LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TIN
(From Saturday’s Daily.)
Miss H. Lind, Miss M. McGuire,
ami Wm. Henderson were among the
party of tourists making the round
trip on the Admiral Evans.
Anton Eide, road superintendent for
the Kenai peninsula and Cook inlet
districts, was an arrival on the Ev
ans.
E. E. Todd, of the Cache Creek
Dredging company, will return to the
scenes of operations on Cache creek
on the Launch Sea Lion this after
noon.
The Labor Union boys will erect a
judges’ stand to properly view the La
bor Day parade in the municipal block
directly opposite the Chamber of
Commerce.
The authorities of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission have been very
generous in the loaning of horses and
vehicles for participants in the Labor
Day parade.
P. L. Phillips, of Seward, arrived on
the Evans to relieve W. W. Butts, the
confestionery man, who leaves for
Seward on the return trip of the Ev
ans to spend a few days visiting his
family.
Nathaniel Green, territorial bank
examiner of the third division, will
leave on the Admiral Evans this eve
ning and will stop a few days in Sew
ard on ofifcial business before return
ing to his home in Cordova.
Captain Mehaffev, of the Alaska
Road commission, of Valdez, arrived
in the city on the Admiral Evans and
is stopping at the White House.
Thos. Harris, manager of the Marys
ville Dredging company, with head
quarters at Marigold, Cal., arrived on
the Admiral Evans and will leave this
afternoon on the launch Sea Lion for
a few weeks’ visit with his brother,
who is connected with the Cache
Creek Dredging company.
H. C. Parker, who has- been pros- |
pecting for the past two months in
the Cache creek district, returned to
Anchorage on the Matanuska yester
day and will leave for New York city
on the Admiral Evans. Mr. Parker is
very favorably impressed, with the
outlook of this country and is of the
opinion that Cache creek will develop
into a good camp, as most of the trib
utaries and smaller streams carry
gold and he looks for extensive devel
opment next season with the possibil
ity of the installation of another Tng
dredge.
Alvah Eames, chief clerk in the
railway mail service, is making An
chorage a business visit of an official
nature and is stopping at the White
House while in the city. Mr. Eames
says the bids for the Anchorage-Sew
ard winter mail contract have been
closed and proper recommendations
made to the department. This con
tract calls for two 1,000-pound deliv
eries a week and will be of a distinct
advantage to the citizens of Anchor
age.
E. It. Green, connected with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
came down from Matanuska and will
undergo an operation for tonsilitis at
the government hospital this after
noon.
Thos. Costello, of Mount Vernon,
Washington, was a passenger on the
Admiral Evans and will spend several
days in Anchorage visiting his son,
Mickey Costello, who is connected
with the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission.
District Judge Fred M. Drown,
United States Marshal F. R. Brenne
man, Official Court Stenographer
Isaac Hamburger and Deputy Clerk
of the Court T. P. Geraghtv will de
part on the Evans, on theirreturn to
official headquarters atValdez.
E. R. McFarland, superintendent of
the telegraph and telephone system of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
returned to Anchorage on the Admi
ral Evans from a trip of a few days
to Seward and vicinity on official bus
H. Seidenverg has recently instal
led a modern gasoline lighting system
in his store that is a credit to the city.
He has five lights in the building and
one large, four-burner, arc-light in
front of the store that gives a bril
liant light giving the entire store a
metropolitan effect and splendidly
displaying his large stock of goods.
C. E. Duffield returned from a bus
iness trip to Seattle on the Admiral
Evans.
Mrs. Dalton Sherman came over
from Knik last night on the launch
Swan and will remain in the city for
several days.
H. B. Windle, a mining man of Se
attle, is stopping at the Crescent and
will later probably take a trip into
the Willow creek district.
J. E. Moulton, representing the Se
attle Hardware company, arrived in
Anchorage on the Admiral Evans and
is registered at the Crescent.
Miss Mary Webster, of Everett,
Washington, arrived in Anchorage on
the Admiral Evans and will remain
in the city indefinitely.
Attorney L. V. Ray, who has been
attending the term of district court
in Anchorage, will return to Seward
on the Admiral Evans.
J. D. Meenach was a roundtrip pas
senger on the Admiral Evans from
Seward and will return on the Evans
to Cordova, where he goes to look into
a big copper proposition.
Mrs. Leopold David and infant
daughter Caroline, will return to An
chorage on the steamerAlameda after
i
a month’s visit with Mrs. David's par
ents and friends in Tacoma.
Miss Edna McFarland, of Newark,
Ohio, was a passenger on the Admiral
Evans and will spend the winter in
Anchorage with her father, E. R'. Mc
Farland.
Mrs. Mary Kellogg is returning to
her home in Matanuska* valley tomor
row morning after spending several
days in Anchorage on business con
nected with her homestead.
The matter of clearing and grab
bing the street in front of the Labor
Union hall has been taken up by the
city administration and work com
menced this morning to put the street
in shape for the Labor Day parade.
I. L.‘ Ulester, the wholesale jobber
of Juneau, will be an outgoing passen
ger on the Evans. Mr. Ulester has
been stopping at the Crescent and
closed several large orders during his
stay in Anchorage.
| L. W. Meeks, foreman of the
bridge construction on the main
line of the government raih-oad over
Chester creek, met with a serious ac
cident this morning while working on
the bridge trestle. Mr. Meeks was
lifting a heavy log by means of a
peevcy which broke causing him to
lose his balance and resulted in a fall
of some 15 feet. Dr. J. H. McCal
lie who fortunately was passing the
bridge at the time of the accident
hurried to Meek’s assistance and lent
first aid. Dr. E .S. Reedy was im
mediately summoned and Mr. Meeks
was removed to his home with no
serious results of the accident but
very painful injuries to his side and
limbs.
Rev. T. P. Howard, of Knik, ar
rived in Anchorage last night and is
stopping at the Crescent. Rev. How
ard is planning on making Anchora
age his future home and is dismant
ling his building in Knik preparatory
to moving the lumber for the pur
pose of erecting a residence for him
self and family in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. H. O. Schaleben and
young son, Hale, came in from the
Willow creek district last night and
are guests of the Crescent. Dr.
Schaleben is interested in the Yogo
quartz mine and has let a large con
tract for extensive tunnel work
which will require several months to
complete. The doctor says recent
showing was very favorable and ex
pects to do further development work
next season.
Sydney Laurence, the photogra
pher, has moved from* his former lo
ation in the Carrol building to the
two second floor rooms of the Har
mony theatre. Mr. Laurence’s new
location has a perfect front on 4th
avenue and the rooms have been fit
ted up in an especially modern man
ner in keeping with a well estab
lished photograph gallery. Mr.
Laurence also has added some attrac
tive front signs appropriately calling
attention to his new location.
Further inquiry into the rumor in
regard to the accidental drowning of
Curtis Ross develop that no trace has
been found of the body and his friends
have given up all hope of his being
alive.
Jim ^Dawson returned yesterday
from a prospecting trip of several
weeks into the Willow creek district
where he was fortunate in locating
some ground in the immediate vicin
ity of the Garber strike.
Ira Brown, the popular Moose
creek boniface, arrived in Anchorage
via Knik and the launch Swan last
night for a few days visit in the city
and will possibly remain until after
the Labor Day celebration.
J. Kissel, of the Alaska Brokerage
company, with headquarters at Ju
neau was a passenger on the Admiral
Evans and is stopping at the White
House. Mr. Kissel is making a spe
cialty of the M. A. Gunst cigars on
this trip and will be in the city sev
eral days.
Robt. Hunter recently purchased a
new 30-foot boat with a 7-foot beam
that he will put on the Turnagain
Arm and river run. This boat was
built at Kenai and Mr. Hunter expects
to install a modem engine and fix the
boat up generally for speed and com
fort.
Mrs. E. S. Shannon arrived in An
chorage on the Admiral Evans and is
a guest ol the orescent wnne waiting
the arrival of her husband from Tal
keetna.
Captain Crooks, pilot, and H. E.
March, chief engineer of the Admiral
Evans, were ashore a few hours this
morning renewing Anchorage ac
quaintances.
Jack Larson, who has been suffer
ing from an attack of temporary
blindness, came down from Ivnik yes
terday and will take one of the early
steamers to Seattle for treatment.
The new piano recently ordered by
the Bill’s club arrived on the Admir
al Evans and will be used for the
first time at the semi-monthly dance
to be given by the club members to
night.
Ed. Peck, timekeeper of steam shov
el camp No. 1, was in town over-night
to welcome his sister-in-law, Mrs. T.
J. Barton.
Chief Operator Stine reports the
latest dope on the steamer Alameda is
that she left Skagway at 5 o’clock yes
terday morning, sailing westward.
Messrs. R. N. Moyer, O. G. Tubby,
G. C. Hammond and A. A. Haag will
leave on Sunday morning for the Cot
tonwood district and will return on
Monday evening, bringing with them
a large catch.
All members of the Alaska Labor
union are requested to attend the
meeting Sunday at 6:30 p. m. at the
Labor union hall for the purpose of
discussing the matter of the Labor
Day parade.
The semi-monthly dance given by
the members of the Bill’s club was
very much enjoyed by 35 Anchorage
couples. These informal hops will be
a feature of the Bill’s social calendai
for the winter. /
In search of duck and geese, Messrs
C. Mathewson, R. Temme, E. Oldfin
R. Hussy, H. Jacobs and F. M. Dan
iels will hie to Peters’ creek on Sat
urday night and will be seen in An
chorage again early Tuesday morn
ing.
The funeral of John Linderbloom
who died recently at the government
hospital from a stroke of paralysis
will be held tomorrow afternoon at c
o’clock, services at t^he cemetery undei
the direction of the Wood Undertak
ing parlors.
Frank J. Cannorf, of Knik, cam<
down this morning to spend a few
days and will incidentally take in the
Labor day celebration. Mr. Cannor
is democratic nomine? for legislature
on the democratic ticket and will |loli
an exceptionally large vote in this
district where he is so well and favor
ably known.
The schedule of the sailings of the
Alaska Steamship company’s steam
ers from Seattle to Anchorage for>the
months of September and October are
as follows: Mariposa leaves Seattle
bound for Anchorage September 7;
Alameda 14th, Northwestern 17th
Alaska 21st and Mariposa 28th. Ala
meda leaves Seattle for Anchorage
October 5th, Northwestern 8th, Alas
ka 12th, Mariposa 18th and the Ala
meda the 26th.
In closely contested games the
painters beat the Commission’s team
in the bowling match Thursday nighl
by 143 pins. In the total of three
games the painters scored 2,055 tc
1,912 by the Commission team. Graves
of the painters, made the high score
of 174 and De Monnin the highest av
erage for the three games of 155 2-3
Other games have been aranged foi
the coming week and the bowling sea
son is on in full blast with the prom
ise of some good teams entered, ou1
of which will be selected the team tc
represent Anchorage against Sewarci
in the annual match.
:HAS. HERRON TAKES OVER
BIG PROPERTY IN THE WIL
LOW' CREEK DISTRICT
Several weeks ago The Daily Times
announced the discovery of an import
ant quartz strike on Reed creek in the
Willow creek district by Ira and Char
lie Isaacs. This was the first of sev
eral strikes made in this district an(i
the boys have spent considerable time
in stripping the ledges and opening
up the property with the result thal
yesterday they closed a deal with
Chas. E. Herron, publisher of The
Daily Times. Mr. Herron has secur
ed the property under bond and has
commenced active work in further de
veloping the property and was for
tunate in securing the services ol
Chas. Spaulding, one of the mosl
competent hard rock miners in this
country, to superintend the work.
A force of six miners has been pul
to work and a large outfit hauled tc
the property for several months’ work
There is every indication that furthei
development will prove the optimisti<
opinion of many of the Willow creel
operators and it is Mr. Herron’s in
tention to haul in the mining timbei
and machinery this winter for nex1
se? nan's operation.
The deal calls for three claims ant
the bond consideration of $60,000.(X
is further proof of the great future
for the Willow creek mining district
This property, now known as the
Henon property, is a continuation ol
the famous Mabel lead and is in the
Isaacs brothers that the resources ol
a country are developed, but it isn’l
always that the result of manj
months of hard work combined wit!
personal inconveniences is so justlj
rewarded.
The Isaacs boys will leave on the
steamer Alameda for Seattle where
they will spend the winter, returning
to the Willow creek district earlj
next spring.
heart of the quartz district. The ore
pans very rich and the result of the
assays show big values.
Wm. Martin, one of the largest op
erators in the Willow creek district
pronounces this property as a wondei
and in his opinion will develop inte
one of the best paying properties it
tne district, uwing to tne snowing or
the Herron property Mr. Martin wil
further develop the Martin-McCoj
claims in this immediate vicinity am
will freight in the mill and other ma
chinery this winter to be installer
next spring.
Ira and Charlie Isaacs, the discov
erers, have been working and pros
pecting in the Willow creek distrid
for several years and while this ii
the most valuable strike they hav<
yet made they have been fortunate ii
making other discoveries of a minoi
nature. It is through such consisten
methods of prospecting and pertinac
ity of purpose of just such men as thi
WEATHER REPORT.
7 a. m. September 5, 1916.
Station Temp. Day Win<
Ship Creek.49 Rain Cain
Summit.44 Cloudy Cain
Girdwood.43 Rain Cain
Mile 52 . 44 Rain Cain
Seward .50 Rain Nortl
Matanuska.48 Cloudy East
Moose Creek _46 Cloudy Cain
SOUR-DOUGH LAMENT
Alas! That berries should vanish witl
the sun,
That ducks should know when sum
mer’s done;
The geese that fly before the snows
Ah! whence and whither flown agaii
Who knows ?
Sixteen tons of Galena ore, the firs
to be sent out from the Fairbank
country, was recently shipped to th
outside by the Eldorado Mining i
Milling Co.
Reminiscences
of Copper River
Railway Days
(By W. D. M. FORBES.V
The advent of the new government
road in Alaska cannot but recall t(
the memory of many who took part
the happy days on the Copper river
construction work.
Although the Grand Trunk boys art
well represented on this new gigantit
undertaking, familiar faces which
have not been seen for five or sis
years are in evidence on all sides, or
the new Alaska road.
Apropos of this, we have Engineers
Hansen, Secrest and Spangler with
us,—Mr. Hansen having been on loca
tion of the former road, and the othei
gentlemen on construction.
Mr. Morton, the Commission’s gen
ial chief steward, will be remembered
as having acted in that capacity for
the Katalla company; while around
the offices we have Copper river men
in Messrs. W. L. Durham,A. G. Balls,
G. Mueller and others.
“Scotty” Parks, the Commission's
pile-driver foreman, was as large as
ever on the Copper, Charlie David, the
tie contractor, was contracting there
also. J. G. Bellows, camp foremar
for the Commission, was a commis
sary man, and the late Jim English
was a much-seen figure as roadmas
ter.
In Copper river trainmen with us
we have Engineer “Fattie” Heinze
and Conductors Newton and McKin
non.
Should any recall to mind T. C. Mc
Auley, who was a timekeeper at Camp
52 and later at 167, it will interest
them to know that he has recently
achieved great success in the aviation
world, having created a new record by
carrying seven passengers for over
six hours at a speed of 88 miles per
hour. In a different flight he won a
thousand dollar prize.
At this writing I. understand that a
well-known Copper river character is
in town in the person of “Post-Hole’
Pete McCarthy. He was bom a mon
ey-maker. I will not forget the turn
he walked up the grade on the Coppei
one day with a grip full of cheap
watches which he peddled to the sta
tion men at a margin that would male*
“John D.” nervous.
While at Miles Glacier all winter, 1
got a good idea of how a two-millior
dollar bridge was put in under diffi
culties.
Under the eye of Bridge Supt
O’Niel, this bridge was constructed
Three caissons were sunk. The “Sand
hogs” were paid $5.00 tor eight ho irs
work under a raas >nab,e air pressure
and ate their mi Iriight o ral in > cook
tent built on the ice close by. Some
times the men would be sittmg at
tneir meal wiMi the water up to tin ii
knees caused by an overflow.
before the frceze-up a high s- s, -m
sion bridge w-.s used to cioss from the
|:Tore to the ea .- tr.s am! with M o (
■ mile an ho r ,nnd blowing, v nid:
maker- Mile.; Glacier famous. tl»:.
midge would be wafted high up in the
air, necessitating a tight hold on the
cable hand-rail.
The Glacier camp was a scene oi
great activity during the eonstruetior
of the big bridge and the steef work
ers received a bonus -of $50 apiece
for getting her built before the false
work went out with the ice. And thej
did not have much time to spare, eith
er, even working 11 to 16 hours a day
At Miles Glacier the snow was al
its deepest. The tents were boardet
up on the outside in winter and invar
iabfy the stove pipes were about al
that could be seen of the dwellings
When visiting it was a case of go
ing down steps cut in the snow to gel
in at the door. On the other hand, th<
snow certainly kept the heat in.
Farther up the line, good hunting
was to be had, as a little deviation ir
one’s spare time. Bear were in pro
, fusion. Moose, sheep, goats and othei
■ animals could be had for the goinp
after, and a richer river in salmor
than the Copper River in summei
VYUU1U O uaivi VV 111114a
We miss the athletic figure of M. J
Heney, the contractor, who died ir
[ San Francisco before the road ws:
completed, as also the other heads ol
! the road, the late M”. E. 0. Hawkins
chief engineer, and his assistant, Mr
Williams, both of whom have sine
died.
; Much more could be said of thi
s last Alaskan railroad building, bu
! current news is the order of the day
1 and must be given the preference ovfi
• the above recollections of days gon<
: by.
: FORMER ALASKAN
REACHES THE ENI
I (Helena Independent).
t Frank Mothes, a former wellknowi
1 resident of Helena, died yesterdaj
1 afternoon at St. Peter’s hospital fol
1 lowing an operation for paralysis
1 No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral.
1 Mr. Mothes is well-known here
Fifteen years ago he followed the
gold rush to Alaska. Several years
1 ago he became paralyzed and his
wife brought him to Helena. Thej
- arrievd here about three weeks ago
Arrangements have just been com
pleted to have Mr. Mothes attendee
1 at the Odd Fellow’s home when his
condition became worse.
t The Pioneer Mining company las
s week cleared up on the Fox-Browi
s claim on Kattie creek, at Nome, an*
1 announced the value of the cleanu
at $200,000.
May Substitute
Alaska Coal for
California Oils
(Juneau Empire).
One of the things that George
Watkin Evans will investigate while
in' Alaska is the adaptability of Alas
ka coal for use in the new powdered
form, processes for making and us
ing which have been developed with
in the last few months. It is the
purpose of the Department of Mines
to discover whether or not the sub
stitution of Alaska coal in powdered
form would be a satisfactory substi
tute for California oils. Mr. Evans
passed through Juneau on the Prin
cess Alice. •
Evans had charge of the- expedi
tion which brought to the seacoast
a sample of 1,100 tons of Matanuska
coal for the Navy department. It
was largely because of the value of
this coal for naval purposes that the
government railroad in Alaska was
decided upon. Evans will leave for
Fairbanks Saturday morning.
Big Power Plant Planned.
The government engineers, besides
constructing a line from the coastal
end of the railroad, have a big crew
of men working from Fairbanks to
wards the Nenana coal field, about
100 miles from the interior metropo
lis. It is probable that a big power
plant will be erected at this ponit to
generate electricity for the railroad.
In addition to studying the coal
measures with a view to ascertaining
whether the coal wili lend itself to
briquetting and carbonization, or in
powdered form as a substitute for oil,
Mr. Evans will examine the district
to see what mining conditions will be
the most economical in this field. He
believes that.parts of the field, where
the beds are thick and close to the
surface, can be mined by steam shov
TVio nrnhlpm nf mnnnfnpfnrimy
producer gas will be carefully consid
ered.
Although Evans has not made many
trips to Alaska, having made sever
al examinations of both the Bering
and Matanuska coal fields, both for
the government and for private par
ties, this will be his first trip into
the interior of the territory since
1807, when he joined the stampede
of gold hunters into the Klondike.
Men of North
Can Fly High
If They Want
(Juneau Empire).
Word has been received in Juneau
that young men residents of Alaska,
who wish to become trained aviators,
may now have the opportunity to do
so under the provisions of the recent
act of congress which sets aside $13,
281,166 for aerial defense. It is the
plan to form trained aero squadrons
among the men of the 12 militia sec
tions, and to furnish training to any
member of the national guard from
those sections who desires and who
can pass the necessary physical ex
aminations.
The word was received today in a
letter from the president of the Aero
club of America and one application
has already been received from Alas
ka. Crit C. Tolman, of Seward, who
was in Juneau last winter and who is
well known in all the coast towns of
Alaska, has filed his application for a
course of training.
Congress made appropriations for
the organizing o ftwelve aero squad
rons for the twelve militia divisions,
the sum of $800,000 being allowed
for each squadron. The War depart
ment is anxious to assist the militia
in every way possible, and Lieut.
Colonel George O. Squier, command
ing officer of the Aeronautic section
tile UIII1.V, III vu-uiumavnig c*n wu,
resources at his disposal to facilitate
the training of the hundreds of na
: tional guardsmen from different
states who are anxious to learn to
fly.
To get aviation training at the
'1 army aviation schools, the guards
j men must apply to the Department
of Militia Affairs at Washington,
through their adjutant generals, who
■ will send the applications to the De
’ partment of Militia Affairs with their
■ endorsement. The department will
’.hen give prompt consideration to
Lhe application, and, if the candidate
passed the physical examination pre
i scribed by the army aviation service,
the candidates will be sent to one of
the army aviation schools. Aviation
mechanics and assistants will make
1 application in the same way, and will
be sent to aeroplane factories to get
experience with aeroplanes and mo
tors. After the national guardsmen
! have learned to fly, they can go back
to their states and form aero com
■ panies and get the aeroplanes and
! equipment from the War department.
STEWARD OF THE
ADMIRAL EVANS IS
DEAD IN SEATTLE
s SEATTLE, Aug. 26.—James Grant
Barrett, steward for several years on
the steamer Admiral Evans, running
t to {southeastern and southwestern
i Alaska, died this forenoon of heart
1 failure. Mr. Barrett was well known
3 along all parts of the Pacific coast
from San Diego to Anchorage.
Alaska Trade
From Seattle
Shows Growth
SEATTLE, August 20.—Seattle's
commerce with Alaska increased 43
per cent in the first seven months 'of
1916, according to figures compiled by
the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce. The trade
for the period from January to July
this year amounted to $23,645,151, as
conipared with $16,506,868 for the
corresponding period of 1915, says the
Times.
Seattle merchandise shipped to
Alaska this year aggregated $13,855,
786 as compared with $11,504,470 of
1915.
These figures do not give the full
volume of Alaskan business as they
are taken from an office of port war
den, and a large amount of Alaska’s
return commerce is entered at Taco
ma, where the copper ore is smelted.
Seattle, however, is the terminal point
for the ships engaged in the copper
business and their business is trans
acted in Seattle.
The great increase in the exports to
Alaska is accounted for in the increas
ed development of the mining indus
try and the gradual development of
agriculture in the north and the con
struction work on the federal railroad
in the territory.
Expect $100,000,000 Total.
Local transportation and mining
men expect the Seattle-Alaska com
merce to reach more than $100,000,
000 this calendar year. It amounted
to $82,000,000 last year. The output
of copper, it is expected, will total
$25,000,000 this year, compared with
$6,000,000 last year.
It iS1 also within the realm of pos
sibility that Alaska will begin export
ing coal to Seattle before the end of
the year, the* first trainload of fuel
from the Matanuska fields having
reached the construction base at An
chorage a few days ago.
MAY BE PROTECTED
BY REVENUE LAWS
WASHINGTON, August 16.—There
is a prpoosal that legislation for the
protection of the Alaska halibut fish
ermen will be enacted, in spite of the
protest of the British government.
The revenue bill reported to the sen
ate today carries this provision:
“That from and after ninety days
after the passage of this act no fresh
or frozen halibut or salmon to or from
the North Pacific ocean or its tribu
tary waters shall be admitted into the
United States through any foreign
country except when the same shall
be in bond from an American port.”
This provision is identical in lang
uage with the bill presented in the
house, except as to the ninety-day lim
itation taking effect. It was placed
in the bill upon the suggestion of Sen
ator Jones, who is confident that it
will be adopted by the senate. Repre
sentative Humphrey, who has been
looking after the bill in the house, al
*o is hopeful that the house conferees
will accept the amendment. He has
been assured that Representative
Fordney, the ranking republican or
the ways and means committee, will
be one of the conferees to support the
amendment.
SEATTLE NOT YET PICKED.
WASHINGTON, August 21.—Sec
retary Lane issued a statement to
night explaining that through an in
advertance it had been announced er
roneously that Seattle, Wash., had
been selected as the location for one
of the three new mining experiment
stations to be established by the de
partment of the interior. He said
Tucson, Ariz., and Fairbanks, Alaska,
had been chosen, but there would be
no decision as to the third place pend
ing the return of Director Manning,
of the bureau of mines, who is mak
ing personal inquiries on the subject
in the west.
FOR JUNEAU BOND ISSUE.
WASHINGTON, August 21.—At
the instance of Senator Pittman, the
senate today passed the bill permit
ting Juneau, Alaska, by special elec
tion to vote an issue of $75,000 school
bonds drawing five per cent.
SAY GUGGENHEIMS HAVE
BOUGHT REYNOLDS OUT
The report has been brought to
Seward that Steve Birch, represent
ing the Guggenheims, has purchased
the Little mine on Latouche island.
This is one of the properties from
which it was intended to ship ore to
a Seward smelter. The report says
that Reynolds had a lease on the mine
to date from September, but before
the date -arrived the others had ’ the
mine in their possession. This is not
confirmed officially.—Seward Gate
way.
ALASKAN’S TRUNK
CONTAINING BOOZE
SEIZED IN SOUTH
SEATTLE, August 31.—The police
today seized a trunk containing 5C
quart bottles of bourbon whiskey
checked from San Francisco, to J. B
Shallenberger, a member of the Arc
tic club, and agent for' th& North
American Trading & Transportatior
company.
Fine Job Printing at Times Office.
BISHOP OF ALASKA
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Saturday
afternoon Archimandrite Philip Per
chto, of the Orthodox Russian- Theo
logical Academy at Tenafly, New
Jersey, was consecrated Bishop of
Alaska in the Russian Cathedral in
this city. The day fell on the occa*
sion of the ecclesiastical celebrairon
of the Feast of the Transfiguration.
The new bishop will have two resi
dences, Sitka, Alaska, and at San
Francsco.
Archbishop Evodokim, of the Aleu
ta and North America, was assisted
in the consecration by the Most Rev
erend Hermance Mocopolitan of Se
lucia, of Mount Lebannon and Bishop
Alexander of Canada, who for several
years had been bishop of Alaska.
Quotes Bible
to Secure Aid
for Alaskans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—
-“But if any provide not
for those of his own house,
he hath denied the Faith and
is more than an infidel.”
With the above Biblical quotation
as his text, Senator Wesley L. Jones,
of the state of Washington, urged the
senate this afternoon to adopt an am
endment to the revenue bill for the
preservation of the Alaska fishing in
dustry to the United States. This re
lates to the requirement of bonded
fish from foreign ports.
After again quoting from the Bible
Senator Jones said:
“Great Britain acts of the Biblical
suggestion. She promotes her first
interests for her own people at all
times.”
Democrats of the senate finance
committee today, yielding to protests
from all parts of the country, struck
out the emergency revenue bill the
proposed stamp tax of one-half a cent
on each dollar of premium on all pol
icies including life insurance.
Copper Is Now
Sold Out for
Rest of Year
NEW YORK, August 31.—“There is
more business than metal in sight for
this year,” is the way one of the big
producers sums up the copper situa
tion.
“Copper will sell at high levels ft)
a long time,” says another producer.
One seller estimates that about 60
per cent of the coming last quarter’s
output has been contracted for, and
October-November-December require
ments placed since the first of this
month have averaged about 5,000,000
pounds daily. At this rate the first
week of October might witness the
announcement that there is no more
copper in sight for 1916 delivery.
ALASKA-GASTINEAU
CO. TO KEEP THANE
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 21.—D. C.
Jackling, managing director of the
Alaska-Gastineau Mining company,
and Charles Kavden, president of the
company, have completed their annual
inspection of the company’s pi’operties
here and returned to the states. Mr.
Jackling expressed his satisfaction
with the excellent showing made at
the properties. Relative to the future
management of the properties, he
said B. L. Thane would remain as
permanent resident manager. Thane’s
contract with the mining syndicate
expired m May ana it nas been ru
mored he would retire as consulting
engineer.
RELIABLE STATISTICS ARE
COMPILED AT SELDOVIA
Reliable statistics have been gath
ered by W. W. Whorf, of Seldovia, in
regard to the salmon industry of the
Cook Inlet that show a surprising de
velopment. The season’s output in
dollars and cents will reach the enor
mous sum of $1,800,000 more than
the combined mineral output of Alas
ka’s mines from Valdez to Nome, ex
clusive of the copper at Latouche.
The salmon canneries’ output so
far this season will follow: Kasilof
cannery, 75,000 cases; Fidalgo Pack
ing company at Port Graham, 65,000
cases; Libby, McNeil & Libby, 45,000
cases; Columbia River Packing Co.
at Seldovia, 27,000, and the Deep Sea
Salmon company at Goose Bay, 25,
000 cases.
Earl Tiffany, a Juneau resident, at
tempted to leave town under an as
sumed name without paying his bills.
He was grabbed at Ketchikan and
brought back.
The report of the commissioner at
Fairbanks for the quarter ending June
0, shows that the receipts of the of
ce for the three months previous
’ere $1,245.05.