ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
CHAS. E. HERRON, Publisher.
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Entered in the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of March 3, 1873.
For President—Charles EVans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersliary.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lt>, 191(i.
THE CANADIAN STRIKE LAW.
In some respects, at least, the Canadian government is a
-step in advance of the United States. In the matter of strike
legislation, for instance, the dominion government has long
since enacted a law that experience has proved effectually han
dles strike situations, such as the great railway strike situation
that now confronts the United States.
In the year of 1907, the Canadian parliament enacted into
Jaw what is called the Lemieux act, named for the author of the
hill. The industrial disputes and their settlements in the Unit
ed States had much to do with the passage of this law. tlrietly
summarized, the provisions of the Lemieaux act provide that
when a dispute arises between employer and employed, a board
of investigation and conciliation is called into service. Thi
board is a regularly constituted body. The employes, on pain
of criminal action, cannot quit work in a concerted body while
the investigation is in progres. The investigation completed,
the findings are widely published throughout tin* dominion, so
that the general public may be advised as to the merits ot the
controversy. An effort is then made to conciliate the dilter
t nees between the employer and the employed. If all efforts
fail, the workmen may then call a strike. lhit the law ha
proved satisfactory and workable because the public is fuii\
advised as to the merits of the controversy. If the men’s de
mands are just and equitable, public sentiment will stand be
hind them and the employer be forced to yield, if the men’s
demands are unreasonable, a strike would he ineffectual, be
cause public sentiment would be opposed to it. %
Alert publicists in the United States view with cbnshlera-;
hie favor tin* adoption of a law by the congress similar to that i
effective in Canada, hut going further than the Canadian law,
in that arbitration of disputes or differences between capital'
and labor would be made compulsory.
And while on the subject of Canadian laws, the policing of
the remoter regions of Canada is a system llmt some students
of this matter think might well be adopted in Alaska. Canada
has a tine body of men called the Northwest Mounted ‘Polio:*.
These men are especially fitted, physically and otherwise, for
duty on the frontier. They are stationed on the out kirts of civ
ilization, charged with the duty of preserving law and order.
No foul murderer goes unpunished in the Dominion of Canada.
The ends of the earth are hunted for perpetrators of major
crimes. What is the record, say, of the third judicial division of
Alaska.' Five men brutally murdered for tin ir few dollar; on
iln* Yaldez-Fairbanks trail, within the past thr e year and not
even an arrest made. One murder commit. : in the Shushau-;
na district and the guilty fiend remains unpunished. Two mur
ders committed in the Cook Inlet country and the guilty parties
enjoying immunity from punishment. A half dozen other
murders committed in various parts of the district remain un
punished.
THE TIMES DOES THINGS.
The Times is a newspaper that does things. It is ever alert j
to the interests of Anchorage and the region contiguous. This j
publication will be found in the lead in any matter of benefit to
this community and this section of Alaska, and the whole of
Alaska, for that matter, for The Times is not narrow or provin
cial in its policy.
Tin* Times took the initiative in the matter of free trans
portation from the steamers in the channel to the shore. This
is of great benefit to the traveling public.
The Times took the iniiative in the matter of a territorial
school for the Junction. A school will be established there as
-eon as the residents comply with the formalities governing
the establishment of such schools.
The Times fought for road and trail building in the Cache
creek country, to aid the miners in that gold camp. A road
commission force is now engaged in building a very necessary
road.
The Times called on the Alaska Road commission to imme
diately build an extension to the Willow creek road. An ar
ticle on another page indicates that this request will be granted.
The Times lias tjiken the initiative in urging a beginning
on the harbor improvements at Anchorage. Work on this im
portant project, that spells prosperity for this town, will begin
early next season.
The Times bases its claims for support on the part of bus
iness firms and citizens of Anchorage on the high ground that
it is engaged in legitimate constructive work that will aid ev
ery person at all interested in this community and this part of
Alaska. The large circulation of this paper in the town and
the surrounding country enables advertisers to have a valuable
advertising medium.
The Times believes in doing things.
About every prospector or mining man that returns from
the Broad Pass country has something encouraging to say
with respect to the mineral possibilities of that region. All of
this encouraging news must be gratifying to residents of An
chorage, because this point will be the logical base and outfit
ting point for that vast mineral country. Before the year IfilT
is ushered in, it is within range of possibility that the govern
ment railway will be completed far enough to be of substan
tial benefit to the claim owners of that district, permitting
them to take supplies and mining equipment to the scene with
out difficulty and at a reasonable cost. When this time ap
proaches, development work will begin to progress with leaps
and bounds. Then it is when this town will begin to derive the
best results.
The Times is officially informed that a, twice-a-week mail
♦ service will be supplied from Seward this coming winter.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(From Saturday’s Daily.)
Miss Olive Hyde, of St. Helens,
Ore., is a guest at the Hotel Anchor
age.
S. Barnet, formerly located in Sew
ard in the tailor business, is in An
chorage looking for a location.
Miss Lillian White and Mrs. L. C.
McGregor are among the Hotel An
chorage guests registered at from Se
attle.
Arthur H. Dieber, an employee of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
located at the Junction, is registered
at the Hotel Anchorage;
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Soberg, of Ket
ckikan, were arrivals on the Alameda
and are stopping at the Hotel Anchor
age during their visit in this city.
T. M. West, representing M. Sellers,
of Seattle, is stooping at the Hotel
Anchorage and arrived in Anchorage
by the way of the steamer Alameca.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Lees were among
the passengers on the Alameda reach
ing Anchorage yesterday afternoon
and are guests of the Hotel Anchor
age.
Mrs. F. Casali and son Frank were
passengers on the Alameda and come
to Anchorage to join Frank Casali,
employed by the contracting firm of
Balch and McDonald.
George A. Brooks, a man promin
ent in the mining circles of the states,
was a passenger on the Alameda and
is in Anchorage on business connected
with his vacation.
Mrs. Crawford, of Seattle, was an
arrival on the steamer Alameda and
is a guest of the Hotel Anchorage,
coming to Anchorage to join her hus
band who is connected with the Alas
kan Engineering Commission.
Judge M. J. Conroy left on the
launch Swan for Knik this morning
and will later take a trip of several
days into the Willow creek camp dis
trict in the interest of his quartz pro
perty on Archangie creek.
Frank Redwood, of the Crescent
Hotel, and Geo. M. Campbell were in
the Tracy-Shonbeck combination that
left the government dock yesterday
afternoon for the big duck hunt on
the Chicaloon flats.
J. F. Chamberlain, the Alaska lep
resentative for the Wlr-ton Hardware
company, of Seattle, and the Pacific
Coast Syrup company, is stopping at
the Crescent Hotel during his stay in
the city while calling on the local
trade.
C. B. Wark, the ambitious, and ever
on the lookout for further business,
lias recently closed contracts for the
Delco lighting system with the follow
ing representative business men of
this city: Bank of Anchorage, A. E.
Lathrop, Z. J. Loussac, Brown and
Hawkins, Peterson and Peterson, A.
A. Shonbeck, and last but not least,
The Anchorage Daily Times.
At the instigation of the federal au
thorities the following triumverate
took passage for Valdez on the steam
er Alameda: Harry Fitzgerald, Jack
Hennessy and Otis Osgood. These
three men are guests of the govern
ment and will be given a hearing in
the near future in regard to the re
cent seizure of liquor at Point Camp
“Dad” Ingram was among the jovi
al traveling men that arrived in An
chorage, on the Alameda, to remain
for several days in the interests of
the concerns he represents. “Dad” In
gram was formerly in business at
Valdez, his partner being Carlie Bush,
the popular clerk in charge of the
clothing department in Brown &
Hawkins’ big store. Ingram was a
member of the first Alaska legislative
assembly.
With the completion of the several
apartment houses under the course of
construction in Anchorage the ques
tion of comfortable winter quarters
for the renter will be solved. E. Wick
holm is the latest city real estate
owner to improve his property on
Third avenue and H street with a
modern apartment house, consisting
of four two-room suites which will be
fitted and furnished with all modern
conveniences.
The tug Biddle with barge No. 41,
carrying 627,000 feet of lumber is in
the Anchorage harbor and the tug
Sampson towing barge No. 30, with a
cargo of 670,000 feet of lumber is on
the way. Capt. S.*K. Kildall announc
es that the arrival of two more car
goes in the near future will complete
the large lumber contract, of 6,000,000
feet, entered into between the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and the Co
lumbia Contract company, of Port
land.
The Knik Hardware company have
closed their store doors on Third av
enue and H street and are moving
part of their stock to the Matanuska
Hardware store on Fourth avenue.
This is the direct outcome of the re
cent consolidation of these two reput
able concerns which will later open
for business under the name of the
Dohrmann-Heming Hardware com
pany in their new concrete store cn
4th avenue between E and F streets.
S. Pugh, connected with the custom
department, left on the Alameda for
Juneau, after spending several days
in Anchorage.
T. J. Martell, representing the John
Bowman company, of San Francisco,
is among the many traveling sales
men visiting Anchorage merchants
this week.
Charlie Bush, the popular salesman
of Brown & Hawkins, returned to An
chorage on the steamer Alameda af
ter a pleasant trip of thirty days vis
iting friends and relatives in Port
'land, Tacoma and Seattle. Mrs. Bush
and Charlie Jr., who accompanied him
on the trip stopped over at Valdez
and will remain in that place for about
a month visiting friends before re
turning to Anchorage for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Meyer and two
children heeded the call of their form
er Nome friends and came to Anchor
age on the steamer Alameda. Not
only did Mr. Meyer follow the old
Nome crowd but further heard the
clarion call of the Anchorage Daily
Times of “More and better bakeries
wanted in Anchorage.” Mr. Meyev
has been a pioneer of Alaska i’oi
many years occupying offices and po
sitions of prominence in Nome and
other interior towns and The Daily
Times takes this opportunity of wel
coming himself and estimable family
to Anchorage.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion authorities report the death, by
drowning, of John F. Soderstrom, sec
ond engineer of the government rivei
boat B. and B. No. 3. The accident
occurred at 9 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing and while the direct cause of the
accident is not known it is supposed
that Mr. Soderstrom lost his balance
and fell overboard while in the act oi
drawing a pail of water. At the sound
of his cries fora help a boat was im
| mediately lowered but he was not seer
again nor was his body recovered, al
though every effort was made to res
cue him and also to find the body
Further particulars in regard to his
identification will be given in tomor
row’s papeft
F. W. Mitchell, chief clerk for the
Talkeetna district, is in the city for t
few days visiting his many friends.
Mrs. J. M. Ryan came in from the
i Junction last evening for a few days
visit with Anchorage friends.
Charlie Taylor, one of the old-tim
ers and a Broad Pass prospector, re
i turned from the outside on the Alame
j da and will remain in this city during
| thewinter.
Judge Leopold David will head a
delegation of witnesses and lega!
lights to Valdez in connection with
the Takoff-KaslofF murder case or
one of the next steamers.
Jack Steele, formerly connecter
with the Alaskan Engineering (Com
mission, returned yesterday from a
successful prospecting trip into the
Willow creek district.
Fred B. Tracy, Geo. M. Campbell
A. A. Shonbeck and Frank Redwood
returned this morning from a success
ful hunting trip on the Susitna river
As foretold in The Daily" Times the
| boys brought back an abundance oi
ducks and geese and what is more tc
the point they kept their promise ami
The Daily Times staff will have mal
lard ducks for dinner tomorrow.
Capt. F. S. Randall, of the army
transport Crook, was on shore for a
few hours today and judging from the
personality of this amiable captain
the popularity of the Crook is ac
counted for. Captain Randall, in com
pany with Captain S. K. Kildall made
the office of the Daily Times a very
pleasant call this morning and says
the Crook will make two more trip?
to Anchorage this season and that he
and his entire crew are always glad to
cast anchor in the Anchorage harbor.
(From Monday’s Daily.)
Alex Frazier, of Knik, was seen on
the streets today shaking hands with
his many Anchorage friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Landers came
over from Knik last night on the
launch Swan and are guests of the
Crescent.
v ututiui, cjic i uijjvii tci y i“tui iictvi
to Anchorage on the Admiral Parra
gut and was at his desk in the Bank
of Anchorage this morning.
The army transport Crook will sail
tomorrow for Seattle at 9 a. m. All
passengers must be aboard by 8 a. m.
She will take the outgoing mail.
Bert McClarity, one of the school
of hard rock miners, is in Knik from
the season's work in the Gold Bullion
mine and advises his many Anchorage
friends that he will make this city a
visit in the near future.
Mrs. E. J. Warner was an outgoing
passenger on the Admiral Farragut
and will be awTay from Anchorage foi
several months. Mrs. Warner will
visit friends in Seattle before going tc
Chicago for consultation with a fam
ous oculist, but will spend most of hei
time with her family and friends at
the old home in Milwaukee.
Necolaus Neklason has been ap
pointed sales agent by the farmers’
association of the Matanuska valley
and is in Anchorage today on business
connected with his work. Mr. Nekla
son says that the merchants are giv
ing him every encouragement and the
result of his visit will culminate in a
weekly shipment of Matanuska valley
products to Anchorage.
Weather conditions saved the trav
eling salesmen from disastrous de
feat by the hands of the Daily Times
Lumbermen base ball team and yes
terday’s game had to be postponed
until next season. Thus it is that the
fans of Anchorage are denied two
great ball games, one on account of
the Seward ball players and this one
on account of the rain. Nor were
the City and Commission teams per
mitted to play and this game has
been indefinitely postponed, but wiU
probably be played next Sunday.
Miss Mildred McVean, the pleas
ant assistant of Dr. J. T. Westerman
in the Bank of Alaska, was a round
trip passenger on the Admiral Far
ragut that sailed from Anchorage
early this morning. Miss McVean
will spend the time between ships in
Seattle on business of a personal na
ture and during her absence her
glace will be filled by George Huth
assistant cashier of the Bank of Al
aska and located at Skagway. Mr.
Huth was expected on the Farragut
but was delayed and until his arriv
al the versatile Harold Howard is
acting in this capacity.
Alaska Brevities
From All Parts
Aluminum day is reported to have
been found in the vicinity of Nome.
The Petersburg Packing company
put up 60,000 cases of salmon this
season.
Mining in the Circle district was
considerably hampered during July
by a shortage of water.
Geo. E. Beemis, the well-known in
terior jeweler, is building a $9,000
store building at Tanana.
The annual agricultural fair of the
Tanana valley was held at Fair
banks September 4 and 5.
James Grant Barrett, steward for
several years on the steamer Admiral
Evans, died recently in Seattle.
John T. McCall, one of the big
chiefs of Tammany hall, New York,
was a recent visitor at Juneau.
It is reported at Nome that patents
will be granted to certain locators of
coal claims in the Cape Lisburne
fields.
Juneau has passed an auto ordin
ance requiring every car to carry two
lights in front and one red light be
hind.
Pasquale Whitte, an old-timer in
the Fairbanks country, was accident
ally drowned in the Chatanika river
recently.
David N. Hukill, a pioneer of Skag
way, has made application for permis
sion to enter the Pioneers’ home at
Sitka.
Evil About, an old-timer of Nome,
died at the Holy Cross hospital at that
J place recently from a paralytic stroke.
| The health authorities at Douglas
announce that the epidemic of meas
les at that place has been completely
| stamped out.
Advices have been received in Fair
! banks that John L. Long, a well
i known resident of that city, died re
| cently in Seattle.
Chas. Kammerich sold out his trad
j ing station at Teller to Father La
I Fortune, who will open a missionary
j station at that place,
j Joe L. Green, an ex-prize-fighter,
S has filed his nomination papers as
| candidate for the legislature with the
1 clerk of the court in the fourth divi
I sion.
Word comes from Nome that a pe
! tition is being circulated there in be
half of Martin Moran, of Kobuk, who
is again out for senatorial honors.
Henry Wehrhamp, of Hot Springs,
on the Tanana, has been found insane
by a jury in the commissioner’s court,
and will be sent to Moiningside.
Jake Solomon, of Juneau, who was
recently shot through the abdomen by
j a drink-crazed youth, is reported to
i have an even chance for recovery.
“Stroller” White, editor of the
I Douglas Island News, was one of the
| principal speakers at the W. C. T. U.
j convention held recently at Juneau.
By the breaking of the water main
which brings water across the Chilkat
river, the supply from Fort H. Seward
and Haines was cut off for a time.
The moose season on Kenai penin
sula opened August 20 and a number
of hunters immediately took to the
woods. The natives report moose
pientuui.
A letter recently received at Fair
banks states that J. J. Crossley, form
erly U. S. di.trict attorney at that;
place, is now a first lieutenant in the
regular army at the Mexican border.
Farmers in the Tanana district are
reported to have grown exceptionally
large crops of grain this year.
Daniel Hudson, a former mayor of
Douglas, and Miss Lawrain Tufty,
were recently married in that city.
Judge Robert Jennings, of the first
division, has returned from a month’s
vacation spent in the states.
John G. Peterson, a pioneer tin
smith and mining man of Juneau, died
recently at his home at Pearl harbor,
from cancer.
At a recent meeting of the Fair
banks city council H. C. Kelly was
elected to fill the unexpired term of
the late Robert Geis.
In the fourth division there are
three candidates in the field for the
territorial senate and 14 candidates
for the lower house.
TheDouglas Island News says a
resident of that town is preparing to
join the movies^s he is growing a
Charley Chaplin moustache.
Burglars entered the home of Otto
Leman, in Fairbanks, recently and
swiped $157 from between the springs
and mattress of the owner’s bed.
A new run of pay is reported to j
have been discovered recently on Wolf
creek, which comes into Cleary on the!
right limit of Discovery.
Two big Kelly auto trucks have
been unloaded at Tolovana station, I
which will be sent to the Kantishna to:
| haul ore from the Taylor mine to the |
| river.
William Kelton, of Ketchikan, a j
fisherman on the halibut schooner J.
P. Todd, fell overboard from that ves- j
sel while on the banks and was drown-1
ed.
The Tolovana section is said to be at
veritable paradise for hunters of both
large and small game. Big game is \
reported to be unusually plentiful this
season.
Major McAndrews, of Fort William
H. Seward, left for the state recently
for medical attention. He was sue-:
ceeded as post commander by Captain
Warfield.
During the month of July 65 miles
of telephone wires were strung, con- j
necting Deadwood, Mastodon and
Eagle creeks with Circle and the out
side world.
Fairbanks was practically depopu
lated on August 24 when the sale of
lots at Nenana commenced, nearly ev
ery resident of the town being present
at the auction.
The convention of the Alaska W. C.
T. U. opened recently at Juneau. Cor
nelia Templeton Hatcher was elected
president of the organization for the
ensuing year.
Deputy Marshal Barney O’Reilley,
of Nome, stakes his reputation on the
fact that there are mosquitoes on the
Kiana which grow fur and operate
winter as well as summer.
Col. W. L. Stevenson, of the Bank
of Alaska, at Skagway, has purchased
the launch Golden Rod, which has
been operating at Skagway as an ex
cursion boat this summer.
The first moose steaks of the sea
son were served in Seward August 24,
four days after the season opened.
The animal was killed by Charles Vo
taw, on the Rissian river.
A grave digger is needed at Seward.
The Post reported recently that it was j
impossible to secure a man to dig a |
grave there recently for a man who
committed suicide.
Construction work on the bridge j
across the Chena river, to be built by j
the Alaska Road commission, will be
done this fall just as soon as the nec
essary lumber is received.
The Dawson News reports that.a
number of men have left that district
to secure work on the government
railroad at Nenana and on the dred
ges in the Ruby and other districts.
August Peterson ,of Farragut bay,
near Petersburg; Charles A. Lockhart,
of Kotzebue, and James Carpenter of
Ruby, have been admitted to the Pio
neers' home at Sitka.
Fish buyers complain that they
cannot purchase all the fresh fish
they would like at Ketchikan because
the steamers cannot give them space
to ship their purchases to Seattle.
The Juneau lodge of Elks were
hosts recently to a delegation of Cali
fornia members of the herd, about 90
in number, who are making a trip
through southeastern Alaska.
Jack Allman, a well known Fair
banks boy, is reported to have struck
rich ground on his lay on Mike Wag
ner’s claim on Livingood creek. The
ground is said to run $3 per foot.
The Juneau city council which has
been considering the purchase of a
steam fire engine, have turned down
the project and are investigating
plans for a high-pressure reservoir.
The petition for Thomas A. McGow
an, democratic candidate for territor
ial senator in the fourth division, re
cently filed with the clerk of the
court, bore 2,000 signatures.
J. T. McKinney, the Faith creek
road house man, reported at Fair
banks the finding of a skeleton of a
man on Idaho creek. The man had
apparently been dead a year or more.
The steamer Humboldt, of the Hum
boldt line, has announced a reduction
in rates between Seattle and south
eastern Alaska points to those pre
vailing last year, prior to the raise.
It is reported that the Silver Queen
and Ruby Silver Mining company at j
Story, on Lake Bennett, has opened |
up a four-foot vein of ore averaging j
$40 per ton. The tunnel tops the vein I
at a depth of 400 feet.
It is reported that the Wells Fargo j
Express company is planning for the
establishment of an express service
between Seward and Anchorage dur
ing the winter by means of dog
teams.—Ex.
Word has been received by the gov
e lev’s office that Michael Reise, an
inmate of the Morningside Sanitarium
died there -on August 12, from cere- i
bral hemorrhage. Heise was commit- \
ted to the sanitarium in 1904 and has
been constantly under the care of the
sanitarium management since that
time.
Word has been received at the gov
ernor’s office that Sam Hill, an inmate
of the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, died
at the home on August 15. Funeral
services were held at Sitka.
Fairbanks Man
Leading Witness
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Word was received in Fairbanks to
day that Peter Vidovich, the well
known Fairbanks financier, was one
of the principal witnesses in the San
Francisco bomb outrage, in which sev
eral people lost their lives last month.
This news was conveyed in a letter to
Frank Hall, written by Eddie Wilson,
formerly a resident of Fairbanks.
Mr. Vidovich was the man who was
mentioned in the press as having seen
the bomb placed on the sidewalk.
The same letter states that Harry
Turnbull was the man whose skull
was blown to the top of a high build
ing nearby. That is, part of his skull
was blown that far, together with a j
small piece of his hat. In the press
wires received by the News-Miner at
the time of the outrage, it was stated j
that part of a skull had been found'
some distance away on top of a roof,
but it did not give the name of the j
injured man.
The Hero, tender for the Deep Sea
Canning company, located at Goose
bay, met with a mishap Saturday af
ternoon and at the latest reports had
not been recovered. The engines
of the Hero went dead and she drift
ed, broadside, until she hit a shoal
near the mouth of Eagle river where ;
she grounded and the tide capsized j
her. The flood tide carried her into |
lee-per water and as the hatches
were open it is probable that shej
has filled with sand and silt although
every effort has been made to locate
her. The entire crew was on her at i
the time of the accident but escaped ;
without accident being taken to
Goose bay by a boat sent out for that j
purpose.
Reduction in n
Telegraph l olls
October First
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Swooping re
ductions of from 20 to 33 per cent in
cable rates to all coast and interior
points of Alaska announced yes
terday by Maj. 't. 0. Lenoir, in
charge of the V.'cv.hington-Alaska
military cable a: .1 . legraph system.
The reduction • fiV both day and
night service an! .7' be of immense
benefit to < -mm*.*. .i nterests of Se
attle and Alaska. oils on official
business and pr ,-.1 correspc lence
will be proportianately reduced. The
new schedule will be effective Octo
aer 1.
Result of Co-Operative Effort.
The reduction of the cable tolls is
largely the result of the efforts of
Maj. Lenoir, who has been thirty
five years in the cable service, and
the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, which has
co-operated with the commercial or
ganizations of Alaska and same
eighty Seattle firms doing business
in Alaska.
Under the new tariff the Seattle
to-Nome rate will be reduced from
$3.80 for ten words to $2.80, and the
night rate from $2.90 to $2.10; Se
attle to Fairbanks and Fort Gibbon,
day rate from $3.30 to $2, night rate
from $2.50 to $1.50; Seattle to Val
dez and Cordova, day rate from $2.40
to $1.50, and night rate from $1.80
to $1.10; Seattle to Seward, day rate
from $2.80 to $1.50, and night rate
from $2.10 to $1.10.
Through an arrangement with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
which has a line connecting Seward
and Anchorage, cable messages may
be sent to Anchorage at the cost of
50 cents additional to the rate paid
to Seward.
To Other Alaska Points.
The day rate from Seattle to Ket
chikan and Skagway has been reduc
ed from $1.90 to $1, night rate from
$1.40 to 80 cents; Seattle to Juneau,
day rate from $1.00 to $1, night rate
from $1.20 to 80 cents. Proportion
ate cuts have been made in rates to
all other Alaskan stations reached by
cable and line lines.
The Alaska cable represents an
outlay of more than $3,000,000. It
was first established in 1904. It em
braces 2,600 miles of cable and 1,000
miles of land line. There ai*e twelve
radio stations, two new ones being
under process of installation at Fort
Yukon and Holy Cross.
Fort Yukon will be the point far
thest north reached by the cable ser
vice on the American continent. It
is directly over the Arctic Circle.
The rate on night letters of fifty
words or less will be the same as
hat on ten word day messages. At
important stations in Alaska all
night service has been established.
OLDTIMER TELLS OF THE
DEERING MINING DISTRICT
(Post-Intelligencer).
It takes more than time and the
elements to kill men on Imneehuck
river, which runs into Good Hope bay,
a branch of Kotzebue sound, Alaska,
according to H. L. Stull, a mining *
man of Deering. Even the natives are
increasing in number. But five men
have passed away in the fourteen
years of his residence, Mr. Stull says,
and their deaths have been due to
drink. Two were intoxicated and fro
zen, two drank too much and drown
ed, and the fifth fell a prey to too
much liquor.
“Ninety per cent of the deaths in
Alaska ascribed to the elements re
sult directly or indirectly from drink,”
Mr. Stull said at the Diller. He be
lieves prohibition, the adoption of
which is proposed at the next elec
tion, would greatly decrease the mor
tality.
Juneau Tailor
Shot by Man Who
Is Crazed by Drink
JUNEAU, August 28.—J. Solomon,
proprietor of a tailor shop here, but
formerly a cook at the Royal cafe in
Ketchikan, and well known in both
places, was *shot last evening on the
City dock, by a man named William
Erickson. Solomon was shot twice
through the body, puncturing the in
testines in four places. He was rush
ed to the hospital, but the doctor
states that his chances for recovery
are limited.
It appears that Erickson was under
the influence of liquor and inquired of
a man when the steamer Humboldt
was due to sail. Not receiving an an
swer, he pulled out a gun and com
menced shooting. The man, however,
made his escape. Solomon, who heard
the shooting, opening his window7 ask
ed Erickson what the matter was. In
reply he was shot twice through the
body. Ry that time an officer arriv
ed on the scene, knocked the murderer?
down, and rushed the injured man to
the hospital where he is hovering be
tween life and death.
A lady stopping at a hotel in the
vicinity had a narrow escape, a shot
passing over her head. It is.said that
her short stature saved her life.
Erickson is held in jail on an open
charge.
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