COOK INtET WEEKLY PIONEER
l Published By
COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
CHAS. E. HERRON. PRESIDENT
HARRY O. STEEL, EDITOR AND MANAOER.
Subscription Rate: $3 Per Year.
Sintered In the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, ISIS, as second claai matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—CoL Theodore Roosevelt.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1016.
RAILROAD APPROPRIATION ASSURED.
The most gratifying nevrs to the residents of Anchorage and
Cook Inlet, since actual construction on the government rail
way was begun here, was the information from Washington
contained in Saturday’s press dispatch to the Pioneer that the
the civil sundry bill favorably reported to congress carried
with it an appropriation of $6,247,000 for the Alaska railroad.
And this means that in the very near future a vast sum of
money will be available to continue the work of building the
railroad from Anchorage to the Matanussca coal fields and
thence through to the Tanana valley.
But a short time ago the Alaskan Engineering Commission
received an emergency appropriation of $2,000,000, and with
the additional funds soon available it is believed that nothing
now stands in the way of a largely increased force of men
being given employment and that the work of construction
will be prosecuted with renewed energy, not only during the
summer months, but throughout the winter.
As a result of this action at the national capital, even those
who feared that congress was too deeply engrossed in its plans
fior preparedness that Alaskan matters would not be given the
attention they deserved, must now admit that the future of
this part of the territory never looked brighter. On the other
hand, the optomists are more sanguine than ever that Anchor
age is destined to become the largest and best city in all of
Alaska. They have never lost confidence or faith in their be
lief, and when word has been flashed across the wires that this
big appropriation has finally passed they can proudly boast
that their prediction as to Anchorage’s absolute permanency
and rapid growth has been verified.
There are at present over 2,000 men employed here on the
government railroad and as the Engineering Commission is
thoroughly organized and equipped to go ahead with its work
this force will no doubt be greatly increased as soon as the
appropriation is available. Do the people of Anchorage fully
realize what activity will result in this community? A big
pay roll means big business and it must be said to the credit
of the merchants that they have made, and are still making,
every preparation to meet and take care of this increased
trade. '■*
THE FUTILITY OF KNOCKING.
The fight for the coast railroad terminal of Alaska has been
exceptional in its zeal and persistency with which each of the
covetous ports have got down in the mire to gather mud for
slinging at its opponents. Their persistency at the occupation
demonstrates both the aptitude of the mind for villification
and the absence of any consideration for reasoned arguments
On vital public issues.
Indiscriminate mud-slinging, or abuse and knocking, has
been so tong overworked in Alaska' that the intelligent resi
dents have abandoned it as futile, the controversy over a rail
road terminal reviving it in a volume and acrimony far be
yond the local factional and political squabbles. But Anchor
age has played little or no part in this controversy. It is con
tent with the fact that practically all of the construction work
is being done from here, with every indication that when the
ocal is hauled from the Matanuska fields and the first train
leaves for the Tanana valley it will start from Anchorage. In
the meantime this town is growing in leaps and bounds and
we can afford to be generous with our less fortunate neigh
bors. Anchorage is here to stay and we know it. This fact
will soon become apparent to all, and when it does we will
gladly welcome all new-comers and allow them to share in the
prosperity we are now enjoying.
THE NEED OF MORE TRAILS.
While railroad transportation is the great problem in Al
aska, which is now being solved by the government, the build
' ing of roads and trails, especially wagon roads for the trans
portation of machinery and supplies to the different mining
camps, is of great importance. In a country of such magnifi
cent distances as prevail in Alaska, the expense of constructing
highways is quite an item. And the system of construction so
far employed has been piece-meal, as the Alaska Road Commis
sion has been handicapped for funds with which to do the nec
essary work to meet the demana of settlements in all parts of
the territory.
The fact remains, however, that the development of the
mineB are almost entirely dependent upon the building of trails
and some of the money appropriation for this purpose should
be expended in constructing feeders for the railroad, which
Uncle Satoi is expending so much money on to open up the ter
ritory. The demand for more roads and the maintenance of
those the miners themselves have built in this section is strong
and continuous. There is a big mining section adjacent to the
road which starts from Anchorage, which is being developed by
a sturdy mixture of the best elements of the Caucassian race.
In other words, the people of Alaska are of the same stock as
those who built Oregon, Washington and California, that stur
dy class which has ever been in the forefront of pioneering
since the days of Plymouth Rock.
These people ha$ve expended vast sums of money in the
blazing and staking of trails in order to be able to work their
claims, but the fact remains that the greatest obstacle to the
progress of this northland is still the lack of transportation.
While the government is rendering a valuable service in the
building of a railroad we insist that Col. Richardson has a duty
to perform in furnishing feeders for the “iron trail,” and be
lieve that when the needs of this section are properly brought
to the attention of the chairman of the Alaska Road Commis
sion that he will give them the careful consideration that they
deserve. And having done this the work that is needed will
necessarily follow. | t-—— - -—
I
ARE ON THE WAY
SEATTLE, May 23.—The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed for Southwest
ern Alaska on Sunday morning at 11
o’clock with the following passen
gers for Anchorage: G. S. Bailey,
Carrol Boyer, W. R. Losaker, Addle
Boyer, Mrs. P. Bush, Frank Boyer,
Kenneth Boyer, Stanley A. Jones, N.
Johnson, T. F. Johnson, Chas. Cam
eron and wife, C. Gauss, J. E. White,
W. S Brown, H. F. Hanson, Mrs. F.
A. Campbell, Miss Gladys B. Hall, G.
M. Schumacher, L. R. Brown, Bert
Kincaid. Evan J. Lees, W. S. Hase
r an, and thirty steerage.
SEATTLE, May 22.—On Saturday
afternoon at 1 o'clock the steamer
Northwestern sailed for the north.
Those booked for Anchorage were
john Belmont, F. Havich, L. Fran
vicn, Call Spencer, Bertha Forkassi,
Robert Miller, G. G. Sias, Mrs. J. L.
McCauley, Jack McCauley. Mrs. E.
A. Sail, R. Swan, Joseph Berlingo,
John Saunders, n.dgar Heaton, J.
Kowles, Mrs. S. Burgeson, Mrs. W.
C. Blanton, Oscar Anderson, Fred
Elliott, George Edensart, John Engs
land and wife, H. F. Hilier and
twenty steerage.
CORDOVA, May 23.—George Nel
son and a crew of thirty men have
arrived here, bound for Katalla,
where they will begin the construc
tion of a railroad from ^oose Bay
to the Bering river coal fields. He
expects to complete twenty-two miles
of the road this summer. Henry
Hewitt, of Tacoma, is financing the
proposition. It will be necessary to
transport the coal on barges a dis
tance of fourteen miles to the steam
ers.
rrxEAumc who kxows
WHEREOF HE SPEAKS
C A. Schonacker, of the firm ot
Schonacker Brokerage Colhpany, of
Juneau, has his lines on display In
the building formerly occupied by
the Presbyterian church. Among
the different lines represented by
Mr. Schonacker is the famous F. a.
Patrick Company, of Duluth, wnu
make a specialty of heavy woolen
underwear and mackinaws, and fte
also has a fine display of paper anu
stationery. Mr. Schonacker makes
Anchorage twice a year, and says
Pnat this city is known all over the
the country as being the liveliest and
most progressive in Alaska.
WILL OPERATE HYDRAULIC
PLAXT OX WTXDY CREEK
M. A. Ellis, the big operator on
Thunder and Windy creeks, in the
famous Cache creek country, came
in on the Watson and will leave to
morrow morning on the Hustler for
Susitna Station and McDougal. Mr.
Ellis has a hydraulic outfit on Thun
der creek that he put in two years
r.?o, and one on Windy that he will
operate for the lrst time this season.
He employs 25 men, and it is due to
such aggressive mining men as Mr.
Ellis that the Cache creek district
has reached its prominence as one or
the best placer camps in Alaska.
ANCHORAGE’S ADVANTAGES
ADVERTISED IN THE STATES
Secretary Kock Is In receipt of
letter from the Alaska Bureau ac
knowledging receipt of the pamph
lets Bent to them by the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce. These
pamphlets are descriptive of Anchor
age and vicinity and answer hun
dreds of questions bearing on the de
velopments and resources of this
country and have proven of great
value to the Alaska Bureau at Se
attle In answering the numerous i
quiries that come into that office.
Any new arrival desiring one of
these pamphlets may secure same by
calling on Secretary Koch.
ENROLLING MORE MEMBERS
FOR CHASIBER OF COMMERCE
in addition to the names of pro
gressive Anchorage citizens ♦ who
have previously signed the honor roll
as members of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce, the Times takes
pleasure in naming the following cit
izens who have signed within the
past few days: F. B. Tracy, Dr. K.
A. Kyvig, J. L. Waller,, F. B. Wood,
W. Bjornson, L. Ganton, H. C. Dohr
mann and Chas. E. Brown.. The sec
retary, A. S. Koch, is giving this mat
ter his undivided attention and is
making a personal solicitation of the
people, and is entitled to the undi
vided support of the entire commur
ity, who should appoint themselves a
committee of one in the interest of
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce.
MATANUSKA IS LAUNCHED
FOR SUMMER SEASON
The stern wheeler Matanuska was
launched today after a thorough ov
erhauling and will be put to immedi
ate use under the charge of Capt.
Meeks. Two eigbty-flve-foot tunnel
l-oats are being built at Marine ways
and various improvements are con
stantly taking place around the Ma
rii(> viiya terminal*
LARGE CANNERY IS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE
The cannery belonging to the Northwestern Fisheries < orn
pany of Seattle was totally destroyed Monday night. May
-2nd. The fire started at II o’clock at night, and as there was
a strong wind blowing and no one working at the time, it had
reached headway by the time it was first discovered that all
efforts to check the flames were unavailing, and the entire
property, consisting pf the cannery proper, two big ware
houses and the net house, were totally destroyed. The sleep
ing quarters alone were saved. The origin of the tire is un
known, and no theory has been advanced, but the c nipany
will probably rebuild this summer.
The Northwestern Fisheries Company is a large concern.
having twelve other canneries in Alaska, but the Ivenai can
nery stood as a model or Alaska canneries in equipment and
management and employed a large number of men. The can
nery had a daily capacity of 'J.'Jiin eases, and it is to be regret
ted that the loss occurred at this time, ('specially when the
salmon season has .just opened.
Superintendent I*. .1. I.al’llin, accompanied by E. ,!. Fri
hroek. cannery foreman, and E. ,1. Metlonighie, bookkeeper,
came to Anchorage on the <■ mpany's steamer, the A. Ik Car
penter, this morning, and are trving to get in cable commuui
cation with the home ollice. and will remain in Anchorage
awaiting developments from that end.
BUDGET OF LIVE
RAILROAD HEMS
H. P. Warren, with F. U. Mayhew,
resident engineer, left this morning
for a trip over the line,
.1. E. O'Reilly, acting district en
gineer, spent Saturday night and
Sunday in Anchorage, returning to
his work Monday morning.
A small amount of track was laid
last week from Matanuska Landing
north to Station 5148.
F H. Dose, locating engineer, will
leave today for Talkeetna with a
party of men to establish headquar
ters at that place.
Lieut. F. Hears, accompanied by
Mr. Hansen and Chas. E. Herron, of
the Times, left this morning on the
Chickaloon for Matanuska Junction.
Work on the telephone line is
going steadily forward, and a large
party of men are busy setting the
poles and insulating cross arms and
wires.
R. L. Kuney will establish a camp
at the mouth of Montana creek, with
the view of making line revisions
north of that place, and left this
morning with a party of nine men
to start the work at once.
J. C. Seeley, accountant in Chief
Accountant Wilkinson's office, will
be in charge of the Talkeetna office,
and Ed Oldfield, stenographer in the
same office, will be transferred to
the Talkeetna district, leaving with
in a few days.
On the Anchorage and main line
during the past week the steam
shovel operating WOlson’s cut, near
Peter’s creek, excavated 11,428
cubic yards of gravel, which was
practically all used for railroad bal
last.
F. W. Mitchell, formerly private
stenographer of Chief Accountant
Wilkinson, has been promoted to po
sition ap clerk to H. C. Bennett, su
perintendent of construction for the
Talkeetna district, and leaves today
with Engineer Dose’s party.
Walter De Long, general store
keeper, accompanied by L. C. McCoy,
superintendent of bridges and build
ing, left this morning for Turnagain
Arm to look over proposed site of a
gridiron to be located at Potter
creek.
Material for a radio station has
been received, and the erection and
equipment of this plant will com
mence at once. The plant wil^ be
located at the terminal and will be
of great benefit to the Commission
and a much needed asset in the lo
cation of ships.
On the line south of Anchorage
the clearing of right of ways is
about completed on the line for eight
miles, and grading has been started
on the large cut between Ship and
Chester creeks. A temporary wire
cable foot bridge across Chester
creek has also bebn completed and a
camp site has been cleared at Mile
112.
This work, in connection with the
construction of the government rail
road, is divided into four separate
districts, as follows: Terminal dis
trict at Anchorage; Matanuska dis
trict, from Matanuska Junction to
Chickaloon; Talkeetna district, from
about Willow creek to Talkeetna,
and Turnagain Arm district, from
Anchorage to Kern creek. These
districts are under separate manage
ment and office force, but all report
to the Anchorage main office.
From the fact that Anchorage is
primarily a railroad town and the
majority of her people derive their
source of income from the Alaskan
Engineering Commission? and be
lieving the people here and at large
arc vitally Interested in this great
work being carried op by the gov
ernment, The Times has made ar
rangements, through the courtesy of
Lieot. F. Mears and his equally
courteous and efficient staff, to give
Up readers a general summary of the
week’s work in a condensed form,
together with any personal or local
items of interest.
On the Matanuska branch, be
tween Camps 2 and 8, the work is
entirely covered except for 4,000
feet, and three gangs are now en
gaged in this work. With the ex
ception of the contract of Nick Man
die ft Co., all the station work be
tween Camps 8 and 10 .will be cim
pletcd within ten days. A number
of gangs have started right of way
clearing between camps 10 and 16.
The wagon road from Matanuska
Junction to.Moose creek, including a
bridge over Moose creek, is com
plete, as 1b the wagon road from
Matanuska Junction to Cottonwood
ciwlr . . .!...
ALASKA NEWS
FROM ALL PARIS
The Indian school at Tat.tlik lias
closed down for the summer.
Sunday baseball sanies are a
weekly affair these day sat Seward.
Sam Godfrey has purchased the
interest of A. K. Thompson in the
Sunny bench claim oil the Tolovana
for * 10,000 cash.
Nine hundred and eighty-one vot
ers registered at Nome for the last
election.
A branch of the Bank of Alaska
at Skagway was recently opened at
Wrangell.
Douglas has a new brass band
composed entirely of the Italian res
idents of that city.
The Juneau schools, b dli gram
mar and high, will close for the year
on Friday, May 26.
Governor J. F. A. Strong and wife
have returned to Juneau from an ex
tended visit to the states.
Jack .Dalton .of Cordova, the ‘ Al
aska Trail Blazer," will construct a
10-room hotel in Cordova.
The Indians at Tatitlik have
killed five bears already this season
They are reported fat and juicy.
Charles Gay and George Riley, it
Iditarod, will operate a scraper on
their Willow creek*,claim this sum
mer.
Englishmen and Canadians thru
out Alaska are preparing to cele
brate the birthday of King George
on June 3d.
The Cordova city council has vote !
the sum of $21 per month toward
the support of the Firemen’s Club of
that city.
The bear crop is ripe, and good
stories may now be secured from
nimrods who "nearly killed the
largest bruin in the territory.”
Two prospectors have been work
ing on a tin prospect at York, on
Seward peninsula, and have taken
out a fair-sized bunch of ore.
Mat Gordon, employed in the Gor
don MacDonald camp at Thomas bay,
had Ids collarbone broken by being
caught in a haulback.
S. M. Peterson, Richard Neklason
and Howard L. Graybeal have for
warded applications to the land
ofilce at Juneau for taking up home
steads in the Matanuska valley.
Dr. C. C. Bened ct has been added
to the medical staff of the Alaska
Engineering Commission. Dr. Bene,
diet will give his special attention i
and entire time to matters pertan- j
ing to sanitation of the Commission. :
the different camps and the city of !
A nch ora ge.
Miss Elsie Ware and Miss Cecelia ,
Burrows have been re-appointed :
teachers in the Cordova public school ;
for the next year.
During the past two weeks it is i
estimated that 75 prospective home
steaders have visited the Matanuska '
valley with the view of locating, and j
it is safe to say that at least 30 of ]
them will be taking up homesteads I
in this section of the country.
U Ohm, of Cordova, is in Ancle#
age trying to interest local capital 1
in a big fish company he is promot
ing. Mr. Ohm comes to the city well i
recommended and will put the prop- i
osition before the people next Mon- i
dav night at the Chamber of Com- i
tnerce meeting.
C. C. Bush, the man t^ho has the
honor if building the first cabin in '
Anchorage, has started in the ex
press and transfer business. Mr. |
Bush was one of the first to reach, j
Anchorage last year, and has had the
satisfaction of watching his Anchor- j
age property materially increase in I
value since the original purchase. [
His business will be handled from ]
Tex Jones’ store, The Panhandle, and j
will be known as “Bill's Express.” j
A regular train service has been
inaugurated on the line between An
chorage and Matanuska Landing,
regular trains running on Mondays
and Thursdays, leaving the yards
about 7 a. m. In addition to the
regular train, work trains,will run at
irregular intervals as far as Mala
nuska Landing, which will accommo
date passengers.
Joe,Ira Wills, whose parents have
been seeking him for some time, has |
been located working on the rail
road on th~- Matanuska branch.
Seattle Woman Passes A " ay.
SEATTLE, May 22.—Mrs. Buddy,
wido wof James M. Leddv. who
a pioneer of this city, died at her
-*omp tiere on Saturday. ***>.
IROOSEVELT STOCK
O VOTER RAY, May 24. -In replv
to former Secretary of Navy Meyer,
who officially notified him that the
Republican committee had been or
ganized. consisting of members from
thirty states, and would work for
his nomination for pres dent at the
regular Chicago convention, Colonel I
Tie odore Roosevelt enumerated the
principles for which he declared h •
would be fighting. “They tire prin
ciples yon are organizing to support,
and v. ith all niv heart 1 welcome
such support.” declared Roosevelt.
Meyer headed it delegation of j
t .ventv-five members of the commit- ■
flood man Was \ o<| ti it 4<m1.
i lie case of the Territory versus
.1 (Joodmaa on the charge of a d s
play of firearms was decided in
f; v r of the defendant. The case
v. as heard in the commissioner's
court before a jury, of which .1. K
i arkeV war? foreman, anil tb - d
fendant was represented by At;or- j
neys Stowe and Coffey.
_
JUNEAU'S tlVE I»RU«OIST
TO MX’ATi: IN ANCHOR \<;i:
Z J. Lous:ac\ who owns the .lu
I :v*:i ; I)ru?c Company and is well
knov. n in interior Alaska, where he
has also been engag'd in business,
is* erecting a large building on
Fourth avenue, between C ami D
I streets, where he will open a drug
-lore within a few days. Mr. L »us
jsacls a live wire, and intends estal -
lishiiig the largest drug store in the
i territory at Anchorage. He has a
| tractive fixtures and a big stock of
I roods. The secret of his past sue
* i - is largely due to his motto
| which he strictly adheres to, and i
! a.s f jllsiws: The store that has what
■you want -when you want it.
NOTH Kit WHOLES VI,K II It VI
READY TO START lit SIXKSS
Anchorage is to have another
i' liolesale establishment, the Alaska !
i'acking Company, which will be [
i "en for bn iiip s tomorrow on Fifth .
avenue near C street. It will be a
v liolesale meat packing plant, man- j
actijriiig all kind: of sausage ann |
■ ncking hams and bacon. The sau
":ige is made onlv front the lies! or i
.neats, which hat been approved t»y •
the C S. government, thus insuring
tile people of this community an ex
ceptionally fine article.
i.cdiak rear to appear
IV P.’.’yiE WEEKLY MOVIl:
Al. Smith, motion picture phn- |
tograplier for the Pathe companv, is
with a party of sportsmen at Ilvak.
on Kodiak island, in an effort to se
cure pictures of the famous Kodiak j
bear in real life.
The party includes W. E. Right,
of Akron. Ohio, A. .1. Ttuzzard. or
Spokane, and \V. It. llillis, of Libby.
Mont., in addition to Smith. Hill!:
is an experienced hunter and gn <Y’
Sm th established liis reputation
ns big game photographer recenti
by picturing the American panth- r
in action. When be started after
one, people in the panther country j
told hm he probably would never
see one, let alone get pictures of it j
alive and moving about. It took
some time, but he landed them, and
expects in the next two months to
get the brown bear in his native
haunts.
( I STOMS INSPECTOR HAS
TEMPORARY Oi l ICE HERE
r\ R. Stivers, deputy collector of
customs is temporarily stationed at
Anchorage, and after he leaves here
a special man will be appointed to
act only while a ship is in port un (
loading bulk cargo of coal, steel, or
oilier commodity for the Alaskan
I hi si peering Commission.
According to a statement made hi
Collector of Customs Pugh, of .Iit
upau, neither Seward nor Anchorage
will be designated as ports of entry
this year, ami a temporary appoint
ment will not be made Tor Seward
this year. On account of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission import -
ing several cargoes of coal and ste- 1
this season for the use of the rail- ;
road, a temporary man will be ap
l ointed,t under an authirization re
cently received from Washington,
■ t'Ripped at Anchorage.,
PROTEST AGIST
Tin' following resolution was for
warded to Washington officials by
the committee appointed at Sunday's
mass meeting, protesting aga.nst
Congressman Houston's bill for the
policing of the goternment railroad
terminal during construction days:
Whereas, Titer*' has been intro
duced in Congress a hill authorizing
the policing of certain portions ot
Alaska by and through a commission
ippointod by the president: and
\\ hereas. The people of Alaska,
habiting that portion of the terr,
(ory (l. r rilietl in said hill, are a pa
triot c. law-abiding people, who re
•II. being governed by an auto
cratic authority wholly unfamiliar
with conditions in Alaska or with
the temperament of her people; and
Whereas, The people of Alaska,
being liberty-loving \mertcan citi
■ oils, are wholly competent and
tiliv *1 talitii d to govern themselves
'•rough and by the courts and other
• eers appointed by the president;
C.erefore be it
It o!\. I. i . the people of Anchor
age, which place is situate within
tie district described in said bill, in
i T:-s meeting assembled, that we as
law-abiding eit'zens do protest
against being placed under mart al
low, military authority or commis
sion form of government, until occa
sion makes it necessary.
CONVENTION HERE
The Anchorage Woman's Club has
ir\ i <1 ilic Territorial Federation or
of Women's Clubs to meet at An
il] orage in convention in the late
summer or early fall, the date to Oe
i t by the Federation officers. Mrs.
i i amor, of tile Valdez Study CluD.
is the president of the Federation,
: nd Mrs. O'Connor, of the Douglas
I and Club, the secretary. There
are tit present five women's clubs
\ hlch have joined the Terri
torial Federation the Anchorage,
Juneau and Douglas Island clubs, the
Valdez Study Club and the Valdez
C vie Club, with three more pros
pective members, Nome, Fairbanas
and Seward, which if, is hoped win
become members before the convert
l ion.
The Anchorage Club has also
voted $2o to be expended for prizes
I'm tlie school children’s garden con
i to be held this summer, with
11- i double object of interesting ttie
hildren and heautifyiny the town.
Mrr. It i' Chase, wlio has made a
tii! id the flowers of Alaska, has
■ i u nted the chairman of a
in milloo to -mi'! n tlie contest and
award the prizes \ set of rules
> ill lie drawn up by the committee
• ud ore. pied to tlie children at the
cl ool. and an opportunity will lie
i iu to all cli.ldren desiring to
nip." the < ntest to enroll then
T!me before the close of the school
: o r.
\V( IIPi: II.i STVMI'liltKKS l>\
U \Y TO I.WOKO DISTRICT
Geo. K. Potter and W. J. Stewart,
t!... ‘ Nugget Kid," are in Skagway
■ i: runt fri m Anchorage to tlie new
trike in tie Inuoko district. Tliey
have purchased an Kvinrude motor
liich they expect to use in going
down the Yukon.
Mr. Potter is representing tlie
Cook Inlet Pioneer, of Anchorage, on
this tr p. They speak highly of the
development work of the Alaska
Ci inmission and predict a great fu
: ire in sf re f .r tliat country as soon
a- tiie railroa i reaches the coalfields.
Mr Stewart is one of the Broad
1A : s stempeders and has some val
do holdings in that country which
fie value- highly and is now waiting
tor the r ads to bring transportation
‘or the development of his proper
ties. . '
The party will leave on the train
in the morning for Whitehorse and
evpect to leave down the river at
• !.< e for Ruby and on to the new dig
.. - s. Shayway Alaskan.
X K V A UK, N .! „ May 23.—Yes
. vday Alfred Dal-ymple, a Kepuu
ican leader of this state, was killeu ,
in an automobile accident.