A new record for rainfall was es
tablished in Fairbanks during the
second week in September, when it
rained steadily for fifty hours with
* out ceasing. Fairbanks can be de
pended upon to establish a different
kind of record next mouth, when the
i mercury tries to knock the bottom
out of the glass.
Fairbanks miners now believe that
the Tolovana camp will develop into
a big camp and are preparing to op
erate on a large scale, and will take
a number of large plants to the dis
trict. The road between Olnes and
Tolovana is reported to be in good
condition for winter freighting as
soon as several inches of snow has
** fallen.
G. Ellis Gardner, who waos assist
ant district attorney at Fairbanks,
has resigned from the position and
will not return to Alaska. United
States District Attorney Roth has
sent the name of Reed Heilig to
Washington for confirmation, as he
has been connected w'lth the office
_ and is familiar with the work.
The Dawson News reports that a
stampede, is on along the Yukon
river to a stream twenty miles or
* more inland from Selwyn, which is
said to be reeking with gold. The
extent of the discovery has not been
ascertained, but it is believed that
pay has been found in an old chan
nel, as the creek bed in the valley
was prospected years ago. without
anything of a startling nature hav
ing been uncovered.
A deposit of molybdenite ore ha^s
been discovered at Lake Bonnett.
which Is only six miles from the
'railroad, and the locators will begin
shipping ore at an early date, as the
price of the refined product has in
creased enormously, owing to it
being used in the manufacture or
shells.
Harry Kushnick, of Ketchikan,
was recently sentenced to serve four
years in McNeil Island penitentiary
t(ff a statutory offense, having been
convicted before Judge Jennings. A
brother. George Kushnick, was taken
to the penitentiary at the same time,
■having been convicted of attempting
to take the life of a man named
Stampolia. *
I Tolovana camp uo» ..
commissioner, a V. S deputy mar
shal. and is soon to got a thirst
quenching emporium Anton Chris
topher, the Chatanika saloonkeeper,
is erecting a building 24x40 at
Brooks, the center of activities in
fhe new placer camp.
John Clark, of Cenlralia. Wash.,
who spent the summer in Southeast
ern Alaska looking over the business
opportunities, believes there is a for
tune awaitfng tbe man who estab
lishes a shipyard and marine railway
off the coast of Alaska, and has an
» nounced that he will enter the busi
ness at Ketchikan next year He
plans putting in a plant capable of
handling boats up to 120 reet long.
Frank Bach, deputy 1*. S marshal
at Douglas, from whom a prisoner
escaped while the deputy was taking
him to McNeil island, was suspended
from duty for one month. The pris
oner escaped while the steamer was
tied up to the dock at Seattle, and
1 had been sentenced to seven years
for shooting a woman of the under
world.
Fined $ i'• for speeding w as the
sentence of a Nome autoist last
month, and the first case on record
iii that camp.
A return of the good old days at
Nome is apt to materialize if the
several recent placer strikes pan out.
I Valdez is to have another paper,
making one daily and two weeklies
ii in the glacial city.
/ George l'rosser. of Nome, claims
(to have been successful in crossing
pthrmigan with domestic fowl. 'Fhe
new breed of birds possesses some of
the features of the ptarmigan, but
resemble their domesticated forbears
in coloring and general appearance.
Broad Pass ore runs from $2 to
$360 per ton, says the Seward Post,
and the extent of the formation is
25 miles long
Metlakahtla will he divided.
Father Duncan, who led a band of
Indians from British Columbia 20
years ago, is again preparing to
move, aged as he is.
The government calileship Burn
side spent three days at Ketchikan
last week trying to find an anchor
she had dropped.
Tbe winter schedule on the White
Pass railroad, now- In effect, calls for
the dispatch of trains between Skag
way and Whitehorse on Tuesdays
and Fridays oaly of each week.
Captain Kukens, of the survey
boat Yukon, reports that be has lo
cated a channel up the Karfkflkylw
river to Bethel. The channel Is deep
i enough lor vessels drawing seven
teen leet.
The steamer Dora, otf the Alaska
Steamship, Co., recently brought
from the westward a cargo of ivory, ‘
furs and whalebone valued at $145,
000.
J. XI. Trickle writes Dick Hussey, j
from Juneau, that lie plans on in-,
stalling a big steam laundry In An
chorage in the sirring.
There is no question but that gen- i
eral trade has been stimulated great- i
ly within the last few weeks. Bttsi-1
ness men in most lines are feeling
very happy.—Boston News Bureau.
There are two burning questions!
questions in British Columbia:
I When will the war be over, and i
when will the provincial elections he.
held? No one seems able to answer
the former, and those who could an
swer the latter refuse to do so.—,
Whitehorse Star.
The Canadian soldier gets $1.10 a
day, the British 2$ cents, the tier
man five cents, and the French two
cents. It is not stated what the Bul
garians get, but they will probably
get what. Sherman said war was.—
Whitehorse Star.
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—In the custody j
/if a deputy marshal, Edward Krause
departed for Juneau on the steamer
Humboldt, where he will face two
charges, namely, the murder of
William Christie and impersonating
a federal officer, lie will be tried on
the last charge first, while evidence
is being secured for the second
charge.
wrecked several weeks ago in a
■■storm while being towed by the Ing
Pioneer fro mPort Blakely, Wash., to
Cordova, is stil) ashore on Sea Bird
reef, near the cape. The storm of!
last week did not break her up. and
the million feet of lumber aboard for
the Copper River & Northwestern;
railway is reported intact.
United States Marshal L. T. Erwin
of Fairbanks reduced the disburse
ments of the office $t‘0,000 over that
of the previous year. When asked
as to the reason for the big decrease,
he declared that the reduction was
largely due to the fact that the ”dis- '
trict was forever through with the!
administration of J. J. C'rossley as |
United States district attorney,
which to my* knowledge was thp ■
most expensive in the Union.’
The steamer City of Angeles, ,
which has been plying on Puget !
sound runs, will take the place of!
the steamer Georgia on the Juneau-;
Skagway run. The steamer has a i
triple expansion engine, and main
tain sa speed of 14 knots per hour, j
The Georgia, which has been on the ;
.1 uneau-Skagway run for some time,
was recently taken over by the Alas
ka Steamship Company, and it is be- ]
lieved that the same company owns!
the City of Angeles.
Nome: It Is believed that the I
Council trail has claimed another
victim to its already long list of!
nuishers who have perished there. ,
James Riley, a well-known sour- j
dough, left Council to catch a
steamer at Nome. He became ex
hausted and told his companions to
mush ahead while he rested. When
he failed to appear later a searching
party was organized, but failed to
find trace of the missing man. Riley I
served two years on the Nome city 1
council, and was known as a scrap
per.
The repor* United Stater. Mar-|
■h"! I,. T. Erv/iti, of Fairbanks,!
shows that the various jr.’b= in the!
Fourth division were maintained
during the fiscal year ending July
31, 1915, at the following costs:
Fairbanks, *23,254.24: Tanana,
*1 1,428.43; Tditarod. *8,221.90;
Ruby, $2,379.1 2; Circle, $760; Hot
Springs, $625.50: Wiseman, *36.50; i
Nulato, $559,61: Ophir, $471: Fort!
Yukon. *318.10; Flat City, *180; j
Chatanika, *101; Kagle, *56.50;!
Anlak, $260.25; making a total off
*49,253.
Alaska was represented in the
great woman suffrage parade in New
York city just before the recent elec- j
tlon by Miss Margaret Vale, niece of
tion by congress for th ework of
those who represented states in
which the women have been enfran
chised. She carried a baton on
which was mounted an imitation of
a huge gold nugget, and an Amer
ican fiae. Her dress of white was
decorated down the front with the
letters. from top to bottom,
A-I^A-S-K-A. Miss Vale is de
scribed as a beautiful girl and an
ardent suffragist.
Thus is Alaska connected in an en
tirely new way with the president
who has dor.e so much for the devel
opment of the territory.—Juneau
Empire.
VALDEZ, Dec. 2.—In a decision
rendered yesterday, Judge Fred M.
Brown, of the district court, holds
that the-town council of Valdez has
uo coutrol over docks or wharves
owned by private individuals. The
decision also reversed the town
council in assessing the property of
the Valdez Dock Company, which is)
located outside of the limits of the |
town proper. The decision likewise
sets aside discriminatory assess
ments against holders of industrial
stocks.
The case of the Valdez Dock Com
pany came to trial on an appeal from 1
the municipal court of Valdez, pre
sided over by Municipal Judge John
Frame.
There lias been a very bitter fight
as between the owners of the Valdez
Dock Company and the town author
ities. culminating in the arrest of,
J. C. Martin, local agent of the com
pany. who was fined $50 and costs j
by Judge Frame, the municipal
Judge,’ for failure to cojnply with the
town's demands ip the matter of
regulation. Martin appealed the
case to the district court, and se
cured a sweeping victory on all
points involved in the controversy.
Miss Florence Culberson and a
Mr. Sheridan, who were passengers
on the Mariposa when the steamer
v as wrecked near Bella Balia, were
married in Ketchikan, and now the
other passengers are wondering if
Dan Cupid caused the wreck in order
to bring about the romance.
Ignorance ol' the Pacific coast ge
ography is by no means confined to
the effete east. The San Francisco
Chronicle speaks of "Dawson. Alas-'
ka."
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And the only road operating over its own lines
all the way from Seattle to Chicago.
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Two Crack All-Steel Trains Every Day.
For information and literature write or ask
E. J. WARNER, Agent
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
A. E. HARRIS,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
Juneau, Alaska.
G. .W PALMER
Wellman Goods
800 Tons
No better can be bought
at any price.
Sperry’s Drifted Flour and Sper
ry’s Kansas Flour. Once used, you
will use no other. Try them.
Hill’s Bros.’ Coffee and Tea. Use
the red can. I handle only California
Butter and Petaluma Eggs, the best
procurable.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods,
Hardware, Tents, Tarpaulins, Oils
Gasoline, Certainteed Roofing and Lumber
Knik, Alaska
The Heming Family
Continue to dispense
General Merchandise
At the Old Stand in Knik
Whatever You Want We Have
Whatever We Have You Want
Knik Trading Com’y
0. G. Heming, Manager
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I.KASK AH.tSKA (Ulll.i:
Falcon Joplin, the Tanana Valley
railroad president, wants to relieve
Unde Sant of the Sl.1n.000 deficit
annually suffered through the main
tenance of the Alaska cable and land
telegraph lines. He believes tha! if
lie people of Alaska get back of h'm
le can give the public better service
it a reduced rate and still make
Money where the government is los
ng heavily each year as well as the
iprvices of the men. About two
■ears ago the railroad man offered
o take ov >r the government lines,
nit the .war department would not
tpprove of the step, blit ue lias an
lounced that he will try again, and
f the government will not lease him
he lines he will try to sell the war
lepartment hi wireless plant which
•’•as built last year at a cost of $40,
100.
The Fairbanks News-Mtiner states
hat the miners in the Circle country
•eporf that the caribou run last
Month was the largest ever recorded
n that district. The animals cov
ered the divide from Twclvemlle to
faith creeks and the surrounding
tills and valleys.
A new cannery is soon to be erect
’d near Cordova by X. Hawkinson,
>f Bellingham. Wash., but he <le
! dines to state where the site is to
’ be located, except that it is adjacent
to Cordova.
The Fairbanks lire department
• as put on sleighs fully a month
earlier this season than last year,
when the change was made Decem
ber 2.
The launch Francis R., which had
been missing for several weeks, was
found anchored at the mouth ol' the
Chickamln liver, but no trace of her
party was found. Several prominent
men were aboard, and it is feared
they are lost.
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis, who ha
been editor of the Juneau T’ost dur
ing the past year, has resigned from
the position, but will still be con
nected with the staff. It an
nounced that the Posl. which is so
cialist in politics, will shortly b? en
larged to six or eight pages.
A. F. Davis, Propr,
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Draught and Bottled Beer
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Anyone today who thinks he can get along with
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