ALASKA NOTES
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(From our Exchanges.)
Fritz, the road house keeper at the
Ditna has killed two of the latgesi
black wolves ever seen in that vicin
ital.
Patients at the St. Ann hospital at
Douglas were recntly given a con
cert by the Treadwell orchestra, un
der the leadership of Paul Kegel. II
lasted for nearly an hour and was en
joyed hugely by the patients.
Andy Lewis of Juneau, who has been
paralyzed for some days following
a fall at the A. B. swimming tank
where he struck upon his head, hae
been taken to his home in Portland
where he will receive treatment.
A daughter has been born to Alt
and Airs. Charles Alitchell of Fair
banks. Airs. Alitchell graduated from
the Fairbanks high school only a cou
ple of years ago and the baby is the
first to be born to a Fairbanks grad
uate.
A. E. Kindcll, 16 years postmastei
of Skagway, has retired from office
and Alartin Conway, retired United
States commissioner assumed the
duties of the office.
tills P.Clary, 26 years of age, was
instantly killed by a fall of rock in the
mine at Treadwell a few days ago. He
was barring down a loose piece of
rock when another one immediately
over his head caved in burying him
almost completely.
Acting Governor Charles E. David
son has issued two commissions as
commissioner of deeds to two women
In New York city. Alary Z. Shapiro
and Ethel gayer were the women ap
pointed and they are to act for the
state of New York.
John Lcroux, who was recently con
victed on the charge of breaking into
the cash register in the Merchants'
cafe, in Juneau, made his escape from
the federal Jail at that place, and suc
ceeded fn hiding out for several days
before hg was re-arrested.
Win. J. Bledsoe, jr., son of the
Kkagway pioneer grocer of that name
who has been in Chicago for some time
taking lessons in art, has been offered
• positions on Chicago papers, and may
. accept a position in that city after he
shall have completed his course.
No trace of E. Schwab, who disap
peared at Juneau March 22 has been
found, although searching parties
have been working ever since his dis
appearance. Secretary Charles E.
Davidson was appealed to and has au
thorized the expenses of another
searching party.
On a complaint of Mrs. Anna Pet
terson, Robert Baily of Gilmore, has
been taken into custody charged with
threatening to take the life of the
complainant. The complaint also al
legel that the prisoner wrenched tho
arm of the complainant and also
kicked her and calk'd her vicious
names.
A jury in the commissioners' court
•A Juneau found that Nick Faracelli,
who is charged with tho murder of
Mike Defina at Douglas is sone. Fara
celli had a fit in the court room when
his trial came up and the inqury as
to l is sanity was made at the order
of Judge Jennings. He is believed to
hate been shamming.
The Mamie copper mine, near
Ketchikan, is reported to have ship
ped 40,026 tons of ore last year. Sev
enty men are now employed at he
mine and are producing 200 tons of
ore dnily.
Old-time miners’ meetings are tho
method adopted in the Tolovana dis
trict for settling mining disputes and
unravelling tangles in claim bound
aries, which usually Involve expensive
litigation.
Mike Connell, who is thought to be
insane, Jumped overboard from the
boat which he was taking from Phom
ley to Ketchikan. He was rescued by
one of the crew of the boat with a
boathook.
Residents of Douglas and Juneau
saw one night recently a supposed
star, which moved slowly in the heav
ens and glowed red occasionally, and
tales of airships are being woven
about the incident.
G. M. Arbuckle, founder, proprietor
and editor of the Iditarod Pioneer,
met with a regretable accident while
passing through Ruby oh his way
from the outside to Iditarod. He was
standing on hoard the boat when the
deck hands, in pulling the gangplank
up, struck hint on the ankle. This
simple colision resulted rather seri
ously for Mr. Arbuckle, who, upon
his arrival at Iditarod, was laid up in
the hospitul for about two weeks.
The Harriman National Bank, of
Seward, has purchased a lot and will
build a reinforced concrete bank
building and vault. The work will be
gin as soon as the weather permits.
A Juneau paper says that when the
echoes of the daily blasting at the
Alaska-Juneau mine roll between the
hills they sound like the bombardment
of heavy guns in the distance.
The Marconi Company has purchas
ed 12 lots in the Irwin addition to
Juneau as the site for the new wire
less plant to be erected there.
1’. .1. Itickert, Past Worthy Presi
dent of the Fairbanks Eagles, was pre
sented with a watch by the members
of the lodge as a token of their ap
preciation of his work for the organi
zation.
Pay has been struck on the Doctor
bench claims on Chatanika, owned by
John Webster and J. H. O’Connor.
The owners have been prospecting
the claim off and on for the past nine
years.
Uev. C. K. Nicoll, who has been
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Whitehorse for the past three years,
has resigned his pastorate and will go
to Winnipeg to offer Jiis services in
the army.
A fatiil accidnet which cast gloom
over Bong City recurred July 8. when
a cave in occurred on No. 3 Bear pup,
killing Chris Money, one of the own
ers and operators of the ground. The
body of the unfortunate man was re
covered after about five minutes; but
death must have been almost instan
taneous, as, upon examination it was
found that his neck, back and both
arms were broken.
John Godell, former deputy marshal
at Sitka and a pioneer of Alaska, re
cently entered one of the bathrooms
of the Pioneers’ Home and committed
suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor. Judge Godell had been an in
mate of the Pioneer’s home since last
May, and it is thought his physical
condition as well as financial troubles
unsettled his mind temporarily. He
wits suffering from heart trouble,
Bright’s disease, goitre and other com
plicated diseases. He realized that his
diseases wer incurable and that he
had not long to live. Before cuttin'g
his throat, Judge Godall arranged all
of his business affairs, even to the
smallest details.
RAILROADS THE LARGEST
CONSUMERS OF COAL
The railroads of the United States
used 128,200,000 net tons of coal in
1915, or 24 per cent of the total out
put. The bituminous mines furnished
122,000,000 tons, or 28 per cent of their
production, and the Pennsylvania an
thracite region 6,200,000 tons, or 7 per
of its production. These figures are
complied by C. E. Lesher, of the Uni
ted States geological survey.
The roads In the Eastern district,
defined by the interstate commerce
commission ps thnt portion of the
United States lying north of Potomac
and Ohio rivers and east of Chicago,
Peoria and St. Louis, used 56,500,000
tons of bituminous coal and 6,200,000
tons of anthracite, a total of 62,700,
000 tons. The roads of the southern
district, that territory south of Poto
mac, used 22,000,000 tons of bitum
inous coal, and the western roads con
sumed 43,500,000 tons.
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We also make alterations, and we
do cleaning, pressing and repairing.
We appreciate your patronage. Yours
to please.
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owing to the scarcity of stock in the
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