NEWS OF IKE NORTHLAND.
Not since the discovery of gold at
Marshall has there been such a gen
eral spirit of optimism prevalent in
that camp as exists at the present
time. Drilling operations are being
conducted by John Novak for parties
holding options on ground on lower
Willow creek. Reports are to the ef
fect that the prospecting shows up
better values than had been expected,
although no information is given out
for publication. However, the business
men of the district speak confidently
of the future, and one of them re
marked that “next season would be
the first year of the Marshall camp.”
The ground being prospected is wet
and rocky, and will be a difficult pro
position to work, which means a more
general distribution of the returns for
labor, etc., and should make for good
times locally. It is said that supplies
still are hard to obtain at Marshall,
and that prices are no lower than in
Jditarod, despite the fact that Mar
shall is located several hundred miles
nearer to ocean transportation. The
weather has been extremely wet, and
the inhabitants have been wading
around in a sea of mud.
Mrs. L. C. Thompson, of Iditarod,
has received work that here is no hope
of restoring the sight of the little
blind native girl, Marie Marcel, who
was sent to Seatle from Iditarod early
in the summer in the hope of curing
her infirmity. The little girl is now in
charge of the government nurse sta
tioned at Russian Mission, who took
her to Seattle. It was expected., i.i
case she was found incurable, o r1: c'
her in a home for the blind, but the
nurse reports that there is no institu
tion authorized to receive indigents
from Alaska, and it is probable that
the unfortunate litle girl will be sent
back to Iditarod. Mrs. Thornton, how
ever, has not given up hope of being
able to accomplish something to amel
iorate the condition of the little one.
One hundred and fifty-eight persons
registered under the selective con
scription act at Nome. Of this number
only one was a German subject, an un
naturalized enemy alien.
Capt. W. H. Waugh, United States
army engineers reserve corps, has
received orders by telegraph from the
war department, directing him to re
lieve Capt. J. C. Mehaffey as engineer
officer of the Alaska board of road
commissioners. Telegraphic advices
were also received by General W. P.
Richardson, president 6f the Alaska
board of road commissioners, saying
that a commission as captain in the
engineers’ reserve corps had been
mailed to John Zug, who has been a
field engineer in the service of the
road commission for many years. Mr.
Zug will probably succeed Captain Me
haffey as disbursing agent of the road
commission. The selection of Captain
Waugh for membership on the board
of road commissioners was recom
mended by General Richardson some
time ago, and his assignment to the
commission has been expected. His ap
pointment will not interfere with his
work as a senior highway engineer
in the good roads bureau of the de
partment of agriculture, but will fac
ilitate cooperation between the two
branches of the federal road builders
of Alaska.
Wynn Abott Nourse and Miss Ger
trude Lillian Gray, were recently mar
ried at Cordova. Rev. E. P. Ziegler,
officiated.
Miss Minnie Mabel Fowler, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Fowler of Arlington, Washington, and
Cornelius Michael Hayes, of Cordova,
were united in marriage the other day
at Ketchikan, by United States Com
missioner William T. Mahoney.
Neal Hickey has returned to Fair
banks after several weeks visit of in
vestigation to Marshall city. Mr.
Hickey confirms reports of other Fair
banksans who returned from the low
er Yukon camp this summer, which
reports were to the effect that Mar
shall city so far is a one-creek pro
position. That one creek is Willow
creek, which, reports from there agree
is rich and shallow. Mr. Hickey states
that besides Marshall city on the
banks of the Yukon, there’s a small
town at the diggings—Jungle town.
There are about 150 men employed in
open cuts on Willow creek.
A man, whose name could not be
learned, fell through the hatches on
the steamship Victoria a few minutes
! before time of sailing at Nome re
l cently and was so badly injured that
! he died on the operating table in the
i hospital at Nome.
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John Nelson of Bear creek, near
Fairbanks, . committed suicide by
shooting himself with a rifle. Nelson
; was chopping wood on Bear creek for
Leo Rogge. A few days ago he went
to Fairbanks to telegraph relatives, to
ascertain if he was of registration age,
as he did not know his age. While in
town he went on a spree that lasted
i for several days. While in this condi
] tion he spent all his money and tele
phoned to the creek to Mr. Rogge, ask
! ing him to send some more money to
town. This money was sent in. After
another day in town Nelson returned
to the creek and telephoned Mr. Rogge
■ to go to his place to measure up his
: wood. When Mr. Rogge went there
' he found the cabin locked and when he
looked through the window he saw the
body of the man lying in a pool of
blood with a rifle nearby.
At the first regular meeting for the
fall and winter season of Petersburg
Camp No. 30, Arctic Brotherhood, the
following resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted: “Resolved, That the A. B.
lodge hall be open at all times in the
i day for the free use of Red Cross
work, and for Red Cross benefit dances
two nights of each month during the
j winter of 1917-18; That the members
of this camp raise money, by soliciting
: subscriptions, for a soldiers’ tobacco
fund; That A. B. Camp No. 30 pledg
j es its loyal support to the American
i government in whatever it may do in
‘ its light against autocracy and mili
i tarism.”
Mayor Heneghan of Ketchikan, is to
be congratulated, says the Ketchikan
j Progressive-Miner, over his success in
j concluding the deal whereby the Side
■ board saloon property changes hands
and becomes town property. The pro
perty which abutts on the waterfront,
: includes more than half of the street
and prevented the city from making
any improvement to the landing; that
is to say, sufficient to be called a con
venient landing. Aside from that, it
blocked any intention to open up a
passage from the foot of Dock street
back of the business buildings and
reaching the Ketchikan wharf. With
the acquisition of the property, the
council intends to build a fifteen foot
passageway, enlarge the slip and give
a street width landing in place of the
saloon building. Business men who
contributed are those who are suppos
ed to be most benefitted by the re
moval of the building. Contributions j
were made in proposition.
| Jimmie Bogan, the genial water
! purveyor, of Nome, is receiving the j
congratulations of his friends over
the recovery of a considerable sum of
money which he inadvertently mislaid
some time ago. According to the story
told by friends, Jimmie dreamed a
burglar was ransacking his apart
ments the other night and, still dream
ing, arose and concealed his poke. The
next morning he found the poke was
missing and immediately concluded
that he had lost it. Later on he found
it concealed beneath a pile of music—
and is now a muc^ pleased individual.
Charley Anderson, of Douglas, is a
native through whose veins courses
the blood of a long line of clam dig
gers. Charley lately returned from a
fishing trip with hi-yu money, a por
tion of which he managed to invest in
squii'rel whisky. Generosity being one
of Charley’s characteristics, he treated
his Indian friends and the result was
that Jimmie Jack, Mrs. Jack and An
nie Sooner all cultivated red ones with
dark brown trimmings. Arrest follow
d and Charley admitted that he was
the “goat.” He was given sixty days'
in the federal jail at Juneau.
The annual ran of driftwood is com
mencing to appear along the shore 1
near Nome and the natives and oth
ers are laying in large quantities for
winter use. The beach is covered with
a considerable quantity of the vagrant
timber cast up by the waves..
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
is in receipt of a telegraph which
says: “What transportation is avail
able for five hundred tons cargo from
dock to station site upon arrival ship
late in October. Signed, Luckel.” This
big shipment evidently refers to the
supplies and coal for the new radio
station at Seward, the steel towers,
concrete work, houses, etc., which are
just about completed. This is good
news, indeed, says the Seward Gate
way, and the government means to
rush the work to an early completion
and supply the station for the winter.
A rather important announcement
says the Nome Industrial Miner is
made through its secretary, A. H. Kel
log by the Maine Northwestern Devel
opment company, as follows: “In ord
er to settle current rumor to the ef
fect that the railroad is to be leased
; to anyone, that this is not the case.,
as the railroad will not be leased to
anyone this season or next season.
] The only use the railroad will be put
to will be the operation by the com
pany itself, for the dismantling of the
entire road.” It would be hard to im
agine worse news for the Krougarock
ers who have been making use of this
; right of way to get their supplies up
Dr. H. S. Hall of Douglas had a nar
row escape from serious injury the
other day when the auto owned by A.
G. Johnson, proprietor of the Douglas
Steam Laundry and driven by Arthur
Liljestrand, turned turtle after strik
ink a r ump at the side of the gov
ernmr it oad in the neighborhood of
the Lidia.. cemetery north of town.
The auto was going at a fair rate of
speed when it skidded and one of the
front wheels struck the stump. The
machine turned over and Dr. Hall was
thrown head-first through the wind
shield, the glass from which cut his
face in several places,requiring a num
ber of stitches after he reached the
hospital, to which place he was taken
by Dr. A. R. Sargenat who render,
the necessary aid. Arthur Lilejestrand,
driver of the car, was uninjured. 1
car was not materially damaged, al
though some repairs were necessary.
Investigation into the living condi
tions of two canneries on the coast of
Alaska, which was conducted for two
days, in Seattle recently, may lead to
steps to secure legislation to guard
against alleged improper treatment of
labor in the canning industry of the
north. Forty members of the cannery
crews of Graveyard Point and Nush
agak gave testimony regarding the
housing and feeding of the ci’ews
to Washington State Labor Commis
sioner Younger and an agent of the
federal employment bureau. Commis
sioner Younger stated that the evi
dence was such that he will use it as!
an argument for a law protecting la-;
bor sent from the state of Washing
ton. Much of the evidence was given
at a secret hearing before the proper i
authorities.
Engineer A. G. Blake of Nome was
the victim of a painful accident
through being thrown from a cart in
which he was driving. It appears that
the horse driven by Blake became
frightened at a passing auto and up
set the cart, throwing the occupant to
the ground and inflicting painful lac
erations and contusions on one of his
lower limbs. The injured man was
brought to the office of Dr. Mustard
by J. C. Brown and was given treat
ment. The injuries are painful but in
no way serious and Mr. Blake will
probably be about again in a short
time.
George Gordon, who will be remem
bered by old timers of Nome writes
friends in Nome stating that he is
now located in Ohio and doing well.
Charles Johnson and Fred Gadda, two
well known former residents of Nome,
are in San Francisco. Johnson is in
the boating business on San Fran
cisco bay, being the master of the
launch Tango and engaged in bay
traffic. Gadda is said to have been
very fortunate in oil speculation and
is now possessed of enough of the
poverty dispelling stuff to last him for
a long time.
DEPUTY MARSHAL AT RIVER
TOWN REPORTS ON CONDI
TIONS IN THAT VICINITY.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS EVEN
Rampart Trader Arrives With Win
ter’s Stock of Goods from Outside—
Other News Gathered From Various
Alaska Newspapers.
In a report from Deputy Marshal
P. R. McQuire, of Fort Yukon, to the
marshal's office at Fairbanks, the of
ficer tells of general conditions in the
Y'ukon district, according to the Fair
| banks Daily News-Miner.
Recently there was a smallpox
scare in Fort Yukon. Dr. Burke was
at Circle on business. Upon his return
he'found that a woman and a child
had had cases of eczema instead of
smallpox. They were removed to the
Mission hospital, where they are be
ing treated. Both are reported to have
recovered fully.
One Death and One Birth.
During the month of August there
was one death and one birth in Fort
Yukon. An old native, 70 years of
age, died, and a girl was born to a na
tive.
Dan Cadzow, the Rampart House
, trader, arrived in Fort Yukon from
| the outside, where he had been buy
ing goods for his store. His steam
er, the Rampart, met him at Fort Yu
kon and started up the Porcupine. He
also has as passengers the wife oi
Bishop Stringer, who was going to
meet him returning from the Arctic;
Miss Singleton, who is going to be a
clerk for Cadzow during the winter,
and Miss Moore, a teacher for the gov
■ ernment school at Rampart House.
Steamer Changes Hands.
Ed Pelier and Harry Healy went to
Nation City and bought the steamer
i Arctic from Fish Bros. & Reynolds.
This boat was built several years ago
I to hunt the lost mine on the Porcupine
i river. After searching during the
: seasons 1913 and 1914, the owners,
Chicago men, quit. Pelier, Healy, Wal
lace ,Felter and A. J. Whittington are
going to the headwaters of Bell river
to prospect.
T. F. McGraw, pioneer carpenter
and builder of Sitka, was accidently
killed when a piling fell on him. He
was at work on the cold storage exten
sion when the accident occurred. The
members of his family will take the
body to Seattle where internment will
take place. T. F. McGraw had been a
resident of Sitka for many years, and
had been prominent in the community
in many ways.
One of Skagway’s most loyal citi
zens went into the store of Kennedy &
Co. the other day and bought five
pairs of new shoes. After paying for
them he walked over to the box of
shoes to be sent to France and Bel
gium and threw all of them into it.
Other people are bringing in old shoes
that have been newly half soled and
are practically as good as new. Many
high top shoes have been sent, and
others with just the sole worn through
slightly are ' in the box which will
make the women and children of the
war torn countries happy. Dortero &
Son, of Skagway, are collecting shoes
and have quite a number on hand al
ready with promises of a great many
more. Enough shoes have been col
lected to date to fill five boxes the size
of a Carnation cream case. It is es
timated between 150 and 200 pairs of
shoes have been collected.
Miss Florence Poucher, of Seattle,
who was appointed by the Fairbanks
school board to fill the vacancy made
by the resignation of Mrs. Oscar An
derson, formerly Miss Myrtle Hol
lingsworth, has arrived in Fairbanks.
Miss Poucher is the only new teaches
in the building this year, as all the
other teachers who had places las
year are again in their same places.
Peter Yeager arrived in Nome re
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large quantity of the delectable vege
tables raised on his Kruzgamapa farm.
The shipment consisted of rhubarb, j
let.uee, turnips and other farm prod-j
! ucts delightful to the palate of Nome
epicures. A near rush occurred j^hen
the vegetables were placed on display *
in the Polet store and much of the
| shipment was sold in a few hours.