COOK INLET ICE
GETTING FIRMER
Admiral Farragut Given First Chance
to Discharge her Cargo of Pro
visions at Railroad Town.
Passengers arriving on the steam
er Northwestern last night tell of
(he desperate efforts made by Cap
lain Hunter to land his freight at
Anchorage and the battle with the
Cook Inlet ice which lasted several
days. It is asserted that Captain
Hunter was on the bridge almost con
stantly for five days and nights, mak
ing every effort to land the freight,
four hundred tons of which was fin
ally taken back to Seward.
When the Northwestern left An
chorage the steamer Admiral Farra
gut was preparing to discharge fif
leen hundred tons of freight, mostly
general merchandise, and it is be
lieved that she too will have her
troubles.
The ice on Cook Inlet is getting
firmer and it is believed will soon
precent the small launches from
handling the barges used in lighter
ing the freight to shore. It is stated
that when the ebb tide sets in toward
Anchorage that a field of ice, extend
ing as far as the eye can see, drifts
into the channel, causing the steam
ers to drag anchor. The ice was so
firm that when it struck the anchor
chains of the steamer that the
Northwestern was forced up against
the tide and ice. It was necessary
to keep the vessel in constant motion
Co break the floe-ice. which piled
up in front of the square-nosed scows
until it towered above the deck. Often
the great cakes of ice would float un
der the barges, lifting them almost
clear of the water.
After a day or two spent in an al
most useless endeavor to land his
cargo, Capt. Hunter realized that fur
ther fighting with the elements was
useless, and taking three scows he
let the steamer go out with the tide
and returned again with it with the
scows loaded and ready to be landed,
as the rising tide breaks the ice near
the shore.
Several times it was necessary for
the Northwestern to go to the assist
ance of the little launches which are
doing the work for which heavy and
powerful tugs should have been pro
vided. The launches are almost as
powerless in the ice as the barges.
The steamer had not only to fight
the ice while discharging her cargoes, j
hut had to keep a sharp watch on 1
the barges Sperm and Matanuska, ;
which have broken loose and pass up
and down the channel with the rise*
and fall of the tides. The people of '
Anchorage have bid good bye to the
barges several times but they are sure
to return on the next tide. They
must, however, soon be crushed, as i
the ice is getting firmer owing to the |
cold weather prevailing in the inlet, j
The lumber barge Davenport is re- j
ported to be helpless and floats about j
on the flats with the tides. Her cap- I
tain flies distress signals whenever r.
steamer hoves-in sight, but they have
troubles of their own and cannot re
spond.
Lieut. Mears, of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, ordered the
rails on the Northwestern to be un
loaded at Seward and gave the Admi
ral Farragut first chance to discharge
her cargo of provisions at Anchorage.
While the Northwestern was at
Anchorage the Kansas City arrived,
but after taking in the situation re
turned to Seldovia to await instruc
tions when she could secure the serv
ices of the barges.
The steamer Alliance, carrying fif
teen hundred tons of provisions for
Brown & Hawkins Anchorage store,
returned to Seward, but it is under
stood that she has been ordered back
and that an effort will be made to
land the cargo.
The officers of the Northwestern
state that the anchorage in Cook
Inlet is not good and their anchors
show that they have been dragging
as the four-inch flukes are worn off
and the anchor chains where they
icame in ^contact with the ice have
I been beautifully polished.
! Captain Hunter declined to make
any comment on his experiences in
| Cook Inlet except to state that con
ditions could be improved in the mat
ter of lighterage. He believes a pow
erful tug should have been engaged
and special scows provided which
would not permit the ice to pile up
in front of them, causing their lines
to give way under the strain.
DOINGS BEFORE THE
DISTRICT COURT.
Two divorce cases were disposed
of in the district court this morning.
Mae Chamawack was given a divorce
from Nick Chamawack. The case was
allowed to go by default.
Tessie Kotoff was granted a di
vorce from Walter Kotoff. The case
was not contested.
The court issued an order closing
the affairs of the Prince William
Sound Fish company which went into
bankruptcy two years ago.
The case of Mrs. Hattie Woodin vs.
W. W. Harvey & Co., of McCarthy,
was ordered transferred from Cordo
va to the Valdez docket.
In the case of J. H. Shotwell vs.
W. H. Malvern, involving mining
property in the Slate creek district,
was decided in favor of the palintiff.
The court adjourned until 10 a. m.
tomorrow.
•SPECIAL, TONIGHT AT
THE LIBERTY THEATRE.
-
The following five reels of film
will be shown at the Liberty Theatre
1 tonight:
1—The Miner's Baby—A story
that picture’s the prospector’s life
land hardships he endures.
2 and 3—Harvest of Flames—-A
I fire scene that cannot be surpassed in
moving pictures. A fine two-reel
drama of Aierit.
4. —An Actor’s Christmas—Feat
uring that well-known actor, King
Baggott, who in this picture portrays
the part of the actor: in this picture
King Baggot is at his best.
5. The Cure that Failed—A high
class comedy that will make the
laughs come.
Don’t fail to see the Liberty Thea
tre. The home of good pictures.
Two shows. *
Fancy Liationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
AT THE
The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinson:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge.
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to one Coupon.
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KANSAS CITY IS
NOW AT CORDOVA
Loses an Anchor and Breaks Circu
lating I*uinp in Encounter with
Cook Inlet Ice this
CORDOVA, Nov. 23.—The steamer
Kansas City, of the Alaska Steam
ship company’s fleet, arrived here
from the westward with fifteen hun
dred tons of freight which she was
unable to discharge at Anchorage
owing to the heavy ice in Cook In
let.
After waiting several days at Sel
dovla for lighters the Kansas City
went to Anchorage, where she an
chored. The rise in the tide caused
heavy ice to be swept against the
steamer and when the captain decid
ed to ram the ice to break it up it
was found that the condensers had
filled with the silt from the water.
The steamer lost an anchor and
broke here circulating pump. She
will be repaired here before going to
Fort Liscum, where she will dis
charge one hundred and fifty tons of
coal.
PATENTS ARE ISSUED FOR
GALENA BAY CLAIMS
Final certificates have been issued
through the Juneau land office to the
Alaska Packers’ association for four
fishing sites on Kodiak island in con
nection with which surveys were
made in 1912. One of these sites
is occupied by the fish hatchery of
the company and comprises 21 acres.
The remaining tracts total 32.5 acres.
These certificates are only one
group of a large number which have
been granted for that district, and
applications filed go to show that the
Kodiak island region is going to be
one of the favorite fishing grounds
of the Territory.
Final certificates were also issued
to the Galena Bay Mining company
for three lode claims in the vicinity
of Valdez, Superintendent C. A. Sl
menstad of this company was In Ju
neau several weeks ago in connection
with the application for patent to the
claims.
BIG JUDGMENT GIVEN
AGAINST ALASKAN (X).
Judgment for the sum of $76,
142.04 was entered by Judge Jen
nings yesterday against the Porcu
pine Gold Mining company in favor
of Prank B. Hodges, Hurlburt W.
Smith and Pred Gage trustee in
bankruptcy for the Hunter Arms Co.,
of Pulton, New York state.
The Hunter Arms company secured
judgment in the supreme court of
the County of Onondago with 6 per
cent interest on deferred payments
and John W. Youngs gives affidavit
that service was had upon Samuel G.
Hunter in the east.—Juneau Empire.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 22.
Barometric pressure .29.107
Temperature 7 p. m.21
Maximum temperature .28
Minimum temperature . 9
Mean temperature.18—
Precipitation .06
Partly cloudy, wind northeast 6
miles, snowed at night.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Nov. 23, 1915.
Fairbanks, 20 below, 5 inches of
snow; clear and windy.
Salcha, 23 below, 7 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Richardson, 19 below, 8 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCarthy, 15 below, 9 Inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly, 10 below, 10 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCallum, 5 below, 36 Inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail good.
Paxson, 15 below, 18 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 10 below, 15 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 9 below, 13 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 17 below, 21Jnches
of snow; cloudy, calm, trail gcSBd.
Tonsina, 12 below, IS inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, zero, 20 Inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Beaver Dam, 4 above, 33 inches of
anew; cloudy, windy, trail heavy.
Summit, 10 above, 60 Inches snow!
clear, north wind, trail drifted.
Wortm&n's, 12 below, 14 inches of
snow, cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Fort Gibbon. 18 below, clear and
windy.
Nulato, 10 above, blear, windy,
f -" —
Do yon know that thle is the hot'
test place to townT We keep 6300
decrees of heat on tap night and day.
Pet Is the reaspn we weld anything.
Valdes Iron Works. Tu
YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
SITKA APPRECIATES WORK
OK ROAD COMMISSION.
The Alaska Road Commission in
trying to make a small amount reach
all over Alaska comes in for criti
cism every once in a while, and un
just criticism at that. Contrary to
the spirit of resentment felt because
the government commission cannot
accomplish more, comes a neat bou
quet in the form of a compliment
from Sitka directed to Jack Hayes,
superintendent of road construction
in Southeastern Alaska with head
quarters at Juneau, which reads:
Whereas, The Alaska Road Com
mission has recently repaired the
government roads adjacent to Sitka,
and has also commenced the con
struction of a trail from Jamestown
Bay to Sawmill Bay—-to be later
completed and enlarged for use as
a wagon road, and.
Whereas, All of this work was ex
cellently done and will be of great
benefit to this community, and
Whereas, The Alaska Road Com
mission has in years past greatly
aided Sitka by building roads and
bridges for the development of the
surrounding country, be it therefore
Resolved, By Camp Sitka, No. 6,
of the Arctic Brotherhood that we
do hereby in behalf of ourselves and
the people of Sitka, extend sincere
thanks to the Alaska Road Commis
sion for the work completed or be
gun by it in the vicinity of the town
of Sitka, and be it further
Resolved. That these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes of this
camp and a copy thereof be sent to
the Alaska Road Commission at Val
dez, Alaska.
A. G. SHOUP,
J. W. JOHNSTON,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted at a regular
meeting of Camp Sitka, No. 6, Arctic
Brotherhood on November 1. 1915.
WALTER STUART’S FATHER
DIES IN KANSAS.
Walter Stuart, of the Alaska Wa
ter, Light & Telephone company
staff, received the sad news this
morning by cable that his father had
died at their old home in Lawrence,
Kansas. Mr. Stuart's father had
been ailing for some time but recent
letters indicated that he was recov
ing and the news of his death was
unexpected.
Notice to the Public.
All the stores and also The First
Bank of Valdez will be closed all day
Thanksgiving.
OPEN UNTIL* P.M.
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack CaIMn Proprietor
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions tor high and low water
aie taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures Immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1015.
High, 1:29 am, 7.1; 12:34 pm, 9.6.
Low, 6:27 am, 3.2; 7:30 pm, 0.7.
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1915.
High, 2:06 am, 6.9; 1:06 pm, 9.4.
Low, 7 am, 3.3; 8:05 pm, 0.5.
Thursday, Nov. 25, 1015.
High, 2:44 am, 6.7; 1:40 pm, 9.0.
Low, 7:34 am, 3.5; 8:42 pm, 0.2.
Friday, Nov. 26, 1015.
High, 3:25 am, 6.5; 2:18 pm, 8.6.
Low, 8:14 am', 3.8; 9:22 pm, 0.2
Saturday, Nov. 27, 1015.
High, 4:10 am,. 6.4; 3 pm, 8.0.
Low, 9:01 am, 4.0; 10:40 pm', 0.7.
Sunday, Nov. 28, 1015
High, 6 am, 6.4; 3:52 pm, 7.3.
Low, 10:91 am., 4.1; 19:60 pm, 1.1.
Monday; Nov. 20, 1015.
High, 5:35 am, 6.7; 5:57 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:17 am, 4.
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1015.
High, 6:44 am, 7.1; 6:21 pm, 6.2.
Low, 11:41 pm, 1.5; 12:44 pm, 3.4.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CI-OSE OF BUSINESS ON THE lOTH DAY OF ’
NOVEMBER, 1»15.
/ RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts . $ 84,693.25
Overdrafts . 360.16
Bonds, Warrants and other Securities 24,911.00
Furniture and Fixtures. 3,428.80
Checks on other Banks and other Cash Items. 1,798.80
CASH ON HAND, including Gold Dust 1071110 11
and Sight Exchange .. I LI jU I Ji I I
TOTAL .$242,205.12
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in...$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund . 500.00
Undivided Profits . 1,970.13
Due to Banks—Deposits . ’453.11
Deposits . 214,074.88
Certified Checks 207.00
TOTAL $242,205.12
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
» sion, ss.
I, W. M. Goodwin, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemn
ly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
W M. GOODWIN, Cashier.
Correct Attest M. BLUM,
JOHN LYONS,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of Nov. 1915.
(Notarial Seal) J. W. GILSON,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Jan. 21, 1917.
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