cSifeska Notes.
Gathered From Territorial^
Exchange*.
Sthationing of, a^.tr a ined. alie mst at
Wprningside to have complete charge
•>£ the Alaska jnsang in custody there
is*£ontemplated by the Department of
Ulterior within the near future, ac
cording to announcement made by
Governor George A. Parks. Funds to
be used for the work were included in
the second deficiency hill..
This.action is the result of. confer -
»nccs between Secretary West of the
Interior, Department, Representative
Crampton of the House committee on
appropriations. Governor Parks, and
representatives of the. public health!
health service. The-governor placed
the whole subject of the case of the|
Alaska insane before those officials,
including the matter of breaking up
the present system of doing this work
by contract at privately owned estab
lishments.
The governor's representations had
two concrete results. The first, was
the decision of the federal .authorities
to plaeo an alienist at Morningside
sanitarium, which has another year to
run bn its existing contract. The sec
ond was. autthority for a survey of
local conditions and locations with the
view of eventually constructing an
institution in some suitable place in
Alaska in which to house and care for
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insane patents. Included in this is a
, promise of funds with which to make
the survey and prepare all necessary
plans for the buildings needed.
There is no possibility that an in
stitution can be established in Alaska
in time t.a, he put .'into operation by
next year, but the governor is hope
ful that it will be accomplished before
the end of the next, five-year: period.
*The day. is not far off when Alas
ka will be one off the big oil-produc
ing countries of tire world," according
to George Flynn, oil man for forty
years, who made Che prediction at
Juneau recently when speaking of the
Katalla field, near Cordova. He fol
lowed by explaining that the condi
tions that .constitute a-successful oil
producing area are to be found in the
Katalla region, where he is to start
actual.drilling in the spring..
In the Katalla region there are at
this time 22 wells that have been,
drilled for a period of 20 years. .Of
the number, none have turned out
“dusters” or failures. All have
brought in oil in varying quantities',
and sevtrgl are no w .sup.plyjng crude
oil in a refinery located in- the field,
and are making money for the own
ers according to-Mr. Flynn.
Speaking of the bright prospects
for rite Katalla field, Mr. Flynn said
that the oil was there. “All that is
needed is-interested-capital to develop
the field on a large scale.”
The producing stratum- in the- field,
he explained, is at a depth of approx
imately 900 feetj. which- depth, .he
added, is extremely shallow compared
to other producing areas. Oil depth -
in the Katalla field can be reached In,
about 80 days by the average outfit.
This share drilling time is .due-to the
fact that conditions are nearly per
fect for fast drilling:.
From the field the oil can be carried.;
by gravity pipe fine to steamer an
ehijrage. seven, miles, distant at a nom- i
maF cost.
Comparing the actual, producing:
conditions of the Kaialis .field to;
others, Mr. Flynn said that usually itj
was found necessary to pipe the crude!
oil. for several hundred m»l<s, t£> rail
or water transportation. At a large j
producing field in Bolivia 1300 miles1
of such line was lajd at a cost of S9,
000 per mile, and to cause the oil to
flow several score of pumping.; sta
tions are maintained. It oftentimes
.costs over ilOtfJBOO to drill .the big.
wells in the south, he explained. To
reach oil-sands depths . .off ,3J)00 ,m
5,000 feet are not uncommon* All
these costly factors are missing from
the Katalla .district,., he said.. Five
thousand dollars to $7,000 will drill
the average well in the field, after
the gear is on- the ground. Pipe fine
costs are small,, due to. short dis
tances. This, said Mr. Flynn, enables
F. G. H. SPENCER
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Takotna, Alaska
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the producer to drill a score of wells,
if need be, and deliver the crude oil
to the beach at a much less figure
I than in the south.
The funeral of Erik O. Lindblom,
; 71, the poor tailor-and gold-seeker
who made himself rich'and famous
by discovering the. vast gold deposits
at Nome, was held at^Oakland, Cal.,
a few weeks ago, according to an Oak
land paper, which says:
“Lindblom ean#e to -America from
: Sweden in 1880 and, worked as a
tailor in Butte. Mont., San Francisco
and Oakland until 1898, when he an
swered the call of gold, whisperings
in Alaska.
“His discovery, .while fiis Eskimo
companions fished, of the .precious ore
in huge uantities precipitated one of
the greatest gold stampedes in his
tory. Later he and two ’ partners,
John Brynteson and ^afet Lindebgrg,
made the discoveries on Anvil creek.
. “His finds made him a multi-mil
lionaire. He returned to California
and invested heavily in Pacific coast
and. Mexico, also retaining an interest
in some or the richest mines in Alas
ka. He owned the Claremont Hotel,
where he liyed, and. much other prop
erty.
“His first wife, Mrs. Ann Lindberg,
obtained, a divorce, granted many
years ago by Judge W. H. Waste, and
in 1907 he married Mrs. Hanna Spar
man, of Oakland.- She survives hinv
together with a daughter, Brita, and
two sons, Olof H. and,Erik O. Lind- !
TJIom. Jr.”
Mistaken'identity.
years ag oFordm eSo .oodrBF mfw
[Some years ago Ford, Firestone,
Edison , and the late John Burroughs
were touring through West Virginia,!
when a light on their machine went
out. Stopping in, the Buckingham sec-1
tion, Henry Ford went into a little
•crossroads store to get & new bulb.
“What kind of bulbs have you?”
asked Ford., •
Hibson.” replied, the pterchant.
“I’ll take one,” said Ford., adding:;
“You might be interested to.kn.ow (that
Mr. Edison is outside in my car now.”;
>' “Yeah?” remarked the merchant.
When the bulb was installed it was
found that a. tire was flat. Knowing'
that he could not get the' tire repaired j
there, Ford went back into the store,
and inquired .what kind of tires, the 1
merchant carried- “Firestone,” was!
the reply.
After buying one of the proper size
Ford remarked: “By the way, you
may be inteested to know that Mr. I
Fr. Firestone is also in my car, and I
am Mr. Ford—Henry Ford.’”
The merchant said nothing, but
went outside to help put on the tire.
While -this operation was going on.
Burroughs, who will be remembered
as having long white whiskers, poked
his head out of the car and said:
“Howdy!”
The- rural storekeeper looked up at
him with a-grin of sarcasm and ex
claimed: '(Now if you try to tell me
you’re Santa Claus I’ll crown you
with this wrench!”—Pathfinder.
Knew Hjs Stuff.
Defending Counsel-—You say . that
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the fence is eight feet high and that
you were standing on the ground—not
mounted on.a.ladder or anything?
Witness—V do.
Counsel (triumphantly)—Then per
haps you will explain how you, a map
little over, five feet, could see over a
fence eight feet high and w«$eh the
prisoner’s actions!
Witness (calmly)—There’s a , hole
in the fences
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Dicfc Rh*de»-f(Diasppad Dick>
may now be found in his new.
% quarters-.
Former McLean Roadhouse,
where he will, -be --pleased to
meet ail old friends and to
get. acquainted'with new ones
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