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ANCHORAGE. March 14. — To en- ^
courage greater activity on the part j ^
of contractors, and to make possible
coni|)letion of the line to Moose creek
in the Matanuska valley by May 1, the ^
Alaskan engineering commission lias
made a substantial increase in the
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rates paid contractors for excavation.
The prices last year were 25 cents f
per cubic yard for common dirt, and
up to 75 cents for hard rock. The '
minimum this year is 34 cents for
common and up to $1 for hard rock, r
with separate classifications for wet 1
ground, frozen ground and loose rock. *
Only a favored few contractors who '
were given choice ground were able r
last season to make as much as wages t
paid elsewhere on the coast of Alaska, t
and in the Northwest, for the class of 1
work they were engaged in. Others, '
however, more than “balanced ac- s
counts” by assessing their verdant >
alien colleagues or partners $5 to $10 1
for the job, and $5 a month — but <
that's another story, for which I have c
been able to secure up to this time a
only part of the needed data.
Between 350 and 400 men have been *
sent out on contracts and day work -
since the truce between the commis
sion and Alaska Labor Union was ar
ranged two weeks ago. pending arri
val of the labor commission from
Washington. The greater portion of
these are former employees or con
tractors, the remainder being made
up principally from a delegation of be
tween 125 and 150 newly arrived for
eigners from Seattle and other coast
points who have come in over the
trail from Seward.
While there are no visible signs of
discrimination against those who sup
ported the steel gang after the walk
out, certain questions which are ^
asked applicants for positions or con
tracts are significant. Among these
questions are the following: "Do you
belong to the Union? Would you ]
strike if called on by the union to
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The new steel gang which resume
ork in the local yards last week wa
(impose^ originally of Greeks, wit
single exception. As they were nr
ble to ftpeak Knglish an interpret*
as engaged to act also aa^"stra
oss.” The interpreter discovert
arly the first day the presence i
n “undesirable” in the person of
'urk, whose shovel was taken fro
ini by fqfce. and Anchorage's lor
epresentative of the Sultan was di
harged by. the interpreter, and i
armed that only those who spol
Ireek weiw to be employed on th
sb.
This gang lias since proved to 1
icompetent, and the Irish-Americr
oreman is now endeavoring to recm
nembers of "the old guard” wl
talked out.
This winter lias broken all weath
ecords on Cook Inlet, written ai
nwritten. according to statements
lie oldest native residents. Cold'
.eather .has been experienced, b
ever before did the temperature r
lain so long in the vicinity of zer
bey say. From about November
util about March 1 the temperate
•as above the freezing point in tt
hade at Anchorage for only one da
et the sun has been "on the job" :
’ast 25 days out of each month, ai
tie total snowfall here has not e
eeded four feet. The lowest tempei
ture recorded by the commission ol
erver was 32 degrees below zer
arly in February.
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says that he took up the matter ofi
1 reconciling Republican factions with
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Hayless, and enlisted the latter's as
sent by offering to do him a personal
favor. Ray less, be it remembered, is
,e the nominal Republican committee
n man for Alaska, having been given
the place when Shackleford resigned j
10 two or three years ago, for some mys
terious reason known only to him J
;r self.
d This unconfirmed report of the
if I negotiations bet ween Wickershain
■r I mid Bayless states further than when
it I Shackleford came home and was told
s— I of the conference by Bayless he was
d, at first Inclined to be displeased, but
1 later changed his attitude and nego
■e Rations have been going on all win
e ter between the two noted Republican
v. politicians, principally through Ed. C.
it Russell, of the Juneau Dispatch, a
<1 mutual friend.
Together In Firat Olvialon.
At the primaries in the First divi
1- sion it is apparent that the Wicker
1, sham men generally voted the Shack
leford ticket. He could not otherwise
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have carried Skagway, Ketchikan and
Douglas, and could not have received
to large a majority in Juneau. Nothing
hut the Wickersham support enabled
him to beat Mike O'Connor in Doug
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Incidentally, let it not be overlooked
hat Kd. Russell, the alleged bo
hetween, is on the Shackleford dele
gation from Juneau. All the news
-omlng from Juneau assumes as a
matter of course, that the Wicker
iham-Shacklcford combination ia
•omplete.
To what extent the alliance has
progressed must necessarily develop
In the next month. The Seward con
vention will meet on April 19. and all
political secrets will be out by that
lime. Wickersham’s supporters in
Valdez, Cordova and Seward refuse to
believe that Wickersham would patch
up with Shackleford, and most of
them say that they are through with
him If the charge of amalgamation
proves true. Whether they will or
not remains to be seen.
Wickertham-Shackleford Feud.
The Wiekersham-Shackleford feud
began in 1907, when Judge Wicker
iham. holding a term of court in
funeau. made some decisions dis
tasteful to Shackleford. However,
that was a breach which might have
been healed up, but In 1908 Shackle
rord became national committeeman,
and Wickersham was elected delegate
lo Congress as an independent. In
1909 a truce was made between them
over Alaska patronage, which Shackle
ford afterward claimed Wickersham
violated. Shackleford, however, con
trolled all the patronage until late in
the Taft administration, when he fell
out with Governor Clark, who had a
stronger pull with President Taft than
Shackleford, and after the breach be
tween them, dictated practically every
federal appointment in Alaska until
the end of the Taft administration. In
the meantime Wickersham was get
ting himself re-elected to Congress as
an independent, but was absolutely
ignored in federal appointments, as
he has been to this day.
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ATTORNEY TAMMANY ASSISTANT
CORPORATION COUNSEL.
The many Cordova friends of Attor
ney P. M. Tammany, son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. Tammany, of Cordova, who
with his wife spent several weeks here
last summer, will be pleased to learn
that he has been appointed assistant
corporation counsel of Seattle. At the
recent election he took an active part
in the campaign conducted by Hugh
M. Carroll for corporation counsel,
and as the latter was elected by a big
majority, he rewarded Attorney Tam
many for services rendered by naming
hint as his assistant
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I,. H. Carvey and wife were arrivals
From Valdez yesterday, and will leave
an this morning’s train for the Ni
sina district, where Mr. Carvey has
placer mining interests.
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The steamer Alaska left Seattle
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
with a big passenger list for Cordova.
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Itawson's bargain store of Cordova.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE. *
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will be open at ray office at the P. O.
Store, Second Btreet, Cordova, at all
hours during the day and evening. The
registration book will be closed at 4
p. m., Saturday, April 1, 1916.
CHAS. ROSSVVOO, Registrar.
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