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Fe.rnald, a piomaabwfithe Hyder
samp, and .well, known,in-other parts
ofi the Territory, was seriously burned
in.a tire which practically destroyed
his cabin, at .Hyder, a few. weeks agio.
The blaze is said to have been caused
byt the explosion <jf .oil used hy Mr. j
Fernald in.starting a tire in the stove i
prjor to. leaving for his work on the
Premier ore dock, where he was em- j
poyed. JUr. Fernald was alone at the 1
tima and, owing to the painfut nature
injurier, little could be learned
»f« what actually happened before his
sails, attrarted the attention of Eric
Lindgard and Edward Finlayspn, two
schoolboys whe were at the schoole
hotise, a short distance away, says
the Hyder Miner. The lads seized
tire extinguishers and hastened to the -
burning cabin in time to see Mr. Fer
nald emerge is his underclothes and
then re-enter the burning building. A
moment later he came, out again with
hit clothing in flames, Young Fin
layson displayed his presence of mind
by turning the stream from his ex
tinguisher upon the. flaming figure;
and it was probably due to his
pipmpt action that. Mr. Fernald was
saved sfrom being roasted alive. Hel
per Johnson and Holly Evans.. then
rescued tne scene and fullyextin
guished the burning clothiljg.-by^ roll
ing the unfortunate man~in the snow.
He was then wrapped, in robes and
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McGrath,
Lower- Kuskokwiro, .
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hurried to the hospita, where it was
fcunu he was baaiy burned o^i the
stomach, both lower limbs and on the
throat. Later reportts indicated that
Mr. P'ernald is in a precarious condi
tion as & result of his injuries.
In his cabin on Glacier creek in the
Kanitshna district, where he bad.lived
for many years, the b*dy of Andy
ess was found a fe wweeks ago. The
body was found by Charles S. Greiss
Aged 67 or 68 years, Mr. Ness had.
made Alaska his home since the
cany goia rush days. He stampeded
to the nantishna about a .quarter of
a century ago and hau made his home
there ever since.
Miss Patricia Ray, an Alaska girl,
has ueen elected queen of the Seattle
Press ^iub’s Circus Maximus and.
will receive as a prize a trip around,
the world. Counting of ballots was
tieiayed, buv it has been depnitelyder.
termined that Miss Ray wo|i,. She
was entered in the contest, by. the.
Alaska Weekly, and. in addition to
support received from .Alaskans . in
Seattle she. was aided, by .residents .of
P air nan ks and reward, her home
town. Accompanied. J>y Jier .mother.
Miss Ray intends to. start out on the
globerencircling. trip as. .soon as. .she
has finished her present term ata.the
University of Wasmngton, where sne
is studying^joyrmUiam,. having trans
ferred to. the Seattle school from uie
•Alaska College.. Miss RSy . is. the,
( daugn-er of Mr. an., xiirs. L. v. Ray
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■ Operating six dredges in; the Klon
dike district,, the Treadgold interests
during, the season .of J.a2£L produced
$750,1100 in placer gold, according to
A. N. C. Treadgold, general manager
of the*.compwy, whwrecently left for,
the Outside, en route to England. .
1 The returns for the season, were
said to have beei* entirely satisfac
tory. development and prospecting
activity indicate' the company . has.
about twenty years more of opera
tions ahead of it. The Treadgold now
controls virtually all of the low-grade
ground in the Dawson, district, hay
ing taken over the old Yukon Gold
properties and other large holdings.,
Mrs.. Thyra Merrill,! wife of
Merrill, the aviator missing since last
September whea- he took o , ffflfom
Anchorage Tor Bristol Bay,: left Se-1
attle a ferw -daye aco for a visit with;1
her parents ni Portland.
Mrs. Merrll believes hen- husband
went to sleep at1 the stick, as Us barf
been flying amost continuously fort
48 hours without sleep. No trace of
the; plane was-, ever found.
Mrs. Merrill hsa forty hours-credit
Tor flying and possesses a . private
flier's license. She intends to get an
additional' ten bonis, which- wfll en
title her to aenmmercial license. Her
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ambition is to win a transport license,
which requires 36 bhoiirs at tne st*ck..
Kire starting about 1:50 o'clock. in.
the afternoon same days ago totaiiy
destroyed the main building of. the
Episcopal mission in North Zenana.;
Although the building was leveled,!
or practicaly so, and alL the contents j
destroyed, the teachers,, nurses and !
pupils who made, their, home there es
caped without injury,
Bedding, personal effects,, .in fact,
everything in the, hoilding except a
small quantity of groceries is said to
have burned up.
the loss will probably run into sev
eral, thousand dodars. .The,, mission,
building was practically,,new, having
been completed only. two. years ago
it was a two and, oire-uaif-story,
structure and was thpvhome of be
tween 30 and 35 jpipulsamf . four
teachers. It,was located ahout. .one-.,
half mne from Nenatia proper.
Martin Conway, lor'14. years, post
master of Skagwayvdred .in-that city
on the morning of January 10. Death
was caused by paralyses which fol
lowed an attack of 11:fluenta-.,. i» u rv i v -
ng him are his widow >■. a .son and a
daughter. Before gojogi to: fikagway
about 2fv years ag> Mr-rConway was
a resident of Juneau, . where he
wcrked’sin.jthe b. M.iBuhraruls store.
Cater he became, manager . of ., the
hunch stare at Sfeigw-vy, ,ini! thin
went into the m.vcantUe luisinoss for
himself.
The; government experimssntsrfriWa^
tion at Fairbanks now has four .more
yaks t<vuse in its crqps-breeding ex
periments with..*Galloway cattle. The.,
'yaks, three cows ana a bull, reached
there, a few’ days ago- under charge
of JeSs Wingfield, in charge ot. thev
Matanuska -station. .
The yaks were purchased .from the .
Canadian government, by the Uni tea
States. Department. of Agriculture..
W. T. White, head of the animal,hus
bandry .branch of the department in.
Alaska, accepted delivery of them at
Wainwright J’ark, Alberta,.
Asudden heart attack whith- >came
as. he was sitting- in the Panhandle
pool ‘•room, at Anchorage - ai .few > days
ago resulted in the death iof Andrew;
•Kivall. rie fell forward from the
chair in which he swas-. sitting' and
died before- medical nasi stance: could,
arrive. Kivalli was onl y slightly
more: than- 30' years old!*. Hfehstf rev*
turned to Anchorage early last month
after trapping, in they Chickdlaonusee
tion. A native of .Finland, Kivall
'""e *o Anchorage-abdut a year- ago
from Finland. ?.
Kive hundred and forty-six licenses
for fur farms have bean-issued by the
Alaska Game Commission. . Most oP
these are for breeding foxes and
mink, but there are also a number for
raising muskrat, beaver, marten,,
.lynx, rabbit, ermine and vbtter. > The
foxes raised include - blue, silvery -
Mack, cross, red and white. ■ The blue\
ranches are nearly all i located. ' am
islands, whereas the silvers, .blacks
and whites are ranched m pemn-Htost
of the mink are pen raised, but;* few
are bred on island ranches. There
are nearly 200 small islands off the
coast of Alaska which are used for
fox and mink ranching. .
WHEAT GAINS 31 CENTS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Wheat gained
|3T centts today on buying reported
.tothe-for the Federal Farm Board.
|Th«; Government is trying to bring
[the price up to 31.18 from the level
of less than fl.
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having Thursday lor scene of the
■Sported strike, in the Poorman sec
tion were. Han. McUinty and Rasmus
Matron, .with Henry Martella aiting
ha transporter.
! \ ivr-.day departures, headed for tthe
: ame section, were Half dan Wiig„ Al
bert Ivey and ,Bertha. AJbi.
Saturday departures were Claude
..nyberg, Joexjf'erris, and Bernard Ivey,
and a. Mr.: MePhail fro mMctirath. ,
ARRIVALS TODAY VIA PLANE.
Comirg over .today from Fairbanks
with Pilot Prank Dorbandt was Mrs.
Carl ljottsfdldt .and. .infant daughter,
alter a stay . oL.aboutathr eex-montha
vsit.cg in Beatties; M.ts. Louise Liv-.
r_i:ng;n, who has been visiting .for.
some weeks on .the .Outside, pndLJohn
CoiLns, after, aawisit .of. soma_w*aks
in Seattle.;
The. trip ober. is reported ta have
been a fairly yrough one,, the plane j
encountering^.. snow., storm.: shortly
after leaving iLakatMinchumina.
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CONTRIBUTORS TO CANCEL
Those contributing for tie dance,
given last Saturday night ware as
follows: Charlie Goebel, f; Chris..
Feterson, |6; Mike Hochriter, $2.50;,
Del Thompson, |6; Fred Dubois, f2;
John Krieger, ?2; Mrs. W. H. Jones, ,
?4;.,Casimir Naudtz, |5; Fred .Spen
cer,|6;; left over from music ^collec
tion, $3. Total, 138.60.
Bert Goodpaster, why left, hfeeee
some months ago for treatment, on.
the Outside, is reported a great deal!
better, and will probably be back inu
Takotna at an early date, according,.
to most recent information received,
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Akska^ Largest Outfitters..
'o-e -Agents fov Bali Rami Rubber
and Woolen Goods.
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Corne m?aai(iJsee oorline of Guiterrnan
Shirt6i.Blazers.and Leather Goods..
Try ouar 'New Stock of Fresh Fruit*
and Staple Groceries.
Th«:fflst Obtainableon. the Market*
Notions, Drugs and Toilet Articles^
Fun Bought and Sold