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Gunnar Wilson Dies in Mine—
Last rites for Gunnar Wilson were
held recently in the Episcopal Church
at Fairbanks. Wilson, forme.- Fair
banks youth, met death in the Healv
River Coal mine Tuesday. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wil
son. Born in Fairbanks, he was a
former student of the Fairbanks high
school, though the family home is at
Sufitrana.
Will Raise Freight Rates—
Inc.-eased freight rates will become
effective AprO 5 on the Alaska Rail
road. according to a new rate sched
ule filed recently by the railroad with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in Washington. The increase, accord
ing to the commissions announce
ment. “will applr tA alt classes of
freight between Seattle or Tacoma
and points served Jay the railroad and
its steamboat subsidiary,: the Amer
ican Yukon Na igatjon. Company.”
The Copper River and Northwestern
Railroad filea schedules for increased
wharfage handling, storage and dock
age charges at Cordova effective
April 10.
Dredge Work Is I nder ftat —
Dredging operations were begun ;
Iasi week by three crews for the U.,
S. Smelting Co...»nd ft tinru at Chat-1
anika is. soon to start the work of re
covering the »ceci<.u-_me:al. At Gil
more. and Clear the dredges went
,nto operatic Wednesday, and at
Goldsb.--. afD Thursday. The crew at :
Ester is ready but in need of water j
to float tne,*L-c»tge.- A dam- has beer,
constructed, and as soon as the hull
is afloat, th- work will be started.
The average number of meo per
dredge crew* is 1C employed in shifts
to keep the work going 24 hours a
day., y
riul Ul uidiici aiv» mg
Evidence that* iheBlack Rapids Gla
cier is moving along the -fall - length .
of its 25-mile course has been ob
served by Pilot Jchr G. ass of Wien
Alaska Airlines ir two-recent trips.
Flying high over! the -big ice sheet
where he could .get a good perspec-*
tive of it, he. observed.distinct dark
lines, indicating- the glacial move
ment and cutting on the sides of the
glacier. Normally, the sidelines of ar
glacier are. indistinct or snow cover
ed, Cross aid. Cross’s observations
tend to disprove the theory that a
portion of the glacier might' have
hrdken otf and made the rapid ad
vance reported iir recent weeks. He
observed no signs of a break in the':
ice stream, but he did- see many ir
regularities in its center ice masses
and other evidence* of the tremen
dous force the glacier has accumulat
ed'from the weight of snow and ice
at-higher elevarions..
Fur Association Organized—
The Alaska Fur and Game Asso
ciation, organized for the general bet
terment of the fur and game indus
try throughout the Territory, was
recently formed in- Anchorage by a
large group of trappers, traders, fur
fanners, guides and others interested
in the industry. The; object of the
association is to appoint.me* -in the
various districts whc are interested
iu vhe activities of the fur and game j
industry to the extent of gathering-*
nformation and making reports and
suggestions in regard to the action
taken by the organization during an
nual meetings. Matters suggested
for the attention of the association
included: Registration of trap lines,
protection of trap lines in regard to
homesteading rights, open and closed
seasons in various sections and on
various fur and game, identification
of Alaska fur and other measures for
tho advancement and protection of
the industry. Officials desire that
every015% interested in fur, game or
wild life in general, will join and snp
■yvf this association.
ALASKA HAS
CHILD MARRIAGE
SEWARD, Ka:. 19—Believed
to be the Tirol official child mar
riage in Alaska, Anna Kerr, 12,
and George Nomeoff, 27, a fish
erman, both of Kodiak, were
married by the United States
Commissioner here after the par
ents had given their consent. The
child is in the sixth grade at
school.
Death Comes to Squrdough—
William Streib, Spanish-Amer'can
war veteran and long-time resident
of Flat and Fairbanks, . was found
dead in his cabin in Fairbanks re
cently by Kitty O’Brien, taxi driver.
Streib’s age was undetermined, prob
ably over 60 years. He had come to
Fairbanks from Flat in 1927. At
Flat he had. operated a laundry.
Sausage Rushed to Ruby—
Thomas J .DeVane, formerly a res
ident of Raleigh, Jvarth.Carolina, but
now and for many years a proprie
tor of a trading post at Ruby, Alaska,
wrote his sister, who lives in Raleigh
for “some hot, spicy. Carolina sau
sage.” It’s on its way by air express.
Twenty-five dollars was the express
charge.
Yukon River Pilot Dies—
Capt. J. E. Hoggan, 78 years old,
one of the first skippers of boats on
the Yukon River operated by the
White Pass and- Yoke*.Route, passed
away recently in Mayo, Yr. T Capt.
ftoggan had served 20 years on ships
plying the Atlantic and was second
mate on a vessel operating between
England and the United Statesrwhen
he met a Belgian who w%s on his
way to the Klondike. Capt, Hoggan
joined the Belgian. Their scow was
lost in the Whitehorse Rapids. They
remained at toe. Rapids and: piloted
boats through them when the gold
rush was on. On retiring from the
river service, he made his home at
Mayo. He is survived by three sons
and three daughters.
Final Tribute Paid Mrs. Buzby—
Mrs. Louise Hunt Buzby, beloved
pioneer woman of Fairbanks who died
March 15, was laid to her last rest
ing place in the Pioneer Women’s
plot in the Fairbanks cemetery,
March 18.. Mrs. Buzby would have
been 67 years old on the first of
May. She was born at LeSeure,
Minn. Mr. Buzby died in Fairbanks
in 1931.
Will Stamp Out Petty Thefts—
Pat O’Day and Oscar Berg were
sentenced to 90 days in jail and Otto
Erickson was sentenced to 30 days
recently By U. S. Commissioner Wal
ter E. Huntley, at Palmer, when the
three were found guilty to the theft
of 29 bundles of celotex from the Al
aska Rural Rehabilitation Corpora
tion. The three- men were arrested
afte an investigation by George L.
Johnson, special investigator for the
corporation.' Johnson told the court
he traced the stolen celotex to the
three men. It was indicated that
several other alleged-thefts of cor
poration property are being investi
gated: Ross L. Sheely, manager, said
petty thievery of Corporation prop
erty ha3 been- going on for - some
time. He announced his determina
tion to- end it, promising prosecution
for all implicated. The corporation
is taking steps to repossess or collect
the value of stolen material which it
is claimed has- been sold to residents
of Anchorage.
Wants Husband Declared Dead—
Mrs. Bessie Happier, formerly of
Fairbanks, asked the United States
district court in Seattle recently, to
declare her husband, Lewis Howard
Happier, mining engineer dead, and
also to authorize payment to her ol
his $5000 war risk insurance policy
The request is contained in a petition
tiled on her behalf b„. Attorney
Flood. In the petition. Mrs. Kappler
sets forth that the last time she heard
of her husband was June 22, 1929, j
when he wrote her from New York
City that he was going to Africa to
j take a mining engineering position.
Her mother, Mrs. Bessie Blaker, who' (
was n Fairbanks at the time, re- j
ceiced similar messages from him. *
Mrs. Blaker, in Fairbanks, was own- i
| er of the United States Grill, which
was the predecessor of the Tavern i
; Cafe. She also owned considerable
mining property, which she sold. Mrs.
Blaker and her daughters, Mr*. Kap
i .iler and Miss Thelma Blaker, left
Fairbanks in May. 1930, for a trip
j to Europe, which they toured for six
months. On returnin': to the United
I States from Europe they bought a
I home in Seattle, where they still re
i side.
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Mrs. Beda Gibbs Is Laid to Rest—
The remains of Mrs. Beda Gibbs
were laid to rest at Fairbanks Sun
day, February 28 in the Elks burial
: plot at Fairbanks. Elks lodge mem
bers, fraternity -brothers of Mr. Aus
tin Gibbs, many neighbors and friends
attended the last ritual- for Mrs.
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MILLER
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
FIRST CHECKS UNDER NEW
PLAN AT COLONY GIVEN
The first checks for work do*-e
under the work-credit system were
being issued to colonists about the
first of March.
Not all checks are isued. at thei
same time as the- pay-day mouth is ;
not up until 30 days after* the first
surcey land it was not ahli to' ma-oc
all surveys at the same-time.
Anton Anderson, director “ of tire'
work-credit ‘system, announced re
cently:
"The plan is going over like a mil
Gibbs, which was held in the Ross
Mortuary chapel. ‘
lion dollars and there has not been
one dissenter.”
Most of the colonists plan the
work as if they are; being employee
by someone else, laboring so many
hours each day on tthe clearing anc
other work and ther. quitting to do
their regular daily chores;
One colonist, Ni.'ftolas Weiler, is
juoilant over the' system as he says
he has clearea five 'and onr-ha'.:
acres in -6 daysrwwrkibg- nine hours
daily.
His check for a month’s work war
8179.
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Printing establishment in the Kusk
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LAWRENCE'S PLACE
HARRY LAWRENCE, PROP.
When in Flat, stop at Lawrence'-s Place. We ace
open at ali hours. Good Dog Barns in connection.
Through Lawrence’s Place you can obtain
Liquors of all kinds. Also Wines and Beer.
CIGARS — CIGARETTES — CANDY
FLAT. ALASKA