Alaska Notes
Hathered From Terri' irial
Exchanges.
Matt II. DeCourcy, oldtimer of
■Alaska and Yukon Territory, died
suddenly in his room at the Nordale
•Hotel, Fairbanks, a few days ago,
from a heart attack. His body was
found several hours later, and the po
sition in which it was lying indicated
that the fatal attack had erne without
''warnisg and that death had been al
hnrtst immediate.
Heath had come to him just after
'he had prepared to go to bed. He had
Removed most of his clothes and
‘•turned toward the door with the key
'in his hitnd. apparently with the in
'tention of locking the door, when he
'was stricken.
He is survived by his widow, who
lives in Seattle. During his residence
in the North he had lived at Dawson,
Iditarod and Anchoagre, as well as
Fairbanks. He was in Yukon Territory
;about 1012, and from there he went
to the States. In 1917 or 1918 he
'traveled to the Iditarod to develop a
’cinnabar mine. Outside capital was
interested in the project, but perations
'were confined to •« single season.
Twin-motored amphibian airplanes,
'capable of carrying nine passengers
<or a ton of freight, are in prospect
for Southwestern Alaska this sum-!
imer, with Kodiak as a base. Charles
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
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Proprietors
Madsen, field manager of the Kodiak
Guides Associatin, states that Lieut.
G. E. Brown and associates of San
Francisco are planning to place the
planes in service. Hunting and scien
tific parties will be carried and gen
eral commercial business cared for.
A Carnegie medal and a small mon
ument are sought for Ann Woo, the
young native girl who in December
carried a flaming lamp from the Ka
nakakak orphanage, thereby saving
the lives of scores of little ones sleep
ing n the upper *floor, but sacrificing
her own life. The Seward Chamber
of Commerce has taken the matter up.
Alaska school children are asked to
contribute to the monument.
The Territorial capitol building, to
cost $750,000, should be completed
within one year from spring f this
year, according ito Governor George
A. Parks. Final -plans for the struct
ure were completed early in January;
specifications in detail are now ready;
bids will be called for at once, and the
contract should -he awarded early in
April.
“The supervising architect’s office
in the Treasury Department has
worked out plans for a really beauti
ful building,” said -Governor Parks.
“WhHe the lines are plain, it is the
very simplicity of design that will
give the building distinction. It will
be modern in every respect, f of re
inforced concrete, 'with the floors fire
proof in every nespect.”
The building will be five stories in
height and provide housing facilities
for all Federal and most of the Terri
torial offices located in Juneau.
Resolutions adopted -by the Grand
Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska, in
session at Cordova recently, included
endorsement of a Territorial pioneer
day each year; that the Territorial
Legislature be petitioned to build a
new mode of fire proof ^ pioneer home;
construction of another home for both!
pioneer men and women in the north- ,
western part of the Territory; me- j
morializing the Legislature to make!
Armistice Day, November 11, a legal
holiday, as suggested by the Amer
ican Legion.; endorsement of a govern- i
ment owned and operated institution I
for Alaskan insane; increase in pen-!
sion allowance for aged residents of
Alaska, raising the present $25 maxi-!
mum to $35.
George Love of Valdez was elected!
permanent secretary of the organiza-;
tion.
Washington.—In answer to a peti-j
tion from citizens of the Kodiak-Af- j
ognak group of islands in Alaska pre- !
sented to him by Delegate Sutherland,;
asking that all protective regulations
against Kodiak bears be removed,
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine in
formed the Delegate that the present
regulations permit all Kodiak resi
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dents to kill bears that are molesting
them or their property.
J Citizens of the Kodiak group told
the Secretary that big brown bears
were a constant menace to human life
, and also destructive to livestock and
| agriculture. Jardine said there was
an open season on hears from Sep
tember 1 to June 20 and the present
regulations allow them to be killed
wherever they are threatening live
stock or human beings or whenever
they are discovered within half a mile
of u human habitation.
He said he thought it best to allow
the present modifications to stand, al
though there might, be a possibility- of
modification later.
James FV Hurley, the oldest resi
dent of the Pioneer Home, died at that
institution a few weeks ago. He was
born in New York in 1832, making
him 97 years of age. He was one of
the very early pioneers of the Terri
tory and was one of the first stam
peders to ascend the Stickine river
route into the interior of the Yukon
country. He came to Alaska 32 years
ago and had resided within the Terri
tory ever since.
FUR PRICES HIGH AT
TACOMA FEBRUARY SALE
TACOMA, Feb.—About $100,000
worth of Alaskan and Northwestern
furs were auctioned by the West
Coast Fur Sales, Inc., yesterday. Good
prices'were realized, with the follow
ing averages:
Mink—$25 to $35.
Lynx—$65 to $75.
Wolves—$26 to $30.
Alaska Muskrats—SI.20.
Weasel—$2.75.
•Cross Fox—$182 to $200.
Alaska Otters—^30 to $35.
Silver Fix—$75 to $150.
Alaska Blue Fox—$60 to $85.
Alaska Beaver—$20.80 to $25.
A request'has been received for in-!
formation concerning the whereabouts
of Gerald Stack. He is about 60 years
old, and was known to have been in
Cordova about 1020. Any information
should be sent to the Governor's office
at .Juneau.
Charlie O’Halloran, bringing the
outgoing mail, arrived Thursday, con
tinuing to McGrath on his way to Big !
River on Friday.
Jack McDonald, coming from Med
fra, was a last night arrival from Mc
Grath. '
Owen Gray, from'Spruce creek, was
a Saturday arrival. •
GANG SLAYINGS NEAR SOLU
TION, DECLARE OFFICIALS
CHICAGO.—Enforcement agencies
of the United States government,
county and city expressed the united
belief that the mass gang murders are
approaching solution.
A secret informant gave definite
and significant information to federal
! fficials and It lent corroborative color
i to the theory first expressed by fed
; eral officials that Chicago police may
; have had a part in the seven-fold slay
I ing of the Moran gang.
“They stole $12,000 worth of a' Chi
cago policeman's liquor,” said the in
| Frank J. Ouskey
J Notary Public j
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I McGrath, Alaska |
Dtt fund’s j
Cate and |
Hotel |
Flat City
formant, “and that’s what the shoot
ing war all abut.”
Authorities had more definite in
formation than -this as the officers’
identity, but carefully concealed it.
They pointed out that the dying state
ment of Frank Gusenberg, the only
gangster not killed outright, was that
a “couple of copers did it.” That was
also the testimony of several persons
who saw the killers’ car and described
it. as a police. .machine.
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Roadhouse
Takotna, A-idsfc*
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quarters
Former MeLtnm’Hoa'dhouse,
where her wllf be* pleased to
meet all old friends 'and to
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