Alaska Notes j
Gathered Pn» Territory j
Exchanges. 1
After floating a year and a half
from the center of the Pacific, a mes
* sage in a bottle was picked up re
cently at Kodiak, by Keed Malutin, a
19-year-old native, on the beach at
Chinuaa Cape. The message was
from flisho University, at Osaki, Ja
pan. The oottle \/xs in a water-tight
Box a foot square. It was dropped in
, the Pacific, the message said, on June
15, 19228, in. commemoration of the
25th anniversary of the founding of
the universitty. The box was one of
25 dropped fro ma seamer at the
same time in an effort ta get inform
ation on the flow of ocean ocean cur
rentts. Complee data are being re
turned to the university.
Philip. Wilson, a. well known resi
- dent of the Moose Pass district, was
taken to the Anchorage hospital re
cently. for treatment for brostbite,
both of . his feet having been severely
frozen during a spell of extremely
cold weather. It. is said that Wilson
was flatting on the ice of a lake some
distance .from his cabin and broke
through the. ice.. When he reached
his cabin he was in so helpless a
state he. had great difficulty in remov
ing his frozen shoepacs and socks
from hai feet. After repairing to bed
without eyen being able to kindle a
fire, he remained there for four days,
suffering intense pain. All that time
he was. without warmth or feed and
unable to summon aid* crawl to the
cabin door fog fuel, or reach his
horse, in.the bam only 50 feet away.
Outside o fhi« cabin q storm raged
at a temperature of 30 degrees below
zero, while the helpless pioneer laid
nuddled. UL.becL Bud. Tolson, a neigh
boor luring two miles away, paid a
visit to.-Wilson’s cabin and found the
oldtimar.in sore straits. He rendered
first aid..and then went for his part
ner, Oscar Plowman, and together
theey took, him to tre Roycroft home
at Mile. 29,.where a message was tel
ephoned.^ to^ Anchorage for a gas car
to take hi into town. That office dis
latched.a special train from Seward
to takft..the. injured man tq town,
where be. was treated by Dr. Hyatt
and the next, morning was sent to the
Anchorage hospital..
John Gillespie,, aged 64, Seward
resident and business man for the:
last fiye years, and one of the Terri
tory's-best known miners and pros
Sectors, died recently at Seward* fal
lowing ^ month’s illness. Pneumonia
was givenaa the cause of death.. The
deceased had followed practically
every stampede in Alaska since he
first arrived in 1896. in the Sunrise
si»trirt He prospected, and mineed
there until 1900, when he joined the
Home. rush. A year later was spent
ia. these diggings, when he went to
Dawson. Ha remained, in Dawson for
a season, then crossed over to Valdez
and later to the Nazina and the Kan
t tishna.. In turn he then proospected
and mined on Valdez creek, at Ruby,
the yHot Springs, then back to
Valdez^ then to Anchorage, Hyder,
Hanatak oil fields, and then to
Huka Hay, where he still held inter
ests, finally settling in Seward, where
he opened, the Pioneer Club about two
years ago. He ia survived by a
widow, residing in Seattle, two broth
ers who reside in. Spokane, and two
sitters.
Captain George Raabe, 77, for 30
years connected with boats on the
Yukon river betweeh Whitehorse and
Daweon, dto** at his. h^me in Portland,
Ore, some weeks ago. In 1898 Cap
tain came North and spent the
first year on the Stikine river. Then
for 30 years, ha was pilot on the Yu
kon river, traveling between White
horseand Itawaon. For several years
prior ts hb mtfremeat in 1928 he was
pilot on the Whitehorse, flagship of
the. White Pf« and! Yukon Route.
j Although he had his master's papers
in the United States, he could not be
coome a captain in Canadas without
becoming a citizen of the country and
he preferred to remain a pilot Cap
tain and Mrs. Raabe had celebrated
the 53d anniversary of their wedding
about a week before his death.
Tom Walkenshaw, pioneer con
tractor and builder of the Dawson,
Fairbanks, lditarod and Ruby dis
tricts, is now in South America, ac
cording to a letter received from him
recently by Pilot Matt A. Nieminen,
who made his acquaintance in Mex
ico. The oldtimer is reported to have
done very well in stocks in Venezuela.
All through the upper Tanana val
ley there is an unprecendented num
berof wolves this winter* according to
John Jadukovich ....LGREATfl bm w
John Jajdukovicr, well known trader
of that district. Not only are their
number larger in the aggregate than
ever before, but they are running in.
exceptionally large bands. There are
many well authenticated reports of
bands of from 40 to 60, Mr. Hajdu
kovich said. One day when he was
on a broad plateau in the mountains,
he saw a band of 25 quite close to
him* and within a radius of two miles
there were five other smaller bands.
The wolves are scatered on both sides
of the Tanana, north of the Alaska
range and also on the south side of
the Tanana-Yukon mountains. Many
have been seen in the flats as well.
Trapper sat the head of the Robinson
river report hearin gor seeing wolves
in the In- hills nearly every day and
Indians have seen signs of their dep
redations m the flats. Wolves are
taking a heavf toll among the moun
tain sheep and caribou, it is said.
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Two large tracts of grazing land,
comprising an area of 30 square
miles, have been acquired on Kodiak
Island by a party of capitalists who
plan to sock the land with large herds
of cattle and sheep the coming spring.
The tract is adjacent' to the govern
ment experiment station on Kodiak
bay, 16 miles south of Kodiak. The
stock placed on the ne wrange will
be in addition to 1,500 sheep and 400
head of cattle now on the island. i
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
has received three letters written by
William if. Seward, which are being
framed for preservation and will be
made a permanent part of the Sew
ard memorial building when t js
erected. The letters were presentd
to the Chamber by Frederick W. Car
ter of Troy, N. Y., nephew of William
i. Young, to whom they were writ
ten. One is dated 1853, the second!
1855, and the third 1861.
The Seldovia machine shop; oper
ated by Austin Horner, was recently
destroyed by a fire which caught
around the smokestack. Every avail
able man in town turned out and in* a
few mihues half a dozen Bucket bri
gades were formed to fight the con
flagration. When it was seen that
the machine shop was doomed they
In the Probate Court at Kuhy, Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, before William H.
Growden, United States Commis
sions r and ex-officio. Probate
Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of . Rob
ert Fulkerson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Jihn W.
Dunn,. administrator of the estate of
Robert Fulkerson, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement
and filed n this court the final ac
count of his administration of said,
estate; and that Tuesday, the 20th.
day of June* 1930, at 2 o’clock p. m.,
at the Court. Room of the United
States Commissioner’s Office,in.Ruby,.
Nulato Precinct, Fourth: Division,
Territory of Alaska, has heen duly
appointed by, the said Court, as the
time and place, for the holding: of
said'final' account; .at which, time and'
place any person interested in said,
estate may appear and tile exceptions
in writing to- said, account,, and: conr
test , the same. i
JOHN W. DUNN,. !
Administrator of the Estate of
of Robert Fulkerson; d i j
Robert Fulkerson, deceased.
First publication April 19, 1980.
publication, May IT »}93Q..
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turned iuP r attention to saving other
buidings.The pool hall and dance hall
was within 2D feet of the shop,. and
was saved by fast work.
Eugene A. Harries, postmaster at
Tofty, died recently. He was about
45 years of age and cane to the coun
try some years ago as a commerrial
traveler. He had made his home at
Tofty for about 15 years.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF PRI
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held On Tuesday, April:
29, 1930.
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In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at McGrath, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now on this day pursuant to Chap
ter 39, Session Laws of AlasKa, ap
proved May 3, 1919, entitled "An Act
to provide for the holding, of. primary
elections in the Territory of Alaska
to fix the manner and time of hold
ing the same, to prescribe the qualifi
cations of candidates to be nominat
ed at such elections, and to designate
the manner of filing and authenticat
ing their candidacy, and for other
purposes," and in conformity there
with
It is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the primary election to be
held on April 29, 1930, all of the ter
ritory in the recording district known
as Mt. McKinley Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, is
hereby divided into voting precincts,
in each of which a polling place is
hereby specified.
Said voting precintcs are described
and bounded as follows:
Voting Precinct No. 1—Polling
place at U. S. Commissioner’s Office,
McGrath. Ail the territory from Big
River to the mouth of Swift River,
including all tributaries except Ta
kotna River from the mouth of Nixon
Fork to the head of Moose Creek and
its tributaries, which constitutes
Voting Precinct No. 2—Polling
place, Pioneer Hail, in the town of
Takotna. All the territory from Big
River to the head of the Kuskokwim
and its tributaries; also Nixon River,
known as Voting Precinct No. 3, poll
ing place at Nixon Quartz Mine
Buildings.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
April 29, 1930, for the purpose of
nominating candidates to the various
political parties for. the following
offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
A Treasurer for the Territory of
Alaska;
An Auditor for the Territory of
Alaska;
A Commissioner of Education for
the Territory of Alaska;
A Highway Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the Housq of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four.
The said election will be held in
the voting precincts above named and
at the polling places therein speci
fied. The said polling places will be
open between the hours of 8 o’clock
a. m. an 1 o'clock pi m. of said day.
Dated McGrath tks March 18th,
i930.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. 8. Commissioner for the Mt.
McKinley Recording Prerinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska.
TABLE OP DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NBN ANA AND PLAT
Nenana -----
Tavern Roadhouse..
Knight’s Roadhouse _
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse_
Roosevelt
Miles
.. oc
.. 1714
.. 28%
58 _
.. 76
Lake Minehumina
Trappers’ Cabin..—
Lone Star Roadhouse ..
Telida Roadhouse..—
Slow Fork Roadhouse_
East Pork Roadhouse _)
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse —
Big River Roadhouse_
McGrath
Takotna_
BiO Goss’
Ophi
MeCafferty
Brown Creek shelter cabin .
Frits shelter cabin _
First Chance shelter oabin
Sckermeyer R. H. _
Idttarod
Plat _
Crooked Creek
miles from
cabin,
shelter
IS
115
132
156
169%'
187
206
227%
241
263
280
201
800
806
818*
388
846
866
376
384
miles
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Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R. Bdridge - McGrath
imm ROADHOUSE
Be. of Meals and Rooms
Whew Everything Is Hemehke and
Where Yon Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOUSES BATHS
Ivar Chilstrom - Prop.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
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