THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
20th. 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JAN. 17, 1925
Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial
Exchanges. !;
Of importance to the fur farming in
dustry is the report of the recent dis
covery of one of ihe best known trap
pers and fur culturists in the Terri
tory, in which, by a systematic process
of feeding, the color of the mink is
changed from a light shade to a rich
dark coloring. Jimmie Sinclair, who,
»9ide from his duties as section fore
man for the Alaska railroad, conducts
one of the few mink farms in Alaska,
after tnaoy years of close study and
application, has solved the problem of
changing the color of the fur. He is
an expert in the fur-farnjing business,
especially in the raising of miok.
N. H. Castle, special agent of the bu
reau of investigation of the Department
of Justice, with headquarters at Jti
neau, has been transferred to wotk in
the States. He will be replaced by
Roy A. Darling, formerly in charge of
the Fairbanks branch, and transferred
to the States when that office was abol
ished more than two years ago.
A letter received recently from Jack
Cameron, former Yukoner, now in the
employ of the Yukon Gold Company in
the Malay Peninsula, gives particulars
of the death of Charles Widman, an
other old-time Yukoner, who at the
time of his death was also employed hy
the Yukon Gold Company. Mr. Wid
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
roan was crushed while repairing a
screen plate on one of the company’s
dredges. He was rushed to a hospital
at once, but only lived two days. An
operation was performed to save his
life, bnt without avail.
Norman Dawn, director and general
manager of the Norman Dawn Alaska
1 Pictures Producing Company, writing
from Hollywood, says the interior
scenes of the eight-reel prama of
Alaska, made during last summer, are
finished. Mr. Dawn will leave for New
York this month, to put the picture on
the market in a few weeks. The pic
ture will bo named “Passions of the
Frost.” “Our picture,” Mr. Dawo
writes, “is being talked about already,
and everyone says it will be one of the
best pictures of the year.”
The Gustafson Brothers, operating
the old Rhodes-Hall property as man
agers for t he Cleary Hill Alaska Mioes
Company, brought in another good
cleanup last week, and thev stated to a
representative of the Fairbanks News
Miner that the showing greatly ex
ceeded tbeir expectations. Tbe cleanup
was the result of development work
done on a new lead back of the old
workings, aDd uetted over $200 per day
witi) only six men working. When the
mine starts in stuping this pri<duction
can be at least trebled.
Regarding the rumor to the effect
that the Alaska railroad contemplated
standardizing the Chatanika branch
narrow gauge line to meet the possible
heavy traffic demand due to the con
struction of the big ditch by the Fair
banks Exploration Company, Acting
General Manager H. Horn said recent
ly: •'It would be tine if such a thing
Could be doue, but as far as extending
the standard gauge line to Chatanika.
it is improbable that it will be accom
plished for at least three or four
years.”
Adam Swan, oue of the earliest ar
rivals at Valdez, and familiarly known
as the “Father of Valdez,” passed
: away at Tacoma recently, from the in
firmities of age, says the Valdez Miuer.
Mr. Swan went to the States several
months ago fer medical t surgical
treatment, havi, t eakh
for some time. A
erated upon sever.
time appealed to o
his illness overpiw i
. . is op
i .... for a
tut later
in »Qd he
gradually became
called him.
weaker until death
Oscar Wackwitz. 29, a resident of
Alaska for a number of years, barred
the door of his cabin in Fairbanks,
wrote a letter and, picking up his .SO
government rifle, killed himself, a few
weeks ago. Financial worry is said to
have oeen the cause of his act. He
; lived wiih his three brothers and had
Considerable property on Cleary creek.
Anchorage’s young radio wizard.
Loytun Schell, succeeded in estanlish
; mg a radio record for Alaska wheD he
I recently picked up an amateur trans
mitting station at Auckland, New Zea
land. The estimated distance between
the two points is about 7.000 miles.
Schell stales that the New Zealand sta
, tion has a 59-watt transmitting tube.
James McIntyre, an old timer of the
Fairbanks district, died in Seattle re
cently, following a lung illness from
cancer. He was the owner of one of
the largest and most productive farms
in the Fairbanks district.
—
John Barnstitcb, a pioneer resident
of the Interior, died recently at St. Jo
seph’s nospital. Fairbanks, at the age
of 80 years. He had a homestead on
(he top of Birch bill and had lived
there many years.
Shipments of gold dust from the
Seward Peninsula in 1924 aggregated
03.428.37, valued at $1,155,103.57, ac
cording to the annual report of [{. YV.
J. Reed, deputv collector of customs.
This exceeds the gold exports of the
same period of 1923 by more than 8100.
000. Shipments of reindeer carcasses
aggregated 229.138 pounds.
Among those up for the marshalship
job in this division are Bert Stevens,
the present incumbent, and O. P.
Gatistad, who rev resented the Fourth
division in the Territorial Senate in
1914. _
John J. Bovce, who was U. S. attor
ney for the First division, with head
quarters at Juneau, from 190J to 1910,
is now residing in Birdigha, Italy,
with his wife and daughter.
A heavy storm and a 75 mile gale
swept Seldovia a few weeks ago. prac
tically destroying the board walks and
blowing down several bouses which
had been erected along thu walk.
Id the Probate Court for the Kusko- !
kwim Precinct. Fourth Division of
the Territory of Alaska. before
George W Huffman, commissioner
atid ex ottieto probate judge.
■Iti the matter of 'he estate of Henry
Jung, deceased—Probate N >. 6.
Notice is hereby given that Bertha j
Jung, ad mm is rator of tfte atiove named
estate, has tiled her final account a'
such administrator in the atiove en
tilled Court, and aa order has been
made bv the Court setting Mnnd y.
March 4. 1925 at 1(1 o’clock a. m., as ,
the time for hearing object tons to said i
account, and the settlement ttiereof ‘
All persons interested in said estate
are tiOtitied to file their objections to j
said account, if any they have, on or I
before the date named, specifying the I
particulars of such objections.
Dated Napamute. D cembet 18 1924.
Bertha Jung.
Administrator of me Estate
of Henry Jung, deceased.
First publication, Jan. 10. 1925.
Last publication, Feb 7, 1925.
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre i
einct, Fourth Division, Territory i
of Ala-ka, before Hon. E J. Jstier,
commissioner and ex officio piobate
judge.
In the matter of the estate of Fred E.
Soule, deceased — Probate No. 42.
Notice of Final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the near
int! of objections to the final report and
account of Ira F. Wood, as admiois
trator of the estate of Fred E. Soule,
deceased, will b« held in the probale
court room at Flat. Alaska, on Satur
day, March 14th. 1925. ai i wo o’clocn
io the afternoon.
Dated at Flat, < i ► k i Dec. 24, 1924.
[Seal j E .1 STIER,
Pi abate Judge.
In the Probate C- ur f r Oner pre
cinco. Fourth division, l'erritory of j
Alaska, liefore ihe Honorable E. ,J.
Steir. Commissioner and ex otficio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of William
Pringle, deceased — Probate No. 50.
giNotice of’Final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the hear
ing of objections to tne final report amt
account, of Samuel Applebaum, as ex
ecutorof the estate of William Pringle,
deceased, will be held in the Probate
Court room at Flat, Alaska, on Satur
day, January 17ih, 1925, at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Dated. Flat, Alaska, Sapt. 27th. 1924.
E. J. STEIR.
Probale Judge.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,*
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notarv Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
I
i Blackburn
Sc Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
Fresh Goods
Provisions, Notions
and Hardware
r
Hood’s Rubber Goods
The best, Shoe Pao. They stand
the wear.
Fish Netting
Fur Bought and Sold
Brirur us your fur to be made up.
We represent h good and
reliable house.
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars,Tobaccos, Candies, fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GEIERAL MERC IANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
£
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Homa Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.