SCHOONER NEW JERSEY AND
ALL ON BOARD ARE LOST
Special Correspondence.
Watnwright, Alaska. March 3. 1915.
Nugget! Did I say "Nugget?” Vos
more than Nugget There’s something
more than gold! One needs but to hr
so Isolated that solitude reigns supreme
save for the wired lonesome howl of
ihe wolf dog mingled with music made
of meloncholy sort, by King Boreas
screaming down the chimney, beneath
the eaves, trying to upset things
anchored to ice, the snapping, creaking
of the house timbers and the boom of
the glazier upon which we live, caused
by the frigidity of his breath.
Nowheie on the face of the earth is
Nome's "Nugget” (both daily and
weekly, the former received through
the kindness of Rev. W, F. Baldwin,)
more appreciated than by the Wain
wrlgbl government school teacher end
Ills wife. After thu second perusal
we pass them on to Barrow to make
their visits of intelligence far to the
Kastward, "to put ’em wise."
Weather lias figured as one of the
principal features of our exists nee the
last two months. Intense cold has pre
vailed, ranging from 35 to 49 degrees
below zero A number of reindeer
froze in the iv* day blizzard with 49
degrees below zero. Nome weather is
a frosty snap compared with this.
Mr. T. I,. Richardson, government
teacher at'Barrow, started on a four
dsys trip of Inspection to Burrow herds
Nos. 1 and 2. He reached our village
w ith a black nose and out of grub. We
had a very pleasant visit with our
elghty-mlie nearest next door white
' * . I X-»' " M'l '. ii„ . ijpy ■ !Uf i y, i.i
• neighbor, and he returned making me
round trip in two weeks. Traveling is
not what It is cracked up to he In this
lland without well beaten, staked trails
or land marks.
Mr. O. Hansen, one of Barrow's gen
t Ini merchants, also paid us a week’s
visit recently. Tt was much enjoyed
No special news from Barrow ex
cept Mr. T"m ("Jordon's wife presented
I him with twins, both of which died.
The following may be old news to
I you but will give it for fear it is not.
I Mr. Hoare of Point Hope writes in the
I last mail that the Now Jersey was lost
;off Cape Thompson about the 22nd of
October, all hands perishing. Orrin
(tank, the only white man. the old chief
of Cape Prince of Wales, and we do
jitot know haw many natives with him.
Hoare also says that Peter Kodiak's
abandoned wife and another young girl
perished in a blizzard while attempt
ing to walk from Oupe Ushurne to Pt. j
Hope. They hud not been found Jan.
22. having been gone then about two
weeks. The natives were searching
[diligently for them This man Peter
is very much frightened, lie says they
lock the door every night and to his
amazement finds it unlocked every
morning. One of his family affirms she
saw the lost woman’s mukluks vanish
ipiickly one morning when she opened'
•he door. Peter is now heading a !
searching party trving desperately t i
recover his wife.
One day last month six of the Wain
wright natives were all hut blown to
sea on young tee, in n blizzard, which
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lasted several days. They sure would
all have perished had they not been
good ice men, understood the currents
and known which direction to flee
They were about three miles out to sea.
Fortunately, yes providentially, thru
heard the Ice cr.uk about a mile be
tween them and safe ice. Then began
n race for their lives and when thov
reached tho load it was too wide to'
cross and knowing the Northeast end
would swing clear before the southwest ;
end, owing to the direction of the cur- I
rent at the time, (the current Is ver.v
changeable here,* they struck down the;
edge of the floating ice to the South- |
west and they all succeeded In leaping
across Just before that end cleared for1
the open sea. except Kotook, who hup
plly found u segregated cake, got on it
with his dogs and sled and they threw
hhn a line and pulled him to the shore
floe. Today a blizzard sprung up slid
clt'iily and Kotook, watching a seal in- ,
tenth' did not notie« the Ice he was on
l'"‘l loosened and was going to sea. and
again Providence favored hhn. and the
wind or current caused tho he on
which he was moving to pass so close
to a point of safe ire that he success
fully made the leap to safety. This
man's life was saved last spring from
tetanus.
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ALASKA NOTES
(Flwn t,ur Exchanges )
LSronchitia is said lo be an epidemic
among th* children at Ketchikan.
They now talk of making a whole
state out of the Kenai peninsula. Why
not ?
The Southeastern Alaska Fisher
men'sAssociation held its annual con
vention lost week at Ketchikan.
John ll. Kirk, of the Valdez signal
corps, has patented a pipe that can
be cleaned without the aid of n broom
•straw.
The Skagway launch SUperh, with
a death record of thirteen, has gone
to her last resting place in the bottom
of Lynn canal.
•'Ted -Martin, democratic committee
man of Fairbanks, is complicated in a
divorce case and a campaign for the
Position as clerk of the court.
A Fairbanks special says that three
weddings were celebrated there in two
'lays. With no grand jury session near
at hand this constitutes a record for
Fairbanks.
The Alaska Publicity and Trades
Agency, of Seattle. Washington, has
issued a. booklet of (mis)information
about Alaska. Among other things it
states that the Copper River & North
western railway extends from Cordova
to Ketchikan, a distance of 19(1% miles.
A new placer strike is reported on
Central creek, a tributary to Lake, in
the upper White river district. Lake
creek is in Canadian territory, on the
right limit of the. White river, atul joins
the White about sixteen miles below
Canyon City and about’forty-five miles
above Donjolf.
1*. l.i. Burke, one of the pioneers of
the Copper river valley and who hud
been living on a farm near Long lake
in that region, died at Seattle recently
while enrouto to visit relatives in Min
nesota. Deceased was 75 years of age
■and had lived on his Alaska homestead
for 12 years.
The greatest overflow ever known in
the history of the White residents re
cently oecured on the Yukon river near
Tanana. At Mission Crossing, a short
distance above Tanana, the water flow
ing on the ice %vas six feet deep and
delayed The mails for several days.
The advisability of federal judges
: appointing doctors to be commissioners
lu outlying precincts where such is
possible, was demonstrated recently in
tha Kuyukuk. Charles Goodwin, a
minor, fell down a shaft and shattered
bis elbow. Dr. Donfortb, the C. S.
commissioner, treated (he unfortunate
man and succeeded in saving the arm.
which would undoubtedly have been
lost had Goodwin been compelled to
make a trip of several hundred miles
to the Yukon for treatment.
j The Whitehorse Star takes a last
vengeful slap at a down-and-out, as
follows; "People are curious. While it
is realliv nobody’s business but his own
j \ ct four fifths of those who watched
tite meteoric career of the ‘bate He
mains’ of the W. P. & V It. during his
I northern regime are feverishly await-j
ing the disposition lie makes of himself.
I They are curious to see if lie continues
Ipresidenting or returns to the more
j peaceful pursuit of stenographing, lie
I probably don’t care two whoops for our
! good wishes, Init lie lias them in w hat
soever calling lie may engage be it
ipresidenting nr sweeping
owing to the exorbitant freight rates
charged by the White Pass subsidiary
navigation company, the traders of
Koyukuk have decided to enter the
transportation business themselves.
: HmitlPnnd Nelson have put up ware
houses at several points and will oper
ate the steamer Koyukuk.
Fairbanks Times: Late arrivals from
Vault creek and vicinity state that the
pay located by Beatty, Barette & Ham
ilton continues to average approxi
mately $0 to the pan. The strike was
not made on the Hard Luck associa
tion, operated last summer h\ .lack
Brest, but upon the Hands Across the
Sea association, which is the next up
stream property. The place where the
pay was found is fully 800 feet from
where Brest took out a fortune last
summer, and for this reason many
miners think the paystreak extends up
the creek for several miles.
The steamship Admiral Watson, of
tin- Pacific Alaska Navigation fleet, has
had many changes made since she has
|beon off the run. They include new
social hall, saloon, observation room,
staterooms, including six rooms with
bath, new cold storage compartment
and ice-making machine. The vessel
is now equipped with new 24 foot life
boats of a carrying capacity of 3 4 per
sons, and a 5 h. p. gas engine has been
installed in one of these. As nt present
planned the Admiral Watson and the
Admiral Evans will alternate on the
regular Alaska run and with their new
forward observation room equipment
they will be in excellent position to
cater to the big Alaska tourist business
expected this year.
A movement is on foot to make Ju
neau the headpuarters for surgical
treatment of tho Indians of Alaska.
The matter is being taken up by Dele
gate Wickcrsham and other members
of congress. There appears to be a
unanimity of opinion on the part of
those who have interested themselves
in the natives of Alaska that one of the
most important steps in bettering the
condition is sanitation and next to that
surgical attention, in ordei* to remove
the cause for blindness and other dis
j eases from which many of them now
I suffer. Not only are many of their
| diseases destroying Hie natives them-'
salvse, hut their sickness, in mans in
stances are contagious and may he
j easily communicated to the whites. i
NEWSY BULLETINS
Many Death Automobile Accidents.
\\ ASHINGTUN, April 1U.—Govern
ment statistics show an alarming In
crease in tho number of deaths and
injuries is due to automobile accidental
during the past year, Indicating that
speed mantes must be curbed by stem j
laws.
Last Wooden Subway Cars Removed.
! NEW YORK April 10 The lust
wooden subway care are being removed
front underground service and will ho
sold to western and southwestern rail
ways of tiie United States for service
in surface traffic.
Taft Says Republicans Will Win.
BOSTON, April 10.—Ex-President |
Tuft predicts that the outcome of tiio!
P'16 presidential campaign will be the
closest the country has seen and ex
presses the belief that the Republicans
will carry the country by a small mu ;
ijorlty. Ur declares, however, that lie
lias no idea who will head the ticket;
I but thinks it will not be Roosevelt
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To Obtain Employment for Officers and I
Crew of Eitel Frederick.
NEWPORT NEWS. April 10.—The
cretv and officers of the. German cruiser ■
Eitel Frederick nre being relieved from |
duty on the vessel. Being German na
val reservists it is believed that the |
German Ambassador will endeavor to j
obtain employment for the men or will |
Care for them until the war is over. j
WEATHER REPORT.
Nome, Alaska, April 10, 1915,
Temperature—Max. 32, Min. 18
Barometer—29.16 inches.
Weather—Cloudy.
Wind—North, average 15 miles perj
hour.
Precipitation—None.
Nome, Alaska, April U, 1915.
Temperature—Max. 30, Min. 18. ^
Barometer—29.29 inches.
Weather—Partly cloudy. <
Wind—North, average 9 miles perj,
hour. j
Precipitation—Trace snow.
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250 the latest of this season's sample:
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We also do cleaning, pressing anil
repairing for l.adles and Gentlemen
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