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Over 5# per cent of cases arising
in the First division last year grew
out of. alleged violation of th6 rfa
« tional prohibition act 'or t>e Alaska*
. bone (iry. iaw. There were 794 cases,
- and. of. these 461 were based 6n dry
- law violation.
. Kncnuraged over finds made last
_ year , in the. Wiui river country, a
j number . of koyukuk men are plan*
- njng..to go there in the spring and
look, the country over.
A piece of quarttz literally covered
* with .gqid,. found on the Wild river by
- Wen F-.Sirr, .was brought to Faif
t banks laast summer. Nearly $300
\ was reported to have been hammered
v out of the ore.
~~L'be -district lies 50 miles from Bet
t ties by air line, and the prospectors
.. hope to take at least their earl ysup
. plies in by plane, as the rivers do not
« „ openLrUp until late in June and some
times-no, oteven until July.
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' J. Hampton Miles, pioneer resident
v* of .Alaska, died at Dillingham in De
. eemhec, according to word received
.. by U. S. Marshal H. P. Sullivan, of
. the .Third division. Death was caused
.. by cerebral thrombosis. Mr. Miles
\ ..was .Halted States commissioner at
. Dillingham. He was well known
. throughout the nterior as well as
- ahjng. bhecoast. Mr. Miles was at
< one-time a member of the Signal
Qorps.stationed at Port Yukon. From
then; he moved to Fairbanks, later to
- Nenapa, and after a residence oof a
, . few years there continued south to;
- Anchorage. Later he went to Valdez j
- and it was. there that he received ap-1
„ poiutment as commissioner at Dilling
ham_Mr. Miles was married at Ne
nana, but his wife died before he left
u there.
tappers, of the railroad belt and
<_ atber Alaska districts who have found
.. it Impossible to make expenses this
v winter. because of the scarcity of un
* d protected furs, will have to make the
heat, of a bad situation, for there does
. noto* appear to be any hope of having
- the-fur regulations suspended so that
. . a iimiited munbee rof beavers may be
taken, to tide the trappers over until
» another season, says the Anchorage
t imes.
. Prompted., by the appeal of trap
x? pers, the Anchorage Chamber of
i Commerce took the matter up with
- Delegate Sutherland, requesting his
. assistance in obtaining authoritty
from, the Biological Survey to trap
< beavers in limited numbers during
* the ruma’nder of the winter, the re
v. quest beinj based on the contention
i.. that-heavers are sufficiently numer
oua in certain districts to permit lim
* ited. .trapping without harmful eifert.
. Direct, action also was taken by the
i. trappers’ association, through the
. Alaska Game Commission.
Delegate Sutherland took the raat
t .ter.up with officials of the Biological
Survey without loss of time and was
... informed by them that it is impos
& aiblet Ur grant the request for the rea
i aon-Ahat the Alaska game law re
< quires DO days’ notice before any
* changes can be made in the regula
i tions. By the end of 90 days from
. now it would be too late in the season
t to lift the regulations, consequently
t there can be no relief this spring .
Motor failure .caused the crash .at
- Mayo on November 2 of the v Ryan
i monoplane Queen of the Yukon, in
' ..which Pilot John M. Patterson was
killed# according to word from the
. v Klondike. The monoplane, powered
i by a .Wright Whirlwind 800-horse*
. power * motor, fell out of a%ank at a
l - height, of 400 Jeefc and struck the ice
• on the edge. «f Ahe Stewart river. The
I plane had justistsirm off from above
v the towasartd.hnd .traveled but a few
► hundret*Yhrd»wh«n the engine began
**h» givw feig«bUik 3he>i>Uot had turned,
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to get backttfrtbiriatodi&g Held when
the engine stalled and the ship
crashed. She struck on her nose and
left wing, and the forward end broke
through several inches. o( river ice.
when found, the aviator was beneath
the water and had sustained several
deep cuts about the head and body.
Quite a number of people wbo were
on the waterfront to witness the
plane’s departure witnessed the acci
dent and immediately afterward went
to the rescue. The left wing and
body of the airplane were a total
wreck, but the engine apparently was
little if any damaged. The plane was
one of the fleet being Operated by the
l ukon Airways and Erpioration Com
pany, owned chiefly by miners, pros
pectors anu others of the Mayo dis
trict and otner parts of the Yukon.
It was carrying mail for Dawson ,ail
of which was saved. There were no
passengers on the craft. John Pat
terson was born in Denver 22 years
ago. He was a skilled pilot, with
> much experience behind him, and in
1U23 had flown a ship from Denver to
the Yukon, following the interna
tional highway route. At the time
of his death he was engaged to a
girl who liveB in Yukqfn Territory.
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j Major Douglas H. Gillette, engi
neer officer of the Alaska Hoad Com
! mission, has received orders transfer
ring him from Juneau to Washing
ton, D. C. Major Gillette, who carac
: to Alaska in the summer of 1927, will
be attached to the Arlington Memo
rial Commission in Washington. He
is to reueve Major Joseph C. Mehaf
fey, also a former member of the
j Alaska Hoad Commission. The latter
■ has been ordered to report at Pan
ama for assignment to duty.
On January 4 the Premier Gold
| Mining Company distributed $300,
i 000 to the stockholders of record of
! that date. This .was at the rate of 6
centts a share on he issue of 5,000,
000 shares and increased the total
dividends foor the year to $1,200,000
and the grand total to $14,350,000, all
paid since the Premier entered the
production stage December 31, 1921.
Dr. Joseph T. Mandy, resident engi
neer of the mine, in a recent talk at
Vancouver, said seven large com
panies arc now operating in the No.
1 'district of the Portland canal re
gion, while two years ago only two
large companies were in the field.
In a confessioon made 'to deputty |
Unied -States marshals -at Fairbanks,
John £. Me Masters, 23, alias W. R.
Terrant, alias George Lefthi, revealed
himself as the burglar who during a
few days previous had entered a num
ber of Fairbanks homes and stolen
many valuable bojects, principally
jewelry.
Although he denied at first all
knowledge of the crimes after having
been ealled into the marshal’s office
for questioning, McMasters finally
broke down under a barrage of rapid
lire quesc$ions and confessed he was;
responsible for all but one of the!
burglaries anil robberies of which he
was suspected. |
At the same time he told officers
that he has a long prison recoord and
is now a parole prisoner from Folsom |
penitentiary in California. I
Practically everything he had stol
en was found in McMaster's posses
sion at the time of his arrest. So re
cent were the robberies that at least
one of the victims did not know he
had lost anything and only realized
it when he was asked to identtify'
some of he loot taken from McMas
ters. I
Issuance .of two checks in the total
sum of $160 was also charged against
him. Made out for $100 and $50,
these checks were cashed for McMas
ters by ra taxi driver. The checks
were made out to cash and the name
of George Lefthi was used in signing
them. The taxi driver learned that
no such person had an account when
he pretented the cheeks at the bank
for payment.
Among those victimized by MeMaa
l/s» were Mr. and Mrs. L. J Mc
Carty, Man. Adljuv Kichard. Mnrrpcy
and -hired Clinton. McMastera bore,
fcased, .said officers, that he ^had1
stolen from all the above named per
sons. Moreocy lost a gold cold match
and chain, l)on Adler a wrist-watch
and alarm clock, Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Carty a gold watch and fur cap, and
Mr.-Clinton a watch.
.Fart of the Standard' (Oil Com
pany’s <dork.at Juneau and also the'
warehouse slid into iiastineau chan
nel a few nights agtv carrying an im
mense stock nf oils, etc. The losa is
estimated at. about $60,000, • Fart, of;
the highway nearyby.-also crumbled, j
Red lights, of warning- were placed*
around tne doc kand .on the highway- ■
About thirty men were employed res-;
A supbmaxine.. landslide -and, -per-'
haps the cavipg-in. of some of the old
stopes of the Treadwel. Jmine extend
ing half . .way across..Gastineau chaj£,
nel in places, are given .aa the cause!
of the collapse.
The products in the warehouse
were strewn over the channel and
the wreckage washed, .up -on- Douglas
Island. .Skiffs were used to-salvage
oil and gasoline in cases.
The Thane highway-near the scene'
also caved in and suspended traffic,
between Juneau, and Thane.
Jealousy is given as .the motive-dor
the attempt made on the life of .Rob
ert McLean at JSIenana recently by*
Otto Lundgren. It is said that Lund
gren wished to marry the -woman
McLean had wed a few days before
and that, angered at this failure, to
win her, he entered the McLean, home
and started, an argument.
During the quarrel he pulled out. a
.38 caliber revolver from his hip
pocket and discharged one shot into
the wall. When McLean grappled
wiith him Lundgren tired twice at his
opponent, hut both shots were wild,
passing over McLean’s head.
McLean succeeded in dragging
h.m into the street, and there was an
other scuttle there to get possession
of uiie gun. 'two natives came along
and one of them took the revjoUer
fi-oom Lundgren.
Deputy U. hi. Marshal Jack O’t on
nor came along and arrested Lund
gren. The officer said Lundgren ex
pressed relief at being placed under
arrest, stating that if he had not
been arrested he would have .killed
both Mr. and Mrs. McLean.
United States Marshal White of
the First division will extend the
prison labor experiment to Skagway.
The success of-his initial experiment
at Juneau .was so marked that the
marshal feels justificatw(n in. broad
ening the field.
The eight prisoners in the fikag
way jail will form, a crew .for .volun
tary labor, only those desiring so.toi
be given the work. They will make
f 5 a day against their fines, which ;
are worked out at a day while
remaining in jaiL
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TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NBNANA AND FLAT
Nenana ..
Tavern Roadhouse.—
Knight’s Roadhouse -
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse
Roosevelt . -
Lake Minchumina..
Trappers’ Cabin .—
Lone Star Roadhouse —
Telida Roadhouse_
Slow Fork Roadhouse
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East Fork Roadhouse-) 908
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse — 827%
Big River Roadhouse-841
MeGrath_963
Takotna ___280
BiU Goss’ Roadhouse_991
Ophir --
MeCafferty
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Fritz shelter cabin -
First Chanda shelter cabin
8chermeyer R. H.
Iditarod —__
Flat_L.
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348
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Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
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