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TWO*ALIENS CONVICTED—
Arrest end conviction of two aliens
in the w?:Vsani for josses;; n of
ftet’W- r.ra; -ak.ir.gr panie without an
»' « r . '.rsf « reported • y Ward n
Douglas t r y v bo has b er. in -h »
Aleutians’ .ul anr ff. At Port Mo;
3t r r'r.-d on '.as rk n rto cos
i dy a. n ,. ;on. He . as t'n.-d $5 0
and fiver: -x r -n-hs in jail. Einar
S rii. another a’icti. was a-rested at
t-anik Eay or. Kodiak Island and
tlneo $150.
I K'V HOSPITAL—
j'sz will have a strictly modern
»ud ap-to-dcte hospital if plans of
Xreoe Wer.fc~ arm ar.d her husband
(To through. The recently arrived
• ...• hams purrbased The Albemarle
i;.- ;.a . -. m Si ■ Belle Streeter, and
? ;.s ro sis. _ afte. November 1,
•Then thsv take possession, will start
t . i r.' ' ng hi rooming house into
a nett he-pital The new hospital
■ ... nave a capacity of eight beds at
present, m -ward vrih four beds an 1
t: e .there ii tw;-. ate f toms. A good *
pert;! _ room vr.i! be installed, and
the h sr ital eventually wiB be equip
ped with X-ray and ultra-violet ray
machines, with an adequate surgery
and well eeurpred laboratory. The
building wH be renovated and fixed
over wit' v aiing and lighting
p art vt ry modem accessory
nrrro' \ MEN DROWN—
Three too were drowned a' Cor
ws rtc.nd> ■» -' en a l.gbt delivery
tec : d the city dock, over
, sr n ib 'Jt five feet of water.
1’h. r - wer? Ernest Everson. 55.
■.. j—r ji.uLin f d.e Alaska Glacier
S-ait _,ds Con,pa;.; . a ciafc packing
;_rit; James D.nneen. 22. whose
itothei Cperates the Dinrteen Gro
c ry; an : Gustav E ' rrijr.n, 45. of
P.Ttlano Everson's fc me is in As
: r:a and Dtneen lived with his moth
er. The accident was discovered
mi '--'n 3. few minutes after it hap
ftr. Tbe-e were no witnesses and
■.he can s could not be learned. The
■:i w,:e tickly rtmoved by res
cuers in b a*- and exam:nation of
-he b b ? -? wea each suffered from
injuries a out :he head. None of
the vie: - w re married. Dineen
x6: ked . : is m tier's grocery store
ansi it vs as her truck in which the
tragedy occurred.
SETS *ECORD—
'•Rat-killing- is merely a matter of
placing the traps at strategic points,"
-cpiained Harry F. Elli tt. wharfing
o; the Alaska Steamship Company
dr-ck at Ketchikan, as he told of
,'at.king :1 rat? in two traps at the
warehouse recently. He pointed out
that his “syst: mavzed” attack on the
rodents was made possible by the ac
tivities f the rt-.ts themselves as the
tie take® by the sir.all animals a?
they scamper through the warehouse
is clearly shown, he pointed out. ‘‘As
the rats travel along the timber at
the top of the wall cf the wareh -use.
they are forced o sw-ng under each
cross beam. As they do so, their
back feet drag on the side of the wall
tint; ?r, lea*-i-g a mark where the an
imals have skirted the cross timbers,"
he said. Accordingly, be nailed two
traps :sn the wall timber just below
the cross beams. Tag'raps are not;
baited but the rats trip them as they
swing under the 'neam' *Tt’s virtually!
fool-proof." Mr. EUi'tt commented.
ELK OUTRUN BROWNIES—
Visitors in Seward from the Kodi
aks say that tie herd of elk on Afog
nak Island has increased to at least
100 animals, and those who have seen
them say they are in prime condition.
A characteristic of them is their
fleetness of foot, bears, eommonly 1
supposed to be the swiftest of all
Alaska wildlife in short sprints, be
ing unable to overtake them. An elk
m flight before a murderous brownie
was described by a resident of Kodi
ak as about the most exciting thing
he had witnessed, the elk winning
out by a s2fe margin. Cattle, how
ever. fall easy victims to bears, one
rancher having lost 20 head to the
beasts. He particularly regretted the
loss of his -prize bull, which he im- j
ported at considerable expense from
the experimental station at Matan-t
uska. The bears, which enjoy strict;
protection, have about decided ranch
ers on Afognak to give up trying to
raise cattle, an industry which it is
claimed would prosper on the fertile
range land afforded by the island.
SI ES TO ESTABLISH
FACT HE IS ALIVE
ST. JOSEPH. Mo --Charles F. Mc
ianiel, formerly of Fairbanks, began
proceedings on Ckiober 25 in the cir
cuit court :n St. Joseph to establish
iie is alive, end to recover a fortune
stimated between $20,000 and $25.
0(0.
By a judgment of the courth the
ioh of October, McDaniel was d -
.'lared legally dead and his share in
•he estate of his father, the late
Daniel L. McDaniel of St. Joseph,
was vested in Lawrence H. McDaniel,
the- son of Charles F. McDaniel. Rel
ctives of Charles F. McDaniel had
not heard of him for nine years un
til he appealed in St. Joseph a few
days ago.
He explained that he had been in
Alaska a mm er of years and that
he was on his way to Joplin, Mo., to
purchase mi nine machinery.
The op in; n that the Charles F.
McDaniel’s share in his father's es
tate is worth $20,000 to $25,000 was
< t xpressed in court by attorneys for
the esate.
Charles F. McDaniel is recalled as
having lived in Fairbanks by Father
S. A. Eiine. patti r cf the Catholic
Church, and by Charles E. Tayior.
says the Fairbanks N.w=-Miner. He
i Iso had a brother who lived in this
c;ty. The brother was A1 McDaniel,
a carpe nter. He is believed to be
dead.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS—
Building material? for mne new
schools and for a $1O<\O0O hospital
are to be shipped to Alaska next sea
son it was announced by Claude M.
Hirst, director of the Juneau Office of
Indian Affair?. The new hospital is
to be constructed at Bethel. In addi
tion work is t be completed on the
hcspita lat Point Barrow during the
next season. Material was taken
north this year on an Indian Bureau
boat. New school buildings will be
erected at Colville, east of Point
Barrow: Teller. Gambell, on St- Law
rence's Island: Kwiguk: Hooper Bay:
Unraak: Pilot Point: Nondaltont and
at Ivanoff, Cape Etrlin. on Nunivak
Island. The Nunivak school is being
moved to Ivan ff Pians for the new
construction of hese bui’dings include
two rooms for the pupils and quarters
for the teachers, built together in
each school. The Indian Office is tak
;ng over the Territorial school at
Golovin this year.
One hundred Indian Service teach
ers had more than 4500 pupils in
Federal schools in Alaska during the
1936-37 school year. This total does
not include 140 students at the Eklut
na vocational school nor the 170 at
the Wrang'd! Institute.
FATHER COUGHLIN WILL
GO ON THE AIR AGAIN
DETROIT—Father Charles Edward
Coughlin, pastor -if the Shrine of the
Little Flower at Royal Oak. a suburb
of Detroit, was given a hearty wel
come home today by his parishioners.
The clergyman went last summer to
Europe on a vacation He got back
in New York about a month ago, but
did not return to Detroit until this
week.
At the reception today, Father
Coughlin described as a piece of
“stupidity” the appointment of Hugo
L. Black of Alabama, as an associate
justice of the supreme court. Justice
Black was once a member of the Ku
Klux dan.
The priest said he will soon take
to the air again with talgs on politi
cal and economic issues.
FRESH STOCK
OF FINE
DOG
SALMON
Selling for the present at
12c PER LB.
As we are short of
Storage Rooru
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TAKOTNA
CASH STORE
A.1L TWITCHELL
Proprietor
Rt'SS STOP VESSEL—
On its annual Arctic cruise, the
steamship Mctoria stopped at East
Cape, Siberia, and the passengers
pot a thrill w hen a Sovie gunboat
st-ipped the vessel and sent officers
aboard to see what the ship was do
ing there. The captain produced per
mits from the Russian government
for landing in Siberia, aid the navy
n-.en withdrew shewing the greatest
courtesy to the officers and passen
gers.
PIONEER CALLED—
While on his way from Cordova to
Valdez one morning a few weeks ago.
a pioneer resident and long time bus
iness man in Valdez, passed away j
suddenly. Ke was born in Morehis,;
Ohio. March 12. 1851. In 1854 he re- j
moved to Wisconsin with his parents.
He landed at Nome. Alaska, June 19,
2900. and mined on the heath with
more or less success for a time. H;
remained in Nome but one year, go
ing to Dawson for a year, and then
■ going to Valdez, landing there Sep
tember 26, 1902, and living there ever
since.
MINE WORKER IS SUICIDE—
Toivo Tainio. about 24, an employe
at the Independence mine property,
died of shotgun wounds in the head
in Palmer recently, and a coroner's
jury returned a verdict holding it
suicide. Tainio was visiting at the
home of his cousin, Oscar Kertuila.
a colonist, when he went into the
yard and indict id the fatal wound.
He left a note as follows: “Os:ar:
Sorry to make such a mess at your
home but something went wrong
that makes tfcis necessary.” The note
was presented to the coroner's jury
hut no evidence was forthcoming to
show what “went wrong-,” said Com
missioner W. E. Hartley, who presid
ed at the hearing. Mr. Kertuila acid
his cousin was in good spirits all ev
ening. Tainio was writing letters and
visiting, he said. Evidence at the in
quest indicated that Tainio used a
stick to discharge a .12 guage shot
cun. The shot struck him between
the eyes.
HEWITT’S
PHOTO SHOP
AHCK0RA6E, ALASKA
Let us do your Photo Finish
ing". 24-hoar film service.
DEVELOPING - PRINTING
ENLARGING
r nderwood Portable* and
Royal Standard Typewriter*
—Stationery — Kodaks and
Accessories—Eastman Deal
ers.
MAIL ORDERS
Promptly and Efficiently
M. .S ALASKAN
PLYING ON THE TAKOTNA KTVER
Capable of Carrying Fifty Tons
When Water Permits
FOK DETAILED INFORMATION W~ITE OS SEE
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TAKOTNA, ALASKA
STAR AIR SERVICE
INCORPORATED
It is"our intention to serve
those living in the Kusko
kwim as efficiently as pos
sible and to the best oi‘ our
ability.
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BRING US YOUR TROUBLES
| Blacksmith, Machine and All r
Kinds of Sheet Metal Work
STOVES - SAFETYS - TANKS
Brills, Boilers and Complete
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For
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