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(By A»»ociatrd Pren* £>i*p*lch>
PORTLAND, July 14.—Mrs. Mary
Bradford, state superintendent of
public instruction for Colorado, was
chosen for president of the National
Educational Association committee on
nominations yesterday, which is equiv
alent to her election.
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Dr. Leonard S. Snudgen, lecturer on
Alaska subjects, accompanied by J. P.
Pond, of the Lyceum theatre, his man
ager. and C. Winter, camera man, who
photographed a “Birth of A Nation,”
is on his way down the Yukon river,
and will go over the government rail
road route, according to word received
here.
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Reports received at Juneau recently
state that Glacier Bay is so full of ice
from the glaciers that even a small
boat must pick its way carefully be
tween the bergs, many of the latter
standing thirty feet out of the water.
Old papers for sale in bundles of
100 for ten cents. Apply at Gateway.
1^ EEPIN’ cool under fire shows
a good soldier — an’ good
tobacco.
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COTTER’S
LOST HIS LIFE
IN KOYUKUK
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Fairbanks Man Killed in Far Interior
Camp, Report at
Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, July 1, (By Mail).—
A wire received here yesterday after
noon notified Tom Foster of the death
of Dick Jones, a former well-known
Fairbanksan, in the Koyukuk country.
It is believed that the death must
have taken place some time ago, as
it takes some time for information to
get out of Koyukuk country. Foster is
asked in the wire to attempt to locate
the relatives of Jones who live in Port
land.
Jones worked for Foster in the lat
ter's blacksmith shop here for a num
ber of years, and years ago decided to
go to the Koyukuk country and engage
in mining.
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Owing to the closing down of the
Treadwell mines through flooding, the
James sawmill of Douglas has closed
down because of the curtailment of
orders from the mining company.
Major George L Armstrong, of
Fairbanks, is at Nenana in his official
capacity of special agent of the gen
eral land office.
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Felix McCall, a prospector from the
vicinity of Yost’s, on the Valdez
trail, was brought to Fairbanks June
10th suffering from a bad case of
frozen feet . Although the man is in
bad condition, both of his feet, with
the exception of one toe, will be saved
for him.
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That the body found on the lower
Yukon river is not that of Ralph H.
Gilliland, the young land office man
who lost his life in the Tanana river
last summer, is the opinion of George
A. Parks, who saw the remains.
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Solomon LaBounty, one of the best
known barbers of Southeast Alaska,
i and who has been a resident of Juneau
for the past three years, died from an
attack of apoplexy while seated in a
chair in the Moose hall.
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By an order recently issued by
Judge Bunnell, at Fairbanks, the li
quor dealers of the Fourth Division
will have to turn over their books to
the United States marshal when they
go out of business next January. It
is expected these books will material
ly aid the officials in detecting boot
leggers as they will give the names of
persons who have been in the habit of
purchasing liquors in large quantities.
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Robert Keldie died in the hospital at
Xenana recently. Keldie, who had been
ill for a long time, was a well-known
old-timer of the district. He was a
member of Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of
Alaska.
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NEARLY WRECKED
HOME TO PUT OUT
IDITAROD.—When Si Atwell re
turned to his home on Railroad avenue
on Tuesday last, after an absence of
twenty-four hours or more, he was
confronted by a scene that was a re
minder of the work of the Seattle dry
squad in its search for liquor in a sus
pected building. Holes had been cut
with axes in the floors and in the sides
of the house, carpets and furniture
had been piled indiscriminately, and
altogether the place was a sorry-look
ing wreck. But at that Si probably
considered that it was better than hav
ing no home at all.
On Monday afternoon an alarm of
fire brought out the volunteer fire de
partment. with chemical engines and
paraphernalia for subduing any kind
of conflagration. The firemen were di
rected to Si Atwell’s home where
smoke was seen issuing from various
portions of the building. It was learn
ed that the moss under the house had
caught fire, evidently from a flying
spark, as there was a strong wind
blowing. Neighbors had been busily
pouring water on the incipient blaze,
but it was hard to reach, and consid
erable destruction was wrought before
| the fire fighters were satisfied that the
blaze was extinguished.
The discovery of the blaze before
much damage was done was fortunate,
as the brisk wind would have made it
difficult to confine the fire to the one
building.—Pioneer .
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the Branch.
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A. Mclver, licensed undertaker.
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jSEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
The Cuban cigar factory, Paul Pro
zesky, proprietor, is being moved to a
new location today and will be open
for business Monday in the Morford
building on Broadway, north of Adams
street.
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Members of the Seward military
unit decorated the A. B.» Hall last
evening, following the drill.
Cloudy weather and rain is report
ed from all points along the U. S. rail
road route as far as Dead Horse Hill.
Peter Korth, whose sister was for
merly employed as clerk in the ac
counting bureau of the Alaskan En
gineering commission here, was the
first native-born Alaskan to enlist in
the army at Seattle. He joined the
medical corps.
Councilman Chamberlain put a crew
of men at work on Lowell creek to- i
day to complete the work on changing
the channel above Third avenue,
which was commenced earlier in the
season.
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Water service has been extended
into the house of L. E. Thompson.
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J. A. Stewart was advised by cable
this morning that a store building be
longing to him at Vanderhoof, E. C.,
had been destroyed by lire. The build
ing cost $5,000 and was partly cov
ered by insurance.
Claude Mathison, of the Key, pro
clamed this morning, “The Kittie Kat
is dead, long live the Kittie Kat.” The
missing feline, for which he adver
tised, had been killed by malamutes
and he has secured a brand new kitten
to keep mice out of the establishment.
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SHORTEN ROUTE
TO ALASKA EIGHTY
MILES IS PLAN
SEATTLE.—The United States en
gineering corps has recommended and
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer has intro
duced in congress a bill authorizing
the expenditure of $2,000,000 for the
dredging and improvement of Dry
strait, Alaska. The improvement of
Dry strait so as to provide for the
passage of steamers engaged in Alas
ka triffic will eliminate the narrow
and shallow Wrangell narrows and the
long detour via Cape Decision, and
will provide a continuous inside pas
sage for all sized*vessels through the
waters of Southeastern Alaska, the
proposed Dry strait route being eighty
miles shorter than the present route
by way of Cape Decision .
Dry strait, about fifteen miles to the
east of Wrangell narrows, on the east
side of MitkofT island, and at the#
mouth of the Stikine river, has been
filled with alluvium deposited by the '
Stikine river until now it is only pas
sable for the small fish boats at high
tide. The improvement recommended
by the United States corps of engi
neers contemplates the dredging of a
channel twenty-six feet in depth pro
tected with a dike from the sediment i
carrying waters of the Stikine river.—
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SCOUTS, ATTENTION!
In future the Seward Boy Scouts
will hold their meetings in the base
ment of the Methodist church, having
obtained the same through courtesy of
Rev. Mr. Patton.
JOHN M. COOK.
Scout Master.
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