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H. E. D. Wallace-was fatally burn
ed in Seward! in , Sfewardi a few days
ago when exploding- gaaoEne set Ire
, to. his clothing.
It i* said that, probably fm the be
lief it was kerosent, he-threw gaso
line in. the furnace-' to. sttat. a; fire.
* The gas exploded and his.; pajamas
caught fire. Wallace was ftatally
burned before the. fire could be* ex
, tinguished, and died not long after
the accidents
He worked for the. Alaska Road
Commission in McKinley Park last
summer and. moved to Seward with
road work, ceased for the season. He
is survived., by his wife and small
daughter.
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Clarence Langford and Charles An
derson, at. Petersburg, were bound
ever to the grand jury under bail of.
(10,000 each. They are charged with
violation of the prohibition act and
are als® being held for investigation
in connection with, the disappearance
of A1 Farrow and L. C. Davis, who
have been missing, from Petersubrg
since November 9.
The prisoners were arrested at
Wales Pass, near Prince of Wales
Island, and taken to Petersburg by
Deputies William H. Caswell and
Hans Wick,, who. returned the party
in the gasboat. Sunrise, which had.
been searching for Farrow, and Davis.
The prisoners are also under, sus
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picion of murdering a KetcKikao: fish
buyer last October.
The arrested pair told conflicting
stories about vnding the missing gas
boat of Farrow and Davis five miles
from their camp.,
Alaska’s first census following its
purchase from Russia was made in
1880. It consisted of a canvas of all
settlements and estimates based on
records and personal knowledge of
missionary priests for those regions
wh.ch could not be visited by enum
erators. Since then a census has been
.aken every decade, but, of course,
ihe results are now much more ac
curate than formerly, as complete
coverage of the country is made by
enumerators.
The population of the Territory on
October 1. 1929, the date when the
enumeration, under the fifteenth cen
sus was commenced, was 59,278. This
figure represented an increase of
4,242, or 7.7 pear cent as compared
with the population on January 1,
1920. The average number of inhab
itants per square: mile is one-tenth of
one, as compared with less than one
tenth of one in 1920..
In 1910 Alaska had the largest
number of residents;, 64,356. In 1880
chore were 33,426 residents; in 1890,
32,052; in 1900, 63,692; in 1910, 64,
356; in 1920, 55,036.
The First division continues to be
the largest settled area in the Terri
tory. There are 19,304 residents
there, as compared with 10,127 for
the Second division, the division with
the least population. The Third di
vision has 16,309 inhabitants, and the
Fourth 13,538.
iuB i uuiui uivuiuas ui
residents in a decade is the largest
gain numerically and by percentage.
It is an. increase of 28.5 per cent, as
cmpared to. 10.9 for the First divi
sion. The: Third division made a gain
of .5. per cent, and the Second divi
sion lost 7 per cent.
The fifteen largest cities in the
Territory are:.
Juneau . 4,043
Ketchikan . 3,796
Anchorage . 2,227
Fairbanks . 2,101
Petersburg ._.. 1,252
Nome . 1,213
Sitka . 1,056
Cordova ... 980
Wrangell . 948
Seward . 835
Douglas . 539
Hoonah . 514
Skagway _ 492
Metlakatla . 466
Valdez.__ 442
Marten are so scarce in the Tan
ana. and Ruby districts that trappers
in those sections are having difficulty
in securing the limit of ten pelts
each prevailing this year, according
to Sam O. White, Alaska Game Com
mission warden,, who returned to
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F&iiiianks a few dhys ago after trips'
to< hotH Tanana and Ruby.
Barry Buzby,, well known- oldtimer
jf the Fairbanks section, passed
away at St. Joseph's Hospital, Fair
banks, a few days ago. His death
was not unexpected, .as he had during
the past two years suffered a num
ber of paralytic strokes..
He was born in Burlington,. N. J.,
October 12, 1863 Mr. Buzby removed
to, Illinois with. his. parents when a
nine years of age, and', later the
faixiLy went to Nebraska- When he
started, life on his own he traveled'
west te> Montana, and for several:
/ears followed surveying, later going
.nto the cattle ranching business
there. Soon, after the Dawson, stam
pede he moved his family to- Willa
mette, Ore., and went to Nome in.
1901. In that year he moved Ms
family to Skagway, where he became
interested in a molybdenum mine.. He
went to Fairbanks-in the early days
of that camp.
Mr. Buzby was one of the very
earliest ranchers in the Interior- He*
took up a homestead soon after his
arrival at Fairbanks, locating on. the
bonks of the Chena one and a quar
er miles above the location of the
present wireless station. He cleared
land and starte da market garden,j
growing many vegetables which atj
that time it was thought impossible
to grow in the Interior. He contrib
uted much to the knowledge of farm
ing and stock raising in Alaska.
Tbe suit instituted last summer in
the Fourth division district court by
Frank G. Manley against the Fair
banks Exploration. Company has been'
dismissed, says the Fairbanks News-1
Miner.
The suit was settled out of court
by Mr. Manley, John L. McGinn, O.
J. Egleston, N. W. Rice, vice presi-j
dent of the U. S. Smelting, Refining
& Mining Company, and Alfred Su
tro, U. S. Smelting attorney, in San
Francisco. The basis of the agree
ment has not been made known.
Mr. Manley charged the Fairbanks
Exploration Company had improper
ly mined ground it had leased from
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
You, Ralph J. Rivera, Hans Gal
neck, co-owners with the undersigned
in the Garnet Lode Claims No. l.j
No. 2, iNo. 3 and No. 4, situated on'
the reght limit of Otter, on Mala-j
mute Pup, in Otter Recording Pre-.
cinct. Territory of Alaska, will please
take notice that the undersigned, for
the years of 1927, 1928, 1929, did
perform more than $1,200.00 worth
of work for the beneit of the above
described claims. If each of your
proportionate share of assessment
work, dues is not paid- within ninety
days after last publication of this no
tice, your interest- in each of the
claims will become forfeit to the
undersigned in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2824 of the Re-1
vised Statutes of the United States,1
RASMUS NIELSEN.
First pubi Jan. 31^. 1281; last,. May 2,
1931. * £1
CABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NGN ANA AN D FLAT
Nenana _
ravern Roadhow
Knight's Roadhouse ..
Nineteen-Mite Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse_
rtoosevelt
Lake Minchumina__
[rappers’ Cabin ...
Lone Star Roadhouse _
folfda Roadhouse_
Jlbw Fork Roadhouse_
East Fork Roadhouse_)
Jerry’s Landing Roadhouse_
Jig River Reaaaouse__
dcGratb....
Rahotaa ....
till Goes’ Roadhouse
>phir_
dcCafferty
Miles
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08 ..
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. 88
115
132
100
189*
187
200
227*
241
283
208
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frown Creek shelter cabia
?rita shelter - cabin ..
’’irst Chance shelter cabia
(chermeyer R. H.
ditarod._878
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lonansxa sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat
Irooksd Creek shelter cabia, 18
lim on Cleary creek. He asked for
idditional royalties, interest and can
lellation of the lease.
Harry E. Pratt represented the
Pi. E. Co. in court at Fairbanks, and
lohn A. Clark represented Manley.
A long pending suit brought
igainst the Riley Investment Com
pany by the Miners & Merchants
Bank of Iditarod was settled a few
lays ago in the district court at
Fairbanks when Judge Cecil H.
iJlegg granted judgment and fore
:losure of the mortgage held by the
:.k, says the Fairbanks News
Vfiner. The mortgage amounts to
jver: $90,000. The bank was repre
sented by Albrecht & Taylor.
Hhe suit was filed by the bank fol
lowing the murder of J. E. Riley,
Iditarod dredgeman. At the time of
fa* death Riley owed nearly $100,000
to the bank, was in debt nearly that
amount for labor and owed approxi
mately a like amount for supplies.
Foreclosure of the mortgage was
not attempted by the bank and the
Riley dredge continued to operate.
Since 1&18, the time of Riley’s death,
all but the indebtedness to the bank
has been paid off. Claude Baker,
Major George W. Albrecht and Harry
Donnelley have managed the Riley
FOR SALE
Ophir
! Roadhouse
.Completely furnished. A
good place for man and
wife. Reasonable terms to
rigqht party.
Write or wire to
P. W. CARLSON,
Ophir, Alaska.
Investment Company since Riley's
death, Mr. Donnelley being the pres
ent manager.
Pete Allard, former Sitka police
man, who was convicted in the dis
trict court at Juneau recently on &
burglary charge, was sentenced by
Judge Harding to serve 18 months in
the federal penitentiary at McNeil
Island.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, have this day been ap
pointed administrator of the estata of
F. C. H. Spencer, deceased. All per
sons having claims against the estate
of the aforesaid deceased F. C. H.
Spencer must present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the
aforesaid administrator within six
months of the date of this notice.
Dated at Takotna, Alaska, this the
12th day of September, 1930.
CHRIS PETERSEN,
Administrator of the Estate of
23 the aforesaid deceased.
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Pioneer
Shop —
Blacksmith,1
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
ROBERT I.OWttlB
Proprietor
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Fur* Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R. Eldridge - McGrath
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.)
of tfc* Financial Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
Located. at Plat, Territory of Alaska, at the close cf business on the
31st day of December, 1930.
Resources.
Loans and discounts .$40,520.00
Overdrafts . 387.08
United States bonds
owned . 11,000.00
Other bonds and war
rants owned . 46,435.00
Due from .other banks.... 1,574.22
Checks on other banks
and other cash items.. 3,579.12
Cash on hand . 6,379.25
Bullion.. 176.47
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in..$25,000.00
Surplus fund . 10,00.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid . 8,784.64
Individual and savings
deposits . 68,208.93
Demand and time certifi
cates of deposit . 2,056.67
Total ..$109,050.14
Total.—..$109,060.14
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United States of America,
Territory of Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
I, H. P. Sheppard, Vice Presid ent of the above-named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief. H. P. SHEPPARD,
Vice President.
(Notorial seal)
and sworn to bafora me this third day of January, 1981.
D. E. BROWNE,
United States Commissioner
for Otter Precinct.