The Alaska citizen., 1913-03-03
.OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS
DREDGE DYNAMlTED.


 helm dredge No l. which is I'll winter quarters on lower Bonanza creek. was very badly damaged las, night by an explosion of dynamite in the hull of the giant gold sIiE. which is believed 10 have been placed there with malicious intent The force Of the explosion blew the sides of the hull out. and it is feared that the entire woodwork has been damaged beyond repair. in which event the loss will approximate close to $lOU.No0. The lowest estiina,a placed on the damage by Manager Thomas is S2j.0uo, but in addition to that the entire season will oe lost because of the inability cf thr company to make repairs before near the end of the coming summer
 Manager Thomas and a crew CT men left for the scene of the wreck today with the intention Of ascertain ing the extent of the damage, out reports from the creek this after. noon indicate that d thorough in. vestigation can not be made until after the water has been pumped out. The machinery is not damaged
 That the dynamiting was done with
  fact that a quantity of the rY- plosive was recently stolen fro1 two of the company powder houses situated near the dredge. The dredge which originally cost the Guegen- helms quarter of million dollars is of the BuCyrus type and is one of the first gold-diggcrs brought into the country.
 ARE TRYING HARD.
 VALDEZ. Feb. 2i.-Reports from the Copper River & Northwestern railroad indicate that the road has been opened for a distance of nearly eighty miles inland from Cordova and that there are several miles of ice and drift yet to overcome before traffic can be resumed
 Three hundred men were put to work after the big storm Of last week, and everything possible is be- ing done to get the road open so that the mail of the Mariposa may be taken over the line.
 WANT TO HELP ALASKA
 OLYMPIA. Feb 26. The lower house of the state legislature has memorialized President-Elect Wilson for favorable action upon d railroad for Alaska
 FIRE ENDS FATALLY.
 SKAGWAY. Feb. 26.-ln fire which destroyed the home of Eugene Smith today. the one year-old daugh- ter of MT and Mrs. Smith was burned fatally, while Mrs. Smifh and another child barely escaped with their lives. being rescued but a moment before the flames reached them.
 The origin of the fire is mys- tery. When il was discovered the whole interior of the house seemed to be in flames and but little couId be done to save the structure.
 Smith who is an oldtimer eM- ploye of the White Pass company, was not at home when the fir, occurred Besides the loss Of ther child. the family lost all of thei. personal belongings and household effects
 OUR JIM WILL BE THERE.
 SEATTLE. Feb. 26. Delegate James Wickersham, of Alaska ar. rived here today from the national capital on his way to Juneau, where he will attend the first session of the territorial legislature which con venes on March 1. He will leave for the North on Saturday, arliv- ing in Juneau just in time for the opening.
 The delegate is authority for the statement that congress has ap- propriated the sum of s65.0on for the use of the Alaska lawmakers for the payment of salaries, mileage and other expenses incident 10 the session.
 DIDN'T LAST LONG.
 SEATTLE. Feb. 26.-Traffic Man. ager Jones of the Alaska Steamship company and the Copper River X Northwestern Railway company. both Guggenheim companies, resign ed his position today
 DON'T TELL EXACT LAW.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26- T. P. Mcdonald, of Seattle, is in the city urging the passage of the Alaska coal bill which was intro duced by Senator Jones, Of Wash ington.
 In an interview published in an afternoon paper Mcdonald roasts the officials of the land office, claiming that they had pursued policy of deliberately deceiying claimants re- garding the land laws. In spite of this attitude toward the department. however, McDOnalu utleiluS oetTt- tary Fisher in the strongest terms.
 OFFER REWARD.
 DAWSON, Feb. 2I.- Manager Thomas, of the Yukon Gold company, has offered a reward of $5.0C0 for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who dynamted one of the company's dredges on Bonanza creek early this week. The
  couraging others than the police to take part in the search for the guilty parties, who left absolutely no clue as to their identity.
 The work of ,'isnaHtlins the wrecked gold-digger began yesterday, the plan of the company being to remove all of the machinery before to repair the damaged hull, which at present is partly sub merged. Until the dismantling has been completed and the dredge it will be impossible to as certain the extent of the damage. Sufficient has been determined al ready, however, to indicate that the loss will exceed s25000.
 ALL TO THE BAD.
 NOME, Feb 27.-Three of Uncle Sam's infantrymen stationed at Fort Davis were placed under arrest by the federal authorities today on the charge of forging the name of Cap