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Anna Klukhik, 22, cook at the Kan
takanak orphanage, Bethel, died in
the hospital at Dillingham on Sun
day, December 22, as a result of burns
deceived in a gasoline explosion in the
•orphanage at fi o’clock the morning
before.
Anna and Walla Bischert, her as
sistant, were attempting to fill a kero
•Vene lamj), and one of the girls was
holding a lighted match to furnish
light for the operation. A can of gas-.
'oline in some unexplained manner had
•replaced the kerosene can and thej
'match as it burned out was dropped |
'into th emeasure from which the gas-!
'■dine was being poured, causing an j
^explosion.
Anna broke the glass window and
'threw the blazing can outside, thus
'saving the building but greatly in
tensifying her own burns.
All the other occupants of the
blouse were in bed, but two other
t girls, Olga Powers and Mary Riley,
'roused by the excitement, seized fire
'extinguishers and rushed to the res
cue. The three girls put out the fire,
'while the matron and nurse, Mrs.
‘Greer, with presence of mind, envel
•oped the flaming body of the girl with
'blankets and smothered out the
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flames, sucering severe burns about
the hands.
The building was not damaged. —
Anna was able with help to walk
to the hospital, where she told the de
tails of the accident. It was a sur
prise to the members of the stac when
she died 36 hours later. It is be
lieved she inhaled flames and that her
death was due to internal burns.
The bodies of 44 soldiers and civil
employes of the United States army
now interred in four abandoned army
post cemeteries in Alaska ' will be
taken to the Presidio at San Fran
cisco for burial in the military ceme
tery there, according to word received
by Kary Thiele, Secretary of Alaska.
Nine bodies are in the cemetery at
old Fort St, Michael, nine at Fort
Davis at Nome, five at Fort Egbert,
| and 21 at Fort Gibbon. Captain R. B.
i Wolverton of the Signal Corps is in
| charge of arrangements for the re
j moval of the bodies.
William O'Brien, of the Lost River
Tin Mining Company, of Lost River
and Cassiterite creek, in an interview
with the Nome Nugget, states that he
has disposed of his holdings in the
National Tin Mining Corporation, of
which A. F. McIntosh is the superis
tendent and general manager.
Mr. O’Brien says that a tunnel has
been run in a distance of 750 feet. In
the tunnel at ei distance of 450 feet a
shaft 300 feet deep has been sunk on
the tin ore vein and there is at least
750 feet more ore back of the shaft.
At a depth of 250 feet the shaft
cuts through a new ledge of silver
j lead ore, 12 feet wide, which will run
| 50 per cent metal. The main tin ore
; lode is 12 feet wide and will run 2
per cent in and tungsten, 470,000 tons
of ore already being blocked out.
The ■property is equipped with mod
! ern buildings, the bunkhouse being a
two-story, steam heated, and electric
lighted one, and the mine is also elec
tric lighted. The new concern will
keep a crew of ten men working on
development work all winter.
There is-sufficient ore in sight to
keep a 500 or 1,000-ton mill working
continuously, and plans are under
way for the construction of such a
mill.
R. P. Nelson, 67, owner of a sta
tionery store at Juneau, and also
owner ®f the Nelson water system,
died in Los Angeles a few days ago
from pneumonia, following influenza.
He went south two or three months
ago, following a paralytic stroke. He
had resided continuously in Juneau
since 1887..
John Hunter, a well known oldtimer
of the railroad belt, who has been
working at Healy as car whacker for
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Complete Line of Gents’ Furnishings
the Alaska. Railroad for some time,
| met with a terible accident at Healy a
i few days ago as a result of having
been caught beneath a moving car,
according- to the Anchorage Times.
I One leg was cut off and the other leg
was severed near the knee.
The injured man was rushed to the
Fairbanks hospital, and it is under-,
stood that his condition is critical.
There is «t scarcity of fur bearers
along the railroad north of Curry at
the present, .according to Victor
Crison, well known oldtimer of the
interior, who ’ has a trapline in the
vicinity of Hurricane this winter.
Talking to the Anchorage Times
1 man, Mr. .Crison states that the scar
j city of fur at the present time in the
district north of'Carry is attributed
i by him to the mild1 weather, the sea
son being all of a month behind that
j of last year. With the larger
■ streams still Open ^and feed plentiful
I there, comparatively few of the fur
.bearers have migrated to the winter
| feeding grounds along the railroad. j
Conditions will, be better as soon as j
cold weather conies, in the opinion of
Crison. There are plenty of rabbits
along1 the railroad as far north as
Broad Pass, and they are bound to
attract the fur-bearers when forag-!
ing becomes difficult along the I
streams. The rabbits are fully as j
numerous as they were last winter in'
that section and they are perfectly
; healthy. *
It will require a lot of fur to fill
I the traps which are scattered along
j the railroad, the oldtinie says. There
: are 18 trappers camped between Chu-1
! litna and Hurricane, a distance of
j about eight miles, the number includ
« ing two women. They are- all await
. ing the coming of the fur bearers and j
there will be a lively scramble when I
the season really opens.
t Trappers in the Wasilla district are 1
j meeting with encouraging- results in
i their campaign against the predatory !
! animal menace, three coyotes having :
been lured into the traps of Wasilla1
[ residents recently. J. McNeil, Greiti
; Snider and E. Soper each caught one
coyote, and Vic Blodgett, owner of
j the Meadow brook fur farm at Pitt
i man, also reports having landed one
■ of the animals in his traps.
Snider recently captured two foxes
on his trap line, a red and a cross.
With the aid of Mrs. Snider he was
| able to take them out of the traps!
; alive, and now he has ther in pens at j
i his mink farm at Wasilla.
| NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT.
j Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed his final account
as administrator of the estate of
1 Harry Madison, deceased, and the
Probate Court for Insoko Precinct has |
fixed the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. of
Monday, February 18, 1929, at, his
Court Room in the Commissioner’s
i Office, Ophir, Alaska, as the time and
! place for hearing Same.
All persons having objections
j thereto should file them at that said
time. MAX SIMEL,
; Administrator,
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, this 17th
day of December, 1928.
First pub. Jan. 5; last, Feb. 2, 1929
Frank J. Guskey j
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
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Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brink re
turned Sunday from a short visit at
McGrath.
Charlie Goebel was a today depart
ure for Ophir
Del Thompson was a yesterday ar
rival ■from; Gapes,
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H. C. Wallick was a Tuesday ar
rival from McGrath.
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quarters
Former McLean Roadhouse,
where he wiir be pleased to
■wet all old friends and to
get acquainted with new ones
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masque in Augusta:
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balls used to be original. Nowadays ,
they're—well, aboriginal.”
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