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I'AKOINA RADIO STATION
TO BE DISCONTINUED, OCT. 31
-The Takotna Radio station will be
chised during the coming fiscal year
. pf i933-1934 at least, according to
Word recently received here by Oper
ator in Charge William Lehman, com
ing from Colonel G. E. Kumpe, in
charge of the Washington-Alaska
military cable system, with headqaur
ters at Seattle. The order follows:
“SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—As a meas
ure of economy, made necessary due
to ttie decreased appropriation for
the system, the Secretary of War has
directed the closing of the Signal
Corps radio station at Takotna dur
ing the current fiscal year.
“The Northern Commercial Com
pany will install a public service
Indio telephone- station at McGrath
early in October to communicate with
the Signal Corps radio telephone
which is to be installed at FairbdnRs
about October 31. Detailed instruc
tions concerning the closing of your
ptation will be given after the radio
telephone channel has been estab
lished.”
WOULD FIGHT CATERPILLAR
PEST WITH AIRPLANES
MONTREAL.—The Department of
National Defense soon may launch an
pxtensive aerial campaign against a
caterpillar invasion, which is causing
thousands of dollars damage to
farjns in several parts of Quebec
province.
Alarmed at a sudden appearance of
huge ravaging armies of caterpillars
which are devouring trees, plants and
crops, farmers have asked the militia
headquarters at Ottawa to send air
planes to the area to combat the'
menace with insecticide “bombs.”
The caterpillar outbreak was first
poticed in Beauee county, along the
•. f borders of Maine, a few weeks ago,
Where they are now destroying hun
dreds of produce gardens and strip
-• . «pi,Bg foliage fro mtrees. The pests
also have been disiovered ini the east
ern townships.
Officials of the Montreal bureau,
Quebec department of agriculture, I
point out that a caterpillar menace
occurs in the eastern provinces—par
ticular! yin Ontario and Quebec—
about every ten years. This year’s
outbreak is reported to be one of the
Worst ever to hit Quebec.
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TKofr ENDORSES PROJECTS
TO AID ALL OP ALASKA
FAIRBANKS. — The News-Miner,
referring to the business discussed at
the meeting of Governor Troy with
the Fairbanks Chamber of Cofnmerce,
says, in part:
. The Governor, whom the Federal
i Government has asked to pass on all
Federal relief work projects in Alas
ka, in an advisory capacitty, unquali
fiedly approved the Fairbanks flood
control proposal and said he would be
glad to recommend it to the national
authorities. It plans protection to the
city from flood waters of the Chena
slough.
The Governor, briefly responding,
recalled his last previous visit to
Fairbanks 23 years ago. He expressed
the hope for more widely spread de
velopment, and this he felt confident
! would result with th building of addi
| tional roads, which would permit the
j working at a profit of placer ground
I now lying idle because of the lack of
, suitable transportation facilities.
He asserted the Federal Govern
j ment is justly charged with the de
| velopment of Alaska, national depart
j ments exercise ownership control over
| 99 per cent of the resources of the
j Territory, and the Federal Govern
ment naturally should not object to
being the heaviest taxpayer.
By encouraging the development of
the Territory, causing its more exten
. sive settlement and thus increasing
wealth of output, the national govern
ment will eventually profit in the gain
| of taxes, income and others, from the
' accumulation of the enhancement of
the riches of the Territory and of its
residents. The Federal Government
■ cannot profit from Alaska without de
veloping it, he insisted. When the
Territory is grown to the stature and
position of a State, it will repay be
yond all computation in revenue and
strength to the Union all that may
have been expended in the prepara
tory development, the Governor de
clared.
1 The Governor asked for the co-op
eration of all residents in efforts for
the welfare of the Territory.
! “When I called on the President
last spring,” the Governor related,
“he told me that when, in any matter
that I deemed necessary for the wele
fare of Alaska I could not achieve
progress without his help, to write
him a personal .letter. May I make a
similar request to you businessmen?
On matters that you think I can be of
help, write me a personal letter. It
will receive attention. I assure yon
I shall do my best.”
So fa ras concerns the International
highway, the Governor stated his
office had not been advised of any al
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location of funds. He thought the
United States Government, would
quickly favoor the building of the
project if Canada would take action
toward cooperation. He declared that
President Roosevelt thought well of
the proposal.
The Governor said .he would indorse
all the projects that had been brought
to his attention. Ho declared if they
were not approved by the Federal
Government before October he would
Lake them up with the authorities in
Wash.ngton then, when he will .get
back to the National Capital to dis
cuss the Alaska budget to be submit
ted to the next Congress.
He advised that the details of every ;
project be put in documentary form,
that the cost be est.mated, that the
benefits in the way of relief for un
employment he stated and that the
permanent advantages he set forth.
The Governor also asked that at
tention be given to the matter of en
couraging prospecting. He said a
feasible plan for extending mining
activities would command considera
tion.
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of the outfit, much of it spoiled—ap
parently the work of bears.
The exact date of Mr. Page’s pass
ing and how the end came will, of
course, never be known. Did the end,
after the hard day’s work, come from
a natural cause, such as heart failure,
or was he attacked in his tent by
either wolves or bears and killed at
disadvantage? These, of course, are
matters of conjecture.
With none other making the trip in
that direction, the fact that it was
his outfit and the certainty that it
was his boat, there remained little
doubt that what' was left of the re
mains were those of Mr. Page.
Mr. Mengel returned immediately
to McGrath and reported his findings
to JJ--S. JkuwfiSfdoner Fred . King,
who empaneled n .jury ;*md departed
at once to make an investigation.
Lee Page, at the time of his death'
about 65 years of age, was of French
Canadian extraction. He was in Daw
son in the early day sof that camp.
He came to Ophir at a very early
date, spending a . couple pf yyears
there there, following which he. came
to McGrath, spending a year or so
here and then leaving, fpr the .head
waters of the Nixon. His headquar
ters up on the west fork of the Nixon
had been Jus homq for the past 23 or
24 years, where he. followed the oc
cupation of prospector, apd trapper.
He visited McGrath early each year
of the open season, .-purchased his sup
plies, and again departed, for his iso
lated home. He again purchased his
usual supplies at McGrath and left
here in the latter part of June.
Horst -Dries, mining engineer, who
for nweal weeksipast has been in
vest gating: the Charles Baker and
John Jfieefc. gmin|pg : iproperties ? on
nnes creek, -wwompanied by his son,
i and l Joyd BnmnspIdiot, were last
j T~nhr awTmhnjga A' flnnr li inrinr
| h s morning for McGrath, at which
j ’ace, taking; his own plane, the party
!"' 1 fly t» Anchorage -sta<f -theh head
■ K'ntfle.en ronte thMUhicago. -Mr.
j will probablyirefcurfa h?rer carly
'is .the ftufcjtgi Corarff rforfcthe Terri
toxy of Alaska' Fourth Division,
Mount McKlnje.'i .Precinct.
In the matteer .of !'the Estate of
oim fii)Biv;d(r«a.sed. No. 26.
JNniitf _'ofI Hearing
j Prank J. Guskey, administrator of
the above eUafitfr-el^ estate, having on
August 1,7I9S3» filed-' in’the above en
titled react and: cause bis .petition for
Lh ■ determination .of heirship and for
j martial distribution ofT'the assets of
I the said estate;
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons rahsnttddc said estaterthat the
Court has fixed Monday, October 2nd,
1933, as the time, and the Office of.
the Prohate' Judge aforesaid, at''Mc
Grath, Alaska, as the place, when and'
where Hie aa&| {petition ~wilL be heard/
And .all persons interested , in said
estate and having any objections tQp
he said petition, are hereby admon-'
shed to be and appear at the timq
and place aforesaid, and to fUethei^
objections thereto in writing and pre
sent the same to this. Court,
And all persons claiming lo be the
heirs at law of the said decedent are
hereby required to present dheitf
claims at Hie time and. place afore-;
said.
Date dat McGrath, Alaska, Angust
2, 1933.
(Seal) ■ <£igned) FRED KING, '
(34) Probate Judge..
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•NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court at Kalskag,
‘vuskokw jn Precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, before «
George Morgan, United States Com
n-iss.oner and ex-officio Probate
Judge.
In the matter of .the estate of Ora
Barnhart, deceased.
Notie • is hereby given that the un
florsTied has beeh duly appointed
a'mi stratcr of the estate of Om
Farrhatt, of Stony Point, Kuskokwim
Precintt, deceased.
All pei-sons having claims against
said estate are required to present
fhem, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, . to the under
r:fried, at McGrath, Alaska, within ,
si:: (6) months from the date of this
notice.
Dated McGrath, Alaska, July 13,
ms.
J. I. WILLS,
Administrator.
First pub. July 15; last Aug. 12 33
Dr. C. D. Carter, .
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DENTIST
V WW netnra 'to McGrath nriy f
in the summer, after which he . *
- wilh visit - Tafcotna and Ophir. |
WilHie in Flat about the .mU- •
dleof July
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Needless to say this insurance should be of the very
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