OF GENERAMNFORMATION
Cordova, September 19
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port this afternoon at 3 o'clock,
bringing 112 tons of freight and 19
passengers for Cordova. She will
sail for Valdez about 6 o’clock this
evening. The following were the
passengers for this section:
For Cordova—Mrs. B. M. Hegner,
Mrs. E. Pratt, Miss Edna Prescott,
Mrs. T. C. Burchett, Mrs. Sam
Hastie, C. Simonstad, Mrs. J. Caille
teau, F. Rayer, Mrs. E. Keppe, J.
Connolly, B. E. Skinner, R. A. Lind
say, H. E. Scott, Mrs. M. Handy, Mrs.
Needham and 4 second class.
For Ellamar — Miss Gertrude
Wybrant.
For Valdez—Captain Michael, J.
S. Hillis, Mrs. Marie Ziegler, Miss
E. Gamble and S. Evans Hedge.
For Latouche—Frank R. Van
Campen, and Oscar Nordquist.
For Seward—Dr. Arlt, Baron Von
Lohnysen, A. F. Fletcher, F. B.
Shattuck, W. B. Robinson, P. Holds
worth and wife.
Frank R. Van Campen, superin
tendent of the Latouche copper
mines, is a returning passenger on
the Northwestern. He spent two or
three weeks outside.
The freighter Latouche will sail
for Valdez about 6 o’clock this even
ing. She only brought steaming coal
yesterday and as a consequence there
is a decided shortage of the neces- '
sary fuel In town.
Baron von Loehneysen, the Ger
man consul at Seattle, Dr. Arlt and
A. F. Fletcher, are passengers on the
Northwestern going through to the
westward, where they will hunt for
big game.
Capt. Gilbert T. Rude returned
with the coast and geodetic survey
steamer Taku yesterday afternoon.
For nearly two weeks past he has
been in the Port Wells country and
performed certain work that will
give the departments at Washington
some idea of the country between
Passage canal and Turnagain Arm.
He previously made a survey of the
canal and found that there was good
anchorage. He was directed to re
turn and take a look at Portage
glacier, undoubtedly with the idea of
determining whether it would inter
fere with the construction of a rail
road in that locality. Capt. Rude
found quite a glacier that is push
ing down toward the mountain about j
a mile beyond the end of the canal.
This is the mountain that it is con
sidered to tunnel for about two and
a quarter miles and which has cary
ing heights from 1,500 to 3,300 and
3,800 feet. The captain says a rail
road might be constructed from the
canal running back over gravel a
mile to the tunnel entrance. Com
ing out on the other side the tunnel
would go a little distance on the
level and then run around a hill or
go through a short tunnel, then fol
lowing an easy grade to the end of
the Arm and at Mile 72 of the pres
ent railroad. Captain nuae iuiurs
it might he advisable to drive the
second short tunnel referred to and
avoid any possibility of the glacier
pushing over to the side hill and
interfering with traffic. He con
siders that the construction of the
contemplated 12 miles of railroad is
perfectly feasible, by driving the
tunnels, and would undoubtedly give
a short and easy route to the Mat
anuska coal fields.
Cordova, September 20.
The steamer Admiral Sampson
arrived in port this afternoon from
the westward shortly before 3
o’clock and sailed an hour later for
Katalla and the south. There were
between 30 and 40 second class
passengers for Juneau and Seattle,
while the following first class pass
engers took passage:
For Seattle—Mrs. Brown, Miss
Florence Hull, R. W. Wiley, A. P.
McCloud, Miss Baum, J. C. Huyler,
H. M. McChesney, H. Sharpe, J. C.
Glover, C. W. Osgood, A. H. Utter,
O. S. Baldwin, Albert Fink, Jake
Berger.
For Tacoma—Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Baldwin and North Brooks.
For Juneau—E. Mansfield, Bush,
and Dan Ryan.
Capt. G. T. Rude is coaling his
survey boat Taku and on Monday
will leave for Sheep bay, where he
wrill conclude the work that he was
doing prior to going to Port Mells.
He will then put his boat away for
the winter and will leave for W ash
ington. Mrs. Rude has preceded
him and is now in the capital city.
Miss Florence Hull came in from
Kennecott yesterday afternoon and
left on the steamer Admiral Sampson
this afternoon.
Train for Chitina, McCarthy and
Kennecott will leave tomorrow
morning at 8 o’clock.
Fire drill tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock. All members of the depart
ment are expected to report.
Over in Seward the town assessor
places the value of taxable property
as folows: real estate, $696,715.00;
personal, $205,265.00; total, $901,
980.
Judge R. W. Jennings has ap
pointed Jay W. Bell to be clerk of
the district court, succeeding E. W.
Pettit, the present incumbent. Mr.
Bell will assume the duties of the
office upon the filing of his bond.
Mr. Bell was born in Fremont. Neb.,
30 years ago and has lived in Juneau
for the past seven years.
A. G. McBride, of Juneau, has
been appointed clerk of the court
for the Fourth Division, by Judge
Fuller. He succeeds C. C. Page.
E. M. Baldwin and wife, were ar
rivals from Kennecott yesterday and
left for Seattle on the Sampson this
afternoon.
A letter under date of the 10th
has been sent by George C. Hazelet |
to H. A. Slater, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hazelet
is at the head of an expedition sent
out by the Chamber to establish and
mark a winter trail to the Chisana.
In his letter he says:
“We reached the foot of Xazina
glacier on Saturday night last, the
6th. Had to relay one trip because
we could not get enough horses to
take all supplies on one trip. On j
Sunday I examined the approach ana
found a fine one leading to white ice.
Procured four double end sleds left
by the government survey party
about 12 miles down the Nizina
river. On Sunday put them on the
glacier ice. Have cut 600 stakes
and two cords of wood. Balance of
the outfit will be here tomorrow and
on Friday we shall begin staking in
earnest. Can’t tell how fast we can
proceed yet, but this end looks good.
Men are all well and in good spirits.
Many mushers are coming out via
Skolai creek and most of them think
well of the country. If we succeed
in getting over the glacier route, one
will be able to drive six horse teams
from McCarthy well up to the sum
mit at least, and maybe clear over.’
Albert Fink and Jake Berger, for
merly of Nome and more recently of
San Francisco, returned yesterday
from the Chisana, where they spent
six days. Neither are very enthusi
astic over the conditions there. They
say everything in sight is staked
but that very little prospecting has
been done. They are of the opinion
that possibly a good small camp will
result, although they admit that
with industrious prospecting good
pay may oe iouna on many creeas.
They consider that about 250 are in
for the winter and that many others
are likely to go in over the ice from
Dawson, White Horse and the states
outside. They cannot see much ad
vantage in anyone going in now
unless they have thawing appliances.
A letter from Grant Reed at Mc
Carthy, dated the 15th, says:
Our information is that U. S. Com
missioner and Recorder Morgan has
left the Chisana country and that the
miners elected George Hill to serve
as recorder, which he is now likely
doing unless they have selected some
other since the 10th.
Oscar Breedman left here this
morning with large quantities of
supplies and a pack train of forty
horses.
The new town is at the mouth of
Johnson creek, where there are
about 100 people. The recorder’s
office has been removed there.
P. D. Burtt and G. M. Clark, the
mining engineers from San Fran
cisco, who returned last night from
a trip to the Chisana country will
remain in town until the North
western returns from the westward,
when they will leave for the south.
Mayor E. V. Boyle went to Seward
on the steamer Northwestern last
evening, where he will serve as a
juror at the term of court which
opens on Monday next.
BE A BOOSTER
The boosters feel better, live
i better and fight better than any
other tribe on earth.
Inquiries for the following persous
have been made:
John William Shaw, about 45
years of age. black hair, dark eyes,
rather heavy build. Plasterer by
trade.
Charles Hammond, formerly of,
Fairview, Pa. Supposed to be in
business in Alaska or Yukon Terri
tory. !
Joseph Dobson, formerly of
Brandsby Grange, York, England.
Last heard of from Klondike region.
Kenneth H. McLeod, last heard of
in 1907, at Fairbanks. First worked
as telegraph operator in territory.
About 30 years of age.
Information concerning any of the
above persons should be addressed j
to the governor’s office, Juneau, i
Alaska.
Miss Mary Casey, of Hubbard, O., j
writes the Daily Alaskan office con- •
cerning the whereabouts of her1
brother, Michael John Casey. She !
says he left Vancouver, B. C., last
December for the gold fields of
Alaska. His mother is anxious to
hear from him as she fears some
accident may have befallen him.
The Juneau Empire has the fol
lowing with reference to one of our
townsmen:
George Osborne left for the states
on the Dolphin, and Jorgen Nelson
left on the Spokane this morning to
join him. Messrs. Nelson and Os
borne are old time business men of
Nome and Iditarod. They have a
long time lease on the Guffv build
ing, the contract for the erection of
which has just been let. They are
making the trip to the states for the
purpose of selecting the stock for
their new jewelry establishment
which is to occupy the GufTy build
ing.
A son of Dr. J. A. Vance, of Cor
dova was married at Juneau on the
10th. The Empire has the following
account of the affair.
Dr. H. Vance and Miss Jessie
Brown were quietly married at the
parsonage of the Presbyterian
church in this city last night by Rev.
J. B. Stevens. There were no guests
present. Mrs. P. Brown, mother of
the bride, and Mrs. Stevens, wife of
the officiating clergyman, were wit
nesses to the ceremony. Miss Brown
and her mother resided in Vancou
ver, B. C., where they were popular
in social circles, and came to
Juneau on the last trip of the Prin
cess May. Mrs. Brown will return
to her home in Vancouver on the
same boat tomorrow’ morning. Dr.
Vance has been established in
Juneau as a practicing osteopath for
the past several months. Dr. and
Mrs. Vance have taken apartments
at the Orpheum hotel for the
present.
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Sept. 20.—A
woman known as Mrs. U. A. Strode
died this morning in the dentistry
chair of Dr. Dokel, who had given
her an overdose of laughing gas. It
is supposed that the woman deserted
her husband at Seattle and eloped
with Strode. When the latter learned
of her death he became a raving
maniac. Dr. Dokel is so overcome
with remorse that it is feared he is
on the verge of insanity.
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 20.—J. M.
Warinner, an old pioneer, committed
suicide this morning by drowning
himself at Chuckanut bay. His
daughter drowned herself there re
cently and it is supposed that he
was impelled to do the same act by
reason of brooding over her absence.
PARIS, Sept. 20.—Felix Diaz ar
rived here this morning. He de
clares that be has every confidence
that he will be successful in his can
didacy for the presidency of Mexico.
He states, however, that he has not
had any word yet from President
Huerta.
HEH3HOSELLA, Sept. 20.—Gen
eral Caranza, head of the constitu
tionalists, arrived last night. He
was greeted as president and ap
pointed General Obriegon as com
mander in chief of the army in
northern Mexico.
MONTREAL, Sept . 20. — Miss
Muriel Dodd and Miss Mabel Harri
son, respectively British and Irish
golf champions, have arrived. They
are to contest in the woman’s Can
adian and United States tourna
ments.
The Daily Alaskan will have all
the news from the new gold dig
gings. Have the paper sent to
friends outside.
A Grapevine Ice Cream Soda will
hit the spot; now on sale at the Cor
dova Drug Co.
Read the Daily Alaskan
Wm. L. Distin. secretary of Alaska !
and territorial registrar of vital
statistics, has sent a letter to various
parts of the territory calling atteu- '
tion to an act recently passed by
the legislature. He says:
Your attention is invited to the
act of the first session of the legis
lature of the territory of Alaska, 1
approved April 25, 1913 (Chapter
35-H. B. 25), entitled “An Act to.
Require the Registration of Vital 1
Statistics in the Territory of Alaska, j
and for Other Purposes,” which pro- j
vides that a record shall be made!
j
and preserved of all births, deaths
and marriages occurring within the
territory and names the ex-officio
secretary of Alaska to act as regis
trar; who, as such registrar shall
cause blank certificates to be printed
of each, births, deaths and mar
riages, to be furnished to the clerks
of the district courts; to the United
States commissioners; to physicians:
clergymen, and undertaker, and to
other persons. The forms are now 1
in the course of printing and when
received front the printer, copies of
the same will be furnished upon ap
plication therefor.
The said act requires any and all ;
persons in possession of statistics re- j
lating to births, deaths and mar
riages, to compile all such records
and transmit them to the territorial
registrar of vital statistics, Juneau,
Alaska, as provided by Section 11 of
the said act which reads, as follows
“It shall be, and hereby is made
the duty of all recorders in the terri
tory of Alaska, and of the clerks of
all municipalities in the territory,
and of all ministers of the gospel,
practicing physicians and undertak*
ers in the territory and others who
may have such data, to compile all
records in their respective office, and
transmit the same to the territorial
registrar to be by him recorded in
in the records provided for under
this act.”
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LONDON, Sept. IT.—rt is an
nounced that the price of Turkish
cigarets will not be materially in
creased on account of the recent war
in the Balkans. Tobacco experts
explain that the tobacco crops are
practically intact this year, as the
fighting area was not located in th^
growing area, and the ravages of
troops on tobacco warehouses were
few, save in the case om Serres,
where the Bulgarians burned several
warehouses, some of which belonged
to Americans, but the total loss was
only a thousand pounds of tobacco.
The wholesale price of Turkish
tobacco has increased, owing to the
fact of so many men being required
for service in the army that a suffi
cient number of laborers to tend the
crops could not be obtained. This
shortage of labor will probably ex
tend to the coming year, and a fur
ther increase in the wholesale price
of tobacco is anticipated.
Tobacco men are watching with
interest the determination as to final
disposition of Kavalia. which is the
area where the finest Turkish to
bacco is produced. At present the
place is held by Greece, with a likeli
hood of its retention by that coun
try. If this obtains, tobacco men
1 are wondering whether Greece will
i continue her present attitude tow
ards the tobacco men and leave the
field free to all, or establish a
regime like Turkey.
All the latest news in the Alaskan.
0. ADRIAN NELSON
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
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