ALASKA NOTES
(From our ftxchanges.)
Kev. Winterberger. of Hnines, re
cently had a narrow escape from in
stant death. As he was passing
through the village Sortie native
children playing with a gun which
was believed to be unloaded, playfully
pointed it at the reverened gentleman
and pulled the trigger. The ball
passed through his right forearm miss
ing his body by a few Inches.
Stampeders returning to Fairbanks
from Tolovana report that the dis
trict has a good chance of making good
but that sufficient work has not been
done to warrant the stampede which
took place. All those who were for
tunate In getting in on the creeks near
dlscovory are preparing to return and
prospect their ground. The strike is
reported to be not more than t.5 miles
from nines, on the Chatanika river
The stampeders covered the distance
from I.ivIngood creek, where discovery
was made, to nines in two and one-half
days.
n. D. Dickeson. who recently resigned
as president of the White Pass * Yu
kon railway, to take effect the first of
the year, has been named president in
new articles of incorporation tiled \\ itli
Secretary Davidson for the Ameriean
Yukon Navigation company, with a
capital stock of $125,000. Walter H.
Smith, of Skitgwuy, is secretary. The
company is incorporated under the
laws of West Virginia. The Incorpora
tors are: Walter H. Smith. Ocnrge A
Stewart, Prescott li Dakin, Florence B
I-akln. and Foxall I*. McFormiek, of
Chlca go.
Public spirited citizens of Fairbanks
have presented the public school with
u phonograph.
An aero ice boat has been built h\ a
Fairbanks man and the tiling is re
ported to he working out all right
The Fairbanks city council will
spend $1,580 in putting the waterfront
in shape to withstand the ire and high
water next spring.
A force of two hundred and fifty
men are employed in raising the big
dredge which sank late last fall near
Dawson. The dredge was owned bv
the Boyle company.
The Canadian government lias or
dered that all claims in which the en
listed men are interested are to he ex
empted from representation until the
return of the owners
When she returned from her trip to
the nortli the Corwin brought down tio
tons of tin ore, mostly- from the York
Dredging company's property. The
ore run as high as 65 per cent tin
The t’hena slough in front of Fair
banks was frozen over on October 33
In 1909 tile river closed on October 9,
the earliest date, and in 1903 it was
frozen over on November 13, the latest
date.
Two Yukon preachers are with the
British army at the front in France
They are' Rev. John Pringle, former
Presbyterian minister and Rev Comyn
Chlng, rector of the Church of Eng
land In Dawson.
Chas. Hendrickson, the "Blue Parka
Man.” who was sentenced In Fairbanks
as a holdup man, and attempted to
break Jail, and was Inter sentenced to
15 years for assaulting a guard, has
asked for n pardon.
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National Organizer .1 Frederick
Johnson claims that the Moose lodge
has a membership of 3,500 in Alaska.
Dr. L. P. Dawes, the Wrangell phy
sician, has moved to Juneau, where
there is a wider field for his activities
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Cook St Murphy, who have a fox
farm on the head waters of the Tot -
atlanika have 3H cross foxes on their
farm They have five silver grays.
E. C. Jameson, formeiy a reporter
for Ihu Juneau Dispatch and more
recently employed on a newspaper
owned by former Governor Clark, at
I (.'hat lesion. W. \'a„ has returned lo
Juneau, having accepted a position on
I the staff of the Empire. Mr. Jameson
I Is vice-president of the Dispatch Pub
' lishing comimny.
The body of Corp. F. l.indbuld, for
merly of hawauu, who joined the Vu
kon contingent lu go to France to
fight for England, was found floating m
the rit. Laurence river, wue. How lm
met his death is a mystery. Lilidbuld
[when In Dawson was always known as
i "Count” and was believ ed to be closely
connected vvitli the royal family of
N orway.
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i The breaking out of the European
! war, with the consequent dosing of
I the German market, which under peace
conditions would absorb about tiO per
cent of the pack of the coast, compel
led the Alaska packers lo shut down
their plants A considerable part of the
pack has gone into domestic consump
tion, the greater part is now stored
awaiting a chance to ship it abroad
Experienced llslierinen who have
spent several months prospecting the
coast of Alaska for shrimp of market
able size liave announced that they
; have been successful in their efforts.
' They claim to have located a shrimp
bed near the south end of the Wrangell
narrows. Near Ketchikan they found
very large shrimp, many of them meas
uring eight Inches from eyes to tall, hut
they were not of sufficient quantity to
j pay. The shrimp In the Wrangell nnr
| rows are reported to be uniform spot
i shrimp about five and one-ha If inches
, long Several years ago shrimp were
shipped from Alaska to the outside
I markets, hut for 9ome reason was stop
ped and never resumed until now. The'
| first shipments will soon be made from]
Wrangell.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ASKS
HELP FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
HOME, Feb. 17. The Italian go\ •
eminent has issued a call to the people
of Italy to contribute to the sufferers of
the Hood and earthquake stricken dis
tricts. It Is estimated that fully fifty
thousand people are homeless and on
the verge of starvation The waters j
have subsided but little and many of:
the lower sections are still Isolated ,
Hundreds have been driven to the hills
and are awaiting what relief may come
but at present but little can be done. !
The government Is doing all In Hs|
power and as fast as the sufferers can
be reached Ihev are given all possible
care.
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Iii order to convince the public of Nome that the >tatcuieills of
'he Nugget, as to the tourist question were not mere vaporing*, thai
W there would indeed he a serious attempt to divert to Alaska a portion
- of that vast army of sightseers who will visit the Pacific Slope during
the coming summer, the Nugget has taken special pains to ascertain
with certainty the full extent of the movement and also to learn the
opinions of those host qualified to know a- to its probable success.
That the statements published at intervals in the Nugget are not idh
buncombe, that it is an absolute and irrefutable fact that a most
tremendous movement with a backing which practically assures it
,, 4 success, has been started, and that, without a question of a doubt, a
vast number <>f sightseers will journey t.» the shores of Alaska during
the coming season, is attested bv (lie following facts obtained by the
Nugget's Seattle correspondent under instructions to secure *nl>
\ such data as was absolutely reliable and such opinions as were worth\
£ of careful consideration.
The following are the results of tho Nugget's investigations.
The Alaska and Pacific Coast Steamship companies are both making
concerted efforts to increase the tourist trade, not only to Southeast
.j ern Alaska but to Seward Peninsula as well.
Mf] The Alaska Steamship Compam has already announced Ui*i
• the Victoria w ill make special excursion trips June 28. July 20, sailing
to Nome direct and returning via the inside passage and is offering
' greatly reduced rates for the round trip.
The Senator will make no special trips but will offer .-pccial
inducements to those desiring to make the round trip to this section
Roth companies in addition to an extensive newspaper campaign
BIRD9EYE VIEW OF NOME, THE FARTHEST NORTH AMERICAN CITY OF UNCLE SAM ON BERING SEA.
arc maintaining booth.- and inn■ r111;it!■ >n bureau- .1' tin >.iu i iau
cisco and San Diego Expositions.
All lines to Southeastern Alaska points an preparing n v
increase in summer travel, and are already making arrangements n
handle ft.
Mr. Harry llrandt. (jencral Agent • >t the Pacih « "asl Si i
-bip Company, states that he expects a greatly increased traffic via
the inside passage, down the Yukon and outside \ia \>'in<
Traffic Manager Zipf, of the White Pass, predict- unprecedented
river travel during the summer.
E. C. McMiken, acting San biauci-co agent *»l the \\ Itite Pa —
who will be remembered a- an old Nomeite, state- that the \\ hio
Pass promises through rates via Nome, provided hi- company can
make the desired arrangements with the new owner- ot the
Corwiu.
The agents of all steamship companies handling \la-lo tram
assert that arrangements will he made whereby tourists wii. A
enabled to Stop itt Nome from -’4 to 5(1 hours at least.
Everett Clark, Assistant Pas-enger Agent of the Vlaska Strum
slup Company -ay- with enthusiasm that it look- like a bann -;
year for Nome and Ins company will cooperate with the Nugget in
boosting the tourist travel to Sew aril Peninsula.
Here is the evidence that sound, level-headed business men. men
who calculate both words and actions, arc not only confident that the
Northland will be an immense attraction during the coming season
but are also showing their faith by spending large-unis in advorti-ing
the attractions offered.
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