1 Alaska Notes |
| gathered From Terri) u»to) j
» Kxchanges. I
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.ui-.e u.etoh.kaa residentts were
aijuxed last month when the Cadillac
aut.;iuuu.ie in wnich they .were riding
uroKe Uuuv.gfi a rail while traveling
town hui on .one of the citty streets
anil liuu'ou.'upsjde down in a gulch 2u
use ue». ... those injured were Mr.
a,iu All-, a-*- F- Ferris and Mrs. L.
G. uuig. i.ne car was owned by Mr.
terns. Mis. Gore's left arm was
broken j.ust beiow tbe shou.der, Mrs.
terns suffered cuts on her face, and
head, ana Mr. Ferris received a bad
gusli over his left eye. The auto’s
starter, was . not working, and Mr.
Ferris and antother man were push
ing it dawn hill to get it under way
when it got beyond control. Mr.
terns was. s tanding on the running,
board, but he did not tax e advantage
oi the opportunities to jump. His
wife and Mrs. Gore were pinned un
der tne car whene it landed upside
(town, bui were quickly extricated by
those who witnessed the accident. |
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Dr. Henry W. Griest, Mrs. Griest
aiid ihe.v son David are settled at
narrow for another five year stay, j
toilowing their recent sojourn at Ne
._u..a. they are making their home
.11 the. hospital until a manse is built
to replace the one destroyed by tire
in. 1926. Dr. Griest is Presbyterian
Missionary in the Arctic and is also
^ puysio.an and surgeon. Dr. New
uaia, wnom Dr. Griest was to relieve
uur.ng the summer, died a short time
before the .attars arrival.
The whale catch in the Arctic last j
tinnier was very poor, arrivals at j
L\onie report. Only three were taken l
at Barrow, and. none at all at Wain
wxignt or Point. Hope.
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The Henry Creek Gold Dredging
Company,, a recently formed Seward
i en.nsuia mining concern, has taken
over a block of ground on Henry
creek, in. the Kougarok section* and
p.ace a dredge on the property
next season. Extensive prospecting
operations were carried on last sum
mer. it.is hoped .to have the dredge
in operation before the freeze-up next
fail.
A slide caused by heavy rains dam
aged the. home of Charles Miller on
Gestineau avenue in Juneau and
moved it forward several feet on its
foundations. Mr. Miller was away on
a..hunting trip at the time, but Mrs.
Miler .and four small children were
in the house. Mrs. Miller was awak
ened by a dull roaring noise, succeed
ed by a grinding shock which shook
the whoole. house. Rushing down
stairs into the kitchen, she found het
walls caved in and mud and debris
pouring in. Unable to, open the front
door,. she broke a. window and has
tened to summon help. Neighbors
soon removed the children to a place
of. safety. Firemen who were, called
to. the. scene ordered residents of an
adjoining apartment house to vacate
until danger was past and also warn
ed other near-by residents.
Succeeding Harry Watson, who re
signed to enter the contracting busi
ness in Juneau, Mrs. Florence Oakes
has been named by Governor Parks |
to. be his private secretary. Mrs.
Oakes has been clerk and stenogra
pher in the governor’s office for the
last two years. Mrs. Oakes’ position
has been filled by Miss Iris V. Heath,
who came from Denver.
Arrivals in Anchorage from Seattle
recently brought word that the An-j
ehorage plant of the Alaska General
Fisheries, better known as the Magill
cannery,, is being offered for sale.
Oae hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, is asked for the property. The
Bhdicott interest in the cannery was
•Squired by the estate, it is said,
shortly after Magill’s recent death.
.’rifHaattle... lf.no. huger can. he. found
the cannery will probably be leased.
Last year the capacity of the can
nery was considerably increased by
the installation of new machinery.
Mr. Mag ill’s Seattle attorney is ad
ministrator of the estate.
It is estimated that operation of
the Magill cannery las summer put
around $100,000 in circulation in An
chorage, that sum having been paid
out for wages, supplies and other ex
, penditures.
Varton Ouzonian, proprietor of the
Tavern Cafe at Fairbanks, suffered a
severe paralytic stroke a few nights
ago while eating dinner at the res
taurant. The entire left side of his
body was acected.
Wrangell was h ard hit recently by
what is described as the most severe
wind storm experienced there in
years. The office building and tHe
China house at the site of the old
Alaska Sanitary cannery were blown
off their pilings. Neither builiding
was demolished, but they were so
badly damaged t hat they can never
be made usable again. The sorting
shed at the Wrangell saw mill was
blown down. Three men who were
under the shed at the time escaped
injury. Telephone lines came down
in several parts of the town and
other lesser damage was reported.
Funera services were held at Ju
neau for Valentine Berger, Fair
ounks old tuner w ho died on the
steamer Northwestern while en
route to the StateB. His death oc
curred shortly before the vessel ar
rived at Juneau. Services were un
de the auspices of Igloo No. 6, Pio
neers of Alaska.
A lingering illness that had kept
him confined to his bed for several
months ended at Fairbanks a few
days ago when Van Woodruff died.
The end was not unexpected, hope
for his recovery having been aban
doned some time previous. He was
about 61 years old.
Mr. Woodruff was a pioneer of the
Northland. He was in Nome in 1900
and lived in that district for many
years. From 1912 until last spring
he had been a resident of Long creek
in the Ruby district. He was bom
and raised in Arkansas, where he
leaves several close relatives. He was
not married.
The success of mink farms in In
terior Alaska is being duplicated in
the southeastern part of the country.
Recently the Laughlin Brothers sent
30 mink to Sween from their Taku
farm on the Glcier highway, near
Juneau. The mink brought $324 a
pair in Sweden. SStarting their
farm with 30 pairs, the Laughlin
Brothers had an increase this year
of 100 mink.
Fred E. Handy, federal prohibition
agent, will be stationed at Fairbanks
permanently. This, says the Fair
banks News-Miner, is n lne withi the'
policy announced last summer by Roy
Lyle, prrfiibition administrator for.
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska^,
when he visited Fairbanks.
Mr. Handy’s post at Kecthikan has
been filled by T. L. Chidester, for
merly deputy adminisrator in aharge
of enforcement in Alaska.
Mr. Handy is thoroughly familiar
with Alaska conditions, having; been
a resident of the Territory for 291
years. Before Joining the prohibition
service in 1925 he was a deputy U. S.
marshal at Petersburg and Ketchi
kan. Mr Handy said there: are now
six dry agents in the T.craifcory, in
cluding the deputty administrator.
Two are stationed at Ketchikan, two
at Juneau, one at Seward and one at
Fairbanks.
A Juneau youth whose early jour
nalistic experience;' was’ secured on
the Empire of thsteeityvand the An
chorage Times and i whose advancer
ment in his work has been rapid has
accepted.a position on the Toronto
Mail and Express. He is John Dunn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dunn.
Ho i a of-the^Juneau. Jiighj
school and the school of journalism <
of the University of Washington-' |
After graduating from the Univer
sity he was on the Seattle Associated
Press staff and later on th eSeattle
Times. He resigned from the Times |
to become real estate editor of the
Vancouver SSun and then was pro- j
moted to be assistant financial editor'
of hee Sun HNuyhvOScmf mfw mfw j
of he Sun. He leaves t hat pape to
go to Toronto.
An explosion caused by the stop
page of water pipes turough freezing
did considerable damage to the home
of Thomas McKinnon at Fairbanks, ’
recenttly. Almost miraculously, two]
persons standing near by escaped, in.-' j
jury. The blast wrecked the furnace,
shattered two windows on a floor re
moved from the place of the explo
sion ,and caused the hardwood floor
in the living room to bulge. Mr. and..
Mrs. McKinnon had returned home
from Harding Lake and a fire was
staarted in t he furnace, which sup
plies heat for a hot water system
An hour an da half after the fire j
was started Mr. McKinnon went into
the basement to light a blow-torch,
accompanied by ‘Sister” Stroecker.
They were standing only four or five
feet from the furnace when the blast
occurreU. All four doos of the fur
nace were blown off, a thick sheeting j
of asbestos was dislodged and aj
stream of fire was shot to the coal |
o.n, where it was extinguisned by ■
the* steam which accompanied it. I
Neither Mr. McKinnon-nor “Sister” I
Stroecker were injured in the least, r
lnabnitty to obtain circulation thru
the pipes filled with ice was the I
cause of the explosion. I
A jury that deliberated the greater
part of the night at Fairbanks re-i
cencly found John J. Parks guilty of
possessing intoxicating liquor in vi-j
olation of the Alaska hone dry law.'
runts was given one yeal in the fed-, |
erai jail at Fairbanks ' and fined
$1,000.
Republicans have put skeletons on
the free list. Maybe this is a gesture
of sympathy for the remains of the
Democracy.—Tampa Tribune.
NOTICE TO. CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Ruby., Nulafco
Precinct, Fourth Division,. Ter
ritory of Alaska, before William.;
N. G Bowden,. Umted States com
missioner, and ex-officio probate •
judge. I
In the matter of the estate of Ed
SSchlatter, deceased,.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed,
administrator of the’ estate of Edi
Schlatter, deceased: (
All persons having, claims against !
said estate are required, to present!
them,, duly verified,, ,with proper
vouchers attached, to the under-)
signed,, at my residence in Ruby,!
Alaska, within sir (6) months from;
the date of this notice. ' '•
Dated Ruby, Alaska, Oct. 25, 1929.
ALBERT VERHONIK,
Administrator.
JOHN W; DUHN,
Attorney for Administrator.
First pub.; Oct. 2fl, .
TABLE OR DISTANCES Bl£
TWEEN NEW ANA AND FLAT
Nenan*...
MUm
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Tavern Roadhouse --17%
Knight’s Roadhouse «- 21%
Nineteen-Mile Roedhouse --88
Diamond Roadheuse --76
Roosevelt --- 89 ‘
Lake Minchumina __... 116
Trappers’ Cabin .. — 182
Lone Star Roadhouse __, 160
TeUda Roadhouse ...-1—169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse __187
East Fork Roadhouse _) 206
Berry’s Lending Roadhouse_ 227%
Big River Roaanouse..— 841
McGrath _ 26*
Takotna ..280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse . 891
Ophir--306
McCafTerty ..806
Brown Creek shelter cabin_818
Frit* shelter cabin-_ 888
First Chance shelter cabin — 846
Schsrweyer &. H. —- 869
Iditarod ... ...876
Plat .. 884
Bonansra ; shslsr cabin,. 11 mi lea
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 18
miles from Bmubhl..
1 from.)Fisk ..
Babeesch flttoosehtde Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods at Ail Kinds Beds and Bedding
A P ige - McGrath
TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
Best* off Meals and Rooms
WhVae Everything ft* H«—tlllce and’
Where You Are Cardiafly Walcaiad
GOOD DOG HOW8B8- BATHS
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