The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-05
II EMS GENERAL.
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 ment for the year 1916.
 Valdez has tax levy of 20 mills on TOO per cent valuation, the high est in the United States.
 Mike Martin, a we'll known resi- dent of Ketichikan, died in that city recently.
 The Ketchikan Lyceum is preparing to stake two comic operas in the near future.
 The farmers of the Matanuska val. ley are reported to have raised about 500 tons of potatoes this year.
 Tim Balashoff, of Seldovia, has caught six foxes this summer and intends to start a fox farm.
 Kirkman & Dillon are reported to have made good strike on Kfrkman creek, in Yukon territory.
 Jack Atkinson, a better known as Jack the Spieler, a well known old timer of Dawson, died there recently after an illness of about two weeks.
 II. (. Putnam, cashier of the White Pass X Yukon route, died recently of heart trouble while on a fishing trip.
 Seventy-five buildings occupying land belonging to the government at Seward must be removed within one week.
 Frank s. Gordon, proprietor of the roller skating rink at Fairbanks, is going to open moving picture show in the building this winter
 The pupils of the Ketchikan high school have perfected the Organiza- tion of two literary societies and an athletic association.
 Southeastern Alaska hunters report all kinds of game scarce this fall and place the blame for the shortage up- on the severe weather last winter.
 The members of Camp Juneau. No. &2, Arctic Brotherhood, are prepar- ing to celebrate Alaska Day, October k, with a grand ball.
 The Alaska engineering commission has made an offer to purchase 400 tons of the spuds raised by the farm CTS in the Natanuska valley
 A. Thomas, of Ketchikan. is report ed to be building a kippered herring plant at Sttka The herring put up at that place are said to be equal. if not superior to the best imported fish
 The work of driving the piling for the dock at Petersburg, which was recently partially demolished by the steamer Admiral Evans, has been com pleted.
 Bishop Phillip, the newly appointed bishop of the Russian Orthodox church in Alaska, arrived in Juneau recently His headquarters will be at Sttka.
 Senator Dan Sutherland left Ruby for Fairbanks to campaign in behalf of Delegate Wickersham. From Fair banks he will go to Nome and then take the last steamer for Juneau.
 Ward T. Bowers, chief agent of the Alaska service of the bureau of fish cries, is making a tour of the coast cities on official business.
 Colonel W. K. Stevenson, of Skag- wa, head of the Hargrayes Engineer ing Company, has purchased the hand some Lee Guthrie house at that place
 The Juneau Empire states that H. c, Vorhang, of the Ellamar mine. is in that city securing a number of miners to work in the mine this win ter.
 Ninety-ninc talcsmen were examined in the district court at Juneau before a g-and jury was secured to try the ease of Edward krause, charged with murder.
 A team belonging to George Will Hams, of Fairbanks, ran away recently, throwing him from the wagon, and he sustained injuries which laid him up in the hospital
 Secretary W. w. Shorthin and his assistants are busy preparing the gov ernors annual report to the secretary of the interior. It will be ready for distribution January l.
 II. V. Cottle is reported to have bagged a young bull moose at the head of the bay within two miles of the town of Seward.
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