51ORT STORIES
A BOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
The new mill at the Venus mine,
in the Conrad district, has been fin
ished, and the machinery is now in
place.
Word from Atlin is that T. M. Dal
ton, the Ruby creek miner, has ex
perienced the best season yet in that
country.
.John Stinson Young of Juneau has
started suit for divorce against his
wife, Alberta De Racy Young. The
couple were married in Texas in 1916.
Contractor L. E. Larson is busily
engaged now in wrecking the sole re
maining building in the Fairbanks
burned district, the old Bredlie store.
Juneau merchants returning from
the States predict that by the begin
ning of summer prices will be on the
^toboggan, and the high cost of living
will be lowered.
Through his attorney, David Lap
palainen has applied to the courts at
Juneau to have his name changed to
David Davis, which name he has gone
bv for years. He is a fisherman.
Captain Sid Barrington has re
turned to Wrangell from his mining
property on Delolire creek, which is
100 miles north of Telegraph creek.
He has taken in supplies to last seven
men all winter.
The “lost paystreak” on Dome is in
a fair way of being detected, if J. C.
Kinny, J. P. Schoesser and Dan A.
Gillis keep up their lick with the dia
mond drill they are urging on the
third tier of 8 below, Dome.
Two Alaska road commission crews,
with teams and outfits, left Fairbanks
recently for Lower Goldstream, to
start work on the road which will
connect Brooks with the new rail
road at Dunbar’s roadhouse.
B. R. Sawyer resigned as secretary
of the Alaska Labor Union at Ketchi
kan when the members objected to
the payment of a bill from a Seattle
^ attorney for $600 in the case wherein
Sawyer is charged with being a
slacker.
Ike Weathers, jointly indicted with
his brother A1 and Ernest Stage for
stealing fish from a trap and shooting
to intimidate a cannery employe, was
released on bail of $S,000. The bail
covered all four counts under which
he was indicted.
Fred Bender, an old-timer of the
Cassiar country, left on one of the re
cent steamers for Quartzite, Ariz.,
where he has mining interests. He
will bring a Ford truck back with
him next year for use on the Tele
graph creek roads.
Fred Schill, the miner who wras
crushed beneath a slab in a Dome
mine, and who was believed to be
fatally hurt, is now on the road to
recovery. He suffered a broken leg,
broken in three places, and divers and
sundry other injuries, but he will beat
them all back to Wellville.
The freighter Nanshan arrived at,
Seward recently with commission
« freight. She had a full load of steel
rails and other construction material,
besides a rotary for the Anchorage
division. The commission expects to
keep the line open between Seward
and Anchorage by using the rotary.
Mrs. S. R. Bredlie of Fairbanks died
recently in St. Joseph's hospital in
that city. While the end was not en
tirely unexpected, it came so sud
denly as to shock all of Fairbanks,
and the sympathy of the entire camp
is expressed for the stricken husband
and two little sons who are left to
mourn the greatest of losses.
United States Marshal Erwin of
Fairbanks has received the sad in
telligence that his little daughter,
Mary, was burned to death at Port
land, Ore. Mary was at a Halloween
party when the Japanese lanterns
-"■which were used for illumination
caught fire. The burning lanterns set
fire to her clothing and she died that
night or the next day from the burns
she suffered.
The recently-published statements
of the B. M Behrends Bank and the
First National Bank of Juneau show
combined assets of more than three
million dollars, an increase of more
than half a million in the past year.
The early freeze-up this fall caused
a sudden suspension of mining activ
ities in the Tolovana district, leaving
a number of operators with dumps on i
their hands which can not now be
sluiced until next summer.
G. A Tervo, Canadian collector of
customs at the boundary, was canoe
ing on the Stikine when he saw five
grizzlies on the river bank. He had
only eleven cartridges in his belt, but
opened fire and brought down four out
of the five before exhausting his am
munition. Mr. Tervo killed five griz
zlies early in the season.
Dr. William Turnbull, the White
| Pass veterinary and assistant to the
I manager of the winter mail service
between Dawson and Whitehorse, ar
rived'in Dawson recently to prepare
for the winter. He states that a fine
string of horses' has been secured for
the mail route between Dawson and
Whitehorse.
Both the herring packing concerns
at Port Walter have stopped work for
the season. There is one company
that operates in Big Port Walter and
one in Little Port Walter. Most of
the crews have left, but the packs
remain to be transported south yet.
Although the plants got up good packs
they could have handled more herring.
The herring this year were plentiful
out on the high seas, but did not run
into the bays where they could be
caught easily. The fact that they did
not run into the bays is attributed to
more whales being killed. The whales
pursue the herring, which, fishermen
say, run into the small bays and in
lets to avoid them.
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Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
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Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 133
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Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908 i
DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
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DENTAL OFFICES
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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