Cook Iknlet Pioneer
DAILY EDITION
VOL. 1
Anchorage, A laska, Thursday, November 18, 1915
NO. 23
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TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
CORDOVA, Nov. 18.—John R.
Mogan, Sr., owner of the Plledriver
roadhouse at Salcha. on the Chitina
Fairbanks trail, committed suicide
yesterday by throwing himself in
front of a switch engine of the Cop
per River & Northwestern system, j
t
near the railway station at Ghitlna.
The victim’s skull was fractured and
both lower limbs severed from the
body. Death was instantaneous.
Mogan was enroute to the state.
[ when a lit of depression, due to ill
| health, caused him to take his own
j life. He was fifty-eight years of age.
FACTS RELATING TO THE TRAGIC
KILLING OF W, H. PETERSON BY
A BIG SAVAGE BROWN BEAR
The facts concerning the death of
W. H. Peterson, of Hope, were given
to a representative of the Pioneer by
E. ,1. Hertel, who was at the time of
the tragedy in camp with Mr. Peter
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son. Those composing the party who
were in camp were W. H. Peterson,
E. Hertel, Howard Worcester,
Tom Meredith, E. Berlin. George
Clyde, and Mr. Moore, of Hope.
On the 2nd of November George
Clyde and Peterson left camp about
8 o’clock in the morning, intending
to hunt for a few hours. After being
out for a short time Clyde returned
to camp, and Peterson continued the
hunt. About 10 o'clock two shots
were fired in quick succession, and it
thought, lha* w«uorv>n ,y <1
bagged a moose. Clyde immediately
started out to assist Peterson, and
after getting on his track followed
up as rapidly as he could, looking
ahead, expecting to come upon Pe
terson at any time. He finally
reached a draw, through which a
small stream ran, and looking across
he discovered a huge brown bear
lying down on the side of the op
posite hill. He called to Peterson,
but, receiving no response, be fired
at thP bear four times, three of the
shots taking effect. The bear got up
and started off up the hill, with
Clyde after him. On reaching the
bottom of the draw, Clyde was horri
fied to find the body of poor Peter
son. lying on bis face in the bed or
the crjek. It took but an instant to
show that file bear had attacked Pe
terson, tearing his face almost com
pletely off, besides indicting numer
ous other wounds upon the body
Clyde retraced his steps to camp
with all haste possible, a distance of j
about four miles, and aroused the |
camp, and the men returned to
where the body lay.
While the men were arranging to
take the body of'Peterson back to
camp, Clyde determined to follow
and see what had become of the |
H,. bad not fur to CO. for the
bear was found dead not over one
hundred yards from where Clyde
had shot him. It was a huge mon
ster. fully ten feet long.
The remains of Peterson were put \
aboard the Cassie B. and remained
there until th ereturn to Anchorage1
yesterday, when the body was turned
over to F. Fi. Wood, the local under
taker, for burial.
Peterson was an old-timer on the
Kenai. and had a host of friends who!
will be grieved to learn of the tragic
death of their friend.
SOCIALIST ORATOR
SPEAKS IASI NIGHT
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis, the so
cialist orator, sustained her high
reputation for speaking before a big
audience in Robarts’ hall last night.
From the standpoint of the believer
in the theorum of socialism, the
speech was eloquent, W'ell-informed,
and showed a mastery of the subject.
RANCH TO HONOR MISS
A MRS, WHO IS LEA VINO
Complimentary to Miss Ames, sis
ter of Mrs. Balch, who will depart
on the steamer Northwestern en
route to her home in Seattle, a so-1
cial hop was given last evening in
Byrne hall. Those attending do-!
clare the dance to have been- the
most delightful affair of the kind
ever given in Anchorage. The music,
supplied by Prof, and Mrs. Roberts,
was e specially good. Miss Ames has
been the guest -of Mr. and Mrs.
Balch during tile season and has won
many friends in Anciiorage, who re
gret her departure.
Mr. 1. F. Oay and Mrs. Vivian
Ford were married last evening by
IT. S. Commissioner David.
For Sale—Cheap, corner lot.
cleared, and cabin partly finished, at
Third avenup and Fast B. Inquire i
on premises.
Merchants Cafe, one block from i
the Northern.
The Alaska Pool Room—best
lights, good tables, good service. j
Merchants Cafe, next door to the
White House.
WILLOW CREEK
IMPROVES WITH AGE
“Every year marks an improve
ment in the Willow creek gold
camp,” said H. C. Emery, superin
tendent of the Martin mine, to the
Pioneer, upon his arirval here today.
Before departing from the Willow
creek camp Mr. Emery put a force
of men to work to open a coal mine
near at hand, and next year it is pro
posed to use coal for a steam plant
that will supplant the gasoline power
used since the big. rich mine was
opened. Mr. Emery is enroute to Se
attle, but expects to return in March. |
R. C. Goheen, connected with the
cyanide plant of the Martin mine,
came down from Willow creek with
Mr. Emery, and will leave in a few
days for the Cache creek country.
Captain Bob McGillivray, the well
known Alaskan navigator, was made
the recipient of a loving cup by a
party of twenty Detroit tourists who
were passengers on his ship last
week to Skagway. McGillivray is
captain of the City of 'Seattle.
HughcG. Weir, agent of the Pa-*
cific Coast Steamship Company at
Skagway. had the misfortune to ac
cidentally shoot himself through the
foot while huning. It is expected
that no permanent injury will result
from the accident.
All kinds of heating stoves, large
and small, at absolute cost, at the
Ciocker Mattress Co., near corner of
Fourth and H street.
For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms,
with heat, over the Francisco Mer
cantile, corner 4th ave. and K st.
SAMPLE OF LETTERS
TO
Tlie following Is published as a
sample of many letters of similar
Import sent to Secretary of the In
terior Lane. It is incomprehensible
how any resident of Anchorage could
supply such misleading information
with respect to this town that would
form the basis for this letter. As to,
“bootlegging,” the records of the U.!
S-. commissioner's court show a con-;
siderable activity on the part of the
federal officials to suppress this traf
fic, which is now practically elimin
ated in Anchorage:
Tonopah, Nev., Oct. 7, 191|6.
Hon. Secretary Lane,
Washington, D. C.:
Dear Sir—1 am in receipt of a
letter from my brother L. H. Conley,
who is now located in Anchorage,
Alaska, wherein he states that res
taurants and butcher shops are sell
ing liquor in Anchorage and that lie
never saw so many drunken men in
all his life as are floating around
your town. (Government town.)
A bulletin should be issued warn
[ lug all people to stay away from that
town, which is overboomed—labor is i
cheat) and no money there. There is
too much graft up there and the poor
devils who take contracts to erect
buildings, etc., are losing out. This
matter is a very serious one, and
| should be investigated, as everyone
there is broke now, and wnat will
[ they be when the cold weather
comes.
I am very well acquainted with
Mr. Clay Tallman, who I understand
is a personal friend of yours, and
Mr. Tallman can vouch for nty hon
esty. 1 am merely writing this let
i ter to let you know what conditions
' are in Anchorage, and trust you will
i investigate this “blind pig business,
j for front all accounts there was
j to he no saloons in Anchorage.
Trusting you will not cast, this lot.
! ter aside and not investigate the ter
rible conditions in Anchorage re
; garding the liquor traltic. 1 remain.
Yours very truly,
FAX NY J. CONLEY.
Nearly one hundred residence lots]
were sold at the auction sale Novera-;
her 16 and 17, under the direction i
ot Superintendent of Sales Andrew |
Christensen. The list of the pur
chasers and the amounts bid is as
follows:
Lots Sold November l<i,
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Name.
Pete Cavanaugh
Ralph Reed . . .
a. C. Craig ....
James Hanson .
Claus Legerberg
Rasmus Nielsen
Joseph LeClair and
Thos. Blackburn
James H. O’Neill .
Reuben Nicholls . .
O. Bostrom .
|M. L. Peters.
A. F. Stowe.
Wm. Newell .
Lot.
. 11
. 12
10
11
Julius Hansen ....
G. F. McDonald . . .
Geo. Bittmer.
Tony Avrun and Jim
John .
George Javanovich .
John Beckley .
.1. A. Laubner. 12
Seidenberg & Freyd. 11
R. Nichols. 11
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9
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B. F. Hill . 9
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Reuben Nicholls
Vid Pavlicevieh
Pete Cavanaugh
Louis Pregruse
Eser Wickholm ....
Bert Knapp and Geo.
Hendricksen.
W. A. Schumacher . .
A. Warner .
Nels Lexen .
Nels Alexsen .......
Jay Lescher and G.
McDonald . 9
R. Nicholls. 10
•1. RT Krumm . 7
W. G. Stevens.12
H. J. Emard. 7
H. J. Emard. 8
.Tames O'Neill. 9
Gust Kindland. 10
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Sale
Price
$75
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100 I
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Andrew iL.ee ....... 7
Wm. Austin . 12
A. F. Stowe.12
Mike Long . 7
A. W. Balzimer and
Victor Stewart ... 3
Geo. Warcttp. 7
\V|. B. Dean. 8
A. XV. Balzimer and
Victor Stewart ... 9
W. B. Bean and John
M. Reid. 8
C. G. Jones. 10
Thomas Blackburn . . I
Thomas Blackburn . . 2
Thomas Blackburn . . 3
John M. Reid. 4
W. B. Bean. 5
John M. Reid. 11
S. D. Rice. 1
Geo. Wilson . 2
P. H. Wober. 9
John Beckley . 12
Kdward Bittner .... 1
W. B. Dean.11
H. E. Mables. 6
F. C. Gobbs. 5
John Beckley. 12
F. McCall .,4
James O'Neill . 3
H. C. Uavis and J. G.
watts . 2
M:\itin McKoy. 12
H.1C. Mables ...
12
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8
82 100
82 100
S3 100
83 105
83 115
84 120
84 100
H. E. Mables ...
R. Smith .
John Thompson .... 5
John Thompson .... 0
Mary Harpp. 7
R. Weihrich . 3
John Mcllroy. 8
W. Eggle . 9
Axel Nelson . 10
Russell Cole. 11
V. F. Fischer. 11
V. F. Fischer. 12
Charles H. Sage .... 8
(’. Legorberg. 9
. . lots Sold November 17
L. R. Moses.10
. Artliuf Mack.11
James Elliott. 11
Jean Jackson . 8
James Elliott . 5
Charles J. Robinson . . 11
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Opposite Brown & Hawkins, corner
Fourth and E street.
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Work guaranteed.
VALDEZ, Nov. 18.—The Demo
cratic Club of Valdez, at a session
held last night, passed a resolution
calling for the summary removal of
District Attorney Spence, of the
Third judicial division. The chief
grounds alleged by the iJemoeartic
Club for urging the removal of the
district attorney are “incompetency
and having brought ridicule on the
onice by appointing carpet-bag rela
tives to jobs."
HERTEL HUN* PARTY RMS
AFTER PROLONGED ABSENCE ID
REPORTS A TRIP Of ADVENTURE
On September 28, Emil Hertel, ,T. |
It. Nestor and Howard Worcester!
left Anchorage for the Chickaloon |
; flats on a hunting expedition. The
| party left in Mr. Hertel’s boat, the]
Cassie E., well equipped for a two on
three weeks' trip—plenty of grub,
a good supply of gasoline, and no;
want of confidence. The run to the
Chickaloon river was-not made with
out trouble incident to such voyage I
,in a motor boat. The batteries
proved themselves useless, and it
was necessary to return and renew
the batteries before making the sec
ond attempt to reach the hunting
grounds. They made the trip over,
however, without further trouble,
going tip the Chickaloon river a dis
tance of about two miles, where
camp was made and the hunters
prepared for a two-weeks' hunt.
For two weeks the party thorough
ly enjoyed themselves hunting and
eating, when the w'eather suddenly
turned cold, and it was thought best
to break camp and make for salt
water, fearing that they w'ould be
caught in the ic ein the river if they
delayed their departure. Arrange
ments were made accordingly, but
the next morning it was found that
it was impossible to get their boat;
to salt water on account of the frozen
condition of the river. ByTTils time
the party had been joined by Tom
Meredith, E. Berlin and Geo. Clyde,
who were also hunting on the flats.
Meredith's boat was also frozen in,
and there was no possibility of get
ting either of the boats to salt water
until the weather changed, which
several of the party were sure would
occur. It was then decided to make
the best of matters for a few days,
and the party resumed hunting. By
this time the grub began to show a
serious decline—in fact, it was dis
covered that something should be
done, and that at once, or starvation
would be their portion. It was de
cided, therefore, to cut the boats
free from the ice and drag them
ashore, after which they would skid
them over the ground to salt water.
This proved an arduous task, but by
persistent effort Meredith’s boat was
hauled to salt water, a distance of
over a mile, and it was decided that
the boat should proceed to Anchor
age, where a fresh supply of grub
could be obtained. Mr. Nestor, son
in-law of Mr. Hertel, accompanied
the boat in. and immediately set at
rest all fears entertained by Mrs.
Flertel and Mrs. Worcester for the
safety of the men. By this time
others had joined the Hertel party,
and after five weeks’ strenuous work
the Oassie E., belonging to Hertel.
was hauled to salt water and the
party began their journey home, at
riving here yesterday morning safe
and sound, it was a perilous trip,
fraught with many dangers, and sev.
eral of the party have been heard to
remark that they will never again
attempt to hunt anything that has
been lost on the Ohlckaloon flats.
ALASKA POLITICS
BEGIN TO BREW
NOME, Nov. 17.—'Territorial Sen
ator B. F Millard is Heins groomed
by Nome republicans as their can
didate for delegate to congress. Res
olutions endorsing the Valdez man
were passed with a big hurrah at a
recent meeting here.
Advices from Fairbanks state that
Judge Bunnell will not be a candi
date for delegate on the democratic
ticket . His refusal opens the way
for George B. Grigsby, the Nome
lawyer, who is willing to make the
race if nominated.
Friends of Delegate Wlckersham
here declare that it will make little
difference whom the so-called reg
ular parties nominate; if the dele
gate wishes to return to Wash;gutor
for another t rtu. ho can do so.
Don’t forget that we do all kinds
of photographic work at reasonable
prices. McCain Studio.
Holiday orders are coming in fast,
and l now have a shop full, com
pleted. to select front. Better drop
in and se0 some nifty designs. Did
yen see those Baby Toboggans.
WILKES, Shop 4th and H.
Window Similes, all sizes. Erk
inann's Furniture Store.
Johnston’s Ferry. The Brighton,
at your service from this side to
and from the boats. Office, next
door to Admiral line. Franklin
Johnston, Manager.
NEW POSTMASTER
ASSUMES CHARGE
The newly appointed postmaster,
Fred B. Wood, took charge of the
local postoffice today, relieving F.
Judge Wood, the clerk-in-charge,
who will depart on the Xorthwest
ern. Until the approval of his hond.
Mr Wood will act as assistant post
master.
The Yukon Gold Mining Company
has paid a quarterly dividend of one
and one-half per cent on its 3,500,
000 shares. par value $5, the
amount of its division being S2-S-2,
500, This brings the total of the
dividiends paid by the company- <n
1915 up to $525,000.
.-WXOIWCKMKXT.
Commencing on the evening of th0
2o.b, the management of the Ro
barts ball will guv a series of Satur
day night and holiday dances.
Both the music and fioor will
please you.
Watch for the list of prizes for the
grand Thanksgiving masquerade ball.
Merchants Cafe, four doors from
Hotel Crist.
Having received special mould
ings. lumber furniture, fixtures,
fancy veneer, etc., I am now in a
position to do anything in the furni
ture line.
WILKES, Shop 4th and H.
Merchants Cafe, under the man
agement of J. Casey McDanaei