No. 3. ELEVENTH YEAR. 8KAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1908. * PRICE, 10 CENTS.
CITIZENS BLV THE WATER PLANT
Sale of the Northwest Light & Power Property to Lo
cal Capital?Provision "Whereby City may Acquire
it at Purchase price, $15,000? Extensive Improve
ments to be Inaugurated at Once.
mo n IVIED 11 II ?
A horrible tragedy took place on
Spruce Creek on Wednesday afternoon,
says the Atlln Claim of March 28th.
Messrs. W. Alliott, E. Bowley and A.
Anderson, who were running a drift
In.o a Bench claim, by the Steam Shore!
GrounJ, were at work about 5 o'olock,
when the timbers, a short way back
from the faco, broke. Anderson, calling
to the others, ran out snd escaped;
Alliott followed, but hearing Bowley
call for help, went back to assist him,
Tho ground tluffed and shut them ln<
Anderson gave tho alarm, men hurried
to the ?pot, and the work of raacue wit
carried ou by willing helpers from all
over the camp. Up to 10 or 1 1 o'clock
that night the Imprisoned men could be
heard on the other tide of the alufT,
which came down faster than It could
he taken away. About that time, an
other big (luff came down, and after
that, Alllott and Bowley were not heard
from.
The reacuer* worked unceasingly till
Friday, when the government took up
the work of recovering the bodies, butt
up to the present without succeta.
Negotiations which have been Id
progress for the purchase by a body of
ci.izens and business men of the prop
erty and franchises of the Northwest
em Light Si Power company, hare
reached a point where It may be given
out as completed.
This statement was made to the
Alaskan today by Mr. Phil Snyder,
who has had the matter In charge. He
says that Mr. P. K. Hall, jr., president
of the company will take the Cottage
from Seattle on Sunday for this city for
the purpose of signing the papers
completing the transfer. The follow
in? compose the body of citizens
re fend to:
Phil Abrahams, T W Nettles. J D
S.ineiiaugh, C Nye, T M Tanner, M A
McLeao, \Vm Britt, LS Keller, T Dor
tero. P E Kern, Mowl <fc Ehrlick, L A
Harrison, H Wolff, R C Sheldon, T W
B edsoe, G W Dilion, C Shea, Ganty &
Frandsoo, H H Draper, M BCIemenger,
A B Shaw, P W Snyder.
These will compose the stockholders
of a company to be formed to take over
the property when the owning company !
give title. The price to *>e paid is !
915,000.
The company baa entered Into an
agreement whereby the eity shall have j
the right to acquire the property at the |
purchase prl;e at tiny time It wishes,
with, of course, any sum which the new
company shall add to it Id the course of
betterments.
It is the purpose of the company to
make material improvementa at onoe
The source of present supply on the
hill la to be abmdoaed, and the long
contemplated plan of the present own
era la to be carried through; that of
extending tho pipe* through to lake
Dewey, about 300 yards away, where a
16-foot dam is to b: built for tbe en
largement of tbe lak(>. The supply la
to be Increased by the diversion Into
lake of a large creek from the hill
above. It Is estimated that with these
Improvements tbe oompany will have
rater to buro, so to speak? ten times
the quantity required by the olty and
enough to supply all tbe power neces
sary for maoy Industries
COIMf
UNTIL JUNE
(By United Press.)
Washington, April 3.? Leader* of
both houses of oongress are of the opin
ion that adjournment cannot be reached
before the flrstof Juno as there I* much
Important work to be done. There are
m*ny important appropriation bill* yet
to be passed.
II BLIffl
! M WINNIPEG
Winnipeg, April 3.? This entire sec
tion is suffering the visitation of a bliz
zard.
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Stores Open Evenings Phones 4 & 56
? ? ? I /
EVANS MAY
REJOIN FLEET
(By Unlttf PrtM.)
Paso Robles, April 3? Admiral Evans
arrl?ed here today. He l? pain- racked
?nd rery 111. HoweTer, he took occa
sion to express for publication the satis
faction he felt in the Interest being
manifested by the American people In
his condition. He sajs he hopes to re
join the fleet btforo It rcaches San j
Francisco.
hi am mnmiiMG ran
Preliminary to tiie Birth of a Bouncing Baby Boy
A little boy was bora at tho hospital
this morning who will have every right
to b? a railroader when he grows Up.
He came very ne?r to being in a most
excltiosr experience but left it all to his
mother. Nothing, therefore, can bo
said aeainst his discretion.
His mother is Mrs. J. B. Me amnion
and his father is the telegraph operator
at Glacier. The little fellow wai not
ACCIDENT DURING NIGHT PRACTICE Blf ENGLISH NSH
(United Pr?M T*l*grsph-Cabl? 8?rvlco.)
Portsmouth, England, April S. ? A wireless message re
ports a disaster at sea off thin coast. During night
practice of a division of the navy, the torpedo boat de
stroyer Tiger was rammed' by the cruiser Berwiik and cut
in half, sinking immediately. Twenty lives were lost;
twenty-five of the crew were rescued.
CUE 11 IMIIDS OF KB
(UnltJd Pr*M T?l*flmph-Cabl* StrvlM.)
Washington, April 3, ? In answer to a question put to
him today as to whether he was to be a candidate for re
election before The forthcoming convention, Thomas C&le
Baid today: 4 'I have received scores of letters and telegrams
asking my intentions relative to another congressional term
and I have replied to all alike, saying that if the people
want me I am willing to serve them; they must be the
judge."
The Jefferson will be here Saturday and will have
a large consignment of fresh vegetables and fruit for
(IB.
We also have in stock a fine variety
of tanoy apples:
WINESAPS,
SPITZENBERGS,
MISSOURI PIPPINS, ETC.
GANTY & FRANDSON
expeoted for torn* iltno but the
?tork umo unexpectedly to tho root
tree and a hurry message wii sent
d^wn brre for a conveyance at four
o'clock in tho morning. John Olson,
one of the best, jumped into the cab of
an engine and, with a coach behind
him, it wan a very short interval before
the combination drow up at the cottage
at Glacier.
Mr. McCammon put Mrs, McCam
moo aboard and away went the speolal
as fast as the law allows, seeking the
safe harborage of the hospital.
Then a curious thing happenrd. As
they crossed the tracks at a switch at
Twenty-second street the brake shoes,
?vhlch bad fallen down, dropped into
the slot or interval between 'ho e4k*of
the tracks and? zip;? for sixtyjfeet the
rails ran up in the air before the im
movable brakes like a clean furrow In
the spring plowing. Engineer Olson
tried to apply the brakes but they were
out of commission. He then reversed
the engine and back she jumped but
not on th* tricks and there he kept her
hacking and filling until she was
brought to a standstill. There was no
great jar to the cotch and Mrs. McCam
mon was not Injured nor was she
greatly frightoned. She was removed
to the hospl al from tho car and made
comfortable. The flat little boy wa
bjrn at 7:15, and mother and be are
dole? well.
The traoke were repaired this morn
log and the outgoing train got over the
difficult place all right.
(By United Press.)
New York, April 3? Evelyn Thaw
Icaree today (or Europe there to remain
until after the hearing of tho divorce
case.
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ON TONIGHT
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Hackentchmldt is fiivorlte in the bet
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