The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-31
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horse had consignment of ten Dodge autos for Fairbanks parties.
 Judge Cotton, of Washington, D. C., chief counsel for the Alaska engineer ing commission, has secured a big steam shovel at Dawson for use on the government road from Nenana.
 c. R. Davison, a Fairbanks rancher, brought the first new potatoes of the season into town on July 21 for the local markets.
 Five-year-old Mamie Jackson, of Juneau, died a few days ago at the St Ann hospital in Juneau as a result of eating green berries.
 Walter B. Scheffer, a former resi-. dent of Fairbanks, was recently killed by falling 175 feet over a cliff in the Olympic mountains.
 Frank Powers, the shingle maker at Peters creek, near Anchorage, had the hard luck to have his power dam washed out a few days ago.
 Felix Sul, or Black Fox John, an Indian, recently committed suicide at Rampant House by shooting himself twice through the head with a rifle. Work of remodeling the Masonic Ia nf No Sg Iar way The lodge expects to spend about 5000 in the Improvements.
 Christ Christoferson, young man 25 years of age. lost his life a few days ago at Sulzer by falling down an old shaft in the Jumbo mine.
 Bill Sherman and Forty-mile Smith are planning the erection of saw mill at Mile 24 on the government rail road
 The Copper King mine. in the Whitehorse district, is reported to be shipping about 30 tons of high grade ore per week.
 An application has been made by ! Attorney van Pelt. formerly of Sew ard, for site for cold storage fish plant at that place.
 Lester Earheart, E. Foster and L. Austin left Fairbanks recently for a years hunting and trapping expedi ton to the Mt Mckinley district.
 Interior farmers now raise all the cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes, eel cry, parsnips, cauliflowers, beets and other vegetables that are used in the interior.
 Francisco Ludi, an Italian and an Old-timer of Fairbanks district, was re- gently adjudged insane at that place, and will be sent to the asylum at Morningside.
 The first fire in the new railroad town of Nenana occurred recently, de stroying the large tent of Oscar Key holds, an employee of the engineer ing commission.
 The Seward school term will com mence September IS. The opening of the school has been delayed on ac- count of an epidemic of whooping cough in town.
 Dick Creighton, who was shot by his partner, Louis Goyette, at Skoogy gulch, near Fairbanks recently. has so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital
 The bursting of throttle valve at the central hoist of the TreadweIl company permitted the escaping steam to blow off several sections of the roof of the building.
 The IIargrave Mining X Engineer ing Company of Skagway has taken hold of the Big Thing mine, in the Conrad district, and has a crew of men at work.
 George Favolic, an Austrian em- ployee at the Mexican mine at Tread well, had his arm so badly crushed by falling rock that 1t was found neces. sary to amputate the members. The injured man has a wife and fuor children.
 Some trouble is looked for soon over in Anchorage over the orders issued for the removal of the restricted dis, trict. The occupants say they have spent thousands of dollars in improve ments ordered by the authorities.
 Dan Shaw, an old-timer of the Fair banks country, committede suicide re- gently in barn on the upper end of Engineer creek, by blowing the top of his head off with a 3O-3O rifle. De spondency is given as the cause of the act.
 The assessment rolls Of the town Of Seward have just been completed by the town assessor and show an aggre-