| Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchances.
Igloo No. 4^ Pioneers-, of Alaska
Fairbanks,- had in attendant*- at s
recent meeting probably the greatest
number of earliest day pioneers oi
the. Northland ever gathered together
in recent years, says the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
It Is estimated there were forty
men in attendance, all , of thpm still
active, who had come to this country
before the Klondike gold rush days,
tlus earliest, h.o’ing, fome in 1885.
The Igloo voted to have pictures
'aloen of all of them, and all pioneers
who came to the country before 1808
were requested to re [tort, to Lynn
Smith, E. K. Collins or Charles Main,
who will make arrangements for the
taknng of photographs.
The National G. ographic Board, at
a meeting in Washington on October
7, gave the name of “Mount Stroller
Wh’ite” to a prominent peak on the
northwest side, of • Mndenhail Gla
•ier. 15 miles from Juneau.
By thi saotion the Board, which is
:omposed of represent,tatives of all
'.he, surx-eying and mapping organize
tions of the Federal Government, has
hoiiored t.he late K. J. White, able
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pioneer journalist of Alaska, who w»
widely and affectionately known a
Stroller White.
The peak which commemorates hi:
work in the Territory is higher an<
second inland of th etwo. peaks on thi
northwest side .of Mendenhall valle;
and glacier, the :ir»t being Mt. Me
Ginnis. The eley*t ion is approximate
ly S.OOO feet. .
Stroller. Whi’e came north in th<
gold rush days of '1898 .to serve ot
the staff rtf theSkagway Mews, ant
he lived continuously in Alaska anc
Yukon Territory from that date unti
his death on September 28,. 1920
While working on the. Dawson Nug
get he started the “Stroller’s Col
umn, and from this lie acquired tht
pseudonym by which he .was there
after known. For the ten years just
prior to his death Ire was the ownei
and editor of Stroller’s. Weekly, pub
lished at Juneau
Hope that -fur will return to the
Fort Yukon region. Alaska’s greatest
fur district, was expressed in a lettei
writen to Marshal Lynn - Smith at
Fairbanks by Deputy Bill Butler, ac
cording to the Fairbanks News
Miner. Mr. Butler declares that, rab
bits and grouse are. coming hack
With rabbits and grouse on har.u #*>i
those who wanted to pat in a winter’s
supply of meat, there is no likelihood
of a food shortage. Caribou are alsc
plentiful.
Dr. Grafton Burke, in charge of
the .Hudson- Stuck -Memorial, with
Mrs. Burke, has gone outside on a
year’s furlough and . Dr. Standfast
has taken- his place. He,was accom
panied to Eort Yukoa.,by .Mrs. Stand
fast.
Miss Winifred M Dalziel will be
m charge of the mission while Mrs,
Burke is Outside, and the latter’s po
sition as teacher of the Office of In
: elian Affairs, has, been taken by Miss
1 Sophie Rodermundt, who is assisted
- by Miss Mahel Ivanoff. Miss Anna
j Hughgs, formerly of Takotna. , s
teaching at the Territorial school.
“Ma” Stanford, after spending a
year in Scotland, is again: cooking at
the hospital..
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
- Harry E. Carter on November 2.
Conditions at Nome during the late
mining season were better than for
years past, O. D. Cochran, prominent
attorney of that city, tells the Fair
banks News-Miner.
Two new companies installed
dredges during the summer, he said
Fred Jones and associates, dredging
on Spruce creek, did very well.
Dredging operations of Carl Hall
berg on the KoKugarok river were
also successful, arid Fritz Medes and
NUGGET ROADHOUSE
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j Best of Meals and Beds.
Everyone Welcome. „
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Mrs* John Rieck : Prop,
Takotna General Store
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
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* associates, dredging on Ophir, had an
? excellent season. Joe Sullivan and
Joe Crabtree hydraulicked on Daniels
; creek to advantage.
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■ Several examinations for pilots’
■ and mechanicians’ licenses were given
at Fairbanks recently by Glen W.
.Neel, inspector for the aeronautics
branch of the United States Depart
ment of Commerce. Percy M. Hub
bard was awarded aa transport li
! ,cense, most advanced license granted
by the Government. Art Hines, who
with Mr. Hubbard owns the Service
Air Lines, was given a limited com
mercial license, and Sam O. White,
game warden, a private license.
Mr. Hubbard .and Mr. Hines won
biechanicians’ licenses ,as did Warren
Tilman, of the Alaska Airways. Noel
Wien, whose license as a mechanic
had expired, took the examination
and his license was renewed.
Among the passengers arriving at
Fairbanks recently was Miss Flora
Harper, granddaughter of Arthur
Harper, noted pioneer of the Yukon
and Alaska. She will attend the
Alaska College. Miss Harper’s fam
iily is also in Fairbanks. Her noted
grandfather and his _ brother, Fred
Harper, both natives of County An
trim, Ireland, crossed, the continent
through the wilderness from the Hud
son Bay country to the mouth of the
Mackenzie river, and. in 1873 made
the portage from Fort Macpherson to
the head of the Porcupine river,
thence down that stream to old Fort
Yukon, and were members of a dis
tinguished party beaded by Jack Me-;
Questen, known to many as the
father of the Yukon. With them also
came A1 Mayo, after whom the now
thriving camp of Mayo, on the upper
Yukon, was named, and who has nu
merous descendants in the Territory,
! notahly at, Rampart, bis last home I
and burial, place. Jack McKipp was:
: also a member of the party, and
about, those noted sourdough names (
have !>een woven many a northern ad- j
I venture aod romance. Miss Harper'
is a charming, talented and energetic;
daughter of. the noted pioneer stock,
and received, her preliminary educa
tion i» the-schooLs of Oregon.
J. G. Mock, one of Alaska’s real'
oldtimers, passed away at Franklin, I
in the Fortymile country, on October j
29, according to word recently re- j
j ceived at Fairbanks by two of his !
nephews, Leo and A. C. Rogge.
Mr. Mock had been a resident of
Alaska continuously since 1887. He :
came to the country when he was 36
years of age and spent more than
half..of.his, life in the Northland. He
! was 70 when he died. He first went
j to Stewart river, but in 1888 re-!
j moved to the Fortymile country and
' made Franklin his headquarters ever
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Dr. von Zesch
Dentist
Headquarters:
PLAT, ALASKA
Will be in Flat Earl?
September Until De
cember 1.
ITINERARY:
Flat,
Ophir,
Takotna,
McGrath,
Lower Knskokwim,
BetheL
since then. During all those years he
neved made a trip Outside and never
traveled to Dawson. One winter
spent at Circle, when the boat on
which he was traveling was frozen in,
was the greatest distance Mr. Mock
was away from the Fortymile.
POPULATION HUB 22 MILES
WEST OF PREVIOUS ONE
WASHINGTON.—The center of
population of the United States is
now located 2.9 miles northeast of
Linton, Indiana. The Census Bureau
said today that it moved 22.3 miles
west and 7.6 miles south during the
ten years between 1920 and 1930.
Linton, the nearest town to the
ne wcener, is in Stockton township,
Greene county, Indiana. The 1920
center was located 8.3 miles south
east of Spencer, in Washington town
ship, Owen county, Indiana.
The total westward movement of
the population center from 1790 to
1930 was 589 miles. It was located
at the time of the first census 23
miles east of Baltimore, Md.
The greatest westward movement
was from 1850 to 1860, when it ad
vanced 80.6 miles. The slightest
westward movement was between
1910 and 1920, when it advanced only
9.8 miles.
Fred Duhois returned a couple of
days ago from McGrath, bringing up
a quantity of shortages.
Axel Peterson, after a visit of a
couple of days here, returned to
Ophir on Thursday.
Joe Blanchell was among ahe
weeks arrivals, for a short town visit.
Andy White returned here Tues
day from a brief visit at McGrath.
Gus Christensen returned Monday
from a brief visit at McGrath.
Joe Ferris made the triy to Ophir
last Tuesday.
Nels Vibe, Little creek, was a town
visitor last Tuesday.
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In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Division of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Maym« •
Wroten, deceased.
No. 59.
Notice of Hearing of Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that the' ad
ministrator of the above estate haa
filed his final report in the Priabalte
Court above named and thakTSaid. re
port will be heard before* biiA said
Probate Court for Otter Precinct, at
Flat, Alaska, on Monday, the * 39th
day of November, 1931, at*i2 ib'clock:
p. m. of said day, at whiftb-ifciftie'andr
place all persons interested; dnaya\a®f>
pear and show cause, if lanjcuthaty?
have, why said report shefuidihoibuiwi <
approved and confirmed.
THOS. M. GARLANDf,;),
Adminiatahiot. r.
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