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W. C. Edes, chairman of th© Alas
ka Engineering Commission, accom
panied by his wife and her niece. Miss
Helen Burnham, were passengers on
the Mariposa yesterday for Seward,
where he will make his headquarters.
The steamer arrived at 4 o'clock in
the morning, remaining in port but
a couple of hours, and Mr. Edes was
not to be seen.
Several of the government engi
neers were aboard, however, and fur
ther news of the commission’s plans
were announced. One of the engi
neers, who asked that his name be
withheld, said. “As you know, we
are pushing the work on the first 70
miles in order to get to the coal
fields. I do not, however, expect
that we will get that part of the line
completed this summer. But as the
coal is the first, consideration we will
do everything possible to rush the
work on that division.
“I think it is commonly believed
that that part of the work is a branch
line, and not the main line to Fair
banks. But only half of it, the last
half, is a brnnch. The first .17 miles
is on the main Fairbanks line, and
the rest is a spur that will enable the
coal to be taken from the mines, put
on cars and shipped to a tidewater
terminal.
“In addition to the actual construc
tion of that 7(1 miles we are also go
ing to build wharves and terminals
at Ship Creek, dredge out the channel
and put the tidewater terminal in con
dition so that next summer, when nav
igation opens in Cook Inlet, steamers
can load coal. There will also be
some work don© on repairing and re
building the Alaska Northern, though
just how much I am not certain. We
have already built a short part of it
in order to run construction trains.
“Besides that construction work we
will also have several parties at work
surveying the Fairbanks route and
making the final location of the line.
Although the route is settled on, there
are a great many surveys that must be
made in order that we can start work
on actual construction of that part of
the line next spring.
"We will do both eaxth and rock
work this summer and until snow
comes next fall, and will continue rock
work most of the winter. In other
words, the work on the Alaska rail
road will be pushed as fast as is pos
sible.’'
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SCHOONER RUBY
ON WAY TO TELLER
The power schooner Ruby, owned by
J. E. Shields and Capt. Knafllch, Is
now on the way north with n corgo
of supplies for points between Una
laska and Herschel Island. While
she will carry a comparatively small
cargo from Seattle, the Ruby will
liick up supplies at Teller which she
was unable to take Into the most
northerly points last year because of
the Ice. Capt. S. H. Cottle, who is
in command, has taken aboard ship
stores for a year, and the summer
months will be devoted to whale
hunting after the freight has been de_
livered.
II. Liubes, a San Francisco fur deal
er, is sending north on the Ruby a
largo quantity of trader's supplies.
School supplies will also be carried
for the United States Bureau of Edu
cation to Sand Point, Bethel, Aktak,
Quinhagak, Togiak and Kulukuk.
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Bank Charter Filed
The Harrimom National Bank of
Seward last week filed its charter
in the office of the secretary of the
territory. It is signed by John Skel
ton Williams, comptroller of the cur
rency.
Tlie hank has been doing business
for the past two months, having com
plied with both Natiihuil and Territor
ial balking regulations.
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FAIRBANKS CUTTING
OUT HER FACTIONS
To the observant person it Is no.
tlceable of kte that petty factions in
Fairbanks art beginning to overlook
their dlfferencts in the mutual effort
ssto promote th> city's wellfare—Fair
banks Citizen.
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Job printing at The Daily Times.
BROTHER ANXIOUS TO
HEAR FROM FRANK ECKERT
Inquiry in made as to the wherea
bouts of Frank Eckert, who has been
in Cordova. He Is 5 feet 6 Inches
tall, sandy complected, clean shaven,
and a German-Austrlan by birth. His
relatives are trying to locate him, as
his parents have died since he came to
America. His brother Is anxious to
hear from him. His address Is Karl
Eckert, S. S. Vaterland, Hoboken, N.
J.
TINT SALMON FRf
ARE TO BE PROTECTED
Reports from the Pacific coast sta
tions received by the Bureau of Fish
eries show that 197,233,000 salmon
eggs have been collected to April 30
in this collection season on the Tactile
coast, and placed In coast hatchenes.
Experience shows that about 95 per
'cent of these should produce salmon.
This 95 per cent, then, will be Uncle
Sam's contribution to the Bnlmon sup
ply next year.
It has been the practice in the gov
ernment hatcheries In Washington
and Alaska to liberate the tiny salmon
in the fry stage. But it has been
found that this is far too soon. Re
ports from Alaska are that big trout
use the fry for free lunches, and that
relatively few get to the sea. Now,
with such reservoirs as are available,
the rearing ponds at the Alaska sta
tions particularly are being enlarged
in order to maintain the fish as pam
pered pets of the government until
they reach the flngerllng stage and
are fit to get out and fight for their
lives.
Collections of salmon eggs on the
coast this year are divided as fol
lows: Bluebacks, 60,915,000; hump
back, 19,109,000; Chinook. 108,700,000;
silver. 30,300,000; dog, 38,209,000.
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BADLY INJURED IN
CORWIN'S ENGNE ROOM
Richerd Jackling, a well-known Se
attle young man, who was dangerous
ly injured in the engine room or the
steamship Corwin May 15, as that ves
sel was approaching Bering sea on her
way to Nome, is recovering at the
Dutch Harbor hospital of the United
States coast guard service, and he Is
beginning to gain in strength.
Young Jackling was thrown into the
machinery by a violent lurch of the
ship, and his leg was so badly mangled
that amputation below the knee was
necessary. The amputation was per
formed in the coast guard service hos
pital. The young man has spent sev
eral seasons in Nome as an employe
of the J. J Sesnon Company ancr was
on his way north to return to Its ser
vice when injured. He was employed
in the Corwin’s engine room for the
voyage.
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STEAMER SAILINGS
FOR NOME CITY
The first sailing direct for Nome
from Seattle, was the freighter Edith,
which left on Friday. The steamer
I.atouche sailed yesterday. On June
15 the steamer Cordova goes to Kotze
bue Sound.
The big passenger liner Victoria, in
command of Capt. John A. O’Brien,
will steam on June 2 for Nome and
St. Michael, and as usual, every berth
will be taken. The vessel carries a
total of t>C2 passengers of all classes
in her cabins and steerage.
The steamer Senator starts from
Seattle for Nome tomorrow with ev
evr berth taken, and on the same day
the freighter Tampico will leave San
Francisco tor the Far north.
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Judge Tucker Has Partner
Our former townsman, O. A. Tucker
has formed a partnership with M. J.
Donnelly, of Juneau, under tne firm
name of Tucker & Donnelly.
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NOTICE
Numerous complaints having been
made of the danger from fire, during
the present dry spell, from the use of
fire crackers, and also the playing of
ball on the Btreets, these practices
will have to be discontinued.
OEORGE DOOLEY
Chief of Police
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MINERS SPECIAL Red Sole Boots
$9.50 at S. Blum & Co’s.
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Fresh Cordova Eggs at O’Neill *
Slater Co’s.
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ALASKA CRATERS
JOIN THOSE OF
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Volcanic' activity in the great Pa
cific coast range, heretofore confined
to Mount Lassen in California, re
ceived double reinforcements In the
outbreak of two peaks in the Cook
Inlet country, Mount lllamna and an
other not Identified by passengers who
reported the eruptions on Arriving at
Seward.
Dense clouds of brown moke rolled
from the Alaskan craters, whose ac
tivity was heralded by slight earth
quakes accompanied by a roaring
noise. In the Kenai peninsula.
Lassen peak poured out another
large eruption of ink-black smoke,
but the volcanic flow was temporarily
diverted into old lava fields, giving
the hapless farmers in the adjoining
valleys time to drive their cattle and
animals to higher ground and make
other preparations against further de
vastation.
A dispatch from Seward contains
the following account of the eruptions
to the westward:
lllamna volcano and an unidentified
peak on the west coast of Cook Inlet,
have been in eruption since Tuesday.
People who passed the volcanoes on
Thursday said dense clouds of brown
smoke were rolling up from the crat
ers. The effect of the volcanoes was
noticed here on Wednesday night,
when copper-colored clouds were seen
to the north. It was believed at the
time that the smoke was from the
forest fires, but those virtually are out
and the atmosphere is still very hazy.
Pour slight earthquake shocks, ac
companied by a roaring noise have
been felt here during the last three
months but are believed to have had no
connection with the volcanoes as no
shock was felt when the craters were
active.
Iliamna volcano, on the west coast
of Cook inlet, is a peak 12,066 feet
high. It has been known as an ac
tive volcano from the earliest records
of the Russian and Spanish explorers,
but its eruptions have never been vio
lent. The district around Iliamna Is
virtually uninhabited.
Volcanic activity in the range ex
tending from Cook inlet along the
Alaska peninsula to the Aleutian
islands Is reported nearly every year,
but there has been no violent outburst
since June, 1912, when Mount Katmai
burst into spectacular eruption, eov
ering the fertile Kodiak island and the
adjoining mainland under a deep lay
er of volcanic ash. Iliamna volcano i
is -50 miles west of Seward and Is the
same distance southwest of Ship
( reek, where the Alaska Kngineering
Commission is beginning work on the
new government railroad to the Mat
anuska coal fields.
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SAWMILL OUTFIT
BOUND FOR ANCHORAGE
A big sawmill plant with a capacity
of 20,000 feet a day, was among the
cargo on the Mariposa for Anchorage.
The plant, which is owned by a Seat
tle syndicate, will bo superintended by
W. H. Malvern, a lumberman from
Western Pennsylvania.
A fairly complete sawmill plant was
installed at the Matanuska coal fields
seventy-five miles from Ship Creek,
several years ago by Prank Watson
and other claimants for Alaska coal
land.
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MAY NAME TOLOVANA
POSTOFFICE FOR BROOKS
Postmaster Deal, of Fairbanks has
suggested to the postofflce department
that the name of the new postofflce
I that he wants established at the new
I Tolovana strike be named '‘Brooks’*
| In honor of Aired H. Brooks, of the
United States Geological survey, who
caused the prospectors to look for
the gold there. Certainly no other
man Is so deserving of the compli
ment
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For sale Cheap—Two tirst-class
hunting dogs. Inquire Times office.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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again to report a successful year, with marked gains
in every direction.
, * *lt‘ llB8etB were increased One hundred and Thirty-five
Thousand Dollars! the resrve for the protection of Policj
holders. One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars
Accident and Sickness Claims of *28,478.00 were paid
and Death Claims of *33,453.00.
No death Claim haB ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immeditely on receipt of proofs
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was *116,209.26.
I he ( ompany's yearly income was Increased to *415
505.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
and dividends of $32,661.24 to policyholders—
The net surplus of the Company was increased more
than seventeen per cent, over the proceeding year
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