GANADIA
PORTER
Missing Ship Is Picked
Up 500, Miles Off
’Frisco -Coast.
San Francisco, Sept. 1 .—The
freighter Canadian Importer, in
disabled condition, with thirty*
fqur officers and men on board,
was picked.up live hundred miles
off this port last night by. the
Canadian Observer, a sister ship
engaged in searching for the
missing vessel.
Two officers and nine men of
the Canadian Importer, who put
off in an open boat on August 19
in search of assistance for their
ship, are still missing, aud in all
probability have perished.
Yukoners Vote Wet.
I>awson.—The people of Yukon Ter
ritory, who were about evenly divided
ou the question of prohibition a few'
yeurs ago, have now voted overwhelm
ingly in favor of permitting the im
portation of liquor for use as a bev
erage. The question was decided by i
plebiscite, the result of-which has just
been made known. George P. McKen
zie, chief executive of the Territory,
says the embargo of the United States
on the shipment of, iliquor through
American territory will hamper imr,
portation to a considerable extent, as
the only means of shipping liqupr to
Yukou Territory is through Alaska.
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News Notes From
| All Parts of Alaska
J. P. Majors, U. S, commissioner at
Talkeetna, has asked.to be relieved
from his duties,, owing to a change in
administration
judge Leopold David is again mayor
of Anchorage. C. W. Bolte received
tue highest number of votes for coun
i oilman, but asked that the council give
j the job to Mr. David.
Harry Garner, who left Dawson a few
weeks ago for a trip around the world,
returned after being gone just twelve
days. He smashed all records, or else
backed out of the trip.
' ["Captain A. E. Lathrop, who recently
served in the Territorial Legislature,
says that never again will he serve in
that capacity, as he prefers the pick
and shovel if necessary to earn his liv
ing.
A. Eide, district superintendent, and
Ross J. Kinney, foreman of the Alaska
Road Commission,, arc investigating
conditions in the Cache creek district,
with a view to the completion of the
Cache creek road.
The Government received 8359,715
from the sale of 10,009 Alaska seal
skiDS, the highest price paid being 858,
and the average $35.75. One hundred
and twelve north coast seal skies sold
at from $26 to $34, the total returns
amounting to $3,512.
The Otis Lake snmmer resort, near
ASchorage, has been reopened for the
season. There is a dancing pavilion
there, where refreshments are served.
An auto road leads from the citv to the
lake, where it is said there are excel
lent places for swimming.
E, J. White, proprietor of.the Doug
las Island News and the- Whitehorse
Star, recently sold the latter paper to
a group of bueiness men, and has re
turned to Deuglas, where he will as
sume charge of the Douglas Island
News, one of the best weekly papers in
Alaska. .
Lawrence Erickson, of the American
Meat Company, returned to Ketchikan
recently with bis bride, Miss Myrtle T.
Cole. As be stepped off the gang plank
he was grabbed by his many friends,
placed in a push cart and dragged be
hind an auto through the streets of the
city, leaving his bewildered bride to
the mercy of the groom’s lady friends.
On request from Delegate Suther
land samples of leather made from
sharks skins and beluga whales and
other fish in Alaska have been sent to
him by Charles D. Garfield. Mr. Suth
erland has interested Eastern manu
facturers in the possibilities of the in
dustry* and believes if he has samples
oa hand that tangible results may fol
low.
As fine a grades of oil as has been
found anywhere on the American con
tinent, is the boost given the Fort Nor
man oil district by John McDonell and
Tom Bee, who passed through Juneau
recently from the new district on their
way to Edmonton, where they will re
cord their (locations. The men claim
the Yukon route is the most feasible
one by which to reach the Fort Nor
man district from any section.
John Rudolph, a native who was
drowned in T&ku inlet a few days ago,
had killed a white glacier bear shortly
before he met his death. A white gla
cier bear is a great curiosity,(one of the
kind haying Dover been killed in that
vicinity before. It is said they are
sometimes found Iff Western -^laskar
bht they were never known to be so
far south before. The one killed was
the color of a mountain goat and the
size of a two-year-old black bear.
Fire At Anchorage.
Fire at Anchorage recently cleaned
out all the buildings in two blocks be
tween F and D streets, entailing a loss
Of $150,000. The only buildings re
maining standing in the lire district
are three on the east end of the block
and two on the west end of the next
block. The entire city turned out and
fought the flames, being ably assisted
by the soldiers of the Fourteenth In
I fantry, stationed there. The flames
started in a pool hall, and quickly
spread to other buildings, the dry
weather makiDg the boards like tinder.
The Anchorage Drug Company, owned
by S. McDonald; Brown & Hawkins’
big general store; Baxter's News
Stand; the Dry Goods Emporium,
owned by Catherine Walsh; W. E.
Logeman. kodaks and photo supplies;
the Koval Cafe. John Meyers’ North
Pole Bakery, Nichols’ optical house
and a number of other buildings were
burned.
Someone Has This Package—
Did He Leave It With You ?
Lost.—Small paper parcel, combin
ing rings for Ford engine: weight
about one pound. Mislaid some place
in McGrath. Finder please return to
Kusko Times office.
Probate Notice.
In the Probate Court for Mount Mc
Kinley precinct,. Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
Before W. F. Green. United States
Commissioner and ex-officio pro
bate judge.
In the matter of the estate of Michael
Sullivan, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
judge of the above entitled court hav
ing appointed James Foley as ex
ecutor of the estate of Michael Sul
livan, deceased, all persons having
claims against the estate of said
Michael Sullivan, deceased, are re
quired to present them, with proper
vouchers, within six months from the
date of this notice, to said James Foley,
executor of said estate, at the office of
W. F. Green, McGrath, Alaska.
James Foley,
Administrator of the Estate of
Michael Sullivan, deceased.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, August
27, 1921. s
Notice,
In the Probate Court for Innoko Pre
cinet, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska -
Estate of Charles Ansio, a missing: per
son; Charles Isaacson, guardian.
In the-matter of the estate of Charles
Ansio, a missing person, take notice:
Charles Isaacson, guardiau. having
made application for permission to sell
the mining property of said estate of
Charles Ansio, I have set Wednesday.
September 7th, at my office, in Ophir,
Alaska, as a date for a hearing of such
application, whefl all persons are
warned to be present and show cause
why such application should not be
granted.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 23d day of July, 1921.
B. B. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
probate judge, Innoko precinct.
Notice,
In the Probate Court for Tnnoko Pre
• cinct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
Before B. B. Smith, United States Com
missioner and ex-officio .probate
judge.
In the matter of tbp Estate of Hubert
Evans, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
judge of the above entitled court hav
ing appointed Even L. Jones and Daniel
Nicholson executors of the estate of
Robert Evans, deceased, all persons
having claims against the estate of said
Robert Evans, deceased, are required
to present them, with proper vouchers,
within six months from the date of this
notice, to said Evan L. Jones and
Daniel Nicholson, executors of said
estate, at the office of B. B. Smith, at
Ophir, Inuoko precinct, Alaska.
Evan L. Jones,
Daniel Nicholson,
Administrators of the'Estate of
Robert Evahs, deceased.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska. July 30, 1921.
Notice. V
In the Probate Court for the Innoko
precinct, Fourth judicial division,
Territory of Alaska.
Estate of William Christie.
Evan L. Jones, administrator, having
applied for permission to sell»khe real
property of said estate, all persons in
terested in said estate are notified to
appear in my office at Ophir, Alaska,
Saturday, September 10, 1921, at 4 p.
In., to show cause why such permission
should not be given.
Witness mv hand and official seal
this 30th day of July, 1921.
' 13. B. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner, Acting as pro
bate judge, Innoko precinct.
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