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'Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act os
.March 3, 1373.
Takotna, Vlaska. May 22. 1326.
Alaska Notes
Gleanings Kroin Territorial
Exchanges.
Secretary of Interior Hubert Worl
is very anxious to develop the Alaski
ureindeer industry, atul in this connec
tion, says the .Seward -Gateway, it i
-learned locally, the only way ti buih
up the business is by shipping thi
■carcasses out over the Alaska Raii
road. This would mean the herds ii
the remote interior districts woul<
Stave to he moved -westward nearer ti
steel, to a eertoin area which eoul<
■ be set aside for the herds, and th
•construction of slaughter houses.
It is .pointed out that six or sevei
-months after the reindeer are siaugh
-tered in the .Nome district they iuy ii
•cold .storage until navigation open
t*m, at which time they are sent ti
vthe -States. By centering the indus
-try near the railroad a year-arouni
Fbueiness could he developed.
A terrible accident occurred a
-Mayo early last month near thi
'Treadwell Yukon camp when W'illian
(Bill) C'oltart was instantly killed b;
falling under one of the company’
big tractors when in motion. Cotar
■ had been working for this company i
-long time, .and .was most popular. Hi
was well and favorably knowi
throughout the Territory. His deatl
was purely accidental, with apparent
ily no one to blame. He came fron
■Glasgow, Scotland, and was 43 year;
•old.
Harry I. Staser, deputy U. S. mar
shul at Anchorage, received reap
jpointment for another term, a few
•slays gao. This makes the seconc
term for Mr. Staser, who, before h<
was appointed marshal, had been .*
resident of Anchorage for seme years
He served one term in the Territorial
Legislature before joining the mar
shal’s office.
The Third division of the Territory
•will probably send out fewer insane
^patients this year tiian in the past
•according to S. O. asler, chief deputy
United States marshal at Valdez. He
.anticipates that the Bristol Bay
•cleanup after the cannery season will
• be much lower than usual, due to a
new Bureau of Public Health regu
lation, providing for medical inspec
tion of cannery help before the men
embark for the North. Doctors will
be stationed at the boats leaving San
Francisco, Astoria and Seattle for
Bristol Bay and will eliminate those
not having clean bills of health.
The first important strike at Mayo
for the year was made recently by
i Alex Gordon and Sam Moreau. The
j strike was .made on Sourdough Hill,
I j thus bringing all the big hills in the
j Keno belt into the producing column,
i j The owners are sacking -their ore for
j shipment. The new discovery is
; hailed with great satisfaction, and it
: 1 has increased tin confidence in the
r| Mayo camp. All other ore producers
! are doing well-and working to full ea
j pacify.
POLAtt ^EXPEDITIONS OF
J1Y RP ANI) AMI N DSEN
Jslere .are a couple of dispatches, of
not very recent date, but .they throw
some Jight upon the expeditions of
Byrd, American, and Amundsen, Nor
i wegian, both of whom, on fviuy 0 and
j May 12, respectively, achieved the
| crossing of the North Polar field:
Byrd’s .Expedition.
Washington, March lit).—.Comman
der Byrd, head of the college expedi
tion that will invade the North Polar
regions this season, called on Presi
dent Coolidge today to bid farewell
to the executive, preparatory to de
I parting on Monday from Brooklyn
j navy yard on the first lap of the
| polar airplane journey. He sails with
,-Edsel Ford, John D. Rockefeller, jr„
j G. Trubee Davidson, Vincent Astor
; and other sponsors, who will return
| on the Astor yacht after the steamer
Chantier clears from New York har
i bor, headed northward. The steamer
will carry the party, numbering 44.
direct to .King’s Bay, with one stop,
at Tromso, Norway, en route. The
steamer is scheduled to reach King’s
Bay May 1. It will take two weeks
after reaching King’s Bay to assem
| hie the Fokker exploration plane.
The polar plane will fly 400 miles
into the northern ice fields and estab
lish a base there, after which the
plane will .hop off for the Pole, 400
miles -farther nroth
Eskimos will play an important
part in the expedition’s plans. Be
cause of the roughness of the ice, a
man will be dropped from the plane
with a parachute for reconnoitering,
and if he cannot find .a suitable place
for a landing a second man will be
dropped, .with a can of pemmican, a
dried heef product of Indian origin.
The Eskimos at Camp Morris Jessup,
the Peary lund -base, will then be ad
vised by .radio of the presence of the
men on the ice, and dog teams will be
sent out for them.
Amundsen’s Expedition.
New York, March P,0.—The flight of
the Amundsen-.Ellsworth expedition
across the North Pole, while directly
under the auspices of the Nirwegian
Aero dub, will receive the support
and material assistance of half a
dozen countries. Of the crew of 16
that will She .aboard the Norge when
the airship ileaves the soil on the final
stage of the big flight from King’s
Bay, Spitzbergen, eight are Nor
Larson Sc Guskey
FREIGHTERS
Operating Gasboat ‘Seawolf 11/
Between McGrath and Takotna
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Connecting- Carrier of Alaska Rivers Navi
L gation Company
wegian, six are Italian, one American,
and one Swedish. Great Britain and
Russia will supply landing places for
the airship on the journey from Rome
to Spitzbergen.
During a recent test flight, the
Merges was kept at a speed of be
tween 45 to 55 miles an hour. The
dirigible is capable of attaining a
maximum speed of 70 miles an hour.
; The start from Spitzbergen will not
be made until weather conditions ore
auspicious, and as soon as the Norge
takes the air an arrangement with the
United States comes into effect
whereby the wireless station at Cor
dova will send weather reports con
tinuously for three days. This service
will include signals from five Alaskan
stations. It is the aim of the leaders
of the expedition to make the flight
across the North Pole, carefully ob
serving conditions, and then to con
j tinue on to Point Barrow and Nome.
The Norges carries 30 tanks for
fuel, each containing 07 gallons,
though weighing only a trifle over 11
pounds. The total contents of the
pounds. Another 600 pounds of fuel
fuel tanks are 2,000 gallons, er 13,000
is carried in tins. With this amount,
of fuel the dirigible,'.which is close to
400 feet in length, will be able to
cover a distance, of well over 3,000
miles.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner’s Court, at Mc
Grath, Mount McKinley Precinct,
■ Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
U.S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of John
Mark .McDonald, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of John
. Mark McDonald, deceased.
All persons having claims against
I said estate are required to present
same, duly verified, with proper vouch
ers -attached, to the undersigned, at
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Dated: McGrath, Alaska,. April 22,
1926. GEORGE A. GREEN,
Administrator.
First publication, April. 24, 1926.
Last publication, Majt 29, .1926.
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