! Alaska Notes
> Gleanings From Territorial !
ij Exchanges. >
Fift.V per cent of ihe license moneys
collected under the new Alaska game
law, approved January 13, goes into the
school fund and the other 50 yer cent
into the U. S. treasury. The law pro
ides the following schedule of license
Non-resident hunting license, big
game, $50; small game. SI0 Resident,
shipping and returm 31 for each tro
; !>by Resident, removing from Terri
tory, $5 for each big game trophy.
Registered ■ guide, *10. Alien, spe
Cial, SrlOC.
Fur farm, $f.
Resident hunting ami trapping, $2
for each hunting and trappidg.
Fur Dealers—Resident of Territory,
310; non-resident - but a U. o. citizen,
3:150’ aliens, $500. Resident agent of
alien, 510 non resident of alien but a
U. S. citizen, $250
There are now u uual of 212 fur
* farms in operation in Alaska.
Both blue and silver foxes are being
reared, and on-aotne of the smaller fur
>■ farms attempts are also being mede to
propagate such smaller fur bearers as
the mink, marten, muskrat and beaver.
All but one of the ten islands lying
oil the southern coast of the Territory
have been released to the present hold
ers for a term of three years, at the
same rental as heretofore.
Of the total number of fox farms, 119
are on islands in Southeastern Alaskr,
11 in the Prince William Sound region,
14 in the Kodiak-A fognak region, 13 on
t he islands off the coast of Alaska Pef
ninsula, 9 in the Cook Inlet region, aud
26 on islands withiu the Aleutian
» Islands reservation.
The Department of the Interior has
announced the release of the more than
1.500.000 acres tract recently set aside
on Glacier Bay for a site fcr a national
monument. The area includes nearly
20.000 acres of land previously surveyed
sor its potential agricultural value,
which tact moused numerous protests
against making it unavailable for set
tlement. As a result of the decision to
abandon the project the property was
opened for entry for a period of 91
days, commencing Aptil 30.
Reliable reports say the United
States Smelting, Relining & Mining
Company has acquired the Hammon
Consolidated Goldfields Company, of
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks n
Mi id-Cure* Ham
and Becon
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50o
Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
<■ i ■jniiMiiiiiw—>iiii i ii 11 ii liiiiniii mumm
Nome, where the latter C' mpimy oper
* ales three of the largest, gold dredges
in the Territory The deal is «a>d to
j include all the Hammon Company hold
ings at Nome, as well as valuable equi
ties in the Fairbanks district.
Twenty bottles of whiskey carefully
concealed in a floor cache were respon
sible for the arrest a few t!a,\s ago in
Cordova of Mrs. Fred Faust, better
known as Vera Kline. She wag lined
■$400 by the United State- u i — inner
on a charge of bavin. x a ing
liquor in her possession. i hiskey
was tested and found i tn o i xutmir
lv low quality, containing formic acid,
which is injurious to the s omach. The
bottles had been hidden underneath
the floor boards, which were then cov
ered with felt paper, linoleum and a
rug. A couch had then been placed
over the cache.
Robert Boyd Zehner. aged 54 years,
dropped dead while at work in the
lodge room of the Masons in Los An
geles, a few weeks ago, heart failure
hi ing the cause. Mr. Zehner was a
pioneer of Nome, where he was en
gaged in f he jewt-1.y business for mam
years. Upon leaving Alaska Mr. and
Mrs. Zehmr located in Los Angeles,
where Mr Zehner gained tine linancial
success in the reat estate business.
Steamship men predict iliat tiie com
ing open season will witness another
vast influx of tourists into the Terri
tory. It is said that all previous rec
ords for tourist travel will be broken.
It was recently announced that the ac- ;
commodations on all Alaska boats are j
reserved until late in August.
Plans are being formulated to place
twelve head of elk ftom Montana on
Kenai peninsula, where it is believed
tbe animals will thrive and stock the
peninsula with that varsetv of game
animal. The elk are expected to ar
rive during the present month.
Forty-five children and the matrons
and workers of the Baptist Orphanage
at Kodiak were left almost without
shelter during the fiist. days of last
month as the result of a disastrous tire
which destroyed the two main build
ings.
The Pioneers’ Home at Sitka is bad
1? overcrowded and a new wing is
needed, accot ping to . report to the
Territorial legislaruit by Superintend
ent T. Kittleson.
It is reported from the Koyukuk
country that the United States Smelt
ing A Refining Company is considering
entering that field during tbe coming
summer.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
“So ye begaun to Pave us, passim,” j
said ao old lady to a vicar.
“Yes. Sarah,” he replied, “I’m ppt
(inis' no io years, acd they cannot hem
me at the end of the church.”
“Hear’e! Sure, (hat don’t matter no
long as we oan see’e' And, you kao ?,
passun, ’tain’t the pigs that squeals the |
loudest makes (he bp-t bacon,”
The tourist in Scotland met a tall,
comely young woman, who walked
barefooted Surprised, the traveler
Stopped and inquirt ,1;
“Do all I he people about here go
i barefoot?”
“Some of them do,” she said, “and
j the rest of them mind their >wn busi
ness.”
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“Do you think the climate where
you are going will agree with your
wife?”
“It wouldn’t dare do otherwise.”
the
Tokotna
Candies
, Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Eleino
Proprietor
Are You Going to Build?
vVo have in stock lumber of all kind.?, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as liostic and Shiplap, 4 and b-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Poor Casing, Window and Door Stopping,
ioat Lumber of all kinds.
and if you are goioj? to build a sled, call on ut. We have the
best, hickory in Alaska.
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$1 Per Month
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
I am the principal owner of a-block of grounc
on Yankee creek, about seven mnefi loag, extend
ing; from No. i Below Discovery dowa So the mouth
of the creek.
Pay lias b< en located all along for a distance of
about three tout s from the upper ead. and prettv
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the pro and Is from seven
to twenty feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved free'-.’. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
The width of t he pay. for a distance of about j
three miles, ^is from IOC to 20?: feet. Crosacutic_
work indicates that the ground will go from 1>
cents to SI per square foot; of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 60 cents per 'cot.
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground ia prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. [ also have a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought to Yankee creek with a ditch le
than a mile long (4,IKK) feet), which will give four
slulceheads of water, with a pressure or fall of l;,i)
feet, being 1000 feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with the muck, there will be
from four to sis feet of dirt te Lanai#. The #*7
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground is virgin, only about fil.000 harieg
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work during th« present winter hat
resulted in Ending ralues that rue up to tl per
square foot of bedrock.
The Plutae Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground) which ha* been in operation for the
last three seasons.
The Government road erosae* Tankee creek. Y
also hare <* road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
i am also the agent for owners *1 ground .other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by bydraulieinr.
will cither sell the ground or give' a lease ew
i. If the prospect is satisfactory te the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A rood bar gals
wili be given to the right party.
For (.further information, terms, #ie., esVi ew
ground, or write or telegraph use.
ED NOLLETTE.
Tekotaa, Akutss.