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The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-08-05

camp about the middle of April and
hauling their blankets and tools the
entire distance of 100 miles, on hand
sleds.
As all our structural steel, cement
and other material would be deliv-
cred on the south side of the river
and half of all material would have
to be used on the north side, a
" inch steel cable supported on
wooden towers built of spruce trees
in the vicinity of the site, was de-
termined upon, for transferring ma
terials across the river. About the
22nd of April. the excavation for
foundation was begun and we also
began getting out the timbers for
the towers and for the falsework on
which to erect the anchor spans.
In excavating for the concrete foun-
dations the tundra was first removed
from the ground and when the
ground had thawed down about six
inches to a foot. this material was
removed down to the frost, then left
for two or three days to thaw again
When bedrock was uncovered in
August, at the location of the tower
pedestals it was found to be so badly
frost cracked that the excavation had
to be carried down from six to thir-
teen feet farther than had been plan
ned. The cost of cement delivered
at the Kuskulana river made pro-
hibitive building the pedestals the
additional height. The American
Bridge company, who had the con-
tract for fabricating the superstruc-
additional lengths required for the
columns. but as the delivery of the
entire order of steel for this work
would have been delayed until cold
weather by having them make the
necessary changes. the order for the
additional column lengths was placed
with the Northwest Steel Company,
of Portland, Ore. The concrete foun-
dations, the falsework for the anchor
spans and the towers for the cable
way were all completed early in Sep
TENDER.
The track was completed to Kus-
kulana October 18th, but on account
of cars not being available to load
all the material and equipment, we
did not move camp from Miles gla
cier bridge site to Kuskulana until
October Goth. Fortunately the
weather was much milder than usual
and instead of the temperature be
ing from 20 degrees to 80 degrees be-
low zero. it ranged from zero to 80
degrees above. The only serious
hindrance at this time was the short
age of daylight, it being only about
four and one half hours between
sunrise and sunset. This decreased
to about three hours in December.
On account of the extreme cold
weather which was certain to come
before the steel could be erected, all
the boilers and engines were housed
and on this account and also be
cause of the great lift necessary to
raise water from the Kuskulana riv-
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outer end of the shaft and held in
position by yoke attached to the
outsides of the end shoes by six inch
pins. This arrangement held the
outer ends of the cantilever spans
little higher than normal and
shortened the distance between low
er chord end pins, thus making it an
easy matter to drive the pin in the
middle of the center panel of the
lower chord.
After this pin was driven and the
middle sections of the upper chords
were in position and full bolted at
one end, the wedges were drawn
slowly at the same time lacking up
the outer ends of the anchor spans
and keeping the adjustable bars in
the center panel always under ten
sion until the unbolted ends of the
top chord came into position so they
could be full bolted which was done;
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CANNOT PRACTICE MEDICINE

DR.. Joseph Wyerhorst was declar
ed guilty of practicing medicine in
Alaska without a license, in the
United States commissioners court
at Juneau, jury of IL men de
Gliding such with recommendation
for mercy, after a short elaboration.
Wyerhorst was fined $50 and costs
by Commissioner G. c. VIM, and,
pending appeal of the case to the
district court by counsel ]. G. Held.
bail was fixed at $500, which was
furnished.
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dreams sing
The painted desert is ever a sham,
'Tis naught but sand, by sage brush
shaded,
Its purple mists, and shades of blue,
Are a lying mirage of blue skies
faded
Yet the painted desert calls to me
In language compelling, strange
ly sweet,
For its big and broad and it freedom
brings,
And lays it lovingly down at my
feet.
At dawn l look to the eastern hills
Where the day god kisses the
nights tired eyes.
And paints the whole world in a
glory of gold,
And the desert, new colored, before
me lies.
And its life is awake. from the twink
ling sand,
Comes the chirping of crickets,
and sparrows call.
The rustling and creeping of small
things life,
And the cry of the lone coyote DER
it all
At night in the west, more glorious
still,
Is the sun when he bids the desert
good night,
And hangs his banner on hill and
cloud,
The desert mirraged, in his red
golden light.
Then the moons pale radiance. too
is lent,
las an artist. with brush dipped in
silvery sheen.
She touches the harsh desert embend
ing lines,
Into dreams of beauty, unreal as
they seem.
So the painted desert calls to me,
In its silence vast and it's freedom
bold,
It's glorious sunrise, and brilliant sun
set,
And it's moonlit nights, will my
heart ever hold.
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after which, the above operations
were continued until the span was
swung, the final connection being
made with the thermometer regis
tering 40 degrees below zero. The
temporary bars connecting the an
Choir spans and the cantilever span
were then cut and the shore spans
lowered into position.
The travellers were removed and
the bridge ready for trains to cross
January ?, 1911, without any SER
1ous accident having occurred during
the entire erection.
On account of the severe cold and
shortage Of daylight, the construc-
ton of the bridge required double
the time that would have been con
sumed under the vastly more favor
able seasonal conditions of summer.
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w.
At the point selected for the Kus-
kulana crossing, 149 miles from Cor
dova, the Kuskulana flows through
a gorge having rock walls and being
100 feet wide and lis feet deep.
The grade line was located with the
tom of the gorge. the grade being
level and the bridge on tangent.
The climatic conditions at this bridge
site are very different from that of
the Flag Point, Hot Cake Channel
and Miles Glacier bridges. The an
nual precipitation is light, winds dur
ing the winter are practically un-
known and the temperature is much
lower in the winter and higher in
the summer than that of the coast
country. The winter of 1910-1911
the lowest recorded temperature was
minus 81 degrees F. and in the
summer of 1910 the highest tempera-
ture was plus SO degrees F. in the
shade.
After a careful examination of the
site it was decided that the span over
the gorge should be a deck span 225
feet long and designed to be erected
cantilever two deck spans of 100 feet
each, to be erected on shore on each
side and to be used as anchor spans,
each end of the 225 feet span and the
adjoining end of the $50 feet span
to be supported by a steel tower,
the shore end of the $50 feet span
to be supported by steel tower, the
shore ends of the $50 feet spans to
rest on concrete piers.
In September. 1909. Assistant
Bridge Engineer J. R. Preble was
sent to this bridge site to dig test
pits and locate bed rock at the loca-
tons of the piers and the pedestals
for the towers.
Practically all the country in this
immediate vicinity is covered with
tundra, (partially decayed moss and
other vegetation) from one foot to
several feet in thickness and the
ground wherever the tundra occurs is
perpetually frozen in most cases to
bedrock, regardless of the depth.
This made digging test pits rather
tedious. They were completed, how
ever. the latter part of October. In
December, 1909, the railway was
completed to Tiekel, 101 miles from
Cordova, the track material and other
supplies being ferried across Miles
Glacier lake.
The cement for this work was pur-
chased in Seattle in November, 1909,
the barrels being covered with can
vas to protect the cement from mois-
ture. 1t was intended to ship this
cement to mile 101 during the fall
and haul it to the bridge site over
the ice when the river froze, but
lack of warehouse room at mile 101
prevented this being done. Consid
cradle of the track between Miles
Glacier and Tiekel was lain temporar-
lily On the ground surface and water
flowed over these portions of the.
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thousand dollars.


On May 9th the erection of the
south half of span three was CON-
menced. 1t was decided to connect
the south half of this span to span
two by the erection device as mat
ter of precaution. Two sections of
the lower chord of number three
were put out on falsework and the
web members put in place, but on
May 8th before the connection was
made with the erection device, the
remainder of the ice jam in front of
Childs glacier went out and the ice
in the river moved downstream car
rying the falsework with it to such
an extent that the outer end of the
steel then on falsework was thirteen
inches out of line. Hydraulic jacks
were used to lift the steel until the
connection with the erection device
could be made, when the jacks were
released and the erection device pull
led the steel back into line. The
of the span was completed without
difficulty. After the completion of
this half of the span careful exam
ination of the ice showed that it
could not break up until it became
rotten. The jam in front of Childs
glacier was gone but the channel ice
above was firm.
On May 18th the erection of the
second half of this span was COM
menced, working from seven O'Clock
in the morning until eleven O'Clock
at night. On May 18th Miles glacier
began moving forward crowding the
four miles square of nine foot ice
in the lake and the connected river
ice forward. This was entirely I'M
expected as in the springs of 1908
and 1909 there was no forward
movement of the glaciers until after
the opening of the river. The move
ment down stream on the 18th was
only two inches, but the velocity of
this movement increased rapidly
each succeeding day The ice was
so thick that saws were useless in
cutting it, so all of the available men
were put on the ice under the false
work clearing the ice away from the
upstream sides of the piling with
long ice chisels. Two shifts of thir-
ty men each were kept at this work
continuously, and succeeded in keep
ing the ice clear of the piling until
about midnight of the 14th when the
movement of the glacier became so
great that the ice gained on them
slowly. Both shifts of men were kept
working on the ice during the day
and until midnight of the 18th. On
May 18th, little over half of the
second half of span three was in
place and it would have taken longer
to remove this steel to place OF
safety than to complete the erection.
About 9 O'Clock of the evening of the
14th, two loading beams at the top
of the traveller were broken by
lower chord section fouling when the
lift was being made. By eight O'Clock
of the morning of the 18th the load
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TRIP
IN POETRY

From time to time Chitina Leader
readers have been enjoying the vivid
descriptions of the travels of Ora
Burrows in verse. She has been on
a visit 70 the desert in Lower Cali
fornia and has written of her exper-
fences. She has already started for
the north, and will soon be in Chiti-
ma again among her friends. Fol
lowing are the verses penned by her.
DEVILS DEN
Say. l pen up ter Devils Den
Kind 'er lookin' round,
A takin' in the sights up thar
Where the oil boy spilled that
gronu.
Why he jest messed things orful
And piled tibet sile in heaps,
He pizened o the water tew,
An gas through them rocks jest
seep.
Say, he jest melted O. the stuns
And burnt the airth up slick,
An if you slip into tibet muck
Why pardner, l bet you stick.
He must O. ketched some Teller too,
Cause / heared some arful groans
A sizzlin' right up by my feet,
Whar | sot on some stones.
A kinder plaintive little wall,
1t sot my blood ter chillin,
So l moved on, yer bet I did
Fer fear I'd get 'er grillin.
Written at the old crater of Devils
Den.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-14

cess style. the bodice a mass Of rides
cent jewels, over which several ropes
Of pearls we're festooned The small
velvet toque was Of petunls colored
velvet, with white ostrich tips.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid wore hand
some black chiffon. embroidered with
applique embroidery, and made over
white silk. The small uhapeau was
OF black, with white ostrich plumes
Mrs. Reid wore a sable coat through.
out the ceremony
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr. looked
girlishly pretty in a gown of white
chiffon, made in even length, with
slight trimming of white embroidery
and crystal beads. Her hat was OF
white and black, a large tulle bow OF
white ornamenting the fine black braid
straw
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-14

IN the form Of federal prohibition
but rather in the form Of local prohi
billion. at the same time declnrlne
himself TO be IN favor OF prohibition.
and willing to work for II. and that
he would do so II it was presented
to his people on a purely local basis.
The idea Of the plebisclte as thus
proposed backed mp by the sentiments
OF Hawaii's delegate, so openly avow.
ed. as well as his determination. ex-
pressed with such apparent sincerity.
to get in and work for the accomplish.
ment Of local prohibition. was a
strong card to play II would un-
doubtedly count, i'm the minds of those
not understanding the real situation
here, as but a reasonable proposition
to accept.
Then came the unfortunately Sc
lected date for the plebiscite. a date
that would, and did, play right into
the hands of the liquor interests,
through the well-known necessity of
ministers, teachers, business, and
other men, to be absent on their an
nual vacations. which most invaria-
bly, occur at that season of the year.
Plans made a year, and even years,
ahead (such as those taking in the
great Passion Play at Oberammergau)
and which were we'll in hand. could
not be laid aside to stay at home for
an election, which had in it from the
first a discouraging sense of failure,
in view of the well understood opin-
ion existing here against any attempt
at local prohibition.
Next came the unfortunate delay in
the return of the delegate Kalanian-
aole, who, alone, or more than any
other man, would have great influence
with the Hawaiian people, and who
had promised to be on hand and work
for prohibition. Instead of attending
to the serious business into which he!
had gotten his people, he was on
pleasuring on a yacht, becoming,
thereby, unable to carry out what he
had agreed to do.
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marble steps MS nfr ana Mrs Croker
made their ava rcyolrs. the guests
waving a farewell
The ballroom. one Of the hand
soonest In the city, was hung In bright
gold-colored tapestries, with mirrors
alternating with medallion pictures
Empire court beauties
The bridal table, at which the
bridesmaids and the men in the party
were seated with MIR. and Mrs. Irwin
and relatives of Mr.. Croker, was
done in festoons of pink sweet peas
and pink carnations-laid fiat on the
cloth, weaving designs of intricate
beauty about baskets of hyacinths-
white and lavender lilacs, and vases
filled with roses and valley lilies.
Leave for the South.
This was the only table decorated.
A simple repast, which consisted of
caviar, terrapin, cold ham and other
meats, lettuce salad and ice cream,
was served to the several hundred
guests, the appointments being in ex.
cellent taste.
Following the supper, Mrs. Crocker
left the company for a short time, re.
turning in a tailor frock of black and
white shepherd check, the dress being
free from trimming.
The coat was severely simple, and
the skirt was made in the close-fit-
ting, narrow mode so much the vogue.
With this was worn a broad-brimmed
hat of bright red, with outstanding
wings of the same color, very be.
coming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crocker leave for the
south today in the Crocker private
car. Thence they go to New York,
en- route to Europe, where they will
be until fall, returning to reside at
Uplands, near Burlingame.
While in London they will be
guests of Ambassador and Mrs. White
law Reid during the coronation festiv-,
tiles, and Mrs. Crocker will be among
the very few American women to be
presented at court this year.
Frocks Are Stunning.
Many stunning frocks were worn
TO the first time at the wedding.
One of the noticeably handsome
ones was that Of Mrs William q Ir-
win, mother of the bride, who wore
bright imperial blue satin. in Prin-
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WILL SENT AN AGENT
Continued from page nine.)

hope and prayer on the part of the
various Hawaiian Churches through
out these Islands, calling for Gods
help to lessen the evils growing out
of intemperance, and to awaken an
increased righteousness among the
people.
2. At the annual meeting of the
churches, under the care of the Ha-
waiian Evangelical Association, held
in the year 1908 at Hilo, Hawaii, a
resolution was adopted, emphasizing
the sense Of the Convention as to the
need of more wide spread temper
ance throughout all Hawaii-nei. And
these ministers and delegates took a
special trip, or visit, to the volcano.
While on the brink of the crater. or
pit of Kilauea, spontaneous service
of song and prayer was held, wherein
reference was made 20 the prevailing
intemperance in the Islands. Also
special greetings were sent by this
Convention to a Worlds Religious
Conference" that was then in session
in England.
3 Word of this occasion reached
the Reform Bureau at Washington, d.
c., who were sympathetic and quick
to respond, and who secured Senator
Johnson to introduce his measure in
the United States Senate calling for
federal prohibition in Hawaii.
ut will thus be seen where and
how the idea was started.
Success for federal prohibition APP
peared to be in sight, so that Mr.
Woolley wrote of it as being practio-
ally won in committee" when the
Delegate from Hawaii issued, or ex
pressed a suggestion which had in II
the effect of a challenge, proposine
that the whole matter be referred back
to the people Of Hawaii, not, however
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WAREHOUSE TRUST
Real Estate Department
For Rent

kinau st., bedrooms .......Ss5. 90
Kalakaua Ave, 2 Bedrooms 80. II. SO
Lunalilo St, 2 Bedrooms. 25. 90
kinau St., 3 Bedrooms. ....... 80. 90
Kalihi, Bedrooms ...... 25. 90
Kalihi, 2 Bedrooms ......... 30 90
Fort and School (store) ...... Is. 90
Halekauwila st. (warh'se) 80. $50 90
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For Sale

Improved and unimproved property
in all parts of the city.
Acreage property in Palolo Valley.
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MISS IRWIN'S
WELDING
Continued from page nine.)

silver cloth, with embroidery of seed
pearls over this.
The veil was worn in an original
manner, forming a Juliette cap that
framed the soft brunette curls.
The rose point lace in the veil and
the gown was of exceptional beauty
as fine as French converts ever turn
ed out
The bridal bouquet was of white or
chids, clusters of them forming
fringe bouquet.
Diamond Rope Only Jewel.
The only piece of jewelry worn was
the rope of diamonds, with pendants
of emeralds and a pear-shaped pearl,
which Mr.. Crocker gave the bride.
OF striking beauty, they ELECTED much
admiration.
Miss Crocker's gown was of pale
rose-leaf pink satin, yelled with pink
chiffon, the chiffon being embroidered
with seed pearls in a deep border,
similar ornamentation forming the
corsage. 1t was made with a slight
train.
A large round hat of pink straw of
fine weave was worn, ornamented with
a large butterfly bow of point ap-
plique lace.
Miss Crocker also carried orchids,
a large bouquet of pale pink and white
Cattelaya forming a touch of dainty
color.
The gowns of the bridesmaids were
alike, in even walking length, and
were extremely simple in design, be-
ing made straight up and down, in
Empire mode, short-waisted and scant.
The material was pale pink satin,
yelled with lavender chiffon festoon-
ed with French roses in pink shades.
Hats Cover Coiffures.
In place of flowers they carried huge
muffs of lavender shirred chiffon or
namented with lavender and pink hya-
cinths, roses and violets.
The small cloche-shaped hats were
close-fitting, dropping to cover the
couture. They were made of laven-
der chiffon, trimmed with pink roses.
The clusters of handmade French
roses that ornamented the gown were
particularly dainty and effective, the
lavender and pink shades exactly
matching the flowers that transformed
the house into a bower.
Nearly all of the women wore modi-
fed ball gowns, semi-decolette, the
upper part Of the corsage filled with
tulle or lace.
AS most of the women wore the
new spring hats for the first time, the
contrast between the bal gowns and
the straw hats was striking. The
majority of the hats were small and
close-fitting, in contrast to the wide
brimmed Gainsborough affairs of the
beplumed winter modes.
Feast Brings Merrlment.
None OF the usual merriment char
acterized the wedding-at least not
until the guests had descended to the
ballroom and seated themselves at
supper.
Before that 1t had been religiously
solemn.
Pecks OF rice were strewn on the
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CaSIIG&COOkG.

AaNaNAA AaANu
Honolulu, Y. a.
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MER
CHANTS.
SUGAR FACTORS and GENERAL IN
SURANCE AGENTS.
-Representine-
Eva Plantation Co.
,.Waislus Agricultural Co., Ito.
KohaIa Sugar CO.
Apokaa Sugar Mill Co.
Fulton Iron Works Of ST. Louis.
. Westons Centrifueals
Babcoek q Wilcox Boilers.
Green's Fuel Economizer.
Mstson Navigation Co.
New England Mutual Life lnsur.
snoe Company Of Boston.
Aetna Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Citizens Insurance Co. Hartford
Fire Insurance Co..
The London Assurance Corpora
cir.
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BYAUTRORITY
oface Of the Board Of Health
Honolulu, March II, 1911.

Honolulu, March II, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Health held
March 10th, 1911, the, following regu-
lation was adopted:
Until further notice no fish shall be
taken from the District of Honolulu
to any other district of the City and
County of Honolulu, provided. how
ever, that fish caught outside of the
limits defined in the regulation ADOPT
ed February Gath, 1911, and amended
March End, 1911, and brought to the
port of Honolulu, may be shipped to
districts of the City and County cut
side of the Districts of Honolulu but
only such fish as are taken direct
from the boats bringing the same
to the port of Honolulu and in con-
tainers so covered as to adequately
prevent flies and insects coming in
contact with such fish.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
By it's President,
E. A. MOTT SMITH.
Attest:
]. E. Porter,
Secretary Board of Health.
1 hereby consent TO the foregoing
regulation.
w. F. FREAR,
, Governor, Territory of Hawaii.