Cook Inlet Notes
By The Rambler
The new fishing regulations
in Cook Inlet cuts ofi most of
the traps in the so-called mud
dy waters ” east of the Fore
lands. This will undoubtedly
work buite a hardship on the
small independents, such as J.
A. Magill, Henry Emard, and
others.
Fur is scarce in the Cook Inlet
region this winter. It is esti
mated that not more than $50,
000 worth will be shipped out of
Anchorage this spring, while in
previous years the totals ran
up as high as $200,000 annually.
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The Eklutna Light & Power
Company is making excellent
progress on the hydro-electric
plant. Electricity is being fur
nished by the Alaska Railroad
over the Company’s own line
from Anchorage. The Power
house and necessary buildings
are in process of construction.
Three eight hour shifts have
been at work on the 1800-foot
tunnel and at present time
about 350 feet of tunnel work
is completed. About 80 men
have been employed continuous
ly since October 1st. It is ex
pected that by July 1st the juice
will be turned on.
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The celebrated Premier coal
mining case has occupied most
of the time of the District Court
at Anchorage for the past two
weeks. This case has been on
the calendar for the past five
years. It is hoped that it wili
be disposed of either one way or
another at this term of court.
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The Evan Jones Mining Com
pany has a force of about fifty
men employed all winter at
Jonesvilie in the Matanuska
Valley.
About two hundred tons of
mill equipment and supplies are
being freighted in from Houston
on the Alaska Railroad to Crag
gie Creek in the Willow Creek
District for the Lucky Shot
mine. A force of men left An
chorage January 29th to begin
the season’s work at the pro
perty.
Pilot Merril of the Anchorage
Air Transport Co. has been kept
busy all winter. January 31st
he left Anchorage with fur buy
er Goldstein of Juneau for
Bethel on the Kuskokwim Riv
er.
General Manager Otto F. Ohl
son of the Alaska Railroad is
due at his Anchorage headquar
ters February 4th from a two
months visit at Washington, D.
C., where he had been called to
confer with Congressional com
m i 11 e e s concerning railroad
matters in general.
Warrack & Co., contractors of
Ketchikan and Seattle have fin
ished the Lowell Creek flume at
Seward and have left for the
States.
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Carl Bolte, prominent An
chorage merchant and one of
its early residents, died at the
Anchorage Hospital recently,
grene.
John Loken, one of the most
industrious and best known
bona fide farmers of Palmer in
the Matanuska Valley, was fa
tally injured during the early
part of January while operating
a wood saw on his farm, his
parka catching in the revolv
ing belt and before the machine
could be stopped he was whirled
and dashed to the ground three
or four times. He was rushed
to the Anchorage Hospital a.
quickly as possible but he pass
ed away shortly after reaching
there.
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