The Chitina leader., 1913-11-11
II BUILD N|z|NA BRIDGE

w. A. Soule, connected with the Alaska Road Commis- son from Valdez Saturday night and this morning took the interior He is on business connected with the building of the bridge which to the reach erous Nizina river The commission will certainly construct this much needed bridge during the coming It intended to have done the work but delay in assembling the material nterered Part of the heavy mbe were landed at Mccarthy but the balance will be taken n shortly It is the intention to the about or eight miles from Mccarthy The bridge proper will be 525 feet long, with two spans of 10 feet each and three spans of
 5 feet each Then there will be approaches of pilng either side aggregang POO feet The work of hauling the
 mbers and material from the railroad will be done by Jack
 ngraham who will commence about the list of December The construction of the bridge will be under the direction Holland who has had considerable experience in work of this kind in Alaska He will commence about the first of the year. and Mr. Soule that he will have 1t completed in about ten weeks as he will put large force of workmen When the spring break comes the stampeder and miners who wish to go into the Nzna country beyond to the Chsana will find safe method of crossing the treacerous Nzna gravel banks beyond where the going and good The muck and grade of Sourough hill will be avoided the summer trail to the Chsana will thus be made much and safer mush Many the obstacles that last summer will have been oberated and the lives of and hrses will not be endangered by the Nzna qucsands
 Somewhat of sensation created in the federal court at Valdez by the inquiry open of prisoner who inquired whether 1t possible for him justice The man who created the furry Dan S. Reede Cordova He had just been sentenced by Judge six months in the jail at Valdez having been convicted of assault with dangerous weapon He had shot and motrally wounded Wm. Rowe at fremen's entertaimnent in Cordoya last
 une Ills defense had been the unwrtten law emotional insanity.
 After Judge Brown had imposed Reeder asked Ii he might make statement and permission being given started out with the inquiry about justice When asked him what he meant he went into lengthy explanation which briefly to the effect that his wife, did the shooting, living in unlawful Cordova; that he had appealed to the district attorney and the marshal to have the matter investigated but that nothing had come o it. After hearing the through Judge Brown stated that he would nstgate Investigation which he proceeded to do by summoning officials concerned The Prospector gVes the statement of the officials as follows
 Assistant District Attorney Brubaker said that the matter had been called to the district attorneys office by E F. Rtcie, of Reeder's attorneys and that had immediately wired the deputy marshal at Cordova make an immediate and vigorous Investigation The deputy that certain man stopping at Mrs Reeders house. but that Mrs Reeder claimed that she in need of money support herself and children and furnishing this man with board and to support herself and family deputy reported that he unable obtain evidence to dsrove this claim because of the fact that he known to Mrs Reeder Mr. Brubaker then matter up with Mr. Rchie and requested him to wire close and fellow odgeman of Reeders requesting this friend obtain possible sufficient evidence to support the charge Mr. Rltcme sent such telegram and the paid at government expense but the appeal Reeders friend failed to produce any resut.'