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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JAN JA R'Y 3J. 1930
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Meets Death
On the Trail
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TTHOMA8 GARNEAU, RUBY OLD
:TIMER 'FOUND FROZEN TO }
J)EATH NEAR LONG. •
'/ RUBY,—Thomas Garneau, 76, well
' Known oldtimer of the Ruby district,
was found frozen to death recently on
v Crooked creek, of "the Long creek vi
cinity. His body was found by Rob
i ert Deacon, who with practically all
men on Long creek had been search
ing for him.
Mr. Garneau had lost the main trail
. from Long, evidently became bewil
dered, and circled for some time, then
.endeavored to start a fire several
times, apparently became panic
stricken, threw away his pack and
. snowshoes, and with only his ax con
tinued to try to find the trail, until he
became exhauted.
Mr. Garneau was an ercept'.onally
. active man for his age and in good
health when he left Long creek. He
is survived by several relatives in
Wisconsin.
SCHMLLLING AND STRIBLING
To MEET COMING SUMMER
NEW YORK.—Max Schnmlling.
world champion heavyweight boxer,
may defnd his title against W. L.
(Young) Stribling in June, the win
ner facing Primo Carnear in Septem
ber, under the terms of a cocntractc
. sigfned by representatives of the
three principals and Madison Square
Garden, an Illinois corporation, for
the benefit of the Hearst milk fund.
The survivors of the two matches
will also defend the title next year
for the milk fund.
The site is understood to be Jersey
< City or a stadium seating 100,000
fans which can be completed by June,
1 Detroit and Chicago both being pos
sibilities.
The agreement leaves Jack Shar
, key, named as contender by the New
York athletic commission, out in the
cold. The New York commission also
has suspended both Schmelling and
Camera.
MRS. PANTAGES FREED FROM
PRISON BY ORDER OF JUDTE
LOS AN ELES.—Mrs. Lois Pan
tages, wife of the theatrical mag
nate, who was placed under probation
18 months ago after she had caused
the death of Joe Rokototo, Japanese,
in an auto crash, was freed from fur
ther punishment yesterday when an
order was signed by Superior Judgc
Carlos S. Hardy, terminating her pro
bation. Following her conviction on
a charge of manslaughter Mrs. Pan
tages was ordered to pay to the fam
ily of her Japanese victim the sum of
$78,500.
NORTH DAKOTA CAPITOL
BUILDING BURNS TO GROUND
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BISMARCK, N. D.—The state cap
itol building was destroyed by fire
! Sunday, with a loss of $600,000.
Official records and documents of
; practically every state department
were housed in the four-story brick
: structure and were consumed by the
- flames which started on the upper
floor. The origin of the fire has not
been determined.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lotts
feldt, at Anchorage, on January 19,
v-n son. Mother and son doing nicely, i
Alaska’s
Railroad
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS IN
CREASE OF FREGHT \N'D
I* \SSENGER RATES.
WASHINGTON.—“Looseness and
inefficiency of conduct” was one of
.he causes for the §1,213,000 deficit in
..he operation of the Alaska Railroad,
the special Senate committee which
investigated the railroad last sum
.er reported today.
The committee recommended an
mmediate increase of rates from 6 to
10 cents a mile for passenger traffic
and a 50 pe cent increase for freight.
The committee also rcommended an
appropriation of §1,000,000 to care
for deficiency improvement and a
study of Alaska resources.
The report was submitted by Chair
man Howell, who said the undevel
ped region and severe climatic con
ditions and laekg of outgoing freight,
as well as inefficient operations, con
tributed to the deficit of the road.
C25P,000 In Unpa'tl Riiis Are I)he to
Alaska Railroad and $66,00!) tt»
Railroad Ilospita1.
WASHINGTON.—In support of
the conclusion that the Alaska Rail
road was inefficiently managed, the
special Senate investigating commit
tee, headed by Senator Howell, which
reported its findings yesterday, said
no suits were brought to collect
$258,000 in unpaid bills and additional
unpaid bills of $06,000 due the rail
road hospital.
The committee pointed to the oper
utlon of the e’ pensive forty miles of
narrow gauge ra !road north of Fair
banks, which cost $1,000,000, and the
operation of the non-self-supporting
power plants.
The committee said freight and
passenger rates were inadequate and
were 250 to 400 per cent higher on
two other Alaska railroads.
The committee said the govern
ment road had not paid operating ex
penses nor capital expenditures and
interest charges since then had been
$11,000,000.
Senator Copeland expressed sur
prise that Chairman Howell as an ad
vocate of government operation
should recommend incr as :d ates be
cause of ineffirLnry.
The comn.'ttee said it would have
been more agreeable to allow the
Government to pay than to sue prom
inent citiens for unpaid bills.
ANOTHER DEATH MYSTERY
in McCarthy district
CORDOVA.—Auother death mys
tery is reported from the McCarthy
district, 105 miles northeast of this
city. The latest victim of unknown
assailants is Dan Person, prospector,
who was found in his cabin several
days ago with his head riddled with
bullets. Person is the sixth man
found dead under mysterious circum
'ances in lonely cabins in that region
in recent months.
A short time ago Howard Johnson
was found dead in a cabin in the
McCarthy district, and after the cor
ner’s inquest had mistaken the body
for that of another resident of the
region the investigators corrected
their mistake and returned a verdict
of suicide. Person insisted that Fos
der had been murdered, and it is be
lieved now that Person was killed in
revenge by Foster’s slayer. I
POORMAN MINER BADLY. IN
Jl RED, RESULT OF EvPI OSION
Harry Betties. Poorman minewas
seriously burned a few ilaysy. g<J, the
result of an explosion*as he arrived
' at the bottom of a mining shaft and
attempted to light a candle The full
extent of his injuries is nuts known,
other than that they are most serious,
j Pilot Frank Dorbandt, with An
chorage plane, made flight to Poor
man the day following the explosion,
taking the injured man to the Fair
banks hospital.
Telegraphic Ticks.
WASHINGTON. — Several suspi
cious applications for patents to de
velop oil and gas lands in Alaska arc
being investigated in the General
Land Office. Senator Jones of Wash
ington has been told the applications
are by associations composed of as
many as fifty or sixty persons.
SEATTLE.—Charles G. Heffner,
pioneer of Seattle and prominent, in
state politics, died of pneumonia on
Wednesday night. He was Demo
cratic nominee for Congress from
this district in the recent election.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Norris
today declared the power trust is pre
paring to elect a president in 1932
who will be subservient to its inter
ests, no matter whether he is a re
publican or democrat.
LOS ANGELES.—Gilbert H. Besh
myer, whose defalcations wrecked the
Guaranty Building & Loan Associa
tion, today was ordered to serve from
ten to one hundred years in San
Quentin penitentiary.
WASHINGTON.—Hugh C. Wal
lace, former ambassador to France,
died here yesterday. He was a power
in State of Washington politics dur
ing his long residence at Tacoma.
| WASHINGTON. — State highway
departments were notified today that
their respective portions of $1)00.000
for highway construction will be
available immediately.
42-FOOT SKELETON LOOKS
NOW LIKE A PIKE WHALE
JUNEAU.—Forest service author
' ities revealed a ' message from the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington
pronouncing the 42-foot skeleton
found near Glacier island an “exam
1 pie of a pike whale."
At the Institute’s request the skel
eton will be shipped to the United
! States National Museum at Wash
! ington.
FLAT AND IDITAROD
FLAT.—Mike Blanusha, Shageluk
n k ra. ch.r, arriv’ed in Iditarod a
few days ago. He reported heavy
snow and trails, taking him three
days in breaking trail from Shageluk
1 to Iditarod.
Ivan Wales left Flat a few days
ago for Big Caribou ireek, up the
Iditarod, where he will cut 100 cords
| of wood.
I Harry Kardanoff and his bride, for
merly Miss Tessie Dementieff of
Holy Cross, are among recent ar
rivals. The newlyweds report having
had a good trip from Holy Cross.
Paul Ohmen, after a vsit of several
days here, returned recently to his
home at Flat.
Joe Ferris left a few days ago for
Poor man.
Alaska Game
Commission
TURKITORY NOW DIVIDED INTO
EIGHT FUR DISTRICTS, IN
STEAD OF THREE.
JUNEAU, Dec. 13—After complet
ing its sixth annual meeting, the
Alaska Game Commission adjourned
today, following a 22-day session.
During its meeting the Commission
was faced with several important
problems, some of which had been
discussed during previous annual
meetings, but on which, owing to
lack of information, no action had
been taken heretofore.
Any changes in present regula
tions recommended by the Commis
sion at the meeing ustj concluded
will not be effective until July 1,
1931. New game circulars announc
ing the changes in regulations will be
printed and distributed in time to be
in the hands of interested persons by
that date..
Having received favorable reports
on game conditions throughout most
of the Territory, the regulations af
fecting seasons and bag limits on big
game will in general remain as they
are at present.
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new fur uisiricts i reateu.
For more than ten years the open
seasons for taking fur-bearing ani
mats have been governed by the divi
sion of the Territory into three fur
districts. The Commission has real
ized for several years that these dis
; t.ricts were inadequate to to permit
the setting of open seasons at a time
when the fur was at its best, hut it
has been unwilling to attempt a re
vision and create new fur districts
until it was in possession of more au
1 thentic information.
With the gathering of a vast
amount of information from -all sec
tions of the Territory by its wardens,
and with suggestions from many peo
: pie conversant with climatic condi
■ tions and the primeness of furs in
nearly veery section of Alaska, the
I Commission has increased the num
, ber of fur districts to eight.
Boundaries Are Outlined.
The new district No. 1 includes
Southeast Alaska as far west ac
Cape Fairweather.
District No. 2 embraces the drain
ages of the coastal region from Cape
Faiaweather to Prince William Sound
and the lower Copper river region,
Konai Peninsula, a portion of the
Susitna river drainage, and the drain
age to Cook Inlet from the west,
dowm to the base of the Alaska Pe
ninsula.
District No. 3 includes most of the
Alaska Peninsula, the Kodiak-Afog
nak Island group, all of the islands
along the south side of the Alaska
ard the Aleutian Islands.
District No. 4 covers a portion of
the north suit of the Alaska Penin
sula, the Iliamna and Lake Clarke re
gion and all the drainage of the Nu
shagak river, including the Wood
i iver lakes.
District No. ;> embraces the lower
Kuskokvvim and lower Yukon rivers,
Nunivak and St. Lawrence islands,
Seward Peninsu'a, and the drainages
of the TTolawik, Kobuk and Noatak
ivers.
District No. G includes the Arctic
coast region north of the summit of
Brooks Range from Cape Lisburne to
the international boundary line at
Demarcation Point.
District No. 7 includes the drain
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Wolves Kill
2,000 Deer
—
HERD AT K Oh RINES BELONG
ING TO WAECHTER BROS. AL
MOST WIPED OUT.
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That a herd of practically 2.000
reindeer had been wiped out by rr
band of wolves just, prior to New
Year was the word received here- a
few days ago.
The reindeer herd belonged to the
Waechter Brothers, and was located
on grazing ground just back of Kok
rines, in the Yukon section.
News of the wiping out of the herd
was brought here by Chester Brink
on his retdrn from Cripple. Mr. Brink
stated that information received at
Cripple was to the effect that of the.
herd of 2,000 only 20 reindeer were
left alive.
Following the extinction of the big
herd, T i ed Stoyke, who wras in chargf
of the deer, is said to have left fat
the Odtside.
It is understood that Scotty Clark
and Albert Peterson of Rdby have
been appointed and are now acting
as wolf and coyote predators. Their
appointment, however, whether be
fore or after the slaughter .came tor
late to be use in accomplishing am
good results.
SHIFT PROBABLE IN PUL
I' Y OF INDIAN JBFREAl
WASHINGTON.—Transfer of ihr
Indians and Eskimos of Alaska from
1 the education office of the Indian hu
reau, if approved by Congress, wil
result in shifting: a large pavt of the
Alaska division of education to • tin
bureau * rul probably require tht
fsrmatior, of a new policy, India)
Commissioner Rhodes said today.
Tiie Indian buerau has been trying
an unknown field and as Alaskan?
are wards of the Government and ncu
kept on reservations it will ‘proba
by be necessary to formulate a new
policy in handling 20,000 Indians and
Eskimos because of the great difFer
; ence between conditions in Alaska
: and the West.”
Rhoades said he would call on the
education department to help the in
terior department appropriation bill
pending in the Senate which proposed
the transfer. Under the transfer pol
icy the Dili calls for §1,000,000 for
the Indian bureau under the direction
of educational and economic support
Medical relief under the office of.
education in 1930 cost §580,400 and!
for education §171,780.
| TREASURY TAX FUNDS
REACH A HIGH FIGURE
WASHINGTON.—A. total of *126,
836,333 was refunded by the Treas
ury Department in the last fiscal
year on account of errors in comput
ing income taxes.
In addition, the treasurer allowed
$176,393,377 in abatements and $36,
536,245 in credits for the same rea
son. Refunds in the previous year
amounted to $190,000,000, the report
showed.
Arriving at McGrath a few days
ago was Mrs. Howard Langley, who
for some months past has been visit
ing her mother at her former home ir
Nova Scotia.
Carl Fromm, after a visit of a few
days here, returned recently to Poor
ma, where he is engaged in mining
activities. Also going over with.iir
was Gerald Froelich.