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That the Secretary of the Interior
ihas agreed, at the suggestion of Dr.
'Charles E. Bunnell, to establish spe
cial rates on the Alaska Railroad for
‘students at the Alaska College and
■‘School uf Mines, was the word recent
ly received by Dean Ernest N. Patty,
'of the College.
The rate will go into effect at the be
;ginning of the next academic year in
^September, and from that time Col
lege students will receive round-trip
tickets for the price of one ticket. A
‘student who comes from Juneau, for
instance, will buy a ticket at Seward
»on his way to Fairbanks in the fall
‘and he can return south over the rail
road without additional cost. This ar
rangement is expected to add to the
non-resident enrollment at the College
•by cutting down the cost of t-rans
Jportation.
Twenty bottles of fancy he fore pro
ihibition liquor presented to a United
•'States commissioner as a Christmas
igift! It may sound like a fairy tale,
»but Judge J. \V. Kehoe of Ketchikan
iis willing to testify that it was not.
• In the sack left at the door of his
. home the day before Christmas were,
it was ascertained by a careful count
• and competent recheck, twelve bottles
■ of champagne, two bottles of port
wine, two bottles of apricot brandy,
• one bottle of Three-Star Hennessey,
• one bottle of Sandy Macdonald’s
1 Scotch whiskey, one bottle of Old
-Buck rum, and one bottle of Martini
•cocktails.
Judge Kehoe announced the giver
• could get the liquor back by calling
:at the court house, but did not say
'what else he would get. Otherwise
’.there is grave danger of the twenty
■ bottles being destroyed.
Death claimed one of Anchorage’s
best known citizens a few days ago
when Carl W. Bolte breathed his last
at the Government Hospital, his death
being: attributed to diabetic gangrene.
Mr. Bolte had been bothered by lack
of circulation in his right leg for a
year or more, but, not believing the
trouble serious, did not seek medical
aid. His condition became steadily
worse until finally, several weeks ago,
he entered the Government Hospital
and shortly thereafter his foot was
removed below the knee. He ap
peared to be making satisfactory pro
gress for a few days, but it became
necessary to operate again, the leg
having been removed above the knee
on the second operation. The opera
tion was without avail, however, the!
disease having made such progress
that, it was impossible to check it.
\V illiam Koroff, who pleaded guilty1
at Fairbanks a few days ago to pos
sessing a firearm without first having
obtained an alien’s special license,
was sentenced to six months in the i
federal jail and fined $500 when he|
appeared before United States Com- j
missioner M. R. Boyd. The penalty!
was the maximum prescribed by law.
Koroc admitted owning a Luger auto
matic pistol, contrary to the provi-j
sions of the Alaska game law.
'Hie commissioner, in passing sen- i
tence, among othei; things, said:j
“You are an alien and have been a!
resident of and around Fairbanks for I
a good many years, earning your liv-!
ing for the first few years of such
residence as a laborer, but you are i
now and have been for the last six or
seven years living without visible
means of support, and while you have
never been convicted of a crime you
are notorious as a violator of various
laws of this country. Your reputa
tion is bad. You are notoriously a
violator of the law ,«nd being such I
can see no good reason why you
should not be given, for the offense,
the maximum penalties it is possible
for the court to lawfully give you.”
Seventy ,per vent of the pupils en
rolled in the Territorial school sys
tem during the school year 1927-28
first saw the light of day in Alaska.;
This fact was revealed as a result of
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a birthplace census taken during the
year under the direction of the com
missioner of education. A similar
, census taken in 1918-19 indicated At
that time but 57 per cent of the pupils
were Alaska born.
There is a vast are of ground on
the upper reaches of the Kobuk river
which remains to a great extent unex
plored by gold-seekers and which
some day will be one of the best min
eral producers in the entire Territory,
according to William James, who re
turned some .weeks ago from a pros
pecting trip to that section, lasting
six or eight months. The region is
described as an ideal prospecting
field, but Mr. James would advise no
one to go there unless he has made
adequate preparations. It is a hard
country to get inland ont of, and the
prospector must have on hand sup
plies to last at least several months.
As far as opportunities are con
cerned, Mr. James said'- hundreds, arid
even thosusands, of men might pros
pect without molesting one another.
Jack Rafferty, veteran mining man
of the Koyukuk district, died at j
Wiseman a few days ago as the result,
of an apoplectic attack. He ha:l made
his home in the Koyukuk for many
years and win well-known in that
section.
Caught by a fast-moving belt at
tached to a wood saw and hurled vio
lently to the ground, John Loken,
prominent Matanu'ska valley farmer,
In the Probate Court for the Terri-,
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division, r
Nulato Precinct, at Ruby, before
William N. Growden, United States
Commissioner arid ex-officio Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas Byrne,'deceased.
Notice of Settlement of "Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that James
Byrne, administrator of the estate of
Thomas Byrne, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement and filed i
in this court the final account of his I
administration of said estate, and that ]
Wednesday, the 26th day of June,;
1929, at 2 o’clock p. m., in the Court
Room of the United States Commis
sioner’s Office, in the town of Ruby,
Nulato Precinct,'Fourth Division,"Ter
ritory of Alaska, has been duly ap-j
pointed by said court, as the time arid!
place, for the hearing of said final j
account, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may
appear and file exceptions in writing
to said account and contest the same.
JAMES BYRNE,
Administrator.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Attorney for Estate,
Date of first publication Feb. 9, 1929.
Date of last publication Mar. 9,1929
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed' his final account
as administrator of the estate of i
Harry Madison, deceased, - arid the j
Probate Court for Insoko Precinct has ;
fi'red the hour of 2 o’clock p. m. of
Monday, February 18, 1929, at his
Court Room in the Commissioner’s.
Office, Ophir, Alaska, as the time and I
place for hearing same.
All persons having objections j
I thereto should file them at that said
i time. MAX STMEL,
Administrator.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, this 17th
; day of December, 1928.
First pub. Jan. 5; last, Feh. 2,1929
Frank J. Gnskey
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
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was so severely injured a few days |
ago that about 24 hours afterward,
shortly after he had reached the An
chorage hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Loken were engaged :
when tlrcs accident occurred. Mr. Lo
ken had been operating the saww.while
his wife removed the wood as it.was
sawed. The engine was not working
properly Mr. Loken stepped
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around to the side to make some ad
justment. The next thing Mrs. Loken
knew, her husband was being whirled
around, apparently having . been
caught by the belt, and he had made
two revolutions before the tearing of
his clothing released him.
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