KANATAK PEOPLE
SURPRISED WHEN
DRILLING STOPS
Cause of Suspension by Asso
ciated Oil Is Unknown—
Believed Temporary.
The people of Kanatak know nr
jnore about the cause behind the
-suspension of drilling operations by
the Associated Oil Company than
<lo those eUewhere In Alaska ac
t-ording to letters received in Ju
neau on the Alameda. The company
quit when it was down 920 feet in
one well and 575 in another, and
Utose in charge of the work on the
ground were as greatly surprised
as outsiders and, It is said, know
no more about what it is all about
They say the Indications for oil
were never better than when they
got the order to stop.
Derrick I.ane, well known in Al
aska and Seattle, who went to
Kanatak six weeks or more ago to
have charge of the Kanatak town
site, writing from there, says:
“The Standard is down 260 feet
and now going strong They have
had all kinds of trouble straight
ening out this hole. They are now
equipped to go down 3,000 or 4,000
leet.
Meets Requirements
"The Associated is down 920 feet
in one hole and 575 feet In the sec
ond. They had no casing here to
speak of—about 1,200 feet—and could
not control a w-ell if they brough
it in. They have done all the lav
and their lease requires for 192:
and have quit apparently for th
year. They and the Standard ari
still building the new road to tin
oil field, and the Government ii
building a nine mile cut-off to hell
leaves three watchmen and Its radii
man here. The drillers were ai
ranch surprised at the order to qui
as the public as the indication!
were of the best. Why the qutttini
we don't know, and it is too earl;
to get Outside advices."
Mr. Lane asy* the action of thi
Associated Oil Company may meal
one or more of many things, the;
have no idea out at Kanatak whai
but, he declares:
"I feel confident that I am coi
, rect when I say that the prospect
,had nothing to do with it.”
. Mr. Lane says the action of th
‘Associated in quitting has made i
‘bard on the merchants and other
; at Kanatak. The merchants hav
laid in largo stocks and have e>
tended a good deal of credit base
on the progress of the camp
Title Trouble Denied
Local people, interested in claim
In the Cold nay field which ar
Under contract to companies no
yet In the field, were today advisei
from Anchorage that reports hai
been received there alleging the sus
pension of work to be the resut
of trouble over title to the claim
on which drilling was being don
by the Associated Oil, and that th
company, having performed all th
prospecting required for this year
shut dowm to await settlement o
the difficultes by the owners o
claim permits. These reports, how
ever, it was added, had been em
phatically denied by .T. J. Finnegan
one of the original permittees o’
whose claim the company was drtl
lng, who said the company ha
shut down in order to change it
equipment to a standard drill sucl
as is now being used by the Stand
I.rd Oil. He also said that the Ap
oclated Oil had done all the pros
lecting work required for this year
Land Additional Supplies
Mr. Finnegan's statements weri
onfirmed by additional Informattor
ecelved at Anchorage to the effec
that parts for the standard, 18-incl
drill have heen ordered. Some o
them are already at Seward am
others at Seattle awaiting shipment
The company also made a big shir
roent of gasoline and other supplie
for Its power plant in the field 01
the last trip of the Starr prior t
closing down and this Is still 01
the ground, it was ais# stated tna
on. the day before orders were r<
reived at the scene of operations t
shut down, instructions had been ii
•tied to prepare for changing to th
standard drill.
* It was stated that ho uneaslnes
is felt over the situation and tha
it is assured the company has n
present intention of abandoning th
field.
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LITTLE VIRVINA HERMANN
HONORED BY BIRTHDAY PART
For her lttttle daugher Vlrglnli
Whose seventh birthday was Wei
nesday last, July IS, Mrs. H. (
Hermann, entertained a number (
Virginia's lttttle friends a a blrthda
party at her home on Sixth an
Franklin Streets. The afternoo
Was spent tn playing delightful gam*
in which Dana DeVighne won tt
jirlze awarded the girls and Georf
Norton carried off the prize for ti
hoys. For the entertainment of hi
little guests Miss Virginia gave
violin solo, accompanied by Ml1
Jessie Brieland on the piano at
W. E. Nowell, who is her instructs
on the violin. The delight of tl
party was added to by attract!'
decorations of yellow and whl
color scheme in the rooms, at
matched with the ice cream ai
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MILLIONAIRE BACHELOR ARRIVES IN JUNEAU TONIGHT WITH
BOYS WHOM HE AIDED TO SEE ALASKA.
Georg" E. Buchanan, millionaire
bachelor of Detroit, who started his
business (areer as a poor boy and (
who is now president of three coal e
and coke companies, will arrive on s
the Princess Charlotte tonight, ac- (
companying hoys from all parts of t
the United States whom he aided f
financially to make the Alaskan \
trip. I
Buchanan paid one third of the a
transportation, the hoy., earned suf- I
flcient funds for another third and f
the parents of the boys made up I
the remainder. C
Mr. Buchanan is in personal charge
of the boys on the trip to safe- F
guard them and see that they have J
the time of their lives. He started 1
from Detroit with a large party F
and picked other boys up enroute a
to the coast, at Seattle and Van- a
couver.
The trip from the east was made F
through the Canadian Rockies, in- *
eluding Banff and Bake Louise to *
the mast, down to Seattle and re- *
turn to Vancouver where the steamer
Princess Charlotte was hoarded.
Mr. Buchanan expects to bring
; a larger party to Alaska next year t
> on the same scheme as the present s
■ party was organized. 1.1
1 Brieland, Agnes Bripland, Hosanna I (
' Shoup, Robert and Ounnar Blomgren, I*
' Jimmie Shoup, George Norton and ;
> Donald Hermann,
JUNEAU COUPLE KEEPS j<
MARRIAGE A SECRET I
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Keeping their marriage a secret^
> nea-rly a week, two well known -j
i young people of Juneau almost (
r slipped away from their friends last (
, night on the Alameda but were (
caught with a shower of rice as they )
• boarded the steamer, enroute to the ]
< States on a wedding trip. They ,
are Miss Margaret Kllingen and Mr. (
> Leonard Sparks, who were married ,
I Monday night last, July 16, by <
( U. S, Commissioner V .A. Paine at |
» his office. The couple were attended (
by Mr. and Mrs. ft. Windsor, Bister ,
1 and brother-in-law of the groom. <
The young couple are taking their
automobile with them and will tour
i California on their wedding trip, re
> turning to Seattle for the winter,
t They plan to visit Juneau next year.
I Mrs. Sparks is the daughter of
I Mr. and Mrs. K. Kllingen of Juneau
. and has lived nearly all of her life
t in this city. Mr. Spark came here j
, »everal years ago with his parents. ,
, He is a mechanic by profession and
> has been employed in local shops.
| LOPP IS ON WAY TO 1
SEATTLE FROM WESTh
W. T. I.opp, superintendent of U.
S. Bureau of Education work in
Alaska, passed through Juneau on
the steamer Alameda this morning,
enroute to his headquarters at Se
attle. Mr. Lopp made the trip to
Anchorage from Juneau a short time
ago, accompanying U. S. Commis
sioner Tigert, who went to the j
Westward to confer with Secretary
of the interior Work, who is a mem
ber of the Presidential party. Mr.
■ Lopp was in a short conference with
the Secretary at Seward. Commis
sioner Tigert was to be in confer
i enco with the Secretary at Anchor-!
r age after the latter's return from!
I Fairbanks, and Is accompanying the
. Presidential party south. Theo.
- Honour, secretary to Commissioner
i Tigert, is a passenger on the Ad
i tniral Watson for the South.
) C. W. Hawkesworth, superlntend
i ent of Government schools in this
t district, remained at the Westward
- and will return to his headquarters
j I here on the Admiral Watson.
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ANCHORAGE CONTRACTORS
TO ERECT COLLEGE ANNEX
Lewis and Bliss, Anchorage con
tractors and builders, have secured
(he contract for constructing the
15,000 annex to the Alaska Agricul
tural College and School of Mines
at Fairbanks, Work will begin at
once.
The contract calls for a frame
structure of approximately thirty
rooms, to be 52x82. three stories in
height, and a full sized cement base
ment, the contractors to furnish all
materials.
IN4 papers inr an* at Bmplia.
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Some of the Boys
Aiifion Pratt, Seattle boy, is among
ho delegation coming tonight. Gth
rs include Douglas CarmicheL, Carl
chumacher, Brian Blaltesley, Harolcl
[alloway, John Van Akeo, Wesley
Vicks, Joseph Locher, Donald Me
[ay, Franklin Martin, Arthur Quick,
Valter Holland, Christian Prost,
,ewis Michelson, Sidney Pettie, Bry
nt Pocock Theodore Ryan. Malcom
toilis, Delbert James, Edward Bunn,
Idward C. Witcheil, scout master;
iavid Blell, Darr W. Smith, Wesley
rotewohl, George Slawinski, Hurl
urt Kennedy, Harry Golder, Albert
,ue, Herman Lewis and John Oades,
f Detroit; John Hume and Robert
lillte, of Grosse Pointe; Milton
chnute, of Northville, Mich.; Bern
rd Van Eschen, Monroe, Mich.; Don
Id Blaine, Bow Island, Alberta, Can
da; Thomas Chamberlain, Grand
lapids, Mich.; Carlyle Lovewell,
rorthvllle, Miclv; W. T. Matlock,
lushville, Ind.; and Theodore Len
esty, of Green Bay, Wis.
Juneau To Entertain
The Juneau Boy Scouts are right
p on their toes and are going to
how the "invaders" some time in
uneau. Plans have been made to
JCOUTS TO MEET BOAT
AND GREET VISITORS
In a message received from Ket
hikan last night by the local Troop
'ommlteo of the Boy Scouts from
leo. E. Buchanan who is heading
he Detroit excursion for boys, he
tated • there were sixty-one in his
iar.ty and accepted the invitation of
he local Scouts to see Mendenhall
Jlaelor. The local Scouts have re
olved donations of sufficient auto
nobiles to carry the visitors and
ocnl Scouts, according to Scout
ouster Homer Nerd ling, and local
Icouts are requested to be. at the
lock a halt hour before the arrival
if the Princess Charlotte, due at 8
i. m. All automobiles are also re
tif led to be at the dock promptly
ipon the arrival of the Princess
'hurlotte.
WAKEFIELD (HIES SOUTH.
Lee Wakefield, general manager
or the Northwestern Fisheries
Icvmpany’s canneries in Alaska, and
if herring canneries at the Weat
vard, passed through Juneau on the
tesmer Alameda, after a trip of
nrpeetlon of plants at the Weat
vard.
COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION.
The City Council last night held
te final meeting of this month, only
natters of routine business coming
iefore it. It approved payment of
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take the party to Mendenhall Glac
ier, where the boys can find glacier
worms, bottle them and take them
back home: pick blueberries and
salmon berries,, bipt eat them from
the bush, and then show them around
the Capital City. Manager Spickett,
of the Palace, has extended the
courtesties of his house to the local
Scouts and their visiting friends and
Mr. Buchanan cabled from Ketchi
kan last night the Invitation to at
tend the showing of "The Christian'*
would be accepted If other plans did
not prevent. ’
The youngsters from the east,
middle west, etc., are going to be
given the key to the city, there are
to be no yells of "bull, bull,” but
only crlee of "Skin nay, come over
here and see this. Are you having
a good time? What can we do now?
etc.”
the monthly payroll and current
bills
COURT PARTY LEAVES ON
WATSON FOR KETCHIKAN
To hold a short session of Court
at Ketchikan, Judge T. M. Reed
will leave tomorrow on the steamer
Watson. Ho will be accompanied
by U. S. Attorney A. G. Shoup and
Chief Deputy Cldfk Walter B. Kin*.
Judge Reed expects to hear a
number of motions while at Ketchi
kan and will probably return here
within a week or ten days.
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JITNEY DANCE
TONIGHT
AT THE
a. b. Hall
MUSIC BY THE
COLISEUM
ORCHESTRA
BROOKLYNTOUR
PARTY RETURNS
HOMEIMPRESSED
Morn than satisfied with their Al
askan tour which took them as far
as Fairbanks, the Brooklyn Eagle
Tour Party passed through Juneau
early this morning on the steamer
Alameda on its homeward trip. The
party co-operated in the dedication
of Mt. McKinley National Park, which
was the main purpose of the tour,
the ceremonies taking place on July
9th.
| The dedication speech was made
by William V. Haster Jr., son of
the president of the company pub
lishing the Brooklyn newspaper un
der whose auspices the trip was
made, . dedicating the great park in
the name of the people of the United
States. The dedication was offic
ially confirmed by Harry P- Kars
tens, park superintendent, as repre
sentative of the Department of the
Interior.
The party was greatly impressed
by Alaskan scenery along the entire
route and delighted with the many ,
courtesies shown it- It spent two ;
days at the park and one of the fea
tures of Its task there was a barbe
cue of mountain sheep. It reached
Fairbanks on July 11th, and left
the following day, coming back to
the coast over the Richardson High
way to Chitlna and the Copper River
& Northwestern Railroad to Cordova
where it boarded the Alameda. It
spent yesterday at Skagway and
going out to Lake Bennett. Most
of the members had retired when
,sed with Trip and Im
jressed by Districts
Which Were Visited.
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IF YOU WANT
HIGH CLASS
FICTION
visit our book department, we
fcave just received a shipment of
the very latest novels containing
ome very interesting and delight
fully entertaining stories.
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
the steamer reached here' J *. *1
today.
For the most part the entire trip
has been marked by perfect weather.
It encountered rain for the first three
days after leaving Prince Rupert
northbound and clouds y sterday af
ternoon and last night The rest of
the time the weather was clear and
warm.
It was the first large party of
tourists to go in over the Alaska
Railroad and out by the automobile
road from Fairbanks. It was well ta
ken care of and many of its mem
bers are said to have expressed the
desire to revisit Alaska in the near
future.
The cost of financing the tour
ran into thousands of dollars. Be
fore It left Brooklyn- $70,000 had
been expended and. It : is estimated
that by the time it returns to its
starting point individually and col
lectively it will ha^e expended at
least $200,000. It was said that the
party spent approximately $50,000
In the Territory on furs, curios
ind other articles.
WEDDING CULMINATES
FROM SHIP'S ROMANCE
The wedding or Theo Wheeler,
tl Seattle, and Robert J. MacKanna,
freight clerk aboard the steamer
Alameda, and formerly of Juneau,
was solemnized at Seward Saturday
last, July 14, the culmination of
t romance which started aboard the
ship last winter when Mrs. MacKan
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She has been visiting frlwMjKit
Seward the paBt several weeks. ifrB.
MacKanna is accompanying her t^ni
band south on this trip of the steam
er and they will make their h4me
in Seattle.
Mr. MacKanna or "Mickey,'' as'he
is known in Juneau by a hoat| of
friends here, was the recipient: of
hearty congratulations here when
news of the marriage was learned
by his friends, after the steamer put
in at this port.
MANY RESERVATIONS
ARE MADE FOR TAKU
HARBOR TRIP SUNDAY
From the large number of requests
for reservations for the trip, indi
cations were today that the Alma
would take a big crowd out tomor
row on its excursion to Taku Har
bor. It is said that this will very
likely be the last public excursion
to be put on thlB season by the
Juneau Ferry & Navigation Com
pany.
Taku Harbor is one of the favor
ite outing spots in this district,
offering many sources of enjoyiheqt.
Fishing, berrying, and hiking and fine
beaches for the youngsters life
among the attractions offered. The
Alma is scheduled to sail from '"(Ju
neau. leaving from the Ferry fifgt
at 9 a. m, and will call at ail Chan
nel ports. It will return to tcjwji
before 8 p. m. ±1, i
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