COOK INLET PIONEER
AND KNIK NEWS
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, September It, 1915
NO. 13
Thinks Well of
Broad Pass Country
»
William Springer, one of the
best known mining men in the
western country, who has passed
the past two seasons in the Broad
t Pass country where he has
claims, writes his friend W. Er*
' - vin that he has faith that the
; Broad Pass country will turn out
) alright. Transportation is the
thing necessary for the develop
ment of the camp, in his opinion.
He says there is plenty of ore in
. Sight. The thing to be definitely
»" determined is Jthe matter of val
ues contained in the ores. The
Guggenheims, he writes, have
not done enough work to deter
mine, one way or another, as to
the merits of the district. Mr.
Springer is expected out from
1 the Broad Pass any day now.
See Handwriting
’ On the Wall
A < well-known dog-musher
S dropped into a local store and
placed an order for two dozen
phonograph records for one of
the trading stations far in the in
terior. The merchant, in looking
over the list of records called for
observed that out of the two
dozen requested all but two were
sacred hymns. The merchant is
a former interior man and well
acquainted with the resort, a
combination saloon and road
< house, for which the records were
being purchased. His curiosity
was aroused, and he asked the
muaher what on earth a resort of
this kind wanted this class of
records for. To his astonishment,
the musher replied: ‘ ‘Every Sun
day afternoon we hold religious
' ■ services in the saloon and close
up for the remainder of the day.”
Anchorage A Model Town
The Providence Journal, pub
lished a longways from Alaska,
prints the following: Anchorage
has a newspaper already, which
was to have been expected. The
-newspaper is never far behind
. the pioneer. Under government
regulation the new town will not
boom in the old mining camp way,
but will enjoy a high degree of
• civilisation from the start. Army
methods will shape Anchorage
into a model town.
New Administration Building
By competitive bid Andrew
Peterson & Co., were awarded
the contract for the erection of
an administration building for
ii , the tine of the townsite manager
and his corps of assistants. Work
) on the structure is now under
way. It will be 25x40 feet, two
> f'Btories, The ground floor will
h contain four rooms, the upper
: floor two rooms. It is being built
[a at th? corner of Fourth avenue
t ' **‘1J ** street, in the municipal re
serve block.
< Typewriters sold on easy
monthly payments, E. C. Niles',
White House.
tl - -
i Tobacco, candy, fruit, nuts and
soft drinks, at Hertel’s on 4th
avenue, between C and D sts. x
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Notice is hereby given, that
the dental firm of Hawse & Mc
Callie, consisting of Dr. J. Lang
dc . Hawse and Dr. J. H. McCal
1{ as this lit day of September,
-i1 laib, been dissolved by mutual
consent. All persons haying
claims against said firm will
z please present same to Judge
1 David at Anchorage, Alaska, and
all persons indebted to said firm
will please cak at Judge David’s
office and settle either in cash or
by note, in ord«r that the part
• nership affaire irny be settled.
} LwWaon Hawse.
_yi. McCailie,
, >• Pilger’s, opposje the munic
# ipal building. Agood place to
1 trade. \
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Narrow Escape
From Going to Jail
Charles A. Peterson, a truck
gardener of Kenai, was taken in
custody at that ylace recently,
charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon upon the persons
of Verona and Vera Mann, girls
of that village. John Mann, the
father of the girls, made the
complaint, but just before the
case came to trial the marshal’s
office received a wire from Mann,
who is in Valdez, stating that he
wished to quash the. complaint,
in that he felt that Peterson was
not guilty of malice in the prem
ises, but that the shooting was
accidental.
The case came to trial before
Commissioner David Wednesday
forenoon. The witnesses for the
prosecution were the two girls,
who told a rather inchoate story
of the occurrence, and a Mr.
Boutwell, who knew nothing of
the shooting save what the girls
had told him.
The defendant, Peterson, a
Swede by birth, told a lucid nar
rative of the affair. He said he
had had much difficulty with the
Mann children and others who
entered his garden and malicious
ly destroyed the growing vege
tables. He had repeatedly
warned the parents and children,
and gave it out generally that he
proposed to protect his garden,
with a gun, if necessary. At the
time of the shooting he found a
group of children industriously
engaged in throwing turnips
from the garden over the fence.
He fired two shots, the gun being
loaded with bird shot, but with
no thou6ht of hittin6 any of the
children ; simply to give them a
scare. One of the bird shot hit
Verona in the neck, and another
lodged in the skull of Vera. The
wounds are not at all serious.
After severely reprimanding
Peterson for his rashness in
shooting, even though he had no
thought to hit any of the chil
dren, Judge David dismissed the
case.
An Ex-Scribe Visits Town
Prank J, Cotter, of the Miners
Store, Seward, reached town
Wednesday. Mr. Cotter in the
author of the poem, “A Woman,
a Dog and a Walnut Tree, ’ ’ which
recently appeared in these col
urt)D8 and which evoked such
favorable comment in this town.
Every number of the Paper con
taining this poem has beep taken
and the Pioneer will again pub
lish it, to supply the demand
for it, _
Preparing for Daily Paper
L- F. Shaw, of the Pioneer;
office, departs on the Alameda,
enroute to Seward, where he will
order, by telegraph, a typeset-'
ting machine and other equip- j
ment for the Pioneer office. Upon ]
the arrival of the machine, which;
will come through as soon as j
possible, the publication of a
daily newspaper will begin. A.
X. Grant, a pioneer newspaper
man and machine operator, will
probably be placed in charge of i
the typesetting machine,
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Miss Ethel Bennett was oper
ated on in the government hos
pital this week for appendicitis.
She is recovering very rapidly,
and will shortly be at home to
her many friends.
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For Sale—Airedale terrier pup
pies. Very fine specimens of the
breed. Bred from best big game
hunting stock obtainable. Best
all-round dog on large and small j
game and unequalled as protect
or of property, family or live!
stock. Ready for delivery Octo
ber 1st. Apply at kennel, corner
Third avenue and B street, or |
address “Airedale,” care Cook
Inlei Pioneer office.
Government to Install
Permanent Water System
Clearing and grubbing, prelim
inary to the installation of the
permanent water supply system
for Anchorage is now under way
and upon the arrival of necessary
building material, work on the
big local improvement will be
rushed through to completion.
The system comprehends the
installation of a pumping plant
on Ship creek 1800 feet east of
the east boundary of the town
proper. From the pumping sta
tion a 4-inch wrought iron pipe
will lead the water to a 100,000
gallon steel tank, placed on an
80-foot tower, to provide the re
quired pressure for the gravity
system for the distribution of the
water to various parts of the
town.
From the reservoir or steel
tank an 8-inch stave pipe will
carry water down the alley be
tween Fourth and Fifth avenues
to D street. At that point a
6-inch stave pipe will continue on
down the alleyas far as K street.
At this point the system will lead
to the alley between Third and
Fourth avenues, and south as far
as Seventh avenue.
Two hose hydrants will be in
stalled at the corner of East B.
B, C, I). E. F, G, H. I and K
streets, on Fourth avenue, and
at East B, B, I), F, H, and K, on
Fifth avenue, and one at Seventh
avenue between K and L streets.
In all, there will be 16 hydrants.
To protect the system from
possible interruption by freezing:
the pipe line will be laid in a
trench from 5 to 6 feet in depth.
The pumping plant will have a
capacity of 500 gallons per min
ute. It will be operated by steam
power, and either wood or coal
will be used.
Government
Contracts
The following contracts were
let to September 8th, 1915:
I. Erickson &Co., stations 4800
to 4810. Grading.
Swan Swanberg & Co., stations
4895 to 4914. Grading.
Erick G. Nelson & Co., stations
4460 to 4468. Grading.
0. Sundbgnj & Co., stations
4981 to 4990. Grading.
J. Jackson, E street between
4th and 5th. Grubbing.
Iohn Antonieh & Co., vicinity
of station 4020. 5,000 ties.
Bqhffi & McDonald, graveling
streets, Anchorage townsitp.
Mikel)ubik& Co., south side
of Ship creek. 3,000 ties.
F. B. Lidstrom & Co., Knik
river. 1,000 ties.
Qus Nelson & Co., vicinity of
station 169. 1,000 tips.
John Hylin&Co., clearing and
grubbing K street, Anchorage.
Andrew Peterson & Co., con
structing office building, Anchor
age, block 42.
Hans Pau)son, piling for Ek
lootna river bridge.
Tony Martinovjch & Co., near
Knik river. Grading,
S. Zhoocovich & Co., near Knik
river. Grading.
John Olson & Co., Peters creek.
5,000 ties.
M. Cholokovich & Co., miles 1
and 2, Ship creek, 1,000 ties.
They Failed to Agree
The other day two citizens of
Anchorage failed to agree re
garding certain personal mat
ters, They made connections in
front of the Crescent hotel, which
happens to be the residence of
the deputy U. S. marshal, and of
course said location was not in
\xntVi virhat r\t’
boys thought was a well regu
lated, genuine fight, and after
the first blood the pair was en
route to the log building in the
old town labeled ‘"‘Jail.” The case
appeared in the commissioner’s
court as the “U. S. vs. Mclnnis,”
and resulted in Mclnnis getting
a fine of $25 and costs. One John
Teresin was the party of the sec
ond part; while he didn’t get
fined, he got a slight transfer of
that portion of his body which
extends from his collar up.
Parsons & Russell, contractors,
are constructing an apartment
house at the corner of Fifth ave
nue and I street. The building
will be 100x20 feet, and will con
tain 12 two-room apartments.
The building is owned by Miss
Jennie Crawford and will be com
pleted about September 20th.
During the past week several
waterfront tracts have been
leased to commercial interests.
These tracts are situated along
that part of Ship creek which is
navigable by the boats of the
mosquito fleet.
Miss Catherine Howard, of
Knik, spent two days in Anchor
age this week visiting her many
friends.
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Forest Reserve
Elimination
Several important eliminations
! have been made in the Chugach
I forest reserve, which covers a
large area in this part of Alaska.
| One of the largest sections taken
I out of the reserve is located on
' Kenai peninsula, extending over
the greater part of the lower Ke
nai lake and Kenai river country
and also the country draining
into Tustamena lake, described
officially as beginning from a
pojnt three miles inland from the
shore of Cook inlet at east fore
land and extending due east to
the 150th meridian, thence due
south to the junction of the Ke
nai anti Russian rivers, thence
along the Russian river and over
the divide to Resurrection river
and down same to a point approx
imately 12 miles from Seward,
thence in a southerly direction
along the ljne of the military re
serve to the head of Kachemak
bay and thence following a me
andering line three miles inland
from the shores of Kachemak
bay and Cook inlet to point of
beginning. This leaves a three
mile strip in the reserve along
Cook inlet from the east foreland
to the head of Kachemak bay.
In addition to the above a large
area has been taken out in the
Chugach mountains, as well as
the mountainous country between
Resurrection bay and Prince
William sound.
Womans’ Club to Be Formed
It has been proposed that an
| Anchorage Woman’s Club be
! formed for the purpose of bring
ing together pleasantly all the
women of the community, as
well as for serious study and the
consideration of matters pertain
ing to the general welfare. A
meeting for the formation of
such a club will be held at the
social hall, adjoining the govern
ment hospital, on Thursday, Sept.
16, at 3 o’clock. All the women
of Anchorage and Government
Hill, who are sufficiently inter
ested, are cordially urged to at
I tend. It is earnestly believed
that such an organization would
serve many common ends for
those women who intend to re
main here through the winter.
For Rent—Two room apart
ments, corner Fifth and F street.
Ready for occupancy soon. Ap
ply P. J. McDonald, on premises.
Sunny Knik is a beautiful place in
which to spend a few days and when
there, the Pioneer is a nice comforta
ble hotel in which to stop. Frank
Cannon, proprietor.
Typewriter paper at the Pio
neer office. i
Passing of
John A. Mathison
John A. Mathison, of Hope,
Alaska, passed away at the gov
ernment hospital Wednesday
morning, September 8, at 8:40
o’clock, a victim of septic appen
dicitis. The departed was at
tacked by appendicitis at his
homo at Hope and came here one
day last week for treatment. The
case was too far advanced and
| too severe and the operation
i which followed proved of no
i avail. A brother, who escorted
■ the deceased hero for treatment,
took the remrins home for inter
ment,
John A. Mathison was born at
Gordon, Texas, April 2. 1881.
With his parents and lirothers
and sisters he came to Alaska
sixteen years ago and settled at
Hope, Alaska, where the family
engaged in placer mining under
the name of the Mathison Mining
Company. The Mathison family
is held in the highest esteem bv
all who enjoy their acquaintance
and the sad demise of the elder
son, a man in the prime of life,
will prove a hard blow to them,
as well as numerous friends.
The father is now at Gordon,
Texas. The mother and two
| brothers and two sisters reside
at Hope.' A half brother lives at
Seward.
Federal Jail
to Be Erected
•4,
U. S. Marshal Brennemad au
thori, *s the Pioneer to announce
that work on the federal jail will
begin immediately. It will he
built after the general style of
the Crescent hotel, although it
will be somewhat larger 28x60
feet. It will contain neat office
quarters for the officer in charge
i Deputy Marshal Warded
quarters for his force and jail
accommodations.
It will be built in the federal
block, east of the postoffice build
ing. The marshal says that next
season a beautiful lawn will be
made of the grounds surrounding
the structure, making it the
beauty spot of the town.
ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION
A very important meeting will
be held at the new,Terminal Ex
change on Tuesday, September
14, at 8 p. m, All Odd Fellows
should attend. A. I. Wendler,
President.
Those dandy chocolates always
taste like more, when you buy
them at Hertel's, opposite the D.
and D restaurant on 4th avenue
bet ween 0 and 1) streets. x
Rugs and linoleum at Eckman’s
Fifth and K street.
No extra charge for instruc
tion on the Remington type
writer. See E. C. Miles, White
House.
Thirsty people al frays call at
Hertel’s, 1th avenue between 0
and D sts. ' x
A few second hand typewriters
for sale cheap. See E. 0. Niles,
White House.
Big comfortable rockers at
Eckman’s, Fifth and K street.
Send the Pioneer to your
friends, _
Pilger sells Hills Bros, red can
coffee, Schilling's Best, Folger’s
Golden Gate, Everbest Coffee,
Crescent Cream. Pilger never
says, “Here’s coffee just as
good.’’ You get the coffee you
call for.
For Sale New L. C. Smith &
Bros, typewriter. In perfect con
Idition. $85.00. Apply L. C.
j Smith, care Cool; Tn!et Pioneei
<i office.
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Rates to Be
Greatly Reduced
In last week’s issue we stated
that the commercial rates over
the telephone line between here
and Seward were established by
the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. We find thi« to be a
slight mistake. The Engineer
ing Commission found it neces
sary. in order to use the line im
mediately after its completion
into Anchorage, to consider the
Seward Telephone, Light &
Power Company, which company
controls the wire over the last 35
miles into Seward. The Alaskan
Engineering Commission was in
favor of a 50-cent rate, but Sam
j Graff, the manager of the Sew
ard company, insisted that they
would have to charge the rate
now in use, $1.50. However,
this condition will be improved
very shortly, as the Commission
has sent the necessary wore to
Seward to build its own line over
the 35 miles, and when this is
completed, which will be within
t he next two or three weeks, the
rate will be reduced to the proper
figure. A central station for An
chorage will be fitted up in the
new municipal building and an
experienced operator placed in
charge. Poles and wire are now
j being run through the new town,
[and in a short time first class
’phone service will be a part of
the new city of Anchorage.
Boat Fails
to Take Mail
What appears to be an inex
cusable mistake was foisted upon
[the people of Anchorage some
eight days ago, when all out
going mail for the more import
ant towns in Alaska and the
States was left, by the steamship
Mariposa, on a barge anchored
in the harbor.
The mail consisted of an ac
cumulation extending over a
period of approximately ten days
before the sailing of the Mari
posa, so by the time the Alameda
leaves with the delayed shipment
something over twenty days will
have elapsed since mail has been
dispatched from Anchorage.
While the Admiral Evans left
j several hours ahead of the Mari
posa, it was not in keeping with
the regulations to forward other
than local mail on her, as she
was scheduled to call at several
isolated ports and canneries be
tween here and Seward, which
would delay her several days and
enable the Mariposa to call at all
of the Alaska coast towns and
arrive in Seattle in advance.
The matter has been gone into
very carefully by the local post
oflice authorities and the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and,
judging from the official in
formation, it appears that in no
way are the. authorities at the
j local postoffice or the Engineer
ing Commission at fault. The
1 mail was properly dispatched
j from the postoffice by Mr. Wood,
the clerk in charge, to the Alas
kan Engineering Commission,
who have the contract to deliver
to the boats. The Commission,
in turn, properly delivered it to
the steamship Mariposa.
FOR SALE-Ton of food sup
; plies a good assortment of first
class articles—for sale in the
| Ochetna district. Also, I'300 feet
of hydraulic hose. Outfit is lo
cated in a good trapping and
prospecting country. Will be
1 sold reasonable. Call at this
j office.__
Dressers at Eckman’s, Fifth
i and K street.
The grand prize and three gold
j medals were awarded to the
Remington Typewriter by the
Panama Pacific Exposition.
Better get a pew model Rem
ington typewriter. See E. C.
Niles, Whj&f House.
The Wattle Girls use Hills'
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