Alaska News Notes
Twenty-five men are employed on
tide Green group of copper claims near
McCarthy, doing development work
under the direction of Superintendent j
James Gaskeil.
Much activity is reported at Kenne*
cott. The capacity of the mill is being
increased one-third. A new Diesel has
been installed, and a second will soon
be ready for operation.
W. E. Dunkle, mining engineer for
the Guggenheim interests, left Sewaid
recently for the Willow creek district
V> investigate properties the magnates
have under consideration.
Ed Davis, well known old-timer of
the Fairbanks district, was found dead
ia bed at his cabin in Graehl. recently.
He had been failing for several years
and of late had become very feeble.
Work on the Jualin property of the
Alaska Jualir, Mines Company will be
resumed at an early date, according to
a statement recently made by Jean
Vanophem, president of the company
at Juneau.
The property of the Fish Creek Min
ing Company, on Fish creek, near
Hyder, has been purchased by the
American Mining and Milling Com
pany, of Vancouver. The deal is of
exceptional importance in that it in
volves the most thoroughly developed
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property on the Alaskan side of the
line, which is taken over as a going
concern, with a large amount of shij>
ping ore on the dump,
At the Presbyterian mission on the
roost northerly point of I V it Harrow,
a daughter, Helen Eliz :>eth, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. James Nicbols. Mr.
Nichola is in charge of the school at
Point Barrow.
W. T, Pinkerton, an old timer of the
North and a resident of Fairbanks for
several years past, where he has beer
engaged in the coal and transfer busi
ness, has been named bv President
Harding as Postmaster at Fairbanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Miller have pur
chased the Dunbar roadhouse, former
ly conducted in conjunction with stage
lines, and will reopen it to the
traveling public, making Dunbar sta
tion the railroad point of junction
On the occasion of his recent visit u
Anchorage, Major General Morton in
formed the chamber of commerce that
be had heard Anchorage desc ibed as n
“wide open ’town, and that he would
require a more strict observance of the
drv law in case of the establishment ol
a military post close to the town.
John Sunslet, of Petersburg, was
burned to death in his cabin at thul
place recently through starting a lire
iu his cook stove by pouring kerosene
on live coals. He bad just gotten on!
of bed and was attired in thin cottor
underclothing, which burned entirely
off him when the explosion occurred
Fred Hauselmun a well known minet
and prospector of the Kantishna re
gion, where lie has lived for a numhei
of years, was brought before the com
missioner at Nenana recently and a
jury, and was adjudged insane. The
Marshal’s Sale.
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out of the District Court for t lit
Fourth division, Territory of Alaska,
in an action where in Robert Lockwood
was plaintiff and Tuluksak Gold Min
ing Company, a corporation, was de
fendant, upon a judgment rendered on
the 3rd day of July, 1922, iu favor of
said plaintiff and against said defend
ant, for the sum of two thousand 01
hundred eighty-five dollars ($2,185.00)
current lawful money of the United
States of America, with interest at ttu
rate of 8 per cent per annum, costs, and
increased costs, I did, on the 2nd day
of September, 1922, levy upon all the
right, title, claim, and interest of said
defendant in and i the following de
scribed real property, to-wiu That
certain placer mining claim known and
described as “Spruce Creek Associa
tion”, and also that certain placer turn
ing claim known und described as t.h«
“Minnie Claim”, both said claims being
situate on Spruce creek, a tributary ol
Bear creek, Bethel -eve"ding precinct.
Fourth judicial division. Alaska; and
also that certain ditch and water right
known and described as the Spruei
□reek Ditch and Water Right, ste
el itch extending from the head of Lit tit
Bonanza creek, a tributary of Ber
creek, to a point on Spruce creek, as
aforesaid, near the lower end of s • >
Spruce Creek Association Placer M
ing Claim, together with all vested
rights to divert the waters of said Lit
tle Bonanza creek into said ditch.
And I did, on the 3rd day of Septem
ber, 1922, luvy upon all the right, title,
claim, and interest of th said defe* d
ant in and to the following described
real property, to wit: That certain
placer mining claim known and tie
scribed as the “Little Bonanza Assoc.a
lion", situate on Little Bonanza creek,
a tributary of Bear creek aforesaid.
Notice is hereby given that 1 will, on
the 15th day of December, 1922, at. 10
a’clock a. m. of said day. at the office ■ >!
the United States Marshal, in the town
:>f Flat, Alaska, sell at public auction,
for current lawful money of the Uniled
States of America, all the right, ut'e.
claim, and interest of said defendant in
ind to the above described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
;o satisfy 3aid judgment, with interest
ind costs, and increased costs, to the
lighest bidder.
Dated this 27th dav of September,
I). 1922, at Flat, Alaska
GiLBEKT B. Stevens,
United States Marshal,
By James A. Davidson,
Special Deputy Marshal.
unfortunate man harbors the delusion
that the Guggenheims and the Jews
are in league against him and the gov
ernment to rob the Kantishna country
of its mineral wealth.
A fjood story is being told on “Judge”
itowe, veteran of the Alaskan Ei gi
neering Commission forces wno made
a trip over the line last spring making
out income lax blanks for the railroad
worker:,. The Judge lias-done this for
several years ana is an expert in figur
ing incomes. His w< rk this Year was
up to the usual standard, except that
he forgot all about his own income and
bad to pay a penalty for his neglect.
Upon arrival at Juneau recently, !
after his trip to the interior, Maj ■*•
General Charles G. Morton, command
ing officer of tHe Aiuth corps area,
made definite aaoouot nenf t ?; aiding
plans for the disposition of Federal sol
diers in Alaska. The meu are to be
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stationed at Fort William H. Seward
and Anchorage, and these will be the
only two oosts in the Territory. For
the present, however, quarters at An
chorage are insufficient to accommo
date an increased personnel, and troops
transferred from Gibbon and St. Mi
chael are being cared for temporarily
at Fort Seward. There is no assurance
when the Anchorage post will be bnilt,,
as no funds are at present available for
that purpose. Detachments of troops
are to be assigned to other places, one
of which will be Nenana.
The inventor of the ukulele has just
died in Hawaii. As ne reached the
age of almost eighty, he seems nearly
to have lived down his crime. — Man
chester Union
A reformer asks what is the most
significant thing about our code of
morals. Speaking offhand, we should
s iv its elasticity.—Wall Street Journal.
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