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When the McCarthy Igloo gives its
annual entertainment on JULY 4th'
buy a ticket and attend,
j- Patronize their grab bag,
I Drink their pink lemonade,
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Their phony money.
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Clippings From Alaskan Papers
The Fairbanks dry squad re
cently inadu a record haul. The
captuie was made at a point 35
miles up the slougo from town,
and consisted of two steam boil
ers, one six, one five-horsepower
one 50 gallon still, one 25-gallon
still, 1,000 gallons of masi?, 50 gal
Ions of mule and 1200 pounds of
sugar. The rigs were going full
blast when the officers entered
the cabin, but the owners saw
them and hid in the woods.
A freak fish was landed by the
Canadian schooner F. Doreen
near Prince Rupert recently. The
body is like a snake, measuring
over foui? feet lpng,.and the head
resembles that of a raven with
a long beak-like mouth tilled with
teeth an inch ^long and resembl
ing a saw blade. The fins on the
ack are like i gr i lk fans an
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are collapsible,
The Granite mine, located at
Hope JBciy will operate during
this summer, with a ten stamp <
battery inaction. Prior to 191;7,
the mine produced $‘200,000, but
it has been closed down since
that time.
A young native girl who was
employed by the Copper River
Packing Company, died from the
effects of the exhaust gas from
the engine of -th^ gas boat Aire
dale, in which she came from
the cannery at Port Nellie Juan
to Valdez.
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The two mammoth dredges
which have been constructed at
Nome during the past winter by
^heYuba Construction Co. for
the Hammon Consolidated Gold
cl Co., were successfully launched
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Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
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THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
0. F. PUGH. - Agent
* CALEB CORSER Supt.
on June 1st at Little Creek. In
celebration of the event a hrlf
holiday was declare^, in Nome(
and the town turned out to wit->
ness the ceremonies. The ored
ges will be operated this summer
on the property formerly owned
bb the Pioneer Mining Co., four
miles from Nome. Summer oper
ations in the Nome district are
now underway, Bering Sea be
ing clear of ice as far as eye can
see,
A. H. Stensland has secured a
permit from the Forestry service
to graze a herd of reindeer on
G- ravin a Island in southeastern
Alaska. The placing of the herd
in this locality is in the nature
nf an experiment.
Deputy marshals atKetcnikau
recently raided the Loring can
nery crew and secured a large
quantity of dobe, including opium
morphine and marahana.
Low water , levels at .the head
j] Lake Laberge Prevented .one
3f tla.- earliest steamer arrivals
recorded at Dawson. Although
the ice has been- out of the lake
for sometime, the first steamer
from Whitehorse did not arrive
until Jupe 6, Owing to low wat
er. the boats..had to lighter t,heir
cargoes into the Yukon River.
Ralph Berquist, aged 17, only
son of Mr. and Mrs- J. E. Close
of Ketchikan,'was drowned White
on a fishing;Ifcri‘p two weeks ago.
Re fell’ on a slippery bowlder,
striking his head on the rocks
tie fell into about four feet of
LfOGAL ADVERTISING
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska
May 14, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that George
C. Gwin, of McCarthy, Alaska, who,on
Nov. 27, 1922, made homestead entry
No. 05586, for SE*/4, SV^NEV^ sec.l;
T. 6 S., R. 14 E., C. R. M. and Lots
5 & 6, Section 6, Township 6 S.,
Range 15 E, Copper River Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
three year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Wm.
D. Coppernoll, at McCarthy, Alaska,
on the 80th day of June, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Sam Seltenreich, of McCarthy, Alaska
Charles Lubbe, of
Bill Henry, of
John W. Nickell, of ” . ”
Frank A. Boyle
Register
pate of first publication May 26, 1923
Date of last publication J^une 23,1,923 t
NOTICE
Notice Is Hereby Given that'
all persons found trespassing or
or using any of the buildings
tools; timber or tunnels on the
Cole Bench Placer Claim, desig
nated as Survey No. 1457, will be
prosecuted according to law.
C. F. M. Coie
Owner
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water, his lungs filling slowly. A* v %
small dog that was with him at'
the time aroused the attention
of a couple of men who were chop
ping wood near by, with his fren
zied actions, and led them to the
scene of the accident.