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TO DESERVING
PIONEER
(From Valdez Prospector)
Charles A. Hand, chief deputy clerk
of the district court at Valdez, died
November 21 in the home of H. F.
Suessdorf The end had been feared
for several days by his intimate
friends but came sooner than expect
ed. He never recovered from a sur
gical operation in September. Friends
who called on him recently found
him cheerful and able to talk as us
ual, though very weak He sat up part
of the time Late in the evening his
mind wandered as he talked to Henry
Suessdorf and shortly before mid
night he fell into the sleep from
which he never awakened.
In December 1916 Mr. Hand under
went an operation for appendicitis
in Portland From this he seemed to
recover and during the past summer
his health seemed normal, though he
sometimes mentioned that he had
been told that another slight opera
tion might be necessary. On Septem
ber 9 l&st he entered the local hospit
al for an operation which was per
formed a day or two later. From
this he rallied slowly but late in Oc
tober his condition had improved so
that he expected soon to be back at
his" work, when an atack of rheuma
tism laid him up again. This caused
him great pain and confined him
again to his bed and from that time
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he gradually weakened. Two weeks
ago he was carried into Henry Suess
dorf’s private rooms in the Copper
Block where he remained to the end.
Mrs. H. R. Miller has been nursing
him
Though C2 years of age and of frail
physique, Mr. Hand possessed extra
ordinary nerve and patience and he
made a noble fight for life. It is
doubtful whether he suspected to the
last moment of consciousness that be
was suffering his final illness His
friends practically gave up several
days ago though hoping against hope
to the last.
Charles A. Hand was born in 1855
at Friedrichshafen, grand duchy of
Baden, Germany, on the northern
shore of Lake Constance. He came
to the United States in 1871. He was
induced to come largely because cff
privations to which his district was ]
subjected in the Franco-Prussian wa~, i
although it was German This mac. •,
him all hi t life extremely hostile to
Prussian Junkerdom.
Arriving in America Mr. Hand liv
ed a short time in northern New York
then, went to California, where he
worked on the survey of the Southern
Pacific in and around Los Angeles.
He then worked on the Denver & Rio j
Grande when it was built through
Colorado and Utah in the eighties.
Front there he went to Idaho, where
he lived until the Klondike stampede.
He was county assessor of Boise
county, and was an executive clerk in
the office of Gov. Frank Steunenburg
of Idaho.
In 1897 Mr. Hand went to Dawson
tind in 1900 to Nome. He came to Val
aez in 1902 and for ten years con
; dncted a cafe. When the town was
prosperous he prospifred with it. but
in the periodical dull times whfch all
Alaska towns pass through he always
lost money because he was too kind
hearted to refuse credit to anybody.
The unpaid accounts on his books
would astonish the community by
their total. When he finally closed
his buslnwfes in a period of depression
several years ago he told a friend that
he had to do it because he was net
collecting enough to pay his own gro
eery and meat bills. Yet he had a
good patronage and his statement was
a revelation to the man who heard it.
On July 1, 1913 Mr Hand became
deputy clork of the district court and
held the position until his death. In
that position he displayed the patient
fidelity that ma.kcd every effort of
his life. He i ,ew every detail of the
of/ice. Throughout h: life in Valdez
he was i nspictiou: as oublic-spirit
•,d c' ’zen, liberal a; 1 co gitable to
! 8 fault. He was town assessor until
I wear^d of the job and declined
re-elec lion
Though one of the kindliest of men
and devot&t to his Intimate friends,
Mr. Hand was secretive about his own
j affairs. Only a few persons were in
his confidence and they scarcely know
enough details of his life to make
^fitting biography. He was married
twice. Two children of his first wife
survive, a daughter. Miss Helen Hand
of Indianapolis, and a son 23 years
old, who is understood to he in the ■
American army in France or In train
ing in the United States. A message
was sent to the daughter.
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