THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
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Vol. 7 _ Valdez, Alaska, April 9, 1908. NO lo
CALE WILLING IF
PEOPLE INSIST
Alaska's Delegate to Con
gress Reconsiders Deter
mination to Quit.
REQUESTS TO RUN NUMEROUS
Scores of Letters and Telegrams
Asking for Statement
Received.
Washington, 1). C., April 3—Thomas
Cale, long term delegate from Alaska
to Congress may reconsider his deter
mination not to become a candidate
for reelection. Disgusted with the
manner in which alfairs are conduet
ed by Congress, Delegate Cale stated
some time ago that ho would not ac
cept a renomination. Later he modi
lied this statement by saying that ho
would not run on a partisan ticket.
Now, however, Cale has decided to
place his political fortunes in the
hands of the people of Alaska. He
says that he believes there* is in the
Northland, a strong sentiment in his
behalf and that if the people believe
his presence in the national capital
will advance the interests of Alaska
he will consent to act for them anoth
er term.
To the Washington correspondent
of tho Prospector, Delegate Cale yes
terday talked of his intentions with
regard to being a candidate for re
election, and of what he hoped to ac
complish in behalf of his constituents.
Delegate Cale, with regard to his can
didacy, said:
"I have received scores of letters
and telegrams asking my intentions
relative to another congressional term.
I have only this to say; if the i»eoplo
want me I am willing to serve them,
they must bo the judges."
AUTOISTS GIVE UP
^ TRIP OVER TRAIL
Say Deep Snow Dooms At
tempt to Go That Way to
Failure From Start.
The automobillHt party with tho
American car decided aftfir a Hhort
trip on the trail in a sleigh that the
tank of driving their car through
(loop snow would ho a physical imjKjH
Hihility and tlicy loaded their car on
the Hteamer Bertha thin afternoon
and nailed for Bcattlo in order to get
ntartod aH soon as possible to the Ori
ent on a trans-Pacific Hteamer.
Three of the party were taken out a
Hhort dlHiance on tho trail ycHterday
afternoon by Dan Kennedy in a
sleigh. Ah hooh an they returned in
the evening they Htated that they
could hoc no chance to go over the
huow. If the erunt was firm enough
everywhere to hold up the car there
would he little trouble but it would
cortainly hreak through and Hink to
tho axlcH In hard hiiow from which It
would have to he lifted becauHO it
could not ho pulled Htraight out.
That would mean that the car would
have to wait, for the huow to molt In
the Hummer an Uh weight Ih too much
for anything but a Htrong derrick to
lift.
Tho story that tho car Ih too wide
for tho trail Ih unfoundod. It« track
Ih fifty-six Inches—tho name an the
ntagoH and other big Hlods on the
trail. .
The entire party went out over tho
trail Unlay with Kennedy In a nloigh,
starting at 2 o'clock a. m. Thoy ro
(f Ion tinned on page 4)
FRENCH CAR AUTOISTS
PLAN TO COME NORTH
Han FranelHCO, April 8—Delayed In
tranHmlHHlon The French car arrived
hero today and will bo Hhlp|>cd to He
attlo and from there nail for Valdez
to follow tho Amorloan car.
GALE ARGUES FOR
SELFGOVERNMENT
Alaska's Delegate to Con
gress Finds Opposition
to His Desires.
HOGGATT SAYS NOT YET READY
Other Objections From Non-Resi
dent Owners of Mining
Property.
Washington, D. C\, April 4—'The
fight for territorial government for
Alaska is now being made before a
congreHBional committee by Delegate
Cale, but if ho succeeds it will not be
because of any assistance extended
by Governor Hoggatt. Cale made
an able argument in behalf of his con
tention.
Hoggatt's attitude created some
surprise as he bolstered up his de
claration that the territory is not yet
ripe for solf government by reading a
letter written him by Judge Wicker
sham. The letter supported Hog
gatt's views but it was written more
than a year ago and Wickersham is
at present favoring territorial govern
ment.
LIABILITY BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Republicans and Democrats
Arrange Truce and Meas
ure Goes Through.
Washington, April 8—The demo
crats and republicans of the house
patched up a temporary truce on leg
islation today and passed the hill de
fining employers' liability for person
al injuries to employes. The hill ap
propriating $(>T»0,000 for the improve
ment of Pearl harbor at Honolulu,
Hawaii, also passed without oppo
sition.
BREAKS COFFIN ON.
ROAD TO GRAVE
Nogales, Ariz., April 9—Charles
Davis, who wuh stabbed in alight and
wan pronounced dead by doctors,
while iiin supposed corpse wuh being
carried to the grave in a hearse rn
eovered coneiouHneHH and broke open
his eoflin. Tho hearse was stopped
and opened and Davis climbed out of
the coffin and was iieiped to tho
ground. He refused to enter a carri
age and walked home. Ills wounds
wero not superficially dangerous and
it appears that the severing of a norvo
caused his long unconsciousness.
Tanana Rioters Bound Over
Louis Doazat, tho Fairbanks union
minor who fired flvo shots at Deputy
U. H. Marshal Phil North Ht. Fair
hanks and missed every time in the
riot at tho railroad station to prevent
strike breakers from going to creeks,
was bound over to tho grand jury in
the sum of $15,000 on tho charge of
assault with intent to kill. He was
still in Jail when the last Fairbanks
papers reeelvod here left that town.
Thomas Htoffonsen, organizer and
leader of tho Western Federation of
Miners in tho Tanana, was bound
over In tho sum of $10,000 on the
chargn of rioting and $5,000 as an ac
cessory to the shooting. Frank (Jul
lon, financial soorotary of the Tanana
federation, was bound over as an ac
cessory to tho shooting, and Robert.
Roberts and Nick llagoy on the
charge of riot, all three In the sum of
,000, Hteffenson and Oullen gave
ball.
I<ead was first mlnod and smelted
In Missouri In 1719, at. a place along
tho*Mcramco river.
Alaska Promoter Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
in Boston Upon Charge of Using United
States Mails for Fraudulent Purposes.
Boston, April 8—Henry O. Rey
nolds, organizer of Iho Reynolds
Alaska Development Company, wan
arrested Unlay upon an indictment in
the United States district court charg
ing him with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes.
Reynolds appeared in Hoston today
for the Urst time in many weeks. It
had heon understood that he had
gone to Europe and persons familiar
with his financial transactions of the
past year had predicted that he would
never he seen in Massachusetts again.
The indictment's against him were
procured hy stockholders of the Key
nolds-Alaska Development Company
and woro based upon circulars soul
out by him in attempts to raise
money during the past winter. It is
claimed that these circulars inter
ferred with the efforts of the Rey
nolds-Alaska company to sell bonds
to square the indebtedness of the
company, and that they contained
false st atements concerning Reynolds'
relations to the corporations and his
authority in it.
It is claimed also that Reynolds is
short in his accounts with the com
pany he organized and that a large
amount of money which passed into
his hands is unaccounted for.
JUDGE HARLAN
RESIGNS POSITION
District Attorney Notifies
President of Intention
to Quit.
Washington, April 9—The president
today received the resignation of |
District Attorney Harlan of (he Third •
judicial division of Alaska, and it was '
immediately accepted. The president j
may take considerable time to select!
a successor to Judge Harlan as hu
realizes that much care must l>e taken
to get a man to meet the require
ments of the situation.
GRAY WANTS TO
LEAD DEMOCRATS
Washington, April 7—Judge (leorge
dray of Delaware opened headquar
ters t<Sday to conduct his campaign
for the democratic presidential nomi
nation.
DEATH THREAT FOR
OIL KING'S DAUGHTER
Chicago, April 4—Mph. 11ur«>1«1 Me
Cormaek, daughter <>f Jolin I). Rock
efeller, has by anarchists boon
threatened with death unless she
devotes morn of hnr time and wnaith
to tho benefit of thn poor. Thn throat
wa« madn in a lettor received l»y
Mrs. MeCormack yesterday.
Tho writers dwnll upon thn wealth
controlled by Mrs. MeCormack and
also 011 thn poverty that exists in
the world, particularly referring to
Chicago. The oil king'a daughter !h
told that her actIohh will bo eloHoly
watched and that uiiIchh she demon*
atratoa that ahe has taken heed of t he
warning thn threat conveyed in the
letter will be carried out. The letter
has been turned over to tho police
authorlticH and private detectives
have been employed to, if iMtaalble,
ferret out the writers.
All Aboard For Cordova
The Cordova Alaskan thin week
moved tho Orr atago linn t*» that
burg and arranged to run atagOH from
the end of tho railroad acroaa Hheri
dan glacier through Abercrombln
rapida and tho box eanyona of the
Copper river without waiting to
smooth off the layout. Nothing la
known of thia project at tho head'
fpiartcra of thn owners of t he Htage
lino In Valdcz but aa thn plan camo
from Heattln It must bo true. Tho
AlaHkanalao put 8000 men at work on
the railroad.
Voh1o7. la glad to ace Cordova ho
proHperoua.
OPPOSES SPECIAL
iWSt'4 COAL LAW
Secretary Garfield Insists
That All otatutes Should
Be Uniform.
WuMhington, April }l—Secretary
Garfield of the interior depart incut
informed Delegate Csile, It. S. Ityan
of Nome and Donald A. MeKenzie of
Oortfova today that, lie was not in fa
vor of ('ale's Alaska eoal land I>i 11
nor any other special eoal land Jaw
for Alaska. He Maid t he mineral land
laws governing in Alaska must he the
same as in the rest of the country.
CHINA ENDS MAIL I
DEAL WITH JAPAN
1'okin, April f)—1The ('hinesegovern
ment today suspended existing postal
arrangements with Japan and refuse
to enter into a new convention. The
boycott party controls the Chinese
diet.
CHICHAGOF GOLD
MINE PAYING WELL
Tho Chichagof Maud gold mine
dlHoovored Iwo youra ago l>y two
I lidiiiiiH baa already become a good
paying property. Tho Juneau Record
H;iy h :
"AlmoHt from tho Rraw» roota down
tho property Iihh paid well. Tho com
pany haw drifted on tho lead 2(H) feet
and at Mm proHont time the breast in
live feet wide and riinH $15 to the Ion.
"A four ntainp mill wan placed on
tho property lanl fall and lii*h|. started
September l.'l. It. ran contiimmdy un
til January 18. Tho output for that
time amounted to f i t,0()0 in free gold
and $.'io,ooo In concent rates, or a groan
ontpnt of $71,000; hoHidoa thin the
company ahippod 200 toon of assorted
ore to t he Hinelter, which gave t hem a
net return of $.'(0,000, making the en
tile output) of Mm mine up to date
slightly more than $101,000. Had the
property not boon drained for ship
ping ore the average value of the out
put would have been $50 a ton."
Bantn Clara Bailn Went
Bteamer Santa Clara arrived in
port from Seattle by way of Cordova
at. 12:30 p. m. Wednesday and
sailed for Howard in tho evening. Hho
brought 21 cabin and 10 steerage paa
songers to Valde/, and a Minall freight,
cargo.
Cordova ban organized a chamber
of eomnmrco ami a volunteer Hro
department.
Cop|>er wan quoted at. 13.25 in New
York March .'11. It had been slightly
higher.
REYNOLDS PEOPLE
PROMISE TO SETTLE
Official of Company Says
Labor Claims Will Be
Liquidated First.
OTHERS WILL THEN BE PAID
No Effort Will Be Made to Resume
Mining Operations or Rail
road Building at Present.
Seattle, April 7—Vice President
Teter of the Reynolds-Alaska Devel
opment Coni| any arrived here today
from the east. He states that the
company is ready to pay all labor
claims as fast as they are presented.
The ofllcials plan first to pay off the
debt on the Alaska Coast Company
and regain possession of the steam
ships of that line. After that all
I claims of every kind will he paid as
fast as they can he audited.
Ex-Gov. Brady will continue as
treasurer of the company. No effort
will he made at present to resume
mining operations or construction of
the railroad,
FINDS 6000 ORE
AT UOLOCK BAY
Standard Copper Mines Com
pany Gets Vein by Cross
cut Tunnel Into Hill.
The Standard Copper Mines Com
pany (Steele and Rourk) mado agood
strike in their property at Landlock
bay this week, according to W. A.
Dolan, who is associated with I)r.
Itystrom in adjacent property at
Landlock. The strike was made in a
tunnel which lias been run to cross
cut the ledge. The tunnel is in about
:m feet and the vein had just been
tapped when Dolan left, so its width
was undetermined. The ore is of
good quality.
BERTHA LOSES
WIRELESS DEVICE
Hteamer Bertha lout hor outride
wireless equipment in a fierce Rale olt
('ape Kli/.aheth, the storm eenter of
Kenai pensinNula, just this Hide of
Cook inlet. The wind blew ho vio
lently that Bertha Hiinply couldn't
hold onto the wireless toy and her
HkirtH at the name time and she had
to let pro of Homothing. The oj>era
tor's key inside 1h Htill in place but
the fishes are playing with the out
wide device.
The Bertha had a good trip aside
from the blow at the entrance to
Cook inlet. Hhe brought hoveral pas
sengers from the westward, mostly
going outside.
Alex Dautrick, agent, of the Alask/i
('oa«t Company, left the Bertha at
Heldovia and went to Kodiak on the
Jeanio, and will return to Valdo/, on
that steamer.
The Bertha Hailod at 2 o'clock this
afternoon for Seattle, taking the
American automobiHsts. Hhe will
call at Cordova and Katalla.
Republicans Carry Tacoma
Tacoma, Bpril 8—-Delayod in trans
mission—The entire republican city
ticket, headed by John W. Llnck for
mayor w«h elected yestorday.
Cordova for some reMoii unex
plained held a necond republican
primary last week and elected two
morn delegates to the territorial con
vention to bo hold next month at
Ketchloan. Leo Van Hlyke and F. A.
11 egg were choflen.
CHUNK OF COPPER
TIPS 800 POUNDS
Huge Piece of Native Ore
Brought to Valdez From
Kotsina River.
TO UK EXHIBITED IN STATES
Sample Comes From the California
Alaska Company's Properties,
Located by Gelincau & Bell.
The largest piece of native copper
ore ever shipped out of Alaska was
011 exhibition in Valdez for a few
days this week. It is being shipped
to California
The ore is from the £Ue)l
& (}elineau group of mines, owned
in the Kot.sina river country by the
California-Alaska Mining and Devel
opment Company, by ('apt. Austin
K. Lathrop, manager of the company.
The pieee of ore in quest ion weighs
close to 800 pounds and with the ex
ception of about 25 pounds of quartz,
is a solid chunk of native copper.
Capt. Lathrop came out with
three horses and sleds and will ac
company his huge sample of Alaska's
copper deposits to California.
After the ore has been on exhibit
ion in California for some time it will
be taken to Seattle and exhibited at
the Alaska-Yukon-l'acitie exposition.
The piece of ore was taken from
what in a straight line is about a mile
from the claim of the Alaska Consoli
dated Copper Company, just the oth
er side of the divide. Samples of the
bornite from the latter company's
claim have been on exhibition at the
Seattle hotel having been brought
out by James McCarty a week ago.
According to Mr. Gelincau, the cop
per exists on bis claims in practically
unlimited quantities and the work of
developing the properties will be
progressed rapidly this summer.
MINING OUTFIT IS
LOST IN CHITTYNA
Mother Lode Company Loses
Two Horses and All
Summer Supplies.
Two horses were drowned and the
en tin* outfit of the Mother Lode
Mining Company losl in the Chittyna
river, nix miles above MeCarty's
cabin yesterday. Then* were four
sleds in the outfit which were in
charge of Charles La Hell and Oscar
Sallies and the men were going in for
their Hiininier'H work on the com
pany's properties near the Honansa
mine.
The plnec where the accident oc
cured is ho situated that it was im
pOHHihle to effect a rescue, high hanks
preventing getting anything ashore
at that point. That some human
lives were not lost is considered re
markable by those familiar with the
locality.
The Mother Lode Mining Company
iH owned hy Heat tie and Valdez men,
Clarence Warner is president, J. I>
Meenaeh, vice-president, James J.
Godfrey, secretary and treasnrer.
The directors are Charles (I. Hubbard,
J. I). Meenaeh, James J. Godfrey,
Clarence Warner and John Miller of
Valdez.
The dispatch to the Prospector from
Mr. McCarty, tellhiK of the accident
states that the Kcnnceott outfit is at
the month of the Chittyna, but ('apt.
Austin K. Lathrop who came in yes
terday says that the biggest part of
the latter outfit is well Inside.
BURNSIDE PICKED UP
BOTH ENDS OF CABLE
The cahleship Hurnsidc has picked
up and buoyed both ends of the sev
ered cable and is waiting for wind to
subside so she can splice. If the
wind dies down this afternoon the
cable may be working tomorrow.