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NEWS ITT MS FROM OTHER ALASKAN TOWNS
• Gathered From Our Territorial Exchanges •
LARGE SUM IN TREASURY —
In the treasury of Alaska, there is
a net, balance of SI 52. ■ A Oscar G.
Ols n Territorial treasurer ann uneed
n tntly at his o Trices in Jun ..Ihis
amount is 5186,772 more than the
balance one year ago.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL—
Andrew Andrews. 71-year-old pa
tient in St. Joseph's Hospital at Fair
banks, came north over the C hilkoot
Pass n ‘yS, and hasn't b'-en Outside
s.iv .. Mr. Andrews is a miner from
Lone Creek, 29 milt f. . R by. He
was flown from Ruby to the h spital
for ir.esical treatment by Pi!"’ Lon
brer; nan.
STOWAWAYS ARRESTED—
; v. • • Alaska s: w aways wore taken
from the steamship Baranof and ar
rested n the arrival of the vessel in
Seattle from ports in the Northern
Territory recently. The stowaways
were Glen Mills, 27 years old. a ia
korei and Harley Larnsor, a ti
ter. They ate believed to have board
ed the vessel at Ketchikan.
A. J. SHOWS BIG PROFITS—
Pr Its of 81.414.30o. bt: re fac
tion f r depletion. at t ae-i
federal tax--s f r the fn -t hr’f f tv
current y ear of 'S>37, were- re; -orte 1
la .. V. ..K. by ihe Alaska-, . i
Mining Company, \vh-<1 ! : :s nine
end rat Juneau. Air. ... a ■: rs
h: "d ;u: rte?s offers in Ssn ' ran isco.
Tb'f figure constitutes a new h’gh
he f year record. The pr.'fits if 81,
4 “ -
c< ■ nr ;i-fi with 1.141 -• "■ . >r the first
hr’, of last year. Tr increase is
credited to the fact the company
ir w rl rg a bight: grad.- • f O' • For
J-.ne this year, the c nocnyT net in
t, me was l.?00, v '• h is under the
ret income for June, 1936. and down
from this year's Mrv record of $283,
8o(».
DIVIDENDS EXPECTED—
More than 150 shar es of stock :n
The Cooperative As.- via i u at Pal
mer w re sold before -June 30. The
owners -jf this .-.,o.k with all shares
in the patrrnage-pvjeha?:: sayings for
•: pm nd . J. m SO The Trad
in t P staff t i c .t.- t hav.- the c!i
•vid.r. is f. r , ach member competed
: le of July. New
certificates have be n received and
ar. ready f r distribution. Members
who are holding the old certificates
numbered 1 to 100 may trade them
in f r new certificates which are
printed in blue and yellow. Eire and
geld ribbons to match the pr r: g
are affixed to the gold ~;?-l. Agricul
tural producers ere c miin r_ n
the asso:iation from day : c .; .
LEAVES FOR GOODVE'V?—
V. C. Garrison, who has beer, on a
four months’ tour ,.f the northwestern
St.' t • m of the United States, return
el to Anchorage recently. Mr. Gar
rison. besides making this pleasure
trip, purchased considerable mining
equipment for developing his mining
claim in the Goodnews Jsay region. He
w 1 leave later in ne week by plane
and commence building Immediately.
He has had several men there all
spring getting things order 1 v
building. e h pes t- be able to get
in two i uths of placer mining be
foi> the winter seas n sets in. Mr.
Garrison plans on building a modern
cabin, and with Mrs. Garrison, will
spend the summers at Goodnews,
staying n Anchorage during the win
ter months.
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FRANK BCTEAU, NOTED
PIONEER. PASSES AWAY
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Frank Bateau, one f the last sur-j
rivors of the little ban;! of ^ gold
• vi kers who c?..' into the Y’ukon •
valley long before the Klondike
strike electrified the world,, and a
man with a record of 51 years spent
with)!; the Yukon watershed, passed
wav n Fairbanks on the morning of
July 4
In his hist year, Frank was a fam
•! .. tigu re n the streets of Fair-;;
tanks until a1 most the day of his!
death. Ke had been in feeble health |
the last few y.ars, but frequented the;
ho:.-j- and other places about town. ;
conversing with tourists and other ■
visitors a,most until the last.
Frank Bateau was born in Quebec,
July 2d, 1. 50.. a: d in ItrST crossed,
witi. a party of 22. the ChllKoot Pa.-s j
iiv m Dyea t nke Lindemai, the j
headwaters of the Y'akon. where they |
built raft? and beats and descended,
the river to the Forty mile seeking' j
gwu. That jwar gold was discovered!]
on Maiden's t-ar by Andrew Maiden I •
and others. Bateau remained there |
during the winter, end the neat sea-!
son w.n.t out to Juneau, taking outh
? ! e of the first, if not the first, gold
in-. locality. He returned al- j
■ . im mediately* to the Fortymile | :
- - ti • le ft■!- a tir. andjatir in the;
k C.ty ...tap -vftei the discov
ery of the Klondike, in 1S96, stam-: •
,• . there and was a conspicuous• j
figure in and a T Daw- r.. Later he -
was among the early stampeders V* j'
?£?rl-:-.rsks and made hi? home in this!'
vicinity ever since. j i
Ir. But-eau was in Fortymile when
‘he noted old Y’ukon Order of Pi »n- ;
eers Was organized in De-ember. .
IR94. and became a charter member,
clung with Jack McQnest’n. Al .-layo. .
Bill McPhee, Gordon Betties, Jim
Binder and other notable early com
ers. Few of the original band still
sui rive.
Mr. Bateau for several years was
emerged ii writing a history of his
early day experiences, which he had
not completed at the time of his
seath.
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HAS. MONK KILLED—
Charles Monk, formerly of Anchor- i
.a.. and recently employed by the
sc R, ad Commission near Fair
was buried recenty in Eagle.
,.i killed by a rock slide while
corking near American Creek. A
vidow. who is a nurse at Eagle, sur
rives him. They have been married
16 years. . 4
0 FT'ARI» RETURNING—
ih.l : of the Service Com
a; v. and well-known Fairbanks avia
' . v ' from. Seattle to Fairbanks
xcently that he is recovering rapid
f: m a r. operation to his injured
ot and expects to leave there the
t of the month fqr Fairbanks. The
nessage came to Joe Hubbard,
rc-y'- fath r. Percy stated the doc
r said he would be abe to walk af
r ... - 2 .
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ESKIMO RESCUES MINER—
Wil.on Winer, Eskimo youth, was
1 he: at Wiseman recently. He
escuel Harry Snowden, miner, from
.-. waters of the-Kovukuk riv
: after >1.-. Snowden's boat capsized
the morning of the Fourth, it was
eported in Fairbanks by PQot Her
an I.crdahl. Mr. Snowden was com
ng fri :n his hillside cabin across the
Martin Slisco’s store for a
-,-key :inni>\ When he attempted
cr r. a small boat, the boat
.urned over. Partially intoxicated
1 le to swim, Mr. Snowden
- -v t, „ away by the rapid current
fhe : i ir boy, seeing the accident.,
an ’ . n the hank, dived into the
Id wate-s and succeeded in pulling
'ir. Snowden ashore. Artificial res-1
'irati-r v<.- applied and the almost!
r vvned man recovered.
\nchorage to get $100,000—
A loan and grant application by .
he City of Anchorage amounting to
•l»*0v 00 which will be used for light- 1
ng and paving Fourth Avenue has
■ten approved by Washington PWA
>fficials. Robert S. Bragaw said last
reek following his return from the
capital city to attend a meeting of
he unemployment Compensation
I' mm.ittoe of which he is a member.
Mr. Bragaw, at the request of Juneau
tls, r iught Mayor J. H. Romig
:.m a! n tification of the approval of
he city's application. Application for
another PWA loan and grant in the
amount of approximately $273,000
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THREE RADIO STATIONS
GOVERNMENT APPROVED REPAIR STATIONS
LICENSED PILOTS - LICENSED MECHANICS
lor tne purpose at erecting a new
school plant here had not been ap
proved at the time Mr. Bra raw left j
Juneau, he said, but he was of the
opinion that it would likely be ap
proved in the near future. Mayor 3.
H. Romig pointed out that the Text!
step in the paving and lighting pro- i
ject is now up to the city since the •
PWA regulations require cities to
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furnish hi> per cent of the cost ol im
provement project- The usual pro
cedure is to issue municipal ' nds : -
the amount. Bonding- of the c •
must be approved by 65 per cent of
the taxpayers voting at a special
election.
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