VOL IV, NO. XU
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1924
FIFTY CENTS A MCKTH
Lake-OIeary Properties
Bended By R. K. Neill
„ comprising two claims and a
iraction, located on the north
erly edge of the Premier prop
erties, have been ponded to R.
K. Neill, as a result of recently
completed negotiations.
Messrs Charles Lake ana
Dave O,Learyj, the owners, are
said to have received the sub
stantial sum of $20,000 as first
payment on their properties.
The balance involved in the
deal could not be learned. •
The McGuire interests had au
option on the properties for
$60,000 last year and are said
to have developed a nice body
of ore as a result of Consider
able work but for some un
known reason the bondholders
failed to complete their pay
ments and the properties re
verted to the owners.
Shortage Of Funds Prevents
Further Pension Allowances
Owing to the lack of funds,
due to an insufficient appro
priation by the Legislature, no
further pension allowances can
be granted under the Old Age
Pension Act, according to an
authorized statement made
February 1 by Lockie McKin
non, Treasurer of the Board oi
Trustees of the Pioneers’ Home
- which administers the act. Mr.
McKinnon explained the sit
uation as follows:
“There are now 191 pension
ers on the roll, of which 166 ar
men and 25 women. The Iasi
legislature increased the allow-,
ance to men from $12.50 to
$25.00 per month and to wom
en from $25.00 to $45.00 pei
month, but did not increase
the appropriation to meet such
increase. The effect of this fail
ure to provide funds i3 thai
over one-third of the appropri
ation of $60,000, or to be exact,
$21,755.25, has been disbursed
during three-eights of the bi
ennium. leaving an unexpend
ed balance on hand of only
$38,2444.75. Even with no
more allowances and continu
ing the roll as it Exists today a
deficit of $13,240 would ensue.
“The Board now finds that it
will be necessary to curtail the
allowances for the remainder
of the biennium in order to
keep within th^ appropriation.
A curtailment has been avoid
i cd until the winter ia over, but
without such reduction at the
end of this quarter, no monej
will be available for the next
winter.season and the benefic
iaries of the act would receive
nothing. It is believed to be the
wiser and more humane policy
to reduce the allowances for
the remainder of the biennium
rather than to leave needy ;
ones without any relief for sev
eral months.”
DRAKE ARRESTED ON
FALSE ACCUSATION
Sidney Drake, whose arrest
in Seattle on a Minneapolis
charge was reported in these
columns last week, has been
entirely exonerated by the
Minneapolis anthorities, ac
cording to Seattle papers.
It appears that the charges
that Drake was guilty of a vio
lation of a Minnesota law for
bidding the sale of stocks with
out a license were made by a
disgruntled stockholder in the
Kassan Gold Company, of
which Drake is president, and
were false in every way. The
charges were dismissed by the j
prosecuting attorney of Minne
apolis on the ground that there j
was no cause for action, no j
violation of the law, and that j
the sale of stock which was the j
basis of the charge against |
Drake and several of his fellow
directors was a resale made by
an authorized and licensed
broker, |he directors having
had no hand in the transaction.
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ALASKA COAL CO. TO
MARKET MATANUSKA
COAL ON_PACIFIC COAST
Oscar Anderson, Anchorage
business man and president of
the Evan Jones Coal Co., the
largest coal producer in the
Matanuska field, is now in the
States endeavoring -to either
purchase or charter a steamer
:n which to transport coal di
rect from the mine to the out- [
ide markets. The company j
plans on a ship of about 1,000
tons register. The vessel will
not engage in the passenger
carrying trade but will be em
ployed in carrying freight to
Alaska ports when not busy'
! carrying coal.
i
—
i A depth of 1,200 feet has now
been attained by"the Standard
I Oil Company, drilling in the
I Cold Bay district, according to
I reliable advices received in
| Anchorage. Hard formation
[has been encountered all the
| way down, making the drilling
I operations necessarily slow.
The Company is using a 15-in
eh casing, ^vhich is shortly to
be reduced to a 12-inch casing.
The drilling is in shale and go
ing nicely. The indications
point to an oil pool being
struck in the very near future,
the advices say.
ALASKANS LAUNCH NEW
TRANSPORTATION LINE
A real, honest-to-goodness
Alaska, steamship line, owned
and operated principally by
Alaskans or those whose inter
ests are identified with the Ter
ritory, has been incorporated
under the laws of Alaska for
operation between Seattle and
the ports of Southeastern Alas
ka, according to the Alaska
Weekly.
The new company will be
'‘knuvm as the Independent
Steamship Company of Alaska
and will have Juneau for its
home port. The company was
organized February 11th., with
the -following officers: C. .A.
Burkhardt, president; G. JL.
Wakeman, vice president; J.
C. Allison, treasurer, and W.B.
McCord, secretary. The di
rectors are: J. A. Heiieninai,
the well known Juneau attor
ney; jC. A. Burkhardt, of the
Alaska Consolidated Canner
ies; J. C. Allison, also of the
Alaska Consolidated Canner
ies; G. L. .Wakeman, assistant
manager of the Bank of Cali
fornia, and W. B. McCord, a
Seattle attorney.
The company has purchased
|the motorship Oregon, a wood
en vessel, 234 feet in length, 45
foot beam and 23 feet depth.
The vessel ip now in dry dock
being overhauled and having
installed two new Mclntosh
Seymour full Diesel engines
of 500 horse-power each.
The vessel will have a freight
capacity of between 2,500 and
3,000 tons and a speed of not
less than 11 knots. The Oregon
will be in commission by March
15th. and will sail for South
Eastern Alaska ports with a
cargo of cannery supplies and
such outside freight as may be
offered.
1DITAR0D MAN ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDERING
NEIGHBOR DURING DEBAUCH
Charles Bergland, known In
the Iditarod section as “Char
le s the Twelfth,” and an oldtim
sr of that district, was recent
y bound over to the grand jury
>n the charge of killing Jim
mie Powell, another well
<nown oldtimer who has long
seen a resident of the Iditarod.
According to reports readi
ng the coast, Powell and Berg
and had been drinking very
lard in Powell’s cabin. The
irinking bout is said to have
ended in a quarrel and a
bloody fight in which it is be
,lieved that a death t>l°w was*
struck by Bergland, who is a
large, powerful man. Follow- ]
ing the fight the cabin was de- J
stroyed by fire and the charred j
remains of Powell were found j
in the ruins. Whether the cabin j
was fired by accident or with !
the design of concealing the!
the alleged crime is not def
initely known at present.
JUNEAU SEEKING BOND
ISSUE FOR CIVIC
IMPROVEMENTS
A new bill asking authority
for Juneau to float a bond issue
amounting to $200,000 has
been introduced in Congress by
Delegate Dan. Sutherland.
The measure in question is de-*
signed to take the place of a
bill introduced at the begin
ningof the session for an issue
of 100,000, the latter amount
having been inserted througn
an error, according to the del
egate.
The proposed issue is to be
used for the construction of a
permanent street system and to
install a ne\y sewer system.
If Congress approves the bill
the question of floating the is
sue of bonds for the purpose
mentioned will be submitted to
a vote of the community, a ma
jority vote being necessary be
fore the bonds can be placed on
the market.
If it isn’t to be found elsewhere
try the Midget Emporium.
I CLAM CANNERY STARTS
i UP IN KETCHIKAN
1 The Klinkwan Packing Comp
jany, engaged in the packing j
jof clams, has been started in
'Ketchikan and is now well un
'der way, with about twenty
people employed, according to
'the Alaska Examiner.
The plant has a daily output!
; of forty cases. Harvey Stack-!
pole and L. Gustave, well
known Ketchikan business ,
men, took the initiative in the
formation of the company and !j
are the controlling owners.
BUNNBLL AGAIN CHOSEN 1
FOR HEAD OF ALASKA i
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
The re-election of President ]
Charles E. Bunnell, of the Alas- ij
ka Agricultural College and!
School of Mines, as head oi '
tnat institution for the two- p
year term beginning next July, |1
was made known by Uovermn t'
Scott C. Bone recently. The jl
election took place January 17, 1
at a meeting of the Board of <
Trustees at Fairbanks. <
President Bunnell has been ; 1
head of the institution since it i«
began operations in 1922.
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Spider Group Reported
Bonded-Work Start? I’ccn
Unconfirmed reports, say the
Spider properties, located near
the head of the Salmon River
valley, have been bonded to
outside interest and will be the
scene of considerable develop
ment work during the coming
open season. The amount in
! I
!
volved in the deal and the
identity of the bondholder*
could not be learned.
The property'includes several
claims and is said to have an
excellent surface showing:, m
eluding a lens of ore showing
cjr.: fierable native' f ,etr.i
Four Terms Of District Court
Set By Judge T. M. Rcrd
Before leaving for Seattle on
a thirty day vacation, Federal
Judge T. M. Reed signed an or
der setting four terms of court
to cover the remainder of the
year, according to the Juneau
Empire. Two of the desig
nated terms will be held in
Juneau and the remaining two
in Ketchikan. The present
term of court has been adjourn
ed until March 20, next all
pending cases being carried
over until that time.
| The terms fixed by the order
!r.re to commence as follows.
| A special term for Ketchikan
i to be convened there April 10;
ithe regular May term for Jun
jer.u, beginning May 15; a
I special October term begin
ning at Ketchikan October 15
land the regular December, to
icmvene at Juneau November
!19.
I
FINANCIAL FIRMS OFF
ON ALASKA TOWNS
Regardless of the fact that
Bradstreet annd Dunn, finan
cial business rating firms, have
tucked away in their massive
files the information that the
population of Iditarod is 2,500,
the fact remains, says the An
chorage Alaskan,that a recent
census showed there were but
nine people in the far distant
interior mining town this win
ter, according to recent arriv
als. They are all old timers and
are well known throughout
the Territory. The nine are:
George Adams, J. Mullen, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Rothacker,
Mrs. Crosby and T. Liskum.
OLDEST MERCANTILE
ON COAST IN ALASKA
The oldest established merc
antile business on the Pacific
Coast, established during the
American revolutionary period,
is that of the W. J. Erskine
stores at Kodiak, according to
the Seward Gateway, which
says:
This business was established
in 1775 by the Russian Amei
ican company, and was suc
ceeded in 1867, at the time of
the American occupation, by!
the Alaska Commercial Co.,
which took over the Russian
holdings. In 1911 the business
was purchased from the A. C.
Company by the W. J. Erskine
Company, a business which
has been run continuously for
over 148 years.
Double Wear.. Shoes to Your
Measure, $5 to $6—Wagner’s '
CORRESPONDENT TEIIS
OF PAVLOF ERITTICN
A correspondent of the Sew
j ard Gateway, writing from the
:-cwn of Belkofsky, situated
rear the foot of Mt. Pavlafi',
| describes the recently report
'd eruption of the volcano as
f< Hows:
“On January 6, Mt, Pavlof,
v. hich has been smoking for
r.onths, again erupted, ac
companied by violent earth
quake shocks and pitchy dark
r. jss, the shocks lasting for sev
eral minutes and accompanied
by a violent electrical display.
“The natives were very much
-frightened and started to pack
their things preparatory to
leaving the village, but they
were finally calmed down by
Rev. Hotovitzky, who went
from house to house assuring
them that the danger would
soon be over. Since the erupt
ion the volcano is throwing oat
a huge column of smoke and
steam, and residents of the vil
lage believe it is only a quest
ion of time until the top ulows
off the mountain, as was .the
case at Mt Katmai. It is hard
to understand the terror of
living under an activfe volcano,
by people who do not see these
things; the black darkness, the
violent explosions, the falling
rocks and lava, the lurid flash *
of lava thrown high in the air,
i ll produce a feeling of help
lessness and terror that must
be experienced to be believeci.
If this is so with the whites,
what must it be to the untutor
ed and uneducated native.”
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