Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges.
CHICAGO.-—George Goshaw, fur
■farmer of the Shismare district, north
•of Nome, is planning to drive a dog
team all the way to Chicago from
his Alaska headquarters, it being his
intention to arrive here in time for
the opening of the 1933 Century of
Progress Exposition. His plans are
made known in a letter just received
from him by Exposition officials.
Goshaw will start on his long jour
ney next October, and he estimates
that, he will be on the trail about six
months. He will start at Cape F’rince
of Wales, folow along tlfe coast to
Barrow, eastward to the Mackenzie,
across Canada, and finally south to
Chicago. He will take pictures along
the way for exhibition after his ar
rval here. He wll start with a team
of 2:“) Siberian huskies.
Funeral services were held at Ju
neau recently for John Smith, aged
103 years, saidhave been Alaska’s
oldest Indian. He was born at Sitka.
His surviving relatives are two sons,
Peter Smith of Juneau anti Robert
.Smith of Klawock.
Oldtimers at Hyder say they have
•never seen so many varieties of
small bird life as are visible in that
locality at present. Robins are par
ticularly numerous and may be seen
in dozens during the early morning
hours, in addition to unwonted num
Ibers of wild canaries, finches, sap
suckers, swallows, and other varieties
•of small birds. A number of speci
mens of the Australian wood duck,
transplanted a year or so ago on the
British Columbia coast, have also
Ibeen seen on the Portland canal. The
■birds are easily identified by their
itails, which resemble those of a
chicken.
William Engle Britt, pioneer resi
dent of Juneau and distinguished
pharmacist, was fatally injured a few
•days ago when his automobile, which
ihe had started by coasting, crashed
into a telephone pole. Mr. Britt, who
was on the running board of the car,
was hurled to the ground, sustaining .
injuries from which he died as he was
Ibeing rushed to the hospital.
Mr. Britt was born in 1863 at
Fjoertoft, nearAalesund, Norway. Of
•eminent family—one of his brothers
was a member of the Norwegian par
liament—he had the best of educa
tional advantages. He was graduated
I
from the University of Oslo.
Mr. Britt first came to the Terri
tor yin the spring of 1898, landing at
Skagway, and from there went to
Dawson, and later to Atlin, where he
remained until 1900, when he settled
in Skagway, opening a drug store.
He went to Juneau in 1912, establish
ing a drug store there.
In 1914 Mr. Britt was appointed
vice-consul for Norway. In 1923, for
efficient consular service, he was,
made by King Haakon XVII of Nor-'
way a Knight of the First Class of
the Order of St. Olaf, an honor that
at the time was held by not more
than twelve other persons in the
United States.
Joe Findlay and Bert Bobe took to
Hyder a few days ago a huge halibut
landed by them in the vicinity of
Halibut bay, 35 miles down Portland
canal. The big fish was estimated to
weigh close to 30 Opounds and was
between 7 and 8 feet in length, with
an approximate width of 6 feet
Trappers on Unimak Island, in the
Aleutian group, report the recent mi
gration of millions of lemmings from
the island. It is said the lemmings
traveled in immense multitudes, in a
straight ine to the seashore, appar
entl yin obedience to some blind im
pulse of nature. During the migra
tion they moved onward in parallel
columns. One trapper could not in
duce them to deviate from a straight
line. The remarkable migration ter
minated in the Bering Sea, and ended
in the drowning of all that survived
the rough journey down from the
higher regions of Unimak Island. The
lemming are not only remarkable for
migrating at certain periods, but the
little rodents are the main source of
food for the fox and other island fur
bearers.
Ero Walli conducts a fox ranch , at
Staritza, on Cook Inlet. Recently a
year-old cow moose took possession
of the farm for a day and a night.
Mrs. Walli and hired man, Sergus
Kvasniloff, were alternately held pris
oner in the house and on the roof,
from which proceeded snowballs and
other missiles calculated to rout the
moose. Mrs. Alyce Anderson, of Ho
mer, en route to Ninilchik afoot, ap
proached, was signaled by the cap
tives to outflank the moose and take
refuge in th ecabin. She did. As a
fina peace offering, and believing the
moose to have read of the kidnaping
and ransom racket, Mrs. Walli prof
fered a plate of flapjacks. Whether
the moose anticipated oats and tim
othy hay, matters not. She responded
by kicking two panels from the door.
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Then the family dobbin hove* dn sight
to receive a broadside from the heels
of Mrs. Moose. He unlimbered and
opened up his starboard battery. Both
stood far enough apart to make all
shots fall short.. Tiring, the horse
walked away. The moose renewed her
attack against the besieged. The fam
ily pooch essayed to get into the
melee and was chased under the
house. Then W’alli .mounted the
house, cast a noose over the head .of
the moose. With the aid of numerous
Ks and Fs she was hog tied, loaded
upon a sled, hauled to the river wa
ters, where, from the vantage point
| of the bridge, Walli cut the bonds and
the moose retreated to the wilds.
Local Mention
An item of some interest here
abouts may be the fact that Mrs.
Mabel Nigh Ranum and Andrew
N. Nylen were united in marriage at
Junia o» May .28. Mrs. Ranum, it
will be recalled, -was school teacher
at McGrath for two years before
coming to Takotnna, afterward mak
ing her residence here for About a
year. Then, following a visit of sev
eral months Outside, she returned to
Juneau, where she .taught under the
Bureau of Indian Acairs. Mr. Nylen
is a resident of the Nome division,
which he represents in the Territorial
Legislature. Following their mar
riage at Juneau the newlyweds made
the honeymoon trip to Seattle, which
place they left a few days ago for
Nome.
Waioo Puntila, a former well
known oldtimer of this section but
who for the past four or five years
has been located in the Fairbanks
was an arrival from those parts on a
recent plane. He reports .nothing
startling of former Takotnans, other
than that most of them are enjoying
good health and doing fairily well.
Mr. Puntila left yesterday for Mc
Grath, a passenger on the Sea Wolf,
for a brief visit at that place.
T. N. Henry, investigator of the
Department of Justice, who came pp
on the steamer Tana from Bethel
following a visit of three or four days
at the latter place,, and) Deputy Mar
shSl Stanley J. Nichols, arrived here
on the 11th, coming up from McGrath
in Mr. Nichols’ launch. They returned
to McGrath, on the morning of the.
Mr. Henry left that some evening via
plane for Fairbanks, from which
place he was scheduled to depart al
most immediately for Juneau.
The power boat Sea Wolf, Master
Frank Larson, with barge loaded
with supplies brought up by steamer
Tana, hove into sight just below town
aerly in the morning of June 12, haw
ing made its initial trip of the season.
Dr. von Zesch
Dentist
Headquarters:
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September Until De
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Flat.
Ophhr,
TakotflUt
McGrath,
Lower Bbakokwim,
Bethel.
iir atiuaCt VS 1-2 hours, after having
bee* Ahqpal Tor about two hours,
owiartt»mtrr troubles.
Yex^.jKxaM Peterson was also- on the
sidwrollfcf jpfcjy recently completed, and
in.iwhunim which The Times failed
tq gjvw gnriper credit for having done
his sham tomrd that most welcome
improwoMit
lfc. *i Mrs. Dave E. Clough were
depaatums: for the Higgins camp ^at
Yanfaur dnxtng the past week.
JafiaoL Mttams was a departure for
the Biroxjns; dredge, at Yankee a few
days apn..
John. Happy Jacobson was a recent
visitor thus Ganes.
Leo Laroorecht returned here yes
terday- ftnm a visit to the Nixon
mine.
McGrath
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, Frank J. Guskey, 1 of
Takotna, Alaska, have this day been
appointed administrator for the es
tate of John D. Griffin, deceased. All
parties having claims against -the
aforesaid estate must present them *
to the undersigned, properly -signed,
with the vouchers attached, within
six months of the. date-of this ^no
tice. -
Dated at Takotna, Alaska, this
28th dav of .May, A. D. 1932.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
. Administrator of. the afore
- said estate.
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