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district the other day aroused a great
deal of interest. The five members of
the board elected are: Miss Kathleen
G. Kane, Mrs. Alice Small, Raymond
lvrantler, A. Wineberg and Mr. Berg.
They will take steps for the immedi- |
ate erection of a school house, which
will be ready for scholars October 1.
Mrs. Horace Hill, of Dead Horse,
was a visitor recently, enroute to her
home in Anchorage.
Mrs. Mendic was taken critically ill
a few days ago and was removed to
the hospital at Anchorage.
The members of the Nicolia tribe of
Indians are going on their annual
hunt beyond Mount McKinley. They
will be gone several weeks.
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Kenyon, of Anchorage, were visitors
here for a few days. Dr. McBride held
religious services in Richlin’s hotel.
Dr. F. A. Rose and R. C. Mathis
were here for a few days.
Mrs. Fred Tolley and Mrs. Frank
Tolley visited here a few days, re
cently.
Lou Wells is in from the Broad
Tass country, having done assessment
work on his mining claims.
Some of the prospectors from the
new strike up the Talkeetna river
have returned here and bring good re- j
ports. Anchorage men are passing'
through here on their way to the
strike. The rock pans very well, and j
prospectors claim there is a large
body of ore.
TAKU GLACIERS ON RAMPAGE CAUSE DEATH OF
MAN FROM TACOMA
With the breaking out of the
“dead glacier” at Taku and a cave
in of ice from the live glacier, re
sulting in a tidal wave and causing
the death of Ole Skagen, a fisher
man and resident of Tacoma, no such
ice disturbances as were witnessed
the other day have probably taken
place there for generations, accord
ing to a recent issue of the Juneau
Empire.
For two weeks there had been pre
!'; unary warnings of unusual doings
among the two glaciers. Some of the
residents were certain that they could
hear explosions coming from the
“dead glacier,” but were laughed at
since that gray-covered ice body had
not operated probably since the world
was young. However, the ice agita
tion in the live glacier, at least, kept
the waters around the fishing fleet
and scows restless and agitated, and
at times the cannonading was terrific,
and the channel was filled with ice.
Hole in Live Glacier.
Then one day it was observed that
there was a big hole in the live glac
ier.
A few days later evidently millions
of tons of ice which had been hollow
ed out suddenly settled and a tidal
wave at least feet high raced across
the channel and across the mouth of
Taku river and rocked and almost
tipped over the scows and fishing
boats kept near the point. Ole Skag
en was out in his fishing boat just off
the mouth of the Taku and in the
J. J. McGrath, Newspaperman, Will
path of the tidal wave when the boat
was tipped over, and he was drowned.
The steamer Spokane was unable to
get near the glacier, owing to the j
channel being choked with ice. Old
residents there declare they have:
never before witnessed such a dis
turbance. When the channel cleans
so that boats can again approach ]
near the foot of the glacier, it is be
lieved that great changes will be not
ed.
The Taku natives declare that
about 400 years ago as the time of
the whites go. the Taku glacier, ac
cording to tradition, extended across
the mouth of the Taku river and the
Indians then used to portage their
canoes across into a great lake, where
now is the bed of the Taku river. In
fact, to this day may be seen water
marks high on the mountain side in
dicating the line of the ancient lake.
The Taku Inlet and glacier and
river figure most largely in the su
perstitions of the natives, indicat
ing many changes within the past
few hundred years. There are still
haunted lakes into which glaciers
empty in that section which no na
tives will visit -even to this day.
From the mouth of the Taku glacier
extended to the present face of the
live glacier it is more than four miles.
In fact, the entire Taku Inlet, ex
tending into Gastineau channel was
probably carved by the glacier that
is now rapidly retreating into the
mountains.
FORESTRY SERVICE MAPS HIGHWAYS
4- oftY-Trl/iA OHO OHO WQC annrnnrintPfl Fav iho
whose headquarters are now at Sew
ard. recently visited Cordova, says the
Cordova Times. He was a member of
the commission that last year mapped
out the road projects for the Chugach
forest reserve, including the building
of a public highway around Eyak lake
and the building of a road from Ka
talla td the oil fields.
“I am glad to see that the territor
ial road commissioner has decided to
begin work on both of these projects,
for they are certainly needed,” said
Mr. Hunt, as quoted by the Cordova
Times. “I hope that when the engi
neers of the bureau of public roads,
department of agriculture, who are
now at work in southeastern Alaska,
reach this section and make their sur
veys and estimates of the cost of the
roads recommended that the work of
extending the highway around Eyak
lake will immediately be undertaken,
as well as the completion of the Ka
talla project.
“By the federal aid act which passer
early last winter by congress, $10,
building of roads within and adjacent
to the national forests of the United |
States. One million dollars is avail
able each year for ten years, this
amount to be divided between the 162 ;
i national forests. Alaska’s portion for
! the Tongass and Chugach national for
ests is $46,200 a year. At present,
| there is $00,000 available, being the
, 1917 appropriation and the 1018 ap-1
; propriation, which was available Julyj
1, the beginning of 1018 fiscal year.;
This fund will continue to grow and |
is available until used. Next year the
total amount to be expended along this
■ coast will reach $150,000, and I see
no good reason why Cordova will not
j get the much desired highway around
| the lake.”
W. H. Waugh, senior engineer of
j the office of public roads, is now at
work making surveys in the vicinity j
; of Ketchikan. He was road engineer
j for the government many years in the
! Philippine islands, and is an expert
woodsman. It is not known just when
he will visit southwestern Alaska.
At a meeting of citizens and tax
payers of Valdez, it was voted to be
the consensus of opinion that the Val
dez Packing company be allowed a
long lease on their present quarters
on the city dock, or if a good price
could be obtained for same, to sell the
dock to the packing copmany and ap
ply the money to paying off outstand
ing warrants against the city. The
vote was unanimous with the excep
tion of one person present who
thought the city should hold on to the
dock to prevent a monopoly by other
parties.
In the matter of bonding the town
for the purpose of erecting a new
school building several parties pres
ent believed it would be unwise at
this time to attempt to raise money
for a new building, as it would be
impossible to sell the bonds if the
citizens were inclined to vote them.
The city council agreed to repair the
old building and it was finally agreed
that the question of a new building be
postponed until a more propitious
time.
Harry Ohm, a Ketchikan fisherman,
who was a passenger on the steam
ship Northwestern, on her last voyage
to Seattle, became so indignant when
he found that some one had stolen sev
teen quarts of whisky from him,
which he had expected to sell to
friends in Seattle, that he confessed
he was a bootlegger, and told the
Seattle police that everybody aboard
the boat was smuggling in liquor from
Alaska.
As a result of his confession the
Northwestern was searched carefully
from truck to keelson, but only an
occasional bottle of liquor was found
among the crew.
Ketchikan has 1037 members of the
Red Cross.
While out berry picking recently
near Juneau, Mrs. H. G. Anderson re
cently averaged $17.70 cents per day.
Robert Ashland is reported about to
commence the construction of a large
building on his property at the foot of
Broadway in Seward.
The cannery at Valdez has put up
over 30,000 cases of salmon this year
and it is a one line cannery. It is be
lieved this is the record pack for this
size cannery.
The Douglas cable office, which was
closed recently because of the short
age of Signal Corps men to run it, has
been re-opened with a new man from
the States in charge.
One of the big boilers from the
central power plant of the Treadwell
Company, was shipped to Carnes,
Washington, recently, where it will be
utilized in a big paper and pulp mill.
R. Fromme, of Olympia, Wash., a
member of the national forest serv
ice, has been assigned to take charge
of the forests in Alaska during the
duration of the war. The present chief
of Alaska forestry, Superintendent
Weigle, has been assigned to duty in
France.
Charles D. Slocum arrived in San
Francisco the other day from Alaska,
after being absent from his family for
eighteen years. Mr. Slocum had lost
all trace of his family and had long
believed them dead. What was his joy
recently to pick up a paper in Alaska,
and read of the marriage of his
daughter Lois to a San Francisco
man. Mr. Slocum went, at once, to
San Francisco, and a glad reunion fol
lowed.
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This Store is modern in every respect and equipped with
the best facilities for catering- to the wants of our customers.
We wish to take this occasion to express our appreciation
for the generous treatment accorded us in the past. With the
improved facilities and enlarged quarters afforded us in our
new home, our aim will be to render such service as will merit
a continuation and increase of this patronage.
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Frank Moore Price, formerly fore
man at Thane, was recently married
to Miss Vivian Knox, of Seattle at
the home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Gilmore. The
bride is a sister of J. A. Gilmore,
formerly of Juneau.
The United States bureau of fisher
ies has maintained this summer a
fishery intelligence of incalculable
assistance to the fishermen operating
at a distance from the larger mar
kets, and especially to those who
wish to dispose of their catch at the
smaller towns along the Alaska coast.
The new service is the result of a
memorial sent to Washington by the
last Alaska legislature, requesting
that the bureau of fisheries in con
junction with the Alaska telegraph
cable service make arrangements
whereby the fresh fish prices at Se
attle and Ketchikan be bulletined
daily at the cable office in each town
on the Alaska coast where fishing
vessels call, and that once a week
prices be bulletined on the leading
varieties of salt fish. The bureau of
fisheries took the matter up, and up
on issuance of the necessary orders
by the secretary of war, who controls
the cable service, proceeded to ar
range for the work, which was fin
ally started July 6, and which has
since then been maintained.
Activities are being carried on at
the head of Fairbanks creek, on Chat
ham creek, on Treasure creek and on
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Ester creek. The Eagle mine at the
head of Treasure and the Chatham
Mining company property on Chat
ham are both old antimony producers,
but the McQueen property on Ester
and the McCarty ground at the head
of Fairbanks creek are compara
tively new in the matter of producing
antimony. It was from the Eagle
mine that Scrafford and Pomeroy
shipped most of their antimony when
they first started to mine the metal.
Good sized crews are working on
all four properties, and considerable
ore is being taken out. It is now
lying on the dump or is sacked up
waiting for transportation. This is
one of the greatest drawbacks in the
game, particularly in view of the re
cent rains have made the trails very
bad. Regardless of all drawbacks,
Mr. Pomeroy expects to have upwards
of 200 tons of antimony shipped out
side by the time navigation closes.
Skagway’s public school term for
I the years 1917-18 began August 27
and more than 120 pupils are in at
tendance. Five full-time teachers and
two part-time teachers are employed.
To accommodate the increased at
tendance a new room was repaired for
assembly purposes and the former as
sembly room is used for high school
grades. School will last ten months,
1 with a short vacation at Christmas
! and Easter.
Thorson & Co., working on Dis
covery at St. Patrick creek, in the
Fairbanks district, have made a
clean-up of $5,000, the dirt going
about 75 cents per wheelbarrow. Thf
pay is uniform and they expect tf
clean up an average of $6,000 pe
week.
J. J. McGrath, for many years en
gaged in newspaper work in Ataski
|and at present editor and owner o.
^ the All-Allaska Review, at Junesti;
has been appointed publicist for the
territory of Alaska. The position
was created by the last legislattm?
under an appropriation of $15,000 and
carries a good salary.
Governor J. F. A. Strong, who an
nounced the appointment, said that
the department of publicity had not
yet ben organized and will not be until
next spring, but that in order thdt
intelligent work be accomplished
then, data must be gathered and com
piled.
Mr. McGrath is at present working
' on this detail and when compiled,
the data gathered will be printed in
: pamphlets for distribution to per
' sons making inquiry about diffefrtit
phases of life and conditions in the
j territory.
Because he let his valor and^ en
thusiasm for the German cause *gef
the better of his discretion in th£ mat?1
ter of pro-German utterances, John
George, an oldtimer in Dawson, must
serve three months on the rock pile.
He was convicted in court at Dawson
of having said that the whole world
was jumping on Germany, but that
i she was going to win anyway.
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