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j Gathered Front Territorial J
Exchanges.
Former Jiomeite Passes—
Wm. “Billy Webb wfco ran th*
Kome bntchwhwnop and cold storage,
died at A'ntioea;*Calif., on January 22.
Mr. Webbflrent to Alaska in '97 and
left in 1922. About 10 years ago,
he had a severe touehof the flu from
which he never fully recovered. He
was one of the most popular of all
the oldtimers.at Name and his death
will be regretted by a large circle of
friends. His widow, Saih Webb- sur
vives him.
Dickson Sues to Regain* Hangar—
Suit to regain possession of his
hangar at Merrill Field was filed in
the- commissioner's office at Anchor
age recently, by- Roy Dickson against
W. F. Bunson. Mr. Dicksoa claimed
in the complaint that he is the owner 1
of the hangar and entitled to imme
diate possession and that Mr. Bun
soii ‘’unlawfully, wrongfully and with
force” withholds possession of the
proper*v involved. Bunsctn has beeTU
occupying the hangar for some time."
whhre be maintains an airplane shop.
oenana nan fciecteu Manager—
First sig-r .of spring in the North
land is St err in the organization of
t.le' enana Ice’Pool and the election
if (Lawrence Anderson, oldtinie resi
le rtt. as its manager. Break-up of
•he' Alaskan rivtrn holds tht atten
tion, in each district, of the residents,
an is regarded as -the big event cf
the . year. In support of A odersor.
five men were chosen t<» form a com
mittee for this! year's contest. In
.-harge of the lee pool last year were •
Charley Slade, manager assisted by
George Hupprich. Alf Hansen, J.“
Codk T. J. Calhoun, and Ed-Lund.
Trapping Poor at Rainy Pass—
Trapping'in tne Rainy Pass region"
nasi beer, generally poor thiar season,
compared to other years, according
to O. P. Rees? who- operates" the' Star
Air Service radi.- station there GatUe
has been exceptionally scarce during
hetpast two week* because of intense .
•old, wfifleh seems. to ke«sp • animals^
from traveling much, he »afd. An
other factor contributing' to poor'
tiappieg -conditions is the fact that
rabbits are -o plentiful the game pre
fers ta kili its own food and ignores
trap bait. Mr. Rees went to Anch
orage for medical treatment.
Hourly Men M ill Get Benefits—
Exchange of telegrams between
Anthony J. Bimond, A lasts delegate
to Washington, and officials- of the 1
American Federation-of Guverrenent
iSfriployee*. indicate that the plea
made for inehasion of hourly basis,
men in the sick and annual leave
beiiefit regulation wili be favorably
met. In the event that .the ruling in
itself cannot be ranaoved, it may be.
thak the hourly men will be put on a
monthly oasis that their welfare may
be insured. That a satisfactory ad
justment will be effected, those -inter
ested and working on the case seem
to have no doebt. I
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Large Fur Catch at Fort Yukon—
Average fur paydays between
$3,(K.C and $4,000 for Fort Yukoners
is the prediction made by -C. J. Rhode,
executive assistant of the • Alaska
Game Commission. And that before
the muskrat season even starts. The i
big haul is due largely the fine;
catc*. of marten being mad“, tit mar
ket Stinging between $30 and *40 a
.-kin. The unprecedented c«~'h at'
Fort Y uk^n. believes Mr. RV.«de, viH
be i.' < j:!»t%nding feature ..f the fur.
act hr .. of the year.
Appropriation Approved—
Delegate Dimond announced re
cently that the house appropriations 1
committee had appioved a sum of
$5' X‘ Q for establishment of a weekly
airmail service between Juneau and i
Fairbanks by way of Whitehorse and ;
Tan aim River Crossing. The amount-,
was included in the post office depart
ment appropriation bill and will in- (
elude year round service of ore round
trip weekly. The committee, howev
er, disapproved a $72,000 item to |
finance star route airmail service but j
tlie ut-legate said fcs would attempt
to obtain the passage of the star
route item through an amendment
to the appropriation bill.
t>eri nay i»ies in rviu-.n—
, A. J. Day. barter known as Bert;
Day, died;'in Los Angeles Sunday,
January 17, of a heart attack at the
age of 61. Bert went to Alaska in !
1906 and in 1915 married Ann Lovely
of Fairbanks.. For many years he
was a cent, for the Northern Commer
cial Company at Forty Mila; Iditar d.
Ruby, and Fairbanks Funeral ser
vices were held at Glendale, Calif. Be- i
sides his widow, living at the family
home, he left five children. Among
former Alaskans who attended the
services were Mr. and Mrs. W. J.!
Buager, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Slip pern.
William Browni,Ariel ard.Thura Slip
pern^ Margaret Betties G older,. Mrs.
AnnatV. Horner, Mrs. C. Mae Robin
s >n,- Mrs. Dan Averill and Mrs. Har
ry Gardner. .
Glaciers A r«* Disappearing—
Alaska s great sglaciers are Shrink^ j
ing slowly said government geolo
gist.-,-but it’ itiH proaafelfe. be thous
ands of. years before they.disappear,
R. H. Sergeant, hea -cf the Alaskan
Geological Survey oid. In tf* -e.-ears
iat large glacier was reduced" 1 Jjhe
feet in thickness and dithers are
shrinking similarly. In commenting
•n the phenomenon of the Black Rap
pics glacier near Fairbanks.-S. R..
Capps who was near there last Sum
ner, said it was unlikely the. entire
rlacier is moving but that the sec
tion broke off. and is moving rapidly.<
its normal speed is an inch" a month,
fhomas Riggs,, former Governor «nd
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member of the international boun- j
dary survey said the glacier which
conies to the ocean at Glacier Bay.
near Juneaa, is receding" across the'
Alaska boundary and may give Can
ada another northern seassort.
December Exports Total $2,448.362—
According to Collector of Customs
1. J. Connor, the Territory of Alaska'
did pretty well by Seattle in the way
of export* passing through this pert;
from the North during tha month of
December 1936. Total \aftre of prod
ucts of Alaska for the past month ;
amourt Ui S2.148.562.#li and when the'
condign of shipping is taken into'
. onsiderstion, that represents a pret
‘y go d customer* for Saa-'tit. MoreH
ha" *2.’;. A. 000 of thaf amount was!
r.tade up of fur including "more than
S'OO.ft'O worth t of "seal skins. Over.
;\-0,U is represented fn fish and*
:ish products. Palladium Oo the im-:
ount of So.375, and platinum amoont
ng to almost $11,000 was among,
the items. It is interesting and in-!
structi-? to know that .on. to Decem
ber f< ■ the past year, Alaska ha
hipped ‘ -rs to the Seattle market,
elusive f the seal pelts coming in
from.the Prifcilof Islands ia the am
:-~nt- of SU'. 2^33.75. . During De
-: btr .ast, Alaska shipped gold bo
tbs f. i - . he value of $1,126,172
ana . • r SI,00tf- worth.* of silver;
•r-r - -te output of precious met
- y ar up to $16,653,379 in.
i‘J-- ..217.201 in silvern
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