CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
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EVERYTHING
FI RSI CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
1 Manager.
ALAMEDA ARRIVES
FROM THE SOOIR
TO RETURN TOMORROW NIGHT
Will Go No Farther Than Seward
This Trip—Brought Considerable
Freight and Nuinl>er of Passengers
for Here and W’estward.
The Alameda arrived in port short
ly before 11 o’clock this morning,
bringing a number of passengers and
con^_le freight for local mer
cants. She also carried a large list
of passengers for Seward and west
ward points. The passengers for
Valdez are J. G. Dorsch, G. A. Slater,
J. Byron Wilson, Joe Spenard. A. F.
Hoffman, H. D. Kelly, J. J. Chis
holm, G. W. Fawcett, Tim Eckstrom
and five steerage.
The Alameda will not go west of
Seward, and is expected to return
here about 6 o’clock tomorrow night
on the return trip.
J. A. Spenard, who went out as a
guard with an insane prisoner some
time ago, returned on the Alameda
this morning.
Y. P. L. SOCIETY
HOLDS SOCIAL MEETING
Friday evening a number of young
people gathered at Everyman’s Club
house for the regular social meeting
of the society. Games formed the
principal diversion of the evening,
and a good time was reported by all.
A short business meeting was held at
which it was voted to abolish the lit
erary meetings and hold a social
meeting once a month. This was to
hoid good only for the time being
The membership committee were in
structed to gather in the names of
those young people who wished to be
come members. The constitution was
voted amended.
The next literary meeting was de
clared a social meeting and the liter
ary committee were to be the social
committee. W. B. Bennet, Miss Rose
Johnson and J. F. Dunstan were
chosen, W. B. Bennet acting as
chairman. The meeting was declared
adjourned and refreshments were
prepared.
ROAD CREW STARTS FOR
THE DELTA COUNTRY
Foreman Lars Holland, with Nels
Jenson and Arthur Johnson, left this
morning on the Aroline for Cordova,
en route to the Delta country Tor the
coming season’s work on the Valdez
Fairbanks road.
Mr. Holland has had charge of the
work on this section of the road for
several years. He will pick up the
remainder of his crew at Chitina, and
will leave at once for the interior. As
the trail will soon begin to break up,
the men go in to their station at this
time so as to be on the ground as the
snow goes, otherwise they would be
compelled to wait until June before
being able to reach this section.
J. A. Olson, Hans Christensen, Geo.
Brown, John Borud and J. Oliver left
on the Aroline this morning for Cor
dova, and will go into the Delta sec
tion to work on the road in Oscar Ol
son’s crew this summer. Oscar Olson
has been on the work of freighting in
supplies for about a month, and has
practically completed this portion oi
the work.
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UPPER COURT REVERSES CASE
Tax Decision Against Alaska North
ern Railroad Is Reversed by Appel
late Court and Action Is Ordered
to Be Dismissed.
Attorney S. O. Morford of Seward,
counsel for the Alaska Northern Rail
road Company has received notice
that the appellate court had reversed
the decision of the District Court in
the case of the Town of Seward vs.
The Alaska Northern Railroad. The
notification sent to Attorney Morford
contains the intelligence that the
higher court instructs the District
Court to dismiss the proceedings, and
taxes the costs amounting to about
$200 on the city.
The action was brought by the City
of Seward to collect taxes assessed
against the property of the railroad
within the incorporated limits of the
town, and the district court held this
proceeding proper and held for the
town.
The full text of the decision was
not given in the communication re
ceived by Attorney Morford, and the
grounds on which the verdict was set
aside are not khown.
MIS PROPERTY
STARR MOM
BAGGAGE SENT OVER TODAY
Crew Will Go Over First of Week
and the Work of Mining Commenc
ed—Plan to Make the Property 8
Regular Shipper.
Superintendent Palmer Cook and t
crew of twenty men will leave Mon
day morning for the Granby mint
and will commence work on the de
velopment of the property at once
The baggage of the crew was sen!
over this morning on the launch Mar;
Lee, and the men are to follow tht
first of the week. It is expected tc
increase the crew as soon as condi
tions permit, and the plans for the
season’s work consists of taking out 8
large quantity of ore, and making
shipments to the smelter of the com
pany, which has been largely increas
ed in capacity during the winter, and
is now believed capable of handling
a large' amount of ore from thil
mine.
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
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Wines, Liquids and Cigars
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DIVIDEND ON
GRANITE STOCK
STOCK REACHED 8<>c A SHARE
President of Granite Mining Company
Says Indebtedness Is Wiped Out—
Refuses to Discuss Property or
Rumored New Strike.
Col. E. F: Millard returned yester
day from the Granite mine. Mr. Mil
lard confirmed the rumor that the
company would pay a dividend on its
stock and stated that every indebted
ness of the company had been wiped
out. The dividend will be paid in
! Seattle and will be 2 per cent.
Aside from this Col. Millard refus
ed, to talk concerning the property,
and stated that for the next ninety
days he would have absolutely noth
ing concerning the property to give
out for publication. His reason for
this, he said, was that the stock of
the company had recently been listed
on the exchanges in New York and
Spokane, and he did not propose to
be party to any boosting of the stock,
las, in the event that anything
j should go wrong and depress the
| price of the stock, he would have to
| bear the brunt of the blame. If he
| did not talk he could not be held re
sponsible for any rise or fall in the
(market for the stock. The Colonel
!did say that, in his opinion, the prop
erty had made to this-time a won
derful showing, but further than
that he would not talk.
lucre wus a ruiuur anuui luwi. mat
something pretty good had been
struck at the mine, but Mr. Millard
refused to either atfirm or deny this.
However, if appearance may be
taken to indicate anything,, every
thing must be perfectly satisfactory
at the property, for Col. Millard was
in the best of spirits which would not
have been the case were things not
going smoothly^ so it is safe to take
it for granted that Mr. Millard's re
! fusal to discuss the property is not
I due to any lack of merit in the pro
ject.
Mr. Millard stated that the stock
opened' on the New York and Spo
kane exchanges at 75c, and that he
had received advices that on March
28 it had reached 80c per share.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
BY MISSION
ATTEMPT TO SETTLE WAGES
Beard Appointed by Government to
Settle Labor Trouble on Railroad
| Will Give Public Hearings to Labor
j Union Men—Unions Not Unjust.
President Sutherland, of the Alas
I ka Labor Union, announces that he
! received word this morning from the
Commission sent to settle the differ
ences between the workers and the
Engineering Commission, and try to
establish a wage scale satisfactory to
both sides, says the Cook Inlet Pio
neer.
From his understanding, a public
hearing will be held by the gentle
men of the commission, as soon as
they can conveniently do so after ar
riving at Anchorage, at which time
and place the Alaska Labor Union
will be permitted to state fully their
reasons for demanding an Increase in
wages. Presumably the commission
will gather all data and information
so that a comprehensive report can be
made from the Information gathered
at the hearing. The Labor Union is
trying to secure-all available data to
assist the commission, and they will
appreciate the assistance of any one
in Anchorage.
The labor boys that this stand:
They are not demanding anything out
of .reason. That the laborers who are
here and in all probability who will
come here from now on, do so for a
dual purpose. First, to help build
the railroad, and second, to become
identified with the future develop
i ment of the territory. Therefore,
they argue that the demands of the
laborers are just and that the mod
erate advance asked for In wages will
all be returned to the territory.
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works add
let them remove the pbace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate It. tf
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| Deputy Marshal Al. oullivan left
on the Alameda for i^atouche, on
court business and will return on the
same boat.
CALL FOB BIDS
SURVEY PARTY N'EKU LAUNCH
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Specifications May Be Obtained from
tbe Postmaster and the Bids Must
Be Mailed from Here Not Later
Than April 15, IP HU
An advertisement at the postoftice
calls for bids to supply a launch and
services of crew for thq U. S. Geo
logical Survey for the coming sum
mer.
The specifications call for a boat
large enough to furnish quarters for
two men besides the crew; ttiat the
boat and crew shall be hired and dis
charged at Valdez and that the serv
ices of one man shall be at the dis
posal of the survey party when not
actually engaged in running the boat.
Gasoline, oil and grease for the
boat and sustenance for the men are
to be furnished by the Survey. The
services of boat: and crew shall be
available on Sundays and holidays,
and a reasonable amount of overtime
is required. The owner of the boat
is to assume all responsibility for his
boat. The Captain or one of his as
sistants must do the cooking and the
captain must be familiar with Prince
William Sound waters. The captain
is also required to furnish a safe
landing skiff.
A seventeen foot Kodiak dory with
detachable motor is also required,
and the bids for the service will be
received with this boat included or
excluded. The bids must be made on
the price per day for the service re
quired. Blanks may be obtained from
the postmaster, and all bids must be
mailed not later than April 15.
MUCH MYSTERY
IV FIELD CASE
A Fairbanks paper gives the fol
lowing details regarding the recent
shooting of Clyde J. Field, the tele
graph operator stationed at Salcha by
his wife, a few days ago.
The first word of the shooting was
received in Fairbanks when a tele
gram was received from Mrs. Field
stating that Field has been shot and
requesting that a physician be sent to
the scene. Assistance was sent, and
Field taken to a hospital in Fair
banks, where it was found that he
had been twice wounded in the right
leg between the thigh and the knee,
and the wounds while painful, are not
thought to be dangerous.
Much mystery surrounds the shoot
ing. and neither party will give any
details surrounding the affair. Short
ly after he was taken to the hospital
he told a reporter that the shooting
was accidental, that his wife was
handling an automatic revolver which
went off accidentally and he was In
line of the bullets.
Dr. Cassell, who attended the man.
states that he learned that the shoot
ing was done through a door, but has
been unable to learn more. After
the shooting Mrs. Field went from
the Mission where the affair occurred
to. the Munson Roadhouse, nerrby,
where she remained after sending the
telegram to Fairbanks. She has re
fused to talk about the shooting.
The couple were married about a
month ago. While residing at Sal
cha, both before and since her mar
riage, Mrs. Field has been In charge
of the Episcopal mission. And as Mr.
Field, In his capacity of telegraph op
erator, had spent considerable of his
time at the Salcha station about five
miles below Munson’s, or the place
where the Mission is located, they
were apart a great deal of the t'me.
It was reported that the shooting
was'the result of a quarrel, although
no statement to that effect has been
made by anyone familiar with the af
fair. The statement of Field to the
effect that the shooting was acciden
tal was apparently made with the in
tention of protecting his wife.
Special Saturday Evening Change
of Picture at the Empress tonight at
8:10 sharp. A good comedy pro
gram.
A Preliminary.
Mme. Ponderossa, the Prlma Donna—
I slug In light opera? I would starve
first!
Allnerve, the Producer—Sure, you’ll
have to starve first Starve till you
take off about eighty pounds and I’ll
offer you a contract—Boston Globe.
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The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
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Which have fewer parts, run more
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the market.
And the
“Thor 5” Vacuum Gleaner
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for .the low
price at which it sells.
^ We stand back of both the above machines.
Alaska Water Light & Tel. Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lva. Fort Llaoum Lva. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 1
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p:m.
There wNl be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days bring used to
clean boilers.
George Long, one of the best
known of the employes of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, having been
employed by that line for the past
ten years, is again making the rounds
this time as freight clerk on the Ala
meda.
The launch Eagle left this morn
ing for Port Wells and vicinity.
T. M. Hunt, of the Cordova for
estry service, together with Messrs.
Borgen, Clifford and Nettleton, of
the office force, were passengers on
the Alameda for Seward, where they
will be stationed this summer.
An up to date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead's Sheet Metal
Works. *
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