Sthr HaUtez Satly Prnapwtnr
VOL. t.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1912.
NO. 129.
ANOTHER HEAD
TO REVOLUTION
Mexican lnsurrectos Swap Horses
While Crossing a
Stream
El_ Paso, July 15.-Emelio Go
mez, a son of the late provision
al president of th«) revolution
aries, has assumed the provision
al presidency, which General Oro
zco, denied his father, as the
general has been losing so many
battles lately it was thought nec
essary to place some one in
charge of I he revolution who
could hold I he insurreclos to
gether. " f i
TO REGULATE
FARES, FREIGHT
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission Takes a Hand in
Alaska Affairs
Seattle, July 15.-Edgar Clark,
a member of the Interstate Com
merce committee, will leave for
Skagway to take testimony in the
Humboldt case. This case was
brought up by Max. Kalish, oflhe
Humboldt Steamship company
against the White Pass company
andthe Northern Navigation com
pany to prevent them discrimi
nating against the Humboldt in
the matter of passengers and
freight, and had to be fought to
the supreme court of the United
States before the Interstate Com
merce Commission would recog
nize Alaska as a territory and
hence within their jurisdiction.
THOUSAND DROWNED
GREAT CLOUDBURST
Me\;io City, July 15.-A lerrille
fl(Midhur>t occurred in the sTi'.e
<-f (iuana.jualo in which a thou
sand lives were I«»sI and damage
dune to properly lo Ihe amount
• »f *20.000.000. Knt ire villages
were washed out and thousands
<»!' enllle perished in Ihe floods.
TEDDY CLAIMS THE GLORY
OF LORIMER'S DOWNFALL
THE ILLINOIS SENATOR MAY SEEK VINDICATION BY RE
ELECTION TO THE SENATK-THE DEMOCRATIC NATION
AL OOMMITTE ORGANIZES
Seagirt, July I5.-Speaker Clark
and Woodrow Wilson heTd a long
conference here Saturday in which
legislation was discussed in de
tail.
Washington, July l5,-Ex-8en
ator Loriiner, it is said, will be
gin a fight for vindication. It Is
not known yet whether he will
attempt to he re-eloc|ed h.v the
Illinois legislature.
c>yster Flay, July l5.-Upon be
ing asked what he had to say
relative to tho ^mseating of Lori
nier, by tin* Sonate, Col, Roose
velt said: '"Twtlg my fight; it if*
my victory."
Chicago,July 15-The Deinocrat
ir national committee will meet
hprr today to organize. The elec
tion of McCoombs, {he choice of
the nominee* for chairman. will
niacin unanimously.
Chicago, July I S.-McCoomhs
was unanimously elected chair
man of Iho Democratic national
committee, ancl Joseph Davis if«
•rcrelary,
Washington, July 15,-Tho Ben
ale today confirmed Phillip Mic
key. Jr., as poHlmaster al Sew
ard.
FATHER DIES;
SON IN ALASKA
Taeoma, July IS.-Deorgo
Brown, father of Belmore Brown,
who is with Iho Parkrr expedi
lion, attempting an ascent of Ml.
MrKinley, died here suddenly of
apoplexy.
RICHEST STRIKE YET MARE IN ALASKA
TELLURIDE IS UNCOVERED AT TEIKHELL
The most remarkable strike of
high grade ore known in Valdez,
and Alaska, for that matf;r, has
been made on the property be
longing to Dan Ross, Jack Fos
ter, John C. Clarkson and Chas.
Garwood at Teikh'ell on the Val
dez-Fairbanks government wag
on road.
The ore proves to be sylvanite,
a telluride of gold, the same ore
which made Cripple Creek, Colo
rado and the gold fields in Neva
da famous, and where it soon
piled up imemnse fortunes for
the lucky owners and lessees.
Heretofore this camp has been
looked upon as purely a free
milling quartz proposition, and
a year ago, on the Fourth of July,
I his property was discovered and
located in the belief that a small,
but rich, vein of free milling oro
AT A DEPTH OF OVER ONE HUN ORED FEET TELLURIDE ORE
RUNNING INTO THE THOU8AND8 OF DOLLARS TO THE TON
18 FOUND IN THE PROPERTY NEAR TIEKHELL
owners began development work
on Ihe vein, resulting in a tun
nel being driven in on the vein
175 feet, giving a depth from the
apex of over 100 feet.
The vein is a true fissure with
well defined walls, the ore body
which has been run upon, vary
ing from one to two feet. Until
very recently only native or free
gold was found in the vein mat
ter, as well as on Ihe surface
right along Ihe strik? of the h'ad,
when recently tolluri«le values
began to be uncovered in tlio
quartz in sufficient masses to
had been found. Shortly after the
attract the attention of the min
ers and to set them to thinking
and scurrying back to town. Dif
ferent. assay tests made within
the past few days have proven the
ore to be of a phenomenal rich
ness, in fact, by far the richest
ore ever uncovered in a body in
Alaska
Last Thursday Mr. F. I.. Wag
ner, of Yaldez, examined the
properly, taking samples, which
he assayed with the result that
he secured an option to bond,
lease and purchase, on terms
.similar to the lease held by the
ClifT Mining company.
The news of the great strike
made naturally leaked out, and as
a result a number of outfits se
cured teams, loaded them with
provisions, mining supplies and
camp equipage and started for
the new camp 48 miles from this
city.
A local company is being or
ganized by Mr. F. L. Wagner and
Henry Suessdorf to take over
these properties under tho op
tion held by Mr. Wagner, and it
is hoped to begin at once to sort
and sack the fire for shipment to
the smelter.
The news of tho strike comes
as glad tidings to Yaldez, to
which the now camp is tributary
and will no doubt attract wido at
tention among Colorado and Ne
vada miners.
NOTED EDITOR
ON WAY HEBE
Editor of the Chicago Tribune
Will be a Passenger on the
Mariposa
Seattle, July 15.-John Kelly,
editor in chief of the Chicago!
Tribune, will leave on the Mari-'
posa, which arrived here yester
day from the north for a month's
trip through Alaska, wh _re he
goes to become hotter acquaint
ed with the conditions prevailing
in the northland.
WANTS TRADE
WITH STATES
Ottawa. July 15.—The Province
of Satkalrhiwaii has voted in
favor of Ihe reciprocity pact.
Panama Elections.
Panama. July 15.-The national
Meet inns* took place here yester
day. the party of Dr. 1'orras win
ning. The elections were re
markably free of disorders.
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS
ABOUT WILSON AND TAFT
THE OREATE8T DEFLECTION FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
KNOWN IN ITS ENTIRE HI8TORY-IT SPELLS DE
FEAT FOR THEM IN NOVEMBER
The Chicago Tribune, one of;
the greatest newspapers and a
former, staunch Republican or
gan, has refused to support Pres
ident Taft. ^
The Philadelphia North Amer
ican, Philadelphia's greatest
newspaper, is supporting the new
party movement.
The Pittsburg Leader, the Pro
gressive paper that lias made the
light for years against the Pen
rose-Quay'-Dalzell machine, is
supporting Colonel Roosevelt in
hi« light for a third parly.
The Kansas City Star, the one
paper of (lie middle west I hat ha*
persistentIv fought the bosses in
and out of season, is for Colonel
Itooseveli rind I lie third parly.
The SI. Paul Pioneer Press
and the SI. Paul Dispatch, two of
I he old-line Republican papers
thai fought the bailies of the
parly in Republican Minnesota
for many years, are supporting
Colonel Itooseveli and the third
parly movement.
The Cleveland Leader, the mosl
virile newspaper publication in
Cleveland, is bending every en
ergy |o the furlhernnce of Colonel
Roosevelt's movement for a third
parly and political decency. Al
so the Hoston Journal, the Wash
ington Times, the Boston Globe,
the Los Angeles Tribune, the Los
Angeles Express.
Commenting on Wilson's nom
ination the Now York Times says:
"The Democratic party, in the
nomination of Wilson, Ts reborn.
It will be reorganized, it will be
come efficient, it will havo once
more the confidence of the peo
ple. The nomination of Governor
Wilson will unite the party. It
invites, we may also say, it com
mands, the return of prosperity.
T| reduces Mr. Roosevelt's boll to
the proportions of a Republican
quarrel."
The World: "lie will he the
first president of the United
Stale* in n generation lo go in
to office owing favors to nobody
except the general welfare. Gov
ernor Wilson's nomination means
the rule of the boss is over."
Hearst's American: "The New
York American will support the
nominee. Whoever else may have
risen or fallen in the fortunes of
the last convention of the Dem
ocratic party."
The Tribune: "The victory of
I he radical element al Baltimore
will be a killing fro.it to Ihe hopes
of the projectors of the new third
party. R was even a greater tri
umph for Mr. Bryan than il was
for Mr. Wilson."
The Herald: "Hats off to Ihe
governor. He may not know il,
l»u| 'He's <»n bis way,' and lhal
way is ihe way of a radical of
radicals."
The Press: "F.ven if Mr. Iloose
vell make* an aggressive cam
paign as a candiilale on Ihe I bird
ticket, Mr. Wilson nahirally would
have a bcllcr chance In Imbl Ibc
Progressive Deniocrals frnm go
ing lit the ('oloiiel. (ban any oth
er man who was prominent in
I In* canvass before Ihe Baltimore
conveiil inn. Tn NN"i 1 s«»11 the nppng
inpr parly has lent fnr this cam
paign tin' most powerful suit of
armor be could wear. That is
republican factionalism. If there
is one spot that can be penetrat
ed behind that borrowed coal of
mail, it is the tariff llesh of the
Democratic candidates."
The Sun: "The triangle is nmv
cmnplcle, unless Oyster Bay re
treats. Meanwhile whatever
course Colonel Roosevelt may
pursue under the circumstances
Ihe Baltimore convention has
named Ihe most dangerous Dem
ocratic competitor Ihe Republi
can ticket could confront and has
put him on a platform broad
enough to warrant an extremely
radical construction. By so do
ing it has thrust on William
Howard Taft the undivided hon
or of representing in the cam
paign of 1912 Ihe saner ideas of
progress under Ihe constitution
and institution* we have."
The Boston Post, lukewarm in
support of Democracy, and with
a Republican leaning in state pol
itics. says editorially: "The next
president r»f the United Stales
was named by the Democratic
convention al Baltimore, and his
naming was made unanimous. He
is known Ihe country over as
Woodrow Wilson and he will be
known in history, we fully be
lieve, as one of Ihe very fcreat
American chief executives."
The press of London, regard
less of politics, today applauded
Ihe nomination of Governor Wil
son by Ihe Democrats at Balti
more. generally asserting lhal he
(Continued on pago 4)
THE OIL TOWN
IS AWAKENING
8lowly Developing Its Resources
and Gradually Getting Bet
ter Vlm®s
Katnlla is enjoying a biiAinesH
revival little short of a boom,
and is not envious of any town
in Alaska. It is believed there is
more money per capita being cir
culated here than is true of nth
er places.
Possibly, also, because of tliej
lesson (riven the people and thei
blight plaeed upon thein by Pin-J
cliol, they have learned through!
bitter experience I•» maki* a dol
lar go farther than must eom
ii11111iIies. and therefore are more
sensitive t«• its toueli. The only!
regret is that Mr. I'inehot was not
• in top of the ease of dynamite^
(bill was set oil" oil Hie bearh.luly
i. The boys who carried out i
I bat part of Ibe program are no
lo p down in their pockets to pay
(Con I in tied on pa pre 4)
FOX FARMING INDUSTRY
IN WHICH FORTUNES MADE
ALASKA FOX IN QREAT DEMAND TO RENEW THE VITALITY OF
THE INBRED ANIMAL8 OF THE EAST-MANY PAIR BE
INQ SHIPPED TO BRITISH PROVINOES
Fox raising in an industry
which has grown lo amazing pro
portions within tho past few
years, having reached its great
est impetus back in I he English
maritime provinces of New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Is
land, \yhoro immonxp forlunes
have heen made within tho past
quarter of n century.
Until within a very few v«»nrs
I he breeding of foxrs for their
pelts was conducted like n rlosr
corporal ion, il bring impossible
lo buy any live stock and fho salr
of the skins and tho protlls made
being kept a close sorrel.
Finally a falling out anion? Iho
breedors lol Iho fox out of Iho
hag with Iho result that many be
gan to engago in Iho business.
Thr polls obtained in the cold
eastern climalr, and fho absence
of alkali in Ihr earlh producer
I ho finest skins bringing in Ihe
London market about double fTTe
price obtained for similar skins
raised on our const. Blues av
eraging from *00 lo *100 and
Silvers and Blacks going info fhc
hundred.4 of dollars, fi is esti
mafed I hat fhc Blue fox should
bring in approximately *100 a
year while the black, ttint is fhe
pair, is good for *5.000. Fnch
female has a litlcr of four nn
nunlly unless loo closely inbred,
which is the case wifh the ani
mals in the provinces, where I lie
skins are becoming smaller nnd
with less lustrous fur. To over
come fhis^aslern buyers have in
vaded the Alaskan const lo pur
chase new stock.
Mr. R. A. Owinn has just pur
chased six silver gray* from fleo.
Roller, of Dry creek, while F. E.
(Continued »»n page I).
STORMS RAGE
IN THE STATES
Many Are Drowned by Cloudburst
-Denver Experiences Very
Heavy Rainfall
Chicago, July 15.-Many people
were drowned in cloud bursts in
the southern part of the state
and much damage to property is
reported.
Denver, July 15.-The eily is
being swept by floods as the re
sult of the heaviest rainfall ex
perienced in years
MOVING PICTURES
SUSTAIN RIVERS
Little Mexican is Twice Fouled
and Cleanly Knocks Out
the Champion
Los Angeles, July 15.-The mov
ing pictures taken of the Wol
gast-Rivers fight held here on the
Fourth of July show that Rivers
had the best of Ihe fight all the
way through.
The pictures show beyond a
peradventure of a mistake that.
Wolgast fouled Rivers twice dur
ing the last round fought, the last
foul being a vicious blow landed
just above Rivers' groin. The
blow which knocked out Wolgast.
was a hard swing to Ihe jaw,
striking Wolgast on the point of
the chin.
Those who have seen the pic
tures are satisfied that Rivers
won a clean tight over the cham
pion.
Seattle, July "15.-The steamer
llei'tha arrived this forenoon. The
steamer Cordova .-ailed hist niplil,
with only cannery supplies for
Southeastern Alaska.
A persistent rumor i> afloat
and not denied that a deal i> on
for the takiim o\er*of the Sealey
l»a\is niininp property by a com
pany with ample backing upon
receiving a favorable report from
two mining engineers.