NEWS NOTES"
St. Patrick'* Day.
A telegram reaching Mrs Win. Webb
announces the sad news of the death
of her mother at Antioch. Cal. on Sat
day.
the power and telephone companies,
departed on a vacation trip to the
Kruzgamnpa Hot Springs Sunday. .Mr
Weaver expects to be away about ten
days.
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Letters from the states report the
death at New York of .John Zanetti, a
former well known miner and pros
pector of the Solomon section. Mr.
Zanetti mined on Vine and other
creeks in the Solomon country for
several years. later leaving for Florida
C’luts Lescher, the well known tor.-1
sorialist. recently discharged from the
F. S. Guard service, has reopened his
former hair cutting emporium oppo
site the Bowling Alley and is dispens
ing shaves, ct cetera, with his old vig
or and abandon.
Reports from the Marshall section
confirm the reported strike in tiie
Stuyahok river section but sav that
recent arrivals from the new camp I
say there are no new developments.
Several of the hoys recently discharg
'd from army service are said to be in
tending to proceed to the new camp
within a day or two
With tin- city and school elections
candidate for civic or school board
honors has so far announced his or her
candidacy. It is reported . however,
that the political bee is buzzing in sec
oral bonnets and the present week will
probably see a number exampliTy
ing the Rooseventian phrase.
Sam Cunningham—winter manageri
of the Lost River tin mine, who lias
been a visitor in Nome for a month or
more since the epidemic subsided, re
turned to Lost River Sund/y. Mr.
Cunningham expects to return some
time before the opening of navigation.
Work on the tin mine is confined en
tirely to timbering the drifts in read
iness for active operations next sum
mer after the arrival of .1. F. Halpin.
the present lessee of the property.
The first bunch of discharged sc
diers, consisting of eighteen or nine
teen persons, were regaled with a
chicken dinner at the Milo Cafe fol
lowing their release from army service
by Win. Webb, of the Independent
Market, was the host and donor of the
banquet. The boys greatly enjoyed
the “big feed”, one «»f them remarking
that “army chow is all right, but real
chicken isn’t on the bill of fare so of.
etn that a feller gets used to it.”
The Loyal Order of Moose will hold
:i St. Patrick’s day dance at the small!
Eagle Hall this evening. The com
mittee in charge of arrangements
has prepared an excellent program
for the occasion and an enjoyable ev
ening is promised all attending. Re
freshments will be served in the shape
of coffee, cake and ice cream. Danc
ing is scheduled to commence at 3:30
p. in. Toadies will be admitted free of
charge. Gentlemen will be charged
the nominal sum of $1.
A good sized consignment of second
class mail from the States and also a
HOLT’S CASH STORE
Fur Robes choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, best.5.00
Drill Parkas.3.50
Overalls or Jumpors.2.50
Silk Shirts .3.50
Stetson Hats, best.5.00
Underwear, wool.2.50
Shoe Packs.5.00
Neckties, Good..25
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Main 96.
small quantity of first Hass matter
from l>ime. Candle and other points in
the district, arrived at tin- postollice
yesterday in charge of Contractor JI.
l.onghy. The batch was distributed
with the usual dispatch. The first
outgoing mail of the week departc 1
shortly after the noon hour today.
The mail leaving next Monday will l>c
tlie last for the States bearing parcels
post, registered and insured matter.
A1 Winkler returned from a trip t.»
Dime Creek Saturday In company
with Joe Bongard. The interior
camp is reported prosperous with con
siderable mining in progress. The
population is something over one hun
dred. including both natives and
whites. Practically all of the produc
ing claims worked last winter are ag
ain being mined this season and the
prospects for a cleanup closely ap
proximating that of last year are sai l
to be very good. The moving picture
house run by Wallace Porter is. doing
a. good business and enjoys the patron
age <*f practically the entire camp.
An earthquake of considerable viol
ence occurred in this locality shortly
after midnight. The resultant
trembling lasted 30 or 10 seconds and
was felt by a considerable number. As
is usually the ease, the trend of the
shock appears to have been from north
to south. Several local residents re
port that the quake almost threw them
from their chairs and others who were
abed say the trembling broke their
slumbers. So far as known this is the
first shock to occur since last spring,
when a quake of considerable duration
and violence caused considerable ex
citement.
The citizens of the Marshall section
ha\a- interested themselves in a pro
ject to secure aerial mail service in
the Territory and have wired the Post
master <leneral. the Secretary of "War,
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and
also Major Kenneth Mart*., asking that
the contemplated government aero
plane maneouvers looking to the es
tablishment of aerial mail routes in
the western states be extended to tie
towns of Alaska, according to a tele
gram reach W. J. Howe from .1. I-'.
Plcin. Marshall representative of th-»
Nome and Seward Peninsula Chamber
of Commerce. The message indicates
that the effort is being directed toward
having the government send an
aeroplane down the Yukon to Nome,
t- tu bing at various towns, ’enroute,
for the dual purpose of stim
ulating the forthcoming Vic
tory Loan and proving the feasibil
ity of a future aerial mail route. The
communication also seeks the co-oper
ation of the local commercial body in
bring the project to frutition.
\V. J. Rowe was the only bidder for
the complete construction work on the
projected Snake river harbor under
the available appropriation. ^Mr.
Itowe's bid comprised an offer for the
dredging of the channel and construc
tion of the bank revetments. Chis
Rice and W. It. Red ger wood submitted
a bid for the revetment work. The
latter bid designated that the bidders
would undertake the work of revet
ment for the sum of $17,999, provided
the government will furnish all mater
ials and the pile driver. The Rowe
bid offers to perform the construction
of bank revetments and the dredging
of the channel for the sum of $74,423
The bids were opened by Judge Holz
heimer at noon Saturday and later
transmitted to the War Department
Engineering Board at Seattle. Up to
the present nothing has been heard re
garding possible outside bidders nor
has any reply been received with re
spect to tho Nome bids.
News of sad tragedy occuring in
the Casadepaga section and involving
the death of one Martin Johnson by
gunshot wounds inflicted by A1 Kohl
er, a well known resident of this sec
tion of the territory, was brought to
Council City Friday by Deputy Mar
shal Eric Johnson of the Oounc;l
district. According to the story reach
ing Nome via the long distance tele
phone line the shooting occurred
last Tuesday as a result of an
attack on Kohler and his wife and
child by Johnson.
The couple reside with their chill,
a hoy of ten or twelve years, in a lone
ly cabin situated opposite the mouth
of Canyon Creek, a tributary of the
Casadepaga river. Kohler has been
m gaged in prospecting In the Casa|
section for years and he Is generally
»nown as a peaceful and law abiding
nan of excellent character. Johnson,
he victim of the shooting, was a re
•ent arrival in the district, having
dip down t'K Yukon last sum me \ \
It appears that Johnson, who was
indoubtedly deranged, appeared at |
ho Kohler cabin and attacked the oc-'
••mis with an axe. Mrs Kohlerj
II at the tim • but despite her in-!
!i position was compelled to flee with
hi!-! and and child across the
i"i\v> wastes to escape the madman's
ur\. The refugees managed to make
1 i: v. ay to another cabin some dls
. :a«- ap the river and took shelter
lure. Johnson appears to have fol
iv. a them later on and made a sec
md attempt to attack tlie family.
\ohler is said to have warned him
i way l»ut Johnson was apparently de
ermined on murder and was engaged
n smashing a window to obtain en
rance to his intended victims when
\ohler shot him dead. Deputy Mar
dial Johnson was sent to the Casa sec
ion during the latter days of last
week for the purpose of arresting
Johnson, whose strange actions for
nonths jKist have been a matter of
considerable apprehension to the few
persons residing in that isolated dis
trict. After a diflicult trip, the de
puty arrived at his destination and
earned of the shooting from Kohler*
who with his family had returned tc
heir own cabin. Although the trag
edy had occuied several days before,
Kohler had not reported owing to h»>*
wife being ill. Deputy Johnson pro
ceeded to the scene of the shooting
some four or five mie awlsay, and
'ounil Johnson’s body. Examination
>♦ the premises tended to verify Roll
er's story of the shooting and tho
onnecting incidents. Kohler was
aken into custody and brought tj
Council City. Johnson also brought in
the body of the dead madman. On
lie following day, Saturday. Johnson
•eturned to the Casa for the purpose
.1 bringing Mrs Kohler and the child
... Council City. Kohler was held
ponding an inquest which was sched
uled to take place some time today.
During the latter months of the
•• ( summ.v, Johnson < ommenetd to
■show signs of mental affliction and
s reported by Pete Eden, a resident of
he Casa section who recently arrived
n Nome, to have caused considerable
ipprehension by his actions.The unfor
unate man is said to have immured
limself in his cabin on Palouse creek
in-1 line, toned »o kih -in* one wh j at
proa* bed the dwelling. Wi;er. • I.sited
».v Eden one day last summer, John
was engaged in cleaning a gun, and
ifier a few moments conversation,with
Kden. suddenly turned the weapon
>n his visitor and told him to “get
:>ut" Eden made no attempt to argue
the matter and departed. As he pro
ceeded up the creek on the trail runn
ing along the high bank, .Johnson,
who was watching him from the door
way of the cabin, suddenly command
ed him to leave the bank and get down
into the creek channel. Fearing that
* shot would follow his refusal to
comply, Eden did ns directed. John
son later shot himself across the
mouth and lips and claimed that he
did it to demonstrate that he could not
be hurt .He is also said to have made
the claim that he did not require food
and could subsist on nothing.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY BALL.
Will be given by the Loyal Order of
Moose Monday evening, March 17th,
at small Eagle Hall. Refreshments
will be served. Dancing 9:30 p. m.
Admission $1.00, ladies free. 3t
ATTENTION L. O. O. M.
Meeting tonight 8 P. M. Election oi
officers. Full attendance requested.
Attest: Chas Thomas. Clias Sandford
Secretary Dictator
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