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A1 Wilson, aged 72, pioneer of Ju
neau. died suddenly a few days ago
in Seattle, where he went a month or
so ago on a visit. Wilson was one'of
the best known of the pioneers of Ju
neau. having landed there in May.
1886, with Emery V alentine, and they !
remained close frier.ds until the end.
In 1888 Wilson went down the Yu
kon river to For!'mile, where he
prospected and mined for a few years,
lie was at Fortymile at the time the
river steamer broke down at St. Mi-;
chael and failed to come up the Y'u-I
kon river with supplies. Facing star
vation, the Fortym population held!
a miners' meeting, chose the well
known Yukon sou: dough Tom O’Brien!
for leader. Under his direction alii
left Forty mile r the lower river.
Whenever they found a place where
there was enough food to supply one
or more men until the following
spring, Tom O’Brien would leave the
number that could be supplied, and
the remainde continued on down the
river. Shortly before the freer, -up
200 miners and i respecters reached
St. Michael, where there was a gen
eral store. The whole party was
broke, but supple- were comman
deered from the store. They were
afterwards paid for by the Govern
ment. The whole party returned to
Fortymile in the spring. In / 1801
Wilson returned to Juneau and there
after made his home on Gastineau
channel. He worked for a number of
years as blacksmith for the Tread
well mine, and of late years had been
employed at the court house in Ju
neau as jail guard.
With a territory 12 miles in extent,
where five tons of placer tin have al
ready been produced, and several
creeks showing such indications, the
first big tin exploration is about to be
inaugurated in the Birch creek dis
trict of Ruby. The Birch Creek Min
ing Company, headed by Thomas De
Vane and associates, of Ruby, will
start drilling on Birch creek, at the
mouth of Straight creek, 23 miles
from Ruby, on the Government road.
A Keystone No. 3 drill, driving a six
inch hole, will be used, with the nec
essary casing. The ground is 00 to
70 feet deep, under -10 feet of muck.
Possibility that a group of Rus
sians now living in California would
eettle in Alaska was expressed by the
Rev. Tiknon L. I.avrischefT, Russian
priest, who has just completed a tour
of the Interior seeking information
concerning the country’s agricultural
possibilities.
To a Seward Gateway man the
Rev. I.avrischeff said: “This is the
first time in my life that 1 have seen
bachelor farmers. If the single
farmers can achieve such wonderful
results in Alaska, 1 see a remarkable
future for the Territory when the ag
ricultural pioneers receive a helping
hand from women who are imbued
with the same spirit.”
lie seemed to believe he had found
the same brush and trees which are
an i: ugral part of the Russian land
scape and which are celebrated in
Russian ft and poetry, lie
compared the Territory of Alaska
with the steppes of the Dnieper, Don
and Vulgar basins of Russia.
In a letter postmarked Buenos
Aires, Argentine, S. A., received by
the Juneau Umpire from M, Bouye,
who seme time ago spent two years
: Alaska, introducing an educational
book of general interest, Mr. Bouye
tells of a trip to \laska to be made
by Beverly II. Babbitt, whom he saw
in the Canal zone before going to
Smith America on his private yacht
this summer. Mr. Babbitt, who was
forest anger in the Juneau district
n ■ ml915 to 1917, has acquired sev
eral large banana plantations in Cen
tral America, the produce of which
he sells to crews of ships passing
through the Panama canal, according
to the letter. He has had a yacht
constructed and plans to leave Pan
ama shortly for a trip up the Pacific
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Juneau, Skagway, Valdez, Cordova
and Seward, Mr. Bouye stated. The
purpose of the proposed trip his old
Alaskan friends and to show the
country, of which he has spoken so j
enthusiastically, to his bride from!
Texas. Mr. Bouye also wrote that I
everyone fn Buenos Aires wants to
know about Alaska, and that on the
whole the people of that city are bet
Ler posted on the truth concerning
the Territoy than people in the
States. He said he had met at least
a dozen old sourdoughs while in
South America.
L. L. James, for some years a resi
dent of .Seward, where he practiced
law, and of late years a resident of
San Francisco, was recently elected
president of the Brotherhood Na
tional Bank, of San Francisco. He is '■
39 years of age. For two years past1
Mr. James was general counsel for
the institution.
A fire, starting at 2 o’clock in the
morning, rerently, completely gutted
the Cliff Apartments, on Calhoun av- i
enue, Juneau, and practically all of
the residents of the building lost all
of their personal belongings. All but
one of the 25 apartments in the build
ing were occupied.
Dave Andrews and John Coffey,1
Nuka Bay mining men, had a narrow
escape from death recently when a
snowslide wiped out their cook house
and barn and killed a horse. The
slide came down at 2:30 in the morn-,
letting loose without any warning
whatever.
Travel between Asia and Alaska ■
was resumed June 1, when 10 boats,
containing 75 Eskimos, landged on St.
Lawrence island from Siberia for
their annual visit. Foot races,
wrestling matches, dancing and swap
ping of yarns, reindeer skins and pro
ducts of the last year are features of |
the celebration which attend the an-!
nual pilgrimmages. This year is the
first time the Siberians have been j
permitted to come to St. Lawrence
island because ©f thp restrictions es
tablished by the Soviet government.
The distance of fifty miles was cov
ered with oars and sails, as the Si
berians are financially pressed.
Indian potlatch es may be good for
the old bucks but they are no good j
for the squaws and children, accord
ing to Herman Kessler, trader and1
trapper, who has just returned to
Fairbanks from the Ndbesna. The
bucks will so impoverish their fam
ilies to save up for the big event that
the youngsters are almost starved to
death. Rifles and blankets are the
big idea, helped along by the traders
who are trying to sell thei goods ir
respective of the welfare of the na
tives.
Kessler has been in the upper Tan
ana and the Nebesna for many years
and knows whereof he speaks. They
had a big potlatch at Tanana Cross
ing early this spring and they are
starting preparations for another one
at Tetlin. .
“Whole villages are impoverished
and cleaned out for one big “hoopla,”
| Kessler says. “In addition to the
rifles and blankets there is plenty of
j moonshine offered, and it isn’t doing
i anyone any good.”
She (naively)—A little bird told
i me what kind of a lawyer your
| father was.
| He—What did he say?
| “Cheap .cheap.”
“Well, a duck told me what kind of
i a doctor your father was: Quack,
! quack.”
Frank J, Huskey
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
“Can't you wait on me?” asked the
impatient customer. “Two pounds of
liver. I’ min a hurry.”
“Sorry, madam,” said the buteher,
but two or three are ahead of you.
You sorely don’t want your liver out.
of order.”
Police Judge—What instrument did
your wife use to inflict these wounds
on your head ?
O’Malley—She hit me. wid a mot
ter, yer honor.
Police Judge—A motter? And
what is a motter, may I ask ?
O’Malley—A motter is a frame, yer
honor, like a pitcher, only inside it
says, “God Bless Our Home.”
It’s never too late to mend wasn’t
said of chiffon hosiery.—Indianapolis
News.
In the Probate Court at McGrath,
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
Territory of Alaska, Fourth Divi
sion, Mt. McKinley Precinct—ss.
To all persons to whom these
presents shall come—greeting: Know
ye that it appearing to the Commis
sioner aforesaid that Helen McGinty
has died intestate, leaving at the time
of her death property in this precinct,
I, aforesaid Commissioner, have duly
appointed A. X. Grant, of Takotna,
Alaska, administrator of the estate
of Helen McGinty, deceased. This,
therefore, authorizes the said A. X.
Grant to administer the estate of the
said Halt* McGinty, deceased, accord
ing to law. In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and offi
cial seal at McGrath, Alaska, this 3rd
day of July, A. D. 1928.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
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FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. W. Strangman, Jack Lament.
James McHugh, J. N. Anderspn,
E. Coke Hill, and all persons
claiming by, through or under
them, or any of them, and their
heirs, executors, assigns and suc
cessors in interest, greeting:
You and each of you are hereby
notified: That during each of the
following annual labor years, to-wit;
the years ending July 1st, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927, the under
signed put one hundred dollars
($100.00) worth of work and improve
ments on the certain placer mining
claim on Long Creek, in the Nulato
Recording District, Territory 'of
Alaska, known as Buckeye Associa
tion.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter;
That during each said year and at
, all. times thereafter the undersigned
was and is a co-owner of each said
claim, and if within ninety (90) days
after the ninety (90) day publication
hereof, to-wit: ninety days after the
28th day of April, 1928, you and each
of you do not contribute to the under
signed your proportion of said ex
penditure for each said claim for
each said year, ypur interest in sjrid
claim will become the property of the
undersigned.
That the sum each of you should
contribute for each said claim for
each said years bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars ($100.00)
as your undivided interest in each
said claim bore to the entire interest
in said claim, during each said year,
ELLA A. CRANE,
Ruby, Alaska.
First publication, April 28, 1928;
last publication, Aug. 4, 1928.
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