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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The report of a gold strike
in the Cassiar has caused a
big stampede from Telegraph
Creek, British Columbia, ac
cording to word received at
Wrangell.
The reported strike is 20
miles east of Dease Lake.
It is possible to go from
Wrangell by boat and auto to
within 20 miles of where the
ground is staked.
To meet the increasing de
mands of business, the Ketch
ikan Spruce Mills, at Ketch
ikan, will double its output of
lumber by erecting a $150,000
plant during the coming win
ter according to an announce
ment by Manager, Eldon J.
Daly.
A report on the water pow
ers of Southeastern Alaska
issued by the U. S. Forest Ser
vice gives data on 55 individ
ual streams and other sources
of power and shows sources
of power aggregating 25,520
primary and 646,810 average
horsepower.
Jesse C. Wickersham, a well
known prospector of the Nei
china and Susitna Valley reg
ions, was recently shot and kill
ed by his native wife at their
home near Chickaloon. It is
claimed by the woman that
Wickersham attacked her fre
quently while intoxicated and
she killed him after warning
him she would shoot him if
he did so again. He was
known in the Nelchina dis
trict as the “man with the per
fect teeth.
Airplaning is becoming a de
cidedly popular diversion up
Anchorage way, since the first
passenger plane made its ap
pearance there July 4. The
machine is operating often
jfrom 5 to 10 hours per day to
I accommodate the large num
iber of people who want to
i see Mt. McKinley from al
titudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet.
The peak is 20,000 feet high
i but is often hid from the
sight of ground-gazer’s by mist
and clouds, but stands out
magnificiently a few thousand
feet up.
A two foot ledge of high
j grade ore was recently discov
ered at Alice Arm by Tony
Surbich, while doing his an
nual assessment work on the
Midland Group near West
Creek.
Gold mining in the wilds of
Siberia is so fasinating that
several Americans who are
out there seeking their for
tunes have not had time to
get lonesome, notwithstanding
the fact that their homes ana
families are on the other side
of the earth.
One of these Siberian miners
is J.C. Vint, formerly of Nome,
who spent 21 years in Alaska,
and who is now operating a
concession at Blagovestchesk,
Amur province. He claims to
have received from the Soviet
government the first gold
mining concession ever grant
ed a foreigner. Five per cent
of the gross output of the con
cession goes to the Soviets as
a tax. Vint employs about 40
men in his diggings.
The Bureau of Education
supply ship Boxer returned to
Nome from Point Barrow on
September 6th bringing the
crew of two vessels, the gas
boats Arctic and Bishop P. T.
Rowe, both of which were
wrecked in the Arctic ice pack
off the North Alaska coast
this summer. The crew of a
third 111 fated vessel, Lady
Kindersley, abandoned in tnt
clutch of the Arctic ice pack
some weeks ago, was also res
cued by the Boxer but was
j transferred to the Hudson’s
■Bay steamer Baychimo near
j Point Hope. The latter vessel
proceeded north in the hope
of saving the Lady Kindersley.
| Ice conditions in the Arctic
this year are reported the
j worst in history.
Knud Rasmussen, noted Dan
!ish explorer of the Arctic, ar
rived at Nome August 28, after
a stay in the ArcticesoAo5c s
ia three year stay in the Arctic
i regions, extending from the
summer of 1921. Rasmussen
has been engaged in Arctic ex
ploration for 25 years and has
written six books.
The Granby Company planl
at Anyox, B. C. has produced
[256,432,744 pounds of copper
3,041,004 ounces of silver and
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59,197 ounces of gold since
the plant started March 17,
1914.
Last year the company pro
duced more copper than all
the rest of British Columbia
combined.
i Reports indicate that the
Kennecott mill, recently de
stroyed by fire has resumed
operations, power being pro
vided by a small plant taken
from the Mother Lode prop
erty. A 1,000 horsepower tur
bine is being set up and will
soon provide power to all
properties closed down by the
cutting off of power furnish
ed by the Kennecott mill.
The Treadwell-Yukon Com
pany will have a 100-ton mill
erected and operating on Keno
Hill by the first of November.
A live stock and farm products
| fair was held at Anchorage
| recently under the auspices of
the Alaska Fair Association,
Inc. The exhibition lasted five
days and proved a fine success.
The exhibits comprised pro
ducts from the entire Anchor
age section.and northward a
long the Susitna valley as far
as Fairbanks. Displays includ
ed exhibits of live stock, fruits,
vegetables and grains. It is
planned to repeat the exhi
bition annually.
Recent arrivals at Anchor
age from the Cold Bay oil
fields reported that the Stand
ard Oil plant at Kanatak had
drilled to g depth of 2,695
feet. The Associated Oil Co.
was down 1515 feet.
Frightful destruction of her
ring, due to insufficient ponds
for holding the fish after cap
ture, resulted recently in the
confiscation of the paraphenal
ia and the arrest of the em
ployees and managers of the
San Juan Fish Company and
the Imlack Packing Company
at Seldovia.
j Noel W. Smith, special assist
ant to the Secretary of the In
terior, has taken over the con
trol of the Alaska railroad. It
is reported that Lee H. Landis,
general manager, and his as
sistant, E. Van Gundy, have
been given a sixty day leave
of absence and are now in Cal
ifornia. It has been given
out that Smith was sent by the
Secretary of the Interior tc
j“make discoveries” with re
spect to the needs of the road
and to compile facts and fig
ures upon which will be based
, the future policies of the gov
ernment.
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RYDER NEWS NOTES
The Admiral line steamer
Curacao, Capt. C. W. Call, ar
rived from Seattle Friday with
six passengers for this port, in
addition to a large tonn~ge of
general cargo and machinery.
Mrs. Berry, wife of Frank
Berry, hoistman at the River
side mine, arrived oh the Cur
acao, accompanied by their
four children.
N.H. Stevens was a passenger
to Ketchikan on the Curacao.
Howard D. Cameron, well
known mining engineer of
Vancouver, visited the Ilex
and Homestake properties on
Texas Creek Saturday, in com
pany with Pat. Daly.
f
George A. Mehlfeld, who has
been in Seattle for the greater
part of the year, returned on
the Curacao, accompanied by
his eldest daughter, Dorothy,
who left here a few weeks
ago.
Gus Anderson, who is run
ning a raise in No. 6 tunnel
of the Premier workings un
der contract, was in town Sat
urday evening and reported
good progress.
A drama of grpping situa
tions, depictng modern social
conditons “A Poor Man's
Wife,” will be the leading
attraction at the Nagel-John
son motion picture show next
Sunday and the following
Wednesday. The cast is a
notable one and includes Barb
ara Le Marr, David Butler and
the Heavenly Twins. The pro
gram will also include two
mirthful comedies and a Fox
News reel.
“The Palace of the King,”
a splendid feature, will be re
peated Wednesday evening
next.
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A large stock of general not
ions and novelties, was receiv
ed by the Hyder Mercantile
Company on the Curacao, in
cluding a large assortment of
aluminum notions, tableware
and cooking utensils. The lat
ter is the famous Viko wear
and will be made the occasion
of a special sale at prices
that are distinctly reasonable.
Whether you buy or not, drop
in and see the most complete
and beautiful line of alum
inum wear ever brought to
Hyder.
j Word was received during
|the past week that the new
minister of Hyder M. E.
Church, Dr. Hatton, is sched
uled to arrive here next Sat
urday on the Grand Trunk.
Members of the congregation
are' engaged! |in cle,aningi
and otherwise preparing the
church for his reception.
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Ryder, Alaska, this 22nd, day
of Sept. 1924.
Allerdice, Mr. Duth
Blasher, Frank (2)
Bowman, Miss. Anna „
Blake, Dr. J. N.
Clark, Ruby
Carter, James
Doverspike, Frank
Durham, Bisby N.
Elwood, Geo. C. (2)
Eureka Oil Co.
Elkins, Robt.
Franzen, O.
Grand, Oscar (2)
Gibson, R. E.
Greenslate, Wm. J.
Hollman, Wilbert (6)
Hamilton, J. K.
Hamilton, Alfred B.
Harrington, E. W.
Horton, Miss. Helen
Harrington, T. F.
Higgens, T. J.
Hesson, Mr. P.
Johnson, Mrs. M.
Johnson, Mrs. B. R.
Lee, Miss. Merle •
Lawson, Edward H.
Lewis, Ernest A.
Mishko, Nick
Mullen, Larry
Miller, Fred
Matonich, Mr.
Mac Issac, D. (2)
McDonough, Carl
Maclver, A. R.
Nanouso, Z.
Neoves, Chas.
Neil on, Mrs. Clara
O’Keith Pat.
Pettr3on, Hazel
Pear on, Edward (2)
Ray. Michael
Run!and, Oscar
Sv->'~dahle, Gunnar
Smith, George
Schr.iuck, W. J.
IrnHh, Alfred, T.
Smith, Dick
Sullivan. George
Sm'th, Miss. Mable
Smith, A.
Stewart, Gladys M.
’ U mem hart, Jack (2)
Vallance, C. H.
Vincent, Joe
We • berg. Hyghnar (3)
Wat on, Gerald
Wallin, Mrs. E. G.
Wal er. F. V.
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In the Commissioner’s C^ur';
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Fred Dorey and Samuel L. Fry,
Co-partners, Deceased.
No. 12 Probate.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that
all persons knowing thenuel
ves to be indebted to the Es
tate of Fred Dorey and Sam
uel L. Fry, Deceased, should
make settlement thereof at my
office on or before October the
5th, 1924.
Ernest Blue, Administrator.
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