TA'KOTNA
The .miners of this region report
a iavoiable season. \V ater was
plentiful atul with the exception of
decayed navigation earlier in^ the
season, conditions were, as Mr.
W. Puntilla says, quite satisfactory.
Four dredges were in operation, two
on Ganes Creek, one on Little, and
one on Yankee Creek. With the
present R.F.C. price of gol i, there
is no reason why these dredges
shouid not continue to operate for
a number of years.
The AJJ.C., . after two months
■ work on .the Takotna-Ophii road
transferred its crew to. .Medfra,
where work is under way to comp
lete the road from Medfra to Nixon
Quarts Mines. Ihe work is untiei
the supervision of Road Commission
er Fred Spach, with Ed Adams as
foreman.
M ss Ora D. jClark is nosy teaching
. the Takotna .school. Miss Reth M.
Anderson, last year’s teacher, hav
ing transferred to Akiak, where
she is in charge of the school, ..there.
Mrs. Cha!rji4 O’fialloran is at
present at the Seward . hospital .un
der going medical treatment.
Red Kirby who was employed at
Nixon and for a time at Fiat, this
past summer, recently left for the
Outside, where he was called by the
illness of his wife.
Chris Peterson is finishing alter
ations .on .his, building preparatory
for the arrival of the season’s last
boat. Mr. Peterson has a stock, of
goods coining., in this fall and will
operate, a General .store this winter.
ti ohn Melberg. of McGrath is doing
.-/carpenter wbrk for Chris Peterson.
Mr. .Ralph Courtney formerly of
Anchorage, is now manager of the
N. C. Store in Takotna. Mr. and Mrs.
Courtney are welcome additions to
our’ community.
Charlie O’Halloran of the Takotna
Roadhouse is busy raising his build
ing and making other changes
Martin Ctancey recently purchased
..the DuBois building on Front St.
John Kreiger purchased the wood
) saw fromlrthe Chris Nelson Estate,
and expects to have it in operation
this winter.
George Clyde, who hns Icon
working, for the best part of the
summer about Takotna, recently ac
. eepted . a position as wireless
operator at Bear Creek and left this
week to occupy his new job. The
station at Bear creek is a private
station owned by the. dredging com
pany operating there. Mr. Clyde
expects, to remain there till the end
of the'dredging season, after which
he will return to his home.
Big Alec Geisson who has been
spending a few days in town, made
a trip to McGrath.
Miss Ellen - Beady who came here
to settle the Griffin Estate, made a
recent trip .to Medfra in connection
with the same.
Carl Thiele and family are stopp
ing here eprmrte to McGrath.
Jack MaGuire was a recent pass
enger from here to McGrath. .
Arvid Larson, of Little creek,and
Ben Larson. Of Fairbanks, arrived in
Takotna during the week after a
protracted visit to their home in
Sweden. Bptfc- gentlemen will be at
Ganes Creek ; this winter. Swan
Anderson, ?rwbo accompanied % the
Larsons tdV^tv.eden, took unto him
seif a wife*; acquired a farm and re
mained at hjsjnld home.
The- steamf, or edge on Ganes has
a full crew-working and expects to
be in operation for several
Weeks yet.
Waino Puntilla of Ganes and
'Little, has encountered some frost
at Little hut reports every thing
fire at Ganes.
The «Yankee creek dredge owned
by Felder, ’ Gale and Higgins and
managed by Mr. Cagen, reports a
good season.
Nels Vibe is busy opening ground
on Baker Bench, Ganes creek.
Bob Yakima and Jock Weare are
doing well on Little creek.
Recent news from the Ganes
creek dredge operated by John Repo
Mike Myntti, John Speiljack and
Pete Message, is that the dredge is
working in unusually rich ground,
the last cleanup being one of the
' largest ever to be made in these
localities.
As the mining season draws to a
cjose, the miner of Fiat can look
uac-k upon a very prosperous season.
All outfits were working steady the
whole summer, with every available
man being employed.
The Riley dredge on Otter creek
is operating full blast and to date
has had a favorable season.
Pete Miscoviteh, who operates a
hydraulic outfit on Otter at Discov
ery, brought in a Sixty tractor with
a bull-doser attachment this spring.
Pete completed a new ditch, .with his
bull-doser, tapping the water on
Otter, and with i-his extra water and
the use of the bub-dose* he was
able to put in a good summer.
Martin Roslund is mining at the
mouth of Blatk greek.
Fred Lusher is mining on Mala
mute Pup.
Frank Salen operating on Granite
creek is satisfied with the season’s
results.
Uotila and Ogrix operating a drag
line scraper on Slate creek have had
a successful mining season. A Key
stone drill is at work on Slate about
half of a mile above the present dig
gings.
The Northland Developement Co.,
have a dragline scraper at work on
Flat ceerk. A large crew of men
were employed here all summer.
Dave and Bill Strandberg on
Flat creek are doing well with their
scraper outfit.
Harry Scott and Walter Sachow
are-mining on the Upgrade claim, at
the head of Flat creek.
Charlie Yost is mining the Idaho,
algo at head of Flat creek.
The Duffeys who have been
mining at the head of Chicken creek,
are making arrangements for a trip
Outside this winter.
Dan McDonnell on Chicken was
busy during the mining period with
a good supply of water. Dan had a
large crew of men working for him.
Olson and Co. operate two drag
lines on Happy creek.
Pete Jensen who is mining on
Willow creek, has been stripping
ground for next year. Mr. iJensen
is bringing in a- 90 ton drag line
this fall.
Harry Agoff is mining on Prince
creek.
Cap Baker and partners are sluic
ing pay dirt at the mouth Chicken, j
OPH1R
Henry Ray is making alterations
and enlarging the Cigar store owned
by Miss Annie Miller.
Pete Rasmussen and his wife are
going to reside in Ophir this winter.
Mrs. Jane Howard is the new L'.Si
Commissioner at Ophir, Chris Bolgen
having resigned.
Hard and Collins with a- crew of
eight men, are operating op Ophir
creek.
John Staten, weir known old timer
is doing well on Ophir where he has
been mining for several years.
Meyers is working .his herufh
claims on Ophir creek.
Vic Hill is mining on Victor creek -
and the Hflls h*q [dancing a trip out
this winter.
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In. the Probate Court for the Terr
tory of Ala.-ka, FourthDivision,
Mt. McKinley Precinct.
In the matter of the estate of
Chris Nelson, deceased.
Crder of the Sale of Real Property
• It is hereby ordered, that the foll
owing REAL PROPERTY belonging
to the Estate of Chris Nelson,
Deceased, of Takotna, Alaska, be
sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, to the;
highest bidder, for cash, at 2 o’clock ,
’ Pi. on the 17th cay of October
1034, in front of Chris Nelson's :
■ ubin at Takotna, Alaska, To-wit:
One Only Two Room Log Cabin
with Lean-to Attached, Together;
with all \ppurt- nances. Fixtures, &. !
One Only Log Cache.
One Only Woodshed.
It is further ordered, that the
t< rms and conditions of this sa-e
shall be for cash, lawfull money
of the U. S. of America.
At east 10 .per cent of the high
t bid received for said property
is to be paid at the time of the sale
and the balance on confirmation of
the sale by this Com t.
Anyone having claims -against sain
Estate, must present them with
proper vouchers attached.
FRED KING
U. S. Commissioner and Executor
for said Estate.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, Sept.
24th 1934.
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The s1 earner 'fane. n »v being
prepared for winter quarters, and as
5oon a sthe Tana is cm the ways, e.
number of her officers and crew
will fly to Anchorage enroute to the
putside for the winter. Capt. Frank
Murray, Frank Mortimer. purser,
ind Howard Langley, chief engineer
wiil leave within a few days.
Mrs Howard Langley, who went
10 Anchorage for medical treatment
several weeks ago, has greatly im
proved and is v aiting to join her
lusband on a trip to Seattle.
Bernard Ivy and family will spend
.he winter at North Fork, where
Mr. Ivy is engaged in prospecting.
Charlie Cowan who has been em
ployed on the :. Tana, plans to spend
;he winter at T-uki/ura.
Arthur Berry cracked up in his
Robbin plane shortly after taking
rff at the McGratt field last week.
The engine failed and the plane
mashad into the, brush at the end
of the field.
The plane "was...badly damaged and
Mr. Berry narrowly ecaped death.
Mr Berry had come to McGrath to
see bis wife- who was quire ill, on bn
way to Anehoragi for medical treat
moot.
Gus Shuler and Mike Hochriter,
who have been operating a placer
mine on Candle creek, closed down
last week < rid.
They report abundant water and
a stisfactory season. After a short
stay in McGrath, Mike came to his
heme in Takotna and at present is
busy building a c)abin in a nearby
gulch, where he found indications oL'
pay two years ago. He intends to
thoroughly prospect the gulch this
winter.
Mr Schuler will remain at Candle
for the present but plans o take a
trip to the coast, perhaps to Seattle.
Albert Tvy returned to his home
in McGrath during the week, from
Medfra where he had been employed
by the A. E. C._
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Condrey of Big
•River, were passengers on the Tana
which recently arrived from Bethel.
The Condrys had been visiting Mrs.
Condry’s father.
The steamer Anna Belle and the
gas boat Sea Wolf are enroute from
McGrath to Takotna and both are
travelling light. The water is so
low tha unless it rains soon the fall
shipment will have to be transported
by Mine other means.
Fred King
Notary Pnblic
McGrath, Alaska
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'BOOKS AS TEACHERS
Since 1875 the sales of onlyj
twenty new books have reached
1.000. 0DD copies each in the United
States, according to a list prepared
for the New Y'.'k Institute of Arts
and Sciences The most popular of
them all, Charles Monroe Sheldon's
“In Hi - Ste; ,” had a circulation of
8.000. 000 copies, and none of the
others rose above the 2,000,000
mark.
A- publishing ventures, therefore,
and as mo Hers of thought these
“best sellers' t ust tak- a rank be
hind that [l'.iijibit and ..;c uispicuous
volume, the school reader. It is
through school readers that growing
catch ■' first glij ipsei the
literary world, and learns lessons in
ethics and conduct.
The circulation of some school
books has been astonishing. Mark
S divan in his history of “Our
Times,” estimates that 70,000,000 or
80.000. 000 copies of William. H. Mc
Guficy’s Electric Readers were used
by America,i school children before
the vogue declined. They were, he
says, “the source of that, stock of
points of' vie - and tastes held in
common, wh;H constituted much of j
American culture its codes of morals 1
and conduct, its standards of pro-1
priety, its hqme'.v aphorisms,s it
‘horse-sense’ axioms,” In this res- •
pect, he added.' th Ohio educator
was a kind of American Confucious.
It is interesting t0 not that the un
versality of Me Guffey' teaching may
have in part enus d the late popu
larity of .sev uul leading works on
tne “best seller,” list. Jn his
eagernes to p nt a moral, MeGuffey
frequently stretched the bonds of1
juvenile credulity. By requiring-!
chidren to accept statements about!
mumai.s and things around them
which they knew were not true, in;
ur. .Sullivan s_opinion he sowed the
seed of iconocuisiu which later ex
pressed itself in the welcprr.e given
Gene Stratton Porter’s .stories of
nature life and Mark Twain’s
‘ natural boy,” books.
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TABr.E OF DISTANCE £E
: '.VEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Mile?
Nenana . 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 1714
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23Vi
Ninteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58
Diamond Roadhouse . 76
Roosevelt Roadhouse . 89
Lake Minchumina . 115
Trapper’s Cabin . 132
Lone Sstar Roadhouse . 159
Teb’da Roadhouse . 169
Slow Fork It mse . . 181
East Fork Rot- ".ouse . 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse ....... 227
Big River Roadhouse . 241
McGrath . 2‘"5
Takotna . 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .291
Ophir . 300
McCafferty . 305
Brown Creek shelter cabin . 318
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Sshermeyer R. H. . 360
Iditarod . 376
Flat . 384
Bonanza shelter cabin, 12 miles from
Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
Foreigner—When you came home
and found a burglar in your house
what did you do?
Englishman—What did I dp‘
Nothing, of course, I didn’t know the
chap.—Tit-Bits 'London).
“Does your new boy friend kntjv
your age?”
“Well, part of it.” — Smith.’*.
Weekly.
Overheard in the Kentucky moun
tains: “Pour me out the interest
on that mortgage, Hank.”—U. S. S.
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