The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-08
'OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS
NAVIGATION OPENS.

ing with the first through passen- gers and mail from the Interior. navigation was established the en- tire distance between Whitehorse and Fairbanks and points on the lower Yukon river.
 The steamer Alaska is scheduled 10 leave Whitehorse for Fairbanks at o'clock tonight with the first through passengers. mail and freight of the season. The steamer will go direct to the Panama metropolis, making a brief stop at Dawson en- route.
 The steamer Casca also is billed to leave Whitehorse tonight, with this city as her destination. She will have passengers, mail and freight for Dawson.
 Among the passengers booked to sail on the Alaska are Bennett James, Doc Madding and wife and A. F. Zipf.
 CHARLES ROSS COMING.
 SEATTLE, June 1-Charles Ross was a passenger on the steamship Mariposa, which sailed for the North last night Ross has a ticket for Fairbanks.
 LEGISLATION DELAYED. WASHINGTON. D. C., June l. Despite Secretary Lanes plea for the elimination of red tape, which. he says, is seriously hampering the administration of Alaska affairs, there will be no legislation during the present session of congress ,lo Ln hy ha cabinet member, according to state ment made by Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana. this afternoon.
 "The pending Alaska coal bill is much more important to the devel- opment of the Northern territory than the administration bill which provides for a commission form of government for Alaska" asserted the senator in discussing the Alaska situation today. The commission bill can wait" he continued, while to delay the coal bill would involve | lire consequences"
 Secretary Lane favors the crea- tion of a single board of control | to govern the affairs of Alaska, do, ing all the work now performed by 1 the general land office the forestry service commission, the bureau of mines, the bureau of education, and the department of the interior.
 TO RESCUE CREW. | WASHINGTON, D. C., June l. i According to statements made to day by officials of the treasury de partment, there is the probability that the government will despatch | the revenue cutter Bear to the res cue of the members of the crew of the wrecked Stefansson flagship kal- lux, who have taken refuge on Wrangell island, off the Northern coast of Siberia.
 Definite announcement has not ! been made, but it is understood that the officers of the Bear have been advised that they may be called up on to make the trip to the Northern island.
 ENGINEERS COMING. | SEATTLE, June l. - Among the passengers leaving for the North last night on the Mariposa was w. 5 ! Raeburn, one of the engineers who will work under Commissioner Riggs on the Interior end of the railroad survey Raeburn is accompanied by three men, the party constituting the advance guard of the Riggs out fit, which will work from Fairbanks.
 CROSSLEY IN WASHINGTON.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June g. District Attorney James J. Crossley of Alaska, arrived here today from the Pacific coast, having been sum moned to the capital by the depart ment of justice in connection with certain charges which have been fiji ed against him. He was closeted with ney-General McReynolds this afternoon for more than ar hour.
 ALASKAN BUYS LAND.
 SEATTLE, June 2.-G. P. Cog chant, has purchased tract o1 orchard land in the Yakima valley the purchase representing an invest ment of $18,000.
 LAKE oBSTRUCTED.
 DAWSON, June 2.-Arrivals from the upper river report that there are numerous bars at the head o1 Lake Labarge which will prove a serious handicap to navigation this season, unless removed. There is a river dredge now at Dawson Witt capacity of 1000 yards daily and there is some talk of engaging the machine to cut a channel through the shoals.
 It is also reported here that the recent flood which accompanied the breakup took out the long jetties and fills at Hellgate and that the river is now spread over a wide area at that point. Steamboatment predict that steamers will be stalled there after the river has dropped to it's normal level, and it is prob able that some steps will be taken in the very near future to repair the damage done. There is a good stage of water on the river now, but it is believed that by the middle of summer steamers will have diff ficulty in getting through Hellgate unless improvements are made. PAY FOUND AT NELCHiNA. VALDEZ, June 2. - Considerable | excitement was Occasioned in this city today by the receipt of a re- port from Tonsina announcing the discovery of good pay on five creeks | in the Nelchina district. The report was brought out from the new camp by three prospectors named Pen degast, Spenard and Atkins, and forwarded to Valdez from Tonsina at which point they have arrived on their way to the coast