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BRIEF MEWS OF IKE NORTHLAND.
The Alameda, on a recent trip
north brought seven deer from south
western Alaska to be used in stock
ing the islands adjacent to Cordova.
They were secured by “Senator
Hill.”
Two hundred and thirteen men
were registered in Fairbanks under
the conscription act.
Deputy Marshal Millsap arrived in
Cordova recently from McCarthy,
bringing with him James Hendrick,
recently adjudged insane at the in
terior town, and who will be sent to
the Morningside sanitarium.
Owing to dry weather in the inte
rior, the Berry dredge on Mammoth
creek, in the Circle district, and sev
eral hydraulic outfits were compelled
to shut down, and the output of the
camp has been seriously curtailed.
Elmer E. Friend, for some years a
correspondent in Seattle for a num
ber of Alaska newspapers, and re
cently of the Juneau Empire staff,
has accepted the position of editor
manager of the Seward Gateway.
A barge loaded with freight for
Fairbanks merchants, in tow of the
steamer Susie, is reported to have
sunk recently near Holy Cross. A
part of the cargo consisted of sugar,
and was badly damaged.
A former Nome miner arrived
there recently from Anadir, in Rus
sia. with $40 in gold nuggets. He
said there was plenty of gold there,
but the Russian government took
most of it away from miners in the
form of royalties.
Mary Kushniek, about 40, wife of
George Kushniek, is dead at her
home at Saxman, leaving three young
children. At the inquest in Ketchi
kan held by the coroner and a jury,
a verdict of death presumably from
“too much booze” was given. George
Kushniek, the husband, took a shot at
Steve Stampolio on Pennock island in
September, 1915, was tried and found
guilty of assault with intent to kill
and sentenced to McNeil’s island
where he is now; but is due for parole
during the coming month of Novem
ber. The children were brought to
Ketchikan and are being taken care
of by the government.
Captain James Maddock, head of
the Glacier Fish company, operating
in Alaska with headquarters at Ju
neau, has been selected as the repre
sentative of Puget sound fishing in
terests to confer with Herbert Hoov
er, the American food controller, re
garding fish supply for the coming
year as well as rapid transportation
of iced and frozen fish from Alaskan
ports.
Tom Scott and Andrew Anderson
saw a large bull moose along the rail
road track a short distance from 01
nes recently and securing a gun they
started after the animal. The rifle
they had burst at the first shot and
they had to go back after another gun.
The moose during the interval had run
about a thousand feet but was killed
by Tom Scott.
At a well attended meeting of the
Southeastern Alaska Bar association
at Juneau, the draft of a bill which
had been prepared by the board of di
rectors for the appointment of a fifth
judge for the territory, with head
quarters at Juneau, was submitted,
considered, and after several slight
changes was approved by the asocia
tipn. The measure will be forwarded
to congress and every effort on the
part of the association will be put
forth to secure its passage.
Five indictments have been returned
by the grand jury at Juneau against
the American Pacific Fisheries compa
ny and the Northwest Fisheries com
pany, corporations operating traps in
Southeastern Alaska, according to the
Juneau Dispatch. The concerns are
charged with violating the act of con
gress prohibiting traps to fish between
the hours of 6 p. m. Saturday and 6 a.
m. the following Monday; of locating
traps within 1800 feet of one another
and for failing to place numbers or
characters on traps by which they may
be identified. Four of the indictments
are against the American Pacific Fish
eries company and embrace all of the
alleged violations. One count is
! against the Northwest Fisheries com
I pany alleging fishing during the closed
period.
Reports from Golovin state that
| the herring fishermen are having poor
success at present as the fish are not
running well. This means a decided
curtailment in the quantity of packed
herring this year.
The Fairbanks Citizens says four
creek ladies were in town shopping.
For the benefit of eastern readers we
will explain that the creek ladies are
not from the reservation in Oklahoma
but were from Fairbanks creek.
John J. Filben, editor of the Ruby
Record-Citizen, died recently at the
Nualto hospital.
Before leaving Fairbanks for the
states, Marshal L. T. Erwin, issued
j instructions that the federal jail at
Fairbanks should have one meatless
day each week, in conformity with the
suggestions of Herbert Hoover that
everyone in the country observe one
meatless day in each week.
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Dr. J. H. Mustard and Phil Ern
est of Nome were appointed to serve
on the exemption board but Mr. Ern
est declined for personal scruples
while Dr. Mustard said that the ap
pointment of pro-Germans to the
board gave him sufficient reason to
decline.
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A report came to Nome recently
that a man living some distance be
!ow Lee and Swanberg camp on Os
borne stated he awoke one morning to
find the inquisitive countenance of a
large brown bear looking at him
through the canvas door of his shack.
Bruin made no attempt to enter and
after satisfying his curiosity retired.
The owner desired no closer acquaint
ance so allowed the bear to escape.
On its last trip up the river the
steamer Dawson had to slow up at a
point about fifteen miles above the
i mouth of the Big Salmon in order to
allow a brown bear that was swim
ming from one shore of the river to
the other to pass across the bow of the
boat.
A very sad drowning occurred on
1 the Copper River flats recently when
the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
i Bates jumped overboard into the
slough. His mother was cleaning a
lard can on the Clark-Graham scow on
which her husband is engineer when
, the grease became ignited. As soon
I as the little boy saw the flames he
rushed out and jumped overboard,
calling “Come on, mama, jump with
me.” The current is very treacher
ous at that point and carried the boy
out of sight. Mrs. Bates blew the dis
tress call quickly, summoning her hus
band who had started out on a hunting
trip. The body could not be found.
Joe Christovitch is in the federal
I jail at Juneau on the charge of as
| sault with intent to kill. The complaint
was sworn to by Oscar Adamson who
keeps a hog ranch out on the Salmon
creek road. Adamson stated that while
on his way home one evening two bul
lets were fired at him, one of which
pierced his hat. He turned around and
saw the man standing behind a log
alongside the road with a rifle in his
hands.
W. T. Young and A. J. Dyer of
Nashville, Tenn., who spent a month
hunting big game in the upper Cop
per River country, recently took out
a fine collection of moose, mountain
I sheep and goat heads.
The Nome Industrial Worker says
that men with gifted imaginations
are not all confined to the urban pop
ulations of that section of the far
north. Two men who mushed into
Dexter recently told the natives there
that the grocers at Nome had been
“Hooverized.” They were to be al
| lowed a profit of ten per cent and
their prices set on that basis. There
was nothing to the story.
Passengers on the steamship Vic
toria which recently passed through
Valdez stated that a man at Nome
had imbibed too much hootch and had
fallen down a hatch and been killed.
No blame was attached to the offi
cers of the vessel, however.
William Thompson, the Providence
Bay, Siberia, trader, recently landed
at Nome with his schooner loaded
down with ivory and furs. The cap
tain reported bucking the thickest ice
he ever saw for thirty days on his
passage to Nome.
Frank Gamble and Jake Gamble,
of Treadwell, brothers and natives,
were recently arrested for being in
| toxicated and fighting. After spend
i ing part of the night in jail 4hey
| were assessed ten dollars each.
The Alaska Road commission has
done exceptionally fine work from
j Bessie to Specimen, says the Nome
! Industrial Worker.
Coal is selling in Nome at $25 per
ton in the yards. Briquettes are $18
per ton in the yards.
ROBERT C. McCLARY, OF UNITED
STATES SIGNAL CORPS, OF
FERS $105 A THOUSAND.
LOOKING FOR MILL OUTPUTS
Government Will Keep Inspector in
Juneau So Material Can be Accept
ed or Rejected Before It Is Ship
ped to States.
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Robert C. McClary, connected with
the equipment division, signal corps,
U. S. A., and at present engaged in
contracting for clear spruce lumber
for aeroplane construction, is in Ju
neau and will remain there several
days, according to the Juneau Dis
patch.
Mr. McClary said that he is prepar
ed to contract for all the spruce lum
ber that can be produced by the mills
of southeastern Alaska, at $105 per
thousand, f. o. b., ship side, at the
mill.
Mr. McClary said that the govern
ment wants 120,000,000 feet of spruce
lumber to complete contracts already
let, and that if enough spruce can not
be secured, the government will be
forced to use fir or some other wood. ,
Experiments are now being carried
on by the government with fir, yellow
cedar and a number of other woods
to determine which comes nearest fill
ing the place taken by spruce lumber.
Wants Outputs of Mills.
“We have contracted for'all the
spruce lumber produced in the north
western part of the United States,
and I am ready to sign a contract
with any mill in Alaska for its entire
next year’s output,” said Mr. Mc
Clary.
“Previous to this time,” he contin
ued, “the mills of the southeastern
section of Alaska have been slightly
handicapped on account of not having
an inspector on the ground. The mill
men frequently have shipped lumber,
which was thrown away when it was
graded and inspected in the states, j
Others have not shipped lumber which |
could have been used, being afraid of
the grading.
Trouble Will Be Avoided.
“With the inspector in Juneau all
this trouble will be avoided. We shall
endeavor to secure an active and thor
ough co-operation among all concern
ed, forestry officers, loggers, mill !
men and our branch of the govern
ment, so it will permit the greatest
possible production of spruce lunv
ber.”
Mr. McClary has a list of all mills
in southeastern Alaska and will visit
them before leaving Alaska. He said
that he was not going north or west
because the lumber from those sec
tions was unsuited to the require
ments of the service, having too many
knots.
SCHOOLHOUSE IN COURSE OF
CONSTRUCTION AT COST
OF ABOUT $8,000.
WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
Contracts Let for Clearing and Grad
ing of Streets and Construction of
Sidewaiks and Fire Hall Will Soon
be Built.
There is considerable activity in the
new town of Nenana this fall. A
school house is being constructed at
a cost of $8,000 and it is expected that
school will start some time in the
near future, according to a statement
just issued by the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission. An election was held
in September, under the law enacted
by the last Alaska legislature, and
active steps are being taken by the
school board to start the school.
The necessary water and sewer
pipes have been received and both
the water and sewer system are now
in the course of installation.
The water system will be laid in
both the business and residence dis
tricts in Nenana, and in addition to
supplying the town with water for
domestic purposes, will also be used
for fire protection.
The sewer system is being installed
in the business district between Main
and Market streets. It is expected
to have both systems installed be
fore the freezing weather sets in.
Several contracts have been let for
the clearing and grading of streets
and the construction of sidewalks, and
the work on these improvements is
progressing satisfactorily. A fire
hall is also being constructed and
the townsite office is being completed.
About 300 acres of land adjoining
the town are being surveyed into
acre tracts, and as soon as the sur
vey is completed a number of the
tracts will be sold. One person has
already started active improvements
upon one of the five acre tracts. Sev
eral persons have slated that as soon
as they can get title they will start
improvements.
PAPER MONEY BECOMES COM
MON IN JUNEAU WHERE
CANNERIES USE IT.
Handling of Bills in Boats With WTet
Hands Is Not So Convenient As
Gold Coin—Other News From
Alaska Papers.
“Have you noticed the large
amount of currency comeing into cir
dilation in Juneau lately?” the Ju
neau Dispatch quotes a Juneau bank
er as saying. “Paper money is be
coming more common in Juneau all
the time. The canneries are taking
to it in handling their payrolls too
and one of the plants paid their nat
ive help $70,000 this season all in one
dollar bills. The Indians had rolls
of bills that filled their pockets and
lots of them had never seen such
wads of paper money before. They
certainly felt rich.
“While the natives are pleased to
be paid in fat rolls of currency, the
fishermen much prefer the natural
Alaskan medium of exchange, gold.
At first, it looked to the sea harvest
ers as though the paper would be
easy to handle and they welcomed the
innovation. But recently we have had
complaint at the bank from the hal
ibut men. They say that when they
handle the money in their boats they
often get it covered with damp fish
scales and that the next time they
open their rolls they find the bills
stuck tightly together. The fish
scales form a kind of glue on th^
paper.”
Bank °f Alaska
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
An Institution of Strength and Character
Capital $85,000 Surplus $20,500
Resources Over One Million Dollars.
FOUR BANKS:
SKAGWAY, ANCHORAGE, CORDOVA, WRANGELL
President—Andrew Stevenson.
Vice-President in Charge, Anchor
age—E. B. Ansley.
Assistant to President and Audi
tor—B. A. Ross.
Assistant Cashier, Anchorge—M.
McVean.
Vice-President, New York—A. A.
Benton.
Vice-President in Charge, Cordova
—W. R. Hillery.
Assistant Cashier, Cordova—B. R.
Colkett.
Vice-President, in Training, Pres
idio, Cal.—J. T. Westermann.
Vice-President, in Charge Wran
gell—W. II. Warren.
Cashier in Charge, Skagway—W.
L. Landsborough.
Although an integral part of the one system, each branch has
had assigned to it the full amount of Capital required by the
Territorial Banking Board for the establishment of a Bank in such
a location. Each branch is therefore equipped to serve its cus
tomers as fully as any independent bank, but with the added
strength and resources of the entire institution to draw upon.
Furthermore each is responsible to the Territorial Banking Board,
is examined and supervised independently and renders its state
ment direct to the BQard. The Bank of Alaska is therefore, be
cause of its double supervision and safeguards, peculiarly “An
Institution of Strength and Character.”
Polley Brothers
THE FOURTH ST. GROCERS
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CABBAGE
CAULIFLOWER
RADISHES
TURNIPS
HEAD LETTUCE
NEW POTATOES
Fresh from the Ranch Three
Times a Week
RUSSIA SELL
MUSCOVITE STEAMER ASTRAK
AN DOES GOOD BUSINESS
WITH MINING RESIDENTS.
MERCHANTS SELL SUPPLIES
The Russian steamer Astrakan ar
rived in Nome recently, having on
board many Slav traders from many
ports from Anadir to Vladivistok and
having also a large cargo of skins,
ivory, bone, fur of all kinds and other
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trading stuff. They brought quite a
large stock ashore which was offered
for sale and incidentally they ex-1
changed a quantity of roubles for the
wares and merchandise of Nome store
keepers.
John Falkel bought some of the furs
for $17,000.
The Astrakan has been trading,
along the coast and has been as far
north as Whalin.
In the Sheldon building large stocks
of furs were display and Nome deal
ers, aside from Mr. Falkel, acquired
quite a quantity. It is stated that the
Nome bank rate of exchange for the
rouble is 20 cents, but the merchants
with an eye to the profits involved
gave the Rusians who bought stuff
here an exchange rate of 22 to 25
cents on each one. The notes are all
currency of the old regime, but that
money is still in circulation generally
throughout all of Russia. Not a kopek
of metallic currency was brought
ashore and American gold was eagerly
accepted for skins. This is the first
visit of the Russian traders to Nome,
and it is said to have been quite pro
fitable to some of the storekeepers. In
cidentally the officials of the Nome
Chamber of Commerce have come to
the conclusion that the visits of this
kind are to be encouraged.
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