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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, „ the 1’ost Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. DEC. 13. 1922
Seattle Alaska Letter
Publicity Department, Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce.
Seattle. Oct. 28.—The value of mer-1
ch andise shipped from Alaska to the
United States during September was!
$11,295,755, according to figures com
piled by the Chamber of Commerce
from the report of John C. McBride,
collector for the customs district of
Alaska. The principal products shipped
out of the Territory were: Fertilizer,
$33,332: herring, $484,750; fresh fish
other than salmon, 33,395; dried, cured
or smoked fish, $35,552; canned salmon,
$*,962,642; gypsum, $11,100; furs, $98,
091; animal, fish and other oils, $31,033;
copper, $689,702.
The Alaska Steamship Company has
a warded a contract for a million dollar
passenger liner, for the Alaska service,
to the.Todd Dry Dock A Construction
Company, of Tacoma. The ship is to
be a twin-screw liner, to make 16
knots, and will have accommodations
for 235 first cabin passengers. The ship
is expected to be ready for business
early next summer.
The steamer Brookdaie, arriving on
the Sound October 20, brought $1,060,
000 worth of seal skins from the Prib
ilolT islands, the first shipment of seal
skins this season.
The Seward Peninsula railroad has
been formally transferred to the Terri
tory of Alaska by the Pioneer Mining
Company, according to a statement by
Col. James G. Steese. president of the
Alaska Road Commission. Several
hundred thousand feet of timber have
been secured bv the Alaska Road Com
mission from the former army post at
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McGrath
Pool Room
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Mrs.E.P. Werner
Proprietor
; St. Michael and will be used in putting
the road in operating shape.
The Treadwell Mining Company has
bonded three gold quarts claims on
Muddy river, where development work
will be done in the near future.
With a large seaplane as part of the
equipment, the Mattingly Pictures,
Inc , of IjOS Angeles, are preparing to
seud a company to Kodiak to film a
seven-reel Alaska feature. “The Arctic
Phantom.”
The Alaska department of the Cham
ber is advised that the TJ. S. engineer
at Juneau desires the views of persons
interested in the improvement of the
Tolovana river, under the act of Con
gress, providing for preliminary exam
ination. The same applies to the au
thorized preliminary examination of
the Yukon Kuskokwim portage. The
same assistanee is asked for the author
ized preliminary examination of Eng
lish bay, St. Paul island.
The October number of the Pacific
MiniDgNewsof the Engineering and i
Mining Journal-Press contains an ex
haustive article regarding the Cold j
Bay oil fields of Alaska by Leroy A. j
Palmer, giving history, location, trans- i
portation facilities, geology and devel- ^
opment possibilities. The field is 50]
miles long and 25 miles wide, extend
ing from the upper end of Cold bay to
the lower end of Wide bay, opposite
Kodiak island. Heavy road work is j
necessary to reach the best drilling;
sites. Abundant fuel is at hand in the
shape of oil-soaked peat in the vicinity j
of oil seepages. Nearly everv acre of
the oil fields as described and much
outside has been located.
Alaska News Notes
J. G. Kinnaley, a placer operator in !
in the Circle district, reports that the f
district bad a very successful season, i
and is enjoy ing better times than for
many years past.
D. (Jim) Andrews, well knowQ to
Nomeites through his having been an
active prospector in that section for j
many years, was drowned recently i
while attempting to cross the Penny |
river.
A cave-in occurred recently in tunnel
No. 1, at Mile 12 on the Government!
railroad, stopping traffic for several
days until the debris could be removed
and the tunnel retimbered.
The new cannery at Crab bay, re
cently constructed by the Nitdenricb
interests, was blown down during a
heavy gale a short time ago, and will
be a total loss, much of the structure
having been blown into the bay.
Word was receotly received at An
chorage of the death of Alfred J. Clark
at Kachemak bay, from heart failure.
The deceased was about 65 yeors of
age. and had lived in Alaska for thirty
years.
Edward Fries, of Wasilla, has sent
to the Anchorage chamber pf com
merce five potatoes firown on his ranch,
which average one and one-quarter
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
705 L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
F'ractice in all Courts.
pounds each. The potatoes were all
duo from one hill, tine of them weigh
ing a pound and a half, and the five
weighing six and a quarter pounds.
A rumor to the effect that there was
smallpox at the new oil town of Kana
tak is denied. It is said that the re
port. grew from a request sent to An
chorage for some vaccine serui» for
Kanatak. The request for the virus
stated nothing of a ease of smallpox,
and was merely >a precaution by the
physician at Kanatak against any emer
gency that might arise.
Approximately 150,000 barrels, each
containing 260 pounds of herring, and
valued at $2,000,000, are shipped outiof
Alaska every year. Most of this, it. is
said, is taken by the.large Eastern con
sumers, who for many years have pre
ferred the Scotch herring. During the
war the submarine operations hindered
the propagation of European herring
and drove them away from their accus
tomed areas. This situation practical
ly forced the. Alaskan variety into the
Eastern markets, where it found such
favor that large buyers decided to de
velop the industry. Today it repre
sents the investment of $3,000,000 and
gives employment to 1,000 men during
the height of the season.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh, From the i
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold *
fiBSSHHIIBHHHHHIHIHHIHHIHinHn
Larson Roadhouse
' ? Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New: Dog Houses Under Construction,
Mrs. Frank Larson , - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman;
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
V.
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt- Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. {Private rooms.
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
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Diamond Dick
Proprietor