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ANCHORAGE MAN DIES—
. A. Arm'd. 46. a mirk ran.'h
ir Kont?".:* i re cntly felh-w
ir j I - r • u "'in Th1* body was
1 .. . to ,'i Vm he e the fa
re* ‘ « -re w e o* darted. Mr.
A* ■ id ; rrserlv • eslded in Anch r
ay. a d en/ar "in h ca'nt and
v. -' v-pcr b -'r . • r :h. firm
> . c.f Lanritx and A n Id. Seven
ryo he s d J on: vr- int'rest
a-: went to Montana. Mr Arnold
v.; > n at Qrfney. Til. Surviving
: r ’ -- widow of Montana, a sister
r‘ Oafe-cy and another sister in New
Y rk.
■=r REPORT—
T'he body of Lawren-e DeWitt. of
Sir - i. who was reported to have lost
V‘ ' ir. the C opper Riv.-r last June,
r been recovered 3t last re
p -•« according to Cha: 1 s H. Pe
W* *. who wT'te the X'.ws-Miner from
So- A pr?v as report was to.
th effect the body had been tour-d
tv. h a bullet hole in the head. Charles
DeWitt, in his letter, asks that a
co-section be made, and ouotes a
to' cram he received from C. 1. Todd.
V. S. marshal at Ya‘ iez. The mes
say reads: “Lawrence left home
and failed to return. His tracks were
traced to the river but the body was
rot found. The commissioner was
r: o-1 d cusrdian ,-.f the estc*e and
fr-> The estate csr.ro* h tthod
f- • ■-■ven rears unless the body is. :
fr -1"
DC* FEED SCARCE—
A shortage of dried salmon for dog
ft hr? taken the humor out of the .
r -’•'-p-ous vbes about “a fish wheel
or * * Yukon’' Any fish wheel op- ,
er '.r with a ffir ca*ch this season ;
i - -n a position * at' e a tidy stun. ,
Dried salmon is n w ll'-jr in Fair
banks for 12ti cents a pound, and the
soprly is limited. I ast winter the
priee was 10 cents per pound. The
pr:e fend apnears to be n the rise,
E-'d oldtimers recall when they paid
2' -ents a pound for dog feed.
Stephen J. tYennel. who has a fish
c " '0 miles down stream from
F.-lrbsiiks on the hr-s v.. . . j
t in hi- outb u rd r~ *or boat
r -cnriv with 14 b?;-« of :t-h. each
hr e weighing ' pounds.
V oni^ pPOGRFFh-rV'G_
Progress at McX’nley P-'k on the
r w hotel has strrna=sed the wildest
h p“s of Vig-or C. Rivers, constrae
tb-n engineer. The structure is row
o ^-m cotrrJete’y and work is un
v :n the usual ouiet vein.
•-- r-T-: v—:c of colds
V~* r-*h t'T't through
‘■r“- :n filling prescriptions,
—on ■ j« able to be up md around
Due to the careful planning
- ' r-staT'mg of rutr.-ro-’t safety de
*■-' r bv Alston G. OtrCtrrsen, assis
’• "-t a- h"tect or, the hotel, from
vT--rVirct"*n. P. C . 'nlv ~-*e pc^’drut
— Ted. the* of O:fford V. Wasson.
■* iitV-r. who trinped and
-■rrrncd h‘= fride on one of the safe
ty ‘ -vi-'s. He i« now slowly recov
•‘“■g. Twenty-four meirbe-s of the
- -er set e’-te’-trured Thomas
F — r a surprise shower recent -
1- Tr Sre^cer inf-rmally announc-'
cJ v:s coming betrothal, but asked
the- -be name of the young lady be
withheld until the holiday season.
'.F.'.iN A MAILS
7 0 FT AIR LINK
S-. ttle p-'stoffice officials were ad
rently that the department
it • a.,hi fen, D. C., had called for
’i two r -rthem links of what
an.ua'. '. 71 be an air mail rout*
- w.in t . Ur.iit-d States and AN
a ska.
department will open bids
December 'b f r three-year contracts
. ; b ekiy r und trip service
\v n .'unesn and Fairbanks. Al
- -:s. by wry ->f White Horse. Y. T.
S- -‘. ice will be started within six
months.
T: v Pi st. thce Deparment is offer
a i . contracts for the 168
. :ilc io.i ir m Juneau to White
:7c;. ; r., l?2-niie rente front
t - anks. -where a num
- "-••• route s serve distant
'Jo r.n points.
Th *; mplatrd Juneau-White
t*' - -er . ice leaves open
- * ■ n the quest!, n of
• v . nrjeet’on to the United
S - - ‘ be from Juneau coast
ie or southeast from
White H r?e to the States east of
} r • . n a. Th. department's an
no rcement s*’d efforts woc’d he
made within two y rr= to establish
scrv: •- fi - Juneau or White Hcrse
the United States.
,v jtt -r . pcnting ont. tnst
s Irrrs ; ere'. stare of Alaska’s com
»-_=?es T^rurh this city, are
tV.t *he southern link
existing air mail
'? rviee? at Seattle.
71*•• S "tie groups are opposing a
movement to 1 ute the Alaska mail
‘it- ugh the renter of Canada. A
r.-■ ^ r'r line already is prepar
in'* to open mId-Can'da crviee which
■ vld serve White Horse.
The cort'ort? row caned for would
' - • v ie a connection at Juneau, in
Southeastern Ala ka. with steamers
operating to Seattle, cutting five
days off the time it now requires to
■ rrv a letter from the States to
Fairbanks.
Several air mail routes are now
-erating from Fairbanks to remote
r--r* f rhe Terrifry. These include
F*.<rv r.-.’-s to I'ont^. 514 miles, and
fr.-T- Fai’bar.'s to Bethel. 540 miles.
Tvv> rout s have been placed in the
fore'tm air mail service and there
will be a surcharge on all mail trans
ported. Postage rates will be an
r. " - I at | later date. M-lti-mo
i —it r. capacity for 10
passengers will be used.
XFORTUNATE
At- crrtr-rely snooty family decid
;: t c ur the country by trailer.
They bought a vehicle that would
give the average home an inferiority
compl x. Showers, Two bathrooms,
maid’s quarters; everything teas
tbe-e.
On- right. as they were bouncing
r’:T<r r country r-ad in leisurely
fa r; Trey suddenly found them
selves without electric current. They
tried to remedy the situation, but
their efforts were futile.
Finally, the head of the family de
cided that nothing could be done.
“It's terrible.” he sighed. “But I'm
afraid well all have to leave the
trailer—and rough it in a hotel!”
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GOVERNMENT APPROVED REPAIR STATIONS
LICENSED PILOTS • LICENSED KECHEKICS
TAXES SLOT MACHINES—
In.position of an annual license fee
; of §25 v n slot machines, effective im
. .. ately, is provided for in an or
dinance enacted at a recent meeting
-.2 the mayor and city council of
F.iirbanks. The slot machine ordin
ance which was presented by Coun
cilman W. N. Growden. chairman of
th; police committee, provides for a
yearly fee of $25 on all slot ma
cula?? and other mechanical devices,
contrivances or other forms of amuse
r ent whereby music, merchandise or
any commodity whatsoever is pro
duced, furnished or exchanged by
means of coins, tokens or other
-J liigs put in said machines by the
r uyer r operator. From the provi
ng : the ordinance, cigarette and
-r vending machines, requiring no
kill to operate, are exempted.
CHANGES WIND—
Seattle shipping men would like to
meet the Eskimo medicine man who
acted as Capt. S.T.L. Whitlam’s pilot
at Point Barrow and. according to
the Arctic skipper, changed the wind
for the motor vessel North Star, per
rr:::ing the Bureau of Indian .Affairs
carrier to reach the roadstead off
the Far North settlement and dis-!
charge 200 tons of winter supplies, j
A dispatch from Barrow said Cap- j
tain Whitlair pave the Eskimo S50 j
for his work of magic. The coast 1
guard cutter Northland was unable:
to reach Point Barrow because of!
heavy floes, but the NorthStar, with i
the aid of the Eskimo medicine man,
according to Captain Whitlanrs story i
receded in discharging all of her
Barrow cargo when a sudden change
■in the wind carried the ice off shore, i
“That Point Barrow medicine man is
wasting his time in the Arctic.” Capt.:
John Moran, veteran seafaring man
said. ‘‘If he can change the wind
with a wave of his magic wand, there
is a big job for him in almost any
harbor on the Pacific Coast. Perhaps
he could call off some winter gales ■
‘vat. cause shipping such costly de
lays.” Captain Whitlam’s ship was
homeward bound, but will make many
alls in the north on her way south.
She is expected in Seattle about De
cember 10.
FRESH STOCK
OF FINE
DOG
I SALMON
f Selling for the present at
! 12c PER LB.
As we are short of
Storage Room
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TAKOTNA
CASH STORE
A. H. TWITCHELL
Proprietor
NO NEWS
The sub reporter limped up » the
city editor.
“Well," growled the editor. “did
you get the interview ?”
The cub pointed tp a pair of black
eyes.
“Ieok!" he sighed.
The editor banged his 'desk.
“We can’t print a pair of biack
1 tjrs!” he shouted. “Where's the
story r”
Tte reporter lifted his hat and dis
| played a huge bump on his head
“Look!” he repeated.
The editor went wild.
“What K»d is that?” he hoaxed.
“We can’t print things like that.
' Didn’t you get the guy to say a few
words?”
1 he reporter wiped a bloody nose.
“Sure,” he "nodded. “But you can’t
print that either?"
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