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VOL. 8. DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906 NO. 0
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Alaska Lodge, m>. i. j
neets at Odd Follows
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Hull, Douglas, on Wednesday evenings ?.?. w,
o'clock.
Visiting:brothers nre cordially invited to
attend. SWAN BAKQUIST. N. G.
ALFRED JOHNSON. Secretar.y
Aurora Encampment No. i
meets at Odd Fellows' hall first and third
Saturdays, at S p. m.
Brothers of the Royal Purple are cordially ;
invited.
SWAN BAKQUIST, C. P.
HUGH MCRAE. Scribe.
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Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. i
Meets at Odd Fellows'hall second and fourth
Saturdays.
Visitors are cordially invited.
MRS. MAUD HILE, X. G.
MRS. GERTRUDE LAUGH LIN, Sec'v
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The North Star Lotljre, No. 2,
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at 8 o'clock,
' in Odd Fellows Hall
A. J. Stbphsss, C. C.
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Visiting Knights are cordially invited to at
tend.
Douglas Aerie, No. 117, F. 0. E.
Meets Every Sunday at 1:30 p. m.
nt Oilman's Hr.ll.
All visiting Brothers invited to attend.
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M. C. LOWE. Worthy Se^'y.
?astineaux Lodge No. 124
F. & A. M.
Hernial* Communications first
ami third Tuesdays of the
month at 8:30 p. m.
Sojourning: Brothers cordially
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invited. H. H. S'l ........
James Daniels, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
aud 2nd Sts. Douglas Cit>
'Phone, Douglas 3-8.
H. R. GARNER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE OVER ELLIOTT & SMITH'S DRUC
STORE, FRONT STREET
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WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY
JUNEAU - ALASKi
! he Northland
The Latest Nes, from Reliable
Sources, Concning the Great
North, mdensed.
Information tr Everybody.
Miss Lucy Ketcm, Peniel mission
ary at Skagway, ioing to India.
The Methodistave about decided
to give up Skag \v;as a bad job.
The Atliu-Junej road scheme has 1
been abandoned an practicable.
4,000 feet of turn will bo cut this
winter for the Alai Central. Ry.
U.S. District co convenes iu spec
ial session at Valdon February 14th.
"All roads lead the Palace of Mix
ological Art," saphe Council City
News.
; Indian hunters r Rampart came
up to a herd of Ctou and killed loO
of them.
Winter mining che Rig Salmon is
i proving profitable/he dirt is quoted
at ?-a wheelbarrotad.
Hereafter the fcs of the Alaska
Commercial Co., vtccuch at Ketchi
kan both north amuth bound.
The Valdoz-Fairks mail contract!
was awarded to thorthern Commer
cial Co. for 864,803per annum.
The Department Commerce and
j Labor has been aslfor a lighthouse
; at the entrance to urrection Hay.
Two Indian wortfrom Haines are
i serving time in thderal jail at Skag
; way. Both were c&ted of vagrancy.
According to Va! papers, the bulk
j of the travel to Hor Alaska this
winter is over ttrail from that
point.
Gen. William l>istin, surveyor
general for Alaskas recommended
the appointment [ permanent in
spector of surveys Alaska.
The clerk of t^istrict court in
Division No. 3 is nd Steer. Divis
ion No. 1 formerly a clerk that
should have been i>d Hog.
The Valdez-Eagail contract was
awarded to J. R. Cnden for 810,000
per annum. No al was made on
' the 5-day schedule airbanks.
An ex-traveling Bnan, now a Free
Baptist preacher, holding revival
meetings in Sitka, says he is amaz
ed at the publicity,*ice in Juneau.
J You can always t a drummer to
find it.
Chas. D. Lane, till known min
" ing man, has takettnd on a num
^ ber of copper claim Virgin Bay,
just back of the Ear mine. One
group, owned by * Meenach, was
, bonded for $30,000 several claims
| owned by Guy BaXjr $9,000. i
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The Valdez Transportation Co. ad
vertises the stage fare to Fairbanks at
8150, including 25 pounds of baggage
freo. Excess baggage is charged for at
the rate of 50 cents per pound. Freight
is carried at 10 cents per pound.
A "late" copy of the Council City
News?late, considering the distance it
has traveled sinco the close of naviga
tion?contains the following curious
notice: "Parlies desiring to apply for
the position of keeper of the water
hole during the coming wiuter will
make written application to Board of
Trustees, prior to October 15th, 1905."
The secretary of the treasury in the
annual estimate sent by him to con
gress calls for the following appropria
tions: For the government of Alaska,
853,500; for support of reindeer herd,
815,000; education of Alaska Indians,
8100,000, as against 850,000 last year;
steam launch for Alaska salmon hatch
eries, 810,000; supplies for natives on
islands of St. Paul and St. George,
819,500.
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Speaking of the delegates who went
to the Seattle convention, the Chena
Times said: "Carl Johansou is an
amiable gentleman, perfectly harmless,
possibly a little weak. Captain Barnett
is a man with few friends among the
miners,aud a poor speaker. He went,
to the convention as green as grass,aud
with gubernatorial aspirations. Mr.Nye :
is a young attorney with no influence,
except his vote, and Frank Man ley i
could not represent tho dogs of the
miners who know him."
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Individual miners are doing much |
work and getting good results in the i
Atlin district this winter, according to
Dr. II. E. Young, member of parliament
for that section. "The most of the
work," said Dr. Young, "is being done
on Spruce, Boulder and McKee creeks.
On McKee creek many miners,especial
ly those who are employed by the hy- j
draulic companies operating there in
the summer time, havo been granted
lays by the latter, and they are very
well satisfied with the returns for their
efforts. Spruce and Boulder have al- 1
ways been good winter producers." Dr.
Young says work is being done else
where, also, but not to the same extent
as on the creeks mentioned.
Mrs. Nellie Andrak claims title to a
claim on Cripple creek?a bench claim,
about opposite No. 2 below. A young
man named Stack, it seems, placed a *
couple of men at work upon the claim. 1
Mrs. Andrek slung a cartridge belt j:
around her trim form, shouldered a I
rifle and set out for the claim and in- J'
terviewed the gentlemen. Tney claim
ed that they were only playing, and.i'
would leave just as soon as they had <
their lunch, which they were then pre- i
paring. The woman is said to have;
stated that if their was any shootiug to
be done about that claim she would <
play the leading role, and no one con- '
tradicted her. Mr. Stack came to the <
city and swore out a warrant for as
sault. The court room was crowded to <
listen to the evidence. The jury was
out but a very short time when they <
returned a verdict of guilty. The com- J
missioner fined her;the very lowest .
fine?$1.?Fairbanks News.
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Reports from the leaders of the Finn
ish colony for which a location has
been chosen at Aurora, on the eastern
side of Cook Inlet, indicate that they
are making preparations for a large
number of immigrants in tho spring.
The enterprise recently incorporated!
under the laws of Alaska, and three of
its representatives have beeu on the;
site of the colony since October and |
will remain there all winter. The head
of the company, which is known as tho
Alaska Colonization & Development
Compony, is Axel G. lloruborg, New
York agent of a line of steamers run
ning between Finland and New York.
This Hue brings most of tho Finnish
immigration to this country. A largo
majority of these Finnish immigrants
arrive in tho United States without any
definite purposo except tho general
wish to better their condition. Many
ol' them go to work 011 farms or in
mines. Others seek employment simply
as laborers 011 great construction
works, such as railroad building. The
purpose of the immigration project i
which has sought a field in Alaska is to
give Finnish immigrants an opportun
ity to acquire farms or other property
of their own more easily than they
could do so by hiring out as laborers
for great corporations. The chief in- ,
dustries of Finland are agriculture and
fishing, and Southern Alaska offers
Finlanders more similarity of employ
ment than any other part of tho west
ern world, with rosourcos far greater
than at homo. I11 tho locality chosen
for the Finnish colony is found a large
expause of rich land, practically uu-;
limited salt water fisheries, excellent
timber and immense coal deposits. The
climate is milder than that of Finland 1
and experiments on a small scale have
demonstrated that all the hardy cereals i
and vegetables have a prolific growth. ,
Along Cook Inlet the Finnish immi- j
grants will find a far richer country
than they leave.
Boys, how are your interests looked
after by the "powers that be?" Let us
glance over the outcropping. Who is
it that is everlastingly howling about
injustice to Alaskans? Is it tho pros
pector, who is developing tho country?
Not always. The man on whom the
prosperity of Alaska depouds, the man
in the overalls, is not continually im- j
petrating, threatening and petitioning, j
In fact he is overlooking his vital inter-'
ests by being satisfied with present j
conditions. True, it is an inherent
and just feeling that they should have i
the privilege, of voting according to!
the dictates of their own conscience;
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but there are many things for which j
they are thankful, viz: telegraph and
cable lines, school and other appropri- j
ations, aud therefor wo are all liable to
be placidly contented; but it is encum
bent on us to keep a vigilant eye on a
class of men "on the velvet," who
would legislate for themselves at the
cost of Alaska's progress. To this class
belongs the man who would protect
claim-jumpers with a mounted police,
who would place Alaska under military
authority, and who would militate
against your interest by passing such a
law as is now recommended, viz; omit
ting assessment work and allowing
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non-residents to blanket the country
and pay tribute of 825. It is the most
diabolical and inimical suggestion that
has emiuated from their designing
minds. If such a law were in force the
poor prospector would witness the lo
cation of company claims, by the kid
glove fraternity, aud that vast territory
held down without development work
performed, and patented; but, if left
as it is, the man iu the overalls would
develop for his own good and thereby
demonstrate to capital its true value,
and also hasten the development of
Alaska. With no reflections on the
convention recently held iu Seattle,
that sent delegates to Washington with
instructions to advocate such a law, it
is eucuinbent on the true prospectors
and minors in each and every camp to
meet and formulate a petition and du
plicate to be seut to said delegates aud
to the President, iu opposition to the
enactment of said law. Young man
hood went to Alaska to reap the bene
fits of individual effort not handi
capped by restrictive legislation, aud'
now is the time to resent the attempt
to rob them of their rights. Yours for
the development of the greatest miner
al country on earth.?Addisou M. Pow
ell, in the Valdoz News.
WINDHAM BAY NOTES
Last week E. II. Patten commenced
sinking a shaft 011 the Ophir quartz
claim in the Second Basin.
A. Gefl'eler came down on the last
trip of the Rustler. He will shut down
the work at the Helvetia mine until
spring.
Wm. Gleeson has taken a contract
from A. Geffeler to drive a tunnel on
the X-Ray quartz claim near the
mouth of Shuck river.
E. E. Taylor and M. Sharp are getting
ready to sink a 100 foot shaft on the
Jack Pot quartz claim near Lock Mary.
Next spring the Golden River Placer
Miniug Company expects to put in an
hydraulic lift on its property near
Ton Mile Canyon.
John H. Kintcel and James Colbert
son who were placer mining together
011 Spruce creek, during the months of
October and November, cleaned up
about $100 in gold dust. Among the
lot were two nnggets, one weighing
$16.10 and the other nearly 88. The
larger pieces of gold found on this
stream are porous and more or less
quartz mixed through them, making
them very pretty specimens.
As the deer are getting scarce the
wolves are getting more venturesome.
One day last week while George Sutton
was making the round of his traps, and
when near the foot of Silver Creek
mountain twelve miles up Shuck river,
three hungry wolves came so close to
him that he had to use his axe to keep
them away. Luckily for him all three
jumped on Topsy one of the dogs which
accompanied him, they tore her to
pieces in a few minutes. In the mean
time Mr. Sutton started for his camp ?
where he arrived safely. J. H. K.
Windham Bay, Jan. 2, 1906.
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