V-.4SMAIL FOR ALASKA |
A NEAR POSSIBILITY
SE ATTLK:- On the heels of the
>liin for u S’eattle-Alaska airplane
passenger service, air mail possibili
ties developed Postmaster Perkins
hei*e revealed that since early last
summer he has been checking pros^
ntiits for such service, and says he is
convinced it would pay within six
ninths
The postmaster’s interest began
when promoters approached him, urg
ng hat he recommend such a line..
They wished to hid for the contract.
Perkins made an investigation, being
unwilling to recommend the project
mtii he was convinced that fog along
he inside passage would not endan
:r the schedules.
Perkins revealed, that, an average
of'l,7Qft pounds of first, class mail.
. ;>es north on each steamer, with
1,100 pounds-coming south. He fig
ured that. X per cent of this should go
by* air mail, which would,give a total
of'130 rounds. That.would t>e a pay,
loiid Perkins favors three round
trips weekly, which would require
three seapli.ne.es- capable of carrying
passengers.. He envisions a If)-hour
schedule with stops at Vancouver,
Ketchikan-) Wrangell and Prince Ru
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vfcw REGULATIONS PRO
W >SEt> .BY: GAME1 COMMISSION
CORDOV:• Proposed changes in
Al&ska game laws'were announced-by
Dr. \V. H. Chase, who was named
chairman of the Alaska Game Com
mission at the recent meeting in Ju
n-.'hu..
Proposed changes - include permit
tiitg’ persons to take live wild fur
bearers during the open season and
to'retain them during the closed sea
son for propagation purposes. The
dosed season on caribou would be
udished north of the Arctic Circle
and would . permit resident Alaska
farmers to icill Kodiak bear which at
tack stock...
A game preserve would be estab
lished on the Eyak watershed and
.Timk trapping' would be restricted to.
January.
The Commission requests Federal
and Territorial aid in combating the
menace ot predatory animals which
are sweeping :over the country de
stro i.rg.g.ini*1 and wild life.
A requesst has been received for j
information concerning the where-1
abouts of Fred Neumann. He was |
ids.-.heard.of it Chatanika about' two:
ytars ago. He is a baker by trde.i
Any information about Mr. Neumann,
should" be sent to the Governor’s office
at;Juneau, Alaska. .
Alaska Notes ]
Gathered From Territorial |
| Buhamw. S
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A, fire which Charles Samson be
lieves started from a cigarete caused
damages which he estimates at $2,000 .
in the Mocha building at Fairbanks,
a few days ago.. The, blaze ignited irv
a bedroom on the second floor of the
building and the fire fighters were
able to confine it to hat floor.
Fire which for a time threatened to,
spread throughout therentire building
broke out in the Federal courth house
at Fairbanks a few days.ago, and was
placed, under control only after a long
and hard fight. It.was caused either
hy a, spark or by xinders which had
become lodged. between the boiler
house, and eour: -house walls, and
when discovered by Chief Jailer P. S.
Petejsons already. bad .a good start, i
Damage was estimated at between
S1.,500 and $2,000, and was confined
largely to the judge’s-chambers. A
grea many law books were ruined by
water. Water also; did some- damage
in the marshal’s private office
Traces of old- -.Eskimo.. civilizs'.
far richer than those of today
found during the summer on t ~
islands near the Alaska coast in !»■
iag Sea. by Harry .B. JCoilins,.etinu. ..
gist and archaeologist for the Smith-;
sonian Institution, revealed on his rer
turn to the States from the Arctic.
Ancient villages, more pretentious.]
than today’s setlements; long houses
made of driftwood, andof .whalebone;
bone and ivory carvings of exquisite,
design, and highly, decorated utensils,
and also weapons, were uncovered by 1
Collins on St. Lawrence and Sledge,
Islands. Collins said: “It is prob-.|
Russian civilization, I would say from i
300 to 800 years-old.” While affilia-i
tion of that early Eskimo and his,,
origin have not been determined, he]
said here is a close resemblance in
the carving implements and physical
characteristics of frozen bodies and.i
of skeletons to the Asiatic. Thatdoes
not prove they came from Siberia,
and the Asiatic may.: nave migrated j
from Alaska in the beginning. “We
actually found houses 16- feet below
habitations of this generation and,six I
feet below sea level, and buried in.|
| the silt and sweepings were bits of j
carved bone and ivory.- Some of the-)
bodies of the ancient people were i
! rather well preserved in the dee,” Col-|
lins said.
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f Fire which broke out in. the Fifth
1 Avenue Theater in Skagway during a .
i free picture show preceding a Demo-;
cratic rally, foried the spectators into;
the street in the midst of a heavy j
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McGrath Roadhouse
Where Trails and. Rivers Meet
£ou Are Cordially Welcomed.!
and Heartily Greeted.- i
. Wra. Kruhm -- -- Proprietor j
KERNEBY BROTHERS
F." O. Box; r| 008, Ancborage, Alaska
Eiderdown Robes
WE arcAgaite for Wood’s Canadian Eiderdown ltohea. Non* better, -
We have thewra all sines, the largest being 90x90, the next being
78x90, and 72x84, ind smaller »€ dtsred. /
Complete Line of Gents' Furnishings
snowstomr. A film caught fire, de
, stroying the projecting machine and
i damaging the furnishings of the the
' ater. The: crowd escaped without any
sign of a panic.
The prosecution of Hellen’s. phar
macy and George Brothers’ Grocery
store ended abruptly at Juneau a few
. days ago, when he grand jury re
turned not a true bill in both cases.
: embers of the two firms were ac
cused of violating the national prohi
bition act by selling various tonics
alleged by the prohibition officers to
1 contain more than the legal one-half
of one per cent alcohol. The articles
sold in each case were such as are
carried generally in . drug, and. gro
cery stores, are manufactured under
government permit and.-a re sold by
jobbers to the trade, in .the way all
drugs and groceries ace,distributed.
The fae of J. W. Guunemeyer, first
class radio operatnrimfc?. the wireless
station at Milj.,14* nearvGordova, who
disappeared while hunting, was solved,
recently when his body-iwas found by
a party of duck hunters. He. had
drowned... The presumption is that he.
cl'nped .in. crossing o -.•slough j and
vas carried away by the tide. The.
•iy was sen to Bremerton.
nhn.Krieger, after .asarisit of sev
days at. his former Tcistoi head-i.
..rters, returned here. TUifciday..
Charlie C’Halloraa, -., briirg-i-ng, tha
outgoing mail, arrived Thursday, con
tinuing on his way.oa Friday.,.
Mrs. Louise Livenhagen aad John.
Repo, with he latter’s team, were
Thursday visitors, returning to. Ophir
on Friday.
Dick Stevenson; after a couple of
days in .town, returned Thursday , to
Ophir. .... i
Del Thompson, am# team, ’returned]
Wednesday after, a-stay of some day*]
at Ganes creekr'
.. Margaret Wmtringham, the- Eng
lish M:. P., who'has come to..America;
to investigate • prohibition,l.-taid, -.to a i
New Yark reporter:
“Yotrr prohibition stories:ace aboiit
as truthful asithe story of the miner's
prosperity. . The miner- in this. storja?
Mrs. Wintringham. continued, “re
turned from work one Saturday night
and drew a big roll of bills from .his \
pocket.
“ ‘How much dor ye;, want this week„j
Sal?’, he asked his. wife genially.
“‘Gracious goodness,.Jack, give us
a chance,’ she remonstrated; ‘I ain’t
hardly got started. In .on, last. week’s
yet.’ ”
Hysteria .Rebuked. ..
' The hysterical sympathy shown for
l murderers led Judge Morris Soper to
say at .a dinner in Baltimore:
“A young woman, in love with a
: poor young; man, had killed her rich ;
husband and cut up his remains with
a hatchet. As there could be no i
uoubt about the woman’s guilt, her!
lawyer tried to get her off by the use j
of the sentimental sop.
“ ‘My responsibility in this case is j
heart-rending,’ he said to thejury in
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
MeGratH, Alaska
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i DuRand’s |
1 Hotel
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i Flat City *
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' a tearful voice. 'This lovely spring j
morning,*as I motored in to the office,
; birds were singing in every tree, the
green meadows were bright with #ild
I flowers, the brooks gurgled, the fruit
! trees were in blossom, and I said to
myself:
“ ‘My poor client, locked in a cold
cell, can see none of these beauteous
things.’
‘“Neither can her husband wot she
cut up with a hatchet!’ yelled a mai^
in the back of the court.”
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. Wi Strangman, Jack Larnont,
James McHugh, J. N. Anderson,
E. Coke Hill, and all. persona
claiming by, through or under
them,, or any of them, and their
heirs,' executors; assigns and suc
cessors. in interest, greeting;
You and each of you are hereby
notified:- That during each of the
following annual labor yean, to-wit:;
the years ending July 1st, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 192&-and 1927, the under-)
signed put one hundred e dollars
($100.00) worth of work and improve
ments on. the certain places' mining,
claim on Long Creek, in the Nulato
Recording District, Territory of
Alaska,known as-Buckeye Associa
tion. %
That all of said workuand improve-'
ments were required by .law and were.;
) put upon said claim,, in compliance ‘
therewith in order to Isold the same
for each Said year and thereafter;
That during each said year and at.l'
all times thereafter the undersigned
was and -is a co-owner of each said
claim, and.if within-ninety *(90) days
after the ninety, (90) day publication
.hereof, to-wit: ninety.days after the
28th day of April;'1928? you and each
of you do not contribute to the under
signed your proportion of’-said ex
penditure for .each -said claim for
- ach said year, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
undersigned.
That the sura each of you should
contribute for each said claim for v
each said years bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars ($100.00)
as your undivided interest in each
said claim bore to the entire interest . .
in said claim, during each said year: .
ELLA A. CRANE,
Ruby, Alaska.
First pub., Sept. 22; last, Dec. 22.
Takotna
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Soft Drinks,
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Proprietor
Pete" Michels’* Roadhouse
McGRATH,. ALASKA a
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Gomes tov Service. Prices Reasonable.
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