Alaska Notes
Gathered Prom Torritoriit!
Exchanges.
Egan Petrokov, a well known min
ing man, arrived in Seward recently,
bringing a number of specimens from
. a new strike made by hi mnuur Rapids
.Station, on the Richardson highway,
says the Valdez Miner. The ore ap
parently carries silver, lead, and gold,
: as well as other undetermined min
erals. Samples of the ore have been
: sent to Fairbanks for analysis, and a
i report is expected .within a short time. ]
The strike was made about a half
i mile south of Rapids Station on what I
is known as tiunnysack creek. Before
ilocating the ground Mr. Petrokoy
.spent considerable. time prospecting
i the lead, and uncovered it in several
. places over a distance of five claims’ j
length, finding it to range .about 180
feet in width. The entire lead is high- j
. ly mineralized, with only a small pro
j portion of white quartz.
Chorlos Murphy returned to Valdez.
. a few di s ago from a prospecting
itrip into tin' l’ort Wells district, and
• brought with him a curio, the like of
\ which has never boon seen in trat sec
ition, says the Valdez Miner.
Mis find consists of a small sword
• or dagger, about two foot in length, [
: and with a wavy blade, which much
resembles the Malay kris. The han
. die is of wood, with a hand-beaten
ferrule, which is engraved, hut the en
graving is partially covered l»y u
band of woven fibre, apparently from
stome tropical .vine. At -one time
i there was, apparently, another metal
lie cap on the end of the handle, hut
this is missing. Near the handle the
blade widens materially and is deeply
notchied along this widened section.
The blade of the weapon is of remark
able temper, and at one time was ap
parently inlaid, at least near the hilt,
with copper.
Mr. Murphy will take, his find to
Juneau and will seek the opinion of
Rev. Kashevaroff, curator of the
Alaska Museum, .as to its probable
origin.
Even on Atka Island, of the Aleu
tian group, 2,000 miles from conti
I nental United "States, is the younger
I generation causing grave concern.
The older Aleut'Indians complain that
| their daughters are dancing to the
music of the white-man's phonograph
when thej should he weaving the
Attu -baskets, for which the tribe was
1 once famous. Counsellors of the tribe
i appealed tun United,States Bureau of j
Education school teacher, who was
told that her pupils wove but a scant
dozen of baskets last winter. The,
teacher has added a class in basket
making to the Three ’Rs of her cur- i
l ieulumand has employed an aged na-!
live woman to teach it.
E. A. Wakefield, American consult!
at Prince Rupert, B. C„ reported to j
the lUi.eau of Fisheries recently the
i existence, about 200 miles oc the
shore of Cape Edgecombe, Alaska, of
an immense number of a species of
' jellyfish, known jis Portuguese Man
o War, a delicate multi-colored organ
ismwhich is usually found in warmer
waters. Consul Wakefield informed
the Bureau that Captain Bergman, of
the American vessel Commonwealth,
of Seattle, who was fishing for halibut
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When You Go From Here |
FI.Y WITH THE
■j Fairbanks Airplane Cor
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JOSEPH CROSSON, PILOT
“ALASKA ACE*’
Wire to Main Oflice Lav rev and BaiK7 Building. Fairbanks
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. THOMAS A HOI AM
OF FAIRBANKS:
DEAR SIR
In 1924 you received the sum of one"hundred dollars from my co
bondsman, Mr. Peter Mesieh, a- fee for saving on the bond.
Upon my repeated inquiries you never even answered.
Today I have before me a wire from the United States 'District
Attorney’s office. Fairbanks, stating there is no record in the Dis
trict Court of Marquam ever appearing for Peter Mesieh on fore
closure of Blazo Christ's bond.
Yet, in the face of all this, you ha-ve the temerity to ask me to
vote for-you.
Let roe assure you that it will be a sad day for us all when
Alaskan* will have to depend on men whose word cannot be relied
upon in better fnhh than shorni above, represent us at 'Wsshing
ttOD
J beg to remain, as ever.
FRA-VK SPELJACK.
Paid Advt.
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KENNEDY BROTHERS
P. O. Box, 1698, Anchorage, Alaska
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Parcel Post Packages Given Prompt Attention.
Our Specially.
Suit Cases Trunks Suits Shoes
Everything for the Traveler and Miner
Rough and Dressed Lum- !
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INNOKO LUMBER CO.
in the Alaskan waters, had reported
the presence of the jellyfish floating
on the ocean. For two days, the re
port said, Captain Bergman had
plowed his vessel through the mass of
rainbow-colored jellyfish. These forms
are not uncommon in the Atlantic
waters, but the discovery of their ex
istence in the Northern Pacific in such
numbers has caused considerable sur
prise among scientists.
To the curious who seek informa
tion about the steamer Victoria, that
pioneer vessel of the Seward-Nome
run, and the favorite ship of the Sew- !
ard Peninsula, the following bits of >
information will no doubt astonish
some.
The Victoria is 66 years old. She!
was christened the “Carpathia,” hav- i
ing been built for the Canard trans- ,
Atlantic run. She was used as a j
troop ship during the Boer war. She
was built at Clyde, Scotland, and has j
a hand-wrought iron hull (none like I
it today). She at one time carried!
sails and used them. At the time she
was put in service she was one of the ;
largest and fastest liners on the At- ;
lantie, running between Liverpool and
New York. Since leaving the trans
Atlantic run she has -seen service in
nearly every quarter of the world,
having run to South America, the I
Oreint and Australia, ;and finally
.found her way into the Alaoska ser
vice, whore she will undoubtedly re
main, as she is practically the oldest
vessel in the Alaska service.
Very satisfactory propress is being
made with the oil drilling operations
at Chiekaloon, according to Captain
Peterson, head of the Peterson Oil As
sociation. The work of drilling thru
the gravel near the surface was some
! what slow, owing to the difficulty of
| holding water in the hole, but more
favorable conditions were encountered
as the work progressed, and it is ex
pected the sinking will be much more
rapid from now on.
NAVY DEPARTMENT EXPERI
MENTING WITH RADIO VISION
Washington.—-Substitution of the
transmission of visua If or ms of radio
messages for the present system of
telegraphic dots and dashes is the ul
timate aim of the Navy Department
in a series of experiments now in
progress.
The machines which naval engineers
hope will make possible this revolu
tion in naval communication between
shore and ship are the invention of C.
Francis Jenkins, of Washington. They
already have been successfully em
ployed for the transmission of weather
maps by radio over comparatively
long distances.
Naval officers declare the advantage
of transmitting a written message by
wireless over the present system of
telegraph code would be many fold, j
Practically all possibility of garbling
erection of & new theater. This build
Adams Annex
Cafe -
Plat, Alaska
New and TJp-to
Date, with the
Very Best the
Market Affords
R. G. SHIVELY
Proprietor
jLaundry {
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I Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop, j
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Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Jokotaa. Alaska
would be removed and in addition the
message could be received only by the
ships having the special receiving ap
paratus.
The process now used for the trans
mission of weather maps, which are
intricate things with a series of lines,
words and numbers, is a comparative
ly simple one, as the inventor ex
i plains it.
As the device now works, a negative
is made of the map or message to be
transmitted. This light shining
through the rotating map or message
falls on light sensitive coils the func
i tion of which are to change the lights
1 and darks of the map or message into
electric current.
Jenkins has been working on visual
radio for thirteen years,- and once he
i had the machine perfected. E. R.
| Calvert, chief of the forecast division
| of the weather bureau, interested him
in the experiments for the transmis
j sion of weather, maps to ships at sea
\ and also obtain the assistance of the
[Navy Department.
At Fairbanks, Captain George E.
| 1 athmj . owner lofjthe Empress chain*
> f theaters, has purchased the lot ad
.lining east of the Model Cafe and
xtending from First to -Second ave
i nues, purchasing the same, at public
I auction to dispose jof. the-.rdal /nrop
! erty of the Pendergraft estate, the bid
| offered and' accepted-being $2,000.
On the First avemie pnrt,ion;:of ;the
property .a building 25x125" will be
; erected as a quartering for cement
i and other materials necessary in the
ing, upon which construction is ex
pected to begin shortly, will not be a
temporary structure, but will be
sturdily built, -with a view of the in
terior. being .remodeled upon the com
pletion of the theater, and stores
made thereof.
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MEAT CO.
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Reindeer
Mutton j
PICKLED TONGUE •:
PIGS’ FEET
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE { ?
In Variety
PORK SAUSAGE
HEAD CHEESE
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Anyone desiring, Meatscr canj -
place their»order - with I Jack1
MMutchler, who, wiH see Ahat it*
i» brought up by small boat as!
■ soon as -.naasibie.
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•A. A. Bennett Airplane Service
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Regular Trips, to and from, Fairbanks, Takotna,
McGrath, Ophir, Flat. Best service possible.
NEW AIRPLANE^-Four passengers Special) jw built .foe. uovby^the'
Swallow Manufacturing Company. One of the very beat. "Carries 4
passengers. Equipped with Wright air-cooled_mei«rs, the same type'
of motor as those used by Byrd and Wilkins in their Arctic flights_’
motors which never fail. Our Motto: “REAL SERVICE." -
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Yoil Are' Cordially^ Welcomed
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Apples tOranges '-..Grape Fruit;
Lemons Onions < Garlic
Potatoes New1 Ham and Bacon Eggs
Pickled Pork 1 Spare- Ribs
Corned Beef
Building Supplies i Tents Tarps
Clothing Dry Goods ‘ Drugs
Everything the Miner Nedds