REPORTED IT 6000 PAY
IMS BEEN FOUND IN OHISANA
(Cordova Alaskan, Feb. 4.)
Fred Haggern was an arrival in
tow:, on last night's train having
- oiue direct from Chisana, where he
u .! u\\. :ed in a number of claims
and is alsq^ engaged iu the mer
cautlle business. He brought out
with him a small pose of coar3c
old. s ; of whu-h he says he took
oat. < . Discovery on Coarse Money
bt'iua a:ul the talauce was receiv
i d in trade at his store. Haggern
made the trip across the Hazolet
frail iu 24'- hours actual travel
ing time, with the Chisana stage
liue and reports that the trail is
in excellent condition. Freight is
now bi :ag delivered to the diggings
from .McCarthy, for 15 ccuts a I
pound .tad he believes this rate will i
be cut to 10 cents by the eud of i
February.
Haggern repors that he 3truck
bedrock at a depth of se>eu feet on
Discovery on Coarse Money bench,
and is taking out good pay. Iu
sinking he encountered no wet
ground and believes that he has a j
\ lu de piece of property, on which
he has giveu a .bond to Karl Aase J
tor $50,000. The latter intends to j
proceed with the development work
and has agreed to pay 15 per cent
o the purchase price on April 1,
the balance of the payment to be j
made August 1.
Jack Wash of Cordova h:is sunk
to a depth of 1(5 feet on his claim l
on Wash creek and has found en
couraging prospects.
A strike is reported on No. 7 j
Bonanza cr.ek, but die layman has 1
refused to ciivulgo the extent of the
pay.
Curiis has received his boiler j
and it will be used in prospecting
Bow creek. I-ake, who is now sink
ing on this creek, claims that he
was on the same ground eleven
years ago and with the crude meth
ods employed at that time made
good wages by shoveling in the box
es, but that he never got to bed
rock.
Kaggren leaves on the Mariposa
for Seattle. While outside he will
purchase 35 tons of machinery and
supplies for residents of Chisana,
including a drill, 50 barrels of
beer and 100 cases of whiskey and
cigars.
Letters from Chisana tell of many
strikes being made there recently.
George Smith, who is well known
in Cordova, has written P. L. Simp
son that the ground is fast freez
ing to bedrock and the miners are
able to get down without being
driven out by water.
Smith tells of a find made by
Louie Dahl, who is considered one
of the most reliable men iu the
camp. Dahl has found pay in two
holes on Johnson creek. Pay has al
so been discovered on Kyolite creek,
but the miners aro not giving out
information as to their find. A
strike is also reporLed as having
been made on Big L'ciorado creek
and the miners are building a cab
in and getting up wood and other
wise preparing for next summer's
activities. The reported discovery
on Powell creek has faileed to mater
ialize as the miners were driven
out before reaching bedrock. Gold
Hill is fittracting the attention of |
the miners as good prospects have I
been found in a deep shaft there.
Sc Loui*, Feb. 12—Every known
styt, ot' automobile, including pas
s>-nir >r vehit It's of all kinds, motor
'rucks, motorcycles, portable i^r
«s;<>3 and accessories were on dis
l.!> U' ;-e when the second St. Louis
s id, c jiesifd Monday at the Coliseum
Tile 1> >t innovations which were
iticluilAl :-l the recent New York
;.nd (' -o shows, together with
in no-.;-lions that have been put on
i.ir-ttt. since wert on display
here toiluy.
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Today, Feb. 12th, being Lincoln's
birthday, aud a legal holiday, the ]
Skagway city schools are closed in
observance of the occasion and
will not re-open until tomorrow
morning.
PRICE OF COAL REDUCED.
Moore's Wharf is now selling nut
coal for only $9.00 per ton bulk,
C$10.00 sacked). Excellnet range
coal. 6t.
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Washington, D. C., Feb. 12—Af- I
ter various unfriendly amendments
Had been voted down yesterday, |
following a full day's brisk debate,
the Alaska bill wen* over for an- |
other week without a final vote be- |
ing taken. It is likely the bill j
will pass the house next Wednesday |
by a two to one vote.
An amendment introduced by Rep
resentative Mann yesterday, which
leaves to the discretion of the Pres
ident the problem of handling the
railroad after it is built, was adopt
ed. I
Representatives Burnett, Henley,
Calloway and Hardwick led the
assault 011 the bill.
Delegate Wickershaui last night
gave a dinner to the Alaska Bureau
delegation.
Seattle, Feb. 12—The steamer
Santa Ana had a narrow escape
from sinking in the harbor today.
While loading, the ash Chute from
some unknown reason opened aiid
the boat was taking i;i water fast
when it was discovered. Prompt
and heroic work by the crew,
however, prevented what at one
;ime threatened to be a disaster.
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El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12—An at
tempt here today to rush Mexicans
recruited by Huerta's agents across
the river caused the calling out of
four troops of the fifteenth caval
ry to prevent a violation of tiie
neutrality laws.
ID IDLE MEN
HI SI. MICHAEL!
The strike late last fall at Wil
son creek, on the lower Yukon, has
had the effect of clearing St. Mich- i
ael of idle men. In past years It
was customary for scores of old-tim- i
;rs to winter there and do odd jobs <
:or a living. Nome parties who i
were going out for the winter stak- 1
6d the men to go to the new dig- i
?ings with the result there is not
in idle man in St. Michael this
winter. '
GIF ELLIS
IS
Last night Griff Ellis, who is
employed on the Coppeer River Rail
way as engine watchman at Chis
ana Junction'met with an accident,
which was not discovered until 7
o'clock this morning, when he was
found unconscious. Griff had evi
dently fallen f^pm an engine, dur-1
ing the night, and when picked up
by the train crew the extent of his j
Injuries could not be ascertained.
Ho was removed to the hospital |
at Kennecott for treatment.—Cor
lova Alaskan.
TEA Sinn
Washington, Feb. 12—Standards
for teas to be used in the United
States were set in a conference of
tho government's tea examiners at
the Treasury Department. There
were present John J. McNamara,
Brooklyn, H. G. Woodworth, Boston
Frederick Hellyer, Chicago; C. E.
Wyman, St. Baul; E. R. Rogers, Tac
oma; Charles B. Piatt, San Fran
cisco, and George F. Mitchell, of
Charleston, S. C.
Tne Granby Company which re
cently purchased the Midas Copper
mine on Solomon gulch, near Val
dez, are preparing to operate on
in immense scale. Tttfy are ask- j
ing bids for 38,000 feet of piling |
md will build a wharf and ore bins
it. the mouth of Solomon. The I
xgeut of the company has also |
made application to lease the Val
tlez city dock in order that they
might euter the hay, grain and coal
business. It is expected that be
tween 300 and 400 men will be em- I
>loyed there next summer.—Valdez [
I'rospector.
1DE1LI
ENTRIES CLOSE!
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb. 12—En
ries for the Vanderbilt Cup automo
>ile race closed Monday. Many of
lie most famous speed drivers in
lie fcountry are on the lists for
he big event which will be run the
ast week of the month. Entries
ilso closed Monday for the Grand
Prix Race, which will be a second
eature on the Santa Monica ]
•ourse $ie last week in February.
IMINCE PIEl
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With Harry KarsLens to guide
them into 'the unknown fastnesses
of the Kantishna and the Mt. Mc
Kinley region, D. Wheeler and
"Scotty" Dalton left today. The
party will probably go to the Kus
kokwim, it being expected that they
will return to Fairbanks in the
course of the next six weeks.
Wheeler is from the outside and is
touring the country for his health
with Dalton, a guide from the coast-;
as his companion.—Fairbanks News'
Miner.
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Boulder, Colo., Feb. 12—How to
make country life more attractive |
will be the principal general topic
of discussion during the annual j
Mountain and Plains Farmers' In- j
stitute which began yesterday. Dr.
C. A. Lory, president of the Colo-1
rado Agriculture College, and l'r.
Livingston Farrand, the new pres-1
ident of the Colorado University
were the principal speakers at the |
opening session.
Denver, Feb. 11—Hoping to de-1
velop another Jim Jeffries, an Abe
Attell or a Frank Gotch, the Den- J
ver Athletic Club tonight will begin
its annual boxing and wrestling
tournament. For the rest of the,
week, future greats iu all classes
from bantams to white hopes will
clash nightly in the club's arena.
There are five classcs for both
boxers $nd wrestlers, divided as j
follows: 105 pounds and under;
115 pounds and under; 125 pounds
and under, and over 157 pounds.
One hundred youthful aspirants for ]
ring or mat honors have entered.
The first four nights of the tourn
ament will be devoted to elimina-1
tions, with the semi-finals Friday
night and the finals Saturday j
night. I
THE m OUT
(Cordova Alaskan)
Marshal L. T. Erwin, of Fair
banks, with four guards and eight
prisoners arrived from the interior
on the train from Chitina last
night.
Tlie prisoners who are going out
are: Emil Hartman, sentenced to
McNeil's island for five years for
shooting at with intent to kill An
ton Borojie; W. R. Moore, destined
for the same institution for a term
of one year, for obtaining money un
der false pretenses, Geo. Foss,
who wiill serve 12 years for commit
ting a series of crimes on Cleary
creek; William J. Miller, sentenced
to five years at hard labor for lar
ceny from a dwelling, and Frank
Albani, who is sentenced to spend
the rest of his natural life in the
penitentiary for the killing of Stevo
Dorossco.
The insane patients destined for
Mt. Tabor are Streeton Dockham
and H. B. Wind'e, who were found
by juries in Fairbanks to be men
tally unbalanced, and William Mc
Kenzie, who was committed by
Commissioner Albrecht, at Iditarod,
after a hearing before the jury.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12—A score or
more prominent society women have
applied for a state charter to in
corporate as a private "company" to
supervise "dancing and healthy a
musements". The "company", which
is a sociological experiment, is
hwuted by Mrs. Louise C. Madcrra,
Mrs. Ilenry C. Boyer, and Mrs. Wil
liam A. Piatt. The incorporators
include Edward B. Smith, J. Frank
lin McFadden, W. Hinkle Smith, and
Henry C. Boyer. The "company"
plans to rent halls where the "new"'
dances, moving pictures, musicales,
amateur theatricals, and other forms
of amusement may be enjoyed under
the proper chaperonage and sup
ervision. The "company" is to be
known as the People's Recreation
Company. Attendance at the a
museineuts is free.
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