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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. NOV. 17. 1923
Whereabouts of a Few
.Oldtimers of the North
Harry Woolrich, one of the best
iknown old-time gamblers of Dawson
-when everything was wide open and
booming, is now reported to be con
ducting one of the popular resorts in
Tia Juana, Mexico, the big racing re
port just over the border from San
Hiego. Woolrich is classed as a mil
lionaire, and he is a conspicuous figure
ithere. Tia Juana is known as the
.Monte Carlo of the Pacific, and a good
(many other old-time Klondikers are re
jported there, playing the ponies and
otherwise traveling high.
Jim Pendergast, whom pioneer Klon
dikers will remember as being a mem
,-ber of the Dawson fire department,
famous in the early days as the strong
/nap, boxer and general athlete, par
ticipating in many of the local events,
is now in the horse-racing business on
Prince Edward Island, Eastern Canada.
He resides at Kensington. He is a
prominent ^nd well known figure at
the race tracks and in racing circles,
and is one of the most prosperous look
ing fellows in that country.
M. H Marsden, who was among the
.original locators in the Iditarod dis
trict, going to that camp from Fair
banks, and who, with George Riley,
installed a dredge on Otter creek and
took out a bunch of money, now has a
fine home and several acres of improved
land at Sand Point, Seattle. Mr. and
Mrs. Marsden have about 6,000 chick
ens, a fine garden and all the comforts
pf a modern home.
Several old Yakoners and Alaskans
are now located on Prince Edward
Island, Eastern Canada, engaged in the
fox raising business, which is a flour
ishing business there. There are over
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
SteamerlService On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
300 fox farms on the island, according
to official figures, and a year’s fur crop
averages around *3.000,000. Edward
Milligan, pioneer Yukoner, who mined
on Quartz creek with Gwinn and Cum
mings on one of the best claims on that
creek, has a big fox ranch, with five
hundred foxes.
Henry Macauley, first mayor of Daw
son, and former Sheriff Eilbeck, for
merly of the Yukon Territory, are now
residing in Vancouver, B. C. Other
Yukoners living in Vancouver are for
mer Gold Commissioner Alex. Hender
son. K. C.; Col. T. A. W rough ton; J.
P. Smith, K. C.; Cel. Henry Tobin; F.
Howard Pierce, and Frank Lowe.
Ferdinand de Journet, a former well
known attorney of Fairbanks; a son,
Robert de Journet, who grew to man
hood in Fairbanks, and a son-in-law,
Tod Cowles, also a well known resi
dent of Fairbanks in the early days of
that camp, are now living in Fresno,
Calif., where thev are engaged in the
dried fruit business.
H, J. Sliter, pioneer of Nome, con
nected with the police force^ tbere^
later chief of police at Juneau, and
still later with the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission at Anchorage, is now
a resident of Seattle, where he has a
home on Alki Point.
Dr. J. N. E. Brown, former Yukon
territorial secretary, is now prominent
ly connected with the publication of
three journals which are printed in
Toronto in the interest of medical, sur
gical, hygienical ana hospital work.
James A. Wilkinson, formerly prom
inent in labor circles at Anchorage,
and a Srst-class mechanic, is now liv
ing at East Sound, Wash., where he
owns a garage and is something of a
poo-bah in the community.
Leroy Tozier, a former well known
attorney of Fairbanks, now has law
offices in the Monadnock building, San
Francisco. He is associated with Frank
Berry, another well known sourdough.
Jake Sunnivale, well known sour
dough Alaskan, having freighted in
Nome, Fairbanks and Iditarod, is now
mining in Nevada, where he has some
valuable holdings in quartz claims.
John E. Dlgnon, well known attorney
of the Fairbanks country and who was
United States commissioner at Fair
banks for some time, is now located in
Winnemucca, Nev.
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Dave Macfarlane, former Yukon ter- 1
ritorial secretary-treasurer, is now
chief accountant for the liquor commis
sion at Victoria, B. C.
E. S. Bunch, former editor of the
Dawson Nugget, and later connected
with Fairbanks newspapers, is now
doing well in the automobile tire busi
ness in London.
Countess Carbonneau and her sister,
Margaret Mulrooney, both former well
known residents of Dawson and Fair
banks, are now located in Yakima,
Wash.
W. E. Steigelmeyer, pioneer of
Nome, where he was engaged in the
freighting business for over 15 years,
is now a resident of Seattle.
Roy Wells, for many years connected
with the Alaska Road Commission at
Nome, is now with the Sunset Motor
Company, Seattle.
A1 White, formerly of Valdez, where
he .was engaged in business, is now
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
Practice in all Courts.
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with the department of justice in Po
catello, Idaho.
Fred W. Carter, a pioneer of the
Nome, Fairbanks, Iditarod and Ruby
camps, is now with the Seattle real es
tate firm of Ewing & Clark.
R. S. McDonald, who passed m nv
years in the Fairbanks country, now
haa a fine apple orchard in the Yakima
valley.
Chuck Jones, who grew to manhood
in Nome, i9 now with the Federal Tel
egraph Company, Seattle.
H. S. Shreve, former pioneer resi
dent of Nome, now resides at Kcnne
dale, a suburb of Seattle.
Dr. WiDans, pioneer physician of
Valdez, now resides on a small tract of
land near Medford, Ore.
Bvron A. Dodge, a former attorney
cf Fairbanks, is now practicing law in
St. Paul, Minn.
J. A. Schaffer, formerly well known
in Nome and Solomon, is now living in
Seattle.
Harold Nozelia, formerly of Fair
banks, now resides at New Haveu,
Conn.
Ed A. Y'oung, a well known oldtimer
of Nome, is now located at Enumclaw,
Wash.
Otto Van Sickle, a piooeer of the
Nome district, is now living in Nevada.
An old negro went to the ollice of
the commissioner of registration in the
Missouri town and applied for registra
tion papers.
“What is your name?” asked the of
ficial.
“George Washington.” was the
reply.
“Well, George, are you the man who
cut down the cherry tree?”
“No, suh, 1 ain’t de man. I ain’t
done no work for nigh onto a year.”—
Western Christian Advocate.
The colored fellow paid a dollar dur
ing a street carnival to have his-for-!
tune told. The lady told him that he
loved chicken, that he had won some
money on craps, and that he had been
in jail. Mose gasped aod said: “Mah
goodness, ladv, you has told me my in
most thoughts.”
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Bennett James, John Holmgren,
Charles E. Taylor. George W. Ai
brecht, Edward McArdle and Charles
Knell, and their aod each of their
heirs, executors, administrators, suc
cessors in interest, and assigns:
You. and each of you, will please take
notice that the undersigned, a co-owner
in placer mining elaim Good Ijmck Frac
tion, situated between No. land No. 2
Above Discovery on Moore creek, in
the Mt. McKinley mining and record
ing precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
personally performed the annual assess
ment work the above described claim
for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922.
amounting to one hundred dollars for
each year, and for each of said years
has paid for said work,
proportion due from the
parties.
And you are further notified that,
unless you and each of you pay your
proportion of tbe assessment work done
on said ground for each of said years,
within ninety days after tbe last pub-,
lication of this notice, your and each of
your interests in and to said property
will become forfeited to tbe under
signed, as provided by Section 2324 of
the revised statutes of the United
States and amendments thereto.
.Cecil Barlow,
Co-Owner.
including the
above named
Date'of first publication, Aug. II, 1923.
Date of last publication, Nov. 17. 1923.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
J. H. Me'
TQKOTNA
..Yes, We’re Handling
cMillan Clothing
In Both Suits and Pants
Pool Hall
Best of Everything in'
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutchler
. H ML, HT»B
Proprietor
JL&ji &
RoadhouseJ
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best af Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
■SSL;.,, 1
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
mimi MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Yonr Tur
aea
*Lfls:sA mm navigation
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms]
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick
Proprietor