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.ji|8t 29th. 192;!, at the postoffice at
fdkotna, Alaska, under the Act of
Mivch 2V IS79.
Tdkotna Maska, December 1, 1928.
MASKED BANDIT HOLDS
I I* FAIRBANKS CAFE
'Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Entering the Model Cafe at 6:25
>'«lock this morning, a masked robber
hold up the patrons anti employes at
the point of a revolver, rilled the
ciish register of all the currency it
detained and made his escape, all
within a period of time estimated at
only a minute or two
So effectively was the man masked,
his entire face being covered, that
none of those in the cafe at the time
•vern. able to give a description which
would aid officers in the hunt for the
robber. The robber is said to have
buen stocky, of medium height and
very active. Federal authorities and
city police took up the search a short
time ■liter the robbery, but thus far,
vith no clue tnjm which to start,
their efforts have proved unavailing.
It is believed that the bandit wait
ed. outside until he saw that no one
was near the cash register. He en
tered with a revolver or pistol in his
bund and placing himself at the head
of, the counter near the rear, he
flourished the gun at the half dozen
or, so patrons sitting at the counter
and the two restaurant employes, at
tracting their attention with a grunt.
With one hand he held the gun and
with the other opened the register.
He rejected all silver and checks, tak
ing the latter from the currency and
placing them hack in the till. He did
not utter a .word during the holdup.
Then he turned and ran out of the
restaurant and was out of sight by
the time those, who had bpen held up
reached the door.
The holdup was the tirs£ of the
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kind to occur here in many years. A
humorous angle was furnished by the
fact that a woman patron, seated at
the counter, was entirely unaware
that a robbery was being committed
until the whole thing was over. Then
she said she “would have gone
the floor” if she had known about it.
BEAVER PELTS IN DEMAND
AT SEATTLE AUCTION
SEATTLE. Oct. -5.—Beaver prices
held up a tthe October sale of the
Seattle Fur Exchange, although only
about half of the 7,500 skins offered
wire sold. The collection averaged
§23.C5 per skin. Red fox advanced
5 per cent, the offering of 400 averag
ing§47.18.
Muskrats moved at open auction
prices with 35 per cent of the 80,000
ocered sold at an. average of SI.17.
1 he best lot brought SI.33. An in
ferior collection' of 200 silver fox
fox brought, an average of $78.79. A
few fresh furs brought a top price of
§175.
Lynx held firm, the best lot selling,
for $56.50 and the 300 offered av
eraged S45. A quality offering of
300 marten averaged 329.93, while I
the best sbld for S48.50. A collection
of 250 otter averaged §21.90. Two
hundred mediocre blue fox averaged
$50.95.
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| Gathered From Terri'orial j
Exchanges. j
The steamer Thistle, which left ■
Whitehorse late in September, cap- j
sized in a terrible windstorm in the I
middle of Lake Lebarge and sank,
bhe hail a full cargo of freight and
was towing a barge carrying addi-;
tional 40 tons of freight. Details are
lacking, but a report from Captain
Eduards states 'that, after being
windbound at the head of the lake
for 24 hours he at:- pti 1 o cross j
the lake. When Lalv way acres:- the
lake the wjnd came up wbh n•; owed
energy and the barge broke away;
from the steamer. \\ hiio making I
fast to the barge again the vessel
quartered on a big wave and the hog
chains snapped and the the steamer i
broke in two and disappeared, fol
lowed by an explosion of the boiler.1
At the first sign of real danger the j
crew of about twelve men scrambled [.
to safety on the barge.
The Premier mine, in the Hyderj
district, declared the third dividend
for the year payable October 3.. The I
dividend amounted to $300,000, or 6
per cent on the So,000,000 capitaliza- j
tion. This is for the same amount as
the July dividend, and 8100,000 less
than the April distribution.
This dividend brings the total divi
dends declared by the Premier, be-1
ginning with the first on December 1.,
1021, up to $12,750,49.7, a litfle^ m6re
than two and one-half times the cap-1
itaiization of the property.
The dream that Cordova should j
provide employment for a permanent:
year-round population, of fishermen j
reached its first realization with the j
announcement hy Th-onas ,S .Scott,}
president of the Cordova Packing
Company, that, his company will be
gin at once in the preparing of
frozen ar.d “fresh fish and fillets for!
the outside markets.
Ultimately the Cordova Packing |
Company will handle froz/n ryj fresh j
fish of all kinds, but now the^i are jn :
the market for halibut and ' salnjon 1
trout, which will be paid for at cur-;
rent prices. ,
The location formerly occupied by;
the City Meat Market will oe used for
the freezing and distributing, center.!
Arrangementta are now being-made to
make necessary changes to convert
this to an adequate freezing and stor
ing plant.
As soon as the innovation is estab- j
lljshed, the company will expand and'
' j" ' ' . "L_ m >•••«.rmoL' . 'ivaiJiau
prepare such fish as bass, snapper,11
ling cod and sable.
The halibut and salmon trout will,
he shipped fresh, but a new product
will be prepared, known as “fillet,” j
and will he shipped frozen.
The preparation of fillet packages,
) a comparatively new industry, is seen
| y the leading- authorities as a change
that will revolutionize the fisheries,
business of the world.
All of the old objections to the use
a fish have been overcome. No
longer is the housewife confronted
w.th the unpleasant task of preparing j
the fish for the pan or taole. The I
itsh arc cleaned,, skinned and cut into I
steaks, or fillets; the larger fish are
entirely without bones, while the i
t mailer fish are prepared with the 1
viscera, fins, scales and usually the !
heads removed. I
Fach fish steak or fillet is wrapped j
separately, and generally packed in a j
carton for convenience in handling. |
Julius Rahmsdorf recently disposed j
of his business in Rampart to Cap- $
tain A. S. Cran , f Ruby, wno of late j
years has been operating the Fisher j
hotel at Ruby. s
The appointment of Frank P. Wil- j
liams, St. Michael merchant, by Sec- j
retary of Agriculture Jardine as a j
member of the Alaska Game Commis- <
sion for the Second division was an
nounced recently. Mr. Williams sue- ^
\ ceeds Mr. Widstead of Nome.
John S. Scott, 51 years old, a. resi
j dent of Whatehorse and an oldtimer
' of t he Yukon, died at ...Skag.way re
cently after suffering a stroke. For ,
the past several years he had been ;
fuel agent for the White Pass route* {
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS;
All persons having claims against ]
the estate of Dan. Hartnett, deceased,
are hereby required to present the ■
same, under oath, vp the undersigned,
administrator of the said estate, at
his residence at Alaska, or at *
’ ’ie office of the rVaate Judge at
Flat, Alaska, .on or before May 31,
limy.
Dated, Flat, Alaska, October 15,
1928.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of
Dan. Hartnett, deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having c'aims against
the estate of Stewart McConnell, de
ceased. are hereby required to. pre
sent the same, under patk* to the un
dersigned, administrator, oi the- said
estate, at Iris residence at Flat,,
Alaska, or at the office of the Probate ■
fudge at Flat, Alaska, on or before M
May 31, 1923.
Dated, Fiat, Alaska, -October 15,
1928. «
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of
Stewart McConnell, deceased.
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