HIGH FERRY, QLDTIMER,
FOUND DEAD, MEDFRA TRAIL
McGRATH.—Hugh Ferry, well
well, known oldtimer of the North
land, was found dead on the trail be-j
tween Medfra and Nixon Mine by
John E. Strand. Death apparently
carry? ,from heaft trouble and expp-i
sure.
Mr. Feryy, arrived ffoui Anchpeage
with Pilot v$U on March 1, about 1j
p. m. He .stopped long enough at
Medfra to get lupch, leaving there
about 2 p, m. for tljp mine.
Whqn the body was found, on
March 2, it looked as though Mr.i
Ferry had tried to build a fire. There
wer$ several small twigs placed , to
gether, and two or three burnt
matches were lying on the ground,
but th^ fif^ had failed to,go.
An inquest was held today by Dep
uty Marshal Stanley J. Nichols, who
went from McGrath, and the body
was.taken to Anchorage by Pilot Coll,
who, had been dispatched from An
chorage to take it to that place for
burial.
Mrs. Dr. M. E. Carthell and two
children and Mrs. Eric Johnson, of
Mountain Village,.on the Yukon, wefe
Saturday arrivals here, coming wifh
Pilot Coll, The party continued fo
Anchorage on Sunday(
Chris Nelsen and Mrs. G. W. Clyde
returned here a couple of days.ago,
following a brief visit to the Poormqn
section. Mr. Nelson asserts that that
camp is fairly quiet at the present
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brink, fol- j
lowing a visit of several days over pt
Cripple and in the Tolstoi section, r£- (]
turned to their home here yestpday. j.
Mrs, James Weir, after a visit of
a few days here, during which, yh**
was the house guest of Mrs. j. P. Tay
lor, returned to her home at Spruce
yesterday.
BOB BUZBY WINNER OF
FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY
FAIRBANKS.—Bob Buzby, driving
seven Siberian huskies and maia
uiutes, won the first heat of the
seventh annual renewal Signal Corps
trophy Dog Derby Saturday, cover
ing 30 miles in 2,hours 26 minutes 30
seconds. Harold Meyers came in sec
ond in 2 hours 27 minutes, 'the trail
ana weather conditions were perfect.
i-.uioi.-iiNKs.—t>ob Buzby, winner
oi tne nrst heat, wo the second neat
fmi.ucty, covering the distance in 2
nours 38 minutes 31 seconds, elapsed
i.ine. Harry Rney, Nenana inuian,
in second.
» ui' lhu uays the total time was g^
uours Z4. minutes 57 seconds.
8466,300 FOR ALASKA ROADS
\\ ASHINGTON.—The Interior De
partment supply bill provided $466,
SOTT for construction, repair and main
tenance of roads, tramways, ferries,
bridges and trails in Alaska, $3,000
for repairs to and maintenance of the
Government wharf at Juneau, and
$250,000 for work in connection with
the Alaska Railroad, “in addition to
all amounts received by the railroad
during the fiscal year ,1934.”
The bill is broken dow ninto scores
of comparatively small items for sif;
cific projects and purposes..,.
Johp Krieger^welk.\cno>yn pldtimer,
but who for some months has been
operating in the JEolstgi section,, was
a yesterday* ajjjya^jqjp.a brief busi
ness visit her& j-jPe will, probably re
turn to his headquasters within the
next few dftys^ ...
1-M. E. Bqndixen, a well known old
timer, but many months nas
been located ^vec.,ati Flat, returned
nere a coup|p pf, d^ys ago.
Ojt9p Too Many
it“Did .jjfuijjget my chefk?’.’
“Yes. fejviyx. Once from you and.
once bank.”—Opinion (Dub
in).
REXALL, REMH>EBfc;
The Sew ard Drop Company has ibpen agent* .for the Rexall line of
- household propagations for many jittai^mljiu io*»tock a<.lafgv
> and complete assortment of this pgpuj.w,,ty--annd 'of medicine* . ..
annd other dr up store ‘T*f fh .
'Tl<mt«H*As»-ir*Ve aj^apentvfp* Victprr Seieetropp.
on every boat.~,a?
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SEWAJHJf DRU G
HE REXALL STORE
HhmimALASKA
SENATOR' W4££H;. MONTANA.
TAKEN, B,Y,QEAJH ON TRAIN
ROqKy ftjgtE^T,. N. C.—Senator
Thomas J„ , 3f»&tfc_l£he ^dauntless
white-haired Montana,liberal ..fchosen
as Attorney Oeoecftl. in. the .Rpqsevelt
administratiqr^ vya.Xvffljind^dtndakUi his.
bride today j*v t£e .^awijjjf-room ,of a
train speeding Washington.
The tragic end of the veteran. Sen
ator’s brief honeymoon^ was a severe
blow to the incoming-administration
and to President Rqp££Vglt, .who had.
expected to meet Mr. Walafo ijj Wash
ington prior to the inaugural, cere
monies.
POISONOUS PLANTS'!S
Editor Kusko Times:
I read recently in the Anchorage
Daily Times, the 1933 Progress edi
tion, an article by Gus Gelles (Big,
Game Hunters’ Paradise3, in which he,
states, that., there, are no snakes in
Alaska, no poisonous plants. %
The statement iS|,a dangerous error.
Poisonous plants, are not rare m
Alaska. Some are deadly poison to
map. or apiJWth;j',TheA jtoots ,.qf fire
water hemlock (cicute douglasii) are
particularly dangerous, to bumaOSihft.
cause of their sweet smell and taste,
which, may proye attractive tp thejnv
svary. The water hemlock is wide
spread throughout Alaska. ^..
There are other species of hemlock*
in Alaska that arc dangerously jppi-j
sonous, to man. 9;, ^nilgais. ...
Some other .Alaskan plants tl\at jpre
known to be morp .^r lyss. pgispnogs
to livestock $ye death, canuts* t,all
larkspur^ monkshood, loco, jyeech .
Children..should be advised .not.to
take chances with,wj}d, plaijts..tbeyjllS
not know andjft aypjd, umbe.Uifescus
wild plants,,, thah; is the parley, ^
carrot family. Some of them S9&X he
edible, but . it, w ell ..^known,.-that,
Alaskans have died from eating them.
A. H. TWITCHSLL.
ALASKA.BISHOP FOV»»-AW¥E.
DUTCH HARB05,r-;QffiQers of the
steamship Stan- reported Monday
flight that Bishop Pokrovsky, former
archimanddrite of the Russian ortho
dox cnurrh, first believed lpst in the
wreck of the motprship .UnUfck Na
tive, was found alive, on Umijak island
The., report said, natives visited .the
scene..of the wreck .and fpund.tJie
bishop had reached the beaqb, -Both
his legs were, severely frozen*, Np fur
ther word of the wreck has been re
ceivd. ...
Extfl*. Tb'ni,
Diner (disgustedly).—Hi, ;.waiter,,
what do you call this stuff? ,
WaiterThat’s ver’ good sopp, creme
reine*
Diner—I can taste-, the rain all
right, hat the cook forgot the. cream,
,-^Answers (London).
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GBBfEtr
SQUABS
U.V.'JW .
Robert Vanderpool and Harry Du
!ac were Sunday arrivals from Mc
Grath for a brief visit, returning to
tHeir-ttonfee the sane dayi*..
GaaiMfoftaudtz, canting iyoisoVnn
kee, #BcpjML.A(UAiUe of houus in town
)p Sa:-STHtt.qe^im:Tgit hia,hcad«tuar
t$rs the same-day..
!
* Mrs. Preitfa Hitt r
JUNEACJi^-An inquiry ha*.Jbren >
received lOonaeBiing the whereabc&ta
of Mrs. Freida Hall, a nurse, who left
Seattle last tprmg en .1 route for
Alaska. Anyone having any inforanu
tion abouCiiidtHj.'iEEa ^lqjise , com-,
municate with the fiovemvot’s Office,,
Juneau, Alasksdca.
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