Alaska Notes
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Tljat one buffalo was woounded in
lash fall’s shooting along the Richard
->.n Highway has been definitely as
.entained and two other badly crip
pl’d, animals which are straggling
behind thf4 herd may have been vic
tims of careless and wanton hunters.
Th’e three buffalo arc reported to be
having serious difficulty in traveling
at.all. Officials are now puzzled as
to -what is to be done about this new
est problem. Adequate arrangements
had been made to protect the herd
.'gainst lack of food and they are well
ai ie to guard themselves against wild
foes, but that residents of the district
in which one of the most interesting
animal experiments on the continent
was being carried on would intervene
in isuch a manner was a factor not
taken into consideration. Reports
cowling from the highway also said a
bay horse belonging to Henry Stock
was also shot near Donnelley, pre
sumably having been mistaken for a
nv*ose or caribou by “automobile”
huhters. Residents of the Big Delta
fiar that some of the buffalo, may
have been killed, since there has been
no:accurate check of them for over a
year. The buffalo that shows the
most serious signs of distress and
haj been closely approached and ob
served, is suffering from a gunshot
wound in the, hind quarters, which
bleeds freely whenever the animal
be4s down.
Believed to he ,ihf; victim 'ot'■ bears.
TABLE OF DISTANCES. BE
TWEEN NfiNANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nejiana ..... 00
Tavern Roadhouse .<_ 17%
E (Sight's Roadhouse ... £3Is
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse .. 138 ..
Diamond Roadhouse .....'.. 76
R oosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina .. 115
Trappers Cabin' . 132
Lojie Star Roadhouse .. 150
Telida Roadhouse .. 169 lit
Slow Fork Roadhouse . 187
Ea>t Fork Roadhouse .206
Bejrry’s Landing Roadhouse . 227VT
Big River Roadhouse . ... 241
McGrath . 263
Takotna . 280
Bi{J Goss’ Roadhouse . 291
Oiinr ..._... 300
MlgCafferty .. 306
Br|>wn Creek shelter cabin . 31S
Fr|tz shelter cabin . . 333
Figst Chance shelter cabin . 346
Scbermeyer R. H. 360
Idijarod . 376
Flat ..;.. 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
N. P. Johnson, Alaska placer miner,
missing a year, was declared dead re
cently in Seattle l>y Probate Judge
Everett Smith. His wil, admitted to
probate, leaves the bulk of$2f>,000 to
a brother, John Johnson, and a sister,
Emma Johnson, both of Wapato. Two
other sisters, Mrs. Mary Courtney, of
Sumas, a id Mrs. Ida Anderson, of
British Columbia, receive $2,000 each.
Johnson's Ruby creek mining partner,
Robert Deacon, testified that when
Johnson disappeared six friends
found his camp 150 miles north of
Fairbanks, the tent torn and the pro
visions ruined. There was- no trace
of the man.
The blizzard which raged at Nome
last month is said by oldtimers to
have been the worst of its kind in
ihoir memory. Snowdrifts piled many
feet high through the business and
residential sections and the outlying
sections. The show at the Dream
Theater was postponed and very few
people ventured out of doors. Deliv
ery and water men had av hard time
of it, but it was not until late in the
evening that anxiety grew when L
E. Bunting, Arnold Thompson and
Vic Mickleson became lost in +he
blizzard between Nome and the waDjr
well,, about threerfourts of. a mile
from the center of the city. They.,
were driving two teams- and two
water wagons back to the well for re
filling at about 3:30 p. m., when they
became lost in the blizzard and un
able to keep the trail. The men un
hitched the horses finally and at
tempted to reach - a. place of. safety.
The wind and snow . drifted at such
terrible velocity ,that.neither man nor
beast could face it, so they decided by
circling they would come across a
cpbin somewhere,_ which, they did
later, the cabin of, -lack Solomon’s
former mining activities, across
Snake river from the old pumping
plant. After placing the horses in
thw lee of the cabin- the three, men
entered, only to find the window-gone
and two feet of snow on the floor -
Kowever, the old stove was a life
saver, as shelving was torn down and
used to keep them warm, and finally
some stale tea was located and hot
tea made, which was drunk with rel
ish. In the meantime, friends of the
men,.learning of their plight, soon.or
ganized a relief party, which searched
throughout the night. It being dark
and stormy, the men were not located
until daylight, when they started for
home with the horses. Men and
horses were none the worse for their
experience. The snowed-in wateV
wagons were pulled out by the big
Hammon tractor.
The Silverado Gulch electric light
plant of the Northern British Colum
bia Power Company was destroyed
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by fire a few days ago. The plant
was of the automatic type, with the
mechanism controlled by an auto
matic governor and voltage regulator,
and required little attention beyond
oiling up and inspection-.once a. day.
As no one was around at the time,
the origin of the!fir6:ds unknown, but
is thought by W. D. Smith, manager
of the company, to have been due to
a bearing burning out, which in turn
threw, off a belt which caught be
tween the pulley , find a wooden cas
ing, the resulting-friction causing the
wood to catch fire. The electrical gen
erating machinery was entirely de
stroyed and about half of the build
ing was consumed. The company is
now furnishing light from its re
maining plants.
Reports reeenty reaching Fair
banks tell of the death some weeks
ago, tell of 'the death of John George,.
Indian, in a fire which destroyed a
Cabin on the Beaver river, 14 miles
from the town of Beaver- The frag
mentary account received indicates
that George came to his death after
a dr,nking party in which five natives
were involved. The question of the
possibility of foul play has been
raised, but rests on no solid founda
tion, and not until an official investi
gation has been made will the facts
be known. George burned to death
in..a house only 75 feet removed from
his own.
Ur, F. L. Goddard, pioneer physi
cian of. Southeastern Alaska, and one
of. the most widely, known and highly
respected medical men in the North,,
passed away at his home at Goddard’s
Hot Springs, near Sitka, a few. days
ago. Death followed a paralytic
otroke a few days , before his demise
The deceased was aged 60 years,, and
is survived by his widow, a son,.E. M.
Goddard, of Juneau, and. a married
daughter who resides in Bellingham,
Wash.
Matt Hamburger and Joe. Kras key,
who prospected in the vicinity of Mt.
Foraker last fall, report values run
ning- $2.70 to the yard on Pass creek.
Several holes were sunk on two
claims and they show values are gen
erally distributed. The men believe
they have $60,000 in sight. Gravel
ranges from three to six feet in
depth. The creek is 70. miles from
the railroad and 20 miles west of
Cache creek.
Lynch Brothers, veteran Alaska
drillers, have been awarded a contract
for drilling the Anthracite-Ridge area
of the Matanuska coal fields, in conr
nection with the Government’s efforts
to develop new tonnage: for the Alas
ka Railroad. The contractors expect
to freight in forty tons of equipment
and supplies to a point 18 miles up
the Matanuska river from Chickaloon,
the terminal of the coal spur extend
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Flat,
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T akotna,
McGrath,
Lower Kuskokwim,
Bethel.
ing from Matanuska Junction. They
will begin to haul about the end of
February. During last summer mem
bers of the United States Geological
Survey made a surface reconnais
sance of the area and determined to
drill that portion of the field lying
between the exposed 35-foot seam of
anthracite and the Matanuska river.
It is estimated by Bureau of Mines
engineers that the measures, provid
ing the basil beds underlying the un
disturbed area to be drilled, are capa
ble of eventually supplying one thou
sand to; s daily. Included in the plans
for the ultimate development of the
beds is that of extending the Chicka
oon coal spur along the Matnuska
r.ver to Purinton creek. It is report
ed hy the Bureau of Mines that Cali
fornia capitalists are prepared to de
velop and operate the Anthracite
Ridge fields if the diamond drill dis
closes sufficient eoal to justify it.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Notice is hereby given to FjCW.' .
Carter, A. B. Ferguson, George- Cj'.
Friend, and E. Coke Hill, and. their ;•
heirs and assigns, that their portions
of the assessment work for the years
1924 to 1931, inclusive, done on-.the
Bonanza Association placer mining
cla'm, situated on Flat creek,, tribu -
tary of Otter creek, in the Otter R£- -
cording Precinct, Fourth Division* „
Territory of Alaska, must be- pakt 1
within ninety (90) days from date: ■
hereof, or forfeit all right and title e
to said placer mining cla m.
PATRICK SAVAGE!
Dated Flat, Alaska, Jan. 1G, 1932.
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