The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-19
HAPPENINGS IN ALL PARTS OF
 TERRITORY

Erection of a public swimming pool by Skagway business men and others interested in outdoor athletic sports has been freely discussed in the city during the past few weeks, says the Skagway Alaskan. AS yet nothing definite has taken shape, but talk or holding a meeting for the purpose of outlining tentative plans is waxing strongly in favor of the proposition.
 Captain Sam Cramer of Seldovla, left for the states recently for the purpose of purchasing boat to put on the Seward d-Se1dovia-Kodiak run. The vessel will be 70 by 16R feet and finely equipped to carry passen- gers.
 After winter spent doing the necessary preliminary work on thelr property on Crow Creek, near Glrd- wood, A. F. Erickson. Chris Toteleno and Julius Johnson, partners, Will start hydraulicking with a crew ot about twenty men the first ot May. This is their first year on the ground which looks very promising. Two stigs of five foot boxes have been built on the ground.
 James Stewart, who holds options on 2 number of claims ill CarlDou Creek. in the Salcha district, will leave Seattle for the north shortly with an outfit consisting of about 150 tons of machinery and equipment consisting of a dragline eXcavator and tractor and other supplies for large-scale operations. The options include the Brandstetter group Of four claims, a claim and a halt owned by Murphy and the Barney Lathy claim and four claims owned bv Ed Owens, all in line, above the mouth of Caribou Creek.
 Jack Henry Post No. 1, of Anchor age is making a drive for new mem- bers, and the prompt payment of dues Merchants of the town are donating the space.
 Peter Ripperberger recently tried ', nf to Fairbanks via parcel post and the postmaster refused to accept them claiming Fairbanks was a restricted port between October 1 and June L. New York has evidently not read of the railroad connecting the Interior town with the coast.
 w. R. Taylor, president of the Mt. Mckinley Gold Placers, Inc, re- turned from trip to the states re- gently and is visiting in Nenana for a few days. He reports that his company probably will devote the coming Summer largely to prospect
  been shipped from the states.
 The Nenana City Council has ar ranged to keep the former Govern ment hospital open, the commission intending to close it down as soon as the Nenana bridge was completed. The Council has agreed to supply heat, water and light free of charge until arrangements can be made with Col Steese for use of the building.
 The shipments of coal from the outlying mines continue pouring into Anchorage daily. Recently eight cars arrived from the Evan Jones mine, eight from the Eska coal mine, six from the Baxter-Bedell mine, three from the Bruno Augustina and eight from the Healy, making a grand to- tai of thirty-five cars of coal in one day.
 H. A. Stockman, who for some time handled the mails to the Iditarod sec tion over the Nancy. trail, has report ed in. At present he is located at Delhi, California.
 Prior to his departure from Anchor age for Copper mountain in the Kan tishna district, o. M. Grant, who with his former partner, Giles, originally staked out the property which Tom Aitken and Price recently bonded over to the Guggenheims, stated that he would spend the coming summer doing development work on his many claims. Copper mountain where his claims are situated is in the Mckinley range, about twenty miles north of the park boundary line.