The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
IF INTEREST
 T0 ALASKANS
CORPORATION OWNED.

VALDEZ Get @2 AdKifeS rc. ceiy"t from Cor5oya during the pas, few GaFs indicate that there is a serious -ua-,sfsug ot express and mali matter at the coast terminal of tn" Copper River & Northwestern railroad as a result of the interrul- t!nH to traffic over the road l. IS stated ht arrl.ais from Corio,a that the road Will not be opened and in smooth working order for a month and that much of the sceuud gi4ss mail matter now piled uu in the coast town will he greatly delayed unless jf js shipped t0 the interior ht way of this TtaSc This could he done without difficulty. a. the trail open. and in good rou- ditiou for travel
 GETTING THERE.
 VA ht/. DJ' 21 A1,icrs re eeiyed from Inc members ot the railroad mission vcsterdly con taircd tho formation that he ex- nisHt | k uat known whether they inIt.E tp continue to Chitiua and thence to Corioya hy way of the Copper River & Northwosfarr railroad. or return To Valdez the way they w"r- tv. r is thought the in terrHFtier If traffic on the rail road vii ,aI-e them 10 abandon The Chitiua trip
 SHOT HIM.
 IDfTABDD Oct 22 - Jack Pack age. who recently be.an the con struction uf r5a3houso OF Marvel creek. in n. Ariak country. is in der arrest ar that place on the charge of shooting an Austrian krogH as Louis Package vas placed uu- der arrest by the miners of Mar vel. and told to report fo the com missioner at Georgetown. which he did. OHing to the absence Of Dep uty Marshal EcldS however who was ju th- Iduarod on the Campbell case. Commissioner Slier turned the man loose and he has since returned to Marvel To resume work on his huildiug
 GETTING THE FUEL.
 IDITAROn Oct 22 - Ii is cX- pectcd that the Gue1enheims wilt call for bids shortly for the supply ing of 1o0oo cords of wood most of which is to be delivered on Flat creek. where it will he available for use by the dredac
 An attempt was made the other night to burn Gn cords of wood belonging to the syndicate but the blaze vas discovered before fl had galHad mn hcadWay. and was easily cXtinauishod There is no ctu" t1 tra identity of the parties who started the fire.
 OF INTEREST TO ALASKAN
 COAL CASES.
 SEATTLE. Oct 2t = The hearing which is being conducted ill this city hy tne eo.erameHt land office to de termine the validity oi titles to wharfage and coal lands in the Port Graham region. Alaska. was enliYen- ed today hy the appearance of W. G. Whorf who came from Port Ora ham to defend his title 10 certain coal claims in that vicinity.
 Whorf pointed out to Chief of the Field Division Christensen that the withhouldine of the claims is work ing a great hardship on Alaskans who have stakol in good faith. He also declared that the action of the government has retarded the deYel- opmont of the North far more than the officials appear 10 appreciate, and without reason.
 Whorf suggested that he be allowed to occupy his claims in the two groups which have been held up. He said he would be willing to de velop the claims immediately. and give them up later if the govern, ment finds that his locations were not made in good faith His conten- tion is that the investigation of title should not interfere with develop ment
 WHAT ABOUT THE WHITES?
 WASHINGTON. Oct 24. The public health bureau has taken meas u~es 10 stamp ont in Alaska the in fant paralysis which is inflicting the Esquimos There have been three deaths and fifteen cases reported from Irnalaska and St Michael alone.
 ALASKA LEADS.
 WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. A ta- ble issued today by the department of commerce. labor and trade states. that exclusive of gold, the output of Alaska for the year 1912 is about $45. .000 900.
 GETS 30 YEARS.
 NOME. Oct 24. - The case Of the United States vs. John Carle was concluded today by the sentencing of the prisoner 10 30 years imprison- ment at McNeil's Island for the murder of Harvey Frey last summer at Hot Springs.
 Carle pleaded guilty to the charge of murder in the second degree, and sentence was pronounced immediate lv by Judge Murane. In view of the fact that Carle is a man near GO years of age. the sentence was equivalent to life.
 The killing of Frey was cold blooded murder. Carle emptving both barrels of shot gun into his body while Frey's back was turned tc him.
 TREADGOLD LOSES.
 DAWSON. Oct. 9. - Judge Mac aulcv today delivered judgment in the famous Klondike lawsuit of Treadgold vs Rost in favor of the defendant, Rost. The injunction is dissolved and the costs of the suit are taxed against Treadgold. The moneys in the hands of the court arf ordered distributed among Rost and 1. t,tl1