j| Alaska Notes
j • jtrat-hereu From Terrifarkti.
j,t I Exchangee.
A party of stampeders who re*
turned to Juneau recently from the
scene of the reported, gold strike on
Squaw creek., on.the: old Dalton trail,
near'Dalton post, reported that while
‘he prospects seemed favorable not
-■noufch work had l>een done to.deter
mine* the real value -of the find. The
party was made- up of Stampede
lohtipede Johnnie Stejibralen, Karl T.
Kuhl' and S; J. Clerf. They, staked
•lainis and will return to the .district
later if reports are favorable
They reported at Juneau that about
.00 claims .'had .been staked on the
strength of the discovery; of. gold
inadd by Indians late, last Jail. - About
$200'was taken out before the freeze
up aiid most of the-staking was done.
•>y Indians. ■
Xtenbraten, Kuhl and Clerf left Ju
neau'January 7, and/went into the
country by way of Whitehorse. They
returned, over the Dalton trail via
Rainy Hollow, -tne-'Porcupine country
and Baines. Stages'-are running from'
Haines for a distance of 18 rodes.-The
part£ had .dogs, ami. they say. the trip
was hot a bad on- at aHv The Mount
ed Police maintain communication be
tweehi Champagne- Landing and:
Squaw Creek...
Squaw Creek lies parti yin British
Coluhibra, where it heads,' and partly
m Yukon Territory. About half of!
the Claims that have been staked are,
in Yukon and *he other half, in Brit-,
ish Columbia. The creek flows into i
the 1'atshenshim river, a tributary of !
the Alsek river, ft is about 100
•nilei from Haine* t±J~.
Out of the ice-bound? Arctic have
oom£ many strange- phenomena of in
terest to science, but it is doubtful if
anything has. ao stirred students of
natural history in recent years as the
discovery ot-'the gotii bird,, that' rare
and almost unheard-or‘ albatross; just'
reported by Captain Dan McNeil, vet
eran skipper, of Alaska waters, who
related the following to a Seattle
paper:
For several years past, fishermen in
the. Bering Sea have been observing
from time to time the the peculiar
habits of this-bird. Captain McNeil
says, although every attempt to catch
one. of them has failed. The Captain
does not vouch for the story, as he
has never seen one of the birds per
sonally, but he intends to lead a scien
tific expedition into the North some
time to study the strange creature.
‘"The goni bird.” he said, “is never
.seen in. sight of land} it is bom.
raised and dies upon the water. In
color i tis an odd shade-of pink, with
yellow bars- This aqUatie creature is
noted for its eccentric mode of life.
The goni bird, as it never rests upon
the shore, lays square eggs, and-lays
but one egg a year. This egg is laid
upon her husband's back, up against
his neck.. During incubation the
male goni must be very careful not to
lose the 'egg overboard, oe. on account
of this, he flies backward. V ..."
DECLARES ALASKA-WOOD ■
BEST FOR ALL, PURPOSES
Alask»ttsprucftJi*id4«*mloek are su
perior to other Pacific coast woods
"or building purposes,,declared C. T
Gardner, pioneer Alaska lumberman,
at a meeting of the Juneau-Chamber
of Commerce, recently, -in. a talk -in
which he urged local builders to use
lumber manufactured from Alaska*'
timber in preference -to other -woods
He illustrated his talk with-graphs
and cited Government statistics to
prove-his contention of superiority.
Tests conducted by the Forest Ser
vice experiment station at Madison,
Wis., said Mr. Gardner, put . Alaska'
Sitka spruce and western hemlock at
the head of woods of their elass,
Specimens of wood for the tests' were
gathered by him ins:lD22.; ~
“The man Wfho-orders Douglas fir
for building on thfe theory that he is
getting wood that will < show less
shrinkage than the local lumber is
making a mistake,'^ALr. Gardner said
Dentist
WiTf bfr as McGmth^immediate^ ftfloifKv
ing the bl’eaknp and ..will. temain :at. tbat:
place until all work i& completed;.
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In support of this assertion he cited
figures from the Madison station ex
periments. Alaska Sitka spruce
, shrank only four per cent, as com-,
pared to five per cent for Douglas fiv
Sitka spruce from the Pacific States
had a shrinkage of 4.3 per cent, and
hemlock about the. same.
The Southeastern Alaska Fair
building in Juneau, he pointed -out.
has a floor made from local .spruce,
and despire, the fact, that there has
been no heat in it and the floor has
frozen and thawed several times,
there- is no indication of shrinkage!
ihe oid home of the-late John-G.
Brady, former governor of Aiaska, is
floored with spruce, and despite its
age is in almost perfect condition.
In conclusion Mr. Gardner urged,
.greater local use of Territorial pro
. ducts. Reindeer herds of the North
are furnishing meat, interior wheat
fields providing the finest flour ob
tainable, local farmers growing the.
best of vegetables, and the best lum
i ber for -general building purposes
comes from local-, sawmills, he i de
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WASILtA BEhlffVED 4VROWN EI>
.. Wasilla, went known native, who
‘ 'some days ago went up the west fork
; of* the Nixon to • reach his** boat,
frozen in on the opposite side of the
i stream, has evidently met with mis
j fortune, and it> 'is thought that 4u;
went through the, iee and* drowned.
Tracks leading fctf the hole were saeny;
but none returning. Ten da; r.
| elapsed and nothing since been Iteard*'
of him ‘ IP- |
KjRf MOVEMENTS. "•
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The ice of the Takotna river - ini
root of Takotna made its first move*;
enc this year this 12th day of May?!
10 a. m. >•
The Yukon ice at Nulato moved
Monday, the 7th.
The ice in front of Dawsort moved-1
1 Monday, -May 7, at 7:12 a. m. •
The ich of the KuSfcokwim and the j
Takotna in front of McGrath made'
their first movements some time dur- ]
Jng Wednesday forenoon. May, i
NOTICE" TO CREDITORS " ' I
In-the Commissioner's ‘ Court at Me-;
Grath, Mount McKinley Precirict,!
' Fourth Division, Territory." oTj
i- Alaska, before W. T. VandCrpool,
.. U. S. Commissioner and' ex-officio*;
’■ Probate Judge.
-v4 In 'the-matter of the estate of Hu
.hade Hebert, deceased
, jfNdtiete is hereby given that the, ojv
vdf rsigned has been duly appointed ad
ntinistrator of the estate ol Hubade:
Hebert, deceased.- |
.'All persons having claims againstj
said estate -are required ' to present'
the same, duly verified, with proper!
vouchers attached, to the'Undersigned,1
at Takotna, Alaska, within six months j
from the date of this notice'. j
Dated Takotna, Alaska, April 7,!
1*328..
H .C. WALLICK, !
Administrator. <
First publication, April -7, 1928. 1
FORFEITURE NOTICE:
To Frank Irwin, his heirs; executors,
assigns and successors in interest r
' You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that the undesigned has ex-j
: pended fur annual labor and iraprove
| ments the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00) per year for the years 1014,
1916, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922 and
1923 upon the following described
mining claims in the Innoko Record
ing District, Territory of Alaska:
No. 4 Above Gold Ruii Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
ereek;
No. & Above God Run Grdup, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek.
That all oil said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claims in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter;
And if within ninety (90) days
after the publication of this notice
you, or any of you, fail to pay your
portion of the amount expended on
the above claims, your interest in
said claims will become forfeited to
the undersigned co-owner, according
to the provisions of Section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
WILLIAM SCHNEIRLA.
First publication, March 8, 1926. '
^ Last publication. May 26. J92S. . ...
Pete Jensen returned here yester
day,- morning: from a brief business
visit at Ophir,
Frank Hart left Wednesday .j. for
Yankee creek.
Are yoi»a Kusfco limas-subscriber ?
Why not?
FORFEITURE NfJTRTR :
To H. W. Stranjpman, Jack Lament,
James McHugh, J. N.- Anderson,
- E. Coke Hill, and all persons
claiming by, through -or under
them, or any of them, and their
heirs, executors, assigns and suc
cessors in interest, greeting:
You and each' of. 'you are hereby
notified: That during-.each of the
following annual labor years, to-wit:
the yearsending July 1st, 1922, 1923,
■?T>24, 192a, -192S -and- 1927, the under
signed put one-' hundred dollars
($106.00) worth of work and improve
ments on the certain- placer mining
claim on Long Creek, in the Nulato
Recording District, Territory of
•Alaska, known' as -Buckeye Associa
tion, -
That all of said work and improve
ments were, required by law. and were
put upon said- claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold' the-same
for each said year and thereafter;
That during each said year and at
all times thereafter the-'-amitebsigned
was and is a co-owner of each- said
claim', and if within ninety f80) days
after the ninety (90) day -publication
iboreof, to-wit; ninety days after the
28th day of April, 1928,-you-and each
of you do not contribute to the under
signed your proportion »r:said- ex
penditure for each s:-»id claim for
each said year,-your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
undersigned,'.'
That the sum each of you should'
contribute for each said' claim for
each said years bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars ($100.00)
as your undivided interest in each '
saiu’ claim bore to the entire interest
in said elaim. during each said year.'
ELLA A. CRANE,
Ruby, Alaska.
I ir?f publication, April 28, 1928;
Asi. publication, Aug. 4, 1928.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND ■
DEBTORS. '
In the Commissioner’s Court at idphir,
Inrieko Precinct, Fourth Division) .
. Territory of Alaska, beforte Ghris- -
tian Bolgen, U. S. Commissionoar •
and exofticio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Hu-,
bade Hebert, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un- -
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Hubada
Hebert, deceased.-' •
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
the same, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the undersigned,
at Takotna, Alaska, within six months
from date of this notice.
Notice is also hereby given to all
persons knowing themselves to be in
^ debted to the Estote of the said Hu
’ bade Hebert that they must make or
give report of same to aforesaid Ad
ministrator within the limits of this
j notice.
Dated Takotna, Alaska, May ' 4,
1928.
H. G. WALLICK,
Adniinistrator.
First publication, May 5, 1928; last
publication, June 2, 1928.
, i
Frank J. Guskey.
Notary Public
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