The Buckeye, port of Cordova,
chartered by the Forest Service for
the summer, arrived in Cordova from
the west side of the sound the oth
er day, where a .party headed by H.
J. Lutz has been doing timber cruis
ing. J. P. Willias, forest examiner
of the district off in Juneau will
leave the party and go south on the
next steamer. The remainder of the
group expect to return tomorrow. Mr.
Lutz said the weather had hamper
ed work considerable, especially the
topographical activities. The men
secured two bears recently.
E. M. Jacobson, of Cordova, for
est ranger in the Copper City office,
left last Monday on the Shamrock,
taking a trail crew to Camp 14 on
Martin River. The men will locate .
and construct four miles of trail
between that point and Dago Slough,
a project which will probably require
six weeks for completion. The trail
is to connect with the one from Mile
39 to Tokun River and will complete
the overland route from Mile 39 to
Katalla. Two skiffs are to be used
as ferries at Tokun River and an
other pair at Dago Slough.
James Craudell, employed by the
Lake Bay cannery at Wrangell where
he was engineer on the cannery ten
der Irene Barnes was drowned re
cently. He jumped overboard when
his clothing caught fire as the re
sult of an explosion and sank before
he could be rescued.
Miss Lenore Martin, one of the j
staff of teachers for the Petersburg j
Schools during the past two years, j
and Theodore P. Hinckley, an op- i
!
erator in the United States Cable j
Office, were married June 10th, by ;
Rev. David Waggoner, of the Pres- j
byterian Church.
Information has been received by
Deputy United States Marshal Close1
of Cordova, to the effect tiiai George ;
Levshakoff, an Indian of Cordova,
was drowned on June i5, apparently
near the buoy opposite Humpback.
At the time he was in a small boat
with Fred Allen, jr. The Allen boy
does not know how the accident; hap
pened. but admitted that both pas
sengers of the boat vve.t: in an in
toxicat'd condition. !‘. is thought
•hut Levshakoff rVn overheard dur
ing the night. No trace of iiis body
wi> .ruud
“It is a charming country and we
liked it so much we overstayed our
givep time over two weeks,” declar
ed Hal G. Evarts. natural s: and pro
minent writer of wild life, who with
his companion, Eaii F Crouch of
Cody, Wyoming, returned to Juneau af
ter nearly three weeks ot. gas boat
cruising in the locality of Admiralty
Island.
United States Commissioner E. P.
Harwood of Cordova has received a
notification from the territorial treas
urer appointing him collector of the
fur tax in this district. Hitherto the
tax has been paid at the office of
A. J. Adams of the Copper City.
United States Marshal Chas. D.
Jones of Nome recently appointed
Cliff Allyn to fill the position of
Deputy Marshal in place of Clarence
Ausley, resigned. The appointment
became effective on June 1. accord
ing to Marshal Jones.
The Copper River and Northwest
ern Railroad received considerable
attention in the June issue of “Rail
way Engineering and Maintenance,”
an eastern technical publication. In
the issue is an illustrated article by
L. F. Saunders, describing the means
of keeping the line open with snow
plows on the Copper River flats in
the winter and preparations for the
annual breakup at Chitina crossing.
The 1925 city tax levy was set at
19 mills by the Juneau council at a
recent regular meeting o-f that body.
This levy is the sa'me as that set
for last year. The city taxes as
equalized by the Equalization Board
were accepted by the Council as the
official assessment roll for 1925.
A. B. Brown, oldtime Nomeite,
and formerly interested with Andy
Anderson in the Center Creek
Dredge, died at Galveston, Tex., May
20, according to information received
in Nome recently. The deceased was
a member of the Pioneers of Alas
ka and the Masons, being a member
of the two Nome lodges of those
names. The cause of his demise is
unknown here.
The Dan Corcoran estate of which
E. Swetmann has been administrator,
was closed Tuesday .according to W.
D. Coppernoll, the attorney.
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