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ALASKA PUBLIC
UTILITIES
The Times Will Do that Job of Printing RIGHT
SHORT STORIES
BOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Judge Weber of Wrangell claims
to have the most quiet community in
the north. He has not had a single
case, nor a wedding this year.
A party composed of C. P. (Cap)
Griffith, A. P. Clark and Frank Mc
Gibney with six double enders and a
large outfit left Nenana last week for
the Talkeetna mining district.
The Booth Fisheries Company at
Sitka is getting all the fish that it
requires in its business according to
its manager who visited Juneau re
cently. The concern has handled
halibut principally.
Sixty employes of the White Pass
and Yukon Railway company, com
prising the crews of the river boats
operated by the company on the Yu
kon, sailed for Skagway on the Prin
cess Mary to get ready for the break
ing up.
Dr. Alex Gillis, an old time Yukon
pioneer, returned from the south to
Dawson last week.
J. W. Parks, the Jackson gulch
miner, returned to Dawson from Ari
zona, and says the Yukon looks good
to him.
Teddy Kremmer, dredge master for
the Yukon company at Gold Run is
back in Dawson after spending a win
ter in the states.
Tom Tamaree, an aged native of
Wrangell, for many years church in
terpreter, died last week in Wrangell.
He was 76 years of age and highly
educated.
Spring mining operations are well
under way throughout the Klondike.
Some of the larger companies have
sent out crews for the preliminary
work, and much activity is being dis
played.
The Yukon Gold Company has sent
out several crews to its dredge, in
cluding Gold Run, Hunker and Bo
nanza. One dredge on Bonanza has
finished its work and is being dis
mantled.
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Wally Jones, an old time Klondiker,
is back in Dawson from a trip to
Vancouver. Waller holds the record
for time on the climb up Midnight
Dome, back of Dawson, made years
ago.
Ed Doran recently arrived in Daw
son from Rock creek and reports the
caribou dropping off the high hills
into the valleys. He reports rabbits
so scarce that lynex are thin, elon
gated and emaciated, but with fine
glossy fur.
The Northwest Corporation started
prospecting last week on Dominion
creek in the vicinity of 13 below, up
per discovery at Dawson, and will put
down a large number of holes this
season along a stretch of several
miles.
Alfred Thompson, member of par
liament for the Yukon Territory, has
usked the Dominion government to
establish an airplane service for Yu
kon territory, with bases at Dawson,
Whitehorse and Edmonton.
Alaska Labor Union No. 10 was or
ganized at Wrangell last week, with
75 charter members. William Lewis
was elected president and K. J. Johan
son secretary. Ninety per cent of the
members are fishermen.
Lena Morrow Lewis, who was So
cialist candidate for congress, from
Alaska is now in Los Angeles on the
staff of the New Justice, a Socialist
paer. She has a long article in the
paper on "The Strike in the Sunkist
Groves,” a recital of the troubles of
the lemon pickers.
With the partial completion of tne
siding in the neighborhood of the
Burns mine on the government rail
road near Nenana, the track to the
pit mouth is nearly completed, which
will furnish Nenanaites with good
coal at cheap price.
Some time since teritorial papers
published a story of a man named
T^witchell being shot, while working
in the Flat district. It now transpires
that Twitchell shot a horse and the
bullet ricochetted and struck his son
Asa killing him instantly.
The Northern Commercial Company
has purchased the power schooner
Ozmo, formerly known as the Hugh
Hogan, to be used in the Seattle
Kuskokwim trade. The Ozmo will
make two or three voyages to the
mouth of the Kuskokwim river this
season. She is scheduled to sail for
that point the first of May.
A huge female polar bear was killed
by a native on Spruce creek near
Nome recntly which ad two cubs just
born. The little animals were taken
in to the city and sold to William
Webb of the Independent Meat Mar
ket. What inducted the mother to
wander so far from salt water is a
puzzle to hunters.
Paul Willenberg, a registerd Ger
man citizen of Flat was brought into
Behla’s hospital last month with his
feet badly frozen from getting in an
overflow. Although it happened on
a. comparatively warm day his feet
were badly frozen before he could
reach is cabin. The doctor amputated
several toes and part of one foot.
Mr., and Mrs. T. R. Needham, of
Ketchikan, have removed to Seattle.
Mrs. Needham will go to Detroit on
a visit and Mr. Needham will engage
in newspaper work in the Sound
cities. Both are pioneers of Alaska,
Mr. Needham following the news
paper business in various parts of the
territory, his last venture being at
Ketchikan, where he founded the
Weekly Pioneer with the late Paul
Stanhope. The paper was taken over
by the recently organized Ketchikan
Printing Company, and hence the
move.
Roy Ebbert, a Dawson boy, who is
engaed in elctrical work' in Seattle
was severely burned last week by the
explosion of a chemical tank with
which he was working.
Father George Bailey, S. J., well
known in Alaska and former head of
the Juneau church, is one of the in
terpreters at the peace conference in
Paris,
Billy Ryder, a veteran Yukoner,
returned to Dawson last week from
the front, where he was on the firing
line. He was not afraid of the Huns,
but he ducked the reception commit
tee and they had to run him down
and hold him before he would listen
to the program prepared in his
behalf.
George Anderson, piano expert and
factory representative for high grade
pianos and player pianos is at the
Windsor hotel for a few days. Piano
tot sale on easy terms. 23-lw
SIX WELL
LOCATED
LOTS ON
FIRST AND
SECOND
STREETS
For sale at a sacri
fice. Owner leav
ing Alaska for
good. Having dis
posed of his other
interests, he is
willing to sell at a
reasonable enough
price and on terms
to permit you to
make your stake.
SEE KELLY
At Cordova Adjust
ment Company’s
Office
Alaska 1
Steamship Company
Regular 8ailingt Between 8eattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Llacum, Latouche, Seward
FROM SEATTLE DUE CORDOVA
April 16.ALASKA.April 21
May I .NORTHWESTERN.May 4
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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^PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COM PAN Yr.
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OFFICE EMPRESS BUILDING
WEST BOUND SOUTH BOUND
LEAVE CORDOVA LEAVE CORDOVA
May 10.FARRAGUT.May 18
Three Sailings per Week from Seattle for San Francisco, Los An
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Office Phone 223. W. A. BROWN, Agent Residence Phone 116
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points. Halibut and other
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Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Mondays and Thurs
days.
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova Tuesdays and Fridays.
Trains leave Chitina for Kennecott Tuesdays and Fridays.
Trains leave Kennecott for Chitina Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
Dining Oar in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Oordova and Obitina.
Freight reoeived and delivered at Cordova
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.
CALER OORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
ns ADS FOR SURE RESULTS