Town of Kanatak
Partially Destroyed
HEROIC WORK PERFORMED BY CREW OF STARR
RESCUING RESIDENTS OF STRICKEN OIL
CAMP—NO LIVES LOST
The town of Kanatak, the center of oil activities to
the westward, was partially destroyed by high tides and
heavy seas, accompanied by torrential rains, according to
a radio message received here (Monday) by Manager G.
C. Henderson, who has charge of the San Juan interests.
Cape. Johansen’s message was meagre, but he stated that
he would stand by 24 hours in order that the vessel might
bring out the homeless residents of the stricken town. Ac
cording to the message heroiic work had been done by the
citizens and members of the Starr’s crew in rescuing un
fortunates from the hungry seas which swept across the
reef and beat against the walls of the homes. Damage is
estimated at nearly $60,000 by Capt. Johansen.
The Starr is expected to reach port Tuesday and a
full report of the catastrophe will be received. Tides were
higher at Seward Friday and Saturday than in the recol
lection of the oldest resident, as was also the amount of
rainfall here. High winds accompanied the excessive
precipitation, and damage all along the coast was very
great.
Frday, uciooer 12, about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, a heavy gale struck
the town of Kanatak, accompanied by
an unusually high tide, which, la*ned
by the storm, piled the seas in with
overwhelming force. The lower side
of front street was badly damaged,
the buildings, some twenty in number
being moved from their foundations,
and deposited by the waves across on
second street. Armstrong and Hin
ton's big warehouse was moved from
its foundation and swept over on to
the Nielson lot belween first and sec
ond street, together with the launch
Blazer and the company s barge.
The Associated Oil Company’s big
100 ton barge now lies alongside of
Charles Madsen’s stor«.
The Ocean Viewr House, owned by
Billy Rexshaw, was moved up the
creek about 10oO yarns.
Win. Lee's barn was blown away,
with all his feed and harnesses, entail
ing great loss.
Mrs. Beede’s bath-house was moved
over into the creek. It broke in two
and she lost all she had.
Bradshaw’s restaurant was moved
across the street and damaged.
The cabin of Tom Dodge was moved
back from the street and damaged.
Larson's lumber yard was not dam
aged.
Mr. Evans lost twenty tons of coal
piled upon the beach, and Armstrong
and Hinton lost 40 tons.
Chas. Madsen was the heaviest los
er his stock being damaged badly by
water. Several tons of sugar were
saturated with salt water.
Gabe Santos and Bob McIntosh were
not damaged, and Chas. Bowker es
caped by having his building on high
ground.
The U. & I. lunch room, and the
Kanatak Drug store were damaged.
The wind blew a heavy gale during
the hig tide, piling the waters up to
a height never before seen by the old
est inhabitant. Debris was piled high j
over the sidewalk on Front street and i
it is estimated that it will take at;
least $50,000 to repair the damage to
buildings and stocks.
Damage Along Coast
At Chignik part of the cannery was
washed away, the high tides and seas
doing damage estimated at $20,000.
At Uyak drift and debris are piled
high over the wharf and about the
cannery.
The Heimrich cannery lost the Chi
na building, about a foot of water go
ing over the cannery floor.
ILL IE SHIPPED
JUNEAU: Preparations are t>eing
made to secure deer it. this district
for stocking certain islands in Prince
William Sound, and oilier places to
the westward, according to a state-;
ment made by Acting Governor Kal'l;
Theile. Offers Have been received;
for this work, and it is expected that
a contract will be placed within a
short time.
Authority lor the undertaking was
given by the last Territorial h gisla-1
ture which passed t. bill appropriating
$10,000 to cover the cost of taking
and transporting the animals to isl
ands in Prince William Sound, Kenai
peninsula and adjacent waters and to
secure goats at any available point
and place them on Baranof and Chich
agof islands. Tne bi’l as originally
introduced was sponsored by Senator
E. E. Chamberlin, and provided for
deer only, but when rewritten an
amendment was introduced by E. M.
Polley to provide for stocking the two
islands named in his district with
goats. ♦
It is stated that all the deer wanted
can be secured, but no offer has as
yet been made to secure goats.
KENAI LAKE SERVICE
THE GAS LAUNCH
KENAI
Making regular trips twice a
week from Roosevelt to Coop
er’s Landing, lower Kenai, with
passengers and freight. The
habitat of the moose, sheep,
and bear. Guides furnished for
hunting parties, and ca£Ths for
tourists. Special trips made on
request. V/rite to
LOUIS BELL, Master
Roosevelt, Alaska
PRINCESS SOPHIA
HELD III SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—U. S. Commis
sioner Bowman has completed hear
ings for the purpose of apportioning
damages to be allowed the estates of
the victims of the wrecked liner,
Princess Sophia, totaling approxi
mately two and c. quarter million dol
lars. The Canadian Pacific Railway
after a bitter legal fight has been
forced to admit liability, but claims
the right to sitisfy the judgments
only to the extent of the tariffc re
ceived from the fateful "trip and the
amount of the salvage value, or a to
tal of $9,000, and will resist collection
of any further sum on this ground.
The setory of the ghastly and ad
mittedly inexcusable tragedy on the
night of October 24, 1918, when the
Sophia ran aground and after forty
hours during which proffered assist
ance was steadfastly refused, slid off
Vanderbilt reef and sank, carrying
331 persons to death, is' familiar to
every Alaskan. The captain and crew
of the wrecked steamer refused to al
low their passengers to transfer to
safety and all were drowned. Practi
cally every victim was a resident of
Alaska or Dawson and the creeks of
the Yukon territory. Money and valu
ables collected Trom the bodies of the
victims was kept by the officials of
the First division, and in rnany cases
relatives of the victims had to sue to
recover the moneyr. Many widows and
orphans were left destitute, and the
whole story is one of inefficiency and
greed. Now the steamship company
takes refuge behind the courts to
keep from paying damages entailed
by the acts of their agents.
WHITE PASS OWNER DEAD
William B. Cloes, principal owner of
the White Pass & Yukon Route died
in London, September 25, according
to word received by Herbert Wheel
er, manager of the company.
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V6 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon
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2 teaspoons sugar, Vi teaspoon
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Creamed Carrots and Peas
V2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons
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i medium sized carrots, 2 tablespoons
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AUGUST KOCH, ALLEGED
ALASKAN, ROBBED OF ROLL
August Koch, formerly of Anchor
age, was touched for cash and valu
ables amounting to $900 in Seattle a
few days ago, and police are looking
for Doris Sherwood, alleged vamp,
who vanished with the bankroll.
The Star states that Kock met the
girl and thought he knew her. She
was sure she knew him. They went
to Koch’s room where Koch told her
of his Northern trip. She urged him
to have another drink and he told her
some more. Doris said little between
drinks, and Koch found out later why
she was so reticent. The property
has not been recovered and Kock is
off Seattle vamps forever more.
COUSINS OF MILLINAIRE BRING
SUIT TO BREAK HIS WILL
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—Sixteen cous
ins of the late Delavin Smith, mil
lionaire newspaper publisher of In
dianapolis, brought suit to break the
rwill which dispopsed of $3,000,000 in
bequests.
SEATTLE WILL CELEBRATE
ALASKA WEEK OCT. 15-20
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—The observ
ance of Alaska Week by proclamation
of Mayor Brown, October 15 to 20, to
commemorate the 56th anniversary of
the purchase of Alaska, began witk
the opening of the Alaska exhibition
today. This is the fourth annual ex
hibition held in Seattle by the Cham
ber of Commerce and Alaskans.
CHIEF OF THINKLET TRIBE
IS CARVING TOTEM POLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 15.—Charles J. Taz
zook, chief of the Thinklet tribe of
Alaska, has started a record of his
people and is setting forth Thinklet
tribal exploits in carved artistry on
a big totem pole, doing the work here.
PAXSON’S ROADHOUSE BURNS
Paxson’s roadhouse on the Richard
son trail was burned recently, but the
owner, Fred Nichols believes the fire
to be of incendiary origin.
SON OF GOVERNOR BONE
BE 1RRIED IN ’FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—Plans
for the marriage of Scott C. Bone, jr.,
to Lora Culberson, an Omaha school
teacher, became known here today.
,Mr. Bone is a son of Governor and
Mrs. Scott C. Bone of Alaska.
BODY FOUND PRINCE RUPERT
IS THAT OF MOLLIE IVERSON
SEATTLE, Oct. 13—The body found
floating off Prince Rupert has been
identified as that of Miss Mollie Iver
son, a 26 year old school teacher of
Maukats, Minnesota, who disappeared
off the Alameda August 13, on a trip
to Seattle from Anchorage where she
had been visiting her brother. The
remains were identified, it is alleged,
by the stub of a steamship ticket on
the corpse.
FORT GIBBON IS DISMANTLED;
EQUIPMENT TO A'nCHORAGE
After spending the last three or
four months at Fort Gibbon, superin
tending the dismantling of the old
army post, Lieut. W. C. Hutt and six
men returned to Anchorage. The en
tire equipment of the post was sent
to Anchorage.
SLIM WHITING DliS FROM
HEMOF.RHAGE AT HOMER
Slim Whiting, aged 34, died last
week from hemorrhage, while engag
ed in cutting hay on the ranch of J.
W. Palmer, at Homer, according to
news received on the Starr. The
young man arriving in Alaska about
a year and a half ago and was engag
ed in proving up on a homestead. It
is stated that the deceased has rela
tives somewhere in California. The
body was interred in Seldovia.
Place your orders for Christmas
Cards with Sylvia. Late styles and
prices lower than last year. tf
FIRST PRINTING PRESS
BROUGHT TO ALASKA
The first printing press ever used in
Alaska is one of the valued posses
sions of Jas. Wickersham of Juneau.
It is an old-fashioned hand press and
was first used for the publication of
a paper by the St. James Mission,
at Fort Adams, eight miles below
what is now called Tanana. This is
the first Yukon paper ever published.
Gordon Betties was editor and printer
and the first issue came out on New
Year’s day, 1894. It did not suspend
publication until several years later.
The press will be presented to the
Alaska College of Agriculture and
School of Mines at Fairbanks.
RUSSIA DELIVERS 400.000
TONS OF RYE TO GERMANY
BERLIN, Oct. 18.—Russia is deliv
ering four hundred thousand tons of
rye to Germany, from this year’s crop.
BOY SCOUTS PLACE WREATH
ON SEATTLE STATUE SEWARD
SEATTLE, Oct. 18.—Boy Scouts of
this city today placed a wreath on
Seward’s statue in Volunteer Park as
a special feature of Alaska Day.
Alaska Week is being observed in
Seattle under the auspices of the
Young Men’s Business Club. The at
tendance at the exhibit of Alaska
products is very gratifying.
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RAILROAD DOWN SEVERAL
PLACES NORTH ANCHORAGE
Passengers arriving here on the
steamship Northwestern last night
said that Anchorage was practically
! marooned, the railroad being down to
the north and to the south of the
town.
COOLIDGE WILL CONFER
SATURDAY WITH GOVERNORS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—President
Coolidge will confer Saturday with
the governor’s of various states od
prohibition enforcement.
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The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port about six o’clock last night,
Tuesday, and left at midnight for Se
attle and way ports. The Northwest- wl
ern had about 100 passengers from
Anchorage and took the following
from Seward: _
For Latouche: Mrs. G. Gullefsen,
O. F. Tolleraaes, G. D. Brandt, H. Tol
leraaes, George Gullefsen, Robert Ja
cobson.
For Valdez—Katherine Anderson,
Jos. Patton.
For Cordova—Frank Angermann,
E. M. Polly.
For Juneau—A1 Lundstrom, Hilbert
L. Richter, J. Stenberg.
For Seattle—F. M. Kempfer, Mrs. E.
I Hodgson, J. W. Mason, C. E. Hopkins,
; Geo. L. Morrison, John Anderson, Da- ^
vid Ross, Ben Dragneff, A. Anderson,
C. E. Hopkins, Mrs. C. E. Hopkins.
KANATAK ROAD BUILDERS
ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE
Hawley Sterling, superintendent of
roads, returned on the Starr from
Kanatak, where he has been on busi
ness connected with the Road Com
mission. Mr. Sterling reports the con
structon of about 8% miles of road
from Kanatak toward the oil fields,
and that the Standard Oil company
| has constructed about five miles of
' road from the seepage toward Kan- f
atak, and a short stretch of road the
other side of the seepage. Mr. Sterl
| ing says the country is a good one for
road building. He reports the Stan
dard company down a little over 600
feet. Mr. Sterling will leave as soon as
possible for Anchorage. He is accom
panied by Jos. Bell, foreman, and Ed
Spangler, engineer for the commis
sion.
AMBASSADOR CHILD HOME 4
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Amnassador
Child of Italy arrived here today.