Wild Beef Roam
On Islands Off
Alaskan Coast!
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Years ago, during the Klondike j
Rush, some ambitious meat dealers
con-rived the idea of taking <fc>mestic
cattle part way to St. Michaels,
turning them out to graze on some
of the islands on this side of Unimak
Pass, and then come back for ithem
the followfhg year, pick them up
and then on to Dawson via St.
Michaels.
The plan was good, but when they
tried to corral their stock, they
found that in the short space of a
Sear he cattle had grown as wild
as a deer, and they could not be
caught. For a time they employed
hunters to shoot the animals, but
getting the carcass to the beach in
condition to stand shipping was such
a job that the remaining few were
abandoned.
Today on Whale and Chirikof Is
land the remains of the herd are
to be found, and at times fishing
boats short of fresh meat land and
have a try for some fresh beef.
The climate on these western islands
is so mild aad the feed so good that
the stock has incased and thrived
despite the fact that they have had
no care in three decades. This fact
has led others to believe that the
growing of domestic meat for the
market in this locality would be a
paying business, and some, notablV|
Jack McCord, are trying out the ex-j
periment. Recently locally killed j
meat, both sheep and beef have been,
slaughtered and the meat shipped to •
Seward and Anchorage where It
had a fine reception. Possibly in the
future, Alaska will be able to pro-j
duce their own fresh meat and if,
plans go ahead, it is quite possiblei
that they may be able to obtain [
their needs in the srpoked and salt
meat line from home cured products
of the Matanuska Valley farms.
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WORLD’S OUTPUT OF OIL
PRESSES 192$, PEAK YEAR.
World production oi crude petro
leum for 1934 is estimated at 1,
4tG,876,00„ barrels, against 1,416,
867,000 last year, by V. E. Garfias
and E. V. Whetsel of the foreign oil
department of Henry L. .Doherty &
Company. Output of related fuels,
incuidhig gasoline and benzol, is
placed at 52,4,10,000 barrels, against
50,261,000.
1 his production will equal, if net
surpass, the peak output of 192 ,
Messers Garfias and Whetsel said
in their review. “Of the twenty-one
. .ost important producing countries,
he yield in all but eight will be
higher than in any previous year,
while the output of the American
fields will be surpassed only by the
peak of 1929.
“The world’s consumption of petro
leum, its products and related fuels
will reach a new high figure for the
;,st four years, which are those in
which world statistics of consumption
are available.”
War Thru Ages.
World history tells us that during
the last 4,321 years, war has been
going on continuousy on some part
of the globe except for 270 years.
During this period, 8,000 peat
■roaties have been written and sign J
that lasted an average of two years)
each. During the same period, 25
combinations of nations of one kind
or another have formed and contin
ued for a time, comparable to the
present League of Nations. “Peat
on earth” is still an unrealized
dream.
There are no circumsances, how
ever unfortunate, that clever people
do not extract some advantage from.
—LaRochefoucauld.
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NUGGET ROADHOUSE
AND BAKERY
Best of Meals and Beds.
Everyone Welcome.
Good Dog Bams.
Mrs. John Rieck
Prop.
TAKOTNA’S PIONEER SHOP
Robert E. Cowrie
Prop.
Blacksmith, Machine and all kinds of Sheet
Metal work. Stoves, Safetys, Tanks.
Drills and Boilers and all kinds of Prospectr
ing Equipment
4 h. p. Gasoline Drills
AUTOMATIC HAND DRILLS '
Light in weight and Hercules in strength. Can be
operated by one man, if necessary, and reach bedroc k in
shallow ground and get results.
Hainan Life is
Held Dirt Cheap
Approximately 36,000 lives were
0 uitt'jd out in motor ear accidents in
1 934. The number of injured ran up
ato the hundreds of thousands.
he record for 1034 shows an ave
utse of or e human be:ng J.i'l >d in
:ar crashes every 15 minutes and
ne injured every 31 seconds. The
death rate for the last year was 16
per cent greater than >n 1933 and
hh/hest in history.
That is tire tol of human life ex
. r.ed by the motor car, just one
cus.’ of fatal accidents but the
•mentest by far. And we seem to
sre little or nothing about it, althr
h:s sacrifice of human life exceeds
losses of American soldiers and
sailors killed in the World War.
Turning to another fruitful cause,
more» unnecessary still, for the loss
of human life, we are told that last
year crime caused the death of ap
•morimately 12,000 persons in the
Uni Lad states. This toll is not as
-cat as that of the motor-car but
the loss of property due to crime far
weeds that of car accidents.
''bore were 15,00^,000 offenses
•roinst society in this country last
year of which 1,300,000 were major
.•rimes. In addition to 12,000 killed
100,000 persons were assaulted by
criminals, 50,000 robbed and 40,000
homes were burglarized. Our total
crime bit! for losses in robbery, ex
action, racketeering and -so on is
s Lima led at 12 billion dollars for
he year. And that does not include
many billions more paid out for law
enforcement, peace officers, prisons,
• ourts, etc., all chargeable to crime.
What a staggering bill it ail
makes. If the cost in wealth of j
rime alone would be turned into
'egitimate channels of industry and
trade the depression would disappear
ever night.
In the Probate Court of Ophir,
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, Before Jessie
M. Howard, U. S. Commissioner
md ex-officio Probate Jpdge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Anna Miller, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
In the matter of the Estate of
Anna Miller, deceased, notice is here
by given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed administrator of
the Estate of Anna Miller, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
the same fully verified with proper
vouchers attached, to the undersign
ed, at my store in Ophir, Alaska,
within six months from the date of
this notice.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, on Oct
ober 29, 1934.
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator.
Date first pub. Nov. 10, 1934.
Date last pub. April 27, 1935.
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
Takotna, Alaska.
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Fred King
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
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NEW YORK’S HOUSE OF DEAD.
There are 500 stone slabs in the •
morgue at Bellevue hospital, New
York City, and' most of these are
occupied continuously with human
bodies brought in from all parts of
the city. They are mostly part vic
tims of murders, accidents, suicides,
even starvation. It seems incredible
there could be so many violent
deaths in one city. Sometimes addi
tional resting places for corpses
muse Ik improvised as in the case
of a disaster such as the recent
uiorro Castle tradegy, whose victims
were brought to Bellevue. A con
tinuous stream of sorrowful, dejected
human beings pass along the aisles
between rows of bodies trying o
recognize relatives or friends. The
sifc'ht of these hundreds of unburied
,;e.id laid row upon row is 'an ex
perience no one can ever forget. It
:s convincing proof of the frailty of
human life.
:.'««KWW
IN THE PROBATE X'OURT FOR
OTTER PRECINCT, FOURTH
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF AL
ASKA.
In the matter of the estate of J»h»
O. Johnson, deceased.
Notice of Final Hearing
Notice is .hereby given that' the
administrator of the above entitled
estate has filed his final report in
the Probate Court above named, and
that said report will be heard before
the said Probate Court for Otter
Precinct at Flat, Alaska, on Wednes
day the 15th day of May 1935, at ,
two o’clock P.M. of said day, at
which time and place all persons
interested may appear and show
cause, if any thefy have, why sail j
it should not be approved,
allowed and confirmed. L 1
Harry Donnelley,
Administrator.
Date of .first pub., Dec. 23, 1934. *
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■O E SURE TO STU»* AT THE LITTLE STORE ON THE j
TRAIL TO McGRATH. We have Shoes tor all am and tiws.
We specialize in Children’s Clothing . Everything to wear and !
j things to eat. We will be glad to see yon. Mall orders i
given special attention. f
: Mrs. Thomas H. MeLean
j McGRATH, ALASKA
FISE INSURANCE
1 cu should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance
for the sake of your credit and your peace of mind* ‘
Needless to say this insurance should be of the very
highest quality. , *
That’s the Kind Written Ely
Alaska Insurance Agency j
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