Alaskan affairs note mixed mining and transport updates near Juneau
The report covers driving a 6000 foot tunnel on the Julian line near Juneau on a bonus system. It notes the Nenana river flood, the Cassiar News launch at Stewart May 30, and mining activity at Cliff mine near Wald. Other items include Cordova girls fundraising for a bronze tablet, army trucks to Cordova, a new Tanana Valley Agricultural warehouse plan, ore finds at Saltehuck mine, Petersburg labor union, a $40,000 Petersburg hydro plant, Wrangell fisherman Spalding’s record catch, Alaska legal movers to Texas, a Japanese scam with whisky kegs, and Alaska lawyer Almack Cheney’s death in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassiar
Portland Canal Distrct
Stewart
Louis Leyenseller
W. H L. Searave
Cliff
Wald
Granby Company
Ray Maillard
Chris Peterson
Port Weils
Murphy Named Alaska Attorney General in Alaska
Jerry C. Murphy of Anchorage has been appointed attorney general of Alaska to fill the vacancy caused by Geo. B. Grigsby’s resignation. Gov. Thomas Ridges Jr made the appointment, and Murphy was ratified by wire. He plans to take the oath and assume duties soon, and will handle Juneau duties on the next steamer. Murphy is an Alaska veteran, Democrat leader in Cook Inlet, and has served as an assistant district attorney with a strong local reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage Times
Jerry C. Murphy
Anchorage
Haseen
Arttory of
Alaska
Geo. B. Grigsby
Congress
Thomas Riges
Murphy
Altorpey
Muddy
Juneau
Cook Inlet
We Can Recommend This Fireside Companion Plan
A business man in our camp learns The Pincer will resume, sends a list of four former district residents with orders to forward the fireside companion regularly. He closes with thanks and asks who’s next to receive it.
Buried Sailor Thomas McMahon Amid Alaska Loss Wreck
Thomas McMahon, 33, whose wife was recovered from the Princess Sophia wreck, was buried at Lake View cemetery after services at Bonney-Watson chapel. A merchant in Alaska since 1897 he died following the 1918 collision near Vanderbilt reef. Pallbearers included Mackwan, Leland, Palmer, Avid, Longtin, and Murdock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Nomadic Yukon Prospector Eyes Siberian Goldfields
M A Boulais, a longtime Dawson prospector, writes from St Michael dated June 15 to Joseph Beaupre. He reports no significant news from the new strike and plans to bid farewell to the Lower Yukon, aiming for Nowe and then the Siberian goldfields or possibly travel elsewhere this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
M. A. Boulais
St. Michael
Joseph Beaupre
Yukon
Siberian
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Alaskan Affairs
Julian Line
Nenana
Tod
Sixtay
Government
Ram Pases
Cordova
K.P. Ziegler
Monument Land
Chitina Frise
Signal Corps
Tanana Valley Agricultural Association
Saltehuck
Ketehilean
Ketchikana
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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