Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-16

 is the third bridge to be erected over the turbulent Nizina, the first two be- ing washed out by floods Work has been carried on under most trying conditions, special thawing apparatus having to be constructed for driving piling in the frozen ground. The false work was constructed on top of the ice, the work occupying two winters Many lives have been lost crossing this stream, it being the approach to rich mining district.
 Figures received from Montreal show prices which blue fox pelts brot on March 31, at the auction conduct ed by the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company, Ltd One hundred and eigh- yt-fve skins brot top price of $120 This ranged down to $16 for culls. An other sale will be held in Montreal June 22
 Vice President E. T. Stannard of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, the Copper River Railroad and the Alas ka Steamship company is making a trip of inspection of the companys properties, going as far as Latouche.
 The Cordova city council has award ed a contract to build a municipal dock to a local lumber company for sS,6OO.
 A. E. Trimm, we'll known freight CT of the Mccarthy region, died re- gently in the hospital at Kennecott. He is survived by wife and two chil- dren.
 Mrs. Lawrence Fillinger, formerly Miss Jessie Barrus of Cordova, died in Seattle hospital recently of cancer. Her father was connected with the Copper River railroad for many years.
 E. H. Boyer, formerly deputy mar shal at Chitina, has taken over the business of the Adams Abstract Com pany at Cordova, during the absence of the latter in the states.
 The Hayes-Graham Hating cannery at Cordova is being advertised for sale by Marshal H. P. Sullivan to sat- isfy a mortgage for S25,000 held by the Bank of Cordova. This cannery was known as the Star Packing Com pany, and was started by E. s. Hays of Seattle.
 Four hundred and fifty employees are now on the payrool of various clam canneries at Cordova. A large fleet of boats is being used.
 After spending thirteen years away from the territory, much of the time abroad, w. E. Chisholm, former op- orator in the early days of Dawson and the Ester Creek, returned to AL aska MT. and Mrs. Chisholm were refused admission to the United States by the immigration department des- bite the fact that he had been a resi- dent of the States and Alaska for over 30 years. The couple were intending to return to New Zealand and locate when the U. s. government relented on account of MT. Chisholm's exten- sive property interests in this coun- try and allowed him to again enter it's confines. MT. Chisholm declares he will remain in America from now on as it is too hard to get back. The Valdez Packing Company has purchased five gill net boats from the Northwestern Fisheries company, which will be operated in the Prince William Sound district this year. Funeral services for the late Jas. E. Wilson, well known packer, who died recently at Pullman, while trans porting supplies, were held by the B. P. o. Elks at Anchorage. A large number of friends of the deceased were present.
 The Territorial Senate before ad- journing passed resolutions commend ing the administration of Governor Scott C. Bone, who leaves next month for California to reside. Senator Frank Aldrich of the First Division refused to vote stating that he did not believe the governor worked for the best interests of the people of Alaska.
 The Ketchikan Grand Jury recent ly passed strong resolutions denounc- l ing Delegate Dan Sutherland for his speech accusing Alaskans of being lawless and telling of vice conditions l in Ketchikan and Juneau. The dele gates statements were said to have been untrue and the cause of many undasira hIps affpmnfinp tn dntar