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ANARCHY IN POLITICS.
Some Alaska republicans seem de
termined to introduce southern re
publican methods into politics of the
north. In the southern states that
never elect a republican presidential
elector or congressman they always
h»ve two or three republican parties,
while New York and Pennsylvania
with more than 800,000 votes each,
and Illinois and Ohio with more than
600,000 each get along with one. Every
time a fow dozen republicans in the
far south get sore at the local commit
tee they organize a new party.
Fairbanks and Juneau often try to
emulate South Carolina and Mississip
pi. Those two towns can raise more
hell in politics than all the rest of the
territory combined. It may be be
cause they have more talent, constant
ly sputtering for expansion like steam
in a kettle, or it may be that they
have just acquired the habit of kick
ing to keep warm.
Just now Fairbanks has the center
of the stage. Home very estimable
gentlemen, no doubt, do not like John
McGinn, the Tanana member of both
territorial committees which united
in the call for the Ketchikan conven
tion, and therefore ignored his call
for a primary and held one of their
own. Result—Contesting delegations
to the territorial convention to stir up
more hell, when Alaska republicans
ought to get together if they expect
to receive an iota of respectful atten
tion from the party at large. The re
publican party of Alaska united am
ounts to no more than a cipher in the
nation, and ripped into factions even
the rim is knocked olf the cipher.
Comes now the Fairbanks Times
and attacks Chairman Sheldon and
Secretary Wulffof the territorial com
mittee because Mr. Wultt sent a tele
gram to Mr. McGinn recognizing bis
right to call the primary. Mr. Shel
don was not in Valdez when Mr. Mc
Ginn's query came and is not res
ponsible for the answer. Mr. WulfT
referred the matter to the writer of
this screed and was iidviscd to answer
as he did. Thin was not through par
tiality to Mr. McGinn, whom neither
Mr. Wullf nor the person advising
him over saw, nor enmity to the oth
er faction, but merely in pursuit of
regularity. Mr. McGinn represents
both territorial committees.
The Times repeats the fiction harp
ed on by the Juneau story organs
that the Juneau convention of last
November was declared invalid by
the republican national committee.
The national committee did not do
anything of the kind because it lack
ed power to do so. It declared in
valid the election of delegates to t he
national convention, as it had a rigiit
to do, but it has no control over
territorial or state organizations.
The republicans of Alaska have a
right. to hold a new convention and
elect a new committee every six
weeks, provided the meeting is regu
larly called. The committee which
called the November convention had
been recognized by the national
committee.
The Times also insists that the
Hheldon committed had to get the
backing of the Irving committee to
legalize the call for the spring con
vention, which is only a dream.
The Irving committee was asked to
unite in the call in the hope that
thereby the fractional divisions in the
party might be closed up.
m^iit hero it ih well to remember
that two yearn ago the Tim oh refused
to rocognizo the Irving conimittco or
the nominee for congress selected by
the convention wl»if-li elected that
committee.
Ah a matter of common sense tho
Novembor convention should never
have been held because it wiih too
early, l>ut the call for that month
followed two preecdentH which had
l>een reoognlzod by the following
national convention*. The work of
the Jnnean convention was turned
down because the delegation was in
structed for Taft and the national
committee haw an antl-Taft majority.
It In time for AlaHka republicans to
get together and they Hoem willing
to do so everywhere but In Fairbanks,
What dlfferenee does It make who
call* a convention or caucus provided
duo notloe in given and everybody
ha* a chanoe to attend. If the anti
McGinn republicans are in thej
majority In Fairbanks they could j
have outvoted the McGinn crowd at
the regular primary.
K. R. Ritciiik.
To Weekly Bttbacribetfi
Because of numerous complaints
from the Interior that tho Prospector
fail* to reach subscribers and strong
evidence that papers are often stolen
the management suggest* to interior
rabecrlbern that they authorize the
mailing ef their papers in envelopes
aa first elass matter. This will oofit
tho •ubeoribers 2 cent* a week, which
will be oharged In addition to the
regular subscription.
| JUGGLING WITH RAILROADS
It may or may not bo true that E.
C. Hawkins has prevailed in his con
tention that u railroad to the interior
from this part of Alaska should build
from Valdez and it is quite as uncer
tain whether or not the Quggenheims
' are still merely juggling with railroad
| building in the territory, but it is
! sure that whenever anybody buildw a
line to the great copper fields of Cen
! tral Alaska it will start from Valdez.
Nature fixed this fact and her decrees
are uualterable.
Ragtime railroad work has so far
been the order of the day along the
, southern coast and it may continue
I until the men who furnish the capital
■ get sense enough to place both loca
tion and construction in control of
men who know enough about the
country to locate lines where they
will do the most good and then pro
1 cced with the building according to
| established methods. When capital
gets ready to do that the rails will be
laid from Valdez to the copper fields
or the Tanana, or both, over a shorter
and easier route than can be found
from any other port.
Within two years two starts have
been made from Cordova and one
from Katalla. Cordova has been
i abandoned once and Katalla practi
: eally abandoned. The antics of rail
road empirics are so unaccountable
that an abandonment is no guaranty
that the fiddlers will not begin again
just where they left off, so nobody
has a license to say that the road to
(lie Kayak coal fields will or will not
build from either place. It seems
necessary that one or the other should
get the coal road.
But the railroad to the interior is a
different proposition. From either
Katalla or Cordova to any great min
ing district now known or suspected
the distance is much farther than
from Valdez, with stupendous ohsta
I eles to construction and operation
that would hi- avoided by a road from
this port. Kngineers and all intelli
gent men familiar with the country
agree upon this. The lines projected
from lower coast points up the Cop
per river are hot air lines dreamed of
by men who do their locating on the
map without seeing the country, and
when they meet the 80-mile zephyrs
drifting down the river they will
vaporize with celerity.
THE HIGHER CIVILISATION.
The progress of the higher civiliza
tion and tin- consequent uplifting of
man arc llnoly typified l»y the debate
between Congressman llefiin and a
colored gentleman on a street car
platform in the national capital con
cerning the propriety of the absorp
tion of whiskey by the colored citizen
with the bottom of the bottle near the
congressman's face. The outcome of
the discussion was the lodgment of a
bullet in the negro's head and anot h
er in the anatomy of a white man
who was careless enough to be in the
range of tire while the Alabama
statesman sought to emphasize moral
admonition with a gun.
The interesting feature of the epi
sode is the evolution it illustrates in
southern statesmen and citizens lack*
iiig the advantage of the grandfather
! clause. A few years ago most south
1 ern congressmen were glad to drink
whiskey from a bottle regardless of
their surroundings. A great many of
them learned to drink it from a jug
and perhaps drink it that way yet
when electioneering in the backwoods.
Also it is very recent form for a col
ored gentleman to curse a southern
statesman to his face. Since Teddy
got a half nelson 011 the octopus old
things seem to bo passing away and
all things are becoming new.
Mere is u sample of Htagc hiwincHH
in real life lit for a melodrama. A
negro drinks whiskey from a bottle
j 011 a Htreet car. A southern politician
becomes indignant and delivers a lec
ture on tomperanee and etiquette In
I stead of merely kicking the offender
Ion the solar plexus and off the ear
without romarkn, on the ante-bellum
J system. The negro boldly answers
the chiding in profane terms. Only
then doeH the statesman relapse into
! hnrhariHm and ho^in t4» Hhoot, and ho
j gets arrested for it .
One tiling is lacking to a fine cli
max. The HtatcHinan and IiIh gun,
the colored gentleman and IiIh razor
should have been locked in a room to
llniHli the argument. Alabama ban
other statesmen who yearn to stand
up for her in GongrcHH.
And now the Nome republicans
are starting an internecine row. The
Alaska republican convention may
yet win as much glory <tH tho Tenucs
hcc assemblage of the, party achieved.
An Alaska island recently wank be
neath tho waves. Now If Homclmdy
wotdd knock the props from under
llaytl what a blessing it would be to
mankind.
Tho Koreans are not much on fight
ing but they are beginning to show
Home class In tho assassination field ,
That republican convention in Ten
essee NflomH to have been thoroughly
democrat ic In Hplrlt and act! on.
NAVIGATION AIDS
ON ALASKA COAST'
Acetylene Lights on Buoys
Would Give Safety Along
Dangerous Shroes.
(From tho Taeomn 1.0'I nor)
Until the United BtateH government
decides where lighthouHeH are need
ed along the Alaskan coast, and un
til these necessary aids to navigation
are completed and in use, it has been
i suggested that the government fur
I nish temporary relief at once by es-1
i tahlishing automatic acetylene gas
| beacons. The type adopted should
I be the combined gas light and whist
; ling buoy.
This is the plan proposed by ('apt.
i J. C. Downing of thj steamer Port
land, of the Alaska Coast company.
J Capt. Downing is an old trader to th<»
north and knows the entire coast a-*
far west as the Aleutians like a book.
From the British Columbia line in
Dixon entrance, to Unimak pass, in
longitude 165 west, tlie United States
government, has done practically
! nothing to aid shipping. There is
good litfht now at Unimak, and there
are two buoys in Prince William
sound. A few lights have been es
tablished on the inside passage to
Skagway.
Some time ago the government ap
propriated $125,000 to establish a light -
hulls at ('ape llinehinhrook, atthe en
trance to Prince William sound. On
this dangerous cliff one of the steam
ers running from Puget sound was
wrecked over two years ago. An
Astoria firm submitted the lowest bid,
$105,000, but the work has not been
started. In the meantime vessels
running to Valdez are in as great
danger as if the government had re
fused to build the lighthouse.
Captain Downing's idea is this:
| Without delay or red tape, have the
government place at several points
( where lights are imperative, the au
tomatic buoys. Comparatively, these
aids are cheap and run with little ex
I pense and attention. This style of
I light has been found of great use on
J the British Columbia side. Aftersev
j eral of the most dangerous points
] have been thus temporarily lighted,
! government olheors can carefully go
over the coast and decide where per
manent lights should be established,
While the lighthouses are being con
structed, the automatic* buoys will be
furnishing warning to shipping and
probably preventing disaster.
The automatic buoy is made in a
number of designs. It is the patent
of a company in Ottawa and the Brit
ish Columbia government has pur
chased a largcjiuinber of the beacons.
One light recently established on
Swift sure Bank, at tin- entrance to
the strait of Juan de Fuca, is of
this type. These buoys are of vary
ing heights. They are equipped with
largo tanks which hold the ingredi
ents for making acetylene gas and
they burn continuously for from six
to nine mont hs. The automat ic whis
tle is operated by the action of the
water.
Mnj. R iehnrdson's Report
Tho Army and Navy Register cx
plains Maj. Richardson's report as
i follows:
"The report was published as an
appendix to tlx* secretary of war's
i report and has now been printed as a
I separate pamplet, accompanied l>y
I Home interesting illustration. It is
intended, if funds permit, to continue
construction or improvement on all
the roads which are under care of the
hoard, Riving special attention to the
improvement of the Keystone Can
yon and Thompson Pass sections of
i the Vtilde/, route; also to the Chilkat
road leading from Haines (Fort Wil
liam II. Seward) and to the winter'
sledding roads and trails of the In
terior over which tin* mails are
carried.
Victor Olson and .James Oliver, who
were caught in a blizzard and tempo
rarily lost their way on the other side
of the Ta/.nuna summit , readied town
(yesterday. They were not frozen
badly, as first, reports stated. Olson
had his toes nipped, while Oliver's
nose was scorched a little. Other
wise they arc none the worse forthelr
exprloneoo.
H. A. Honnilicld, president of the
First National bank of Fairbanks, nr
rived on the Northwestern, enronte
to the Interior town.
J. F. Oolse, a hardware of Nome,
and formerly mayor of the northern
gold camp, arrived on tho Northern,
enroute homo.
(5. 1<, Vawter, deputy marshal at
UngA, Alaska, returned from a trip
F.nst on the Northwestern.
Among tho arrivals on tho North
western were a party of minors
hound for Circle City,
ROOSEVELT SCORED
RY ft 0. HAYWOOD
Man Acquitted of Murder of
Stuenenburg Addresses
Chicago-Socialists.
Chicago, March 31—W. D. Hay
wood, the oftleer of the Western Fed
eration of ftjjners, acquitted a few
months ago of the murder of former
Governor Steunenburg of.Idaho, in an
impassioned address before a meeting
of socialists last night bitterly de
nounced President Roosovelt, and
Governor Gooding of Idaho. The
meeting was largely attended and the
speaker's remarks were loudly
cheered.
Haywood declared that the order
sending soldiers to Fairbanks, Alas
ka, and to Tread well, Alaska, was an
outrage and showed the tendency of
the President toward monarchal form
of government. That the soldiers
were not sent to Fairbanks is, in the
opinion of the speaker, 110 mitigation
of the wrong. Haywood declared
that the use of soldiers to intimidate
tho unions will eventually create such
a sentiment that the political aspira
tions of the Republicans and the Dem
ocrats will meet with defeat at the
hands of the socialists. The meeting
passed a resolution'of protest against
further use of soldiers in such cases.
The use of bombs was declared to
he only the natural result of the de
luded and downtrodden attempting to
obtain their rights.
Orca Group Again Sold.
The Cordova Cooper Company's
well known Shepard or Crca group,
comprising 22 claims situated 1 1-2
miles northeast of Cordova on the
Orca shore line, was resold last week
to New York parties tor $260,000. It
is said on pood authority that the sale
was made to the Guggenhcims through
the instrumentality of J. I). Meen
aeh, of the Ellamar Mining Company.
This property was located several
years ago and was owned originally
by Jack Shepard and associates, of
Orca. Later it passed into the hands
of the Cordova Copper Company, an
organization formed for the purpose
by Milo Kelly of this city. Among
those well known here who arc effec
ted by the sale are Ed. L. Davies,
Tacoma, Prescott Sawyer, Tacoma,
Bert Carvey, Vaklez, and the Kelly
Brothers of this city. Win. N. Arm
strong who was formerly interested
in the property lately disposed of his
holdings to Messrs. Sawyer and Dav
ies. The new bonding company will
commence development work about
April 15.—Cordova Alaskan.
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Practical Civil, Electrical .Mining
Engineering. Established 1804
Occup lug their owii^bullding, workshop and
and laboratories. (>|>on all year. Great dc
in a nd for ex-students hi all lines. New stu
dents should enroll at once. Address 51st
Street and Telegraph Ave Oakland, Cnl.
Summons for Publication
INT1IK DISTRICT COURT FOR THK TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION,
l'oiitiiiH Magnnssen, rialntiff,
"Flic President of the 1'nltcd States of Ameri
ca, Greeting: To tlic above named defendant:
von arc hereby reiiuired to appear In the
District Court for the Territory of Alaska,
'I'll11<1 Division, within thirty days after the
ilny of the service of this summons
tijion yon, nntl answer the complaint
of the above named |ilalntlff, a copy of
Which complaint Is herewith delivered to
you; anil unless you so appear ami answer the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief
tlcmamlcil in 'Hid complaint, which is, Mrst:
that plaiiillff he adjudged ami decreed to be
the owner of an undivided one-sixteenth In
terest in and to live certain lode mining
claims, situated on (Jlaclcr Creek, Nizlna Min
ing District, Valdcz Recording District, Alaska,
and that plaintiff he dccreed to he entitled to
a conveyance of said mining claims to him
from defendant and that iTcfcmlant he for
ever nnjoinad Iroin claiming said one-six
teenth interest In said mining claims. Second,
that plaintiff he adjudged entitled to the
sped tic performance of a certain contract set
out In the complaint between the parties
hereto. In that ho have conveyed to hfin.the
plaintiff, an additional oiic-slxtcctith Interest
In anil to said five lode mining claims, under a
contract In which defendant agreed to con
vex- to plaintiff said one-sixteenth Interest ill
said claims. The said five lode mining claims
ahove referred to arc known and called as fol
lows: Pauline t,odc Mining Claim ; Iowa I>ode
Mtiling Claim ; Monterey I/odo Mining Claim;
Kldora l<odc Mining Claim mid Chfitv Lode
Mining Claim. The date of the order for the
tmiillcatlon of this summons Is March 1th,
1908, said order l»eliig made hy the Honorable
Silas II Iteld. Judge of our District Court, and
this publication Is to he made for six weeks In
the "Alaska Prospector," a weekly newspaper
published and printed at Valdes, Alaska.
And you the above named defendant are re
quired to appear as above sot out within thirty
•lays from the day of the last publication of
this summons, which Is on the 10th day of
April, IflOH.
Witness |he Honorable Silas II. Held, Judge
of said Court, this fourth day of March, WOR,
and the see I thereof hereto attached.
(Scull K. J. Stler. Clerk.
By W T. Ileeks, Deputy,
fistrandor Donohoc,
Plaintiff's attorneys.
First publication MarJdi ft. W08.
I.ast publication April 10, 190B
III the I'robatc Court, Valdcz I'rcclnct, Tcrrl
tory of Alaska, Hon. John Lyons, Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Louis Itrown,
Deceased, Notice of Final Settlement.
Not ce Is herebv given that Knnt Rrantset,
executor of the above named estate, has ren
dered ami presented for settlement and filed
In said court his final account as admln'stra
tor of said estate, and that on the 30th day of
March. 19011, at the honor of 10 a. m. at the
courthouse, before said court, In the town of
Vajde*, having l»e«n duly appointed by the
Judge for the settlement of such accounts, at
which time any person Interested In said
estate, may appear and file exceptions In
writing to the same and make resistance
thereto.
Hated this l.lth day of January, 1WM.
Jnnunrr, i\«m.
Knut Hrantscl,
Kxcculor of said Will,
mm coram mm]
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Reservation Ave. near Conrt House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
For rates and further particulars Apply to
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DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
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118 MILES
FROM VATjDEZ
ON FAIRBANKS
ANI) EAGLE TRAILS
The Tacoma Roadhouse
55 mil oh from Vaktez on government trail. One mile from
telegraph station at Teikhell. " First-class Accommodations
for nion and beast. Hav and Grain for sale.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Traveling Public :
The reason why 1 am able to give you mor accomoda
dation and better service for your money than you get at
any other place on the Route between Valdez and Fair
banks, is, that I am a Bachelor and do not need to
make a profit on the maintenance of a wife and children.
But, if you are one of the Traveling Public who
passes through Copper Center, Stop at Hotel
Holman and get your moneys worth.
Try it once and you will stop again.
R1NGWALD BLIX, Proprietor
Telegraph and Mail ^ Town in Itself. Blaaksnilth Shop,
Station. , etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWENTY MILES FROM VALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
lo n't'smnmu Pontius Magnuson Prop
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beaut. Kronh Moat
alwayn on hand. Horse and Dor Feed All the latent
improvement!). PRIVATE ROOMS.
M rs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
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Personal knowledge is the winning factor in the
culminating contests of this competitive age and when
of ample character it places its fortunate possessor in
the front ranks of
Tlie Well Informed of the World.
A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essen
tial to the achievement of the highest excellence in
any field of human effort.
A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge «/
Functions and Knowledge of Products are
all of the utmost value and in questions of life and
health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired
it should be remembered that Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co., is an ethical product which has met with
the approval of the most eminent physicians and
R'ves universal satisfaction, because it is a remedy of
nown Quality. Known Excellence and
Known Component Parts.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably
known under the name of — Syrup of Figs — and has
attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excell
ent family laxative. As its pure laxative principles,
obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians
and the Well Informed of the world to be the be* wo
have adopted the more elaborate name of — Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna — as more fully descriptive
of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called
lor by the shorter name of — Syrup of Figs — and to
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le full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup
Co. —printed on the front of every package, whether
you call for—Syrup of Figs—or by the ruU name—
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna.