Alaska Mining and Tunneling News Roundup
Reports from Alaska detail the Julian line tunnel work near Juneau under bonus pay, a big Nenana river diversion, and new Cassiar News in Stewart. Cordova girls donate for a bronze memorial, Tanana Valley builds a crop warehouse, and Saltehuck mine yields rich copper and precious metals. Plus a Petersburg labor branch forming, a $40,000 power plant planned, and notable movements of Frank Spalding and Juneau figures.
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Julian Line
Juneau
Saltehuck
Ketehilean
Ketchikana
Murphy Named Alaska Attorney General in Place of Grigsby
Anchorage Times reports Jerry C. Murphy of Anchorage appointed attorney-general of Alaska to succeed George B. Grigsby. Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr. made the appointment. Murphy to take oath and duties at once. A Democrat, Murphy is an longtime resident and former assistant district attorney with strong local backing. He plans to handle Juneau duties on the next steamer.
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Anchorage Times
Jerry C. Murphy
Anchorage
Haseen
Arttory of
Alaska
Geo. B. Grigsby
Congress
Thomas Riges
Murphy
Altorpey
Muddy
Juneau
Cook Inlet
Businessman Sends List to Forward Fireside Companion
A busy local entrepreneur learned The Pincer would resume publication and provided a list of four former residents from the district with instructions to forward the fireside companion to them regularly. He ends by asking who’s next.
McMahon Buried After Sophia Disaster Recall
Thomas McMahon, 33, whose wife was rescued from the wreck of the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Sophia near Vanderbilt Reef, 12 miles from Daneau Alaska, was buried from Bonney-Watson's chapel. Rev W A Major led services for the sons. Interment at Lake View cemetery followed a late afternoon service. Pallbearers included former Alaska merchants and divers associated with the Sophia tragedy.
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Sewitte West Intelligencer
Thomas McMahon
Sophia
Vanderbilt Reef
Daneau
Alaska
Bonney-Watson’s Chapel
W. A. Major
Sons
Seatte
Luis McMahon
Bellevue Avenue
Lake View Cemetery
McMahon
Uren
Thomas Mackwan
Harry Leland
Percy Palmer
John Avid
Ray Longtin
Grant Murdock
Old-time Dawson prospector plans move to Siberian goldfields
M A Boulais, writing from St Michael on June 15 to Joseph Beaupre of Dawson, reports no significant finds at the new strike. He says he plans to bid goodbye to the Lower Yukon, going to Nowe and then to the Siberian goldfields or possibly elsewhere this fall.
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Dawson
M. A. Boulais
St. Michael
Joseph Beaupre
Yukon
Siberian
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Alaskan Affairs
Nenana
Tod
Sixtay
Government
Ram Pases
Cassiar
Portland Canal Distrct
Stewart
Louis Leyenseller
W. H L. Searave
Cliff
Wald
Granby Company
Ray Maillard
Chris Peterson
Port Weils
Cordova
K.P. Ziegler
Monument Land
Chitina Frise
Signal Corps
Tanana Valley Agricultural Association
Petersburg
Fivenile
Frank Spalding
Wrangell
H. Millwee
Fairbanks
Texas
Mike Kosof
Mainawa
Siberia
Kosoff
Sinc
Morte Powell
Dan Crowley
Nome
Council
Powell
Ator John Ronan
B.C. Buken
Canada
Almack. Cheney
Seattle
Cheney
Douslis
Wilson
Pete’s Bakery and Coffee House
Front
P. Mich S
Prop
Flat City Riley & Reimer Pilots and Proprietors
Jerry
General Murphy
Cris Anthonisen
Flat, Alaska
Miners & Merchants Bank
Iditarod, Alaska
National Park Bank
New
Charles Ross
Claude Baker
R. ©. Button
Tom Msmahon
Golden & Poirier
Flat City
PEX
Ira F. Wood
Nancy Bell
Prairie Bell
Dikeman Landing
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