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An outline of contemplated Al
aska Railroad improvements was
mi.de in the Fairbanks News-Min
er by Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general
manager of the road.
It is intended to build a diver
sion dam south of Brown to pro
tect the railroad against further
inroads by the Nenana River. Last
year high water took out the river
bank for a distance of 900 feet
and 300 feet in toward the railroad
bed. Whereas the river was 350 feet
from the railroad, it is now only
50 feet. The cut-in occurred at the
same time the north approach of
the Ferry bridge was taken out.
Construction of the dam will en
tail an expendiure of about $50,000.
It was to be the first work under
taken and work was to start in
about 10 days after the time of
the announcement.
Building of the dam will be fol
lowed by ballast work south of Fer
ry. Colonel Ohlson said it is hoped
to complete between 34 and 40
miles of ballasting this season.
“We have had considerable, trou
ble with water running over the
track at Mile 58 from a glacial
stream,“ said the railroad manager.
uThis was caused by the river
^breaking over the ice. In fact, the
river bed is higher than the rail
road. To overcome this condition
it will be necessary to raise the
track five feet for a distance of
1.3 miles, which work will be done
this summer in addition to filling
in as much trestle work as can be
done during the limited summer
season.”
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CORDOVA CRAB CANNERY
Thos. A. Scott, president of the
Cordova Packing Company, and
vice-president of the Bank of Al
aska, returned to Cordova recently
bringing with him definite assur
ance that crab-canning operations
would be under way in Cordova by
the end of the next month. Mr.
cott went south two months ago
to obtain information concerning
the possibility of adding this new
industry to Cordova and declared
that his personal observations had
proven definitely to him that there
was no question concerning the
market for the product, says the
Times.
“STORM TROOPS” LEADERLESS
BERLIN, April 7. (JP)—'With the
removal of Captain Stennes as com
mander of the Fascist “storm
troops,” Adolph Hitler, leader of
the National Socialists, faced the
task of healing a wide open breach
in the party in north Germany.
GIVEN COMPENSATION
The case of D. M. Mitchell, 67, j
Ketchikan blacksmith, against W.
F. Sclothan of the Northern Ma
chine Works, asking for $7,200, full
compensation for injuries received
October 3, 1929, while in his em
ploy, was tried recently in the Ket
chikan district court, says the
Chronicle. Mitchell was awarded
$2,520 compensation with interest at
8 per cent from October 3, 1929.
7 FIGURES FOR FISCAL* YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7. {JP)
—Final figures' for the first nine
months of the fiscal year 1931 show
total receipts of $2,531,727,143 and
expenditures of $3,126,540,319 for
deficit of $593,813,178 as of March
31. For the same period of the 1930
fiscal year there existed a surplus
of $109,931,826.
A motive unknown caused M. H.
Kirkpatrick of Nenana to end his
life by shooting himself through
the head with a revolver bullet, re
ports the Fairbanks News-Miner.
WOMAN STRIKES OUT BAMBINO
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 7.
{JP) — Jackie Mitchell, organized
baseball’s first woman pitcher,
struck out Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig in the first inning of an ex
hibition game. She was then with
drawn and Yankees went on to de
feat Chatanooga 14 to 4.
ALASKA 1U MINE
HOLDS MUCH INTEREST
WALL STREET EXCHANGE
A trade in Alaska Juneau gold
mining shares was looked on with
interest by tape watchers, reports
the Denver Mining Record. The
transaction involved 1,000 shares.
The price was 8*4- Later transac
tions took place at prices fraction
ally higher. The stock lost its buoy
ancy several day ago when the news
of improvement was out and a reg
ular dividend basis of 40 cents a
share annually was established.
The reaction fro mthe year’s high
prices .however ,has been confined
to a relatively narrow range and{
the evidence of bids above the $8
level was an encouraging sign to
those who have been willing to as
sume risks in a speculation in which
the prospects rest on gold recover
ies.
Further encouragement has been
offered in the statements for the
first two months of 1931, showing
gross profit of $647,000 and net
profit of $270,500 before deprecia
tion and federal taxes. This com
pares with gross of $506,500 shown
for the first two months of 1929 and
net profit of $109,150 before depre
ciation and taxe-s but after interest
charges, which are now eliminated.
The SS Denali, of the A. S. S. Co.,
will leave Seattle April 20 for Alas
ka, according to the local office.
AN EXAGGERATED REPORT
In a recent issue of Decisions of
the U. S. Geographic Boar it was
announced that Shells Glacier, west
of Copper River, had been named
for ‘‘the late Archie Shiels of the
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
road.” Mr. Shiels doesn’t look like
a man who would be late very often;
and when last seen by a represen
tative of the Pacific Fisherman, in
the P. A. F. office at Bellingham a
few weeks ago, he appeared to be
very much alive. However, the
glacier, presumably, is still there,
and is officially known as “Shiels
Glacier.”
Over the radio last night came
word of the serious illness of King
George and of Nicholas Longworth.
PROP UNCOUPLED
SEATTLE, April 8. (#>) — The
Coast Guard was notified that the
American steamer Virginian had
her starboard propeller shaft un_
coupled at Nor£h Cape, near Men
docino with some danger of los
ing it. The vessel is proceeding
slowly on her own power. The
steamer Red Wing is close by but
no assistance has been asked
Albert Wile, well known Alaska
traveling man, is a brief visitor in
the city calling on friends lan^ the
trade.
EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING WITH BE81
MATERIALS. CANVAS AND LEATHE1
GOODS MADE TO ORDER.
SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
"Ciytiie Myaelf to Sleep.” one of toe new
•one hits, for sole at the Alaska Shop.
Elk’s Purple Bubble Ball
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
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BASEBALL TONIGHT
Tonight is the night when again
the two famous indoor baseball
teams will meet on the battlefield
in an attempt to settle a long,
drawn-out affair which should be
climaxed in a couple of weeks.
Be there!
Marvin Larsen, a cannery ,man
entered the Seward General Hos
pital today for treatment. Mr. Lar
sen arrived on the SS Queen.
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May 15
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