Long suffering from heart trouble,
from which, there, appeared to be no
relief, Geqxge Palmer, oldtimer of
the Cook Inlet.^country, committed
suicide some .weeks Ago at Knik,
where he was engaged in business, by
shooting himself .through the heart
with a.32xcaliber automatic pistol. A
note which.- he. left in the store ex
> plained that he could not stand the
pain any longer. Truman Parish, who
\ was associated with Palmer in the
j mercantile business, found his part
ner’s death note-.in the store and
, rushed .to . the oldtimer’s apartment,
\ where he found, him suffering greatly.
_ He asked Palmer to permit him to
. send to Anchorage for an airplane to
>, take.him ,tq the hospital, and after
considerable argument Palmer con
. sented, but insisted on waiting a day
* before ..taking any action. Thinking
r „ he -had. talked Palmer out of the no
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tion of killing himself, Parish re
- turned,to..the store, and a few min
utes, latex heard the fatal pistol shot.
Returning, to the apartment, he
. found hi$ partner dead. Deceased
was ahout,75 years old at the time of
. his death,.and had been a resident of
. Alaska for many years, first engag
ing in. business at Knik, but about
nine .years ,ago moved to Kenai. He
is survived,by a common law wife, a
. nativa,.for whom, it is understood, he
made generous provisions in his will.
Acting on $ petition filed in behalf
« of the creditors, Judge E. Coke Hill
, of the Third division has adjudged
the McCord Alaskan Company bank
rupt.
The. petition, was filed following an
exhaustive, investigation made in be
half of. the creditors by Gerald O’Con
nor, who was recently in Fairbanks.
He said, approximately $125,000 had
been put into the business by his
friends and associates and he doe not
, believe..the asets of the firm will
reach .$20,000 During his investiga
, tion Q’Connqr visited Sitkalidak
-island, . which the company had
; stocked, with over 1,200 sheep and
. blue foxes, and received a report on
.. operations on East Chugach island,
\ where-the company maintained a fox
ranch under government lease.
The. McCord Alaskan Company was
incorporated in 1927. John W. Mc
<" Cord .has. been president since its or
_ ganizatkm.
Lester D. Henderson, former Com
mssioner of Education for Alaska,
now basAeharge of si*c schools with a
total enrollment of about 2,000.
Reoeqtly he was selected district
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Alaska:, in our four-passenger
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cabin.' Equipment for water
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$5100 per passenger.
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F: C^H. Spencer
TTekotna, Alaska
superintendent of the Burlingame
schools and has signed * four-year
contract, which became effective July
1. He will be permanently located at
Burlingame, which is within 17 miles
of San Francisco and within 18 miles
of Stanford University.
In its search for trained men to ex
pand its industries, Soviet Russia has
turned to Alaska for men to aid in
developing the Siberian gold mines,
As the result of investigations
started last spring, says the News
Miner, when Norman Wimmler, for
mer Alaska mining engineer, was en
gaged by the Russian government in
a suprvisory capacity, one mining
man has already left the Fairbanks
district for Siberia and several more
are going withinHhe near future.
“Red” Weldon, dredgeman former
ly connected with the Fairbanks Ex
ploration Company and the American
Creek Dredging Company, left for
Russia in the spring. He is said to
have been placed in charge of three
dredges.
Jack Hosier, who has been drilling
for the F. E. Co. for the uast several
years, yesterday received notification
from the Amtorg Trading Corpora
tion in New York by wire that he has
been appointed drill foreman. Mr.
Hosier will go to the Lena river sec
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week or two.
Fred Carlson is going to the same
place as a driller, and Victor Enstrom
and John Lappi may also go. It is i
understood that Jay Johnston, engi
neer for the Day Navigation Com-j
pany, operating on the Iditarod, will
also leave for Siberia.
The men have not been informed
yet whether they will make the trip
across the Pacific direct to Siberia or j
via New York and Europe.
Camille McGowan, former Montana
sourdough, and an oldtimer of the
Dawson, Nome, Fairbanks and other
Alaska camps, died recently in San
Francisco, where he had gone to take
treatments of the new cancer serum i
at the Coffey clinic. McGowan had
suffered from cancer for several
years and had undergone several op
erations for the disease.
With a 22 short Winchester, Rod
ger Elliott, 11-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Elliott of Ketchikan,
recently brought down a baldface
eagle measuring 33 inches from nose
to tail and with a wing spread of 6
feet 10 inches.
Receipts of the Alaska Game Com
mission from all sources for the fiscal
year ended June 30 aggregated $50,-1
711.77, according to a statement'
issued by the Juneau offiec of the
Commission. Of the total, $25,341.88
went to the Territorial treasurer for
Alaska schools. There was a loss of
about $12,000 in the receipts as com
pared with those for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1929. This was ac
rounted for b ya decrease in the num-1
ber of trapping licenses issued and by
a reduction in the number of alien \
special and alien fur-buyers’ licenses
sold. The trapping licenses dropped
fro m5,870 in 1929 to 5,500 tbis year.
There was an increase in the number
of non-resident hunting licenses sold
during the year. In the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1929, receipts from
that source amounted to $4,500, and
they increased to $6,000 last year.
The director of the United States
Mint announced recently that 208,
000 ounces of refined gold was pro
duced in the United States in 1929.
This is a reduction of 514,000 from
the previous year. California-led with
409,000 ounces, valued at $8,455,000.
The Territory of . Alaska was second,
with 374,000 ounces, .valued at. $7,
745,000.
Thte body , of Andy Blaomquist, bid
timer of .Fairbanks distort, was
disrovered some weeks ^go; in his
rabin on Qlear creek, on the Bonni
field. trail, ahohl 15 miles ^odi-. of
Fairbanks. The body was fohnd by
Carl Nelson, who had been trapping
in the same vicinity as Bloomquiat
and stopped in at. the latter’s cabin
on his way to town. Bloomquist had
apparently passed, away while he
slept, and there . was .no evidence of
suffering. Apri 1'4■wasTithe• last date!
marked off on his calendar.
W. A. Hesse of Ketchikan won the;
Democratic nomination for . Terri
torial highway -engineer over Robert
J. Sommers, incumbents-by 10 votes,
the final count of votes indicated.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that, I,. the,
undersigned, have this day been ap^’
pointed administrator of the estate, of;
F. C. H. Spencer, deceased. All per*';
sons having claims against the estate
of the aforesaid deceased F* C.. Hi,
Spencer must present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the
aforesaid administrator ■- within six
months of the date of “this notice.
Date dat Takotna, Alaska, this the
12th day of September, 1930.
CHRIS PETERSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
17 the aforesaid deceased.
Territory of Alaska—Mount McKin
ley Precinct—ss.
To all persons to whom these pres
ents shall come, greeting:
Know ye that it appearin gto W. T.
VnnHornnnl TTnifn^l Qfafoo Pommio.
sioner, that F. C. H. Spencer has died
intestate, leaving at the-time-of his
death property in this district, the
aforesaid Commissioner has duly ap
pointed Chris Petersop, of uTakotna,
Alaska, administrator of the estate
of F. C. H. Spencer, deceased. This,
therefore, authorizes the said Chris
Peterson to administer the estate of
the said F. C. H. Spencer, deceased,
according to law.
In testimony whcredf I-have here
unto set my hand and affixed my offi
cial seal this 12th day of September,
1930.
W. T. VANBERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-%
19 Officio Probate Judge.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Milaa
Nenana ..... 00 r~
Tavern Roadhouse ___17%
Knight’s Roadhouse .. 23 %
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse_..' 88 ..
Diamond Roadhouse.... ,76 ,
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina__116
Trappers’ Cabin.. 132 *
Lone Star Roadhouse_ 150
Telida Roadhouse .... 169% ,
Slow Fork Roadhouse_ 187
East Fork Roadhouse.4 206 ;
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse.227%
Big River Roadhouse..241
McGrath . 268
Takotna . 280 ’ ■
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse..291 ’•
Ophir- 800 *
McCafferty . 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin_818
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter cabin _346
Sahermeyer R. H. _ 860
Iditarod__ 876
Flat —. 384
Bonanzza sfaelar cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
Pioneer
Shop —
Blacksmith,
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
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-Proprietor
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Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
, i All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
John W. Dunn
Candidate for Re-election to the
Territorial 'Senate
Election Day, November 4, 1930
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