Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
^^^Merchants Cafe
See Our Sunday BilS-ef-Fare
HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
CAPT. JOHN MORGAN
AT HELM OF TEDDY H.
—
The good ship Teddy H. is now at tier
berth at the City dock, foot of Willow street, j
and the work of preparation for the trip to
l'airbanks and all way points goes merrily
on. The lag and roomy barge Pelnk has
been fitted with comfortable sleeping berths |
for passengers, and everything tending to
PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY.Mrs. C. C. Chittick
DISCOVERY OTTER-Harry Donnelley
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS^
Three-Times-Move Bar
(Formerly the Stanley House)
JOHN BAGOY. PROP.
GOOD ROOMS CLEAN BEDS
FLAT CITY
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Iditarod Dog Ranch
Rates $5.00 Per Month
W. L. LEONARD & CO.
McLean's Roadhouse
TAKOT^A
Cummings’ Old Sand
MRS. J. H. McLEAN, PROP.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TRAVELERS
RATES REASONABLE
the comfort of the Teddy T. s guests is be
ing looked after most diligently. A. T.
Willett, the chief engineer and owner of
the boat, was greatly pleased a few days
ago with the timely arrival from Fairbanks
of Captain John C. Morgan, the former
master of the steamer White Seal and other
big inland vessels, who will have charge of
the navigating on the voyage which is ail
vertised to start from this city at 10 o’clock
next Friday morning, August 20. Cap
tain Morgan enjoys the reputation of being
one of the best and most careful steamboat
men of Alaska, and his long years of ex
perience on the rivers of Alaska make his
services an invaluable asset.
Considerable freight space has already
been applied for, and a good-sized cargo
will be loaded by sailing time.
MARRIAGE OF MISS HYDE
The following news item is from the
Fairbanks Times of July 2G. Miss Hyde
is quite well known in Iditarod, having vis
ited the city on two occasions, in attendance
at court terms here:
“Recent issues of the Juneau papers an
nounced that Miss Lenore G. Hyde, secre
tary to Charles E. Davidson, the surveyor
general of the territory, had resigned her
position. Among Miss Hyde’s friends in
Fairbanks it was rumored that she had re- j
signed because she was to be married. In a ,
letter received from Miss Hyde it is stated
that she is to be married on August 7 to \
Bert B Brewster, the Alaska manager of
the Sullivan Machinery Company. When in
Fairbanks Miss Hyde was secretary to Dis
trict Attorney James J. Crossley for several
years, and resigned her position here to ac- j
cept one in Juneau.”
MOSQUITOES NEAR NORTH POLE
The presence of mosquitoes in myriads
within the bare, uninhabited Arctic circle
is surely in some degree a mystery. The
mosquito is a blood-sucker, but in the un
visited plains he is for the most part and
of strict necessity a vegetarian. A few
birds excepted (and the birds are furnished
with impervious feathers', there is no local
life whatever. The Lapp in summer drives
hi.- reindeer to the sea, and no native crosses
the field if he can help it. Yet in this
region, “seemingly the most unsuitable f o
ils effective working,” the mosquito flour
ishes. “a primeval and enduring curse, in
explicably develpoed to its utmost.”—Chi
cago Herald.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Miners & Merchants Bank, of Iditarod, Alaska,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, AUGUST 11, 1915
Resources
I.oans and rlisioonts.*129,110.07
Overdrafts .22
million . 30,307.88
Cash and exrhanuv. 107,083.52
*273,1 0 1.09
Liabilities
Capital and surplus..$ 1 Od.Oiio.no
I ndivid'-d prollts . 7,300.36
In-posits . 165,732.3 3
$273,101.00
I, R. C. Button, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement i> true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
CORRECT—ATTEST: R. C. BUTTON, Cashier,
i'!HAS. ROSS, Director.
JOHN HOLMES. Director.
'ubscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of August. 191-C
i >eal) EDWIN M. STANTON.
Notary Public in and for Alaska.
Commission expires Jan. 11, 1018.
DR. CARTER TO RETURN
Dr. C. D. Carter, the pioneer dentist of Iditarod camp, now
located at Ruby, will return to Flat City about the 15th of Septem
ber, and will reopen his dental office.
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WOMAN BRUTALLY
MURDERED AT OLNES
FAIRBANKS, July 22. The corpse of j
Mrs. W. E. Rowe, a well known business
woman of Olnes, was found on Tuesday ;
morning last between 4 and 5 o’clock witlnn
a few feet of the railroad track near Little
Eldorado station. Her face was hammered
into a shapeless mass by blows from a club.
For two feet at the lower end this club was
smeared with blood, flesh and hair, present
ing a sickening sight.
Around the corpse the bushes were blood
bespattered and the ground trampled down
to some extent, giving proof that a struggle
had ensued between the murderer and the
woman, who had fought desperately for her
life. Robbery probably was the motive. !
The country is being scoured for the
murderer by Marshal Erwin and his depu
ties, who are following every clue that [ire- j
sents itself in the effort to apprehend the
fiend.
Story ot tne urime
For some time past Mrs. Rowe had been
preparing to go Outside, and she went to
Chatanika on the auto car Monday night
to collect some outstanding accounts due
her. She formerly was in the restaurant
business at Olnes, and later took over James
Trainor's little store, and at one time she
conducted the White House restaurant. At
the time of her death she was proprietor of
a general store in the process of being closed
up by her before quitting business.
After seeing several people at Chatanika,
she ate supper at Mrs. Booker’s restaurant,
and then started for Olnes, walking down
the tracks alone. Rumor had it that she
had told in Brooker’s restaurant that she
was carrying a large sum of money, but
Mrs. Booker denies that she said anything
about her money, although it was known
that she was collecting at Chatanika.
Shortly after 10 o’clock she passed Little
Eldorado station. Mrs. Grossbusli, who lives
near the tracks and conducts a laundry,
was aroused from sleep and got up in time
to see Mrs. Rowe reach the tracks again
and resume her walk to Olnes. She watched
Mrs. Rowe consult a little gold watch she
carried, and herself noticed the time of
night. At that time it was almost as light
as day.
This was the last seen of the murdered
woman alive. About 5 o’clock Tuesday
morning a Russian going out to C hatanika
to hunt work reached Little Eldorado, hav
ing walked directly from the city, and
awoke M. G. Loefler, who keeps a general
store there. Judge Loefler, as he is known,
answered the summons, and John Butoff
told him that he had passed the body up
the tracks. Loefler dressed and went to the
scene. He found Mrs. Rowe’s body lying
at the lower end of the Lower ^ akima As
sociation claim, within fifty feet of one of
the roofless cabins that remain on the -He
of former mining operations. She was lying
extended full length, just across the small
ditch along the lower side of the track, her
arms carefully placer! back of her head. Her
head lay in a small depression. The mur
GEORGE B, JOHNSON BROWNED
IN TAKOTNA RIVER AT BOIRNER
TAKOTNA. July 18.—George B. Johnson
was accidentally drowned on July 11 in the
Takotna river, by falling overboard from a
poling boat just making a landing. The ac
cident occurred at 10 p. ni. Johnson prob
ably lost his balance from the jar or jolt
when the boat hit the bank. The scene of
the accident was the old Northern Commer
cial Company’s post at Boerner, some two
miles below the forks of the Takotna.
The unfortunate man’s clothing caught in
a mass of old roots and snags in ten feet of
water and held him down. He evidently had
tried to take off his overalls before losing
consciousness, as they were unbuttoned and
pulled down over his feet, but he had been
unable to get them over his heavy leather
shoes. He was held by his suspenders and
overalls.
The river was dragged, and it was found
necessary to pull to the surface the particu
lar bunch of snags upon which the body was
caught.
The body was buried at Boerner. There
was a package of letters on the body, and
ALASKA PRISONER ESCAPES
FROM DEPUTY MARSHAL
SEATTLE, July 20. While Frank Bach,
deputy United States marshal from Doug
las, Alaska, sat patiently outside the door of
a stateroom on the Mariposa early yester
day morning, Robert Dupee, his prisoner,
who was en route to McNeill island for a
seven years’ sojourn, clambered out of a
porthole, boarded an automobile and de
parted, leaving Mr. Bach wondering over
such depths of ingratitude. Dupee was con
victed of shooting at a woman with intent
to kill.
A searcn was maue ail uay jraiciuaj uy
police, deputy sheriffs and United States
deputy marshals, but Dupee could not be
found’ The driver of the automobile in
which Dupee made his escape says that he
carried the man to Argo station, just south
of the city. Johnson thought that Dupee
was a passenger from the boat who was in
a hurry to reach Argo. He evidently was,
say the police. Dupee came down from
Alaska in charge of Deputy Marshals Bach
and J. M. Baxter. Baxter had gone to
make inquiry about the boats to McNeil
island when Dupee made his escape. Dupee
was seen later in Georgetown, where he is
thought to have a mother and two brothers.
Dupee was a model prisoner all the way
down on the Mariposa, according to Deputy
Marshal Bach, who feels pained to think
that his prisoner escaped when almost
within sight of his destination after the long
journey. He sat on the sunny side of the
ship and figured out on paper how much
he could cut down his time at the federal
penitentiary by good behavior, and had it
calculated down to hours, declares Mr. Bach.
Moved by a feeling of fair play, Mr. Bach
left him unironed on board the boat after
it struck a rock and took a decided list,
believing if she sank Dupee would have hard
work swimming with the gyves on his
wrists.
“Here I treated Dupee kindly all the way
down,” says Bach, “and gave him a chance
for his life, supposing the ship would sink,
and then he took advantage of me and
derer in all probability had hidden around
the small cabin, and as she passed, stole up
behind her. She likely saw or heard him
and stepped off the tracks to the right-of
way, where he attacked. There wras evidence
of a struggle.
Judge Loetter telephoned to United States
Commissioner Sam Weiss at Chatanika,
and Deputy Marshal Peter McMullen, sta
tioned there.
The officials took the auto car leaving
Chatanika and upon reaching the scene
made an examination of the body. Marshal
Erwin was notified and he prepared to leave
for the creeks.
Teddy Knutson, a brother of Mrs. Rowe,
wrho worked on Little Eldorado, was also
notified, and he hastened to the scene. He
was not visited by his sister on the evening
she was at Chatanika, and had not known
she was there.
Robbery Probably the Motive
The dead woman wore a nugget chain
around her neck, and also a bracelet, but
Judge Loefler did not see her watch or
purse. At Olnes it is stated that Mrs. Rowe
\vas known to carry large sums of money
jiround with her and that several persons
had seen as much as $1,000 or $1,500 which
she had displayed on different occasions.
Marshal Erwin, Dr. Cassels and Chief Dep
uty J. H. Miller left for the scene at 9
o’clock, reaching there about noon. After
making a search the body was taken to
Chatanika for the inquest.
The primitive methods used by the mur
derer seem to indicate that he was either a
maniac or that he had used great cunning
in his methods. It is believed there may
be some relation established between the
recent murder of Alice Aster and the more
recent crime.
Marshal Erwin and Deputy McMullen
entered Mrs. Rowe’s store and room at
Olnes and found the contents were turned
topsy-turvy. A trunk was opened, a suit
case was opened and disturbed, the drawers
of a dresser were open and the contents
scattered, and there was strong indication
that someone other than Mrs. Rowe had
been in the place.
Chief Deputy Miller found $1,000 in
money. It was not especially well hidden.
She no doubt had several hundred dollars
more than this, and it may have been this
money that the murderer w’as after when
he killed her on the railway tracks.
Coroner s Verdict
The coroner’s investigation took place
yesterday and today, and a verdict was ren
ilered to the effect that Mrs. Rowe came to
her death at the hands of a person or per
sons unknown.
Theodore Knutson, brother of the mur
dered woman has been appointed adminis
trator of her estate, which is valued at
about $2,000. $1,000 of which is in money.
The funeral will take place tomorrow.
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat.
Johnson’s partner, Herman Hansen, says
these were from his mother and sister, in
Sweden.
Relatives Will Be Communicated With
Accompanying a letter from Dr. \\. h
Green of Takotna to Mrs. George Mutehler
of Flat City, in which the drowning of
Johnson was detailed, the letters from the
mother and sister of the drowned man,
found on the body, were sent to that lady.
Mrs. Mutehler will communicate with the
relatives of the deceased, who live at Stock
holm, Sweden. There is said to be a regis
tered letter addressed to Johnson in the
hands of Postmaster James Fullerton, at
Dikeman.
K. Kellogg, the Battle Creek millionaire
manufacturer of several nation-wide adver
tised brands of breakfast foods, who has
been touring the North, was taken ill at
Fairbanks and was bundled on board a
steamer and deported at once for Seattle.
A nurse accompanies him.
climbed out of a posthole while he was
ostensibly inside the cabin changing his
clothes. He picked a porthole that I had
not chained up. According to eye-witnesses
he boarded an automobile, and when later I
found the machine I trailed Dupee to
Georgetown, where I understand his brother
runs a garage. I have failed to get track
of him yet, but have the police, county
officers and local United States marshals on
his trail.” >
FINAL DECREE ENTERED
IN FAMOUS BANK CASE
(Ruby Record-Citizen, July 24)
In the district court today Judge Charles
■E. Bunnell issued an order and decree that
mark the final stage of the famous Wash
ington-Alaska Bank case. The action is
styled “Tanana Valley Railroad Company,
a corporation, and John Zugg, plaintiffs, vs.
Washington-Alaska Bank, a Nevada cor
poration, defendant.” In short, the docu
ment handed down by the court is of the
following import: t>
1. It approves and confirms the findings
^f fact and conclusions of law contained in
the report of Referee Cecil II. Clegg.
2. The supposed contract of purchase
and sale, consummated in September, 1909,
between the Washington-Alaska Bank (of
Nevada) and the Washington-Alaska Bank
(of Washington), is null and void.
3. The supposed merger of the two in
stitutions was and is void.
’ 4. Each of the institutions is declared a
valid and existing independent corporation.
5. The plaintiffs and their co-creditors
shall have and recover from the defendant
corporation $283,675.84 and costs of action,
and additional costs of receivership after
date of this decree.
The receivership of F. G. Noyes is con
firmed and made permanent, and he is au
thorized to proceed to the Outside and in
stitute such actions as are necessary to sat
isfy the judgment of the court.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails. $2
caR Iditarod Meat Co.
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Hot Springs Revert to Government
By a decision received recently at the
land office at Fairbanks, the commissioner
at Washington denies the application for
patent made by George W. Wilson, who
homesteaded 160 acres at the Ghena Hot
Springs in 1908. When the original hearing
was held Receiver Erwin held against the i
applicant, while Register McBride held with J
him, anti this divided decision went up to 1
Washington. It has been a hard-fought
case. The government retains the land in a
reserve created by the President March 28. 1
1911, embracing all hot springs or other
springs having curative medicinal proper- j
Vies. The decision states that the land was ;
taken not with a view of developing an
agricultural home, but with speculative in
tent of developing and exploiting the nat ;
ural resources of the land in a commercial
way.
Food Shortage in Koyukuk Relieved
That the people of Betties were badly in ,
need of supplies is stated by several mem- j
hers of the crew of the steamer Tana, which j
recently returned from the northern camp j
to Fairbanks. When the Tana got within ;
twenty miles of Fettles the people there j
were so anxious lor fresh supplies that h
small boat was sent ahead with a few orates ‘
of goods, including eggs, bacon, cream and I
| other eatables. When the boat arrived all
j of the advance shipment had been eaten
, up and the people were waiting for more .
grub. Practically everything in the eatabl? j
line had been used up and the lirst boat |
I was given a most royal welcome. As soon ;
as the Tana .started to unload its supplies i
the merchants could not hand out the goods j
I fast enough to suit the customers, and many .
! “big feeds ’ were in order that night.
Warm Weather in Alaska
A Juneau dispatch of July 20 stated that
the streams were getting low and there was
less snow on the near-by mountains than
at any previous known time, owing to con
tinued warm and clear weat her. The power
plants, it was stated, might be compelled
to use their steam auxiliaries to keep mining
at the maximum. The only previous record
approaching the current hot spell was in
1896, when there was three months of sun
shine, but it was not so warm as it has been
this year. Undergrowth in the mountains,
seldom dried in former years, was parched,
and forest fires were raging along Lynn
canal. The weather bureau thermometer
registered 90 in the shade, while the 100
mark was reached in the business section.
Eastern tourists on excursion boats, who
had come laden with furs and heavy wraps,
were buying lightweight clothes and straw
hats. All the glaciers in that section were
discharging ice in a way never before wit
ness, and tourists were getting some rare
sights.
Ruby Will Not Get Station
M. J. Flood, chairman of a committee
which circulated and forwarded a petition
for the removal of the Washington-Alaska
military telegraph station from Melozi to
Ruby, has received notification that the
petition was not favorably considered, ac
cording to the Record-Citizen. The com
munication to Mr. Flood is from Captain B.
0. Lenoir, officer in charge at Seattle.
Anchorage Lot Sales Aggregate $133,000
According to a Seward dispatch fo July
16, a report on the sales of lots in the
townsite of Anchorage, Cook inlet head
quarters for the Alaska engineering^ com
mission, up to July 15, shows that 450 lots
were disposed of, at a total of $133,000.
The sales for the first day, including a
night session, totaled $58,470, which breaks
all department records for one sale. Com
missioners Frederick Mears and W. C. Kdes,
vtith Andrew Christensen, head of the
Alaska division of the United States land
office, recently visited Matanuska Junction,
the point from which the branch line to
the Matanuska coal fields will leave the
main line of the railway. They have de
cided that no townsite survey will be made
there this year, owing to their inability to
select the best location until the road is
farther along. The commission has driven
piles to deep water at Anchorage, on which
a drill will be mounted for the purpose of
determining the nature of the bottom be
fore commencing dredging for a coal dock
slip.
To Raise Goats in the Kobuk
Angora goats for Alaska is the latest stunt
for the development of the resources of the
I Northern territory. It is the plan of Judge
; Martin F. Moran, representative in the ter
ritorial legislature from the Kobuk district.
Judge Moran is quoted in the Seattle Post
Intelligencer of July 19 as outlining his
plans for importing a herd of Angora goats
in Alaska, to feed on reindeer moss, which
grows so plentifully on the tundra of West
ern and Northern Alaska. The Northern
legislator sees a future in the Angora in
dustry, with fat profits for the men with
i the initiative and daring to undertake the
i venture. “Down in Oregon,” said Judge
| Moran, “there is an Angora ranch that is
] making a fortune for the owner. The war
i has cut down the importation of Angora
I wool, and it is up to the few American
STR. Teddy H.l
WILL LEAVE IDITAROD
For Ruby, Fort Gibbon
and Fairbanks
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,
10:00 A. M.
WILL ALSO NAVIGATE THE
T6L0VANA RIVER
AS FAR AS PRACTICAL
We are giving Special Rates on Passengers and Freight on
this trip. For full particulars call on board at
City Dock, Iditarod
ranches to supply all of the needs of mohair j
manufacturers. Angora wool is a staple *
product; it brings from SI to §8 a pound
raw. the finest grades being used in the !
manufacture of the most expensive grades :
of mohair and fancy plush. In Oregon they
find plenty of food on the hills, and I don’t
see why they could not thrive equally well
on our Alaska reindeer moss. The moss ;
has great nutritive qualities; it has saved :
the lives of men on many occasions when
they happened to be caught out in th^
blizzards and lost their way.” It is the in
tention of Judge Moran to take in a small
herd of Angoras this fall, if he can make
satisfactory arrangements with the steam
ship companies for their transportation to
Nome and from Nome to the Kobuk dis
trict. which is twenty miles north of the
Arctic Circle. Mr. Moran was about to
1 start on his 3.000-mile journey home, to
take charge of his fox ranch at Shungnak.
He has been on a visit to his old home in
Kansas.
Record-Breaking Trip to States
In a telegram received on July 23 by the
Whitely-Woodward Company, at Fairbanks,
S Bob Sheldon informed his agents that his
passengers had reached Chitina and started
tor the coast, where they were to make con
nections that evening with the steamship
Northwestern. By catching the Northwest
ern. the passengers would be in Seattle
within nine days of the time they left hair
banks. This is the record time for a trip to
Seattle, and shows the possibilities of the
i trail route.
Phenomenal Catch of Fish
One of the largest catches of salmon ever
made in Southeastern Alaska is the record
of trap No. 2 of the Taku Canning & Cold
Storage Company. Last week 61.000 fish
were taken from it, says the Juneau Empire
of July 13. The run of humpbacks is on
at the present time, after a banner run of
red fish. All of the canneries are making
record time in getting up their packs, owing
to the great abundance of fish.
Saloons Close at I in Juneau
Promptly at 1 o’clock on the morning
of July 16 the saloons of Juneau closed
>md remained closed until 6 a. m. Many of
the saloons do not open mornings until 7
o'clock. The new ordinance affects billiard
parlors and all other amusement places.
Gold Prospects Near Anchorage
The Cook Inlet Pioneer of July 3 tells
of a stampede to Lewis river, lying between
the Susitna and Beluga rivers, which was
induced by reports of placer gold strikes.
The facts regarding the discovery are that
Sam Wagner and Chittick, both old-timers
in the Susitna country, found a little pay
on Lewis river, about a mile above the
point where a small strike was reported two
years ago. Wagner and Chittick also say
they found coarse gold on the stream two
miles above where they made the recent
find. They are working with a rocker that
yields them about 75 cents each per hour.
The country is a likely one for prospecting,
although it is said there are too many
boulders on Lewis river for dredges. Ru
mors have been afloat for some days about
a strike on Peters creek, but diligent in
quiry elicited the fact that while some
coarse gold has been discovered, nothing
that can be called pay gravel has been re
vealed as yet. Coarse colors have been
| found on Ship creek, but nothing of impor
| tance has yet been discovered.
Grub Scarce in Tolovana
i That grub is getting very scarce in the
| Tolovana at the present time is stated by
Duncair Michie, who came out during the
early part of the week, says the Fairbanks
Times of .July 19. Owing to the impassable
trail and poor facilities for transportation
on the river, the prices of grub have soared,
and many articles are not obtainable f >r
any money. During the past ten weeks ap
proximately seventy men from Rampart md
other Yukon river points visited the Toln
vana, and many of them have had as high
as $500 in cash, intending to buy outfits
and start prospecting, but they were com
pelled to get out as quickly as possible. Re
garding the road to the Tolovana. Mr
Michie reports that li. A. Jackson and crew
are cutting out a way for a good trail, and
indications are that the engineer will be
able to find a good route to the new camp.
Jade Found in the Kobuk
Mr. Keon, who is the owner of the jade
mine in the Kobuk section, arrived in
Nome recently, bringing a quantity <*f jade
for the market. Mr Koen stated that there
was a great quantity of the stone at what
is known as Jade mountain, some three
hundred miles up the Kobuk river. The
jade is found in ledges or leads, and the
mine has the distinction of being the only
one in the world where the stone i> found
in that form. The surrounding terrain is
composed of a serpentine hornblende forma
tion, which is also described as unusual.
The samples shown by Mr. Koen run
through various shades, from pale green to
a dark emerald, and some are beautifully
streaked and mottled. The Alaska jade is
attracting considerable attention on the Out
side, and several communications have
^een received from interested parties dur
ing the winter.
Dredge for Ruby
Walter Johnson of the Union Construc
tion Company closed a contract for the n
struction of a three and three-quarters cubic :
feet dredge for the Ruby section today, say'
^he Nome Nugget of July 9. The new gold
digger will be of two thousand yards’ ca
pacity, and will be equipped with two en
gines of the steam type, which are a new
departure in the line of power production
and probably will result in a great reduc
tion in the cost of dredge operation. Th**
new engines are what as known as the
Wolf locomobile type, and are said t<» virn
but four cords of wood per twenty i nir
hours’ operation. When it is considered
that the dredges of the came capacity in
operation in this section consume seven ml
a half tons of coal per twenty-four h r-’
operating, which is equal to fifteen or m ue
cords of wood, the great saving in this type
of motive power becomes readily appar- nt.
The engines in use are mounted directly :i
top of the boilers, and a great part of 'he
saving is accomplished through using super
heated steam.
Seattle Man Was Juneau Suicide
That the body of the man found near
Juneau on Thursday, July S. with a bullet
wound in the head, is that of 0. S. >tat: rd,
former manager of the Georgian hotel, in
Seattle, is the belief of E. G. Caldwell, owner
of the hotel, according to the Post-Intelli
gencr. Mr. Caldwell says that Stafford mys
teriously disappeared on the afternoon of
June 14. Later Caldwell trailed the missing
man to Ketchikan through the checking of
his baggage, and a guest at the hotel re
ported that he had seen Stafford at Juneau.
Mr. Caldwell says that Stafford evidently
ended his own life. The former manager
obtained a divorce from his wife, who i-j
now in Montana, several months ago, and
he also had suffered from insomnia for some
time. Stafford was well known in Seattle.
Before becoming manager of the Georgian
■hotel he was proprietor of the Amherst
hotel.