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Natives along the lower Kusko
kwim river believe that the devil,
has assumed the form of a moose
and is roaming at large in that
region. The animal thus suspect
ed is a snow white moose with
hoofs like a mule’s, that has been
seen there. So far^ attempts to
trail it, made by white men have
failed as completely as tho it
were, indeed, the evil spirit.
With the first good fall ot' snow
new efforts will be made to run
it down before the natives all
leave.
A small boat containing three j
Indians and a cargo of something |
recently capsized and sank atj
Oawson between the month of j
rhe Klondike and the ferry cross
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:ig. Several persons along the!
waterfront saw the occurrance. |
According to Robert Sommers
superintend of the Alaska Road
Commission for the Nome dis
trict, the government owned j
railroad from Nome to Shelton
will be put into condition to be
isedas a tram by the public this
summer. Transportation facili
ies will not be provided by the
government. No load exceeding
wo tons will be allowed to pass
over the road.
Wm. Bell, 78 years of age, and
or the past 50 years a resident
o'Alaska, died recently in An
borage. Mr. Bell was a native
>& Jamaica.
The Norman Dawn Motion Pic
tuve is to produce moving pic
tures in Alaska. Offices have been
opened in Anchorage by How
ard Webster and Jack O’Brien,
the advance agents for Mr. Dawn
A king salmon over four feet
long and weighing 77 pounds
was taken from a fish trap at
Ward’s cove last.
Dr. Burke, of the Hudson Stuck
memorial hospital at Port Yukon
is,returning from New York,
where he purchased supplies for
the hospital, including a good ra
dio outfit for the entertainment
of the patients.
Daniel J. Bowen of Cleveland’
Ohio, reprsenting the Brother,
hood of Railroad Conductors,
accompanied by representatives
of the other three railroad Bro
therhoods are spending two
months along the government
railroad collecting facts which
will be presented to a congress
ional investing commitiee next
winter. A plot to preveut deve
jcpment resulting in more pro
gressive policies is hinted at'by
Mr. Bowen.
The Alaska Minerals Co. of I
which Sumner Smith of Eska is ,
president; Dr. J. B. Beeson of
Anchorage treasurer, M. J. Con
roy of Anchorage secretary; and !
B H. Barndollar andF. L. Knight
of Anchorage directors, has tak
en over the Hershey mine on the
upper limits of Palmer creek, in
the Hope district. This mine has
for years been the best paying
property in the district.
The outlook in the Hope dis
i trict is better this season than
! it has been for years. With new
j prospects opening up, ola ones
i being operated on a larger scale
and work facilitated by the Road
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
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THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. , 0. F. PUGH. Agent
Commission’s activities in that
section, great hopes are enter
tained for the future of the camp
Sherman Rogers, editorial cor
respondent for the ’’Outlook”,
who visited Alaska last summer,
will visit the Norrh again this
year to collect fnrther data for
another series of articles.
The U. S. Biological Survey re
cently shipped one dozen hares
to Smeuton Inland near Ketchi
kan. Further shipments will be
sent to stock other islands in
southeastern Alaska.
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The fox farm of E. J. Proux at
I
Carcross was destroyed by a for
jest fire. Twenty five finely bred
j silver and black foxes perished
in the fire. This was one of the
' oldest fox farms in the territory
! having been in operation six.
teen years.
The Bellingham Tug and Bar
ge Company of Bellingham,
Wash., is to start its tug, Rich
ard Holyoke towing cedar logs
from Ketchikan to Everett, Wash
A Davis raft of one million feet
will be taken each trip.
While burning grass on a piece
of ground held by him at Nuka
Bay, Frank Skeen, a well known
prospector of Seward, discover
ed a pay streak two and a half
feet wide with rock so rich that
it fairly glitters with the yellowT
metal. Mr. Skeen stripped the
vein for fifty feet and it showed
no diminution in width and show
ed the same high values at all
points.
An interesting character o
the Kuskokwim country visited
at Seward and Anchoragd last
week in the person of Prank Joa
quin, the organizer of the Kus
kokwim Commercial Co., which
operated stores at Bethel, Akiak,
McGrath, Georgetown, McGrath
Porks and Tacotna.
Mr. Joaquin came to that re
gion from Nome, attracted by
the reports of rich deposits of
mei’cury bearing ore to be found
there. He made the trip by dog
team and land,ed at the old Rus
sian trading post named after
Major Kolmakoff, and located at
the central part of the river.
Soon after landing he, with Ed
ward Lind, organized what later
was enlarged and merged into
the Kuskokwim Commercial Co.
At that time little was known of
the lower part of the river, as all
supplies were brot over a trail
from Nushagak on Bristol Bay.
Mr. Joaquin explored the river
150 miles below Bethel and trac
its channel well out into Bering
to prove that supplies could be
brot in more cheaply With his
notes he went to San Francisco
tosecuro a boat. After much dis
couragement he secured a char
ter on a schooner and brot in
his supplies; but had to unload
in the bay, 150 mijes below Be
thel. He had to accompauy the
schooner on each annual trip
for supplies to insure their
being safely landed in time to
enable the river boat, Quickstep
to make the trip up the river
before the freeze-up. Later he
got beats to go up to Bethel,