Alaska Notes j
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Up to a few day a tg£ .not news had.
befcn received from the ; McKinley
Park rangpcs v- fcoirusj* out in the
wilds of McKinley National Park try
ing.to solve the.raystery of the disap
pearance of Tom Kenney, oidtimc
prospector;,seveval weeks 'ago.
Chief'Rah ger Fritz Nyberg is in
thexge or the searching party, and
their prolonged ahsence indicates that
they are yet ansuccessfu in the find
ing -pf'jtny clue to tile mystery sur
n.srndfng the oldtimerV disappear
ance.
Fire at Candle on September 4^
which riaried on the second floor of
the Robinson-&. Greenberg stcre from
Dari;
Interior
Peti*Bried
tViFe Orders'
Takotaaf -nlttelta' •
a blow torch explosion spread, due to
a strong south wind, to every build
ing in the block on the west side of
the street to the water front, burning
every building to the ground.
Bucket hi e.s saved the remainder
of the town. Mrs. Roust’s roadhouse,
Harry’s roadhouse, the Robinson t
Greenberg store, Larson’s sttre and
a few cabins were destroyed.
Very little was saved. Almost all
were two-story buildings. The loss
is estimated at $100,000.
After being three days without
medical attention, and afker being'
carried out of the wilds by man
power, Joe Fembly was brought tv
to- Ketchikan from Hyder a few days
ago for a fractured leg and is now it
the Ketchikan hospital resting- under
the care of Dr. J» F. Beeson. .
The right leg of thte man. who was
prospecting, was fractured ivhen a
big rock rolled on-it.' He'was in the
hills ,LS miles Jr6m Hyder at the time.
Twenty-two-men were used to relay
| him to(Hyderr.where a plane picked
It--, mup and flew, him to Ketchikan^
Maurice, Heaiv,. 1*1 years old, who
had been engaged in the fur business
at Wrangell since 1876, died at that
place a few weeks ago following an
I illness of several weeks.
Healy came to Alaska as a soldier
shory after Alaska was bought from
Sheet Metal Work
Olson Heaters
: . Sleigh's Built.
General
Blacksmithing
John Novak
McGRATH, ALASKA
Opposite N. C. Co .
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iomas Gaffney
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OS^BCPcrntfc Candidate for
Territorial: Auditor
Electioii'Day, November 4, 1930L
t e. c. h: spencer
Successors to Northern Commercial Co. At
Takotita, Alaska
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Russia. In January, 1875, he was
honorably discharged at Sitka from
Company P, Fourth regiment of ar
tillery. He was never married. His
will left his property to Ole J&hhson
a local friend for 3Q years He was
born in Kildare, Ireland .
James VY. Pritchett, 52 years of
age, publisher of the Wrangell Sen
tine for 14 years, died in Vancouver,
British Columbia, a few weeks ago,
from enlargement,of the spleen.
Mr. Pritchett had been ill for a
year and a half. He was born in
Fayjettesville, Alabama, the son of a
Confederate army officer. He was a
printer and publisher from youth.
- A1 Hardy, Cook.Inlet oldtimer and
‘fox farmer, was drowned in Kiisilof
riven a few weeks ago. He and an
other man were in a boat near • the
Hhrdy farm when the craft ^capsized.
The other man was rescued.
The largest single shot ever set off
in Alaska, in which 43,000 pounds of
posvder was used, was recently fired
by the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad, resulting in the breaking of
120,000 tons of rock...
FLAT AND IDJTAROD
The Sea Woh arrived Saturday
with 90 sacks of mail, the last .l'or
the season.
The body of Peter Williams, native,
well known ;n the lower Kuskofw o,
is reported to have been picked li
the water near Akiak. Williams bed
been missing for some weeks, hav;:i:r
fcone on a hunting expedition. An in
quest will bo held at Bethel.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that I, the
'undersigned,, have this day been ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
F. C* H*Ji>pancer, deceased. All pei -
feons having claims against the estate
pf the aforesaid deceased F. G. H.
Spencer must present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the
aforesaid administrator within six
months c*f the date of this notice.
Dated at Tdkotna, Alaska, this the
12th day of-September, 1930.
CHRIS PETERSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
t.hp afnrpsfliH rlpppfi^prl
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Dentist
Headquarters:
FLAT, ALASKA
Will be in Flat Early
September Until De
cember 1.
ITINERARY:
FIM,
Ophir,
Takotna,
McGrath,
Lewer Kuskokwim,
Bethel.
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
TAKOTNA RADIO STATION. 11
Radio schedules now in effect Ta- 8
' kotna Radio Station: ®
Week Days.
j. Send Nulato, 7:45 a. m. t
i Send-Receiva Iditarod, 8:30 a. m. c
Receive Fairbanks, 10:30 a. m. t
| Send Nula’to, 2:80 p, m. I
Receive Fairbanks, 5 p. m. *
Sundays and Holidays. i
Send Nulato, 7:45 a. m. a
Send Nlato, 4:45 p. m.
Receive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m. „
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. ' 1
To M. F. Fleishman, his heirs, suc
cessors or assigns:
You, and each of yoou, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
j co-owner, have expended in labor and
^improvements the sum of not less
: than one hundred dollars for the 1
' years 1922, 192:5, 1924, 1925, 1926,
1927, 1928, and 1929, upon the Mon- I
day Morning placer mining claim, lo
cated at the head of Flat creek, in
Otter Precinct, Fourtth Division,
Territory of .Alaska,:in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and the amend
metns thereto concerning annual
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When In
Fairbanks
For Real Home-Grown
CHICKEN DINNERS
Try The
18-Mile
Roadhouse
Ihone In Advance £6r Special
Parties.
NICE BALLROOM
Wrherc A11 May Dance to Their
Delight, by Rhdio Music.
A • Short Drive Threugh De
lightful Forest Scenery,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Mutchler
Proprietors •
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ibor upon mining claims, being the
mount required to hold said mining
laim for the period ending June JO,
929.
And if, within ninety days after
fie publication of this notice, you fail
r refuse to contribute ,yo.ur propor
ion of said expenditure, namely, $25
er year for each of said''years, for
our one-quarter interest in said
laim, as wtil as the cost , of record
ig the same, anJ the costs of this
dvertisement, your interest in said
laim will become the property of the
ndersigned, your co-owner, who has
lade the required expenditures under
be terms of said Section 2224 .of the
fevised Statutes of the United States.
Dated Flat, Alaska, Fehi'.2Sf,l#B(k
PAUL WABBIfG,
Uo-owner Otter Precinct/..Fourth i
Division, Territory off Alaska,.,
residin gat Flat, Alaska..
'irst pub. April 19; last Aug„.l(L
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Cigars
Soft Drinks:
Fred Dubois
Proprietor
ARRIVED
ON THE TANA
The Finest Stock of Staple antf
Fancy Groceries ever brought
into the Kuskokwim District
Also a Complete Line of Men’s
Clothing and Dry Goods
Northern Commercial ;
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