.ALASKA NOTES
(From our Exchanges.)
Strawberries in Vuldcz are now $8
per crate.
The Seward gun elub held a mid
night shoot on the night o£ June 21.
Charles liudy, a chicken rancher
near Juneau, lias a (lock of 600 chick
ens on his ranch.
Treadwell has set September 1 as
the date for the reopening of the pub
lic schuol in that city.
Hr. I). I'. (Itililn, a well known den
tist of the Copper river valley, has
opened an otllce in Juneau.
Crit Tolman, Harry Ellsworth and
Art Spencer shot a mountain gout
and a black bear recently on Fourth
of July creek near Seward.
The Juneau city council is consid
ering an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of liquors to inmates of the re
stricted district of that city.
A. Biiva, a San Francisco man, now
in Seward, is making inquiries for a
160-acre tract of land near Anchor
age for colonization purposes.
VV. H. Golder, agent at St. Michael
for the Northern Commercial Com
pany, has resigned his position to be
come effective late this summer.
Robert Kctchison, who has been ill
at Cordova for the past 18 months is
in Juneau on his way to the Sitka
Hot Springs for rest and treatment.
The Ketchikan lodge of the Arctic
Brotherhood formally opened its new
hall recently with a dance for the
lodge members and their families and
friends.
Rev. E. S. Bollinger was a recent
arrival sit Dougins to fill the pulpit
of the Congregational church made
vacant by the resignation of Rev.
L'linstead.
It is rumored in Fairbanks that the
government will purchase the Tana
na Valley railroad in connection with
tlie construction of the government
railroad.
A report has reached Fairbanks
that Scow Davis had the misfortune
to lose all of his toes from the ef
fects of freezing while working in the
woods near the Eagle last winter.
J. T. Clifton, an old tinier in the
Fortymllc country, having resided
there continuously since 1901, reached
Fairbanks recently after making the
trip overland from Fortymile.
Harry Brandon, a Juneau youth,
rode his bicycle off the wharf at that
place and fell into the water. He
struck his head on the side of a boat
in his descent and was badly bruised.
Trainmen on the government rail
road at Seward had their eyes tested
recently by Seward physicians by or
der of the engineering commission.
Tests for color and distance were
made.
The Crow Creek Mining Company,
operating a hydraulic plant, are em
ploying twelve men and are reported
to have moved 100,000 yards of gravel
in one week recently'.
Since the present city council at
Seward came Into office City Clerk
I’oehlmann has issued more building
permits than his predecessor was
asked for in the year before.
Mrs. A. A. Tremlett, wife of a
Ketchikan man, tried to commit sui
cide twice in one day recently, first
by turning on the gas in her apart
ments and then by jumping into
Green Lake.
The governor’s office desires infor
mation as to the whereabouts of Sam
uel Mcl’hee, formerly of Puguash,
Nova Scotia. A brother writing to
the governor’s office, stutes that he
has not heard from the missing man
for 11 years: when last heard from
he was in Nome.
Julius Miller, who was sentenced
recently to two years imprisonment
for assault with a dangerous weapon,
was given an additional sentence of
two years after being convicted of
the crime of burglary.
Ed Uhl of the Pioneer machine shop
is working on n boiler which gives
promise cf being a welcome addition
ta the prospector’s outfit says the
Idltnrod Pioneer. Heretofore about
- the lightest boiler that could be fash
ioned that would operate two points
for thawing purposes weighed from
three hundred to four hundred
pounds. Air. L'ld’s plan contemplates
the construction of a boiler capable
of this test which will weigh not to
exceed 100 pounds. And this h'e is
able to accomplish by the aid of his
acetylene welding appliance, The
joints of the various tubes will be
welded instead of being fitted as for
merly, thus doing away with the ne
cessity for heavy eastings which have
to he tapped for the tube fillings.
lie expects to have the boiler in
running order within a short time and
there is likely to be a keen demand
for them if It turns out to be practica
ble, as seems assured.
The Canadian Pacific steamship
line has announced a raise in rates
from southeastern Alaskan points to
Seattle to conform to the rates of
the other steamship lines operating
in southeastern Alaska waters.
The Standard Copper Alines com
pany Li Alaska, of Dover, Dida., has
a .. a I .e,, , ... in.'!!,.. .
Xeereturj Charles K. Davidson. Tin
company is incorporated for aoO.oou
and James A. Hourkc of Valdez is
named resident agent for purpose of
suit.
The Fairbanks city council is puz
zling over its responsibility in u case
where it ordered a man to kill his pet
dog because it was alleged to have
bitten a child, and after the fell deed
had been accomplished it was tlisco
ered that the dog killed was not the
animal at fault.
The Boston Group Gold Mining
Company asks for $500 damages and
an injunction . Win. Britt, John li.
Marshall, fnited States commission
er, et nl„ for building a house on
ihe Boston group of claims and a road
way therefrom on Seventh street io ,n
Franklin.
The Alaskan engineering commis
sion is said to he planning on the
construction of a telephone line from
Fairbanks to Nenana to he finished
this summer.
Tom Hogan, Chris. Golterman and
F. (>. Anderson reached Fairbanks i
cently from a prospecting trip which
extended 40n miles up the Porcu
pine river.
Anchorage now has the largest and
best equipped newspaper plant in the
territory. The Kmpiro is installing
a Duplex press and another typsat
ting machine.
Recent reports from Pocrman, in
the Ruby district nre to the effect
that all the outfits nre huso sluicing
and are well pleased with the outlook
for the season.
Frank Lewis was arrested at Poor
man on a warrant from Hot Springs
charging him with the larceny of four
dogs. Lewis was on his way to the
Tolstoi strike.
Fred Bnrrinsohn, who fell down i
ffiO-foot shaft near Fairbanks re
cently, is sufficiently reocverd from
the effects of his fall to tie able to
walk out again.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned. W. .1. Howe, has leased the
Seward Peninsula Railroad, extending
from Nome to Shelton, Alaska, and is
in possession anil control of the same;
all persons are notified and warned to
keep off tgiid railroad anil roadbed,
and not to travel over or upon the
same.
Any and all persons traveling over
or upon said railroad will bo tres
passers and treated as such in ac
cordance witli law.
(Signed) W. J. HOWL,
Lessee.
OVERSTOCKED.
To I lie putillv-.—
We have just finished stock taking,
and find that we arc heavily overstocked
so are making enormous reductions in
Hardware—as much as uti per cent In
certain lines Notwithstanding immense
advances outside, especially In Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we nre still sell
ing on the basis of goods purchased I lie
past two or three years.
We will sell for cash only at these
prices, and for a 11 mite i time, until we
bring our slock down to tlie require
nients of the camp.
If you liave an order to bo filled, let
us figure on It; we can save you money.
We have proved It to others, wo can
prove It to you.
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