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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-21

BARBoURsvILLE: Barboursville's
old tannery, said to have been built
in 1914, is idle after running almost
constantly for a century. Valentine
Lerst. who operated 1t since 1858, isl
too old and feeble to run it any more.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
E. M'Hugh West
 Takes a Bride

The good people of Fairbanks were agreeably surprised last Tuesday, when the announcement was made of the wedding on Monday evening of Miss Grace Cooley to MT. Ed ward McHugh Weste, the latter a we'll known old timer of this camp, The ceremony was performed at the Methodist parsonage. Rev J. J. Pat
 on officiating, the attendants t the couple being MT. and Mrs. Priess. At the concluson of the ceremony, the wedding party was served with a supper at a down town restaurant.
 Mir. Weste, or Newest. as he is best known, has been a resident of the north since the early days, hav- ing been engaged in the freighting business at Skagway during the rush to the Klondike gold fields. He later went to Dawson, coming still later to this camp. He has been employed at the store of E. R. Peoples, Inc, for the past ten years.
 Mrs. Weste is not as well known as her husband, having arrived here last summer However, she has made numerous friends during the short time elapsing since her arrival. The couple will make their home in the Calder residence, on Third ave nue.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

! Iindeberg. president of the Pioneer Mining company, says the Post In ] telligencer
 1 i<ENNECOTT AS A
 CHEAP PRODUCER The developments in the Copper l river region of Alaska. including a long railway through difficult country and the opening and equip
 ment of tn" Bonanza mine. cost
 a great deal of money. The gossip
 used to be that it was upward of S20000. 900. This was furnished by J. P. Morgan X Co, and NJ. Gug- genheim's Sons. the latter subse Quently taking in Kuhn, Loeb X Co Among engineers there was always considerable doubt respecting the
 outcome of this investment consid
 cred as a whole, although. of course.
 it was recog ognized that either the
 niEe or the railway could make 2
 fine showing at the expense of the other.
 According to a Boston paper. the syndicate put from S25.000 900 to $2O GOO 900 into the enterprise, and SC far has received $7,500.000 in dividends from the Kennecott Mines CO., Bonanza Mine) and S1O.00O 900 from the sale of Kennecott bonds The Copper River & Northwestern Ky. which neceSsitated the greater part of the capital expenditure, has paid nothing. Apparently. therefore the Alaska venture has been con duCted on the basis of a cheap mine and dear railway. Kennecott IS advertised as the cAapest pro. ducer of copper in thN world, it. average cost being said to be only about 5c per pound. The contrib utory factors in arriving at such a cost are highgrade ore-some of it almost pure copper glanee-and what is substantially the free Use of a large amount of capital
 By the sale of kennecott stock the syndicate will further recoup itself, it is to be supposed This company has an issued capital of 720.000 shares, and there are 4OO,- 900 additional shares reserved for conversion of the bonds, a total of 1,120 ,000, which, at S25 per share the promotion price-represents a valuation of S2S S,000O00, or about what the syndicate is said to have teresting to see how the public will make out in it's investment in this mine Of very rich ore. which probably lacks the elements of long life that the porphyry mines have New York Engineering and Mining Journal.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
ANTIMONY l-EDGES
 ARE TO BE WORKED

Anthony ore was discovered in the Wheaton river district, Southern Yukon, seven or eight years ago, but as there is haul of at least 27 miles to get the ore to the w. P X Y. k. Railway, at Robinson, for ship nent to Swansea, England, where it has to be sent to be treated, and as the price of the refined article un til recently has been such that the metal could not be mined in that remote region at a profit. there has never been much done with the finds, except to keep up the as seSsment work necessary to hold them.
 Now, however, the demands of the belligerent European nations for immense quantities of ammunition Fuch 9s shells, etc. in which anti mony is used to harden the softer metals for the outer covering. this product has risen in value until it Is now quoted at 4S cents pel pound, or more than double that If copper, and renewed interest has been awakened ~in the proper ties in Southern Yukon.
 R. Whitfield of Vancouver, B. C., a veteran hard rock miner, who HaS visited the north annually since 1898, spending most of his time in prospecting in the Atlin district and Southern Yukon, has interests in the Wheaton district, and in ad tions on several of the antimony interested British Columbia capital. i-f- in, hi of II bringing back with him. as a repre- sentative of the men who intend ed to put up the money, Monty J. Rocs, one of their number
 After thorough investigation of the properties and final adjust ment of the options which Mr Whit, field had secured, that gentleman and MT. Ross came over from the for Vancouver on the Mariposa to- night, for the purpose of getting ;upplies. mining machinery and ap- paratus for the installation of ar aerial tram of from 2,5O0 5000 feet n length, which will be placed on the Becker and Cochrane claims which have a vein about four feet in width, the ore from which as says rom 50 to 4o per cent antl- mony and which can be traced for distance of 15,000 feet
 They expect to be back in the Wheaton district within 30 days They will at first employ probably fifteen men in building mess and bunk houses and in the installation of the aerial tram, but later on, when the actual work of mining is commenced only about six men will be worked. With these, within fifteen days after they start in, MT. Whitfield told a Daily Alaskan representative this morning, they expect to take out at least ten tons of ore daily.-Skagway Alas kan.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
GOLD SHIPMENTS COME
 TO BANK OF SEWARD

The Bank of Seward has just re, ceived two fine shipments of gold, one from the Mathison Mining prop erty, at Hope and the other from the quartz property discovered by Messrs. Skeen and Stevenson at Moose pass. The latter property has been bought by Jack Roman and Bennett James, who have been crushing ore with an arrastre The gold is the output from the arrastrc and shows wildly. when the means of operating are taken into account, that the strike has been a splendid one.-Seward Gateway.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

a man whose name is not knowl. found number of valuables re gently on a sand bar on the upper FaDana river. Included in tfa lit f things found was a purse con taining Sl65 in money, a hat and other clothing. Nothing is known If the owners of the yaluables but
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Ne Is believed to have been dumped out of boat and possibly drowned while his property was wa5hed on shore by the swift current. A care ful search in the vicinity of where the Valuables were found revealed nothing as to the whereabouts Of their owner
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
General Mining News

miners are also doing finely Gus Seiffert, On Resurrection creek is cleaning up lots of money Just before MT. Jett came over the Self fert ground had one cleanup of nine ty ounces. Dick Dawson, he had heard, is also doing splendidly, and Anderson, on Palmer creek, has a crew working with fine results. On the whole the district looks fine and Mir Jet says there is won-
 derfully large area of good ground still to be developed.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
Huckins to Go
 Into "Movies'

Gene Huchins, the well known local enterta iner who left for the Out side last Wednesday, is going into the "mov ies." That is, he is going to make a try at them. Wheth- CT or not he gets his "phiz" on a screen, depends on whether or not he is given q trial.
 One thing is certain, however, and that is, that if Gene is given the chance, he will undoubtedly make good He has confidence in his ability to do 50 if given a trial, the great question with him being to get some of the managers f motion picture producing con cerns to give him a chance to show just what he can do in their line.
 Gene came north several years etCre tte present day motion pic lures were thought of. Since that time he has done a little bit of everything. He therefore feels that he can make good in a great many branches of the business where nine out of ten of the so-called special ists fail
 Mir Huckins will go direct to the land of motion pictures, in southern California, after few days in Seat tle There he will make an at tempt to convince the managers of the various companies as to his ability, but failing that, he will come back to Seattle and go on the vaudeville stage, where he is already booked for IA weeks.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
NOME GOLD OUTPUT.

Seward peninsula, and especially Nome beach, where the discovery of gold in 1898 electrified the Unit ed States and gave Seattle a great impetus, may be relied upon to yield an average output of between s3,OOO,O00 and $4,000,00O for at least 20 years longer, according to Jafet
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Four prisoners were sent to the penitentiary from the Third div sion during the early part of last month, each one going over for a term of one year.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
50 coo WORTH OF ORE
 IN SIGHT ON BERTHA

Jim McCarron came in from his property on Bertha creek, a tribu- tary of Granite and situate about half way between Mile 34 and Sun rise, on the car yesterday after lCon on a business trip. He says that he has a very good looking piece of property on Bertha creek. with at least $30,000 worth of orc in sight. He will return as soon as
 h!nSs freeze up. and that will not be long. He will install an hydraul- icking outfit on his property the first thing in the spring. MT McCar- ron speaks very highly of the min ing possibilities of that country. which also includes Lynx, Taylor md Granite creeks.-Seward Gate way
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

That l,296,O00 acres, at the least. Of good agricultural land lie ad ia cent to the route of the government S
 ~ Al"F'-2 r"ilWay half of it in the immediate Susitra and Matanus- ka valleys, and 100000 more acres to be found between the Tanara and Yukon, in the region to be opened by the upper reaches of the road, is the judement of the experts of the department of agriculture
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
NORTHERN STAMP MILL
 GRINDS OUT VAliIE

With one-stamp mill Hersey is now crushing ton of rock daily that goes $500 to the ton at the head of Palmer creek. says the Nome Industrial Worker. MT Her sey had rock before going a hun dred dollars to the ton, but has re
 gently run into far richer ore, ac
 cording to Arthur Jett, who ar rived from that district yesterday
 Mir Jett also says that quartz min ing in that district has recently re- ceiyed a wonderful impetus. New quartz prospectors are constantly showing up around Palmer, Resur- rection, Sixmile and it's tributaries
 and doing lots of work with the most promising results The placer
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

The actual amount of road built this year by the Alaskan Ensin- eering commission was 29 miles. lead ing out of Anchorage.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

ltinerant merchants are charged $50 per day for doing business in Cordova. while those doing business in Seward are taxed but : cents per day
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

A Juneau man who has kept close tab on the CannerieS of South eastern Alaska, says that the sal mon pack for the past season will total 773 300 cans.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Owing to the absence of an electric light plant at the new town of Anchorage, number of business houses have installed acetylene plants
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Tho federal officials at Fort Lis cum stopped all proposed boxing and wrestling bouts which were to have come off at a smoker planned hy the boys at the post.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

The Ketchikan council has pass ed an ordinance closing all sa- looms. pool rooms and bowling al leys at midnight. and remain closed until o'clock the following morn ing.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Ward H. Gartner. bugler on thp revenue cutter Manning. was drowr cd in the Boring sea last August. Gartner was F years old and had been in the service less than two months.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Two new sidewalks. seven dogs and oI;c new baby Is the sum total of Valdez bless ngs the past week At the rate the doss are increasing Nver the babies our population may yet prove d bowling success --Nalde1 PTCSpectOr.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

John Palm, the Circle mail car rier, arrived in town during the week on his fret trip. The pas sengers on the stage were MT. ana Mrs. Peterson and R. Ross.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Jack Robarts, formerly Of Fair banks, arrived at Anchorage on Q recent boat with a bowling alley equipment and lighting plant sufi- cient to illuminate the building. He has central location and is put ting up an 'amusemeut palace''- Seward Post
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
VALUABLES FOUND.

According to Charles Johnson who arrived in Fairbanks from the Chisana country early in the week
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Peter Johnson. who was convicted at Valdez on the charge of selling liquor to Indians, was fined $500 md given twenty days in which to raise the money. He was placed 1nGer a nominal bond for that per iod
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Captain Hunter, of the Northwest 2rn, reports that the Columbia cln fer. cn Glacier Island near Valdez and opposite Ellamar, has been split in two and a portion of it thrown into the sea, apparently by some mighty conyulsion of nature, and that vessels now have to alter their usual course to get around it.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Herb Wilson, one of the most prominent of the oldtime mine ope- rators of the Fairbanks country. ar rived on the Alameda and will remain Tor some days. He spent part of the year in the Hudson bay coun- try, which, he says. has good gold prospects, but no transportation fa- 'iitieS He was the owner of No 10 on Clearv creek and worked it while Jack Roman now of Seward was operating No, 11.-Seward Gateway.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Captain Nat Bowman is a recent arrival in town from the Circle coun try.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Father Duncan, the aged mis- sionary of Metlakahtla, who led band of Indians across the line into Alaska more than forty years ago, because he believed the British gov ernment was not treating the na tiVes right, is again preparing to move to another place and start life anew with his followers, some )f whom were members of the orig inal party which followed him into the land of the free, as they have always in the past regarded Alaska. -Ska2way Alaskan.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01

Private parties at Seward have formulated plan whereby they eX. pect to build what they are pleased to call a lunatic asylum for Alas kans, and with that end in view have taken the matter up with the government. They have been noti- fled that contract with the Morn inGside asylum, near Portland, has still three or four years to run, al, though the contract is of such d nature that it can be terminated at my time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07
We Want Bill Pickens Back.

Stock racing IL to be tried on the Chicago
Speedway early in the spring Of 1915. The pro
posai to have stock racing ct Sheepshesd Bay
New York, does not appeal 20 the management o.
the speedway, but understand that II sufficient
number Of owners WOULD get together they might
be able 70 lease the speedway for an afternoon.
II might be difficult 20 draw a large crowd, be
cause the events would lack the spectacular feature
which attracts the spectators 20 the special racing
car meets where we'll known professional drivers
are competing.
The manufacturers are not Interested IN pro
noting stock car races and the New York dealers
do not think stock car races would tend 20 stimu-
late sales. think they mistaken and that Che
first race, il properly and fairly managed, would
convince the agents that they are wrong.
There are a great many wealthy Young men IN
and near New York who drive fast cars. They
would like 70 know how fast their machines are
and TO show their skill at the wheel.
II is possible 20 start thrty-hve cars on the
sheep,hesd Bay track and With this number
o. entrants could not fail 20 be interesting.
Where can we find few more enthusiastic spirits
Ike Bill pickens, Doctor Percival. Tom Moore and
John Kane Mills 20 put some pep In the dying soul
Of Automobile Row? If Bill Pickens was IN our
m,ds. these days and could get hold Of the new
speedway for half day you would see how nicely
the thing could be done
The nnillionaires who the speedway are
bemoaning the fact that there no racing cars
Fast enough for the track
Bill Pickens ran races without either cars or
track and got away with it. Bill could make IN
automobile race out Of a blue sky on rainy day;
without capital cups prizes
He never needed any gold trophies by Tiffany
or Theodore 3. Starr, with ebony base and chased
design.
Bill could always rent enough silver plated mugs
from his reliable pawnbroker friends on the Bow
CIV 70 fill a show window on Broadway for three
weeks prior to the race, and as for the worlds
speed kings. they were at his command when he
wired They would come from California II Bill
told them there was supper money IN The JOB
No long leaf pine course with paTabolic curves
was necessary when Bill put on race. All he
wanted was good mud track with few cinders
sprinkled the curves.
There wasn't any such thing as Safety First IN
Bills race meets he didn't build steel guard
rails to keep the Dare Devils from killing them
selves and the spectators. He built fences Tor
them 70 run into. That the keynote Of the
sport Three spills every time or you got your
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07
Packard Co. Not to Enter Racing.

When the Packard company opened working
headquarters at the indianapolis Speedway and
J. c. Vincent, vice-president of engineering, began
testing out various features of his new Packard
Twin Six Il was whispered that the company would
return 70 the racing field, after long absence
from all manner Of speed and endurance contests.
Last Tuesday, when Mr.. Vincent appeared on this
Sheepshead Bay Speedway with a Packard Special
and clipped of an exhibition lap at tho rate or
1921 miles an hour, the whisper that Packard
MAS going 20 race again became louder
When heard that Mr.. Vincent has established
a testing headquarters at sheepshead Bay and
intends TO spend considerable time there with a
crew Of testers and few necessary machine tools
I asked him to tell me what is in tho air.
"po you think the Packard company will come
bscl into the racing gamer" asked him.
Positively not" he said.
"Tbep why are you building these special speed
cars7"
simply TO keep our stock up to the minute
end ~ possible little ahead Of other cars IN
design.
"There is hardly any difference between the
Packard Special in which aid 1925 miles an hour
last Tuesday and the regular Packard touring car
of 1916.
"The motor Of the special is of the stock design
except in one OF two details. The car used for
the speed exhibition is equipped with special
can, shaft 20 give racing valve timing. and the
pistons are slightly crowned to give higher com
pression. The stock motors have rs POUNDS COM
preston. while this motor has s5 pounds com
preston.
"The carburetor and intake header were of larger
size than standard, 20 give more power at higher
speed Special spark plugs were used to resist the
extreme heat due to high compression and racing
speed.
'The remainder Of the chassis is Of stock Twin
Six 1-25 model design, with the exception that y
is stripped Of Tenders, etc. and is provided with
thirtv-four-mile gear-that Is, a gear giving &
speed of thrty-four miles an hour, at 900 revou-
tons Of the motor instead Of twentyfour miles at
900 as is the case with the stock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07

of the King is looked upon with much
concern by the automobile world IN
general, this viewpoint being given
special consideration because the King
announcement was made after some
concerns had raised the price OF their
machines and others were contem-
plating similar action.
The news of the new model and price
was flashed to the public through the
newspapers and automobile trade pa
pers only. Never before was the pull
ing power of newspaper advertising
better demonstrated" declares Sales
Manager r. p. Bishop, of the King Mo-
tor Car Company. Eve gave the news
papers the first information. On the
Monday following the appearance or
the announcement in the press of the
country our mail was full of wires
asking for detailed specifications and
applying for territory. We also heard
from a large number of prospective
BUYERS. Even on Sunday morning, when
came TO the office, found large
number of wire inquiries and tele-
grams of congratulation. II any one
doubts the pulling ability Of newspaper
advertising for automobile announce
ments an investigation of the results
we obtained will easily disprove
doubts"
An interesting combination was
formed during the week between the
Peerless Motor Car Company, of Cleye-
land, and the General Vehicle Com
pany. of Long Island City, n. Y. A
new organization, TO be known as the
Peerless Truck and Motor Corporation,
with a capital stock of s25,000,OOo, has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07
Chandler Co. Has Large Plans.

+. G. Chandler. president Of the Chandler Notor
Car Company surprised the industry during 'he
week BY launching a new company under the same
name with a capital stock of slo0Oo'o0o Horn
blower e. Weeks. Of New York and Boston, put the
new company through, and there was an imme-
date rumor that the Chandler would eventually
take over the Peerless, Chevrolet and Maxwell
companies For the most part this was joke
There were negotiations, hear, involving the
Peerless company but they are said TO be on ana
dead. AZ for taking the Maxwell and CheY-
rolet nothing could be more absurd.
The Chandler company has, during the three
wears Of its existence, been steadily successful
Within the last year it paid dividend OF loo per
cent All of this was done paid-in capltsi
Of 100000 on the preferred stock. The common
stock. amounting to 900, went in as bonus.
On the original investment of 100000 the com
pany has been earning about 100000 annually
II is said the preferred stock will now be retired
4. $40 n share and the new capital, S7oOooOo Of
which is 10 be issued will be used TO increase the
yearly production of the company from s,Ooo 70
10000 cars Mr.. Chandler retains the presidency
c. F. Emise remains first vice-president; W. ..
Mead second vicc-president; Samuel Regar' treas
urer and Isador Grossman, secretary.