ALASKA NOTES
(From our Exchanges.)
l’uul Woodliou.se, formerly nighl
clerk at the Juneau postofflee, has
been appointed United States deputy
marshal at Yatutnt, vitce James Estee
who was recently appointed but fail
ed to qualify on account of pool
health.
The city council of Cordova has rec
ommended that the school board ot
that city construct a covered play
ground for the children, which may
bo used when the weather is such
that the little ones cannot get out in
the open air.
An Overland auto, driven by Fred
Devlney, crashed through the front of
Qiovanettl’s grocery at Juneau, whom
it- j.i.ci aunuricu iu turn the cor
ner of Willoughby avenue at high
speed. Both the store and the auto
were badly smashed.
"Doc" Daws, the long geared (linger
pitched through thirteen innings of
the hardest kind of baseball recently
against the Treadwell team and held
them to six hits and struck out thir
teen men, proving that he is some
pitcher.
It is reported that Representative
W. T. Burns, of Fairbanks is being
urged by his friends as a candidate
for the territorial senate, and that
Daniel Webster, of the Kuskokwim
region, is being pushed by the demo
crats of that section for the nomina
tion.
The game warden at Anchorage re
ports that thousands of duck were
frozen to death in Cook inlet last win
tot, and that the shore was lined with
their bodies. This is an unusual oc
cnrtence, even in that locality, but the
winter was an unusually severe one.
The Alaska labor union at Anchor
age has telegraphed to Seattle for
lumber with which to cover the dance
floor of the union hall, making it the
best, ns well as the largest dancing
surface in Alaska.
That mysterious aeroplane, which
has been reported to have been seen
in the vicinity of Juneau during the
past few months, has been seen again,
this time tit Funter Bay, where it was
sighted by James Murphy, engineer
on the tug Anna Baron, at 2:30 in the
morning.
Juneau citizens have the habit of
slipping five dollar gold pieces for the
purchase of newspapers instead of the
customary nickel. This has happened
sq frequently that the editors are con
vinced that the purchasers believe
they' are getting their money’s' worth
at that price.
Chief of Police Guest, of Seward,
and Peter Micheson of that city, mix
ed it strenuously over tin order by the
officer for Pete to. move his house off
the street, with the result that Pete
was locked up in the city bastile and
the officer tried for unnecessary cruel
ty.
"Ooluh" Johnson, a Juneau survey
or, had a narrow escape from death
recently while working on a survey.
He slipped on a snow field high up in
the mountains and slid down the in
cline more than 200 feet before he
was able to right himself and get a
foot hold.
While Joe Stanton and C. L.. Hoyt
were coming in to Valdez over the
government trail this week, an im
mense bull moose walked out of the
bushes and trotted down the road
ahead of the men. Had Joe had his
nuto instead of a team he would have
run him down quickly.
Word comes from Fairbanks that
Thomas A. McGowan, who was de
feated for territorial senator in the
'Fourth division two years ago by
Senator O. P. Ousted, will again be
a candidate for the democratic nom
ination for that office to succeed Sen
ator Dan Sutherland.
The Taku Harbor Canning & Cold
Storage Company is building a small
cannery ai Auk Bay, on a site pur
chased from the Auk Bay Indians
some time ago. The cannery is to be
a small one, operating one line of ma
chinery and with a capacity of ap
proximately 15,000 cases.
James McCloskey will close mining
claims at Atlin for the summer and
not attempt to work them. The rea
son is because no labor can be secur
ed. No mechanics or workingmen are
allowed to cross the border into Cana
da unless they will swear allegiance
lo Canada, il is claimed.
Judge Jennings of the First divis
ion, lias rendered a decision to the
effect that the St. Ann hospital, run
by the Sisters at Juneau, is a charita
ble institution and is exempt from
city taxes. This decision was ren
dered in an action to collect $548 as
sessed against the institution by the
city.
The Lynch Brothers, who have been
sinking a diamond drill hole near
Douglas have reached a depth of 700
feet and have moved the drill to an
other location. As they were to have
gone to a depth of 1,600 feet unless
ore was struck, it is believed they
have located ore nearer I lie surface
than expected.
Charles Goldstein, of Juneau, is dis
playing a $85,000 collection of furs
purchased in Alaska and Yukon terri
tory. Among the skins are muskox,
six species of hear, polar, grizzly, blue
glacier, brown, black; blue, black,
grey, red and cross fox, lynx, martin,
sable, mink, ermine, fisher otter, wolf,
beaver, musk rat, wolverine.
Tom Gagoff, a Russian who came
north to aid his cousin, Alex Gagoff.
who was executed tit Whitehorse Mar.
10 for the murder of four men
near that, place several months prev
iously, is now compelled to remain at
Whitehorse because United States im
migration Inspectors will not permit
him to enter the United States.
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While l’ete Rasmuusson, a prospec
tor. was busily engaged in sampling
a ledge in the Chinana country, a big
brown bear come tip behind him and
stuck his head over his shoulder lo
see what Pete had discovered, pre
sumably. Pete made the first mile in
ten minutes less than nothing and set
his shirt afire from air friction. He
has petitioned the governor for a
guard now so that he can prospect in
peace.
Fred Storey, Skagway mining man,
and chief owner of the Ruby Silver
and Silver Queen mines at I’avey, re
ports that the mines are developing
with great rapidity, and the outlook
very favorable to an early shipment
of ore from the mines. The mines are
located on the route of the White Pass
and Yukon railroad, about 45 miles
from Skagway; and will before long
he one of the big producers of gold and
silver In the district.
WE CAN DO IT.
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