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NOTED EXPLORER IS
NOW IN SEATTLE
(The Alaska Weekly)
Captain Joe Bernard, noted Arctic
explorer and trader, who has spent
the past month in Ketchikan visiting
with his friends, arrived in Seattle on
the steamer Alameda, to remain un
til mid-spring before returning to
Cordova, where his vessel, the Ted
+ dy Bear is laid up for the winter.
Captain Bernard has been an Arc
tic Sea navigator since 1901 and is
said to be one of the best informed
men on Artie conditions in the United
States.
Before coming out this season Cap
tain Bernard transported Knud Ras
musson, the Danish explorer, front
Hope to Nome, from whence Rasntus
son left for the outside to startle the
world with his discoveries concern
ing the origin of the Eskimo tribes.
Captain Bernard has long been in
terested in Arctic sea ventures and
makes frequent trips between the re
mote points on the Arctic and Bering
shores to others equally remote on
the Siberian Coast, and his know
ledge of those waters is said to be
greater than any other man.
He plans to return north in the
t spring to re-condition his vessel but
would not say whether it was his in
tention to re-enter the Arctic this
year or not.
Committee Appointed
Investigate Raise in Gas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—A commit
tee of seven will be appointed to in
vestigate recent increases in gasoline
rates according to a joint resolution
introduced in the House by Represen
tative Zihlman of Maryland.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. D. Coppernoll
attorney and counselor at
LAW
Will Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
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CHARLES KRAMER WILL
MANAGE PROPERTY
on cHirruu creek
( The Alaska Weekly)
Charles Kramer, pioneer Alaska
mining man, has been appointed sup
erintendent of the well-known Andrus
placer property, on Chittitu creek, in
the Copper river valley. He will
succeed S. H. Palmer, who has re
signed. Mr. Kramer is now in New
York consulting with the owners of
the big hydraulic mine; will reach
Seattle in a week or so, after which
he will depart for the scene of opera
l tions.
i Mr. Kramer is one of the best
I known mining men in the Copper
(River valley. In company with Jack
Miller, now deceased, he was the dis
coverer of Miller Gulch, a rich tribu
tary of Slate creek. The Andrus
property has been in operation for
! many years, first under the manage
ment of George Max Esterly; then
under L. H. Carvey and the nunder
S. S. Palmer. Mr. Andrus, controll
ing owner of the property, is, accord
ing to a recent statement in the New
York Times, one of the ten richest
men in the United States.
OLYMPIA MAN MISSING;
VICTIM OF AMNESIA
I OLYMPIA, Feb. 16—William Hitt,
a son of State Librarian J. M. Hitt, of
Olympia, who has been missing since
last July, telegraphed his mother from
Los Angeles that his memory had been
restored by Dr. Samuel M. Marcus,
after he had suffered from amnesia,
and that he was returning home im
mediately.
Shortly after 500 persons had con
ducted a prayer meeting on a high
cliff at Preston,, England, the cliff fell
into the sea.
—
Mrs. Hortense Meiser of Cedar
Rapids, la., has been ordered to pay
iher husband alimony because she
: drove him from their hotel, and he
declared that he knew no other busi
ness.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
FROM ANCHORAGE
P. O. Davies, local heavyweight fa
vorite, and Frank Cullen, fast boxer,
who claims the heavyweight cham
pionship of Alaska, have been sign
ed up for a match in Anchorage be
fore the Elks Club for the night of
April 25, according to announcement
made by Gus Gelles, who received
Cullen’s consent to the match in the
last mail. Cullen is now in Califor
nia and will start for Anchorage on
the first of April.
The match is all to the liking of
Davies who some weeks ago announc
ed to the Daily Alaskan that he would
welcome the opportunity to meet Cul- i
len. This desire was accentuated by
the fact that Cullen had defeated Sol
dier Butler, who gained a decision
over Davies in a local ring.
Lieut. Richard O. Bassett, Jr., one
of the most popular army officers sta
tioned at Anchorage, has been reliev
ed of his duties with the local army
post and assigned to the Sixth In
fantry at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., for
duty. Lieut. Bassett has completed
his tour of foreign duty, with an ex
tension, having been in Alaska over
three years, and is ordered back to
service in the states. It is report
ed that Lieut. Bassett and his recent
bride, formerly Miss Barbara Snyder,
will stay in Anchorage for part of
the three months’ leave of absence,
which has been awarded him.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Peyser of An
chorage recently announced the mar
riage of their daughter Esther Irene,
to Mr. Carl Williams, which occurred
Saturday evening at their home. The
Rev. Wallace Sutton Marple perform
ed the wedding ceremony. The pros
pective bride was given away by her
father, Mr. Louis Keist, with Selma
Simonson acting as bridesmaid.
H. L. Bliss, one of the best known
contractors and builders in Anchorage
is now sole owner of the interests of
Lewis and Bliss, and yesterday chang
ed the name of the organization to
the Bliss Construction company. He
intends to continue operating the
lumber yard he owns in Anchorage
and expects to increase his stock of
lumber materially. He specializes
in contract work and states that in
quiries are already coming in for the
spring building.
SPECIAL SESSION OF
CABINET BE CALLED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—Having
completed his cabinet which will take
office March 4, President Coolidge will
call the Senate in special session at
that time “to receive such communi
cations as may be made by the execu
tive.” This is understood to be for
the confirmation of Chas. B. Warren,
selected with Kellogg and Jardine to
fill the new official family.
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HOYT CASE HAS BEEN
REMOVED TO JUNEAU
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
The ease of the United States ver
sus Romeo Hoyt, will be tried in Ju
neau beginning the 21st of February.
This was the decision of the court,
following the motion made by the at
torneys for the government asking
for a change of venue on two grounds
first, because a fair and impartial
jury could not be assembled in Fair
banks under the present jury sys
tem, and second, because one of the
witnesses for the government, who is
physically unable to make the trip
into the Interior, is necessary as a
witness for the government. This
motion was strenuously opposed by
the defendant.
OLDTIMER OF M’GRATH
MISSING FOR ABOUT MONTH
According to a recent issue of the
Fairbanks News-Miner, August Scharff
better known as “Mountain Climber,”
and and old timer in the McGrath
section of the country, is reported
missing. When last seen he was
camping on the Rainy Pass trail.
He has been missing from his cabin
for about a month. An Indian re
ports that he found one of his dogs
in a trap and that another dog had
showed up at Peluk Road house in a
starving condition.
It is believed that he went through
the ice on the south fork.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., announces
a plan to build a railroad across the
Everglades from Miami to Fort My
ers, Fla.
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OLDTIME ALASKAN DEAD RUBY
Dave Lewis, an oldtime store keep
er at Ruby, died there last week fol
; lowing a brief illness. Mr. Lewis
was a well-known citizen of Alaska
and prominent among the pioneer
along the Yukon.
The date of his burial is not known
but in accordance with his wishes lie
was buried at Ruby, where he had
| long lived and made his home.
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