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Entered as second-class 'matter August
29th, 1923, at the Post Office at
ToKotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
'TOKOTNA, ALASKA. NOV. 1, 1924
Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial
Exchanges,
E. J. King, who is cm his way to the
, Dutside for his first trip in twenty
years, brought a report of three new
discoveries in the Koyukuk.
At the mouth of the Porcupine, he
reports, a hole recently bedrocked
showed $3.50 dirt after three thaws
had been taken out. On Smith creek,
a tributary of Nolan, Gus Miller, for
merly of the Fairbanks district, put
down a hole on their mine last winter
and uncovered bedrock averaging $1.50
to the foot. Jim Kelly, former Dawson
and Fairbanks miner, has a drill on
Slate creek, twelve miles from Cold
foot, and is said to have excellent pros
pects.
Good moDev is being taken out on
Nolan, although water has been short
.this season. About fifty-live men are
working on the Koyukuk, he reports.
. John Brandon, who came to the Cir
, cle district about thirty years ago, and
' later mined in the Fortymile, Dawson.
Fairbanks. Koyukuk and Chandalar
, districts, arrived in Fairbanks yester
.day. Mr. Brandon comes from Little
Squaw creek in the Chandalar, where
he has been mining for the last two
years.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
The 530-foot suspension bridge cross
ing the Susitna river at Curry, directly
jin the rear of the Curry Hotel, was
completed several weeks ago. The
bridge was constructed by C. H.
t
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Holmes, of the engineering: department
of the Alaska Railroad, and serves the
pui pose of opening up a scenic point,
on top of a hill approximately 2,000
feet in 'height, affording a clear and
. on bstruoted view of Mount McKinley.
! The lang span was made on the spot,
j and is constructed of selected timber,
j covered with decking, the whole being
suspended from two heavy cables
reaching from shore to shore. Heavy
wiring to a height of six feet, on both
sides, forms an admirable safeguard
for pedestrians and pack horses. Guide
lines ran from various points on the
swaying bridge to both banks on shore,
eliminating to a great extent precari
ous walking on the light structure,
which swings quite dizzily a,1 times as
one passes over.—Valdez Miner.
Bernard M. Stone, who returned
from the lower river yesterday, brings
the true details of the death of Robert
Fulkerson on Poorman creek, recently.
Fulkerson and his partner, Stanley
Coffin, were engaged in cribbing a
I shait on Poorman creek, he says, and
j were working on a platform secured by
; cables from the top of the shaft. The
I platform was about six feet from the
top of the shaft, with eighty feet of
space below it. when both men, step
ping to the same side, tipped it. Ful
kerson fell to the bottom of the shaft,
breaking his neck. Coffin held to a
rope and pulled himself up to the sur
face.
The coroner and deputy marshal left
Ruby and held an inquest over Fulker
sons body at Footman. The verdict
was accidental death. The remains
were buried at Poorman.—Fairbanks
News-Miner,
Clarence J. Hawkins, a well known
pioneer of Nome, who has been in Cali
fornia for the past few years, left re
cently for the Kobuk country with a
drilling equipment and supplies to drill
some placer mining ground in the
Kobuk country, preparatory to mining
on an extensive scale should the drill
tests prove satisfactory. He is financed
in the undertaking bv a syndicate of
California men, among whom are sev
eral former Nomeites.
A total of 178 irons, bearing: distinct
ive brands, to be used in the marking:
of blue foxes raisc-d in Alaska, have
been distributed from the office of the
Territorial Secretary. The branding
of biue foxes and the registration of
brands are required by a new law
passed by the Territorial Legislature
in 1923. All of the established farms
now have brauding irons, and only a
few of the newer farms, just starting
up. a' p urisupplied, it ts said.
idard Oil Company’s latest
pin i ioq in Alaska, a 130,000-gal
I« 11 - uting station at Kodiak, ha?
I ,1 <-< tnpleied and was recently
In business. The station com
prises four tanks. Two 20,000 gallon
tanks will contain Red Crown gasoline,
a third of similar capacity will contair
Pearl oil, and a 70,000 gallon tank will
contain engine distillate.
J. L. Waller, of Anchorage, was re
cently appointed assistant U. S. attor
ney at Anchorage to fill the vacancy
caused by the transfer of Julian Hurley
to Fairbanks as U S. attorney there.
George B. Grigsby, former delegate
to Congress from Alaska, who attendee
the democratic convention in New
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
l Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
York recently a3 a delegate from the
Territory, returned to his home in
Ketchikan a lew weeks ago accompa
nied by his bride, who was formerly
Miss Bessie Dillabaugh, formerly sec
retary to Congressman Fell, chairman
of the New York state central com
mittee. _
The plant of the Skagway Daily
Alaskan, one of the oldest newspapers
in Alaska, has been sold to W. L. Haul,
of Ketchikan.
Science and Invention.
An electric bricklaying machine has
beeD invented that lays 1,200 brieks an
hour, as comparee with 500 a day for
the average workman. The laying
wheei of the apparatus rotates, taking
two bricks from the carrier, while an
other wheel spreads mortar as the car
rier moves along the boom.
Sailors od duty with submarines in
the Japanese navv are to adopt safety
suits, resembling divers’ garh. It is
believed these suits will enable some
of the men to save themselves by open
ing the submarine and lighting their
way to the surface should the craft
meet with disaster.
To lessen delays for persons travel
ing in the subways in New York, an
automatic and instantaneous change
maker has been installed in stations.
It returns the exact amount deposited
and detects bad coins.
In forming a briar pipe, from 3S ;>
40 separate operations are made before
the job is finished and perfected. Briar
is the root of a bush which grows in
bogs in lands around the Mediter
raoean se3.
Kettles and pans made of cardboard
have been patented by a German in
ventor. The material is dipped in a
mixture containing asphalt and resin,
which makes it waterproof and acid
resisting. _____
ft Is reported that an inventor in
England has perfected a system of
sending oirer radio a sort of moving
shadow, somewhat like a motion pic
ture, although without photographic
detail. _
BeiDg the inventor of more than
twoscore devices, 33 of which have
been patented. Miss 3eula L#. Henrv.
of New York city, is called “The Lady
Edison.” _
A bed that can be folded into a table
has been invented.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
Territory of Alaska,
Fourth Division
Public notice is hereby given that
h\ virtue ot a snecial execution and
order of sale, dated October 6th, 1924,
lotted out of the District Court for tlie
Territory of Alaska. Fourth division,
on a judgment rendered in said court
on the 20th day of August, 1924, in
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Practice in all Courts.
Tokotna, Alaska
Tokotna. Alaska
favor of Patriok Savage, and against
.Jerome Warren, Julius ShafTenk and
Harry Steen, co-partners as Warren A,
Company and Golden Horn Mining
Company, a corporation, and ordering
the sale of certain property, to-wit: All
of the right, title, interest and estate of
the defendants Jerome Warren, Julius
Shafferlk aod Harrv Steen, tndiviuu
ally and as co partners, as owned and
claimed bv them and each of them on
the 19tb day of April, 1923, in and to
the following described lode claims, to
wit: Gold Horn, Muriel, North Star.
Divide, Victor and Comstock, each and
all of said lode claims being comigu
ousiy situated and lying and being be
tween Slate creek and 13lack creek, on
the left limit of Ot ter creek, in Otter
precinct, Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, together with all mineral-bear
ing earth, rock and gravel situated in
and upon said lode claims, and the ma
chinery and equipment owned by tbe
said defendants on the said property,
and which said interests of the said de
fendants were thereafter transferred to
the defendants’ Golden Horn Mining
Company, a corporation; and that I
will, accordingly, offer said real estate
and machinery and equipment for sale
at public auction, to tbe highest bidder,
for cash, on the 15th day of November.
1924. at two o’clock in the afternoon of
said dav, at the front door of the
United States Marshal’s Office, in Flat,
Alaska
Dated Flat, Alaska, October 6th, 1924.
Gilbert 13. Stevens,
United States Marshal.
By W. W. Estes, Deputy.
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Blackburn
Sc Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
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