The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-14
eLEANlNes OF GREAT
 NORTHERN EMPIRE


 Capt. Jack Cam is engaged in her ring fishing at Knikilik, near Valdez and has stocked the Valdez market with smoked herring, He is packing lthe herring in glass jars and small boxes. He thinks the herring business will be one of large dimensions on Prince William sound within short time. A short time ago Capt Cam made haul of 1000 barrels with a purse seine 65 feet long, He valued the haul at S1OOOO.
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 Under the leadership of Rev. w. H. zeigler, of the Episcopal church of that place, the people of Valdez have erected and furnished free reading room and club house for the people of that city. A sufficient sum has been subscribed to meet the expenses of the club. The house was built on the Episcopal church lot, which is conven- liently located for the use of the peo- pie. "Everymans Club" is the name of the new institution. ! <
 The fall of snow for this season to the end of December at Fort Liscum, Valdez bay, was 1886 inches. This has been exceeded twice since the record started at the military post in 1900. In that year the snowfall to December 31 was 219.5 inches. In 1902, "the winter of big snow" it was 241.9 inches. The December snowfall for 1913 has been exceeded only once. Last month it was 1853 inches. In 1909 it was 157.S inches. The total to the end of December that year, how ever, was only 1901 inches.
 Valdez freighters are contracting for the delivery of freight from that place to the Nelchina and Chisana. The government has appealed from decision of Judge Fred E. Fuller which held that the Alaska Legisla. ture could not amend the code of pro- cedure in this Territory which re- quired that there be but one count in an indictment,
 
 The last $57,OOO of the purchase price of the Valdez creek placer claims, in the Valdez section, was made in Boston recently. The property was sold by many well known Valdez citi- zens to the George Sias company. The purchase price for the claims was $751; 900, of which $1OO,OOO had been pre- yiously paid.
 E. w. Griffin and Harry Phillips have given an option on their Palmer creek property on the Big Cinema. The Chi cago people who hold the option wired the money to Fairbanks necessary to have the assessment work done. Joseph Hein, a well known ditch tender of Goldstream creek, died the last week in December at Fairbanks. His funeral was conducted by the Pio- neers of Alaska.
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 Parke Griswold and Miss Minnie Thompson, two we'll known young peo- pie of Valdez, were married at that place last week.
 Joe Stanton, the Valdez mail car rier, has secured the contract for car rying the mail from Valdez to Gull kama, during the summer months. The contract price is $14OO a month for the next four years. The former price was s195O a month.
  Norah Moore, who was accused of running away from the Koyukuk with $5.OOO in gold dust that was claimed | by Ben Dahl, and was arrested at Fair banks charged of the theft of the mon- ell, was exonerated by the grand jury at Fairbanks, and has asked to have the geld dust that has been held in court restored to her.
 
 Paul Ringseth, 3 prominent merchant of Chatanika. and Miss Stella Nor walker. of the same place, were mar ried there January 3.
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 The power schooner Polaris struck an uncharted rock Dec. off Kayak isl and near Katalla while scudding for shelter from a 75-mile-a.hour wind and probably escaped from becoming a to- tai wreck through taking the brunt of the shock on her heavy keel and slid ing over the pinacle into deep water.
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