WORK ON FORTS MAY BE COMMENCED :
AT ENTRANCE TO SEWARD THIS YEAR!
Since the information was received
from Washington that the chief of
ficer of the coast defense forces, Gen.
Weaver, had called the attention of
congress to the fact that fortifications
were highly necessary to safeguard
Resurrection bay and Cook’s inlet ap
proaches to the government railroad, t
leading to the coal fields, there havej
been strong rumors that actual work
on these fortifications would be com
menced this year. •
It is pointed out that the fund for»
coast defenses has been increased j
from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 with
out public announcement as to the ob
ject for which the additional $10,000
will be expended.
The war department has become
more secret as to its proposed actions
since the outbreak in Europe and has
been exceedingly reticent since the
threat of war with Germany.
Those close to public affairs, how
ever, are strong in their intimation
that there will probably be “some
thing doing.”
Resurrection bay’s value as a naval
base ha> been known since 1007, when
Commander Charles F. Pond, U. S.
\.. visited this port on the Buffalo
and reserved 3,350 acres of land be
tween Lowell Point and lonsina creeK
for use by the navy.
This winter the president, by pro
clamation set aside Rugged island for
military purposes. This island lies
at the entrance to the bay much in the
same location as Heligoland 1k*»
the point of conrtol in Heligoland
bight off the coast of Germany.
With fortifications on the island, a
submarine base within the harbor,
and the necessary defenses and mines
in Cook inlet to keep this railroad
from being cut between here and the
coal fields, Seward will present a
naval base unequal^.
All-Alaska News
Alaska Co-operative Fishing and
Packing Company of Wrangell, ha
been dissolved.
The Nothern Life Insurance Com
pany will open permanent headquart-j
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er ir. Juneau.
J. S. M. Nelson, agent at ( hitina
for the Ford car. will open a garage,
and iepair shop at that place.
J. C Gaffney, for many years a|
leading business man of Nome, bid
now associated with the ^
Pike Insurance agency ot Seattle. s\ill}
open offices in Juneau in the noai fu
ture.
Vital statistics for Petersburg for
11U6, as recorded in the office of the
U. S. commissioner, are as follows:
Deaths. 4; births. 12 (1> boys, 3 girls);
marriages, S.
Dr. K. A. Sergeant of Douglas, as
sisted by a trained nurse have made,
an examination of the school childien
of that city as to their health. The
nurse, Miss Brady, will make monthly
examinations of the children duiing,
the remainder of the school jeai.
Hjalmar Xnrdale has been endorsee
by the Democratic divisional commit- j
tee of the Fourth division for the po
sition of game warden, made vacant
by the resignation of Andy Hoey.
John Hague, an employee of the
Alaska Industrial Mining & Power j
company at Nome, was severely burn-j
ed about the arms and face by cumin*
in contact with some high tension
wires in the plant ol the company.
Yosho Shelanda. known to the oid
timers on Douglas island as Slim,
has returned from a years' visit to j
his home land and is now located at j
the Owl Cafe in Douglas. Slim states
that Honorable Alaska is a much bet
ter place to live in than Hon. Japan.
While sitting in his duck blind in
the vicinity of Lemon creek, H. L.
Gochenoar of Juneau, saw a large
wolf ieave a small slough where it
had apparently been stalking ducks,
ard after crossing a wide stretch of
tide flat enter the timber. Many
fresh tracks seen in that vicinitv in
dicate the presence of a large pack of
the animals.
Long distance phone at The Branch.
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Charles Crawford
General Blacksmith
Horseshoeing
Wheelwrighting
Comer Sixth Avenue and
Railway Avenue
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SERVICE, CLEANLINESS
Booths for ladies and party
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Open Day and Might
AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
A fresh supply arrived on last boat, also a big shipment of
EL FIRMA CIGARS
Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phone orders.
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SEN. LODGE AND
REP. WOOD NOT i
INVITED NOW
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Their Names Dropped Krone
Social Register of
White House j
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb.
1— The names of Representatives
Wm. l>. Wood of Indiana anti Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts have been
taken off the social register mailing
list of the White House.
This is an aftermath of the chargr
made during the recent campaign b>
Lodge that Wilson had wr.ru n a
postscript on the second i.usitania
note, telling Germany to disregar 1 i
the harsh wording in the first note.*
but had later withdrawn the post-j
script. At the time Pres. Wilson is
sued a hot denial.
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THAWS MAKE !
HARD GOING ON !
MAIL TRAIL
Wettest trails of the winter wcre|
encountered on the mail route from j
lditamd by the drivers handling the!
consignment which reached Seward
Monday night.
The sleds had evidently been into
the river somewhere along the route
as most of the sacks were watersoak
ed.
Col. Revelle stated that the thaw-1
ing weather had caused overflows anil!
drivers and dogs arrived at transfevj
points in an exhausted condition.
UNCLE SAM HAS
$300,000 RADIO
PLANT COMPLETE
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SAN DIEGO, Cal.—(Special)—The |
new naval radio station at Chollas
heights, equipped with the most pow
erful sending apparatus on the West
ern hemisphere, is complete, it was
announced recently, and ready for of- !
ficial tests, which probably will be be
gun during the latter part of this (
week. The government has expended;
about $800,000 on the plant.
While radio engineers say no abso
lute predictions can be made as to the
range of the new plant, it is expected
its signals will be read at a distance j
of about. 12,000 miles under favorable
conditions.
The government now has powerful!
radio stations in operation at Arling
ton, Va., and Darien, Panama, and
with the completion of another under
construction in the Philippies will ]
have a globe girding radio service in
operation.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
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Mining Notes |
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Concerning the reported merger of j
1 the Utah Copper and the Kennecott j
I which occupied much space and com- |
ment last month, and excited Alas
kans considerably, the Boston News
Bureau, of recent date says:
Since the tecent stock market col
lapse nothing has been heard con- i
cerning the Kennecott and Utah Cop- 1
per merger. Th£ basis agreed upon I
was 2?2 shares of Kennecott for one I
of Utah Copper. We understand all j
ihe differences which arose as to the j
executive management of the consoli
dated company were ironed out seme
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weeks ago. «
While the Morgan and Guggenht.m «
interests, who dominate the Keimc- j
cott Copper corporation, were favor- j
able to the merger on 2.2 shares-for- j
one basis and might be able to secure j
sufficient proxies to put the merger j
through, it cannot be denied that op- j
position to any such plan has develop- [
cci among some Utah Copper share- [
holders. These shareholders believe [
that they are part owners in the {
world’s greatest copper mine and do J
not take kindly to the proposed f
scheme which links up its fortunes C
with those of any other mining under- G
taking. ]
As Kennecott owns in its treasury
104,000 shares of Utah Copper, and
I ;.s the Guggenheims individually are
believed to represent a total of at
least 200,000 more shares there is in
, the combined total a formidable ag
gregate of 000.000 shares, or almost
40 per cent of the Utah Copper Com
pany’s 1,600,000 shares.
The Guggenheims are believed to
1 ave been buyers of Utah Copper dur
ing the past two or three weeks, and
I it is said that they have taken
over some very large investment blks.
privately. Whether this is being done
to facilitate the merger is not appar
ent at the moment.
The Utah Copper company in 1016
produced 100,000,000 pounds of cop
i per. Figured on this output
| the company must have cleared up no
less than $33,000,000. Including' its
51 per cent equity in the Nevada Con
solidated, the Utah Copper's profits
easily totaled $40,000,000, or $25 per
share.
Announcement has been made by
; Superintendent Wyland of the Tread
well properties that the company will
shortly increase their crews until the
mines and mills are working at full
capacity.
i Stasstord, McCandish & Co., of the
town of Brooks, have purchased a
; large plant and will thoroughly pros
! pect Lucky gulch, a tributary of Liv
i engood.
The Alaska Consolidated Copper
Company, operating on Nugget creek
l opened up a large body of bornite in
the bottom of a 300-foot shaft which
they recently completed. Much other
ore was also blocked out during the
season.
The Mother Lode Mining Company
: is making regular shipments of ore
i from McCarthy, hauling the ore a
| distance of about 12 miles to the rail
road at McCarthy. The management
expects to ship from two to three
cars of high grade ore per week as
, long as the sledding continues good.
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City Express meets all boats and
trains. Phone Maine 122.
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What About That
WE ARE BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER BE
FORE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
New goods arriving daily in all departments.
Spring Hats, Shirts, Clothing and Shoes.
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—Grocery Department
New shipment just received—Sperry’s Flour and Cereals.
“A Special”—6 bars Crystal White Soap, 25 cents.
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Can supply your every want in that line. Let us submit
you prices.
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