THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY ..6, 1911.
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LES GOLD FROM
, FOR THE FUTURE
Alaskan Output Reduced by
Slump in Few Districts in
. 1910; ; lode Mining Will Jn
. crease; Coal and Railways.
By John E. Lathrop. 1
Washington, Jan. 6. Alfred H.
Brooks of the geofoglcal aurvey reports
that the valua of tha mineral output of
-' Alaska In 1910 la estimated at $17,400,
000; the value In 19,09 was J2l.148.423.
Of this, the estimated value of the gold
output In 1910 was $18,360,000: that of
1909, $20,!71,078. The copper produc
tion in lMTTs estimated to have been
f, (00,000 pounds, valued at about $740,-
( 00; that of 1809 was 4,124.70 pounds.
' aiued at $536,211. The value of the
other mineral products, including silver,
Isad, gypsum, marble and coal, is estl
'mated at $300,000 an increase over that
of 1909. ,
The total value of tha Alaska mineral
."production since 1880, when mining" was
)Kun. 4s, in round numbers,- $186,000,
000, of which $179,000,000 Is represented
by the value of the gold output.
Explanation of tha Decrease
The decrease in the value of the mtn-
era! production Is entirely chargeable
to the falling off in the output of Fair-
' banks, Seward peninsula and some of
the smaller placer districts.) Except in
these camps and the coal fields, the out
put from all the mining districts In
creased. In spite of the decreased gold
production and the handicap because of
the delay In opening the coal fields,
oonsIderaMe advancements wers made
In the mining Industry. Copper mining
- was prosperous and much development
wotk was done on the copper deposits.
More had been accomplished than In any
. previous year In the development of
aurtfarout lodes. Muoh work was also
Bone toward Installing large mining
plants for working- low grade placer de
posits. Great Weed Is Cheap JhuiL
. Mr. Brooks gives his opinion of the
coal situation as follows:
"As in previous years, the lack of
, ebeap fuel is the one great hindrance
to the advancement of the mining In
dustry In Alaska. So long as the Pa
cific seaboard of Alaska and the adja
cent portions of the land region have
to depend on expensive coal brought
from British Columbia, Japan and
Washington, so long will the Industries
ot the territory suffer. With coal at
. II to XtO a ton along tha Paclfto sea
board of Alaska, even mines located at
tidewater are at great economic dis
ndvantage. Under such conditions only
the richest and largest ore bodies can
be mined at a profit
"Practically nothing was done In the
coal fields except a few patent surveys.
Most tf the small mines Which have In
the past furnished llgnltlo coal for local
.use were, in-1910 -closed until the tnat-
f ter of granting patents should be finally
decided. On the other hand, some new
; drilling waa done In th,e Katalla oil
field. Current reports Indicate that
corns oil properties were leased and
preparations made to render the district
. productive.
Uways and the Coal Situation.
"The railways are at a double dis
advantage. In the first place, they are
paying from $11 to $12 a ton for coal
used in operating, which should cost
only $2.50 to $S: in the second Dlace.
the coal tonnage needed to help support
the railways Is nonexistent In spite
of these handicaps, the backers of some
i- mamiway project ihave shown
commendable enterprise in continuing
construction work.
'The Copper Rtver railway completed
the construction of the line as far as
Chltina, 131 miles from Cordova, at the
end of September, and also put a tem
porary bridge across the Copper at this
point. The remaining 60 miles to the
Bonanza mines are of easy construction,
and the manaisers report that the line I
will be completed t an early data. This
line will render accessible both the cop
per deposits of the Chltina valley and
the placers of the Nlzlna district
Alaska Worth era Bail way.
The Alaska Northern railway main
tained communication over its 71 miles
of track, which connects Seward, the
coastal., terminal, wlt the head of
Turnagaln Arm. By fne use of small
launches a route of communication wiin
Knlk and points on Susltna river was
thus established,' which is competitive
with the older route from Cook inlet
Some location surveys were also made
beyond the end of the completed road.
This railway, when completed, will lead
to the development of the Matanuaka
coal field and the Willow creek " lode
district, as well as other mining dis
tricts of the Susltna basin, ' besides
making accessible extensive areas of
arable land.
"Most of the other railway projects
appear to have lain dormant awaiting
the settlement of the coal land ques
tion. The completed railways, such as
the White Pass, Tanana Valley and
Seward Peninsula, were operated but
need no special mention.
Wacom Koad to Fairbanks.
"An Important feature of the year
was the transformation of much of jfie
Valdes-Halrbanks trail to a wagon road
This new road, besides serving the ter
minal points, will aid the development
of the several mining districts lying
between.1. Important roads and .trails
were also constructed In other parts of
the territory "by the Alaska road commission."
EASTERN NEWSPAPER
seeks information
about Fruit lands
(Continued Prom Page One.)
ects as seemed to them to be fraudulent
"An Incredible amount of money lis
being spent by Twin Cities people In
your orchard lands," said Mr. Day, "and
naturally we wish to protect our con
stituents.. Many qf those buying, espe
cially in the schemes to 'sell orchards
already planted, with the -provision they
will be cared for until the trees come to
bearing, are men and women of email
means. Investing their savings in that
way. I know of one Oregon proposition
of the kind In which four or five loco
motive engineers have Invested a good
deal of money. Now there is no doubt
but that some of the fruit districts in
the northwest are excellent propositions,
hut there are other places being divided
Stomach Sufferers
Squander Millions
In Search of Relief.
Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets rree.
The world is full of disordered stom
achs and 90 per cent of the money spent
upon physicians and drugs goes In an
attempt to cure the stomach.
People are made to believe that In
order to gain health they must doctor
their stomachs and use cathartics Ho
the doctor gets his fee for the stomach
treatment and the druggist for tho
physio until the savings of a life time
are exhausted and yet no cure.
Let's be reasonable.
The sick stomach Is in every cane
tha result of over eating, hurried masti
cation and Improper choice of foods
The mucous lining all the way down
the food tract loses Its sensitiveness,
and when food Is forced down the mus
cles fail to Tepnd. They do not churn
the food as thev shnuM Thi. i
no longer give out gastric Juice to
dissolve the food and render It capable
ui BBBiuiuBuun. xne man nas become
a dvsneotlo. ...
There Is one sure way and only one
lu.umin pumuve rener. fut Into that
stomach of yours the very elements that
It lacks to get that food Into liquid
form. It takes pepsin, diastase, golden
i nu omer rerments to accomplish
this. The healthy stomach contains
these elements. The dyspeptic stomach
lacks part or all of them. Stuart s Dys
pepsia Tablet Is made up of Just what
the dyspeptic stomach lacks nature's
digestives.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not a
medicine, not a drug, not a cathartlo
They do not cure anybody of anything
but Dyspepsia and Indigestion and such
ailments as arise from poorly digested
food.
' Wrille IKeV dlffesT ffiS Tnn,r tun .-.
ach recuperates. The mucous mem
brane Is coming out of Its stupor, tho
gastric Juice la coming to the surface
mo muscles ure regaining their powsr
Every organ of the body takes on new
life, the skin rains cnlnr arA h- .
are no longer tinged with yellow. You
live.
Why doctor and why drug yourself
Stuart's DvBnrnalji TnhUtd ..in .....
care of your food while nature cures
you.
"Pry a box at your druggists, 60 cents
Or. if vou r refer fra triii
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SECOND AND WASHINGTON STREETS
, Over Merchants Bank. Office open Sundays.
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Into tracts and sold In the east where
there isn't more than six Inohes of soil.
Those" district will never grow" good
fruit, and an Investment of several hun
dred dollars an acre for such land is a
form of robbery.
. Taxtor PUnty of Time.
"We have taken plenty of time In
which to get at the facts. We have
letters to the manager of tho Commer
cial club and to other men whom wo
hope to secure Information from that
will elace us on the correct track,' and
as a result we hope to give our reader
the truth about tho western fruit and
apple situation,' -,
When Mr. Bough waa here he said
everybody was poor In the east because
all the money there was bejag spent for
Oregon apple land.
John D. Olwell Cf Medford, on of tho
well - known apple men of tho Rogue
River valley, who also U at the Fort
land, said that an honest Investigation
of Oregon apple lands would result In
much good.
. "It Is true that a great deal of east
ern money 1 being Invested here," said
Mr. Olwell, "and that that part of It
Invested in poor glands will sooner or
later react against legitimate , proposi
tions. The Tribune men would have
been Interested to know that two Min
neapolis men here yesterday, C M.
Boynton and J. R. Tomlln, now of Med
ford, have an Investment of about $125,
000 In Rogue river apple land. But what
must be done 1 to take care that legit
imate and really money making propo
sitions are not injured by such articles
"I met Mr. Hough while he was In
Medford a week ago. From a talk With
him I gathered that his articles soon
to appear will tell the (ruth about west
ern fruit lands and will not be a mere
effort to, keep money and people In any
mie locality. The . Post, as a paper
read everywhere, of course could not
afford to take any attitude of unjustly
'protecting one part of the country
against another. But the danger from
tiavlng-a newspaper-servlng-on com
munity publish such article !avtht it
will try to ecu re home investment and
to discourage emigration from it sec
tion to other part of the country. There
Is also the danger that a newspaper
may b serving either Its own Interest
In an advertising way to secure tho ad
vertisement of land dealer, or tthat
It is serving om particular group of
dealer In an advertising way.
"I think legitimate apple land dealer
will welcome any Investigation of land
sale In this state. It will mean a
greater degree of safety for holder of
land In tho valley that are especially
adapted to fruit raising. But there
should b a certainty that article deal
ing with that aubject should be un
biased and fro from advertising sug
gestion." , IMPORTANT CHANGES
Trala atecrlo on the oW. B. IT. Oo.
Sunday, January t, 1911. important
change In train service on the O.-W.
R. & N. will bo made.
The Spokane Flyer will be discon
tinued and instead will be known as
the "Walla Walla local," running be
tween Portland and Walla Walla only,
leaving Portland at 11 p. m., arriving
in Walla Walla at T a, m.. next morn
ing. Returning will leave Walla Walla
at 12:10 a. m. and arrive In Portland
at 8:16 a. ra. This train will carry
standard sleeper and day coaches.
The Soo-Spokane train will leave
Portland at 9 p. m. Instead of 11 p. m.,
arriving In Spokane at 11:80 a, m. next
day and will handle Lewlaton sleeper.
No change in service east of Spokan
and no change westbound.
Pendleton local will leave Portland
at 7:40 a. m. Instead of 8 a m. and will
arrive in Pendleton at 6 p. m.
STREET SPRINKLER
TO FIGHT OCTOPUS
San Jose Employs New Weap
on in Contest With Trac
tion Company.
(Ontttd Press Leased Wtr.t ' "
Ban Jose, Cal Jan. I a sprinkling
wagon, a guard at tho Intersection of
Santa Clara and Market streets, la hold
ing back a gang of laborer bent on lay
ing a railroad track. Tho wagon 1 the
property of the city and Is driven by a
city employe. It purpose la to prevent
the alleged grabbing of a franchise by
the San Jos. and Santa Clara Railroad
company.
An Injunction was granted the com
pany, restraining the city from Inter
fering with the construction work at
the disputed" corner, but attorney for
the traction company failed to have In
serted a clause prohibiting the city from
sprinkling the streets. A "high, powered"
sprinkler accordingly has been stationed
at the oorner; and whenever laborer
attempt to work, the street at that
particular ' point 1 Industriously
sprinkled.
Waterways Commission Meets. -.
Toronto, Ont, Jan. 6. The Canadian
and American section of the Interna
tional Waterway commission met In
Joint session at tho King Edward hotel
In this city today for the further discus
sion of tho marking of the International
boundary through the Great Lake and
adjoining water. ; V; '
Chehalls' Postal Receipts- Grow. -
. ' '(Special Dltpatch tn The Journal.
Chehalls, Wash., Jan. 6. Chehalls'
postal receipts totaled over 117,000 for
the year just ended, breaking all prev
ious recorda Tho gala for the past ,
year was mora than $2000 and about;
14500 over the 190$ business. In detail i
the figures, are as follow: 190$, $H.,
040.65; 1909.' $14,948.21; 1910, $11,00$..
19. The Chehall office ha four clerk,-;
three city carrier, two rural carrier
and on big star route serving about 20
office. Owing to the bright propect
of Chehall in a buslnes way. It 1
expected that 1911 will how the am
percentage of gain -or oven a greater
one. ,; ' -f '" -1
HSII GAS
Relief in Five Minutes Awaits
Every Stomach Sufferer
; r: - ; Herer -
Nothing will remain undigested or
sour on your stomach if you will take
a little Dlapepsln occasionally. This
powerful digestive and antacid, though
as harmless and pleasant as candy, will
digest and prepare i for assimilation
Into the blood all the food you can
eat.
Eat what your stomach cravos,-Jwlth
out the slightest fear of Indigestion or
that you will be bothered with sour
risings. Belching, Gas on Stomach,
Heartburn, Headaches from stomach,
Nausea, Bad Breath, Water Brash or
a feeling like you had swallowed a
lump of lead or other disagreeable
miseries. Should you be suffering now
from any stomach disorder you can
get relief within five minutes.
If you will got from your pharmacist
a 60-cent case of Pane's Dlapepsln you '
could alway go to th table with a
hearty appetite, and your 'meal would
tass good, because you would know
there would bo no Indigestion or Steep
les night or Headache or Stomach1,
misery all tho next day; and, besides, ,
you would not need laxatives or liver
pills to keep your stomach and bowels
clean and fresh. -
Pape's Dlapepsln can be" obtained'
from your druggist, and contain mor
than ufficlent to thoroughly cure th
worst case Of Indigestion or' Dyspep
ela. There 1 nothing better for Ga
on tho Stomach or sour odors from the"
stomach or to cur a Stomach Head
ache, ''',' !
You couldn't keep a handler or mor
useful article In the house.
American Automatic (or Nelson)
Air-Controlled Streetcar Fender
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Officially Adopted by the City of Portland After Three Years' Investigation of Fenders
The Only Air Controlled Fender in the World
This is the highest type of safety device ever invented and per
fected, and within a few years it will be in universal use, just
as the air brake is today. It is the only air-controlled fender in
the world, and is protected by patents covering the application
of air to the operation of a fender. These patents yet have '
more than 15 years to run.
Air Fender Field Almost Unlimited
The field of the air fender is almost unlimited. At the present
time there are nearly 200,000 air cars in the United States, and
the number is being added to at the rate of about 5000 a year.
At the present time demonstrations of the Nelson Air Fender
are being called for in Tacoma, Spokane, Oakland, Alameda
and San Diego, with the purpose of having it adopted in those
cities.
Small Amount of Stock to Be Sold
For the purpose of carrying on these demonstrations, and with
a view to pushing the adoption of the fender in other cities, it
has been decided to sell a limited amount of stock of the
AMERICAN AUTOMATIC FENDER COMPANY in the city
of Portland. The American Automatic Fender Company is
organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota and is capi
talized at $500,000. Par value of stock: $10. The limited
amount offered here will be sold at less than par. This will
be the only opportunity to purchase this stock in Portland. In
vestigation will show it to be one of the best investments ever
presented.
Immense Profits, Being Without a Competitor
The sale of 3000 fenders per year will bring upward of 10 per
cent annual dividends on the par value of the stock. Nego
tiations are now under way for the sale of more than 5000
fenders during the present year. The Nelson Air Fender is
without competition. It is in a class by itself. Mechanics and
experts declare it bears the same relation to all other fenders
that the air brake does to the old-style" hand brake. It will
soon occupy the fender field alone, and with nearly 200,000
cars to.be equipped, the stock of the American Automatic
Fender Company will within a few years be worth several times
its par value. Trie business prospects and possibilities of the
company are almost beysmd computation.
Public Officials Will Back Air Fender
Stteet railway corporations are no longer allowed to use inferior
safety appliances. Most of the states and cities have salaried
expert officials whose duty it is to see that the highest possible
protection is given the public in return for franchises granted
over the public streets arid thoroughfares through the adoption
and use of the latest approved ancl best lifesaving appliances.
The Nelson Automatic Air Fender is declared by safety appli
ance experts to be the best lifesaving device of the kind ever
constructed. It will prevent accidents where all other fenders
fail, on account of the rapidity and certainty of air pressure. It
is part of the air-brake equipment of the car and is always in
working order.
Air Fender Has Solved the Fender Problem
The Nelson fender is a successful, practical lifesaving device
and is already being hailed by safety appliance experts as the
final solution of tit troublesome fender problem. It received
the highest percentagejor efficiency of all fenders fully tested
by the New York City Public Service Commission and was
adopted by the city of Portland after three years' investigation
of the fender question by the city authorities. Its efficiency
is equaled by its simplicity. No other fender is as neat in ap
pearance. It is no longer an experiment, but an established
standard lifesaving device of the highest class. The history of
the air brake will be the history of the aik fender, with the ad
vantage in favor of the fender, because it will have public
safety appliance officials back of it a condition which did not
exist when the air brake was perfected.
ENDORSED BY SAFETY APPLIANCE EXPERTS
Safety appliance experts declare that the air fender has solved the fender problem,
which has been one of the most difficult that safety appliance officials have ever had
to deal with.
A. W. Petley, inspector of safety appliances for Washington, a man with more than
20 years' experience In this line of -work, says :
"I am of the opinion that the Nelson air fender is destined to take its place along with
the air brake, automatic coupler and other similar devices, and. that within a few years
it will be in universal use." .
A. L. Valentine, superintendent of public utilities for the city of Seattle, says:
"The Nelson automatic air fender is the nearest thing to. a perfect fender 1 have
ever seen." f s
A prominent railroad official, who is one of the highest mechanical authorities in Port
land, says:
"All other fenders bear about the same relation to the Nelson fender that the old hand
brake does to the automatic air brake."
J. F. Fitch, former claim agent and attorney for the Tacoma street railways, who has
spent several years investigating fenders and who is an authority on that subject, says:
"I congratulate the citizens of Portland upon the adoption of the only real life-saving
fender and the most perfect device to that end that in years of investigation I have been
able to discover." -
The Continental Trust Co.
Spalding Building, Portland, Or.
Gentlemen: Please 'send-me printed
matter regarding American Automatic
Fender Company.
Name
Address
City
The Nelson Air Fender is on exhibition today and tomorrow at the Ar
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