U. S. SMELTING COMPANY
PROSPECTING TENDERFOOT
Considerable placer mining- ground
eh Tenderfoot and Banner Creeks, an
,-rca that was worked by the dr ft ng
method in previous years, hai been ta
t.en under option by the U. S. Smelt
ng Co., and a crew with headquar
ters on Tenderfoot Creek, is busy
prospect drilling there. Both creeks
are tributaries of the Tancna River,
the Tenderfoot being 74 miles from
Fairbanks on the Richardson High
way, and Banner, 7D miles. These
are generally known to placer miners
as “deep ground.”
Most of the claims along Tender
foot the company optioned from E. W.
Herschberger. William Hertrberg,
Mrs. Paul Solka. A. L. Kievirz, Wil
liam Melvin, and Galen B. Fry. Others
from whom the company secured op
tions were Jesse I.ander, William Oak
ley. Mike Orn, Mrs. Alexandra Smith.
Isaac Isaacson, Paul Solka, and Sid
ney A. Higgins.
Options on Banner Creek were giv
en by Isaac Isaacson. Mike Orn. Wil
liam Tokula, and Mrs. Alexandra
Smith.
A six-inch drill is being used to
prospect the area. Six holes have al
ready been put down, for the drill is
kept going two shifts |>er day. The
work is under the direction of James
D. Crawford who also has a survey
party on Tend rfoot creek. Mr. Craw
ford is chief engineer of the Fairbanks
Exploration department of the Smelt
in gompany.
Depth to bedrock on the lower end
of Tenderfoot Cre<-k is ICO feet; at
the upper end. 20 feet.
Gold was discovered there in 1906,
and mining- by the drifting method
was carried on till 1917. The district
has produced more than one million
dollars.
NEW STAMP WILL BE
ISSUED SOON FOR ALASKA
In honor of Alaska, a three-cenr
stamp -will be issued early in Novem
ber by the Postoffic? Department, Roy
M. North, third assistant postmas.er
general, announced recently in Wash
ington.
The design will depict the transi
tion of the Territory from an unde
veloped to a developed state. Mr.
North said that there had been some
talk of placing a totem pole on the
stamp design but that the sugeest:on
was discarded because “we want to
show Alaska as a modern Territory',
appealing to the citizens of today.”
On the stamp’s design. Mount Mc
Kinley will form the background, and
in the foreground will be a fertile val
ley representative of the richness of"
Alaska soil. The color of the stamp
will be purple, and the shape win be
rectangular.
Rotary presses will start soon to
turn out the stamps, and it is expect
ed their sale will begin November 8
or 9 in Juneau. Postoffice Department
officials estimate that more than 20.
000 of the new stamps will be sold
the first day they are put on sale.
The day after the stamps are offer
ed for sale in Juneau, they will be put
on sale elsewhere in the United
States. Later they will be offered for
sale in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
An Englishman and a Scotsman
had been celebrating but the lady be
hind the counter had declined the last
order. The Englishman picked up the
half-crown that had lain on the coun
ter, while the argument was in pro
ress, and was about to pocket it when
the Scot said, ’Scuse me, that’s my
half-crown.”
“Oh, no, old boy, it’s my half-crown,
Fsure you.”
“But it’s mine. It’s got my name
on it. Look and you’ll see ‘George.* ”
The other inspected the coin care
fully and handed it over, saying, “B >g
your pardon old boy, you’re quite ri’.”
COMMISSION RECEIVES
FIRST COMPENSATION CHECK
The Unemployment Compensation
Commission at Juneau recently an
nounced the receipt of the first urera
: :o mer.t compensation contribution
chtck, the amount being $2,09 .16
This represents the beginning of an
unernmloyment compensation fund for
the Territory of Alaska. The money
cannot be used for arty other purpose
than payment, of benefits to unem
ployed workers, payments to bocin
January 1, 1939. The expenses of the
Commission are paid by the Fede-sl!
Social Security Board so that at! con-!
tributions go directly into this fund
for benefits.
The failure of - liable employer to'
pay his contribution covering the fir*t
nine months of 1937 on or before Oct
ober 31, will- subject him to an inter
est penalty of one-half per cent for
each month or fraction thereof that
he is delinquent.
Under the terms of the Alaska A t,
all information submitted by employ
ers in paying their contributions ar f
the names of the employees will l
kept confidential.
Approximately 2oiOC3 workers wr -
in the Territory will acquire un*m
ployment, insurance by virtue of th
Alaska Unemployment Compensate r.
Act.
Herbert—“How did you propose t
Abee?”
Horace—“Oh, I began by telling
her I was to be married next week
and then broke the news to her that
she was to be the lucky girl.”
NOTICE
la the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of
Charles Yost deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the or
der?: pried, administrator of the es
tate of Charles Yost, deceased, to
the creditor’s of, and all persons
bavin? claims against, the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with ths ne
cessary vouchers, within six months
of the date of this notice, to the
said administratsr. at his place of"
residence in the Town of Flat, Ot
ter Precinct, ^Fourth Judicial Divi-;
sion. Territory of Alaska
JOE CUMMINGS,
Administrator of the Estate of
Charles Yost, Deceased.
Dared at Flat. Alaska, September 11,
lfli’7.
First Publication October 15, 19S7.
Last Publication. November 19.
1937.
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FISH FOR SALE—Let me HR your!
requirements for fish properly
cared and baled. My price is seven
cents F. O. B., Aniak. TOM' L.
JOHNSON, Aniak. Alaska.
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NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL AC
COl'NT AND REPORT AND PE
TITION FOR DISCHARGE
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tery of .Alaska. Fourth Division,
Mt. McKinley Precinct
In the Matter of the Estate of F. C.
H. Spencer, Deceased.
—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
J. J. Chisholm, the administrator of
the estate of F. C. H. Spencer, de
cease i. h hia day filed in this
Court t" liter his Final Account.
Rep;-\ i ' ctition for Dschargf,
and r.Court has designated
Saturday, the 27th day of Novem
ber, 19,17, at the hour of 2 o’clock in
the afternoon of said day as the time
ard ofI e of the U. S. Commissioner
£.nd Et-Cnicio Probate Judge for the
Mt McKinley Precinct. Fourth Divi
n, Territory of Alaska, as the
- ■ v, hen and where said report,
n. and petition will be heard;
* . - I : • rsons interested in said es
a‘e ar hereby required to fi'e their
fc;ec tiers to the said report if any
h:y have, in writing, on or before
aid day :n the Court, ar.d to appear
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Date i at McGrath, Alaska thi«
25th da of September, 1937.
W. J. WIDMAN
Probate Jud?e
Date of F rst Publication, October 15,
1937.
Date or last Publication, November
5, 1937.
Frank J. Guskey
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