VOL S.
WILL PROBABLY BE
LOCATED IN ALASKA
NORTHERN BUILDING
Washington. D. C., May 4.--William Edes ol
he Alaska Engineering Commission announced
tiday that the first headquarters for the
locating expedition would be at Seward and not
Valdez. He stated that the expedition would
have to go to a place where a suitable building
was available for headquarters offices and that
Seward was the most desirable. He said the
first locating work would be done from Fair
banks.
from this it is understood that the commis
sioners expect to secure the office building of;
the Alaska Northern railway at Seward as
headquarters.
.In mes II iekevsham. delegate from Alaska,
. . irith the eom mission ers today and stated
fj.,,1 y, iras ireff pleased with the men se/ee/ed.
.lark l>altmi. we!1 known A eska pioneer a so
runj'ei ed with the com m ission ei s today, and it is
an;, ant ed that lie will he named master of trans
portation for the expedition. Thomas Higgs, for
merly engineer in charge of the Alaska-1 akon
boundary surrey will probably he a member of the
OP'Li H Pit zu ft ttPt.
A statement was issued by the geological snr-\
' n a department today in which the amount of coal j
,Ronnie field coal fields near Fairbanks is es
timated at 10.ROD,000,000 tons or d,OOO,OOO,OOO
mm; than previously estimated.
RECOVER 9-TON
PROPELLER OF
ADMIRAL EVANS
Seldovia. May i. (Special corre
spondence.; The propeller dropped by
the Admiral Evans as she was ap
proaching the dock hese last week has
been recovered and is now on a barge
alongside the disabled steamer. The
'•-ton bronze wheel was located in
M-vm fathoms of water after several
attempts pv T. A. Davidson, superin
tendent of the Seldovia Salmon com
pany.
A * has been received bp Cap*
t;»it .l.-t - ii advisinir him mat the tuj{
lieliah i- eiiroute to tow the Evans
soulh.
Mosquito Fleet Busy.
About twenty passengers proceeded
on their way to Knik aboard the Swan
and about eighty aboard the i’yokic,
which also took all ttie freight she
could car ry.
Among those going north on the Ty
onic were Assistant District Attorney
Whittlesey, Deputy Marshal Evans,
Ike Kosenthal, “Dick’’Dawson, brother
and crew, and the Bartbolf brothers.
Be rtha lakes Freight.
Uhe Bertha came alongside the Ev
ans on the dOth and took all the freight
fot up the iulet and the Evans is now
waiting for the Goliah to broceed to
Seattle. _____
Ask about hoard by the week at the
Seward Cate. I
LISTER AND
MILLIONAIRES
TO SEE ALASKA
Seattle, May 4.—Arrangements have
been made by President Alexander of
the Pacific Alaska Navigation company
for an excursion to Alaska for Gov.
Lister of Washington and 100 capital
ists including Louis Hill and President
Hanna Pord of the Northern Pacific,
President Karling of ttie Chicago and
Milwaukee, bankers of the northwest
and others.
The excursionists will leave Seattle
on the Admiral Sampson on May la
and make the round trip. Gov. Strong |
will accompany the praty.
SIX WEEKS’ TALK
-
Washington, May 4.—The debate on
the question of tolls for the Panama
canal commenced in the house today
and is expected to last six weeks.
HE WILL TELL ALL
—
Washington, May 4.—Mellen Seek
announced today that he would disclose
the entire New Haven railroad scan
dal iu a statement to the interstate
commerce commission.
If you want to enjoy your after
dinner smoke you will sure smoke a
Lovera. THE Cigar.
SEWARDITES
HOME FROM
NEFCIIINA j
Tolinau and Whitney Back Prom
New Camp Say That Ground is
Deeper Than Was Expected—
Many Men Goinjf In.
|
Frit Tolmun and Frank Whitney ar
rived in Seward Saturday evening on
the Dora from the Nelehina. They
came out via Knik and by boat to Sel
dovia. They completed assestment
work on several claims.
Tolman suns that the ground at the i
Nelehina is deeper than the early pto-l
specters expected ow ing to glacier
deposit about 70 feet thick on the sur
face. He su\s that nothing delinate
will he knoNvn about the section for
another year as surface water will
bother the prospectors this summer.
Good prospects have been found on
Willow creek at about 8 feet on No. 2
above discovery, but bed rock had not
been reached yet.
Pay has also been struck on the
Oshttna a tributary to the Susiti a
about 20 miles north of the Recorders
office, some of the gravel in the shal
Ionv ground going .V> cents to the pan.
Boh McIntosh arrived in camp from
Valdez just before they left and re-!
ported about l’>0 men on the trail j
coining in and scene 12”> tons of sup- j
plies enroute. He said that several I
hand drills were being taken in.
C’rit says a large number of men are
out in the hill* prospecting and that a
number of strikes will probably be
made this summer.
McKintosh arrived in Cordova
Saturday, and reported that before he
left the camp pay up to 5 cents a pan
had been found on Willow creek.
FREE WATER IS
FLAN IN VALDEZ
Valdez, Ma\ 4.- Valdez now has two
electric light and power companies
and there is a strong probability that
she will *oon have a new water and
sewerage s\stem. Edwin Eckern, rep
resenting the American Contracting
company of Seattle, has applied to the
council fsr a franthise. lie states that
hi-* company intends to build a sewer
age aud water system atonce if granted
the franchise. The plans of the com
pany were to secure a fall of 200 feet
by securing the water three miles from
town and this fall would he sullicient
to throw the water over the top of any
four-storv building which might be;
constructed. The company also pro
posed to give the city free woter and
three tire hydrants free during the life
of the franchise.
JUNEAU SENDS
GOV’S PORTRAIT
A splend;d portrait of Fovernor
Strong neatly framed has been re
reived bv the Seward Democratic club
with the compliments of the Juneau
Democratic club. The Seward club is
the original Democratic club in Alaska
and a few weeks ago it sent an order
to Juneau for a good portrait of the
governor. Some live Juneauite got
hold of the order and turned it over to
their Democratic ciub w ith the above
results. The picture is on display at
the Seward News company.
1). MacKellar, representative of the
Lovera Cigar Co. who is making a
special trip through Alaska is here
for a short stay. MacKeller says that
it was the railroad bill that started
him north and he likes the country so |
well now that he’s seen it that it wont'
take much to start him this way again.
Smoke a Lovera Cigar. Sold at all
leading places in Seward.
SMELTER AT
INGA SOON;
COD THICK
Fishermen Doing Well on Cod
Banks.--General Agent on Pir
ate Cove Seriously Injured.—
Marshal Casler on the Job.
Unga, April 29.—(Special corre
spondence.)—Mr. F. K. Brown, for
many years superintendent of the
Apollo mine here, has formed a de
velopment company to develop the
mines on litis island. He intends to
erect a 200-ton smelter and make many
other improvements.
Fishermen Prosperous.
The codtishing business, of which
this island is the center, is growing to
large proportions and information 5s
gathered that it will not he long be
fore the present system, dory and hand
line, will he entirely abolished and
uothing hut power boats used. The
Alaska Codlish company, whose head
quarters are in this town, have a ves
sel, the Allen A., now in Squaw har
bor, which will leave for San Fran
cisco on the 29th with 250,000 fish on
hoard. The men who are fishing from
the local stations have been earning as
high *15.00 per day.
Skull Fractured.
Mr. Rudolph Hoelke, the general
agent of the Union Kish company, with
headquarters at Pirate cove, Popoff,
island, met with a bad accident re-'
cently. While attempting to tow the |
Golden State out of the harbor with
the launch Union Flag the mainmast j
of the launch caught in the forerigging |
of t tie vessel and snapped s hort, strik- j
ing Mr. Hoelke on the head and ren
dering him unconscious, I he doctor;
from Kiog cove, some 90 miles from
Prairie cove, was sent for and the lat- j
est reports are that Mr. Hoelke had !
sustained a fracture of the skull, but
was doing as well as possible.
School Election.
The annual election of the school
no ird was held ihis month, the follow- (
ine being elected to the otlice: S. O.
Casler director, A. Osterback clerk, F. |
C. Driffield treasurer. The present
teacher, Miss Dora S. Lecrone, was re
elected for the 1914-1915 term.
New Marshal Busy.
Mr. S. <>. Casler, who has taken
Captain Zuu Moore’s place as deputy
U. S. Marshal, arrived on the March
Dora and has taken to the place and
work w ith considerable aptitude, lie
has already provided Uncle Sara with
several hoarders.
Eight New Arrivals.
The good ship Dora arrived here yes
terday, bringing the following pas- i
sengers for Unga: Mr. F. It. Brow’n, j
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McCombs, W. F. J
Devine, W. W. Cole, C. Lang, Fred I
Sprague and Herman Strom, all ot
whom will make a very welcome addi
tion to the community.
—
POTTER GETS A
TOW FROM DORA
Guide Chas. Emsweiler wont have
to hunt up his friend A. B. Potter, who
spent the winter hunting and trapping
along Aialik bay. Potter came into
port in style, Saturda> evening, his
little sloop in tow of the Dora.
Potter says he had a fairly good
winter and caught some pretty high
class otter and mink. In addition to
trapping he spent considerable time
prospecting in the valleys back of the
bay but did not fiud anything except
some streaks of very low grade quartz.
Oak Oleson, Representative of
Schwabaker Bros, is a “Seward
booster” now. He came in on the
Sampson has taken a bunch of orders
and will go out by the same boat.
Hurry back Oak.
ASK COURTMARTIAL OF
COLORADO MILITIAMEN
FOR URNING WOMEN
Trinidad, Colo., May 4.—The federal
military commissioner to this district
reported today recommending a court
martial of the militiamen who partici
pated in the Ludlow massacre, where
several women were burned to death.
The coroners jury at Ludlow issued
a verdict charging the militiamen with
cremating eleven women and two
children who lost their lives when the
state troops set fire to the miners’
cabins.
In the federal report the blame for
the trouble is laid against the mine
owners and operators for importing
into the district during previous labor
troubles, ignorant and savage tribes
men from southeastern Europe, whom
they used as strikebreakers. Later
these people became dissatisfied with
conditions and turned on the opera
tors, causing the present trouble.
WANT MILITIA DISARMED.
Denver, May Jf.--A petition was sent to the
president by the miners here today demanding that
his proeta/nation of disarmament be extended to
include the Colorado militia.
500 MEXICANS j
ATTACK GUARD,
DRIVEN BACK
Vei n Cruz, Mex., May 4—Violating i
the terms of truce pending mediation,
500 Mexican regulars attacked the*
American maiiues who were guarding
the water supply at a suburb of this
city today. General Funston rushed
reinforcements to the scene aud the
Mexicans were chased into the hills.
The battleship Montana sailed today
for New York with the bodies of 17
marines who were killed during the
street tights following the capture of
this city.
German Boat Goes Back
Havana, Cuba, May 4.—Orders were
received here today from officials of
the Hamburg-American line for the
freighter Critic, which has a cargo of
cannon and ammunition aboard for
President Huerta, to return to Ger
many.
It was this shipment of arms which
precipitated the action of the United
States, as it included enough field ar
tillery to make the Mexican dictator a
formidable antagonist. The shipment
was intercepted by the American fleet
at Vera Cruz.
BREAD BREAD BREAD
Full weight. 15 loaves or tickets
for $1. Doughnuts 15c per doz.v and
cakes of all kinds at the Commerce
Cafe. Open day and night.
SEWARD OUTING
CLUB WILL GIVE
BIG BEAR HUNT
Preparations have been completed
by the Seward Outing club of Seward
for a big bear hunt along the Moose
Pass trail from May Sth to 20th in an
effort to rid this section of brown bear.
This hunt will be given in honor of
Otto Bergstrom, who was mauled qv a
brown bear on hi» ranch four mile*
north of Seward last fall. Otto re
turned from th • outside on the Samp
son, completely recuxcred from his in
juries.
All hunters will he eligible and
warm camps will be provided at Berg
strom’s farm, Dr. Bomig’s bungalow,
and Hoffman’s homestead. Hunters
must be provided with red shoulder
straps and red hat bands. 1 hese are
being prepared by the ladies of ^ ®
club and will be attached to bats and
coates on the day the hunt starts.
A bonus of $10. will be paid for ev
ery brown bear and $5. for black b«*ar
killed during the hunt.
Dr. Roraig who has just returned
from Valdez reports that a number of
sportsmen from there will be o\er fot
j the hunt.__
Meet me at the Branch.
You’ll find everything in the pastry
line at the Seward Cafe.
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try the Seward Cafe. *
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