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Reports from outlying districts in
dicate an exceptional fur catch this
season, says the Fairbanks News
Miner. Word both from McCarty and
the upper Chatanika, reaching Fair
banks lately, is to the effect that fox
never have been more numerous.
Mink, lynx and other bearers also are
being taken in large numbers.
The good fur condition is attrib
uted largely to an abundance of rab
bits over an exceptionally large cycle.
A scarcity of the bunnies has been
noted in some sections during late
weeks, and it is believed that the
plague again is upon them.
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Ed Forman, for years one of the :
proprietors of the Golden North Hotel
at Skagway, passed away recently in
a Seattle hospita., after an illness of
several monthsl He was one of the
pioneers of Skagway, and had many;
friends throughoutt he North.
J. J. Davis, former Ketchikan for
estry employe, indicted there in 1925
on charges of embezzlement, and who
was convicted on similar charges in
Seattle last summer, has been ordered
transferred to Ketchikan by Judge
Joseph Neterer, of the U. S. District
Court, to stand trial on the old indict
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ment. Davis has just completed a j
five-months’ sentence meted out' to
him by Judge Neterer. According to i
the testimony brought out in the
hearing at Ketchikan in 1925, Davis:
went to Ketchikan in the summer of
that year and worked at the sawmills
lor a short time, and was then given
a temporary appointment by the For
est Service to aid a field man in his
duties around Craig. lie is said to
have married a young lady in Craig
shortly after his arrival. The com
plaint on which the indictment was
drawn alleges that Davis soon won
the confidence of the people there and
that he was given approximately $1,
500 in checks by residents and co
workers to deposit or cash while on
business n Ketchikan As there is no
oank a! Craig, th's practice was a
usual i roeedure when a person of any
prominence went to Ke' •.h'lutn. The
man >?t 'Craig and never returned.
Davis was charged with absconding
with the trusted funds, along with it
his w iie’s savings, wh'eh he is alleged
to have drawn before leaving Alaska.
Five months ago the fugitive was ar
rested at Greeley, Cowado, on a Se
attle warrant charging embezzlement.
He was taken back to Seattle, where
he plead guilty before Judge Neterer,
receiving a five-months’ sentence.
x. imiujc, « luuiv in a (\ctuliAall
restaurant, and aSlly Shields are
being held at Seattle on a Mann act
charge. The Jap was arrested by De
partment of Justice officials when they
found the pair living as man and wife,
and held him over to the grand jury
in lieu of $2,500 bail. The girl is
being held as a material witness. In
ouye, married, and father of two chil
dren, left Ketchikan a short time ago,
supposedly for his native country. He
is alleged to have attempted to pur
chase a ticket for the girl in in Ket
chikan on the same boat, but officials
refused to sell hi mone. Then, accord
ing to test • ny given Commissioner
Kehoe, he gave the girl money to pur
chase a -on the next boat. When
the g'ri • ' -od her ticket to several
of he: ., her mother went to the
office of Commissioner Kehoe seeking
aid. An investigation was made, and
although the officers were certain the
girl planned to meet Inouye in Se
attle they allowed her to continue,
wiring Seattle to be on the lookout
for Inouye when the boat arrived
there, Seattle officers followed Inouye
from the boat after meeting the girl,
and arrested them when they regis
tered as man and wife.
Z. T. HafFerty has been nominated
by President Cooildge for the office of
postmaster at Kodiak.
C. S. Blankenship was recently sen
tenced by the U. S. commissioner at
Nenana to serve a term of three
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months in the federal jail at Fair
banks for selling liquor to Indians.
The sentence also carried with it a
fine of $100.
Baby boys are in high favor at the
Anchorage hospital. According to the
birth records of that institution, there
were 20 births during the year 1926,
of which 21 were boys and only 5
were girls. In 1826, out of 37 births,
there was a margin of only one in
favor of the boys. In 1924 there were
53 births ,and in 1923 the total was
65, with hoys predominating in both
years.
Officers installed by the Fairbanks
Masons recently were: Thomas B.
Wright, W. M.; Forbes L. Baker, S.
W.; Charles O. Taylor, J. W.; Robert
Lavery, Sec.; Gus Burton Erwin,
Treas.; I. H. Nordale, S. D.; Thomas
J. McCroskey, J. D.; Carl Selberg,
chaplain; Peter Stump Peterson,
tyed; Frank McDonald, marshal;
Robert Clark and Roden Davis, stew
ards.
Officers of Anchorage Igloo, No. 15,
Pioneers of Alaska, recently elected,
are: ■ R. G. Southworth, president;
Herman L. Gentsch, first vice presi
dent; G. A. Howe, Jr., second vice
president; J. W. Phillips, chaplain; H.
S. Sogn, historian; Charles L. Kemp,
secretary; I. Bayles, treasurer; M. W.
Sinclair, trustee for three years; J. J.
McDonald, sergeant-at-arms.
“Dad” Grant, discoverer of Grant
creek, on the lower Yukon, between
Tanana and Ruby, had the misfortune
recently to lose his cabin, with the
entire contents, by a fire originating
from an overheated stove.
Two mallard ducks, tagged at or
near Sitka last spring, were killed re
cently in Missouri, according to a let
ter received ' by the Alaska Game
Commission. The tags on the ducks
bore the inscription, “Sitka, Alaska,
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April 4, 1926.” The Commission has
no information relative to the tag
ging. It is prepared to furnish fur
ther details as to where the birds
were killed and by whom reported if
it is desired by the person who tagged
them. The Commission said it was
much interested in this, as the band
ing of ducks is carried on extensively
by the U. S. Bureau of Biological Sur
vey to ascertain their movements, and
all such information relative to the
movement of birds is quite valuable.
At the regular meeting of Valdez
Igloo, No. 7, Pioneers of Alaska, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President,fC. J. Todd;
first vice president, William Sanbury;
second vice president, August Hokan
son; secretary-treasurer, R. D. Kelsey;
historian, Joseph A. Burke; chaplain,
W. S. Fraser; sergeant-at-arms,
Peter Jensen; trustee, Ed Fraser;
delegates to .the Grand Igloo conven
tion, Joseph A--Burly -George Love,
A. J. Dimond.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT *
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Miles
Nenana to Tavern ... 17 ,
Tavern to Knight’s . 24
Knight’s to 19 Roadhouse .IS '
19 Roadhouse to Riffle Pole Road
house . 8
Riffle Pole Roadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to Roosevelt.. 13
Roosevet to Lake Minchumina .... 25
Lake Minchumina to Lone Star
Roadhouse . -34
Lone Star to Telida. 18
Telida to Tent Roadhouse . 10
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork. 6
Slow Fork to East Fork .22
East Fork to Nicoli ._.10*
Nicoli to Rig Riiver . 21
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath.... -26
McGrath to Tokotna . 18
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From Nenana to Tokotna . 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss’ Roadhouse.... 12
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to OpBir . 10
Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse .38
Jerry’s to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 27
Schermeyer’s to Iditarod . 116
Iditarod to Flat __ 8
From Nenana to Flat... 887
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