Woman Suffrage
Strong Issue With
Helen Cannon
(Juneau Empire)
When Miss Helen Cannon returns
to Juneau from her trip to Sitka, she
will undoubtedly be entertained by
several Juneau ladies. Miss Cannon,
soon after her arrival from the
south, said:
“Women will make as great poli
ticians as men. I do not see any rea
son why women should not produce an
‘Uncle Joe’ Cannon in their ranks,
just as soon as they have had a lit
tle more political education.”
Such is the declaration of faith in
the political future of women an
nounced by Miss Cannon, who is the
daughter of Congressman “Uncle
Joe” Cannon.
“I cannot quote my father in re
gard to national suffrage. I have
been so closely connected with him in
his political life that I know women
often talk too much. It is a habit they
must overcome in the political urorld.
“As for me, 1 take all the suffrage
I can get and feel that it is my right.”
New Pay Found
on Bear Creek
E. T. Haun arrived in Anchorage
this morning from his placer work
ings on Bear creek and reports a new
discovery of importance to the min
ing circles. Mr. Haun and his uncle
Tom Haun have eight claims on Bear
creek running from the mouth of the
canyon to the tide line and reports a
recent strike at a depth of 18 feet
that runs three quarters of a cent to
a cent and a half to the pan. This is
of importance from the fact that it
means the installation of a complete
hydraulic plant. Mr. Haun has clos
ed down for the season and will com
mence immediately to lay the balance
of the 900-foot flume and about 800
feet of pipe necessary for successful
hydraulic operation next season.
Reports from the Sieffert camp on
Resurrection creek are that Mr. Sief
fert is taking out from $1,500 to $2,
500 a clean-up and that the season’s
output for this camp will reach the
record mark.
ASSESSED VALUE
EXCEEDSJIILLION
SEWARD, August 9.—The assess
ment rolls of the town of Seward have
just been completed by the town as
sessor and show an aggregate value
of the property within townsite lim
its, subject to taxation, of one million,
two hundred and seven thousand dol
lars.
FORTUNE HUNTERS TO
SALVAGE A STEAMER
WITH SILVER ABOARD
WASHINGTON, August 9.—An
nouncement was made here that a
fortune-bunting expedition, backed
by New York financiers, is off the
Virginia capes ready to begin the sal
vage of the Wardo liner Merida,
which was sunk four years ago in col
lision. The liner carried $600,000 in
silver bars.
The expedition is in charge of Geo.
D. Etillson, who for many years was
in charge of the government diving
work, and who supervised the raising
of the submarine F-4 in Honolulu
harbor last year.
Seafaring men express the opinion
that 90 per cent of the vessels wreck
ed at sea sank in water less than 300
feet deep. If the treasure search for
the Merida is successful the expedi
tion will move on to other wrecks, a
corporation having been organized to
make deep-sea salvage a regular bus
iness. Percy Rockefeller, Rear Admi
ral C. M. Chester, retired, and Charles
H. Sabin are some of the men who
are backing the scheme.
WORK STOPPED ON
ST. ELIAS LIGHTHOUSE
(Cordova Times)
According to reports of men who
have been employed on the construc
tion of the lighthouse at Cape St.
Elias, the appropriation for that pur
pose has been exhausted and the work
has been stopped. No further work
can be done on the lighthouse, it is
said, until another appropriation has
been made, and the lighthouse, which
was supposed to have been completed
this fall, will not be finished until
next summer.
The St. Elias light, as planned, will
be one of the most powerful lights on
the coast and also it is one of the
most necessary aids to navigation,
and the lack of this light will be felt
by mariners if the reports of work
having been stopped are true.
A copy of the New York Times
that arrived on the last mail contains,
on the front page, a picture that por
trays Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McDermott
riding in a dog sled, the team being
driven by Fred Peterson. The picture
was taken while Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Dermott were going out over the tfiil
last winter. Mrs. McDermott repre
sented the Anchorage Woman’s club
at the international session of wom
en’s clubs, held in New York city, del
egates attending from all parts of the
wide world.
Fishermen Josh
Jap, Who Kills
Two and Himself
(Prospector)
On June 11, at Sanborn Harbor,
Nagai island, one of the Shumagin
group, a Japanese ran amuck, killed
two of the fishermen at the fishing
station there, wounded three others
and set fire to several of the build
ings, following which he killed him
self. The story of the murder and
suicide was published in the Pros
pector a short time after, with all the
details then obtainable.
The coast guard steamer Unalga
recently brought mail from that
place, and among the letters received
by the marshal’s office is one from
the Jap who committee! the crime, and
sheds much light on the story of the
killing and the causes leading there
to.
The letter was written in Japanese,
apparently a few days before the
shooting took place, and was trans
lated into English by another Japan
ese. It reads as follows:
“Citizen of Imperial Japan hereby
gives note to Sir Marshal,
“I came from San Francisco as
cook for the fishermen last spring,
but one man often intimidate me by
saying, ‘This is word from govern
ment.’ So I quit the job. Then after
I came to this place the men intimi
date me more than ever. They said:
‘We will kill you by the hand of the
Governor, if that is impossible we will
get a man killer to kill you.’ Such
plans were made to kill me so I killed
them and myself instead of getting
killed myself for nothing.
“Now, officer, how would you judge
about this, what would you do under
the circumstances? Suppose there
were eight men in a gang, one of the
eight tried to save me, but he, too,
was then intimidated, which made me
grieve for this man.
“I did not mean to kill so many
people, I was aiming at one.
“JAPANESE MURATA.
“I wish you would stop this treat
ment from the American govern
ment.”
This letter was found among the
effects of the Jap after the crime, and
was forwarded here. It tells a story
of persecution at the hands of the
rough fishermen, who, finding time
hanging heavily upon their hands,
amused themselves by scaring the ig
norant Jap and as a consequence
brought upon themselves a heavy
punishment.
Seward Raising
Bonus in Effort fo
Secure Smelter
SEWARD, August f).—In an effort
to got the Reynolds Alaska corpora
tion to establish a smelter at Sew
ard, a committee of citizens is hus
tling- about for subscriptions, which
will be in the nature of a bonus to
the enterprise, if located here. Up to
date, ?I5,000 has been subscribed by
cit'/ens.
Foliowing are the proposed officials
of the Reynolds Alaska corporation:
Henry D. Reynolds, chairman board
of directors.
Blarney Stevens, president.
Archie Hancock, vice-president and
general manager.
Charles L. Peabody, vice-president
and New York manager.
Senator O. P. Hubbard, general
counsel.
Detrick Lane, Seward director.
William Hemple, Valdez director.
Dr. F. M. Boyle, secretary and
treasurer.
Omar J. Humphry, Seattle director.
Charles H. Kingsbury, Boston di
rector.
William J. Lotta, Philadelphia di
rector.
John Wilson, Latouche director.
Robert Fringle, Chicago director.
SEARCHERS ABANDON
EFFORTS OF FINDING
MISSING ISLAND BOYS
DOUGLAS, July 26.—With the re
turn of the Celtic last night, practi
cally all the boats which have been
searching for the missing boys, Gal
vas, Hubbard and Salmonson, have
returned. All hope of finding the
boys alive has been abandoned and
only the possibility of picking up
their bodies has led the searchers to
continue.
A box of provisions, including a
cake, was found at the upper end of
the channel Sunday and was identified
as part of the outfit that Galwas had
taken along.
The Celtic returned with a box
camera which had been picked up
along the beach and which was also
identified as one belonging to one of
the boys.
The parents of the boys are con
vinced that the boys camped one night
and started out early Monday morn
ing, undoubtedly before the water
was calm enough to cross.
HARRY TURNBULL IS
KILLED BY A BOMB
—
Harry Turnbull, who was formerly
a prominent official of the Northern
Commercial company, at Fairbanks,
was one of the people who met his
end by the bomb exploded in the
crowd watching the preparedness pa
rade in San Francisco.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(Prom Wednesday’s Daily.)
Dr. C. L. Carmichael returned yes
terday from a prospecting trip of sev
eral weeks in the Broad Pass coun
try.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Davis came
over from Knik on the launch Swan
for a few days' visit with Anchorage
friends.
John P. Walker, connected with the
land surveys of the territory, left for
Juneau on the Admiral Evans for a
month's business trip of an official
nature.
Frank Pierre left on the Admiral
Evans last night for Cordova where
he will spend a month or so before
leaving Alaska for southern Califor
nia where he will make his future
home.
C. H. Bennett, superintendent of
construction on the Talkeetna district,
arrived in Anchorage on the river
steamer Omineca yesterday and is
here to meet his wife, who is expected
on one of the early steamers.
Mrs. Mary Be<jk, of Philadelphia,
who has been in Anchorage and vicin
ity for several weeks, looking at dif
ferent mining property with a view to
investing, left for the' outside this
morning on the Admiral Evans.
G. A. Vinger, representing the job
bing house of J. B. Caro and company
in their line of confectionery, tobac
cos and cigars, arrived in Anchorage
on the Admiral Evans and is stopping
at the White House.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hibbard, of Se
attle, who have been spending several
days in Anchorage, were outgoing
passengers on the 'Admiral Evans.
Mr. Hibbard is connected with the In
dependence Mining company in the
Willow creek district and a member
of the Hibbard-Stewart Fur company,
of Seattle.
Harry Landers and son Richard, of
the Gold Bullian mine, were in the
ity yesterday on business, returning
o Knik last night. Mr. Landers said
the management was still needing
hard rock miners and that the com
pany had accomplished a , large
amount of work this season and had
already driven 770 feet of tunnel with
onsiderable more work blocked out.
J. H. Collier, general manager of
the Willow Creek Mining company, is
down from the mine with the last
clean up and reports that they have
recently completed their drying room
and additional bunk houses. He also
said that this company could now
boast of running water in the dining
room and kitchen and a w’ash room
had been fixed up for the hard rock
miners of this camp.
The choir of the Episcopal church
will meet for practice tomorrow night
at the Presbyterian church at 8:00
o’clock.
• Dr. E. S. Reedy made a flying trip
to Matanuska Junction on the speed
er this morning and will return to
Mr. Ford, the noted musician of
Knik, who has been staying at the
White House for a few days, returned
yesterday.
Bud Saum, formerly employed by
the government in the capacity of
head packer, has recently opened a
barber shop at Nenana.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Shough, who were
guests at the White House, left yes
terday for Willow creek, where Mr.
Shough is engaged in mining.
Mrs. Bert Schaeffer, wife of the
storekeeper at Talkeetna, is confined
at the government hospital under the
charge of Drs. Reedy and Beeson.
There will be Episcopalian services
held here Sunday conducted by Bish
op P. T. Rowe. The hour will be
made known later in these columns.
Andrew Christensen advises that
the sale of town lots in the new gov
ernment town of Nenana will take
place on the 22nd day of this month.
The sailing of the steamer North
western from Seattle has been post
poned until the 13th and will not come
any further than Seward on this trip.
The city administration has just
completed an eight-foot board side
walk from 3rd to 6th avenue on K
street and from K to L on 4th avenue.
Ted Welch, an employe of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission station
ed at Talkeetna, arrived in the city
last night on the government boat B.
and B. No. 2.
Dr. J. H. McCallie returned yester
day from Kni.c, bringing two of his
lioxses that he will use on his pros
pecting trip into the Talkeetna and
Broad Pass country.
Frank Kelly, who is employed by
the Talkeetna Mining company, in
the Willow creek district, came down
from Knik last night on the launch
Swan for a few days’ visit in Anchor
age.
Deputy Marshal Ike Evans, of Sew
ard is the official who worked up the
case leading to the seizure of liquors
at Point Campbell recently. It is now
believed that the liquor was brought
here by a lumber-laden vessel.
John Linderbloom was brought
down from McDougal last night on
the power boat J. and J., and was tak
en to the government hospital. Mr.
Linderbloom was recently stricken
with a stroke of paralysis but is rest
ing comfortably at the present.
The government will conduct an
auction sale of lots in the Federal and
Cliff additions to the town of Seward
beginning September 11. There arc
158 lots in the Federal addition and
116 lots in the Cliff addition. Reser
vations have been made for sites for
a federal building, school purposes
and park grounds.
IN HM TOWNS
(From Wedijesday’s Daily.)
Petersburg fans have laid out a
baseball ground da the beach at Mit
koff island, directly opposite the town.
The grounds are not available at high
tide, but the Progressive states that
the tide goes out every day and stays
out long enough lor a ball game.
G. S. Friedel is working away at
a gold quartz clatn only about half a
mile from the postoffice at Seward. It
carries a three-fc|)t vein with values
running from $8 to $142 per ton and
is in what is knoyn as the federal ad
dition to Seward J
James McCoy, who was arrested at
Seward by office s from Twin Falls,
Idah^, several mrnths ago and taken
to the states for rial, was found guil
ty of embezzlem nt and given an in
determinate sent nee of from one to
14 years in the jen.
Rooney Carlso , a motorman on the
10th level of th< Perseverance mine,
near ^Juneau, fel into an ore-way re
cently and was ihstantly killed. The
body was found at the 13th level by
ore loaders. No one was with Carl
son at the time of the accident.
Assistant Attorney General Charles
Warren, whose trip of investigation
into the judicial departments of Alas
ka was much heralded throughout the
territory, went to Fort Yukon, saw
the midnight sun and departed, fully
posted on Alaskan affairs.
The daughter of Jos. Cannon, Illi
nois' veteran representative in con
gress, recently made a mid-summer
excursion trip to Alaska, but becom
ing frightened or seasick, left the
boat at Juneau on her up-trip.
Ruth Marie Winsted, the iittle
daughter of a Seward resident, nar
rowly escaped death as the result of
ating green currants. Gladys Green,
a young companian, was also serious
ly ill from the same cause.
Reports brought to Fairbanks say
that Pierson & Johnson have located
pay on the old Swiftwater Bill work
ings on Cleary creek, running $1.25
per foot, and preparations are under
way to work the ground on a large
scale.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
June 23rd, the thermometer in Fair
banks registered 88 in the shade.
This is a difference of 168 degrees
from last January when the thermom
eter at Richardson registered 80 de
grees below zero.
The Granby Consolidated Mining &
Smelting company, operating both the
It and Mamie (nines at Hadley, has j
bonded the Stetens Town mine, form
erly owned by the well known mining
promoter, Sam Silverman, near Ket
chikan.
The case of o>e Charles Grover, ac
cused of murdering one Phillips, at
McGrath, on the upper Kuskokwim
last May, will be heard at the Ruby
term of the district court. Grover
admits killing Phillips, but says he
The family of Louis Miller, of Ju
neau, is being detained in Germany
where they were on a visit until Mr.
Miller can obtain an affidavit from
the proper officials that he is an Am
erican citizen. His family has been
in Germany for nearly three years.
On a recent trip north of the North
western, a waiter, H. J. Hunter, was
taken insane just before the boat ar
rived at Ketchikan. He was taken
ashore there, but as he showed no
signs of improvement, he was sent to
the Morningside Sanitarium at Port
land.
Ben Bernard, Mrs. Beck and Mrs.
Grear who have been in the Cache
creek country for several weeks, re
turned to Anchorage yesterday and
are stopping at the Crescent.
'the members of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce are requested
to be present at the regular meeting
tonight to make the nominations for
members and officers of the executive
board to serve for the ensuing term.
Dr. F. M. Kail won the midnight
rifle shoot held at Fairbanks on June
21 by a score of 122 points, one point
ahead of his nearest opponent. The
shoot was for the national rifle club
trophy, which he has now won for the
third time.
Harry Warren, of Fairbanks, ar
rived in Cordova recently with 36
head of cattle, which he will drive
over the trail to the interior.
Louis Goyette, a quartz miner, has
given himself up at Fairbanks after
shooting his partner, Dick Creighton
and Creighton’s wife. After commit
ting the crime Goyette fled to the hills
and was in hiding three days.
Atlin has taken on new life again
after the last disastrous fire and
many new buildings are being erected
and the work on them will be pushed
as fast as men and material can be
gotten. The new White Pass Hotel
would be a credit to any town.
Seward is now in the really happy
position of a city which has more
work to be done than men to do it. R.
J. Weir, engineer in charge of the
railroad, had to send a telegram for
25 section men after seeking high and
low here for men to employ, says the
Post.
Crit Tolman, of Seward, is building
a skimmer boat with at bottom and
wing fins on the side which will be
driven by an air-trust engine. Crit
developed nearly 100 miles an hour on
the ice at Kenai lake with this engine
and expects to make speed on the
bay.
A Japanese 4>ok employed at the
Wonder Creek fredge, near Nome, at
tempted to hajben a slow fire with
distillate, which he mistook for kero
sene, with the result that he was tak
»n to Nome with iserious bums on his
jtrms, face and other portions of his
Jody.
Independence day was celebrated at
fakutat in up-to-date style. • The na
tives, Japs and Chinese took up a sub
scription for $150 for prizes and races
!>f various kinds,„ wrestling and other
sports were indulged in. Music for
the occasion was furnished by a na
tive string band of nine pieces.
Ernest NiehofT came into Ruby re
cently with $14,700 in gold dust, the
result of a clean-up on 3,000 feet of
bedrock on the Niehoff-Indergard
lease on Spruce creek. This makes an
approximate of $5 to the foot. The
lease-holders expect to work in simi
lar dirt the balance of the summer.
Lieut. Jacob Schick, stationed at
Fort Gibbon, when he was retired at
his request on account of his health
several years ago and then engaged
in mining in the Tanana and Fair
banks district, has been reinstated in
the army and reassigned to the 14th
U. S. infantry from which he was re
tired.
A representative of the Royal In
surance company and the Queen In
surance company, recently visiting at
Juneau, informed the residents of
that town that they had a fine fire de
partment but were woefully short of
water, and advised the installation of
a salt-water system for fire protec
tion.
Marshal Brenneman at Valdez, has
received word from Deputy Marshal
Paul Buckley at Unalaska stating
that Charles Rosenburg, a trapper on
Aniak island, committed suicide in the
cabin of his schooner at Unalaska.
The dead man had evidently attempt
ed to hang himself, but the height
was not sufficient and he died of
slow strangulation.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Petersburg bank the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, J. W. Stoft; vice-president, Ja
cob Johnson; directors, the Messrs.
Stoft, Johnson, T. S. Elsemore, Chas.
Norberg, and Kunte Hestness. A div
idend of 10 per cent was declared and
$500 of accrued profits was passed to
the surplus fund.
Women of Seward are famous as
good cooks. If there is any town in
Alaska with as many experts per cap
ita, it will have to hurry up and pro
duce the facts or first prize will be
awarded instanter. And just to be
generous the local culinary experts
are going to publish their recipes for
good things in a “Seward Cook Book”
which will be issued under the auspi
ces of the Women's club at the com
ing Civic fair.
K. L. Steberf and others closed a
deal last week, says the Petersburg
Report, for the purchase of the 80
acre claim of E. L. Skoog, at Scow
consisting of two-story residence,
boat-building shop, cooper shop, ware
house, flume and dam; aiso the schoo
ner Weasel and fishing gear, and a 75
x30-foot scow, equipped for mild-cur
ing and herring salting. The new
owners plan to make some improve
ments on the property in the near fu
ture.
M. Ronedes was recently bound
over to the grand jury at Cordova for
selling liquor to Indians.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion is building a hospital at the new
railroad of Nenana.
The old Kimball dredge on Solomon
river started up on July 3, the first in
that section to get to work.
Authority has been granted to the
Juneau postmaster to establish a sub
postoffice in that city.
The Alaska Road commission is
building a new bridge across Snake
river at Nome.
J. D. Johnson, owner of a tract of
land at Woodrod, on Bear creek, near
Seward, has donated a site for a post
office at that place.
A late census shows 418 people at
Nenana, the new interior railroad
town, of whom 313 are employed by
the engineering commission.
Twenty miles of right-of-way on
the government railroad from Nenana
to the coal fields has been cleared and
is ready for the graders.
The Carlisle Packing Co., of Cor
dova, is advertising for men and wo
men to w’ork by the hour in their can
C. D. Peck, an operator in the Cas
adepaga district, started work July
10. He reports the season this year
about three weeks later than usual.
The auto stage driver on the gov
ernment trail from Valdez to Fair
banks recently saw five moose along
side the road on one of his trips.
Sergeant William F. Stepart, of
Ft. Davis, was recently married at
Nome of Miss Dollie M. Ellis, a late
arrival from Vancouver, Wash.
Ben Bullard, a Taku inlet rancher,
has purchased a herd of 15 Holstein
cows and a registered bull, and will
make a specialty of dairy products.
Forest fires in Yukon territory have
done considerable damage and a num
ber of bridges have been burned for
the Dominion.
C. S. Delamotte, an Oregon creek
miner near Nome, suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis a short time ago,
but is recovering.
The Alaska Tin company, operating
claims in the Lost River district, near
Nome, has installed a 50-ton Ball mill.
Bartley Thane, manager of the
Alaska-Juneau mines, states that 8,
700 tons of ore were milled by the
company in 24 hours recently.
Miss Phyllis White, an artist of
Fairbanks, was* recently wedded at
that place to John Oscar Johnson, a
Tolovana mining man.
Tourists to the Fairbanks section
have nearly cleaned out the merchants
of their stocks of skins and curios. • *
H. F. Andrus, of Yonkers, New
York, who is interested in the Nizina
placer mines, is a visitor in Juneau,
where he is looking over some mining
properties.
Forest fires and a high wind called
out all the residents of Brooks, to
fight flames, which threatened to des
troy several mining plants and men
aced the town.
Simpson McKinnon, recently ap-»
pointed as a cadet at Annapolis from
Juneau, has left to enter the U. S.
Naval Academy Preparatory school
at Annapolis.
Southeastern Alaska cannerymen
report that the cold weather prevail
ing in the spring so delayed the run
of salmon that the catch will be small.
Genuine, old-fashioned thunder
storms prevailed for two day! recent
ly in the southern Yukon territory.
The Goodno mine near Ketchikan is
shipping ore to the Granby smelter at
Anyox, B. C.
A prospector near Ruby has a pet
moose which he uses to haul wood
with.
Brooks, the Tolovana camp, is all
swelled up over having an ice cream
parlor.
The main street in the new town
of Nenana will be 80 feet in width.
Col. Nugent, who was heavily in
terested in Nome quartz properties, is
reported to have died in Seattle.
A rich strike of scheelite is report
ed to have been made on Rock creek,
near Nome, by Frank Shaw.
The Nakat Inlet cannery, in south
eastern Alaska, was totally destroyed
by fire on July 25th. %
Livingood creek, to date, has pro
duced more than $200,000 and would
have produced more but for the short
age of water prevailing.
Rev. Father P. H. Turnell, pastor
of the Catholic church at Skagway;
has returned to that place after a
trip to the westward.
Antone Ostrom was recently bound
over to the grand jury at Douglas or
the charge of supplying liquor to ar
Indian.
DECISION RENDERED IN
FAVOR OF GROSVOLE
(Prospector)
A decision has been rendered bj
the court in the case of Grosvold vs
Whelpley, which was tried here sev
eral days ago. The decision gives
possession of Little Konuiji island
the object of the dispute, to Grosvold
The action was instituted somi
months ago, and has been fough
through various stages from the com
misioner’s court at Unga, through th(
commissioner’s court here and up t<
the district court. The action was foi
an injunction to restrain Whelplej
from removing foxes from the island
and this injunction was granted ant
made permanent.
The action grew out of the fact tha'
Whelpley for some years operated ;
fox ranch on the island. About tw<
years ago Grosvold obtained a lease
on the island from the government
and took possession. Since that time
Whelpley has continued to take the
foxes from the island, claiming then:
as his property, and has secured a
number of the animals with which the
island was stocked. Some months
ago Groswolel applied for a restrain
ing order to the U. S. commissioner al
Unga, but the %ommissioner was no1
authoi-ized to issue such an order. The
case came to the commissioner’s courl
here, and then to the district court
culminating in the decision renelerec
te>day.
C. J. TODD NAMED AS
VALDEZ POSTMASTER
(Prospector)
C. J. Todd has received the appoint
ment as postmaster at Valdez to suc
ceed J. D. Jefferson, resigned. The
notification of his appointment wa;
received here nearly a week ago, bu1
owing to the absence of Mr. Todd hr
did not receive it until Tuesday morn
ing. Mr. Todd will file the necessarj
bond within a few days, and as soor
as the bond is accepted, probably 2
month, he will take over the office.
Mr. Jefferson, the retiring postmas
ter, has not signified what business ht
will engage in after he leaves the posl
office. He has been one of the best
postmasters Valdez has ever had, and
he will leave the office with the best
wishes of the entire population.
JUNEAU NURSE ON RED
CROSS RESERVE LIST
(Juneau Emp're)
Miss L. Brady, one of the graduates
nurses of Juneau and president of the
Graduate Nurses’ association, receiv
ed word from Washington this morn
ing that her name has been placed or
the reserve lists of the Red Cross
Nursing service and that she is sub
ject to be called at any time. The in
formation came in a letter from Miss
Jane DeLano, chairman of the na
tional committee of the Red Cross
Nursing service.
Miss Brady has been in Juneau for
some time and is one of the best
known nurses on the channel and a
nurse who is thoroughly proficient in
her work.
JAPANESE COOK TAKES
OWN LIFE NEAR SEWARD
SEWARD, August 10. — Peter
Skimbos, aged 25 years, committed
hari kari Tuesday night, at the Mile
34 road house, where he was employ
ed as a cook. Skimbos was under the
delusion that some one was about t<
have him arrested on some fancied
charge. He went into the brush back
of the road house and cut open his
stomach with a huge butcher knife.
Despite the terrific wound inflicted,
death was not instantaneous and the
victim was on his way to Seward
when he fell and died in the roadway.
“Scotty” Allen,
Dog Musher, to
Return to Nome
PORTLAND, Or., July 22.—Alex A.
Allen, better known as “Scotty” Al
len, hero of the All-Alaska sweep
stakes, the classic dog-team race of
the continent, is s li ding a day or
two in Portland or. hi3 way back to
Nome, his home fince 1900.
“Scotty” is rotund, g to the north
after having taken r big shipment of
Alaskan dogs to i . mice for the use of
the allies. Last winter he delivered
440 dogs to the French authorities,
they having been collected in Alaska
and Labrador.
“The dogs are for use by the Alpine
Chasseurs,” explained Mr. Allen.
“They were to be put to work hauling
ammunition to the artillery batteries
mostly over the snow, and they are
doing good work. I have heard from
them frequently since I left them over
there last winter.”
“Scotty” Is Hardware Merchant.
Mr. Allen has spent the past few
months in Berkeley, where his family
is located. Although the other Allens
will stay there, “Scotty” is going back
to Nome, where, strangely enough, he
is interested in a hardware store.
But nobody thinks of him as a mer
chant; he is known to sport followers
everywhere as the man who has won
more of the Nome sweepstakes than
any other. The All-Alaska classic
has been run nine years. In eight of
these Mr. Allen has been entered,
driving a dog team owned by himself
and Mrs. C. E. Darling.
In all eight races he has been in
the money, a record no driver ever
has made. He has won the race three
times, has been second three times
and he finished in third place twice.
Be it known that the sweepstakes,
with which all Alaskans especially are
familiar, is the most gruelling con
test imaginable. It is the limit of hu
man endurance. Beside it a 45-round
fight for the heavyweight champion
* ship, with a complete coma for the
> loser when the finish comes, becomes
• merely a friendly contest in compar
■ ison.
Biggest Money Won $10,000.
To the winner of the sweepstake
! there is a liberal reward. The prize
1 varies with the year. The biggest
purse that Mr. Allen won was in 1909
when he received $10,000, several gold
■ watches and other gifts for driving
1 the Darling-AJlen team into Nome
ahead of the panting packs of Mala
- mutes that struggled along the trail
1 behind him.
' Last winter, much to his regret,
■ “Scotty” was not in the race. He did
not return from taking his shipment
of dogs to the allies in time. Next
April he expects to be in again, and
he hopes to repeat his former suc
cesses.
After some of the dogs were sold
to the allies there are still 30 fine hus
ki ds left in the Darling-Allen kennels,
and from this collection Mr. Allen
expects to select a winning team for
the next race. The dogs are of mixed
blood, part Malamute and part bird
dog. The setter is preferred for this
crossing. Mr. Allen believes they are
superior to the Siberian wolves driv
en in the Alaska races.
But this veteran dog racer believes
an improvement can be made over
the dog team for transportation over
the Alaskan snow fields and he has
been busy on it. At Oakland during
the past few wreeks he has been help
ing build a motor sled that will be
; tried out during the coming fall in the
Nome snow fields. The motor sled
will follow Mr. Allen north and he
will will give it a test when it reaches
him.
Mr. Allen is traveling by auto from
Berkeley to Seattle, where he takes
the steamer for Nome, as the guest of
Judge F. E. Fuller, of Fairbanks. Mr.
Fuller was formerly federal judge for
that district. Today the two will go
out over the Columbia river highway.
Late this month they will sail from
Seattle for Alaska.
YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARS;
INFORMATION WANTED
The governor’s office is in receipt
of a letter from Mrs. C. W. Middagh,
639 West Ninth Street, Tulsa, Okla
homa, in which she asks for informa
tion concerning her son, Moncel Mau
rice Middaugh, who has been missing
since June 6, 1914, and who, she be
lieves, may be in Alaska.
Young Middaugh disappeared from
Logansport, La. ,where he was em
ployed in the civil engineering de
partment of the Texas company, on
June 6, 1914. His mother states that
he had frequently talked of going to
Alaska, and she believes that he may
have come to this territory. Young
Middaugh was then 5 feet 10 inches in
height and weighed 155 pounds, had
brown hair, gray eyes and a fair com
plexion. He was 19 years of age on
February 11, but his mother states
that he could easily pass for 22 years
of age.
Anyone knowing anything about
the young man should either address
the mother at Tulsa or advise the
governor.
Roy Ketchum, who has been work
ing for the Gold Bullion Mining com
pany for two years, has decided to
go into business for himself and to
this end left on the river boat Mara
thon this morning for Talkee|ia
where he will establish a pool hall
with Jim Carey as partner.
Fine Job Printing at Times office.