P’ |
l>r. J. H. Romig, of Anchorage, re
ceived the sade news a few weeks ago
'of the death of his father, Rev. Jo
sseph Romig, at -the advanced age of
liJO years. dte\. Roniig moved to Kan
sas about 50 .■years ago, whore he was
;a missionary among the Indians, and
Jived in the vicinity off -independence
-and Coft'eyvitie.
After having Jiafl the .matter of
serving a LNmnnth sentence delayed
■through litigation .for two years, I. J.
-Mcfsanes, proprietor of the Seattle
Hotel at Anchorage, must go to jail.
-Mr. Mclsaavs -a as in Cordova during
slast month's twin of the district
•court, -endeavoring to devise new
■(means of placating the law.
Two year- ago Mr. Mclsaacs was
•convicted of opreating a still and was
-given the jail sentence. He carried
it.he case to the circuit court of ap
.peals in San Francisco, which has just
•dismissed it.—Cordova Times.
Captain A. O. Johansen, master of
tthe S. .S. Starr, .mdt with a now e.\
jperil-nee on ti recent voyage to the
-westward, when he was called upon to
perform a-■veddhig ceremony on the
.thigh seas The young couple united
lay the captain ware Miss Lena Efick
. son and Eli MeMtroken, both resi
• dents of-CHignlk. Mr. Metroken is an
lisland.fox farpier, and the bride is the
• daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. Erickson,
swell known residents of Chignik.
At Leadhell, California, near the
(famous Death .Valley, has sprung up
• one of fhe greatest boom mining
tcamps in years, and out of it
• conies a newspaper edited and man
aaged by an oldtime Alaska newspaper
•man. .Bernard JVJ. -Stone, w>ho has
.scribbled Aladkan news in many
. towns of the -North, is editor and
managed of the Leadfield Chronicle, a
■ newspaper dedicated to the interests
«uf the lead -ruining industry in Inyo
■•county. The Western Lead Mines
■•Company bribe leading concern there
..ami owns the largest number of
•claims, with ore running as high as
$50 per ton, it is stated. This large
•concern is actively managed by Scotty
-Allen, world famous dog musher of
INfome, who raled eight times in the
■great sweepstakes ‘and who, in 1015,
took 440 Alaskan-dogs to France to
Jbe used in .hauling supplies to the I
Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges.
front during the world war. Jake
| Berger, well known old sourdough, is
vice president of the Western Lead
Mines. H. F. Barry, another well
known Alaskan, is secretary-treasurer
of the Leadfield Carbonate Mines
. Company. The Leadfield Metals, an
other company in the field, is man
aged by W. G. Tanner, a former
Alaskan. William Maloney, former
territorial mine inspector, is also in
that disti'ict and has declaed it one of
the greatest finds in fifty years.
Victor Kleinschmidt, one of the
pioneer mining operators of the Fair
banks district, is dead, his charred re
mains having been discovered in the
ruins of his cabin on the Niggerhead
Association, near (lines, recently.
Death was due to suffocation from a
fire started by himself, with suicidal
intent, was the verdict of the coro
ner's jury which investigated the af
fair. John J. Anderson, one of the
witnesses, testified that he was com
ing from the Chatanika river when he
noticed smoke coming from Klein
schmidt's cabin. He went to the door,
but finding it impossible to see* into
the cabin he rushed to the boiler j
house, where he supposed Klein-!
schmidt, Michael Dempsey und John |
Duran,d who ihad been working the
ground, could be found. The boiler
house was deserted, and be rushed
back to the cabin, where he was joined
by Durand and others who had seer,
the smoke. They partially subdued
the flames, and were able to see
Kleinschmidt lying on the floor, al- ‘
ready partially .dismembered by the
fire. The flames again broke forth, i
and were beyond control, making re
moval of the body impossible. Inves
tigation later disclosed two gasoline
containers, used in filling a lamp,
lying near the body. These had al
ways been left outside the cabin, and
it was therefore supposed that Klein
schmidt had saturated his clothing
with gasoline and set file to himself.
Kleinschmidt was an early arrival
in Alaska, having resided in Valdez
and other coast towns prior to going
to Fairbanks in the very early days of
the gold rush. He was engaged in the
laundry business in Valdez, and en
tered tiie same business in Fairbanks;
when he first arrived there. He later
entered mining, first locating on Fair-j
banks creek. When Dome came into
prominence as a producer, he was
successful in staking associations on :
the Flats, retaining "large interests in
the Niggerhead and other associations j
which proved good producers. Roy
alties from his holdings gave him a ■
stake, but this was lost in subsequent
—
—
KENNEDY BROTHERS
f*- ©. Bax, 1698, Anchorage, Alaska
I ——————
\ Complete Line of Gents’ Furnishings
Pancel Post Packages •Given Prompt Attention.
Our Specialty.
Suit Cases Trunks Suits Shoes
i
Everything for the Traveler and Miner
McGrath Roadhouse i
Where Trails and Rivers Meet. j
You Are Cordially Welcomed
and Heartily Greeted.
Stewart & White - - Props, j
!
_ 1-'J- -TL'--M._g . J,-IL[-.g.
years through‘ personal working of
the ground. lie died virtually poor,
save for his properties.
A. Z. Watson, an oldtimer of the
Nome district, where he mined many
years, is reported to have diet! in
Riverside, Illinois. Mr. Watson had
been making trips to Nome each sum
mer during the past score of years.
Baranof and Chicagof islands will
be stocked with beaver this year, and
a call for bids for furnishing the.
Alaska game commission with the
animals has been made, according to
announcement made in Juneau re
cently. Delivery of the animals is to
be eornple ( ton or before August <f>.
The stocking of islands with ani
mals is made possible by a fund pro
vided by the 192b Territorial Legisla
ture.
Last year Afognak and Kodiak
islands were Stocked with beaver, and
at that time calls for bids for stock
ing Baranof and Chicagof islands
were made, but as then it was too late
in the season for the trappers to sue- '
cessfully carry on the work the calls
were postponed until this year. It is
expected that after completing the ,
stocking of the islands with beaver a
program for the storking of muskrat
and other fur-bearing animals will he .
carried out. *
There has been more fur taken out
fro mthe Kenai peninsula district the
past winter than has ever been re
called by most of the oldtimers of )
that district. The reason for this is t
said to have haen the scarcity of snow i
and the exceptionally .fine winter cli- [
mate, which permitted the majority of;
all the rivers and streams to.remain]
wide open. It is stated that over 200 :
mink, 200 lynx, besides hundreds of j
other furs, including otter, fox and
ermine, were trapped in the region.
.Seattle.—George D. Schofield, of
Nome, said:
“The outstanding opportunity for
Seattle is -to establish a tin smelter
and hecome the tin market of the 1
world. Raw products can be brought ,
from-China and Alaska, when iwe get
our lode mining operations started in
the York district, LOO miles north of
Nome. I am in touch with Lord As
quith of London, and he will probably
send an expert to survey the York i
lodes this year. We shall need a mill
for crushing preparations and eoncen- i’
trations. The only tin smelters now .
are located at Singapore, Perthamboy, :
N. J., and one in Wales.
OFFERS STO.OffU REWARD FOR
CONV ICTION OF ATTACKERS |
San Francisco, 'July S.The San i
Francisco Industrial Association yes-!
terday offered $ 10,000 reward.for the j'
arrest and conviction of the attackers i
of John Coynton, .American-plan j
moulder, who was shot down earlier |
in the day while walking to work in’
what was the only recent outbreak in j
the moulders’ war.
—
INDICTED IN CONNECTION
MORRISON WILL ROW
San Francisco, July 8.—Four per- ;
sons have been indicted in connection j
with the Morrison will row, according \
to reports yesterday. They include.
Marion Scott, the nurse, and three!
others., Morrison was poisoned while j
in the hospital, the nurse intimated in
a confession.
SAYS CRIMME WAVE RAN
RAMPANT DURING PROHIBI
TION IN WESTERN CANADA
Washington.—Francis William Rus- j
sell, of Winnipeg, president of the!
Manitoba Moderation League, told;
the Senate Liquor Committee today
that Western Canada “never had
such a crime wave as we had in the
lost two years of prohibition. Thank
God, we are rid of crime at present. 1
It went out with the bootleggers and
rum-runners.”
Russell said Winnipeg was voted
dry in 1916 by 10,000, but 23,000 were
against prohibition in 1923 when an
other vote was taken. “Seventy per
cent of the women voted against pro
hibition in 1923 because they wanted
| Laundry j
* Front Street, Tokotna I
| Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop. J,
J _ I
to save their families.” He declared
the present government control of
liuor has resulted in an additional
$3,000,000 of revenue to the province,
instead of, like in the .United States,
more.than that amount is paid out in
trying to stop crime caused through
enforcement of an unpopular law.
NEW YORK SUBWAY
EMPLOYES ON STRIKE
New York, July 8.—.Rioting and
warfare accompanied the strike of
subway employes here yesterday.
Trains ran on all lines without ap
parent schedule, and transportation
was carried on without any accidents
to marr the day. All trains were
packed to capacity. The morale was
low, but the police prevented injuries
to passengers.
MUTCHLER
MEAT CO.
Pork Beef
Reindeer
Mutton
PICKLED TONGUE
PIGS’ FEET
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE
in Variety
PORK SAUSAGE
HEAD CHEESE
Anyone desiring 'Meats can
place their .order ■, with Jack
Mutch ler, •’who- wilt see’that: it
is brought uji by small boat as
soon as. possible . ‘
NOTR E TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Napamute,
'Kuskokwim Precinct, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, before
George W. Hoffman United States
Commissioner-’, and ex-officio Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter .of th Estate of
Thomas Anderson, decease.
Notice is hereby given that, the un
desrsigned has been apnainted admin
istrator of the Estate of Thomas An
derson, deceased.
All persons.having claims against
said estate are required to .present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the undersigned,
at the United .States Commissioner’s
Office, Napamute, Alaska, within six
j (6) months from the- date of this no -
tice.
Dated Napamute, Alaska, June 17.
1926.
H. M. HANSEN,
Administrator.
McLean
Roadhouse
’ And -Restaurant
Now Open fo-r
Service.
j Best of Everything j
in. Season. -I
Meals $1.$0
!
j Mrs. J. H. McLean j
Proprietor ‘j
I
Larson Roadhouse
Takotna’s Up-to-Date. Hostelry
New Dog Houses.
i
i Mrs. W. H. Jones
Manager
- f
if
si
■ i
i
J
Northern Commercial I
Company
TAKOTNA
TWO STORES
McGRATH
\
Send In Your Orders Now.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Apples Oranges Grape Fruit
Lemons Onions Garlic
Potatoes New Ham and Bacon Eggs j
Pickled Pork Spare Ribs
Corned Beef
Building Supplies ' Tents Tarps
Clothing Dry Goods Drugs
Everything the Miner Meeds