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LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(Prom Thursday’s Daily.)
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Hunt, of Valdez,
are registered at the Crescent.
The members of the Bill's club will
hold their regular weekly meeting to
night at 8 o'clock at the club room.
Dick Doherty, the coal king, is in
from Moose creek and will be in the
city several days attending to busi
ness matters.
Henry Emard, of the Anchorage
Realty company, announces the sale
of lot 3 in block 117 from L. A:
Brown to Jack Bunting.
Wm. Martin came down from the
mine yesterday with the weekly clean
up and reports that they have recent
ly struck some high-grade ore run
ning $250.00 per ton.
One interesting feature in connec
tion with the town lot sale at the
Junction yesterday was the large
number of Russians who bought prop
erty and this nationality was largely
in the majority of town lot buyers.
Manager Rothenthal, of the Junc
tion team, has sent in the following
line-up for the All-Anchorage team:
Amundsen, catcher, Costello-Sheets,
pitchers; Sullivan, lb; Nicholls, 2b;
Rochon, ss; Austin, 3b; Levine, Cun
ningham and Flieshmann, fielders.
The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge
club met with Miss Lena Cohen yes
terday afternoon, Mrs. I. H. Fliesh
mann winning first prize and Mrs. N.
N. Jaffe the second prize. The
games were closely contested and the
afternoon very much enjoyed by all
the members present.
A. A. Shonbeck attended the town
lot sale at the Junction yesterday and
was among the Anchorage business
men who purchased lots in the new
railroad town. Mr. Shonbeck said
this morning that he will establish a
branch store at the Junction in the
very near future.
The Policy Bros, who were among
the Anchorage business men repre
sented at the town lot sale at the
Junction yesterday, were fortunate in
securing a desirable location for
their branch store which they will
establish at that place as soon as
the necessary arrangements can be
made.
Kev. J. L. Hughes arrived in An
chorage on the steamer Alameda and
comes to this country as an assistant
to Dr. McBride. Rev* Hughes will
have charge of all missionary work
up the line and will be actively en
gaged in this work among the farm
ers of the valley and the different
railroad camps.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cavny have
moved over from Knik and will make
this city their future home. Mr.
Cavny has had charge of the Knik
store for Brown and Hawkins and
was transferred to Anchorage when
the firm abandoned the mercantile
business at that place. Mr. Cavny is
taking a vacation while superin
tending the erection of the new resi
dence he is building in the southern
part of the city.
C. G. Limcooly, representing the
Border Line Transportation company,
left this morning for Seattle on the
freighter Northland. Mr. Limcooly
formerly operated the ill-fated steam
er Eastland, however, he was not in
charge of her at the time of the Chi
cago river disaster a few years ago.
Mr. Limcooly was favorably im
pressed with business conditions in
Anchorage and will probably return
on the next sailing on the Northland.
In mentioning the new mach'nery
recently installed by Dr. J. H McCal
lie The Daily l ines referred to Di
McCallie as being a member of the
territorial dental board, in which it
erred. Mr. McCallie is a member of
the Alaska Dental association and is
on the aid and distress committee of
this association and while the doctor
is showang signs of gray hairs he is
always on the lookout for modern
machinery and new methods neces
sary to his large practice.
(From Friday s uaiiy.)
The local attorneys recently met
and formed the Anchorage Bar asso
ciation, with Judge Waller as presi
dent and Arthur Frame secretary.
The telegraph and telephone depart
ment is now installing a private
branch exchange with other modern
improvements at Matanuska.
The electric light and power depart
ment :s busi.y engaged in keeping
abreast with the carpenter work now
being pushed on commission and other
public buddings.
Mrs. A. J. Walters and two children
left on the morning train for the
Junction to join her husband, ywho is
stationed in that vicinity in the em
ploy of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
The city administration is putting
down a sidewalk on the west side of
E street between 4th and 5th avenue
to connect with the flight of stairs
going to the commercial freight de
pot at the foot of E street,
dez, where he long made his head
N. E. Ohlsson, recently appointed a
deputy United Stat?3 marshal, with
headquarters at Glacier creek, has
gone to assume his new duties. Mr.
Ohlsson is a pioneer resident of Alas
ka, coming to Anchorage from Va!
quarters.
A. D. Collins has been appointed as
chief clerk to Townsite Manager J. G.
Watts, to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of W. H. Griggs tq Ne
nana. Mr. Collins comes well recom
mended from the purchasing office at
Seattle, and assumed his duties this
Vessels Needed
to Carry Cargoes
for the Railroad
LARGE FREIGHT CONSIGNMENTS
ASSEMBLED AT BALBOA
AWAITING SHIPMENT
TO ANCHORAGE.
The steamship companies operat
ing on the Seattle-Anchorage run
have been approached by the Panama
canal commission in regard to trans
porting additional steel, locomotives
and railroad building equipment
which is to be sent to the Alaskan En
gineering commission at Anchorage.
Preparations are being made to
ship additional equipment to the north
from the stock of surplus and obso
lete engines, cars and steam shovels
left over from the construction of the
Panama canal, two shiploads of which
have already been sent to Anchorage.
Arrangements for transportation
have not been made and Seattle
steamship officials have been asked to
keep the matter in mind and advise
the commission if they will be able
to handle the shipments. The equip
ment will probably be ready to load
aboard ship by September 1 and will
consist of seven narrow-gauge loco
motives, two seventy-five-ton steam
shovels, four standard locomotives of
five-foot gauge, and 50 Lidgerwood
at cars. The heaviest lifts among
the knocked-down parts are the loco
motive boilers, weighing 15 tons each,
and the steam shovel car bodies,
weighing about 14 tons each. The
total shipment measures about"3,000
tons. The engines, cars and steam
shovels are being crated at Balboa.
If the shipments are delivered at
Cook inlet this season they will have
to leave Balboa by October 1.
LARGE CARGOES OF STEEL
RAILS COMING TO ANCHORAGE
Shipments of 70-pound steel rails,
fittings and angles, aggregating 20,
000 tons, to be used in the construc
tion of the government railroad in
Alaska will be shipped from eastern
steel mills via Seattle to Anchorage,
during July, August and September.
Six thousand tons of the rails, fit
tings and angles are to be loaded by
July 15, and the other 14,000 tons dur
ing August and September.
The United States collier Nanshan
and the United States army transport
Crook are expected in Seattle, the lat
ter part of this month to load cargo
for the government railroad in Alas
ka.
Reports Conflict
About the Camp
Being a Winner
(Iditarod Pioneer)
During the past week there have
been several arrivals in the city and
district from the Tolstoi district, and
the reports they bring as to develop
ments there vary from the optimistic
to the pessimistic. All the returned
prospectors seem to be agreed, how
ever, that while pay dirt has not
been found in sufficient quantities to
warrant a belief that a permanent
camp will be established, yet there
are good indications that a pay streak
may be developed. Some are even en
thusiastic enough to predict that a
camp of considerable size will be es
tablished there, but as a rule these
predictions seem to be founded on
hope rather than fact. It is notice
able that there is no inclination to
invest money there as yet, and the
tide of travel seems to have set in
from the diggings instead of toward
them. It is said that many of those
now there are preparing to leave.
From the various reports brought
in, the opinion is formed that practi
cally the only “pay” ground so far de
veloped is that on Boob creek, cover
ing, as far as present news goes, but
three claims. It is still claimed by
some, however, that there is pay on
other creeks, but prospects that here
tofore have been reported as having
pay have been found to sho'v noth
ing that would justify their being
worked.
Because of the fact that the pay on
Boob creek seems to be confined to a
small area, and that neither above
nor below that point has anything of
value been found, the belief is general
that an ancient river bed runs at
right angles with that creek, and
there has been considerable prospect
ing on the benches, without, however,
finding anything in the nature of
pay, though it is said that large
gravel deposits have been encoun
tered.
Among those who returned from
the district during the week were
Clarence White, “Big Lars” Otness,
Louis Muir and Billy Kay.
“Big Lars” is among those who be
lieve that the pay on Boob creek will
be found in the benches and it is un
derstood to be his intention to return
there in the fall and do considerable
prospecting work.
A letter received by - Postmaster
William Ansley from the new town of
Cooper, dated June 1, states that the
first boat to arrive at the new camp
was the Loew-Victor, the vessel own
ed and operated by Dan Gillis, who is
well known here. Haley & Griffis got
their freight as far as the mouth of
Madison. Jack Mutchler had just ar
rived with horses from Woodchopper
and stampeders were arriving from
all directions.
^ What is purported to be the richest quartz strike ^
^ ever made in this part of Alaska is reported from the ^
^ head of Peterson creek, in the Willow creek district, ^
^ and such reliable mining men as Wm. Martin, Fred ^
^ McCoy and Fred Laubnbr substantiate the claim of ^
^ Jesse Garber in his assertion that he has made the ^
^ “Goddess’ ’that rules the Willow creek district show ^
❖ the hole card, and it was covered with gold—free gold. ^
^ This strike was made within the past few days ^
and Mr. Garber was in Anchorage yesterday, filing ^
^ the necessary papers making himself and associates ^
^ owners of a very rich group of quartz elaims in the ^
^ Willo wcreek district. The fortunate associates of ^
^ Mr. Garber and the ones in on the ground floor and ^
^ who furnished the grub stake are Fred McCoy, Stuart ^
^ Maxwell, C. H. Thompson and Miss Annie W. Dickey. ^
Messrs. Maxwell and McCoy left Anchorage today to ^
^ accompany Mr. Garber to the new strike and see for ^
^ themselves and arrange for immediate development of ^
^ the property. ^
^ Jesse Garber left Anchorage on the 12th of June ^
^ for the hills to the north of Knik and says he prospect- ^
♦ cd a section that had never previously been visited; ^
^ the original find was a float which, followed down, re- ^
suited ‘n urn overing a ledge near the head of Peterson ^
^> creek, making an ideal location for a mine and mill ^
^ site. ^
^ This property is about eight miles north and west ^
^ from the Martin mine and six niTTfcs due north of the ^
Gold Bullion, and Mr. Garber, who is one of the best ^
^ prospectors in the country and very reliable, feels that ^
^ he is justified in saying that nothing to equal this dis- ^
^ eovery of high-grade ore has ever been found in this ^
^ part of Alaska. One feature in connection with the ^
^ strike is that the property is not for sale, nor is any ^
^ part of it for sale; the men connected with Mr. Garber ^
^ are financially able to put in a modem and complete ^
^ outfit at once and have gone to the strike with this end ^
^ in view. The result of their visit will mean that active ^
^ development will start at once and men put to work, ^
$> machinery installed and the Jesse B. be added to the ^
^ gold producers of this famous gold quartz section of ^
^ Alaska. ^
^ Tn opening up tlie Jesse B. Claim proper Mr. Gar- ^
^ her took out 15 tons of free milling ore and uncovered ^
^ live leads of milling ore within 150 feet of each other; ^
^ with the veins ranging from two to eight feet in width. ^
^ The ore is a chloride and exceptionally high value* ^
^ and the Jesse B. has all the ear marks of being a divi- ^
^ dend-payer from the start. ^
^ The many friends of Jesse Garber are congratu- ^
^ lating him on his strike and all say that he is deserv- ^
^ ing of his good luck. For 37 years he has been tramp- ^
^ ing the hills of California, Nevada, Arizona and Alas- ^
^ ka in the ceaseless search for gold and like most of the ^
^ old-time prospectors is superstitious and in his hunch ^
^ that his luck comes with the decades he is right for in ^
^ 1886-1896-1906 he made strikes that netted him fair ^
^ returns, but the climax came in 1916 and the discovery ^
^ of the vein that made the Jesse B. possible means that ^
^ the dreams of this old-time prospector have came true ^
^ and he will be permitted to spend the balance of his ^
^ life in clipping coupons as the result of his untiring ^
& and persistent efforts to make the one big strike. ^
❖ ❖
IE LEASE
Word came this morning that the
free lease permit had been granted on
ten-acre coal leases extending over a
period of two years. This means a
great deal to Anchorage and the
railroad project and it is largely due
to the efforts of A. Christensen that
this free lease has been allowed. The
Daily Times will comment at 'length
on this important issue and what it
means to this city in tomorrow’s pa
per.
ADDITIONAL ALASKA NEWS.
Ed Uhl, a machinist of Iditarod,
has invented a thawing boiler capable
of operating two, points which weighs
only 100 pounds.
Roy A. Dyke, a clerk in the office
of Sumner Smith, the federal mine in
spector, has been admitted to the
practice of law at Juneau.
George W. Nelson, the constructing
contractor of the Goose Bay-Bering
river railroad, has gone to the states
to purchase supplies.
Ross Kinney, superintendent for
the road commission, j has a force of
15 men repairing the roads and trails
in the vicinity of Knik.
Judge Robert Jennings of the dis
trict court of the First division, is
taking a two weeks’ vacation and will
visit Victoria and other points.
Development on an extensive scale
will soon be commenced »on the prop
erty of the Endiqott Mining & Mil
ling company at William Henry bay,
on Lynn canal.
The Independents of Fairbanks re
cently gathered in secret session and
nominated Dan Sutherland of Ruby
for territorial senator, and Andrew
Nerland, of Fairbanks, for representa
tive. At the same time E. B. Collins,
of Fairbanks, was endorsed as a can
didate for representative.
SEWARD, July 28.—The democrat
ic divisional convention is in session
here today, A. J. Dimond, of Valdez,
being elected temporary chairman. At
the time’ this dispatch was sent, 2:30
this afternoon there had been no
nominations for legislative candidates.
AUTO SERVICE FROM
KNIK TO WILLOW CREEK
The "town of Knik is to have a new
automobile transfer company that
will operate from Knik to the Willow
creek mining district, taking in the
intermediate farming section.
Edward Maddox, Clifton Griffith
and Tom Kerwin left Anchorage this
morning on the launch Swan with
three Ford automobiles for Knik to
run# a freight and passenger service
from Knik to the Willow creek mines.
The company will meet the launch
Swan on her daily trips from Anchor
age to Knik and make a specialty of
the mining business.
In addition to the local traffic the
company are going after tourist trav
el and will arrange a schedule and
fix rates for travelers and fishing par
ties into the mining district and the
hills north of Knik.
The new auto line will make the
Martin, Mable and Independence
mines and connect with the Gold Bul
lion pack train and make travel much
easier into that rapidly developing
mining section. They will also send
out advertising matter and co-operate
with the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce to make the Knik-Willow creek
trip a side trip for the tourist and
pleasure seeker as well as the invest
or and the miner.
Read The Daily Times and be an
Anchorage booster.
The steamship Alameda arrived in
Anchorage at 11 o'clock last night
with the following first-class passen
gers for Anchorage:
Harry R. Brown, Mrs. H. A. Pol
ley, Mrs. B. Dinnitz, J. L. Hughes,
Mrs. J. A. Laubner, Ed Mahle, Miss
C. Thompson, Miss M. Albertson, G.
H. Levey, G. Thayer, C. R. Francke,
l^els Peterson, Miss C. Forsyth, Mrs.
E. S. Lee, C. J. Atkinson, L. H. Mor
ris, R. Hutchings, Judge Munley, P.
S. Hunt and wife, T. B. Beck, as
Jung, J. J. Lyons, R. Wakelin, R.
Smith G. W. Seay and wife, Mrs. L.
M. Smith, Mrs. M. Grau.
Outgoing Passengers.
The following were the outgoing
passengers aboard the steamer Ala
meda that sailed for Seattle and inter
mediate points at 6 o’clock this
morning:
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Hudson, Miss
Keen, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Normile,
Miss Arolene Normile, Sidney Ander
son, Mrs. Kurth, Miss Kurth, Mrs. D.
R. Wymore, Mrs. E.. J. Cory and
daughter, W. M. Russell, P. J. Pel
tret, E. E. Husted, H. G. Steel, Thos.
King, G. W. Jones, Florence Gray,
Jack Deed, Gus Carlson, Louis Cel
line and Capt. A. E. Lathrop.
Tourists on Alameda.
It was a good night -for the auto
mobiles and city guides and this city
only lacks a sightseeing car with a
spieler with a stentorian voice to fin
ish the metropolitan air. A party of
35 round-trippers spent a delightful
three hours on shore visiting Anchor
age; many of them taking the auto
mobiles and Secretary Koch had quite
a number with him. The party was a
gay one and they seemed to enjoy ev
ery minute of their time ashore.
Most of the party signed the honor
roll at the Chamber of Sommerce and
registered from many states but for
the most part were from New York
and the east. Naturally the party as
a whole expressed their appreciation
of the reception and attention accord
ea tnem ana tneir opinions ot Anchor
age were all in favor of the city. The
following comprised the party:
Mrs. R. C. Reed, Miss M. E. Scott,
Miss M. P. Scott, Miss M. Arney, Miss
R. Odell, Miss M. Wilson, Miss E. Al
lard, Miss L. Hersted, Miss K. Ester
ly, Miss M. Donovan, E. A. Ziebarth,
Miss V. M. McCoomb, C. S. Packer
and wife, W. R. Rust and wife, Arthur
Rust, K. Sloper, Mrs. Sloper, Mrs. A.
G. Johnson, Miss J. Johnson, I. S.
Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Bisbee, Mrs. L.
M. Cassett, T. L. Wells, Mrs. W. Arm
strong, Mrs. H. T. Watkins, Mrs. S.
Arend, Miss E. Butterfield, J. G. Eul
mer, W. B. Eulmer, Mrs. M. J. New
man, Mrs. A. C. Hines, Mrs. S. A.
Crocker, Sr., T. Mavor.
SIMPLE LIFE FOR
OLD RAILROADER
“Post Hole” Pete McCartin and
his two partners Chas. Cunard and
Jack Flannagin are down from their
farm in the Matanuska valley to sign
up for a station contract with the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Pete made The Daily Times office a
pleasant call yesterday and in addi
tion ^to subscribing for the paper told
in his characteristic manner just why
he was a farmer and on the way to
opulence.
“I am off of this city stuff for life,”
said Pete as he lighted his “jimmy”
and settled down for an interesting
reminiscence of railroad life that he
had followed for years. “I helped
build the Grand Trunk and the Cana
dian Pacific, but what did I get out of
it?—nothing but hard work and not a
bit of glory. Life in the railroad
construction camps is exciting and in
teresting; there is always a rush and
a roar connected with it that I liked,
but the lure of the city called me and
after a few months in Seattle playing
a minintnw nnrt nf a Mnriran it
wasn’t long before a square meal and
myself were strangers. The Alaska
idea occurred to me and in company
with my two partners we worked the
steamship company for our passage
to Anchorage. Knowing so many of
the railroad boys on other works we
soon got jobs here and decided then
and there to save our money and buy
a farm. After saving enough money
to mak^ the proper application and
buy seed potatoes and grub we took
up a homestead in the valley. It was
a lucky stroke for us for we now have
in 12 acres of the finest spuds in the
country and a whole acre of cabbage,
in addition to other small garden
truck and I wouldn’t trade my Mata
nuska valley farm for any similar
acreage in the states.
“The potatoes and garden truck are
advanced far enough so that they do
not need any further attention until
harvest time and my partners and
myself are going to take a contract
with the government and from now
on all of our earnings go to improve
that Matanuska valley farm.”
Kyvig Saltery Doing Well.
Aron Ericson, the game warden, re
turned from an official trip to the Ke
nai peninsula yesterday and brought
back some interesting pictures of the
Kyvig saltery located at the mouth of
Swanson creek. This saltery is work
ing 18 men at the present time and
the season’s output will be in the
neighborhood of 1,500 barrels of sal
mon, most of which will be shipped
to Seattle. Mr. Ericson reported a
premature run of humpback salmon
recently that was so heavy it broke
the guides and the three traps the
saltery is operating.
Sourdough Wins
Miss Dora Keen
NOTED MILLIONAIRE WOMAN
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER MAR
RIES MAN WHO ES
CORTED ON TRIPS.
Dora Keen, the noted million dollar
woman mountain climber, and Geo.
William Handy, a sourdough of Al
aska, were married at McCarthy, Al
aska, recently. Behind this, says the
Juneau Empire, there rests romance
in real life—the story of the struggle
of a man and woman against the el
ements—the proof that Dan Cupid
lives not only in the langurous at
mosphere of the tropics or along the
shores of moonlit lakes in more tem
perate climates, but that he abides
also in the most primitive and inac
cessible wildernesses.
Miss Dora Keen is wealthy in her
own right. She is a noted explorer
and mountain climber. Her husband
is a frontiersman of the best type—
courageous^ determined, resourceful.
Their acquaintance began in 1912 at
McCarthy, Alaska Fresh from the
conquest of Mont Blanc, the Matter
horn and other high peaks in Europe,
Miss Keen went to Alaska to try an
ascent of Mount Blackburn, whose
summit, 16,140 feet above sea level,
had never been trodden by foot ot
man—or woman.
In the party that accompanied her
were George Handy, John Barrett
Bob Isaacson, Axel Walstrom, John
Bloomquist, C. W. Kolb and W. W.
Lang, all seasoned Alaskans, accus
tomed to living in the higher alti
tudes and immune to the cold winds
that swept down on them from Sco
Jai glacier. They left McCarthy on
April 22, and, all walking on snow
shoes, reached the base of the nor
thern mammoth mountain, five days
later.
Three days afterward Miss Keen
was within a day’s travel of the top
of the mountain, when a furious
storm broke loose and raged with in
creasing velocity and violence foi
thirteen days. In the blizzard of
whirling snow they were unable to
see each other at a distance*of a
few feet. They were without a tent
or shelter. Handy, with his snow
shoes, dug caverns into the snow,
and there the party crouched till
the storm subsided.
On May 14 the wind died down.
Aiicy were tiie-i diiurt ui iuuu, uut
Miss Keen determined to reach the
summit before returning. Togethei
with Handy, she conquered th<
mountain on May 19.
The returning journey was full oi
peril. The weather warmed anc
many avalanches crashed down tht
serrated sides of the mountain. The
glaciers which they had crossed be
gan to open up big crevasses in new
and unexpected places. Another
blizzard overtook them, but this
time they faced the howling winds
for they were then in lower alti
tudes. They finally reached their
base camp, and ultimately Miss Keer
returned to Cordova and thence t(
the United States.
She came north last June. Sh(
said nothing of her intentions. Per
haps in the back of her mind was the
thought that the man who could con
quer a northern blizzard and Mounl
Blackburn was a good man to tie u
for a life partner. But this is i
mere conjecture.
There’s no telling exactly when
Dan Cupid stepped in, for the ange'
of death and the angel of love stall
side by side on the northern moun
tain trails, and romance wander;
loose in the mystic land, “where nor
thern lights come down o’ nights tc
dance on the houseless snows.”
FAMOUS WOMAN MINER OF
INTERIOR STRIKES IT RICE
Mrs. Cleveland, the famous womar
miner, of Fairbanks, and her partner
Howell, will take out a fortune or
Woodchopper creek during the com
ing season, according to the Fair
banks News-Miner.
Their first clean-up, made recently
amounted to $68,000, according to ad
vices from the lower river. While
all will be glad to wish Howell, who is
a progressive miner, the best of li^ck
all old-timers will be delighted foi
Mrs. Cleveland’s sake, for no womar
ever lived in the north has done more
to develop the country.
For almost 20 years Mrs. Cleve
land has been spending tens of thou
sands of dollars, in developing the
country and opening up new mininj
ground, to say nothing of the thou
sands that she has given to grubstak<
prospectors.
BORDER LINE CO. TO
ENTER LOCAL TRADI
Mr. Limecooly, a representative oJ
the Border Line Transportation com
pany of Seattle, made the trip on tb(
freighter Northland which his com
pany has recently taken over frorr
the Anchorage Supply company am
says that his company, which oper
ates a string of freighters in south
eastern Alaska is branching out ant
is after a part of the immense vol
ume of business that is coming t<
Anchorage. The Northland whicl
reached Anchorage Sunday aftemoor
will be used on this run and in addi
tion to the 252-ton cargo it broughl
for the commission, had a shipmeni
for A. A. Schonbeck and Brown ant
Hawkins.
The Northland also brought 1,200,
000 feet of commercial lumber to b<
divided between the Anchorage Sup
ply company and the North Sid<
Lumber company.
DEATH CALLS
CHIEF NICHOLAI
The Daily Times has received au
thentic information that Chief Nicfc
olai died several days ago at Point
Possession from consumption and
that this dreaded disease was working
havoc with the natives of that section.
It is reported that Chief Nicholai’s
wife and seven children are in a bad
way and several of them are in the
last stages of the disease. It has
been brought to the attention of The
Daily Times that some steps should
be taken to relieve the situation as
the family of Chief Nicholai is virtu
ally destitute and without medical
aid.
The proper authorities should bd
notified and immediate assistance
given these people.
Chief Nicholai has been at the head
of his tribe for many years and was
looked up to by his tribesmen as a
man of judgment; he was authority
in all matters pertaining to their fish
ing and hunting rights end he was a
picturesque character well known to
the old-timers in the inlet.
Lone Prospector
Attacked by Bear
METVANIMAL IN TRAIL WHILE
GOING TO VALDEZ FROM
THE TALKEETNA COUN
TRY RECENTLY.
(Valdez Prospector)
A. R. Busch, a prospector, was bad
ly bitten by a huge brown bear about
eight miles from Simpson’s roadhouse
on the Valdez-Fairbanks road, and is
now at the St. Elias hotel in this city,
slowly recovering from his wounds. n
Busch had been prospecting in the
Talkeetna river country and was on
his way to Valdez for supplies. He
traveled alone and was without weap
ons. When within about eight miles
of the road house on the evening of
July 8, he suddenly came upon a
large brown bear coming toward him
in the trail. So sudden was the meet
ing that neither had time to turn
aside. The bear attacked Busch, bit
ing him through the left leg several
times, and twisting his knee severely.
Busch beat the bear over the nose
with a stick he was carrying until he
let go and turned away. After going
a short distance the bear turned and
again charged his victim, but was
scared away by Busch’s shouts. Busch
attempted to get to his feet, but was
unable to stand. With his hunting
knife he managed to fashion a pair
of crude crutches from two small wil
low forks, and with these to assist
him started for the roadhouse. It
took him 20 hours to cover the eight
miles, and he was completely exhaust
ed when he reached his destination.
After staying at the roadhouse for
several days he came to town in one
of the stages and is now under the
care of a physician. The wounds made
by the bear’s teeth are entirely
through the calf of the leg, and are
large enough to stick a finger through.
He expects to be able to be about
in a couple of weeks, as his wounds
are healing nicely and the swelling in
the limb subsiding.
DREDGE FOR CANDLE
CREEK TO BE INSTALLED
(Iditarod Pioneer)
Fred Levy, the Kankee creek min
er, who arrived in the city on Wed
nesday last, reports that it is current
rumor in the Kuskokwim and Innoko
countries that there will be a dredge
installed on Candle creek at an early
date. The report is that the machin
ery will be received at McGrath or
some other point on the upper Kus
kokwim early this summer ready for
freighting to Candle creek during the
coming fall and winter.
Also he reports that the Flume
: Dredging company, of which William
; Saupe is the representative, is secur
ing options on large tracts of ground
in the Innoko country, with the object
of installing a dredge. It will be re
. membered that Mr. Saupe visited the
Ophir district in the fall and winter
. of 1913 and 1914, and made extensive
. investigations there for his company.
. They have purchased a half interest
. in the famous Mayflower association
. and have taken options on several
. claims on the lower end of Yankee
creek. The ground is low-grade. Mr.
Saupe is due in ^September with a
gasoline drill.
< A wagon road is being built from
Big creek to Ganes creek by Thorns
. & Higgins, and the new road is ex
pected to reduce considerably the cost
, of hauling freight from the Kusko
kwim river to the Innoko diggings.
Launches are able to bring loads of
considerable size from the Kusko
kwim up Big creek, and thence it is
hauled by wagon to Ganes creek.
WEATHER REPORT.
7 a. m. July 28, 1916.
Station Temp. Day
Ship Creek .56 Rain
Summit.54 Cloudy
Girdwood.54 Cloudy
Mile 52 . 53 Cloudy
Seward . 58 Cloudy
Mat. Jet.54 Cloudy
Moose Creek .... 56 Cloudy
Wind
Calm
Calm
Calm
Calm
Calm
Calm
Calm
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