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DOLLARS SOCIETY
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state and If. S. Government Bonds
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paid less than s'* lift with us
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I ALASKA PUBLIC 1
SHORT STORES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Dr. L. P. Dawes will open a hospital
in Juneau. It will be in charge of
trained nurses from Mayo Bros, hos
pital.
Mrs. J. H. Pugh was recently paid
$15,000 life insurance as the result of
the drowning of her husband on the
Princess Sophia.
Work on the road from Scow Bay
to Petersburg will start as soon as the
weather permits. A large crew of
men will rush the work as rapidly as
possible.
Juneau is trying to buy a second
hand army truck to be used by the
city, and for the purpose of delivering
coal at cost to consumers when not
otherwise engaged.
A galena ledge has recently been
discovered at the "mouth of Independ
, ence creek, which flows into the
Kougarok river on its right limit,
about thirty-five miles from the town
bf Candle. The ledge is of solid
galena and is twelve feet thick.
The Juneau city council by unani
mous vote recently retusetl to recog
nize any claims In connection with
the bursting of the water main which
recently flooded property on lower
front freet. Claims for $10,000 dam
ages have been filed against the city.
A party of stampeders, composed
of Sylvester Howell, William Eisen
minger and F D. Brown Jr. left Fair
banks last week for the reported
. strike at the headwasters of the Salcha
river The party took an outfit along
and traveled by dog team.
Harry Christopher of Fairbanks
and Miss Alice Kokrines were re
cently united in marriage in Seattle.
Both are well known in the Interior
city, the groom being fur and fish
warden for the Fourth division at one
time and the bride a graduate of the
Fairbanks high school.
Peter Viborg, former head scaler
at the Independent sawmill, and well
known in Fairbanks, died recently at
Port Blakely, Wash., of diabetes. He
was a member of Fairbanks aerie of
Bagles and also of the Robekphs. He
belonged to the Port lodge
of Odd Fellows. >
While Candle is one of the oldest
mining towns in the territory, having
been in existence for the past eighteen
years, conditions around it are in
much the same shape as in other
parts of the district. Lack of trans
portation and high cost of fuel and
mining supplies are seriously hamp
ering the development of the district.
Seward O’Brien and Ruth Lamb of
Fairbanks were recently united in
marriage at the home of Mrs. Hubert
ueis. me unue nas resiueu in f air
banks since September, 1917, and the
groom is a well known business man
of that city, formerly Being connected
with the Model cafe, disposing of his
interests the day before the fire.
Harry Karstens, the Nenana-Fair
banks stage driver, recently left Fair
banks driving a Ford car with one
passenger and made the run to Ne
nona in three hours and fifty-live min
utes, establishing a new record be
tween the towns . The temperature
registered about 30 below zero at the
time.
Jack Gasiow, the Fairbanks man
arrested at Skagway for the murder
of Myra Schmidt, is having much evi
dence unearthed. He had a badly
scratched face when arrested and also
the woman’s valuable furs i;i his
valise. He claimed to have fallen and
hurt his face, and says the woman
gave him the furs to take to Skagway
for her.
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Dogs are becoming bad at Seward.
One recently stole the foundation for
a chicken pie from the pot of Editor
Friend of the Gateway. The editor
has not yet explained how he came
by the chicken, which is more im
portant than any other part of the
article, as Postmaster General Burle
son has robbed the publisher of chick
en and trimmings ever since his ap
pointment
Quartz mining on Fairbanks creek
is looking better and many good dis
coveries are being made and staked.
The latest to show up good values is
the claim owned by Westenvlk, Heillg
and Creighton at the head of Last
Chance gulch, a tributary to the Eldo
rado and just over the head of the
Skoogy gulch A small mill is on the
claim and the recent run Bhowed a
great Increase in values It is ex
pected from all reports that the re
turns from the quartz mines this year
will be greatly increased, as many
more mines will be in operation.
Persistent rumors are floating
around Nenana about a rich strike on
Moose creek, and several men have
engaged in the winter pastime of a
stampede. One report has ,'t that the
strike is on the upper reaches of the
creek, while others state that the
pay waB found either on Eve or Elsa
creeks, tributaries of Calfiomia, and
In the watershed of the Totatlanika.
The Tanana club at Fairbanks, re
cently destroyed by fire, has closed a
deal for the upper floor of the old Bur
nette building and will move into the
new quarters as soon as the rooms
have been fixed up. Ample space will
be devoted to the card room, the libr
ary, the reception room and the bil
liard room. The club is one of the
oldest as well as the largest i:i the
territory.
Fuel is scarce and expensive in the
Candle district and its tributaries,
Jump, Patterson and Amy creeks.
These places use- «o.svl~e*etesksely as
the district for a radius of twenty-five
miles around Candle is absolutely de
v-.IH nf Hmhp.r small willnwn hp<nnr
the only thing found in this line.
There are two coal mines on the Kou
garok river within forty miles of each
other, but owing to the great transpor
tation difficulties the price of the coal
ranges all the w'ay from $17 to $30
per ton.
In the general land office of the
Fourth division was placed cn file the
application of Andrew Jackson Irvine
of Nenana, the first man to file for a
homestead in the district recently
opened up by the government ra’lway.
The land is situated in section 26,
township 4 south, range 8 west. It
comprises 150.43 acres. The Nenana
river forms the northern boundary of
the land. The select'on in a good one,
as the land is high and dry and easily
cleared. Several more applications
are pening.
Two Prince Rupert buyers who paid
a stranger $1480 in cash for a pint of
whisky feel that they hp.ve a griev
ance. They thought they were buying
forty-five gallons of the forbidden in
toxicant and the test they made con
vinced them the quality was good.
Later they discovered that a capsule
containing about a pint of liquor had
been fitted underneath the bung and
that the remainder of the barrel was
full of water. The man who sold the
liquor at the rate of $11,840 per gal
lon, which undoubtedly constitutes a
record, left for the south and is be
lieved to be in Vancouver.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, April 1st, 1919, a general munici
pal election will be held in the town
of Cordova, Alaska, in the second story
of the town hall, on Second street, in
said town.
Polls will open at 8 o’clock a. m.
Polls will close at 7 o’clock p. m.
The qualifications of electors for
councilman, mayor, town clerk and
town treasurer are as follows:
He or she shay be a citizen of the
United States, or one who has de
clared his or her intention to become
a citizen of the United States, 21 years
of age or over, who has resided con
tinuously one year next preceding the
ol aaHati 4 n til a f AKultnoir n# A Inolrn nn<4
six months continuously next preced
ing the election in the town of Cor
dova, Alaska, and who has registered
in accordance with the requirements
of Ordinance No. 17, of the town of
Cordova, Alaska, entitled "An ordi
nance for the registration of the legal
electors in the town of Cordova,
Alaska.”
The qualifications of voters for
members of the school board for Cor
dova school district shall be as fol
lows:
All adults, males or females, who
are citizens of the United States, or
who have declared their intention to
become such, and who are residents
of the Cordova school district.
The offices to be filled at said elec
tion are:
A Mayor—To serve one year.
Six Councilman—Three to serve one
year, three to serve two years.
A Town Treasurer—To serve one
year.
A Town Clerk—To serve one year.
A Director for the Cordova School
District—To serve three years.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
Town Clerk.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Regular Sailings eBtween Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Llecum, Latouche and
8eward
From Seattle Due Cordova
March 17 ALAMEDA March 19
March 27 ALASKA April 1
Note—Steamer Alaska will hereafter make trip to the westward.
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Agent
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points. Halibut and other
resh Fish of all kinds will be kept in stock when available.
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props.
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE
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Northwestern Ry.
Trains leave Cordova for Chitina every other day
and return from Chitina to Cordova on the following
day. Trains between Chitina and Kennecott run every
other day, making connection with trains between Chit
ina and Cordova.
The above schedule subject to change without no
tice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Oordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Oordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p- m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB OORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent