BRIEF NEWS OF THE NORTHLAND.
Cordova has one case of mumps and
one of measles.
Cordova is erecting a large flagpole
from which to fly her honor flag of
the Third Liberty loan.
Cordova has installed garbage cans
all through the city and it is now
against the law to throw anything in
the alleys or streets.
The Thlinget Packing company is
arranging to operate 23 traps for its
four-line cannery at Punter bay this
year and is looking for an unusually
large run of fish.
The float built by the city of Cor- j
dova and installed at the city dock is
drawing lots of trade to that city ac
cording to the papers, and they al- J
ready have realized handsomely on
their investment.
The Cordova Mill & Lumber com
pany has ordered machinery of a new
box factory. J. C. Coow an experi
enced box man, will be in charge of
the business. Cordova is taking ad
vantage of every opportunity to se
cure industries for the city.
The Tolovana trail is reported to
be breaking up, the winter trail be
tween Olnes and Tolovana being en
tirely gone, and a number of firms
freighting in supplies have been com
pelled to cancel their shipments or
hold them for river traffic.
Charles Nye of Skagway was found
guilty of seditious utterances and
was fined $200 and costs. Nye is a
prominent citizen of Skagway, being
proprietor of the water works and
electric light plant of Skagway. He
was also compelled to take out a num
ber of Liberty Bonds and subscribe
to the Red Cross and other organiza
tions.
As is customary in the spring ri>e
the bridge at Chitina went out at 10
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o’clock last Wednesday morning, tak
ing five bents with it. Just as soon
as the ice stops running a ferry will
transport passengers across the river
until the structure can be repaired,
w hich will take about two weeks. All
trans are running as usual, Mondays
and Thursday.-, for Chitina.
Cordova claims the youngest pa
triot in the Territory in the person of
James Lewis Jackson, who at the age
of three clays is the proud owner of
$10 worth of war savings stamps.
With his father fighting for L'ncle
Samuel somewhere in France and the
young son already purchasing stamps
to support him, the patriotism of the
Jackson family is indeed proven.
Frank Tondro (the Malamute Kid)
was haled before the commissioner*?
court at Fairbanks recently on a
charge of cruelty to his dog team. It
.-corns that the kid persisted in work
ing a dog in his team which was cov
ered with harness-sores and under
fed, notwithstanding the commission
er had warned him not to take the an
imal out. He was discharged after
promising to take better care of his
team.
William Fee, a pioneer of Alaska
since the early Eighties, prospector in
every gold camp in Alaska, Siberia,
and other parts of the world, and
the discoverer of many claims which
made fortunes for their owners, died
recently at the General hospital in
Cordova at the age of 72 years. He
was in the Dawson rush, later going
to Fairbanks, Nome, Siberia, Iditarod,
Valdez, Juneau and Tenakee Springs,
where he has been living of late years
on account of poor heal. He and his
partners cleaned up $11,000 in two
months at Nome, and he owned con
siderable property and had a sum of
money in the bank.
Volney Richmond, superintendent of
the Northern Commei'cial company;
Robert Menzie, manager of the stage
line; Howard Turner, auditor; L. P.
Burtman, superintendent of the Wells
Fargo company; J. Scott, agent at
Nenana for the White Pass company;
all arived at Fairbanks recently to
start work for the coming year with
the opening of navigation.
School will be out in Valdez the
14th of June and young America has
already picked out his favorite snow
drift and choicest bit of fiction in an
ticipation.
“Dad” Ingram, the well known
commercial traver, who is now at
Fort Yukon, has the daily telegraphic
news forwarded to him so that he can
keep track of the war.
Miss Fannie Brayton has been j
elected principal of the Cordova pub- j
lie schools, and Miss Mattie Joslin,1
Miss Hilda Johnson and Miss Faith j
Shaw are the teachers for the next
term.
S. H. Milwee, a former Fairbanks
attorney, who was taken in from the
coast on a charge of borrowing a fur
coat and disposing of the garment,
was found not guilty by the jury
which heard the case.
Chief of Police Wiseman, of Fair
banks, has notified all citizens that he
will strictly enforce the ordinance
against riding bicycles on the walks.
The chief states that anyone caught
will be severely dealt with.
For the purpose of aiding the or
phans of France a load of wood was
recently raffled off by Robert Gunn,
a resident of Fairbanks, and brought j
$77.50, which was turned into the
fund, which now has $474.00 in the;
treasury.
Rampart natives are aiding the Red j
Cross and war cause in every way pos- ;
sible. They are expert knitters and
have turned out many pairs of socks;
and sweaters. They have been mem-,
hers of Mr. Hoover’s saving society
for many years, some winters even
carrying it to extremes.
The Rainer-Grand hotel of Seattle,
one of the most popular hostelries
for people of the north, will change
management this month. The hotel
is part of the Noyes estate and has
been under lease to Messrs. Maltby &
Thurston. Mrs. Thos. C. Noyes, the
well known Alaskan will return to
Seattle this winter and make her home
in the hotel.
A Loyal League was organized at
Ruby recently with a membership of
eighty persons. The object of the
league is to promote loyalty and one
of the rules of the order is that each
member must take the oath of alle
giance.
For tire purpose of ascertaining
whether gold in paying quantities can
he found on O’Connor creek, Herman
Fawcett, A1 James and Johnny Kane
left last Sunday for that place with
the intention of doing considerable
prospecting, says the Fairbanks pa
per.
According to advices received at
Fairbanks recently Sylvester Howell
of the Hot Springs mining firm of
Cleveland & Howell, has arrived in
the upper town for the purpose of get
ting an outfit together for shipment
to Woodchopper, where he expects to
do considerable development work the
coming season.
N. R. Hudson and Wm. Barker, in
terior mining operators, are working
on the Tolovana this season where
! they have extensive holdings. From
Olnes the trip must be made by sonw
! shoe and dog team, as the trails are
not in condition for the stages to op
I crate.
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Elias Glenn, a freighter from the
1 far-off Koyukuk, made the trip over
j land to Cordova, 300 miles over ob
\ lierated trails on snowshoes. He will
leave for the outside to pay a visit to
his old home at Grays Harbor, Wash.
A new discovery has been made on
Jennie creek, which is on the left limit
of the Hammond river. While the pay
streak is not of the richness of some
of the more noted creeks, it is said to
be sufficiently rich to warrant work
ing to a large extent.
Claims 9 and 10 on Myrtle creek in
the Koyukuk district have developed
a good paystreak and will be worked
extensively this summer. Myrtle was
one of the first creeks to be located
in the Koyukuk and has been produc
ing steadily since discovered.
Nolan creek, once a good producer
in the Koyukuk district, is a dead one,
and but few persons are now working
in the district.
The Little Eldorado in the Fair
banks district will be the scene of con
siderable activity this summer. A doz
en plants, some of them quite exten
sive, are working. Bevik Bros., who
are working a lay at the mouth of the
creek, are working 20 men.
The first gold clean-up in the Klon
dike region this year was made by one
of the big dredge companies May 8,
and individual operators will begin
washing gold this week. There is ev
ery indication that the famous camp
will produce as much as last season
when the output was valued at over
three and a half millions.
J. A. Hamilton, a pioneer locator in
the Kantishna district, will spend the
coming season developing his exten
sive properties in that section.
The old Eagle brewery at Juneau,
which is under lease to the Valdez
Beverage company, has a large crew
of workmen replacing old floors, mak
ing changes in the building and in
stalling new machinery. Mr. Suess
dorf, who is in charge of the work,
says the first brew will be next week.
Capt. P. F. Schordschmidt, former
superintendent of the White Pass &
Yukon railway, is going to Mesopo
tamia with the inland waterways and
docks secoion of the Royal Engineers.
Rampart recently sent $85 in to
Fairbanks to be placed in the Red
Cross fund. An organization known
as the “Cat Stranglers” raised the
money by two dances given. A lot
of moccasins made by patriotic na
tives, was also received and will be
raffled off for the Red Cross.
As soon as beward and other Alas
kan towns can arrange for return car
goes an opposition line will be start
ed by San Francisco steamboat men.
This is the information received by
the Seward Chamber of Commerce.
In an effort to reduce time made by
him last winter between Nenana and
Fairbanks, when he made the distance
in eight hours flat, Billy Butler left
Nenana recently with a team of sev
en dogs for the metropolis of the in
terior. He was traveling light and
expected to cut his time considerably.
John Iungren, a miner at Fair
banks, was found guilty of embezzle
ment at that place recently. Lindgren
and two paidners were engaged in
mining on Vault creek, and Lindgren
I came to town with ,$5,000 firm money,
! to pay partnership debts. Instead,
: he fell by the wayside, spending the
partners’ money and paying no debts.
Funeral services for Casper Good,
whose death occurred on the Wood
river-Fairbanks trail a few weeks ago,
were held recently at Fairbanks.
Lawrence Cole, of Fairbanks, re
cently convicted of assault with in
tent to kill, was given seven years in
the penitentiary at McNeil’s island
was denied a new trial by Judge
Bunnell. A forgery charge is alsc
hanging over Cole.
Indications of coming spring have
stimulated the road wo k at Nenana
and the railway commission is onlj
waiting for the snow to melt to star!
to work in earnest. All machinery
and equipment are on the ground.
The skull found at Auk bay is now
believed to be from a victim of the
wrecked steamer Clara Nevada, whicl
struck a reef outside the bay anc
wrent down with all hands. The miss
ing vessel was last heard of when she
passed the old Berner's bay dock in
the teeth of a howling gale in Febru
ary, 1898. Indians reported that she
burned after striking the reef. Few
of the bodies were ever recovered and
it is believed that this is the first rel
ic of the wreck to wash ashore.
Guy Fowler and Ed Stoy, who have
a homestead at the head of Youngs
bay, near Juneau, have a number of
fine pictures of deer taken this win
ter. Some of the pictures show the
men catching the animals with bare
hands, the deer being so weak from
starvation they could not escape,
ther pictures show the poor animals
eating out of the hands of their nat
ural enemies. The deer in southeast
ern Alaska suffered greatly this win
ter from starvation caused by unus
ually deep snows.
Jame'S Collins, a 19-year-old boy of
Thane, well-reared and industrious,
was recently found dead on the beach
near that city, and his hunting part
ner, named Kuthbert, is missing. The
body of the boy was found by two
natives secreted under a pile of brush
with his .30-.30 rifle carefully balanc
ed across his breast. He had been
shot through the head from behind.
It is believed that the boy accidentally
ran across a liquor cache and was
killed, or that he was accidentally
shot by his partner, who became pan
ic stricken and ran away.
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One hundred beef cattle and six !
horses were recently unloaded at
Skagway and will be taken to Fair
banks via the Yukon route.
Thelma Lee, of Ketchikan, who re
cently plead guilty to a charge of i
: keeping a bawdy house, was given I
! two weeks to leave town.
A, J. Dowson, of Ketchikan, was
found guilty recently of sedition. He j
had appealed the case from the com
missioner’s court.
Harry Kitchikoon, a native who!
was convicted at Ketchikan of mur
der, according to the officials is an old
offender who has served 15 years in
the San Quentin penitentiary for mur
der. He was pardoned for his first
offense by President McKinley. It is
stated that the nephew of the woman
killed recently testified against Kitch
ikoon the first time he was convicted.
Me and the woman were drinking to
gether and he knocked her to the floor
tinrl civmthf>rr»rl hor with nillmv
A police patrol arrived in Dawson
recently from Herschel 'island and;
the men will leave for the outside to !
enjoy a holiday.
Jose M. Rosas, a Mexican who re- j
icentlv went after a Ketchikan China- i
man with a cleaver, was given two ;
! years on McNeil’s island.
The Eskimos at Teller are in the;
war with both feet. The men have of- j
fered to enlist and the native women
are offering their hair for the war j
cause. The native Alaskan is exempt i
from draft regulations but these1
sturdy sons of the north are lament
ing over the fact. Obliak, Adlowaluk
and other chiefs have sent word to j
I Wilson that they would like to do i
I their bit. And Nowadluk, one of the j
j dusky belles of the midnight sun, has
j spoken for her sex, offering her crown
j ing glory, the most magnificent head
j of hair in the Cape of Wales region to
| raise money for the Red Cross.
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A. F. Herpick, of Fairbanks, who
j has been assistant postmaster for
several years, left for the states re
] cently after a sojourn of eleven years
in the interior. He expects to locate
in one of the coast cities.
Herbert A. Myer, who has been
with the railway commission for a
long time, and who recently enlisted,
has been commissioned a captain in
the aviation branch of the signal
corps.
No more German names will be
used for cannery tenders. Orders to
this effect have been issued by Gen
eral Manager Linderberg (pipe the
name) of the Columbia Salmon Co.,
operating at Tenakee inlet, that the
name Berlin must be forever erased
from the company’s big cannery tend
?r and the name Lincoln placed on
Instead. Other boats in Alaska of Ger
man origin will be given new appela
tions.
The new Marion dredge purchased
at Juneau a few months ago by the
divisional road commissioner at a
cost of nearly $10,000, is assembled,
and work will be started on a bar be
low the city to make a passage for
small boats. The dredge is of the
clamshell type, and built to work from
the side of a cut. It navigates under
its own power, and will be used for
making cuts along the mountain high
ways.
Hugo C. Schmidt, found guilty at
Ketchikan of peddling booze to na
tives, was found guilty on six counts,
and was sentenced to serve two years
for each count, the sentence to run
concurrently.
The Petersburg federal jail was re
cently destroyed by fire, which origi
nated from defective wiring. All the
prisoners were removed, safely, but
the marshal’s household goods were
destroyed. All court records were
saved.
The operators along the trail call
Bob Sheldon’s auto a “tank,” which is
said to be an appropriate name for
it. The machine is said to navigate
soft snow with ease, and the ownei
is getting out a patent for the ma
chine.
The Alaskan Engineering commis
sion has commenced construction wort
on the camp at Sandard creek, neat
the Ohio roadhouse, which will ad
as a feeder for the work to be done
on the Fairbanks-Nenana end of the
railway eluring the coming season.
Jack Hays, superintendent of road;
for the First division, is building i
new wagon road bridge across Indiar
river near Sitka.
The repairs to the bridge over the
Chitna, recently washed out by higl
water, were completed last week ane
through traffic has again been resum
ed by the Copper River railway.
Every town in Alaska has been hi1
so hard by the war that in many once
prosperous city but a corporal’s guare
of the original population remains. I
it estimated that Alaska has lost near
lv 40,000 of her population.
Juneau and Thane played a gam<
of baseball Sunday for the benefit o
the Red Cross. Every one including
the ballplayers paid 50 cents to ge
into the game. A large sum was real
ized.
Ralph E. Robertson, of Juneau
working for the Federal Public Serv
ice bureau, is corresponding with dif
ferent sections of the territory ti
ascertain the exact labor situation am
if there is a need of men to keep u]
war industries.
Horace Marshal Lawrence and Mis
Alice F. McDonald, a recent arriva
at Cordova from Masachusetts wer
united in marriage by Rev. Fr. Vai
der Pol, who has helped Cupid unit
more couples than any of the esteem
ed churchmen of the territory.
Valdez is the only town in the Ter
ritory which did not enter a protes
against the high steamship rates
showing that the people were eithe
well satisfied with their boat service
or too busy to attend the commission
ers’ session while the Alameda was ii
port.
Eleven Serbians recently left Ju
neau for the States where they wil
enlist to fight with the country o
their adoption. The Gastineau chan
nel people gave them a rousing send
off, and Gov. Riggs bade them fare
well in a short address.
Lieut. Stepanovich, a Serbian offi
cer, who is the sole survivor of a fam
ily of six, badly wounded and con
demned to death by his German cap
tors, and escaping from an Austria:
prison, is traveling through the ter
ritory lecturing on the war. He is re
cuperating from his wounds and talk
ing for the allies while his wound
heal. He will return to the front when
he is convalescent.
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Bert Thane says that Juneau is
slowly dying of lack of workingmen, ^
and has asked the Seattle Chamber J
of Commerce to help save the town.
He says that the city will close its
doors if conditions are not changed in
the near future. He states that the
city wants from 700 to 1000 men right
away.
After being out 55 minutes a Fair
banks jury recently found A. Verdin
guilty of perjury by falsely swearing
to assessment work alleged to have
been done on mining claims on Poker
creek.
The members of the Fairbanks fire
department recently purchased a
beautiful piece of burnt work done on
a moose hide and are offering it for
raffle for the benefit of the yarn fund.
Many tickets have been sold.
C. W. Fries of Windham bay on a
I recent visit to Juneau reports that
j heavy snows in that vicinity smashed
in buildings and put the power house
and electric light plant out of busi
ness temporarily.
Dr. Stone, the aged postmaster and g
U. S. Commissioner of Kodiak, had
planned to retire from active work
j and remove to California, when the
| grim reaper cut him down. He was
j one of the best-known men in the
j north, having resided continuously at
! Kodiak for 14 vears.
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The ceremonial hall given by the
j Southeastern Alaska Shrine club at
j Juneau May 4 was attended by over
! 400 guests. The occasion of the fes
tivity was the arrival of a steamship
load of Shriners from Tacoma and
Seattle. Governor Ernest Lister and
wife and Governor Thomas Riggs and
wife of Alaska were present and led
the grand march.
The mining camp of Brooks has
subscribed a total of $10,000 for Lib
erty bonds, and has also donated lib
erally to the Red Cross cause.
The cannery at Little Port Walter
is being torn down and a three-line
cannery installed in place of the one
line. Salmon and herring will be
salted, smoked and canned, and all of
fal made into fertilizer. The expend
iture of money will exceed $150,000.
This cannery is one of the first to put
in a private fertilizer plant, and it is
likely that others will follow suit.
Fairbanks has an honest-to-good
ness fortune teller; one of the kind
who used to flourish in the back
rooms of up-stairs buildings long ago
in the states. She promises to tell I
those drafted what they will see and
do in the great war, and claims other
occult powers, the greatest of whict
5 seems to be to separate the foolish
from their money. Fairbanks must be
} years behind the times to tolerate the
presence of these grafters.
A1 Simpson, an old-time trapper
' and fisherman, of Ketchikan, recently
| found the body of Fred DuCharmer,
’ a Freneh-Canadian trapper on Wales
3 j island about a month ago. The body
" j was badly decomposed and was buried
by Simpson. DuCharme had been
wounded by a shot in the knee and
was unable to leave his tent for help.
t So much snow accumulated on the
’ tent it caved in and suffocated him.
The body was badly crushed. His dog,
? mad with hunger, had eaten away one
of his limbs and part of his face, and
1 had to be shot before he would allow
the rescuing party to land on the
island.
1 The natives at Klawock in south- ,
eastern Alaska subscribed $3400 for
Liberty bonds, and four of the young
men enlisted. Hydaburg, Metlakatla,
and other native towns have also sub
scribed liberally. One of the chiefs
urged the natives to give their money
liberally, for he told them they could
put up fish, raise vegetables and get
along by returning to their old meth
ods of living. The natives of Alaska
1 are thus standing shoulder to shoul
" der in helping finance the war.
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