Mrs. A1 Mayo, wife of the well
known Rampart pioneer, died recent
ly at Fairbanks. Mr. Mayo died
about two years ago.
Owing to an epidemic of influenza
at Fairbanks, school was dismissed
for a week or so. The disease at
atteked a large number of persons,
but was not so serious as in former
years.
Eugene Gwens, a resident of Ju
neau for many years, shot and kill
ed John Poto, aged 43, on his ranch
near Sumdum last week. Poto was
attempting to kill Owens when he
fired to save his life. He was ac
quitted by a coroner’s jury, after a
number of witnesses had testified
that Poto was of a quarrelsome na
ture and prone to pull a gun on his
victims.
Fred Struthers of Fairbanks won
the Chena Slough ice pool of $1081.
Noel Wein made a trip by air
plane to Beaver recently taking as a
passenger C. C. Dunlap. The start
was made at noon and he landed
back in Fairbanks about 4:30 mak
ing the trip without incident. The
trip was very cold most of the way
being in a snow storm. The plan
kept an elevation of about 6,000 feet
D. W. Flannigan, prohibition offi
cer, who was arrested by the town
of Fairbanks for an alleged assault
on an old man at the time of mak
ing an arrest, was acquitted this
week, the case being thrown out of
court when it was showrn that no
violence had been used in entering
the premises in search of illicit
booze.
The Healy coal mines have been
shut down for a short time until a
new railroad bridge under construc
tion is completed. The men in the
mine number about J00 and it is hop
ed to have the structure ready be
fore high water sets in.
L. B. Pentz, who made the trip
from Seattle to Juneau in a small
boat with an outboard motor, con
templates making the trip from Se
ward to Seattle this spring in a canoe
with the same motor. Mr. Pentz at
the present time is engaged in Fair
banks.
Gov. Scott C. Bone has named
Miss Marie Falldine as a delegate
from Alaska to the conference of
the Child Welfare Committee of Am
erica to be held in New York May
15 to 20.
Dan Keeleher, 48 years of age, a
well known miner and prospector, of
many camps in the territory, passed
away Thursday at the Anchorage
hospital. He left a brother, a dred
ging operator at Nome, who is now
en route from New York to Seattle.
The Nome coal shortage was allev
iated somewhat by the city council
■which made 114 deliveries to citizens
out of 575 sacks bought from the Sig
nal Corps. The fuel shortage has
been' most acute, the city being with
out wood or coal since early in Jan
uary.
The board of directors of the
Western Alaska Fair Association met
at Anchorage Friday for the pur
pose of arranging for this year’s
event.
A golf links is now assured Anch
orage, the second in the territory,
About 75 persons have signified theii
intention of joining the club, dues
being fixed at $15 a year. The first
golf links in the Territory were
constructed at Unalaska several
years ago by the officers on the rev
enue cutters. They were small but
served the purpose most excellent
ly.
The Alaska Anthracite Railroad
near Katalla will be dismantled, the
steel being taken up and sold. This
road started out with good prospects
but was lawed to death in damage
suits.
Merle McCambridge, mail clerk or
the train out of the Curry division
died ‘suddenly as his train Was near
]y Fairbanks last week. The body
was removed to Anchorage from
Broad Pass and will be given in
terment. McCambridge is survived
by a wife and child who live in An
chorage. He was formerly employed
on the ferry crossing the Tanana
river at Nenana, and as soon as the
bridge was completed started work
ing for the railroad as mail clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis, of
Fairbanks, left on a recent boat for
Juneau Where they intend entering
in business. Mr. Lewis has been in
charge of the detention hospital at
Fairbanks th past year.
C. S. Butler, traveling auditor for
the Pacific Steamship company, ar
rived on the Alaska. He is check
ing up the business in the local
offices of the Territory.
Mrs. Jessie Parson and son, Stan
ley, returned on the Alaska from a
trip to California and Australia. Mrs.
Parsons is wife of the proprietor of
the Parsons hotel at Anchorage.
Robert J. Summers, territorial high
way engineer, arrived on the Alaska
from Juneau, and left for the interi
or going as far as Fairbanks. Upon
his return Mr. Summers will visit
the Nuka Bay district to look over
the proposed road project at that
camp. Mr. Summers was very en
thusiastic over the appointment of
George Parks as governor of Alaska,
but regretted the departure of Gov.
Scott C. Bone and family from Ju
Miss Ruth Reat, the “Reindeer
Queen," who was clerk at the recent
session of the Territorial Legisla
ture, was a returning passenger on
the Alaska on her way to .the in
terior. Miss Reaf was a former
school teacher but is now owner of
a large herd of reindeer in the
Broad Pass district.
Seward’s first tourist was in town
while the Alaska was in port in the
person of E. Kellerstrauss, president
of the well known company of Kan
sas City, who was accompanied by
his wife and two daughters. Mr.
Kellerstrauss was much interested
in Seward and stated it was one
of the best built and neatest towns
he had yet seen in Alaska.
Miss Josephine Boyer, secretary to
Noel W. Smith, general manager of
the Alaska Railroad, left on one of
the recent steamers on a vacation
trip to Iowa.
M. D. Campbell, section foreman
on the Alaska Railroad, has resign
ed and gone to Cordova to make his
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pinkerton of
Fairbanks, were outgoing passengers
on a recent southbound bbat. Mr. Pin
kerton is postmaster in Fairbanks and
goes to Mayo Bros, for surgical treat
ment. They will be gone about three
months.
Mrs. A. E. Rucker and Mrs. Fred
Coleclaugh of Valdez are visiting in
Cordova this week having some den
tal work done.
The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries boat,
the Kittiwake, Capt. R. L. Cole in
charge, is working in the vicinity of
Cook Inlet.
Miss Doris Lee, formerly a resident
of Cordova, and Al. Catlin, a resi
dent of the Cook Inlet district, wrere
united in marriage recently. Mr. Cat
lin has been connected with the Boritz
saltery at Seldovia.
H. F. Schmidt, a brother of Wm.
Schmidt of Valdez, has left on a visit
to his old home in Germany.
The Hammon Gold Dredging com
pany have acquired the holdings of
the Miami corporation at Nome, giv
ing the U. S. Smelting, Refining and
Mining Company absolute control of
the dredging industry around Nome.
During the closing hours of the Ter
ritorial legislature, the members of
both houses presented their presiding
officers with appropriate gifts as a re
membrance of the occasion. Speaker
Wilcox of the House was presented a
beautiful old ivory gavel, bearing on
the handle a beautiful gold nugget
embroidered name plate. To Presi
dent Ayer of the Senate was given a
handsome hammered silver cigarette
case, the interior being lined with
gold. Both presents were suitably in
scribed. The past session was one of
the most harmonious ever held.
Traffic is now able to cross the new
bridge across the Nizina river, accord
ing to word from Cordova this
week. The present structure has five
spans, two of which are trestles, .while
two 180 foot wooden trusses have been
put in across the main channel. This
is the third bridge to be erected over
the turbulent Nizina, the first two be
ing washed out by floods. Work has
been carried on under most trying
conditions, special thawing apparatus
having to be constructed for driving
piling in the frozen ground. The false
work was constructed on top of the
ice, the work occupying two winters.
Many lives have been lost crossing
this stream, it being the approach to a
rich mining district.
Figures received from Montreal
show prices which blue fox pelts brot
on March 31, at the auction conduct
ed by the Canadian Fur Auction Sales
Company, Ltd. One hundred and eigh
yt-five skins brot a top price of $120.
This ranged down to $16 for culls. An
other sale will be held in Montreal
June 22.
Vice President E. T. Stannard of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation, the
Copper River Railroad and the Alas
ka Steamship company is making a
trip of inspection of the company’s
properties, going as far as Latouche.
The Cordova city council has award
ed a contract to build a municipal
dock to a local lumber company for
$8,600.
A. E. Trimm, a well known freight
er of the McCarthy region, died re
cently in the hospital at Kennecott.
He is survived by a wife and two chil
dren.
Mrs. Lawrence Fillinger, formerly
Miss Jessie Barrus of Cordova, died in
a Seattle hospital recently of cancer.
Her father was connected with the
Copper River railroad for many years.
E. H. Boyer, formerly deputy mar
shal at Chitina, has taken over the
business of the Adams’ Abstract Com
pany at Cordova, during the absence
of the latter in the states.
The Hayes-Graham flating cannery
at Cordova is being advertised for
sale by Marshal H. P. Sullivan to sat
isfy a mortgage for S25,000 held by
the Bank of Cordova. This cannery
was known as the Star Packing Com
pany, and was started by E. S. Hays
of Seattle.
Four hundred and fifty employes are
now on the payrool of various clam
canneries at Cordova. A large fleet
of boats is being used.
After spending thirteen years away
from the territory, much of the time
abroad, W. E. Chisholm, a former op
erator in the early days of Dawson
and the Ester Creek, returned to Al
aska. Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm were
refused admission to the United States
by the immigration department des
pite the fact that he had been a resi
dent of the States and Alaska for over
30 years. The couple were intending
to return to New Zealand and locate
when the U. S. government relented
on account of Mr. Chisholm’s exten
sive property interests in this coun
try and allowed him to again enter
its confines. Mr. Chisholm declares
he will remain in America from now
on as it is too hard to get back.
The Valdez Packing Company has
purchased five gill net boats from
the Northwestern Fisheries company,
which will be operated in the Prince
William Sound district this year.
Funeral services for the late Jas.
E. Wilson, well known packer, who
died recently at Pittman, while trans
porting supplies, were held by the B.
P. 0. Elks at Anchorage. A large
number of friends of the deceased
were present.
The Territorial Senate before ad
journing passed resolutions commend
ing the administration of Governor
Scott C. Bone, who leaves next month
for California to reside. Senator
Frank Aldrich of the First Division
refused to vote stating that he did
not believe the governor worked
for the best interests of the people
of Alaska.
The Ketchikan Grand Jury recent
ly passed strong resolutions denounc
ing Delegate Dan Sutherland for his
speech accusing Alaskans of being
lawless and telling of vice conditions
in Ketchikan and Juneau. The dele
gate’s statements wrere said to have
been untrue and the cause of many
undesirables attempting to ,i|nter
. those cities.
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Doors,
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Chimney Brick,
Varnish,
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Mouldings,
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Asbestos Paper,
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