ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
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Anchorage, Alaska.
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Entered in the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, 1915, as second <1:. a . ;r
under the Act of March 3, 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SECT. U, lAKi.
UNCLE SAM'S TOWNSITES.
The people are showing their confidence in the railway pro
ject by the avidity with which lots in the government town
sites along the railway line a*e taken by them. Whiie com
plete information is not available with respect to the latest
townsite opened—Nenana, on the Tanana river—sufficient is
known to justify the assertion that a huge success attended
the sale, in that one hundred and thirty-three lots brought in
au aggregate of over one hundred thousand dollars. Indeed,
the Nenalia lots brought better average prices than the An
chorage lots, and the sale here was considered a mighty fine
success.
We are not advised wliat representations were made by
the superintendent of sale at the Nenana town ite, but there
must be some potent reasons why the people—especially the
business men of Fairbanks—acquired business locations there,
and in due course the reasons will be revealed. At first glance,
it looks as if Nenana had been selected as the interior termin
us of the railway line. There are reasons why this should be
done, in that the townsite is located on the Tanana river, be
low Fairbanks, and river boats may reach that point at all
times during the open season. At low water, river steamers
cannot reach Fairbanks.
I lie unproMoii prevails nere umi rst-uana <n
the Nenana coal fields. This is not so. The coal fields are
some distance away.
The Nenana townsite opening at least shows that Uncle
Sam proposes to make some money out of his town Infs, and
we suppose that he has a perfect right so to do. We should
like to see a portion of the money derived from the sale of lots
devoted to improvements in the town, but it would require an
act of congress to bring about this result.
So far as Anchorage is concerned, the people who pur
chased lots have no reason to complain. Property has showjn
a substantial increase and some who bought desirable locations
have sold to other parties at handsome profit-n What Anchor
age desires above all things now, is harbor improvements,
which comprehend the dredging of a channel and the erection
of coal bunkers, etc. We are creditably inform d that work on
this important improvement will begin next season. It is
with confidence that we await the glad day when this work
shall he begun. There are many property owners delay ng
building operations on this account. But let the harbor work
progress, and Anchorage will move forward at a surprising
rate. Confidence in the future will be she wn by a any sub
stantial investments.
“Seward, the town that is jealous of Anchorage,” is the
only comment that a traveler had to make with respect to the
Resurrection bay community. He had something nice to say
of other coast towns visited, but the outstanding impression
he gained of Seward was its open hostility toward the‘coal
terminus. Nature alone cannot make a town, however beauti
ful that location may be. It takes a united, progressive citi
zenship to move a community along the pathway of progress.
To a marked degree, Anchorage has a live, wide awake citi
zenship, who do things right off the reel. Nature lias done
considerable for us, but we are not relying on nature alone.
We realize that we’ve got to boost and pull together to bring
about the best results. That’s what we’re doing.
The time is fast approaching, if it is not already here; when a
new judicial division should be created, with the seat of gov
ernment at Anchorage. The Cook inlet country is now the
most populous part of the Third division of Alaska. Anchor
age is the most populous community in this division. We ven
ture that there will be more court business in this immediate
section than from any other given section. We believe that
the district judge would have been fully justified in calling a
grand and petit jury term of court here, instead of the civil
term just about ended. But if we are not to have a grand and
petit jury term of court at Anchorage, it is up to us to make a
light for another judicial division, with Anchorage as the court
headquarters.
The many Alaskan friends of B. Frank Watson, long-time
general agent in Alaskan ports for the Admiral Line, wi'l re
joice in the fact that he has won a deserved promotion, but
are nevertheless reluctant to lose his genial countenance among
us. But we still have Fred Tracy, general agent for the Alaska
Steamship company, who is another steamship man that en
joys wide popularity and makes many friends for his company.
Both of these steamship agents are “good fellows” in the true
sense of the word.
The administration has done another flip flop. Approval
of a $3,000,000 loan to China contrasts strikingly with the
grandstand rejection by the president of a project for Ameri
can participation in a Chinese loan early in his tenure of office.
Expediency is a word that undoubtedly sounds better to Mr.
Wilson now than it did three years ago. Maybe if the Huerta
case were up now history might be written differently.—Cor
dova Times.
Commenting on The Times’ editorial with reference to a
pulp mill in the Matanuska valley, a pioneer settler of that re
gion says there is a fine cottonwood forest on Cottonwood creek
that would supply a pulp mill for years. The growth is so
dense that little difficulty would be experienced in getting the
fallen timber to the mill.
Hon. J. C. Cotton, attorney for the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, and personal representative of Secretary of the
Interior Lane, is the biggest man, in point of ability, that has
visited Anchorage to investigate the government railway pro
ject. Mr. Cotton is what is termed a business lawyer.
New Regulations
Now in Force to
Protect Game
Copies of the new regulations for
the protection of deer, moose, goats,
and other game animals in Alask>
have been received by the governor’s
office. The limit of deer allowed to
be killed by one person is now limited I
to three and all deer killed mu3t have i
horns at least three inches in length.
Certain islands in Alaska are also des
ignated as game reserves and the kil
ling of deer on them is prohibited.
The regulations are as follows:
Regulation 1. Open Season for
Deer. The killing of deer in south
eastern Alaska is hereby limited to
deer having horns not less than three
inches long, and the season for kill
ing such deer in southeastern Alaska
jis limited from August 15 to Octobet
31, both dates inclusive.
Regulation 2. Limits. The number
! of deer killed by any one person dur
ing the open season in southeastern
| Alaska is hereby limited to three.
Regulation 3. Sale. The sale of
deer carcasses in southeastern Alaska
is hereby prohibited until August 1,
11)18.
Regulation 4. Does and Fawns.
The killing of female deer and fawns
! in southeastern Alaska is hereby pro
hibited until August 1, 1918.
Regulation 5. Killing Deer on Cer
jtain Islands. The killing of deer on
, Kodiak island and Lang island, and
i the killing of dee ron the following
S islands in southeastern Alaska, Duke
island, near Dixon inlet; Graviuo isl
and, near Ketchikan; Kruzof island,
| west of Sitka; San Juan island and
jSuemez island, near Klawak, and Za
|rembo island, near Wrangell, is here
; by prohibited until August 1, 1918.
Regulation 6. Killing Moose in
!Southeastern Alaska. The killing of
; moose in southeastern Alaska, east or
i south of the Lynn canal, is hereby
| rohibited until August 1, 1918.
Regulation 8. Kenni Peninsr.ln. TVip
killing of caribou on the Kenai penin
Isula is hereby prohibited until August
1, 1918.
The killing of mountain sheep in
the eastern part of Kenai peninsula
east of longitude 150 degrees (the lo
cation of which is indicated approxi
mately by a north and south line pas
sing through the Stalter place on Ke
nai river) is hereby prohibited until
August 1, 1918.
The shipment of carcasses of mocse
and sheep for sale from Seward oi
| other points on the Kenai peninsula
I is hereby piohibited, and no carcasses
; of said animals shall be accepted for
shipment to other points in Alaska
unless accompanied by affidavit of the
owner that they were not purchased
and are not intended far sale.
The regulations of March 24, 1914,
July 14, 1914, and June 30, 1915, for
the protection of game in Alaska, are
hereby revoked, effective August 1,
1916.
Following is the statement of the
receipts and disburse'ments of the
Firemens’ dance Saturday night at
the Labor union hall, showing a bal
ance of $70.00 which will be used to
purchase additional helmets, slick
■rs, etc., for the Anchorage Volun
teer Fire department:
Statement.
Sale of tickets .$120.00
Music . $30.00
Hall expenses: gasoline,
mantles, floor wax,
labor, etc. 9.25
Refreshments . 6.35
Ribbon for badges... 1.40
Printing tickets .... v3.00
Total .. $50.00
Balance .$ 70.00
(Signed) RAY C. LARSON,
Chief A. V. F. D.
JOSEPH HORROCKS,
Ass’t. Chief, A. V. F. D.
FAMOUS MEN WHO HAVE DIED
-SINCE THE WAR BEGAN
Earl Kitchener, British Minister of
War.
Genera Ivon Moltke, Chief of Ger
man General Staff at outbreak of the
war.
General Gallieni, “Saviour of Par
is,” and Military Governor at out
break of the war.
Marshal von der Goltz, Supreme
German Commander in Turkey.
General Voights-Rhetz, German
quartermaster general. .
Captain Weddigen, Commander
German submsyine which sank Brit
ish cruisers Cressy, Aboukir, Hogue
and Hawke.
Reginald Warneford, British avia
tor and first aeroplane operator to
destroy a Zeppelin.
Admiral von Spee, Commander of
German Pacific squadron.
Lord Roberts, Great Britain’s ab
lest strategist.
General von Emmich, German con
queror of Liege.
Prince Youssuf Izzendi, Heir to
Turkish throne. t
Pope Pius X.
Fine Job Printing lit Times Office.
Decision in a
Mining Case in
Chisana District
The Juneau Dispatch of August 9
tates that Attorney O. A. Tucker, of
that city, has received a telegram
from San Francisco stating that the
ppellate court had reversed the deci
ion of the district court in the case
f Sutherland vs. Purdy, and that the
ground in dispute has been given to
he plaintiff. *'*00
This is a decision growing out ol
the Shushannu strike, and involvet
the title to ground on Big Eldoradc
creek, claimed by both the plaintifl
and the original action by right oi
discovery and location. The action
was filed in the district court of th*
Third division by O. A. Tucker, anri
was heard by Judge F. M. Brown, sit
ting at Cordova, about two years ago
Attorneys T. J. Donohue and E. E
Ritchie superseding Mr. Tucker as at
torney for the plaintiff, Sutherlanc
in the trial of the case. In this cas(
the decision was rendered in favor oi
he defendant, and an appeal was tak
en to the higher court by the attor
neys for the plaintiff.
The legal points involved were sev
eral, the most important, perhaps, be
ng the interpretation of that sectior
of the mining law requiring a persor
making location by power of attor
ney to record such power of attorney
within the division in which the lo
cation was to be made, as a prerequi
ite to making the location. It was
brought out iu the testimony that the
claim in dispute was located l.-\
George L. Gates 0:1 July C, 1913, vn
der an alleged power of attorney civ
en him by F. W. Purdy. The record:
of the Shushanna recording prccind
were introduced in evidence in thi:
case and showed that on July 29, 1911
some instrument from F. W. Purdy tc
G. L. Gates, sworn to before R. Me
Donald of Fortymile, May 31, 1913
was filed for record at the request oi
V. E. McKinney. It was alleged thai
his was a power of attorney, but tin
ecords did not show the instrumeni
n iuu. inis power oi attorney was
ot produced at the trial, it being al
eged that the instrument had beer
lost while the parties were coming
ut from Dawson to attend the trie.!.
The location notice placed b*
Jates on the claim in dispute war. al
10 misleading, inasmuch as it wr.:
placed OHf'the upper end of the emir,
and read 1,300 feet up-stream, thus
leaving the ground in dispute nol
covered. It was alleged by the de
fense that the notice had been mover
from the lower end of the claim t(
the upper by someone after the clain
had beed located.
The plaintiff in the case located the
ground on August 30, 1913. He al
leged that when he went on the
ground thg notice was on the uppe:
end of the claim, claiming up-strearr
and that he considered the ground
open to location..
In the trial of the case the plaintifi
set out that Gates had failed to com
ply with the law in not recoiding the
power of attorney prior to the loca
tion of the claims required by law
and also that no power of attorney
had been shown to exist. Several
other points of law were involved in
he case.
The lower court returned a verdict
n favor of the defendant. The at
orneys entered a number of "exeep
ions and the jury, and to the refu
al of the court to incorporate in his
harge several paragraphs submitted
by the attorneys and an appeal was
aken to the appellate court.
The decision of the higher court, if
he telegraphic report be correct, com
pletely reverses the findings of the
listrict court, and placed an entirely
afferent construction upon t:ie pro
visions of the mining law. As* this
was only one of a number of similai
ascs tried at the same time, where a
ispute had arisen over ground in the
Shushanna located under similar cir
umstances and afterward re-located
y others for alleged irregularities ir
he location of the claim, anel it is said
hat one or more of the cases are
till pending in the appelate court.
Some of the ground in dispute is
very rich, and has been tied up for
he past two years pending a decisior
y the court.
The Valdez attorneys for the appel
ant, T. J. Donohoe and E. E. Ritchie
lave received no notice yet of a de
ision in the case.
As an immediate result of the trip
up the line by the members of the
Yukon Presbytery it was decided to
carry into effect the plans of Rev.
Hughes who has supervision of the
work done by the Presbyterian
church along the upper line of the
government railroad. The plans em
brace the establishment, of a central
preaching place at Matanuska from
which Mr. Hughes will reaqh by dog
team and train the different camps
and farms in the valley.
Mr. Hughes is planning to be of
service on week days as well as on
Sundays and his dog team and himself
will prove of general help to the set
tlers of the Matanuska and Chicaloon
valleys.
The Presbyterian church is the
irst to initiate work throughout this
section and will follow out its plans
vigorously.
“Dream Trip”
Is Described by
Coast Traveler
(Juneau Dispatch)
Captain George H. Whitney anti
Peter G. Peltret, United States in
spectors of boilers and hulls, returned
yesterday from one of their annual
trips to points to the westward. They
were accompanied by Herbert G. Fel
jler, clerk, who has contributed the
following interesting account of the
trip:
“To westward lies a wonderful
dream voyage, past towering, snow
capped mountains, rising out of the
purple sea; past shores hidden in a
mist of gorgeous wild roses; violets
and bluebells; past miles of glistening
blue ice, past the largest glacier in
the world—the Malaspina; on past
busy Cordova, with its $2,000,000 cop
per ore shipments each month; Val
dez, the city of perpetual snow; Sew
ard, jealous of Anchorage; Seldovia,
the Honolulu of Alaska; on to Iliam
na bay.
“Johnny, the Horse,” may be there
and if so he wall cook you some flap
jacks. If, after partaking of Johnny’s
celebrated coffee you are still on good
terms with him, why have him row
you to the head of Iliamna bay. From
there you can walk, or you may ride
a horse over a path that has been a
trail for generation after generation
of bear. A trail winding ever untrod
through haunting valleys caressing
drowsy, lonely lagoons; over distance
that makes miles seem insignificant
and ridiculous; and fording icy
streams, but you can look forward to
a hearty welcome at Iliamna Indian
! village. The king of Iliamna awaits
you. By this time, without a doubt,
you will have decided that a mosquito
net is no luxury, but a necessity of
ife. At Iliamna you will find not on
I y Indians, but also some twenty-four
I arat, powder-marked lean and gaunt
prospectors, whose past is lost in an
| mfathomable mist,
j “When you are ready to ‘sail on’
jthe Iliamna Rapid International
(Transportation Corporation, Ltd., will
(carry you down Iliamna river six
miles to Iliamna lake. On the way
the five horse-power gas boat will
scrape the bottom and may even get
struck a few times, but don’t let that
(bother you. After riding the temper
amental waters of Iliamna lake for 94
miles you will come to the outlet, Kvi
chak river, some 50 miles crooked.
■j Kvichak river is different from all
(other rivers. Along its shores rein
jdeer contentedly graze, while innum
erable ducks, geese and swans inhab
in the air. The sea-gulls have been
| supplanted by black-headed, shriek
I ing, fighting-, yet dainty tern. Now
and then an eagle soars silently and
(majestically overhead.
Iliamna is set in a forest of cotton
wood, birch and spruce, but these
(gradually disappear and finally give
entirely to tall grass, while the last
15 miles on the river do not even sup
port that.
| “Finally you come out into Bristol
bay, to Koggiung. From Koggiung
down, both sides of Xvichak bay are
lined with salmon canneries and
I there are still more around Etolin
| point, up Nushagak bay. They were |
jail busy with their machinery tuned
! to turn out 80 finished cans of salmon
:per minute on each line. A cannery
has from three to six lines.
“Here in Bristol bay live the Aleut
Indians, their birdarkees leaning
against one side of the sod-covered
huts; snow sledges lying on the roof,
and rows of salmon drying out in the
sun.
“Huskys and malamute dogs loiter
n groups when not fighting, and four
imes each day they rehearse some
ollege yells guaranteed to curdle
your blood, raise your hair and rend
'our ears. If that doesn’t keep you
rom sleeping the mosquitoes will.
“Very few Indian baskets are to be
ound here. Women do most of the
work, yet there is one squaw, Kuguk
ik, who is the original mother of suf
ragists. She had one basket orna
nented with eight salmon, four eagles
hree dogs, and one and a half men.
Although she does not think men are
of much importance, yet, being a sort
of philosopher, figured that half a
man was better than none at all.”
SON IS SOUGHT.
CHICAGO, June 29, 1916.—Secre
tary Y. M. C. A., Alaska: Dear Sir—
One of the carpenters employed in
our building has asked me to aid in
trying to locate his son, Albert S.
Johnson, who was last heard from in
August 1907, at Ketchikan, Alaska,
when he was on his way to a mining
camp. The young man, if living, is 28
years old, has blue eyes, brown hair,
is more than six feet tall and the mid
dle finger of one hand is badly bent.
If you are able to obtain any in
formation about this boy, I will great
ly appreciate it if you will forward it
to me.
Cordially yours, <
GLENN D. ADAMS,
Executive Secretary J^orth Ave
nue-Larrabee Boys’ Club, Y. M.
C. A. of Chicago.
FORMER VALDEZ MAN
MARRIED IN CORDOVA
The Cordova Daily Times announ
ces that David Thomas Phillips, for
merly a resident of Valdez, and Miss
•Frances Elizabeth Hedges, of that
city, were united in marriage last
Tuesday by the Rev. Shriver.
Strike Reported
in Broad Pass by
Fairbanks Men
FAIRBANKS, August 23.—After
spending several months in the Broad
Pass country, where they have been
doing assessment work, Dr. E. Renfer
and brother, Charles Renfer, have
arrived in Fairbanks. They report
that they, together with a man named
Miller, from the coast, and several
others, have made the greatest quartz
strike ever found in the interior. The
strike is along the Ohio creek and of
such proportions that it will be work
ed on a very large scale as soon as the
railroad is constructed.
Dr. Renfer states that the strike is
about seven miles from the railroad
and so located that it will be a simple
matter to haul freight from the rail
road. ' The ledges are exposed for
hundreds of feet and contain gold, sil
ver and ^fod.
Miller & Company, an outfit from
the coast, which has been working in
the district for some time, have sunk
a shaft for a distance of 200 feet and
have been able to trace the same ledge
which appears on the surface.
Representatives of the Rockefeller
family are in the district now investi
gating some property.
There are about 20 men in the dis
trict now, prospecting and doing as
sessment work. All are pleased with
the outlook for the district and confi
dent that there will be smelters, a
town and a good mining camp there.
SEWARD MAN FALLS
OFF DOCK AND DROWNED
SEWARD, August 26.—Carl A.
Loje fell off the dock into the bay at
about 2 o’clock this morning and was
drowned before aid could reach him.
While in the water, Loje’s screams for
help could be heard by those living
along the waterfront and soon all the
inhabitants in that section of town
were employed in a search for the
man, but before assistance could reach
him he sank to the bottom and his re
mains have not been recovered.
L/Oje was in me employ oi me com
mission up to yesterday, when he quit
and bought a ticket for San Francisco.
He was waiting on the dock for an
out-bound steamer, when it is thought
he fell through a hole in the trestle
in course of construction.
Loje-arrived in Seward this spring
and was almost entirely unknown.
His antecedents are likewise unknown
to anyone in Seward.
ENGINEER JOHN ZUG
RETURNS FROM TRIP
John Zug, engineer for the Alaska
Road commission, has returned from
a personal inspection of conditions in
townships 17 and 18. This trip was
made, Mr. Zug said, wTith the idea of
acquainting himself with the develop
ment of the farming section so he can
get a first-hand idea of what improve
ments to suggest to the commission.
Mr. Zug said that a special appropri
ation will be asked for at the next
session and the amount of future road
imp: ovements in this section depend
ed upon the size of the appropriation.
Tne idea of the commission is to make
the improvements where they will do
the most good and at the same time
serve the greatest number of people.
There is no question but that this part
of Alaska will come in for a fair
share of road work next year and ev
ery effort will be made by the Cham
berof Commerce to keep this import
ant issue before Colonel Richardson
and the road commission.
GASOLINE DATA OUT TOO
SOON FROM REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C.,—Officials
of the federal trade commission were
dis^eased to read in the papers Mon
day morning a forecast of their pas
oline investigation report indicating
that the information disclosed by the
hearings would not warrant prosecu
tion of. the oil men. They immedi
ately started to search to find out
where the information had “leaked,”
as the commission’s findings are sup
posed^ to be confidential until formal
ly made public.
Nobody in authority could be found
at the offices of the commission who
would discuss the story further than
to say that some of it was accurate
and some of it inaccurate. It would
be several days before the report
wf uld be transmitted to the Senate,
it was stated.
The story said that the commission
had concluded that gasoline could be
sold profitably at 17 cents a gallon,
but that while prices from 22 to 27
cents were unreasonable, they were
not in violation of any federal stat
utes. It stated also that the commis
sion had found that about 20 direct
ors control the various companies
that sell gasoline.
Commissioners Hurley, Harris and
Rublee are out of the city.
District Court.
(Prom Monday’s Daily)
In the district court Saturday the
;:ase of McLaughlin versus Cody was
lismissed.
The Crow. Creek mining case took
ip most of the court’s time and the
ividence was all in Saturday after
loon by 3 o’clock. Judge Brown has
;aken the matter under advisement
md will probably render his decision
within a few days.
Evidence in the case of Maxwell
rcpsus McDaniel was being heard this
iftemoon.
Fine Record Is
Gained by Men
Run B. B. No. 1
V
The B. & B. No. 1, flagship of fj|f
Alaskan Engineering CoranissiQB*#
river fleet, Can*/ Mr: Nelson; pilot,
i Whitewater I5;i :!i; nett, hove iptp
port Thursd ay Mr lirst time sipcf
leaving May 27 h.
Since Ca i.aMr. : took change
with Bill ar. pi' thj boat has been
running constancy o.i an average of
20 hours a day -mi ruver laid up ajj
hour on bars no.- ;\vl:s.
There has been practically no dq
lay for repairs and as the boys ex,
press it they have “run her ragged/'
and she is coming into port a broket)
but far from beaten packet.
The B. & B. No. 1 was built leak
season by a syndicate composed of
Sid Barrington, Larry Byrne, Max
Nelson and Charles Blinkey and op*
erated by them with Max as captain
and Blinkey as engineer.
Their running time for the first
trip from Anchorage to Indian river
and return was 48 hours, a distance
of 160 miles up stream or a total of
320 miles for the trip.
This was considered truly remarka
ble, owing to the fact that Susitna
is a fast running river and that Max,
unaided and unpiloted, mastered the
many and devious channels of this
river which is a mystery to the mind
of the ordinary. And she has not tak
en a back seat from her sister ships,
No. 2 and No. 3, which were built
from the design of the No. 1, but en
larged upon so that tthe No. l’s car
rying capacity is “supposed” to be
about one-fourth of the others but of
the tonnage handled this year by the
three boats the No. 1 has handled a
good half, and most of this on the up
per river where water is scarce, and
rocks and rapids thrive in plenty.
Too much cannot be said in prais
ing the work of Chief Engineer Stew
art Mason and his able assistant E.
Keiss, who have kept the boat “fog
! ging” all summer with pratically no
l repair parts and under adverse condi
Captin Max Nelson is considered
one of the best river men in Alaska
coming to this country in ’98 and fol
lowing river transportation work in *
the inside and all over the territory
since that time.
“Whitew'ater Bill” is known all ov
er these parts and British Columbia
where he ranks among the best on a
bad river and is called the fastest
man in the country on “white water.”
The crew of the B. & B. No. 1 is:
Captain, Max Nelson; pilot, W. F.
Burnett; chief engineer, S. Mason;
assistant engineer, E. Kies; purser,
E. Hictyey; officers, J. B. “Dixie”
Hall and “Eddie” steward; “Louie
vhe took.”
The No. 1*is needed badly up the
river and the installation of a new
engine on the starboard side which is
necessary, will be rushed with all
possible speed by the marine mechan
ical department.
»1INER MEETS DEATH
ON MIKE HESS CREEK
Word reached town last Tuesday to
the effect that Albert Bjorkiund, a
miner, 28 years of age, was in a shaft
on No. 7 above on Mike Iie3s creek,
evidently overcome by gas. All at
tempts to rescue him by his partner,
George Bachner, and others, failed on
account of the fact that they could not
drive the gas from the shaft and
make it stay out long enough to per
mit a man to descend to the bottom
of the 80-foot hole. Therefore, when
Bjorkiund w7as hoisted from the shaft
his body was found lifeless. His fu
neral was held at Brooks Wednesday
afternoon.
Bjorkiund had been in the employ
of the Northern Commercial compa
ny for a number of years as stable
! nan on the trail. Last winter he
.vorked at Miller’s. Ilis uncle, Nels
kelson, who is on Rainy creek in the
Telta country, has been notified of
his death.—Fairbanks Citizen.
FUNDS FOR IDITAROD ROADS
APPORTIONED BY BOARD
(Iditarod Fioneer)
Commissioner Guy G. Geraghty has
| received telegraphic advices to the ef
fect that the Alaska road commission
has allotted $1,900 for road work in
the Iditarod district during the pres
ent season. Instructions for the dis
bursement of this munificent sum will
follow by mail, according to the tele
gram, which is from R. J. Sommers,
superintendent. ,
C. J. Jenkins has been reappointed
to the position of road supervisor for
this district, and will commence work
as soon as the funds are available.
NEW COMMANDER OF '
'i BLACK SEA FLEET
PETROGRAD, Russia,—Vice-Ad
miral Koltehak has been appointed
commander in chief of the Black sea
fleet in place of Admiral Eberhard
who has been placed on the retired
list.
WEATHER REPORT
7 a. m. August 29, 1916.
Station Temp. Day Wind
Anchorage.49 Clear Calm
Summit.40 Clear Calm
Girdwood .44 Cloudy Calm
Eeward .50 Cloudy Calm
Matanuska.52 Clear Calm
Moose Creek - 50 Clear Calm