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VALUABLE CANNERY SITE
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Sounding like a Rex Beach
novel or one of jack Lonaon s
stories, tne taie ot a race for tnou
sanus ot miles along tne coast of
Alaska by rival engineers lor a
cannery site on Bering sea, was
tolcl in the Juneau land omce by
H H. Waller, one of the contes
tans.
The race started in Seattle late
last summer when represntatives
of rival fish companies arrived
there and told of having found a
cannery site of great value, each
one unknown to the other At
once each made preparations to
locate and hold the site, and en
gineers were started north. 1 he
hrst step was to hie an applica
cation for location in the juneau
land orhee and this was done. At
9 o’clock of the morning of Jan
uary 12, 1916, the Nelson Lagoon
Packing Company, acting
through Will & Burton, tiled an
application for ground and the
proper steps toward authorizing
a survey of the land were taken
by the land office officials.
At 10 o’clock of the same day
the steamer Jefferson landed at
Juneau H. Pl. W aller, acting for
Henry S. Tibby and associates,
tiled an application for the same
giound. ine descriptions of the
land in the first application were
very vague and the land office
.officials could not be sure the
two Raines weie applying tor tile
same giouiui, anu owing to tile
tact mat tne descriptions of the
ground in tne vv auer application
weie very uenmte, tne survey of.
this appucanon was also author
ized.
V\ aller at once left for the west
ward on ms way to make a sur
vey oi the property prior to til
ing his application lor patent, as
ltiired by law. However, the
dramatic part starts, the attor
neys for tne opposing companies
found out that v\ aller was after
the same ground- They got busy
on the caole, with the result that
Aiexanuer Bradford arrived In
Juneau within a week and left
for the westward the next day.
Waller, in the meantime was
waiting in Seward for the Dora
to leave on her long run to Uuga
and the westward. She was de
layed by heavy storms, and Brad
ford arrived there before she pull
ed out. Bradford was on his way
to Kodiak, where a gasoline boat
was waiting for him, and he plan
ned to get a long start clown the
straits ahead of the Dora, Waller
HIPRESS WHITE BOOTS.
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INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted concerning
the present whereabouts of John
Creighton Harrington. He is
wanted in the settlement of the
estate of his deceased mother. In
formation concerning his where
abouts will be gratefully appre
ciated by T. H. Harrington, Rains
boro, O.
Mrs. M. B. Bond of 201 Boze
man avenue, Bozeman Mont.,
writes to the postmaster seeking
the whereabouts of Frank Nelson
Davies, supposed to be in Nome
Information will be gratefully re
ceived.
Alaska Merchants Exchange
of Seattle, will take your order for
any of the following merchants:
E. W. Williams, boots and
shoes.
H. J. Miller Co., flour products.
Morris & Co., packers and pro
visions.
And different lines of goods
such as eggs and cheese; smoked
meats and packing-house pro
ducts.
Alaska Merchants Exchange
316 Maritime bldg. Seattle. Wash
however, found out that Brad
ford was on the way before his
arrival and immediately got busy
trying to hire a gas boat to take
him to Unga, but BradtorT’s
principals had already been work
ing through agents, and all avail
ble gas boats had been engaged
at a considerable expense. Waller
was unable to secure anything
for some time. Finally he se
cured permission from some one
in Seattle to use a boat which was
at Seldovia in winter quarters.
Bradford arrived at Seward on
the Admiral Farragut on his way
to Kodiak, and Waller and one
t his principals boarded the same
t tor Seldovia. The gas boat
was frozen in and the engine
was out of order, but after work
ing on her for practically two
days and nights she was ready
to put to sea, and the party start
ed without any delay. Bradford,
in the meantime, had reached Ko
diak, where a large cannery ten
der was waiting his arrival, and
was already on his way with a
good start.
Then for over a thousand miles
along the coast of the Alaskan
peninsula, bucking gales and
snow storms, traveling in small
gas boats every mile of the way
the race continued, both boats
being pushed for everything they
had in them.
Unga was reached at last, with
Bradford a good day ahead of his
rival Dog teams secure?!, both
parties started on the long over
land mush to the shores of Her
endeen bay, on Port Muller, Be
ring sea, where the site was lo
cated. Waller arrived there in
due time, but found Bradford
had been there for at least a day.
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The story of how the two par
ties worked on the survey, each
straining every' nerve ana using
every trick known to beat out
his rival, will probably never be
known, but Bradford and his par
ty finished first, and the return
trip was started. The story of the
■turn i§ unkonw'n at present, but
Waller arrived on the Farragut
at Juneau and filed his survey in
the office of Secretary Davidson
at once. Bradford’s survey has
not been received at yet.
The next step in the fight for
the site is up to the officials of the
land office, the attorneys of the
opposing companies and the de
partment of the interior, and it is
probable that some time will
elapse before the question as to
which of the contestants really .
wins is settled.—Chitina Leader, j
KUSKOKWIM MAN HAS
REMARKABLE PET
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Arthur Berry who is now in Se
ward from the Kuskokwim is the
owner of the most wonderful
moose alive, says Seward Gate
way. L'p on the banks of that
stream where Mr. Berry lives
and conducts the Kuskokwim
1 rading company lie has a cow
moose that conies into the house
and lies down like a pet domes
tic animal When the door is
locked Mrs. Moose comes up to
window and looks in. Then to
the door she moves and tries
every means to gain an entrance,
and when the door is open she
rushes right in like a frolicsome
puppy dog. Mr. Berry got the
animal wdien she was only a few
weeks old and has raised her She
follows him everywhere anti has
absolutely no fear. The only
human beings she cannot tolerate
are, the Indians and especially
the squaws. On occasions she
goes after the native women and
chase them. Her method of fight
ing the women is to kick at them
with a foreleg, then turn and kick
out with the hind hoof as if vvish
ing to give her fore and aft wea
pons an equal chance. The rea- I
son for this hostility to the na
tives is said to be due to the fact
that the Indians punish moose
by whipping them on the ears.
Last season Mr Berry grew a lot
of cabbage and when the task of
feeding his pet confronted him iii •
the fall he let her loose at the!
vegetables.
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laundry.
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