| Alaska Notes
I' Gathered Froa Territorial
KickilfH.
River boat service in connection with
the Alaska Railroad showed improve
ment during the past fliscal year.
The most notable fact, that operation
mas the taking of a cargo of 185
tons, consisting of mining machinery
for hydraulic mining, and supplies
from Betties, on the Koyukuk river.
The freight handled was the' prop
from BBettles on the KKyukuk riv
ef. The freight handled was the prop
erty of the Alaska Miniug company of
Detroit. This- involved a trip of the
steamer Jacobs some 600 miles up the
Koyukuk river from its mouth, on a
river that had not been navigated by
a steamboat the size of the, Jacobs
since the days of the gold. rush. The
trip wan entirely successful; no seri
ous delays or accidents occurred.
During , the time-the Jacobs was
absent from the Yukon river, on this
trip the. gasboat Matanuska was in
its place. The Northern Commercial
company last its best boat, the -Dr.
Martin, by fire in the first part of
the season’s operations, and the M«t
anuska, after the fletum of the Jacobs,
was leased- to them and made several
trips from, Holy Cross to St. Michael.
To ap, of freight handled in the fiscal
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PICKLED TONGUE
PIGS' PKET
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HEAD - CHEESE
year 1926 were 3,610, an increase of
485, or 15.5 per cent, and 849 passen
gers, an increase of 16. The last sail
ing of the season was made Septem
ber 23, 1925, and the first sailing was
made on May 12, 1926.
It is recommended that a Diesel en
gine-driven boat to replace the old
fashioned sternwheeler in this service
would materially reduce costs of oper-!
ation.
—
Harry I. Staser, wboa? services as j
ranking deputy in the Anchorage |
office of the United States marshal
were terminated on December 15 by
order of U. S. Marshal Harv . y P. Sul
livan, acting on instructions received j
from Washington, has been reinstated!
and will again be in charge of the I
local office beginning tomorrow. The |
steamer arriving at.. Valdez today
brought a letter to Marshal Sul.van j
from Washington, recalling the ds-!
missal and requesting the reappoint
ment of Mr. Staser. This lmorma
tion was received by the Times today
in a wire from the Valdez Miner and
confirmed in a wire from Marshal
Sullivan to Deputy Marshal A. F.
Hoffman, who has been, in charge of
the local office since the retirement of
Deputy Staser.—Anchorage Timts.
The eSwari) Memorial A ssociation,
sponsored by the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, has been incorporated un
der the lawg of thy Territory of
Alaska, and will erect a memorial to
William H. Seward, former Secretary
of State, who negotiated the purchase
of .Alaska, . It is hoped that president
Coolidge can he persuaded to act as
the honorary president of thy associa
tion and that .the governors of alL. the
States of thp Union can be induced to
accept the offices, of honorary vice
presidents, A national membership
drive will be started soon.
. What Js believed to be a record in
breakng dqwn. rock was set recently
in the Alaska Juneau mine when a
single-shot brought down . 5,000.000
tons pf pock, Tpn ane one-half tons
of powder were, used ip the blast. Thy
piovement of this vast aragunt of
rock was felt,, distinctly, throughout
the town. In a number of places the
Eu Rand’s |
Cafe and |
Hotel !
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BROTHERS
P. Q. Box, 1698, Anchorage, Alaska
Eiderdown Robes
;'WE are Agents for Wood's Canadian Eiderdown Robes. None better.
-We hare them in all wizen, the largest being 90x910, .the next being
?! 790(90, and 7!j(84, and smaller if desred. j
Complete Line of Gents' Furnishings I
disturbance was attributed to an
earthquake. Dishes were rattled on
shelves in some of the houses, and
even the Goldstein building was
slightly rocked by the jar.
Applications for ten or more
claims have been filed with the min
ing recorder recently, according to the
Dawson News, as the result of a
stampede to the Cassiar group, situ
ated opposite the Halfway House,
about midway between Dawson and
Fortymile. News of valuable
reached Dawson some weeks ago, and
a number of prospectors left there:
for the scene. Samples of thy' silver
ore from the Jenneret ground, in the
Cassiar vicinity, have been forwarded,
to the Treadwell Yukon Company
and to the government assayer at.
Keno City. It is reported that all
the ground as far back as Fifteenmjle
creek has been filed.
Fred Nadeau, aged 7 2, who went
To the Klondike in 1897, but before
gold was discovered in the same year,.,
died at the Dawson hospital Recently, j..
Although he amassed a fortune in the i
early days and kept it, he continued
To live in a 10x12 shack, until sickr,
ness overtook hm two months agq,.
when he was .taken to the. hospital.
He vva§ a native of Quebec.
WHY TQM PRICE WAS NAY < .
S. COMMISSIONER. ANCI; ■
ANCHORAGE-—Judge Ritchie re
moved Arthur G. Thompson as United
States commissioner .because,, he said,I
“I think official patronage ougnt to.j
be passed arpund.
“I have numerous friends I would
•like to do something for, but the j
hardest; part of parceling out patron- 1
Q (ro ic< /tVinnoim* -P1 1T .
■was glad, of the opportunity to ap- ■
pont you last year, and am glad l did,
so. I think you made a good com
missioner, and your work has been
entirely satisfactory.”
Judge Ritchie appointed Tom Price 1
to take office on January 1, because
“he has been a . good friend of mine
for many years,, and needs the office
as much as anybody I would care, to
appoint,. It is almost the ..only oppor
tunty I will have to give hm a testi
monial of my friendship.”
GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
NEAR FOLSOM, CALIF..
SACRAMENTO,—The Sacramento
Union today .said, a gold strike, report
ed to be the most, important..™ Cali
fornia’s history, has been made in the
Big Buzzard mine, nine rpiles north
east of Folsom, Eldorado county.
George W. Peltier, banker, and. Al- j
bert E. Vandrecock, metallurgist,
owners, announced that enough ore
has been blocked out- to insure opera- .,
tion for four years of a 50-stamp.-,
mill, which will be built next spring.
The mineralized zone is 200 to 50R
feet wide, and carries silver and cap
per in paying, quantites. .
CAR.) OF TH ANKS'.
To the host of friends who offered !
sympathy and condolences during my
recent bereavement, I herewith desire
to express my heartfelt appreciation.
Words cannot adequately express
my thanks to those friendB who gave
aid at the beginning of my. strife's ill
ness, nor to those oldtime, .-friends at
Fairbanks who did so much to make
comfortable; her last hours ?»n.d who
with such loving sovice -performed the
last sad rites. J. R. McLEAN.
SWAMPS QUITE PROFITABLE
AS FISH HATCHERIES
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SEATTLE.—Washington farmers
are making their back, pasture swamps
j Laundry
^ Front Street, Tokotna
| Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop.
and marshes pay by converting them
’"trt flsb fa’-riK,” says Dean John N.
Cobb of the University of Washington
college of fisheries .. . The' commercial
demand for fish has made it practic
able to deepen the swamps and stock
them with trout and bass -ether than
attempt to reclaim the land for agri
culture.
B.&EStore
McGrath,. Alaska.
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Groceries
Hardware
Miners' Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Furs. Bought and Sold
Moose Skin Mitts and Boots
King Island Mukluks
! aheesh, or Sled Lashing
oict’s Dog Harness, the very
! Best
l FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
A. R. Eldridge
I DO YOU KNOW THEM?
! JUNEAU.—Information is desired •
by the Governor's office regarding the
two brothers Joseph and Hanry •
Moran, or Joyce, natives of Cleveland,
| who were supposed to have come to ,
Alaska several years ago . This in*-,
forn.atiou is desired by relatives in
Scotland.
Takoina
Fool Kali
just mma
Fresh Fruits
Gandies
Cigars
Tobaccos
Cigarets
Jack MutchEer
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Proprietor
McGrath Roadhouse j
Where Trails and Rivers Meet. |
You Are Cordially Welcomed |
and Heartily Greeted. I
Wo F. Scott:" - - Proprietor
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Northern Commercial
Company j
I TAKOTNA ■ TWO STORES McGRATH j,
Send In Your Orders Now.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Apples Oranges Grape Fruit
Lemons Onions Garlic
Potatoes New Ham and Bacon Eggs
Pickled Pork Spare Riba
Corned Beef :
5 Building Supplies Tents Tarps
Clothing Dry Goods Drugs
Everything the Miner Needs