BRIEF NEWS OF THE NORTHLAND.
Sexton & Thwaites have opened a
^•confectionery, photo supply and curio
studio store at Seward.
The Alaska Pacific Herring compa
ny, operating a herring and salmon
cannery at Big Tort Walter, and
plants at Port Conclusion, Waterfall
-and other points, is considering estab
lishing another herring and salmon
cannery in the northern section of
southeastern Alaska.
Instructions have been received by
Superintendent Charles G. Titus, to
reopen the Jualin mines, prepared to
operate on a larger scale. Plans in
clude the enlargement of the present
mill to provide for the handling of 150
tons of ore per day, and the comple
tion of the lower adit which will be
5,800 feet long and will tap the ore
body at a depth of 600 feet below the
present workings. The Jualin mines
are situated forty-two miles north of
Juneau. It is a gold quartz deposit.
James Zovinoff, who was arrested
recently in Juneau for conduct and ut
terances suspiciously seditious was
freed by a jury. It was decided that
the defandant was more intoxicated
than inclined toward seditious con
duct.
James King, city councilman and
manager of the Alaska Steam Laun
dry at Juneau, and Miss Mary Mor
gan, daughter of Councilman Morgan
of Juneau, were married recently.
Mr. King and bride left for Arizona
to spend several months.
The Wrangell Fire department re
cently gave a banquet to two of its
popular members at the hotel in hon
or of their departure to the states
where they intended to enlist for serv
ice. The two men were Ernest and
Leonard Campbell.
Bob Lowrie, William Alexander,
Jim Wilson and Bill Ames will start
extensive operations in the spring on
their property on Mastodon creek.
A letter was recently written to a
bachelor by the doll committee of the
Fairbanks Civic league, asking him if
he did not want to buy a doll and
help the Red Cross. The bachelor
said he was perfectly willing but the
doll must have certain qualifications
and must be alive. No sawdust dolls
for him.
The Ketchikan Power company re
cently closed its doors for the winter
and will be heard no more until
spring. Much overhauling has to be
done and a new cement foundation
placed in the boiler room. Mr. Dorn,
head sawyer, accompanied by his wife,
left for the states.
Mrs. Viva Le Moine recently donat
ed two lots at Port Angeles to Skag
way, to be raffled off for the benefit
of the French Orphan Fund. Many
people have purchased tickets. These
lots are in a good location and will
make a splendid bargain for some
lucky person.
Jack Hines, a former Nome resi
dent, is now a movie actor in New
\ ork, and is said to be doing quite
well.
Anderson and Erickson recently left
Nome for Dime creek, taking their
skates with the intention of traveling
on the ice whenever possible.
S. H. Milwee, attorney, recently ar
rested at Fairbanks for embezzlement
by bailee, has been released on bail
for preliminary hearing.
The Hobson creek dredge at Nome
which was recntly sold to Dr. Kittel
son, was dismantled and will be taken
up Basket creek.
“Old Man” Jones on 6-a, Diamond
creek, in the Iditarod region, took out
,£(>00 from an open cut last fall.
Judge Bunnell received a letter re
cently saying that the sum of $300,
000 had accrued to the receiver of the
Washington-Alaska bank. Considera
ble of this is the result of the several
suits that have been lately decided in
favor of the bank. The only judgment
that has gone against them was that
granted to Dexter-Horton bank giving
them $27,225.47 due on back debt.
Suit was recently started by the city
of Douglas to recover personal taxes
from P. H. Fox and W. Riene. Notice
was served on all persons who had
faild to pay their taxes November
tenth and all paid with the exception
of Fox and Roene.
With the aid of canning capital
I from the states, a deal is to be con
| summated at Seattle whereby the
Chatham Straits and Icy Straits com
panies are to be incorporated into a
new company which will construct a
new two-line cannery at Idoha in
let. The two companies were organ
ized by Juneau business and mining
men about a year ago. Last year the
i two companies operated traps at a
profit. Word has been received in
Juneau that the Hidden Inlet Paek
: ing company is to move its plant from
Richardson, Wash., to Hood Bay, in
! Chatham straits.
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All restaurant and hotel proprie
tors in Ketchikan have agreed to ob
serve every Tuesday as a meatless
day and every Wednesday a wheatless
day. Also, dealers in foodstuffs have
limited their sales of certain needed
commodities to individuals and hotels
and restaurants. A great deal of in
terest is being manifested in the cam
paign. C. T. Gardner is chairman of
the organization assisted by an act
ive executive committee composed of
Reverend C. M. Van Martor, Free
mont King, D. W. Hunt, J. W. Sharp,
H. R. Thompson, Elmer Capp, E. C.
Austin and George Rounsfell, the first
named being chairman.
Miners from the Bonanza mine near
McCarthy report that great flocks of
ptarmigan are in that vicinity. Res
idents of the country are indeed glad
to welcome the birds back after their
long absence.
Roberts’ road house at Franklin,
which is one the south fork of the
Forty-Mile, the river that flows into
the Yukon below Dawson, was recent
ly destroyed by fire. The tire started
in a bed room in the house and was
caused by an overheated stove. Mrs.
Roberts and her two children are said
to have had quite a narrow escape
while getting out of the burning build
ing. The property loss is about $5,
000, with no insurance.
H. Estabrook died recently at Hot
Springs, near Fairbanks. He was
found dead in his cabin. He was a
wood cutter by profession and had
taken out a wood permit to cut for
the winter. Nothing is known as to
his family or personal history.
The Juneau Commercial club has
wired Delegate in Congress Sulzer
protesting against the threatened
raise in freight and passenger rates
to Alaska. Several weeks ago word
was sent out from Seattle that the
steamship companies were rearrang
ing their tariffs and all rates to Alas
ka ports would be raised. Charles
Goldstein, president of the Juneau
Commercial club, has wired to all
commercial bodies in Alaska to make
a protest and urging that quick ac
tion result. He asks that the protests
be wired not only to Delegate Sulzer
but also to the interstate commerce
commission.
White Pass lodge, F. & A. M. No.
112, of Skagway, at its last meeting
elected new officers for 1918 as fol
lows: Harold Talbot, W. M.; J. T.
; Standish, Sen. Warden; W. E. Feero,
Jun. Warden; W. C. W7right, treas
urer; James Wallace, secretary.
Formal orders have been issued at
Washington detaching Brigadier Gen
eral Wilds P. Richardson from duty
as president and member of the board
of road commissioners for Alaska.
The orders read as follows:
“Brigadier General W. P. Richard
son, national army, is relieved from
further duty with 'the board of road
commissioners for Alaska. First
Lieutenant Sidney L. Carter, engi
neers' reserve corps, is assigned to
active duty and is detailed for duty
as member of the board and as secre
tary and disbursing officer of the
board, relieving Captain John Zug,
engineers’ reserve corps, of his duty.
Captain William H. Waugh, engi
neers’ reserve corps, in addition to
his duties as engineer officer of the
board, will serve as president there
of, discharging the duties of that of
fice prescribed in the orders of the
war department. Captain Zug, in ad
dition to his other duties, will aid in
the supervision of the work of con
struction in the field as assistant en
gineering officer of the board.”
Arrivals in Dawson report that a
rich copper strike has been made on
j Williams creek. There is reported
i to be a great body of ore in sight,
' and development work will probably
| be rushed during the coming season
| on account of the great need for this
! metal for war purposes. It is not
I stated who made the strike, but the
! ore is said to be the most valuable
jcopper deposit ever uncovered in the
| Yukon Territory.
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Private advices from Washington
city state that United States Attor
ney General Thomas W. Gregory has
started an investigation following
charges by several Nome residents,
that United States Judge William
Holzheimer, recently appointed judge
of the Second division, with headquar
ters at Nome, is a pro-German. Judge
Holzheimer went to Nome on the last
steamer that sailed there from Seattle
last fall. Friends of Judge Holzheim
er declare that the charges against
him will be found baseless and that
they constitute only -anothr instance
of the nasty little factional lights that
j continually keep up in the Second di
vision. Judge Holzheimer’s reputa
tion during the two years he was lo
cated in Juneau and Ketchikan in the
First division was above reproach.
E. J. Farr, agent for the White
Pass road, received a visit from a
diver recently, who stated that he
had heard that the line had lost a
steamer in Lake LeBarge, and sought
a job to salvage her. “Do you know
how deep Lake LeBarge is?” asked
Mr. Farr. “No,” replied the diver,
! “but I have handled some very deep
jobs.” “Well, it’s about three feet,”
said the agent. “Then I reckon you
won’t need my services,” said the div
er, and departed.
While trying to raise the launch
Myrtle at Ketchikan recently, divers
Jean Thomas and John Porters dis
covered a small covered dory sub
merged near by. On being raised the
body of a man and a small dog was
found in the cabin, the former being
identified as that of Anton Larson, a
, fisherman, who had last been seen
| early in November.
Axel Rangenan, a chute man em
ployed on the No. 5 level of the Per
I severance mine, was instantly killed
! recently by a falling rock, which
'crushed the life out of him.
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Mrs. William G. Thomas, wife of
| ex-Commissioner Thomas of Wran
gell, for nearly forty years a resident
of that town, died recently at her
home there.
The Alaska Coast Fish company,
of Douglas, is stated to be purchas
ing and shipping on an average 10,
000 pounds of halibut daily from the
various fishing craft putting in at
that place.
An overheated furnace in the base
ment of the Methodist church at
Ketchikan, set fire to the structure
recently, but the blaze was exting
uished before any material damage
was done the building.
A number of Russians in Fairbanks
are preparing to leave for the outside
on their way home. They stated that
they feared drafting and if they had
to fight would rather go back to Rus
sia and fight under their own flag.
A band of Peel River Indians ar
rived at Whitehoi’se recently, bring
ing ten sled loads of mountain sheep
and caribou meat.
Joseph Riau, an old-timer of Daw
sen, recently located a fox nest with
in two hundred feet of where he was
working. He captured the inmates,
securing two fine black fox pups and
four cross pups which were sent to
the Northern Fox Farm at Dawson.
Sitka has been complaining much
about the inadequate mail service
tendered her and her councilmen have
finally drafted a letter to be sent to
Representative Sulzer asking that
condition-? be changed. They state
that there are approximately 2,500
people to be served and they are en
titled to better service.
Juneau through the Alaska Auto
association, recently received permis
sion from the marshal there to use the
prisoners for keening the streets
clean, as the snow plow has been un
able to remove the “beautiful” from
j the highways. The snow is packed so
| hard that the plow can make no im
I pression on the drifts.
A few natives from Eldorado re
cently made a trip to Nome carrying
with them some splendid specimens of
j grayling and salmon trout which they
[disposed of at twenty-five cents each.
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I C. Br an Sweeney, of Fairbanks was
recently served with an injunction
[causing him to tefrain from interfer
ing will any ore who might purchase
certain wood cut in trespass on the
j Sweeney homestead. There has been
! trouble of this nature before and
would-be buyers wanted to make cer
tain that there would be no come
back for Sweeney.
A cod fishing station has been open
ed at Kodiak by the Northern Fish
erics company. The W. J. Erskine
I company is also interested in the en-!
terprise, as their boats form a part of
1 the equipment of the new company.
'There is no longer any need for the
natives around Kodiak to be without
food, as they can fish for cod and
make good money.
The death of Frederick Henry Hil
debrand recently occurred at Juneau,
following a stroke of apoplexy. His
wife is also a resident of Juneau,
while the children reside in the states.
Several Alaska natives are in the
service of the United States and oth
ers are expecting to join. The Alas
: ka natives have done much toward
demonstrating their patriotism.
A number of men from Wood island
: recently registerd at Kodiak for mili
tary duty and if they pass the physi
cal examination will make excellent
soldiers.
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i W. Nelson, a sailor on the freighter I
Ketchikan, was recently sentenced to
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j 60 days in the federal jail at Cordova
by Commissioner Medley, on a charge
of assault. Nelson attacked one Till
mar1 on the Ocean dock at that place
and gave him what is known as the
“Swedish Kiss,” which consists of
butting the victim in the face with
his head. Tillman suffered the loss
: of several teeth.
Information is asked as to the!
whereabouts of Carl August Johnson, j
of Rysby, Kalmar Sweden. Johnson
! is live feet, five inches in height, has
| a fair complexion, weighs about one
j hundred and fifty pounds and is fifty
| six years old by Mrs. C. A. Johnson of j
| 1503 W. 54th St., Los Angeles, Cal., 1
j as she is very anxious to get into j
communication with him.
and seaixhed, with the result that a
number of bottles of good, old Scotch i
whisky were found aboard. Nelson i
confessed that the liquor which made ;
him intoxicated was given him by a!
member of the crew of the Yakutat. |
Captain Ole Bjerne, of the Yakutat j
was arrested on the charge of having
liquor illegally in his possession. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
fined $25 and costs.
Because Nels Nelson, a Ketchikan
fisherman appeared on the streets of
that town in an intoxicated condition
a day after the dry law went into ef
fect, the fishing schooner Yakutat was
held up by Deputy Marshal Sharpe
The liquor dealers of Fairbanks did
not figure so closely as did those of
other sections of the territory on the
quantity necessary to carry them to
December 31. As a eonseqeunce for a
week before that fateful date bargains
in wet goods were freely offered.
Double A. Marquette Rye whisky
went for $5 per gallon, 18-year old
Port sold 6 bottles for $4 and King
William V. O. P. Scotch went down to
$2 per bottle. Needless to say these
bargains were eagerly snapped up by
the thirsty ones.
Two natives who secured a scow
with lines and guarded her until the
company that owned her had been
notified were recently awarded $500
for their services. The scow, in tow
of the steamer Dearing recently broke
loose and went ashore on Point White,
near Queen Charlotte islands, and
much valuable machinery aboard and
also 60,000 feet of lumper. The ma
chinery and cargo was all saved by
two natives. The destination of the
scow was the camps located on Queen
Charlotte islands engaged in the man
ufacture of clear aeroplane spruce for
the British government. She was own
ed by the Whalen Pulp company.
Dr. M. F. Hall has been appointed
official physician for the Alaskan En
gineering commission on the Fair
banks end of the government rail
road. He was recommended for the
position by Bigadier General Rich
ardson.
W. T. Lopp, head of the bureau of
education for Alaska natives recent
ly left southeastern Alaska for his
home in Seattle. Miss Frances Root of
Seward is now on the staff of the gov
ernment at Metlakahtla.
William Meaghan, controller at the
Perseverance Mine, Patrick Commin
sky, blacksmith at the same mine and j
Fred Overmiller, an egineer on the |
Thane railway, resigned their posi-1
tions recently and joined the forestry!
division of the United States army, j
enlisting at Fort William H. Seward.
Ed Reeves, the veteran stage driv
er for the White Pass stage line, ar- j
rived at Dawson from Whitehorse a
few days before Christmas with 1500
pounds of mail, a veritable Santa
Claus for the Klondikers. During the
entire trip the thermometer ranged I
from 50 to 70 degrees below 'zero.
Grozanni Mangini, one of the pio
ner Italian miners of the Dawson
country, was found dead recently in
bed in his cabin on the left fork of !
Eureka creek. An inquest over the i
remains resulted in a verdict that the j
man came to his death suddenly, |
from natural causes. Mangini was the |
owner of a number of mining claims i
on Eureka and other creeks, and was
possessed of considerable money. He
is not known to have any relatives.
Advices received from Nome from
Captain Heckla, of the ill-fated White
Bear, wrecked while en route to Nome j
with mail and considei-able gold bul
lion, states that the mail and bullion
was not saved. C. L. Ross, who is
heavily interested financially in the
vessel and cargo wired back to Heckla
to take plenty of provisions and as
soon as conditions permitted to make
an attempt to secure the cargo of the
vessel, which is caught in the ice.
Four men were recently arrested in
Petersburg following a near riot. Ac
cording to a leter from a Juneau resi
dent who saw the trouble the matter
seemed to have started over a man
tampering with the Red Cross fund
box. He was arrested and led away
under the eyes of his friends and
when the marshal entered the door a
few minutes after about twenty men
jumped on him. He succeeded in pro
tecting himself until help arrived. Ac
cording to the witness the fight was
one of the cleanest on the side of the
policemen and one of the dirtiest on
the side of the gang that he had ever
seen and according to him he had seen
several.
Mrs. Alex Simson, the wife of a
prominent resident of Fairbanks, ar
rived recently on her first visit to the
north. While on her way in over the
government road by stage, she receiv
ed a message from her husband, who
thought to play a joke, telling her
not to drink any water unless it had
been boiled as all Alaska water was
full of ice worms. The lady took the
message literally, and refused to
drink any water unless it had been
boiled, despite the assurances of her
fellow passengers that the message
was a joke, and as a result she arriv
ed in Fairbanks nearly perished from
thirst.
WANT TO BUILD
UP THEIR TRIBE
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA NM
TIVES PETITION TO HAVE A
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
DR. BORLAND IS SENT THEM.
Position Calls for Not Only Medical
Knowledge But Also Familiarity
With Improved Phases of Modern
Sanitation.
According to prevailing opinion
Hoonah has never had much to boast
of in the way of improvements, com
pared with other progressive native
settlements in southeastern Alaska,
but her awakening has come, says the
Juneau Empire. It may be that her
400 native population has been listen
ing to reports from the Alaska Nat:ve
Brotherhood, or reading in the newspa
pers what other native villages are
planning and doing; anyway the Hoo
nahs have suddenly become dissatis
fied with their own status.
They have evinced a determination
to make a radical change, and set the
pace for other native villages to fol
low.
When William T. Lopp, chief of the
Alaska division of the United States
bureau of education, visited them re
cently, they voiced a demand fo>- a
resident physician. They know ex
actly what they want—a man quali
fied by residence and experience ,n
other native villages in Alaska to take
their case and to instruct them how to
live, so that the despised stigma of
“weakling” might be forever eradi
cated from their public reputation.
More than that; they backed their de
mand with a voluntary guarantee of
money, a per-capital tax; sufficient to
cover the stipend of a regular physi
cian. They offered this money, not
for medical attendance in its common
ly accepted term, but rather as rec
ompense to a practical physician will
ing to give them instructions in mod
ern sanitation suitable to their pres
ent environment and needs. The
amount of cash guarantee is so large
that the possibility of a native hospi
tal at Hoonah, built by voluntary sub
scription, is r.ow more than a pr la
bility. Hoonah has taken the mitial
step in securing strong, sound bodies
in addition to “saved souls” and “edu
cated brains.”
Mr. Lopp, after listening to the
demands of the Hoonahs and discuss
ing details with them, immediately
wired Dr. Borland, who was ther. on
his way to Hydaburg in the interests
of the government. Dr. and Mrs.
Borland will go to Hoonah. ,
Dr. Borland has been located at
Kanakanak, in the Bristol bay section,
in charge of the government hospital
there, and the medical work at some
forty-two native settlements, during
the absence of the regular physician,
Dr. L. F. French, who is on a year’s
leave of absence in the eastern states.
Dr. Borland has had considerable
experience in caring for cannery em
ployes in the Nushagak region and is
eminently qualified for the Hoonah
position.
NEW TRIAL URGED
FDR THOMAS MOONEY
RECOMMENDATION IS MADE BY
COMMISSION APPOINTED BY
PRESIDENT WILSON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26.—
President Wilson’s mediation commis
sion today recommended that he try
to induce the California authorities to
bring about a new trial for Thomas
Mooney. He was convicted of first de
gree murder for complicity in the pre
paredness day bomb explosion in San
Francisco.