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COLD BAY NOTES
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NOTE—The Gateway publishes the
following delayed communication
from Cold Bay. While it is over a
month late, caused by the wreck of
the mail steamer Starr in December,
there is much news of oil camp in it.
On October 12, a terrific wind and
rain storm joined forces with one of
the highest tides of the year and
swept the heavy seas over the protect
ing reefs and sand spits and into and
over the lower portions of the pres
ent town of Kanatak. Nearly al’ the
buildings on the south side of First
aveiue were moved across tn *ay.
The Puilman and Rtiis.i.o^! storc
v->re the prominent ones remaining.
.All boats including v!:e LPcri ge Co's
aid .Vssocated On Co's laig- scows
larded across First av.-am About
■*birfy buildings of virions a: -es and
•.'escrlj tions were move 1 ,'rr, n the.
fso’o.itions at distant va:>i..g iron
a ft-w feet to almost a Quarter of a
Mil* frr the Ocean Vi • v which land
ing up Kanatak creek. Many of Uiese
structures were cabins, etc., of a tem
porary character, were empty and va
cated at the time and none were ser
iously damaged except two which
were completely demolished.
The important buildings have now’
been replaced upon foundations but
many of the owners of the cabins, etc
are not In Kanatak and these wili
position until spring. The scows and
boats are now back to the creek. The
Literage Company did the moving.
Chas. Madsen, sustained the great
est individual loss. He estimates that
the damage to his stock and the re
pairs to his building will be under
$4,000. With but few exceptions the
cost of replacing the buildings in
their former positions will cover most
of the damaees. The total loss should
be under $10,000.
The reports available here indicate
that this storm and high tide was
prevalent along the peninsula, and
caused more or less damage along the
coast. Hence this flood does not re
flect upon the available ability of Ka
natak as a townsite. No visible signs
of such high water as drift wood, etc.
exist in this vicinity nor have the
oldest natives ever remembered see
ing the tides at this elevation. True
this may come again tomorrow, per
haps in a decade and most likely nev
er again. There is higher ground a
vailable for a townsite which will be
used when Kanatak expands but the
local people who suffered the heavy
losses are standing by their present
locations.
Some say that this was an Act of
Providence which could not be avoid
ed but Ruth Kolmaeoff, chief of the
Kanatak natives, says, “White man
drink whiskey, no go church, stay up
all night. Water come, take houses
away. Native go church all time. Wa
ter come, no touch native houses.”
On October boats: C. E. Hopkins,
field manager for the Alaska Oil & (
Development Co., arrived in Kanatak.
He left on the Starr with Jack Mas
on, president of the company. This1
company holds a group of claims lo
cated near the lower end of Wide
Bay. Mr. Sterling, superintendent for
the Alaska Road Commission, review-!
ed the road constructed out of Kanat
ak this summer.
On the November boats: Mr. Woo
len, driller, arrived to replace Walter
Edkins, driller, who left several weeks
ago. C. Kinsar, tooldresser, and A.
Ldndberg, tractor driver, left for the
States.
The weather was very mild at Kan
atak until about the first of Decem
ber. As a rule the temperatures were
above freezing during the day time,
while the ground seldom froze hard
enough to support the weight of a
horse during the night. The snow line
varied but the average remained at
a probable elevation of 600 on the
east slopes and 400 on the west. All
the streams were open, even Summit
Lake at an elevation of 800 feet had
never frozen.
But about the first of December the
change came. The winds came from
out of the north and northwest .bring
ing below zero weather with them,
driving the drifting snow before them
and blowing as only they knew how
on the Alaskan peninsula. The ther
mometer ran down to 12 below at Ka
natak, while 21 below was reported at
the drill camps. In about ten days
the storm broke and milder temper
atures prevailed. This was the long
est period of uninterrupted, severe
blizzard weather that the present res
idents has seen here.
Daring the progress of the storm,
the office building belonging to the
leterase company was demolished
DESPITE DEMAND OF MANY DEMOCRATS ASSIS
TANT SECRETARY OF NAVY, THEODORE
ROOSEVELT, SAYS HE WILL NOT RESIftv
DAUGHERTY AND FINLEY SLATED TO GO
Washington, Feb. 19.—It was predicted in official cir
cles last night that Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre
tary of the Navy, and Edward C. Finley, assistant secre
tary of the Interior department, would be forced to re
sign their portfolios.
“Following the reported resignations, Mr. Roosevelt
announced to newspaper representatives1 “I have just
had a conference with the President and I am not going
to resign. I have done nothing to incriminate myself, nor
have I usurped any prerogatives of the department in
acting as treasurer for the oil company under criticism.”
DEMAND RESIGNATION DAUGHERTY *
Washington, Feb. 19.—The Cabinet this morning are
considering the persistent demands tor the resignation 01
Attorney General Daugherty. Mr. Daugherty stated that
it the President and members of the Cabinet believed it
desirable he would tender his resignation.
while one of their scows was torn
loose from its moorings and driven
out to sea. A cabin which had been
moved from its foundations by the
flood was upended and now rests up
on its roof. A stack of lumber was
blown away from the Lumber compa
ny’s yards.
It was during this stormy weather
that the Starr went on the rocks near
the noith end of Kodiak Island. The
extent of the damage is not known
here but she was repot ted to be in
tow to Seattle. Kanatak’s Christmas
mail and freight was on this trip of
Srarr and the people were *rery much
disappointed when she met. the acci
dent. The steamship company ex
elude I' uuatak’s freight aiinost en
tirfly from the November run giving
tiv* caigo space to the more favored
p jrts to the westward so everything
that is necessary to make a real
Chriemas was expected on the Dec
ember Siarr. There will be no regu
lar holiday dinners this year and
many thing that usually go with the
season will be missing Even the or
dinary daily menus will be f hort sev
oral things i.ntil a bf'.t arrives. Ka
natak is not starvi / but S'i is used
to b'dng fed much Vmi than she
will be until some time in January.
There are about forty head of horses
here and twenty head at Wide Bay.
The steamship company rejected the
feed for these on the November boat
and thev failed to make the December
run so most of these horses are on
short or no rations ana the snow cov
ers the ground along the beach. The
loss of the Christmas freight was a
repetition of what occured last year
when the Grizzly loaded with much of
the season’s freight w*as wrecked al
most in sight of Kanatak.
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“Sparks,” of the Standard, caught
the Starr’s S. O. S. call. He kept in
touch with them throughout the acci
dent and his interesting letter, after
the storm was over, ended our watch
ful waiting.
On December 2, the Viking, from
Sand Point bound for oKdiak Island
and meeting the northwester was fore
ed to put in Kanatak on account of
icing down. The crew came ashore
leaving one man aboard. While a
shore the winds increased in velocity
and the boat broke loose or dragged
anchor and disappeared out to sea.
They seem to think here that the man
had little chances for his life for the
boat would soon ice down as the
worst of the storm followed his dis
appearance. He was not an experi
enced seaman or gas engine operator
according to the reports.
Chas. Gracometti, of Koggiung, ar
1 rived in Kanatak driving the first dog
; team from the Bristol Bay regions
this season. He reported thirty be
low temperatures in that country yet
j found many streams and Becharoff
Lake open. The strong winds kept
these from freezing and he was forced
to make several detours, arriving on
the 20th after a nine-day journey. He
expected to meet the U. S. Commis
sioner and Marshal but they were on
the disabled Starr.
It is reported that the Standard ex
pects to pass the 1000-ft mark on the
Lee No. one by Xmas. It is said that
they have* not yet drillind through the
hard cap rock and are still i^ the
same hard formation of hard gray
sandstone.
Kanatak has had but one mail since
October third and it will be some
in January before the next arrives.
Dated December 21, 1923.
THEM
The second dock committee of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
which has been working separately
from the special dock committee, have
completed their report on the local
situation and a few days ago dis
patched to Delegate Dan Sutherland,
at Washington, D. C., the following
message:
“The investigations of the second
committee on the Anchorage harbor
stiuation disclose the following facts:
That the extension of the local dock
100 feet will give a minimum depth
of twenty-six feet of wrater and an ex
tension of 200 feet wil give a mini
mum depth of forty-five feet of water.
Experience has shown that the dock
will not be endangered by the flow
of ice. It is believed that maps and
plans are on file in Washington for
the Anchorage dock improvements.
Economic and physical conditions
preclude railroad competion with
water route for traffic to Anchorage
and the interior. Secure immediate
appropriation for the improveimfit at
Anchorage in the rivers and harbors
bill. No survey is necessary as all
of the essential facts are in the pos
session of the Alaska Engineering
Commission.’ ’
no WILL BIN
PAEIEML MCE
CHICAGO, Feb. 19—William Gibbs
McAdoo, candidate for the presidency
on the Democratic ticket, told his
campaign managers from several of
the states that he would remain in
the race. All present voted unani
mously that he should remain in and
take his chances at the convention.
DEPUTY MARSHAL STASER
ACTIVE IN BONUS BILL
Deputy Marshal H. I. Staser of An
chorage, one of the most active of Al
aska Legionaries in legislation affect
ing war veterans, recently organized
an open forum to discuss the paid
propaganda against any measures
tending to compensate war veterans
for their loss of time thru the world
war. A telegram was sent to Dan
Sutherland advising him of the action
of the legion and audience, not one
dissenting vote being cast agains the
propostion as explained by Mr. Sta
ser.
The members of the Legion are tak
ing steps to combat the propaganda
which is being scattered broadcast
throughout the country by big inter
ests, which believe it will hurt the
passage of the Mellon tax bill.
CONDITION OF GREEN
SAID TO BE SEROUS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The con
dition of Senator Greene, who was
shot by a stray bullet Saturday rhile
walking with his wife, is reporte| to
be very critical. Greene was injured
when prohibition agents and bodeg
gers fought a duel on the street of
the city.
SEATTLE. Feb. 19.—Arthur Wake
field *nd Leslie Chaster, Metropolitan
National bank messengers, were held
up and robbed of $15,000 by bandits
today.
STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS
SUBPOENAED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Several
members of the New York Stock Ex
change have been subjoenaed by the
Senate committee investigating the
oil leases.
AMERICAN MAIL HELD
UP BY ENGLISH STRIKE
PLYMOUTH, Eng., Feb. 19.—Five
thousand tons of American mail is
held up here because of a strike of
National dockworkers.
OLDEbr building IN
WORLD IS DISCOVERED
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 19.— A
building 6,000 years old and still
standing, claimed to be the oldest in
the world, was found recently near
Ur, Babylonia, by a joint expedition
of the museum and university of Phil
adelphia and the museum of London.
SEATTLE BUTCHER KILLED
WHEN REFUSES TO DELIVER
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.—B. C. Smart, a
Seattle butcher, was shot and killed
by bandits at midnight. Smart refus
ed to turn over his cash to the ban
dits, who shot him down and escap
ed, after taking considerable money.
SUIT WORN BY LINCOLN
BRINGS A LARGE PRICE
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 20.—The
suit worn by Abraham Lincoln, when
he was shot down in the old Ford
theatre, was sold at auction today for
$6,500.
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 20.—Col. E.
B. Brome, British airman, arived here
today to complete arrangements for
the trans-Pacific flight of the Canadi
an portion of the globe.
The Canadian steamer Thiepval,
now being outfitted here, will leave
soon to establish food and fuel depots
on the Aleutian islands for the Brit
ish airmen.
M’ADOO WILL CONDUCT
CAMPAIGN BY RADIO
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Wm. G. Mc
Adoo announced today that he would
conduct at least a part of his cam
paign by radio.
tVASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Attorney
general Harry Daugherty reaffirmed
to President Coolidge his determina
tion not to resign. He visited the
White House today and talked over
the situation with the President and
it was insisted by those close to the
Attorney General that he and Presi
dent Coolidge found themselves in
complete accord with one another. .It
was also announced that the White
House officials were silent as to that.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
Democrats, supported by Republi
can insurgents, defeated the
Mellon tax bill in the House to
day, which was forced to adopt
the Democratic bill by Games.
PSMERENE ID ROBERTS
CONFIRMED Of SEMITE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Pomerene
and Roberts were confirmed by the!
Senate as special prosecutors of oil
lease violators today.
Washington, Feb. 19.—An anti
child labor amendment to the Consti
tution was recommended this after
noon by the senate judiciary commit
tee. The object of the bill is to pro
vide a standard child labor law for
all states, as now each state had their
own child labor laws, which in many
cases conflicted.
JUDGE MORNING DEAD
FROM BULLET WOUNDS
LINCOLN, Feb. 19— Judge Morn
ing died here last night from bullet
wounds administered by Wallace, who
fired four shots, one at his wife, who
had been granted a divorce. He also
fired at her attorney and then killed
himself.
COMMITTEE BELIEVES HE IS
WITHHOLDING FACTS—WILL
GRILL HIM MONDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Harry F.
Sinclair, the oil magnate who leased
the Teapot Dome naval oil reserves
from Albert B. Fall, when the latter
was secretary of the Interior depart
ment, will be called as a witness on
Monday in the oil scandal probe, it
was announced today by Chairman
Lenroot of the Senate investigating
committee.
The committee believes that Sin
clair has the wThole story of the con
spiracy to defraud the government of
valuable holdings, and it intends to
force him to tell it.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Conscrip
tion of the Nations ’entire wealth as
well as its man power for service in
time of war was proposed in a bill
offered in the senate this afternoon
by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas.
The measure has the endorsement of
the American Legion and is design
ed to prevent exploitation and profit
eering in time of war, as was the
case in the world war.
STRIKERS WARNED TO
ALLOW MAILS HANDLED
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Striking dock
workers today warned the govern
ment not to handle the 500 tons of
United States mails which have ac
cumulated here during the strike.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21.—Betrayal
of trust by the high government of
ficials presents a greater menace to
democracy than Bolshevism or any
other evil influence, McAdoo declared
in an address on a train platform at
the Union station here today.
EXPERTS AGREE ON
RESOURCES GERMANY
PARIS, Feb. 21.—The committee of
experts examining into Germany’s re
sources have reached a general agree
ment on their report to the repara
tions commission.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Roy D.
Moore and Louis H. Brush, owners of
the. Marion Star, today filed suit for
J60.000 against Frank Vanderlip for
slander and libel. Vanderlip, in a re
cent speech at Ossining, N. Y., insin
uated that oil money had been used
in the purchase of the Star from for
mer President Harding.
NEW YORK, Feb.. 21.—“I welcome
these court proceedings,” said Frank
Vanderlip today, referring to the li
bel suit brought against him by the
owners of the Marion Star. “I am
prepared to spend as much a*! has
been asked for in these proceedings
to make public some of the news the
great newspapers do not see fit to
print.”
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department of the Interior, United f
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
merly Juneau), Alaska.
January 31, 1924.
Notice is Hereby Given that John
H. Costello for himself and as trus
tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
A. Costello, John H. Costello, Jr.,
William O. Brunskill, John Brunskill,
Wm. O. Stevens and Percival Bruns
kill, has applied for oil anjd gas pros
| pecting permits under section 22 of
the act of February 25, 1920, (41
btat., 437) for the following described
; lands:
Serial 04713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, described as an area commenc
ing- at corner No. 1, of said Claim No.
1 Irom which the northeast corner
Sec. 1, T. 29 S., R. 41 W., S. M.. bears
north 14 deg. 34 min. 44 sec. west,
15,162.28 ft. distant; thence from said
corner No. 1, S. 41 deg. 00 min. W.,
7920 ft., thence S. 49 deg. 00 min. east,
10,560 feet.; thence north 41 deg.
00 min. east, 2640 ft.; thence north
49 deg. 00 min. west, 5280 ft.; thence
north 41 deg. 00 min. east, 5280 ft;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. west,
5280 ft. to the place of beginning.
Containing 1280 acres situate in the
Kodiak Recording District, Alaska and
on Rex Creek, a tributary of Dry ^
Bay, on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04855
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 3. 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 23 and 24, described as an
area commencing at a point of said
Claim No. 23 known as Corner No. 4
irom which the northeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec.
W., 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 4 of Claim No. 23,
south 46 deg. 45 min. E., 5284 ft.;
thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 10,560
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.,
3960 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 10,560 ft.; thence south 41 deg.
00 min. W., 1320 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence
south 41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft. to
the place of beginning, said area em
bracing 1280 acres and being situa
ted in Kodiak Recording District,
Alaska, and on Bear Creek, a tribu
tary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska
Peninsula.
Serial 04856
Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, 5,
6. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, described as an
area commencing at a corner known
as Corner No. 3 of said Claim No. 13
from which the southeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 71 deg. 9 min. 45 sec.
W., 11,173.03 ft. distant; thence from
said Corner No. 3 south 37 deg. 15 ^1
min. E., 5393 ft.; thence south 49
deg. 00 min. E., 10,560 ft.; thense
north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. W., 5280
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
1320 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 5280 ft.; thence north 37 deg. 15
min. W., 5393 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 3960 ft. to the place
of beginning, said area embracing
1280 acres and being situated in Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula. *
Serial 04857
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10,
11, 12, 13 16, 21 and 22 described as
an area commencing at a point known
as Corner No. 4 of the said Claim No.
21 from which the northeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 sec.
west, 16,996.61 feet distant; thence
from said corner No. 4 south 46 deg.
45 min. E., 5284 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 2640 ft.; thence
south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 5280 ft.;
thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640
ft.; thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E.,
5280 ft*; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. *
E., 2640 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00
min. W. 10,560 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence south
41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft., to the
place of beginning, said area embrac
ing 1280 acres and situated in the Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Any and all persons having adverse
or conflicting claims to said land are
hereby notified that a full statement
under oath of such claim, should be
filed in this office showing a superior •
right to a permit or lease under said
act, or valid existing adverse or con
flicting claim to the land, or the min
erals or oil therein under the public
’and laws on or before March 12, 1924,
otherwise, such claims may be disre
garded in granting the permits or a
leases applied for.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
•First publication Feb. 5, 1924
Last publication March 11, 1924
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