The C<?as,t Ci uard eytter Cygan re
turned to Ketchikan a few days ago
with the hody of Joe DDenipsey. Na
tives reported that Dempsey’s dog
guarded his master’s tent for months
after he disappeared. It is thought
that the dog fell a victim to wolves
It. js believed that Dempsey fell
while returning from his trap line,,
was knocked unconscious and droppetl
by a rising tide.
“Senator*' Charles H. Hill, 69, resi
dent of Alaska for thirty years, died
at Cordova a few days ago aner suf
fering a paralytic stroke. The “Sen
ator” made and. lost fortunes in Daw
son and Nome, where he was em
ployed by Tex Rickard and Alex Pan
tages" in tHeir amusement resorts.
Hill crashed from affluence when he
endorsed a stranger’s note for $50,000
and made good while the stranger
mude his getaway. In recent years
Hill was connected wi^h the, Alaska
Came Commission andi Bureau of
Fisheries, preferring to work rather
than, live with friends who invited
him to do so.
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Robert Holley, aged 71, a native of
Texas, and a resident of Alaska since
1898, died in St. Anne’s hospital, Ju
neau, recently, of heart failure. Mr.
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Holley came north from Texas in
1898, and for two years drove cattle
over the old DDalton trail to Dawson.
He went to Juneau in 1898 and had
since resided in that city..
JL W. Kehoe. who has served, as
United States commissioner at Ket
chikan during the last four years, has
resigned at the request of District
Judge Harding, and was succeeded on:
March 31 by W. C. Arnold, who had
served as commissioner .at Hyder ,for
some time past. Arthur W. Fox, at
one time commissioner at Ketchikan,
has been appointed to fill the Hyder
post.
The new Ketchikan commissioner is
25 years old and a graduate of the
University of Idaho. He vtent, to
Ketchikan two years ago and after a
uort time was appointed to the Hy
uer commissioitership by the late
Judge T. M. Ree<&;
The body of Ed Schlatter, found on
the Titna river several weeks ago by:
a native, was taken to Ruby for in
terment. It had been rumored that
Schlatter's death was due to foul play,
but the men who brought the body in
report that death was undoubtedly
due to heart trouble. The body was
taken from the Titna to Ruby by Jack
Devereaux and another man sent out
by the Pioneer lodge. Schlatter had
gone into the Titna district to trap.
Paul Layton, who left Sitka in De
cember for Pinta Bay, intending to
spend the remainder of the winter
trapping in that region, came to a
tragic end in his cabin as the result
of the explosion of a gasoline engine.
It is not explained what the engine
was doing in his cabin, but it is pre
sumed Layton took the engine from
his boat when he arrived at Pinta. Bay
and laid it in his cabin for safe keep
ing. The cabin occupied by Layton
and another one near by were burned,
and the body of Layton was charred
to. such an extent that recognition was
lumost impossible
The Thomas Bay glacier is reported
to be snooting icebergs from under
water at the head of that bay. The
glacier comes out in the valley at the .
head of the bay, but there is a mile or
more, of sand flats between the water
and the glacier edge. It is believed
the glacier reaches down to a consid
erable depth, and as the underground
glacier reaches a jumping-off place in
the bay, it is presumed that the force
and weight , behind it and. the salt
wgt|r action in front forces the ice to
break. It is said to be a great sight
to .see great, bergs of ice shoot up out
of the water, shake themselves and
settle back to normal floating condi
tion. The hay is said to be literally
covered with icebergs which have no
way of getting out of the harbor. The
water is also highly discolored with
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third time in thirteen years that the
glacier has heen cutting up as re
ported.
John Stahlberg was instantly killed
and Frank Norman was so seriouslp
injured that he expired within a few
hours, as the result of an explosion
occurring in the 301 drift of the Big
Missouri mine,, in the Hyder district,
recently. From evidence presented at
the coroner’s inquest it appears that
the two men, partners, delayed too
long in leaving the drift, after start
ing a round of shots. The discovery
of their lamps at the face of the after
the blast is looked upon as indicating
that the men had not attempted, to
leave the face before the blast star
ed. Stahlberg was badly mangled by
the flying rock and was dead when
found. Norman, wh^ was widely
known as “Pretty Frank,” lived about
three hours before passing away at
the Premier hospital.
_. Dr. L. D. Fricks, physician in.
■gharge of the United States Public
■Health Service-in Seattle, announced!
recently that all passengers and crews
for Nome, St. Michael and other Ber
ing Sea ports this spring, would he re
quired to obtain certificates of vacci
nation before they will be allowed to
embark. This action is being taken
to guard against a recurrence of the
smallpox epidemic of last year.
After lying idle at Dutch* Harbor,
Alaska, since February 9, because, of
a broken turbine, the freighter Hav
elas, former Shipping Board vessel,
has been- sold for scrap and will be
towed to Japan, according to repre
sentatives of the Hammond Lumber
Company, owners. The, freighter is
loaded with, 4,000,000 feet of lumber,
taken on at Willapa and Puget Sound
ports. The tow from Dutch Harbor,
to Yokohama* a distance of 2,873
miles, is said to- be one of the most
difHeult ever undertaken on the Pa- ■
cific..
And He-Meant It'.
'' A colored soldier, wanted, to, spend':
the night from camp, but couldn't get
a pass. Attempting to steal out, he
v/as halted by the guard with: “Who
goes there?” “Its me,” growled.Ras
ttis, pulling his razor—“and dis heah\
blade.am pH de. permit. I has; but lis
ten, niggah; Ah’s got a. mammy in j
heaven, a. pappy in bell, an’ a. sweet-:
heart iri the city, and I’se gwine to
spend’the exenin,’ wid one of them-”
Critical •
The. young.rvAvelist just had hia first
book published, and waa somewhat ex
cited when a newspaper reporter
called to s^e fyim.
“You called to get,a story of ho-w I
didint:?”
“No—why you did iti” •
NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
Notice.is,hereby given that all per
sons having claims against the estate
oi Davie Grassman, decease*!’, to pre
sent them with proper,.vouchers at
tached to uje undersigned at Bethel,
Alaska.
Dated nt Bethel, Alaska, t^tis 16th
day of March, 1929.
ALEXANDER HATELY,
Administrator.
; First pub,, April 6, 1929.
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The effect of listening' to ultra
fashionable. parents is shown in the
following conversation:
Father:. "Doris, your mother has
told me you* have been misbehaving.
I shall have to punish you tonight”
Doris (age 9): “Not tonight^,fath
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ng lessons, but speak to me again to
i. orrow regarding an appointment.”
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where hp wfll be »pleased to^
1 meet, all old friends, and to
get,acquainted- with' new ones ,
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Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, bring
ing the outgoing mail, arrived Thurs
day, departing Friday for McGrath.
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