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Entered as secona-class matter Au-1
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of:
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, Sept. 10, 1912. i
VALDEZ MAN FINDS GOLD
ON MIDDLETON ISLAND J
(Valdez Miner.)
There is gold on Middleton Island,
and Joe McNeil has the yellow metal
to prove it—two ounces of it that he
panned from the beach sands, includ
ing one neugget that will weigh near
ly two dollars. It is not likely, how
ever, that there will be a stampede to
the island, for it is a lonely spot, t>0
miles almost due south from Hinchin
brook entrance to Prince William!
Sound, with no other land in sight!
and no company but the sea birds and'
the mammals ofthe deep, and a few
blue foxes, the remnants of a once
prosperous foy ranch. Day by day
the restless sea batters away at the j
rugged shores of the island with
■crashes of thunder, and at times the
storm winds shriek and moan in eerie
concert.
Mr. McNeil returned last week af
ter spending a month at the island,
and despite the gold he took out of
the sands of the beaches, he is not
going back. His experience, however, i
was an interesting one and he brought I
back information concerning the place
and the fabled golden sands that in
part confirm the stories of the treas*
ure of th eisland. Mr. McNeil was
not the discoverer of gold on Middle
ton island, for it had been known for
a number of years that somewhere on j
the island there was gold. “Middle
ton Island Smith,” who a number of
years ago operated a fox ranch or
the sland, brought with hirr. on his
infrequent trips to Valdez more oi
less gold, but he was reticent as tc
its source. It is said, also, that the
early • settlers of the Prince William
Sound country knew of of gold there
but its isolated position rendered
visits to the island a hazardous un
dertaking.
During the month Mor. McNeil
spent on the lonely island he pros
pected it thoroughly, and found that
not all of benches yielded gold. Those
which did carried also ruby sand, and
where this was missing there was no
gold. Practically all of the gold was
found on beaches at the base of pre
cipitous conglomerate cliffs on the
south side of the island, indicating
that the gold has its origin in the
rocks and is being slowly ground out
by the action of the waves. A test
of the rock, however, shows that the
gold content is too small to permit of
profitable mining and milling.
The two ounces of the precious
metal secured by Mr. McNeil was
taken entirely by panning, and he
found that the yield was heaviest
during a strm. What results he might
have had with more efficient appli
ances is problematical, but it ap
peared that the sands might be
quickly worked out, leaving the sands
barren until the mighty mill of na
ture ground another grist.
Just how many foxes remained on
the island wan difficult to estimate,
but Mr. McNeil thought there was in
the neighborhood of thirty. Other
life on the island consisted of birds,
and seals and sealions, these latter
animals congregating in large num
bers in a slough on one end of the
island. The seals are the hairseal, of
little value.
The Peualty of Success.
“Success knows no eight-hour law.”
William C. Durant, the automobile
magnate, was speaking on success at
a Kiwanis picnic in Boston.
“Yes,” he went on, “success, like
faiure, has its penaties. The Sinnick
sons, for instance, ran a small board
ing house, Wave Villa, at Ocean City,
last year, and their success was very
great. One afternoon when Mr. Sin
nickson acme home from the fish
market Mrs. Sinnickson said to him:
“ ‘I’ve rented the cabin to old Jake
Hodge, Joe. The rest of the season
yod'll have to sleep in the chicken
house. I’m sure you won’t mind the
chickens.’ ”
RE-ELECT
W. K. KELLER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
Commissioner of Education
HIS RECORD IS HIS RECOMMENDATION
CHANGES ARE MADE IN
NATURALIZATION LAWS
The recent Congress made several
changes in the naturalization laws.
One change provides that “an alien
veteran as defined in Section 1 of the
Act of May 26, 1926, shall, if resding
in the United States, be entitlde at
any time within two years after en
actment of the act” to naturalization
upon the same terms and conditions
and exemptions which would have
been accorded to such alien if he had
petitioned before the World War
armistice. Erceptions are made as to
validity of entrance, etc.
Another amendment provides: “If
the name of any naturalized citizen
has subsequent to naturalization been
changed by order of a court of com
petent jurisdiction or by marriage the
citizen may upon payment to *he com
mission of a fee of $10 make applica
tion, accompanied by two photographs
of the applicant for new certificate of
citizenship in the new name of such
citizen.”
Still another amendment: “That
any person not an alien enemy who
resided uninterruptedly within the
United States during the period of
five years preceding July 1, 1920, and
was oir that date otherwise qualified
to become a citizen of the United
States except that he had not made a
decaratkm of intention required by
law and who during or prior tothat
time because of misinformation re
garding his citizenship status errone
onsly exercised the rights and per
formed the duties of a citizen of the
United States in good faith may file
the pettion for naturalizatiin pre
scribed by law without making the
preliminar ydeclaration of intention
required of other aliens. ...”
REORGANIZE UNIVERSITY TJF
WASHINGTON; SAVE $125,000
SEATTLE—President Spencer an
nounres a reorganization plan pro
viding for the consolidation of the
thirteen colleges and schools of the
University of Washington, at an esti
mated yearly saving of $125,000.
Only three elementary degrees will
be given—degrees of bachelors of
law, arts, and science
Extra chrricula activities, such as
athletics, will be minimized, with the
student workday lengthened.
Nine deans will be eliminated and
will become heads of departments,
including journalism, geology, art,
forestry, education, business admin
istration, mining engineering, phar
macy, and library.
The University henceforth will be
composed of four educational units—
the college of arts and sciences, the
college of technology, the law school,
and the graduate school.
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Guskey
Pullic
Alaska
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Frank J.
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j Notary
j Takotna,
Anthony J. Dimond
Democratic Candidate for
For Delegate to Congress
m**ui*i*k
93 in the Shade.
Former Natonal Adjutant James E.
Barton of the Amerilan Legion told
a story a a banquet in New York:
"At a training damp, on a terribly
hot morning,, an officer was ordered to
march a platoon of men to a village
twelve miles away..He marched them
there—the heat was 9 3in the shade—
and they’d no sooner arrived than an
order came to march them, hack again.
“The men were all in, but the offi
cer thought that he might be able-to
hearten them up by exciting a spirit
of rivalry in them; so he said.
“ ‘We’re all equal to this twelve
mile march, I know, but if any softy
thinks he ifiA’t, .tetl hrm istep three
paces forward.’
“Every man but one, a grizzled old
bookkeeper, stepped .forward. The
officer..was dismayed.
“ ‘Well,’ he said, and he patted the
bookkeeper on the back, ‘well, I’m
glad there’s one. man anyhow with the
■pluck.: and strength, ta -march those
twelve miles.’
“‘March twelve..miles!’ said the
bookkeeper. ‘Gosh, captain, I can’t
take the three paces forward!' ”
! Egg consumption1' in fthe Unitfed
' States is 204 per capita annually,
while in .Canfcda isiSiilo.
Takotna Pool HaU 5
Fresh Fruits Candies Soft Drinks
Tobaccos Cigars >Ggarets
$
Apples iOranges £
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TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE 1
Best of Meads and Rooms
Where Everything Is Homelike end
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
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