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Mrs. Kate Kennedy
Proprietrix
EXCHANGE
Two well-known old-timers to
l*‘ ive for the great Outside recent
l.v were A. R. Thorne and Wm.
Mullen. Mr. Thorne has as his ul
timate destination Natal, South
Africa, where he will visit exten
sively with relatives. Mr. Mullen
will spend some time in the states
h'Tore journeying further; Both
men during the early history of
the North were members of thea
trical companies playing.in Daw
son, and were numbered among
the best in the profession. Until
quite recently Mr. Thorne con
ducted the moving picture show'
at Fairbanks; Mr. Mullen being
in the employ of the Com mission
at Anchorage.
Frederick Bo\yer, champion
cross-country snowshoer of the
Yukon died at Dawson at the age
oi 17. Bower was formerly a long
di stance walker in England.
Dan Kennedy4 the well known
p i.'ker and guide, has secured
concessions from the interior de
P t fluent foi five years to oper
at*- >ick trains in the Mn Kinley
N iri > lal Park.Temporary camps
fo, tourists will be established
at various points thruout the park
Amlia Island, oneof the island,
one of the islands of the Aleutian
chain is now deserted, but natives
claim that bO years ago a thriving
village was located there. An earth
quake created a large crevice a
cross the entire island into which
the sea poured, so frightening
the natives that they moved to
Atka. One of the oldest ladies on
Atka is land is said to be 92 years
of age’ called ’’Grandma” Azochit
ene.
The bridge crossing the Ohata
nika River near the mouth of Ko
komo Creek has been completed.
It is one of the most important
on the Circle road,
Work has been started once
more on the large dam at Can
yon creek by A. Anderson, engi
neer tor the Canyon Creek Deve
lopment company. When comple
ted, the dam, which will be near
ly 200 feet high, will represent
an outlay of nearly a million dol
lars, and will open up a vastly
rich district in and around the
canyon. The dam will be 200 ft.
long, and 100 feet thick at the
base. It is ondof the largest hy
draulic propositions in the North
and. About thirty men hav
been employed
The Alaska Engineering Com
mission has opened offices in
Seattle for the accommodation j
and direction of tourist travel,
and particularly for those who
desire to see the real Alaska.
This will prevent people whowish
to see the Territory from being
diverted at Seattle and sent to
Dawson.
Literature regarding Alaska will
be distibuted from this oiftice.
On theKuskokwim river about
*250 miles from its mouth is pro
bably the biggest deposit of cin
nabar ever discovered in the
western hemisphere. The depo
sitor mineralized zone is 300 feet
in width and has been picked up
on both sides of the/river.
Commenting on the deep snow
in the vicinity of Dawson this
winter, Chief Isaac of the Moose*
hide s holding his hand about four
' feet from the ground said ’’This
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SKRVIOE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. M.BOROUGHS . Accent
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year, maybe so May, June, July
flood he come to Dawson - that
deep all over Dawson, nine-eight
half that deep; everybody better
! catchem raft.
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An outside bonding house has
offered to take all of Petersbu rg’s
new bonds at par .when they
are issued.
The Seattle branch of R.' L
Polk & Go., Inc., the national ^di
rectory publishers, are making
announcement that plans have
been perfected for the publica
tion 01 anew Alaska directory.
This edition of the directory will
cover fully southeastern and
southwestern Alaska, with Fair
banks and all towns along the
government railroad. The direc
tory will be placed in all librar
ies, and as it carrys descriptions,
will be a good advertisment for
Alaska.
NOTTCE
Notick Is Hereby Given that
jail persons found trespassing or
oi 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. Cole
Owner
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
GO OWNERS
PETE DIECH and J. B O’NEILL
their heirs and assigns.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
That during the calendar year
oi 1921, the undersigned ex
pended more than One hundred
dollars on each <daim in labor
and improvements upon the Ram.
bier group of Copper Claims Nos
4, 6, 7 and 8 situated along the'
Dan Creek, a tributary of the
of the Nizina River, in th« [tin
organized ] Mining District with
in the McCarthy Precinct, in the
Territory of Alaska, in the lode
mining locations you show an
undivided interest as shown in
the Notices of location thereof,on
record in said recording precinct
That said labor was performed
and the expenditure and improve
ments made as and for the an
nual labor for the respective cal
endar year by the provi
sions of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and amend
ments thereto, concerning the
annual labor and improvements
upon mining claims, and the a
mount so expended was the a
mount required by law to hold
said claims for the year of 1921,
which year the same was ex
pended.
You are therefore indebted to
the undersigned in the sum of
$133.33*/3 and an addicional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of $135.33*/^ and you are notified
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33y3
within ninety days after the per
sonal service of this Notice upon
you, or within ninety days after
the publication of this notice,
which ninety days shall be com
puted from the date of the last
publication as below stated,your
claim shall be forfeited to the
undersigned who has made such
expenditure and will become his
property by law.
Payment of such amount may
be made to the undersigned at
McCarthy, Alaska,
Dated this 24th day of Peb. 1923.
„ George Marhoffer
First publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication J une 2, 1923,