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Alaska Notes
Glekoiags From Terrnorial
fc.xehaujss.
Use of Copper river salmon for sale
ito fox breeders in the interior has
been protested in a letter recently ad
■ dressed to the Bureau of Fisheries
from Cordova. While fishing in the
.upper waters of Alaskan streams is
limited to rod, gatf or spear at the
.time the fisheries bill came up for
hearing, Congress was given to under
: stand that in some streams it was
impossible to catch fish except with
'wheels. It was represented to the Bu
reau and to Congress that the In
■ dians must have the salmon for their
< own consumption and for dog feed',
. and as a result the natives were per
•mitted to keep their fish wheels. Now
iit is pointed out that they are selling
itheir catch for white man’s dog feed
-and for fox feed. Blue fox raising in
iDens in the Copper river valley has
.recently met with extraordinary sue
• cess, and a large number of people in
<*he vicinity of Chitina are preparing
■ to go into it. The industry has a di
rect bearing upon .Indian .fishing, for
ithe natives, it is understood, last year
sold their entire catch of about 110,000
/red and king salmon to the fox farm
• ers. With the increased market pro
wided by these ranchers, the Indians
.contemplate putting in a larger num
Iber of fish wheels this year and tak
ing a much larger catch than before.
.By the time the fish reach Chitina
;and interior settlements n'ong the
‘Copper river they are ripe with
: spawn, and, afteT escaping fishermen,
seals and enemies at the mouth.of the
.- streams, are ready to function in re
production, producing 1,000 or more
. young fish to each female. Merchants
. of Chitina are said .to have reported
’ were unusually prosperous last fall
; after their advantageous dealing*
s wirh the fox farmers.
One bull moose, properly butchered
i ind delivered; ten mini skins, dressed
.and stretched; 5 grey fox pelts, or 1
s silver pelt, together with 100 full
; grown salmon, delivered in season, is
the alimony Charles Big Eyes must
I pay his squaw. This is the decision
handed down in divorce proceedings
Iby tribesmen who heard the evidence
against the native at Nunilchik, on
1 lower Cook Inlet, says the Valdez
Miner. The judges decided that the
foregoing constituted.a fair store of
the increment accruing to a well regu
lated native family, whenever the
husband drank up 59 mink skins at $5
per pint, the prevailing price for the
brand of volcano juice fabricated by
the manufacturers on the Inlet. The
defendant in the case was charged
with having terminated his drinking
marathon by pitching his squaw into
the creek when she chided him.
A. Kitzmiller, formerly chief of po
lice of Anchorage, has been appointed
prohibition enforcement officer, to suc
ceed D. W. Flanigan, resigned.
Mrs. Martha D. Carey, for many
years a resident of Fairbanks, died
there recently at the age of nearly 60
years. Mrs. Cary was born at Nu
lato, the daughter of DurandofF, a
Russian trader. She is survived by
three daughters—Mrs. Evelyn Frank
and Mrs. H. K. Larson, of the State
of Washington, and Mrs. Alvin John
son. of San Francisco. Mrs. Frank
was with her when the end came.
Fire caused by an overheated flue in
the kitchen stove destroyed the Gov
ernment radio station at Brooks be
tween 2 and o’clock on the morning
of May 5th. The operator was awak
ened by the smell of smoke and found
the whole roof in flames. He escaped
through a window without being able
to save an\ of his personal effects.
The loss in supplies and equipment is
(estimated .at between $2,500 and $3,
000; the building had very little
j value.
I L. S. Robe, formerly of cnifwy mfwy
L. .S. Robe, a former well known
oldtimer of the Interior, returned to
‘ Fairbanks recently, after an absence
j of 10 years, on his way to the Koyu
kuk in the interests of a new mining
company.
Announcement was made at Fair
. banks a few days ago that Frank
| Manley had purchased a one-half in
terest in the Roth coal mine, located
on the upper Healy river.
The War Department has author
ized the establishment of a radio sta
; tion at ChandLar. Installation will
| start immediately, with the Chandlar
Minins Company co-operating.
Josh Vance, a well-known oldtimer
of the Fairbanks country, who went
Outside during the winter for medical
treatment, died in Seattle a few weeks
ago, according to v. ord received at
Fairbanks.
Sidney D. Charles, editor of the
First City News, and Mrs. Charles re
ceived severe burns recently when a
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! fire occurred on their gas boat, the
Bell, while it was moored at the city
float at Ketchikan. Mr. Charles sus
tained burns about his face and hands,
and Mrs. Charles was less seriously
hurt in the same manner.
Frank Bishopric, pioneer of the
Klondike and Interior Alaska, who
left for the States a few years ago,
recently suffered two strokes of par
alysis, according to a letter recently
received in Fairbanks from Seattle.
A brother hurried to Seattle and took
him to his home in the East, where
he is now being cared for.
In the final report of the grand jury
at Fairbanks recently the jury strenu
ously condemned certain leakage of
inside information from Federal
offices in that division, such as ad
vance information,to violators of the
eighteenth amendment who are about
t obe raided. .It seems there is an un
derground channel leading.from some
of the Federal offices, which should be
checked. The grand jury recommend
ed that maximum time be imposed in
all jail sentences in all liquor cases,
as small fines only serve as a license
to the people breaking the law.
Joe E. Dalton, pioneer hard rock
miner of the Kantishna district, re
cently visited Fairhans. He reports
that there are indications of increased
activity in his district, with, a view to
extensive operations during the sum
mer. Approximately forty men have
wintered in the Kantishna. The win
ter was ideal for the . transportation
of supplies, and all are optimistii
over the outlook for that section.
Lawrence Kerr has been- appointed
assistant in the office of U. E. Attor
ney W. I). oCppernoll, at Valdez. Mr,
Kerr was formerly secretary to.' Judge
Lornen, at Nome, arid..at the last ses
sion of the Legislature was clerk of
the lower house.
Steamers Dispatched
for Alaska Service
Seattle, June 3—The Alaska Steam
ship Company despatched the steam
ers Alaska, Qduna, Cordova and La
touche to southeastern and southwest
ern Bering Sea stations; today,with a
total of 340 passengers and 9^500 tons
of general freight.
MEMORIAL DAY AT ’FRISCO.
San Francisco, May .31.—The city
paid homage to its war dead today in
one of the most resplendettt< celebra
tions and ceremonies in its -history.
TAYLOR MURDER MYSTERY.
Chicago, June 2.—sClues held by Los
Angeles police, still investigating the
murder of William Desmond Taylor,
motion picture director, slain four
years ago, <lirected here, 'where a
woman questioned denied she had been
in Los Angeles since 1919.
MORE VOLSTEADISM.
Washington, June 4.—Secretary vof
Navy Wilbur has ordered .Uaptain
Charles E. Devalin, commandant of
Norfolk Naval Hospital, courtmar
tialed on charges of intoxication and
use of Government liquor.
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TWO AMERICANS WIN REN
NETT CUP BALLOON RACE
Brussels, June 3.—W. T. 'Camer
mand, an American, piloting -the Good
year No. 3, won the James Gordon
Bennett cup balloonsrace/.flyiug 351
miles. The second place went-to Cap
tain E. C. Gray, of the American
army.
ADMIRAL LINE GETS 5. SHIPS.
Washington, June 4.—Tbe sales to
the Admiral Oriental Line of five
President type ships, plymg from Se
attle to the East were officially con
firmed by.the United States Shipping
Board.
PROHIBITIONIST GETS IN BAI).
Springfield, 111, June 3.—William
W. Bennett, president of the Illinois
Anti-Saloon League, is facing dismis
sal from that organization because he
acted as counsel in court for a man
accused of prohibition law violation.
WASHINGTON U. PRESIDENT.
-Seattle, June.4.^Henry Suzzallo
was today appointed president of
Washington University, for... another
year, at an annual salary, of $18,000.
NO FCl WOMAN SUICIDES.
Oakland, June-3.—Mrs. Bernice Les
ser yesterday-attempted suicide when
she found that she had’ no food for
her two. sons,, aged. 8- and 11. The
family: has been .existing , on $8 per
week for several months. The woman
recently became ill. ?
ACCUSED EMBEZZLER TELLS
- OP LINIlKBERG’S/OPERATIONS
Seattle.—Counsel. K C.' Cutler, wha
is accused of embezzling $6,480 from;
the Arctic Fishing and Trading Com
pany, told the jury today that the
“books of the companyi:ace crooked
and have been used to hide assets
which belonged.-to the .Scandinavian
American banks bf. Sea ttle and Ta
coma. This fish concern is far from
being a small enterprise, managed, by
poor fishermen. It is really owned by
Jafet Lindeberg.’’
Lindeberg, Nome banker and min
ing man, lives in California, where he
defeated an effort to extradite him by
this State after the failure of the
Scandinavian American Bank of Ta
coma. He was indicted by the grand
jury in that case.
Cutler was formerly adjutant of the
Seattle post of the American Legion.
He told the jury that the money he
was accused of stealing was due him
for wages.
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