Alaska News Notes
The directors of the Lucky Shot
miu■ in the Willow Creek district, re
eently declared a di\ idend.
Liny Hoyt is laid up for repairs at
Fairbanks, as the result of an attempt
to force his way through the snow on
the summit of the Valdez Fairbanks
road He had the misfortune to frac
ture one of his ribs.
The. Hyder liadio & Telephone Com
pany, a domestic corporation, recently
hud articles of incorporation, it is
capitalized for $25,000. ln-orporators
are Irene Hall, J. A. Hall and K. 11.
Dale, all of Hyder.
EdwaidG, Device, aged 57, for J2
years one of the owners of the Nome
Nugget, died in Seattle recently. Lie
left Nome six years ago on account of
ill health, disposing ol his interest in
the Nueget to his associate, George S.
Maynard
John Corcoran, a miner in the Circle
• dis.nct, is reported to have been found
. dead recently' in his cabin. Several
bruises on • the head and body of the
tiettij man and the disturbed condition
of i he cahiii are regarded as indications
■ of foul play.
A he Stein, who recently acquired the
old California property in Fairbanks,
originally owned by Al White, of Val
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| Accotding u> a lette. recently
ceiv.-d at F.di banks, Jack Li. . ,
former collector of cum m> »t 1< : .,
and Mrs. Belle G. ss, f"i iwrlj . . [< r
banks, were married 'recently in i e
States and are now living at Belling
ham, Wash.
Information received at Fairbanks
| from the Mayo hnspi'al ii Unche tei.
Minn., states that the condi.iouof L.
T. Erwin has not been improved since
his return to that institution. The for
mer marshal appears to bo losing
ground and fears are entertained that
he may not recover.
The recently incorporated Mount
McKinley Bituminous Coal Company
has shipped a large outfit ‘to its prop
erty for use in' development work, ft
being the intention of the company to
open up the property as soon as possi
ble. Five men accompanied the outfit,
and this force will be increased as rap
idly as roym can be made for addi
tional workers.
Word lias been received from 'New
York advising of the appointment of J.
| J. McGrath to the position of editor of
| Home News, a popular publication
publishing Bronx , nd Harlem editions.
The two papers are >atd to have a com
bined circulation of 200 000 Mr. Mc
Grath formerly followed : he newspaper
game in Alaska, being well known m
Nome. Kubv, Seward and Juneau.
W. J. Bishop, aged about, 83 years,
committed suicide at. Anchorage ■«—
cently at his home on Third and Fast,
B st eet„ Continued ill healih is sup
j posed to have been the cause of the
j self-destruction. The deceased shot
! himself through the head with a i e
i volver. He was a Pioneer resident of
i Anchorage, and forint- ty resided in
' Maria, Texas. where his relatives live
! Mr. Bishop made a living by market
ing garden truck.
I Definite advices have Keen rev ived
bv Capt. Telford, commander . f • in il.
C. M. P. at Dawson, confirming a re
ported tragedy at Hootelii v•'■ =i■ r-■. in
the vicinity of Champagne L-.od ng,
n >t far from Whitehorse Hooichi J m
was wounded and his wife was killed
b.v shots fired by the wile of ilootchi
Joe. Four bullets wete fin d into the
body of the woman. AH of 'he pi i$j
cipals in the case were Indians The
| woman who did the shoofing tias heeo
taken to Whitehorse and placed i., jail
; bv the police. It is reported that the
j woman who did the shooting was de
; mented.—Dawson News.
The storm which swept the Gulf of
Alaska early last month did consider
able damage to fishing boats ■!! Yaku
1 tat, eight boats being taken to that
place for repairs. The extent, of dam
age to the boats was: Constitution,
lost all fishing eeur; Htdaian 'ns1 both
anchors; Democrat, lost her booby
hatch; Norland, lost fishing roller; Arc
tic, lighting system put out of commis
sion: Tatoosh, lost fishing sh ot and
some gear; Washington, stripped of all
pump gears; Iloald Amundsen. Install
fi hing shoot and buoy kegs, and win
dows of the pilothouse were broken.
F,,ur of the damaged boats were pilot
j ed from all the heads into Monti bay by
j the gasboat Rolfe, owned and operated
' by Captain Gray.
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska
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