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Cordova, October 9
Judge Paul d’Heirry, United
States commissioner and recorder
for the Chitina precinct, who spent
a day or two in town receiving treat
ment for his eyes, returned to his
post on the morning train. He was
accompanied by Wm. E. Wood who
has just been appointed deputy
marshal at Chitina.
The Alaska Steamship Company
has continued the schedule previ
ously announced up to December 27,
until March 27. But two steamers
will continue in the Southwestern
Alaska service during the winter
months and they will be the Ala
meda and Mariposa only when one
of the two is relieved for repairs by
the Northwestern. Sailings from
Seattle will be as follows:
October 18 and 28; November 7,
17 and 27; December 7, 17 and 27;
January 6, 16, and 26; February 5,
15 and 25; March 7, 17 and 27.
Sailings southward from Cordova
will be eight or nine days from the
date of steamers leaving Seattle.
There is some discussion upon the
part of the railroad officials to
change the time an hour so as to
give more daylight in the early
hours of the day. At present we are
maintaining the proper time, and
we are in accord with Katalla, Val
dez and Seward, and are two hours
later than Seattle. The present
i time was maintained when the town
started, but during railroad con
struction days Mr. Heney set the
time ahead an hour. This continued
a couple of years until last summer
a year ago, when by mutual consent
of the railroad, cable office and
places of business generally the cor
rect time was adopted. If the rail
road company again changes it wdll
almost of necessity require a change
upon the part of the people of towfn.
If that were done it would mean
that business would start an hour
earlier than at present and end an
hour sooner.
While at present it begins to get
dark at 4 o’clock and is quite dark
at five, under the change it would
mean that it would be quite dark at
4 o’clock. Instead of school start
ing at 9 o’clock it would really
commence at 8, although it would be
called 9 under the new arrangemeqt.
The new time would give us the
same time as Juneau and Skagway
and only make one hour's difference
with Seattle.
Cordova, October 11
The railway company is making
some improvements that will be
greatly appreciated by the employes
living at Oldtown. The foot walk
running in front of the cottages and
over to Second Street, is being
taken up and a new walk six feet
wide put down. This walk will also
be brightly illuminated by electric
lights furnished from the company’s
plant.
When Jack Dalton recently re
turned from the westward he car
ried with him a contract to haul the
coal that the government is mining
in the Matanuska fields to Knik, on
Turnagain Arm, Cook’s Inlet. The
government is taking out about 700
tons for steam testing purposes. It
has been mined and sacked during
the past two or three months, and
will soon be ready for hauling. In
, stead of the government attempting
to do this, as in the case at Bering
fields, Secretary Daniels early de
cided that the hauling should be let
by contract. When Director of
Mines Joseph A. Holmes went from
Cordova recently to the westward he
was accompanied by Mr. Dalton and
after looking over the field a proposi
tion was made by which the hauling
will be done by Mr. Dalton over the
ice this winter. He has gone to
Seattle to secure horses and supplies
so as to be ready in good time to
do his part. Next spring the gov
enrment will send a vessel to Knik
to secure the coal.
Cordova, October li
The fire boys gave a very pleasant
dance at Eagle hall on Saturday
night. Those who failed to attend
missed a good time.
The first snow of the season fell
last evening and for a time it looked
as though winter had set in. But
this morning it had all disappeared
and the sun shone brightly.
Shortly before noon yesterday an
alarm of fire disturbed the quietness
of the day. The fire boys responded
immediately and were directed to
Oldtown. When they reached there
the home of Mrs. Ed. Anderson was
ablaze and before much assistance
could be rendered the house and
nearly all the contents had been
destroyed. Through the efforts of
the department the spread of the
flames was prevented. Mrs. Ander
son did not have any insurance on
her property, which was a total loss.
This morning some friends circulated
a list and raised several hundred
dollars to be used in assisting Mrs.
Anderson in rebuilding.
“Alaska day” will be celebrated
on Saturday next, October 18. It
was declared a legal holiday by the
territorial legislature.
Cordova, October 14
The Alaska Road Commission is
now at work replacing the Sheep
Creek bridge, which was washed out
during the high water of last August.
It is near Workman’s and the work
is in charge of Lars Holland, fore
man of bridge construction. Engi
neer Officer Glen Edgerton drew
the plans for a 75-foot span to cross
the deep gulch and the new bridge
is expected to be much better and
more substantial than the one
washed out. Heavy Oregon fir tim
bers have been shipped in from the
states and will be used in the con
struction of the bridge which will
cost |1,000.
Cordova, October 15
The train from the interior
reached Cordova this afternoon
shortly before 5 o’clock. The first
consignment of winter mail from
Fairbanks, 300 pounds, was brought
in, thus covering the distance in 12
days, which is very good consider
ing that this is the worst season of
the year.
tut puoocilgci a
through is Volney Richmond, man
ager of the Northern Commercial
Company. He will take the steamer
Alameda for the outside and go on
to San Francisco.
Among the other passengers to
arrive were Howard Birch, George
Max Esterly and Mr. Andrus, big
hydraulic operators in the Nizina
country. They have closed opera
tions for the season and are on their
way to the states.
John Bloomqu,ist and family of
Blackburn, were outgoing passen
gers on the Sampson. They will
spend a couple of months in the
states.
C. D. Colwell went south on the
Sampson and on the same steamer
he shipped out a car load of live
loxes. These will be sent to a fox
farm in Newfoundland and used for
breeding purposes.
August Thiel, one of the firemen
on the railroad, sailed for Seottle
this morning and will enjoy a few
weeks vacation.
William Fursman received a let
ter this morning from Marshal
Brenneman offering him the posi
tion of deputy marshal at Nak Nek,
in Bristol Bay, and requesting an
answer by wire. Before noon Mr.
Fursman had wired his acceptance
and stated that he would go to
Valdez on the steamer Mariposa
leaving Seattle on the 17th and Cor
dova on the 23rd. He would then
proceed a few days later on the
steamer Sampson to Cook’s Inlet,
going overland from there to his
new station.
This is considered one of the best
paying offices in the division, as
there is a government building pro
vided for the residence of the mar
shal and to care for the prisoners.
While the people of Cordova would
prefer to have Mr. and Mrs. Furs
man remain here yet their large
circle of friends are glad that so
good a position came his way. Mrs.
Fursman will likely spend the win
ter in Seattle and go north in the
spring.
The steamer Sampson arrived
from Valdez this morning about 7
o’clock and sailed a couple of hours
later for Seattle. Her passengers
southbound were as follows:
From Valdez—A. C. Dowling; H.
Deyo, W. R. Black, for Cordova.
From Cordova—Capt. J. A.
Northway, E. R. Behling, John
Blooniquist, wife and children, C. D.
Colwell, Aug. Thiel, Wm. A. Black,
M. Scott.
From Seward—Jack Miller, W. II.
Gray, J. V. Stater, Frank Kernan,
M. E. Hibbard, J. E. Milligan, R. M.
Ridpath, W. J. Lewis and F. E.
Parsons.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Repre
sentative Albert Johnson, of Wash
ington, is keeping close tabs on
Alaska and looking after her in
terests. He introduced a bill to
relieve Seward peninsula miners
from doing assessment work on
their claims for the current year. He
introduced another bill, which he
expects to have passed this week,
appropriating $20,000 for the relief
of the storm victims at Nome and
Solomon. It also authorizes the war
department to repair certain damage
done by the storm.
CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—Jack John
son is traveling in foreign countries
and is likely to remain there for
some time. There is a case against
him in the federal court, and Jack
is out on bail. When he did not
appear yesterday, at the time for
trial, his bail bond was forfeited.
There is a general feeling that if
Jack will remain on the other side
of the ocean that the cause of
justice should be satisfied, without
endeavoring to bring him back.
PLYMOUTH, Mass., Oct. 14.—A
few months ago when former Ad
miral Eaton suddenly died, suspi
cion was directed toward his wife,
now Mrs. Jensen. She has since
been under surveillance and the
probabilities are that she will be
placed on trial for murder.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14.—The own
ers of the steamship Volturno ex
press the opinion that the fire at sea
on their vessel was the result of a
plot upon the part of rival Dutch
and German emigrant lines.
ALBANY, Oct. 14.—The impeach
ment court convened yesterday af
ternoon. Announcement was made
that a verdict in the Sulzer case
would not likely be reached before
Tuesday. Up to this afternoon no
conclusion had been arrived at.
CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 14.—A
serious fire broke out in the Uni
versal mine and raged fiercely for a
time. While some miraculous es
capes were made it is believed that
nearly 400 miners perished by rea
son of the afterdamp. They were
caught in the tunnels and could not
effect their escape.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—The king
and queen had an unpleasant experi
ence on Saturday night. They at
i tended a performance at one of the
prominent music halls and had a
narrow escape from being mobbed by
a party of suffragettes. A bunch of
angry women closed about the royal
pair and were in the act of doing
them bodily harm when guards
rushed to the rescue and dispersed
the mob.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Repre
sentative Clayton, who was recently
appointed by the governor of Ala
bama to succeed the late Senator
Johnston, and who has been seeking
to be seated in the United States
Senate, has resigned the appoint
ment. He took this action at the
request of President Wilson, who be
lieves that the appointment was not
legal and that the vacancy can only
be filled by direct election of the
people. The President favors Repre
sentative Underwood for the place.
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—The enact
ment of a provision in the deficiency
appropriation bill, taking certain
deputy collectors of internal revenue
and deputy marshals, from the civil
service list, is causing much discus
sion here among the politicians. It
will affect 22 deputy collectors for
the state of Washington and Alaska,
as well as many deputy marshals in
Alaska. The places are now at the
disposal of the secretary of the
treasury, for the deputy collectors,
and of the attorney general for the
deputy marshals. They may be re
moved at pleasure.
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—A serious
fire broke out late Saturday after
noon in one of the buildings of the
Seattle Construction & Dr/ Dock
Company. For a time it looked as
though the entire plant might be
destroyed, but the heroic work of the
firemen resulted in soon getting
control of the fire that raged so
fiercely for a time. The total loss
will be about $150,000. This plant
was for years operated by the Moran
Brothers, who built the battleship
Nebraska. It has since been greatly
enlarged and is now worth about
$2,000,000.
LONDON, Oct. 13. — Steamers
have reported that it is known that
at least 135 perished with the
steamer Volturno at sea on Satur
day. Others are missing and it is
feared that they are also ampng the
dead. Many harrowing scenes are
reported.
Send Daily Alaskan to your friends.
Capt. J. A. Narthway, of Fair
banks, is one of the recent arrivals
in Cordova from the Chisana coun
try. He will take the first steamer
out to Seattle. There he will buy
much machinery and return next
month to the new diggings. He is
very confident that much new
ground will be discovered this win
ter and next spring, from whicn
great w-ealth will be taken.
Capt. Northway took a party of
18 from Fairbanks on his launch
Tetlin.. He had no trouble in reach
ing the mouth of the Nebesna, but
instead of continuing up to the
Chisana he took the report of men
coming down who stated that it
would be impossible for him to get
up. This he afterwards found to be
incorrect. He succeeded in getting
up the Nebesna about 30 miles. But
he was then more than 60 miles from
the diggings.
Among the men on the Tetlin were
many old timers like Dave Carsca.l
den, E. W. Hershberger, Ben Estb.v,
Teddy Kittleson, T. Anderson, Lisle
Brown, Mr. Report, and Mr. Thrift.
These men all had at least 500
pounds each of grub and plenty of
money, Dave Carscadden taking
$10,000 in cash with which to make
purchase on properties. These men
will stay all winter. Instead of
going direct to the new diggings
where everything was located, Capt.
Northway states that they started to
prospect tributaries of the Nebesna.
They found good ground on Stuver
creek, making many locations and
then sending word to other friends
in the Chisana, which resulted in a
small stampede from there the fore
part of September. Captain North
way believes that 500 men will win
ter in the new diggings, with sev
eral hundred more going in about
the 1st of January and continuing
until summer.
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Word has been received that early
next spring the Alaska Coast Com
pany will greatly increase their
service to Southwestern Alaska.
Since the destruction of the steamer
Yukon the steamer Admiral Samp
son has been doing the work, but it
is the intention to place the steam
ers Buckman and Watson on the
run from Seattle to Juneau, Katalla,
Cordova, Valdez, Seward and the
westward. These vessels are now
being operated by the Alaska Coast
Company between Seattle and San
Francisco. They will be succeeded
by the Admiral Dewey and Admiral
Schley, two vessels that have been
purchased by the company and
which will be brought around from
the Atlantic coast. They will be
joined by the Admiral Sampson, and
in addition to the Admiral Farragut,
now on the southern run, will make
four Admirals to look after that
trade. Captain Lathrop, the local
agent of the Alaska Coast Company
states that the Buckman and Wat
son will be on the Alaska run by
the latter part of February.
Sam C. Orchard is now at Ketcih
kan, where he has been joined by
his wife. His father, John Orchard
has organized a company to con
struct a paper mill near Ketchikan,
using wood from southeastern
Alaska from which to obtain pulp.
The younger Orchard will have
charge of the company, which is
backed by ample capital.
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