Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial
Kxehanges.
J. H. Dodson, a former well known
resident of Anchorage, died recently
at Aberdeen, Wash., as the result of
losing both his legs by accident in a
sawmill where he was working.
binding a life that had taken him to
many lands and found him in many j
■vocations, Nicholas Jerry, a pioneer
of Alaska and a resident of Seward
for ri.any \eais, completed his jour-j
ney through life recently at the gov- j
•eminent hospital in Anchorage. H< |
was years of age, and death wa. 1
<due to a complication of ailments. It
is not known whether he had any liv
ing relatives.
“The Matonuska valley and sur
troundiug country is not surpassed
^anywhere as an agricultural country, !
:an<l the whole region is eminently lit- j
'ted for dairying,” declared l’. C.
•Georgeson, agronomist in charge of
ithc Alaska agricultural experiment:
•■stations. “Attempts will be made t<*
manufacture butter, and perhaps
cheese, at the Matanuska station next
^spring, added Mr. Georgeson, “and
it is quite possible the experiment sta
rs——■——-.-.. .
tioti and the farmers of the valley
will be able to co-operate along these
lines, the farmers disposing of their
milk to the station.” Mr. Georgeson
said that as far as he could learn
while visiting the Matanuska valley
the farmers of that section had had a
prosperous year and were feeling
more optimistic than they did a year
ago.
B. M. Stone, a well known Alaska
newspaper man, for many years con
nected with the Nome Nugget, later j
publisher of the Seward Gateway, but j
.. no has recently been connected with i
he Anchorage Times, left recently!
.or the States, lie was accompanied
iy Mrs. Stone, and it is their inten
on to make their future home Out
On September .'10, the end of the
.him quarter of the year, the Terri
.orial finances were in excellent con
uition, a cash balance of $430,iir>7.2o j
being on hand, according to the iltian- i
ml repoort recently issued by Terri
torial Treasurer VV„ G_ Smith, lie-1
eeipts for the quarter were $201,- j :
-J27.24, and disbursements totaled j
3346,07«.H«.
Cptain S. E. Lancaster, veteran Yu
kon river mariner, is authority for
the statement that the Alaska Rail
; 1 ! y to be linked soon with
CHIPS
■Hew lo the ?>lark, Let the Filips Fall Where They W i 11/
TVOI.. 1.
FiUDAY. J AM
The Chickadees and the Snowbirds
^ha i begun to practice for the open
ing game of the season.
Next Friday afternoon the first
;srame of tiie season will be played al
tthe schoolhouse, three o’clock sharp.
I’ins, a peep show, are very popular
samong tile puoiis.
For her birthday the school pre
sented Helen with a pretty model of
"i birthday party.
The Posters made by the pupil
ffroiti a very effective decoration.
Helen th eN. ('. has all kinds of'
jgrub.
Kdward wastes too much time. Do
mot be such a waster, Ed, or you will
ibi pour very soon.
When boys and girls fight,
.No matter who is right—
A hi i win the nose,
.And the blood suie Hows.
Helen lmd a birthday Wednesday,
January 111. She celebrated by com
ing to school the first time this
ischool year. Too had. Helen.
Ten Pins Per Copy.
Ads 1 pin per copy. Your credit is
.■good.
itv 3 *i, ]!)2R. VOL. 1
r
First Aid is the .subject hi Physi- :
ology Class.
W Wf was Buddy when The recess
bell rung ?
The map of the U. S. is being made
by the 4th tirade (neography.
The record of behavior is improv
ing, but it is far from perfect stidL
Next week will be printed the
names of t bouse who have perfect
records.
Printing?
All Kinds one
Poems Ads
lllhes Newsjiapers
Stories, Etc.
I->el!tte Hanson
1 Whittier Street ; j
Reasonable Rates
_ I
Free Hog Rides—Inquire of Bud
Hanson, (i Washington .Street. 2 to £
p. m.
Come! Take a Peep?
Only One Bin?
See Helen!
Post—A knife, in a water hole on
the Kuskokwinu A large reward will
be paid for its return. All fish please
take notice. Woodrow VanderpoaL
McGrath Roadhouse
Where Trails and Rivers Meet
You Are Cordially Welcomed
and Heartily Greeted.
Stewart & White - - Props.
I)r. H. W. Averill
Dentist
Visit to Cripple, Poornian
and Ruby.
Will Return to Tokotna
About March 1
a modern steamboat service on thi
Yukon. He said that a $300,000 ap
propriation had been asked for th«
construction of a river vessel, to b<
equipped with Diesel engines, whicl
would operate on tthe Yukon fron
Nenana to St. Michael, connecting
with Nome. Captain Lancaster saic
that the river boats handled 20 pei
cent more traffic in 1925 as cornparec
with 1924. A big increase in mining
aperations took place in the Interior
re said.
The mining outlook around N'oux
and the Seward Peninsula nevei
looked more prosperous, according ti
;ate reports from that section. Knor
nous minin gactivities are planned
'or L920 in all sections. #The popula
,ion ol' Nome this winter is estimated
it 1 M00.
“CHIPS.”
Volume 1, No. 1, of “Chips,” thf
>roduct of McGrath school children,
s just off the “press."” It is a chiro
graphic edition, for which reason it;
circulation for the present may be
iomewhat limited. It is interesting,
lowever, and is reproduced in another
column.
No Mean Retrenchment.
Charles K. Flint, the New York
Inancier, who is forming a $100,000,
>00 merger of bituminous coal com
rauies, raid the other (Lay:
’’This merger -will bring .about ire
renchment, but tt here will be no
nean retrenchment at the miners’ ex
pense.”
Then Mr. Flint pointed Ihie wonts
with a story.
“A furrier's old wife,” he began
>at reading the Farm Journal, and as
■he had eon grown or rather oirtageiJ
pectaeles she had to hold the- paper
it armtf length in order to see the
>rint_
“ ‘Father.,’ she .said, with sighs, ‘I
lo wish the next time.you go to town
cou’d buy me a stronger pair of
“ ‘Huh.' sard father, who wuus » no
toriously mean old curmudgeon, ‘it
link, stronger specs you need—it.'f
itrouger (arms.’”
f A HI.If L)F jnSTA.YCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AN1> FLAT
Mile*
Menana to 'Tavern . IS
tavern to Knight's . .24
\right’s to U) Roadhouse . It
1.9 Roadhouse to Riffle Pole Road
house t
i ffle Pfde Roadhouse ro Diamond 11
amond Jtoadhouse to Roosevelt It:
ioosevet to Lake Minchumina 25
..aloe Mmehuminn to Lone Star
SoacRious*- .,. 33
-.one Star lo Telida .>lt
i’etida to Tent Roadhouse . lt:
Fent Ruadhou.se to Slow Fork . (
slow Fork to East Fork 21
clast Fork to Nicali . It
Siruli t« Big Riivex . 221
dig River Roadhouse to McGrath.... 25
McGrath to To koine D
From Neuarm to Tdkotna . 12H
fokotna to Bill Goss'’ Roadhouse Li
Bill GosS* Roafihouse to Ojihir .... rtf
Tphir to Jerry’s Roadhouse ..._:lii
lorry’s to Scherntgyer’s Raadhaiu* 21
Scherrneytr’s to iditarod . H
Iditarod to Elat . ■*
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From N-anamt to Flat
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. F. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Aeronautics.
■ Orville Wright said at a Day tor
i banquet:
i “The canning generation will under
tand airplanes as this generation un
: derstands automobiles. This genera
tion doesn’t understand airplanes. 1
heard at an aerodrome the other day
I a dialogue betwee n ayoung man and
■ man and nis girl that ran thus:
“ ‘What makes ’em go up, George?'
“ ‘Why, the engine, ye little bone
huad.’
:i “‘But ain't automobiles got en
gines, George?’
1 “ ‘Sure, but they ain’t got any
wings, see?’
; “‘Oh! Then it’s the wings that
makes ’em go up, ain’t it?’
“‘Partly. It’s this wjja'. They run
along the ground,.and the wind gets
I under their wings, and up they go.
j Savey ?’
1 “ And how do they come down,
George.?’
“‘Why, stop the.“engine, o’ course.’
“ ‘But how do they get the wind
out from under their-wings ? ’
Why—eer—-well, .f>in stance, -well,
how does a bird do it?’
j ‘1 dunno.’
"‘You seen.a bird,:.J suppose, ain’t
; ye?’
'“ "Haaps o’ .birds.’
“ Anil ye seen a biivi -come ‘down?’
‘Sure.’
“‘Well, then, ■ don’t ask such islly
questions.’ ”
A 'braw Scotsmen was visiting Ni
agara Falls in company with an
: American friend. As they watched
the great .rush of i mater, > the lattet
.said:
“There’s.a story that ifyou:throw
a penqy' into the fails it •wilP'bning
you luck.”
"!s .that, so?” mrrurrdrt tbeuAcot. He
considened-a moment,;a»nd then asked
hopefully: “Ha’ ye-a .hit »’ string?”
_
| Perhaps wise old Mother Nature J
decided to make our girls, most of I
them at least, slightly knock-kneed |
because she foresaw a time, viz., the. '
present, when a little friction as they
walked around would be badly needed
i to supply warmth and keep up the
circulation.—Ohio State Journal. ' (
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j Washington.—The drive against
J military training in state schools and
| colleges, begun here by pacifists, who
have enlisted the aid of Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt.
■.Charles Nicolet, who arrived Sun
day from Ganes creek, left Monday
for Flat on a brief business visit.
Announcement
We Are in the Field to Serve
You With a>Ne* Stock of
Merchandise.
WORK "SHOES
; SHOE PACS
UPBRER BOOTS
WOOI, SHIRTS
WOOL UNDERWEAR
SWEATERS "SOX
WATER REPELLENT COATS
AND PANTS
'WALK-OVER SHOES,:TOR '
MEN AND.WOMEN !
_ _ i.
TMail Orders' Promptly Filled j
ii'OS.
P.«'O. Box 169S, iAnchorage,
Alaska.
!, A Place 1© Eat
Short .Orders and Lunches
Prom Noon Till Midnight
Leo Rodrigue - Pit>p.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Taeotna
Fruits and Vegetables
BPITZENBURG WINTER BANANA !DEI,ICIOt’S APPLES
ORANGES GRAPE FRUIT LEMONS
NATIVE SPUDS ONIONS < OUTSIDE SPUDS
GARLIC TURNIPS CAB..
Fresh Nuts
FILBERTS J'BCANS
BRAZIL ALMONDS
Fish
MACKEREL SALMON BELLIES
In Kits
Canned
SALMON LOBSTER SHRIMP
TUNA FISH CRAB MEAT
KING OSCAR SARDINES BOOTH SPICED SARDINES
MUSTARD SARDINES
SAUMON STRIPS DOG SALMON
Meats
HAM BACON SUMMER SAUSAGE PIGS' FEET
PICKLED BRISKET PORK DEER MEAT
W A1
HERRING
i
HARDWARE
GROCERIES FURNISHING GOODS
BUILDING MATERIAL
SLIPPERS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BOOTS, SHOES SNOWSHOES AND SKIIS
DOORS WINDOWS ROOFING AND BUILDING PAPER
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