The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-11
IN DEFENSE OF COPPER RIVER.
Sitixens OF talsies Deny Reported
stories OF Disappoiusmeu,

me citizens OF kaides. al the month of
NE copper river III Alaska, want If IN e,e
Vls1'iety understood that the valley OF
me copper river is blessed with a salu-
o!lous climate and that the country as far
as II mas been prospecteI shows IN Well
/. appeafs that certain newspaper reports
re-. ,..s,nt.i IN tlaf remote region We're
Eot received with favor by the s.itizeDs ~
Naloes VINO saw in the stories hro,lph, -
lt.e coast cities by Disguised or unforrun-
dte miners a menace to the future OF fhe
For this reason, the people of VALDEZ ga,
tose'ner on September 80 and passed a Sc
rles OF resolutions which reached ths past-
dhtellsenSer Yesterday from Naldes They
are as follows: '
hereas. fhe citizens Of Valdes IN mass
meeting assembled. on September 10 IsaS
GATED the attention Of this COMMITTEES 10
tls utlaih2iery ana false reports that have
'dPfeafed In the press of the States and
particularly the Pacific coast. in regard 10
me Upper river country. its prospects ana
trails; and. ''N'
whereas, Such reports are false and
without any foundation whatever. and are
not only injurious 10 this section of tine
country. which is undergoing Ciayeioumenr
ana settlement, but may arouse apprehen-
SION for the safety and welfare OF those
VINO may have friends or relatives here
Prospecting: therefore be it
=, Resolved. That We. the members OF the
Naides town committee do hereby ,,nani-
monsiy give 10 the public this statement Of
acluai Facts as existing here viz:
First-The glacier trait to the interior
IS ana has been passabie since February.
IAs: ana Is being used daily now by men
with packs. without nnuslfaI diffjetIltv or
danger attending it
Second-Dut OF the thousands WIN IN Us
crossed and recrossed the glacier this sea
son, not one Ute has been lost through any
natural dahEer OF the trail on April 50
lsss. two lives were lost ina A snowsijd,. a.,
tile summit, through camping nj a point
too close TO ii hill and whore there was ann
p inc
Ihifd-A natural trail leads from the
head or Naldes bay. where no glaciers ey-
!st ana Il natures own highway into the
interior of Alaska
Fourth-No deaths havs occurred from,
starvation as reported and provisions are
in plenty fer all those here at present III
excess over all demands
'F1fth-No deaths have occurred from
disease as reported. the water being pure
and wholesome ana the air "a luxurious 10 a
remarkable degree. Not a single case cf
there Is not community anywhere show
ing q higher standard Of health than the
Copper river country
''Sxth--As 10 gold colors can Id found
or every creek or river flowing Into she
Copper river from the westward In Can
Son creek district. hydrauliekiBg will begin
IN the spring: on the Tonsina, coarse gold
the size. OF rice is being taken out ana he;i
rock has not Vet been reached
f'S.'Venth--We submit TO thinking y.eopls
that q country ~ the extern OF tbe Copper
river valley. - miles 10 length and an
average width of sixty miles cannot he
prospected in one season. The first parties
To- reach tie interior began work about
June giving short four months 10 pros
pes-' while Il "a IN admitted fact that nine
tcTtbs Of the time Nas employed in building
boats. packing hunting and moving about
The country has been as much prospected
as inexperienced prospectors working this
way could do.
''Resoived That these Statements aud
resolutions - communicated 10 the A-so-
ctated Press FOR publication AMI that each
and AL can As verified here. that nos one
member 81 5his committee s. either direct
~ 0r Indirectly associated With any steam
ship ar Transportation COMPANY. ll1t al
desire an actual presentation al facts 80 the
People to the end that Ehe fegsrs OF those
having husbands brothers NJ members of
families here may ba siaxed: taat develop
mem may a3t be retarded ana the Resources
o. she country b. extended
6~i1ntzN p = Cess chairman: J. q;
Snv,ler. secretary. y q. Bartlett II
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