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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
SAACKLEFORD WINS :. IN FIRST DIVISION CLEAN SWEEP FOR DELEGATE Practically Every Town in Southeast
 ern Alaska Chooses, Delegates to
 Convention that Favor Nomination
 of Wickersham for Delegate.
CLEAN SWEEP FOR DELEGATE

JUNEAU, March 13.-The primary election held here Saturday resulted in a clean sweep for the Shackleford- Wickersham combination.
 Practically every primary held in the First Division elected as delegates to the Seward convention men pledg- ed to secure the nomination of the present delegate. to congress if pos sible.
 In this city the vote was over whelmingly in favor of the Shackle- ford ticket. the vote standing 613 for Shackleford to 78 for Rustgard. In Douglas the O'Connor anti Wickersham ticket was also badly de- feated, notwithstanding the personal popularity of O'Connor. the vote there being 101 to Fl in favor of the Shackelford ticket. =. s-'.' Haines, Wrangell, Treadwell, Skag- way, Sitka and Ketchikan also elected delegates who will vote for Wicker sham at the convention. giving the shackelford delegation fifty-four out of the seventy-five delegates allotted to the division.
 Friends of Shackelford state that he has received advices from the oth- CT divisions of the Territory which in- dicate that he will have sufficient of the delegates with him to control the convention, and that the nomination of Wickersham on the regular Re- publican ticket is assured. There is great rejoicing among the followers of the delegate throughout this section, and they are confidently predicting that Wickersham is assur- ed of retaining his seat in Congress. Prior to the primary Rustgard stated that if the Wickersham forces won he would run for Delegate on an independent ticket, but 1t is doubtful if he carries out his threat. a.a.
 In the ranks of the Democrats here it is believed that the nomination of Wickersham at the Republican con vention will not add to his strength.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Villa Has 900 Followers.

FL PASO, March 13.-Villa, with RIue hundred followers, is reported to be nearing the Mormon settlement of Casa Grande, where, it is said he has splanned, to loot. the place and slaugh- Ter the inhabitants. The Carranza troops which were reported to be hur- .xyinE to the scene for the purpose of pa&enting the raid, have not been he&rd from, and their whereabouts js unknown.
 Many messages have been sent to General Funston urging immediate action on the part of the United States troops to prevent the massa- ere of the inhabitants.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
HUGE EXPORTS
 . 10 RUSSIAN PORT
WAR rNCREAsRs Ali BUSINESS
Foodstuffs and Munitions Bring the
 Shipments up to Twelve and One
 Half Millions-Alaska Copper Ex- ports Will Pass Twenty-Five Million

SEATTLE, March 13.-The Euro pean war has raised the exports of the Pacific Coast to remarkable fig ure. During the month of February the exports to the port of Vladivostok alone amounted to twelve and one half millions of dollars, largely food stuffs and war munitions for the Rus- sian army. %2 -,..
 In an article on the Alaska busi- ness yesterday, the Times estimated that the export of copper from Alas ka this year would reach the enor- nous aggregate value of more than s25,O00,000.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
U. s. Cavalry Muster for Dash.

FL PASO, March 13.--A persistent rumor is current here that 8 large body of United States cavalry Is be- ing mustered in Arizona and will make dash into Mexico today. Not withstanding the denials of the mili- tary officials that no move will be made for a day or two, the rumor will not down. and it Is generally believed here that the interviews were given out by army officers as to the delay in the movement south is but to GOV CT the actual plans, and that the troops will cross into Mexico within a few hours.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
VALDEZ ATHLETIC CLUB
 HOLD OPEN HOUSE

A good crowd of people took ad- vantage of the opportunity to in spect the new quarters and club rooms of the Valdez Athletic Club yesterday afternoon. The club had been decorated for the occasion by the club members and presented a very pleasing appearance. During the course of the afternoon several exhibition boxing matches were given
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
San Antonio Getting Impatient

San Antonio Getting Impatient.
 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 13-- The citizens of San Antonio are grow ing impatient over the administra- tion's delay in invading Mexican, and many prominent citizens are offering to organize companies of hard-riding cowboys and invade Mexico, and cap ture Villa dead ior alive. It is stated here that several hundred Texans we'll mounted could easily capture or kill the rebel leader as his force is small and 1t is not believed that he will make q decisive stand.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.-- Preaa snt Carranza, in defiant man. ffestO issued today, informs Mexicans that 1t is his intention to deny per- mission to the United States to enter Mexico, unless the United States per mits Mexican troops to enter the Uni ted States and pursue Villa when he srosses the border.
 The Mexican president declares that Mexico is prepared to resist to the utmost any invasion of Mexican territory by troops from the United States, even though such resistance leads to declaration of war between the two countries.
 President Wilson, when asked what steps would be taken in view of Car Yanxa's belligerent attitude, stated that Carranza's request for permis- sion of Mexican troops to enter the United States in pursuit of Villa would be granted if 1t became neces- sary for Mexican troops to do so in pursuit of the outlaw.
 I. Is generally believed here that the stand taken by Carranza is mere ly a grandstand play to placate the Nexicans, who, as rule are bitterly hostile to the United States. Where is little doubt that if the Mexican President granted leave to the Uni ted States troops to cross into Mexi- co he would meet with a violent death at the hands of his followers, notwithstanding the fact that the ad- mfnistration was leading factor in placing Carranza in his present posi- ton. His proclamation is not taken seriously in official circles here.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
:. Drive Coming Soon.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-It has Aeen made public that General Per shing will be in command of the United States expedition into Mexico for the purpose of capturing Villa and
 his followers, |. All further informa- tion regarding the expedition is be- ing carefully withheld from the public for fear the news will be conveyed to the Mexican outlaw. It is understood that the expedition. will consist of about four thousand men, but all the plans of General Funston are being kept secret. It is believed that the drive will be made within a very short time, and will be quick and decisive.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Wickersham, Republican

Tn the 1916 Congressional Direc- tory at hand appears the following official notice among the biographies of the congressman and delegates:
 Territorial delegates - Alaska; (population, 1910, .64.366); James Wickersham, g REPUBLICAN,, of Fairbanks, born Aug. 24. 1857; ap- pointed U. s. District judge, Third Division, Alaska, June 6, 1900: serv- ed two terms; elected Delegate Sixty third and Sixty-fourth congresses.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Munition Plants Work Overtime.

Muniti0n Plants Work Overtime.
 PHILADELPHIA, March 1s.- Four intuition plants in this city are working night and day to fill rush or ders for a large amount of ammuni- tion given by the government. As the government already has large amount of ammunition stored in it's arsenals and at the various military posts, the hurried orders are believed to indicate that the government is preparing to enter into a conflict of considerable magnitude and will be prepared to accomplish its ends at whatever cost.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
SEWARD HAS Tt1lRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE

States into Mexico. Orders were is- sued to the officials at all ports on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to keep a sharp lookout for attempts to smuggle shipments of these con- trabands out of the country, and the troops patrolling the coast were re- quested to redouble their vigilance to prevent shipments being run across the line.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
oops Ordered to Line.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.--- The regular troops in California, Georgia, and Nebraska have been or lered to depart today for the border between the United States and Mexi- O. and will probably arrive at the scene within the next forty-eight hours. ,.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

J. D. McDougall, superintendent
 for the Valdez Gold Company. left yesterday on Stuart's launch. with two men to begin preparations for the seasons work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

After looking over the returns of Saturdays Republican primary we
 strongly suspect that our Democratic
 competitor took part in the election. He got one vote!
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Gen- sxal Funston, who has been placed In oou,mand of the troops along the Maxtcan border, has wired the depart n.ant asking for four additional regi- uusznts and 8 navy patrol along the Mexican coast.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Notice of Democratic Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Democrats in U. s. Commissioner Love's court room on Tuesday even- ing, March IA, at 8 o'clock. All Democrats are urged to be present as the meeting Is of great importance.
 at w. M. FINICAL, Secy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

including the Linotype machine, presses and other machinery having been destroyed. The Rainer Cafe. which was also in the Daggett block. was q total loss.
 The Post will order a new plant tt once by telegraph, and expects to re- sume business within a week or two.
 The loss is estimated to be about. thirty-five thousand dollars. the most of which falls on Daggett and Colwell with the Post next on the list. Inc other sufferers were occupants of the rDaggett building and their losses arc not heavy. Both Daggett and Colwex carried some insurance
 J R. McPhaill. of the firm of Nc Donald, McPhaill & McKinzie, one of the heavy losers in the Seward 6ro this morning, is in Valdez on busj- ness In connection with securing a transfer of his license. The firm waa the owners oft he Rainer Buffet, in the Daggett Block, and suffered . total loss of their stock and fixtures Messrs McPhaill and McKinzie were recent arrivals from the states. ant had refitted their place of business and added large stock of goods. at an expense of about $12.O00, and Mr. McPhaill received a telegram from his partner this morning that every thing had been destroyed. They have secured another location and will continue in business. They carried no insurance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Csrranza Forces Liable to Desert.

C8TTAEiZ8 FOTCeS 11IHDI6 10 DcScTC.
 COLUMBUS, N. M., March 13.- The unfriendly attitude of the Car ranza troops just across the border from here, which were sent to cap
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

Ham( without the eggs) at the Pollywog's Picnic. A scream comedy 1t the Empess tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
PRESIDENT CARRANzA IS
 IN 4 DEFIANT ATTITUDE

ssYs m1sxICANs INVASION FROM THE UNITED sTATEs-BEIdEvED BE GRANDsTAND PLAY Tu PLACATE kExICANs-FUNsTON TWO EXPEDITIONS WILL BE SENT ACROSS ATTACHMENTS TROOPS HOs- r1,x I'D amRR1CANs-sAN ANTONIO GROWING IMPATIENT DEIAx-MUNITIoN PLANTS WORKING OvERT1DiE- EN- FARGO PLACED ON MUNITIONS MEXICO.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
Embargo Placed on Munitions.

WASHINGTON. D. C., March 13.- Late Saturday night an order was is- sued by the administration placing an embargo on all shipments of arms and munitions from the United
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13
LOW WATER HAMPERS FIRE FIGHTERS

DAGGETT BLOCK AND ALSO REsIDENCE AND COIWELL RESIDENCE INsMOKE-FIRE FROM OvERHEATED FROMFURNACE DAGGETr BLOCK LOSS PARTLY COVERED REINSURANCE.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-13

Prospector Ads bring results,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02

Toronto has completed new industrial school costing $2,000,000.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
ALL THE MAIL ALL THE TIME
 IS POSSIBLE FOR FAIRBANKS

Fairbanks is to have ali "All the mail all the time service" according to the News- Miner That is indicated in telegram re- gently received from Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general. Postmaster Deal wrote letter to the department urging that a winter mail service, in addition to that already in effect, be started, whereby all the second-class mail over and above the weight limit of the Northern Commer, cial Company stages should be shipped to Fairbanks Believing that this extra sec ond-class mail could be shipped through by freight teams direct from Vallez more chearly than it could be landed in any other way, MT. Deal recommended that route.
 MT. Praeger wired an inquiry as to the cost of transporting 1000 pounds twice monthly from Valdez to Fairbanks, and for other information, and Mr. Deal at once busted himself on the proposition
 The Fairbanks postmaster found upon his visit to Washington that the department wants to do everything possible for the ter ritory of Alaska, and if the matter IS pre- sented properly by the people of the vari- ous sections of the North he looks for vast improvement in the mail service dur ing the coming years.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Arthur A. Everett and to his heirs and
 assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed, having expended in each Of the years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, t9t4, 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements upon each of the quartz mining claims known and de Srrihcd as follows, to wit: The Parks NO. i lode mining claim, the Parks No. , lode mining claim, the Parks No. 3 lode mining Iaim, the Parks No. lode mining claim, the Banner lode mining claim, situated on Cinnabar lode, on the right limit of the kuskOkWim river, about fifteen miles below he mouth of the Oltna river, in the kus kOkWim mining district, territory Of Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the pro visions of Sec. 222i Of the Revised statutes of the United States, and the amendment thereto approved January 22. 1880, con- corning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required 10 hold said mining claims for the period herein men toned.
 And if within ninety days from the per SOnal service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof, you fail CT refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as CO-0Wncr, your interest in said five lode mining claims will become the property of the subscriber, yUur Cr-0Wner, who has made the required expenditures by the terms Of said section. F.. w. PARKS,
 First publication. Dee. ,, 1916.
 Last publication, March 5, 1917.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02

Oregon coasts, varying from S5 to 90 de , grees in maximum summer temperature tt zero in winter Sitka shows summer maxi mum temperature of S7 degrees and a win ter maximum of degrees.
 Winter Is winter almost everywhere II America, except in the extreme South ani along the Pacific coast. where the warn Japan current modifes its rigor and bring: frequent rains, and the grassy slopes TUT western Alaska in fact, are mild and pleas ant winter resorts in comparison to the frigid and blustery conditions of the East end Middle West
 The inside passage to Alaska, along which the Seattle ships take their l 1000 mile course to Skagway, or diverge across the gulf tc Seward, Cordova, Valdez and other ports
 is river of turquoise, lined by green hills running down to its edge The sun shines out of cloudless sky the gulls wheel and circle the ships, the eagles doze in the tree tops, the deer come down to the water: edge, the bear fishes for salmon, and the tourist from New England, or the South or Middle West pulls his cap down little farther over his eyes and wonders if he be really awake to the panorama or only dreaming that he is in Paradise.
 The great, blue, mysterious, lonesome looking, snow-capped mountains line the waterway, still waiting for some pioneer to discover their riches Along Wrangell narrows, or beyond at Juneau or at Skag, way, the tourist yawns and goes to bed in an eerie variety of ghosly daylight at II D. m. The Rhine, the beautiful blue Dan. ube, the mountains of Switzerland the fjords of Norway, are all discounted, fab bergasted and forgotten in the bewilderinc beauties of the Alaska trip.
 Alaska has her winter of course, just as the remainder of the United States has winter, but for the most part it is no mere trying and its summers are hand painted dreams Let us hear less about the frozen North and more about the real charms of the Alaska wonderland. Glenn Farley in Seattle Post Intelligencer
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
ALASKA CHILD SENDS DIMES

The following clipping from the New York Tribune relative to the building of 8 battleship by means of chldrens subscrip- tions is sent to The Pioneer by one of it's readers:
 A little boy in Ohio, Robert w. Tiemann received the following letter from Alaska last week with three dimes inclosed for Mariorie's battleship. It was written on the back of cracker carton wrapper:
 "Latouche, Alaska.
 q read in one of the white boys papers you and Miss Sterrett is going to build a big battleship, Mir Hermann, and if your ship is as big as our ships l want to give you all the money 1 got. Grama and Grapa was in Alaska, our white teacher said long before Noah built the Ark but papa come up fourteen years ago and he sald Ii he ever got his blooming mine a working he would build 8 battle ship his self. l made all this money selling fish and furs to white men. I am l3 years old and go to school nearly every day but will go bear hunting before long. I read all the white boys paper and the big print was the Newtown Bee (Newtown, Conn.,. We have six in school, teacher don't count as they teach one year and marry some of the boys in the mine every year. I hope your ship will be big one Papa is over IS long, and carry lot oi ore besides six foxes every trip. Why is MT, Tribune don't give his address,
 "Your friend in polar bear dress,
 "ALVA JOYCE"
 The Marjorie sterrett Battlesbip League of l84, ,O27 members, including cat, dog and canary bird, who have subscribed their dimes, welcomes this little Northern patriot May he live long, and may hi father get his blooming" mine to working
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
THE ALASKA WONDERLAND

Alaskans gre comI aning that in spite oi much publicity spread about the country many of the people of the East and Middle West still regard Alaska as the frozen North, the land of perpetual snow and ice, where people go only to hunt gold and hurry home when they find it. Many tourists have visited Alaska in recent years, and these have become the great territory $ best advertisers, but the frozen North ob- session still continues in the minds of the Eastern public.
 The Seward Gateway wants to know why there are not thousands of tourists drinking in Alaska beauty instead of hundreds, as now, and it opines that the country needs advertising and preparation for tourist com fort. Says the Gateway:
 People go away of to the fjords of Nor way from distant parts of Europe. They go fishing to remote parts of Scotland and other countries They wander into the Af- rican wilds. They go everywhere in thou sands, while Alaska lies here at the door countless fjords, and with hunting and fishing to satisfy anyone. Why has Alaska not become the great American resort?
 When this district gets publicity it is advertised ss dogracing country, with bl!zzards and winds and rains, and schemes to make money, and not what it Is, one of the loveliest places on earth, supplying all that people travel away to see"
 Alaska, indeed, IS not unlike some of our mountain states in winter climate and topography but its great fringe of warm ocean adds charm to its setting, and along the coest modifes the winter into something altogether bearable, and its summers are delightful
 Government figures show the following climatic conditions;
 Seward, summer maximum temperature, S5; winter, maximum, 12 degrees. Copper river basin, maximum, 5 degrees in July to degrees in December, with 37 inches of snowfall and g inches of rain. Yukon Tanana basin far from the influence of the warm Pacific, summer maximum, 96 de- grees, to 65 in winter, with 42 inches of snowfall. Southeastern Alaska shows range of temperature not materially diff ferent from that of the Washington and
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02

Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02

Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters Sl 50 nor can tditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
J. F. HTLE '.
 R. s. MCMILLAN.

First publication, September 9, 1916. Last publication, December g. 1916.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
METHOD IN HIS MADNESS

"You shouldn't lose your temper and ;ay harsh things in debate"
 "Pm not losing my temper" replied Sen tor Sorehum. "A man who loses his tenn CT is at a disadvantage. I'm saylng the harsh things so as to persuade the other How to lose his"-W Washington Star.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02


 beach, with a steamer in the distance and gulls flying over him, Nye later wrote to the same friend some impressions of Coney island:
 Dear George: Your note came due last week and I acknowledge receipt of the same herewith It found me we'll and content with my lot, or as near as people are generally. Every man would like to have his lot face more on the main street 1 if possible but we ought not to murmur or repine.
 q just came back from Mir. Coney's cele- brated island, where youth and pleasure meet and try to forget about the old man. went as guest of the Brig shton, and am free to say 1t was a great success.
 Circumstances have kept the Hotel Brighton and myself apart geeat deal dur. ing the past thirty five years, but when the landlords told me to come down anG stay week or two, and bathe and have fun at their expense, and stepped across their threshold, l said to them: Gentle men, let us never be so indifferent to eacE other again as we have been.' The Brighton is as good a hotel as ever was to. The cooking is done by hirec help and the front yard extends to Liver pool. l went down to the beach severa times to watch the girls in the embrace o the pillows, If nature had not designed me more especially for a literateur I would have been glad if I had been pillow.
 Still even a pillow does not have it al its own way, for they had to embrace some people down there that must have made the ocean heave.
 "l saw a woman step into the surf las,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
TO DRINK FROM

Do you think Cinderella really wore T glass sEpper?"
 q don't know, Choly Why are you interested?"
 Tt would have been great for that cham pagne stunt. t."-Lousville Courier Journal
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
A CONVINCING ARGUMENT

Polceman-What are you standing ere for?
 LcaferNufink.
 Policeman-Well, just move on. If every body was to stand in one place, how would the rest get past Tit Bits.