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Exchanges. t \
More than 8200 per skin was re- !
*ceivod by Peter Jorgenson, of Peters
burg, for a consignment of eight blue
fox skins sent to the Lampson sale,
fin London.
On the arrival of the Admiral Line
'steamer (jueen at Ketchikan recently
•a young woman. Beverly Baird, 22 i
.years old, was gently but firmly put
•ashore. She was found aboad the I
'vessel as a stowaway some ohurs I
•after the vessel had sailed from Se
attle.
For some time past Seward has
‘been afflicted with a dog poisoner, to
'whose dastardly efforts over 20 dogs
‘owe their death. At a special meet
ing of the city council recently it was
voted to offer a reward of S20 for the
•'arrest and conviction of the miscreant
•and it is understood that a private
reward of a larger sum will be post
ed soon.
J. P. Hannon, for several years mu
nicipal clerk at Seward, has resigned
that position and has been succeeded
!by Archie BaldersUn. Robert Guest
was re-elected chic-1 of police. Ur. J.
A. Baughman wal re-elected city
health officer, and H. S. Balderston
"was re-elected city treasurer.
James Maud, alias Jim O’Xeill, a
resident of the Anchorage district for
the last several years, was taken into
•custody at Anchorage recently on a
•bench warrant issued out of the dis
trict court at Billings, Mont. The in
‘dictment charges white slavery on
nine different counts, all of the of
fenses having been committed, ac
•cording to the indictment, in 1924.
Maud is the man who went to An
chorage last fall from his camp be
tween Moose and Swanson creeks and
reported that his partner, Warren
Lucas, had disappeared while while
they were eturning to camp from a
moose hunt. He obtained a quantity
of supplies and was to employ two
Indians to help him in the search, but
later reported the snow was too deep
to make a search. Lucas was never
found.
Run over by a wagon recently at
the Gilmore camp of the Fairbanks
Exploration Company, Tom Murphy
was brought into Fairbanks suffering
from three broken ribs. The accident
occurred when Murphy started to!
hook a tug to a singletree, when one
of the horses became frightened and
plunged forward. Murphy was
knocked down and the wagon passed
over his body. Murphy had been in
the employ of the mining company
for about two weeks, after spending
(he winter prospecting in the Salcha
country.
After falling 34 feet out of the
lighthouse to the rocks below, E. S. j
Klette, assistant keeper of the Cape
Spencer light, is in the hospital .at
Juneau in a serious condition. Klette;
fell while watching the steamship
pass the lighthouse. The flag was
immediately sent up upside down, and
a small boat was sent from the:
steamer to get the injured man. He
was still unconscious when he arrived
at the hospital in Juneau.
A local phenomenon has been ap
parent the last few days upon the
waters of Resurrection Bay, says the
Seward Gateway. At least seamen •
have considered it very unusual and I
have thus far failed to account for it. i
A heavy gound swell tossed the'
steamers Alaska, the Redondo, Starr,'
L nalga, Evans and Surveyor about
like corks, yet outside on the Gulf
beautiful weather prevailed, and also
at Seward. Local mariners were al
most unanimous in believing the
ground swell was caused by subter
ranean earthquakes, for it was .re
ealled that Cordova was rocked by a
heavy earthquake few days ago.
The body of Tony Peterson, who
was thought to have met death in a
skiff during the storm of April 23,
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was found recently by Pete Peterson,
an employe of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. The .body
was seen almost directly below the
trestle over Odiak slough. The first
identification was made by Tom Ve
vig, who said that the watch found
on the body was owned by Tony. A
wallet found in the dead man’s pocket
further established identification
when in it was found a ticket for the
American Legion contribution fund,
which entitled him to a chance on a
car they are giving away. In the
same wallet was found bills of vari
ous denominations, amounting to
$555. A $20 gold coin and other
change increased this ,to a total of
$576.40. An autopsy revealed that
the man came to his death by drown
ing.
A total of 634 seals, including 75
pups, were taken this spring by In
dians hunting them oc shore from
Baranoff Island, according to Captain
M. J. O’Connor, .assistant agent of
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. This
is the largest take made in the dis
trict in nine years. Six boats were
engaged in the hunt, each with five
men. It is expected the total catch
will reach 75$. Prices far the skins
are somewhat higher -this year than
for several years past. They range
fom $10 to $16, and average between
$12 and $13. Dick Harris, Sitka .In
dian, was high man in .the field. .He
took 172 seals. The seal herd was
the largest in -a nunfoer of years.
The hunting was done 14 to 35 miles
otf shore.
In failing health and despondent
because of that and the fact that he
was not able tosecure employment,
Ed Miller, a well known oldtimer of
the Anchorage district, ended his life
recently nea Point Woronzof, about
six miles down the Inlet from An
chorage. -His body was found in the
water by natives and the gruesome
discovery ^reported ,to the Anchorage
authorities. Miller .had eutdiis throat
afte wading into the wate, to make
death doubly certain. Miller was a
hard-rock miner and had worked in
the Willow creek district much of the
time during the last sixteen years.
The Alaska -College has had a very
successful year, in the opinion of
President Charles E. Bunnell. The
total enrollment for the year was
175, and the indications are that next
year the enrollment will-pass the 200
mark. Dormitory accommodations
are limited to 24 women and 63 men.
Reservations for half this number
have already been made, and when
the college opens in September it is
expected all dormitory space will be
taken.
NEW POISON WEED KILLS
CATTLE IN PARTS OF ALASKA
(Juneau Empire.)
Deaths of range cattle in the
Strawberry Point section ,the cause
of which could not be determined by
the settlers, were the result of eating
the roots of water hemlock, accord
ing to an investigation by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The re
port on the study was made public by
Charles H. Flory, commissioner in
AAlaska for the department.
The loss of .livestock .was brought
to his notice by Lester H. Rink, a
Strawberry Point homesteader, where
grazing is one of the most important
industries carried on. Mr. Rink
brought in the contents of the
stomachs of the animals 'found dead.
Mr. Flory sent this material to
Washington for analysis. It was
found that part of the contents waa
water-hemlock roots, the exact va
Frank X Guskey
Natary Public
"McGrath, Alaska
riety of which could not be deter
mined. Some of the roots were plant
ed so that a growing plant could be
studied.
W. R. Chapline, inspector of graz
ing in charge of range research,
wrote Mr. Flory that the plant “is
undoubtedly the most virulently poi
sonous of all the flowering plants
upon the North American continent.
A piece of the root the size of a hick
ory nut is ordinarily fatal to human
beings, and there is no class of live-1
stock that is not very sensitive to the
toxic principals of this plant. The
plants should either be grubbed out
from the area where these losses oc
cur, or the cattle should be gotten
away from it by - fncing or othr
means, as the plant is extremely dan
gerous, and it doer not rake much to
cause death.'’
In the Pr&bate 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 Helm McGinty,. deceased. This,
therefore, authorizes the said A. X.
Grant to administer the estate of the
said Helen. 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.
Are you a subscriber to The Kusko
Times? Why not?
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. W. Strangman, Jack Lamopt,
James McHugh, J. N. Anderson,
E. Coke Hill, and Jill 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 youtvare 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 ,«f
Alaska, known as Huekeye 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‘held the ,same
for each said year and .thereafter;
That during each said .year and', at
all times thereafter the andenrigded
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 efech
of you do not contribute to the under
signed your -proportion -of--said ex
penditure for each said claim fur
each said year, your interest in said
claim will become the property oftbe
undersigned.
That the sum .each-of you should
contribute for each said claim fur
each said years bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars Tf100.90)
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.
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