FOREST FIRE
CAUSES LOSS
OVER $100,000
One hundred and twenty thousand
dollars is the estimated loss from the
forest Are which for sixteen hours
raged along Turnagain arm and con
sumed all of the material on hand to
he used "by-the Alaskan Engineering
Commission in the construction of the
snow sheds between Mile 71 1-2 and
Seward.
The loss consists in upward of a
million lineal feet of piling and timber
for use in snowshed construction on
the Seward division; huge quantities
of lumber to bo used for the same pur
pose; quantities of piling for use in
constructing the new dock at Anchor
age; thousands of railroad ties for use
at points along the government rail
road between Talkeetna and Indian
river; considerable lumber planned to
go into construction of camps to be
established on the Seward division,
and approximately 250 cords of fuel
wood which had been cut during the
past winter by Thomas Fournier,
known as “French Tom-” and which
was piled on the right-of-way at Mile
88 at Indian creek. Mr. Fournier also
suffered the loss of his cabin and all of
his personal possessions. P. It. Strong,
a well known old-timer who has for
several seasons been engaged in min
'ing at Indian creek, and who at the
time of the fire was in Anchorage, hav
ing just been discharged from the gov
ernment hospital, received word that
his cabin and all the contents were
consumed in the flames and that his
homo was in ruins.
The fire which originated qt a point
just wesfof Mile £8, Indian creek, was
soon fanned in a destroying conflagra
tion and swept everything before it
for a distance of from 200 feet to a
mile in width and for a distance of
over two miles in length. Seventy
pound steel rails laid on the open right
of way were twisted and bent as
though in the hands of a mighty Titan,
The wind which in a short while after
the flames had gained headway grew
from a Turnagain Arm breeze into a
destroying hurricane and with a ve
locity approximated at to miles pei
hour, fanned the fires into seething
sheets of white flame. Trees 80 anc
90 feet in height were caught in the
maw of the devastating wind-fannec
sea of flames and were burned to a cin
der, leaving them to fall to the earth
with a crash. Cars with brakes set
which had* been left standing on the
side-track at Indian creek were rolled
down and through the locked switch.
Until an accurate survey of the
loss has been made by the Alaskan En
gineering Commission it will be impos
sible to learn the plans of the commis
sion or to estimate the character ol
the work of reconstruction to be un
dertaken. That the destruction of the
material to be used for the building ol
the snowsheds on the Seward divisioi
will prove a most serious loss to the
engineering commission and to the
planned project itself is evident. I
will be almost impossible to replace
many of the piling which were cu
during the past winter. The distrie
along the right-of-way was combee
by the piling crew last winter ani
practically all of the best timber wa
selected for the work as planned for
the harbor improvement. Serious dif
ficulty will be encountered when pil
ing of equal lengths are sought.
The piling consumed was located on
the government right-of-way on the
bare ground and removed as far *as
possible from the standing timber.
Water barrels had been taken from
Anchorage and placed at convenient
spots near the huge mass of piles and
a watchman employed for the purpose
of preventing the start of fires. These
precautions, which under ordinary cir
cumstances would have proved ample
protection, were as naught before the
advance of the fan-shaped sheet of
consuming flames.
Five aliens of Fairbanks were re
cently forever barred from becoming
citizens of the United States by reason
of having given up their papers to es
cape service in the army, The names
on the dishonor roll are Arne Arneson!
of Norway, John O’Stenbraten of Nor-i
way, Axel August Newman of Sweden, |
Gustaf Adolph Pearson of Sweden and
Danied Johnson Borseth of Norway.
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Special turkey and chicken dinner
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NOTICE |
Notice is hereby given that, pur- I
suant to an act of the territorial leg- I
islature, there Is hereby made, lm- |
posed and levied upon each, male per- |
son, except soldiers, sailors in the |
navy or revenue'cutter service, volun- §
teer firemen, paupers, insane persons, I
or territorial charges, within the Ter- |
rltory of Alaska or the waters thereof, |
over the age of twenty-one years and 1
under the age of fifty years, an annual 1
tax in the sum of five ($5.00) dollars, |
to be paid and collected in the manner I
provided by law, and deposited by the i
treasurer of the Territory of Alaska j
in a separate fund called the “school. g
fund,” and used for no other than I
school purposes, g
Said tax Is now due and payable J
and becomes delinquent on the first |
Monday in the month of August of |
each year. i A
Ail persons subject to this tax are
hereby notified to pay said tax to the i
school tax collector, and ih cas3 of I
failure to do so the penalties provided
in Section G of Chapter 29 of the ses- .
sion laws of Alaska will he imposed. §
K. G. ROBINSON,
School Tax Collect I
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory U;
of Alaska, Third Division. Cor
dova Abstract & Realty Company, j
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. George f
D. Reid, defendant.
The President of the United States i
of America, greeting, to G( urge D. ,
Reid, tho above-named defendant. ;
You are hereby required to appear E
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within \
thirty days from the completion of E
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of June, 1919, and answer the |
complaint of Cordova Abstract & \
Realty, Company, a corporation, the E
above-named plaintiff in the above- 1
entitled cause, which cause is an ac- |
tion on a contract wherein tho plain- \
tiff prays judgment for the sum of
three hundred and eighty-nine and ,
G7-100 ($389.67) dollars, and for its
costs and disbursements in the ac
tion, and for such other and further
relief as to the court may seem right
and proper in the premises. And you
are hereby notified that if you tail to
appear and answer said complaint as j
herein required, that the said plaintiff I
will take judgment against you for
want thereof, and will apply uto the
court for the relief demanded? in its
complaint, as hereinbefore -sot out.
Tho order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 7th day of May, 1919.
Witness the Honorable Frad M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, ahd the
seal thereof, this 7th day of J|ay, in
the year of Our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteenth,
and of our independence the one hun
dred and forty-third. * -
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
May 13, 19, 26. June 2, 9, 16, 25.
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Traveling Bags, $12.00 to $17.50
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals will be received at
l (be office of the town clerk up to 6
p. m. Wednesday, June 25, 1919, for
the repair of the bulkhead and side
walk on the west side of First Street
between B and C strets, town of Cor
dova.
Plans and specifications may be seen
by applying to J. E. Currier, chairman
of the street commitee.
The city reserves the right to reject,
any or all bids.
A. J. ADAMS, Mayor.
Attest: K. G. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk. 19-6t
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JUST RECEIVED—SOME
Ha-Ha Hat Nets
Mosquito and gnat-proof, something new on the market and just the
thing for fishermen and mushers. Will not rip, made of copper wire
and non-breakable. Every person should have one.
Also received a shipment of Ladies’ Black Bear Brand Overalls.
THE BARGAIN STORE
JOHN RAWSON
I JEWELRY
We Have the Most Complete Stock in
Cordova
If You Want the Correct Time, Call 43
Snow Glasses of All Kinds.
PAUL BLOEDHORN
Watchmaker and Jeweler |
DO YOU SUFFER
with
HEADACHES
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, weak stom
ach, sleeplessness,, neuralgia, physical
exhaustion, lumbago, sciatica, sprained
back, enlarged or stiff joints.
There are many other ailments be
sides the above in men, women and
children that chiropractic will cure.
CHRIROPRACTIC removes the cause
and health returns.
Investigate Today. -See Your Local
Chiropractor
Dr. Charles M. Rodseth
Chiropractic Physician
Room 8 Alaskan Hotel. Cordova
Office Hours 10 to 12. 1:30 to 5 p. m.
Evenings 7 to 8.
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