The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-03-17
GUGGENHEIMS ROB
GOVERNMENT; SOON
WILL OWN ALASKA.
Jack Dalton Declares u. S. Spe-
cial Agents Give Reports to
Thieves. -,
TRAMPLE PROsPECTOR.

Seattle, Wash, March.-'Gf the
government is not more alert than it
has been in the past the Guggen-
helms soon will have by corrupt
methods and force wrested Alaska
from federal authority. They already
have the country bottled up so that
the individual citizen is left without
even q fighting chance.
by system Of dummy entry, the
securing through methods most pecu-
liar Of the reports Of the government
agents sent to investigate the coun-
try's mineral timber land and coal re-
sources before their reports reach the
national authorities in Washington,
the promoters will have been enabled
to get possession of most everything
good in Alaska and especially the cop
per, gold and coal ground.
Thus to The Posts correspondent,
Jack Dalton, the noted Alaska path
way finder, builder Of the immense
trail from the sea to the Yukon town
bearing his name, and for quarter
of a century an operator in the coun-
try, summarized the greed OF the
Guggenheims exemplified in the
North land. He was on the eve Of
his departure, following a few weeks
at Hot Springs for rheumatism, for
Alaska, a passenger on the steamer
Victoria for Valdez.
Trample Down Prospector.
Dalton spoke with much feeling
and seemed to be deeply grieved at
the wanton plumber and loot, as he
termed it, Of his beloved Alaska by
the Guggenheims and their asso-
ciates.
"Why don't the government send
agents into the Copper river valley
and see what the Guggenheims are
doing in the matter of the construc-
ton of the Copper River & North
WESTERN" Dalton continued.
''They have trampled down the
poor prospector, to whom the world
is indebted for disclosing Alaska's
marvellous mineral wealth and treated
him worse than dog. 1t is more
than shameful.
'They demolished the homes OF
settlers-men who have been in
Alaska ten, fifteen and twenty years,
in driving this road through, and
trampled down individual rights with
contempt and impunity. My own
case is only one Of many. have
mining claim at Cordova, extending
down to the beach. The ore runs
nearly per cent free milling copper,
yet the Guggenheims wanted the
! ground for terminals, and E. c. Haw.
kins, their chief engineer, told me
that they had decided the land was
not mineral and proposed to take my
property by force.
Threatens to Stay.
81 told Hawkins would kill him il
he attempted that and am still in pos
session. But they have been build
! ing wharves and driving piles in from
!. of me and constructing railroad tracks
: in the rear in an effort to bottle mt
: up. However, | am able to care fol
: myself.
when Judge Silas Reid received
: the appointment as federal judge TO
the Copper river division the Gug
Z genheims had special train awaiting
q him when he landed. In time Judg
: Reid was removed and in coming Out
Z the GuQgenheim people allowed hin
to stand for hours in the open await
. ing boat at Valdez, but those he hal
befriended could not see him. H
was no longer federal Judge.
1T might be a good move on tn
part Of the government to institute a
inquiry as to how many Of its agent
sent into the Copper river country
specially report on mineral matter
; have been employed by the Gugger
z helms, the agents resigning and thei
]. reports falling into the hands Of tn
Guggenheims instead Of the govern
!"
s Notice Of Special School Electio
4 to Increase the Levy.