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Kaluslia Nelson, a native whose
home is at Mile 34, has been missing
for more than a week, since he left
Cordova with the intention of walk-1
ing home, and it is believed that he
perished in the storm of last week..
He was intoxicated when he left the
home of Gust Wilson, did not reach
liis own home and has not been seeni
or heard from.
Three carloads of ore from the
Mother Lode mine, the first shipment;
of the season, arrived on the train!
from the interior Tuesday. Two
more are expected on tomorrow's
train and the entire lot will be
shipped to the Tacoma smelter on:
the steamer Mariposa, sailing tomor
row night.
Oscar Ashby, who recently sold a j
portion of the townsite of Seward,!
has jumped into the oil game down I
in Washington and taken a lease on
a tract of land near Tenino where he
will sink a well.
Cordova, January 14
Among passengers on the. train1
from the interior today was John1
Zug, member of the Alaska Road
Commission, who is located at Fair-1
banks and who is coming out to
Valdez for Hie remainder of the |
winter.
Cordova. January 16
The mysterious disappearance of
Neil Maxwell, an Alaskan, who ar-J
rived in Seattle on December ", from
Tokeen and registered at the Arling- j
ton hotel, has been reported to the
police by his relatives, who fear j
that he has been murdered for hisj
money. J '
Maxwell brought down consider-;
able money with him. He had twoi
pieces of baggage and a mounted,
deer head, and these, are at the)
hotel. Mrs. William Jones, of 2334 |
South Grant street, Taocma, a sis*;
ter of the missing man, says that;
she knows he had more than $700:
in cash when he arrived in Seattle.
Cordova, January 15 \
The town of Craig, on Bergman
Island, in Southeastern Alaska, has
many distinctive feature* of its,
own.
According to some of the Juneau
residents who claim to bfr-posted,:
it is the only town in the United
States which is presided over and
ruled entirely by forest officials says
the Juneau Dispatch.
Craig is in the forest reserve
created in Alaska. It was laid out
by the forest officials and the side
walks and other improvements were
made under the direction of the for
est officials. Occupants of a lot pay
pay annually to the local forest
age.nt $5 for a residence lot and $10;
for a lot occupied by a store. The
occupants make all of their improve
ments.
Store occupants, of course, have
to pay the other federal taxes im
posed in Alaska. So far as known,
the forest service government works
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smoothly. There are no elections,
no local politics and nothing to
quarrel about concerning municipal
matters.
The occupants know in advance
just what they have to do to remain,
and there is no appeal. The forest
agent, by the terms of the lease, can
torrainate it at any moment. He is
the sole authority and the town
under this socialistic form of gov
ernment is a pretty decent one to
live In.
Cordova. January 19
Will A. Steel, editor and pub
Usher of the Daily Alaskan, who
went outside two months ago. will
return home on the steamship Mari
posa mailing from Seattle, next Sun
day.
A recent document from the de
pariment at Washington gives the
distance beteen Matanuska and
Seward, Valdez and Cordova, i
Seward is 187 miles from the great
ce::’. Adds, Valdez is 228 miles, ami
Cordova is 297 miles.
Sanak Island is as free from treeA
as the face of a lady is of beard
an 1 when Mrs. Hammond, the school
teacher of that place, gave the chil
dren veir first Christmas tree last
month she found is necessary to tie
a lot of willows together. The re-j
suit v. es as successful as it was re
markable.—Seward Gateay.
Cordova, January IS I
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The government will contest thq
mineral locations of a large tract <'!j.
land in the. vicinity of Ketchikan:
ch imed by James A. Davis, and on
which'application has been made foij!
patent as lode mining claims. The.
go ernaient charges that the land i.l
question is non-mineral in character!j
thsi sufficient work has not been1
dew. to entitle the claimant to pat-jj
enf -and that the locations were not)1
made for their value as mining
properties but for townsite purposes! |
There are 36 mining claims all told,
in the fact. The Juneau land office!
se.t the hearing on the case for!;
January 18.—Juneau Empire.
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K.ave Ryan, a minister and pros-ij
pec-tor of Candle, was drowned ini
the Kabuk river. His team of dogs;
were nken from the river by In-jl
dians but no sign of Ryan was
found and it is believed he was car
ried under the ice by the swift
current.
Miss badie Andrews Field, 23b j
Columbia St., .New Haven, Conn.. ;
has w ritten the city clerk in hopes
of obtaining some trace of her uncle, i
Henry Andrews, who was last heard
from at Alganik. Anyone knowing;
of the whereabouts of Mr. Andrews j
will confer a great favor by notifying:
her.
The Treadgcld Company of Daw
son lias failed to pay its employes
wages due for last summer’s work, j
The, amount owing to the men is re
ported to be in excess of $100,000,
and as a consequence Dawson did;
not enjoy a very prosperous Christ-,
mar- season.
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — Reliable
souree3 now estimate that the sal- (
mon pack for 1914 was 6,310,000 ji
cases, including Alaska, Puget
Sound. British Columbia and Colum- i
bia river. The pack, by cases, is; i
subdivided as follows:
Alaska .. 4.000,000 j
Puget Sound . 650,000; I
British Columbia . 1,1,10.000 j
Columbia river (spring
and fall) . 400,000|i
Outside rivers .. 150,000 i
Total . 6,310,000
The Alaska pack is the largest on 1
record. The pack for Alaska in 1
1913 was 3,780,219, for 1912 it was
) 3,861,881, for 1911 it reached 2,
849,693, fell to 2,415,868 in 1910,
to 2,332.806 in 1909 and increased
to 2,615,852 in 1908.
With the exception of medium 1
red and chums, the record pack of 1
Alaska for this year is out of first 1
hands. The trade generally was
prepared for the. opening prices of i
1914, and within 30 days after they i
were announced 7 5 per cent of the
pack was sold at from 25 to 45 cents i
per dozen over the opening prices
of the previous year.
> Chinooks, it is stated, are prac
tically sold up; soc-keyes are in very
light supply and Alaska reds, with
two exceptions, are cleaned up. 1
Pinks are almost a thing of the past,
a few thousand cases owned by sef
<*P>d hands comprising the supply.
Medium reds and chums are plenti
ful.
Domestic buyers bave all pur |
ihasetf conservatively. It is claimed!
hat 'here is not a dealer in the
Jnited States who has bought his
tsual amount or is carrying sufficient
salmon to last him until the new:
>ack in ready.
The National Canned Salmon day
o be observed here on March 12. .s
jeing emphasized by the local com
uitlee. It is announced that the
governors of all the states will bei
iskecl to proclaim the day in public
statements to the press. The move
ne.ru, it is expected, will have the
lupport of all the Hotary Clubs of
he United States, and the railroads
vill take a prominent part in fea
uring the food on the dining cars.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. — Manager
loger Breshnahan of the Chicago
','a'ional League Baseball Club, filed
in affidavit today denying the charge
hat he traded Booth Hooper, a
>itcher, for a bird dog.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.—Gilson
lardner, the well known correspond
snt. quotes Secretar Lane as follows:
“There is no truth in the report'
hat I have announced myself as
avoring purcnase by the govern
nent of the Copper River & North
vestern railway. I have talke.d with
he President several times about
he Alaska railroad, but we arrived
it no conclusion.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Begin-j
ting tonight the cabinet will meet
•very Friday evening in the Presi-j
ient’s study at the White House to'
liscusa important business.
McCarthy declares
AGAINST SALOONS:
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War between tthe wets and drjrs
hi McCarthy has been declared, and
the latter are circulating a petition
from which .the following extracts
are taken:
“We,, the undersigned citizens of
McCarthy and vicinity, believing
that the best interests of this part
of Alaska .will be conserved by a
discontinuance of the saloons, agree
that we will not sign a petition for
a saloon, license during the present
year. This locality is rich in min
erals and every available dollar is
necessary foT outfits and develop-]
ment work.”
The petition was circulated last
Thursday and as signed by approxi
mately 75 per cent of all adults liv
ing within the two mile limit.
Among those not signing were sev
eral that wTere out of town, a great
many of whom are known to be ill
favor of the movement; some others
refused to sign for business reasons.
The signers wish it understood that]
tlieir motive is to change existing]
conditions, in which there is noth
ing personal.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Col.
Wilds P. Richardson, president of)
the Alaska Road Commission, is in
the city and recently presented his
annual report to the war depart
ment. The Colonel states that the
annual appropriations made by Con
gress are consumed in repairing ami
maintaining existing roads. Pur-;
ther development cannot lie expected!
unless the allotment of funds is in-i
creased. While the old conditions
prevail, with the amount of mileage,
now required to be maintained, and'
although additional new projects, all]
more or less meritorious, are being]
presented to the board e.very year,
with petitions for aid. it is impos
sible for ;the board to respond, ex
cept to a very limited degree.
Colonel Richardson has submitted]
a plan for the. extension of the roads
covering a period of three years,
with an estimate of $750,000 fori
the first year and it is earnestly
hoped that this plan may receive
favorable action before, the opening
of next season’s work.
While again disclaiming any in
tention of antagonizing the pro
jected railway construction in
Alaska will follow the construction;
of trunk lines of railroads to the
interior unless preceded or accom
panied by the construction of many
wagon roads and trails as feeders.
Regarding the bill now before
Congress to create a general develop
ment board for Alaska to open its'
resources. Colonel Richardson de
clares that “it is no egotism to say;
that no other agency of the govern
ment is more competent or better
equipped for such tasks than the
army,” and he points to the. exten
sive public works accomplished in;
Alaska in connection with the cable
and telegraph systems and the roads
and trails run through the wilder
ness to support this statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The
supreme, court today denied the ap
plication of a writ of certiorari pre
sented by Charles Houston and H.
W .Bullock, the Seattle coal dealers
convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the government in their operations
at Nome. The men must serve time]
in the federal penitentiary.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—Tli ]
«
suffrage amendment to the constitu j
tion was defeated in the House to ;
day by a majority of thirty.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 18.—Attorney;
General Joseph A. Peterson and |
State Auditor Fred W. Houston have
bee.n indicted on the charge of em- j
bezzlement in connection with the j
shortage of former State Treasurer]
^ucu.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—A son!
was born at--the White House Sun-j
day to Mrs. Sayre, one of the (laugh-I
te.rs of President Wilson. The new
ruler of the White House weights j
TVs pounds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The
amendment to the appropriation bill
providing fo ra prohibition amend- j
ment to the constitution was de-j
feated in the Senate today by a vote!
of 38 th 40.
LOS GATOS, Cal., Jan. 18.—Wil
liam Discus Landers, U. S. attorney
at Porto Rico and formerly assistant
district attorney at Nome, died to
day at his home here from a tropica
disease contracted at Porto Rico -i
year ago.
AVASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—James!
A. Smiser, the newly appointed dis J
tirct attorney for the first district
of Alaska, is a resident of Columbia
Tenn., and was a boyhood chum and
schoolmate of Thos. AAr. Gregory, at
torney general of the. Cnited States,
who as a schoolboy lived at the home
of Mr. Smiser’s parents.
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if you wish to buy a saddle horse,
write to No. 375, c-o Daily Alaskan,
Cordova, Alaska.
LOCAL AND SOCIAL
MC CARTHY NEWS
John Barrett has just returned
from a trip to the Kiagni, where he
reports that in the neighborhood ot
12 men are engaged in prospecting1
and development work. Barrett re-1
ports that a trail has been cut across1
the bench, leaving the river entirely,!
'vnich is 22 miles shorter than the1
original route, making the distance!
not to exceed 35 miles from Me-1
Carthy. He expects good reports
from this section during the coming
season.
Ge.orge Goshaw, who brought C.
A. Simons from Shushanna to Mc
Carthy with his dog team, has re
turned to that enterprising mining
town.
C. E. Hawkins left McCarthy this
week for Shushanna, where he will
develop some mining property he
owns. He took with him a seasons
outfit. He.nry Alheit took him and
his outfit in with his dog team.
Mrs. M. E. Sturges, mother of
Mrs. Win. Wooden, died this morn
ing at Charley Davids roadhousv
which Mr. Wooden is operating this
winter. Mrs. Sturges recently came
here from California to visit with
her daughter. Another daughter,
Mrs. Burrows of Cordova, was with
her at the time of her death.
-Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill left this
morning for Shushanna, where Mr.
Hill has mining interests.
A trial in the commissioners court
commenced yesterday and continued
over until today, in which Mr. Gus!
Erickson accused Jesse C. Arnold of
assaulting and robbing him, resulted
in an acquital. Arnold is the bar-;
tender in the Junction saloon.
John Yankee and Sam Williams
were hale.d into the commissioner's
court yesterday charged with using'
obscene language on the streets.
Both plead guilty and were given
$20 of ten days; they failed to pay
and are. serving their time as guests
of our marshal.
A fight between John Abramson
and another man in front of the
Junction saloon recently, resulted in
a sound drubbing for John’s oppon
ent Both men escaped being called
into court, though there is a dispos1
tion on the part of the. people here
to put a stop to the drunken brawls j
that have been of such frequent oc
currence here for a long time.
A pool tournament recently plaved
in Rust & McKinney’s pool parlors
resulted in a victory for C. P.
Brown, who easily demonstrated his
superiority over the rest of the con
estants. Another tournament is now j
n progress, which should be finished
tomorrow, in which Mr. Brown has
aeen given a heavy handicap, is at
.rac-ting much of interest. At this
same pool parlor last Monday night,'
he proprietors tendered their table,
:o the ladies for an evening’s play,.
vhich was taken advantage of by;
sight or nine of the ladies who;
seemed to greatly enjoy the sport, j
fhe ladies are to be given another
chance to show their “cue” dexterity
text Monday night.
A movement was started today
ooking to a term of school for the
children of McCarthy. Something
like 24 come within the school
ige. As is well known, the Me- ’
Carthy school is situated nearly 3j
miles from McCarthy, and of course
it is impossible for the scholars to'
ittend during the winter. The sug-j
gestion was to give two entertain-!
ments each month, preferably dances;
to defray the expenses of the room!
necessary and the teacher’s wages, i
fhe suggestion met with much en-!
rouragement. John Baltuff said that
le would furnish a suitable room forj
he conduct of the sc’tool for $13!
nnr month, which seems very reason-,
tide. j
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im. HALE RETURNING
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Dr. C. L. Hale, dentist, who went
nutside for the Christmas holidays,
is returning on the steamer Ala
meda, which sailed from Seattle last
Saturday night.
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news!
s read in the Chitina Leader.
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