I NEWS ITEMS FROM OTHER ALASKAN TOWNS j
j • Gathered From Our Territorial Exchanges • j
SAYS STORY OF ALASKA
PURCHASE IS ALL “HOOEY*
An. t-mf ha'.io denial that the Uni
ted rta^rs :t.,d $-.4ltO,0OO for Alaska
in :*_ad of Si* hoO,cOO. was published in
-he Anchv ag. T.rres from former
tt.;ega:e- an.-.s Y> .Jrershsm.
“Tae story is impossible,” said Mi
rk ershan’, whin told of a recent
--spa.cn claiming that the Terrtory
cast only S3.100,000 and tha balance
1,1 the %~.2^ ,000 was paid to Russ a
a:- a debt tf honor in settlement cf
-_r aid during the Civil YYar.
Judge Wickersham said he had
asard the story several years ago,
and vkiie r YYashing.on made a
i: tttl in tv-rat:on to. determine
whether it-was cuthcnlic.
:-di , aii the documents per
tcinh.g to the purchase cf Alaska
and even the letters of Secretary
5 v. .-h tnd fraud it impassible that
the Territory jest anything over
J7 2MftMr the histcrian.; said.
J a_ j W icktraham said there was
only one warrant written and only
one airth trity for the warrant. He'
said the con tniians that there were
two vrarrsn*- involved in the deal
1 -e definitely erroneous.
“An oCc’.a. photographer for the
government took, pictures of the doc
unents for ir.e. I have the negative?
0. ' 'ho?e pietaras. Prints -were sent
t, :k gover_.ir’s office and to the
’• rritar*al rr.assum at Juneau and I
*>■ eve :rey ere still there,” Judge
W -kersham said.
“They sh w the authority for a
warren* :n he amount of $7,200,000
for the purchase of Alaska, signed
the treasurer the comptroller, the
? r .id other government offi
.: Another picture shews the
ent itself for payment of Rus
r the purchase of Alaska.
A : iri picture shows the receipt
en 1 v Bason de Stoacki, of Rus
-• warran*. It was written
u 5!ed in Washingtom”
uge A ickersham pointed out that
story claiming the Territory
r'y $1.80 .000 came in a rote;
- - y Ft nk:in K. Lane. Secretary;
' the Interior in the Wilson admin-:
tratiens. and that the note merely
toted what he was told at a dinner
r : rty. I
“If Mr. lane had said it, there
• • d pr bahlv be something behind
- But as it s. the story is hearsay,
bt t -i; down -,rer a period of years,”'
W cic'sham said.
tlr. Tan note said that Chas.i
ver. p" -i i ~* of the Rigcs Na
• nal Brnk New York had told"
. of the transaction. Mr. Glover,'
- - ;. b:y ebrk. was preserved
- : v f umemts to lock in the bank’s
: fe. Years afterward a senator told
G’bver that the documents were for
rhe’ ntymeant of $1,400,000 for Alas- ]
1, : and So.800,000 as a debt of honor
to Russia.
“It :s obvious that Mr. Glover’s
.ve'r-iory was faulty.” Judge Wicker
sham p inted out, "He is tryng to
remember what happened as a boy
and what a senator said years after
ward. The documentary evidence
fails to support his thoughts.
“In the lett-rs of Secretary Sew
ard. I found one from an editor in
the then territory of Washington
pi nting out that a newspaper in
Sitka had told the same story. This
was in 1867, the year the territory
was purchased.
“Secretary Seward answered the
letter denying the whole thing and
ernlaining tear the ‘tost was' $7,200.
000.”
PIONEERS PASS AT SITKA—
George Herrna-ton. an oldtimer,
died at the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka
recently. Fritz W. Larsen of Tena
kee and E. Laar°nsen, another pio- j
neer, died at the Home. Mr. Herring
ton operated a saloon in Fairbanks,
and also in Circle City, in partner-;
ship with Charlie Gies. He first land
ed in Circle City in 1894.
NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct. Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of
Charles Yost, deceased.
Notice is hereby riven by the un
dersigned. administrator of the es
tate of Charles Yost, deceased, to
the creditor’s of. and all persons
having cairns ara'nst, the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the ne
cessary vouchers, within six months
cf the date of this notice, to the
cold administrator, at his r’ace of’
residence in the Town of Fiat, Ot
ter Precinct, Fourth Judicial Divi
sion, Territorv of Alaska.
JOE CUMMINGS,
Admrn’strator of the Estate'Of
Charles Yost, Deceased.
Dated at Flat. Alaska, September IT,'
19*7.
First Publication October- IS, 1837.
Las* Publication, November 19,
SHORT ROUTE IS
OPENED TO ILIAMNA LAKE
Fifteen miles of road, linking Cook
Inlet with l.ian.na lake, have cpen.d
up a highly mineralized region ar-n-nd
li.arr.na and Clark lakes, it v>as re
ported in Fairbanks recently by Don
ald MacDonald II, kcating engineer
.or the Alaska Road Commission.
Ih. new road permits fishermen,
ailners, and trappers to travel a
fcort rente from Cotk Inlet to Eris
vo: Eay, withrut going 1,000 miles
out oi tfceir way through the Aleu
._n islands.
‘•Several hundred miles of mineral'
ized coun.ry, as well as an area that
is rich in fi-h and fur, are opened
by this connecting link, Mr. McDon
ald declared.
After a month’s work on this pro
ject, the locating engineer went to
Colorado station, on the Alsaka Rail
road. and from th:re laid out a road
to the Golden Zone mine, a distance
-of 13 miles.
“The Golden Zone Mine is a big,:
low-giade quartz outfit operated by’
tV. E. Dunkle, wh ch may ultimately
employ 1,000 men,” according to Mr.
MacDona'd.
From this job he -went to Palmer
to work on the Matamiska river flood
problem.
“There is a great deal of interest
:n Anchor? ge and Seward, in connect-1
In^ the Anchorage road system with I
he Richards n Highway,” Mr. Mac
ronald said. 'This project would
mean 'he c ns'ruction of 1"2 miles of
road from Palmer to a point in the
vicinity of Dry Creek on the Richard
son Highway. Dry Creek is 120
miles from Valdez.
“Work on this project might be
simplified by using the abar.d ned
railway from Moose Creek to Chick- j
a :s a h ghway. There are no
nusua! ciffcclties to be encountered
r—-o-ed road construction.
“The elevation of the summit be
r.-r, ,ne . .acaruska watershed and
he Copper River watershed is ap
rrotdmaiely 3,009 feet," Mr. Mac
Donald reported.
“And the road would serve for half
its length a placer and hard-rock
. utng region that has been pros
ected and partly worked for many
veers, reeding only better transpor- .
3tion for big development.”
WILL GIVE 24 HOUR SERVICE—
The Se’dovia electric light and i
rower plant is preparing to give the !
town a 24-hour service. The plant at
recent is operated by a 75-horse
> wer diesel engine and Mr. Hoffman I
plans to install an additional 20-!
horsepower unit to augment power.
The plant has 80 subscribers and
has been operating from dusk to 1 '
a. m.
TERRITORY GETS FUNDS—
Alaska received $60,506 tp assist
h.r aged, blind and dependent from
the Federal Social Security Foard
between February 1, 1936, and
through October this year, the Board
announced recently in V> ashngton.
Of the total of $252,439,339 assist
ance grar.ts that the Board has made
from February 1 1935, through Oc
teber this y ar, $218, 780,088 has
been received by the aged. $7,538,416
by the blind, and $26, 128,330 by de
pendent children.
FRESH STOCK
OF FINE
DOG
SALMON
Selling for the present at
12c PER LB.
As we are short of
Storage Room
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TAFOTNA
CASH STORE
A.H. TWITCHELL
Proprietor
ORIGINAL ST AKER PASSES—
William P. Beardsley, one of the
i original stakers on Ester Creek, died
' last month in Canton, Ohio, accord
ing to a letter to the Fairbanks
News-Miner from Glen C. Beardsley,
Loudenville, Ohio. The letter writer
states: W. P. Bcards’ey was an old
Sourdough. His last claim was No. 3
Above Discovery on Est:r Creek.. 1
was with him in Alaska in 1909. We
came out in November, 1909, and he
did not return to the north,”
NEW SPECIES OF POTATO—
Y\ hat is claimed to be a new variety
j of potato .s b.ing exhibited for the
r.t ame at u_e lanana Valley Fa:r
| by Ctto Mohler. I he potato has not
ci be n named, lur. Mohler devel
ped the potato from an acoidmtal
o very of an unusual potato spore
a "d. run crop of M. D. Snodg-ass
. n I latent ska vaJey. Attempts will
I be made to n.ke it a short-season po
| oato so it wrl mature be.ore .he
; rosis. Srud snores will be e.upcri
i r nted with at a temperature of 75
degrees.
Remember the A evert is erf
NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Mt. McKin
ley P'erin~t, Fcurth Judicial Div -
si n. Territory of A’aska.
Ir the matter of the Estate of Bert
Gocdpa>ter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
d: rsigned. executor of the estate of
Bert Goodpaster, deceased, to the
credit.rs of, and ail persons hating
claims against, the said deceased, to
exhib:t them, with the accessary
vouchers, within six months of the
date of this notice, to the said exec
utor, at his place of residence in the
Town Of Takotna. Mt. McKinley Pre
.-'nct. Fourth Judicial Division, Ter
ritcrv of Alaska.
AXEL PETERSON
Erecutor of the Estate of
Bert Goodpaster, Deceased
First Publication October 15, 19-37.
Last Publication, November 19,
1937.
HEWITT’S
PHOTO SHOP
AKCK6RAGE, ALASKA
l et ub do jrraT Photo Finish
ing. Zr-Tiocr film service.
DEVELOPING - PRINTING
ENLARGING
i
I'rdiTBrnid Portables and
R<ija! Standard Typewriters.
—Stationery — Kodaks and
A Treasuries—Eastnai Deal
ers.
Fill
MAIL ORDERS
Promptly and Efficiently |g|
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL
PAT. MILLER, Proprietor
MODERN ROOMS
Make This Your Home When In
Anchorage
•RCIICKI6E, iltSM
***** ***"*£
LAWRENCES PLAGE
HARRY LAWRENCE, PROP.
When in Flat stop at Lawrence’s Place. We are
open at all hoars. Good Dog Barns in connection.
Through Lawrence’s Flare -yon can obtain
Liquors of all kinds. Al?o Wines and Beer.
CIGARS — CIGARETTES — CANDY
FLAT, ALASKA
THE TAKOTNA SAWMILL
E. W. MILLER and SON. PROPS.
PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOR
Rough or Planed Lumber
WITH
E. W. MILLER
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
BRING US YOUR TROUBLES
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Blacksmith, Machine and All
Kinds of Sheet Metal Work
STOVES - SAFETYS - TANKS
Drills, Boilers and Complete
Prospecting Equipment
R. E. LOWRIE, PRO?. TAKOTNA, ALASKA
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TAKOTNA PIONEER SHOP
Groceries
Other Supplies
OPHIR STORE
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