ANCHORAGE
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 5.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916,
PRICE TEN CENTS
New'rs Notes From
Shushanna Camp
A copy of the Bonanza Ptarmigan,
published in the Chisana camp, gives
the following items if interest re
garding the camp and its people:
James Nelson & Co. have landed
their hydraulic plant and are work
ing a large crew of men, erecting the
plant and getting their ditch in read
iness. N. P. Nelson is superintending
the work.
Wright & McNutt are busily en
gaged on No. 11, Bonanza, prospect
ing and getting ready for summer op
erations. They have very encourag
ing prospects. They have enlarged
their bunkhouse to accomodate a
available when, the season opens.
Andy Taylor has sold his pack train
to Mike Knowles, of Horsefelt, and
will operate on No. 3, Bonanza, in
company with Joe McLellan. They
are busy erecting their mess and bunk
houses, as they intend to work a large
crew of men. *
John Ludwick will look after the in
terests of Messrs. Best & Green, on
No. 7, Bonanza. Best & Green will be
busy with their fleet of aeroplanes
this summer. The writer has it from
reliable sources that they have the
contract for the mail sei'vice in Alas
ka. Should their new venture prove
a success, we can see where we get a
mail monthly, if not weekly.
William McLellan and Charles Fog
< lburg will operate this season on
Bug gulch, a tributary of Little El
dorado. They are busily engaged get
ting ready for the season’s work.
They report prospects very favorable,
and will work all men available.
uutcn Bemling, ot Gold Kun, is still
in the coarse stuff, but he has not pre
sented the writer with any paper
weights yet. However, we have not
lost all hopes. He is reported as hav
ing better pay at present than at any
time this season. He is working a
full crew of men and will continue to
work until the surface after compels
him to stop.
Cary Whitman will operate with a
full crew of men on No. 2, Little El
dorado. His foreman, Mr. Peck, ar
rived a few days ago from Seattle,
where he has been spending the win
ter. He is on Johnson creek, work
ing on Mr. Whitman’s quartz claim.
Mr. Whitman w’lj Keon'r shipping ore
as soon as Best & Green arrive with
their fleet of aeroplanes.
Mr. Simons and Sam Shucklin are
moving up their entire stock of mer
chandise to Bonanza City. The low
er town, Chisana, is fast becoming de
populated. The people prefer a live
ly mining town. The town of Chisa
na is the seat of justice for this camp,
and will have only a few of the best
ones left, such as lawyers, doctors
and promoters. Their only reason for
not moving up is they will have to
pull up their wood. There will not be
a shoveler left in the town, for they
work fast enough to keep up a good
circulation of the blood and don’t re
quire as much wood.
J. J. Hill and Lee Jensey will open
up a hydraulic on Sargent creek.
They will get their water from Wil
son lake. Mr. Hill is enthusiastic ov
er his prospects for this season’s
work.
William Cardon, of Glacier creek,
paid the office a visit. He reports
business in Hamshaw City on the in
crease. He has leased the sawmill
and will furnish the operators with
lumber. He also reports business
running smoothly and family-like on
Wilson creek.
Mayor T. W. St. P. Smith is bus
ily engaged in remodeling and furn
ishing the Brenwick hotel of Chisa
na City. Business promises to be
good this summer and the mayor will
be out for his little bit. He intents
to serve the public with the best.
Miss Frankie Hall is visiting with
Too-much Johnson and his fast dog
team. Miss Hall intends to go on a
fishing and hunting trip before she
returns and assumes her duties as
mistress of the Bonanza hotel.
Archie Poulin, proprietor of the Bo
nanza hotel, is making quite a few
changes in the hotel, and expects to
have the house in first class condition
on Miss Hall’s arrival. Mr. Poulin
expects a rushing business this .sum
mer.
Jas. McDonald, the intrepid mush
er and prospector of the north, has
postponed his trip over the Hump this
season owing to the early breakup.
He will operate on No. 2 above dis
covery -on Gold Run creek.
John Hayes has been appointed "as
health officer and city inspector by
Mayor T. W. St. P. Smitth. This of
fice is expecting an order from Officer
Hayes to strike ou£ posters warning
the public to remove all tin cans, gar
bage and bear pelts from the back
streets and alleys. He will also order
all dogs removed from the residence
part of the city, as it is dangerous
for children to run out of doors.
Sam Shucklin has purchased a one
sixth interest in Notch creek, belong
ing to Louis McCullum. Considera
tion $10,000. Mr. Shucklin has dis
posed of his entire stock of merchan
dise to Grant Reed and will devote
his entire time to mining for some
time to come, as Notch creek is a big
and promising proposition. .
Committee of Eight Railway Presidents
Submit Proposal Agreeing to Pay
10-Hour Wage for 8-Hour
Day, Yielding to Men.
WASHINGTON, August 25.—An adjustment of the rail
way strike is in sight today. A basis of settlement has been
reached by the committee of eight railway presidents, repre
senting the railway lines, which appears to be satisfactory to
all parties concerned. The draft of the terms of the settlement
has been shown to President Wilson and meets with his ap
proval. Leaders of the railway employees also appear satis
fied with the terms of settlement. The basis of settlement pro
vides that the demand of the men for an eight-hour day for a
ten-hour wage shall be granted. This is the chief bone of con
tention and indicates a decisive victory for the men.
President Wilson has assured both the railway presidents
and the employes that by January, 1917, the federal trade com
mission will take charge of collateral issues in the present dis
pute and work out a satisfactory solution. The federal board
will likewise be empowered to settle future controversies that
may arise between the railway companies and the employees.
The president informed the railway magnates that the inter
state commerce commission will look with favor on increased
freight rates* to cover the increased cost to the companies
growing out of the raise in wages.
LIVE IN L
LONDON, August 25.—A sensation is created in London
by the publication in the London Telegraph of a story to the
effect that it has positive knowledge that the wife and chil
dren of Commander Koenig, of the submarine freighter
Deutschland, are at the present time residing in the suburbs
of London. The Telegraph says that the wife received a mes
sage from Captain Koenig, announcing his safe arrival at
Bremen. • w
Admits Family Lives in London.
BALTIMORE, August 25.—Henry Hilken, head of the
submarine company that operates the Deutschland, admitted
today that the wife and children of Commander Koenig reside
in the suburbs of London. He said the family had been living
there for years before the war and continued to reside there
since hostilities broke out. He declared that there was noth
ing to get excited about, in this announcement, as the Koenig
family were living in strict retirement and were not involved in
1 he activities of the Deutschland.
HEAVY CANNONADING INDICATES
SEA BAM ON IN NORTH SEA
AMSTERDAM, August 25.—Heavy firing is distinctly
heard in Amsterdam today, coming from the direction of Ame
land island, in the North sea, off of Holland. It is surmised
that the German and British fleets are engaged in a sea fight.
CYCLONE STRIKES
CALIFORNIA TOWN
BRAWLEY, Cal., August 25.—A
cyclone of tremendous proportions
swept this town yesterday, killing two
persons, injuring many others, and
destroying much property.
HIGH OFFICIAL
^QUITS CABINET
LONDON, August 23.—It is report
ed that Arthur Henderson, president
of the board of education in the Brit
ish cabinet, has tendered his resigna
tion, the official announcement of
which was made yesterday.
TAFT TO STUMP
IN HUGHES' FAVOR
NEW YORK, August 25.—Former
President Taft will take the stump in
behalf of the republican presidential
candidate, said Chairman Willcox, of
the republicna national committee, to
day.
High water at Goldstream, in the
Fairbanks district, recently caused the
shutting down of mining operations.
District Engineer H. P. Warren an
nounces that the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission has let the contract
for eight three-room bungalows to
Gordon and Erickson. Two of these
will be built in Block 22 and the bal
ance on blocks 16 and 17, and .the con
struction work will commence at once.
Seward, Alaska, August 25,1916.
X G. WATTS, Anchorage:—
Superintendent of Sale Christensen states that the first
day’s sale of Nenana lots resulted in the disposal of one hun
dred and thirty-three lots for the sum of $106,035. Advise
newspapers. LINDNER.
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First Lot Brings $1,600.
NENANA, August 25.—H. E. St. George was the success
ful bidder on the first lot in the Nenana townsite, paying six
teen hundred dollars, under the terms of sale. Ben Simon, a
Fairbanks business man, bid in the second lot, paying eleven
hundred dollars.
The sale commenced yesterday morning, under the direc
tion of Andrew Christensen, superintedent of sale. The first
thirty-nine lots sold brought fifty-three thousand, seven hun
dred and forty-nine dolars. The bidding is very brisk, compe
tition being keen for business locations. The sale will continue
for three days and six hundred lots will be offered to the pub
lic. The terms of sale are similar to those effective at Anchor
age, the first government townsite to be opened to-tlie public.
About twenty-five hundred people are in constant attend
ance at the’ sale. Of these, twelve hundred are local residents,
while the remaining fifteen hundred are from various interior
points. Most of them are from Fairbanks and represent busi
ness men who are seeking locations for business lots.
Superintendent of Sale Christensen is highly pleased at
the success attending the first day’s sale.
PUGILIST JEFFRIES TO LOSE HIS
MIGHTY RIGHT ARM BY AMPUTATION
LOS ANGELES, August 25.—The right arm of James
Jeffries, former heavyweight champion pugilist of the world,
will have to be amputated, according to physicians who made
an examination today. It was found that blood-poisoning had
set in and is in an advanced state. The only way to save the
pugilist’s life is to amputate the faulty member. This is the
arm that Jeffries used when he won the championship by
knocking out Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
DENMARK TO KEEP
THE DANISH ISLES
LONDON, August 25.—By a major
ity of 39 votes, the Danish landsting
rejected the treaty calling for the
sale of the Danish West Indies to the
United States. The news comes in a
Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen.
EGG SHIPMENT
TO FAIRBANKS
-SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.—
Cases of eggs containing 000,000 for
Fairbanks, Alaska, arrived from Peta
luma, Calif., yesterday.
They will be shipped to Seattle and
thence to Fairbanks via Skagway and
the Yukon river route.
MOFFIT WAS ON THE
LOCAL STRIKE BOARD
NEW YORK, August 25.—The
strike of the garment workers of
New York city has been brought to
an end and all the striking employes
have returned to work under im
proved conditions. The difficuilty
was adjusted chiefly through the ef
forts of a board of arbitration and
conciliation, named by the federal
department of labor. This board con
sisted of Ethelbert Stewart, assist
ant commissioner of labor statistics
in the department of labor; John A.
Moffit, of Orange, New Jersey; and
Charles W. Mills, a coal operator re
siding at Philadelphia.
Note—The John A. Moffit referred
to in the foregoing message was the
chairman of the board of concilia
tion and arbitration that adjusted the
wage question on the government
railway project at Anchorage.
Joe Morris, of Seward, was a pas
senger on the Mariposa and is here in
connection with the storage plant he
is planning on electing in Anchorage
31 DEATHS AND
109 NEW CASES
NEW YORK, August 25.—Thirty
one deaths from infantile paralysis
have occurred within the past 24
hours. One hundred and nine new cas
es have been reported to the health
department within the same period.
SMALL GROUP OF MEN
ON RAILROAD QUIT WORK
SEWARD, August 23.—Thirty rail
way laborers, employed on road work
at mile 34 on the Alaska Northern
line, went on strike last night, claim
ing that they had been working ten
instead of eight hours per day. The
difference appears to grow out of the
fact that the railway camp is some
distance from the work, the men rid
ing on a train to that point, and
reaching there at 8* o’clock, and de
parting from their labor at 5 o’clock
in the afternoon. In other words, the
dispute is over the time consumed in
going to and coming from work.;
Railway officials say that they have
been short of men and that the labor
ers employed have been working
steadily and have accumulated consid
erable money and are independent, not
caring whether they work or not.
They want a chance to come to town
and spend their earnings.
It is expected that the matter will
be satisfactorily adjusted today, as
this group of men are the only ones
who apparently are not satisfied with
conditions.
WICKERSHAM TELLS NOME
PEOPLE HE WILL GET HARBOR
Word comes from Nome that Dele
gate Wickersham has informed the
people of that city that he will get a
harbor for them at the mouth of
Snake river, notwithstanding the re
port of the engineers of the United
States army that such an undertaking
would be impracticable.
SOFIA, August 25.— The Allied forces are fleeing and the
battle field along the course of the Stramna river is strewn
with corpses, says an official report of the Bulgarian war of
fice today. The Bulgar troops captured from the Allies eight
machine guns, vast tores of food supplies and took three hun
dred prisoners.
Bulgars Occupy Kastoria.
SOFIA, August 25.—The Bulgarian troops have gained
control of Kastoria, in Greece, forty miles south of Monastir
and have captured from the Allied forces the strong position
on the crest of Mount Balkanids.
Furious Fighting In Progress.
BERLIN, August 25.—Furious fighting is in progress in
the Balkan fronts, according to the German war office official
reports today.
Allies Claim Success.
PARIS, August 25.—A French communique issued by the
war office today claims that Allied forces drove the opposing
Bulgarian troops from the left bank of the Strumria river and
have made gains in other sectors of the Balkan front.
Germans Gain Position.
VIENNA, August 25.—At a point west of Mori aka, says a
German official report today, the German troops captured a
Russian infantry position and took two hundred Slav prison
ers.
Big Guns At Dorian Front.
LONDON, August 25.—Big guns are employed in the bat
tle which is waging today at the Dorian front, according to an
official report issued by the British war office. Neither side
has gained ground. The battle is being fiercely fought.
German Offensive Fails.
PETROGRAD, August 25.—The Russian war office today
reports that the attempt of the Teutons to take the offensive in
the Kovel sector has resulted in complete failure. The Russian
forces stopped the offensive movement before it had gotten
fairly under way, forcing the Teutons to resume their positions.
Pioneer Alaskan
Called to-Rest
(Juneau Empire)
Funeral services of Edward Cava
naugh will be held tomorrow after
noon from the Sheldon & McKanna
Undertaking company chapel, under
the auspices of the Loyal Order of
Moose, to which the deceased belong
ed. The services will be conducted by
the Rev. John B. Stevens, and inter
ment will be in the Evergreen ceme
tery.
Edward Cavanaugh died on Satur
day afternoon from a complication of
liver troubles, from which he had
been suffering for several months. He
was one of the pioneers of Juneau,
having resided here for the past 16
years and was 65 years of age.
Mr. Cavanaugh is survived by rel
atives in the east, who have been no
tified* of his death. The remains were
being held until an answer could be
received from them, but on account of
the cable being down, no answer is ex
pected.
Mr. Cavanaugh was a blacksmith
by trade and had acted as head
blacksmith for a number of different
mining companies in this section at
various times. For the past five years
he had been engaged in business for
himself, and at the time of his death
was operating his own blacksmith
shop on Willotighby Avenue.
The mail came through from Fair
banks to Valdez the past week in 46
hours, with Ernest Erickson driving.
Captain H. Odson, in commani of
the tug Sampson, arrived in port at 2
o’clock yesterday aftem >on. The
Sampson had barge No. in tow
with a cargo of 700,000 feet of lum
ber for the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. Captain Odson left last
night for Portland and will return
with another consignment of lumber
for the Commission from the Colum
bia Contract company.
Change in the
Regulations for
Notice of the following change in
the regulations governing coal land
leases in the Territory of Alaska, ap
proved May 18, 1916, has been re
ceived at Anchorage:
Paragraph 1 of the regulations
governing free coal mining permits
under Section 10 of the Act of Octo
ber 20, 1914, beginning on page 29 of
the printed copies of these regula
tions, the following statement ap
pears: “Owing to there being no set
tlements or local industries in or ad
jacent to the Bering or Matanuska
coal fields, and the contemplated eas
ing offer of coal lands in said fields,
these reguations and the permits pro
vided for shall not at present apply to
coal deposits in those fields.”
A circular under, date of July 20,
issued by the commissioner of the
general land office, and approved by
the secretary of the interior, makes
the following statement: “In view of
the fact that coal lands for leasing
in Matanuska and Bering river fields
have been surveyed into leasing
blocks or tracts, I am of the opinion
that hereafter the restrictions in the
regulations should be construed as
applying only to those lands included
in such leasing blocks or tracts.”
A supply of circulars and changed
applications will be received at the
townsite office in an early mail. A
number of applications have been
filed with the register and receiver at
Juneau which were rejected because
of the above clause. People making
these applications may make new ap
plications if the area is not within
the defined leasing units.
Virgil Rich, a well known young
Seward man, has taken a position on
the lighthouse ship Kukui.
Coal