I Alaska Notes
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h • Exchanges.
Uuder the title of “Alaska investi
gations” the following oot.es appear in
the Survey, a leafieb issued by tbu U.
' 3 Biological Survey for information of
• i the department'
Ordpps have been-issued transferring
Warden Dufi'esne fros* Nome to Holy
• Cross, and Warden Warwick from Flat
to Eagle. They wil! leave for their
new stations as sooo a: the transporta
tion season opens
Warden) Frank Dufresne at Nome re
ported the arrest' of two natives last
month for killing foxes: oat of season.
Both we re-convicted. Two white and
two red fox skins wero seized and
turned over to the United States mar
shal at Nome.
O. J. Marie is preparing a report on
his trip to the mouth of the Yukon
river iastsummer and on his work with
the caribou. Present- plans indicate
that he will visit tire Alaska Peninsula
during the coming summer.
The band of wild cattle which range
on Ohirikof island, a lone and forbid
ding spot southwest of Kodiak, is a
remnant of herds placed on the island
about 1G0 years ago by- the Russians.
At that time the island was used as a
penal settlement by the Russians, and
mines oo the islands were worked by
prisoners. For many years the Aleuts
shunned the iaiaod, claiming it was
haunted by the spirits of the natives
killed bv their Russian masters.
A few years ago the island was leased
from the Department of Agriculture by
Karl Armstrong, of Kodiak, who placed
a number of blue foxes on it. These
animals are propagating rapidly.
The wild cattle on the island now
number about 300, -and, owing to con
stant interbreeding, they are very
small, heavily , furred and as wild as
a mountain sheep. The cattle are ex
tremely agile aud climb about the
steep mountainsides like goats. It is
said that they will be hunted down by
Mr. Armstrong and killed for fox meat.
The application of the Pacific-Amer
ican Fisheries for a writ of certiorari
in the suit Sied against it bv the Terri
tory for taxes assessed under the sal
mon graduated pack schedules of 1923
has been granted by the United States
supreme court! Thousands of dollars
are involved in the suit, which was in
stituted at J uneau early in 1924 as a
test ease. For the year iy23 alone, the
first year in which the schedules were
1. H. McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics I' Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks □
Mild-Cured Ham
and Bacon
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50d
Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests'
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
in operation, according to records in
the Territorial treasurer’s office, there
is due the Territory about $146,000.
Lack of complete reports on the can
ning industry last year prevented an
estimate on the amounts due for that
period, but it is said to be slightly less
than the year before.
Mail Airplane Between
New York and Chicago
New York.—The new mail airplane
designed by the Curtiss ‘virplane and;
Motor Company and known aa the
“Carrier Bigeoo,” was declared a suc
cess after its test flight Fridav night
at Milchel Field. Garden City, L. I.
Captain C S. Jones piloted the ma
chine, which is of a type intended to
replace the military ones, now in use.
The "Carrier Pigeon” conveyed half a
ton of mail, and will eover nightly the
distance between New York and Chi
cago with only one scheduled (top at a
Notice to Pay School Tax
To All Whom This May Concern:
In accord with Chapter 29, Session
Laws of Alaska, 1910, and amendments
thereto, all male persons between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty years, who
are not "sailors in the United States
navy or revenue cutter service, volun
teer firemen, paupers or insane per
sons,” are required to pay an annual
school tax of five dollars ($5).
This tax is due and payable after the
first Monday in the month of April and
shall be paid before the first day of
May. providing you are in the Terri
tory of Alaska on said first date; if not,
the tar is due within thirty days after
vour arrival in Alaska or within ten
days after written or oral demand is
made upon you by (be school tax col
lector. Taxes not paid in accordance
wiih the foregoing requirements shall
become delinquent, aod each person de
linquent shall be subjeot to a fine of
two dollars. jjj|gn
All persons, firms and corporations
employing labor in Alaska shall fur
nish to collectors a list of all employes
subject to tax, and employers of labor
as above set out are authorized by pro
visions of said act to deduct amount of
the tax from the wages of each em
ployee who is subject thereto. If any
of such employers shall fail to report
and deduct as herein specified within
the period designated for payment of
said tax. the said employers of labor
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to a fine of from *50 to *500.
All persons subject to, and refuging
or neglecting to pay, said tax. are sub
ject to a tine of $25, or imprisonment iu
jail for period of one month; and all
such employers of labor as herein set
out, who neglect or refuse to collect
said tax from employees may be pro
ceeded against and shall pay the
amount of each individual tax, and a
further penalty of $25 for each such
tax.
Tax receipts will be furnished by the
tax collectors.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service Ob the Isoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
cruising speed of about 100 miles, an
hour. Exports said that the oos? air
planes are capable of speed bursts ia
excess of two miles a minute.
The air line distance from New >?cr5i
to Chicago is approximately 848 miles,
according to the United States geolog
ical survey. It is believed, however,
that the flying time between the two
points will not be greatly lessened at
first for the reason that the “Carrier
Pigeon” type is of commercial rather
than military build.
About the only human quality money
has is that it Hites to stay where it
finds a lot of congenial compuny.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
Many people are so busy telling the
world what is wrong with it, they
haven’t time to improve it.—Toledo
Blade.
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BY-SGOLLY
Tokotna
Candies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
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John lieino
Proprietor
| Are You Going to Build?
>Ve have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing:, Window and Door Stopping.
| Boat Lumber of all kinds.
^od if you are going to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory id Alaska.
I
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
I an the principal owner of a block of grouno
on Yankee creek, about seven in?res ions, extend
ing from No. 1 Below Discovery down to the mouth
of the creek.
•*’ Pay has been located all alongfor & distance of
about three miles from the upper end. aad pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average oeptb of the ground is from se en
to twenty feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved freely. No rock bigger than ote’s fist
The width of the pay. for a distance of about
three miles, ^ia from 100 to 2©ti feet. Crosseutinsr
work indicates that the ground wit! go from 15
eents to Cl per square foot: of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 60 cents per scot,
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights; Thegroandds prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right, i also have a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water
ean be brought to Yankee creek with a ditch less
than a mile long (4.900 feet), which will give four
sluicehe&ds of water, with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1000 feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with the nauok, there will be
from four te six feet of nirt te nandie. The pay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slat*.
The ground Is virgin, only about $11,000 haviag
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting- work during the presect w.nfcer has
resulted in finding values that rue up to $1 p>«r
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground, which has been in operation for the
last three seasons.
The Government ro&d crosses Yankee creek. T
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
) am amo the agent for owners of ground other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge
drag-lise scraper, or by hydraulieiug.
* cither sell the ground or give' a lease ea
it. If the prospect is satisfactory te the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A good hargale
will be given to the right party.
For (.further information, terms, sut , ttd om
ground, or write or telegraph me.
ED XOLLKTTK
Toketea, Alaska