The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-25
20 YEARS AGO
 From The Empire

;, From The Empire
 January 25, 1913.
 Manager Margerie, of the Light and Power Company, had received the metal arms for the street lights and they were to be in- stalled as rapidly as possible.
 Among the northbound passeng- CTS leaving Juneau on the Cura- cao were w. c. Blanchard V. I. Hahn, J. Dalton, Martin Conway E. J. Shaw, Phil Abrahams and R. D. Pinneo.
 With the close of the complicat- ed transportation case which has been occupying the Courts for a number of weeks, in sight, num- Der of people had booked passage for the south on the Curacao sail ing for the States on the 18th. Among the party booked were: J. C. Ford, President of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Mrs. Ford, Miss Agnes Ford, E. c. Ward, c. w. Miller, Capt. A. Olson, R. D. Pinneo, J. H. Kelly, w. B. Stratton and Bruce Shorts.
 Jack Dalton, Alaska pioneer and pathfinder" visited in Juneau while the Curacao was in port on his way to Whitehorse. He was interested in some promising cop per properties in the White River country, and expected to return to Juneau in a couple of weeks.
 Emery Valentine, of the Com mercial Club tideland committee, had completed his task of gather Ing data to be forwarded to Dele gate Wickersham for the argument for government reclamation of Ju- leau tide flats. The report was % be a comprehensive statement Setting forth thI most cogent req sons for such action.
 Miss Gertrude Hurlbut, who had been ill at St. Ann's Hospital had recovered and returned to her home.
 Word from Washington, D. C., said that patent was about to De issued to George Harkraker of Juneau for a hundred and thirty tw oacres of coal land located on Admiralty Island. George Hark- raker had located the property in 1891, and had spent thousands of dollas ill development work.
 Several years ago a number of Juneau people became interested in coal deposits near the Hark- raker properties and many of them had made locations. Among them were Harry Malone, Harry Ray mond, Charles Garfield, Charles Goldstein, J. C.. Mcbride, Joe Diggs, W. w. Casey, E. J. Margerie and Dr. E. H. Brooks After spending over $15,000 in development work their applications were protested and their entries cancelled by the government. It was said the Hark- raker claim was overlooked in the slaughter made by the field-men.
 B. R. Davis arrived on the Cu- racao from Seattle having been transferred to be cashier for the Pacafic Coast Steamship Company here to take the place of Victor Peterson who had been transferred to Skagway
 Mrs. Charles Goldstein and daughter Marie planned to leave on the Princess May for a visit in California.
 The revenue cutter Unalga, on it's maiden voyage around the world was in Adin, Arabia on Christmas Day according to a card received by John Olds from Chris Brie- land who Woc ohNorJ +ha o,,++o- The cutter was to end its long trip at Juneau, the permanent base where it was to replace the Rush.
 Charles Goldstein arrived home on the Curacao from a business trip to Seattle.
 Mrs. Harriet Pullen, proprietor of the Pullen House in Skagway, was aboard the Humboldt on her way to Puget Sound to visit her son, Lieut.. Daniel Pullen. like that, so low, so clear-one with the freight, the stiffness, the night hour.
 "Is it possible" she said, to make bargain with you?"
 He still waited.
 If I promised to marry you