The Cordova daily times., 1919-07-10

OCCURRENCES
Funeral services were held in Jul
neau recently over the bodies of the
victims of the Princess Sophia wreck
recently recovered by divers.
A branch of the Alaska Labor Union
has been organized in Petersburg with
more than one hundred members. John
A. Hadland is secretary and treas
urer
| A Marathon was a feature of the
| Seward celebration. Three prizes
were given for the men making the
best time to the mountain top and
| back.
Alex Seely of Dawson gathered his
goods and chattels in a vacant lot
and burned them when the peace
treaty was signed. On top of the pyre
he placed an effgy of the former
kaiser.
The Juneau Transportation Com
pany, recently Incorporated, will put
a new steamship on the Juneau-Sitka
run. The boat is called the Astoria,
and formerly ran between Astoria and
Coos Bay, Ore
A special election was held by the
citizens of Petersburg for the purpose
of ascertaining the wishes of the city
regarding bonding the town. If per-
mission from congress can be secured
a hydro electric plant and new, mod
ern school house will be built.
Jack Lindsay, one of the Old-timers
in Wrangell NarrOws, left on a recent
| boat for Kodiak, where he expects to
locate. Mr.. Lindsay will engage in
prospecting, trapping, trading and
hunting in that vicinity, and may go
to Siberia when things quiet down.
The Canadian Klondyke C0mpanys
mammoth dredge No. started opera
tiOns recently in the KlOndike valley
between the mouth of Bear creek and
the mouth of Bonanza creek. This is
the first dredge to get under way in
the Klondike diggings this spring.
Fred ShOstkin, an employee of the
Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company
recently attempted to commit suicide
| by throwing himself in front of one
Of the ore trains at the mines. When
pulled out by fellow-workmen he
| fought until they were forced to take
him to Jail for safe-keeping.
BY a unanimous vote the Tanana
Valley Agricultural Association deter
mined to buy and operate a warehouse
for the benefit of it's members. The
building will be used to store crops
in and will be in operation next fall.
No one will be allowed to purchase
stock but members of the association.
John Lake, an Old-time prOspectOr of
Fairbanks, who put down the first hole
on Isabel creek, has returned to the
Interior after an absence of eleven
oil ho
been chasing the big strike" which
is always just ahead of him. He has
been prospecting in nearly every camp
in the territory.
Major w. Fl. Waugh, president of
the Alaska road commission, was a
Petersburg visitor recently, and said
that work on the Petersburg ScOw Bay
road would be started as soon as men
could be secured The work will be
finished this year, and will cost about
$4,000, which has been appropriated
Alaska's quota of War Savings and
Thrift Stamps for the year 1919 will
be 100000, according to a statement
issued from the headquarters in Sc
attic by State Director F. w Graham,
whose territory covers Alaska. This
is less than one-third Of what was
actually bought by the people of the
territory last year.
Eagle City recently reported that
fine dust of the nature of sulphur was
sitting gently down in that vicinity.
It is believed to have been from some
Volcanic crater. A large eruptiOn was