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AMBITION" AND PUSH MI ST BE IX YOU FOR SUCCESS
ARE YOU AMBITIOUS? ..Are you working for a definite goal? Do
O'ou k'iow which way you are headed? Or are you just drifting from day
to day. year to year, with no purpose In view? Have you planned the end
to which you are working
Stop and think a minute! No one can have success in life without first
having the desire to do some one thing. Someone has said, "Wish, Work,
wait, and »;n are the four w's to success." Notice that the first is "Wish,"
or the desire to be something.
Lowell said in his "Vision of Sir Launfal."
"Tts only heaven that is given away,
'Tis only God may be had for the asking,"
This great American poet felt that we cannot even have God and heav
en without asking for them.
If you have a certain aim in view, you will be more likely to use your
opportunities: you will be looking our for an opportunity. If opportunity
does not knock at your door, you will make make one.
Don't drift! Get the vision and tlieu go to work! "It can be done!"
SELF CONFIDENCE M.Y.KKS THE TURNING ItUXT IN MAX'S LIKE
AT WHAT AGE DOES A BOY become a man? When do his actions
warrant his being placed in the manhood category?
There is no definite age at which a hoy becomes a man. Some are born
men. Some never become men to their dying day.
Self confidence stands out as the climax in the turning point toward
manliness.
A wobbler, one who never knows where he stai.ds. one who listlessly
slips about, apologizing to other mistakes, never daring to take a firm stand
or achieve anything through bis own initiative, he is not & man.
It Is far better to be called a crank, eccentric and peculiar, than to be
known as a quitter.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said: '
"Not in the clamor of the crowded street.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng.
But in ourselves are triumph and defeat."
Are you self-confident? Will you stand straight and firm when you
truthfully think you are in the right? If so, you are on the right path.
FIGHTING W ITH OCR BACKS TO THK WALL
Several months ago the Seattle Times contained an editorial with the
above capton, and therein proceeded to set forth its reasons for the title.
The editorial pointed out the fact that Seattle's chief industries were ono
l y one either going out of business or leaving for other locations, and that
it was the time for every Seattleite to take steps to check the backward
movement.
Now that the soldiers have departed from Fort Liscum. which has been
used for a score of years as a military post, Valdez is confronted with some
what of a similar situation as provoked the Seattle editorial. The moving
of the post fiom Fort Liscum is iu accordance with the policy of economy
and retrenchment on the part of^the government. While every communis
makt - a last stand fight to maintain the agency of tl e government whicb
contributes to Its support an dwelfare, yet when the fact of its removal has
been accomplished, it then becomes necessary to take stock and to turn to
other and more fundamental sources of supply and development. Valdez
lias many mining properties in Its vicinity, among which may be mentioned
the Cranby. Cliff. Kamsey-Rutherford. Big Four, Valdez Gold, Cook-Bar
rett. Mineral Creek, Apollo, Granite. Culross. Hurdle Creek and amny oth
ers. Conditions are fast changing which have caused these valuable prop
erties to remain idle. With the completion of the government railroad
the westward country will find itself confronted with the same condition,
that of having to depend upon its own and native sources for development.
Ultimately every community must lay its cards upon the table, face up. so
tuat .ill may read, and when that is done Valdez may not suffer inthe com
parison.—The Valdez Miner.
RICH Ql.YRTZ STRIKE
REPORTED JDITAROL)
A promising quartz strike In the
Iditarod district is reported In a let
ter recently received from bero by
Surveyor General Karl Thiele. Ore
assu.ing from $140 to $1,733 per
too .s said to have been mined from
the claims. The discovery was made
by Jack Warren at the head of Glen
Gulch, at the head of Slate creel:.
Warreu, it is said will take out 300
tons for shipment to the smelter this
season, according to one statement
Deputy Marshal Lynn Smith, writing
to Mr. Thiele about the same JiiCOV
ery, said Warren and others have (
about 15 men working on the claims.
The first shipment will be made soon
of 500 tons. Mr. Smith, while ad
mitting the promising assays on the
ore, said that it would be Impns'ble
to say it could be mined successfully i
until a mill test nas neen made.
Transportation costs, he said .ire
very high.a charge of $57.50 being
made to land a ton of ore at the
smelter. If the ore will stand such
charges he predicted the establish
ment of a number of small quartz i
mills in the district.
Seattle, Aug. 14.—The veterans of
the foreign wars of the United States
opened their twenty-third annual na
tional encampment here today.
MAC. EE MAKES
NEW DISCOVERY
ON MARMOT
By discovering large surface show
fugs of high-grade ore on the op
posite side of a dyke toward which
he has beeu driving a tunnel for
several seasons, H. C. Mage« has con
siderably extended the known scope
of the Maruiot section mineraliza
tion, and Incidentally added irery
materially to the attractiveness of
tne Patricia group, oh which the
new discovery occurs.
This week he brought in a sack
of large samples from the new strike
which show quantities of silver bro
mide, as well as galena and silver
and iron sulphides. While the sam
ples are in the nature of capping,
they carry good values, and indicate
a wealth of nfiueral below.
The Patricia is on the south fork
of the Marmot, in an extremely
rugged country. Extending later
ally through the group for a dis
tance of two miles or more Is »|
strong dyke of a porphyritic nature
and on the east side of this dyke
Is a wide mineralized zone, with
cross-fissures leading into it. On
one of these fissures Mr. Magee has
a tunnel driven about SO feet, with
a considerable tonnage of high-grade
galena opened up. This tunnel
when continued, will not only
crosscut the ore zone that paralels
the dyke on the east, but by also
crosscuttlng the dyke will enter the
zone that has just been discovered
and will eventuull} be one of the
main working tunuals of the entire
property, which consists of 18 claims.
It is the intention to work there
all summer, and to facilitate work
on the upper showing a new cabin
has been built ut Umber line, at an
elevation of about 3000 feet. Ex
perienced mining men who have
seen the property class it as one of
the best showings in the entire Port
land canal district.—Hyder Miner.
TWO KETCHIKAN CHINAMEN
WILL BE SENT BACK
Seid Yim and Chung Him, Chinese,
who were taken into custody in Ket
chikan in October 1920 by W. G.
Strench immigration officer, and who
were ordered deported at l^t are
to be seut back to China. After they
were taken to Seattle for deportation
the Chinamen applied tor writs of
habeas corpus which were granted
by Judge Jeremiah Neterer in the
United States district court. The
government appealed from the de
cision of Judge Neterer and th emat
ter have been before the circuit
court of appeals for months, the two
Chinamen in the meantime remain
ing in custody in Scuttle. Today the
circuit court handed down a decis
ion, reversing the finding of Judge
Neterer and ordering the deporta
tion.
The Chinamen were taken Into
custody originally for working in
houses of ill fume.
SIL/.ER MINE TO RESUME
OPERATIONS AT EARLY l> \TE
The Jumbo mining property of
Sulzer, which was incorporated witu
William Sulzer, of New York, as
I the principal stockholder, has been
I taken over by W. H. Arment, of
New York City, who recently visit
ed Alaska for the purpose of look
ing over the property.
Tl.e new people expect to form
a corporation of Eastern capitalists
and will work the mine at full
capacity as soon as the necessary
arangements can be made. Before
the present season is over they hope
o be running on a bigger scale
than ever before. The average an
nual output of the property so far
has been from 500 to 1000 tons,
the ore being shipped to the Tacoma
smeller.
Mr. Arment is an old sourdougl'
and went tirst to Alaska during the
Klondike rush, by way of the all
Canadian route up the Stikiue river
He was a deputy collector of cus
| toms at Wraugell during the early
| days.
Los Angeles. Aug. 14.—Plans for
ja ca.npaigu to wipe out present il
literate conditions in the United
States will be drawn up and discuss
ed at a regional conference to be
eld here Feb. 3 and 4 under the!
auspices of the National Illiteracy'
Com nission of the National Educa
tiou Association.
Two hundred and fifty delegates
from eleven western states will at
tend. composed largely of city and
county school officials..^
According to official figures, there
are more than 250,000 illeterates in
these eleven states. Arizona has the
most illeterates, having 15.3 of the
population in a state of illiteracy.
California come next with 3.3 per of
population, while Wyoming has the
least number 6f illiterates, with 2.1
per cent illiterates.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Brown of Se
attle arrived in town on Saturday
last. They expect to leave on Fri
day.
WEST EXCITED
er imes
III OIL FIEL05
reople In Westward Alaska Towns
Are Flocking to Cold Hay Oil
Fields, Says Mann.
Oil activities in tl.e Cojd bay fields
are causing a riot of excitement in
the Westward towLS, according to
G. E. Mann, chief clerk of the U. S.
Steamboat Inspectors' office here.
Mr. Mann returned to Juneau yester
day with Capt. G. H. Whitney and
John Newmarker, V. S. Steamboat
Inspectors of hulls and boilers. They
have been in the Westward three
months on the annual trip of in
spection.
Captain Whitney has been ill for
the past 10 days a.id is confined to
Ills home today.
Entire passenger accommoda
tions on the steamer Starr have
been sold out for the next trip from
Sewaid. There Is a big exodus from
Anchorage and Seward following a
rumor that the freighter Juneau
would soon land a drilling outfit
for the Associated Oil company at
Kanatak. Portage Bay.
Mr. .Mann said they saw Howard
Vance at Kodiac, on their return trip
and he said he had 60 men working
for him at that time at Kanatak. The
men are engaged tn surveying the
properties and building roads.
Kin Salmon Pucks.
"Tlie fourth cycle in the salmon
run has struck the Bristol Hay
with a big supply of fish and the
canneries are closing with success
ful packs." said Mr. Mann. "The
run has heen nearly as good as that
of 191S, when it was sometimes al
most impossible to make headway
with a boat.
"The purse seiners have been very
successful this season because of
the fair weather. Heretofore their
method of fishing has been unsuc
cessful because of stormy weather.
[From False Pass down to Unalaska
the summer has been dry and the
water supply has become exhausted
in some places.
| "The floating cannery Santa Fla
tvia, owned by Capt. Harry Crosby.
I is operating in the mouth of the
ll'gashik River. When we were there
15.000 cases had been put up and we
heard 'later that the season pack of
118,000 had been completed.
Yacht Cruising.
' "The party aboard the yacht Sil
ver Screen, which has been in Al
aska waters all summer, has
changed plans for the tour in north
ern waters and will not make the
trip to the Arctic. They are now
cruising in the vicinity of False
Pass."
Captain Whitney and Newtnarker
will leave Juneau about the middle
of September for the Ketchikap dis
trict. They will bo absent only a
week or ten days.
SPECIAL WRITER TO INSPECT
BIG COAL SEAMS O.N MEALY
Bob Becker, special writer on The
| Chicago Tribune, who is looking
over the Interior country, accom
panied by Mrs. Becker, returned
from Fairbanks yesterday and left
for the Nenana coal fields this
morning, escorted by Captain A. E.
Lathrop, at whose request the trip
to Interior Alaska was made. Miss
Jessie Johnston, Ray C. Larson and
D. A. Mosser also were members
of the party, all of whom will be
the guests of the Healy River Coal
Corporation during their stay in
the coal belt. The visitors will re
main at Healy until the arrival of
the next southbound train, on
which they will take passage for An
chorage.
TIIAT BIG MISSOURI STRIKE
Reports have been current this
week of a fabulously rich strike on
the Big Missouri. A. B. Trites. who
has the property under bond, and
Harry Howson, the superintendent,
were asked ahout this on the dock
last Sunday and Mr. Trites, who
was about to leave for the south,
did not deny that they had good
ore. but said there was good ore in
sight when they started develop
ment and that the fresh work Is
simply a verification of their pre
vious knowledge. He also said that
he did not know yet If they had a
mine but was going to find out. not
by driving blind tunnels but by get
ting onto the ore, and following it's
course.—Hyder Miner.
Mr. E. Colburn of Haine'j, arrived ]
in Skagway on Su.iday and will;
spend a few days in town. i
MAKERS OF MULE
ON HOMESTEADS
j . TO LOSE TITLE
PartleB using homesteads as a blind
for the manufacture of moonshine
whiskey are liable not only to land
in.Jail but to have their entries can
celled according to the plans incu
bating where homestead inspectors
and other officers of the law will act
in cooperation.
In addition to this danger hanging
over tha heads of noctural chemists
is the one being charged with mur
der where evidence shows that the
liquar by which a patient's death was
superinduced came from their hands.
Speaking of this phase of the situ
ation yesterday Deputy District At
torney Julian A. Hurley said he had
contemplated filing a murder charge
in connection with the recent death
of a man caused by drinking moon
shine whiskey, but was unable to
form a complete link of evidence.
Mr. Hurley says that wherever it is
possible to secure sufficient evidence
to warrant he will add a murder
charge to that of moonshining.
Legitimate homesteaders are com
plaining that many neighbors are
using their homesteads as a blind
and therefore makes it impossible
for the bona fide settler to secure
road improvements. These home
steaders are determined to assist
both the officers entrusted with the
suppression of moonshining as well
as the homestead inspectors who will
hold the settler to the strict letter of
the la wih maikng improvements.
SEARCH FOR HL'KT
>A'ow .\r\\dom:i>
The search for r rlvate Hart, who
has been missing from .'plena tele
graph station for the last week, has
virtually been abandoned, and the
men from the line construction
parlies for t.ie search along the riv
er are returning to their regular du
ties today.
i There has been no trace whatever
I found of the missing man, so it is
surmised that In attempting to ne
gotiated the Tanana river in the
station canoe he either ran into
a sweeper or was capsized by the
wind and treacherous current. In
I the silt laden water there is little
chance of finding the body or the
canoe, as both were probably cov
ered immediately after sinking.
HEIXDEER THRIVE
IX IDITAROD
j A great deal of mining is being
done in the Flat country this year ac
cording to reports from the Court
party. Three dredges are now op
erating. two oivned by the Riley Ill
vestment company and the other
by Deatou and Donnelly. The great
amount of rain has enabled them
»to do a great deal more work than
has been possible heretofore.
The raising of reindeer is becom
ing an important ;ndusiry in this
section. A. H. Twitchell has a herd
of about two thousand and Fowler
has over five hundred.
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I torn boat. No engine, but propellor
and shaft. In good condition. First
$40 takes it. Address P. 0. Box
377, Skagway.
WATER MOTORS—Two five h. p
Pelton turbine wheels in good cou
ditlon, with various nozzles, and
some two inch pipe. Also one piece
1% inch shaft, 14 feet long. En
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FRATERNAL ORDERS *
Camp Skagway No. 1
meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordlt.'Iy welcome.
J. M. Keller, L. S. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
11. P. O. ELKS, Skag
way Lodge, No. 431, B,
P. O. Elks, meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
auu>> welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VAN'DEW ALL, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & X.
M. No. 113, meets 2ml and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
P. J. Van do Wall, W. M.
T. J. Stanrilsh, Secretary.
Fraternal Order of
Eagles
Skngway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Ordi* of
WTWgy n.agies, meet me ursi
unci iiiiid Wednesday night of each
month at their hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
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K. E. WALLACE, SECY.
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. E. 8., meets in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
visiuiiK members welcome.
POLLY WliBSTEB
Worthy Matron
Fanny Speer, Secretary.
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Sportsmen who are Interest
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Lower Yukon coantr; are In
vited to call on aw. I bave
lived for many year* In the At
lin country, and can guarantee
hunting parties One Nueclnicmt.
1 have a good power boat
for lake hunting and Ashing. .
For information call or ad
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