Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges.
Two ©Idtlmers of the Ruby district
couched the end of the trail recently
‘and a third was sent to the hospital
3it Fuirbanks in a serious condition.
Donald McLean crossed the divide on
December 9. • He was 84 years of
;age and an expert mechanic, having
•operated a shop in the Ruby district
• since early days.
Henry Rumstick, another pioneer
•of the North, died during the freeze
!wp, his death being due to heart fail
<urv. He was a miner and had worked
•on the creeks back of Ruby for a
‘number of years.
Charles Hanson, who has been
'working for the Alaska Road Coin
emission in recent years and who is
'well known on the creeks, was taken
from Long to Fairbanks by airplane
-recently by Pilot Frank Dorbandt for
Jmedieal treatment.
Ole Eielson, father of Ben Eielson,
-Alaska’s lamented flyer, died recently
tat the home of his daughter Adeline,
tat Wenatchee, Wash.
Harry Donnelley, of Flat, promi
nent business man of the Iditarod,
‘and for the last two Territorial ses
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sioiu a representative In the lower
house from the Fourth division, has
announced his intention to file for
the senate short t6rm seat created by
the death of Senator John Dunn.
Mr. Donnelley’* Intentions were
made known in a wire to the com
mittee on availability of candidates
for legislative service of the Repub
lican Club at Fairbanks.
From Nulato, on the Yukon river,
comes the report that Francis Piot
was found dead December 1 9at a
point about 18 miles below Cutoff
Village and 100 miles northeast of
Nulato. Only two of the musher’s
dogs were alive, and tracks in the
snow indicated that Pilot had been
driving around in circles after having
become dazed by the extreme cold,
lie was poorly clad, did not have
food or an ax, and had only one
blanket.
Vance R . McDonald, Fairbanks
merchant, passed through Juneau
with his family a few days ago en
route to the States, on his way to
j Colorado Springs to consult doctors,
i arid he may be forced to spend the
winter in Arizona, as his health Jias
been quite bad the past year, says
Stroller’s Weekly. Mr. McDonald’s
store Fat airbanks is -being managed
by C. W. Franklin.
George E. Grigsby, who was de
feated by Judge Wickersham two
; years ago by about 300 votes, has an
nounced that he will be .a candidate
j for the Democratic nomination for
delegate in the April primaries.
A. H. Ziegler, another Ketchikan
attorney, also has announced that he
will try for the Democratic nomina
i tion, and A. J. Dimond, of Valdez, has
the indorsemen otf the Third division
Democratic convention.
INTERESTING NOTES.
There are at least 1,500 branches
of United States business concerns
located ;n Canada.
The world’s largest electric sign,
288 feet long and 23 feet high,
stands un top of the Union Station in
Chicago. •
IPanes in the United States air
mail service carry more than 5,000.,
I 000 pounds of mail annually.
North Carolina manufactures
.about 61 per cent of the cigarettes
made in the United States.
Russia, where more than one-fifth
of ai! babies die during their first
year, has the highest mortality rata
among civilized white nations.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW TEAR
EVENTS OVER AT OPHIR
OPHIR. — An outstanding event
here Christinas Day was the bountiful
dinner given at the Ophir Roadhouse,
at which P. W. Carlson -was host and
at which thirty-three oldtimcrs par
took. The dinner, prepared by Chet
Billy Sanatkas, was one of the best.
Following the big dinner the entire
party joined in dancing, which kept
up til a late hour.
Among those who sat down at din
ner were the following: John Repo,
Tom Bare, Carl Olsen, Frank Meier,
John Collins, George Kangas, Chris
tian Bolgen, Andy Hansen, Arvid
Repo, Axel Peterson, C. L. Baker,
Del Thompson, Fred Roethlisberger,
Billy Lodge, Mels .Vibe, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Speljack, John Myklebust, Mr.
Weiss, Eric Hard, J. H. Peterson,
Henry Martella, Virginia Howard,
Alfred Johnson, Scotty Clark, Angus
McPbail, Frank McCaffrey.
The coming of the New Year was
fitingly celebrated at Ophir Saturday
night, at which everyone enjoyed
themselves. At the midnight hour
the merrymakers gathered around
for a cup of coffee and a piece of
cake, during which many stories and
jokes went around the crowd.
The visitors from Takotna included
Miss Beth M. Anderson, Milton Rice,
Miss Helen Rieck, Miss Elsie J. M.
Rieck. The Takotna ladies were
guests of the town people.
A motion picture theater in London,
which cares for gold fis hin the lobby
pool while owners are out of the city,
reports that so far no owner has ever
returned to cairn his fish.
Are you a Kusko Times subscriber?
Why not join the merry throng?
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02046 for the land embraced in
U. :S. Survey No. 1961 situate en the
right bank of Kuskokwim river about
1 mile southeasterly frotn the town
of McGrath, Alaska, in latitude 62°
67' 40" N., longitude 166* 3T W.,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1961 bears S.
87* 14' W. 27.67 chains, has been
given by William T. Vanderpool, en
tryman, and his witnesses, Richard
Joseph McArthur and Charles Ed
ward Smith, all of McGrath, Alaska,
and is in the files of the local land
office at Fairbanks, Alaska. All per
sons having adverse claims against
this entry are required to file the
same with the Register of the United
States Land Office at Fairbanks,
Alaska, within the period of publica
tion or 30 days thereafter or they
will be barred by the provisions of
the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1931.
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
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Ok A SOCIAL WAT.
i Mr- rad. lira. Frank J. Guskey on
New Tana Bight entertained a num
ber of ffc'asfd* at an excellent dinner.
Their guess* included: Mr. and Ma.
.7. P. Tayksr, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Du
bois, Rohast C. Lowrie, Chris Nelson,
Aor m Erickson, Charlie Goebel, John
Krigsr, A. I. Grant.
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Percy—How would you-—aw—like
to na—aw -a little puppie, Mia
DovelyT
Mias A.—This is so sudden, -Mr.
< Chappingham 7—Troy Times.
Accor ding to' the Bureau of Educa
tion, 23 oC the 56 signers of the Dec
oration at Independence were college
men.
WiM kangaroos, which recently
were placed under government pro
teet:on in Australia, are becoming so
tame that at times they .have to .be
driven off private property.
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la the Probate Gafort for
ainet, Fourth Division
In the matter of Ah* Esti
Wrotnn, deaeased
No. 59.
Notice «f Hearing of
Notice is hereby gi
iuinistrator of the
fifed'his final
Court above named
■port wiH be hi
Probate Court it
Flat, Alaska, on
day of. Novembtff. 1931, at 2- ■o’clock
P- m. of said day. at which timer and
place all persons -interested map ap
pear and ‘show cause, ifr-nny !•* they
have, why sah*-report-should-not
approved and'/ confirmed.
TWOSti-M. GARLAND,
§ > Administrator
First pnblicf .tioh Aug: 29-, lf81.
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before the said
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