, STANDISH O’SULLIVAN, NOETD
PROSPECTOR, HITS ANCHORAGE
< Anchorage Times)
. Standish O’Sullivan, one of the
iiardest and most experienced pros-,
pectors ever in the North, with more 1
than thirty years’ credit due him for j
delving into the gravels and bucking ;
hard-rock propositions everywhere
from the .Yukon to Bering Sea, is in
Anchorage from the Willow Creek
district, where he was employed for
the -winter in helping drive the long
tunnel on the Gold Top property, un- |
der option to.Canadian interests. He
is renewing acquaintance with many
oldtimers here whom he knew in var
ious Northern camps.
With the classic accent of a true
son of Erin, but an American since
the good old days when Michael Cud
. ady was the pork king of Chicago
and Omaha, and Marcus Daly was
referred to by some of th erecruits at
Butte, Mont., as “president of the
United States,” O’Sullivan is never
forgotten by one who has had the
pleasure of meeting him. After being
in the Klondike in.the gold nush days,
he was in -Fairbanks, Iditarod, the
Kuskokwim, Nome, ,Candle, Kobuk,
Koyukuk and so many other places
he has lost the count—and four years
ago took a flyer on silver-lead mining
in the Mayo district, and where he
bought some of the most promising
looking claims of that now famous
silver camp. His property there is
an Galena Hill, and he is marking the
-time until the silver tide comes back.
In the meantime he is planning to
hope away by plane soon for another
gold hunt.
Leaving JCeno City winter before
. last, O’Sullivan worked a lay on
famous old Gold Run creek, in the
Klondike, for one winter; and last
summer was engaged in hydraulic
work on a gold preposition in the
Circle distrk.tt. Late in the fall he
went to Fairbanks, and early in the
(winter started work in the hard rock
. mines .of -the Willow district. Now
•ie is planning to get away as soon
as the snows are off for a flight of
several hundred miles by plane to a
point way above the Arctic Circle and
easterly fro mNome, where he will
prospect for gold placers. He has
been in that region before, and says
he believes the area north of the
Arctic Circle is the place for the pros
pector now to look for virgin placers,
and he is just the boy who has the
..ptimism and the grit to follow up
his dream. Tall, muscular and hard
as nails, he does not let the years
which have given his hair a slight
..ouch of gray dampen his determina
tion or hope. In all his years in the
North he has not been grubstaked
once, and when he hit the country he
was broke. In all that time lie has
financed himself on so many pros
pecting ventures he has lost the count
on the list. How does he do it?
“Well, it’s just this way,” says
Standish. “I will not accept a grub
stake. I do not want to be bothered
with it. When I am broke I go to
work * long enough to get money to
buy an outfit, and then I hit the trail
again and keep at it until I strike it
or run out of supplies. When I fail
to hit it I get back to work some
place. I cannot affort to be bothered
with grubstakers. I have been fortu
nate in having good health—and am
gratefol, and hope to be able to keep
going for years.”
Jose Balabat, 23-year-old Filipino,
becoming jealous of the attentions of
several white men to an Indian maid
en named Starr, ran amuck.at Ket
chikan recently, slashing everyone in
sight with a razor. Richard Davis,
24 years old, was taken to the hos
pital with several dangerous scalp
wounds and other minor cuts. Henry
Bolt wa scut in the face and his gar
ments slashed. Severa lothers in
k'ange of the angry Filipino had their
clothing cut. Balabat was arrested
and is being held in the Ketchikan
jail.
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LOUIS SLOSS, OF OL DA. C., i
PASSES IN CALIFORNIA 1
SAN FRANCISCO.—Louis Sloss, <
LOUIS SLOSS, OF OLD A. C.,
jr., 73, fiancier and clubman, and son ;
of Louis Sloss, sr., noted Alaska pio- j
neer merchant ami co-founder of the j
old Alaska Commercial company and j .
of the Northern Navigation company, 1
and of the Northern Navigation com
pany and the first Northern Naviga- 1
tion Company, is dead here. The :
younger Sloss sucoeeded his father,
for years as one of the chief owners i
and directors of the destinies, of the 11
big Northern companies, and many
times toured the Yukon and Alaska
and was an honorary and active mem- 1
ber of various pioneer Northern insti
tutions. The Slosses and the.Gerstles
built their wealth chiefly on. the seal
concesions held in the RribilaflF:
islands and with fur .trading posts!
throughout Alaska and Yukon and in j
transportation on the Yukon river,;
where they had a fleet of thirty or j
moro fine river packets and other . '
craft.
Mr. Sloss passed away after a long
illness. He was president of the.
Sloss Securities Company, vice-presi
dent of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, and director in several other
large corporations. His father, with
Max Gerstle, founded the Alaska
Commercial Company, and for years
he was. the chief executive in charge
of the company’s, many. .stores j
throughout Alaska and Yukon during
the gold rush, His company., handled
the payroll for the United States
Army posts in Alaska for yejairs, and
the firm was responsible for the lay
ing of the first cable between Seattle
and Alaska.
U. S. MONEY PRESSES ROAR; ?
IT’S A BILLION DOLLAR TUNE
WASHINGTON.—Lights are. blaz
ing from the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing these nights as.. three
shifts of workers hasten the printing
of Federal Reserve notes.
..The order for .speed came from the
Federal Reserve Bureau, officials say- t
Printing began immediately on . the
higher .denominations .from. $500 to
$10,000 bills. Now. the machines arp
turning out denominations from > $h
to $50.
. The Bureau, had been working. itjs
regular one-shift schedule previous
to the March. 4grder.
Now stacks, of greenbacks. pile up
on the workers’ de.sks as the constant
flow of visitors, more than ever curi
ous about the plant, file across the
spectators’ ramps.
Women counters run through
mwicjs; or fukfisii uius. j j
To Steve Bailey, hie heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undersigned,
have been appointed administrator of
the estate of John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you .are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from you (Steve Bailey),
dated the 6th day of November, ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 1928,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931
upon the following described placer
mining claim, to-wit: No. 4 Above
Discovery on Ganes creek, a tribu
tary of the Innoko river, in the In
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter, all
of said work having been performed
by the aforesaid John Griffin.
And if within ninety (90) dayB
after the publication of this nnotice
you, and each of you, do not con
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said expenditures for each claim for
each said, years, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
said John Griffin Estate, according to
the. provisions of Section 2324 Re- •
vised Statutes of the United States.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
Administrator of Estate of ,
John Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takotna, AlaskL Dec. 24,
1932.
First pub., Jan. 14
dies. counting, checking for mis
irinis, hieing sections of uncut bills
ogether. ready for the counting ma
hines
On tli' -eother side of the room
.?-■ '.3 cf Daper, large enough to
t. *juts of six bills, are placet
by the printers. The
ft, bend easily as they f
lit'.., because they are take: •
nesses after days of dampt.
he point where they will take up ...u
rrom the plates easilf.
TheD, sheet by sheet, they slip rap
dly under a heavy roller to the plate
hat will mark them as the public;
inally sees them. Again they go,
hrough a process of drying and
lampening, and then the other side
s printed.
Back in the recesses of the build
ng where the ordinary visitor does
lot go is a huge vault surrounded, by
hick steel, and secured hehind three
sets of locks. There the bills finally
ret a breathing space.
Shelves ruse to the ceiling, holding
‘very denomination from the plehian
M to the aristocratic $10,000 variety.
"Have you any a children, Mr.
Smith?”
“Yes—three.”
“Do they stay at home with you?”
‘Not one of them—they are not mar
ried yet.”—Frankfurter Jllustrienne
(Frankfort).
Fresh
Reindeer
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TRACK MORE BUOYANT
„ .THA NIN MANY YEARS
'NEWYQRK—“There is more buoy
ancy in general trade than has been
rnced in years,” the weekly trade
.. -uv of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc..
r-„' a
'ting that, great progress has
made toward restoring confi
:,.te in all branches of business, the
Review adds:
“Taking the offensive because of
expanded credit facilities, business
leaders have shown a • determination
to carry on aggressively. Distinct
headway has been made in the first
week following such a financial crisis
and cash stringency as has not, bees
paralleled in .20 years.”
Are yea • Kusko Time* oafeBcHtor*
Why not joia the merry throng?
Pioneer
Shop _
Blacksmith, Machine
and all kinds of
Sheet Metal Work
PROSPECTING BOILERS
AND DRILLS BUILT
TO ORDER
STOVES
R. E. LOWRIE
Proprietor
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