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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29,.1912.
NO. 114.
ARE PATRONIZING
HOME INDUSTRY
-Fairbanks Miners Are Having
Stamp Mills Made at
Home
Fairbanks, Feb. 29—Itumbaugh
Hamilton's inachinc shop are
snaking a 1,000-pound casting for
Alio McGillivray-Fisher stamp
mill which is being erected on
a he Extension of the Newsboy lead
Cleary creek.
This is I hi; third live-stamp
•mill which has been made in the
local foundry. The quartz out
look is very bright in this camp.
IAB0R8UREAU
WILL INVESTIGATE
Refusal of Congress to Investi
gate Strike Has Drawn
Critic'sm
Washington, Feb. -1).--Tin* fed
eral bureau of labor will invest i
irate the Lawrence strike and the
'conditions of tin* employes of the
mills.
The action of congress in re
fusing to appoint a committee to
investigate the strike h.'is drawn
criticism from labor leaders
which will be fell in many sec
5 inns during the coming cam
paign.
Breaks Bowling Record.
Chicago.—Tin' world's best
mark for bowling, although not
standing as a record, was moved
I .'J points higher recently when
(Jndgren and \V. Hichtcr dropped
1,401 pins in three games in dou
bles.
A few days previous Lindgren
.-and hangar! scored 1,408 pins.
The marks in the games were
phenomenal, each man bowling
•well above the 200 mark in each
4rial. I.iinlgrcn's total was 717
.and Ric.hler's 70 4.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION MAY
BE POSTPONED FOR A SHORT PERIOD
Entrance of Roosevelt In Race Has Caused Leaders to Demand
More Time Between Republican Nomination At Chi
cago and Convention At Baltimore.
Washington, Feb. 29.—The en
trance of Colonel Iloosevell into
the pnsidcntial race lias inject
ed a <l<>ubt in the minds of many
of the leaders of the Democrat
ic party. They are evenly di
vided about postponing the na
tional convention called for June
25 al Baltimore.
Many of them believe Hie time
between the Republican conven
tion wbicb will be held in Chica
go on March 8 and the date set
for lh»' Democratic convention is
too short. With lloosevell in I hi;
i ~~
race the Democrats figure there is
a chance of the split in the Re
publican ranks widening. They
frankly admit they fear Roosevelt
more than Taft, hut do not believe
he will secure the nomination.
Roosevelt's platform contains
several planks similar to the tim
her which will be used in con
st meting the Baltimore platform
and should he receive the nomi
nation at Chicago the Democrats
might find it necessary to
strengthen theirs in some ways
ami might possibly result in an
other choice for candidate.
MUNSON GETS i
TWO YEARS!
I
i
I |
! Will be Taken to McNeil's on
;
Th's Trip of the Ala
meda
|
Seward, Feb. -U.— Vrank Mim
son was sentenced liv .JudK*' tlush
man lliis niorniiifr to serve two
years in the iI<*iiIiary on Mc
Xcil's island. Ilr will be taken
< ill on I lie Alameda Ibis t rip.
.Miiiisoh's attorneys applied for
ja rehearing of lln* case and tin*
motion was argued before I In*
eiuirl yesterday.
The case of Brown & Hawkins
\s. Hank of Seward was argued
yesterday and was privcn to I lie
j .inry.
i
Moonlight Episode.
j They sal in silence, on ihe
beach; she was a somewhat an
cient peach. She shut her eyes,
Ibis ancient miss, cxpcctinK him
to steal a kiss. But his was un
lieroic clay, and so tie merely stole
away.—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
TWO BILLS TO PROVIDE
FOR DYKE APPROPRIATION
SENATOR JONES INTRODUCES MEASURE IN SENATE ASKING
APPROPRIATION OF $75,000 FOR DYKE PURP08ES--DEL
EGATE'S BILL ASKS FOR $53,000 FOR SAME PURP08E
Senator .loin's of Washington,
has inlendured a hill in Ihe sen
ate to provide for an appropria
tion of *75,0011 fop the protection
-*>f the town of Valdez from flood.
The hill i>« an follows and was in
troduced on February It:
He it enacted hy the senate and
house* of representatives of the
I'niled Stales of America in con
gress assembled, That the nmnyf
-evenly-live IhousalTrt—«tujlaran>r
*o niucli thereof as may lu^rmg
-essar.v, he, and il is hereby, ap
proprialcd, out of any funds in
the Treasury of the United Stales
not otherwise appropriated, to ho
expended under Ihe direction of
the War departmenl for the ppn
lection of Vahlez, Alaska, and ad
jacent territory from Klncial
floods.
The hill introduced in congress
by I>eletfnle Wickorsham auks for
an appropriation of only $rp,
fiOO Inil is for the purpose of
•"proteclinx Ihe property of Ihe
I'niled Stales from destruction by
Klacial floods a I. Valdez, Alaska,
ami for other purposes," as rec
ommended hy Major (lavanaugh.
It is as follows:
He it enacted hy I In* senate and
house of representatives of the
f.'nilnl Stales of America in con
Ki'i'ss assembled', Thai the sum of
Mfty-llve thousand Miliars, or so
lawli I hereof as may In* neees
^oiry, he, ami it is hereby, appro,
printed, onl of any fnmls in Ihe
Treasury of Ihe foiled Stales no|
otherwise ap|»roprialed. to he i«x
"TMUiJed under Ihe direction of Ihe
War department in building a
dyke In protect the United Stales
court house, jaii, postofTire, the
offices and land approach of the
United Stales cahle and telegraph
lines, other property therein, and
Ihe town of Valdez, Alaska, from
destruction by glacial floods in
accordance with the plans and
speciflcnlions prepared and ap
proved hy James B, (*<avanaugh,
major, corps of engineers, United
Slates army, dated December 22,
I0M.
t The excellent telegraphic service of the Daily Prospector is
T not up to its usual standard today. The cable to the states
X went out of commission during the night and has remained sl
1 lent all day. The Prospector received a small report from the
£ interior but the Canadian line went down this afternoon and
£ the isolation is now complete.
MARTIN HARRAIS WOULD
BE NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
DEFEATED IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES HE HIKES TO CREEKS
TO GATHER UP PROXIES FOR THE VALDEZ CONVENTION
—REPUBLICANS FAVOR ROOSEVELT
l-'airhanks. Feh. »i>.—Te Repub
lican primaries will he held here
mi March 10. A splil is export -
eil in the parly and a Roosevelt
cluh is hoi tip organized I<> elorl
officers nexl Monday. A majority
or the Republicans in the Tanana
valley favor Roosevcll for presi
dent.
Tin* Democratic primaries on
Tuesday resulted in a turndown
of It. 1-'. llnlh. .John Mur, .1. Har
mon C.askcy. Martin llarrais ami
other old-line Democrats, llar
rais is now Kalherinfr proxies at
I he primaries on I tie creeks. He
wants to j;o lo I he YaUlez conven
tion ami has an anihition lo he
elected a national committeeman.
NO AFFIDAVIT
AT PRIMARY
All Republicans May Take Part
In the Primary Elec
tions I
Judge Lynns announces llial I lie
primaries In In* held March <> next
will be open to all Republicans In
expn'ss lln»ir wish as tn who shall
represent Ihis district in tin* C.nr
d«»\a convention. The only re
quirement will be thai they are
professed Republicans and have
not Inken pari in lln< recent Dem
ocratic primaries.
Tin* voters will nn| even In* re
quired to bind themselves to sup
port tin1 choice of the convention
for delegate |o congress from
Alnskn.
Tin* linn* is limited and il is
not believed 4hero will he any keen
routes! at the primary as the fair
altitude of the judges meels with
I In1 approval of all.
WOODROW WILSON HAS
LEMONADE OOMINQ UP
An oplimisl has been well de
fined by Wood row Wilson as a
man who makes lemonade mil of
the lemon you hand him. The
Rev. Dr. W. W. Weeks, nf Spring
field, Mas*., recently defined Ihe
pessimist ns Ihe man who turns
out all Ihe lights to see how dark
it is. Of Ihe I wo attitude/*, which
is more to he desired of life?
FUNERAL SERVICE
EARLY TOMORROW
Alameda is Expected Back From
Westward About Noon To
morrow |
Tin* f11in*r>iI services al Kaglc
hall over I lie hotly of (Charles
Shelley will he held al 10:30
sharp tomorrow morning. The
hotly has heen emhaliuetl and will
he expressed tin I he Alameda In
his old home in Indiana. He fore
leaving for I he westward the cap
tain of the Alameda telephoned
up town thai he expected to he
hack in ValtJez ahoul noon tomor
row as lie hntl orders to make a
hurried trip.
Kngle hall has heen draped ami
I In- funeral services <»f the order
are very impressive. The Kagles
will assemble at I he hall al to
o'clock in order thai ifiere may
he no confusion. The services
will he al I ended hy all the frater
nal organizations as well as by
the members «»f the Miners' un
ion and citizens generally.
The Kagles also request that
the business houses lie closed
during the service to permit of
all citizens paying their last re
spects to the deceased. *
The jiassitm play has arrived j
tin this boat for the Orpheum
theater. This ftlm of grandeur
will be shown at great expense.
ALASKANS ARE
COMING NORTH
Number of Prominent Interior
Men Were Passengers on
the Alameda
Tin* Ii<l«* of spring trasel Id in
terior Alaska is selling in strong
as indicated by 111•• passenger list
•»f Hi#' Alameda. Tin* next few
boats will bring many 'Alaskans
whose homes are in I In- interior
lint who have been spending tli«•
winter in the slates. An early
break-up is Ihrcalencd ami there
an* hundreds nf norlhcrfi'rs who
will h«> anxious lo get hark in
t i111•' for |ln> lirsl cleanup of the
spring or to prepare for opcra
lion during tin* coming summer.
The Alameila today carried 23
passengers who will land at Sew
ard. Many of them will go to
Id'tarod over the trail while oth
ers are hound for the Susitnaaud
other camps. At ('ordova i I ^pas
scngers left the boat and will fro
into the interior via Chilina. The
names of many prominent Fair
banks business and professional
men were noted on the list.
The regular annual ui«*«*litiK »»f
Ih«> Yaldez Volunteer Fin* depart -
■ 11**111 was held last night and offi
cers elected fur I tic com iiik year.
After the business session a ban
quet was heht ami ttie hoys enjoy
ed themselves to the limit.
Win. Finical, who tins hern
ehief of th«' department for eight
years, and who lias heen large
ly im sponsih'e Jn bringing tin* bri
gade to its piwcnt Wgh staml
nid of ••tTiriene>Ss'^'IMM' nm' *'•
I'. Mulvey wan i*U»fScd to the po
sition. The o^Ker officers clect
ed weic: II. n. Suessdorf, assist
ant ebief; (!. 0. Rudolph, record
ing secretary; II. Krnsl. treasur
er; F. II. Spiers, auditor. Chief
Fngineer Orahatn will still ron- j
lijiue to rare for the tire lighting j
apparatus of the town and as in
the past will he ready at the tap.
of the hell to meet emergencies. |
A committee composed of
Messrs. E. R. Spiers, C. Adler and
C. Krnst was appointed to draw •
up resolutions of thanks to Fx
FIND PAY ON
BEAVER GREEK
Tributary of Big Chena is At
tracting the Fairbanks
Miners
Fairbanks, Feb. Ull.—The dis
covery of pay in several places on
Heaver creek, a tributary of the.
south fork of the Hip Chena, is
causing quite a move in that di
rection.
Three on I tits have been work
ing on the creek since fall ami
better pay has been found in the
dippings. The creek has been
staked over several times but lit
tle work lias been done by way of
development.
MOORE'S SLAYER
IS ACQUITTED
Wife of Dead Millionaire Will
Now Take Action to Con
test Will
lledwoud. Cal., !**•• I». .M.--Sam
uel Timothy. I In- chauffeur who
>l|o| and killed <1. .1. Moore, |b«'
San Francisco millionaire coal
dealer, has been a• *• fuf11•*«I on i h••
plea of se I1 - ill"fellSe.
Moore was jealous of Timothy
ami attempted I«• kill liiui for tak
inp Mrs. Moore j«»\ ridinp. II \va
proved thai Hie dead man tired
two shois before Timothy opened
lire and killed his assailant.
Moore disinherited his wife in his
will, leaxinp her hut si. ami will
ing his fortune to children of a
former marriape. It is announced
that sin- will contest the will, bill
has delayed ••nlerinp suit fearing
the etVeel Ihr evidence inipllt ha\e
upon I he trial of- Timothy for
murder.
Kiphly-four per cenl. of Por
to llieo's trade durinp the tiseal
year ended June tfu, 1 iM I, was
Willi the t'uiled Slates.
MULVEY IS NEW CHIEF
OF VALDEZ FIRE DEPARTMENT
RETIRING CHIEF FINICAL HAS HELD OFFICE FOR PA8T EIGHT
YEAR8 AND WA8. TENDERED A BANQUET BY MEMBERS
OF DEPARTMENT—OTHER OFFICER8 ELECTED
chief Finical to In* entered on the
records of the department.
Several speeches wore made at
Ih»* banquet hy the members of
the department. All nf them
ronimendcd I In- ex-chief for his
linliriiiK labors to advance and
further I lie interests of the de
partment duriiiK his Ioiik term of
office# Mr. Finical replied in a
very neat speech thanking the
members of the department for
their failhfnlness and assistnnce
in all matters perlainiiiK to the
welfare of the department. Il<*
also cotiKral dialed the newly
elected chief and expressed the
hope ami belief thai his relations
with the members of the depart
ment would he as pleasant as dnr
iim his term.
The hampiet was concluded by
nn announcement from Mr. \V, II.
Hrcnnftn that he would present a
handsome clock to the depart
ment He expects to receive the
clock from the stales on one of
the first noals.