Alaska Notes
” ;; Gleanings Prom Territorial
Exchanges. \
Mrs. Tiny Walker and Mrs. Ruth
t„ Bland were shot and seriously wounded
at Ketchikan, recently, by S. 11. Ham
ilton, who charged the women with
having stolen two 3>20 gold pieces from
(' a cache on his houseboat on the water
front- Hamilton gave a farewell party
to some friends and did not discover
the loss of the money until after the
departure of his guests He took his
departure of his guests. He took his
gun and called on the two women at
the Walker residence, tatting them
with stealing the monev, which they
- indignantly denied. He thereupon
pulled a 32 automatic pistol and shot
the Walker woman through the ab
^ doroen, and inflicted a painful wound
upon Mrs. Bland-. After the shooting
Hrmilton returned to the houseboat,
collected his money, and hunted up a
policeman, to whom he surrendered.
He was apparently sober and acted un
concerned over the affair.
After spending thirteen years away
from the Territory, much of the time
abroad, W. l'l Chisholm, a former op
erator in the early days of Dawson and
on Ester creek, returned to Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm were refused
* admission to the United States by the
immigration department, despite the
fact that he had been a resident of the
States and Alaska for over 30 years.
The couple were intending to return to
New Zealand and ;locate there when
the U. S. government relented on ac
count of Mr. Chisholm’s extensive
property interests in this country and
allowed him to again enter its confines.
Mr. Chisholm declares he wili remain
in America from now on, as it is too
hard to get back.
Traffic is now able to cross the new
bridge across the Niaina river, accord
ing to recent word from Cordova. The
present structure has five spans, two of
which are trestles, while two 180-foot
wooden trusses have been put in across
the main channel. This is the third
bridge to be erected over the turbulent
Ninna, the first two having been
washed cut by Hoods. The work baa
been carried on under most trying con
ditions, special thawing apparatus hav
ing to be constructed for driving piliug
iD the frozen ground. The false work
was constructed on top of the ice, the
work occupying two winters. Many
lives have been lost crossing this
stream, it being the approach to a rich
mining district.
Figures received from Montreal show
prices which blue fox pelts brought on
March 31, at the auction conducted by
the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Com
pany, Ltd. One hundred and eighty
five skins brought, a top ffrice of $120.
The Cordova citv council has award
ed a contract to build a municipal dock
to a local lumber company for $8,000.
Miss Lawrence Fillinger, formerly
Miss Jessie Barrus o' Cordova, died in
a Seattle hospital recently of cancer.
Her father was connected with the
Copper River railroad for many years.
Miss Ruth Raat, the “Reindeer
Queen,” who was clerk at, the recent
session of the Territorial legislature,,
recently returned to the Interior. Miss
Reat was "a former school teacher, but
is now owner of a large herd of rein
deer in the Broad Pass district.
Frank Knight, a well known oldtimer
in the Circle country, committed sui
cide a tfew weeks ago at the Ferry
roadhouse, 12 miles from Circle. Dep
uty Marshal McLean, at Circle, was
called to Ferry immediately by the
roadhouse keeper, John Bolgeu, who
vtas the only occupiwH of the roadhouse
at the time of the suicide. Knight
placed the muizle of a gun in his
mouth and pulled the trigger. Death
occurred instantly.
Mrs. A1 Mayo, widow of the well
known Rampart pioneer, died recently
at Fairbanks.
Owing to an epidemic of influenza at
Fairbanks, some weeks ago, school was
dismissed for a week or so. The dis
ease attacked a large number of per
sons, but was not so serious as in former
years.
Eugene Owens, a resident of JuDeau
for many years, shot and killed John
Poto, aged 43, ou his ranch near Sum
dum, a few weeks ago. Polo was at
tempting to kill Owens when he fired
to save his life. He was acquitted by
a coroner’s jury, after a number of
witnesses had testified that Poto was of
a quarrelsome nature and prone to pull
a gun on his victims.
Dan Kelleher, 48 years of age, a well
known miner and prospector of many
camps id the Territory, passed away at;
the Anchorage hospital, recently. Ele
left a brother, a dredging operator at
Nome.
D. W Planaigan, prohibition officer,
who was arrested at Fairbanks for an
alleged assault on an old naan at the
time of making an arrest, was acquitted
some time ago, the case being thrown
out of court when it was shown that no
violence had been used in entering the
premises in search of illicit booze.
A golf links is now assured Anchor
age, the second io the Territory. About
75 persons have signified their inten
tion of joining the club, dues being
fixed at $15 a year. The first golf links 1
in the Territory were constructed at
Unalaska several years ago by officers
of the revenue service.
Miss Winifred M. Dalziel, teacher at
Port Yukon, was recently appointed U. i
S. Commissioner at that place by Judge '
Clegg. She has been with the bureau
of education for the past nine years. i
The Hammon Gold Dredging Com-!
pany has acquired the holdings of the |
i Miami corporation at Nome, giving the !
U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining
Company absolute control of the dredg- |
ing industry around Nome.
The Alaska Anthracite railroad, near
Katalla, will be dismantled, the steel
being taken up and sold.
Merle McCambridge, mail clerk on
the Alaska railroad out of the Curry
division, died suddenly as his train was
nearing Fairbanks, a few days ago.
The body was removed to Anchorage.
.HcCambridge is survived by a wife and
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Boujrht and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
child, who live in Anchorage. He was
formerly employed on the ferry cross
ing the Tanana river at Nenana, and
as soon as the bridge was completed
started working for the railroad as
mail clerk.
The Ketchikan Credit Association
now numbers about fifty firms. The
plan being put into practice in Ketchi
kan is identical with that of cities in
the States and means that accounts
must bo squared regularly to insure
further credit. The system has already
saved the merchants great loss.
Fred Paxton, who owns a roadhouse
on the Richardson road, has been
suffering from firebugs, and is offering
a reward for information that will lead
to the arrest of the party who set tire
to Paxton’s and Our Home roadhouses.
THE
BY-SGOLLY
Tokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
I
Are You Going to Build ?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, and
dressed. Lately we have added a few h»».•-«. such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flo-n-*rc.' Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door
Boat Lumber oi all kinds.
And if you are goin? to build a sled, call on as. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Greek
About 7 ?niles long, extending- from
No. 1 below discovery down to the
mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance
of about 3 miles from upper end, and
pretty wrll prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7
to 20 feet. Top is all black muck,
that can be scraped freely. > rock
bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1
pertsquare foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long,
together with water rights. Ground
is pretty well cleared. There is also
a drain, 3 miles long. Also a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from
which water can be brought to
Yankee creek with a ditch less than
a mile long [4,900 feet], with a pres
sure or fall of 120 feet, being- 1600
feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there
will lie from 4 to 6 feet of dirt to
handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken
out.
Prospecting work during the past
winter has resulted in finding values
that run up to $1 per square foot of
bedrock.}
1 will either sell the ground or give
a lease on it. If the prospect is sat
isfactory to the buyer, a cash pay
ment will be expected.
For further information, terms,
etc., call on ground, or write or tele
graph me.
ED NOLLETTE, *
Tokotna, Alaska.
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