LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
J. J. McGreal, an old-time Nomite,
is among the recent arrivals in An
chorage.
J. L. Gattis, who has taken a ranch
up on the Matanuska, arrived in the
city last evening from Knik.
George Roll, a pioneer merchant of
Hope, is a visitor here, a guest at the
Anchorage hotel.
Frank Webber came over from
Knik on the launch Swan this morn
ing, and will remain in the city for a
few days’ visit.
J\I. B. Soiner and wife arrived in the
city yesterday and are guests at the
Crescent. Mr. Soiner is manager of
the Union Trust Co., Seattle.
Thomas R. Rarton arrived in our
city last evening from Eska creek
and will remain here for a few days’
visit. ‘
Heinie Dohrmann, after spending
several days on business at Matanus
ka and way points, arrived in the city
last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Flunk, of Idaho, arc
traveling through Alaska for the pur
pose of locating a suitable place for
sheep raising.
R. C. Hill, president of the Mer
chants’ Exchange, Seattle, was one of
the visitors from the Alameda yester
day. Mr. Hill is making a round trip.
Joe Ravichovivh died at the govern
ment hospital last night of tubercu
losis. No relatives can be found and
the man will be buried here.
J. Metz, who has located a home
stead on l’hicilla creek where he will
start ranching, arrived in Anchorage
Wm, Martin from the mines came
over from Knik today on business,
and will remain in the city for a few
days.
W. J. Howard, who has taken up a
ranch on the Matanuska river, came
down from Knik this morning for a
few days’ visit in our city.
S. L. Roburts and Harry Winters
arrived in Anchorage yesterday from
Seattle and are guests at the White
House.
Henry Kogan, formerly with the
Alaska .Northern, is stopping at the
’Anchorage.” He is studying condi
tions here, and may decide to remain.
I*. Stewart, former railroad con
tractor, is staying at the Anchorage
hotel. Mr. Stewart came here from
Oregon to look over the country with
the expectation of locating here.
Anton Hide, division superintendent
for the Alaska road commission, was
an arriving passenger on the Alameda
and is ; topping at the Anchoiage ho
tel.
Miss \. .M. McRae spent yesterday
in Anchorage making preparations to
remove to Matanuska where she is in
the employ of the Engineering Com
mission.
The Admiral Farragut, due to reach
Seward at noon today, will sail from
there immediately after the ball game
and will bring the ball players home
to Anchoiage.
The wire fence is being placed
around the tennis courts today and
with the fine weather which now
seems probable there should be some
good sport there soon.
K. Guy Willson and wife, and M. E.
Weeks .of Boston, who are making a
round trip on the Alameda, spent sev
eral hours in Anchorage yesterday
visiting friends.
Mrs. J. C. Harris and two daught
ers departed last night on the steam
ship Alameda, en route to Seattle.
Mr. Harris is assistant superintendent
of the Alaska Steamship Co.
Hi Ed. Palmer, of Sacramento, wras
one of the visitors in this city yes
terday. Mr. Palmer was highly
pleased with Anchorage, and spoke of
its great future.
Mr. and Mrs. ('has. E. Lynn, of Se
attle, reached this city yesterday and
are .topping at the Crescent. They
are en route to the Mathieson placer
mine near Hope.
Hr. L. A. Sexton and wife who are
making a round trip on the Alameda,
visited this city yesterday. Dr. Sex
ton is connected with Johns Hopkins
Medical college, at Baltimore, Md.
Dave Skarstad, who for the past
three years has been supplying the
mines in the Willow creek district
with fresh meat, arrived in the city
last evening and will remain here for
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. iiob^ and daugh
ter arrived in Anchorage yesterday
from their mine at Willow creek.
Mr . Robe and daughter will leave on
the Farragut for Seattle. They are
stopping at the Crescent.
R. Foster Stone, representative of
W. K. Gresh & Sons cigars, through
the West Coast Grocery Co., is a
guest at the Crescent, and will be in
the city for a few days calling on lo
cal merchants.
The Crook will sail this evening at
8 o’clock. A number have booked
passage and the .steamer will touch
at Seward where she will unload a
cargo of 800 tons. Seward and out
side mail will be taken.
Mrs. Wentworth, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Smith, who has been
here on a visit to her parents, left for
her home in Everett on the Alameda,
sailing this morning.
John Neuru sold to Chas. Janich
the wrest one-half, of lot 2 in block 45.
Mr. Janich will begin fight away on
the erection of a frame building 25 by
100 feet. The deal was made through
the Anchorage Realty company’s of
fice.
Louis Fulenwider returned yester
day from a prospecting trip into the
Willow creek country. He has been
gone ten days and went as far as
Peterson and Purches creeks and
brought down some rich ore which he,
has sent outside.
A meeting of the members of the
Anchorage Tennis club has been cal
led for this evening to take place in
the Presbyterian church at 8 o’clock.
A meeting of all members is desi^d,
as important steps in connection with
a permanent organisation will be
taken up at this time.
Kenneth Fulton, our elongated
friend, left for his property on Willow
creek. Kenneth is a mining engineer
and grubs around the dirt and things,
and when he amasses too much money
to handle conveniently, he comes to
town and we help him spend it.
E. S. Hewitt, manager of the 1,. C.
Smith Typewriter Co., writes that he
expects to be in Anchorage in the
near future, which undoubtedly mem-s
that he is arriving to establish* the
company’s business >n the new Tlendt
I building ju': competed on Fourth
I avenue.
The following guests arrived at the
I Anchorage hotel yesterday. Harry
: Logan, Seattle; C. K. Chamberlain,
Seattle; Emelia E. Blunt, Mountain
| Home, Idaho; Emma M. Blunt, Moun
tain Home, Idaho; Will T. Montgom
|ery, Mountain Home, Idaho; N. B.
;Solner, Seattle; George Koll, Hope; A.
Fide, Seward; C. C. Heater, Seattle.
The Ship Creek Meat Co., will kill
the first cattle shipped into this coun
: try and will have the meat on the
j market Saturday. This first consign
j ment of ten cows, arrived on the
I Alaska and will he followed by more
I shipments as the conditions warrant.
They will be kept in the new corrals
! which the company is building. As
i time goes on Anchorage is adding
more and more of the benefits which
are only supposed to bMong to the
j “outside” anti it will not be long until
will have all the things that the up to
date city requires.
(J. K. Woodard reached town yes
terday evening, coming from the
Yentna district to meet his father,
| W. W. Woodard, a pioneer mining
i man of that section, who is en route
I on the Admiral I'arragut. Mr. Wt.o.l
i ard Sr., is accompanied by a Mr. Wa.l,
Dave Skarstad, who has been spend
ing several days in our city, returned
i to his road house at mile M2.
Tolley Bros, have sold their brane^i
j store at Talkeetna. to Nagiev & Co.
Mr. Tolley arived in Anchorage this
I morning from that point.
Gorden Beddles and wife arrived in
| Anchorage today from the Cache
creek mining district and are guests
; at the Tarsons hotel.
The funeral of Joseph Ravichovich
will be held tomorrow under the aus
pices of the Wood Undertaking par
lors. Father Shepherd will officiate.
Harry K. Brown and Tercy Pitch
! ford will depart on the steamship
I Farragut, with Edward Tegard in
custody. They will go to Portland
j where Tegard will be placed in an
asylum.
Harry Fitzgerald was a.esled uhHer
section 240 of the Fedc.W Penal c< -,:e,
for shipping or causing to be shipped,
liquors improperly labeled. He will
be given a preliminary examination
on Monday.
| Iver Nedeen, who arrived on the
“Crook” was sentenced to 20 days for
; assault in Judge David’s court today.
| Nedeen, who was under the influence
j of liquor, went down the main street
[waving his arms promiscuously and
nearly injuring several persons who
were in his path. Several women were
forced off the sidewalk to escape his
attack. Anchorage is indeed fortun
ate in being a “dry” town and thus
being very rarely subjected—too such
actions.
Bill Phelps came in town today
from up on Willow creek to get a
taste of city life and then he beat it
back this afternoon. Bill used to be
long to the S. A. E. fraternity when
he went to college, but we, being a
Fiji, never had much use for the S. A.
E.’s. Bill went to school long enough
to learn how to be a mining engineer
and now he is up on Willow creek |
separating gold from rock and ligur-i
ing how he is going to spend all his!
money.
The Matanuska returned from tire
mouth of the Susitna river last night
with the launch Eklutna in tow. The
Eklutna had engine trouble and was i
disabled at that point for three days.
J. E. Willson, who has been em
ployed at the Martin mine in Willow
creek, arrived in the city last night.
Mr. Willson will remain here for a
short time.
Roy Ketcham, one of Talkeetna’s
business men, arrived in Anchorage
last night on th^ launch Marathon.
He will be in the city a few days at
tending to business.
A. H. Schaffer, an employe of the
Commission, stationed at Talkeetna,
who has been spending several days j
in Anchorage, will return on the Om
ineca.
Chas. E. Herron brought his Buick
‘37” in on the Alaska. But he only
had one ride in it before Herman
Gentsch came around and bought it
fromshim. Herman will use it along
with his Reo in the auto service busi
ness.
E. G. Botts is a visitor here from
Great Falls, Montana.
The river boat Omineca arrived
from Krotto yesterday, and will be in
port a few days.
George Martin, who has been
spending several days in our city, re
turned to Knik last evening.
H. H. Bennett, of the bureau of
soils, department of agriculture, and
A. C. Ringland, of the United States
forestry service, returned last even
ing on the launch Wilhelmina from a
reconnoissance of the Kachemak bay
country and other Inlet points. Mr. I
Bennett brought specimens of grasses
native to the Kaqhemak bay country
which had attained a height of eight
feet, lie says he sees no reason why
that region should not be a good
stock raising country.
The launch Alaska arrived from
Turnagain Arm yesterday, with two
scows in tow.
The launch Sea Lion left today for
Susitna Station, with a' large cargo of
freight for local merchants.
Miss Ethel McIntosh leaves tomor
row for Matanuska, where she will
visit friends for a few days.
Mr. Hemmingway, employed by the
.Commission, returned this morning to
his oftice at Matanuska.
Thos. Riley came down from the
[Junction on a business trip and will
be in the city a short time.
Joe Sarkin arrived from Willow
J creek, where he has been for some
time, and will remain in Anchorage a
few days.
Mr. Lively, who has been spending
[several days in Anchorage, will be an
outgoing passenger on the steamship
; Farragut.
John Zug left for Matanuska this
morning to meet the Matanuska
! ranchers, relative to new road facili
ties.
N. B. Solner and wife yesterday
l^tfade a round trip to Moose creek for
|?t,he purpose of seeing the railway.
1 They will depart on the Farragut.
I Mrs. F. H. Martin was a passenger
on the Omineca from Croto, where
she was visiting her husband, before
returning to the states.
Mrs. J. G. Swenson was elected
president, C. I. Strathcona, vice-presi
urer; and Miss Eva Lockhart, secre
tary.
Bishop Rowe and wife will be out
going passengers on the Farragut.
He will stop over at Seward, then Val
dez, and Cordova.
The Admiral Farragut will arrive
at 9 o'clock this evening with the An
chorage baseball boys anil 90 tons
of freight.
Milo Kelly, who has been spending
several days in Anchorage, returned
to Knik last night on the launch
Swan. From there he will^go to his
claims located on Willow creek.
Mrs. George R. Vause departed last
night on the army transport Crook
for the great outside. This is Mrs.
Vause's first visit to the states in live
years.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
I. C. Frame, of Seattle, arived in
Anchorage on the Admiral Farragut,
to accept \a position with his father,
Jno. W. Frame, of the Forty-Ninth
Star.
E. T. McNally, of the lumber firm
of McNally and Maitland, was an out
going passenger on the Admiral Far
ragut for Seattle, where he will spend
a few days on business.
Arthur.Jett, the mining expert, re
turned with the baseball party from
Seward on the Farragut and will
leave tonight to visit Dick Dawson,
who is operating on Crow creek.
Roy Ketcham, who came down on
the launch Marathon from Talkeetna,
left on the launch Swan for Knik,
where he will spend a few days visit
ing friends.
Mrs. (1. E. Millar, accompanied by
her son Ralph, of Seattle, were pas
sengers on the Admiral Farragut,
coming to Anchorage to join her hus
bank, who is in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
W. 11. Rowman, a retired capitalist,
of Louisville, and one of the tourists
aboard the Farragut, made The Daily
Times office a pleasant call this morn
ing and further added to the estab
lished- reputation of The Daily Times
by saying to the publisher that “you
get out the best paper 1 have seen in
Alaska.”
J. B. Carver, who recently made, a
big strike on Peterson creek, in the
Willow creek district, arrived in An
chorage yesterday. Relative to his
claims, Mr. Carver said: “We have
uncovered eight different leads, aver
aging from four to eight feet, and
assays have shown $35 returns. These
leads all seem to be fissure veins, in
stead of the blanket kind.” Mr. Car
ver and associates has started exten
sive development work on the big
showing.
B. C. Eaton arrived m Anchorage
this morning on the Admiral Farra
gut. Mr. Eaton is representing Geo.
A. Brooke, of Seattle, and will leave
in a few days for Bear creek, near
Hope, to superintend the shipment of
the ten-stamp quartz mill of the Gold
Stamp Mining company to Port Wells,
where it will be installed on the Her
man-Eaton property.
“Sport” Smith stayed over in Seward
until the next steamer in connection
with a big mining law suit that will
have a hearing before Judge Brown
the 22nd of this month in Anchorage.
Mr. Smith is one of the principal wit
nesses for the defense and will re
turn to Anchorage in company with
Attorney L. V. Ray.
Officials On a Trip
Judge Wm. H. Whittelsey, accom
panied by United States Marshal A.
F. Sullivan, were passengers on the
Admiral Farragut as far as Seldovia,
where they will spend several days in
connection with some criminal cases
recently perpetrated in that vicinity.
They will later take a trip to Nush
agakand Iliamna in the endeavor to
run <Mwn some clues in the McLain
murder in which it will I5fe remember
ed A. E. McLain brutally murdered
his wife a short time ago. McLain is
now in the Valdez jail awaiting trial
and this trip is being made to get
hold of some important witnesses in
connection with the case.
Alaska's Poet
/ To Write War'
Poems at Front
(Juneau Empire)
Robert. W. Service, Alaska's poet
laureate, who for several months has
been busy heaving bombs from
French to German trenches with a
lacrosse racquet, is going to write a
book on “Ballads of Battle”—as soon
as he can find time. This story came
in a private letter from a publisher.
Frank C. Dodd, of Dodd, Meade &
Co., went to France last April in an
effort to find Service and induce him
to write some poetry dealing with the
war. Service was at the front and
Dodd was unable to get a pass per
mitting him to visit the trenches. He
was not particularly anxious about
making the trip anyway, as the point
at which Service was living at that
time was not very healthful, there
being a superfluity of German bullets
and pieces of shrapnel whistling
through the atmosphere. He left a
letter for Service and returned to the
United States. A few days ago Dodd
received an answer, which he for
warded to a friend of Service's.
Is Good Pitcher.
“I’ve been on the front for ne<. •/
a year,” the Alaskan poet writes, “and
have developed considerable protiekn
cyt as a bomb thrower. If I ever get
back to America the anarchists will
be sure to want to hire me. Lately I
have been driving ammunition auto
mobile trucks and doing aiabidance
work, which is not quite as nerve
racking as is bomb throwing. But at
that my nerves are becoming some
what frazzled. I guess it must be the
noise. I’ll have to quit before long,
and when I get back to where it’s
quieter I’ll see what I can do' about
writing something on the war.”
A story is told to the effect that
sometime ago Service rescued a
wounded Irishman. The man died be
fore he reached a base hospital. Serv
ice, who, although he is a poet, has
good business sense, found in the
man’s pockets a copy of a poem on
‘War” written in long hand. Service
read and thought it a masterpiece. He
told newspaper corespondents of the
great tragedy. Here had been discov
ered an unknown genius who died on
the eye of gaining public recognition.
The newspaper correspondents print
ed the story of the poem and then it
was discovered that the verse had
been written hourly 60 years ago by
an author of international reputation.
New Alaska Road
Being Rushed to
Quick Completion
JUNEAU, August 10.—George W.
Nelson, contractor in charge of the
construction of the new rairload from
Goose City, on Controller bay, to the
Bering river coal fields, was in Ju
neau yesterday while the Admiral
Evans was in port. Mr. Nelson called
on Gov. J. F. A. Strong and several
other friends.
Mr. Nelson has been on a business
trip to San Francisco where he placed
an order for the rails for the road and
also for other building material.
The Alaska Petroleum & Coal com
pany, which is constructing the road,
is experiencing considerable difficulty
getting their material delivered, part
ly on account of the orders placed
ahead with the steel companies, and
partially on account of the congestion
of freight due to the strike at both
Seattle and San Francisco.
“If we car. get our supplies we will
have the road 'hushed before January
1st,” said Mr. Nelson yesterday. ^“We
are working about 140 men at present
on the railroad and about 40 in the
development of our coal mine. The
railroad grade is going ahead very
fast and will be ready to lay rails as
soon as they arrive. The coal mine
has been developed to a point where
we have uncovered a 14-foot vein of
the finest anthracite coal. As soon as
the railroad is completed to the mine,
we will be ready to deliver coal to
tide water, as the mine will be ready
to produce at that time.”
MAIN SHAFT OF
DREDGER BREAKS
The main driving shaft of the
dredge of the Cache Creek Dredging
company broke recently, and unless
efforts that are now being made to
make repairs are successful, the min
ing season will have been lost, entail
ing a severe loss to the concern. Aft
er a three-days’ run, the company
cleaned up 200 ounces of gold, prov
ing that the ground contains hand
some workable values. It is regret
table that the accident occured, be
cause the Cache Creek Dredging com
pany is a legitimate concern and has
expended( a large gum in installing
the dredge and getting ready for op
erations.
COMMISSIONER FOR
THE NENANA PRECINCT
FAIRBANKS. August 16.—Robert
E. Bums ha& been appointed U. S.
commissioner for the Nenana record
ing precinct by Judge Bunnell and
has gone to assume his duties. Bums
wa* formerly connected with the
Samson Hardware company in Fair
banks and is an old-timer in the coun
try. The appointment gives general
satisfaction.
Millions Are
Shipped From
* Alaska South
In the last fiscal year, which closed
June 30, Alaska shipped through Se
attle to the markets of the United
States merchandise and previous met
als valued at $65,964,000, according to
a compilation made by the depart
ment of commerce and made public
yesterday, says the Seattle Times of
August 1. Of this amount about $17,
000,000 consisted of gold and silver.
From the standpoint of an invest
ment, the people of the United States,
by whom Alaska was purchased for
$7,200,000, received a dividend of
about 900 per cent on their invest
ment this year.
Alaska’s exports to the United
States were double the amount re
corded in 1912, and was only exceed
ed by ten countries in the world be
fore- the'outbreak of the European
war. Since the war, foreign exports
have been greatly decreased, and Al
aska now has a leading position as an
exporter.
Copper Predominant Feature.
The predominant feature of Alas
ka’s trade for the year, according to
an analysis made by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, de
partment of commerce, was the rise
of copper to first place among Alas
ka’s staples. More than a year ago,
The Times, after a careful analysis of
the Alaskan copper industry, predict
ed that the output of the metal this
year would „ be between $24,000,000
and $25,000,000. Local commercial or
ganizations thought the estimate too
high, but the actual production of
$26,488,000 shows that it was conserv
ative. This is an increase of 400 per
cent over the average yield for the
three preceding years and exceeds
the combined imports of copper from
Chile, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, the
leading foreign sources of the red
metal.
Canned salmon shipped to the Unit
ed States from Alaska in the last fis
cal year aggregated 216,000,000
pounds, valued at $18,307,000, an in
crease of 24,000,000 pounds over 1915
and 40,000,000 pounds over 1914.
Gold Yield More Than 16 Millions.
The Alaskan gold yield was $16,
200,000, and the silver shipments ag
gregated $760,000, both of these met
als showing an appreciable increase
over previous years. Other Alaskan
products included in the summary
ai'e:
Salted salmon, $500,000; other fish
and fish products, $773,000; furs and
skins, except seal, $468,000; seal
skins, $105,000; animal oils, $371,000;
antimony, $189,000; tin ore and con
centratcs^-479,000; lead-in ore, etc.,
$72,000; marble and stone, $59,000;
gypsum, $51,000.
Millionaire Is .
Going to Atlin
To Hunt Birds
(Juneau Empire)
More than 70 years old and recog
nized as one of the greatest amateur
big game sportsmen in the country,
Thomas Martindale, Philadlephia mil
; lionaire wholesale grocer, was in Ju
neau Saturday night, while the City
of Seattle was in port.
Nearly every kind of game that this
country affords has fallen before the
rifle of Martindale. This is his
fourth trip to Alaska, searching for
new sport each time. Three years
ago he hunted in the Bear lake dis
trict, the next year in the White river
country and last year near Cook in
let. This year he goes to Atlin to
hunt around Atlin lake, which is one
of the best ptarmigan fields in the
northland.
Likes to Rough It.
Mr. Martindale has a camp in the
Maine woods, but says that hunting
there is getting too tame for him and
he likes to get out where he can
rough it. Three or four months each
year he devotes to the outloor life and
to this he attributes the fact that he
is as hale and hearty at his age as
are most men at the age of 50.
The deer and moose hunting of the
Maine country are good, according to
Mr. Martindale, but he declares there
is no sport that quite equals that of
hunting the Alaskan brown bear. In
cidentally, he modestly relates one or
two incidents when he was hunting
that animal, that after succeeding in
wounding his quarry, he figured that
he'had about an even break in stop
ping the animal as he charged.
DEMOCRATS OF FIRST
DIVISION NAME TICKET
JUNEAU, August 10.—The follow
ing were nominated at the democratic
divisional convention, held here re
cently, as candidates on the legislat
ive ticket:
For Senator—J. M. Tanner, of
Skagway.
For Representative—W. W. Casey,
of Juneau; J. J. Connors, of Juneau;
Nels Anderson, of Treadwell; John Z.
Bayless, of Thane.
For Road Supervisor — Peter S.
Early, of Juneau.
Members of Divisional Committee—
Chosen at Territorial Convention—W.
W. Casey, of Juneau, chairman; Chas.
M. McGrath, of Sitka. Chosen at Di
visional Convention—William A. Holz
heimer, of Juneau; J. F. Warder, of
Ketchikan; Frank Bach, of Douglas;
Jack Trompen, of Perseverance, and
David Housel, of Juneau.
GARDEN SPOT
OF MATANUSKA
VALLEY REGION
RESIDENT SINGS PRAISES OF
WASILLA VALLEY, AND DE
CLARES IT BEST SOIL
HE EVER SAW.
A resident of Anchorage who has
just returned from a visit to the Wa
silla valley, in the Matanuska coun
try, is very enthusiastic over the ag
ricultural possibilities of that fertile
region. In fact, he says that he never
before saw such rich and desirable
farming land, and he is very familiar
with the soils in six states- of the
union, in which he has lived. To The
Times today, he said:
“The Wasilla valley parallels' the
Matanuska river and is located on
what may be termed bench land, be
ing about 50 feet higher than the
Matanuska river and the valley
through which this stream runs. The
Wasilla valley is almost a level plain,
and is from a mile and a half to six
miles in width and about 20 miles in
length. The soil is composed of vol
canic ashes and silt, and varies from
two to six feet in depth. It is covered
with a medium stand of birch and
spruce, with an undergrowth of wild
grasses that are up to an average
man’s waist. The soil is'sub-irrigated
by small creeks and lakes. Some of
the streams keep open all winter. The
climate is much warmer than what is
termed the Matanuska valley proper,
being practically free from the winds
that sweep down the Matanuska riv
er in winter time.
“The land is all taken up by set
tlers. Most all of the locators have
360-acre tracts. In order to get some
thing growing right away, the set
tlers have picked out spots here and
there, where the timber would be
most easily removed, and in this way
have made clearings ranging from one
to ten acres on different parts of their
holdings. They have growing pota
toes, oats, wheat, barley, cabbage, tur
nips, and nearly all kinds of vegeta
bles, and there is not a ‘yellow’ streak
anywhere.
“Potatoes will yield ten tons to the
acre, oats' four tons, and other root
and forage crops in like proportion.
The oats I saw reached nearly to my
shoulders. The products raised are of
the very best quality. The settlers in
the Wasilla valley are all contented
and not one could be found who re
gretted settling there. It is believed
by the settlers that the seasons are
sufficiently long to mature any and
all the products raised there. The
climate is mild, protected as it is
from summer frosts and winter gales.
“Quite a considerable stock is al
ready in the country, and all that I
saw looking fine. The urgent need
now is good wagon roads. The Alas
kan Road commission is now taking
up this important matter, both in the
interests of the farmer and the miner.
“The Wasilla valley lies beyond
Matanuska Junction, the main rail
way line toward Fairbanks passing
through it. It is within easy distance
of the Willow creek gold camp, which
lies to the north, and the Matanuska
coal fields, to the east.
“The settlers are working with a
vim and are encouraged in every move
they make by the rapid and healthy
growth of the seeds they plant. The
building of the government railway,
which affords employment to so many
men, provides a market for all the
products that may be raised and the
prices received are satisfactory.
“I have lived in six different states
and I am frank to say that I have
never seen such a rich tract of coun
try as the Wasilla valley.”
REMAINS OF OSCAR BOULET
ARE FOUND ON RIVER BAR
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ANIAK, Alaska—On the afternoon
of May 6 the body of Oscar Boulet,
who disappeared on the Aniak Octo
ber 25, 1915, was found high up on
a bar about half a mile below where
the accident to his boat happened. It
was lying face down, and was not
bruised or disfigured except where
the side of his face touched the stones
on the gravel bar. He was in his shirt
sleeves and wore a toque, which was
in place. The fingers and thumbs of
both hands had the appearance ol
having been frozen before death.—Ex.
OLD-TIME OFFICIAL
GOING TO THE HOME
Judge Philander Gallaher, formei
United States commissioner at Ruby, '
and the dean of the legal profession ^
in that thriving community,will short- '
ly leave for the Pioneers’ Home at
Sitka, Alaska, to recuperate. Judge
Gallaher is one of Alaska’s oldest fed- ^
eral officials, having been appointed 1
to a commissionership in 1897 by '
President McKinley. His many {
friends in the interior of Alaska sin
cerely hope that he will find the home
and surroundings beneficial to his re
quirements,—Ex. i
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A Seattle dispatch says that Cap- i
tain Gust Gustafson, well known in <
the Alaska trade, serving time for 1
forgery, was pardoned by Governor 1
Ernest Lister on condition that the :
captain return to Sweden and remain 1
there. 1
ANCHORAGE SOON TO
HAVE ELECTRICITY
The cost of the electrical plant and
lower installation to be constructed
lere by the Commission will ba ap
proximately $50,000, exclusive of the
poles, the street lighting system, or
;he labor. It is expected that ground
will be broken this week for the build
ng to house the installation. The
first work to be done will be the lay
ing of the boiler and stack founda
:ions. The stack should be here very
3oon, as the contract was let several
weeks ago to the Seattle Boiler
Works. It will bo six feet in diame
ter, and wiil tow<. ) feet in the air.
rhe brick for the boiler foundations
arived on the “Croak” several days
ago. It is of in .crest that the two
boilers, which aro n >w here, waiting
to be installed, ala % with t.e two
75 K. W.-D. C. generators, were used
in Panama to furnish power for
crushing the rock which went into
the construction of the Gatun Locks.
There will be four forms of energy
supplied by the new power plant:
First, the alternating current for the
city, the street lighting and the termi
nal; second, the direct current, which
will be used by the shops for power
and possibly for light in case' of a
shortage of the alternating current ■
third, the compressed air for the
shops; and last the exhaust steam for
heating the shops. Power will be fur
nished by two batteries of two boil
ers, each having a capacity of 135 h.
p. The water here does not seem to
have a very severe effect on the boil
er tubes. The thick porous scale,
formed by the water at Panama is
loosened by the action of the Anchor
age water, and after it disappears on
ly a thin hard scale will form.
The city light and power will be
furnished by a new 100 K. W.-A. C.
steam turbine generator which is now
in the course of construction by the
General Electric Co., at Schenectady,
N. Y. This generator, along with the
accessories, will cost around $5,650,
and will be delivered some time in
October. The Commission is congrat
ulating itself on obtaining this outfit
this year, for any other kind of a
plant would require at least a year
before delivery could be made. All
the electrical manufacturing compa
nies are working to their extreme lim
it of production and if it was not for
the fact that this order was from the
government Anchorage might not
havd* electric service this winter, or
next year either, for that matter.
The lighting system for the town
will be more or less temporary this
winter. Lights will be installed on
the darker streets, b\it it is not ex
pected that the main streets will be
lighted, as the Commission wishes to
wait until a good permanent system
can be put in. Due to the great rush
of war orders for their other prod
ucts, the factories making the stand
ards, etc., could not supply them in
time for this year.
Many of the Anchorage shops and
trades requiring power are waiting
anxiously until they can run their ma
chinery by electricity and it is hoped
that the Commission will lose no time
r.fter the equipment arrives in putting
it in operation.
RUBY MINE OWNER
KILLED BY A CAVE-IN
RUBY—A fatal accident which cast
gloom over Long City occurred last
Saturday afternoon, when a cave-in
occurred on No. 3 Bear pup, killing
Chris Henry, one of the owners and
operators of the ground.
Heney, John Miller and Theodore
Laliberte had been working in the
drift but a short time after dinner,
when a slab of dirt from the roof fell,
completely covering Heney. Miller
heard him call just as the cave-in oc
curred and he and Laliberte commenc
ed to dig him out.
The body of the unfortunate man
was recovered after about five min
utes; but death must have been al
most instantaneous, as, upon exami
nation by Dr. Conley, it was found
that, his neck, back and both arms
were broken.—Zx.
rWO INTERIOR COMMISSION
ERS TENDERED RESIGNATIONS
Announcement lias been made by
Judge Bunnell that Commissioner
John K. Brown, of Fairbanks, has
sent in his resignation, to take effect
A.ugust 31. Reed W. Helig, assistant
United States attorney for the Fourth
iivision, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy, and will resume his new du
ties on September 1.
Commissioner J. E. Coffer, of Hot
Springs, has resigned also, and J. C.
Moody, of Iditarod, has been named
to fill that vacancy.
FUDGE BUNNELL REMOVES
HIS CLERK OF COURT
Joe E. Clarke, clerk of the United
States district court for the Fourth
Iivision, has resigned and he has
>een succeeded by Sidney Stewart, his
:hief deputy, formerly employed with
he Washington-Alaska bank.
Rumor has it that the resignation,
allowing so closely upon the visit of
he recent special agent from the de
>artment of justice, was asked by the
lepartment.
New Commissioner for Seward.
Judge F. M. Brown yesterday is
;u«d an order appointing J. Earl
Voolley United States commissioner
it Seward, the appointment to take
iffect Sept. 1. The office has been
emporarily filled by Frank G. Ennis,
fho was named by Judge Brown last
;pring while at Ketchikan, to fill the
racancy caused by the resignation of
d. J. Conroy.
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