No. 315 SEVENTEENTH YEAR - " SKAUWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY. FBBURABY », IMS I'KICB 10 CENTS
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MEMBERS OF IKE HOUSE ARE
DISCUSSING SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9—The.
numbers oT the house are today
.uscusaing the sundry civil bill,
■ aich contains provisions for an
.. >i>ropriation of $2,000,000 for pre
;.-'Unary construction work on the
laska government owned railroad
d also l revisions for $35,000 ap
ipriation for two coast survey
. amers and wire dragnets to lo
< o dangerous uncharted rocks and
i - is in Alaskan waters.
i'he senate has spent the day on
> ship lurchase till, the entire
mbershiD being present Kenyon
. .1 La Follettee are siding with
; e administration democrats, thus
sMr.g them a majority.
Petersburg, Feb. 9—The Cor
ns have failed tc break the Kus
>iun lines to the west of Warsaw,
i.ile their loesses have been enor
mous.
in the Carpathians the Russians
ire reported to be slowly gaining.
FairbauXs, Feb. 5—Unlesa the
.veaLher gets much colder within the
oxt we'-K or ten days, the town
oi Fox, nine miles from here, is
-a danger of being covered by a gla
i .er, wtuoh has been forming since
early in "he winter. Every day
'• ae big ice sheet creeps nearer the
Easiness houseB and, according to
a statement recently made by a resi
dent of the town some of the busi
i.ess men will be compelled to move
within a short time, unless weath
er coadi-iona become more favor
able. _ *
For more than a month the ice
is beea creeping closer and closer
to the business houses, until at
present i: is within about 15 feet
i Metzgsr's store. The glacier Is
advancing at the rate of about six
inches a day, and it is thought that
nothing can check it except colder
weather.
In an attempt to stop the flow
of water which is coming down froui
the hillside, a number of men, a
few days ago built a dam of ice and
snow. They succeeded in heading
some of the water toward the flats,
but most of the flow seeps through
the obs'ruction and adds to the
glacial formation dally.
At the regular meeting of tlia
Skagway Volunteer Fire department,
Saturday, February 6th, 1915 Chief
J. A. LJender appointed the follow
ing committees for the Fireman's
Annual Ball, to be held Monday ev
ening, February 22d, 1915 : -
Dance—Wm. Bunting, J. M. Greis
bach, E. D. Smiti>, A. R. Hillery, J.
W. Stony.
Decora'ion—R. B. Shelly, F. Kind
ling, J. Smith, W. J. McBrien, M.
Sundeen.
Floor—M. A. Phelrs, E. J. Barry.
W. J. Mulvlhill, R. D. McKenzie,
Geo. D. Magee. • H
Refreshment—F. Tanner, William
Slmes, Chas. Fors, C. 0. Walker. M.
Goding.
Bucharest. Feb. ft—Von Buelow,
German ambassador to Italy, is
quoted as having said that Austria
Hungary will facilitate an arrange
ment whereby Italy may henceforth
be able to maintain an untroubled
understanding with the central-Eu
ropean powers.
This is interpreted to mean that
Austria will cede 1 ir southern
provinces to Italy.
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ARE APPLICANTS
FOR POSITIONS
On March 1st, the Alaska terri
torial legislature will convene in bi
t'linlal session at Juneau. There are
two announced candidates for speak
er of tin. house, in the persons of
Arthur U. Shoup, of Sitka, and Er
nest B. Collins, of Fairbanks. The
latter presided over the last session.
Thus far there is no announced can
didate for president of the senate
and possibly nothing will develop in
that liue until after the election on
February 27 of a senator to suc
ceed the late Senator Bruner of
Nome. There are a number of
candidates for subordinate offices in
both branches of the legislature. A
Juneau exchange says that Miss Mal
io ry, assistant to House Clerk
Barry Keown during the 1913 ses
sion, Is being urged for the position
as chief clerk in the house. Miss
Mallory at present is in Boise,
Idaho, where she is employed as a
stenographer in the Surveyor gen-j
< ral's office.
L. E. Spray, the well known news
paperman, for two years connected
with the Juneau Empire, is being
urged for the house chief clerkship.
Judge O. A. Tucker is also an as
pirant for the chief clerkship of the
house. The salary Is $8.00 a day. j
For the chief clerkship in the sen
ate H. I\ Morton, who during the
1913 session was assistant to Clerk
A. E. Light, is a candidate. Tlicre
are said to be eighteen other appli
cations for various positions, al
ready placed with members of tho
legislature.
ACTIVITY OVER THE NEW
WSCOVERY OX STEWART
Dawson News: Twenty-five appli
cations have been received at the
Da.wson gold ouice Xox- claiag stak
ed on Brewer creek, the newly dis
covered gold stream which flows In
to Stewart river a few miles below
Barker. It is expected that twenty
five or more applications will be
received within a few days. Some
are filing their applications at Scrog
gie, and some at Black Hills. Bob
Allen the inspector, who has been oh
the ground, is expected in soon
from Stewart river. He is coming via
Stewart City, and will cross to
Black Hills after going up the gov
ernment road on Henderson, or will
come down the winter trail on the
main Yukon.
Two applications have been filed
for discovery claims on Brewer. Carl
Loeffler says that he discovered the
creek and prospected there before
staking. Otis Jenkins claimed that
he staked prior to Loeffler. Both ap
plications are pending, and a deci
sion as to whom the grant shall be
issued probably will not be made
until the mining Inspector has visit- j
ed the ground and all possible in
formation regarding the conflict ob
tained.
MASONIC NOTICE
Thgre will be a special communl- j
cation of White Pass Lodge, F. &
A. M., Wednesday, Feb. 10th, at
S p. ni.; work In M. M. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. The J
regular communication will take
place as usual Friday, Feb. 12th.
2-9-2t. THE SECRETARY I
Plons ha ye been completed for
the bunding of what will be the
northernmost salmon cannery in
Alaska. It will be located on Knik
Avm, a!, the headwaters of Cook
Inlet. Construction will be made by
the Deep Sea Salmon company, of
which August Buschman is manager.
The latter part of this month a
big gang of men will be sent north
lrom Scuttle 'o start building oper
ations, which are expected to con
tinue 'hrough June. It is hoped
to begin packing this season. The
tannery buildings will consist of the
warehouse and cannery proper,
40x150 feet iu dimensions each,
and the usual bunk house and oth
er auxiliary structures needed by ev
ery cannery. Galvanized iron will
be used in the building as far as
possible aijiJ every other precaution
will be taken against fire.
Plans call for what is technically
termed a one line, sanitary cannery,
to cost when complete with machin
ery and floating property, more
than $5fi.000, and to have a capa
city of approximately 30,000 cases
of fish each season. It will be
nearly eighty miles north of the
uearest cannery and the first can
nery in the upper Cook Inlet dis
trict. The Orca cannery of the
Northwestern Fisheries company i3
at present The northernmost salmon
packing j^lant in Alaska.
The Deep Sea Salmon company al
ready has one cannery at Port Ed
wards, Southeastern Alaska, aad
with its uew one complete will em
ploy in otfccon about 200 white and
oriental 'workmen to operate the
(wo. Th& scows, tenders and gill
net boats.fcr the new plant will bo
b .ilt osjgurchised iu Seattle. The
mechanical equipment will be built
by the Astoria Iron Works.
EXPLOSION OF GLACIER
OVEPITRXS LOAD SUPPLIES
By the explosion of a glacier on
the Pedro creek road on Wednesday
evening, A1 Hilty had the misfor
tune to have a load of supplies
overturned and thoroughly drenched
by the flood of wa'.er which gushed
torth, says the Fairbanks Times.
The explosion on the glacier
came without warning, just as tha
freight team was passing over it,
and within a few seconds the driver
found himself struggling in a two
ioot flow of ice-cold water.
The noise of the explosion could
be heard for almst a mile, accord
ing to reports brought"to town yes
terday.
Following the explosion, Mr. Hilty
righted his sleigh, and taking part
of the supplies, was able to go to
Cleary creek. Some of the feed and
other goods were damaged slightly.
Yesterday morning, the flow of
water had ceased and the trail was
male pageable again, but was not
in as good condition as it was
prior to the explosion.
A second explosion was noted on
the same trail later in the evening,
but there was no one near it at the
time and no damage was done.
fresh Kippered Salmon
Just Recieved a con
signment of fine King
Salmon, Cured at
Juneau
Price 25c per lb
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
UNDER ARREST AT MCCARTHY
FOR SCHORNRORN MURDER
McCarthy, Feb. 9—The party
taken into custody on suspicion of
being connected with the murder t
Schornborn, in the Chisana, and
brought here a few days ago, is
one James Kingston, of Dawson, an
alleged confidence man. Where the
arrest was made or any particulars
in connection with the case are be
ing kept closely guarded by the de
puty marshal, who refuses to give
out any information.
Valdez Miner: The report has
reached here that the conditions at
EUamar and Tatilek are decidedly
immoral. The conditions are said
to be worse than formerly and in
one Instance it is reported that a
white man is living with a native
woman and her daughter
Booze is constantly being sent to
the native village by the miners
and otheis interested in debauching
the native women and girls. The
conditions in the native village have
been called to the attention of the
district attorney's office and to the
attention of the marshal for Inves
tigation. No deputy marshal is
stationed at Ellamar, although ev
ery grand jury for several years
nas requested that one be station
ed in tho copper burg.
~ HOME TOW?. TALKS
Building good houses builds a
good town.
Save a little money and a lot ol
worry.
When someone plans to help the
town, plan to help the plan.
The best plans a man can have
for the iuture are house-plans.
Funny how hard coal or hard
wood will soften a hard winter.
If you really love your home
town, don't flirt with the mail ordei
houses.
Don't spend all ycur time telling
what you could do If you had some.
A good way to make the world
better is to begin with home town.
A good town wlil do more tc
keep the boys at home than good
advice. I | | |j
Washington, D. C.f Feb, 9—Ac
coring to a report just made to the
department of commerce twenty-one
uncharted rocks have recently been
discovered by the Alaskan coast
» survey Darty within forty-two miles
of territory along the inside pas
sage. One, six hundred feet high,
comes within seventeen feet of the
surface.
The pinnacles were discovered and
located by the use of dragnets.
It. K. Kuney, of the Alaska railway
j commission, is at present engaged
in studying snow conditions along
the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway and In obtain
ing data for use of the commission
in connection with the proposed gov
ernment operation of this road. He
was one of the locating engineers
of the Milwaukee line, and had
charge of the location and construc
tion of snowsheds along the Great
Northern. He was also last sum
mer a member of the railway com
mission, with headquarters at
Ship creek, and had charge of the
survey from that point to the Mat
anuska coal fields.
He will go on foot over the C. R
& N. AV. railroad between Cordova
and Chitlna in order to make a
personal investigation of the road
nnd its operation under the most
adverse circumstances during tho
winter months.
RELIEF TEXTS ARE BEING
PLACED ON ROHN GLACIER
McCarthy, Feb. 9—Travel over
the Rohn glacier route to the Chis
ana will be made safer by the es
tablishment of a series of relief
tents, to be placed at intervals
along the new trail to tho*Chlsana.
"Bronco Bill' Spencer left McCarthy
for the intorior camp a few days
ago, taking with him three tents to
be used for this ourpose. They will
be placed at intervals of eight miles,
and will afford a refuge for travel
ers in the event of meeting with
stormy weather in making the cross
ing. The tents were donated by the
citizens of McCarthy.
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