Alaska N ews N otes
Regarding the reported lease bv
Jack McCord of the government ex
perimental farm at Kodiak island re
centiy, Mr. McCord states that tlie re
" port is true. He says, however, that
the lease signed by Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace is for the grazing land
. only. The buildings on the property,
according to government regulations,
cannot he Rased or sold- so to circum
vent this McCord has been appointed
caretaker of the property, with in
structions to submit a report once a
year during the life of the land lease,
. which is for twenty-five years, to C. C.
Georgesou, chief of the Alaska agri
cultural stations, who maintains his
headquarters at Sitka. Ten sheepmen
' from ten different states are going to
send their own herders, each with one
thousand sheep, this spring. F. W.
Hagenbaugh, president of the Wool
Growers’ Association, is associated
with McCord in the big enterprise.
A report was received in Nome re
cently thnt another new strike has
been made in the Bueklana district.
Andrew Sano, the native who made
the lirst strike on Koupuk creek, which
is a tributary of the Ruckland river, is
• the man who made the new discovery,
which is located on Howe creek, above
Koupok. Sano. it is said, notified the
natives at naiakleet of the strike, hut
cautioned them not to let the informa
tion out to white men, as the latter
•were not warned at the new strike: but
witii the true instinct of the sourdough
prospector aud miner, Tom Moore was
hot on the trail of the live dog teams of
natives leaving Dime for t’.ie new dig
gings. No definite information as to
the value of . the strike has been re
'Ceived.
One of the largest stills ever uncov
. ered in the Territory was seined re
cently by federal agents operating
from the office of Prohibition Director
Keans, near the city of Anchorage.
' The plant was in full operation at the
time of the seizure, three men being
required to handle the outfit. One
hundred gallons of moonshine whisky
was found by the officers, and "00 gal
lons of mash was on hand ready to go
into the still. It is estimated that the
daily output of the still was twentp
gallons per day. Three men, George
Moore, Eric Norberg and Isaac Berg,
. who were caught operating the still,
were arrested and brought before Com
missioner Hager at Anchorage, where
they entered a plea of guilty and were
sentenced to pay a tine of $.300 each and
to serve 90 days in jail.
Marshall, on the Yukon, and Kotze
bue, on the Arctic coast north of Sew
ard Peninsula, will have radio stations
connecting them with the Outside
world within the next few months, ac
cording to Captain C. H. Bulkhead, of
the U. S. Signal Corps, who has been
avthoriztd to proceed with the in
itallation. i
The equipment for the stations has
been assembled, ready for shipment
North. The work will he rushed, with
the intention of having the stations in
operation within two weeks after the
openrng of navigation, which means
that Marshall will be heard about
-June 16 and Kotzebue July 1.
At a recent meeting of Igloo No. 5,
Pioneers of Alaska, at Ruby, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing year. W. W. Jones, president;
Shel Wattach, vice president; D. W.
Lewis, secretary-treasurer: T. Tar.y
lind, chaplain; James McLaughlin,
Bergeant-at-arois; Noah Fisher, trustee.
A report from Ruby states that a
distressing accident occurred recently
on Long creek, when S. Walker
caught his arm in a wood saw belt,
breaking his arm iu three places. He
was rushed to Ruby, where his in
juries were attended to, and he is now
on the road to recovery.
Jack McCord, who is interested in
the Cold Bay oil fields, is authority for
the statement that the Standard Oil
Company workings at Kanatak are
progressing very satisfactorily. While
he was visiting there recently the
drillers were down 1300 feet and going
through hard rock, which they expect
ed to break through at 1500 feet, get
ting into the shale at that depth. As
soon as they get through into the shale,
where they will encounter a softer
formation, they expect to drill 30 feet
a day with,three shifts at work. The
superintendent says that when they
arrive at the softer formation, at about
1500 feet, they will drop the casing.
A report was recently brought to
Fairbanks that a gold strike had been
made on Cold creek, which is a part of
the North Fork of the Salcliaket. Five
men have been prospecting there all
winter. No details were given as to
the extent of the strike.
Joe Tremble, old-time river captain,
for years with thie N. C. Company, and
later with me White Pass & Yukon
Company fleet, at Whitehorse, and
who has been Outside for some time, is
going into harness again, having ac
cepted a position as mate with a White
Pass steamer this season.
Torn Nestor, former Nomeite and
well knowu Iditaroder, who for some
time has been in the real estate game
Order and Notice of Pri
mary Election
To lie Held On April 29, 1921
In the Office of the United States Com
missioner, at McGrath, Alaska.
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to Chap
ter .'59, Session Laws of Alaska, ap
proved May 3, 1919. entitled “An act to
provide for the holding of primary
elections in the Territory of Alaska, to
lix the manner and time of bolding the
same, to prescribe the qualifications of
candidates to be nominated at such
elections, and to designate the manner
of tiling and authenticating their ean
didacv, and for other purposes,” and in
conformity therewith,,
tt is hereby ordereu that for the pur
pose of the primary election to be held
on April 29, 1924, all of the territory in
the recording district known as Mount
McKinley Recording District, outside
of incorporated towns, is hereby divid
ed into voting precincts, in each of
which a polling place is hereby speci
fied. Said voting precincts are de
scribed and bounded as follows:
Polling places at—
Pioneer Hall at McGrath, Alaska;
Pioneer Hall at Tokotna, Alaska.
Notice is hereby given that a general
election will be held on Tuesday, April
29, 1924, for the purpose of nominating
candidates to the various political par
ties for the following offices, to-wit:
A Governor for the Territory of
Alaska;
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of Alaska;
An Attorney General for the Terri
tory of Alaska;
One member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska:
Fonr members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Territory of Alaska:
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four;
And for the purpose of electing |the
following officers, to-wit: ,
A National Committeeman for the
Democratic Party of the Territory of
Alaska;
A National Committeeman for the
Republican Party of the Territory of
Alaska;
Six Delegates and Alternates to the
Democratic National Convention;
Six Delegates and Alternates to the
Republican National Convention.
The said election will be held in the
voting precincts above named and at.
the polling places therein specified.
The said polling places will be open
between the hours of eight o’clock a. m.
and ^ o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska. March 15,
1924. W. T. Vande SPOOL.
IJ. S. Commissioner for the Mt.
McKinley Recording District,
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska
at Lone Beach, Calif., lias sold his last
subdivision lot there and announced
his retirement from active business.
He spends a great d’a! of hlr, time on
the srolf links.
Peter Romanoff, 71 years of age, add
one of Sitka’s oldest and most, respect
ed citizens, passed away recently, after
a short illness. He arrived at Sitka
from Russia in 1^84, and had resided
there since that date.
W. F. Thompson, editor cf the Fair
banks News-Miner, accompanied by
Delegate Sutherland, conferred with
President Cool idee at Washington on
March 14th on matters pertaining to
Alaska. 4
Pete Connolly, a well known old
timer of the Fairbanks section, dropped
dead while at work in the coal mine of
the Healy River corporation, a few
days ago. Death was due to apoplexy.
Max Simel1
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
£ am the principal owner of a block of ground
on Yankee creek, about, seven mites long. extend
ing from No. 1 Below Discover; down to the mouth
of . the creek .
Pay has been located all along for a distance of
about three miles from the upper end, anil pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the ground is from seven
to twenty feet. The top is ail black muck, that can
be moved freely. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
The width of the pay. for a distance of about
three miles, is from 100 to 200 feet. Crosscuting
work indicates that the ground will go from; 15
cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock. My belief
is that^the payawill average 50 cents per foot,
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water lights. The ground is prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. I also have a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought to Yankee creek with a ditch ies9
than a mile long (4.VHJ0 feet), which will give four
sluiceheads of water, with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1600 feet to the work from the ditch.
[ After doing away with the muck. there will be
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from four to six fee. of t.irt to banuic. fiL# pay
rune mostly in the bedrock of vxirphyry end ylate,
The ground is virgin, only about til,000 Having
been taken out by windlass io proepectsng.
j'respecting work during the present winter aas
resulted in finding value* that run up to *1 per
square foot of bedrock
The Flume Dredge Company bae st dredge above
this ground, which lias been in operation for tbe
last three seasons.
The Government road croesee Yankee creek. 1
also have a road down the creek that connect# with
the Government road.
am also the agent for owners of ground ether
than that held by myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydraulicing.
_ will either sell the ground or give a lease on
it. Tf the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A good bargain
will be given to the right party.
For further information, terms, etc , call on
ground, or write or telegraph me.
CD NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska
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