Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
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Mr*. Anita (Mother) Tiffany, first
woman to land at Nome in gold
'tush days, died in that city some
-weeks ago, at the age of 83. Death
w»as due to the flu.
The discovery of a ledge of gold
Hhearing quartz by Fred (tuber above
ntimberline, on a mountain between
-•Stoudart and Seymour creeks. tribu
taries of Kitchener creek, a tributary 1
*0/ Big creek, which joins the Yukon
mver about five miles north of Minto,
.is creating interest in Yukon Terri*1
story, the stampede for claims creat
ing an old-time atmosphere. The dis-1
eeovery lies about 45 miles from Car- j
'macks. Assays show value ranging
from $80 to $316 of free milling gold
■per ton, with the appearance of a
^silver content. Though the full ex
tent of the ore body is so far un
known, the discoverer claims to have
'followed the ledge over .2,000 feet,
•with outcroppings being found over
a considerable distance. Guder has
Ubeen a resident of Yukon Territory
for about 18 years, and at one time
'am employed on one of the dredges
"'in the Dawson district.
Frank Harrison Bailey, who was
identified with the old Alaskan Engi
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tion days of the Alaska Railroad, and
who was widely known in the Statei
in engineering circles, died recently
in Helena, Mont, his death being at*
tributed to complications following
an attack of influenza. He was 68
years of age, and is survived by a
widow and a brother. Bailey entered
the service of the Alaskan Engineer*
ing Commission in 1914, being as
signed to the northern end of the
railroad as locating engineer, with
headquarters at Fairbanks. He after
wards, from 1916 to 1916, became lo
cating and district engineer, and re
mained in the service of the commis
sion until May, 1918. He was in
charge at Nenana at the time the
roundhouse there was destroyed by
Are, in war days, and it was at his
request that a detachment of soldier:
was sent from ort Gibon to Nenans
to protect railroad property.
The fox farmers in the vicinity oi
Petersburg have made a discovery,
and as a result of that discovery the
fish buyers there have been enabled
to make a profitable side line out oi
what was formerly one of their waste
products—halibut heads. It seem:
that a fox must have fish. If yon
don’t give it to him he just pine:
away and refuses to lend his aid tc
the production of nice warm muff:
and things. On the other hand, ii
you give him the wrong kind of fist
(and most kinds of fish are wrong, ii
seems), he contracts hookworm, de
velops scurvy and mange, and aftci
passing his alments along to thi
members of his family, his friends
and such of his friends as he can in
duce to take them, he just curls uj
and dies on you. But there’s an an
swer to this: Halibut heads. The Pe
tersburg fox farmers have diseovere<
that foxes fed upon halibut heads
either raw or smoked, never develoj
hookworm, scurvy or mange, but,"in
stead, wax happy and produce an ex
, cellcnt grade of fur. Just halibut
heads, that’s all. They appear to In
the answer to the fox farmer’:
prayer. The farmers in the Peters
burg district have made arrange
ments with fish buyers to call regu
larly for the heads and gladly pay 5(
cents a thousand for them.
How a cow moose charged Jack
Nixon, well known oldtimer of Nixox
Forks, in the upper Kouskokwim, anc
how his life was saved once by ax
accident and after that by his agility
was told by a friend of Mr. Nixox
who traveled to Alaska with him ox
his last trip North. The experience
occurred last fall when Mr. Nixor
was mushing out from the Kusko
kwim. He was en route to the Mayc
clinic and has now returned to the
Kuskokwim, having flown there fro sc
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Anchorage. Snow had already fallen
when Mr. Mixon started out. Re was
walking along with pack and snow
shoe* on his back and was crossing
a stream covered with shell ice when
he heard a snort behind .and, turning,
sAw a moose charging him at full
speed. He started -to run, but,
weighted 'down by the pack, he was
making slow progress when he
slipped and fell. So ifloee was the
moose that she went clear over him.
Mr. Nixon gained his feet end made
for a dump of hrurih, this ultimate
destination being the largest tree in
the vicinity- The moose had been
unable to check its speed after: pass
ing over Mr. Mixon :and he hod
reached the brush 'when .it turned to
charge him again. Whan it was near
ly upon him he darted to one .side
and, throwing aside his padk, rnaade
for the tree at his best speed .‘Again
the moose slid .along the ke lor some
distance before coming to a stop. Qy
that time Mr. Mixon had started to
climb the tree. It looked weak at the
, top, however, and he did mot \venture
I very high for fear t would break.
; Once more the moose <came up on.-a
I dead run and could have mpaled.Mr.
Nixon on it* horns, but it appeared
to be afraid of crashing against the
tree. The miner believed be was .in
for a long siege on bis .precarious
porch. The moose eluded the tree fer
; long minutes and then strucek off far
, the timber. Mr. Mixon did not climb
down untH the moose had disap
• peared from sight, .and be was on the
> alert for a long time after that. He
. is convinced that the moose would
. have trampled him to death had it
i cornered him.
One thousand a nr bundled and
! forty dollars, all in $20 gold certifi
, cates, was .found in the packet of an
> old vest, under .a pile of rubbish, in
the cabin of J. T. Frazier, aged re
cluse, who was rendered almost un
, conscious by fumes from the coal
. stove in ins home at Juneau a few
; days ago and was taken to St. . Ann’s
Hospital. For five or six years he
has been receiving a pension of $20 a
month from the Territory.
A strange malady is reported to
have afflicted several of the natives
of Atka. The wife of the Chief Ma
li ory Zachnery was suddenly taken ill
and died. Within 24 hours after her
death her brother, Lasare Prosoff,
who tteaded her, also died,, apparent
ly from the same disease. On the
third day £. Prokipioff, who. made-the
coffin for Mrs. Zachnery and .helped
lay her out, was also taken HI .with
the same disease and died before mid
night.
There is f»o physician west of Una
laska, and it is not known what , the
strange disease is.
The discovery of a ledge of gild
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bearing q/uuit by. Fred Guber above
tiraberUn, job a mountain between
Stoddart end Seymour creeks, tribn
tmriesdf Kitchener creek,-.a tributary
of Bi( creek/which oljns the.Yukon
river, about five miles north of. Min to,
is creatine -great* interest jin -Yukon
Territory, the * stampede-for ■, 'claims
creating.an oldtimenattocpphere.-The
discovery Ues.iabnosti46i miles from
Carmacks. Assays show - values rang
ing from 480 to'4316 of : free mlling
gold per ton,- with, themppearanee >hf
a silver content. Though .the full ex
tent of the ore body so. far is un
known, the discoverer daime.ta-have
followed , the ledge over 2,000 feet,
with- outrapppiggs be hug found -ovec-a
considerable distance. Guder has
been :a sesident of .Yukon. Territory
for. About 18 ..years. and at one time
was .employed - on -one 6f- the - dredges
in .the Daevson^dietxict.’
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of ’ harmony ?
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girl with a^polka-dot dress leading ..a
giraffe.
' “How Ion ghave. you ubaen .< mar
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■"Twenty-oddyeart.”
"Why do you. aalb.themedd ? ”
"Wait-till you meet my hiisbapJ.”
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Prehate -Cenrti«t Ophiry la*
noko Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory at Alaska, before Chris*
tian Botgen, United States Con*
• miasisner, and ■ex-fefficio Probate
Judge.
’In Itha matter of the Estate ef John
E. Edwards, deceased.
Notire is twrsbjr ffiveal'ithat thema*
dersigned; has been duly . appointed
administrator if the estate ofJdhn E.
Edwards, deceased.
All persons having' claims against
eaid. sisteSe. are-required to present
the’ same,' fully verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the under
signed^wt my residence a at • Ophjr,
AtaskajWithin six months- from the
date.of this otbtice.
i Datfcl afl;Pphjr, Alaska, f June ,1,
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Announcement
We are,pleased .to announce fthat
vwe .have . secured the&gBney • for
:*his district <of the ’New (General
Hotors .1,060-hour >JBatte*y ^Kadio
Set, which, has become so popular
the past Sew months in talhqpartsxjf
Alaska where electricity is not
.available. The Set, complete, with
tubes, will sell at McGrath Jor
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