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rGlOTNA, ALASKA. MAR. 8, 1924
N ative Acquitted of
V order of Huntington
A..red Grant, Indian, of Taaana. who
"a* triad b®for3 the district court at
' banks oc a charge of murder in
he ! rst degree in qoonection with the
death of Percy Huntington, fisherman,
; ear X'anaaa, last March, was acquit
"-d a few days ago when the ;ury
rcagbl in a verdict of not guilt* after
s;oarly seven hours’ deliberation, ac
"O'ding to the Fairbanks News-Miner.
The prosecution argued that on Feb
ary 23, 1923. at Burchard’s road
s.iuee; 14 miles below Taaana, Grant
was struck oyer the head, by Hunting
■ >n, the weapon being a quart bOttle
sntainiag liquor, and that Huntington
ollowed with a fist blow to the native’s
vw, knocking him out and rendering
Itn unconscious, On regaining con
siousnesc, it waa said, Grant stated to
•urcbard, “1 come back—I get him ’
Huntington and Grant were both in
toxicated.
The defendant admitted that he shot
ad killed Huntington, but claimed
hat he acted in sslf defense and in the
defense of his wife and that he was
.borefore Justified in thaaet.
The defense testimony showed that
Huntington was at the home of Grant
*t 6 o’clock on the evening of March 6,
and tbs.t he had threatened the defend
ant’s wife, Eva Grant, who had object
ed to the presence of the visitor, fear
ing that trouble would result. It was
declared that G^ant thereupon had se
cured the rifle. Huntington, seeing
ihe r|l!e ic the native’s hands, had said:
’•Oh,, you little kid, you’re afraid to
ahootj I’ll fix you.” Huntington turned
»Dd reached for a stick of wood, ana
whilq he was reaching Grant fired.
The shot struck Huutiugton beneath
she Iqft shoulder. Huntington, it was
declared, straightened up, turned
around and walked out through the
doop.t When he passed out Grant fired
three, additional shots through ths
door, fearing a further attack.
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Miss Edricka P. Cliev
Passes On. Fairbanks
Fairbanks Nevrs-Miner- Funeral ser
vices for Miss Edricka P. Cliev were
held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from
Eagle Hall. Many friends of the de
ceased, who nad long been a resident
of the North, were in attendance, »s
were the members of the Pioneers and
Pioneer Women.
The service was conducted under the
auspices of Igloo No. 4 of the Pioneers,
and the burial ritual of the order, sup
plemented bp an address bv the liev. J.
F. Vernon, was given. Music was ren
dered by a choir of four voices, Mrs. F.
M. Duoharn, Mrs..!. U, Groves, Mr. E.
K. Mack- and Mr. M. G. Carlson.
The deceased, who was born in Nor
way and came' to the United Slates
during early year3, arrived in Nome
from San Francisco in 1900. She re
mained in Nome for several years, and
came to the Interior with the Iditarod
stampede. From Iditarod she moved
to Marshall, where she engaged iu the
restaurant business 'or a number of
years. With the decline of the Mar
shall camp she came to Fairbanks, and
had since resided here.
2 Miles of Spaghetti
Eaten by Missourian
Kansas City.—Frank Rufalo Friday
held the world’s spaghetti eatingcham
pionsbip. He ate tbs longest meal on
record—10,584 feet of Italian spaghetti
- at the annual banquet of Little Jtaly
here Thursday night.
The new champion pitched more
than two miles of spaghetti in two
hours and 24 minutes, outdistancing
Walter Randazzo. the former cham
pion. Randazzo collapsed 1 hour and
14 minutes after the competition, eo' ,
oienced. *
Up to the time that be passedou
Randazzo, whose forte is speed, pi « i.< d
an average of 1,000- feet of spaghetti
each seven minutes. He had consumed
10.521 feet, and, after he gave up. all
Rufalo had to do was to pass that mark
before the two and a half hours allotted
for the contest bad expired.
The two men had been told to eat
the longest meal they could in the two
and a half hours the regular banquot
was in progress.
A third entrant was ruled out by the
assistant health commissioner, who,
after as examination, declared the en
trant was Dot in physical condition,
due to lack of training for the event.
Perhaps ’ttvould make this day worth
while
If I should wear a kindly smile;
Perhaps a friendly word would cheer
The heart of one who’s lonely here..
If to my best I strive to live,
And as I ask am pleased to give,
From dawn to dusk this day may be
A day worth while because of me.
—Detroit Free Press.
MASQUERADE
Grand Ball At
Ophir, Mar. 15,’24
Roadhouse; Accommodations for
the Ladies, Free.
4fidniffht Lunch.
Free Dog Fish
Salmon Known to Mi- !
grate Thousand Miles
Salmon may migrate distances of one
thousand miles and more, it was proved
io an expeoiment conducted by the
United States bureau of fisheries and
recently reported to Dean John N.
Cobb, of the college of fisheries.
A number of salmon, each identified
by a tag. were planted during the year
1922 in waters near Alaska by Dr. C.
H. Gilbert, professor of zoology at
Stanford University. A Siberian fish
erman reported that one of the salmon
had been caught in the Pankara river,
on the coast of Siberia, more than 1,000
miles from the coast of Alaska.
Some of the other salmon were iden
tified on It'r.e Pacific coast as far as^CO
miles south of the region where they
were planted.
“The experiment reveals the fact
that fish mav migrate iong distances
and challenges the commonly aocepted
ids:* that they remain in home regions
to spawn,” said Dean Cobb.
; Highest and Lowest
Points in the World
The maximum difference in elevation
of land in the L nit-ecL States is 14,777
feet, according to the United States
Geological Survey. Mount Whitney,
the highest point, is 14,501 feet above
sea level, aDd a point in Death Valley
is 276 feet below sea level. These two
points, which are both, in California,
are less than !.0 miles apart. The dif
fvrenee is small, however, as compared
with the figures for Asia. Mount Ev
erest rises 29.002 feet above sea level,
whereas the shores of the Dead Sea are
1,290 feet below sea level, a total dif
ference in land heights of 30.292 feet.
Mount Everest has never been climbed.
The greatest ocean depth yet found
.?2.088 feet at a point about 40 miles
rth of the island of Mindano, in the
Philippine islands. The ocean bottom
at this point is therefore more than 114
miles below the summit of Mount Ev
erest.
In New Mexico they have their own
way of observing prohibition, as
George, local celebrity of a picturesque
town, half Mexican and half Indian,
advises newcomers. One of those, a
former friend, approached - the local
celebrity on a confidential mission, re
cently.
‘“George,” he queried in low tones,
“‘where can I get a little hootch to
night:"'
George glanced at him pityingly.
‘‘See that fellow over on the corner?”
he a9ked.
The newcomer looked across the
street, apd^itandiag in front of the
town’s oce-storied adobe hotel he de
scried a serious looking person in de
cent blaek.
“Yes,’ he said.
“That there fellow’s a preacher,”
continued George, somewhat morosely.
“You don’t meaD to tell me that a
preacher bootlegs?” remonstrated the
newcomer.
“Nope,” replied George, ‘‘I’m doint
in’ out them that don’t."—New York
Sun.
A colored wumao, who cooked for a
whole family but returned to her own
numerous progeny at night, had just
come home from her place ef work and
was extracting sundry parcels from
various parts of her dress when a
neighbor dropped in for a sociable
chat.
The latter, after watching the pro
cess of extraction for some time, finally
remarked: “Your new mistress must
be mighty generous. You all got
enough food there to last your family a
week.”
“Yes,” replied the other, compla
cently, “I does pretty well with what
Missus Preston lets me have and what
God giyp§ me.”—Judfie.
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Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Prh ate "rooms]
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
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