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« Gathered From Our Territorial Exchanges •
'Fke Bodimce f’" - —
Mike Brd'r t. - jv*** «5d. p*s
« -d away .in :v- earn n ba.Wanks
gently.* He sr- a pioneer in this
- BTItry% having sr> nt -ore than 4b
arf of his life r: A - .h Fun:rai
-vices were eoBdueted by the Pion
Lodge.
• s S tiled At Ketchikan—
Judge Alexander cf Juneau, grant
..: awards to libelants in two adnur
r y suits in court recently. He
£ aided Genre t- i ■emmert **VAKj
a ainsh the beat Leba Ghat rammed
a ; each pf ■ rt’s boat, the Os,
r ev. near K awock. S. F. Inman
i ,i the crew of the boat of the same,
were awarded Al.Tft for O 3.salvage
• -era:;ons in t«.a:h,ng the boat t-.a .0
iialey at Security Cove.
Credit System Satisfactory—
From Palmer comes word that .hr
fourth month cf -he woi k-eredit sys
t- n, which is used by the Matanuska
Volley farmers, for v?h h they- ra
ve pay fur work c'-iw. ;s we.i :ntc>
fourth EiOjOn and from ad r
aliens, mm . . r Jar than eve:
May 8 ended :e th d month and
,.{ the r it notable results was
i. decided decrease in ’he amount of
tired labor err-loved by the colonists
uni the const nt rise in self-per
: rmed farm work.
. ibert Moreia-vi Passes—
Albert Mo, n: 06. well-known
-. borage r . an rat cut, died recent
of ^lesm R’a ziltei an illness of
-....ut a week. Death occurred at his
.e iy. inch rage. Mr. Moreland
- ?h ^ prapne.. r f tr Alaska Csfv
rst came to Aren age in 1928
has resided he- e suite that time.
- survived by i - widow, now in
h rage, and two daughters, one
Oakland, Calif- and the other in
r.. -jand, Ore. He ha a been a res
,Grant man most cf his fife. He
rked in several cafes in Anchorage
uv: nad been proprietor of the Al
aska Cafe for al -ut three years.
! 'et l rued for 1 on In—
T set up f*- . ties and a pr »gran
' ,r the recrea. r. of children in An
rage, apt 'ntr-.t-rt of a social
' ‘are hoa'-d composed of leaders of
- f organizati'.tn proposed by
a- r J. H. R.»r...r. He explained the
a-j would act in art advisory oa
. v to the Mayor and! the munici
;al council. Mayor Komig declared
aJthy, desirabl re reatSea for chil
n would prevent them from en
. r'rc is acts isdrief and van
dalism, such a? hat e warred reccn
:v n Anchorage. Tb ■ - - acts mcluoed
1 looting and damaging of Oscar
> : -Men’s cairn or the outskirts of
‘itv and co ‘.rg of bullets
th'nuph an airpi&ne.
' "arcska Market Opens—
1'atanuska-gr: wn products are now
.ng their w ay to t-; wns and vil
,! >ng Co k Ir et and the Ateu
: Islands and Into t anneries, mines.
camps or Br:-t 1 Bay, accord
ing to Capt. Pete Wold, skipper of
the motorship Fern, at Anchorage.
Captain Wold inaugurated a service
U Cook Inlet art Bristol Bay points
this week which will be maintained
throughout er. h Ttavtgc.tton seas >n.
Th■ re is a1 tady a dt and for hard
ier Matar. aa vegetables such as po
tatoes, cal ages, carrots, cauliflower
etc. Capta.n Wold said he foresaw
no difficulty in gating r.d of all such
vegetables with which he coaid be
supplied*
Dredges R< dy For Busy Year—
The dredge of the Gold Placer-.
Incorporated, located on Coal Creek,
will > tam operations s on. The new
dredge cf me Alluvial Golds, Incor
porated, - ed to be read:. ■:
start work July 1. The announce
ment is made by Ernest N. Patty,
general manager of the M'Rae in
terests. owner? and operators of the
dredge*. "Spring wofik preiitr.tn.ary
to starting the actual mining opera
tions w.th tfce two dredges has been
tinder wav for some tirr-e, and we
hope to have the Coal Creek dredge
working full time this week, and the
WoodcScrp * dredge digging for the
first time v;. the firs: of the month."
said Mr. Pat- “TV new diesels for
cur dredges." said Mr. Patty, '"are
ec ir irg on first boat. We have
all our crews hired for dredge work
and for stripping and cold water
thawing, with appoximately 40 men
in each cf the two camps. Men have
been busy thawing and stripping fat
three weeks, t wo af our men came
in by plane this week for dental
work and will return so n. Otherwise
the crews are unchanged. Wm. Heii
asn left here yesterday to be sup
erintendent ant: dred remaster on
Woodchotptr. Fred Obenniiler is
dreegemaster on Coal C*eek. Gen. A.
D. McRae, cur president, is expected
-are in A ugust from the Outside.”
Anchorage Girl Married—
> a_e !i.-: > eek, Miss Syl
C _n,e the bride of Deliver
V: ■ ■•it an empl yee of the Alaska
Rui. ad. \r. .. ceremony performed
8’ t •' Mr. and Mrs. Carl
V ■ . hi. . Ter. g s*.s. close friends
• ft. or tie pt! oin. were nresent.
U. >. (. - -inner Th. mas C. Price
performed the ceremony.
S t \ir Builds Road—
An; .■ i 5 Beet of cordu
roy r&d is now under construction
. v it? 3 tar Air Aa of Anchor
- at 1 ake H to facilitate
.of the cotn
pary- iJorv.o'C ship . Construction
f :he road is : e.ng trade through
■ v- and war r : provide a better
■z- ‘ t e "i base at the
• e a travel
surface tad w . be wide enough for
one-way s.uttiii'.O 'i;p tra£ic*
Fame. - " -r —
dog that, had
en'fris rci :i. t.-. nds of tourists and
otners in r.e last several years, is no
l. '-ngcr ‘be . n at the Valdez Drug
Store, hi undo died :«* morning re
C-.-E*. ,.f ■ si rig passed his
14th • irihdsy in January. The dog’s
m. n • 'h-'-r was imrr ;;i from Ger
• - •• .• « - - : rs $10,000.
M rndo's ftibe- v . also a grand
r- ... . slaving cap
■ II .... . j ' : on the Pa
cific Coast.
Julius to? - ; in-ane—
Julias Ols-r 24-year- Id patient
from C a! Creek, V K-. irp taken to
Mcnsinpside E >-.pittI, Portland; Or...
1 v U. 5. Mar bi.i J-. - A. MacDonald.
Deputy Pat O'C i.t;- : tu-d Charles
Rerghmd. guard. The marshal's par
ty ft Fairba”! eek. Olson,
•vho e.r.s nrou-ru *• i _ : asks from
Corl Creek by airpls last week,
was adjudged irssu-- ; a jury in the
United States Com. .• 'oner's Court
in Fairbanks and w,..- committed to
the asylum by C •nunissirner William
X. Grow den.
Bufuto Hot.-' On Airport—
Pr .iy the -Ir.i .rt-t bit of in
forms tin ever to be brought to
Fairbanks for £‘;rs is the warning
from Mrs. Barry Revel 1: '“Look out
for buffalo on trie £;g Delta field.
A few of the big beasts are making
it their stamping ground.” She also
reports that the milk cows, belonging
to Pika Wafietr a: Big Delta, are
mingling on friendly terms with the
bulfal:•. M’ s. Rt--ell r. w smiles to
think that at hir ' me a. Black Rap
ids last winter, during the time the
gl aefer was coming down the
vc, rv like a steamrofler. that she
kept her handbag packed for a quick
getaway. The b g glacier is spread
ing out, mere than a mile from the
v i. ■. s. and is coursing toward
the nmeth of Clear Creek, tributary
of the Eig Delta River. It is im
possible, because of high water and
ice, to go from the roadhouse to the
lower end of the glacier.
. Sit-Down At Anchorage—
No, not a sit-down strike, but the
fit-down putt-putters, the motor
glides, hare invaded Anchorage for
the first time. Several motorglides
have been seen'along Fourth Avenue,
Anchorage's main thoroughfare, for
the past few days. The vehicles make
an average speed of 25 miles per
hour, and have a maximum speed of
30. It is claimed they will go 150
r !es on a gallon of gas dine.
Returned to Jail—
I hil Whiting, released under $1,000
bord provided he leaves the Terri
tory, was returned to tail in Ketchi
kan recently by deputy marshals
when he failed to follow the court
rder on May 14 that he board the
r : southbound boat. Whiting and
V ayne Paint:r. charged with theft cf
fish last August, were released af
ter their bonds had been reduced
f ora $2,500. Judge Alexander stip
ulated that both take the next boa;
south. Painter left, but Whiting was
reported as remaining in Ketchikan.
Mike McI>eod Passes Away—
Mflee L. McLeod, 47 years oid. of
Kodiak, Alaska, passed away recent
ly at Tillamook, Oregon, following a
ma.ior surgical operation. Interment
was made in Nehk-rn, Oregon. Mr.
McLeod was with the Bureau of Ed
ucation of the Division cf Indian Af
fairs, Departmentof the Interior, 11
years. Seven of these years were
spent at Kodiak. Formerly be was
connected with the hospital at Tana
na. He helped to establish the school
a: Karlakuk. on Kodiak Island. Once
in connection with Mr. McLeod’s
work at Karlakuk. he covered 40
miles w'th a dog-drawn sled to bring
aid to suffering natives. He had vis
ited many remote areas in the North
land. During his career in Alaska, he
was connected with the hospitals at
Seward and Anchorage.
Bunnell Boosts Farms—
Alaskan agriculture has a great
future, Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, pres
dent of the University of Alaska at
tirbaaks, predicted recently in Lin
coln, Nebraska. His brief comment on
northern agriculture was prompted by
questions relating to the federal gov
ernment’s farm colonization project
in the Matanuska Valley. "At pres
ent." Dr. Bunnell said, "the problem
in Alaska is to get the people organ
ized and interested in farming. We
are so worked up in mining that it is
hard to realize the agricultural pos
ioiliiies of the land. These possibil
ities are much the same as those in
early settlement of the western
states. The situation generally for
folks is quite similar respects to the
present situation in the States. We
ir the North have the same motion
7 icttres. There is every element in
.he Matanuska Valley for successful
farming, but a few seasons will be
necessary to stabilize the variable
lerrent, which is the human element.
, Lincoln is the seat of the University
Xvtiaska and Dr. Bunnell has
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Alaska Newspaper Man Dies—
i. Hannon Caskey, pioneer pub •
lisher of Fairbanks and Dawson pas
sed away in Los Angeles May 19.
The Alaska Weekly, in reference to
his passing, said: In life 3. Harmon
Caskey was ever a builder, a news
man who always wanted to see be
yond the horizon. Of a cheery, op
timistic disposition, he made friends
wherever he went, and what is more,
kept them. He came to Seattle from
his birthplace in Wooster, Ohio, ir.
1S93. and in this city established two
newspapers. However the urge to
travel was rn him and being offered
;he management of the government
printing plant in Guatemala, ne
tracked south and held that position
for a nun ber of years. Central Am
er :a at that time was quiet and C. sT
key longed for more action. He re
turned t: Seattle and about that time
tales of plater gold were coming out
of Alaska, so t eether w'th his wife
he start: i for Daws n intent on start
ing a newspaper there. He arrived
in Daw-.n during the hectic days of
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“ "99" and was associated with Wm.
McIntyre, W. F. Thompson, Richard
Rosd-'rer, Harry F’c-el and Will Steel
when they started the Dawson News.
.He was for years in the Yukon me
tropolis bet moved to Fairbanks
when the tr'ke was made in the
Tsnana 7 ..e e he founded and pub
lished the Alaska Citizen, at that
time the only democratic newspaper
in the Territory. In 1939 the plant
was completely destroyed by fire, and
the Caskeys moved to California,
where he started another paper. The
Belvedere C:*‘z-. n, rt a suburb of Los
A - teles. He ed.cd and published
this paper tor years.
Xn'-esna to Rzopen Shortly—
•T. T. Bonner nthi’ -zro' intendent of
tv‘- .. ;e*T- JHtting C-rrpany pas
throi: '. aa recently from a bus
mess trip ‘a the States about ’he
time the Xat'sna sh ^t down April i5
e .b C pper Sim and X - • h -
western railror.a strike, the Jen- aa
Empire ssys. Xr. Bonner reported
that the min- will reopen as *-'on as
he arrives. Fa:! re to get r,prr->.
cver the ic'Trwtti caused the shut
down he said.
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