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The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
ATWOOD TO INSPECT
 ALASKA COAL FIELDS

Professor Wallace w. Atwood of Chicago is now in Seward with his family. Professor Atwood is under the direction of the United States geological survey. He will make Seward his headquarters for the sum mer. With tho next run of the steamer Dora he will make trip to the vest ward for the purpose of making gen eral surver of the mineral prospects on Unga island and of the Herendeen bay coal fields, and later will do work at Chignik. While Professor Atwood is devoting his attention especially to the coal deposits, he will report also to the U. S. geological survey on the gold anC copper of the regions visited. He may also visit the Homer coal fields.
 About two months will be spent by Professor Atwood at places along Alaska peninsula. In July he will go into the interior and expects to spend the latter part of July and the month of August in the Matanuska coal fields, where he will make very careful study of the coal deposits {; their quality and their extent.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
WOMAN M|SLAYS
 PURSE AND $6,8OO
Physician and Marshal Fi- naIIy AIIay TumuItA A.Ss.ss SsSIdi BIgd
 by Supposed Loss.

'I have lost my purse and S6 6,8OOI" screamed Mrs. Julia Bresman, few
 hours before Inc YuCatan sailed for
 Seattle. Then the woman went into mysteries.
 Mrs. Brcsman has been a resident of Valdez for many years, during which she has been a popular inhabi- tant of the restricted district. Re gently she decided to depart this country and she converted all her be- lOngings into cash, said cash to the
 amount stated and in the form of
 currency being placed in her pocket book.
 Having done this, Mrs. Bresman started out to bid farewell to her friends and to spend q little loose
 change she had in filling divers and sundry loving cups. She was well along with this pleasant duty when she missed her fortune and lost her reason.
 There was q wild alarm sent out by her friends, some of whom wanted a doctor and some of whom wanted
 an officer. Dr.. F.. C. Dalton respond ed in the one case and City Marshal Hoffman in the other. The physician | bent his best efforts to bringing the woman back to some semblance of sanity and the marshal tried his best | to get some sort of cohcrance from the clammcrings of the woman's com l paniOns.
 At last one of the God-spced party
 remembered that Mrs. Brcsman had
 placed her purse behind mirror in
 one of the places they had visited and
 sure enough there it. was found by
 Marshal Hoffman. The sight of her
 purse did moro for the patient that
 did the attentions of Dr.. Dalton; the
 money was counted and found intact
 and amid great rejoicing the owner
 of the plcthoric wad departed for the l Yucatan.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
ALASKA ROADS ID
 BE INVESTIGATED Congressional Commission Coming to Look Into the
 Railway Situation.
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN JULY
Testimony to Be Taken Regarding Finances, Routes and Busi-
 ness in Sight.

Washington, May 1.-The railroad situation in Alaska will be given a thorough investigation this summer if the preent plans of the president and the house territorial committee having under consideration the Lov- ering bill providing for government aid to the railroads projected for the Northland, are carried out. The com mittee, after finding out that there are forty-odd railroad applications on file in Washington, postponed action on the bill until December, and sug- gested that a committee be appointed to find out the standing of the rail- road projectors.
 The president has announced that he is agreeable to the suggestion and such commission will, under pre- sent plans, go to Alaska in July. This commission will investigate the con- dition of the roads now under process of construction and the practicability of the proposed routes with regard to engineering difficulties and also with regard to the amount of business to be expected from the country tra- versed.
 The financial responsibility of those who have filed applications for right of-way, but who have done nothing toward actual work of construction will also be looked into. The com mission will report direct to congress.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
CONVENTION |S TORN ASUNDER
 AND TURMOIL RE|GNS S|JPREM|
Hoggatt Faction Nominates Will
 the Action of the Committee Credentials

Ketchikan, May 1l-(Spccial to the Reproductive sets of delegates to the national convention, six men in each, John Corson opposed to Tho mas Gale for territorial delegate and the warning factions of republican, ism in Alaska showing evidences of the contest not yet finished are the principal results of the convention to date. The bird of peace that was be- ing so gently nursCd by the anti-Hog- gait faction long since took wing and from the fastncss of some mountain crag sent an eagle too take it's place. The eagle is doing his work and there may yet be political cadaVcrs to fur nish sustcnancc for buzzarClS.
 It became apparent yesterday after noon that it. would be impossible to reach any agreement whereby the convention could act as wholc; last night the action of the credentials committee ignit"d the bomb that scattered the delegates from any sem blancc of cohesion and in a minute two conventions were doing business under the same roof. The crcdcn- tials committee decided nearly all the contests in favor of the IIOggatt fac tion and the antis, realizing that Mu- ranc would rule against them on every point taken on the floor, with drew to a side hall.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
FOX FARM KING
 BRINGS l05 SKINS
Middleton Smith in Town From Lonely island With
 PeIts Worth S3,000.

Bringing with him blue fox pelts worth about $3,000, Middleton Smith, sole resident of Middleton island, where he runs a fox farm, reached Valdez Tuesday. Smith rowed over from his island principality in small boat and this is the first time he has encountered civilization, or spoken to human being in many months.
 Despite his lonesome existance, Smith is in the best of health and this morning waxed emphatic in denying the report of last winter to the effect that he had been drowned. He furthermore pointed to his great pile of beautiful pelts as evidence that his winter spent in solitude has not been without results. All told, during the winter Smith has taken 115 blue fox pelts but he only brought 1O5 with him and the average value of these is $50 each. The skins ard now on ex- hibition at the Valdez Bank & Mer- camille Company's store.
 Middleton island is about five acres in area and is located out at sea few miles off Cape Hinchinbrook. There is no harbor and consequently no ves- sel of any description stops there. Smith travels between the island and Valdez in row boat. He says that the island is garden spot, with fine climate and that he has many sacks of the finest potatoes in the world which he raised last summer. Had it not been that it was too rough he would have brought some with him on this trip. He also raises othe, vegetables and all kinds of garde truck.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
BIG FIGHT TYR .
 HARLAN'S PLACE Presidents Act in Naming an Iowa Man Brings on a
 Storm of Protest.
ALASKANS ARE UP IN ARMS
Present Indications Are Senate Will Refuse to Confirm In-
 tended Appointment.

Washington, May - President Roosevelts announcement of his in tention to appoint James J. Crossley as district attorney of the Third judi cial district of Alaska to succeed Judge Nathan Harlan, resigned, has created storm of protest. The most noise in opposition to Crossley emi- mates from the lungs of the Alaskans in Washington, but swelling into a well-defined afterbeat rises the wall of objection from various senators who have had and still do have de- signs upon the position in question.
 Several candidates from Alaska have been urged for the position and Pacific Coast senators have cham pioned the cause of one or the other of these men. Delegate Gale and Gov. HOggatt of the Northland have also urged upon the president the ad- visibility of naming an Alaskan for the place and are proportionately disappointed at the present state of affairs.
 It is declared here that the naming of Crossley is in the nature of sup thrown by the president to Senator Allison and Representative Hull of Iowa, to reward them for past favors, and also as d compromise.
 The Alaskans declare that the ap- pointmcnt is an outrage and assert
 (Continued on nage D
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

Mlranc, as chef of the H0ggatt faction, made no attempt to disguise the character of the dish he was cooking ny but set it in all its raw ness, before the antis and then stood by to see how they relshed it. Par ticularly offensive was the dctcrmi- nation to seat the Hoggatt delegation from Fairbanks and from Kctchikan. And then to rub it in Muranc went so far us to accept the proxy from Hog att's own seat which was being con- tested.
 The anuis, after organizing into separate convention progressed things smoothly and were nearly through when ShackelfOrd entered the hall and seizing Delegate Perkins of Nome tried to drag the latter from the hall. In minute there was general mix up, the antis surging to the doorway of their citadel to repell any further attempts at invasion. In this they were successful and completing their business for the day, retired
 Delegate Ritchie, of Valdez, has all along been the chief custodian of the peace dove, and just before it absent ed itself from the scene of turmoil he nearly effected a compromise with Shackelford, on a basis of three dele gates each. Shackelford, however, objected to the antis naming Held of Juneau and Perkins of Nome and all
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

 GIVEN ALASKA
Nome, Cordova and Ketchi- ikan Favored in Civil
 Sundry Appropriations.

Washington, May 13-Three light houses, to cost $15,000 each, and to be erected, one at Nome, one at Cor dOva and one at Ketchikan, are pro- vidcd for in the sundry civil appropri- ation bill. This much, at least, will be done by the present congress to re- licve the conditions on the Alaska coast, which is declared to be great ly in need of aids to navigation.
 It is probable that the work of con structing the lighthouses will be be- gun in the near future.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
BABY OWES LIFE
 ID BABY-BUGGY
Boy 3 Years Old Falls Four Stories and Escapes
 Without a Scratch.

New York, May 13-A chubby 8 year old boy was the principal and an open window in the fourth story of q house and baby carriage on the sidewalk were the properties in one of the most miraculous and thrilling ac- cidents of record in this city. The chubby boy is now the center upon which is focused the attention of an entire neighborhood, the baby carri- age is only little the worse for it's part in the affair and the open win dow is made safe by barricade, for the playful three-year-old fell from the window, landed in the baby car riage and suffered not so much as a scratch.
 Robert Prendelbitt is the name of the chubby one, and this morning he was playing about on the floor in the front room of the little flat occupied by his parents. It was warm and the window was open. The mother left the room for moment and returned just in time to see her hopeful trying to balance himself on the ledge. With prayer on her lips she launched her self toward the danger in an effort to seize the child but she was too late for just as her fingers were about to close on his little garments he lost his balance and lurched into space.
 Below, fearing to cry out for fear of disconcerting the little one q dozen or more persons watched young Rob- ert as he tried to up-rear himself on the narrow ledge of the window; then they saw him fall and heard the cry of agony uttered by the mother as she swooned.
 Fascinated by their horror the watchers glimpsed the descent of the baby; then came sob of relief from a dozen pent-up breasts as the watch CTS saw the baby, with look of sur prise on his face, but still smiling try ing to crawl from the capsized baby buggy.
 Investigation showed that the little one was unharmed. One of the wheels of the vehicle which had saved his life was dished but the strong springs had broken the fall.
 Marveling neighbors took the baby upstairs, brought the mother back to consciousness and finally convinced her that what she had seen was real and that in spite of it's reality her ba- by was safe. |
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

though Ritchic agreed to this his fol lowers would not and then and there the eagle appeared on the scene and the fun began.
 The antis blame ShakelfOrd for this failure, as they made no objection to any person he might name for dele gate.
 As the slatrS now stand, Perkins, Ryan and Johnston of Nome, Held of Juneau, White of Katalla and Wulff of Valdez are the antis' selections for national delegates, and Shakelford and Burkhart of Juneau, Shea and Johnston of Nome, and Judge Reid and BiOn Dodge of Fairbanks the llOggatt faction delegates. The Hog gait faction nominated John Cerson nominated Gale, the south end of the Third division voting for Corson.
 The platform adopted at the Juneau convention was adopted by both fac tiOns, with some small additions, one of these being the demand of the an tis that Alaska men, and Alaska men only, be appointed to office in the territory
 There yet remains to be made the selection of q national committeeman. The lioggatt faction will name Shack lCfOrd and it is probable that the antis will name J. G. Held, of Juneau, who is holding the position at present.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
President Addresses Governors

Washington, May 14-Prcsidcnt Roosevelt last night addressed an as scmblage of forty-four governors re- presenting as many states or terri tories of the Union. The president made a strong address the keynote of which was the emphasis placed on the necessity for every state to do all in it's power toward conserving it's natural resources.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
 ALASKA ARE INCREASED

Washington, May 1.-The senate appropriations committee today made two increases in the house appropria- tions for Alaska institutions. In the school appropriation the senate com mittce suggested an increase of S25, GOO and in the reindeer service an in- crease of from 5000 to $S,00O.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
Vree1and Bill Passes

Washington, May 1.-The Vrccland currency bill passed this afternoon. Senator Aldrich several days ago gave up tho fight to have his bill be- come q law for he realized that pop ular sentiment, led by many of the bankers of tho country, was too strong against his bill to leave any hope of it's ever being passed by the senate.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

The petroleum field of Alaska is located on the north shore of Con troller bay. Known indications of petroleum are confined to belt about twenty-five miles long from east to west, and from four to eight miles north and south. The belt is ad- joined on tho north in part by tho Boring River coal field,
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
Washington Solid For Taft

Spokane, May 14-All indications point to the fact that the state of Washington is solidly for Taft for president. The state republican con vention is sure to endorse the war secretary and the delegates to the national convention will go instructed for him all down the line.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
More Tornado Victims

Omaha, May i-Thrcc more vio- tims have been added to the list of those killed by the tornado which swept over Sarpy county night before last. This makes fifteen dead. The property loss will amount to $500, O,OOO aL lCaRL
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
Survey Party o8 For Alaska

Vancouver, B. O., May t4--The Dominion survey party leaves tonight for q point at the mouth of the Chil- kat river, where the work of further locating the Alaska boundary will be- gin.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

Beehler is known in Valdez where he worked for George Meals for some time last summer. He was formerly soldier and was discharged from Fort Liscum. No one could be found who knew Mason.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
TWO MEN LOSE LIVES
 IN TANANA RIVER

Fairbanks, May Oboe. Mason and J. r.. Bochlcr, both recently from river yesterday afternoon while floating down stream in polling boat.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

A stampede from Dawson was cansed by new discoveries along the left limit of the Klondike river, be- tween Leota and Two Much Gold creeks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
Population Of Oklahoma
Nearly Million and Half

Guthrie, Okla, Dec 21.-Oklahoma's
populations is placed at 1.445.261 in BIZ
ennial report Of the Oklahoma board
of agriculture. this being an increase
of a little more than 2 per cent over
the federal census taken July 1, 1907.
The board Of agriculture gets its stats.
tics from the township assessors.
Fifty-three per cent, or 76O,6S5 are
males and AZ per cent, or 6S4, ,e2e. are
females; 1,264,526. or S71s per cent,
are white, 111.9Os, Or IL per cent
are negroes. and S.4SS, or Al per cent.
are Indians. There are sSs mongo.
lians.
The climatology part Of the report
covers a period of ten years.
The mean annual temperature for
the ten years is 59.7 degrees. the max
imum 116 degrees and and the mini
mum p below
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
YOUTHFUL BEER
TIPPLERS
Bunch Of Small Boys
Caught CuzzIinG Beer in
Church Basement

A bunch of boys, from 10 to 10 years
Of age, guzzling beer and raising Cain
In a church basement on Sunday aft.
ernoonl
What do you know about that?
That's what happened yesterday aft
ernoon. Seven lads were in the base
bent of the unfinished Baptist church.
Their merriment disturbed Rev. Free
mans family at the parsonage nearby.
When Mr. Freeman went to the scene,
he saw the boys with a bottle apiece
guzzling like seasoned old topers. He
called the police. but when Chief Good.
win came the youngsters made a hasty
skidoo, only one or two of them be-
ing caught. They said they took the
beer away from another boy in the
rear of the L. 7. and they didn't know
where he got 1t. All Of them we're
well dressed and evidently belonged to
good families. The police have the
names OF all Of them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
SHERIFF RAIDS
JOINTS
LOuthan Goes on the War
Path for the Booze
Vendors

On Saturday afternoon Sheriff Lou
than and his deputies. assisted by
Chief Goodwin. started on a general
roundup OF the joints At "66" they
found and seized two large sacks full
Of bottled beer, and at the Headlight
eight or ten pints Of whisky and hall
sack full OF beer we're con
flscated, together with a roulette
wheel, two poker tables. cards and
chips. At the Legal Tender, upstairs,
nothing more sinful than a poker table
was discovered. By the time the 9th
er places we're reached. the news OF
the raid had spread and there was
nothing doing when the officers ar
rived The confiscated goods were
stored at the court house.
Besides the good confiscated. the
raid resulted in seven arrests. Il have
evidence enough to close every joint
in town; It is up to the courts" said
the sheriff
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
Bread Cast Of Waters
Came Back Quickly

"Id heard about casting bread on
the waters. but didn't tninA it would
return so soon" said F. D. Lemon as
he told a good story about a charity
donation. A few days ago Mrs. Lemon
fixed up a bundle Of old clothes and
sent them with other things to the
Volunteers. Among the articles was
an old coat which Mr. Lemon had cast
aside some two years ago. Mrs. Lem
on happened to notice some old letters
in the pockets and laid them out with
out opening them. That evening as
the family we're gathered about the
fireside. Mrs. Lemon picked up one
OF the letters from the table and
opened 1t. To her surprise a cashiers
check for $40 fell out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
MAJESTIC
WILL OPEN
New Amusement Place
Ready for OpeninG-Vau-
deViIIe and Pictures

The new Majestic Theater. at f1s
North Third street, which promises
to be one OF the best places Of amuse-
ment in chickasha. opens tonight.
The managers, Tom Wubker Of this
city and Mlllard Burton and William
Barrowman have been working hard
for several days to be in readiness for
this evening. and are now prepared to
give a first-class entertainment. The
latest moving pictures will be shown,
up-todate vaudeville will be presented
and illustrated songs will be sung by
Barrowman. who Is one Of the best
public singers in Oklahoma. The song
for tonight is entitled "The Flowers
Outside the Cafe"
The Majestic has a seating capacity
Of three hundred although only two
hundred seats have been put in for
tonight. and has a large, airy and at
tractive auditorium.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
An Illustration Of
Rapid Building

There occurred In Enid an event in
rapid building that is worthy Of note.
Within ten days was erected building
that for rapidity of construction, from
a scene Of bare, unbroken ground to
the period OF completion, broke all rec.
ords in that city.
Ten days before the building site
was bare where at the end Of that
time stood large twelve-room house,
modern, boxed, sided, painted and well
built throughout. The residence was
designed by an Enid architect, Roy
Shaw, built by Contractor Zene Sex
ton, and is owned by ]. H. Greea. In
building It, Mr.. Sexton has broken all
records on frame houses and the rapid
ity with which it has been constructed
has caused no end OF comment from
the throngs that pass by daily. The in
terror is not yet completed. but that is
largely due to inability to get plumb
ers to do their part of the work, which
had 70 precede the lathing.
Mr.. Sexton says that he thought he
would see how quickly a good resi-.
dence could be built by getting busy
in keeping with the demands.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-21
SCHOOLUSE
AUDITORIUM
Library Board Meets Will
aVeDOnatiOn Day-Re-
port Of Librarian

AT a meeting OF the Carnegie Libra
ry board held at the office OF c. N.
Fechhelmer Saturday evening, Il was
voted TO lease the auditorium Of the
building to the school board for the
remainder OF the school term. In.
creased enrolment will make three
more teachers necessary and the board
will equip the auditorium to accom-
modate a part Of the pupils.
A committee was appointed. con.
sisting Of Mrs. Coryell. Mrs. Light and
Mrs. John w. Brown. for the purpose
Of arranging for a Library Donation
Day. An evening program viii be
prepared and everybody win be in
vited to attend and contribute a book
to the library.
Mrs. Hendrix, the librarian. sub.
mitted her report for the month Of
November giving the following inter.
esting statistics:
Number OF borrowers, s66.
Number OF new borrowers, regis
tered during the month. SO.
Number Of juvenile books for home
use. 225.
Total number Of lendlngs, s32.
Number Of volumes in lending de-
partment LOO
Number Of volumes purchased since
Nov /, "A.
Number OF volumes denoted. 50.
Forty-two volumes were donated by
DR.. and Mrs. coryell, and 22 volumes
by Mrs. Dwyer. The Daily oklaho-
man Is donated by Mr.. Hargrove.
The Librarian says: Visitors to the
reading room are increasing, also the
number Of borrowers. We need
books, books and more books. Think
Of it-nearly one thousand borrowers
and only 1900 volumes to lendi"