The Chitina leader., 1915-03-16

I seldoxia, which occurred. on Marci
slIS. He had been ailing from kidney
n trouble and was confined to his. bee
4 for a month. His remains were in
4 tered near his home, on the nth
Mr., Bloch is possibly the last of the
j early pioneers of Alaska to pass
i away. AS. young man he entered
i the service of Uncle. Sam and was
i located at the Preside, San Fran
i cisco, in 1857 when the United
States entered into treaty with
i Russia for possession of Alaska.
! Sergeant Bloch was one of the men
sent to Sitka to take over the Rus
sian possessions, and he it was who
/ hauled down the Russian flag and
/ placed the stars and stripes on the
! government buildings. He remained
1 there about three years and then re-
! turned to the Preside. After serving
i his enlistment he decided in 1882 TO
/ return to Alaska and make this his
] future home. He secured position
with the Alaska Commercial Com
] pany, and with his wife and four
| girls, two of whom had been born at
/ San Francisco and two at Sitka, he
| left for Attu. There two more
| girls were born and later his wife
/ died. Lieut.. Bloch removed to Sell
! dovia in about 1894, where he
/ opened a store, which he conducted
! until the time of his death. He also
4 became postmaster and was likely
1 the Oldest in service in the terri
| tory. He again married at Seldovia
| about 10 years ago, and a wife, two
girls and a boy survive him at that
place. The other six children, who
are all married women, are also
living.
At noon today Registrar Nickel
son had EOS names on the list of
voters for the April election. From
the number still remaining unregis-
tered it is presumed that there will
be at least ITS to register, which IS
nearly 20 less than registered a
/ year ago. In the meantime over As
persons have either left the town or
will not be here to register. But
some who were here year ago
fwere not eligible to register but are
now getting on the list as well as
some who came from other sections
of Alaska six months or more ago.
| Register Walker and Receiver
Boyle Of the Juneau land office have
given out their decision rejecting
/ the application for patent on 4 1 coal
claims in the Boring river coal
fields, comprising the Mckenzie An
I thracite Coal Company, Carbon
Mountain Anthracite Coal Company
and the Alaska Smokeless Anthra-
cite Coal Company groups. Five of
these claims belong to what is
known as the Green Group" of
coal claims, located by M. A. Green,
and the remainder comprise the
/ "Doughton Group" of coal claims,
located by c. H Doughton in 1903
and 1904 e.
! The government charged that five
claims in the Green Group" were
/ located with the understanding that
Harry White, of Seattle, and asso-
ciates, would secure interest in the
claims.
/ In the other claims the govern
ment charges that they were located
pursuant to an agreement between
C. H. Doughton and locators, where
by Doughton would secure an inter
4 est in the claims located. 1t is also
charged that mine had not been
4 opened on any of the claims prior
to location.
/ The steamer Mariposa will arrive
I from the westward at 6 O'Clock to-
morrow morning and sail south an
hour later. d"
Billy Lear was passenger on
the Mariposa, having come over
from Juneau, where he has been
/ located since he left Cordova. He
is awaiting railroad announcement
before deciding on permanent plans
Mrs. III. B. Burkhart will be re-
turning passenger on the steamer
Alameda. sailing from Seattle to-
morrow night. She has been out
side. all winter, spending a couple ci
months with her mother at Lees
: Summit. Mo, a month at Denver
and taking in the expositions in
California.
Shortly before / o'clock this
afternoon a f~o broke out in the
icloset ard teiaphone booth of the
Horseshoe. The alarm was immedi
| ota1V oiypr and in a oolip1o of min.