The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-11


 closed down for the winter, and Geo. w. Nelson, the contract or wht is building the road has left fol l the States.
 Panama reports shortage of fuel this winter. Green wood sells a. $10 to SIP cord, and is hard tc get at that price.
 w. R. Hintze, for the past two years agent for the Alaska SteamshiI ! Company in Kotzebue Sound. arrived at Cordova recently and will relieve S. D. Hedges, the agent at that place. who will take a vaaction Of several months in the States. A a recent meeting of the Nena- na Chamber of Commerce G. w. Pen nington was elected president of that body over Robert E. Burns. Burns was the first president of the organ ization and live wire.
 Daily trains are now being oper ated on the Copper River X North western railway to handle the large ore and other shipments.
 After waiting for several weeks tc go to sea Capt. Weckman of the good ship Standard, at Nome, has laid his vessel up in Snake river for the winter
 Anton Schmidt, a successful Mat anuska rancher, arrived in Anchorage a few days ago with 35 tons of Alaska grown spuds, which he intends sell. ing on the open market there.
 William Maloney has been reap. pointed by Gov. Strong to the posi- tion of Territorial Mine inspector. This is the third consecutive time MT. Maloney has been appointed to the position
 Dolph Smith and F. D. Kelly are reported to have made a discovery of an extremely rich gold quartz ledge near Kashwitna river, north of Anchorage.
 The launch Flyer recently wreck ed in the Panama river and owned by the Hungry Kid" has been fished up and pulled out on the bank for the winter.
 Manager Menzie, of the N c. stage line returned to Fairbanks a few days ago from trip of inspection out the trail. He reported the snow so deep that it was unsafe to send au- tos out. He announced that from now on all the traffic would be rout- ed over the cutoff" where there is snow enough for good sledding.
 One w. P Murphy, a resident of Tanana Hot Springs, is alleged to have made some seditious utterances recently. Pete Mauer, who appears to be of the Teutonic origin, heard the remarks and proceeded by force of arms to make Murphy retract Murphy had Mauer arrested for as sault, and after hearing the case the Commissioner discharged Mauer and assessed the costs, amounting to some forty and odd dollars against Murphy.
 w. A. Gomperts and Lars Netland, California capitalists who are inter ested in the developing of leasing units Nos. 10 and II in the Chicka loon coal fields, report that the work of developing is progressing satis- factory. They expect to employ 20 men throughout the winter in pros pecting the ground
 Bruce McNutt, owner of the road house at Little Susitna river. is build. ing a cutoff trail between Matanuska and Susitna Station, whereby the trail is shortened a distance of 20 miles, and bringing all the traffic through Susitna, and incidentally by his roadhouse.
 
 While attempting to light fire in a cook stove, Carl Sedenius of Nome sustained severe burns in va rious part of his anatomy. The can contained gasoline instead of kere sene, and the unfortunate miner was in the center of serious explosion He extinguished the flames by jump ing overheard and was then hasten ed to the hospital where his injur- ies were attended to-
 A woodchopper who had gone up the creek in search of firewood, re- gently stumbled on to thirty-six cases of whiskey in a cabin a few miles east of Anchorage on Ship Creek, according to a report in Anchorage a few days ago. The marshals of fee there is Investigating the story.
 A deal was recently consumated at Iditarod by which John Beaton and Harry Donnelly purchased the interest of R. S. McMullen in the