NEWSY ITEMS FROM
THE KOBUK SECTION
KIANA. Alaska, Dec 22.—The long
looked for summer mull has arrived,
three months coming, after being on
the water, in the water and out of the
water, has arrived by dog sleigh. Uur
winter service was very good last year.
Mr. Christensen, the Solomon-Kotxe
bue route contractor, made good ai^
we expect the same this year, as Mr.
Christensen is a hustllg carrier who is
always on time.
Paul Xavier Is prospecting on No. 6
above.
Deo (Jeffee was married to Daura
okok in October at Kiana.
M. Todhunter of Candle will make
Kiana his future home.
Capl. Thailand of the ccfel mine spent
Christinas at Kiana.
John Grave and Chas. Peterson are
working on a bench adjoining 2 below
J. I. Brown Is prospecting ou the
head of Klery and Timber creek this
winter.
Mr. Tom Berryman of the Kotzebue
Kur Trading Company, made a trip to
Kiana on business.
The Star assocaltlon No. 1 above No
5 above and the Oregon association are
being worked up to date.
Chas. Evern and partner(who arrived
from Candle on the last boats are
prospecting on the benches of Klery
j creek.
The natives are bringing In a greai
| many fox, lynx, and mink skins, which
are bringing & fair price considering
the low prices of last season.
The natives gathered two hundred
strong at Nurvlg where they spent
Christmas feasting, dog racing and
enjoying the holidays In native style.
The benches of Klery are receiving
the attention of the miners and pros
pectors this winter. A number of out
fits are at work.
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Miss Hawk who has been teaching
school In Kotzebue for several seasons
past wus married to Mr. A. T. Thomp
son of Klery creek in September at
Kotzebue.
James Cross, Paul Primer and Joe
Armstrong from Candle and the In
.nachuk arrived by dog team and will
spend the winter prospecting In this
section.
The Mulfattl group have also re
ceived consideration by outside parties
vvhu are expected In with the open'a.r;
of na/lgutlon to prospect and de ’el |
jp the ram*.
A very pleasant Christmas was en
joyed by the school children of Klana
An excellent program had been arrang
ed, and was enjoyed by the children,
and grown ups as well.
The Kuby Creek Copper properties
have been bonded to outside parties
Experts will arrive this summer to ex
amine the same. Mr. Lyon, agent for
he Alaska 3. T. Co., negotiated the
deal.
A school district has been estab
lished at Klana. At an election held
October 9 ths following board were
elected: Herman Bernhardt, director;
Sam Maglds, treasurer. Wm. Levy,
clerk. The board has engaged the ser
vices of a teacher temporarily
The Barrow mall carriers mads the
.rip down to Kotsebu# In 14 days. This
is remarkable time considering the
condition of the trails ths first trip
In ths fall. They report killing 7
wales this fall at Barrow and that
polar bear ars plentiful this season.
Porvlslons are high and furs low.
The road commission has reset the
stakes that were blown down in the
past two years on ths Klana-Klery
trail. Also staked the trail from Piper
Spit to the mouth of the Kobuk. The
portages on the Kobuk ought to be
staked with permanent stakes along
the mail route to Ratlfcy camp. This
is badly needed.
AT THE NEW CAGLE
Old Lewie Hunter Ry« and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whisky* Di»
tilled eprlng 1904-1906 bought in bond
and reduced *o 90 par c.*nt by U 9.
government by the boMI* or gallen.
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED BY i
DEPARTMENTS FOR ALASKA
The total appropriations which con
gress will be asked to make for Ales
ka during the present season. Includ
ing the appropriation for the con
struction of the railroad, all of which
has been Included In the sundry civil
bill, amounts to nearly ten million
dollars.
The appropriation asked by the dif
ferent departments for Alaska are as
follows:
Intsr'or Department.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane asks
for eight million, two hundred forty
seven thousand dollars for the con
struction of the government railroads
In Alaska.
Wap Department
Secretary Lindley M. Garrison asks
$160,000 for roads and trails, and
$60,000 for the maintenance of the
government cable between Alaska and
the states.
Department of Commerce.
Secretary William C Redfleld asks
for two survey boats, estimated to
cost $500,000.
Coast survey work for the coming
jeason, chiefly In Alaska, $240,000.
Fishery vessels, to take the place
if the vessels condemned and ordered
sold, launches for inspectors, $26,000.,
Protection of fur seals In Alaskan
waters, $6,000.
Aids to navigation, $60,000.
Lighthouse depot, $60,000.
Cape Spencer lighthouse, $100,000.
Preservation of forests. $20,000.
Mine inspection, $7,000.
Care of Alaska Insane, $70,000.
Education of natives, $216,000.
Care of reindeer herds, $6,000.
Medical aid to natives, $60,000.
Purchase of toots to enable natives
to become self-sustaining, $26,000.
Protection of game, $20,000.
Suppression of bootlegging, $16,000.
PLANS OF THE ALASKA
R. R. COMMISSION
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Relative to the plana of tho Alaska
railroad commission and as to how
the appropriation of $8,217,000 asked
by Secretary Lano will be disposed of
during the present year:
Chairman Edes, of tho commission,
states that the railroad to the Mat*
anuska coal fields from the coast will
be completed enabling tho Alaska coal
to be placed on the market. The con*
structlou work on the road to connect
the Alaska Northern, which has been
taken over by tho government, with
the Ship creek Junction, and the ex
tension of tho railroad from Mata
uuska Junction to the Talkeetna river,
are also a part of the commission’s
[>lans for the coming season.
The commission has also advised
that construction work on the rail
road should be carried on simultan
eously from both ends of the road and
should the appropriation be made two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars will be spent In the Interior next
summer.
The estimates, as supplied by the
Alaska engineering commission, and
the purposes for which the money will
be expended are as follows:
Completing railroad from Matanus
ka Junction, to Chlck&loon, In the coal
fields, $1,300,000.
Extension of Alaska Northern to
Ship creek Junction, and connecting
road from Seward to coal fields, $2,
900,000.
Extension of the trunk line from
Matanuska Junction to Talkeetna river,
a distance of approximately one uun
dred miles, $2,300,000.
Office expenses including $10,00 sal
ary for ttch of the three commissioner's
$81,000.
Anchorage office and operating ex>
penscs, $36,000.
Last payment on the purchase irlce
of the Alaska Northern railroad, due
next July, $660,000.
Repairs of the Alaska Northert.
oadbed from Seward to the end of
the line, $317,000,
\ ard lmprotemnts Including the
construction of terminal and ofBos
l ulidlngs, 160.000.
Dredging channel from Cook Inlet
Into mouth of Ship creek to permit
of vessel docking at wharf, 1*60.000.
Grading twenty miles of roadbed
from the Tanana river southward, to
be a part of the trunk line extending
om Broad Pass to Tana river. 9**6,
COO.
SAVIOR OF KATIMAI
VILLAGE IS DEAD
Advices from the westward state'
that Rev. Alexander J. Petekln, Rus
sian priest In chargo of the Afognak
church and the chapels on the main
land side of the Shelokoff strait, died
\t Afognak on October 16, says the
Valdez Prospector of December 6. He
was known as the Savior of Katmai
village when the volcano there ex
ploded.
The dead priest was a man of fame
■id influence in this section of Alaska.
To him Is due the credit for saving the
lives of the natives of Katmai village
at the time of the eruption of Mt.
Katmai. July, 1910. The evening be
fore the eruption ho wak at Katmai
village and seeing the danger that
confronted the inhabitants of the vil
lage, ho forced them to get in their
bldarkas and kyaks and travel Efty
mllo-s farther to the westward saving
them from destruction. The village
was destroyed and for weeks after
ward It was thought that the nattvo9
had perished. The United 9tates
coast guard cutter Manning, which was
it Kodiak at the time of the disaster,
after a long search found the natlvos
and the Russian priest who had saved
their lives.
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