tHhp Halfoz iatlg Proapprtnr
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1912.
NO. 207
TAFT WINS IN FIRST SKIRMISH
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The Roosevelt Forces Loose In Their Attempt To Have a New Roll In Place of That Prepared
By Committee—Heney Hissed Off Floor—Root Elected Temporary Chair
man After Opposition Swings To LaFollette's Candidate
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Chicago, Juno 18.—The doors
of the colli.seum opened this
morning at 10:05. Shortly after
delegations began to arrive slow
ly. No pictures of the candidates
appear upon the walls.
Many of the delegations arrived
at the hall carrying funny ban
ners caricaturing the opposition
candidate, but there was none of
the old-time applause or buffoon
ery so typical of former conven
tions. Everything is on a ten
sion and, like powder, only needs
Hie match to set oil the explo
sion. The delegates look upon
the coming session as a serious
affair and an apparent feeling
seemg to overspread all that
f incthing ol vast import is to
result from the actions of the
gathering of the party's clans.
At 10 minutes past 12 o'clock
Gairnian Rosewater rapped ttic
convention to order, when im
mediately Governor Iladley, of
Missouri, arose in his seat and
made a motion to submit a new
temporary roll call instead of
that submitted by the national
committee. Each side was given
20 minutes to present their side
of tlie case, when the motion was
denied by Chairman Hosewater,
who declared the motion out of
order.
Immediately after Rosewater
nominated Senator Root for tem
porary chairman. Governor Mc
(iovern, Roosevelt's candidate,
was then nominated, Senator Root
seconding the nomination of Mc
COL W. P. RICHARDSON
ADDRESSES CITY COUNCIL
I
AN INTERESTING COMMUNICATION FROM COLONEL RICH
ARDSON SHOWING JAME8 WICKERSHAM'S OPPOSITION
TO ROAD WORK IN ALASKA
The city council m.cl in regu
lar session . with Kilobit', L>ay,
Hoylc, Chisholrn, McCallum, Fin
ical and Krau present.
Minnies of last me.Miutf read
and approved.
Jesse Maiiin el al. petitioned
for sidewalk opposite Hlock H on
ttroadway. Referred.
Albert Batallion applied for
messenger license. («ran led.
A coiuinunicalion from Colonel
Richardson was read as follows:
To the Mayor and City Council of
the Town of Valdez, Alaska:
Sirs: Your body, in January
of this year, passed certain reso
lutions which embraced the fol
lowing complimentary reference
and commendation of the road
work in Alaska:
"Whereas, The 2.HIM miles of
wagon and sled road and trails]
heretofore built by the Alaska
road commission has proven of
inestimable hcncllt in Ihe (level
opmcnt of I lit. /inhi>l rii's (if the
territory; and.
"Whereas, The work of I h«;
Alaska road commission, mnl.-r
the al»l«* direction of its rhairinan,
Lieul. Col. \V. J>. Richardson, has
proven eniinently satisfactory,
elc."
Under dale of March tiGlli, at
a time when tin* items of appro
priation for the maintenance and
further improvement of the Yal
dez-Fairhanks road and for the
dike bill for protection of gov
ernment property in the town of
Yaldez were in a critical position,
depending, in large measure, for
their passage upon the value of
work already performed by th°
road commission and upon ftiy
own evidence as to their neces
sity. the delegate from Alaska
addressed a letter to the Secre
tary of War, the character of
which is indicated by the follow
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OLD SUPERINTENDENT IS
DACK AT THE CLIFF MINE
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RAY MILLARD RE8UME8 8UPERINTENDENCY OF THE WELL
KNOWN PROPERTY—ASSUMES DUTIES TODAY—WILL
PLEASE PEOPLE OF THIS OOMMUNITY
Tho 8. 8. Kampson, arriving
here on r»r about the 22nd of fhi*
month, will proceed to fhe wesf
ward as far as Kodiak, circling
lh«' island and callinK at Uyak,
Ibus passing Ihrongh tho very
center of fhe district affected by
the recent volcanic disturbances.
The night afforded thos<$ who will
fake this trip on the Sampson will
bp one seldom) witnessed In tho
entire history of Iho world.
A prominent mining engineer,
who was o passenger on the Do
ra on her evenfful voyage when
Kaliuai broke loose, estimated
thai IIm* inounlni.n belched forth
Hovenly hillion ton* of the
♦•nrlh'M "innards," arriving at
this conclusion by weighing the
ashes and sand picked up within
a given space and ihen comput
ing the total amount which must
have fallen within the radius of
the volcano's action.
On this trip the company have
made a -pecial rate of one fare
fiom Valdez, Cordova or Seward
for the round trip. The interest
ing trip afforded will be cheaper
than living at home.
Govern as a malter of courtesy!
amid tremendous applause. Mc-»
Govern then seconded the nomi.
nation of Root amid a deep hush.
Roosevelt is at his hotel giving
orders by telephone lo his -lead
ers on tin* convent ion floor.
Chicago, June 18.—On a Hash
if can be staled that Root wins
out for Hie temporary chairman
ship by a slender majority. Many
seconded the nominations of hoth
candidates. consunuing much
time. Finally loud calls were
made for roll call. The call of
the roll was made not by slates,
but by calling the names of the
individual delegates, which was
b gun at 3:20. It is claimed that
many of the Roosevelt forces vot
ed for Root.
In the naming of the members
of the committees from the states
and territories, Shackleford Ts on
the platform committee and that
of permanent organization and
credentials. Hv was also named
the new national committeeman.
Kx-Governor \V. R lloggatt
was appointed to the rules and
order committee.
Chicago, June 18.— Fourteen
thousand peopb siueezed into
the convention hall an hour he
fore the convention was called to
order. Imnjediately after Gov.
Madley's motion to substitute a
new roll call in place of the one
prepared by the national com
jndttee had been declared out of
order, Senator Borah, who was
slated as the Roosevelt candidate
for temporary chairman, with
drew from the race, announcing
'that Governor McGovern's can
didacy was satisfactory to Mr.
Roosevelt, and asking the ex
president's supporters to vote for
LaFollette's candidate. This was
greeted with loud cheers and was
taken to mean ttint the Roosevelt
following felt themselves too
weak ti» undertake the fight alone.
Senator La Follettc refuse.* to
enter any deal with the other can
didates.
Francis J. Ileney, in seconding
.the nomination of McGovern, lik
ened the national convention to
Abe Ruef, only he said that Ruef
was behind prison bars. The Taft
delegates hooted the speaker un
til he was forced to slop talking.
The gallery was noisy all the
time yelling for their favorites
every instance that afforded.
Perfect order wa.s maintained
on the floor.
Chicago, Juno IH Roosevelt;
addressed a crowd of 10.ooo peo
ple last night in th.' auditorium.
He roasted (lie national commit- !
tec lo a finish for having given
all fbe contested delegates to
Tafi without having considered
the rights of Hie cases. He say< i
be will storm the convention to-1
norrow and will insist that none
participate in the temporary or- 1
GREAT THINGS ARE DOING
OVER TO THE WESTWARD
THE KENAI PENINSULA 18 MAKING STEADY HEADWAY AS A
GOLD PRODUCING CAMP IN BOTH QUARTZ AND PLAC
ER—MINING AS A FAMILY AFFAIR
There is a l<>! <»f 111i11i11k liciiiK
carried on throughout the Kenai
peninsula lhal the average cili
zen knows nothing at all ahoul
save in a very general way. And
I lie best part of i( is thai with
scarcely an except ion I be minors
are gelling the money While
we are credited with being a hard
rock camp almost exclusively,
l here are not a ureal many who
realize that there is a goodly
quantity of placer gold being
mined every day in the hills back
of Seward, ami with Ihe installa
tion of larger plants Ihe Kcnai
peninsula will lake a prominent
place in the ranks of the placer
gold producers of Alaska.
On Stetson creek, the Harper
brothers, who have a lay from
Eide, Revell, Halchey and Swea/.y,
have practically finished their
dead work and are now all ready
to pipe into the boxes. They have
some good ground all prospected
and will lake out a nice sum this
year. AI Cooper creek the Ken
ai Mining Ac Milling Go. have a
crew of men at work doing the
necessary dead work and they
will ho piping in about I wo weeks.
They havo discarded the Ruble
elevator that has been in use
there since they opened up the
ground and will pipe directly into
the boxes this year and expoct
vastly better results from Ihe new
system.
lfoben & Davis have a crow at
work hydraulicking on Bear
creek and are working in good
pay. ami hiking out tlx* money.
They have had a number of
elranups (his year thai has put
thrin in Ihe clear f«»r some poor
niirs in ihi1 past. The Malhisen
family have one uf tin* nicest til
th' propositions in tin' country.
It. is sort of a family affair as
almost the untire crow sign Math
ism lo tlu'ir h'lli'i's when llu»y
write home.
They have liven piping into Un
boxes for sonic time ami haw
taken out a hit heller than 8H.
r»nn. Their ground is showing up
heller than ever and it looks as
though they will he taking out
money there for the next hundred
years, as they have the Texas idea
when it comes to gelling land,
and while they were getting they
got plenty.
Nutter & Dawson are rushing
things along in good style at Crow
creek. They have a crew of I '»
men a I work and have hen pip
ing for nbout to days now. They
have done Ihe largest amount of
dead work that has ever b?en
done on n claim in this pari of the
oounl.'y and are now getting in
share to reap the benefits.
Over on Palmer creek John
Ifirshey is getting Ike hig ledge
of high grade ore that oaufied the
hig tdampede Inst fall, in shape
for a mill that will be in later in
the season. The showing i? one
of Ihe beat in the country and will
stand a lot of development. Pete
Ogle and Paddy Marlon are bus
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ionization but the uncontested
delegations. He reiterated his
statement that he has the dele
gate* on the floor to nominate
him «»n the first ballot He was
NmhiIx cheered during his speech.
Chicago. June 18.--Roosevelt's
speech lasl ni^hl was a hot one.
Ht» accused Taft of countenanc
ing theft through the national
committee, which raises a moral
issue in the campaign. La Fol
lelte wrifrs the platforms of both
Taft and Roosevelt and says many
of the planks on both sides have
been put in to catch votes, but
the people are awake and wont
be fooled by claptrap devices.
Both sides are pitched up to a
high key and trouble is feared.
The convention will assemble at
10 o'clock this morning. Five
hundred policemen are on guard
at the convention hall and will
allow no one admittance except
on an official ticket issued hy th»;
national committee. The most
drastic action ha< been laken f••
prevent ;iii onslaught on tIn* hall.
('hii'uiro. June 18.--Proniinenl
members of the parly have noli
tied Roosevelt lh.ll ill case lie
wishes |o he nominated regularlx.
his talk of violence must cease.
The different slate* caueused
las| m»it and selected their na
tional committeemen. Bryan
says that Taft's weakness lies in
his nejrro delegates, who can not
b trusted to stiek.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING
IS ADDRESSED BY 6ILM0RE
THE CANDIDATE MAKES A PLEA81NG IMPRESSION, BUT DIA
METRICALLY OPPOSES THE POSITION ASSUMED BY
TAFT IN REGARD TO ALASKA
\V. A. m.tyi»i* «>f
•Nome. ami lt«'puhlican candidal*
for Il«*^rnI«* to Congress. ad
dressed over JiOrt people at Man
It's hall last night.
James Fish, Jr., introduced Ili«>
chairman of the evening, Mr.
Thomas Quinn, who, in a few
words, introduced Mr. (lilmore as
a Past Arctic Chief «»f the Arctic
Brotherhood, and one of the men
who had helped largely in the
building of Nome. The audience
received Mr. Gilmore with con
siderable Applause and listened
attentively, showing their appre
ciation frequently.
Mr. fiilmore is a convincing
speaker, of good address, tact
ful and pleasing in manner. He
held the attention of his audi
ence for nearly two hours.
After telling the audience of his
experiences during the eruption
of Ml. Katmai, Mr. <lilmore dwell
for a time on the vastness of the
11fi'i*iI• »i*> i»> lit* I«I l»> one
] man in ilonjtres.- w j111<• 111 a
! Hr explained how In- hceame a
j candidate and read a iiiiiiiImt of
] l«»ltfrom Judge Wickershain.
showing thai In* ami his friend*
| in Nome hail acted in good faith,
•ami that he became thi> llepnhli
| can candidal** in an elTort to un
ite tin' two factions of tin* 11 •• juil>
lican party. lie reviewed the
platform, which, lie said, was
substantially tin* same as those
0 (lie other parties in the Held
ami pledged liimself to act fairly
on that platform.
| In reference to tin* railroad sil
I nation lie said he wa< asked in
j Seward if in case of his election
lie would favor a government
road out from that place. 1 !«• told
{them that in case of his election
In* would favor I he appointment
of a commission of engineer.^ to
determine that mailer: that lie
(Cmtinucd on page 3 .•
AN INTERESTING TRIP
TO SEE THE VOLCANO
RESIDENTS OF VALDEZ ARE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WITNESS MOUNT KATMAI AND ITS WORK OF DE
STRUCTION—ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP
The wHc'miii,' news wan givenj
mil yesterday tlmi Ray Millard j
would nl once rpnynip hi* old pr»
hIHoii ax Huperintendent of Mir
CHIT mine, vice Mr. Hamilton, re
nigned. Thi# is indeed pleasing
intelliKenee to convey to the peo
ple of thin community, who have
watched the Cliff develop from a
mern prospect to a dividend-pay
in ft mine under the Huperintend
ency of Ray Millard.
It may be truthfully *aid that
the Cliff i« a creation of Mr. Mil
lard. an under hi* management
Ih»» properly was opened ami car
rleil on as a Heady <1 iviil«*n<t pay
er until Ihe unforlunnle contin
uation of last fall.
Willi I ho new mill ami added
machinery we will soon a.*e llo*
GIlfT hack lo its old position as
one of Ihe best dividend produc
ers on the coast. Col. Grant, who
visited Ihe camp this spring, nnd
no better known mining engineer
lives, said thai the work done by
Ray Millard on Ihe CHIT, under
Ihe conditions existing reflected
groat credit on his ability as a
pi optical mining man.