SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
The public-spirited citizens of
Wrangell have begun work on the
construction of a park near that
town.
The Heckman dock at Ketchikan
is being razed. A new dock and ware
house will be built on the site of
the old.
The Ketchikan iron works has
libeled the well-known gas boat
Mayflower for a bill of something
over $500.
Three new features, music, manual
training and art, have been added to
the course of study in the Wrangell
public schools.
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A forest fire has been burning
for some time in the vicinity of Carr
Glenn, a station on the White Pass
spur to the copper mines.
William Woodworth, who was ar
rested at Ketchikan some time ago
for having beer in his possession,
was found not guilty.
Sister Mary Mark, until recently
superior at St. Mary’s hospital in
Dawson, has been named superior at
St. Joseph's hospital at Victoria.
Ernest Burwash, a well-known
Whitehorse-Dawson stage driver, was
recently written up in Everybody’s
Magazine as a character of the
North.
The Saltchuck mine near Ketchikan
recently shipped out twenty-six tons
of concentrate which was rich in
paladium, platinum, gold, silver and
copper.
Channel island, in the Black chan
nel, fifteen miles from Wrangell, has
been stocked as a fox ranch. Twenty
foxes have been placed there and
more will be added.
Captain R. E. Tucker has been
named inspector of the R. N. W. M. P.
at Whitehorse to supercede A. L.
Bell, who is leaving for Regina for
medical attention.
The Skagway river went on a ram
page recently and the high waters
swept away one of the White Pass
& Yukon bridges near the town.
Although several partes of hunt
ers have been after them, the bears
that have been doing the damage to
caches and cabins in the vicinity of
Whitehorse remain unkilled.
The Ketchikan Power Company
recently received letters from a firm
in Germany which had been held by
the censor since 1914. The letters
were in regards to securing Alaska
spruce lumber.
Richard Casey, five-year-old son
of Peter Casey, captain of the can
nery tender Merrimac, was drowned
last week at Ketchikan by falling
from the Newtown dock. His body
was discovered five hours afterward.
The season for the killing of big
game, such as moose, caribou, moun
tain sheep, mountain goats and deer :
in Yukon Territory, opened on Sep- j
tember 1. The season for killing ■■
game birds in that territory also!
opened the same day.
The Ward’s Cove, tender for the ,
Ward’s Cove Packing Company, was j
sunk last week by striking a rock !
in the north arm of Moira sound,
thirty miles from Ketchikan. Another
gas boat stood by and fastened the
mast of the WTard’s Cove to a scow !
which the other boat had In tow and j
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kept the tender from sliding off into
100 fathoms of water.
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Taylor, Drury, Pedlar & Co. have
opened negotiations to purchase the
Yukon river steamer Thistle. Their
steamer Kluane has become too
small to supply the five trading sta
tions which the company maintain.
Matson creek, in the Fortymile
country, continues to contribute its
share of gold to the Yukon’s annual
output. This creek was the scene of
a stampede at one time, but most of
those who staked have abandoned
their claims, leaving but a few old
timers working.
Percy DeWolf recently arrived in
Dawson with five tons of dried fish
which he caught in a fish wheel on
the Yukon. The fish will be used to
feed the dog teams which the mount
ed police will use the coming winter
on the long patrol to Fort McPher
son and other points.
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Captain Sid Barrington, formerly
of the Yukon but for the last three
years operator of boats on the Stik
ine, has gone into the mining game
as a side line. He has taken over
some claims in the Cassiar and re
cently took a crew of six men up
the river to work the claims.
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Governor Riggs recently inspected
the Pioneers’ home at Sitka. He
found that there were 67 inmates of
the home. He said that the pioneers
seemed to be contented and that he
only regretted that the means of the
territory wrould not permit the men
being even more comfortable.
Articles of incorporation for the
Portland Canal Railroad & Terminal
Company have been filed in Juneau.
The incorporators are Charles F.
Caldwell and John King. The com
pany has secured terminal ground at;
Hyder and the road will tap the rich
mining country adjacent to the town. ;
The company has been incorporated
for $3,000,000.
INSTANCE OF FEROCITY
OF ALASKA MOSQUITO
Trappers on the lower Kuskokwim
report finding a large brown bear re
cently totally blind from mosquito j
bites. They stated that the bear was
gaunt and emaciated and that he was
a mass of sores from the mosquitoes.
He was shot and put out of his
misery. Stories of animals being
blinded by mosquitoes have been told
by the natives, but this is the first
authentic case seen by white men.
It is reported that the mosquito pest
is worse this year than for several
years previous, even the natives suf
fering from their bites.
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
MARINERS, TAKE NOTICE! r
Cape St. Elias gas buoy is reported
extinguished.
By order customs service. 25-3t
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware Company.
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We are buying all kinds of furs
and will pay the highest prices. Don’t ,
send your furs Outside before you
see me. We also make up all kinds
of furs and remodel in the latest
styles. They will be made right here.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
L. M. STEEINE, Tailor.
In connection 'with F. N. Hubbert.
Arrived Last Boat
CHILDREN’S STOCKINGS
Plain, three pairs for $1.00
Drummer Boy, 50c
LADIES’—Silk, 50c and 75c
LADIES'—Plain, 3 for $1.00
Children’s Dresses, $2.00 up.
Tablecloths on sale yet.
THE REGENT
(MRS. JOHN NELSON)
Across St. from Modern Laundry ^
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WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds, .
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
ROSSWOG
"THE
RE-CREATION j
OF
BRIAN KENT”
BY
HAROLD
BELL
WRIGHT
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(Author of “The Eyes of the
World”)
A novel of life and love In the
Ozarks
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J. A. Farnham and Ted Taylor
Proprietors
Headquarters for Alaskans
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Ted Taylor, formerly Chief
Steward S. S. Alaska
Sanitary
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Shop. 143 Res., 133-2
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for Men, Women and Children.
RAINCOATS
for Men and School Girls.
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Also a complete line of Infants’
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Sixty Steam-Heated Rooms, Electric-Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
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