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MRS. OSCAR LARSEN DIES—
Mourned bv n anv friends at red
wood. Circle *Spr»DF5 and Fairbanks.
Mr?. Oscar Larsen was l£:d to ner
la-t resting in the 1 atrbanks
cemetery July S. Mrs. Larsen. Si
,id. had ?uffcrw! witt arem.a
for a ng time, and la?: Sunday she
had a stroke which caused her death.
Sh? is survived by Mr. Iarser. pio
neer miner of Deadwood Creek, a
son. Arthur Larsen; a daughter. Mrs.
R Olson of Circle Springs: and her
mother, sister and ' rethcr in N 1 way.
RECORD FISH SALES—
The Canned Salmon Industry closed
its y.ar on July 1 with the lowest
cai rv-over of unsold storks tn puck
ers hands in more than a decade, it
wt.s revealed in Seattle recently. Fig
ures of the Association of Pacific
Fisheries sh w their unsold sterns
still on packers' hand? are only 191'.
35o cases as compared to r h. 141 a
year ago. and 1.478,00 cases two
years ago. Total unsold and unship
ped stocks from all packers amount
tti only 334.335 cases. Total sales f r
the year reached a new record of
•X52.000 cases, which is approxi
mately 3. i ‘0.000 cases more than the
preceding year. Thr packing price
has everywhere mo teased, the Can
r-r.j >ailmen Industry said. cue t in
creased costs of labor and ms:trials.
The two items a!, ne have boasted
the production costs about one-fourth,
it was estimated.
VETERAN WILL RETIRE—
The Arctic's idest aid-'imer, John
Br • r, 76. sa.ui recently he w -uld
j-r .f after 52 years in the north to
spend the rest of his life in play He
came north to investi(rate coal de
posits and ;nstead saw the possibil
ities of a ereat trading venture. He
r.'umec to the States and nought an
ov ft in 1SS6 and t - sea r.e first
whaling and rradir.e post and also
the firs: white settlement in the Arc
tic Brower introduced the first fire
arms to the Eskimos ant taught
th m h w to increase their catches
of furs. He lost, several f-nunes cur
ing h - long, hectic Arctic -areer. Hie
whaling bu-ness went n the bum
w *: w r a iait wearing corsets, he
so d. "That was about the same time
that am # sa--e in. making whops
wh their whalebone centers useless,
so tht who’e business went haywire
a . at once." he said. His aly recret
re ardi- g Alaska is that is ee-ting
ton wded. Civilization is crowding
in >n him at Barrow, and he is at a
lot 5 uhere to move next.
NATIVES SHY ON HISTORY—
"Th-. white man non kn ws a good
deal more about the earlier inhab
itants of this and many other coun
tries than do the members ■ f the ra
the tribes" declares Father Raymond
XT. Murray, professor of anthropol
ogy in the University of Notre Dame,
row visiting Fairbanks and Interior
A uska. Tbe father returned to Fair
banks recently with Prof. Froehrh
G. Rainey, professor of anthropology
in the L’niversity of Alaska, from a
trip along the Yukon River in the
vicinity f Rampart. The two profes
sors went to the area hy plane, and
flew back to Fairbanks by plane from
Tanana. After arrival in the field,
they bud a raft and floated down
the Yukon 35 miles to Tanana. exam
ining various places along tbe route,
seeking evidences of pre-hist one
tribes. “We found seme interesting
indications,” said Father Murray,
"but tbe natives we contacted knew
little of their predecessors. One
old blind native seemed to have more
knowledge of earlier residents than
any other we contacted.”
CIRCLE CAMP BUSY—
“The Circle mining district is a
perfect beehive of activity. .The
changes there since 1 first visited the
country in 1900 are nothing short of
amazing." So said Joe Quigley, sour
dough mining man, owner of exten
sive gold and silver-lead properties
in the Kantishna. who arrived in
Fairbanks recently from a visit of
three weeks in the Circle area. "Hav
ing some time to spare.” I decided
to spend it in the Circle area. I took
in the operations on many creeks
where modem equipment and new
mining are employed. I found hun
dreds of men as well as numerous
new plants engaged in the work. Con
struction of the new dredge on Dead
wood Creek is well along, and they
have been working with a dragline,
and have made a cleanup this season.
From what I learned, the dredge will
be completed within a month. The
Enstrom brothers were among the
busiest operators whom I visited
They are working on Ketrbum, where
a stretch 300 by 1200 feet has been
stripped by bulldozing. A dragline is
engaged digging a drain on the prop
erty-1'
INQUIRY IS MADE FOR
NUMBER MISSING PERSONS
Inquiries have been received by the
Office of the Governor, pi Juneau, re
carding toe ft.'l iwiag persons suppos
ed tp be in Alaska.
HARRY ROBERT KELLY—Last
heard of May 1935 when he disap
peared from Pasadena. California. It
is Leheved he was with the United.
5...U- ••Geographical" Surrey with
headquarters at Fairbanks. He often
talked of Nome and the Yukon and
is supposed to have a doc team >f
eight. He is 45 ,.r 46 years old. 5
feet 10 inches tall, light hair and
bhte eyes and has five.or sis tatters
n his arms and shoulders.
EMIL KAUFMAN—A contractor.!
f rroerly of Prince Rupert. B. C-. j
:nd Seattle, believe d to have cone t
Juneau. All inquiries made seem to!
indicate that Mr. Kaufman and his
. wife are dead. There is some money
in Vancouver for this family mace
through an investment made in
1.. . . Bt 2* years ago.
EDWaRP DUNN—Believed to have!
eft Pr jc-nce. R. I . during ltfl" for
Alaska. He was born in Rhode
Island, is 36 ytars id, 5 feet 11
ii he, tall, we chs about 170 pounds.,
and of light c> niplexion. His father's]
name was Edward, and be has four,
brothers and three sisters. The in-:
uranee company inquiring has an
endowment policy which has matured
and are endeavoring to locate Mr.!
Dtnn in order to pav the benefit due. i
W. H. SHOEMAKER—Hu aether I
whom he has supported, is 76 years]
old and desires to knew his where
abouts. He has. a wife in Portland.]
; >re. He was at Cap>e Hinchinbrook j
Lighthouse Station for many years,
had a stroke and was taken to Cor- j
deva. then to Seattle.
Anyone having ar.y information in
regard to these pers.-ns is requested
to notify the Governor’s Office. Ju
neau. Alaska. i
SEWARD GETS $65.Wb—
WASHINGTON—Sixty-five thous
and dollars to construct a 960-foot
breakwater on the north side of the
harbor of refuge at Seward has been
allocated frem the river and harbor
fund at the disposal of the War De
partment. Secretary' of War Harry
H. Woodring announced today in
Washington.
NEW PUBLIC NURSE—
Anchorage for the first time ir it
isuory has a public health nursa
'he is Miss Eunice Anderson who?
Tee was created by the Social S«
y Act. She has been doing pr
ate r.arsing and public health war
in Juneau for the past five year:
RICH STRIKE NEAR SEWARD—
A rich gold strike was made at th
M . Pass mine, located near Sis
*er ? ntain, near Seward, it ws
rep: r d recently. The ore is report
ed : g as high as $90 a ton. E
W. Bt r.~ n and associates recorde
the strike.
HARRY LASSLEY DIES—
Harry Lassley, Anchorage reside!
•r the past two years, died ther
.cetr.T. Mr. Lassley, former Kens
homesteader, was. 72 years of ag<
He was bom in Portland and ha
liv d in the Territory for a grea
number of years.
OLDTIMER PASSES—
Henry Chesterman. oae «C Anti
orage's old-timers, died recently a
the Anchorage Hospital. Mr. Ches
t-errr. an had been many years an err
ploye of the Alaska Railroad unt
placed n the retired list severs
yes. - ago. He was G8 years old a
he time of his death.
NATIVE DROWNS—
W hen thrown into waters of fh
Kuskokwim River by the capsizin
of a motorboat. J. Oyok. a nativt
was dr twned, U. S. Marshall 3. A
McDonald, at Fairbanks, was notjfie
in a letter he received recently fror
Deputy Marshal Nels And ersor
whose headquarters are at Bethe
The accident happened the evening c
June 2". The deputy, iD his Tepor
says: “Oyok and Matthew Berezki
left Bethel for Napaskiak about
o’clock the evening of June 27 in
small outboard motorboat. About si
mile? from Bethel, when close to O;
carville. the boat capsized and bot
All into the water. Berezkin wa
able to swim ashore, but Oyok. wit
less swimming experience, dnrwne
’!rb.: river was dragged and the bod
was found the morning of June 21
It was brought to Osearville, wher
an inquest, was held.”
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FISHING IN BRISTOL BAY
Tfe first actual obse radio* of aal
• man cm the decks of a Japanese shif>|
| floating in Bristol Bay contradicting
w claims that Japanese boats are not
catching salmon in Alask, asters,
was revealed last week in b signed
B affidavit following a*» airplane tec n
* naissance over the Bay by six men, (
~ including the pilot.
The plane dropped to- an altitude
of between 50 and 100 feet over a
t group of four vessels and on the deck
L of one of the ships, the.party observ
ed what was estimated to be approx
imately 20.000 freshly caught salmon.
All the beats were well-equipped
E. with gill net gear, some of which
was drying in the .rigging whie other
s nets were piled on tee sterns ap- j
1 parently just raised from the water.
The features of the Japanese mem
j bers of the crew were plainly visible
from the height at which the plane
was flying, the affidavit said, and the
men could be seen placing the fish in
boxes.
, The four Japanese vessels -were ly-1
‘ ing about 28 miles offshore at _a
j point about 15 miles southwest of
I’gashik River on Bristol Bay. the
2 affidavit said.
t ‘'These four vessels were one large
mother ship and three smaller aux
iliary vessels.’’’ according to the
statement. “The throe smaller ves
sels were anchored ir. a group about
_, 300 yards apart and the mother ship
t was anchored about one-quarter mile
distant. They were all painted bat
tleship gray.
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He was being medically examined
preparatory to taking out an insur
ance pol«T
“Ever had a serious illness V ask
ed the deputy.
•“No," was the reply.
“Evot had an arc •dent?"
“No.”
“\r -r-fcad a single accider.t ir,
your 1 e?"
"Hr er^
"T m do you account for tfca
scar on v *r fare?”
"Oh. that happened last spring
when a bull tossed me over a fence '
"Well, don't you call that an acci
dent?"
"No, sir! Be did it on purpose."
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