In The Prohate Court For Otter
Precinct, Fourth Division Of Alaska,
Before T. M. Garland, Commissioner
And Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
In the mattbr of the estate of
George W. Adams, deceased. Pro
bate No. 04.
Notice to Creditors.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of George W. Adams,
deceased, are hereby required to
present the same under Oath, to the
undersigned, Executrix de bonis non
of the said Estate, at her office at
Flat, Alaska, on or before the 3rd.
day of January, 1935.
MRS. L. R. ADAMS,
Executrix of the Estate
of George W. Adams,
deceased.
1st pub. Nov. 10, 1934.
In the Probate Court of Ophir,
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, Before Jessie
M. Howard, U. S. Commissioner
and ex-officio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Anna Miller, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
In the matter of the Estate of
Anna Miller, deceased, notice is here
by given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed administrator of
the Estate of Anna Miller, deceased.
All persons having' claims against
said estate are required to present
the same fully verified with proper
vouchers attached, to the undersign
ed, at my store in Ophir, Alaska,
within six months from the date of
this notiee.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, on Oct
ober 29, 1934.
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator.
Thanksgiving
Dance
AT PIONEER HALL
TAKOTNA
November 29th.
Good Music. Lunch.
Come One, Come All! A Good Time Assured
NUGGET ROADHOUSE
AND BAKERY
Best of Meals and Beds.
Everyone Welcome.
Good Dog Barns.
Mrs. John Kieck : Prop.
TAKOTNA’S PIONEER SHOP
Robert E. Lowrie - prop.
Blacksmith, Machine and all kinds of Sheet
Metal work. Stoves, Safetys, Tanks.
Drills and Boilers and all kinds of Prospect
ing Equipment.
4 h. p. Gasoline Drills
AUTOMATIC HAND DRILLS
Light m weight and Hercules in strength. Can be
operated by one man, if necessary, and reach bedroc n
shallow ground and get results.
HUGE RUN OF EELS ON LOWER
YUKON.
Natives along the Yukon are
profiting by the annual run of eels,
which is the heaviest known for
years. The run takes place in the
fall, shortly after the freeze up.
; \Y hile the natives use the eels for
foou, they depend almost entirely on
the catch for their winter dog feed.
As thp time of the run nears a
runner or dog team is stationed be
low Russian Mission. As a school
approaches word of the eels arrival
is carried from village to village
above.
Preparations for the catch are
made as the fish fight their way up
stream. Holes about 4X6 feet are
made in the ice and the eels are
lifted with dip nets. In heavy runs
a net often holds more than one man
can lift to the ice. Lacking nets
Ihe natives drive nails into a pole
with which they throw the eels out.
During heavy runs as the present
hut little effort is made to conserve
or store the catch. The eels are
simply thrown onto the ice in huge
piles where they are left frozen air
nauicu to the village as needed.
Mink, ermine and an occasional lynx
soon find the easy food supply.
AfCv-r passing Holy .Cross the eels
gradually thin out until at Anvik
they nave disappeared almost com
pletely.
A .though the natives have never
;eon them returning it is believed
hat the eels leave gradually travel
ing clown stream on the bottom of
the river. z
'Ihe Kuskokwim has a similiar
though much smaller run. They
a po average smaller. The Yukon
eel (North Amercan Lamprey) is
ironi 12 to 18 inches long and has
a diameter of about one inch.
They are parasitical, living by
sucking the blood of fishes. They
are jawless and have a succorate
hrtuth surrounded by tubercle like
teeth with which they pierce the skin
uf the fish to which they are attach
ed. They also eat any soft animal
matter.
By means of their sucker like
outh they are able to attach them
seines to any solid object to rest.
Small perforations at the side of the
head allow them to breathe even
when attached to some object.
Poet: I desire no reriumeration
for this poem. I merely submit it
as a compliment.
Editor: Then, my dear sir, allow
me to return the compliment.—
Passing show.—(London).
“Think of it, sweetie. If you’d
marry me, you’d have a great, big
strong man around the house all the
time:’’
“That’s just it. I’d prefer a hus
band who had a job.”
—Daily Eagle (Brooklyn).
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
Takotna, Alaska.
Dental Notice
Will be In TSkotna about
December 15. LWill come
prepared to do all kinds of
DENTAL WORK.
Dr. 0. A. Braafladt.
NOT SO DULL
Three weeks ago he had never
seen an airplane, but today he holds
a new record at. Boeing Field.
That describes Johnny Dull, 17
yearold boy from Interior Alaska,
who took his first solo flight last
month after one hour and twenty
six minutes of actual flying ins
truction. His preliminary training
at the Pederson School of Flying
was in ground work and mechanics.
Son of an Eskimo mother and
Polish father, Dull is. from a remote
trading post near Bethel. He had
never seen an automobile, telephone
or elevator before coming here. He
will have his amateur’s flying lic
ense soon and then will seek a trans
port pilot’s license. When the young
man leaves here he will be flying a
new plane back to Bethel, where he
will pilot the craft over Alaska
waste lands t<tpick up furs for his
father.
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FRANCE MAKES A PART PAY
MENT ON WAR DEBT.
Touring in France, a few weeks ego
Moses Buschbaum, an American, was
arrested for speeding and fined 10ft
francs, equivalent to $6.60. Moses,
who is both patriotic.ahd courageous,
refused to pay his fine on th®
grounds that' France has not payed
us war debt to Uncle Sam. “Im
possible” the judge before whom
Buschman was brought said severe
ly. But the American insisted and
threatened to bring on international
complications, declaring he wouM
nay his fine only in the form of a
check made payable to Secretary
Henry Morganthau of the U. S.
reasury department. The French
judge finally agreed but required a
p.hotostatic copy of the check made,
So France has paid at least a small
installment on. its’repudiated debt.
' £ PURE TO STO»' AT THE LITTLE STORE ON THE
B
TRAIL TO McGRATH. We have Shoes for all ages and sizes.
We specialize in Children’s Clothing . Everything to wear and
good things to eat. We will be glad to see you. Mail orders
given special attention.
Mrs. Thomas H. McLean
McGRATH, ALASKA
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FIRE INSURANCE
1 cu should carry a liberal a»c«nt of fire insurance
for the sake of your credit and your peace ©f mind,
Needless to say this insurance should be of the very
highest quality.
That’s the Kind Writtssi By
Alaska Insurance Agency
Inquire of Kusko Tinea.
FAIRBANKS. ALASKA
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