Seattle.—Hearings on the wreck of the Sophia
closed here today, arguments on the testimony
given having been deferred for one month.
Captain Harrington, former mate of the light
house tender Cedar, testified that lie believed all
aboard the Soohia could have been saved had the
captain given the word. Arrangements had been
made on board the Cedar to save the passengers,
pots of coffee having been prepared and the life
boats made ready logo to the assistance of the
Sophia.
Captain Lead better, of the Cedar, upheld the
action of the captain of the Sophia for refusing
to permit passengers to leave the ship because of
high seas.
Washington.—Secretary of Labor Wilson has
ordered O’Callahan, mayor of Cork, to leave the
United States by February 11.
Seattle.—Judge Bunnell, returning here from
Washington, says lo. byists of selfish interests
are hindering the development of Alaska, but as
serts that the heads of all departments want to
help the Territory in every way possible.
Judge Bunnell is trying to reach Fairbanks for
the opening of court, called for Febiuary 24th.
He declares it to be his firm conviction that the
completion of the Government railroad will cause
the biggest boom in the Yukon valley since the
days of the Klondike rush.
Bad Citizen; Good Soldier.
San Francisco.—Allen McDonald, gangster,
convicted of assaulting a girl, and sentenced to
serve a term of from one to five years, admitted
today that he was a former soldier and twice
wounded at Argonne.
Notice of Forfeiture,
To Arnold Hals, Hans Sorensen, P.
Olson, C. Hansen, G. Koontz, P. E.
Levy, James Hansen, P. Cristensen,
John Griffin, Pied Vogelseng, their
heirs, executors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied thatduring the rears 1310,1911,1912,
1913, 1914, J91'>, 1910, 1920, I expended
the sum of ($100.00) One Hundred Dol
lars upon your interests in the Nugget
Association and the North Pole Asso
ciation, situated on Yankee creek, in
the Inoka Recording Precinct. Terri
tory of Alaska, in order to hold said
claims under the provision of Section
2324 of (lie Revised Statutes of the
United States, and the amend meats
thereto C'mcerning annual labor , upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said mining claims for the
period ending December 31, 1916, 1920,
and if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of said
expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording and pnblicatihn of this
notice, as co-owners, your inter
ests in said claims wiii become the
proparty of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
pend iturs under ihe terms of said sec
tion of the Revised Statutes o. the
United States.
John A. Ohson.
First publication, February 2, 1921.
Last publication, May 4, 1921.
PBS6RE8S 0>t :
THE RAILROAD:
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Construction Camp at !
Southern End at .
Mile 275. 1
F. D. Browae, engineer in charge on <
the northern division of the Govern- 5
ment railway, in speaking of the work t
accomplished on the construction of
the road to date, said that on the
southern division trains can now he .
run to Mile 272, and that by the 15.h
of this month the track wili be in '
shape for traffic to Mile 275. The end J
of steel on the northern division at the I
present time is at Mile 358, which
leaves a gap at present of 86 miles, but
with the completion to 275 this dis
tance will be reduced to 83 mixes.
A base camp has been constructed at
mile 275, and as it is built to accommo
date work on a large scale this will be
the terminal camp for the present.
Construction will not cease to the north
at this point, but will be carried on in
a.manner that will not permit of traffic j
on the road bed, owing to natural dif
ficulties in construction work ahead.
This point wiil be the terminal base
camp.
Tha. bridge which is being construct
ed uver Hurricane gulch, and which is
an immense structure, is coming along
in good shape and, according to the
present rate of progress, will be crossed
by. steel and ready for traffic by next
fall. Considerable grade is in shape
for the laying of steel ahead of Hurri
cane gulch, but as there can be no ad
vantage in placing it before the bridge
is completed, nothing further will be
done on it until summer.
The Susitna bridge, which is a steel
structure, is already 75 percent com
pleted, and within the next two months
*will be ready for the running of trains
over it. In the meantime a temporary
structure is accommodating the traffic
over the river.
The trail between the ends of steel
I
s in good condition for freighting, and
sverything that the people of the in
et ior may require can be brought ovor
t. The Commission is using two cat
irpillar tractors on it at the present
ime. one of a hauling capacity of 18 to
10 toas, and the other of a capacity of
5 tons. Both tractors are of wide
read, and in making the trips between
teel go up one side of the road and re
urn on the other, thus creating a wile
^d solidlv packed bed for the freight
ing teams. The only stretch which is
riving anv trouble ai the present time
s one of about eight miles from Healy
lut. where the winds have blown the
now from the road and necessitated
he use of wagons.—Fairbanks News
diner.
Mike Hochrichter came down from
fa cotta a yesterday.
THE KUSKO TIMES
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