron Works
a* well as th<> attempted' bribery
«if jurors in the MeNainaras trial.
VALDEZ SPEAKER
DIDN'T ENTHUSE
Baldwin Greeted in Cordova by
Small Audience and Leaves
Poor Impression
Cordova, July tl CSeorge E.
Baldwin, of Valdez, addressed a
Wickershani rally la-^t night.
There wore 70 persons present,
many of them supporters of Jen
nings and (iilmore.
It was the poorest attended of
any political meeting held hero
this campaign. Aside from at
tacking the administration, he
tried to explain from manuscript
that it was not what Wickershani
had accomplished 1 hat we should
judge him by, but what he had
unsuccessfully attempted In do.
It is generally conceded here
that Wickershani will poll but a
[small proportion of the vote in
this section of the Third judicial
division. Haldwin's >peech did
n<>I mend matters, as he left a
poor impression here ami his de
fense of lii< candidate wn- ««• weak
as |o leave a painful wake be
hind.
Big Smoke Opens Cafe.
Chicago. J111\ It. Jack «*lin —
s<>n. I lie champion, has opened a
glittering cafe. I.asi niglil tin;
place was crowded ami cham
pagne flowed like water.
MUTTERINGS OF DISCONTENT
AMONG PLAYERS BALL GAME
THE LATEST FAN DOPE A8 DISHED UP BY THE PROSPEC
TOR'S SPORTING EDITOR, ABLY SECONDED BY THE
UMPIRE AND VETERINARY
During the past few days there
appeared simultaneously in all
the business 'houses small red
cards announcing thai the Fats
and Leans would cross hats for
the benefit of the hospital. Tho
price of these cards is 50 cents
and it is hoped that everybody
will at least purchase one ticket
for this great event. Aside from
the gain which the hospital will
receive, the public will have the
rare opportunity of witnessing
the world's baiting record brok
en by such agile performers as
Raldy Reynolds, Judge Walker,
Jim Kibble. Ooldie and a number
r>f others, whose modesty pre
vents them from handing in their
names.
One of the features of the game
will be a hundred yard dash be
tween J. T.indlev Oreen and Judge
Walker for a pri*«* of a can of
oysters.
Hoth trains an1 mysteriously
guarding (lie line-up, Imt from
hints dropped around town it has
been learned that Heine Suess
dorf will positively play with the
Fats. Two years ago Heine play
ed with I ho Leans, but on placing
him on the scales this year if
was found that lie was not elig
ible for that team. We under
stand that lie has placed an or
der for a tin suit, so he wont
have to run base* with an um
brella.
Thn««<t who witnessed the pain
ful experience of Oleine at the
last game have prevailed upon Dr
Imlton and Hen Silverman to at
tend with their tools so that ac
cidents of the nature which be
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