[Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial ;!
Exchanges. >
Julien A. Hurley, United States at
torney of thfe Fourth division, is an ap
plicant for the district judgeship of the
Third division.
The new council at Fairbanks re
tained F; H,' Alliston as fire chief,
Charles McDermott as chief of police,
and James Ryder as city attorney and
clerk- Charles Samson, oldtime mem
ber of the fire department, was an ap
plicant for appointment as chief, and
• Charles 3. Taylor and J. G. Rivers
were applicants for the position of at
torney and clerk.
On a resolution approving the treaty
of Canada and the United States, the
house of commons took favorable ac
tion on May 2. The treaty was signed
in Washington on February 4, and
provides for the maintenance of monu
meets on the Canadian and Alaskan
boundary. • As soon as the treaty is
ratified by both countries it is expected
Shat a joint commission will be appoint
ed to oversee the work, which will in
clude not only work in the North but
also along the boundaries of the two
• countries in the western states and
provinces.
The Munson rooddouse, one of the
most popular trail establishments of
the Richardson highway, about HO
■ miles out from Fairbanks, was com
pletely destroyed by fire, recently, with
an estimated loss of- $20,'009, on which
there was insurance to the amount of
$8,000. The fire started whil8 all the
occupants were in bed and it was nec
• essarv to leave the place with such ee
lerity that few if any personal > effects
were saved. The roadhouse was con
siderably improved last summer in an
ticipation of heavy trail travel this
year, *5,000 having been spent on the
establishment, which was owned ‘ bv
< George Hiller. The Hillers have re
moved to Fairbanks until such time as
tbe roadhouse can be rebuilt
Rev. Wallace Sutton Marple of An
• 'cborage has been transferred to Sitka.
Maiie Smith, formerly of Anchorage,
has opened a beauty shop ih the Nor
' dale hotel at Fairbanks.
General Manager Noel W. Smith, of
the Alaska railroad, is having the cot
tages built by former General Mauager
Wears appraised and will sell them if
thev bring their appraised price. The
«• cottages were built in 1015 and later.
E. P. Hedberg, formerly with the
. Alaska railroad, has taken Lhe position
of master mechanic on the Copper
< River & Northwestern railroad.
i- E. C. Appel, engineer in the employ
of the Yuba Construction Company, ar
rived at Fairbanks recently to superin
tend the erection of the new Lemons
dredge, which is to be operated on Fish
creek.
Miss Elizabeth itomig, who has been
. in the East studying laboratory work,
returned recently to Fairbanks, where
she will assist her father, Dr. J. H. I
• Itomig. in his hospital work.
Edward P. Harwood has succeeded
A. J. Adams as United States commis
sioner at Cordova.
Ending a career of 40 years, during
which it has served as a revenue cutter
in Alaska, fishing vessel and cannery
tender, the steamer Rush was sold re
cently by the Swift, Armour, Crosby
'Company for junking.
A Los Angeles dispatch savs: Gun
> tier Kassop, one of the Alaskan heroes
during the oiphtheria epidemic at
Nome early this year, has found little
! fame and no fortune since his arrival
u-Js*..*509>ADg&)es with is famousdeadec. 1
Balto aDd the remainder of his dog
team. This is related in a complaint
filed with the state labor department,
in which Kasson alleges lie was lured
to Los Angeles by Sol Lesser, operator
of a string of movie houses, for ten
weeks. So far be has receivee only
$000, and as a result is out of funds,
cannot return to Alaska, and has no
money with which to buy dog biscuits
for Balto.
A letter received in Anchorage re
cently from Miss Selma Scott, formerly
assistant clerk of the court with head
quarters at Valdez, states that she is
now in the employ of the American
Tobacco Company as stenographer in
Tientsin, China.
“Dutch” Henry Emelie was recently
adjudged insane at Anchorage in the
U. S. commissioner’s court before a
jury and was ordered sent to Morning
side by Commissioner Hager.
William Wilson, who had been con
nected with restaurants in .Juneau and
elsewhere in the North for more than a
quarter of a century, died from the ef
feels of cancer at that place, recently, j
Dr. J. B. Beeson re.-igned some
weeks ago as chief surgeon of the
Alaska Railroad Hospital, at Anchor
age. Hollowing Dr. Beeson’s resigna
tion, Noel W. Smith, general manager
of the Alaska railroad, announced that
Dr. Arthur D. Haverstock will succeed
Dr. Beeson as chief of the hospital.
Dr. Haverstock went to Anchorage in
April, 1924, and has an enviable repu
tation as a surgeon. Dr. Beeson is
president of the First National Bank of
Anchorage, and will retain his offices
in the hospital building, where he will
attend to his private practice.
Word trom ban Bonntheld, pioneer
of Juneau. Dawson and Fairbanks, to
friends in the West conveys the news
that he has completed arrangements
fo.i the starting of the Samuel A. Bon
nefield National Bank of Beloit, Kas. \
Mr. Bonnefield resided in Beloit before
be came North and accumulated
wealth.
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Word has been received from San j
Diego of the death of Michael Moore,
pioneer of t he Yukon and Alaska. As
a gold seeker, he went from Butte, ,
Mont., to Nome, Fairbanks and Idit
arod. He never was lucky in finding!
gold, but had an interest in coal lands j
in the Bering fields before the entries
were withdrawn.
As a result of tha expected run of
sock eye and pink salmon in Puget
sound this year, together with in I
creased activity in the Alaska herring |
fisheries, purse seine boats are now at'
premium. It is said that charter rates
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
are about 30 per cent higher than last i
year, while available boats of BO to 35
feet in length are becoming hard to
find.
Everything is in readiness for the ‘
resumption of drilling at theChilkati
Oil Company’s field at Katalla, aooord-!
ing to George C. liauelet, who took ■
four men over to tiie property at that
place from Cordova, recently. der-1
rick was put up last year m prepara-!
tion for the spring work, and another i
will be erected while the i'.rst well is!
being drilled. Mr, Hauelet said the I
men would go only between 1.0C0 and '
1,500 feet, as the best oil seems to be
obtained at about those depths.
Governor George A. Parks recently
advised friends in Fairbanks that he ]
will visit the interior at an early date. ]
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Tokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John iieino
Proprietor
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Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as ustic and Shiplap, 4 and 0-inch Flooring, Win
dew and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds.
And if you are goinc to build a sled, call on tis. We hare the
best hickory in Alaska.
BER CO.
The Kusko
Times
$1 Per Month
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long-, extending from
No. 1 below discovery down to^the
mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance
of about 3 miles from upper end, and
pretty wrll prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7
to 20 feet. Top is all black muck,
that can be scraped freely. No rock
bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1
per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long,
together with water rights. Ground
is pretty well cleared. There is also
a drain, 3 miles long. Also a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from
which water can be brought to
Yankee creek with a ditch less than
a mile long [4,900 feet], with a pres
sure or fall of 120 feet, Deing 1600
feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing- away with muck there
will be from 4 to 6 feet of dirt to
handle.
Only about $11,
out.
000 has been taken
Prospecting -work during the past
winter has resulted in finding value*
that run up to $1 per square foot of
bedrock.}
1 will either sell the ground or give
a lease on it. If the prospect is sat
isfactory to the buyer, a cash pay
ment will be expected.
For further information, terms,
etc., call on ground, or write or tele
graph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.