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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THUR8DAY, APRIL 11, 1912
No. 150
CHAMP CLARK WOULD
LIKE TO VISIT ALASKA :
Speaker Appreciates the Friendly Attitude of Alaskans To- !
ward His Candidacy—Will Use Efforts
In Our Behalf. 1
The following loiter is of in
terest lo Valdez citizens. II was
received by Mi*. 11. P. Ferguson.
"Received your very interest
ing Idler and lliank you for Ibe
same. I am glad In know thai
Yaldcz is red hot for me.
"I have been trying for lifleen
years to gel out to Alaska, and
hope lo do so before very long,
our mulual friend. Colonel Wil
liam Sulzer, draws entrancing
pictures of thai territory.
In a general way, in answer lo
your letter. I beg to stale that I
have always done, everything that
I knew how for the promotion of
the happiness and prosperity of
the people of Alaska, and 1 shall
continue to do so.
I would be very proud to have
that delegation vole for me in the
Baltimore convention. I certain
ly am in favor of improving the
transportation facilities of that
country. Tin* homestead laws
outfit lo be administered as to I
make it. as easy as possible for
bona fide settlers lo homestead
land. There is too much red
tape about the whole business. 1
have no doubt thai the govern
ment nut there could be very
much improved, and I am willing
to help them improve it, so far
as the conditions will permit. -
Please thank all my friends
for what they have been doing for
me.
Truly your friend
C^hamp r.lark
i
AI Sullivan is a return passen
' ger on the Alameda.
|
; 1 >i*. 1 >. II. Sleoni is acting as
j Post Surgeon at Korf hiscum
j during the absence of Dr. Jones
| at Plarmigan Drop looking after
| the government stock.
DEATH VISITS HOME
OF FRANK MILLARD
TJii» infant son of Mr. ami Mrs
Frank Millard died las! night and
was buried from tint family res
idence this afternoon, Hew Zt»ig
ler olhcialing. Tlie deceased
child has heen ailing for some
time, bathing all efforts to effect
its cure.
TWO "PLAYS
ON APRIL 19
Epiphany Club Will Present Two
Plays For the Church Bu Id
ing Fund.
Members of the Epiphany club
will render two short playlets in
Eagle hall on the night of April
19. Tickets are now on sale at
the Yaldez and Owl drug stores,
where reservations can be made
for the tlrst ten rows of the tloor
and the I wo front rows of the
balcony. The proceeds of the
entertainment are to go to the
church building fund. The cast
of the plays are as follows:
"FRANK f«LYNN'S WIVES'*
Frank Olynn's Wife... .Caroline
Kelsey
Mrs. (ilynn Eva Lockharf
Stella (ilynn.... Mealrire Miller
<lertie Marion Ingram
Nora Verna Fish
Ed. Ash bury Ed. Ilucker
Frank (ilynn ... Kenneth lludolph
"NONE SO DEAF AS THOSE
WHO WON'T HEAK"
Mr Cuttle John Kacerosky
Mr. Whit well Ilnberl Kelsey
Jane Marion Ingram
Eglantine Eva l.ockhart
WILL HOLD 8ERVI0E8
IN CORDOVA SUNDAY
Father Van der Pol left, for
Cordova today. 'He will hold ser
vices in the railroad town, re
turning hero Tuesday. Later the
reverend father will go to SeaLtle.
and WanhinKton, L>. ,C. , after
which ho will be permanently lo
cated here. Father Crhnont will
remain here during ttte absence
of Father Van dorPrtl.
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ALASKA MKVJTM4.
• v
A native girl In the Koyukuk
met with a horrible dtiitb while,
tobogganing. While sliding down
Hit' r'ver bank al a swifl pact' sliti
ran iiiI«> a sharp slick which pro
truded. The slick ran com
pletely III rough her body and
caused an agonizing death.
'i'he richest pay ever uncov
ered in I lie Tanana was found on
Kve creek hy the l)aly Urol hers.
Pans running from $50 in s.'Nio
are "Ihe usual Iliing."
Negotial ions have heen rcop
eiM'd helween Hie claim owners on
Flat creek, Idilarod, and III <1uk
gcnlie ims. I| looks as if I In* pur- j
chase will }sn IhroiiKh this lime..
Private advices received in .In- ;
neau from Nome stale that have1
Marl in, a resident of Juueau for
many years, has pone Insane and i
is in a hopeless condition.
Harry Hishop, secrelary of Hie
lale Democratic convention, has
heen elected mayor of Juneau,
succeeding Mayor Kmory Valen
tine.
There were 115 miners in Hie
Kohuk country lasl February ac
cording to a Squirrel creek cor
respomlcnl in the Nome Nugget.
Twenty-eight acetylene lights
costing about $1,800 each, will
be established 011 the Alaskan
roast during the coming summer.
Word conies from Idilarod that
William Sailes, a former Klon
dike!', commi'led suicide in that
ramp.
Horses are higher priced in
f'hilina than in the inferior.
LOCAL ITEMS.
V
Owing to lack of a quorum Ihe
chamber of commerce held no
meeting lasl night
The steamer Jeanie arrived in
port Ibis afternoon carrying a
cargo of gasoline and explosives.
The .Northwestern reached port
shortly after noon and departed
for the south an hour later, with
a small passenger list.
MINERS SEARCHING
FOR TIN LODE
The discovery of placer tin
near Hot Springs has started
scores of men searching for tho _
ledge from which it emanate^..
The Anding of tho tin lode by. ;
a prospootor is considered to be ,
worthy of considerable effort, fort;
a true vein will never pinch out -
and, with the e.ver increasing
price of tin, makes a rnino of that *
mineral worth more than one of 5
gold bearing rook.
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MR. CHA8E WILL 8PEAK
AT ORPHEUM TONIGHT
Mr. John Chase, tin* socialist
speaker, did not go to Cordova on
In* Northwestern today, hut re
nainod over to hold another
neeting. He will speak on the
lolitical situation at the Or
jlicuni theatre tonight at 8 o'
Mock. Ladies arc? especially in
riled to attend.
The tunnel on the Horn.-stake
>roperty near Fairbanks is now
n 590 feet.
PAX80N RETURNS FROM
TRIP AROUND WORLD
A. J. I'axson of Paxson's mad
house on the Fairbanks trail,
who has been siphtseeinp around
the world for the past year, has
returned to the scene of his la
bors to apain take charge of his
well-known hostlery. It was ru
mored amonp the friends of the
penial boniface that mine host
had taken a better half unto him
self, but the Orr Stage Company's
way bill shows only one seat in
the name of Al. Paxson.
PROMINENT ALASKAN DIES
IN NEW YORK CITY
Mr. E.C. Hawkins Succumbs to Operation Performed Tues
day Morning—Was Chief Engineer of White
Pass and Copper River Roads.
K. Hawkins, t'.liirf I\nir«neer
>f lh«' While Pass and (loppcr Hiv
i»r & Northwestern Hail roads,
died in New York Tuesday morn
iiiK as lli«» result of an operation.
His wife and dauKhler were willi
llif dyinjr man.
Tin* funeral will tak.- plaef at
I.onff Island, probably today.
The deeeased leaves a wife, Iwo
daughters and three boys in
( comfurlaltlt' cireiirnslanccs. Be
sides heinK tln> chief engineer ol
] lli*> Copper River road, Mr. Haw
j kins duriiipr his connection with
i must ruct inn work was its gen
eral manager.
| Ho was also general manager
! and vice-president of the Katalla
Company, severing his connec
tion w'th the (iuggenheim cor
poration about a year ago.
CROWDED HOUSE GREETS
THE SOCIALIST LEADER
Announces That Party Will Have Candidate In the Race
For Delegate to Congress, and Criticizes the
Platform of Mr. Harrais
Tin* Orpheuin theatre was
crowded to tlif doors last night
l«» listen t»» John Chase, the so
cialist lecturer, who is louring
the territory in the interest <>f
the party. The speaker was in
troduced hy Fritz Voges in a brief
talk as to the ohjejels of the
speaker's coming to Alaska.
In opening his address Mr.
Chase said socialism was a live,
living issue that could no longer
lie ignored by anyone. The trend
of modern thought was toward
socialism, but the great trouble
was that those who were search
ing after the truth were led as
tray by misinformation. lie
spoke of its rapid growth in ev
ery civilized part of the world,
and especially in America. Eigh
teen years ago there were 2'»,00()
socialists in the United Stales,
and last fall's elections showed
there were more than one million
socialist votes cast.
lie said that a few years ago
I<» be known as a socialist was to
be considered a dangerous man.
and a person to he shunned. Willi
the groweh of the party and en
lightenment of the masses had
come about a great change which
was hound to continue and em
brace the entire country. Meas
ures put forward by socialists
even a few years ago and which
were considered as too radical
to be possible were being adopted
now in many parts of the country
and even 11\ Ilii" pivernineul.
When socialism first advocated
municipal ownership of public
utilities it was considered anar
chistic, vet today every city and
town which is progressive j-«*a I -
izes the necessity of controlling
I hem.
Tin' speaker explained tin* im
mense power which capital had
been able to gain through the
trusts. It had corrupted the
government, bought up legisla
tors and controlled the judiciary
to keep themselves in power.
He told of the panic a few
years ago, when Hoosevell. as
president had gone to the aid of
the trusts by dumping $1 40,000,
000 of the people's money into
Wall street instead of placing it
where it could be used in a legit
imate manner in carrying on the
business of the country. He de
clared Roosevelt had favored the
steel trust in every possible way
while president and that Senator
LaFollelte was now' making the
assertion that Hoosevell was the
candidate of the steel corpora
lion. The total wealth of the na
tion was 120 biHions of dollars,
and of this amount .1. P. Morgan
and associates controlled 10 bil
lions. Eighty-Hvo per cent, of
the population of America did
not have $1 capital. This was
the result of the present sy lem
of private ownership. Thous
ands of women and children were
DEMOCRATIC RALLY TONIGHT \
i ir' * "•1 '' ii fn i . •r 2
. TH«f 4*91 be a grud Dtmocratio Rally Tooiflrt in J
Eejl* HaHiceflMteitl d'cfcck, when Robert JfOfipfi, \
j to Cotyw, trill mIJmii tfre j
J of VMmi m tli9 iuiMi of drtdty. All ere invited. J'
i cWHf the Mb*. |
WOULD OPEN CHANNEL
FOR GLACIER STREAMS
Mayor Boyle Beleives That By Using Dynamite to Loosen
Gravel Near the Glacier Streams Can Be Held
In Check This Season.
Dr. F. M. Uoyle will submit |o
I In; city council a plan by which
ho thinks the glacial stream ran
he hold in hounds during tIn
coming summer, at a compara
tively small rosl. While certain
thai congress will puss the dyke
appropriation, lie feels that the
money will not heroine available
in time to protect us this year,
and consequently il is up to the
council to take steps to protect
properly from the ravages of the
water. He lia.s evolved a plan
which appeals In those >vho have
studied it and which has the mer
it of being a comparatively in
expensive experiment.
II is the purpose «»f Mayor Ho\|e
to establish a ramp of four men
at the fool of the glacier al the
earliest practical moment, who
I will, by llie liberal use of dyna
mite, blast out a channel on the
i west side near the mountain, that
compelled to toil m factories tin
der unhealthy ami demoralizing
conditions while, strong men were
roaming the country searching
for work. Collective ownership
was the remedy advocated by the
socialists for correcting the
wrongs wrought by private greed
and love of gain. Tile socialist
vole had doubled every two years
ami would soon sweep the coun
try. The American people were
dissatisfied with capitalism ami
j were turning to socialism. The
I political upheaval was bound to
come which would abolish private
ownership and substitute collect
ive ownership. Tile socialists
; now had one congressman, were
represented in eight slate legis
latures. and bad elected the may
ors of r»7 cities, and l.'jon were
holding official positions.
Speaking of Alaska Mr. ('base
said there was no spot on earth
where the \ullurcs of wealth were
more active in gelling control of
Hie resources than in this terri
tory. The admluisl ral ion was
favoring the (•uggenlieinis and
oilier big interests I«» gel control
I of the great natural resources of
the territory by withholding ter
ritorial government. The big in
terests know thai without con
trolling the federal otllcials of the
territory they could not create
,;nd main! »'n a monopoly. Alas
kans should flghl for home rule
aho\c all things and a chance fo
use the revenues of flic territory
fei the benefit of its people and
not for certain capitalists.
Me believed I he government
jr..ghl to build the railroad and
1'iperile il, open l<ie coal mines,
land finis prevent prvale monop
oly.
Ill - | M'U |\ | | I M| ||| ' « » \ « ' I I I I I I « ' I I I
•wnrt ship *• f railr.»i»<l ; Mr. Chase
orilici/.ed (he democrat is i>lal
form upon which Mr. Ilarrais wax
nominated, nml characterized it
as anarchistic. It is safe to say
lliat if Mr. Chase would divide a
mooting with t lit* fat tiers of tin*
platform its causo would not lack
defenders and the dchatc would
bo interesting.
He announced that the social
ists would have a candidate in
the field for delegate to congress
from Alaska. A ballot was now
being taken and the result would
he. known in aboil wo weeks. So
cialism had only been estab
lished in Alaska one year but to
day there were many members
and the number was growing rap"
Idly. The administration, and
the capitalists whom it was fa
voring, were making Alaskans
turn from both the other great
political parties, to socialism
He promised the other car
dates a merry flgbl in the coming
election.
lis l<> at least loosen tin* nra\«
! ami hanl pail so thai wIiimi the
Klacier begins to melt the water
will ml a channel in Hie loosened
material I hits taking a part of the
I flood away from the city.
j lie estimates Ihal hY this
| means I hat ahont half of t!i«*
I waters can he diverted from the
dyke and made in Hnw <»n tin:
I west side at the ha*e of the hill>
If half of I lie waters can he cared
for iii this way the present dyke
will he ample to turn the remain
der of the stream.
lie estimates that a ton <>f ^i
anl powder, four men and per
haps a horse will tin the work.
The plan siiKrfe>iell is similar to
one adopted l»y the engineers on
the ("upper lliver rail mail during
const rucl inn. when a series of
Klacial slreani-« were successfully
held in check for two years at a
nominal cosl.
.Mr. C.hase i* an easy, pleasant
speaker and pnncluales hi< re
marks with numerous store
which se'rxe In cmhpasi/.e I he f
points he is making. He an
nounces tie is j^nin^ In ('nrdova.
hut would speak auain if time
would permit before the >ailiu^
! nf I lie hoat.
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Effort Being Made to Secure at
Least a Weekly Service
To Sound Ports
A >uhscriplion list will In- rir
culalcd loday In have Thomas
Stanley run tin* launch llrighlon
between I his port and Port Wells
al least four linn's a month pend
ing Ih«* establishment of a mail
route between I In* I wo points
named.
As Cordova has already estab
lished a roule |o the new mining
ramp il behooves Ihe business
| men of this city in see that lh.»
.facilities for reaching this point
are heller than those lo Cordova.
II is an important matter, as
there can he hut lillle doubt that.
Purl Wells is destined to he one
of the best producing camps oil
Prince William sound.
LOOAL BREVITIES.
There \mII he no mcctim* of the
I Kaglcs lonmrrow night.
The Sweet Sixteen Club Will
jliold its regular dance lomorrow
jnighl al Kagle Hall.
Mrs. Magnuson and daughter
of Worlmans were outgoing pas
sengers on Ihe Northwestern.
Considerable disappointment is
being manifested among the llar
rais contingent over the failure
of their efforts to have the social
ists endorse llarrais for delegate
lo congress. Frame and others
look a lively interest in Ihe so
cialist gathering until Mr. Chase
intimated to them, that his party
could nol endorse anyone for
oHloc unless the candidate had
been a socialist in good standing
for three years. This put a deal
in the llarrais hat. and gave
Frame Ihe political hots.
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