The Chitina leader., 1912-02-17
its fifty delegates personally present
platform adopted endorsing the Taft adminstra

Its fifty delegates personally present.
+ platform adopted endorsing the Taft administers
ton
A Republican club with 200 members organized
the following telegram Hes private secretary
President Taft:
please convey to the President greetings from the far
hest north Republican convention, whose fifty delegates
instructed to territorial convention to be held in Corova
March 80, solid for his denomination
The unit rule unanimously adopted at the convention
and Charles Herron chairman Of the Candle delegation
the proxy of the fifty solid votes to attend the Cor
dova territorial convention instructions for Taft He
left unincted regarding the candidate for the position of
delegate to Congress from Alaska.
Pekn, Feb 12-An edct today published by the En-
press Dowager and her advisers which it believed will lead
the establishment of republican form of government
1t is said the edct to be published tomorrow will contain
all the provisions for republican form of
that there will be also a spiritual head
Washington, Feb. Ex-Governor Walter E. Clark is labor
ing ndustrousy in behalf of that will
nue. for Alaska He urging the passage of bill that will
authorize the to turn its proceeds from sealing
eraons the Beng Sea Alaskan fund at the end of
each The Governor has hope that the
will be enacted into law and he is being assisted his eff
by the delegation of boosters from the Pacific Coast
Washington D. c., Feb 13-Testying before the Stanley
investigating committee yesterday afternoon James Hill
threw light the past and value of the rich Me-
copper mines of Lake Superior He stated that he per-
onay bought this big body and paid four million dollars
of his money for it. Also that he then turned it
the stockholders of the Great Northern Railway Company
that the property has value of five hundred million dol
lars 1t is leased to the United States Steel Corporation
WASHINGTON, Feb 14.-When Governor Clark appear
ed before the House committee territories yesterday he de
Tended the Alaska Road Commission and explained how the
commission hampered in its operations by of the
limited appropriations for each and the constant appeals
from localities in Alaska for aid in establishing trails
roads and building bridges He into the methods that
had be pursued of rendering aid
would count for naugh and of certain work that had to be
maintained established roads, He very nssten in
the demand and necessity for much larger appropriations
and seemed impress the committee with the reasonabenes
Of lis dmand Governor Clark also endorsed the bill of Dele
gate Wickersha amending the mining laws various parc
ars He also urged that relief be provided for destitute
whites in Alaska
When ex-senator Wilson appeared before the committee
aid interior valleys the problem that overshadow all others
in Alaska.
While opposed to government ownership Senator Wilson
declared that the people of Alaska would be willing to waive
that objection provided they supplied with railroad and
he contended that the government would not allow private
capital to build road to the coal fields then the government
itself should bear the burden
He asked the committee to adopt Alaska orphan and
to help it to get lighthouses reduction in cable tolls
and conservation of salmon He suggested that the laws
Washington providing for fish conservation should be adopted
for Alaska.
Wilson opposed the leasing system unless plan devils
ed by which the essees shall be enabled to make larger profit
than cent the investment and may operate without
many restrictions to prices charged for fuel
He pointed out that the government could the
Of the railroad by getting coal for the navy cheaper
than is being charged by the Eastern coal fields
Wilson told the committee that the Pacific Coast delega-
ton refused to take part the territorial government other
Alaska controversies.
The big rotary for the Copper River Northwestern
Railway is being speeded the continent from Phade
phia 1t left ST. Paul week ago a fast freight of the
Chicago Milwaukee ST. Paul Railroad Traffic Manager
Jones expects that it will arrive in Seattle Wednesday or
Thursday of this week The feighter Seward being held
readiness having of coal for Southwestern Alaska
regher and dispatched to Cordova 1t should reach
during the last week Of February thus making banner
ord of delivery and transit from the time the machine
dered by telegraph about month ago While this very exce
ona mild weather continues there need of rotary of
any kind but should heavy and storms again set the
railroad will be we'll equipped with it's big rotares meet
climatic storm and keep the tracks clear and
trains running schedule
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14.-What was presumed would
suit only in local revos in obscure sections of Mexico
proving vitality the future
public President Madero is becoming alarmed the wide
spread dissatisfaction that is finding much encouragement
pecay throughout the south Recent dispatches indicate that
the uprising becoming general and that there much
ing taken to prevent nsurrecon, and in