TELLS HOW HE
IDE MILLIONS
Powerful Joe Houston Tells Eng
lishmen of His Great For
tune in Oil
Jin; Houston is evidently pud
dling a quail lily of Kalalla nat
ural gus judging from the follow
ing, which was clipped from the
Newcastle (Eng.) Evening Chron
icle:
When the Olympic arrived at
Southampton on Thursday, there
set foot on English soil, a man
who has lately been causing a
flutter in America. Mr. Joseph
Houston, or, as he is familiarly
called "'Powahful Joe," is cred
ited with having turned 2i0 dol
lars into a million in a couple of
years.
Houston Inst, no time when he
reached England in making his
way to Newcastle, and when a
"Chronicle" representative saw
him this morning at the office of
the British Columbia Kalella Oil
Company in Cirey street, he was,
as he termed it, "dead beat."
Whether from curiosity or Troiii
purely business motives, lie has
been besieged hy numerous eall
vrs. Mr. Houston was <|uit<> will
ing t»> tell the "Chronicle" rep
resentative r»f his varying tor
Junes; in f .el, in a ♦'-w brief mo
ments, he summarized his life
.story, lie was born in Paris,
Kentucky, and in his early days
•experienced the rigors of a luck
less life in the mining ^settle
ments. '1I«! was ever one to seize
his opportunity when il present
ed itself. Finding himself in
Colorado, and with a passion for
mining, he made small fortunes,
only to see them melt away in
subsequent undertakings, (iolden
Klondike was no better, and,
crossing the border in Alaska,
his chance did not come until
*1909. From that lime be has not
looked back.
"What is the secret of fori line
hunt ing in Alaska?" Mr. Hous
ton was asked.
"Well," he replied, with a
smile, "there's no regular answ
er to that, but T guess tho besl
advice is to .just take off your
coat and hustle. I got mine hy
placing some corner stakes on
the right piece of ground. Then
I showeJ some men with money
what I had, and they backed me.
I could get more near by which
looked just as good."
From lliis ground Mr. Houston
made suNlcient money to pur
chase a tract in the Katella oil
Uelds. Eleven months ago the
concern was transformed into a
company owning 4,000 acres and
having a capital of 2,500,000
dollars or £500,000. And two
years ago Mr. Houston, its chair
man and managing director, was
worth at the most 210 dollars.
"Ppwahful Joe" was in Eng
land a few months ago, and ho
look hack with him on rCovein
her 11, 1911, Mr. G. H. llaine, of
Newcastle, as an expert, to ex
amine the wells. Since then he
has traveled 31,000 miles in 38
'raveling days, including a jour
ney over a snow-bound country
in a sleigh drawn hy a team of
dogs. He will remain in New
castle until May superinle iding
the < oni| any's business in and
around the city.
JURY WILL DECIDE
MERITS OF THE CA8E
The suit of the Seattle Merch
ants Association against T. E.
Dougherty, occupied the atten
tion of the court today. This suit
was brought as !lie result of the
defendant contracting to pur
chase a stock of goods then at
Katalla upon the representation
thai the merchandise was large
ly staple and not old or shop
worn.
The defendant refused to ac
cept I lie goods, alleging that they
were not largely staple and were
either shop worn' or too old for
consumption. A jury will decide
the merits of the case.
BODIES OF MURDERED MEN
ARE SHITPED OUTSIDE
The Id il a rod Pioneer says thai
Nels Nelson, brother of I he. (wo
mim of t tin I name, who were mur
dered in I lie Kuskokwini country
last year, has arrived from Beth
el, where he superintended the
preparation of the bodies for
shipment to the outside for final
burial. The remains have been,
placed in metallic caskets, and
now await the arrival of the first
steamer.
The bodies of the Nelson broth
ers were, found recently on an
island in the Kuskokwim river,
where they had been hastily bur
ied by the man who robbed and
killed them. The autopsy was
performed by I)r. Speer, of Beth
el.
SEE j
Holm & Hansell
near Harrington Building
for CARPENTER WORK of
all kinds, by day or con
tract.
Now is
The Time
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To advertise. If business is quiot
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by outtlng
down his advertising Just beoause
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merchant who
gets the money is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising oolumna
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Its merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are confident
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
OIL COMPANY
PAYS DIVIDENDS
The Alaska Development Com
pany 8ell8 Part of Its Oil
Holdings
Stockholders in the Alaska De
velopment Company, organized in
J-« attic (ifIcon years ago and con
trolling nearly 8,000 acres of oil
tanus near Kalalla, Alaska, were
gladden<i'J by the declaration of a
dividend on a basis of $1 per
share, amounting in all to S25,
000. Charles F. Munday, one of
the organizers of the original
company and in charge of the af
fairs of the corporation sent to
the .ocal stockholders the checks
which furnished evidence that
faith of the local men who back
ed tii.< Alaska oil enterprise more
than a decade ago, was not mis
placed.
it was uariy in i»*J< mat. II. C.
Johnston, Thomas J. Hamilton
and Charles K. Mnn<lav organiz
ed |hi! Alaska Development com
pany. Oil claims located in the
Katalla Holds by morn than 50 in
dividuals wen? taken over by the
corporation. Before Iho days of
tbr. Klondike rush Ili«» oil bearing
fields of Alaska had boon covered
by hardy prospectors and prelim
inary work indicated the exist
j eneo of immense tracts of oil
! lands in that part of Alaska.
For many years following the
preliminary work, the enterprise
lagged, but the original stock
holders held to their belief that
in time the richness of the dis
tricl would be proved. Less than
two years a pro an option was giv
cn covering one-half the proper
ties to Clark Davis, who assigned
his rights to the Amalgamated
Development company, in which
McKenzie & Mann, an immensely
wealthy Canadian railroad con
tracting firm, and others in Can
ada, became interested.
Mr. Monday said that approxi
mately $175,000 had been paid on
the properties, of which a con
siderable part had gone to pay
old debts and to enable the pur
chasers to continue development
woik. Two weeks ago another
payment of ?i5,000 was made,
and of this one-half was avail
able for the payment of dividends
to the original stockholders of
the Alaska Development com
pany, on the basis of $1 per
share.
For this slock many of the
present holders paid but a frac
tion of $1 per share, and these
have made a nice clean-up from
the dividend.
The Alaska Development com
pany owns forty-five claims not
embraced in the option given two
years ago.
Republican Primary.
A Republican primary election !
will be held Monday evening, May
13, 1912, beginning at 8 o'clock
p. in., in the town hall of Valdez,
to elect ten delegates from Val
dez and Reservation precincts to
the Republican Territorial Con
vention to be held in Valdez May
20, 1012.
K. K. R ITCH IK,
Acting Secretary Territorial
Committee. i
KOIl SALK-Two Hiii' mutTbTs,
miiitnlili* for h or 10 horse power.
Cos I *H each; ho 11 for J?3 each.
One k\v. spark roil, one cylinder;
oosl sh new, $i. One galvanized
rudder, Willi .skrjr ami I i I lor suit
able for .'Id-font boat, brand now,
novor used, oohI J? 10, for £i. Ono
used 3-hlado propollor I '» by 21
inches for $2.50. Major Honnelt,
Fort I.iseum.
Willing Man Will Do
Houseolcaning. carpet cleaning,
porter work and odd jobs. Robert
Moltram, pbone 14. 3t
ALASKA BREVITIES.
Tho wreckage nf a gasoline
launch found on tho shores of
Barannf island, bolow Warm
springs, is Kupposod to bo all lhat
is loft of tho launch belonging to
Louis K. Halvorson, forinorly a
resident of Douglas*. Among Iho
wreckage woro tho clothes of a
HOW DELEGATES LINE UP
FOR OHIOAQO CONVENTION
Tho following is a list 01 dele
gates elected up to today to tho
Republican national convention:
Alabama 22
Alaska 2
Colorado 10
Connecticut .... 1 'i
Dist. ofColumbia 2
Del a warn 0
Florida 12
Georgia 20
Hawaii 0
Illinois 2 !><»
Indiana 20 10
Iowa 10
Kansas 2
Kentucky 2.1 3
Louisiana 14
Maine 12
Michigan 20 0
'l'uft Koo.sf- r,afol- cum
Volt letto mins
Mississippi . . •
Missouri
Nebraska ....
Now Mexico. ..
New Fork
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma . ..
Oregon
Pennsylvania .
Philippines ...
South Carolina
Tennessee ....
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin ....
Total 418 200 H<» 10
Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas,
Maryland, who already have in
structed delegates, are not on
this list.
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DAGGETTAND LEAHY
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All branches of up-to-dato den
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drug store, Valdez, Alaska.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURIN6
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man, woman ami child.—Doug
las Nfws.
Some idea of Ill«* i*xt11n* mild
ness of I In* winter along the
Alaska coast is givm by I h■■ data
collected at Scwanl. For exam
ple, i! shows that during I hi*
nionlh of February. while the
greater portion <»f the American
continent east of tlie* Rocky
mountains was suffering from
severely cold weather, the lowest
temperature recorded on I In* Kon
ai peninsula was i above zero,
while the thcrmjomeler ranged
for a fair share of the time well
above zero.
The underway trial and speed
test of the revenue, cutter Unal
g«i, which is to take the place of
the cutter Hush, stationed at Ju
neau, look place in Hampton
Roads last week, and in a short
time she will proceed to south
Baltimore for her equipment. It
is expected that the vessel will he
in commission about June to,
when she will start for Alaska,
coming by way of the Mediter
ranean sea and the Suez canal.
Upon her arrival at Juneau the
cutter Rush will go out of coin
mission and may be sold by the
government.
Now is the Time
To paper your house. See our
spring selections before you
start. Owl Drug Co., Inc.
FOR SALE—Standard sewing
machine, lock and chain stitch,
perfect condition. Cost $65, will
sell for $30. Apply Major Ben
nett, Fort Liscum, or phone 50.
Leap Year Danee.
The ladies of the Moose will
give a Leap Year dance at Moose
hall next Saturday night, May II.
All Moose ladies and friends are
invited. A four-piece orchestra
and lunch. k 11
FOR SALE—Iron bed
stead, mattress, springs,
heater, buffet, china closet,
dresser, practically new; 50
per cent of aotual value.
EDMUND 8MITH.
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The "INSIDE ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle .... May 20
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - May 27 •
- June 15
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co. for
Southern California ports. Sailings i^very Monday and Thursday. Through
. Service and Dow Hates. Right reserved to change steamers and sailing datoa.
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r.#»n«r»l ALocal Agent
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• The Largest and Best Equipped Steamships in
the Alaskan Service, ALAMEDA and MARI
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. Year 'Round for Cordova and Seattle via. In
side Passage.
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Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms
For Housekeeping, Sleeping and Offices. Rates
Reasonable
Foot of w«ii St. ARCHIBALD BLOCK
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NOTIOE OF 8PKOIAL TERMS
of tho District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
Tho President of tho United
Rlalos of America to the residents
of the Third Judicial Division of
the Territory of Alaska, greeting;
You, and each and till of you.
will please take notice (hat by an
Order of (ho Court, duly made
nnd entered, a special term of the
District Court for fhe Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, has
been callrd and will he held in
the Town of Nushagak, begin
ning July 29th; in ttoo Town of
Unalaska, brginning the 10th day
of August; in the Town of Unga,
beginning the 19th day of Aug
ust; in the Town ef Kodiuk, be
ginning on the 2flth day of Aug
ust, and the said special terms
of court will continne as long
thereafter as the public interests
mav require.
Made and datoo at Vnldez,
Alaska, this 4th day of April, A.
D. 1012.
EDWARD E. ClJflllMAN.
District Judge.
GEORGE W. WICKER8HAM.
Attorney Oeneral.
Attest: ED. M. T,AKIN, Clerk.
First pub. April 8, 1912.