Si Bcrofford, the sourdough Alaska
miner, whose ship came in via the
antimony route, has announced that
he will become interested in proper
ties in the Juneau district and will
make his home in Juneau. Scrofford
has clfeaned up a fortune through
the operation of his antimony mine
at Fairbanks, the metal having come
into strong demand, as it is used in
the manufacture of munitions.
Two Fairbanks women, Mrs. J. J.
O’Connor and Mrs. R. L. Mitchell,
have leased an antimony mine they
own on Eva creek, for a term of
three years, and by the terms of the
lease they are to get $5 per ton of
antimony ore mined.
A 5,00b round shipment of mail
was started down the Yukon river
for Fairbanks late in the season, and
was frozen in at Circle City. It is
parcel post and second class mail,
and the contractor between Circle
and Fairbanks will be required to
carry the full weight of hie contract
each trip until the big shipment has
all been cleaned up.
John Phillips, the man who se
cured a 115,000 verdict against the
Guggenheims, for being shot in the
Keystone canyon conflict by gun
men. writes that he is now ir irou
ble with a Seattle woman. His
Alaska friends advise him to marry
her. ■»
Eugene Nelson, a Juneau boy, has
invented a motor sled with which he
travels the hilly Btreets of the'capital
city at a speed of from 10 to 15
miles an hour.
Andrea Del Castel and George
Muro, Italian miners, were killed hi
an explosion in the Perseverance
mine, back of Juneau, last Sunday
morning.
Mining operators of Eureka creek
In the Hot Springs district, wil
build a ditch fifteen miles long U
bring water from the Hootalinqus
river.
Hugo Beyer, a Nome pioneer, whr
is wintering in Seattle, has just re
ceived a letter from the North giv
ing the information that about 20C
more persons are wintering in Nona
than usual.
When all of the work for the yeai
has been completed, it will be fount
that the Alaska road commission hai
S|»ent in the neighborhood of $66,0U<
on the roads of the Fourth division
The little town of Tanana, at tin
mouth of the Tanana river, receivet
$2,080 as its share of the license
money collected by the clerk of tin
court lor the Fourth division durini
(he mouth of October.
fi-nvflrnnp UlapL- of iho Yllkm
Territory, lias gone home to organ
ie a coippany of Canadian soldiers
whom he will lead into active ser
. vice.
A convention of the Alaska Nativ
Brotherhood, which lasted four o
live days, was recently held in Met
lakahtla. Native delegations cam
from almost every Indian village 01
the coast from Haines down to th
lower boundary line. They repre
fiented the Thlinget, Hydah am
Tsimpshean native tribes.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—A distinc
earthquake shock was felt in tliii
city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock
No damage followed.
SEWARD, Jan. 5.—An epideml.
of la grippe is prevalent in Seward
Many people arc laid up with rhi
malady.
SEWARD, Jan. 5.—The steame
Alameda arrived here laat night, am
will remain until tonight, discliarg
ing a cargo of six hundred toils o
freight and twenty-three head o
horses. The big outfit is for tin
Lighthouse Packing Company, whirl
proposes to establish a large clan
canning factory near this point. Thi
plant will give employment to 3ight:
people. '
NEW YORK.—It is understooc
that the basts of exchange in thi
Kennecott negotiations will be threi
and one-fourth shares of Braden to
one of Kennecott. The ba9is of ex
change for i tah will be one and one
half shares of Kennecott for one o
I'tah. The Kennecott company wll
take over the Alaska Steamstlii
Company and the Copper River rail
road. It is believed that Kennecot
will be placed on a $ 1 a share dlvl
(lend basis in the near future.—Wal
Street Journal.
SEATTLE.^_The steamer Corwli
lias been chartered for a long tern
by the Southern Steamship Oonipar.:
! of Los Angeles, and will be operate
in the Caltfornta-Mexlco trade
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 5.—This tow:
is agog over the announcement
the engagement of Reed llcilig am
Mrs. F. A. Martin, appearing in th
local newspapers yesterday, llcili
was recently appointed assistant die
trict attorney.
| “Caribou Bill” Deterlng, well
known mining operator all over the
north, was'seriously injured on Oc
tober 4 at. Otter creek, Iditarod.
While engaged at scraping work, he
fell and was rendered unconscious. 1
On October 9, according to the ld't
_arod Pioneer, he had lost the use of
his limbs. Caribou Bill Is one of
the most famous miners of Nome.
Dawson and Iditarod.
Ernest B. Hussey, a civil and min
ing engineer of Seattle, formerly of
| the Bering River coal district and j
Copper river valley, is opjtoslng any
further appropriations for the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska. He
savs the Seward-Fatrbanks railroad
will cost nearer $125,000,000 than
$25,000,000, as estimated.
Olav H. Kassen, a voting miner of
Nome, was the victim of a gasoline
explosion in his cabin and was fatally
burned. He was fearfully injured,
and struggled hard for his Ilfs, but
succumbed to the uneven battle. De
ceased was a member of the Eagles,
and was buried under the auspices of
that order.
One Nome dredgemau, whose com.
yany failed to pay Us employes last
fall, has confessed judgment and
will pay the men out of his own
pocket and take the dredge if the
stockholders do not come through.
If he does not pay, the workers who
failed to receive their wages will
take the big dredge.
Captain Madsen, of Juneau, owner,
of the launch Greyhound, will libel
the steamer Admiral Evans for the
loss of his boat. He charges that
the launch wag torn loose from the
dock at Juneau by the Evans and
swamped in the channel. The Grey
hound was salvaged by two men who
hired a launch for the purpose, and
they are now Holding the b at. pend
ing a settlement.
Ernest Nelson, who had keen in
the employ of the Treadwell mine
for some time, disappeared from the
deck of the launch St. Nicholas while
making the trip to Tenakee. He had
complained that it w'as too warm in
side the cabin and had gone outside.
There were 1 k passengers on board
the launch, an d Nelson was not
missed until the captain began tak
ing up the fares, some time after
Wlsnn bail eone on deck. The sup
position is that he either leaned too
far over the rail and lost his balance
or else deliberately jumped over
when no one was looking.
Juneau Empire: That the terri
, torial legislature had the power to
pass a law regulating the licenses
Required in the fishing business both
as to catching and canning was the
gist of a decision rendered by Judge
Robert W. Jennings in the district
court, recently, in connection with
the tjvo cases of the territory against
the Hoouah Racking Company and
the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Com
pany. The question arose through a
demurrer by the defendants claiming
that the legislature had no power to
1 levy a tax upon canned fish when the
same fisheries company was obliged
I to pay a tax.
The first safe cracking episode to
take place in Nome for many a long
year was pulled off in the hardware
, store of the E. W. Carlton company,
supposedly some time Sunday, but
resulted in little gain to the robbers
. insofar as the contents of the strong
box were concerned, as thp robbers
, gave up their task before securing
entrance to the interior. The yeggs
made a bold attempt, however, and
succeeded in knocking og the knob
1 to the combination lock with a sledge
hammer, but in so doing locked the
combination in a way that prevented
the opening ot the door.—Nome
Nugget.
The operator in charge of the wire
. drug party operating in Sumner
strait, Alaska, has reported the dis
covery of a dangerous rock with
1 about one and one-quarter fathoms
of water over it at low tide and sur
rounded by depths of from t^ree and
one-half to five fathoms. The pin
nacle Is located to the southwest of
Eyeopener light.
Alaska Citizen: Optimism is wrjt
1 ten plainly on the face of every resi
' dent of the Tolovana camp. Two
sawmills running night and day lor
several months are'not able to sup
ply the demand for lumber at *100
per thousand. A town of some one
t hundred buildings built up Ihside of
| two months. Almost pay prospects
are reported from several creeks
I ev< ry day. and people are flocking
In from all sections of Alaska. Why
, shouldn't they be optimistic?
Protests have been filed in the jp.
i neau land office against patent being
, issued to the Alaska. Juneau Gold
; I Mining Comoanv for patent to two
m'llsites on'Gastineau-channel. The
proto: t ants allege that the mining
! company is trying to secure a mo
nopoly of the Juneau waterfront,
that the protestants have been in
possession of the property for more
than three years, ami that the mia
iny company does not need the mill
sites, as it already has more than
6,000 feet of waterfront on Oasti
neau channel.
Jerry Murphy, a fisherman, who
left Ketchikan about a month ago to
visit the San Francisco exposition,
was found dead in a bed in a lodg
ing house a few days.after he arrived
in San Francisco. Ail examination
showed that he had been Choked to
death, as finger marks plainly
showed on his throat. it appears
that deceased had visited a number
of saloons and had several times
changed gold pieces. He is believed
to have been carrying between three
and four thousand dollars. Two
suspects are being held by the san
Francisco police.
One of tile best indications of a
town’s prosperity is the official state
ment of the banks as published
quarterly as required by law. The
flank of Petersburg. Southeastern
Alaska, has trebled its deposits dur
ing the past six months. The in
crease is due to the fact that the
freSfc fish business of Petersburg has
has enjoyed a season of prosperity,
with many fishermen opening ac
counts. The big fish dealers trans
act practically all of their business
uy uiau un rugei sound lianas,
which does not affect the statement
of the local bank.
Ag many of the enactments of the
Alaska legislature are lteing turned
down for the reason that the legis
lators assumed to themselves more
Powers than they were clothed With
by the enabling act. the court* of the
territory and their officials will
soon be inclined. however much
against their will, to disregard the
session laws arid accept as their only
guide the old Alaska code.-—Fair
banks Time*.
Among the receptive * candidates
[ for the demoocratic nomination for
delegate to congress from Alaska Is
George B. Grigsby, .of Nome, who
was formerly district attorney of
the Second division under a repub
lican administration, but since has
been an active supporter of Jeffer
sonian principles.
HA II. HO A 1)1 NG A KFOHDS
IXTKNSK KASt I N ATION
Kailroad building and operation
possesses a universal fascination for
people of all ages, and there ts no
part of a railway project of wider
attraction than the bridge Structures
over which they are carried. It is
always a matter of pride for travel
ers to tell of the wonderful bridges
they have crossed in their journeys,
if they are in any respect out of the
ordinary. The route winch has been
selected for the Alaska railroad does
not call for any remarkable bridge
designing or. construction between
Ship creek and (he Matanuska
branch. Nevertheless, all who are
watching the progress of the work
being done on the government rail
road will he concerned in a few facte
relating to the bridges now being
constructed and yet to be construct
ed on the line graded to Matanuska
Junction.
Between Ship creek and Ship creek
junction, a distance of 4.48 miles,
there are no bridges er trestles, and
the first such structure is .encoun
tered at Kagle river (Yuklal, a dis- j
tance of 13 miles from Ship creek. |
The bridge is but! feet, long, 67 feet
above the surface of the water, and i
consists of one 121-foot Howe truss I
deck span and 56 trestle spans of 11 j
feet each. For this it required S3 I
tong of iron. 11,000 feet of piling,;
20,200 feet of round posts, and 122,- |
500 feet B. .vl. lumber. By the early j
part of January the Commission ex- |
pects to complete the bridge, and i
track laying will commence north- j
ward just as soon as this is accom- j
plis'ned.
At the first branch of Fire creek, |
It miles oat. it is necessary to con
struct a short trestle of eight, spans,
each being 1 4 feet long. The track
is at an elevation of 16 feet above
the bottom of the opening. The sec
ond branch of Fire creek has to be
crossed by a trestle consisting of
three 14-foot spans. As we go along,
Peters creek is next met, and here
we cross on a 98-foot trestle, made
up of seven 14-foot spans.
Peters creek is 22 miles from Ship
creek, and between Peters creek and
.he Kklutna river, which is 26 miles
nit, the tine is tarried over small
wdler courses by three \yw trestles
of a total length of 154 feet. At the
Kklutna river is to be hu'lt a bridge
of substantial length, 724 feet. How
ever, this structure is not nearly so
nigh as the bridge at Ragle river,
being only J8 feet from the surface
of the water to the top of the track
It is made up of one 121-foot Howe |
through truss span and 43 pile tres
lie spans of 14 feet each. The chan
nel in this stream has a tendency to
shift its course, and this was taken
into account in the design and gen
eral layout of the bridge. At mile
28.64 the line has to be carried over
a 70-foot trestle over a swamp out
let.
Next we come to’Knik river. To
cross this opening will require a
bridge 856 feet long, 13 feet above
high water. This, like the bridge
at the Bklutna, is a Howe truss
through span type, and consists of
six 121-foot spans and seven 14-foot
trestle spans, requiring to erect 357
tons of iron, 24,u00 feet of piling,
and 747,uOO feet B. M. of lumber.
The Knik river is 32.12 miles from
Ship creek. Between Knik river ar.d
Matanuska river are encountered a
number of sloughs and overflow
channels, and these are crossed by
low pilh tresMe structures. It will
require over 2.000 feet 01 trestle (o
cross these stretches.
At the MatTtnuakn river it will oe
necessary to construct a bridge I .422
feet long, consisting of four 131-fe t
Howe truss through spans and sixty ■
s.\ 14-fcot. tiestle spans. It is 13
feet from the surface of the water to
the top of the track. Here will be i
I erected the same general type of i
structure as at Knik river, and it !
will he the longest of all the bridges j
between Ship creek and "utannsko j
junction. It will "require "24 7 ton- i
of iron, 31,000 feet of piling, ai_i
667,000 feet B. M. of lumber.
At Rabbit slough, at mile 35.00,
is to be built a pile trestle 672 feci j
long.
Matanuska junction, which ’s
36.05 miles from Ship creek, is the
| junction of the main line and the
coal branch to Chickaloon.
As stated anove, when the Ragle
G. .W PALMER
Wellman Goods
800 Tons
No better can be bought
at any price.
Sperry’s Drifted Flour and Sper
ry’s Kansas Flour. Once used, you
will use no other. Try them.
Hill’s Bros.’ Coffee and Tea. Use
the red can. 1 handle only California
Butter and Petaluma Eggs, the best
procurable.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods,
Hardware, Tents, Tarpaulins, Oils
Gasoline, Certainteed Kootkijr and Lumber
Knik, Alaska
river bridge 1b completed, track Jay- |
ing will he renewed and pushed as 1
rapidly as possible. The worn rn all i
the bridges and trestles will also re- !
celve prompt attention, looking to -
wards their early completion. As
soon as the bridge gang now engaged !
at Eagle river finishes its work at
that structure, they will be assigneu
to the work on the bridges nortn ot
Eagle river.
Between Ship creek and Mata
utiska junction there are eighteen j
bridges, and for this work it re
Hiires, approximately, the following i
material:
126,000 feet of piling,
21.000 feet of round posts.
1,So 1,000 feet B. M. lumber.
1,590.000 pounds of iron and steel.
20.000 leet of crib logs.
The total length of all these
bridges and trestles Is 7,240 feet,
-qual to 1.37 miles, or 3.8 per cut
if the entire distance to Matan iska
junction.
ERXKST ROYHEX RAMSEY
CAEl-Kl) Tt) HI* BAST REST
Anchorage received a shock this
morning, when the news of the de
mise of Ernest noyden Ramsey was
announced, following an attack of
cerebro spinal meningitis. Heath
name at 7 o’clock t.hiH morning in
t-he government hospital. the de
parted had been suffering for som<
time past with a severe attack o
ia grippe. Alter partaking or t
hearty meal at his home yesferda?
afternffon he became violently ill.
soon lapsing into unconsciousness.
Ur. Kyvig was called, and advised
his removal to the government hos
pital, as his condition whs oonsid
ered very serious. A dog team was
pressed info service and the sufferei
taken to the hospital, where the at
tending physicians were unremitting
in efforts to save his fife. The suf
ferer never regained consciousness.
Mr Ramsey was employed in the
store department of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, his imme
diate superior being Mr. Chase, tne
storekeeper. Mr. chase speaks in
Hie highest terms of the departed,
bo'h as an elhcient, Trustworthy as
sistant and a man.
The departed was born in China
thirty-two years ago. He is survived
h.v a vvife and two small children,
who reside here, and his father.
Thomas Carr Ramsey, purchasing
agent for the government at Swa
fow. China.
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