—K-H*
. "J.-WT KINNALEY, ALASKA
PIONEERR, PASSES ON
.Rat .Kinnaley, ..who pioneered
■ /) .throughout the Territory and was. one
i./ of the most widely, known mining
, ibm of the Norths . died in Fort
Wayne, Ind., a few‘weeks ago. Death
•.( camp aa the result of & long-standing
ailment which an operation which
1* Kinnaley under went*. ion after his ar
rival at FortoWayriiirthree years ago
v*. only partly)-relieved. For the last
-p«v se veral months. before his death his
t.: hpaRhv herb; sleydily'&u led.
Born - iniLafayette. county, Wiscon
ii- jttri. filk-yeaca ago. Pat Kinnaley first
vcctme .North lri*1889. After several
S nears in the employ of. the Treadwell
iiu'company at,-Juneau he stampeded to
ti\the Hootlfllinqua rriver country.
v- uWhile seekipg gold there Kinnaley
1 learned of :the discovery of gold on
V what was., then known as Pitka bar,
»<r*w eicIe^.City. a When h e- reached
L. .there he founds the field overcrowded
i. and with. Jack McGregor worked back
. from the Yukon, finally striking it
i rich on...Mastodor'creek,. which has
b _ been .a: steady producer ever since.
It is eparte&iihat McGregor and
. . Kinqaleyaleane<i up. $100,000 on Mas
. todon, hut, as ini the case of many
*■. other.- early fnipers, the fortune soon
(. disappeared.
. When the a Fairbanks camp was
v struck. .Kinnaley worked Jack Ronan’s
i claim an £Ueary creek. From there
}i. luE..atetnpedad .to American creek, and
.c slater ..worked on the railroad during
.i the construction period. Kinnaley
; traveled toe the Kantishna when the
ii quartzoboom began there and, with
L'x Ecankw.Teiv Eyck,., acquired consider
able property_But, impaired in
L health, bo.was forced to abandon min
ings and Rial926 went to Indiana to
.« , makes-hb\.<hon«e .with a younger
brother.
i i*lotvr:ussell h. Merrill
WEAKENED BY RARE MALADY
1 ^fitairhanks- -News-Miner.) .
Too weak ’to. walk, RuSsell H. Mer
r rill, Anchorage flyer, whose strength
v was gapped, during his game struggle
to reach Barrow after his plane had
! . beep forced down short of his destina
t . tioPioihdri tor be carried from the
4 plane m>.. which he arrived at Fair
Lw banks? tlast. Saturday, to a waiting au
* . toxnobile. He was taken to Dr. J. H.
i. -Romig&.soffice, where he underwent a
,. thorough..examination, and then to
.the hospit.J
.In the opinion of Dr. Romig the
. aviator is suffering from tuberaemia,
sometimes known as Rocky mountain
. fever, caused by eating raw or under
> . done diseased rodents. Out of food
i on Jusi..iong hike across the tundra,
, . Merrill, was. forced to shoot and eat
. raw a numbef of lemmings, which are
... said to be a cross between rats and
mice. ,. Lemming are said to be dying
3'i off hy_the thousands in the Arctic, in
> dicqting they are diseased and sup
, poising Dr. Romig’s theory.
While the physician believes hia
.diagnosis is correct, he will not be
. .able to state definitely until a blood
sample has been sent to a laboratory
■; In . the States for analysis. He said
* . Merrill shows all typical symptoms of
.tike disease. Its resemblance to scur
vy puzzled the Barrow and Nome
* physicians, who were unwilling to
voice a definite opinion on Merrill’s
; ailment. The disease generally runs
. its course in from three weeks to six
i months and is rarely fatal.
Fourt days after he had been
./brought to the Barrow hospital Mer
rill, who had become snowblind, found
.Ms vision normal and recovered so
xapidly in other respects that he. was
< op and about before Clark zhnd Rob
: isson. It was shortly after this .that
hes became ill again, which-strength
ens Dr. Romig’s belief in. his. diag
nosis, as the. disease JrtakeaTi this
course.
Despite the .weakness that hasimam-.
Heated itself- since the relapse, ". hn^
the loss efft pounds, Merrill ia
. good spirits." (j^.
Are youa KusttP.Tim.es aubswrRjer I
^ VJHiyjwt? : xj
REPORTED NEW STRIKE
IN KOYTJKUK SECTION
A reported gold strike on the Bet
ties river, about 30 miles from Wise
man, has occasioned considerable ex
citement in the Koyukuk, according to
Pilot Ed Young, who recently re
turned to Fairbanks after making the
first landing on the new field at the
scene of the strike, says the Fair
banks News-Miner.
From Wiseman Mr. Young carried
two prospectors, Pete Davey and
Harry Foley, and their supplies, cov
ering in fifteen minute^ by airplane a
distance which takes six days in a
poling .boat. The new field is located
on a high bar, and Young had no diffi
culty in landing. It is about a mile
from Betties river lake, a big body of
water nine miles long. The lake is
described as a fisherman’s paradise,
trout -weighing forty pounds having
been taken from it. Big game is plen
tiful in the county, and. the aviator
believes in time it will attract sports
men from far and near.
Claims have been staked right from
the landing field to a poipt five miles
up the river, but there is plenty of
ground to be staked yet. Young took
a few pans of gravel at random and
found colors in all of them. High
water is preventing prospecting now.
Attempts have been made to put in a
wing dam, but the mountain stream
has carried it out each time before it
was completed. Prospectors are get
ting in supplies this summer and the
ground will be thoroughy prospected
by next spring, Young said. Last fall
shortly'before the freezeup, when the
water was low, $50 was obtained
from three pans in the river channel.
Both the channel and benches farther
up the river will be prospected. Young
believes the district is going to be a
good producer within the next few
years.
WASPS AND HENS TRICKY
LIQUOR LAW-BRREAKERS
EVANSTON, 111.—Wasps and hens
could give the bootleggers a few tips
on tricks of the trade, in the opinion
of Arthur I. Kendall, former dean of
Northwestern Universitty’s medical
school.
"For, strange as it may Seem,
wasps and hens frequently become in
ebriated,” Dean Kendall said in an ad
dress prepared for delivery before
the American Chemical Institute to
day.
Explaining how wild yeast sets
bruised fruits, fallen' \n the ground,
in fermentation, he said he bad seeai
hundreds of wasps and drunken hens1
go away reeling, “in direct violation
of thp Volstead act,” after eating of
the fallen fruit.
Bacteriology was first pi'aciiced.l
though unwittingly, by,the ancients,;
who found they could preserve milk
by putting the curd of sour milk,
“casein,” into fresh milk, Dr. Kendall;
explained.
“The Mohammedans call this the;
‘millet seed of the prophet,’ and they
don’t know they are practicing bac
teriology. From this came the first
uses of bacteria as lactic acid fer
mentation. This acid is a natural
preservative. Frbm these primitive
beginnings it has grown to play an
imporotant part in commercial prac
tices.”
Dr. Kendall cited uses of lactic acid!
fermentation in the leather industry.
It also plays a part in making sauer
kraut and in preserving silage, he
said.
NEW YORK.—Intoxicated mosqui
toes are terrible. Staten Island resi
dents complained that the pests had
become more vicious since prohibition
agents turned contraband from a
brewery int a sewer, and so the sewer
got a cleaning out.
Forewarning .
“I’m happy and all that, of course,
old chap; still I wish my wife wouldn't
talk so much about her last hus
band.”
“Forget it, old man—mine’s always
talking about her next.”
Fair Enough.
“Don’t you think the salaries aif
college professors should be in
creased ? ”
“Indeed I do! If I had my way I’d
see that every professor got as much
as the student who runs the campus
publicatins.”
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Why not?
PORCUPINE BESTS FIVE DOGS.
MANISTEi M.eh.—Five blooded
do*pr owned by Stephen J. Scott, gen
eral. manager and vice president of
the Manistee & Northeastern,Railway
Company, lost a one-round decision to
as T1 buJ highly capable porcupine
„ .. jgS xtarth -of here. One dog
. refare .a veterinary could aid him,
-wiiiie the other four are in a bad con
dition following: extraction of quills
from their heads and bodies.
• Babeesch
Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold ' Clothing
V. All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Jftanr ed Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
MR. Eldridge
McGrath
7AKHTNA ROADHOUSE
Best af^Meals and Rooms
• 1 WA#tf Everything Id Homelike and
Where You'Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOtlSES
‘BATHS
Ivar Chilstrom
Prop.
Rough and Dressed Bum
berofAll Kinds
LUMBER CO. i
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ate To
He has series you four terms,. faithfully,
conscientiously, .and his record proves
Mm an .Aia&kan who works for Alaska.
Keep hina tthere. Show your appre
datiombfMs efforts—do this on
Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6,1928
Fait] Advt.