Alaska Bills Face Senate Fight Over Territorial Government
Gov. Hoggatt leads opposition to territorial government as factions clash. Delegate Waskey says Guggenheim circle offered cooperation at session start, warning of a rocky path otherwise. Opponents claim self government misrepresents real business interests of Alaska.
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Guggenheim
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Guggenheim-Morgan Syndicate
Hoggatt
Guggenheims
Hoggatt Busy at Lobby Jobs in Alaska Bills
Washington February 5 Gov Hoggatt warned to stop lobbying for Alaska bills. Former Senator Jones of Arkansas appears as a lobbyist before house committees against time extensions for Alaska railroad completion. Senator Nelson denounces Capt Jarvis as a mere lobbyist for Alaska interests.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Hoggatt
Alaska
House
Jones
Arkansas
House Judiciary Committee
Nelson
Capt
Jarvis
House committee reports hatchery bill for Alaska
Cable reports that Rep Humphrey’s hatchery bill advances from the House merchant marine and fisheries committee. It would grant private hatcheries forty acres free site and public-land building material use with partial tax exemptions. The Alaska Packers’ Association backing is noted, with expected opposition and wide eligibility. Five men stake twenty miles of Birch creek claims, one arriving in Fairbanks apologizing for poverty attorney staking but noting law allows hogging.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Humphrey
Alaska
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Alaska Packers’ Association
Birch Creek
Fairbanks
Guggenheim-Morgan plan to bluff rail expansion in Alaska
Chicago reports railroad circles credit the Guggenheim-Morgan syndicate with delaying Copper River railroad building to deter rivals. Plans point to construction from Katalla and Cordova this summer, with possible work from Valdez. Katalla viewed as ideal terminus for access to Kayak coal and Bonanza copper districts.
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Chicago
New York
Guggenheim-Morgan Syndicate
Katalla
Cordova
Valdez
Guggenheims
Alaska
Guggenheim Railroad
Bonanza
Close Brothers
White Pass
Klondike
ICM to Claim Jurisdiction Over Alaska Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission announces it will assert jurisdiction over Alaska railroads, treating Alaska as a territory. It will hear complaints on through rates for Alaska destinations and requires Alaska railroads to file rate sheets. If courts rule Alaska is a district, the commission loses authority.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Guggenheims Seek Control of White Pass System
Advices from Whitehorse report the Guggenheim syndicate has gained control of the White Pass and Yukon railroad and steamship lines and will run steamers from Vancouver to Skagway. The consolidation with Northwestern is believed to align White Pass interests with Guggenheims to control transportation into Alaska and the British Yukon.
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Daily Gateway
Vancouver
B.C
Whitehorse
Guggenheim Syndicate
White Pass & Yukon
Skagway
White Pass
Northwestern
Guggenheims
Alaska
British Yukon
Court term at Valdez set for March 4
Valdez signals a third division court term to convene March 4 as a jury term though presiding official is unnamed and jury notice rules raise questions about legality. Seward lawyers report no local jurors summoned, possibly due to qualification gaps on the Kenai peninsula.
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Seward
Kenai Peninsula
Train buried in snow slide near Gaynor blocks routes
A Great Northern overland passenger train was buried by a snowslide near Gaynor with about 700 men working to clear the cars. Passengers are safe with meals in the dining car. No injuries reported as seven trains in the region remain stalled by deep snow.
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Great Northern
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Cascades
Yeaton’s Sunrise Store Destroyed by Fire
Sunrise January 27 C F Yeaton & Company general store burned this afternoon causing goods losses of 5178 and building loss of 1500. Most stock saved but rear room and second floor lost. Fire started from a chimney under high wind. insurance partly covers loss. Firm continues business at old brewery building.
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C. F. Yeaton & Company
Plan for Alaska Smelter Elevates Seward Prospects
C G Hubbard, general manager of Hubbard-Elliott and Knight's Island Copper, says Seward could become Alaska’s key smelting hub. He notes the new Seward smelter venture, backed by George H Heising, would leverage nearby Knight Island properties and Prince William Sound copper developments, boosting future expansion.
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Alaska
C. G. Hubbard
Hubbard-Elliott and
Knight's Island Copper
Hubbard
Portland
Hubbard-Elliott
Knight Island
George H. Heising
Minneapolis
Heising
Hubbard- Elliott Companies
Prince William Sound
High Water Threatens Portland Business District
The Willamette River rose to seventeen feet above normal on February 6 with expectations to rise two inches per hour for a day, threatening downtown streets from Front and Madison to Third and Irving. Merchants pay drays to move goods to higher ground as floodwaters advance, aided by chinook winds melting mountain snow.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
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Irving
Columbia
Seattle & Portland
Willamette
Locate Goal and Oil at Kachemak Bay
Sixty five oil placer locations, two coal and nine placer gold claims were filed this week with Judge Howlett as recorder of Kenai precinct by Fin landers tied to a Finnish colony near Aurora on Cook Inlet. Names include Naderhhda Hornborg Elsa Hornborg E Anten Anna Anten Werner Nygrist H P Keith R Honey Nederdida Hornborg and others. Lake copper reached 25 25 on January 31.
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Kenai
Aurora
Cook Inlet
Naderhhda Hornborg
Elsa Hornborg
E. Anten
Anna Anten
Werner Nygrist
E. A. Hedman
H. P. Keith
R. Honey
Nederdida Hornborg
Watson Snow to Begin Soon on Seward Railroad
Private advices from Seattle confirm the contract to complete the railroad grade to mile 75 was let to Watson & Snow the bridge contractors. They will be in Seward before the end of February to begin work and may secure an additional contract beyond 75. Maj Ballaine notes President Frost planned to let all work to sub contractors toward Knik.
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Gateway
Watson & Snow
Seward
Frank L. Ballaine
Maj. Ballaine
Chicago
Frost
Knik
Northwest
Steamship Rates From Seattle Rise Ahead of February
Steamship passenger rates from Seattle to southern Alaska ports west of Katalla advance February 1. First class Seattle to Seward now $45, up 85 cents. Wages for most boat employees cited as main cause. coal price also a factor. Juneau high school students publish Totem magazine, with a handsome Christmas edition.
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Alaska
Katalla
Seward
Juneau High School
the Totem
Wickersham Favored for Alaska Bench Reappointment
Attorney General Bonaparte endorses Judge Wickersham after reviewing the Hoyt report. He urges the president to reappoint the Nome district attorney and anticipates a recess appointment near the end of the current session, with Nelson and McCumber likely to block Senate confirmation.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Bonaparte
Hoyt
Wickersham
Fairbanks
Nome
Roosevelt
Nelson
McCumber
Senate
Alaska
Alaska Wires May Extend Telegraph Line
Washington D C April house committee on appropriations favors 190000 to extend land telegraph from Valdez to Fairbanks and build a line to Circle City from Eagle. No opposition in either house. funds represent earnings of the Alaska cable and telegraph in the past year.
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Washington
D. U
House Committee On Appropriations
Valdez
Fairbanks
Circle City
Eagle
House
Alaska
Skeen Lechner to Erect Stamp Mill on Falls Creek Property
Private letter reports Skeen and Lechner will build a five or ten stamp mill this summer on Falls creek quartz gold claim. Previous season showed strong results, ore is high grade and free milling, enabling travel funds after winter work. Miniers on Murphy creek enforce claim jumping ban by local miners. Guggenheims pay millions for 140 Klondike Bonanza claims.
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Nevada
Alaska
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