Valdez Daily Prospector
PUUL1SHKD By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars i»er Year
SATURDAY, JUIA' J7. 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
For Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
For Delep.nlo 1o Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
THE MINING SITUATION.
Although I In* srasnii lias been |
unusually backward. >«•! the sit
uation from a mining point of
view is most encouraging. We do
)i<>( refer I•» 111«» number of "deals"
made as niucli as we do In I lie
work of aelual arid miner-like de
velopment going oil al Ihe present
writing. There are a do/en prop
erties in widely seallered locali
Ii• ■ s williin llii' lield i111111Iiato—
ly Irihnfary In Yaldez where Ihe
development in progress is car
ried on willi a view of ascertain
ing I lie exI en I and permanency of
l In- ore bodies. Thai we have rich
• nrfaee -how in us, 11 < > one who has
vioiled lli'' mineral hell >nrrotind
iii- Vahlez will gainsay.
Our I'ailh in Iheir prriiiain*ne\
1111 ho 1111 d e d. as Ihe extent of
our local i11\est111e111 in proper
I ies and Iheir d ■ •velopineiil will
ieslify lo. Hnl Ihe iu\eslor. from
abroad, is a caul ions old fellow
who wants some .jn-l ilical ion for
investing his money helween four
alder slakes. It is lo him we nnisl
play, as I here is a limit lo our
financial capacity in developing
Ihe immense ore bodies lying on
all sides of us. II is precisely the
kind of work now going on which
will prive Ihe mining investor Iho
informal ion he is so eagerly*
seeking.
Willi Ihe close of Ibis season
we will be in a position to dem-'
onslralc that our ore bodies carry,
depth; I ha I lliey are both pernia-l
nenl and strong. As far as work
has progressed, wilhoul a singlej
exception, properl ies on Iho gla-j
cier, on .Mineral creek, on Shoupj
bay. Columbia basin and Porl
Wells have shown that depth gives;
us wider and richer veins helween i
well defined walls. In no single'
case have surface indications onj
any properties being developed j
proven richer or. more extensive|
I ban in lower levels. We hope!
l»y fall lo be able lo show invest-j
ors a sufficiently developed conn-|
try lo justify Ihe expenditure * > f j
large slims of money in opening
producing mines.
The day is no| far dislant when
Prince William sound and Yaldez
bay will be Ihe mecca of mining
investors seeking properties to
open up and place in Ihe produc
ing class. The showings already
made here are such that if we
were situated within easier reach
of the centers of capital Ihe field
would be overrun by mining men
anxious lo invest Iheir capital in
Ihe opening of our mineral re
sources. The few who have come,
who have seen, and were conquer
ed, often express Iheir astonish
ment lhaf hundreds of others have!
not followed I hem. It takes no
great prophel lo predicl I hat
with in five years Vnldez will he
the center of one of Ihe greatest
free milling gold camps on the
continent.
' WHAT WA8 WON.
The Skagway Alaskan, in the
course of an article scoring
Shackleford and lloggatt says:
"Well, Wickersham starlod in
to flghl I hat hunch. He showed
them lip and ho soon began In
win respect. Willi Governor
Clark and a host of carpet bag
gors opposing him, ho went in
single-handed and has won."
Wilhoul wishing In onlor a do.
fenso for Mr. Htjaokloford or Mr.
Hogpall, and raring loss for Iheir
polilioal falo, wo aro, Imwover,
somewhat inloroslod In Irani
whal Mr. Wickersham won, olh
op Mian his oloolion on I wo occa
sions, whon ho was a candidate
f»»r dologale lo C.ongross?
What ooiMtruclivo logislalion
has our dolegalo ever accomplish
ed for Alaska? Ifo gave us a
lion law heneflting the merchant
and the claim owner, hut leaving
the laborer wholly out of consid
eration. Ho has baited the voter
for four years wilh a home rule
bill, which, like the Keeley inolor,
benefited no one hut the exploit
er; a bill wholly inadequate for
the purposes of an intelligent and
capable self-governing people; a
bill which was at once consider
ed too limited in its scope by our
real friends in Congress, the Dem
ocratic party, who substituted for
the half-way measure a bill wid
er in the powers conferred upon
tbe people and more titled to the
wants and demands of Alaskans.
In the three years Mr. Wick
ersham has been in Congress his
home rule bill has never reached
beyond the committee stage, save
once, when it reached the calen
der. This, together with the pow
er of attorney bill, is the sum and
substance of the legislation at
tempted by James Wickersham
in three years of service in Con
gress. lie claimed lo have de
feated Tafl's government by com
mission bill, but unfortunatelyi
for thi» delegate, the record fails
1 <» establish his claim. The ad
ministration measure was a Sen
ate bill and uev *r came before
the House. II was defeated by the
Democrats in the Senate, sup
ported by a sufficient nunih«M* of
friends of Alaska lo bury Ihe in
famous measure. Hven the Pro
gressives in the Senate can lay no
claim to having killed Ihe bill, for
men like I,a Kollelle. iteveridge,
DolPver and others of Ihe same
school, favored such, a form of
government for this territory. 1
Mr. Wickersham may have won j
lint the people of Alaska did not'
.•.hare in Ihe profits. Looking back j
o\rr Air. Wiekersham's ordwel
Iin<I hj< winnings to be largely in!
satisfaction gained in lighting
supposed personal political cue-'
lilies. He lias proven indiseir foj
lie a modern Don (Juixote. armed j
cap-a-pie, in search of the enemy,!
imagining every wind mill an er
rant knight bent upon bis dc_
struct ion.
In (In* course of ins three years'
wanderings in Washington in* lias
succeeded in making an enemy of
every official willi whom lie lias
[•nine in contact, and there's where
Alaska is not winning. II is an
easy mailer lo tear down and
iMjiially difficult to build up. Mi'.
Wiekershani is nol a const ruc
lionisl; he is a wrecker. The
thinking voler should consider
whether Alaska needs he repre
sented hy a wrecker of a con
<1 riuM ion isl and vote accordingly.
THE EVAPORATION OF "SCOT
TY."
II is ii<»l so many years airo llial
"Death Valley Scully" wont F.asl
•villi the avowed inI<>nI ion of
p.i.nling I lie eily of New York
bright red willi a lillie of his nn
r-oiinleii wealth. The lown lias
no| ye|. forgotten his ailvenl. nor
his nneonlhness, nor the lavish
waste of currency he left in the
hotels and along Broadway. The
ignorant ho impressed. The in
telligent smiled indulgently at his
pranks; he was an untutored, half
civilized Westerner to whom the
one great chance in a million of
striking it rich had come, and he
rlidn'l know what to do with his
money, nut nobody questioned
the actuality of his wealth. He
came, da/./led and went, leaving
behind him only a feeling that
fortune had chosen her favorite
unwisely. Only within the last
year or so has the authenticity of
his claims been under suspicion.
Scotly confessed lo a grand
jury recently at Los Angeles that
it really was a fake; that he own
ed no mine; had never owned one,
never sold one. never even found
one. The money he had blown in
had been furnished him by East
ern floaters of a worthless prop
erly. Tie was employed at a mod
erate salary to play the part of a
spendthrift wasting his profits
from the "Death Valley 8cotly
fiold Mining and Developing com
pany," to the material enhance
ment of the value of said com
pany's slock in teh eyes of the
credulous.
All thai can bo said of the
scheme which «»o fooled Now York,
from Wall street lo the Tender
loin, is that if ever a man oarnod
his salary Woolly did. True, he
found the metropolis unsuspic
ious, nnd it is easier lo maintain
face value than to overcome in
credulity. Dut the pjirl of the
guileless minor who had struck
it rich required delicate interpre
tation. A slip, one honsl loo
many, would have undone him.
Brainy men tilted lo play the role
of fools are scarce.
The hrazonnoss of bis scheme
needs no comment. Bui such tal
ent, tact and assurance as flcolty
showed In carrying out his share
of it should have made for him
a bolter career than thai of an
unsuccessful pros peel or.
The Seward Peninsular railway
will not be operated this summer,
I he interstate commerce law ex
tending to Alaska, puts the quiet
us upon the operation of tin' road.
Tln» Pioneer Mining company will
no doubt operate the road under
a lease with similiar conditions
existing as last summer, buL not
now, for to comply with the inter
state commerce requirements
would involve loo great an out
lay.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Third Judicial Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Charles H. Sandberg, deceased
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, executrix of the
estate of Charles 'II. Sandberg,
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims
against the said estate, to ex
hibit them with the necessary
vouchers within six (0) months
after Ihe first publication of this
notice, lo the said executrix at
Ihe office of Frank C. Weber, at
Yaldez, Alaska, the same being
the place for Ihe transaction of
(he business of said estate.
Paled at Yaldez, Alaska, this
Dili day of July, 1912.
ANNIE 11. SANDBERG,
Executrix.
Handsome oak f«ddjnpr bed,
springs, mai tress ami pillow.
Cost over ?.r»0; soil F<»r $20.
S<'*' in window of Fraelion.
Ask I)i-. Daggett.
Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to Ellamar
Landlock and Fidalgo
Cupt. D. E. MORRIS. City Dock
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
SENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.\
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VALDEZ. ALASKA
Reports on Minks
Patent Surveys
Qenesal Mining Engineering
'Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Tics l>honc. 1R9
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for the FAMOUS NAPA-TAN SHOES. This
shoe is manufactured at Napa, California.
Made of the choicest calf leather and solid
oak sole leather.
THE BEST SHOE ON THE * MARKET
For Miners and Prospectors
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Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Director*
KSnS 148 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
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Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Cioar
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
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SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
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Banking
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CAPITAL $ 200,000/°
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificate* of Deposit.