■ALASKA NOTES j
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Exchanges.
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Many Stake Platinum at Goodnews—
'‘ — *van 30 men have staked
a claims in the Goodaews
istrilt in the past month, fol
i the report of a new discovery
; platitmm in the region, according
. •••• rent reports..
s Kill Wary Reindeer—'
he wolf situation at Wain wright
Point Lay is very bad. reports
Ward; n Gr. nold CoII .ns said r*
Reindeigr Sre being killed and
e tongues eaten. Collins has
-gaged in making iirvestiga
to the erits deer depredation
. tail along the Arctic rim
ScfcofieH Passes—
D. Schofield, 72. who form
i ’aw in Seattle and Al
»i February 6 at his
mg Leach. Calif. In 1900
. iine to Nome where he entered
:ie mining business and practiced
aw as well. He became United
:ates dlftricf judge at Nome.
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Mrs. Carl Preiss Passes—
Mrs. Carl Preiss. 63 years- v*ld;
died in Fairbanks recently. Death
- as a result of a heart ailment
with which. she Has been suffering
■■ ■ rs. Sr,e-is survived by
. C arl. .’a retire* baker
rrosphctsor. Mrs. Preiss
ui-hanks ahn' ncingy
^lart Nome Postoffice—
-.eurfb fc* the * new Nome
tifiice 'and c art "Heas* building
11 get. enderway- by early June,
">'s of Ae Treasur?*1 Depart
—uroment division tpredict
Th* budding- may -cost
as S425.O90., the limit of co&,
. -it it is probable, it is said, that it
win be eon.-tnfiStedbgor ( ^siderah'y
less money:
Circle Miner K Hs Himself—
Clarence Wheelre, about 58, pion
eer of the Circle district, ended his
•i-"e recently by shooting himself in
the heat, a- report reaching- Fair
banks recently stated The body was
Job?: ""rBsea, a mining man,
eeler’s cabin dose to M ller's
e. lt'O miles north “of Fairbanks.
Vkheeler lived there more ’'than -fO
years and followed mining- until "he
became unable to do strenuous wort
when a badly infected hand crippled
huh. It is expected burial will be
at :MxUet House.
First Wage Tax Is Taken—
F air hanks employees receiving
monthly wage cheeks February I,
—not soon forget them. From
- ~:T "•:?» check is being
'• ; • ' —■■ • -v - v -:——- -on.
, -i vi the totar wage, the first
tax on wages under the Social Secur
ity Act. This deduction is made: in
common by all employers all over
Alaska and hi all pasts of the nation,
nere is no option in the matter. The
aw requires the Medtrctton to be
made by employers, both for full
time and part time •wages of adults
and likewise from minors. Every em
ployee is required to fill out an ap
plication for an account number.
I'rge Bnilding Highway f<*on—
Immediate construction of Aalska's
section of the proposed International
Highway is advocated by the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, in a resolu
tion recently passed by that lodyi-.
Development of large gold bearing
arreas adjacent to the rorute of the
proposed Alarska section,- including
the Goodpaster and Forty Mil*, dis
tricts, is given as the main reason
for the immediate construction in ad
dition. to the other benefits which
would result from this section of the
highway.
Important .Mine Dehl Made—' -
Purchase of seven mining clairhs
on upper: Mastodon Creek in the Cir
cle district was announced recently :
by Joe Crosson.. The ground was
bought by himself; Don R. Gustafson,
George Gustafson and Arleie Laird
from Gus Erickson. These holdings
have long been regarded as perhaps
the richest unmined placer ground'
remaining in the Circle eamp. ifr—
■Erickson has been working" in a small
'way with a hydraulic plant but there
■is sa’d to bemuch virgin ground *e
m aiming on the seven claims.
fairhaaks Man Dies of Bnrirst—
Le-ws Curias, about 40 years old;]
was fatally burned early on' the
morning of February 5, in J*is cabin
at E air bants. The’ tire apparently
stead byCreOF anUunpE-to start a
fire in fte iGtcbei ounce with kero
sene.. It exploded.1? Oaring the last
year, be we* employed by tfce North
ern CotnmercSaJi Geanpan? n*s cater- j
; niilar tractor-^mochamc. He- also ;
worked pam time In charge- of the 1
"S’. C;*a engineering department. He '
'iamd to Alaska -tera years ago. tfa
a brother. Aria Curtis Teiid&ae.*
a- Palmar..;*'
Far risers to (kffa.nmu—
"A5iw farmer'An the Tatiana Valley j
or lelsewJsere m Alaska who wishes
to appfy for payments tctder the Sadli
Conservation Program for 1 33>6,.
should call or~ write to* the Director J
of Extension Servid Room, 213 fed
eral building, Fairbanks," it was an
nounced recently by L. T. Gldreyd'at -
j Fairbanks. “Application blank- are
here so that prompt attention can
be given this matter," Qfidroyd said.
Farmers who used commercial fer
tilizer on their fields last year are
entitled to a payment of 52.50 per
acre for all land on which not less
than -j(Kipounds of c mmercial ferti
lizer par acre was used. And anyr;
farmer who planted any of his lard*
to permanent pasture in 1936 is en
titled to a payment of $3.00 per acre.
NO CHANGE IN ELECTION DATE
The Territorial genera] election will
continue to be held on the first Tues
day in September. The bill introduc
ed by Senator Henry Roden of Jun
eau, to change the date back to Nov
ember, was defeated. Roden ccn
tended there were too many people
working away from voting precincts
jin September and were unable to ex
ercise their franchise rights.
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DUNK LB IS WORKING WITH
DIMOND ON AIRPORT FUND
A fight before the House - Ap
propriations Committee in its con
sideration oi the Interior Depart
ment supply bill, for inclusion in
funds appropriated for that agency
of at -least $506,000 for pew air
ports in Alaska has been promised by
Delegate Dimond.
Dimond. accompanied by W E.
Dunkle, of Anchorage, famed Alaska
mining expert and airline operator,
has heen lining up support for needed
additional airports in Alaska from
the Commerce Department and var
ous government air experts.
Du..a.e-kas been in Washington for
the express purpose of e nhancing
the governa.ent that Alaska needs a:
least 70 new fields and greatly en
larged current, landing spots.
According to the Anchorage expert,
most of Alaska a fields now are "too
small for a transport or heavily
loaded freight plane to take og from,
an* many are totally unfitted for
lundin with modem large ships.
The entire orogaam Dunkle and Di
mond want to initiate for the Ter
ritory would cost at least $2^00,000
in federal funds. Neither expects -to
get that much at, once. The -$500,000
would be ample to get started, both
claim.
Wherever you may be -located,
send in whatever " news you--may
have and help us to produce a real
newsy newspaper. Send some today.
FISHER SISTERS WILL MAKE
NEW HOME IN FAIRBANKS
!' Miss Dolly Fisher and Miss- Mil
dred Fisher, daughters - «f the--late
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Fisher, -pno*
inem Yukon and- Alaska -pioneers,
arrived in Fairbanks recently from
Ruby, their- home for many years,
and will male* theh- home in Fair
banks. Mildred postmaster at
Ruby for years. The- Misses Fisher
are sisters to Mrs. W. N. Growden,
■ wife of the U. S= Commlssroner at
Fairbanks.
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RELIEVE SHORTAGE OF
FOOD AT WISEMAN
The shortage of food supplies at
Wiseman aas been relieved by sev
eral deliveries by pine according to
the- Fairbanks News-Miner. There
is very little game in the vi;in:ty of
Wiseman this year, anl the resi
dents have had no fresh meat since
Ehnstmas. Stormy weather pre
vented plane delivery, and milk sup
plies -were getting low. It is report
ed that th» wolf is about the only
animal running around Wiseman this
winter. ;
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Liquoraiaf all kinds-. -Also Wines ivtieer r.
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