FLAT AND 1DITAROD
FLAT.—Harry Wilson and Gus
Rodman left today for Julian creek,
with a big string of dogs.
The Pioneer Lodge gave another
•lance Saturday night, which was well
attended and thoroughl yenjoyed.
Teddy Cassidy arrived in Flat with
Jack McDonald, from Crooked creek.
Mr. Cassidy is on important business
»n Flat, and will return in a few days
to Donlin ireek.
FLAT.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rader
ssen entertained a number of friends
*on Friday evening. Nov. 6, at whirh
progressive whist and dancing *were
featured Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Milo Caughrean, Mr. and Mrs.
Wislard McVeigh, Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Ebright, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Notila,
Mr. and Mrs. John Beaton, Master
Mai Beaton, Mr. Julius Schaffrik. An
»excellent lunch was served at mid
might.
The prize winners at cards were:
-First prize for ladies, Mrs. Willard
McVeigh! second, Mrs. John Beaton.
First prize for men, Mr. Gus Notila!
wecond, Mr. Julius Schaffrik.
FLAT.—Paul Wabnig arrived in
ttown today for supplies for his wood
team pon Slate creek.
Pilot A1 Monsen of the Pacific In
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Pen-Bred
Wire Orders
Clough 6c
Brink
Tslntna, Alaska
ternational left yesterday for Anch
orage, with Dave Strandberg as pas
senger.
The temperature reached 10 below
last night, for the first time this sea
son.
! Mrs. Fred Padersen arrived in Flat
from Discovery with her famous dog
team, which she is now training for
the winter season, -as the recent fall
of snow makes good sledding.
Joe Parker had his fancy dog team
out yesterday for exercise.
Alaska .Notes
-Gathered Frees Territorial
£a*haege&. '
n. correspunuem, oi uie
Gateway says that from the Alaska
Railroad Hotel garden at Curry' ‘they j
have procured cauliflower that weigh
ed over seven pounds per«head and
potatoes that weighed up to eight
I pounds apiece. Although these are
extremely large in size, .the pulp is
just as solid and delicate in taste as
the smaller heads.”
—
Mori' than 100 students have en
1 rolled at the Alaska College, the
number of registrations having
1 reached 106 a few days ago, with the
: promise of several more within the i
next week or so. In addition to the,
regular enrollments there were 17 j
listed for the home economics short I
course. The business administration I
department, with 39 registrants, has
more students than the other two de
partments combined, while agricul
, ture and chemistry divide honors at
the bottom of the list. Enrollments
in the various departments .are: Bust*
ness administration, 39; mining, 21;
civil engineering, 15; English and
language, each 14; general science, 5;
home economics, 6; chemistry , ^3;-Ag
riculture, 3.
The Alaska Railroad If out of the
commercial telegraph business in An
chorage. On .October 1 Peter Cook,
who has served as operator in charge
for 14 years, turned over the keys to
the Signal Corps.
Sergeant Willis Glasgow, formerly
stationed at Fairbanks, will be in
charge and will be assisted by Ser
geants Kenneth Frawley and Evald,
Hansen.
Groundwork for a determined cam
paign against Fairbanks bootleggers,
with emphasis on those who persist
in selling to children, was laid re
cently when federal and city officials
and citizens gathered together to de
nounce an evil claimed to be exerting:
a vicious influence on the youth of
the community. The meeting virtu
ally amounted to a warning to those
concerned that the practice, Which in
some instances have ; gone * unpun
ished in the past, must .came to. at,
halt. Present - were representatives
tives of the U. S. marshal's, and U. S.
attorney’s offices, the mayor and city
councdmen, the superintendent of
public schools, Alaska College offi
cials, and other citizens. All present
pledged themselves to whole-hearted
cooperation to stamp out what they
branded as a menace. The matter of
drinking at public functions was also
discussed, with the result that the lid
will be clamped down tight. Anyone
entering, a dance hall or any other
public place this winter in a state of
intoxication or bordering upon it will
And himself summarily ejected.
The headquarters offices of the
Alaska agricultural experiment sta
tions, Ion# maintained at Sitka, were
moved to Juneau on October 1 by Dr.
H. W. Alberts, director, and hereafter
the .bu&ines sof that organization will
be transacted at the new federal
building, in additio nto Dr. Alberts,
the headquarters staff is made up of
Eiler Hansen, administrative officer,!
and Mabel Koenigs, clerk.
The transfer involves only the
headquarters offi;ce. The experimen
tal work for Southeastern Alaska will
continue to be carried on at Sitka.
The change, it was announced, is
made to promote efficiency in admin
istration and for the advantages of;
closer contacts and cooperation witH
other federal bureaus.
-Are the large brown grizzly bears
in Alaska cannibals? Recently two
unsuccessful mountain sheep hunters
in the vicinity of McKinley Park were
coming back to camp down a small
valley. High up on the side of a hill
a big brownie was spied. They tied
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in mill their smoke wagons and after
the regulation amount of lead had
been aqiurted the brownie rolled
down almost into the creek. After
removing his parka, one of the hunt
ers slipped up to see what had been
taking the.hear’s atentioniwben they
interrupted. He found thes snow,
moss and shrubs violently 'torn np
over a large patch of grodnd. ’’.He
also found hair, blood, bones And feet,
of a medium-sized'black bear.. Appar
ently Uacfc bears are first to hole in,
and the brownie had found its den
and dug it out. Signs indicated that
the black, while hopelessly outclassed
in size, didn’t have any rabbit’s blood
in its feet. The brownie was just
through lunch when the hunters came
up. The black bear’s feet -were
brought in as proof of the story.
Three federal prisoners, > serving
sentences in the Skagway jail„ have
had their sentences commuted - by
President. Hoover and are now at lib
erty. Those to whom executive clem
ency were extended are Jack Austin,
John Marks and J. D. Houston, all of
Hoonah, who wore convicted of viola
tion wf the Alaska bone dry law. Each
was sentenced to serve one year in
all and to pay a fine t of f500. The
president commuted the jail sentence
and remitted the fine. Mrs. Austin,
who was convicted att he same time
as the three men, also was pardoned
by the President and released from
the federal jail in Juneau.
'"Thomas,” began the teacher, "I
suppose you have seen airplanes fly
ing overhead?”
"Of course,” replied the boy. "JI
had a ride i none last summer.”
“Did you enjoy it?” inquired the
teacher.
"Sure I did,” said the little fellow,
"especially after I got down.”
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
I
— --~r ^ '’***+*'-«r^ -t
In the Probate Court for" Ottei'!'P*r
einct, Fourth 'Division ef Alaska.
In the matter id the Estate of'Hayine
Wee ten, deceased.
No. 59.
Notice of ’Hearing eTSbiatmiMeoant.
Notice is hereby given that the ad*
ministrator of the - above, estate has
filed vhii.ifinal nrtpcsb irtrthfcrProbate
Court above named And thatraaid re
port will • be heatdt- hefiprd -the said
Prehate Ooult Sfceeinct, at
Plat, ! Alaakay: on Jfbndayhathtt. 30th
day)' of Nevembet,rl931t- aft g, b!clock
p. m. of said,day} athwhidr-tirae hnd
place All: perBoiiatsstetedtedsyia)p«p~
pear and show • caueif idvany5-they
nave, why said repeFbradaukh ndb bo
approvedand-confirmed. *
TBO® If.'OARIiAND,
A Administrator.
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