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Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges.
The trial of Charles Frank, at
fNome, on a charge of second degree
unurder in connection with the slay
ing of Joe W. Sparrow, December 4,
1928, ended on July 30 in the convic
rtion of the defendant. The conviction
tearries a sentence of not less than 15
.years.
For the purpose of curtailing the
: salmon pack in the Bristol Bay dis
trict, the Bureau of Fisheries on July
17 issued a supplementary regulation
which in effect ended all salmon pack
ing in that area at the end of that
week. This, it was said, will not
vwork any great hardship, since the
iBristol Bay pack was already large.
Fishing was also closed in the Nu
:shagak 'Bay area because of the poor
rrun of fish in that locality.
Basing their estimates on the pack
mp to that date, fishermen and can
iners predicted that the 1931 red sUl
;mon pack will be one of the largest
iin Alaska history. Of the pack re
ported up to that time, all but 400,
1000, of a total of nearly 2.000,000
teases, were reds.
The annual harvest of fur seals
i luring the summer in the Pribilof
tlistriet yielded a total ef 49,515 pelts,
MINK
Clough &
Brink
Dark
Interior
Pen-Bred
Wire .Orders
Taketna, Alaska
according to figures made public by
Henry O’Malley, commissioner of
fisheries, who returned to Juneau a
few days ago from his annual trip to
the seal islands. He also reported
that the fisheries of the Western
Alaska area are in excellent eondi
! tion.
The seal take this year was the
largest of any season since the gov
ernment took over the herds in 1310.
Latimer Gray, oldtimer of Juneau j
and for years chief of the Juneau I
I fire department, and Hal Selby, also
an oldtimer of the North who reeent
| ly returned to Juneau, have pur
: chased the Stroller’s Weekly, oldtime
1 Juneau paper which was established
j by the late E. J. White. The paper
lately has been published by Mrs.
; White, with the assistance of Selby,
! who formerly was publisher of the
Valdez Miner and Seward Gateway.
The body of “Timberline” John
Madnick, 50, was found on the beach
i near Seward a few days ago. The
I pockets of his clothing were filled
with rocks, suggesting the manner in
; which Madnick had done away with
j himself, he probably having leaped to
his death from a boat.
’Madnick, who was a pioneer of the
North, disappeared about six weeks
ago. He had lived many years in j
! Seward and Latouche, and for some
I time prior to his death had been in
I failing health.
I Raising frogs for the market is a
! new industry which is to be given a
! trial in the Anchorage district. An
I initial shipment of the croakers
I reached that city a few days ago con
signed to Frank Shank, who has ar
ranged ,to carry on bis experiments
at Green lake. The frogs were
shipped from the state cf Washing
ton and came through to Anchorage
apparently none the worse for th > j
long ocean and rail trip.
The frogs have been turned loose
in Green lake and will be carefully
guarded there until they become used
to their new surroundings. There
were 30 bull frogs in the shipment,
and it is the hope of Mr. Shank that
within a few years there will be so
many he will be able to make a large
annual harvest.
—
Karl K. Katz, known throughout
the North as Alaska representative
of the Northern Pacific railroad, who
came North from Seattle recently,
has joined the Alaska Airways as
manager of the Anchorage division.
An Easy Way.
“Dorothy is drawing a man’s
wages.”
“Yes, I beard jshe was married.”—
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Everyone Welcome.
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TAKOTNA, ALASKA
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McGRATH NEWS NOTES.
McGRATH, August 4.—Dick Mc
Arthur, Henry Peel and Woodrow
Vanderpool returned here a few days
ago from the lieadwaters of the
Nixon, to which section they went in
quest of information regarding Theo
dore von Frank, a well known old
timer, from whom nothing has been
of or from since last February, and
they returned here with no definite
information.
Dick McArthur, upon returning
here, related the following: "Mr. von
Frank’s cabin was .found to be in
good order. Dishes were pot away,
floor swept, and in general the cabin
looked as though he were leaving on
a trip. There .was no sign of food in
the cabin, and there was no telling
how long it has been since it*was last
occupied. The boat was.also gone,
and it is our opinion , that Von Frank
set out far food and either went up
the river to where *there is said to be
another cabin, .about 7.0 miles.above,
or cut across country for some other
spot. At the time we were there the
water was so low, and had been so
low for some time, that he must have
gone some weeks before, if .he used, a
boat.”
In celebration of the new era of
prosperity and a .new floor, all Mc
Grat Jienjoyed .the finest dance of the
year at the new Northern .Commer
cial Company .store. The ladies oi
McGrath furnished delicious cakes
and sandwiches, the Pool Room
loaned its phonograph, and, to make
a fine dance better, Captain George
Green furnished .lights from the
steamer Tana, ike .Hayes, wizard
electrician, wired the works, and
when he wires the works you. maj
rest assured that the works is . wired
The entertainment, the last before
the steamer Tana leaves for Bethel
will long be remembered by all con
cerned, for it marks the first dance
to the tune of beautiful music undei
the first electric lights to flash a1
McGrath.
Why Is an Anunri?
“Gerald, dear, why were some wo
men called Amazons?”
“Well, my dear, you remember the
Amazon river, has the largest mouth
But she went out and slammed the
door before he could say any more.
From Bad to Worse.
Hubby—You didn’t have a rag on
your back when 1 married you.
Wifi —Yes, but I/e plenty of them
now.— Pathfinder
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Why not?
-- _iIL--.LV.1
ITALT ARRANGES BUSY PRO
GRAM FOR ENTERTAINMENT
OF X GERMAN 'STATESMEN
ROME, Aug. 5—Italy has arranged
a busy program for Chancellor Brue
ning and Foreign Minister; Curtis, of
Germany while they are. here on Fri
day and Saturday. Shortly After their
arrival, Friday morning, they, will be
received by Premier Mussolini at the
Venice Palace and immediately there
after the Premier and Foreign Min
ister Dido Grandi will return the call
at the hotel where the visitors will
be guests of the government. There
will be a luncheon that day in the
Villa Borghest, tea at the Villa Beste
Tivoli, and that evening the Premier
will give a. dinner in their honor.
There, will be a luncheon at the Ger
man embassy on Saturday, and be
.tween these functions Lhe statesmen
will talk business.
No Brains.
, She—Dad * said you had mare
money , than brains.
He—Good. joke. I’m broke; ha, ha.
. She-vOh,. yes;, he added that, too.
Law of, Compensation.
He who contrives by cunning stealth.
To grab , a bunch of sudden wealth
May have do labor hard .some day
Explaining how it same his way. ,
IFOR SALE
Ophir
Roadhouse
.Completely furnished. A
’ good i place for man and <
wife. ' Reasonable terms to
rigtlht party. }
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P. W. CARLSON, \
Ophir, Alaska.
NOTICE8. TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Ophlr, Io~
noko Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, before Chris- m
tian Bolgen, United States Com
missioner, and • ex-officio Probate
Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of John
E. Edwards, deceased.
' Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned*-has < been duly appointed
administrators'iPthe. estate of John E.
Edwarda, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
'the tame, /fully verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the under
signed, at my residence at Ophir,
Alaska, within six months from the
date of this notice.
Dated .at Ophir,. Alaska, ’June .1,
193L
H. NICHOLSON,
_Administrator.
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