Alaska N ews Notes
D J. H Metzger, superintendent of the
Treadwell mine, has beeo made super
intendeotof the Alaska Juneau irioe.
The Sitka Game Club is about to
- stock Baranoif island with mountain
goa's, rabbits aud Colorado brook
i trout.
E. W. Harris aud A. Jennings have
secured a lease of 2,700 acres on five
islands in the Necker group, not far
i .from Silica, and will start a fox farm.
George Blood, who conducts a fox
ranch about eight miles from Chitioa,
recently arrived in Cordova with 10
silver foxes, which, he shipped to Eu
• rope.
Captain George Torrey, who is cred
iteu with being the-first man to fish
for halibut in Alaskan waters, was
recently, adjudged insane by a, jury at
i Petersburg aud committed to Morning
side He is 57 years of age and un
married.
The towns of Hope and Sunrise have
a larger population this winter than
for several years past., It is estimated
that about forty people are spending
i. the winter at Sunrise. The increase in
, population is causeU by tie-cutters and
j prospectors.
The Petessburg Report claims that
. J. U. G. Morrison, a mining engineer,
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Ophir
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Fairview, Innoko River
has found the famous Lo^t Kicker
placer claim, at the head of Farracut
bay, 30. miles from Petersburg. Mor
rison claims to have found and rebuilt
the old stone cabin, and also found tbe
old rocker and dam of yellow cedar > n
a side creek.
Articles of incorporation «>f ttoeCrip
ple Creek Mining Comiiary were died
recently at Juneau, the lMtwpu-ators
being James Wickersham, L-i-kte Mc
Kinnon, J. W. Kth <e. John W. Frame
and Harry Humme 1. ail of whom have
been elected as directors < ,r -he first .
year.
Healy river coal of lino qua is
sold in Seward ac $it> (•«;• ton. deliv
ered. Juneau con.-rumers are paying
$12. per toD at the bunkers for Outside
coal, while Nenaoa has the world beat j
by paying only $5.50 per ton, delivered,
and less in large quantities. Coal in
30-ton lots is selling iu Seward for l
about $7.50.
The old time Tanana Club of Fair
banks has suspended activities and has
been succeeded by the Elks Club. The
Elks have leased the property and the >
furnishings, with an option to buy.
For this winter only they will take in
all the members of the old club at full
price, so they will not be without a
home.
A. H. Hardy and Frank Foraker are
training a number of dogs to chase
moose, preparatory to leaving for
Kenai, thence up the Kusilof river
about 12 miles to the feeding grounds
of the moose. They will try to capture
ten of the animals, which will be sent
to the-Olympic national forest in Wash
ington. They will endeavor to.ges five
cows and three bulls.
Ia a speoiahreport requested by the j
department of justice covering viola- |
tions of the dry law and prosecutions
in the .Fourth division during the
period June JO. 1920. to December 1.
1922, District Attorney Guy B. Erwin
covers the situation as follows: Nura
ber of cases, 103; con vie ions. 82; ac
quittals. 16; nolle piossed. 4; pending,
5; fines imposed. $13 25a; aggregate
jail sentences. 6 years. j
Superintendent Harry P. Karsten, of
Mount MJKinley National Park, bas
patented a pemmican femd which has
proved to be a great success. Hereto-'
fore, owing to the altitude in climbing
the mountain, the average food has not
been a success. He boils down seqeral
animals, sheep, moose, caribou. etc. to
an essence similar to extract of beef
He then shreds the meat into balls
about the size of a marble and freezes
it in the liquid.
Coal of the highest quality is being
mined within six miles of Wainwright,
down the inlet, by a native co opera-ive
society, the members of which supply
sacks and deliver fuel to the village at
75eents per sack. 20 sacks to the ton.
Three mines are in operation, and
plenty of good, cheap fufel is provided.
Three thousand sacks were mined last,
year. 1,090 being used by the bureau if
education for Its local school. Two
hundred toos were also shipped to
Point Barrow
Exhibiting great nerve and endur
ance. Louis Nadeau, a miner in Chief
gulch, 20 miles from Dawson, is alive
today as a result of his heroism. Na
deau fell down a 22 foot abaft into his
mine, breaking his arm and fracturing
several ribs. He managed to drag
himself up the ladder to the surface,.
aDd from there mushed in excruciating
agony to the oabin of his nearest
neighbor, several miles distant, and
was then taken by dog team to Dawson
and placed in a hospital.
A Loudon doctor now comes forward
with the cheerless news that women
are too weak for housework. Well,
the men are not strong for it, either.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
J. H. McLEAN
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