The Alaska citizen., 1913-08-04
OF INTEREST
To ALASKANS
EXCITEMENT OUTSIDE.

EXCITEMENT OUTSIDE.
DAWSON July 2S Arrivals from
the Outside report that great ex
citement has been occasioncd in the
coast cities by he stories o. the
big tind which was req red by
Tommy Doyle and Andy TAYLOR.
Hundreds of stampeders already
have left for the North, and the
prediction is made that the trail to
he Chisana " Il be lined with mush-
ers before the end OF the season.
Among those preparing to join
the rush are many old-timcrs of the
Klondike
LEAVING DAWSON.
DAWSON, July 2S.-The White
Pass steamer Nasutlin is scheduled
TO sail r the upper White river
today with a good.sized load OF
freight and passengers for the CHI
sana strike. The Videttc OF the
Sidestreams Navigation company
started for the White river ycster.
day with crowd of stampeders.
Both OF the steamers will try to
get as far as Doniek Landing. at
which point the stampeders will have
to take to small bats or mush
overland to the diggings
CLERK FOR FOURTH.
SkAGWAY, July 2S.-Angus Nc.
Bride. clerk Ct the court of the
Third division and an old-timer Of
Nome and Valdez, has arrived here
enroute to Fairbanks. where he WI
accept position as clerk of the
court under Judge Frederick f.. Full.
er. succeeding c. G. Page.
Mcbride expects to reach Fur.
banks during the latter part of Al
gust
ExcURsioNIsTs DELIGHTED.
SEATTLE. July 29.-The cham
Der OF mmerce eXcursionists re
turned this afternoon from ,hcir trir
| through Alaska, and without eytepz
ton, the travellers express them
selves as highly pleased with the
outing.
The male members Of the PARTY
are being entertained tonight by the
chamber OF commerce, the affair
being in the nature of a banuue,
at the Arct'c club in honor of Sch
Mann and other out-oftoWn mem
beers. The women will be entertain
ed at the theaters while the dinner
| IS In progress, and afterwards Il
joint reception will be held at Tho
Wash ngton, commencing at II
O'Clock
Seth Mann the personal repre-
sentative of President Wilson Oh IL
excursion. says that Alaskans ATE
the most likeable peop'e he ever
met. They asked for what they
wanted and they knew what they
needed L am With them rrst. last
and all the time declared the San
franciscan enthusiastically and il :
generally understood by those wha
talked with him that he will recon-
mend I the president tina, raj
road be constructed as requested by
the Northerners.
Scott c. Bone. editor-n-ehief Of
the PostIntelligencer. said ,hat h.
had found Alaska the greatest part
OF Amer ca. He learned more oh
the trip than he could have gather.
ed from years of reading.
Mann said he had slept only four
hours of every 81 while in the
North=bnt he liked il.
OFF FOR THE NORTH POLE
NOME, July %. With three yes
sells and me of the most complete
on ii $ ever assembled by an Arctic
expedition. Explorer Stesansson sail
ed Tor the North on Saturday. he
final departure being made from
Teller Two of the ships. the
schooners Mary Sachs and Alaska
were purchased here, together with
4 large part of the supplies. l.
is estimated tina fully $4,000 vas
left here by the explorer.
Explorer l-effngwell will accom-
pany the expedition as far as Flax
man Island, where he will gather
up me va 'uable Instruments which
were cached there on former trip
nto the North. Stefansson will
push on into the Arctic reg ons
with supplies enough to last the
party several years during which
time he Will endeavor to locate
new continent which he believes ex-
lists In the far North.
Prior to his departure for Teller.
Stefansson and the members f his
party were ven banquet by the
neople of Nome. among whom he
has many friends.
is RAISING H..
NOME, July 29.-Practicallv al
Of the deputies In the outlying dis
tricts have been retained In offic.
by Marshal Emmett Jordan, the Seat
tle-Alaskan appointee who was nam
ed by the president despite the pro
'ests of the territorial committee
and the people of the district gen
orally. Only one lecal man has
been appointed by the new mar
shall. The two best jobs within the
Gift OF the marshal. chief deputy and
head jailer, have been filled by i'm
portations for the East.
In consequence of the failure of
the local organization to land the
candidate of its choice, the Demo
cratic party n this division is all
SHIT to pieces. Jim DAILY was the
machine candidate
RICH QUARTZ FIND.
NOME, July ga rich quartz
strike has been made on Snow gulch
on the property of the New Era
Mining company. The ore is re-
fractory, however. and the company