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LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
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(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
Dr. Jas. L. Bell, of the transport
Crook, was on shore for several hours
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. T. P. Howard and Miss Kath
erine Howard came over from Knik
today on the launch Swan.
Geo. H. McMahon has recently sold
the rear 90 feet of lot 1 in block 58
to A. D. Collins and Constance Wana
inaker; consideration $250.00.
Mrs. Rhinehart, wife of Contractor
Rhinehart, of Moose creek, will leave
on the U. S. transport Crook for San
Francisco and Denver.
E. L. Whittemore returned to Sew
ard on the Farragut after spending
several days in Anchorage on political
matters.
S. S. Bottman, Knik’s postmastei-,
returned on the Farragut from a trip
of several weeks to the outside, where
he was called to he with Mrs. Bett
man during her fatal illness.
(5has. E. Herron, published of The
Anchorage Daily Times, left yester
day for a trip of several days to his
quartz property in the Willow creek
district.
The 12-foot sidewalk in the Har
mony block was finished just in time,
and the school kids are taking advan
tage of the splendid surface for roller
skating.
V. R. Gaspard had the misfortune
to lose a valuable gold-mounted Elks
tooth with a diamond setting, for
which he w ill willingly pay a suitable
reward to the finder. ,
Louis Rotiienthal has severed his
connections with the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission and it is with re
gret that The Daily Times announces
that this popular good fellow is con
templating leaving Anchorage for the
outside.
Harry Brown, deputy United States
marshal stationed at Knik, was a pas
senger on the Farragut and is receiv
ing congratulations from his friends
for the apprehension and arrest of a
bootlegger as reported in a recent is
sue of The Daily Times.
The steamer Tyonic, under charter
by the McNally-Maitland Lumber and
coal company, discharged a cargo of
120 tons of coal for this firm yester
day. The Tyonic returned to the Bluff
point mine this afternoon via Kenai
for another cargo of coal.
Reports have been received from
Hope that Miss Bessie Mathison died
at that place Sunday after a long and
protracted illness. Miss Mathison has
been an invalid for a number of years
and was confined to her bed several
months previous to her death.
The false work of the railroad
bridge over the Knik river went out
during the recent high water and the
train service will be delayed a few
days as a result. The piledriver has
been ordered to the scene and the
bridge made passable as rapidly as
nrvssihlp
Arthur Zimmerman, who has been
rocking gold out of the bars on the
upper Susitna, came down yesterday
with 11> ounces of gold nuggets. Fig
ured down to dollars and cents and
days’ wages, this means that Mr. Zim
merman has made better than $6.00 a
day for his summer's wages.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
Mrs. L. Kieth McCullough will be
an outgoing passenger on the steam
er Mariposa.
The city administration has a force
of men busily engaged in grading the
road on Second avenue to the freight
and passenger depot.
.1. \V. Ward and Wm. Greer return
ed from a trip up the line yesterday
afternoon where they have been sev
eral days in the interest of The Daily
Times.
Wm. Martin, the W’illow creek min
ing operator, is down from the hills
with the usual weekly clean-up and is
stopping at the Hotel Parsons.
Fred Laubner, prominently conneet
witn the mining industry of the
How creek district, is spending a
days in Anchorage on business.
J. Warner, Jr., left on the U. S.
port Crook for the outside and
•ontinue his educational course at
University of South Dakota at
rdeen.
is. Rock has just finished painting
front of the new Hewitt building
Max Kolm is further making the
•e attractive by artistic window
.ns.
The farmers living in the neighbor- 1
ioocI and who had the final selection .
jf an appropriate name for Fanning
ton have so far failed to advise The
Daily Times as to their decision.
The town beautiful is the slogan of (
Mike Roach and Diov.-.ly, and to this
end have had placed new and attract
ive signs calling attention ito the Mat
anuska hotel and Rlondy’s restaurant
at the Junction.
On account of the condition of the
railroad bridge over Knik river the (
government is transferring supplies J
and provisions for Matanuska points j
via Knik; the steamer Matanuska be- ^
mg used for that purpose. t
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman
came in last night and reports that
the new jail and office building at the
Junction is completed and that the
Stars and Stripes will float over the <
building within a few days. £
A force of men are staking out the t
electric light poles in the alleys be- 1
tween 3rd and 4th, 4th and 6th and £
between 6th and 6th avenues and
Manager H. B. Noble says the poles i
will all be placed within 30 days. r
W. A. Ford, generally known as h
“Dad” by his many friends, is over t
from Knik for a few days’ visit and n
lotifies The Daily Times that he in
tends to take the last boat for the
>utside to spend the winter with his
laughter in Washington.
Arrangements are being made by
rhe Daily Times to receive a daily ac
count of the baseball games in the
National and American leagues. The
contest in both leagues is close ’ and
much interest is being taken in the
outcome by the Anchorage fans.
The series of lectures by Jack F.
Dunstan at the Tabor Temple is at
tracting a good deal of attention and
large audiences. Sunday evening the
address on “Co-Operation” was fol
lowed by a lively open forum discus
sion in which the lecturer was fairly
bombarded with hot shot from all
parts of the hall. At the close of the
meeting refreshments were served by
a committee of ladies.
A1 Church has sold his stock of
merchandise at the Junction to A. A.
Shonbeck and Robt. Courtney left this
morning to take the invoice. The stock
will be removed to the Shonbeck stole
and the building occupied by the
clothing store of Wible and Sinclair.
Mr. Church will leave for the out
side on one of the early steamers urd
will return in the spring with a herd I
of blooded Durham cattle, Chester- j
shire hogs and chickens for the!
Church ranch located in the Matanus- j
rva vauc),
It might be well for the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce to look in
to the matter of establishing a naval
railio station at this place. Lieut. 0.
H. Maddox recently made a hurried
trip of inspection in regard to the j
feasibility of Anchorage as the prop
er point but left without giving out
any definite information as to his •In
cision. However, it is understood
from government officials that Lieut.
Maddox’ trip was merely preliminary
and in the meantime action on the
part of the Chamber of Commerce in
connection with The Daily Timesi
might bring about the desired and;
plausible result.
(From Thursday's Da 1 y.)
Old-timers claim that l iver naviga-i
tion will be open until the middle of
October.
Commissioner Mears and J. L. Me-!:
Pherson are expected to return this!
evening from their trip over the gov-:'
ernment railroad. ! 1
The party him ting for the body of ,
J. F. Soderstrom, who was recently <
drowned in the Susitna river, have ;
given up all hopes of finding the body
after a diligent search.
The city administration has a force
of men working on the extension of
Fifth avenue to the water front which i
will greatly facilitate travel on this <
important avenue.
The work on the various govern- <
ment dwellings in blocks 1G and 17 is i
being pushed to completion and will ;
be ready for occupancy in a short 1
time. ]
Proper officials of the commission .
advise that the railroad bridge ever
Evnik river wili be repaired and trains |
funning on schedule within a few i
lays.
The governs e t has !• n asked to
build a wint.s trail from Meats, a
creek to the end of the line at Mile
174 for the benefit of the prospector
and miner in the Talkeetna district.
Mrs. Thos. McKenney and daughter
ivho have been spending several days
in Anchorage as guests of the Cres
cent, left yesterday afternoon for Pot
ter’s creek to join Miv McKenney, an
employe of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, stationed at that place.
Chief Operator Stine reports that
:he steamer Mariposa left CordoVa ai
10 o’clock yesterday morning and is
lue in Seward at midnight tonight,
fhe Admiral Watson left Cordova at
) o’clock yesterday morning and is
iue to reach Seward at noon today.
Chief Operator Stine and Miss
Katherine Walsh are planning a trip
in the gasoline speeder to Moose
creek tonight where Miss Walsh will
itilize her prerogative right and en
:er her name as an Alaskan home
deader.
Reports from the Junction are to
he effect that the farmers and citizens !
n the vicinity of Farmington will;
lold a mass meeting at the Junction!
Sunday, September 17, and in addi-1
ion to other important matters tbe
nembers will decide the question of a
lew name for Farmington.
In observance of the 22nd anniver
sary of a happily married life Mrs.
iVm. Taylor, Mrs. W. S. Elliott, Mrs.
P. O. Sunberg and a few intimate
'riends gathered at the residence of
VIr. and Mrs. J. J. Hale, at 5th and A,
ind spent a very enjoyable evening
Monday.
J. H. Robinson, special agent for
he Alaskan Engineering Commission,
•eached Anchorage yesterday after
loon on the government boat Stand
ird from Talkeetna where he has
>een for several days making an in
spection of the various „ railroad
•amps in that vicinity.
The mysterious Deming Wheeler,
vho comes from a family of Indi
ma bankers and is rolling in wealth,
ind who for the past three has visited
Alaska, bought a dog team and mush
'd about the country, is soon to be
named to Miss Helen Josephine
kind, of Santa Cruz, according to ad
aces received here. They will come
o Anchorage this coming winter. #>
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ALASKA PIONEER DEAD. ,
Word has been received at the gov
ernor's office that Sam Hill, of Sew- <
rd, an inmate of the Pioneers’ home (
,t Sitka, died at the home on August £
5. Funeral services were held at •
litka. 1
Word has also been received that (
mgust Peterson, of Farragut bay, >;
ear Petersburg; Charles A. Lock
art, of Kotzebue, and James Carpen
?r, of Ruby, have recently been ad
litted to the home.
Circuit Court
Protects Rights
Of Aborigines
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—The
protecting hand of the federal court '
was extended to the Metlakatlan In
bans today when the United States
circuit court of appeals, with Judge
W. W. Morrow presiding, ordered the
Alaska Pacific Fisheries to remove its
fish nets which surround the Annette
islands, the place reserved by con
gress for this tribe, to $,000 feet from
shore.
To enforce this ruling, a certified
:opy of the ruling will be sent by tel
egraph to Juneau, Alaska, and the
United States marshal there will be
abliged to travel 1,000 miles by boat,
the islands being this distance from
i telegraph station, to serve the no
tice on the fishermen. *
Nine days have been given the fed
sral officials to get the court’s man
late to the wilds of Alaska, the appel
late court holding that all fishing op
erations of the Alaska Pacific Fisher
ies must cease by midnight August 27.
The Metlakatlan Indians migrated
from British Columbia to the Annette
islands 25 years after “Father” Wil
iam Duncan, an Episcopalian minis
ter who had raised the tribe from can
libalism to civilization had been re
moved from his charge by the .bishop
if his church because he refused to
nstruct his charges in regard to the
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
The Indians revolted and refused to
lccept the hew minister sent in place
if Father Duncan and deserted their
pillage to go to Alaska.
They had reached such a stage of
avilization that the United States
government desired the other tribes
men of Alaska to profit by their ex
imple. Congress accordingly declar
ed the Annette islands a reservation
for this tribe and any Alaska Indians
,vho desire to locate there.
The Metlakatlans have been there
15 years. Recently two great afflic
:ions befell them. The first was that
Father” Duncan, whom they volun
tarily followed into exile, was deposed
is their head by the United States
rovernment, who placed the islands
n charge of the board of education of
;he department of the interior.
The second affliction was when the
Alaska Pacific Fisheries placed fish
lets within 200 feet of the shore of I
he islands, and the tribe was in dan-!
?er of starvation.
The court has decided that the wat
>rs surrounding the islands, as well as
he land, are a part of the reservation,
md efforts are now being made by
hose interested to restore Father j
Duncan to his charge.
Wild Beasts
Dispute Right
of Occupancy !
There is a question in Dr. J. H. ’
VIcCallie's mind as to whether he
vill discontinue.raising garden truck
md potatoes on his homestead or
urn it over to the beasts of the
ields. The question of original entry j
;ecms to be the vital one and the doc
or’s claims are disputed; however,
he legal phase docs, not enter into
he controversy so much as does the
aw of might and the moral law of
■ightful possession. <
Acting on the sound judgment he ^
las displayed in other business deals 1
Dr. McCallie took up a homestead at 1
he mouth of Chester creek, near An (
he rage and has been getting along j
airly well; raising the required gar- *
len truck and potatoes together with s
:mall grain and at the same time liv- *
ng up to the requirements as laid (
lown by the men who founded the (
aws governing homestead entries.
Man is naturally envious but it s
vasn’t so much from this cause that
Dr. McCallie has had trouble nor has
he native inhabitant displayed any ^
irbitrary spirit but the wild beasts c
hat roam the forest have taken ex- c
options and have banded together in
i determined war of prior right. *
Accordingly a raid was planned with ^
•rother lynx in the lead and “Bre” c
'abbit bringing up the rear. I
Dr. McCallie hails from the hills c
>f Tennessee and is a veteran of the (
ate unpleasantness and took excep- (
ions to the intrusion with the out
ome that when the smoke of battle
leared away he had one prime lynx
kin, one second muskrat skin, a cap- a
ured black bear cub and plenty of1
abbit for Sunday dinner.
The first battle for homestead own
•rsh.ip was'decided in Dr. McCallie’s
avor.
Post Hole Pete McCartin was in
own yesterday and left this morning
rith a force of 12 real potato diggers
cho will spend the next 30 days in
larvesting the big Matanuska valley
lotato crop.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
N THE UNITED STATES COM MIS
sloner’s Court, Third Division, Cook
Inlet Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
Susitna.
n the Matter of the Estate of John
Ltndeboom, deceased. In Probate.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the
ndersigned administrator of the estate
f John Ltndeboom, deceased to the
‘redltors of, and all persons having;
lainis against the said deceased to
xhibit them, with the'necessary vouch
es within six months after the publl
ntion of this notice to the said adtnin
K. \V. .Felt ham, at .the town bftMo
(ougall, wtiicli is situate about 3(5
liles up the Yentna river from said
usitna, In the above-named precinct
nd Territory.
R. W. FELT HAM.
Administrator of the Estate of
John Lindeboom, Deceased.
First Publication Sept. 16, 1916.
Last Publication Oct. 7, 1916.
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Alaska Brevities !
From All Parts i
Rev. Father Fletcher, formerly of
Colville, Wash., will succeed Rev.
Father Kennedy as pastor of the
Catholic church at Juneau. The lat
ter has been transferred to Missoula,
Mont., on account of poor health.
A wild man reported to have been ,
seen on the Salmon creek road
near Juneau, turned out to be Sidney
Charles, editor of the Juneau Dispatch
returning from a hunting trip with a
week’s growth of beard.
The halibut fleet operating out of
Juneau reports unusually rough wea
ther on the banks, which is greatly in
terfering with the catch. Only the
larger and more powerful boats are ,
able to buffet the waves and make
any catches.
That Vilhjalmour Steffancson, now
exploring in the arctic regions, will ,
not return to civilization this summer ,
but continue his work in the newly
discovered land, is the report brought
to Nome recently by members of the (
expedition. ,
Advices received at Dawson state (
that Highet creek, one of the best- |
known and most prolific producers of
the upper Stewart valley, has been se
cured on a lease or lay system by
Nome and Seattle parties who will
operate a dredge there. j
The residents of Woodchopper, on j
the Tanana, have voted to incorpor- \
ate the town, and change the name to j
Buckeye, there being a postoffice by ,
the name of Woodchopper on the Yu- ,
kon. One hundred and one persons j j
voted at the election.
While southbound recently thej
Alaska Steamship Co.’s freighter Re-1
dondo became disabled off Maud Is!-1
and, just south of Seymour Narrows, j
by the breaking of her rudder post. |
The tug Sadie was dispatched from j
Victoria to tow her to Seattle.
While working in the drift of No.
3 Bear Pup, in the Ruby district Chris
Henry, one of the owners of the
ground, was instantly killed recently
by a fall of earth from the roof. The
body was recovered in about five min- ;
utes after the accident.
N. A. Brown and George Kilmer
are reported to have struck pay on .
Lucky Gulch, at the head of Livingood ■
creek. Bones, teeth and musk ox ■
heads were found in their drift, and 1
a well preserved tree 30 feet in
length was *aken from their shaft. :
At the Ruby term of court Judge 1
Bunnell sentenced Kaltag Nicolai, an <
Indian murderer, to life imprison
ment; Charles Grover, convicted of i
second-degree murder, to 18 years’ 1
mprisonment and Nelly Douglas, ;
convicted of grand larceny, to three 1
/ears. !
The editor of the Fairbanks News- !
Vliner has received a communication ^
’rom the states asking for the names 1
)f 250 “Blue Bloods’’ in that city be
sent that they may be incorporated in
;he next issue of Dau’s Blue Book, t
mblished in New York. Thompson t
;ays all Alaskans are “Blue Bloods”
ind he is going to send a copy of the t
city directory. ]
W. T. Bennett and son Karl return- j
;d to Seward recently after a rough £
royage in a small boat along the j i
southern coast of Kenai. They were ; c
compelled to lay up near Bear glacier j i
or five days by a storm, during which i f
ime they lived on porcupine and fish.j t
A report *has reached Ketchikan \
hat an attempt to raise the steamer t
Northland has resulted in the steam- c
r going again to the bottom in 110
eet of water. She had been raised, r
ind while being towed to shallow
pater the cable broke, letting her into
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The well-known law firm of Shack- c
eford & Bayless, of Juneau, was dis
olved September 1, and each mem- 1
ier of the concern has taken separate c
'ffices and will continue the practice i
f their profession in that city. o
The democrats of the fourth divi- ;1
ion have nominated Thomas McGow- <*
n at Fairbanks for the territorial c
ehate, and W. T. Bums and Luther
'• Hess, of Fairbanks, John W. Dunn, d
f Ruby, and M. Kilgore, of Flat F
reek, for members of the legislature, d
Contract for clearing eight and one-, *
alf miles of the right-of-way from 1
Jenana toward Goldstream was re
ently awarded to R. S. Bates, of i
Fairbanks, while the contract for 1
learing six and one-half miles south
f the Nenana river was awarded to
!. S. Johnson.
Leroy Tozier, attorney for Dan Cal
ihan, of Fairbanks, who was sen
enced to ten years imprisonment for
statutory crime last winter, has per
scted ins appeal, which will be taken
r the circuit court of appeals. It will
e many months before the case can
e heard.
According to word received in Ju
eau in the last mail Dime creek, on i
eward peninsula will produce over
100,000 from the winter and spring
umps. The discovery of gold on
>ime creek was made about a year
go and it is a tributary of the Koy
kuk river.
Col. D. C. Jaekling, heading a par
7 of noted capitalists and engineers
ho have been inspecting the work on
re property of the Alaska Gastineau
roperty at Juneau, has left for the
»tes. The party expressed them
jlves as well pleased with the results
f the work.
Henry Shattuck, president of the
laska Supply company at Juneau,
lias purchased for the company the
rrgo of 2,818 tons of coal on the
rrge William H. Smith which sprung
leak while being towed to Unalaska
id was unable to proceed. The boat
as consigned to the government.
Deputy Marshal Terrill has sold
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lie two dredges in the Anakovik
ountry under marshal’s sale on a
idgment secured by the American
►redge Building company against the
imerican Gold Dredging company for
6,628.32. The dredges were bought
1 by the plaintiff company.
During the first few days of the
>t sale at Nenana, the new govern
lent railroad town, 253 lots were
old at auction, bringing a total of
126,080. During the first morning of
he sale 39 lots were sold for a total
<i $53,000. H. E. St. George purchas
d the first lot for $1,600.
A Fairbanks report states that five
assengers and the driver of the Ross
.utomobile stage received an invol
intary bath and one of them, Sam
vey, was nearly drowned when the
iridge over Noyes slough collapsed
,nd dropped the conveyance into the
rater. The machine was wrecked.
The board of the trustees of the Pi
neers home at Sitka have received
.pplications for pensions under the
irovisions of Chapter 64, of the Ses
ion Laws of 1915, from Wm. O’Brien,
f Nome, aged 66 years; Peter Bou
reau, of Anchorage, aged 75; and
lerman Hart, of Knik, aged 66 years.
At a recent meeting the Juneau city
ouncil went on record as opposing
he action of the forest service in in
reasing the stumpage price of tim
er in the Tongass forest from $1 to
1.50 per board thousand feet. A sifn
ar protest was recently made by the
ietchikan Chamber of Commerce.
In the opinion of Adolph Bock, one
: the extensive holders of mining
round in the Hot Springs district,
he output will be full one million dol
lrs this year. The largest producer
rill be Howell & Cleveland, but there
dll be several other outfits that will
roduce substantial sums also.
Nlenana to Be
Good Town, Says
Mr. Christensen
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(Fairbanks News-Miner).
Since the sale of lots at Nenana a
ood many statements have been at
tributed to A. Christensen, head of
he Industrial department of the
ilaskan Engineering Commission,
ome of the statements were to the
ffect that he thought the people
ere crazy that paid such prices for
fenana lots. That he was misrep
esented is certain, for he stated to
lie News-Miner today that, in his
pinion, all got bargains at Nenana.
“The prices were a little high, it
5 true,” he said, ”if one considers
nly the fact that the town is now
wilderness, but Nenana will be a
)wn, and town lots are valuable.
Ic one who made purchases will lose
loney, I think, and on the other
and they are liable to make a good
rofit on their investment.”
Industrial Conditions.
Asked if he could say anything as
) the plans of his department for
ie future, Mr. Christensen replied:
“The only *thing that I can say is
lat this is a wonderful country and
never realized it so before. The
eople of Nenana showed themselves
live to an opportunity and ready to
ivest for themselves and for the de- j
plopment of the interior. My job j
ow is to get the nterchants and
irmers together; to get everybody
josting for home products and pro- '
?nt, as much as possible, the intpor
ition of anything that can be raised '
’ made at home.
“The farmers are dong their share ‘
aw and it is up to the public gen- !
•ally to support them. All along '
le railroad line we want properous ^
irmers with a* market for the pro-: 1
ace. * |
“As soon as the railroad is com-1 1
leted there is bound to be quite a ' 1
iange in economic conditions in the '
iterior. There will bo mere or less ^
' a revolution in the cost of living ^
id in the wages, bj.it it will be in ac- '
>rdance with sound principles and ^
nditions as they are in the states.” *
Mr. Christensen is certainly an ar- (
;nt booster for the country; is in a ! 1
isition to help the interior, and in-1 *
cations are that he will do every- (
ling possible, if only assisted by the
icple themselves. _ '
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Big Damage
Suit Is Filed
A $5,000 damage and injury suit
las been filed with the clerk of the
ourt as the outcome of the automo
bile accident Labor Day in which Pet
r Boudreau sustained serious injur
es. Arthur Frame appears as plain
iff’s attorney in'which he brings suit
or $5,000 against the Alaska Labor
Jnion and William Peterson who was
riving the automobile at the time of
he accident. The case will come up
t the next term of the district court.
Commencing with the first day of
>ctober the city administration have
otified the general public that free
se of hydrants in Anchorage will be
iscontinued.
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7 a. m. Sept. 14, 1916. , -
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tation * Temp. Day Wind j,
hip Creek . 45 Rain N. E. t
ummit.48 Rain Calm a
lirdwood.46 Rain Calm
lile 52 . 54 Rain North h
eward .48 Rain North 1;
latanuska.48 Rain East 1<
loose Creek .50 Rain Calm c
Plea for Work
On the Seward*
Iditarod Trail
(Ruby Record)
John Wadman and Charley Tryck
arrived in Ruby the afternoon of July
23, having walked from Anchorage in
23 days, including a lay over at Mc
Grath, Tokotna, Opliir and Long
creek. They followed the winter trail
as near as possible, taking a boat at
Salmon river and floating down to
McGrath, going 100 miles by water to
save 36 miles by land. Then by wat
er from Ophir to Cripple. Thence
walking to Long creek and on to
Ruby. %
This demonstrates the usefulness
and practicability of this trail as a
means of getting in and out of the
Kuskokwim, Innoko, Iditarod, Ruby
and lower Yukon points. It indicates
what could be expected if the people
of these various districts would unite
in concerted action and prevail upon
the road commission to expend a rea
sonable amount of money in real im
provements, such as a few bridges or
cable ferries across one or two
streams on the Susitna as well as on
the Kuskokwim side. United action is
what is heeded in all such work which
is a benefit, directly or indirectly, to
all these districts.
Road work of this character should
be of a permanent nature, and of
such kind or construction as is bene
ficial to winter travel. This would
keep our fall and spring mails from
getting wet and some from total de
struction.
If this trail received 20 per cent as
much attention as the Fairbanks-Chi
tina trail does, we would see our win
ter mails delivered one week sooner
than now, and the time of the Nome
mail cut to such an extent they would
join in wTith us and kick for our joint
rights for a larger and more consid
erate recognition in the matter of road
building. It is only by concerted and
consistent action can we hope to have
a look in with Fairbanks, whose citi
zens are united in their demands for
‘all for Fairbanks.” Let us get to
gether and our motto be, “All for the
Interior of Alaska,” in a sane, wise
md practical manner.
W. F. GREEN.
Shattered Dream
of Two Knikites
A ^partnership of unusual interest
was recently formed in Knik in which
two local characters and four live bob
:ats were the contracting parties.
Alex Frazier, who is a second Dan
iel Boone, captured, with his bare
lands, four live, spitting, snarling bob
lats in the adjoining woods and
Drought them captive to Knik. Farm-1
?r Mitchell, a direct offspring of Cin-;
innatus and the model gardener of i
hat community, put the 50-50 propo
sition to Alex and the deal was made1
jnd the papers signed before the ne
■essary witnesses.
Farmer Mitchell got his hunch from
•ecent literature sent out by the Hud- i
son Bay Fur company giving quota
ions on bob cat furs that have taken
m unprecedented jump in the quota
ion columns on account of the unpar
illeled demand for furs by the Rus
sian soldiers. Alex Frazier, being of
hat spirit and ever on the lookout
'or an opportunity just naturally took
i chance.
On paper the life of the contract
vas for three years but in reality the j
•artnership lasted exactly from 4:00
•’clock Monday afternoon until some
ime the following morning. It seems
hat the four bob cats were not tak
tn into consultation nor were their
eelings considered and it was back j
o the woods for them. Farmer Mit
hell is additional loser of four fat
sens, a valuable malamute pup and a
souse cat and with Alex it was anoth
ir shattered dream of wealth.
Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Frazier are
till on speaking terms.
i'RED RYUS APPOINTED
TOWNSITE MANAGER
rAiKBANka.—r red Kyus, one ex
he resident engineers of the Alas
:an Engineering Commission, who
ias just been chosen as townsite
nanager for Nenana, has one oig
ob on his hands. He is now mayor, j
ommon council, equalization board.!
uperintendent of streets, superinten j
ent of public healtth, and a few oth
r things too insignificent to mention
n comparison with these others.
Lnd Fred is the diplomat that can
andle the job, his friends believe.
Mr. Riggs, upon returning from
Jenana, said that he had turned over
he management to Mr. Christensen,
hief of the industrial department*of
he Engineering Commission, and to
Ir. Ryus, the new' townsite manager,
isked what were the duties of the
swnsite maager, Mr. Riggs replied:
Oh, he’s the w’hole show.” And he
■ent on to explain that Mr. Ryus
ill have charge of the laying out of
he streets. Where improvements
re desired by the property owners,
e will oversee the work and make
le proper assessment against the
butters.
He will also protects the public
ealth, and in fact exercise general
all those functions that are now
>oked after by the mayor and coun
ils in the incorporated towns.
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—Tue Alaska
Steamship company has announced
that it mil build three passenger
liners here, n-iuch will have more
speed and i.cmiort than ary vessels
of their present fleet. The ne-.v boats
will be operated on the Alaska run
during the fuirurc ' : id to Philadel
phia through the Pa ama canal dur
ing the winter.
A new steamer v.i’l be built to re
place the Dora, which is on t ;e run
from Seward to the westward. The
company will also buy four freighters
for the Alaska business, to cost $‘j,
000,000. The Jefferson and the Dol
i phin will he used in the cannery trade
exclusively.
115 ML
FORJMO
SEWARD, Sept. 13.—The sale of
lots in the two government-owned ad
j ditions to the original townsite, locat
! ed north of Seward, was concluded
| yesterday evening by Superintendent
I of Sale Christensen. The sale shows
that 115 lots were sold, bringing the
sum of $26,590.
Saloons Closed
By Court Order
In Old Skagway
l
(Skagway Alaskan)
i The death knell of the Skagway sa
| oon was rung last night. They took
i he count at 9 o’clock and the referee
proclaimed them out of existence for
,the ensuing year. A cablegram was
'received by Frank Cook, deputy mar
shal for the Skagway precinct, an
nouncing that Robert W. Jennings,
judge of the United States district
court for the first division, had re
fused to issue licenses to the Garden
ciity liquor dealers, and further in
structing the Skagway official to close
them up immediately.
The official communication ends a
controversy which has been waged by
the wets and drys in this city over
the election which was held a short
time ago to determine whether or not
a majority of the residents were fav
orable to the issuance of licenses. The
election returned a verdict in favor of
the drys. This was contested by the
liquor interests and an open forum
court procedure held in this city, with
Judge Jennings on the bench, upheld
the election returns.
It is believed by those who are in
close touch with conditions, and this
has been substantiated by minors of
various sorts, that the men formerly
engaged in liquor traffic in this city,
will reinvest their money in other
lines of business in this city. It has
been repeatedly and forcefully im
pressed upon the minds of all resi
dents of Skagway during the cam
paign that the fight was made upon
the institution of liquor and not the
men engaged in the business. Major
ity sentiment favors and welcomes the
reinvestment of capital along other
lines in this city and it has been ex
pressed that this program will be
followed by the men who have been
closed out of business.
CHRIS PETERSON
MAKES A RICH FIND
(Valdez Miner)
Cast up by the waves on the beach,
and discovered by Chris Peterson last
evening, was a yellowish mass of a
greasy substance which Chris declares
may be ambergris, in which event
Chris will come in fer a small fortune.
Unfortunately neither Chris nor any
one else who has seen the substance
can tell whether or not it is ambergris
or some other substance. From all
available information the stufF may or
may not be the precious substance, as
it answers in some respects to the de
scription and in others it does net.
Particularly does it resemble one por
tion of the description given of am
bergris—it has a powerful odor. In
deed, the odor is powerful, penetrat
ing and persistently lasting. We trust
it is ambergris and that Chris gets the
top price for it, for it is worth a whole
lot to have handled it. The mass
weighs about 150 pounds.
TOM LLOYD IS
A BUSY MAN NOW
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 14.—Thomas
Lloyd, manager of the republican
headquarters, reports that he is hav
ing some difficulty in keeping the re
publicans from crowding as they
stand in line, ready to sign the roll at
the house of “T. Lloyd.” All the good
republicans are signing up and Mr.
Lloyd claims that it is the largest roll
if any political organization in Fair
banks.
There are still a few more spaces
eft on the register, however, and Mr.
Lloyd will be glad to hand out a cam
paign cigar to any who call.
Captain Koenig, commander of the
submarine freighter Deutschland, pro
poses to write a book setting forth in
ietail his undersea forth and hark
trip on the Atlantic ocean.