COOK INLET NOTES
By THE RAMBLER
It is feared that Mike Murphy,
who has knocked around and boat
,ed on Cook Inlet since 1905, has
gone West. He left Anchorage for
his camp, located two miles up
from the mouth of the Susitna
river, on August 26th. A few days
afterwards Chauncey Peterson of
Anchorage, while cruising around
the mouth of the Susitna river
for ducks, found an upturned gaso
line boat close to the bank of the
river a short distance from the
mouth. He righted the boat and
anchored her in a slough close by.
About three weeks afterwards,
when Peterson had occasion to vis
it that section again, he noticed
that the boat was still anchored
where he left it. He called the
'attention of George Clyde to the
circumstance of his finding a boat
on his previous trip, and Clyde and
•Peterson inspected the boat and
Clyde identified the boat as be
longing to Murphy. They then
'Visited Murphy’s camp and the ap
pearance indicated that nobody
had been there for some time.
Peterson on his return to Anchor
age a few days ago notified the
marshal’s office of the incident.
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Delegate Dan Sutherland spoke
at the Anchorage Theater at 8:00
p. m. Monday, August 25th. to an
.audience of 500 voters. He made
special mention of the necessity
of electing candidates to the legis
lature favorable to the Controller
Bill. His remarks were very well
received.
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George Grigsby, Democratic
candidate for Delegate, passed
through Anchorage a short time
ago en route to Fairbanks and
Nome on a campaigning tour. H 3
expects to address the Anchorage
voters on his return, which will
probably be about Nov. 1st.
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Work is progressing rapidly on
the Eklutna river power project.
About thirty men are employed,
and it is expected that everything
will be completed within the time
called for in the specifications.
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Due to stormy weather and lack
of fish, the Cook Inlet canneries
which took advantage of the open
season commencing Aug. 25th, were
obliged to close down by Sept. 10th.
The experiment was found very
unprofitable.
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Pilot Merrill of the Anchorage
Air Transport Co., resumed flying
Sept. 27th, having fully recovered
from his exposure and resultant
sickness, from the trip to Point
Barrow with the Fox Film people
last May.
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Harry F. Morton, a practicing
attorney of Anchorage for the past
year, and well known in Juneau
and Southeastern Alaska, left An
chorage Aug. 25th for the States
to campaign for Governor Alfred
E. Smith, Democratic candidate
for president. A wire received a
few days ago stated he is to make
six speeches in Illinois. What
chance has Hoover in the Sucker
State when the voters listen to the
Silver-Tongued Orator of the great
Alaskan wilds?
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W. N. Cuddy, clerk of court, was
recently elevated to the position of
United States district attorney f~”
the Third Division in place of W.
D. Coppernoll, resigned. The ap
pointment of Cuddy was quite a
surprise, especially to the legal tal
ent, as it was not generally known
that he had anv legal training
or experience. However, he land
ed the job, much to the chagrin of
the two present assistant U. S. at
torneys, who floated into Alaska
from Oregon about three years ago
shortly after the apnointment of
Coppernoll. The question now is,
will they float out again? Quite
evidently the Oregon influence in
the matter of Alaskan federal ap
pointments is waning. This is as
it should be, as there are plenty
of Alaskans capable of filling the
various federal positions without
being saddled with “Lame Ducks”
and riff-raff from the outside.
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The big outside towns appear to
have nothing on Anchorage. The
local undertaker there was haled
before the U. S. Commissioner on
a search warrant proceeding a
short time ago but evidently the
case was a weak one as it is un
derstood it was dismissed.
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The Western Alaska Fair opened
at Anchorage Labor Day. Sept. 3d
and closed with a big carnival and
dance on Saturday, Sept. 8th. On
the whole the fair was a financial
success although the exhibits and
attendance did not come up to
previous years due to the weather
conditions, it having rained more
or less every day.
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Duck hunting on Cook Inlet is
on with a vengeance. From Sept.
1st to 8th it is reported that more
than 1000 ducks were slaughtered
and brought to Anchorage. Every
hunter got the limit—25 per d^y.
In due course of time at this rate
the ducks will be scarce on Cook
Inlet flats.
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The severe rains for the post
month resulted in quite a bit of
damage and inconvenience at Sew
ard, particularly to the electric
light plant and the railroad. Low
ell Creek was on quite a rampage.
The flats at the head of the bay
were flooded and a few culverts
and small bridges along the wagon
road to Kenai Lake were put out
of commission temporarily.