Seward daily gateway., 1926-09-25
4 cHECHAKO'S s LOC
BEING THE ADVENTURES OF| A NEWCOMER IN ALASKA WHO AT PRESENT IS WAND- BRING AT LARGE IN THE MOOSE PASS, HOPE AND SUNRISE DISTRICTS

tinued his investigation of modern placer mining at the Mathison mine. He could see one of the giants in op. eration now, and he marveled at the power of the stream of water direct. ed from the nozzle, for the earth crumbled before the stream like so much sugar in the bottom of tea cup. It was absorbing to one utter ly unfamiliar with this kind of work, but it was necessary for the Chechako to turn and retrace his steps through Moose Pass. So he reluctantly bid his newly found friends farewell, and started along the back trail for Sun rise. Friday was the day that MT. Mike Connolly had promised to meet the Chechako and tell him of the early history of the village; so he had to hasten in order to be in Sun- rise that evening. The journey was uneventful, and dusk found the Che chako back in the village of Sunrise.
 This time the Chechako was fortu- nate enough to meet MT. Kiel, the en- gineer in charge of the construction of the entire road. MT. Kiel spoke seldom; his remarks were decisive and nonhesitant He impressed one as an excellent executive The Che chako also found Attorney l.. V. Ray at Sunrise, and MT. Ray explained that he was now tourist
 After dinner the Chechako set out to find some of the old-timers- those that had nursed the region in the days of it's infancy One of these men was Dad Fuller. Dad came from the Black Hill region of South Da- kota he was there when herds of buffalo covered the plains as far as eye could reach, and he could remem- Der when men were paid three cents each for slaughtering the buffalo in order to destroy the food supply of the Indians. But that was before Dad came to Alaska, and since then he has had many exciting experiences. He is known all through the Kenai peninsula as an experienced hunter, and he relates many stories of the black and the brown bear. One note- worthy characteristic is that Dad Full Ter refuses to use anything heavier than a 3030 for any game, including the brown bear. This may be explain ed by the fact that Dad was one of the best marksmen in the country
 Then the Chechako proceeded to the cabin of Mr. Mike Connolly. Mr. Fred Chatham was visiting MT. Con- nolly that evening, but this was not unusual, for MT. Connolly has many visitors. "The boys," as Mr. Connolly calls them, like to drop in at his ca bin to spend the evening. And MT. Connolly remembers the early days of the village we'll. It seems that Sun rise was founded in 1895, but why it was named Sunrise is uncertain. Gold had been discovered there as early as 1892, but the rush did not come until '96 and '9S and then the village had about 2,OOO inhabitants. Most of the buildings in Sunrise were erected in 1898. The village was governed by Miners Law" It was laid out as 3 town site but never incorporated. The
 miners elected two officers, the City Recorder, and the Mining Recorder
 MT. Connolly was elected City Record
 CT in 1897 and held the office for sev
 eral years. Later MT. George Sexton
 of Seward, was Federal Marshal o1
 the city.
 i Contrary to the popular suppositior
 that all mining camps were nests O1 lawtessness, Sunrise was an orderly | (ContipnoJ nn DaUo Cou0nl