X"
JE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. rORTLAXP. "AUGUST 27, 1911.
SMITHSON NOT READY TO LEAVE
FIELD WORK YET, HE DECLARES
World's Olympian HltfiHnrtllCT Ecr for More Olympic LanreLh-Ealph Rose, Big Shotjrattr, AIbo TUn to
. - Enter Next International Meet. r
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TrrtrnK far WwrtJ'a Vault Hm
BT ROSOOC FAWCETT.
RI ph Rom, world's diajnplon ahot
p attar, now a, lawjar la S Frmnclaco.
and Forraet Emlthaon. pramler high
hardier of tbo anlraraa. will both aa
147 aaothar attempt to represent
Amrlc at the next Olrmplad, In
St.x-kholm. Swadea. tn 111.
Forreat Smlthaoa arrlred In Portland
yesterday afternoon from Aatorla
where on Frldr he won the Pa.clf'0
Cout blh bardie UUe waarina: the eoU
ori of tbe Los Ancelea Athletic Club.
"VhT ahouldn't I iret out and try for
tlia Olympic squad?" aald the -ood-looktng-
athlete last nlpht. "I weighed
1S pounds, or K pounds over weight,
yet was able to win handily at As
toria, mo I believe with proper training
1 can so better than IS seconds for 110
meters (121 yards), which was my rec
ord at London last year.
Ralph Rose's p?ans In the Iron sphere
rent ax made known by Pete Oear
bardt. the reteran Olympic Club
sprinter, who handled the San Fran
cisco team at the Astoria Coast eham
ptonahtps. Rose Is rather. hard to nsrure. but
he Is determined to et bark Into form
and no after further honors In the
ehot." eeJd Oearhardt. "The trials for
the Western eectlon will be held In Ran
Francisco alone, according to the lat
est decision of the Olympic committee,
and as Rose will hae almost no com
petition at all. he la likely to be chosen
for the finals."
Rose, bowerer. will meet far better
men this yearNhan heretofore. In Pat
McDonald, of the Irish-American Club,
and Bill Coe. anather Easterner. It is
believed he stacks up aralnst two of
the most danreroua shot-rutters he has
ever competed acainst. McDonald pot
the 1 a distance of 47 feet inches In
the recent IMttsburr. National cham
pionships, beating; out L Talbot, of
Kansas City, by more than two feet.
Coe Is out with 47 feet.
Of course. If the one-time challenger
of James Jeffries n-ets Into condition,
be ousrht to romp home with every
prUe. Just as he r1ppe4 the foreigners
tip In 1JH. FleUl enthusiasts .l'.l.
- therefore, watch Rose's work with In
: ttrest.
The Multnomah Athletic Club, of
Tortland. has an excellent opportunity
to enroll three remarkable athletes as
a nucleus for a IMS track team For
rest 6mlthson. world's best hlh hur
dler: Con Walsh. National champion
with the lt-ooun.l hammer an.1
Bound e-lobule. and S. IL Mellab, Taclflc
a ii u iif i
I N rf. I Sa . I I W
Coast champion pole vaulter. broad
Jumper and Javelin thrower.
All three Informed the writer yester
day of their desire to wear the wlng-ed-M
colors If the local clubmen will se
cure them positions here. Rellah. a
graduate of Stanford Cnverslty. Is a
mtninr cl11 engineering- expert,
and has been In Portland for more
than a month, while Pmlthion espects
to remain here several weeks vtiutlnc
his parents.
Walsh's ease presents some peculiar
features. The es-New Yorker waa en
ticed to the far Northwest by offers of
a lucrative Job In Seattle, but up to
date Coach Torn McDonald, of the
Found city Institution, has failed to
produce and Walsh Is renins- restless.
He holds several National titles with
the It. and won the l-pound hammer
event at Pittsburr In July by a throw
. ef 177 feeUsS Inches. His best per
formance with the hammer at Astoria.
where be competed unattached, was
- 1I feet toehee. but he did ret it over
the l"o mark on one, ooraston. the
throw belnr disqualified becauee ef a
half-Inch invasion of the turf otitaid
the circle.
ess
With this trio, eupplemented by Mar
tha Hawklna. ri-k Urart. Carl Wolfe
" and Will Nelll. Mntr Hlckson would
have Mie most formidable arrreatlon
In the West, for Hawikna could be
counted on In the low hurdlee and at
least second In the -feet- sucks.
Wolfe won the lloound shot event at
the Northwestern championships In Se
attle in July with 44 feet S Inches, and
could be counted on to step alon with
Walsh In the heavy work.
la Dick Grant, the 17-year-ld Wash
tnctoa Hlb School athlete. Multnomah
has a sprinter who. with proper care
and condttlonlnr. should develop Into
one of the rreatest century and 2-0
men tn the country. Orant entered
eniy the 2J at Astoria and ran third.
V bat this was due to lnexTrlenca and
poor reneralshlp rather than to lack
of development or ability.
-If his father. Peter Grant can be
Induced to send him to Stsxford, I be
lieve I.een make him a world's cham
pion some day." "Dad" Moulton. the
rrM,t California trainer, oonflded to
the writer after seeinr him work out
at the Centennial events. Archie Harm.
Whlbnaa aoachi Jack JOn d other
i . e'.ci.-. - . . ; - ' -
i . w .v :-. 4 yVvH fir':-v V?fY
L. It I1
- Pu4 Huwr "a M-ou4 we4rt-rw1ter,
Wit Bar at IS Vmrnt.
track experts express themselves tn
similar Una
e
Fellah, tha Olymplo Club vaulter,
who missed a new world's record at
Astoria by the thickness of bts Jersey.
Is trie same lad who figured In the
triple tie for National pole vaiult hon
ore at Flttsburs; last month, with the
bar at 11 feet 7 Inches. The Judges.
It appears, labored under a delusion as
to the proper method of settling- the
competition, and let the boys toss up i he skipped the oak at exactly six feet
for It. This, of course, rubs against i Thomassen took second to Johnson at
the spirit of the Natlmal regulations.
and aa a result James E. Sullivan, sec-
1000 GRIDIRON GAMES ON
THIS SEASONS CARD
Colleges and Schools Announce Dates for Contests Yale and Harvard to
Meet November 25 Michigan Blacklisted by Five States.
JIM ORB than 1 000 football games will
be played during the coming Fall.
' according to the various collegi
ate and scholastic gridiron schedules
already formulated and In the making.
Active work will be commenced at
moat of the inetltutlons within another
fortnight, when candidates will be out
in' running togs preparing the -wind"
for the strenuous practices In stors.-
The great Tale versus Harvard con
test this season falls oa November 25,
the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
This, of course. Is the great game of
the year In the Ka.t. as wltne.a the tre
mendous interest In the sensational
u-o battle a year eajo.
In the Middle West the blacklisting
of Michigan by Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Iowa. Indiana. Illinois and the Uni
versity of Chicago is the most notice
able feature of the schedule. The ol
vermes. however, have an
schedule filled in wUh K.stern tesms
VanderbilV Syracuse. Cornell and Penn-
'Th'e'fflelal football achedule for
the aeasoa of lsll la:
Mraaeaota.
OvTob.r 7-B-uth nskota at Mianeapella
owvahrtiki
Oct-b-r SS ioa.-':-
Noviubr
-Wisconsin at Md'a--Illinois
at Champalstw
Illinois.
Not iubr Si
Orlnbor T Mllllkln at Charnpalrn-
Nov.mber 4 rurrtua at Cnampaln.
NoT.mher 11 Indiana at l"""''""
1 1 ikArthVWi'i n w
".Member R Minnesota at Champaign.
wt.mber Hiram at Hiram. Ohio.
tob.r 14 Mo fat. at I n'u"V
Vibr SI Ohio Wesleyaa at Ds.awara.
Or.ob.r it Annapolis at Annapolta
N,mM 4 Orniriln at Cleveland.
.Nor.mNer It Bahtel at Akr on .
isov.mber II C .rues'. Tech. at Cleve-
,NT.mbT 1J Miami ?,0,rl. '
NoTnb.r to Case at Cl.T.laad.
Kebcmaka.
O-toW T Kaara.y tN.b.) State Mormal
,01,nr..'" l-K.r-- A.las..t tlneolo.
Cx-tober XI Mlnaota at m-i..-Orinbr
S Mi.url at Lincoln.
Nomhrr 4 Am Agl at AWH 1Mi
Nor.mbr 11 uoso. lours. ' ....
November 1
-Kansas at '
Nov waMr
Michisaa
at Lincoln.
VVtoeavishi,
Mslsnn..
October l rinu.u
(Viol-w SI Ripon at Madlsoa.
Cwtober 2 a SoiilnHUri at Evanston.
November 4 ! et Sfs9lson.
Nov.mber H MlnnMOU at Msalsen.
November A t Bleao at chlcago.
r.eargla.
Spiembr go Alabama Preaby. at Athena
oriobr T soma Carolina at ,""
(Vtober 14 Alsoama at Plrmlnsiam.
October II S.wanee at Athena
October S Mercer at Ath.ne.
November 4 VsnO.rbllt at Nashville.
November Ci.mon at Aagusta
Nov.mber J Goria Tech. at Atlanta
Nov.mb.r SO Auburn at Savannan.
Virginia.
September SSHampdan-Sldnsy a Char-
,0ejte'rabsr M-4laadolph-Maeon at Char-
l0,Octcbtr f Win lam and Vary at Cbar-
,00cw!iir" 14 trwarthmore at Charlottee-
'"october SI Virginia M t at Charlottss-
Otober t. John-s. at Charlettee-rtlla
Nov.mber IS Johns-Hopkins at Baltimore
Nov.mb.r 1 Oeorf .tow n at W ashler too.
November 80 North Carolina at Hleh-
moaoV
vptember tvbtinr at Philadelphia
September 33 Dickson at Philadelphia
.rtombr go Tranklln and Marsbaii at
PhiiaJ.ssS
, .
vrln.er f fteeead maJTlndt.
retary of the Amateur Athletlo Union.
hM declared the pole vault barren of a
title-holder this season.
Thomassen. the Seattle high Jumper,
who Is touted as the future world's
champion, boasts of having- cleared the
bar at t feet at least once In his ca
reer. Thomassen did not make any
great showing at Pittsburg owing to
the arduous trip "across the continent,
but a week after the National events.
In the Guttenberg games In New York,
Astoria with t feet 10 Inchea
October T Urslnns at Philadelphia
October 14 Vlllsnova at Fhiladeiphla
October 31 nrown at Philadelphia
October 2S P.nn.rlvanla btat. at Phila
delphia. . . .
November 4 Carlisle Indians at Phlladel-
PhNvember 11 Lafayette' at Philadelphia
November 1 Michigan at Ann Arbor.
November ao -Cora.U at Philadelphia
' Cornell.
Frptemher 27 Aiefheny at Ithaca
Hept.mber 90 Colgate at Ithaca
October T Oberlln at Ithaca
October 34 Pennsylvania tate at Ithaca
October 31 Washington and J.Her.on at
Ithaca
October 3S Pittsburg at Ithaca
No-r.mbr-4 Williams at Ithaca
November 11 Mlchlsnn at Ithaca
'nmh,r m (-hlcsso at Chlcasn.
korimbar 80 f.nn.ylvanla at Phlladel-
' rsarvara. ,
a.ptember 80 Wat.s at Cambridge,
tictober T flolv Cross at tambrldsa
rictober 14 Williams at Cambridge.
October SI Amherst at Cambridge
' October I Iirown at Cambridire.
November 4 Princeton at Princeton.
November 11 Carlisle Indians at Cam-
brlds.
November IS Dartmouth at Cambridge
November 23 Yale at Cambridge.
Prtnoecoa.
Fpt.mbw 80 Slovens at PTInc.ton.
October 4 Hutg-s st Prtnc.ton.
October T VUianova at Princeton.
October 11 Lehigh at Princeton.
October 14 Colgate at Princeton
October SI Annapolis at Annspoll".-'
Octpber 28 Holy cross at Prllicetoo
Xov.mber 4 Hervard at Princeton.
November 11 I'srtmouth al Princeton.
Koeember is Tale at New Haven.
Carlisle Indiana.
September 23 Lebanon Valley at Carlisle
September "7 M uh lenburg at Carllsla
September SO Plcklnson st Csrllsle.
October bt. .Mary . Collrse st C arlisle
Octobe 14 Oeorg.town at Washington.
October 21 Plttburg at Pittsburg.
October ss Lafay.tle at Carlisle.
November 4 Pennsylvania at Phllsd.l
phia.
November 11 Hsrvsrd at Cambrldga
Noe.mber 1 vracase at Prracua
November 28 Johns Hopkins at Haiti,
more.
November 80 Brown at Providence. .
Michigan. .
October T Csee School at Ann Arbor.
October 14 Michigan Aggies at Lansing
October 21 Ohio Ftata st Ann Arbor.
Kroner 2 Vsnderbilt at Ann Arbor.
November 4 Syracuse at Ann Arbor.
Nov.mber 11 i-ornell at Ithaca.
November 38 Pennsylvania at Ann Arbor
November 84 Nebraska at Linooin.
Brawn.
September 80 New Hampshire at Provl
dence.
October 4 Rhode Island at Provtrienca
October T Massachusetts Agates at Provi
dence October 14 Fowdoln at Providence.
October 2t Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
October 2 Harvard at Cambrldga
November 4 Tufts st Providence.
November 11 Yale at New Haven.
November 1 Vermont at Provldenra
November 2.1 Trinity at Providence.
November 80 -Carlisle Indians at Provi
dence. Inset month.
fepteTpber 2T Norwich at Hanover.
6ptF!bsr 80 Maesaobusetts Aggies at
Bsnover.
October 4 Bowdoln at Hanoven,
October T Colby at Hanover.
October 14 Holy Cross at Hanover.
October 21 Williams at Hanov.r.
October 2i Vermont at Hanover.
November 4 Amherst at Amh.rst.
November 11 Princeton at Princeton.
November 18 Harvard at Cambrldga
arraonaa
September 8 Hobart at Syraeusa
. October 7 Yale at New Haven.
October 14 Rochester at Rochester fc. T.
October 21 I-afeyette at Syracuse.
October 28 Springfield T. 6. at Syraeusa
Nov.mber 4 Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Novamb.r 11 Vermont at Syracuse
November 18 Carlisle Indians at Syra
eusa November v Ohio State at Columbus.
November 80 St. Louts at bu Louis.
" Annapolis.
October 7 Johns Hopkins at Annapolis
October 11 BU Jehn'a College at Annap
01 la
October 14 Washington end Jefferagn at
Annapolia
October, 21 Princeton at Annapolia
October 2 W estern Baserva at Annapolia
November 4 A. Id. of North Carolina
at Annapolis. ' .
NoveroDer ii irnm . ---
November IS Pennsylvania State at An-
nScnber 2 West Point (place nde
olded). Lsisyen..
September 28 Bloomsburg st Eaaton, Pa
September 80 Crslnus at Kaston.
October 7 owathmore at Easton.
October 14 Qettysburg at Eaaton.
October 21 Syracuse at- Syracuse.
October 28 Carlisle Indians at Eaaton.
November 4 BuckneU at Eaaton.
November 11 Pennsylvania at PhllaflaJ-
,n.1."- . . c w TWhlenem.
rvovamvee r wiiin m . ww.u '
November 80 Dickinson at Eaaton.
Vale.
Peptember 27 Wesl.yan at New Haven.
September 80 Holy Cross at New Haven.
October 7 Syracuse at New Haven.
Ootob.r 14 Virginia Pol. at Nsw Haven.
October 31 West Point at West Point.
October 28 Colgate at New Haven.
November 4 N.w York at New Haven.
November 11 Brown at New Haven.
November 1 Princeton at New Haven.
November 23 Harvard at Cambrldga
West Fotna
October f Vermont at West Point
October 12 Yale at Wast Point.
October 14 Rutgers at West Point
October 28 Lehigh at West Point.
November 4 Georgetown at West Point.
November 11 BuckneU at West Point.
November 18 Colgate at West Point.
Dsosmber 8 Annapolis (plase undecided).
llttsbuxs.
October T Westminster at Pittsburg.
October 14 BuckneU at Pittsburg.
October 21 Indiana at Pittsburg.
October 28 CorneU at Ithaca
November 4 'otre Dame at Pittsburg.
November 11 Williams at Plttsburn
November 11 Washington and Jefferson
at pitt.burg.
November so i-ennsyrvaiua saws w m
bnrs. ' .
September SO Randolph-Macon at Wash
ington.
October r w imam ana asrr r. -
ton.
October 14 Indiana at Washington. X. O.
October 21 Richmond College at Rich
mond. October 28 St. John's at Washington.
November 4 West Point at West Point.
November 18 Virginia at Washington.
November 80 Lehigh at Washington.
IX c.
Ohio State.
September 80 Otterbeln at Columbua
October 7 Miami at Columbua
October 14 Weston Reserve at Columbua
October 21 Mlchiiran at Ann Arbor.
October 28 Ohio Wesleysn at Columbua
November 4 Case at Columbua
November 11 Kenyon at Columbus.
November 18 Oberlln at Oberlln. Ohto.
November 2 Svracuse at Columbus.
November 80 Cincinnati at Cincinnati.
Holy Cross.
September ' 23 New Hampshire at Wor
cester. -
September 8U Tale at crew Haven.
October 7 Tufts at Worcester.
Oclobr 14 Dartmouth at Hanover.
.October 21 Amherst Aggies at Worcester.
October 2S Princeton at Princeton.
Nov.mber 4 Springneld T. 8. at Worces
ter I
November 11 Colby at Worcester.
November 18 Worcester Technical at
Worcester.
Chicago.
October 7Indlans at Chicago.
October 14 Purdue at Chicago.
October 21 Illinois at Chlcaso.
November 4 Minnesota at Minneapolis.
November 11 Northwestern at Evanston..
' November 18 Cornell at Chicago.
November 24 Wisconsin at Chlgaga
WDIlama
September 80 Renasslaer P. L at Wll
llamstown. .
Octobsr 7 Springfield T. 6. at Williams
town. October 14 Harvard at Cambrldga
October 21 Dartmouth at Hanover.
October 2S New York at Wllllamstown.
November 4 Cornell at Ithaca.
November 11 Wesleyaa at Mlddl.town.
Conn.
November ! Amherst at Wllllamstown.
M. Ii.
MATILEWS IS BOOSTER
XR AUTO TRIP.
R. F. Clark, Who "Was With Him on
' Tour, Says Dtist Was Fierce and.
Rolholcs Numerous onRlde
Here Is an apt Illustration "of the oft
repeated assertion that two men. can
travel over the same roads, in the same
vehicle, and yet entertain decidedly dif
ferent opinions as to their condition.
R. F. Clark and M. ft. Mathew have
just concluded a motor trip of some
800 odd miles over Oregon highways.
The former, who is used to the Ideal
streets of Portland, advances the opin
ion that tha country thoroughfares at
least the ones over which he went
are much below par. His companion,
who halls from The Dalles, says that
the roads, generally speaking, were
excellent and that he could recall but
a few short stretches where they were
bad. Which goes to show Ifbw widely
different the view of city and country
folk are upon such subjects. ,
"Dmt that would choke a herd of
elephants, rutholes enough to give one
a full month of nightmares and strips
whose roughness strongly reminded
one of a Journey through a Quary
wore a fow of the things we encoun
tered," eald the Portland representa
tives of Llbby, McNeil Sc. Llbby.
"Finest kind of going; couldn't ask
for better, in. fact," auoth the traveling
llgty of Lang & Co,
fcvtu-e Mr. Clark extols pickles and
sundry sour marvels of the chef's art.
Mr. Mathews suggests that he must
have been In the throes of an acute
attack of dyspepsia. "Otherwice I can
not account for his claim that the
roads were In such fearful condition,"
be concluded.
Leaving The Dalles, the party, which
also Included D. B. Soully and R. J.
Bur iren. of Chicago, and Vv Newberry,
of Frsnclsco. proceeded through
Redmond. Bend. Ia Pine. Silver Lake,
Kort Rock and Crescent, The return
trip was made through bisters, cannam
Pass. Sweet Home. Lebanbn. Salem and
sip ins-west side of the river to Port
land. 1
"1 have taken Innumerable trips
through Oregon, but this was abso
lutely the finest I ever had," said Mr.
Mathew. "I've been over the route be
fore, but It never looked half so
picturesque, the country so fine and
prosperous and the roads so good as It
did this time. While we struck a few
points wlieyt the roads were anything
but invinng. I. thought that on the
whole they were In fine condition, wun
a noticeable Improvement over the
last time I went through that coun
try. "If there Is any one waiting to pick
out a route for a god long tour through
Oregon. I would suggest that they go
down the valley to atearora, inrouga.
Fort Klamath. Crater Lake, Crescent.
La Pine, Sisters, and take the Santlam
Pass over the (fsiscades. By so doing
you get the most varied scenery that
Oregon has' to offer. You visit Crater
Lake, one Of the most unique ana in
teresting snots on the globe: get a
view of the wonderful Rogue River
Valley, with its luxurious growtns sug
gesting topical climes, and experitnee
the rf.ilehtful sensation of breathing
some pure, cool air on the summit of
the Cascades, riding along ai an ele
vation of about 6500 feet.
"While on such a tour," continued
Mr. Mathew, "one Is sf forded a contrast
of nature In all its lovely, gentle
beauty while driving, down the valley.
Gliding across the Cascades, there Is
'mother earth standing out in rugged
grandeur. Standing on the bluffs, look
ing down thousands of feet Into the lur
ing waters of CrAter Lake, you see
both. It is a wonderful trip, filled
with manv wondrous pictures, and in
my travels I have never found any
thing to equal It."
The long trip over the country roads
was made In a Pierce Arrow. A dls
tlnot and enjoyable feature of the tour
was the fact that not once was there
any trouble experienced with the auto
mobile. Cave for two tire blow-oats,
no mechanical aid was necessary.
CONTROLLER BAY AGITATION SAID
' TO BE PLOT TO EMBARRASS TAFT
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MAP OF CONTROLLER BAY r
SHOWING TOPOGRAPH-, T c.svc.,,
io aL features. oeZ ' '
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BT A. H. EDDT.
SO much discussion has been had in
regard to the Controller Bay re
gion in Alaska, that It seems
proper at this time for the public to
be told something about that body of
water and the surrounding country.
As I was one of the first white men
to visit that region, excepting trap
pers and hunters, since Alaska became
noted as a country of such vast nat
ural resources, perhaps I may be able
to tell the public some few things that
are not generally known. Accompany
ing this sketch Is a copy of the first,
and so far as I know now, the only
map of that region that was in ex
istence previous to 1908. The data for
this map was obtained by me during
the years 1896 and 1897, and was par
tially prepared by me in the year 1897,
but made more perfect by corrections
in the year 1903.. Since then I have no
ticed that various companies and Indi
viduals operating there have copied
this map. While I do not. assert that
it is absolutely correct, it Is as near
perfect as a layman could make it. I
am not a civil engineer and have de
pended largely upon the compass and
the ship's log for distances and direc
tions. But for all practical purposes
It Is correct.
Bay Is Really Roadsteafl.
To begin my story. .1 wish to make
a few statement's that I do not think
any person who has ever been in Con
troller Bay will question. Referring
to the map, you will see that the so
called bay Is not. In fact, a bay at
all, being merely an open roadstead or
large cove, partially protected on the
south and east by two or tnree smaii
Islands, to wit: Big Kayak- and Wlng-
ham, or Little Kayak Island. formlng"4
the southern rim, Keenuk Island and
Octlllee Spit, forming the northern and
eastern rim. while the whole western
and northwestern part Is exposed to
the open. The only possible chance for
a harbor at all In any part of Con
troller Bay lies about one and one-haU
miles north of Big Kayak Island, ad
about the same distance east from
Wlngham Island.
Vessels drawing more than 12 or 14
feet of water cannot enter there ex
cept at extreme high tMka. And even
If they could, would not be safe for
10 minutes from any stoam coming
from any quarter. - Having spent the
greater part of seven years there, from
1897 to 1903, I think I am somewhat
acquainted with the weather condi
tions in that part of Alaska, and to
my certain knowledge during that
whole time no ocean-going vessel ever
attempted to enter, anchor or leave
that bay during a storm, nor could they
do so.
Channel Is Poor.
The mainland is some fifteen miles
distant from this anchorage, and there
Is no channel deep enough or wide
enough for any sea-going vessel to get
closer to the mainland than this an
chorage, except at a point some four
miles distant directly south from the
Martin Islands. The depth of -water
from the mainland to the distance of
st least eight miles from shore Is less
than 20 feet, with a rock bottom.
It may not be generally known, but
It is a fact, nevertheless, that the
Guggenhelms spent more than 81.000.
000 in the vain delusion that they could
make Katalla Bay.xa small ldenture
from Controller Bay. the terminus for
their railroad into the Copper River.
They then discovered that they could
not get a harbor there, so abandoned
all their work there and moved to Cor
dova Bay, over In Prince Williams
Sound.
At one time It was believed that a
small harbor, containing probably from
80 to 40 acres, might be made by ex
tending a Jetty between the Martin
Islands and from the inner Martin
Island to the mainland. (You will note
that these Islands He Just east of the
mouth. of the Copper River, on the
northwest side of Controller" Bay.) But
after one Winter's experience the pro
moters of that wild scheme were
obliged to abandon It. So much tor
Controller Bay. Now as to the land
and the coal and oil fields and the fa
mous order of its withdrawal.
Development Is Expensive.
All of that portion of the shore line
lying east of the mouth of the Cop
per River, extending clear to the mouth
of the Chilcat, or as it is now called
Bering River, waa located as oil land.
During the years 1898, 1897 -and 1898,
m6re than f 2.000,000 had been expended
upon It by various companies and cor
porations In development work pre
vious to the order of withdrawal. At
least three commercial oil wells were
drilled and capped, and more than a
dozen were drilled to the oil sand bnt
not brought in before 1903.
The only reason that oil was not
shipped from Controller Bay years ago
was because there was no harbor in
which vessels could lie and receive car
go, t
If Controller Bay was a suitable har
bor for ships, there would be probably
at this time a hundred or more oil
wells In successful operation. Mr. Ry
an, or any other man or 'corporation
cannot now, nor since 1897, get control
of the water front along that bay, ex
cept that It might be possible that lo
cations could be made on Octlllee Spit,
or along the shore line east of the
mouth of Bering Rlver.r I cannot ee
how the withdrawal from entry since
1903-of any of that country could in
anyway affect the title to that part
rffhich waa .located previous to 1903,
providing, of course, the proper assess
ments have been made, and the law re
lilllng to mining location complied
with.
As I have said above, a great amount
of money was expended previous to
that time in development work. The
actual timber area of that country con
sists of less than one mile In width, ex
tending from Miles glacier to Cape
Suckllan, and there is not enough tim
ber in the whole region to begin to
supply the wants of the p'eople for log
houses, let alone anything else. Nearly
all of this Umber is short, scrubby
hemlock and spruce, fit only for fuel.
The Bering River coal fields lie to the
northeast of Controller Bay, a distance
from tide water of about 10 miles.
First Visit Is In 1896.
It was first visited by white men,
myself included, except by trappers and
hunters, in the year 1896. and I had the
pleasure of digging and having assayed
the first coal from that region. I also
at that time visited, explored partially
and collected from seppages, or small
lakes, of petroleum, the first qll and
also had it analyzed. I have at tha
present time many photographs taken
by me in- the year 1897, showing tha
exposed coal measures, and the vast
bodies of oil that were running into
uine sea.
in tne year i n j t , a. uumux wi
myself included, located the first oil
claims and the first coal claims in that
country. According to my note book,
made at that time, the following are
the names of some of the men who
were with me, each of whom located a
claim. R. C. Johr.ston, of Los Gatos,
Cal.: T. J. Hamilton, of Seattle, Wash.j
- c. Barbour, of Milpltas, CaL; Thomas
White, of Michigan; William Carlos, of
Belllngham, Wash.; R. Temple, or Bos
ton, Mass.: Mr. Doverspike, of Nebras
ka; B. McCarty, pf New Tork, and sev
eral others whose names I have forgot
ten. And I think that I speak the
truth when I say that no company or
corporation other than our. own indi
vidual selves were Interested with ua
at that time. f
We made our locations under the
terms of the mining laws of the United
States, and we thought, and o far as
I am concerned, still believe that we
had a perfect legal right to do so.
None of us have yet obtained title to
that property. Although we have ex
pended many thousands of dollars more
than the land laws say that we must
expend in order to get title, and now
I understand it is proposed by eome
men to take it away from us. For my
part I cannot see any Justice in this.
Many of us have spent from seven to
10 years of our lives up there. We
have undergone all manner of hard
ship, -and many like myself have
spent their all in developing that prop
erty under the bollef that at some time
during our natural lives we could ob
tain title to It- But it seems that we
were - mistaken. - According to the
theory of some of the Eastern and
Western conservationists we are
thieves, and should be sent to the pen
itentiary. And although 15 years have
gone by, we are still wondering where
we stand. - .
Square Deal Asked.
Jnst recently ex-Presid"ent Roosevelt,
who says he believes in the square deal,
advocated a Government control of that
field. That may be his way of thinking,
but I should like to have him put in
the same position that we are. Just for
a little while. I am perfectly acquaint
ed with the Cunningham claims, know
when and how he located thein. I was
there at the time; went to Alaska on
the same ship with him.
One of the original locators, Mr. Car
los, guided Mr. Cunningham into the
Behrlng River coal field. Hs locations
were made legitimately, at least, in.
accordance to law, but whether or not
he has since compiled with the law in
doing the development work on those
claims, I do not know. But I do know
that so far as the original locators ,are
concerned, we have compiled with the
law. None of us were lawyers: none
of us were associated directly or indi
rectly with any company or corpora
tion. We were all comparatively poor
men, and we have not sold our prop
erty to the Guggenhelms, yet we are
classed In the same boat with them.
While I believe that all valuable nat
ural resources now owned by the Gov
ernment should be kept from the
clutohes of corporations. I do not be
lieve that -Ivate property should be
confiscated. There Is no more need for
a timber reserve In the western part of
Alaska than there would be for one In
the desert of Sahara What timber Is
there Is of small value, except for fuel,
and if U was all made Into lumber It
would not affect the price of that prod
uct 10 cents a thousand.
From shipboard one would think that
that whole country was covered with a
dense growth of timber, but when ex
amined at close' range it is soon seen
that very little merchantable timber
exists there. At least none that would
be called merchantable In Oregon or
Washington.
Pioneer's eRight Pleaded. '
And what there is should be given
freely to the hardy men and women who
are striving to carve a living out of
that Inhospitable region. It Is good
enough 'to make log buildings. Some
of it large enough for sawlogs, nothing
more. What is conservation. .anyhow?
In conclusion let me give the follow
ing facts j
Controller Bay cannot by any stitch
of the Imagination be made a harbor,
except by an expenditure of money that
would not warrant the attempt
Mr. Ryan has not got control of, nor
can he get by any means, at this time,
or at any future time, the monopoly of
the water front around Controller Bay.
Seventy-five per cent of the water
front surrounding that bay has been
private property for 12 years and over
A town of 1500 people, to-wit. Kat
alla, located on Katalla Bay, is one
where the people own their own homes
and business properties there. Many of
them have been there for 15 years;
most of them for six years and more.
Wharves, docks and other private prop
erty are owned there.
An old Russian town in which each
Indian and Russian inhabitant owns
his own home, is located on that bay,
to-wit, Kayak on Wingham Island. Two
trading companies, the Alaskan Com
mercial and the North American Trad
ing Company own real estate there.
An Indian village. Chillcat, Is located
on that bay. Another Indian village,
Katalla village, not the City of Katalla,
lying some five miles southeast,: is lo-
cated on that bay. The Alaska Devel
opment Company, the very first com
pany operating in that oil field, own
wharves, docks, trading posts and con
siderable real estate at the mouth of
Chillcat River. I could name many oth-..
er pieces of private property along the
shores of that bay.
I cannot for the life of mo see how
the throwing open to entry of any
part of the shore line of that bay could
give Mr. Ryan, the Guggenhelms, or
any other corporation, the water front.
The whole story of. Ve Ryan grab is a
pure fabrication, gotten up, no doubt,
for tha purpose of putting Taft and the
present administration in a hole.
I am a Demoorai. i. am noi ior
never was for Taft, but I am against a
liar, and anyone who tries to make cap
ital out of a liar. And in one respect I
may be like ex-President Roosevelt, I
believe in the square deal, and If the
people of Alaska have ever had a square
deal, either by this or any past Admin
istration, I have failed to notice it. Put
Taft in a hole if you wish,' but for the
love of Mike do it honestly and above
board.
1912 HCDSOX ACTO IMPROVED
Accessories Added and Car's .Price
Is Slightly Raised.
Keeping in line with the demand for
fully equipped cars, the Hudson for
1912 will have many features which
were lacking in last year's model. In
stead of forcing the purchaser to spend
considerable money in securing tha
needed accessories, he will find his car
lacking In no Important detail. While
the price this year la higher than in
1911, the ultimate cost is lowered, be
cause the necessity of adding a hun
dred and one things is eliminated.
The 1912 Hudson has a full floating
rear axle Bosch duplex system of igni
tion with storage battery. Prest O'
light tank equipment, improved type
multiple disc clutch with cork inserts
contained in an oil-tight compartment
in the flywheel, cylinder bearing of
phosphor bronze with Imported Ger
man lining, and extra heavy springs
for both rear and front.
GUILLOTINE LOSES HOME
French Execution Machine Removed
to Sante Prison.
PARIS, Aug. 26. (Special.) The
guillotine has lost its home in the. Rue
de la Felie Regnault in Paris, and has
been put in prison as a vagabond. For
21 years the "widow of Justice," as the
guillotine is caJled, has lived in a coach
house with a great red door, which was
rented for its reception by the gov
ernment. The place had two keys, one
of which was always kept it the Home
Office, the other in the pocket "of M.
Deibler, the executioner.
Every week M. Deibler and his as
sistants called on the "widow" and
greased, oiled and attended, to her
needs. But for many years the people
in the neighborhood of the Rue de la
Folie Regnault have protested against
thein grim neighbor. The "widow''
gave no trouble as a tenant, but on the
rare occasions that she journeyed, all
the riffraff of Pans clustered in the
streets to see her taken out. The lease
of her home fell in some days ago, the
landlord refused to renew it, andf from
the" beginning of this week onwards
the guillotine is to be stabled at the
Sante Prison.
Man Ordered Out of Town.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) When released yesterday from
the county Jail, Frank Walters, famil
iarly known as "Shorty." was at once
rearrested and sentenced to another 30
days for an offense committed some
time ago. Sentence was suspended, and
Walters was given till 1 o'clock to
leave town. Chief of Police Doyle and
Sheriff Urquhart have been working to
gether most effectively of late to rid
the town of undesirable characters.
Tacoma. Wash., Aug. 26. Arrived Jap
anese steamer Canadamaru, from Seattle;
steamer Delhi, from Alaska; schooner Annie
M. Campbell, from Pan Pedro. Departed
French bark Max. for Valparaiso; steamer
Latoucho, for Bel