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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The London-South African
Exploration company, with En
gineer Dyer in charge will op
erate this season on Ester creek
one of the biggest producer®
of the Fairbanks district.
W. R. Pennington, aged 53,
who took the first rotary snow
plow over the old Alaska Cen
tral Railroad out of Seward,
died recently in Seattle.
Scotty Taylor,' pioneer of
Fairbanks where he was a
member of the Pioneers of
Alaska, passed away recently.
He was buried under the aus
pices of the Pioneers of Alaska.
“Casey” McDaniels, who was
dining car conductor on the
Alaska Railroad for several
years, is a candidate for
United States Marshall of the
Third Division and is said to
have the support of Senator
Wingate.
The Johnson Packing com
pany of Latouche, has-been in
corporated. The company has
been operating a plant at La
touche, but were not incorpor
ated.
The Svendsen-Shaw Packing
Company has been incorpor
ated at Olympia, Washington,
capitalized at $30,000. The
company will operate a float
ing herring saltery in the Kod
iak district and westward.
The Lemon interests in the
Fairbanks district will place a
dredge on Fish creek, this
season, the dredge, which was
ordered in San Francisco, be
ing enroute to Fairbanks. Eng
lish capital s behind this pro
ject. '
The McCarthy district placer
mining camps are in the midst
of getting in their summer sup
plies and equipment prepara
tory to getting a start with the
break-up. The Dan Creek
Mines Incorporated have al
ready completed the hauling
of the greater part of their
freight and have brought in
a large compressor plant.
It is stated on reliable reports
that the Baptist mission board
has allowed $40,000 for the
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
RYDER, ALASKA
THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
Pretents Greeter Opportunities for Legitimate Mining Investment then any Mining District
on the Continent. In ^additlonto the great Premier,' the most Spectacular Silver-Gold Mine
in ’Existence, with a record ofover Seven Millions in Dividends in Four Years, the Portland
C«n«l District contains Two Producing Mines; a Half Dozen or More-on th« Very Thresh
old^ Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which Hold Forth Every
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines.
The Mineralization is Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining ii Required to Make
the District the Greatest Mineral Producing Area on-the Globe.
purpose of erecting a new mis
sion in the place of the one re
cently destroyerd by fire at
Wood Island, near Kodiak.
It is understod that the new
building will be of concrete
and it will be modern in all
respects.
A report from Petersburg
states that the condition of the
deer in hat section has great
ly improved, due to feeding
and more favorable weather
conditions. Only one dead buck
was fund partially eaten by
wolves. It was found that the
deer ate alfalfa left on the
beaches but left the timothy
hay.
Nate White, a well known
trapper and hunter of Seldov
ia. who was reported lost last
winter, is reported to be at Ili
amna, where he has been living
the past few months. White’s
boat was driven into Oil Bay,
where it was wrecked, becom
ing a total loss. He made his
way to Iliamna and was taken
in by residents of that camp.
Sam Jensen, a well known
pioneer of the Fairbanks Dis
trict, died recently aboard the
gas boat May Flower while
enroute to Juneau from Tena
kee, where he went some time
ago for the benefit of his
health. Funeral services were
held, in Juneau under the aus
pices of the Pioneers of Alaska,
of which Jensen was a mem
ber. and the body was shipped
to Fairbanks for interment.
A recent dispatch from Nome
states that the town is threat
ened with a fuel famine, owing
to consumption being greater
than was planned. Natives and
trappers this winter bought
coal instead of combing the
beach for driftwrood, and the
supply is short. The ship Apol
lo failed to arrive last fall
with a cargo consigned to
Nome, and the city has pur
chased fifty tons from the lo
cal radio station, which is be
ing apportioned in lots from
one to six sacks. Beach wood
has been exhausted for a dis
tance of thirty miles each way
from the city and the nearest
forest wood is seventy mile3,
with no trail.
The Chilkat Oil Company, of
Katalla, will resume operat
ions May 1st. The company
was compelled to close down
early in January on account of
the ice in the slough channel,
through which oil drums are
transported by boat. The com
pany expects to drill again,
in the hope of obtaining a flow
that will more adequately
meet the demands of the
Prince William Sound country.
With the installation last Dec
ember, of a gasoline extract
plant at Katalla, another
means of increasing the output
was provided. Casing head gas,
originally used only for lights
and heat in the buildings at the
oil well, is now being passed
through absorption oil and
gasoline is being distilled
from it, increasng the output
about 400 gallons daily. The
plant had just been overhaul
ed when the freeze came. As
there are no storage facilities
at Katalla, it was impossible
to continue Tunning until
warmer weather set in.
The application of the Pacific
American Fisheries for a writ
of certiorate in the suit filed
against it by the Territory-for
taxes assessed under the sal
mon graduated pack schedules
of 1923 has been granted by
the United States Supreme
Court, according to the Juneau
Empire, which says':
“Thousands of dollars are in
volved in the suit which was
instituted here early in 1924 as
a test case. For the year 1923
alone, the first year in which
the schedules were in operat
ion, according to records in the
Territorial Treasurer’s office,
there is due the ' Territory
about $145,000. Lack of com
plete reports on the canning
industry last year prevented
an estimate on the amounts due
for that period but it is said to
be slightly less than the year
before."
The case was originally heard
before Judge T. M. Reed, who
upheld the constitutionality of
the law. The packers appealed
the case to the Circuit Court of
Appeals, which upheld Judge
Reed but expressed the opin
ion that in imposing the tax the
Territory came close to the
border line of confiscation of
property. The Supreme Court
of the United States then issued
the writ upon the appli
cation of the company’s attorn
ey’s, thereby permitting the en
tire case to be reviewed by the
Supreme Court.
Juneau attorneys point out
that few appeals for such writs
are granted and in many in
stances where it is granted the
review results in reversal.
Jas. S. Osmund, veteran can
nery man of Chignik, reports
considerable damage done his
i plant by storms, high water
l and ice, this winter, and is tak
:ing in a crew of men to get
! ready for the coming season.
'The unusual high tides, caused
| by earthquakes, shoved the
| water up in the company’s
I plant, tearing out piling,
'knocking down boats and
scows, and damaging the build
ing. Mr. Osmund has consider
able interests in and around
Chignik, being engaged in fox
farming, and having a fine
herd of goats and' cattle at the j
icannery. He is bringing up a|
ismall herd of Jersey cattle on;
one of the companyhs boats in !
j the spring, which will add j
; greatly to the comforts by giv-!
ing fresh milk and butter. Mr.
Osmund also plans placing a
herd of reindeer on one of the
islands near Chignik, believing
this would solve the.fresh meat
problem, a serious one to the
westward.
The frozen bodies of Joe Far
ris, aged 70 years, last surviv
ing member of the Portugese
whalers on the Arctic coast, |
and his half-breed son aged
16, were found recently in the
vicinity of Cape Townsend, a
short distance from Point
Hope, according to informat
ion reaching Capt. Joseph F.
Bernard, former owner of the
famous Teddy Bear and a not
ed Arctic voyaguer, who is in
Seattle for the winter. Farris’s :1
body was found in a sleeping ji
| bag, and that of the boy close I
■by. Their half starved and;
nearly frozen dogs were hud- j
died around the lifeless bodies.!
Both men had evidently frozen j
to death. Their death occurred j
close to the place where Far- j
ris’s wife met a similar fate
two years ago.
: The Alaska seal herd num
ibers at present close to 700,000 '
head, an increase of about 50,
000 over last year, according,
to the annual report of the
Commissioner of Fisheries to
the Secretary of Commerce.
The head contains more than
90 per cent of the fur seal of
the world. The industry cen
ters in the Pribiloff Islands in
Bering Sea. where the herds
gather during the breeding
season under the protection of;
the government and U. S. Coast i
Guard vessels. On St. Paul Is- j
land there is a plant for wash
ling and blubbering the skins
before they are cured and fif
teen trained whites and a num
ber of natives tend the animals
and take the pelts in season.
The law requires the reserving
of not less than 5,000 three
year-old males a year. Last
year almost a thousand were
marked by shearing fur from
; their heads and were set aside
1 for breeding purposes alone,
i A total of 15,920 skins were
taken last year.
BIG RUSH FOR
CASSIAR STRIKE
More than twelve hundred
applications for passage to the
Cassiar have been received by
the Barrington Navigation Co.,
for the first sailing of its
steamboat fleet from Wrangell
to Telegraph Creek, according
to word received in Juneau.
Many dog teams have already
left Wrangell for the Dense
Lake section via the Stikine
trail and it is now certain that
with the onening of navigation
on the Stikine river transport
ation facilities will be over,
whelmed by the rush of gold
seekers bound for the new
diggings. Capt. Sid Barrington
is preparing to handle the
crowd bv adding a new vew»l.
now under construction, to his
fleet of river steamers.
A recent communication from
Telegraph creek reported the
finding of some fine looking
quartz at the head of one of
the creeks on which prospect
ing was being done.
Capt. John B. Edwards, mast
er of the motor ship Oregon,
ef the Independent Steamship
Company of Juneau, was re
cently fined $300 and given a
suspended sentence of 90 days, •
following a plea of guilty to a
charge of possessing intoxi
cating liquor, The action re
sulted from a recent raid by
prohibiion officials on the Ore
gon. Four other members of :
the crew arrested on similar
charges, were fined $25 each
after pleading guilty. No act
ion is to be taken against-.the V
vessel, owing to the belief of
the officials that the steam«lv'o
jwners possessted no know?
ledge that liquor was on board
the steamer*.
In the District Court of the
United States For the First
Judicial Division of the Dis
iriet of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company,
Bankrupt. No. 48- Bkcy.
In Bankruptcy
Notice to Creditors.
To the Creditors of the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company of
Byder, Alaska, a bankrupt.
By virtue of an order dated
\pril 4th, 1925, notice is here
by given that a meeting of the
:reditors of the above entitled
istate will be held at the office
)f the undersigned referee in
Byder, Alaska, on the 17th.
lay of April, 1925, at 4 P. M.,
it which time the semi-annual
report of the trustee herein
will be considered, and such
jther business as shall prop
srly come before said meeting.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska this
5th day of April, 1925.
The District Court of the
Unitpd States, for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, T.M.
Reed, Judge.
By-E. R. Stivers
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Date of first publication April
3th, 1925.
Darte of last publication April
15th, 1925.
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April 9th.
Bid Asked
B. C. Silver 1.34 1.45
Indian Mines .13 .14
Silver Crest .16 .20
Dunwell 3.85 4.15
Glacier' ' — .28
Independence — .18
Premier 2.26 2.30
Rufus .15 —
Terminus .25- ..50 (
U&L -20 .26