Delegates Weigh Alaska Candidates In Emphatic Bet
Seattle August meeting shifts bets on Alaska congressional races. Major J F L A Strong, former Nome Nugget owner, predicts Cale nk H Waskey will win the second division seat with broad support, while Swineford and Mellen follow. He discounts Murane and asserts Waskey remains a candidate. A Nugget editor denies Swineford’s retirement claim and confirms Waskey’s candidacy and election prospects.
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Gateway
Seattle
J. FL A. Strong
Nome Nugget
Thomas Cale
Nk H. Waskey
Congress
Alaska
Swineford and
Mellen
Murane
Indicted by Grand Jury Charges Standard Oil Officials
A federal grand jury indicted Standard Oil Company officials for receiving railroad rebates. The nine teen counts target all general officers with potential fines up to 20000 dollars each. An investigation of individual officers continues before the grand jury.
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Nv. Oil
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Salmon catch of the packers report totals by cannery
The official report lists Alaska canneries with salmon catches: Chignak Northwestern Fisheries Co 62000 cases, Uyak Northwestern Fisheries Co 45000, Karluk Alaska Packers Association 200000, Kusillof Alaska Packers Association 50100, with Bristol Bay crews not fully obtainable. Dora steamer officers estimate Bristol Bay total near last season, Karluk cannery sent excess fish to other plants.
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Chignak
Northwestern Fisheries Co
Alaska Packers Asian
Uyak—Northwestern Fisheries Co
Karluk
Alaska Packers Associaton
Kusillof
Alaska Packers Association
Bristol Bay
Dora
Explorers Seek Investments In Alaska Resources
Among the Excelsior arrivals are E. C. Racey and W. E. Thomas seeking placer and copper property investments in Alaska. Racey plans to spend months in the district gathering information and writing for the Grand Rapids Daily News and others. Thomas, an Alaska veteran, runs mining interests around Hope and Sunrise with 840,000 in development this season. George Charen travels to the Kuskokwin via Bristol Bay as a veteran prospector. An elderly London woman seeks relief while noting her daughter pays her life policy premiums.
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E. C.racey
W. E.thomas
Seward
Racey
Alaska
George Charen
Excelsior
Kuskokwin
Bristol Bay
Murane Favored by Fairbanks News in Alaska Race
Ex Governor Swineford arrives from Nome and says he could win the delegate seat. The Fairbanks News endorses Murane for congress, predicting Tanana district majority and noting Waskey may withdraw. Murane reports strong coastal support and Nome approval.
Delegates elected for short and long terms in Alaska race
Alaska voters pick a delegate on the second Tuesday in August for the short term of the 50th Congress and the full term of the 60th. Nominees include A I Swineford, H W Mellen, C D Murane, Thomas Cale, and Frank A Waskey with Democratic and Republican endorsements in Nome and Seward. Election judges are named for Kenai polling places. Steamer arrivals and local sales and services noted, including a hydraulic plant for sale and a new restaurant at Glacier Creek.
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Seattle
A. P. Swineford
Congress
Nome Terday
Ovizaba
Jefferson
Ketchikan
Nks
Nome
Juneau
Alaska
Frank Waskey
Murane
Waskey
Douglas
Territory
Ugress
Seward
A. I. Swineford
H. W. Mellen
Coppermount
C.D. Murane
Thomas Cale
Fairbanks
Tanana
Cale
Frank A. Waskey
Flildreth
Kenai
J. S. Slater
Bank Failure Hits Milwaukee Avenue Bank in Chicago
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, a workers depository, closed yesterday with losses reportedly exceeding 1 million dollars. President Paul Stensland and cashier Henry Heering are missing. mob scenes and police guard the bank. The bank plans to pay 25 percent of liabilities soon as a receiver takes charge.
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Daily Gateway
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul Stensland
Henry Heering
John Visser
The
Royal League
Henry Koepke
Herring
Milwaukee Avenue
Stensland
Cannery Fire At Bristol Bay Claims Losses
The steamer Dora reports a large Bristol Bay cannery owned by the Alaska Packers Association was fully destroyed by fire on June 6 near Koggiung. Several perished in the blaze. Six employees are jailed in Ak for arson and will be sent to Valdez for trial. H. K Love, timber inspector for Alaska, arrived on the Excelsior for an official visit.
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Dora
Koggiung
Bristol Bay
Alaska Packers Association
Valdez
Wynken de Words
H. K Love
Alaska
Excelsior
Prospecting trip readers note and travel clues
On Tuesday Tom Caveny and Fred Harris began a weeks long train trip to prospect along falls creek headwaters of Granite creek east of the divide. Also mentions ancient facts and a deputy marshal returning prisoners to Valdez and other travel notes.
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Tom Caveny
Fred Harris
Falls Creek
Granite Creek
L. L. Bowers
Kodiak
Dora
Valdez
Land entry notice for Anchor Fishing Trading Co Alaska
U S Land Office Juneau announces an entry application under the 408th Revised Statutes by Anchor Fishing & Trading Co for U S Survey No 425 at Tanglefoot Bay near Karluk Alaska. Public protest period lasts 30 days after July 2 with notices to file at Juneau Land Office. publication in Seward Gateway.
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U.S. Land Offce
Juneau
Alaska
Anchor Fishing & Ting Company
Mt. Ta
Cor. No
Ks W
U.S
Seward Gateway
Sawant Alanka
Joan W. Dudley
U. S. Land Offee
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Frank H. W. Key
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Fairbanks News
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ST. Charles Condensing Company
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