Prospecting in Innoko Region Reports Fair Returns
About 200 to 300 men wintering in Innoko with a smaller group on upper Kuskokwim. Fair returns from Gaines Creek, with extensive prospecting on nearby creeks. Scott of Kuskokwim Trading & Transportation Co. led a party of eight from the Kuskokwim. Newcom and Sanders joined. Snow shallow in places. several rivers still running. difficult travel via Happy River and surrounding streams.
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Kuskokwim
H. J. Scott
Charles Sanders
J. L. Newcom
Gaines Creek
Innoko River
Tanana
Upper Kuskokwim
Scott
Kuskokwim Trading & Transportation Company
Simpson's Slough
Hattie B
Newcom
Seward
Valdez
Sanders
Susitna Station
Koik
Dalzell Creek
Happy River
Skwentna
Yentna
Thaw Case Set for January 6
The second trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White will begin January 6. Mrs. Thaw will testify again in her husband’s defense and present a story the pair have agreed upon.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Bertha Arrives From Seattle After Rough Seventeen Day Voyage
Bertha reached Seward at 10 30 Priday morning with a light cargo and a small passenger list. The ship was sixteen days out from Seattle and faced fierce storms most of the voyage, forcing nightly layups. It then sailed westward at 9 30 today. The federal food and drug board ruled that coffee may be grazed but must be labeled and caramels must also be labeled truthfully.
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Bertha
Seward
Seattle
Federal Food and Drug Board
Taft Defends Administration on Roosevelt Role
Secretary Taft in Boston denied that President Roosevelt bore blame for the recent financial flurry. He praised the administration’s fight against unlawful trusts and said law enforcement harms legitimate interests neither now nor in the future.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Smith Attacks Standard Oil in Annual Report
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the bureau of corporations, condemns Standard Oil for the rebating case that led to a $29,400,000 fine by Judge Landis in Chicago. He rejects the company’s defenses as flimsy and says the rebating was premeditated and deliberate and aligned with its policy.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert
Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Standard Oil Company
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Jury Acquits G A Pettibone in Idaho Assassination Case
A Boise jury finds G A Pettibone not guilty in the Pettibone indictment linked to the Governor Steunenberg murder case. The verdict ends a fourteen hour jury deliberation with Pettibone’s wife previously suspected as an accessory. The report notes this as a notable development in a high profile case.
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Daily Gateway
Boise
Dako
Pettibone
Governor Steunenberg
Roosevelt Sets 50 Mile Coast Reserve for Sea Fowl
President Roosevelt designates a fifty mile coastal strip in western Washington as a protected reserve for seabirds. Indigenous peoples historically relied on young gulls for food, but the area will now receive federal protection and oversight.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Alaska Democratic Club reorganizes with Waskey president
In Seattle on December 30 the Alaska Democratic Club completed its organization with Ex-Delegate Frank Waskey as president and John W. Troy as secretary. Resolutions backed territorial government and the group planned bi monthly meetings to organize the party in Alaska. In San Francisco on December 31 former Geneva manager Brown and director Barnett of the Treadle Wall mine were indicted for alleged embezzlement from the defunct California Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
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Seattle
Alaska Democratic Club
Frank Waskey
John W. Troy
Daily Gateway
San Francisco
Geneva
Brown
Treadee Awal
Rector Barnett
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Fortifications for Alaska in Coast Defense Plan
Representative Julius Kahn of California pushes to fortify Alaska coasts. The Pacific slope is deemed the greatest strategic value in the Northland. Kahn serves on the Committee on Coast Defenses.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Julius Kahn
California
Alaska
Pacific Slope
United States
Kahn
Committee On
Gov Hoggatt to Wed Again in Alaska Engagement
Announcement from Utica New York reports Alaska Gov Hoggatt's engagement to Miss Clarissa Millard. The couple plans marriage next spring after meeting years ago during Miss Millard's Alaska visit. The same item notes Dr J H Parker's death in Cordova and funeral in Valdez with Arctic Brotherhood involvement.
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Clarissa Millard
Utica, New York
Daily Gateway
Utica
N. Y
Gov. Hoggatt
Alaska
Millard
de. J. H. Parker
Whiting
Cordova
Valdez
Elsie
Parker
White Pass & Yukon
Skagway
Alaska Central
Seward
Katalla
Arctic Brotherhood
National Forests Expand and Seedling Programs Rise
National Forests now cover more than 150 million acres. Nurseries have been established to raise seedling trees. Broadcast sowing of tree seeds has begun on burnt over lands.
Ohio to Choose at Primaries
Columbus report says Ohio Republicans will hold primaries in February and a convention in March to express direct votes for a presidential candidate. Cincinnati reports Senator Joseph B. Foraker opposes the February primaries and notes Taft leading in the GOP race.
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Ohio
Daily Gateway
Columbus
Republicans of
Cincinnati
Joseph B. Foraker
Taft
Northwestern Sinks Into Alaska Steamship Merger
Seattle January 2 Northwestern Steamship Company merges into Alaska Steamship Company. Charles E Peabody leads with D A Jarvis treasurer and Frank E Burns as VP and manager. Historical notes cite 1866 Columbia river canneries and current Pacific coast capacity over 5 million cases yearly with Alaska’s vast fleet and workforce. Captain J J Doyle warns of overfishing unless waters are protected.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
Northwestern Steamship Company
Alaska Steamship Company
Charles E. Peabody
Cap. D. A
Columbia River
Astoria
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Alaska
J. J. Doyle
Oil finds near Eyak river and inland ore ledge report
Pat Murphy Billy Crum and Jack Harris found crude petroleum bubbling at the surface near the Eyak river mouth about seven miles from Cordova. A 146 foot wide ore ledge inland from Iliamna bay on Cook Inlet assays 6 percent copper.
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Pat Murphy
Billy Crum
Jack Harris
Eyak River
Cordova
Iliamna Bay
Cook Inlet
Miners Head Inland as Kahiltna Reports Rise in Activity
Special to The Daily Gateway from Kahiltna on December 7 notes six weeks of river ice formation ending and renewed trail activity. Five outfits headed for creeks, Cromer and Hellman arrived, Dick Richardson and two others winter digging on Cache and Nugget creeks with prospecting showing shot gold. Moose meat reaches Yentna natives while Skwentna diggers move upriver. Moose drowning reported near Yentna mouth.
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Cromer
Hellman
Dick Richardson
Cache
Cache Creek
Yentna
Skwentna
Kuskokwim
Explorers Reach Seward After Forty Days From Kusko Kkwim
Myron Kirkpatric T Odale Jack Clausen and Way Bowker arrived in Seward last night from the Kusko kwim and Gaines creek after about forty days on the trail. They describe Gaines creek as looking well and note the Kuskokwim region is a hard country to move through. The men plan to ride the Northwestern to Valdez and the states.
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Myron Kirkpatric
T. M. Odale
Jack Clausen
Way Bowker
Seward
Kuskokwim
Gaines Creek
Valdez
States
Powers Case Ends in Mistrial in Goeble Slaying
Georgetown Kentucky January 4 The jury in the Caleb Powers murder case against Governor Goeble was discharged after hours of deliberation without reaching a verdict. Georgetown Kentucky January 2 The Powers jury in the Taylor governor murder case continues to deliberate.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goeble
iKy
Taylor
Northwestern arrives at Seward after smooth voyage
The Northwestern steamed in at 5 30 p m yesterday reporting fine weather for the trip. Passengers returning to Seward included F J Conner Henry Anderson and S O Morford. The Northwestern is set to depart for Seattle at 4 this afternoon.
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Northwestern
Seward
F. J. Conner
Henry Anderson
S.O. Morford
Seattle
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Innoko Region
New Gold District
Smith
Standard Oil
Commissioner of Corporations
G. A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Frank E. Howard
Fairbanks
Koyukuk
Nolan Creek
John Olsen
Louis Olsen
John Anderson
Nolen
Wiseman Creek
Territorial
Treadwell
Clubfornia Bank
Juneau
National Forests
Buckeye State
Indiana
Foraker
Kahiltna
Arrivea
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