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Bank of Alaska
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
An Institution of Strength and Character
Capital $85,000 Surplus $20,500
FOUR BANKS:
g SKAGWAY, ANCHORAGE, CORDOVA, WRANGELL
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President
Vice President
Andrew Stevenson
Andrew A. Benton
Resident Vice President, Anchorage
Resident Vice President, Cordova
Resident Vice President, Wrangell
J. T. Westermann
W. R. Ilillery
W. H. Warren
Cashier, W. L. Landsborough
Auditor, B. A. Ross
Ass’t. Cashier, M. McVean
Skagway
Anchorage
Cordova
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Although an integral part of the one system, each branch has
had assigned to it the full amount of Capital required by the
Territorial Banking Board for the establishment of a Bank in such
a location. Each branch is therefore equipped to serve its cus
tomers as fully as any independent bank, but with the added
strength and resources of the entire institution to draw upon.
Furthermore each is responsible to the Territorial Banking Board,
is examined and supervised independently and renders its state
mnt direct to the Board. The Bank of Alaska is therefore, be
cause of its double supervision and safeguards, peculiarly “An
Institution of Strength and Character.”
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SEATTLE PAPERS
LAUD ANCHORAGE
PICTURES PUBLISHED OF WIN
DOW DISPLAYS OF LOCAL
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Seattle newspapers received in An
chorage manifest one material result
accomplished for Anchorage and the
Cook Inlet country by the agricultural
and industrial fair held here Septem
ber 3, 4 and 5 of this year.
A four column photograph of the
products of the Matanuska farms, as
displayed in a Second avenue window
of the Bon Marche of Seattle was car
ried in the Post-Intelligencer: “In ex
planatory matter under the photo
graph the newspaper said:
“The Alaska-grown products, prize
winners at the fair in Anchorage, were
brought to this city through the court
esy of the Alaska bureau of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce and Com
mercial club. Fine specimens of beard
less barley, spelt, winter wheat, bunch
clover, alfalfa and the sixty day oats
prove evidence of the grain growing
possibilities of the ‘Land of the Mid
night Sun.’ Huge turnips, potatoes,
beets, immense heads of cabbage, gar
den peas, all grown in the northland,
are the source of hundreds of exclama
tions of delight and wonder from Seat
tle folk who daily stop and gaze at the
exhibits as they pass down the city’s
main shopping thoroughfare. The
products are a revelation to numerous
outsiders to whom Alaska is but a
land of ice and snowr and dreary
wastes.”
ARMY MEN GIVE
UP $3,716,000
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Officers
and men in the United States army
have subscribed to date $3,716,000 of
the new Liberty Loan according to re
ports given out by the adjutant gen
eral’s office.
Several military organizations re
port that every man in them subscrib
ed to the loan.
E. H. L. MITCHELL TELLS OF BAT
TLE AGAINST DEATH IN
SOUTHWEST COAST.
LEFT SEWARD FOR COLD BAY
Two Members of Party Are Drowned
and Remaining Two Eat Their Dog
and Almost Perish From Cold and
Hunger.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—In a battle
against death in the frozen north,
while marooned on a frozen island off
the northern coast of Alaska for fifty
eight days, E. H. L. Mitchell suffered
injuries that prevent his acceptance
into the service of the United States.
He came here to help Uncle Sam fight
the Huns, but wa^rejected because his
feet were frozen.
Here is his story as he told it him
self:
“Three other men and myself left
Seward, Alaska, on the gas boat Suc
cess, for the scene of a new gold strike
at Cold Bay, 450 miles to the west
ward. Charles Hansen, owner of the
boat, was 30, a Norwegian, John Lar
son, whom he took along to help, was I
i well along in years, and also a Nor- |
wegian. The other man was my part-!
ner, Tom Campbell, 45 years old, and I
an experienced prospector. Tom in-,
tended to marry a girl in Minneapo
lis following this stampede. And
there were two others—Tip and Top—
dogs. The boat was 33 feet over all,
and housed four in the forecastle.
Dogs Were Seasick.
“The waters we attempted to nav
igate are the roughest in the Pacific.
Campbell, Larson and the two dogs
were constantly seasick. When we
started to cross Afognak Island we
struck open water; it came on to blow,
great guns and the flying spray froze
several inches thick on the weather
side of the boat. There was but one
thing to do—make for the nearest
shelter as quickly as possible.
“The nearest shelter was Barren
Islands. There ;s no holding ground
for anchors, nor could we find any
lee under the largest of the islands. ■
The wind was blowing eighty miles an
hour. In a short time boat and men
were sheathed in ice. The boat kick
ed and pitched; we were forced to keep
the engine going full speed ahead al
ways.
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Good Holding Ground.
“The next morning we discovered
good holding ground In the lee of I
West Amutilla Island. Just a month
after we had started the weather mod
erated, and all in the party except my
I self, went ashore in a skiff. But by
j noon the wind was blowing stronger
i than ever, and directly off shore, and
after I had eaten something I set my
| self to watch for the return of the
i small boat. It was about 2 o’clock
when they got into the skiff and put
back, one man in the bow, another at
the oars, and Campbell in the stern.
I noticed persently that they were in
difficulties.
Two Were Drowned.
“One of the oarlocks had broken. I
tied a rope to an empty cask and al
lowed the cask to drift toward them.
As I was paying out the line I heard
a chorus of the most horrible yelling
imaginable, mingled with the howl
ings of the two dogs. I looked and
saw the skiff upside down, with the
men clinging to it. I yelled to them
to swim to the cask, but they stuck
to the boat, and even as I looked the i
skiff turned over and over like a
thing alive. Campbell never came up
again. Larsen, Hansen told me later,
managed to reach the boat and cling
to it until it had nearly reached the
beach. Then, numbed by the cold, he
dropped off and was drowned. Han
sen and the dog, Top, were the only
survivors.
Bucked Anchors From Holdings.
“I started the engine going in the
hope of getting to Hansen, but could
not free the anchors. I therefore buck
ed them from their borings and then
dragged them shoreward. And then,
as the last straw, the engine failed
and the boat piled up on a rock.
* “But from that position I was able
to throw Hansen a box of matches,
with which he built a fire, and so
kept himself from freezing. When
the tide receded I managed to get
Hansen aboard with me, to help sal
vage the food. We had piled the food
on the top of the deck house when the
tide began to come in again, and 1
swam ashore with a line, by means of
which I dragged Hansen after me.
Feet Were Frozen.
“It is from this point that our real
sufferings began. The island is 26
miles from the mainland, and rough
and uninhabited. We erected a little
tent which had drifted ashore, ant.
set about picking up some articles that
had come in on the beach. These con
sisted of some flour, some tobacco,
and other things.
“Hansen’s feet were so badly frozen
that from that time until we left the
island, fifty-eight horrroie days later,
he was unable to walk. My own leet
were frozen in places. On the thirc.
day the tide cast up the bodies of Lar
sen and the dog Tip. There was no
place to bury them, so I made them
fast to driftwood by means of ropes.
On the fifth day the corpse of poor
Campbell came ashore.
Waves Dragged Bodies Loose.
“Each night the waves would drag
the bodies loose, and each morning 1
would be forced to drag them up or.
the beach and make them fast again.
“After spending some time on the
beach I took advantage of some al
most windless weather, and rowed
myself and Hansen, with our oufit
and supplies, to the other side of the
island, where we might see the ships
passing at sea and signal them. We
saw the smoke smudges of two, but
we were never able to attract their
attention.
“We erected a cabin of driftwood,
and when we had crawled into it fo:
the first time, the gale knocked it
about our heads and nearly killed
Hansen. For the next two days and
nights we lay in wet blankets, with
out shelter of any kind. For three i
weeks after that we slept under the
overturned skiff, which we had to lash '
down to keep it from blowing away, j
When we were not asleep, we sat hud-1
died before a roaring fire to keep j
warm.
Made Meal Off Dog.
“In this manner the weeks dragged
on. We had little to eat, the cob.
pierced us to the marrow. So we killed
poor Top, and made a meal of him.
But this was only justice, for I dis
covered him one day devouring the
body of Larsen.
“I made two fruitless endeavors to
reach the mainland. It was three
months after our start that I decided
to make my next attempt to cross to
the mainland. I knew that it was con
sidered impossible in a 12-foot boat,
but it was death either way, and I
thought I had better die in a hurry.
I wanted to leave Hansen there until
I should come back with help, but he
insisted on going.
“After six hj'irs of continual bat
tling with the waves and the wind and
the tides we reached Dog Fish Bay,
were taken in by an Indian family aThi
fed.”
HUNTERS OBTAIN
MOOSE AND DUCKS
PARTY OF ANCHORAGE MEN EN
JOY ELEVEN DAYS’ SPORT
ON PINCHER CREEK.
Dr. E. F. German, the dentist, E.
M. Huff, the insurance man, Samuel
Mandle, connected with the Alaska
Labor Union, and Edward Pauley and
Harold Swanson returned yesterday
from an eleven day game hunt on
Pincher creek near the Chickaloon riv
er across the arm.
The party managed in the eleven
days to shoot five moose and the limit
of ducks and wild geese.
AH- the members of the party thor
oughly enjoyed the hunt and are ex
tremely optimtistic concerning the big
game possibiltiies in the country trav
ersed.
Will They?
The president pardoned the disord
erly suffragettes, but will their more
patriotic sisters, who are just as de
voted to the cause, pardon them?—
ROMMS
CARE TO AVOID
CITY CONDUCTS MUNICIPAL
BUNKERS AND CITIZENS HAVE
BEEN LAYING IN SUPPLIES.
CANNOT GET ORDERS FILLED
Reports That Were Circulated Some
Time Ago of Likelihood of Ship
ments from Matanuska Field Are
Not Given Credence Now.
According to a statement made at j
a recent meeting of the Douglas city |
council the other evening by Mayor
Smith, Douglas may caught short
of coal in the course of a few more
weeks. The mayor stated that he had
several orders placed, but that it was
doubtful when any of them would be
filldd, as coal from British Columbia,
the source from which Douglas has,
been supplied in the past, is being
shipped down the coast to California
and what is not being shipped there is
being taken by the United States gov
ernment.
As upward o' £2,500 worth of coal
has been sold by the city of Douglas j
in the past three weeks, says the
Douglas Island News, it is apparent i
that many have laid in their supplies j
for the winter and will be in good
shape when the stock now carried by
the city is exhausted. There was 295 j
tons in the coal shed at the Douglas ;
wharf the other day and it is not like
ly that it will all be gone before ar
additional supply is received.
Report About Matanuska Coal.
The report circulated a few weeks.
ago to the effect that coal from the
Matanuska field would be delivered
in Douglas before winter and at a j
price less than that now being charged
by outside concerns, while joyfullly
received at the time, does not seem
to be more than a report, as nothing
more has been heard in the matter.!
It is likely that a report similar tc |
that circulated in Douglas was also'
spread at Nome, as the following from j
the Nome Nugget would indicate:
Coal Front Dutch Harbor.
“It is reported upon good authority
that a number of Nome people of ex
cellent financial standing are discuss
ing the possibilities of bringing coal
from Dutch Harbor to supply the lo
cal market. It is stated that coal
may be procured at the Aleutian isl
and port at a figure which will permit
of it being sold in Nome market at
a price considerably lower than is at
present being charged by Nome coal
vendors. It is further said that the
parties concerned contemplate procur
ing a vessel of about 500 tons burden
to transport the coal from Dutch Har
bor to Nome and have already taken
steps in that direction. Few details
are available, but the standing of the
parties interested, coupled with a
number of accidental statements made
by those associated with the plan,
gives subtle intimation that a project
of the nature indicated may devlop in
to a certainty at any time.”
NEW YORK WON
SECOND GAME; 2 TO 0
WIRELESS MESSAGES DO NOT
CARRY RESULT OF GAMES
TUESDAY AND TODAY.
A wireless message received here
today states that the second baseball
game at Chicago last Sunday in the
world series between the Chicago Am
ericans and the New York Nationals
resulted in a victory for New Y'ork by
a score of 2 to 0. New Y'ork made
eight hits and two errors, and Chicago
was credited with five hits and three
errors.
A previous wireless message report
ed that the first game of the series,
which was played at Chicago last Sat
urday was won by Chicago by a score
of 1 to 0.
No reports have been received re
garding Tuesday’s and today’s games
at New Y'ork.
SCHOOL HEAD
TO VISIT HEBE
L. D. HENDERSON WILL INSPECT
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
AND MEET OFFICIALS.
TELLS OF $15,000 ALLOWANCE
Insurance of $20,000 Is Taken Out on
Building and Equipment in This
City With Companies Having Local
Agents.
To inspect school factilities and to
confer with school authorities, L. D.
Henderson, head of the educational
department of the territory, with
headquarters at Juneau, will visit An
chorage early in November. Word to
this effect was received today in a
message from him to Mrs. U. M.
Thompson, secretary of the Anchorage
school board.
In his message, Mr. Henderson took
occasion to reply to several questions
that had been asked him by the di
rectors here in regard to technical
matters concerning the administration
of local school affairs, and in this con
nection he confirmed the information
sent there a short while ago that the
Anchorage district was entitled to an
appoi^onment of $15,000 annually
from the territorial treasury.
The school board announced today it
had taken out fire insurance policies
aggregating $20,000 on the school
building and the school equipment in
this district. Eighten thousand dol
lars covers the building and $2,000 the
equipment. The insurance was dis
tributed in blocks of $5,000 among
four companies, which are represented
here by Waller and Duggan, Emard
and Lynch, J. H. Smith and Sidney
Anderson.
The lowest rate on risks here was
allowed the school board. The poli
cies run for three years, and the total
premiums on them for the entire
three-year period is $600.
The direct fire alarm system, con
necting the school building with the
fire department’s station, will be in
stalled this week.
GOVERNMENT MACHINE SPERM
IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AFT
ER DELAYED START.
Active dredging work was started
late yesterday afternoon by the Unit
ed States dredge Sperm. The begin
ning of operations was planned for
Tuesday, but some delay was exper
ienced in getting the big machine in
easy running order.
The present task of the dredge con
stitues the first part of the undertak
ing to make Anchorage a fine deep
water harbor. The work in progress
now will straighten the channel of Ship
creek from the C street bridge to the
mouth of the creek in the tide flats.
The mud, which will be taken from
the creek, will be deposited at the foot
of Christensen road at First avenue
and after the fill has been made above
tide water, the new ground will be de
voted to warehouse purposes.
WILL LEAVE FOR STATES.
Dan Stanos, proprietor of the Liber
ty Cafe on E street betwen Third and
Fourth avenue has disposed of his in
terests and will leave on the Evans to
night for Seattle. He expects to re
turn to Anchorage over the trail from
Seward and will start some kind of
business here during the coming win
ter.
ON WAY TO VALDEZ.
Deputy United States Marshal M.
J. Healey from Talkeetna will leave
tonight on the steamer Admiral Evans
for Valdez where he will attend the
sessions of the district court, which
convenes October 15.