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Alaska Notes
Gathered Fr«n Territorial
SldltBIM.
Klmer Moret, fisherman of iloonah,
nearly lost his life recently through
being attacked bp three brown bears,
while hunting on Point Frederick.
Moret came upon the bears suddenly
while on his way through the woods
•and at once headed for a tall spruce.
The bears pursued him and one of
<the animals grabbed him by the foot
•before he could reach the tree, sink
ing its teeth through his shoe and
.piercing his toe. As Moreau arose in
.an attempt to reach the tree, the
■bear struck at him viriously, but he
managed to escape the full force of
the blow by drawing back his head,
'.receiving only a slight flesh wound
■on the forehead. Luckly, the momen?
•turn of the swing caused the bear to
lose his balance and fall over a log.
.As a result of the brief respite Mo
reau wasa able to reach the tree be
fore the bear could again overtake
him. The animaals besieged the tree
foor a time, but finally gave up and
wandered off.
Lou Isabel}, oldtime barber oof the
'Interior, died at Fairbanks a few
‘days ago. Isabel! had a chair in the
^Pioneer Hotel foor some time past,
;and prior to locating in Fairbanks he
worked in Nenana. He also resided
foor some time in the Tolovana dis
trict and had a place on Esther
•creek during the earlier Fairbanks
(days.
Attorney A. J. Dimond has been se
lected by the Democrats of the Third
K
Frank J. Guskey *
Notary Public ;
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Takotnm, Atoka
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division as their candidate foor the
Territorial Senate to succeed Senator
Bartley Howard.
Harry N. McGoon, owner of a fox
farm on Gain island, was out hunting
fdr deer recently, when he encoun
tered a big brown bear, that showed
belligerent inclinations by rising on
his hind legs and making for the
hunter. McGoon, who is a dead shot,
permitted the huge animal to come
within a few feet before firing. The
big bear fell dead, almost at the feet
oof the hunter. On examining the
magazine of his gun a few minutes
aafter McGoon found that he had
killed the animal with his.last.cart
ridge.
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P. W. McDonnell, owner of .the
McDonnell Rooms in Hyder, died at
the Stewart general, hospital recenttly
after. a brief illness. Death, was due
to a paralytic stroke. The deceased
was 75 years of. age. “Paddy” Mc
Donnell, as he was familmrly known
| throughout .the North,, was one.of the
1 earjly-day pioneers of tha Yukon and
1 Alaska, and a member of. the valiant
band of trail blazers. who.braved the
stormy Chilkoot in L896. After spend
i ing several years.an Dawson he went
! to Nome in 1900, and later, spent vary
ing periods in Fairbanks. Ruby,. Long
City, Valdez and other points. . He
went to the Portland Canal district
in 1919. Deceased is survived by. a
; son. He was. a mernbeer of the Pio
neers of Alaska.
The. Republican .Club .of:. Anchorage
at a meeting held some, days ago en
dorsed the candidacy .of Major
George. W. Albrecht .of Fairbanks for
Republican national committeeman,
and James Wickersham .of Juneau
and W. H.. Chase of Coordo-va foor
delegatees to*, the. mationaal conven
tion.
Mrs.' M. K. Swineford,. widow .of. a
former governor of Alaska, died re
cently in the Ketchikan general hos
pital. at -Hie age of. .70 years. She
had been ill in the..hospital for some
time.
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IN A SOCIAL WAY.
Chris Peterson, well known old*
timer, as a matter of fact one of the
first to settle and build a cabin home
on the present Takotna townsite, .had
another birthdaya last Monday, Janu
ary 1). Among Chris’ worldly assets,
in a large measure, is a big bunch
of friends, and to many of these, or
to those whoom he could reach, he
acted as host at an elaborate dinner
at the Larson Roadhouse on that
date. Following the dinner came . a
most enjoyable dance, which the
merry throng enjoyed until a-late
hour, and. the music for which .was
furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie
and Pete Jensen.
Following were Mr. Peterson's din
ner guests; Andrew Hausen, Mr. and
Mrs. D. £. Clough, Margaret Clough,
Mrs. Roberson ,Mary McLean, Peter
Jensen, Mr..and Mrs. Condry, Frank
Larson, Frank Guskey, Half dan Wiig,
Miss Virginia... Strand, Mrs.. -Clara
Tauiman, Bert Gondpaster, Mr. and.
Mrs. Robert. Lowrie, Andy White,»
Chris Nelapn, Miss E. Marsh, Mr. and
Mrs. .Ivor .Ghilstrqm, Miss Pauline
Kozevnikoff,. Johnson Sozev,. Harry
Menzoff, .Owen .Gray, Me. and Mrs.
Chester .Brink, Charles Konietzko,. A.
X. Grant.
Charles. Konig, from. Flat, with the
outgoing mail, arrived late today.
Coming with..Mr.. Rcmig was Eli
Walker, who-..facilitated the ..mail
movement by snowshoeing ahead all
the way
QUESTIQN, “WHICHslS SHORT
EST DAY. JN..TH EYEAR?”
(Fairbanks Mews-Miner, Dec. 22.) #3
. If the poet wha first put the query,
“If Winter, comes, can Sprn.'g he far
behind ?”-J»ad. later turned his foot
steps toward the Arctic Circle in
stead of Italy there is every reason
to ,helieve..tatt he .would have, an
swered his own question in the affirm
ative. He might, also,-have warned
future verse-makers not- tot lay down
dicta on. a subject .which is so apt to
go contrary to poetic predictions.
. ms. ,warring could, well have in
cluded 9 postscript to. calendar mak
ers-whose .wares are intended for use
in Interior Alaska, advising them not j
to mention the fact that December 22!
marks, the date when winter officially
begins.. To residentts. of the Interior
that day is harbinger of better things
to come, for it marks the.date when
the sun reaches its most sooutherly
position in the heavens.
To be exact, it.reached, that posi
tion at 2 o’clock this afternoon and is
noow on the long northward swing.
Calculations made, by William 1L
Overshiner, professoor of civil engi
neering at the Alaska College, prove
that neither to December 21 nor De
cember-22 belongs the doubtful hbnor
of being: the shortest, day in 1927. To
the minute, each receives the same
amount of sunlight.
If one were in an ideal position the
sun would be visible for S Jiours and
35 minutes today, but in Fairbanks it
was seen for but little more than, an
hour. Oh nearby -creeks* surrounded
by hills. Old Sol was noot .seen at ali.
ihe days will lengthen rapidly, how
ever, from .now on, as this table
shows:
December;-22—3 hours 35 minutes.
January 1—3 hours 52 minutes.
January 15—4 hours . 571*2 min
utes.
January 31—6 hours 45.,minutes.
February 15—8 hours 18 minutes.
March 1—9 hours 5L1-2 minutes.
Mar ah 21—12 hours.
7ti£OSFEITUBB NOTICE.
To..Funk Irwin, his heirs, executors,
assigns and auocessors in interest:
.. You, and each of you, are hereby
-no titled .that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ment* the sum of one banana dollars
($100.00) per year for the years 1014,
ISIS, 1016, 1017.1020. 1021, 1022 and
1923 upon the following described
mining claims in the lanofco Record
ing District, Territory of Alaska:
No. 4 Above Gold Rua Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganee
No.’6 Above Gad Ran Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganee
creek.
That all of said workand improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claims in .compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year aad thereafter;
And if within1 ninety <9Q) day*
after the publication of this notice
you, or any of you, fail tsjsy your
portion of the amount expended ..on
the above claims,.-your interest. in
said claims will become forfeited to
the undersigned co-owner, according
to the provisions Of Section>23?Re
vised Statutes of the .United'States.
WILLIAM SdSMSlRLA.
i Date of first publication^ Deo. 10,
1927.
Date of last publication; iMsuscb 17,
1928.
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