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Nomo.^—Thdmas' D. Jensen of
Nome u’t*>dfrigr.'iirf8fl'1>$'' Mends to
hnwrnw;.a-#sftdidaite‘in the Republican
primaries in: April for the nomina
tion *f Or'Delegateto-- Congress. Jen
sen" was twice a member of the
Alaska Legislature, first aa a mem
ber T>f the Roeuse in 1985, and later
aa-« -member of- the: senate in 1927.
At present he is clerk of the Distric
Court at Nome. He has not yet sig
nified whether lie will make the race,
The American Legion, department
of Alaaka, has become ffntenested in"
a-movement which tear for its object
the erection of a. memorial in. honor
of. General Wild* P. Richardson, ana
naunces the Alaaka. Legionaire. t.
It is plartned to place the- memorial--!
on the- Richardson highway on ?the*
diaide aobwaerv'tho coaat -aad the
Tfcnana sralley.^.
“The life and-^wtffk1 of-' General
Richardson ’, represented the very
highest type ’of- aft .American army
officer,” says the Legionaire. "He
was -a* soldier and a gentleman and -
throughout his hang career h. e efc
em olifiac^&JAibeir' best the fine tradi
tkrtS'of.t'bSe If bitted State* army.”.
THtmmmgarine goes on to relate the
General’s activities during the twenty
y$ars he spent in Alaska, and in tell
ing of the condddfiig episode of his
f career aa-a-soldierrrelatesi. “General
Rfthardson's« most notbeworthy ser
vice was ms commander of the Amer
ican foorces that were sent to North
Rossis» after- the- armistice. His
work there won the commendation of
both America* and British expert
military amttftority. He received the
thanks «f Congress for his services
and ther Distinguished Service Medal,
as well as the Congressional Medar.
He died at Washington,. D. C., last
May."
Among those who have consented
to eorstfcrihote services to the move
ment for a suitable memorial . are
Governor George A. Parks, B. M.
Behrends, John W. Troy, memb.er.H tik
the Alaska.Road Com®istii<wvnL.duis
, -Slossi of San Francisco, Ctfl.Glen Ed
I gerton of the U. S.Tfcrmy, and Cft&rifes
D, Garfifildt
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Talying pictures, will b£ heard- in
Fairbanks', Anchorage and Cordova
for the first time, in January, Captain
i A. E. iathrop, - proprietor^of the Em
y proem string of theaters,. announced'
■ recently. He left for the States a
few days ago- to purchase equipment
for talking movies for his theaters
in the three places.. .
D. W. Flanagan, fbrmer prohfbi
ffitioh enforcement officer, but now
■ engaged in running a trading post on
the upper Tanana river, was arrested
recently on the charge of having
shipped 27 marten skins and with
etransporting skins of --land fur-bear
ing animals without .proper markings
on a package containing them. He
pleaded not guiKy to both charges
and was released on bond of $500t
L An entirely new industry-looms up,
jfbr Reward1 provided’ plahs of offi-"
jbials of the SSeward Fisheries are
carried forward. It was recently an
^lounred that shrimps had been found
jin Resurrection Bay in large quanti
ties, and apparently the report is
true, for almost a ton were harvest
ed, but in hauling fn the catch, the
jnet drtrrsted. . In the meanttime pre
parations are under way at the plant
‘to handle shrimp, mi industry which
will keep the wheels of Jndustrf turn
ing for at least ten months in each
year,
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Dan Woodmore, one of "the- most
widely known mining men «f the Hys^
jder district, died suddenly recently on
.the 96 group, about 12‘ miles north of
Byder.as the result of a stroke while
making his way up the mountainside
from the- 96 camp with John Reman,
veteran mining man, and former ter
ritorial senator. The couple had
started up the steep trail with1 &
.small pack of tools and powder to do
[some prospecting on a recently dis
covered ledge near the upper border
■of the-property, When part way up
•gyssasatggasssgm:
fa JH ,
ft'
to.Jt'irth—
Tikotn*, Alaska
they sat d&wm nn/a lojg to rest. . Nfr.'1
Honan, turned Mils -head, fot a moment'
to took ai* air object pointed out !by
his companion, bitt lied Scarcely done
so when hfe : heard a . muffled groan1
tnm\ Woodmore and turned to see
him filling "backward from the logv!
dying a;.minute later. The deceased!
was 58" years of age, and apparently
in good.health when he left camp.
Increased general demand for com
panyV'product h'as resulted m the
speeding up of hrining operations at
ithe Hialy River ,Go*l Corporation's
mine at Suntrana, until now there- is
pipducad a daily average of 300 tons..
.Ta prepare for an even greater out*
tpaC the company is completing the"
installation of two 125 h. p. boilers at
a cost of, *15,000. The two sections
of the steel bridge spanning the Ni
nana river at Healy, leading to the
mine, which were washed out by flood
last1 spring with' a loss of three lives,,
will be rebuilt during the winter, it"
is said
The airplane Queen of the Yukon1
II, with 800 pounds of 4 mail andidnw ■
passengers aboard, plunged into, the1,,
river at Mayo, Y. T., a few weeks ago .
Pilot Patterson, 24 yeans old, was irm,
sfantly killed. Thei engine, stalled,
after the take-off and the plane went.,
into a nose dive. This is the second
recent plane accident in Yukon-.Terri
tory. Clyde G. Wann and W. A..
Pickett a short time ago wrecked the
plane which they recently broought
north -under its own power.
HOOVER ADMINISTRATION;
BUDGET FOIt YKAlr VMH
WASHII4GiI\*Nw-r-THe -firstvb'nd?v
of thu*?fiabver administration
| call**: dfr:.$3,830,000,000: to cover ..
ernment expenditures for the t.-..
year of 4931 When submitted, to Ccit
gress next .month*; President Hoover
made f it known yesterday , al_ the
White House.. ' |
j The total , is $100,000/iOOrle^s than .'
for the fiSc.-ih yewj.1330, lot which
| (3,941,000,000 has* been vappxDpriatedJ
Neither<o,fvti# fijtBre» inclnde. ap
propriations for thfe -- firm board,
which this year was. $150,000,000.
Next yearte: anrrapnation for the
j board has noot yet been estimated. j
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j Mail Carrier Charlie Konig arrived
i Thursday fronr.Ophlr, coming over
j during the < unaeually heavy storm,
with several inches of . new snow xov
' ering the trails.-:. Also coming over
was Frank Spfcijfcci:; well known Lit
te tie creek miniate jBnan*-j«tt)r contitirnedt
with Mri Konig to • McGrath, headed
for Fairbanks oapatbfcsinws trip.
j; NOTir*^«F?FO«FErmRE
j To Peter DavwgrjrixtBthacrat. successor*
. and aligns:
You, ana each ofiyoru, ur hereby,
notified thM:£,jth>n*uadersigned, your -
j co-owner, have expended in laborarui I
i improvements th*> sum of not lets:
i than one- hundred 'dollars for the:
j years 1921, 1922U 19231 1824; 1925, |
! 1928, 1927, 1922* and 1929*.upon placer
i raining elaim No. 3 *AMv* Discovery.
i oa Esperanto creek, a tributary of
i Madison creek, in thfcHdnolce Inning
t and Recording PVeamct^JrCmrth divi
[ sion. Territory of Alesfch,' in order toI
! hold said claim under*the provisions!
i of Section 2324 of thb Revised Stat
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Frank J. Guskey.
Notary Public . j
McGrath, Alaska j
cte» of itha tlAMfe* Stass and U»
anariduiiiDt>< titerttra conetfnini *n
nuai labbrinppM' mining claims, being
the amount required to bold said min*
inf claim , foe the period June 80,
ISStfc
Andi<if,iwKMU/ninety dags after tbs
publication.of. this notice, you fail or
refuse to> contribute' your proportion
of said expenditure, as well as the
cost oft Iracoadlng the same, and the
axilla of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
wncr, who has made the required
expenditarae under the terms ox said
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
JOHN KRFEGER,
• Co-Owner.
F-'rat pub. Oct. 26; last Jan. 25t 1930.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John Bernard and'George Gunder
son, their heirs, executors or as
signs;
You, and1 each of you, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
o-owner, have expended in .abor and
niprovmr.ents the sum of not less
’.ban one hundred dolars for the year
ending June 30, 1929, upon the Novi
kaleetk placer mining claim. Long
When In
Fairbanks
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| Proprietors
■ - ■ - ■ - --MgSMUKiMPJlW »il
erMlt, Nhlato recording praeinct,
Patqrfh' Division, Territory ofAitaska,
in eider to.hold said claim undhr the
provisions of. Section 2324 of, the Re
used Statute s of the United* States
and the aihe.tdments- thereto concern
ing annual 'abbr upon mining claims,.
being the amount required<to> hold'
said mining claim for -the period end
ing June 30, . 1929.
And if, within ninety, days after
the publication of rthis notice, you fail
or tefuse to-. contribute your propor
tion of said. expenditure, as well as
the ;ost of recording the same, andi
the costs of th«' advertisement, your
interest in said-claim trill become the
priperty Of that undersigneds your co
owner, who i has t made* thfe required1
expenditures sunder the terms-of said
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States. .
ROBERTCEflEACON,
Co-owner.
First pub. Oct. 29; last Jan. 25, 1930.
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