.Alaska NewsNotes
W. C. Snook, ol rtuehorage, 'was re
cently appointed deputy marshal at
Uoga.
The Oregon Alaska Packing Com
pany, which has a crab canning plant
at Sitka, is paying 60 cents per dozen
to fishermen for crabs.
A gold nugget weighing 11 ounces
was found on Mint gulch, near Dawson,
by Pat Grady, one of the old-timers on
the creek. The nugget was worth
*176.
Three Alaska grizzly bears were
shipped out on the Northwestern re
cently by Dr. Chase, of Cordova, to the
Nat.ionai Zoological Pars, at Washing
ton. D. C.
K. L. Clifton, superintendent of
schools iu Petersburg, has been ap
pointed United States commissioner at
that place to succeed Oscar W. Grand
quist, who resigned some time ago
Judge T. M. lteed, of the district
court at Juneau, has appointed M. C.
Ducy as court librarian, to succeed C.
J. Woofter, who resigned to become
deputy eierk of the court at Nome.
Miss Rose A1 verson and Alva Hunt
were married at Anchorage recently.
The bride is an Auohorage girl, and
the groom is a son of the late P. S.
Hunt, who was a well known photog
rapher of Valdez,
Eagles are hanging close to Kaehe
tnak bay and other westward fox
rauches. Game Warden' -George C.
Gotter suggests a larger bounty on the
birds, which are a serious menace to
the fos; fur industry. A headless blue
fox pup was found in an eagle’s nest
during June, and a full grown blue fox
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Steamer Service On the Inoka
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Fairview, Innoko' River
was picked up and carried off from the
ranch of Dr. Burgin, near Sehlovia.
The eagles perch close l> the harrows,
payiDg no heed to the approach of
men
An executive order withdrawing 3J5
acres of land on Kodiak island has been
received at the office of the surveyor
general. This land is intended as an
addition to the U. S. agricultural ex
periment station at Kodiak.
George I’all, a native boy 11 years of
age, was literally blown to pieces re
cently at Willard’s camp, Totem bay.
by the explosion of a gasoline drum,
which was being used as a steam bo.ler
for steaming boat boards.
William C. Shafer and John Mc
Williams. Douglasites, who have a
farm on Shelter island, in Lynn canal,
had great success with strawberries
this year, marketing in the neighbor
hood of ten thousand boxes.
The Helm Hay logging camp of the
Ketchikan Power Com nan v was burned
out recently. The bunkh.mse and cook
house. with all of their equipment,
were toially destroyed, entailing a loss
of about So.OOO, none of which was cov
ered by insurance.
A Sitka native caught a bulldog in
one of his traps and, believing that
everything venturing into his traps be
longed to him, kept the animal. The
owner accused the native of theft, but
the commissioner dismissed the case
and returned the dog to its owner.
The steamboat Thistle, which left
Whitehorse recently ^with 25 tons of
j freight aboard and.25 tons on a barge
in tow, struck a rock seven miles below
! the town, ripping a big hole ia her
[ and sending ner to the bottom, where
j she is now iying in eight feet of water.
Robert Uorebaek and Abel Kataineo
were overcome by gas and the night
'shift was taken off one night, recently
; when the south ore body of the Alaska
Juneau mine was flooded with gas from
powder smoke, after a heavy blast at, 7
o’clock. The two men overcome by
the gas were taken to the St. Ann hos
pital, but were able to leave that insti
tution the following day.
Notice of Sale.
In the Probate Court for the fnnoko
Precinct. Territory of Alaska B.
B. Smith, United States Commis
sioner, ex-officio probate judge.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to an order of the Probate Court for
the I-nnoko Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, I will sell at public auction, to
the highest oidder for cash, Saturday,
November. 25th, 1922, at 2 p. m., in
front of the office of the U. S. Couunis
sioner at Qphir, the following deserioeil
placer mining claim, the property of
the estate of Wm. Christie, deceased
Creek claim Number Sixteen Above
Discovery, Ganes creek. Alaska.
Evan L. Jones,
Administrator of the Estate
of William Christie.
Order and Notice of Election to
Be Held On Tuesday, No
vember 7th, 1922.
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at McGrath, Alaska,
Fourth judicial division
Now, on this day, pursuant to an act
of Congress approved May 7, 190G. en
titled "An Act providing for the elec
tion of a Delegate to the House of Hep
resentatives from the Territory of
Alaska,” and an Act of Congress ap
proved August 24, 1912. entitled "An
Act to create a legislative assetnbly4e
the Territory of Alaska, to brtnfer leg,
islative powers thereon, and for other
p"; poses,’ and in conformity there
with.
It is hereby ordered that for the pur
poses of the ger eral election to be held
on November 7th, 1SJ22, all the territory
in the recording district known as Mt.
McKinley recording nreeioct. outside
of incorporated towns, is hereby divid
ed into voting precincts, in each of
which a polling place is hereby speci
fied. The said voting precincts are
designated, described and bounded as
follows:
McGrath, Precinct No. 1, as hereto
fore established. Polling place, room
rear Pioneer Pool Room, McGrath.
James Downey, W. N. Stanton and D.
E. Clough are hereby appointed as
judges of election.
Tokotna Precinct. No. 2, as hereto
fore established. Polling place, rear
A. Higgins’ store, Tokotna. A. Hig
gins, Chris Peterson and GusGullikson
arc hereby appointed judges thereof.
Nixon, Precinct No. 2, as heretofore
established. Polling place. Treadwell
office building, Nixon Mines. _Ldoyd
Bullard, Charles Boyd and M. O Mealy
are hereby appointed judges thereof.
Notice is hereby given th,&t a general
election will be held on Tuesday, No
vember 7th, 1922, for tb3 purpose of
electing the following officers, to-wit.
i A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of Alaska
Two Members of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska
Four Members of the House of Uep
j resentatives of the Territory of Alaska.
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. 4.
The said election will be held in the
voting precincts above named and at
the polling places therein specified.
The said polling places will be open
between the hours of 3 o’clock a tn.
and 7 o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska. October
6th, 1922.
[[Seal] W. F.-CxtEtN,
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt
McKinley Recording District
Fourth Division, Territory o'
Alaska.
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Candidate for re-election as Delegate
His record proves him an Alaskan who works toT Alaska.
Keep him there and let him know our needs. Hell do the
rest. Show your appreciation of his efforts—-do this on
Election Day, Tuesday, November Seventh, 1922
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