EN ROUTE TO GOLD FIELDS ON BERTHA
Henry Anderson travels on the Bertha with six men toward heat waters of the Yentna and plans to bring more to Portland. He carries machinery including a steam pump Ruble elevator and many feet of pipe. Florence Christensen and Anderson inspect mining claims for possible investments as a large party heads to the Susitna river region this spring.
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Henry Anderson
Yentna
Portland
Anderson
Florence Christiensen
Dawson
Susitna
Government aid sought for railroads in Alaska
Representatives of the Alaska Central and the Valdez Marshal Pass railroads told a congressional railways committee that a government guaranty is needed for four percent bonds. They warned the railroad project would be abandoned without federal backing.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska Central
Valdez Marshal Pass
Congressional Committee On Railw
United States
Tacoma Elects Linck on Republican Ticket
Linck won the Tacoma mayoral race on the Republican ticket. Capt. Wm. N. Armstrong will arrive around April 15 to start work on the Rioux copper claims on the sound, under option. Rioux located the property last season with Charles Tecklenburg of Latouche Island. The State Department adopts a new secret cipher code after thefts by a cook at the Bucharest consulate and a missing code found in a waste basket.
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Wm. N. Armstrong
Rioux
Leon Rioux
Charles Tecklenburg
Latouche Island
Valdez
State Department
Washington
Bucharest
District Attorney Harlan Resigns Amid Health Fears
Washington April District Attorney Harlan announces resignation from Fairbanks after health decline. President Roosevelt will delay naming a successor. Harlan plans to leave for the states soon aboard the Santa Clara or the steamer Yucatan on her next return trip.
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Y Cable
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Harlan
Roosevelt
Valdez
April
Fairbanks
Santa Clara
Yucatan
Reynolds 60 Promoter Pinched for Suspected Mail Fraud
Vice President Teter of Reynolds Alaska Development Co arrives and pledges payment for labor claims and audits. He says mines and railroad won’t operate now while the steamships will be taken back and claims paid as fast as audited.
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Battle
Teter
Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Hes
Judge Reid Arrives in Fairbanks for Court Opening
Judge Silas H. Reid and party traveled from Valdez and arrived in Fairbanks in good condition at 2 p.m. last Saturday. He will be ready to open court at the appointed time.
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Fairbanks
Silas H. Reid
Valdez
Taft favored by delegates in Huron primaries
Delegates elected at the Huron South Dakota primaries were all instructed for Taft for the presidential nomination at the Chicago Republican convention next June. The report includes telegraph from Sy Cable to The Daily Gateway dated April 10.
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Daily Gateway
Huron
Taft
Chicago
Promoter in Valdez Arrested on Federal Indictment
Boston April S H D former president of the Reynolds Alaska Development Company and promoter of multiple enterprises in Valdez is arrested on a federal indictment for fraudulent use of the United States mails.
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Boston
S—H. D
Reynolds: Alaska Development Company
Valdez
United States
Interior chief opposes Alaska coal land laws
Washington April statements by Secretary of the Interior James R. Fielding tell Cal e Ryan and McKenzie that he opposes special coal land laws for Alaska. He says federal policy should be uniform with other territories and states.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
the Interior
James R. Fieldy
Cale
Ryan
McKenzie
Territory
Alaska
Admiral Evans Confined to Bed in Rheumatic Attack
Paso Robles April 11 Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans commander of the Pacific fleet is confined to his bed after a severe rheumatic attack. He will likely resign his command of the squadron when the fleet reaches San Francisco.
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Daily Gateway
Paso Robles
Robley D. Evans
Pacific Fleet
Evans
San Francisco
Honey output worth twenty five million dollars claim
A Department of Agriculture apiarist estimated that a full year’s honey production could fill freight trains stretching from New York to Detroit, with a wholesale value of 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Apiary Bureau
Department of Agriculture
New York
Detroit
Employers' Liability Act Passes in House
The House on April 7 approved the Employers' Liability Act. The bill, reported by Cable to The Daily Gateway in Washington, D C, aims to regulate employer liability and worker protections.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
House
Rawhide Mining Camp Rushes Seven Miles of Dwellings
In Rawhide Nevada a mining camp reportedly erected over a mile of closely joined houses in three weeks. Miners receive about five dollars daily, with many paid in stock of the mines. Water is hauled six miles for five cents a gallon, wood from twenty five miles away sells for twenty five dollars per cord.
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Nevada
Rawhide
Bridge Bill Before House
Washington D C April 8 Dele introduced as sentatives to gate Thomas Cale bill in the house of repr permit the Copper River and North western E Company to build bridges across Abercrombie canyon Bering and Childs glacier
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Thomas Cale
Repr
Copper River
Northwestern E Company
Abercrombie Canyon
Bering
Childs Glacier
Milwaukee Delegates Sweep for La Follette in Primaries
Milwaukee reports a clean sweep for La Follette as delegates for him were elected. A Democrat named Rose was chosen as city mayor. Washington dispatch: Gray of Delaware opened Democratic campaign headquarters to nominate a presidential candidate.
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Daily Gateway
Milwaukee
la Follette
Rose
Washington, D. C
Gray
Delaware
Mining claim dispute over stock shares between Seattle woman and Boston man
Martha Smith of Seattle sues Otis Sleeper of Boston and the Ready Bullion Copper Co in superior civil court alleging an 1903 agreement with Sleeper and a third partner White to locate Alaska mining claims with equal interests. She contends the Bullion Co issued 2,000,000 shares but she received only 100,000 shares and seeks an injunction to stop transfer and compel surrender of the remaining shares.
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Boston
Superior
Martha Smith
Seattle
Otis Sleeper
Ready Bullion Copper Company
Miss Smith
Sleeper
White
Alaska
Understanding gold carats and fineness
The piece explains standard gold fineness at 24 carats and defines lower fineness as alloyed with other metals. It gives an example: an alloy making up a quarter yields 18 carats fine and six alloy, clarifying how fineness relates to purity.
Automobilists abandon Alaska leg of world tour
The American car in the around the world race reached Valdez on the steamer Clara. A reception was held for the automobilists, who then rode out in sleds. They abandoned plans to traverse Alaska by car due to deep snow, and the machine will be shipped back to the United States aboard the Bertha.
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Valdez
Alaska
Bertha
Deserted His Own Funeral in a Knife Fight
In Nogales Arizona in April Charles Davis fought using knives. Davis was stabbed and believed dead, funeral arrangements were made. During the funeral procession the supposed corpse stirred and Davis crawled from the coffin, refused a carriage, and walked home.
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Daily Gateway
Nogales
Arizona
Charles Davis
Davis
Post Office Rescinds Alaska Mail Contracts
The U S Post Office Department cancels the Alaska messenger contracts and seeks new bids. Messengers did not handle mail to the interior beyond contract weight causing a 13000 pound buildup at Valdez this winter. Officials expect new contracts to move more mail into the interior by removing minimum weight limits. Seattle telegram from W W Jermane.
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Post Office Department
Alaska
Interior
Valdez
W. W. Jermane
Seattle
Copper in Sight at Bonanza Mines in Katalla
A. J. Woodlock told Katalla Club members that there is 22 million dollars worth of copper ore in sight at the Bonanza mines in Copper river country. He predicted it could become the greatest copper mine ever found as twenty men work under Mr. Baldwin on development and surveys.
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Bedrock
Claim No
Tammany Beach
Valdez Creek
Vim Rock
William Gregg
Gulkana
Pete Monahan
Monahan
Doc Blalock
Mark Medaris
Valdez
John Clark
John Johnson
Jim Smith
Dan Kain
Valdez Prospector
Bonanza
Copper River
A. J. Woodlock
Katalla Club
Katalla
Baldwin
Mining News
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