The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-04
OF INTEREST ID ALASkANS
ON THE COAST AGAIN.

NotNioN "A. OAl- ~ At Alas ha railroad commission members accom- panied hy Falcon Josln. arrived Ia this city last night on the first train over the Copper river road since the slides have been removed They will remain here a week. and will then take the Alamo da to the south
 TROUBLE AT AN END.
 CORDONA. Oct 2S. - The slides which have covered the Copper Rive, railway for some weeks past have been completely removed and travel over that line is now as it was he. fore the obstruction of the road Ac. cumulated business is being cleaned up and the railroad people hope to have no further trouble with the road this winter
 WHO OWNS IT?
 SEATTLE. Oct 2S. The hear. ing Of the Feed group cases. which involve title 10 l.dn1 acres of land in the Controller Bay country will be on before the United States land office in this city tomorrow. This is one of the most important Of the Alaska land cases.
 WRECKED AT YORK.
 MUM F.. Jtl. ~ it DON tl schooner SilycrWare. F. T. Mcintyre owner was piled up on the beach . at York during recent storm which swept the entire coast, and it is believed that the vessel is q total wreck The schooner. loaded with 4O tons of placer tin for transporta tion to this place. was ready 10 sait when the storm came up. and was 7 driven on the beach before she coulG be gotten under way
 There were sixteen passengers oa board the vessel and il is reported that they had d narrow escape from drowning
 4 WISE JUDGE.
 NOME. Oct. 2S. In order that the docket may he cleared in tim. for the attorneys. witnesses and prisoners to take the last boat out of Nome. Judge Murane is holding early morning and night sessions oi court. and everything possible is he ing done to hasten the trials now pending The work is progressine rapidly. and all of those concerned sible way.
 ilt IdSl DDtl lN S' Htiult'I u ltfi , ' for the South this week. but if the term of court has not been con cluded by the time the regular steamer is ready 10 sail. those whc are obliged to wait over, will be taken out by the revenue cutter Bear which is being held for that pur pose.
 The principal ease before the court is that of the United States ys John I.iborg who is charged with the theft of $l4.o00 from locaI sluiceboXes. I.iborg was arrested al Seattle, and an amount of mone' equal to that stolen was found ou his person.
 POLITICALLY QUIET.
 IDITAROD. Oct. 29. - The Social, fists here. if working at all, are Worr. ing in the dark politically, and the political game is extremely quiet in this section. There is no organi zation of any kind here for any of the candidates. and it is impossible 10 predict what the vote here will be Roden is apparently strong here, and Sutherland seems to have a fair chance. Have not heard sin
  dates than those on the fusion tick ct As to what is doing politically this section of Alaska is dark and we know nothing of what the proba bilities are in any other section oi the territory. PIONEER
 OFFER REWARD.
 SKAGWAY, Oct. 30. With the object of stimulating the search fol the lone highwayman who held IL the local office of Wells-Fargo & Co a short time ago, Agent Taylor has been authorized to offer re ward of $500 for information which will lead to the arrest and con"lC ton of the desperado.
 Not only have the government of ficials made an active. though fruit less search for the highwayman but the citizens also have secured the nearby hills in the hope tha, some trace of him might be found Following the robbery all of the boats in the harbOr were detained until a thorough search had been made, and since that time. a close watch has been maintained along the water front.
 Agent Taylor. who was severely bruised in his conflict with tne thief has fully recovered from his injuries, and is now directing a pri vate search in the hope of recovering the money which was taken from the company's safe.
 OUTLOOK GOOD.
 IDITAROD. Oct. 30 Although no new strikes have been made in the new Innoko diggings during the past month or so, reports received from Cripple City during the past week indicate that the outlook in that re zion is most encouraging. and that all of those now in the camp are confident of landing on the pa, streak before the spring
 In a letter written to his part ner here, Fred Anderson confidently expresses the belief that he will make a hOmestake in the new camp this winter
 THE LAST ONE GONE.
 NOME, Oct 31. - The last regu- lar passenger steamer to sail iron, this port this season was the Vie, toria, which got away for the Sound on Wednesday with a full comp,e ment of people who were stranded at various points along the coast by the recent storms. A portion of the list was made up of old timers of this camp who are outward bound for the first time in many years.
 The revenue cutter Bear is being