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.Claus H. "Pay-streak" Jonn'son
W-deiy kno-vn Alaska pioneer, d.ed
at Fairbanks January 21 following a
lingering illness. He had resided at
Lcengood the past 21 years.
vDeath came to Joe Mitchell at
Fairbanks recently following * ling
ering Alness. ■ He was 65 years of
age. A northerner since the Klon
dike days, he spent over half his life
ip the Yukon Territory and Alaska,
having come north "6 years ago. Al
though he was known all . through
this section as Joe Mitchel'i his real
name was Joseph Michaud.
. for injuries suffered in a fall oi
a wooden'' sdewalk in Anchorage,
jlra. Anna McMahill hs awarded a
verdict f $800 against the city yts
tefdsy by a jury ir the United States
^istrict court ip Anchorage. Ah tax
payers were excluded from service
(p the ground that they were inter
ested parties. The. suit is the first
61 its. kind eher instituted against
tr,e city
s Because of the discontinuance of
rpecia! service from Platinum to
Goodhews Bay, effective December
31, 1936. emergency star se-vice will
be inaugurated over this "oute
start: rt- -n the first of this year
according to ar> announcement of
the postoffme' department. The n-w
s- *vice calls for'ten round trips each
year, operating each month except
May and 'letches.’
Word 'of t-s* death at Nome of
Adolph MulTfc? o.- received in Fair
banks early in January. Muller,
prominent Kaltag trader, died of
pi >od prisoning which he is believed
to have contracted"at hi= kohio Weil
known all along £ht 1 Yukon
R.ver, Mult- ha."-esded at Kaltag
O', er a Hug period. He is survived
iy his widow. He was about 50 years
of age.
Mrs Edr.a Christofferson and Isa
dore Fix of Kougarok were married
a; the Catholic mission recently at
that tlace and then left for Fair
banks enroute to the states on their
boneymocr.. They will return in the
spring to the R-mgarok. Mr. Fix
has been a resident of Alaska for 37
years and h'.s wife has been Here for
Sve year?, having come norti tn
search for the steamship BaychimcC
drifting in the Arctic.
As the resalt of new evidence dis
covered during as undercover inves
tigation recently' into the death of
Mrs. Zeida Pilkenton at Palmer, Al
aska last October, a warrant was
sworn out charging her hhsband,
Aivah Pilkenton, with manslaughter,
District Attorney J. IV. Kehoe re
pealed in Palmer. Pilkenton was ta
ken into custody and immediately af
ter his arrest, Iff “hoe declared the
prisoner was charged with attempt
ed suicide because of jumping off
the Matanuska bridge into the icy
praters of tue stream. The accused
ha vr.n ordered to await the action
grand jury. Mrs. Pilkenton
found dead one night last fall
.with a bullet wound through her
head in her h one. A coroner's juff*
returned a verdict of suicide.’.
PROPOSED BflDGET
SET AT $4,903,600
Alaska's share of the f ederal bud
get that President Roosevelt submit
ted to Congr: ss early in January, for
the fiscal year beginning next July 1,
and ending- June 30. 1ST?, totals i
|4JNI,fU), an i crea.-, of more than ,
$500.1-00 over the pr vious year.
Some of the Alaska .r . . tt.-t
budget for the' next' fiscal year in
clude: ,i
1. Alaska Railroad, $1,1*00.000.
which is the estimated total revenue j
of the Railroad for the next Iscai •
year and which the railroad will b:
allowed to' exoend as received; a d .
in addition ?20**.000 from the federal
treasure-'
2. Mourt McKinley National Park I
$29,000. \
3. For construction of new wagon ]
roads. bridge^ and trails, $13C\l>» :
and for maintenance of other roads, 1
bridges and trails. $535,000.
4. For the Geological Surveys
work in Alaska, $50.(»00.
. 5. For flood control surveys of
Lowell Creek at Seward, $1,000.
fi. For general operations of the
Fisheries' Bureau in Alaska waters. =
7. For enforcement of gapt€ laws, i
$130,795.
ST For the -education of the na
tives. $700,000. !
9. For medical relief of the na- ;
tires.' $375,000.
10. For maintenance of the An- ;
nette Island Indian Reserve, $50.0'!-0.
11. For maintenance of the Rein
deer Service. $23,500.
12. For Territorial public Schools, 1
$50,000.
13. For care and custody of *he
insane, SlfO.VOO.
ITWITCHELL SELLS SHIPMENT
j REINDEER IN SHORT ORDER
A. H.' Twitched disposed of seven
'quarters of reindeer ■within two
i hours after they were unloaded here
i by plane ten days ago. They are
j from the Bethel and Akiak ranges
j He expects another shpment a: ar
i eariy date, if weather conditions 1
permit.
Mr. Twitchell established his pres- :
ent strTe here during the summer of
| 1934. He is net a novice in the
I merchandising game as he first
engaged in the trading ar.d merchan
dising business at Bethel in 1903
when one pound of tea would buy -
four mink skins ‘ :
C. A. Fowler. Frank Joaquin and
Mr. Twitchell were partners in the
mercan tile business for many years
since 11*04. The firm was known as
Joaquin Twitchell & Fowler. It af
terwards became a stock company
known as the K uskokwir., Commer
cial Company. Joaquin is no* in
California and is engaged in farming
near Oakland.
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