i The largest'vessel ever built ion the
upper Yukon *iver, a freighter meas
nringiiil0. foet over all, with 42 feet
beam, and a -draft of 18 inclfts, has
been completed by the White Pass &
Yukttiv ttiJUtfOnat WhitehoflRegaccord
'iBE .tdLannourvcement by .H. Wheeler,
pEC'aUentaifrttie company. . This craft
is rtu^tfinth in the service and will
rep^ac^a sfeaUc-r vesset*whichfwill be
bid ‘in reserved tor** nfkTgenty duty, i
Tbe Superstructure .of the big freight
tier test been cJomplatad,. and the en
i gpnetand whael will fct installed be
i£ari£?Hhe opening of .fcelvjRntiOn next
• tpriftg.
Ktetraordinary interest1 in the Alas-’
rfca-Jwieau gold miqe on the New :
York stock exchange is reflected in;
’thcabirge volumb of shares soldrthere.
I Inti the course of a recent week the
Block ranked among the first five,
leading such stocks as Chrysler, Gen-1
<eral Motors, Consolidated, aud’.U. S.
rStofcl
The monthly report of Treasurer
W. GfSmith shows the Territory is in 1
- a hfcalthy financial condition. At the j
■ clone of business on October 31 there j
t -w**!*’$770,427.63 in the treasury, which i
c does not include an investment of,
i'abttttl' $91,000 in government bonds.
The latter amount forms the Pioneers’
1 Home building fund established by
Vthe 1927 Legislature.
7LTo»-eseape from Morningside sani
t-tferkim. and then to apply to the
•Unbtfed states marshal at Seattle for
transportation to his home at Douglas
< was the action taken recently by
. John Kak, who was committed to the
t-aanliai ium fin August. He received a
i ticket south instead of north, and a
»guard was sent along to see that he
rrcacbedU.his destination.
IJSeer.hunters in Southeaster Alaska
.“ate' Aiding- no scarcity of game,
:-M»auksnaanship being about the only
qbalifieution needed to secure a full
LbBigkaccording to Alaska Game Com
Imtesron officials. The deer are re
l panted to be jn fine condition. Forage
hftslteen plentiful. The fawn “crop”
• thr>s iyear is known to have been ey
•• ceileht, and unless there should be an
* eaft-fi teavy iall of snow there will
’.beano shortage of deer for several
„years to come.
wC.YM..3lolmfafid Paul Lind, promi
nent business men of Petersburg,
■ were drtiwtred a few days ago when
the small skYff in whith they were en-,
' teriiig aVblind slough on a hunting
. trip-was swamped. ’Three others in
'.'■tin party reached shore safely.
TJtehn is survived by-fi brother at
1 Bfclersbuvg .and his ggeents at Sno
Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
> Exchanges.
homish.* He was a World War flier
and instructor at Langley Field. He
subsequently operated the telephone
exchange at Petersburg. Lund is
survived by two brothers. He re
cently rttired from business to make
an extended trip to Europe. He was
a member of the city council. Holm
was. a member of the Masons, Elks
and Moose lodges.
A smajlpoxiyepidemic of some pro
portions is reported on fthe Lower
Yukon river. There are an unknown
number of cases of the dinsease at
Marshall and Mountain Village, ac
cording to reports. v
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En roue to MornipgsWoikaftterium •
with two insane r pe/sons, ' United
States Marshal L’ynn-Smfch left Fair
banks a fe wdays ago. The insane
persons are Mrs*4Maria Ghyne of Nu
lato and Charles Lamont of Fair
banks. Accompanying the Marshal as
.guards were Mrs. C. F. Ttrwnsend and ‘
Deputy Marshal and Mrs. John J.
Buckley
Mrs. Ga.vne <was taken tiP-Ruby by |
Deputy Marshal Fred Barker, who j
flew to Ruby'“!with Pilot N»)cl Wien.
The round trip, whith"*woilld have
taken 22 days by other Tneans of
transportation,'was completed in
about six hours of actu’afflying time.
Deputy Marshal Stockman guarded
the woman on the flight frcTm Nulato
to Ruby. She stood' the*JtTr trip well
and th eofficers* experienced no diffi
culty with her.
Ruby is ratter quiet at The present
time, according to Deputy Marshal
Parker, who returned recently from
that place to Fairbanks. Mr. Parker
says an active' winter .ifev -'the mines .
on the surrouhding creefcs is looked j
for. A caterpillar is n«w.tJBgaged in |
hauling supplies to Long'and Poor
man and will he occupied in-that task .
all winter.
_
Decayed sluiceboxe*.aJbd other indi- '
cations of a mine operated more than
fifty years ago were found on the
Hootalinqua river a.few weeks ago by
a group of prospectors sent out by
the Richmond Alining Company of;
Spokane, which'lias been operating in j
Southern Yukon Territory for a num- ;
her of years. The scene of the for
mer operations, of which there is no
known record, is about 45 miles up
the Hootalinqua and about hfciif- dfmile
back from the river. Indications are j
that considerable work was done
there at one time.
John Erickson,'an oldtimer hf the
North and a resident of Vahkz- for
the last 23 years, dropped dead in the
street near his home recently. He
had suffered from heart trouble for- a !
number of years. t !
Plans-for the Alaska Capitol aftd :
office building in JuiSeau, to be erect- .
ed at a cost not to exceed* S75f),0hfui.
have been fina !y accepted, according
to information received by Gove. ' •
Bid Farewell To Old Man 1928! ]\i
Give Greetings To Kid 1929 ! jj
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Dec. 31, 1928 Jan. I, IK® ijj
Monday Night Tuesday Nijtht ? $ ;
TWO NIGHTS OF PLEASURE ! ’ j
mfi ONE! COME ALL! {
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Pnrks. Bids will I e called for and
received by the Treasury Department
next February. It is understood. that
the Treasury Dep-utment plans to
have construction start as soon as
possible next spring- Funds are al
ready available for the work.
A heart attack suffered on a down
town street in Juneau late last month
proved fatal to Mrs. Isabelle Mc
Grew, 7.‘! years of age. She was seen
to collapse and was rushed to the hos
pital in ij taxi, but on-arrival there
it was found that she was dead. Mrs.
McGrew had been a resident of the
Capital city for about ten years, hfea.
•fTrg'Come there from California. She
ris survived by her widower" and a
daughter*- Mrs.'Dnna Itoosevdld. I
The* ?TUe IT dwell Yukon Company is
now operatin^-a Fairchild monoplane
between Mayo and Dawson. During
the summer months'the plfftm Was
equipped with ’ poiTt-oons. T. G.
Stephens, who piloted' the*QUeen of
the Yukon until'it Was cracked up, is!
the company aviatbr. 'Tht* plane is ot |
the enclosed ^abin type and is pow
ered with a - 410-hdrsepovTer Wasp
Wasp rrtothr.
Charles M. Lamffnt; who fnas ar- j
rested at Fairbanks some time ago
and held for observation as to his
sanity, was found insane A few days
ago by a jury in Commissioner Boyd’s
court. Doctors Romig, “'Sutherland *
and de la Vergne testified that La
mont had the paranoiac type of‘in
sanity and that it would "be daffgerous
to leave him’'at‘large, Lamont be
lieves he is being persecuted by his
wife, who, he ‘says, has" followed him
from place to place and interfered
with his pursuits since they separ-'
at’ed.’ He says he has seen her several
times in Fairbanks, but'Wortrcn he
nailied as his wife were discovered to j
have no acquaintance even with him, J
and authorities are of the opinion
that Mrs." Lamo'nt has TteVcr been Tn
Fairbanks.
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NOTICE T(T CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner’s Court at Mc
Grath, "Mount McKirTley Precinct,
Fourth 'Division, Territory of';'
Alaska, before'W. ~T. "VanderpooL,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio \
Probate Judge. t<
In the matter of the' estate of Rob- '
ert R. Jones," tfPteased.
Notice is hereby given that the un- :
"der?i*rn'ed has been duly appointed ad- ,
niinistrator of the estate of Robert R. ,
.Jones, deceased.
All persons having claims against
Said estate tft"e required to present
the. same, duly verified, with proper.;
' vouchers attached, to the under- :
1 signed, at Medfra, Alaska, within six
j [GJ months rfrom the date of this no
; tic“.
j Stated, McGrath, Alaska, December :
] 10, 1928. C. M. WINAN,
Administrator.
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