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In The News
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and
Tanana Tribune
Fairbanks, Alaska
Tuesday, October 1, 1912
Tenth Year--Number 191
Whole Number 1337
OLD CASE IS NOW RE-CALLED
Campbell Murder is Analogous to That Committed by Fred Hardy.
HE SHOT THREE MEN.
Hardy One of two Alaskans Who Ever Paid Death Penalty.
The trial and conviction of William Campbell, who on Saturday was found guilty
of first degree murder by the Iditarod jury, brings to mind a similar case of
murder even more brutal, which resulted in one of the only two cases of legal
hanging in Alaska.
This was the case of Fred Hardy, who was afterward hanged at Nome.
Hardy had committed his crime on Unimak Island, where he entered the tents of a
party of four prospectors while they were away. As they returned he opened fire
with their own guns, killing three outright and wounding the fourth. The wounded
man escaped, and it was his testimony that finally sent Hardy to the gallows
after the case had been carried to the supreme court. The only other case on
record of a hanging was that of a Yukon river man who in 1900 killed a man near
Nulato. He, too, carried the case to the highest court.
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RUBY OUTPUT AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Conservative Estimate of Production Given by Road Commission Man -- Windy Bench
on Long Creek Produces $24,000 -- 10 Miles of Winter Road.
The output of the Ruby camp will be about $100,000 this season acccording to
John Zug, of the Alaska Road Commission, who came in this forenoon on the
steamer Tanana, after having been down river since Sept. 17. Some place the
output at $150,000 but the conservatives agree that it will be in the
neighborhood of $100,000.
Practically all of this came from one creek, Long creek, from which the largest
amount of gold was secured from the Windy bench, opposite discovery, where Tom
McKinnon & company are working. They took out $24,000 this past season. Other
operators produced varying amounts ranging from $2,000 to $6,000, the pay being
taken out along several miles of Long creek.
Few Boilers There.
Pracctically all of the production of the Ruby districct has been made without
machinery. At present there is but one real mining plant on the ccreek, a
30-horsepower boiler. A 12-horsepower boiler and an 8-horsepower boiler and five
small prospecting boilers constitute the total number of boilers in use.
However, there are 20 or 30 boilers on the beach at Ruby and as soon as the road
will permit these will be moved out to the creek and the mine owners will be
enabled to go at their claims in proper style.
Road Work at Ruby.
Mr. Zug went down to Ruby primarily to see how the road work is getting along in
that vicinity, and he found that about ten miles of winter route has already
been completed and it is expected that the road will be at Long creek by the end
of October. The road work is being done under the supervision of L. S. Robe, the
civil engineer, who is following a route along the hillside that gives fairly
easy grades and one that is much shorter than the old summer route around the
hills. The road commission has $16,500 available for this work.
Heretofore freight rates, particularly in the summer, have been prohibitive, the
summer rate being 12 cents per pound. The winter rate a year ago was 5 and 6
cents a pound but it is expected that with the new road this will be reduced to
about 3 cents.
Rubyites Enthusiastic.
Mr. Robe, the road foreman, is very enthusiastic about the Ruby camp, says Mr.
Zug, and believes that it is certain to make a good one. It is true that Long
Creek seems to be the only one with a developed paystreak, but there are six or
seven others that show good prospects and numerous others still unprospected. In
fact, the camp may yet be said to be in the prospecting stage.
Other Road Work.
The road commission man reports that some road repair and improvement work is
being done on the Fort Gibbon road, although all the work has been completed in
the vicinity of Hot Springs.
Now that he has returned to Fairbanks, Mr. Zug will take steps at once to begin
the building of the road from Fairbanks to the Big Chena Hot Springs for which
the sum of $5,000 is available.
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FIRE ALARM AT DOUSE'S RANCH
Department Called Into Action Shortly Before Seven O'Clock.
HENRY UNGETHUEN LOSES.
Occupant of Cabin Loses His Money and All Personal Effects.
A fire occuring at the Douse Chicken ranch shortly before 7 o'clock last night
totally destroyed the contents of a cabin occupied by Henry Ungethuen, who is
employed on the ranch.
The fire occurred while Mr. Ungethuen was at supper, a neighbor having
discovered the blaze and summoned the department to the sccene. Supposedly it
originated from an over-heated stove, for the occupant of the place had filled
the stove 15 minutes before when he left the cabin for his evening meal.
The fire in the building was speedily controlled by the chemical engine but not
before the contents were destroyed. These included all the personal effects of
Mr. Ungethuen and $110 in currency. A considerable sum in gold had also been
left in the place, but this was recovered from the ashes.
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Wm. McLeod, who has been acting as foreman for Henry Crook on Ester Creek, left
for Ruby on the steamer today.
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MISSIONARIES AT NEW POST
The Episcopal mission here has just received word from Rev. Betticher announcing
the arrival at Tanana Crossing of the party which is establishing the mission at
that point. On the date upon which the letter was written, September 11th, all
were well and things at the new mission were prosperous.
In the party that made the trip up river were Rev. Betticher, Mr. Tatum, Miss
Graves and Miss Celia Wright.
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ARRAIGNED TODAY ON LARCENY CHARGE
On the charge of larceny of a dwelling, Albert Larson, arrested yesterday at
Eldorado by Deputy Marshal Waite, was arraigned before Commissioner Dillon, the
date of the preliminary hearing has not been fixed as yet.
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LITTLE GIANT BEGINS ITS REGULAR RUNS
The Fursteneau-McCarty Mill at the Head of Fairbanks Creek Starts Its Work On
the Pennsylvania Claim Ore. Customs Work Will be Next in Order. -- The Type of
Mill is One Particularly Adapted to Mines of This Camp.
Today marks the beginning of the regular run of the newly installed Little Giant
stamp mill on the head of Fairbanks creek, where Emil Fursteneau and L. J.
McCarty of the Pennsylvania claim, on the hill at the head of the stream will be
busied hereafter in separation the gold content from the ore.
The new mill, first of the type to be brought into the camp, has been installed
on 17 above of Fairbanks creek, where there is an abundant supply of water the
year around, and connecting with the mine there is a road up the hill downwhich
the wood and ore will be hauled with wagons.
Mr. Fursteneau, who was in the city yesterday, states that he is more than
pleased with the mill, for the runs already made indicate to him that it is the
best mill in the country. In the first place it is cheap, light and does not
require any expensive foundation such as the regular stamp mills need -- all
things that recommend it particularly to the miner of this camp. Secondly, one
of the mills has a big capacity, a capacity equal to a five-stamp Joshua Hendy
mill. The little mill is made by the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock company,
formerly the Moran company, and with it was included a concentrating table of
superior type, something also produced by the same company. Since the Little
Giant makes use of the regulation plates the percentage of gold saved will be
high, particularly as the motion of the Little Giant is that of a buckboard and
will remove the oxide from the gold so that it will amalgamate easily.
Two sets of extra shoes and dies were received with the mill which Mr.
Fursteneau thinks will be plenty to run through the winter. Jack Brevig, the
well-known mill man will handle the plant.
At the mill and at the mine ore bins have been set up, each capable of
containing 50 tons of ore so that there will be a little surplus of ore on which
to work when the mine is not in working order.
At the present time the operators are busied putting down their working shaft,
which has reached a depth of 100 feet. At 120 feet a station will be put in and
the tunnels driven on the first level, preparatory to opening up the slopes. At
present the Pennsylvania mine will not have the ore to keep the Little Giant
mill busied so the management plans to do some customs works for their
neighbors, many of whom will have a 50 ton lot of rock ready for a mill test as
soon as the Pennsylvania people clean up the ore they have on their own dump. By
this process the mill will be kept busied while the other quartz prospectors in
the vicinity will be provided with the sinews of war.
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MONARCH HAS A GOOD LIST
M. Y. L. Steamer on Her Way to Winter Quarters at St. Michael.
FIFTEEN RUBY PASSENGERS.
Several Are Going Out on This Boat via Steamship Northwestern.
This morning at 10 o'clock the passengers for the steamer Monarch, which since
her arrival has been lying at Chena, took passage on the T. V. Ry. train for the
lower town, where they boarded the steamer.
The Monarch goes through direct to her winter quarters at St. Michael where she
will connect with the Northwestern for Seattle.
Following is the list of passengers, more than half of whom are bound for Ruby:
For Ruby--Mrs. Stroup and daughter, George Armstrong, S. Swanson, A. Garwin, J.
Peterson, George Spenccer, Fred Lindell, O. Peteerson, P. Hanson, William
McLeod, K. Anderson, Thomas Garneau, G. Geramber and Al Lorienet.
For Seattle--Mrs. Sherman, Elsie Morse, F. Anderson, Captain Langley, Louis
Rossi, Edith Boyle, Gus Dannebar, Alex Simile, R. D. King.
For Tanana--Mrs. Langdon.
For Hot Springs--Peter Nicholson.
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DEEDS AND LOCATIONS
A deed for lot 5, block 31, of Fairbanks, given May 9, 1911, by F. S. McFarline
to M. M. Truxton was recorded today.
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In January of the present year, Tony Botinicch gave a bill of sale to John
Campbell for a one-eighth interest in the Butte association, a one-eighth
interest in the Alice association and a one-sixteenth interest in the Big
Sixteen association on Anaconda creek.
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A deed given January, 1910, and covering part of the same ground was also
recorded today. This transfers a three-sixteenth interest in the Big Sixteen,
and a three-eighths interest in the Butte association of Anaconda creek.
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Under date of Sept. 27, 1912, Mary E. Pedro deeded J. A. Gustafson a half
interest in the lower half of 5 above of Fairbanks Creek. The following day J.
A. Gustafson deeded the name property to August Hanot, Sr. The deeds are now on
record.
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A deed for a two-forty-eighths interest in the Gold Hill ditch of Cripple Creek,
executed June 23, 1909, by James Plenderleith and H. O. Harp to E. R. Jesson, is
now on record.
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Theodore Mares today filed his amended homestead located notice, making his
328-acre homestead conform to the public land surveys. This is officially
described as the S 1/2 of the S E 1/4 and the N 1/4 of Sec. 4 Twp, 1 S and Range
1 E; also the S 1/2 of the S E 1/4 of Sec. _3, Twp. 1 N of Range 1 E.
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John Anagnestopulos has also filed his homestead location notice. This is
described as the N W 1/4 of Sec. 4, Twp. 1 S. Range 1E and the W 1/4 of Secc.
33, Twp. 1 N and Range 1 E.
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Thos. M. Gilmore has recorded a quartz claim staked August 18th of the present
year of the extreme head of Rosie Creek, a Gilmore Creek Tributary.
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Thos. M. Gilmore appears as the locater of a triangular fractional fractional
[sic] placer mining claim adjoining the lower end of No. 1 below discovery of
Gilmore Creek below the mouth of (Reale?) Gulch.
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CONTRACTOR FINISHES WORK
Newsboy Stamp Mill Will Be Ready to Mill Ore in Four or Five Days.
SO REPORTS ED M'ADAM
Rich Ore Encountered This Morning on the Tolovana Mine.
Among the creek visitors today was Ed McAdam, the contractor who has been
engaged in moving the Newsboy stamp mill from the hilltop down to the new site
on 11 above Cleary, where there is a supply of water the year around.
The contractor reports that the work is completed and that in four or five days
the plant will begin stamping ore once more. Work on the contract was greatly
delayed by the absence of the cement. The actual time spent on the job was 20
working days. In putting in the foundations the contractor went down into the
solid rock of the creek four and one-half feet and then built up with sand and
cement, finally setting the mortar blocks in cement.
Ore from the mine upon the hill will be brought down in wagons to the mill.
Mr. McAdam reports that this morning some very rich ore was encountered in the
win__ of the Tolovana mine on Willow Creek, where a new stringer was disclosed
by the sinking.
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MASONS, ATTEENTION!
You are requested to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Ray, wife of Brother
Henry T. Ray, to be held at Eagle Hall Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. You
will assemble at Masonic Temple at 2 p.m. By Order of W. M.
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NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE.
United States of America, Fourth Division, District of Alaska.--ss.
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias for
execution, dated September 7, 1912, issued out of the District Court, of the
United States for the Fourth Division, District of Alaska, on a judgment
rendered in said Court, on the 26th day of August, 1912, in favor of John
Carlson, Plaintiff, and against Jesse Whitman, John Murray, Al Peterson and O.
M. Jackson, Defendants, I have, on this 9th and 28th days of September, 1912,
respectively, levied upon the following described real estate, situated in the
Fairbanks Recording District, Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
All the right, title and interest of all of the defendants above named in and to
that certain Water Right and Ditch constructed thereon commonly known as the
Whitman & Murray water right and ditch, and more particularly described as
follows, to-wit: Commencing at the location post on Glen Gulch, a tributary of
Goldstream Creek, about one-half mile above the mouth of said Glen Gulch, thence
along the right limit of said Glen Gulch to the left limit of Goldstream, third
tier bench; thence along left limit of said Goldstream to the dividing claim
line known as the Bigelow line, and apposite number nine Goldstream the outlet
of said ditch; also all the right, title and interest of the defendants Jesse
Whitman and John Murray in and to that certain quartz mining claim known as the
"Apex" mining claim situate on Skoogy Gulch, a tributary of Twin Creek, said
claim being situated about 400 feet in a southerly direction from what is known
as the Bradley tunnel on the North Star quartz claim.
And that I will, accordingly, offer said interests in said real estate and water
right for sale, at public venue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the
31st day of October, 1912, at 2 o'clock p.m. at the front door of the Federal
Courthouse in the town of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dated, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1, 1912.
H. K. LOVE.
U.S. Marshal, Fourth Division, District of Alaska.
By M. O. CARLSON, Deputy.
MORTON E. STEVENS, Plaintiff's Attorney.
Oct. 1-8-15-22-19.
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FUNERAL TO BE HELD THURSDAY
Friends Will Gather to Pay the Last Tribute to Mrs. Henry T. Ray.
AT EAGLE HALL AT 2:30.
Deceased Leaves a Number of Relatives in Idaho to Mourn Her Loss.
The funeral services over the body of Mrs. Ray, beloved wife of Henry T. Ray,
who passed away yesterday soon are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from
Eagle Hall. Later the remains will be sent Outside for final burial.
The deceased, whose maiden name was Lily Julia Rodener, was born at Aurora,
Illinois, Aug. 8, 1876. In 1889 she moved to Rathdrum, Idaho, with her parents,
where she was married to Henry T. Ray, Oct. 18, 1893. The year of 1897 saw her
husband engaged in the Klondyke rush, but the following summer he went Outside,
returning to Dawson Oct. 9th with Mrs. Ray.
The winter of 1900-01 was spent in the Outside after which the couple went to
Nome, where they resided until 1904, when they removed to Fairbanks.
There is no issue of their marriage living, a baby girl born January, 1895,
having died shortly after birth. Mrs. Ray in addition to her husband, leaves a
father, stepbrother, two half-sisters and two step-brothers, the latter residing
in Moscow, Idaho.
Of sterling character and worth, beloved by all who knew her, the death of Mrs.
Ray is a decided loss to the entire community.
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IN DISTRICT COURT
Through his attorney, Bion A. Dodge, David Hurwitz has filed a petition in
voluntary bankruptcy with the clerk of the court. The liabilities enumerated are
$5,294.96 and the assets are placed at $7,695.
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NO PAYSTREAK AT GOOD NEWS
Stroecker Receives Word Concerning Operations on Butte.
Rich Spots of Pay There.
Prospecting Difficult and Expensive in Lower Kuskokwim Camp.
Advices which Ed Stroecker has just received from his mining partner, Bill
McLean, in the Good News Bay country of the lower Kuskokwim are to the effect
that no real paystreak has been uncovered as yet in that camp. True, some very
rich spots of pay have been found, but these have the habit of suddenly petering
out. This is the case with one of the firms on Butte Creek. Last season the boys
took out $11,000. This summer they mined $10,000 and then suddenly ran out of
the pay. McLean reports that they now have closed down and quit the camp.
Despite these characteristics of the district and of Butte Creek McLean is quite
optimistic and is satisfied that a little more prospecting will disclose a real
and continuous paystreak from which the rich spots derived their gold.
Still operations are very expensive and slow on Butte, and all of the lower
Kuskokwim. There is now need for the boilers, while most of the ground is wet
and will require pumping.
McLean and partners put in a bedrock drain, but did not make much ______ because
the water could not move the rocks, which are large, of high specific gravity
and mostly flat.
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DREDGER HAS STRUCK FIRST
Elmer Advised That His Gold Digger Has Closed Down.
THIS IS ON MASTODON.
He Will Have a Thawing Plant Ready When Next Season Opens.
A telegraphic message just received by J. M. Elmer, the dredge man, from his
foreman at Circle, announces that the dredger on Mastodon Creek has run into
solid frost and as a consequence closed down for the season.
Mr. Elmer was not expecting frost on Mastodon Creek and so was not prepared to
thaw. However, after he started he found that the bedrock was frozen and so he
had to use the boilers of the dredger to thaw ahead for a week, after which he
would be able to work for a couple of weeks.
A thawing plant is now at Circle and will be installed another year, so thee
will be no vexation delays of the kind.
Mr. Elmer will be in the Fairbanks district for several days longer before
returning to the Circle camp.
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