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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
J. F. A. STltONG
JOHN W. TROY, Editor.
Telephone No. 3-7-4
Entered a* M-couU-cla?? matter November 7. lt*12 at the poatotllce at Ju
neau. AUuka. under the Act ot March J. ldiSI
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
year. Oy mail $10.00
an months, by uiail 5.00
Per mouth, delivered 1.00
ALASKA RAILROADS AND I'. S. SENATORS
IT WAS to be expected that opposition would be developed in
the I'nited States Senate to the passage of the Alaska rail
mad bill bill. There are man\ people in this country who are
?ppo>ed to government ownership and operation of railroads, be
sides tm rnU . > oi Congress. These are entitled to their opinions,
which are doubtless honest and sincere. In fact many Alaskans,
and warm friends of Alaska, are not wedded to the paternal prin
ciples invoiced in government-owned enterprises including rail
roads. liu: government-owned mil roads and steamship lines are
not new things in the I'nited States. The government owns and
operates the r'aiiatnu railroad which connects the cities ol Colon
and Panama on the isthmus. The government also owns and op
erates the Panama Steamship Company with a line ol steamers
between New York and Coion. And these enterprises are suc
cessiully managed too, and without noise or friction. And soon
this same government ol ours will be operating the Panama Can
al. owned by the people, and it need not be doubted that it too
will be operated along successful lines.
Y\ hy then, this opposition to government-owned and gov
ernment-operated railroads in Alaska? It is not an experiment,
for it has been tried as we have pointed out, and with success.
The conditions found in Alaska are such as should command spe
cific treatment. The pans followed in the settlement of the
West can not now be applied to Alaska. Vast land grants were
bestowed upon transcontinental railroads, without money and
without price. That species ol paternalism would not be toler
ated now. and yet it can not be expected that railroads will be
constructed in Alaska by private individuals, or corporations,
under existing conditions, without substantial aid in the form of
subsidies or government guarantees of bonds for their con
struction. Years ago the federal government was not at all slow
in guaranteeing bonds for the building of railroads in the Phil
ippines. and that w..s an experiment that proved successful. But
in Alaska with one of its greatest natural resources tied up hard
and fast, do Senators of the I'nited States think that men with
money are going to tumble over each other in order to invest it
in the building of Alaska railroads? That, indeed, would be an
absurd deduction.
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If. then, the railroads necessary for the development 01 .Alas
ka can not be provided except by the government itself?that
government itself having placed barriers in the way of individ
ual elfort?it is only a reasonable proposition that the govern
ment should step in and furnish the means of transportation that
the necessities of the Territory demand. Senators and others
may well lay aside their preconceived or inherited ideas concern
ing this question, so far as it appertains to Alaska. Alaska,
among the possessions of the United States, stands in a class by
itself, and. therefore, demands special consideration by Con
gress. if it is to develop and prosper to the degree to which its
magnificent resources entitle it. Members of Congress may well
change their point of view at a time when the growth of a
great section of a great country is at stake.
Chinese on the island of Macao fired bombs and crackers to
stop a cyclone by placating the gods. By the way, how recently
did one Hatfield receive money for making rain fall in the Klon
dike, and also in sunny, Southern California? Why then talk
of the Chinaman or his gods, when attempting to placate a cy
clone?
ALASKA. A LAND OF MARVELS
HOW vast a country is Alaska, and how little is known con
cerning it or its great natural resources, its aboriginal in
habitants and other striking features is well illustrated by
an article from Nushagak, on the southern coast of Bering Sea,
which was published in these columns yesterday. The article
contained several distinct and interesting stories, besides that
which told of the people who inhabit the fens and marshes of
that section, who probably represent the lowest class of natives
found in Alaska, and who exhibit the least amount of intelli
gence. Their environment is probably responsible for their ab
ject, poverty-stricken state, and the hand of the government
has never been reached out to succor them and enable them to
lead more comfortable, and. therefore, better lives. Certainly
the most miserable class of natives are found in the Yukon and
Kuskokwim deltas, their very remoteness from civilized centers
adding to the difficulties of their precarious existence. It would
seem as though those regions present a field for "uplift work."
The habits, customs and modes of life as found among these
peoples present a study that may be found no where else in North
America, not even among the Eskimo tribes of the still farther
North.
The article referred to also furnishes stories of bird and an
imal life, (if the fish found in the ajacent waters and the nu
mtrous lakes and lagoons, with which the country abounds, while
any one who has traversed the toe-twisting tundra need not be
told about the insect life that is only found in its fullest fruition
and activity among the endless swamps of that region.
BABE'S REASONING
Little Kltnor "Auntie, did you used
to t>?* an Indian?"
Aunt -"No. dear. Why did you ask
that ?"
Little Kluier "Well, when mamma
sent me to your room this morning I
saw some scalps on your dressing
table."
FORESTERS. TAKE NOTtCE
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> laaka Court No. 2. F. of A. will
meet at Odd Fellow's hall June 25th.
eigh o'clock.
HUGO HKIDMAN.
Chief Hanger, j
PANAMA SLIDES HAVE
BEEN EXAGGERATED
Col. Goethals says thut there hav*
been just two. and no more, slides ir
the Culebra cut. instead of a dozen 01
more of popular Impression. Further
he says that he Is confident, rely in*
on the opinion of geological experts
that there will be no further slides af
ter December of this year. -Seatth
Cost-Intelligencer.
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Plunkett's new launch "Lue" foi
charter. Leave orders at Burford'i
Heidelberg cigar Btand. 6-12-lm
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AUTO FOR HIRE?Phone 3-14. t.f
?I H M * M ? I I II I II I I I I I II I I It I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I M I I 1 I n
; I I QHARICK1
:: !? ? k/ JEWELER & OPTICIAN jj
; Is open for business in new store
? ? on corner ;;
jj FRANKLIN & FERRY STREETS ;j
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GLEANINGS FROM GREAT
NORTHERN EMPIRE
Seward lias organized an igloo of
the Pioneers of Alaska with the fol
lowing officers: Isaac Kvans, presi
dent: W. M. Sauers, lirst vice-presi- j
dent: J. t). Patten, second vice-presi
dent; O. H. Reese, secretary, T. W. i
I Hawkins, treasurer; Dr. J. II. Komig,
historian: R. J. (I nest, sergeanbat
arnis; K. \V. Small, Charles Krefting.j
and D. \?. Harvey, trustees.
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The people of Ruby are endeavoring
to get more money to expend on the
roads hi their section of the country
than the apparent sum that will be'
iavailable this year. They have been
notified that there will be about $12,-1
000 for them, and they complain that
this amount will not be sufficient.
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Advices from Ruby of date the mid
dle of .May, indicate that the clean-up
on the various creeks of that district
will be fully up to the expectations of
the optimistic inhabitants of that sec
tion of Alaska.
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Physicians hope for the recovery of
William Howe, who was shot by Dan
Keeder at Cordova early this month.
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As no special celebration is being ar
rangtd for the Fourth of July in Cor
dova many of its residents will par
ticipute in the festivities at Chitina !
und Valdez on Independence Day.
* * *
Judge F. M. Brown, of Valdez, took
oath of olllce at Valdez before Angus
McBride. clerk of the court, June IStli.
and immediately became Judge of the
United States District Court.
? * *
Angus McBride, late clerk of the
court for the Third Division, will go
immediately to Fairbanks where he
will relieve C. C. I'age. present clerk
of the court for the Fourth Division,
according to the Valdez Prospector.
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One of the features of the Valdez
Fourth of July will be a float of thei
Valdez Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska. It
will contain Alaska-horn hoys and
girls.
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Serial 01518.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office, Juneau,
Alaska. May 19, 1913.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Hawk Fish Company, of Seattle,
Washington, assignee of Edward Ding
ley, being entitled to the benefits of
Section 2306, Rev. Stat, of the Uuited
: States, granting additional lands to
?soldiers and sailors who served in the
war of the Rebellion, has made appli
! cation to make entry of the lands em
I braced in U. S. Surveys Xos. 793, 796
jaud 799, on east side of Hawk Inlet
and east side of Chatham strait, uon
J contiguous tracts, and more particn
; larly described as follows, to-wit:
Survey No. 793.
lleginuiug at Cor. No. 1, a stone
I showing 3x3x2 above ground marked
.M. C. on side faciug water, from which
U. S L. M No. 793 bears S. 12? 29'
W. 90.30 chains; thence with a var.
30' 30' E. aloug mean high tide line
of Hawk inlet N. 5" 41' E. 2.94 chains;
thence N. 7" 55' W. 3.77 chaius; thence
N. 39* 43' E. 1.97 chains; thence N.
841 56' E. 1.25 chains; theuce N. 43?
56' W. 9.71 Chains; thence N. 32* 22'
\V. 8.72 chaius to Cor. No. 2, a stone
3x4x1 marked S. 793 C. 2 and M. C.
ou side facing water; thence E. 14.07
chaius to Cor. No. 3, a stone 22x10x5
in. set 15 in. in ground, marked S.
793 C. 3; thence S. 22.68 chains to
Cur. No. 4, a stone 20x12x12 in. set 15
in. in ground, - marked S. 793 C. 4;<
theuce \V. 4.93 chains to Cor No. 1,
the place of beginning. Containing
an area of 16.83 acres. Var. 30? 30'
E.
J ins survey is siiuuifu uu luc tuoi
side of iiuwk inlet, ubout 2 miles from
the entrance.
Survey No. 796.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a stone
4x4x2 feet above ground, marked M.
C. on side facing water, from which
U. S. L. M. No. 796 hears S. 14? 5S'
\V. 2.03 chains distant; thence do
Meeting from the true meridian along
the line of mean high tide of Chat
ham strait N. 27" 27' W. 4.59 chaius;
thence N. 39* 42' W. 11.28 chains;
! thence N. 39* 43' W. 3.31 chains to
| Cor No. 2, a stone 8x5x3 feet above
ground, marked S. 796 C. 2; thence E.
var. 30? 30' E. 13.66 chains, to Cor. No.
3, a stone 20x10x8 in. set 15 in. in
ground, marked S. 796 C. 3. B. T.;
thence S. 12.82 chains to Cor. No. 1.
the place of beginning. Containing an
area of 7.88 acres. Var. 30* 30' E.
This survey is situated on the east
side of Chatham strait about 2 miles
j south of Point Marsden.
Survey no.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a stone 7x
i 4x3, marked M. C. on side facing wa
ter. with X ou top, from which U. S.
U M. No. 799 bears S. 47# 01' E.
00.19 chains distant; thence var. 30?
30' E. along the mean high tide line
of Chatham strait N. 69" 23' W. 4.69
? chains; thence N. 49? 00' W. 2.68
chains; thence N. 57? 38' W. 6.26
chains to Cor Cor No. 2, a stone in
place 6x5x3 feet, marked S. 799 C. 2
with M. C. on side facing water; thence
N. 11.92 chains to Cor. No. 3, thence
, S. 6.83 chains to Cor No. 1, the place
of beginning. Containing an area of
t 4.46 acres. Var. 30" 30' E.
This survey is situated on the east
side of Chatham strait about 5 miles
north of Hawk Inlet.
As additional to Homestead Entry
No. 52 made by Edward Dingley, at
Falls St.. Croix. Wis.. Oct. 18. 1865. for
. E. Vz of S. W. Mi Sec. 32, T. 23 N. H.
' 14 W. 4th P. M.
Any gnd all persons claiming ad
, versely any portion of the above de
scribed tracts are required to file with
1 the Register and Receiver of the U. S.
r I .and Office at Juneau. Alaska, their
adverse claim thereto, under oath, dur
, Ing the period of publications or with
in thirty days thereafter, or they will
? be barred by provisions of the statute.
HAWK FISH COMPANY
? IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the
foregoing notice be published for the
statutory period in the Daily Alaska
Empire, a newspaper printed and pub
. lished at Juneau, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER.
? Regiflter.
First date of publication June 11,
1913.
, Last date of publication August 10.
1913.
SEWARD WILL USE GAS
IF GIVEN A CHANCE
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Now comes tlie report of the discov
ery of natural gas within easy dis
tance of Seward. If the government
will give us a railway system, open the
coal fields so that private capital may j
build, we'll harness that gas well and i
bring its output to this town. -Seward
Gateway.
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Waffles all day at "U and 1" Lunch
itoom. t j
Trv a l.overa. "Sure to Please." ff
MINING APPLICATION NO. 01602
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United States Land Office, Juneau,
Alaska, May 15, 1913.
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Notice is hereby given that the Alas
ka-G&stineau Mining Company, a cor
poration organized and existing under
the laws of the State of New York,
and qualified to do and doing business
as a corporation in Juneau, Alaska,
has made application for patent to the
Gastineuu Millsite, Survey No. 990,
in the Harris Mining District. Juneau1
Hand District, District of Alaska, de-;
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 identi
cal with location corner and with Cor
ners Nos. 2, 4 and 3 of Perseverance
No. 4 lode, Perseverance No. 3 lode
and Perseverance Placer, all of Sur
vey No. 605 respectively, whence U.
S. L. M. No. 2 bears N. 59? 10' 51" W.J
1892.08 feet distant, thence N. 24? 30
E. (Yar. 34 E.) 761 feet to Corner No
2; thence S. 39? 30' E. (Yar. 31" 30' E.) |
213.47 feet to Corner No. 3;" thence S j
40? 28' W. (Yar. 31? 30' E.) 694.07
feet to Corner No. 1, the place of be j
ginning. Containing an area of 1.61- 1
acres.
The names of the adjoining claims
are Perseverance No. 3 lode (pat
ented), Perseverance Placer (patent I
ed), Martin lode( unpatented), all be-|
longing to the Alaska-Gastincau Min
ing Company, and the Solo lode claim
(unpatented) belonging to Jesse
Bl&kely, Esquire.
The location notice of the Castineau
mill site Lb recorded in Book 11 of
Placers, at page 106 of the records of
the Recorder for the Juneau Record
ing Precinct, District of Alaska.
This notice was posted on the ground
the 15th day of May. 1913.
First publication, May 16, 1913.
Last publication, July 18, 1913.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
I
Professional Cards
J. B. MARSHALL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
114 Decker Building, Juneau
Z. R. CHENEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
?j
Lewis Building, Juneau
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Gunnison & Robertson
ATTORNEYS-ATLAW ;
Decker Building
Juneau .... Alaska
H. P. CROWTHER
U. S. Deputy Surveyor j
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Office?Lewis Block ? Juneau
B. D. STEWART j
MINING ENGINEER :
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
P. O. Box 168 - ? ? Juneau J
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JOHN B. DENNY <
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Mining and Corporation Law <
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Offices: Juneau, Alaska
Seattle, Wash. | J
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Dr. J. S. Harrison
DENTIST
Rooms 10G-107 Decker Uldg.
Thotie 2-0-5 Juueau, Alaska >
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W. II. Ci.kvki.and I'. J. Cleveland '
Contractors-Builders j|
Estimates Furnished Free Upon
Request <
Good Mechanics, Good Material, !
Best Results [
?PHONE 6-0-3 JUNEAU
H. W. AVERILL
DENTIST
Case Bldg. Front and Main Sts.
Office Hrs: 9 a. m. to 12 m.
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
?PHONE?209
JUNEAU STEAMSHIP CO.
United States Mail Steamer
S. S. GEORGIA
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Funter, Ex
cursion Inlet, Hoonah. Gypsum,
Tenakee, Killlsnoo, Chatham and
Sitka 8:00 a. m. April 4, 10, 16,
22, 28; May 4, 10, 16, 22, 28;
June 3, 9, 15. 21, 27; July 3, 9,
15. 21. 27; August 2. 8, 14. 20,
26; September 1, 7, 13, 19,
and 25.
Leaves Juneau for Tyee and
BaranoiT Warm Springs 8:00 a.
m. April 28th, May 28th, June
27th, July 27th, August 26th, i
ami September 25th.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Har
bor, Eagle River, Yankee Cove, \
Sentinel Light Sta., Eldred Light
Sta., Comet. Haines, Skagway, 8
a. m. April 2, 8, 14, 20, 26; May
2, 8, 14. 20, 26; June 1, 7, 13, 19,
26; July 1, 7, 13, 19, 25. 31; Au
gust 6, 12, 18, 24, 30; September j
5, 11, 17, 23, and 29.
Returning Leaves Skagway the
Following Day at 8 a. m.
WILLIS E. NOWELL, MANAGER |
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.-B.C.CoastService
SuiliitK from Juneau for Port Simpson. Prlnco Rupert, Swanaon, Alert Bay. Vancouver
Victoria and Seattle
PRINCESS MAY P. C. DOCK JUNE 19
Orpheum Building C. P. R. TICKET OFFICE J. T. SPICKET1'. Agt.
HUMBOLDT STEAMSHIP CO. ,
I
Tht Alo*ks Flyer S. S. HUMBOLDT The Alnaku Flyer
NORTHBOUND JULY 5
SOUTHBOUND JULY 6
DOCKS AT JUNEAU CITY WHARF
Seattle Oltlce, 716 Second Ave. GEO. BURFORD. Agent
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ALASKA }
STEAMSHIP, .COMPANY
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Safety. Service, Spc-d Ticket* to Seattle. Toocwnd. Victoria an-l Vancouver. Through %
? tScketn to San Francisco "j
ALAMEDA Southbound June 28 T
k JEFFERSON Northbound ....June 28 Southbound June 29 j*
! MARIPOSA Northbound June 29 Southbound July 4 j
; NORTHWESTERN Northb'd... July 3 Southbound July 10 J.
DOLPHIN Northbound July 1 Southbound July 4 +
Elmer E. Smith Douglan Agt. WILLIS E NOWELL, Juneau Agt. ?!?
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* K I r%"T"| I I A Si I rv A,len Shattuck, Agent, Office ?
|\( /|% | nl AINIj with Juneau Transfer Co. |
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/-?. I ? /"' John Henson, Douglas Agent ?
Steamship Company :
REGULAR FAST SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND JUNEAU ?
?
Southbound Sailings S. ALKI, June 26, July 8 J
:
|7 j. C fj.1 First Class $19.00 ?
rare to OCattlC Second Class $12.00 ?
I I I I I I I I II I II II I I IK I n I II I i 8 Ml I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II
j ALASKA COAST CO. ij
! For Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valder, Latouche, Seward, ! \
! Seldovla?SAILS FROM JUNEAU I!
? C. S .ADMIRAL SAMPSON JULY 8 ?'
SAILS FROM JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE AND TACOMA I!
? S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON JUNE 29 !!
Right Is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates without notice, j j
' S. H. Ewlng, Juneau Agent. ALASKA COAST COMPANY, Seattle ?>
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. |
SILVTTI.K, TACC )MA, |
Victoria Vancouver, Beilingham, Everett, Olympla, Port Townsend, ?
South Beilingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico, San Francisco, 2
Anacortes, Los Angeles and San Diego. ?
C. D. DUNANN, P. T. M. G. W. ANDREWS, G. A. P. D. ?
112 Market Street, San Francisco. 113 James 8treet, Seattle 4
S. S. SPOKANE North Ju,y 1224 South July'5-27 t
CITY OF SEATTLE North June 24 South June 27 i
Right Reserved to Change Schedule. S. HOWARD EWING, Local Agt. J
SUMMER FERRY TIME SCHEDULE STARTING MAY 26, 1913.
Buat Leaves Juneau
For DoukIuh and
Trcadwell
6:30 a. ni.
8:00 a. ui.
9:00 a. m.
11:00 a. in.
1:00 p. m.
2:00 p. in.
3:00 p. m.
5:00 p. in.
6:30 p. m.
8:00 p. m.
9:30 p. m.
11:00 d. m.
Ix-aves Treadwcll For
Douttlas :ind
Juneau
7:10 a. in.
8:25 a. m.
9:40 a. in.
11:25 a. in.
1:25 p. in.
2:25 p. m.
3:25 p. in.
5:40 p. m.
6:55 p. m.
8:25 p. m.
9:55 p. in.
11:25 p. ni.
Leaves
Douglas For
Juneau
7:16 a. m.
8:30 a. in.
9:45 a. in.
11:30 a. ni.
1:30 p. m.
2:30 p. m.
3:30 p. in.
5:45 p. in.
7:00 p. in.
8:30 p. m.
10:00 p. m.
11:30 p. m.
Leavo* Shi*P Cre?-k
For Trt*adwell I?ou?flui
and Jum-au
7:00 a. in.
9:30 a. m.
G:30 p. in.
SHEEP CREEK TRIPS
Loaves Juneau for
Sheep Creek
6:30 a. m.
9:00 a. m.
5:00 p. m.
Leaves Douglas for
Sheep Creek
6:45 a. m.
9:15 a. m.
5:15 p. m.
Leaves Treailwell
for Sheep (!reek
6:50 a. in.
9:20 a. m.
6:20 p. in.
On Saturday and Wednesday nights 11 p. in. trip will go to sneep preen.
Leaving Trendwell for Juneau at 11:40 p. m.; leaving Douglas for Juneau
at 11:45 p. m.
We Are Headquarters for
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHINGS
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STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
ALASKA-TREADWCLL GOLD MINING CO.