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A new sidewalk is being laid in front
of the Cordova house.
Dr. Von Zesch has returned home
from a trip to Juneau.
O. J. Berg came down from Strelna
on this afternoon’s train. •
Mrs. N. P. Nelson of Chisana came
to Cordova today on her way to the
States to spend the winter.
Tomorrow being a legal holiday,
Alaska day, the local banks will be
closed.
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J. J. Chisholm was a Cordova passen
ger on the boat which arrived last
night from Seattle.
Dr. Louis J. Wolfe was an arrival
on last night’s boat, and will go to
Kennecott to practice dentistry.
Captain J. J. Murray, who has been
Outside for some time, returned to
Cordova on the steamship Alaska.
Mrs. S. M. Weir arrived from the
States last night to join her husband,
who is stationed at the navy radio
plant.
G. A. MacQuarrie and wife and Miss
Annie Fetchett of Fairbanks are Cor
dova visitors, having arrived on to
day’s train.
F. H. Hotchkiss, George Madden,
S. H. Palmer and John Anderson ar
rived on today’s train from Nizina,
where they have been mining.
A social evening with refreshments
will be held this evening for the chil
dren of St. George's Episcopal church
school at the Red Dragon club house.
Mrs. Victor J. Swanberg, who has
been visiting relatives in Washington
state since last fall, returned home
last night on the steamship Alaska.
The Northwestern Cleaning and Dye
ing Company has moved from the Nel
son building, on First street, to. the
building on C street formerly occupied
by the Northland Bakery.
L. D. Henderson, commissioner of
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education for the territory, has re
turned from his trip to Fairbanks and '
the Interior. He will visit the schools^
here and then go to the westward. j
The steamship Alaska arrived here
from Seattle at !) o’clock last night
with the following passengers for Cor
dova: Captain J. J. Murray, Dr. L. i
H. Wolf. Dr. Von Zesch, Mrs. V. J.
Swanberg, Mrs. L. Flagstad, Captain
J. P. Hubrick, Mrs. J. H. Joslin, Mrs.
S. W. Weir, J. J. Chisholm, C. Mey
ers, J. B. Bell, V. Radovich, and eleven
second-class.
Commander S. F. Clark of San Fran
cisco, who is the Pacific coast super
intendent of the navy communication
service, spent a few hours here while
the Watson was in port, conferring
with Lieutenant Fanning. Com
mander Clark is on a tour of investi
gation of the Alaska radio stations,
and after a trip to Seward and Kodiak
will return and stop here for some
time. .
There is a great scarcity of fuel in
the States, judging from the following
wire, received yesterday by a Cor
dovan who was desirous of securing
a quantity of coal for this place:
“Coal companies of both Seattle and
British Columbia advise that they are
unable to quote prices on account of
shortage, with no prospects of relief.
The Pacific Coast Coal company quote
$7.25 short ton on briquettes, which is
only kind of coal obtainable at present
time. Freight rate on briquettes
would be $5.50 per ton."
Captain J. P. Hubrick of McCarthy is
in town. He is a big game hunter and
guide who piloted Arthur and Richard
Mitton of Boston through the wilds
of the Interior. They finished their
moose hunt on Lake creek, at the foot
of the lower canyon on the White
river, where they whipsawed lumber
and built small boats to take them
down the White to the Yukon river.
The latter froze up fifteen days earlier j
than usual, and as a result several of
the steamers leaving Dawson for
Whitehorse are frozen in, and the
passengers will be detained at least
three weeks until there is sufficient
snow on the trail for sledding.
•Masquerade, Eagle hall, Halloween.
The Ideal Club, . which has been
established by W. T. Saffer, will be
i>pen for inspection on Sunday after-1
loon. This is a membership club, j
ind its privileges will be fully ex-1
plained to all who desire to call. 15-tf
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DEMENTED MAN
AT WHEEL OF
SAILING VESSEL
Guided by the hand of a madman
who stood alone at the wheel while
more than a hundred sailors and fish
ermen slept peacefully in their bunks,
the bark Guy C. Goss of the North
western Fisheries Company moved
drunkenly up the Strait of Juan de
Fuc'a during the darkness of the early
morning hours yesterday, her tower
ing masts shrouded in low-hanging
fog, says the Seattle Times.
The helmsman, who had gone in
sane during the voyage from Chignik,
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Alaska, after steering the big sailing
vessel for nearly an hour, dressed him
self in his best clothing, as if pre
paring to go to a wedding, and dis
appeared over the side before his con
dition became known to officers of the
ship.'
Creeping through the mists and
blackness of the night, the big- sailing
craft at the mercy of a deranged mind,
passed through waters dangerous to
shipping and a tortuous channel skirt
ed by jagged rocks which threatened
the ship with destruction as her crew
and a large number of fishermen from
the Chignik cannery were unmindful
of the peril.
Laden with a cargo of 38,000 cases
of canned salmon, the Guy C. Goss
arrived in Seattle yesterday afternoon
and is berthed at the face of pier 11-B.
Discovery of the stellar part the
helmsman had played in a new mys
tery of the sea was made by I, Han
son, mate of the vessel, who awak
ened to the fact that the vessel was
sigzagging a crazy course up the strait. I
He hastened to the wheelhouse and j
found it deserted. The ship with more
than a hundred souls aboard had no
one at the helm. A huge life buoy
which hung on the wall was gone.
Just outside the door, and securely
fastened to the ship’s railing, was a
small line dangling in the water. The
helmsman had disappeared, leaving
nothing but mystery as to his fate
in the chilling waters, with the shore
more than two miles away.
Mate Hanson gave the alarm, run- j
ning back and forth on the deck of
the ship, shouting at the top of his
board!”
Soon half a dozen members of the
crew rolled out of their bunks, and
voice, “Man overboard! Man over
after one of their number had been
placed at the wheel, began a search
for the helmsman.
Kramson was both a seaman and a
fisherman, and had served as a mem
ber of the crew of the Guy C. Goss for
two seasons. His home is in Poulsbo,
where he has a wife and three chil
dren, according to the officers of the
vessel. He had spent the summer in
Alaska, and had approximately $600
coming to him from the Northwestern
Fisheries Company.
While Captain Didrick believes that
Khamson committed suicide, other of
ficers of the Guy C. Goss are of the
opinion that he may have reached
shore, and possibly is wandering about
in the dense forests which skirt the
Strait of Juan de Fuca. They said
that they would suggest that a search
be made for the luan in the woods
below Foulweather bluff and along the
strait. The buoy which Khamson toou
with him has printed on it in big red
and black letters, “Guy C. Goss, Se
attle, Wash.”
khamson was about 40 years old,
according to officers of the sailing
vessel.
The Guy C. Goss made the voyage
from Chignik to Cape Flattery m nine
days and eight hours. The vessel had
light southerly winds for five days
and strong easterly winds, calms and
fog for the rest of the voyage. She
was about a day off the cape and
then sailed up the strait as far as
Clallam bay, where she was taken in
tow by the tug Richard Holyoke. The
Goss brought a total of 112 men down
from the North, including her crew,
fishermen and cannery workers from
the Chignik plant of the Northwestern
Fisheries Company. She is the last
of the Northwestern Fisheries fleet
to return to Seattle this year from
Alaska.
Don’t forget the dancing class at
Hegg’s.
No one should be without an elec
tric plate, especially the kind with 3
different heats. Northwestern Hard
ware Company.
<Try the Club Billiard Hall for j
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Eagle hall. ' |
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