Weekly
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VOL: X
McCARTHY^ALASKA, SATURDAY, Jan. 29, 1927.
Coke Hill
President Coolidvre. Ins nnin
inated for Judge of the Third
Division to succeed Judge F. E.
Ritchie. Coke Hill, a resident, of
the Territory sim-e 1^9*.
The new Judge was i'mo of
the first lawyers to practic in ;
the Nome camp during th<» g >ld
exciteaient, and was known for
his great ability in mining law.
He served a term in the second
division as District attorney,
and moved to the Fou rt h Division
making his head quarters in
Fairbanks, where he practised 1
law nrd engaged in numerous
ventures.
Coke Hill, was always a lover
of the great ou« doors, and at!
every opportunity, would join!
the stampedes in sea ch of new,
fields of the hidden treasure. He
also served as United States
Commission at Fairbanks, and
other localities in the Fourth1
Division during his residence.
During all these years his |
love of pioneer life and of animals
lead him to maintain a. large
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Kennel of the fastest dugs that j
could be bred, and as a true son j
of the north would enter his I
string of Huskies, in the races
for the big Derby, and drove
them himself.
11 wasoften said of Coke Hill
that he took better rare of his
bogs than he did of himself. 11 is
last venture before moving to
the S'ates, was to take the mail
contract from Fairbanks to the
Iditarod, tor two years, over tin*
new trail built by Lbe Hoad
Commission by way of Lake
Minehumina.
rite Third Division is luckv
to h tvr a m in a pp tilted. that is
a trim Altskan who understands
our needs and conditions, and
lias done bis part in exploring,
and blazing trails into new vallyes,
and over mountain ranges never
B \ KKW iLL AND TWIGGEl?j
A t Ke.nnec'yt Alaska. on !
Sunday January 23rd, Reverendj
Kent of St George’s Church,
Cordova, United in marriage Dr.,
Benard G B o-kw *'!. <>f Konneoott ;
to Miss Annette Twjgger ofj
>, n.-H'rn'v it, the residen
ce of W. C Donel*«
Tie* witnesse present werei
Mr. and Mis. W. C. Douglas, and
VIrs. Rett* HMlitt.
On the following day a din
nor was given the hapoy counlej
at the Douglas home. To ho folio-j
owed by a reception at. the Staff
house, on Sunday afternoon
between the hours of three and
five oclock. under the. auspicious
of the staff omplsvees, of the
Kennecofct, Conner Gorpo**atJon
The Doctor having escaped
from attending a patient in the
lee house, and the Bride from a
ship wreck, added intense inter
est to the romance.
The News extends congrat
illations to the Newlp Weds, and
wishes them a long and prosp
erous married life.
INCRASED STORAGE
CAPACITY FOR
ALASKA SPRUCE
To Accommodate the increaa
ing shipments <>f spruce from
j Southeastern Alaska, the Seattle
|*«»rt Commission is erecting a
| steel and corrugated iron storage
shed at Smith Cove Pier No. 4l
The shed is 260 feet lony and
tjO feet wide.
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xplor t d by white men.
His appointment will tend
to soften the feelings of many
that believe our able Judge
Ritchie, has not been fairly
| dealt witli.
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ALASKA JUDGES
GET PAY BOOST
District- judges m' IT 1 'ed
State-. Courts in Alaska are now
being piid at the rsfce of 10.000
per year, it vvis ifjade known
here to-day. Orders for the in
crease in salary came from Was.
hingtnn and are issued under
authority of the law recently ap
proved by the President ineree
sing the salaries of all U. S. Dis
trict Court judges.
At the time tne law was approv
ed press reports from Washing
ton said it would not apply to
the judges of United States eon
rts in this Territory. This was
the generally accepted view un
til instructions were received he
re recently to the effect that
Judge T.M. Peed was to receive
as from January I,payment at
the rate of $10,00 per year. The
slary was formerly $75.00 per
year.
SITKA TAGGED DUCKS
KILLED IN MISSOURI
The Alaska Game Com miss
ion lia«s received, through the
postmaster at Sitka, a letter
from a party in Missouri which
stats that two mallaed ducks
were recently killed in that reg'
ion which bore tags with inscrip
tion “Sitka, Alaska,” and the
date “April 4. 1926.”
The Commission is much
interested in this, for the reason
that the banding of ducks is
being car Tied on extensively by
the Biological Survey, to ascert
ain their movements and all such
j information relative to the. move
i merits of birds is quite valuable.
DOGS HAVE DISTEMPER
Distemper is said to be epid
emic among dogs of Fairbanks
this winter and owners are bei
j ng urged to keep their animals
! tied as a means of preventing
I the further spread of the disease
ALASKA FUKL ST\T'CN
UN 1)10 K*. DISCUSSION
Development nl ;i. f,,c| ,-l 11ion
on Kiska Island. Alaska, ami
establishment of aids i> navigiti
on along the vast sr retell <>f N.n * i
ern shore of the Aleirtian Islands
will he discussed at the meeting
of the Alaska committe of the
Seattie Chain her of Com me tee.
Doth of these measures were
recommended by J. J. Under;
wood, manager of the Washington
D. (J. oil ices of the (-ham her on
his recent tour of the Orient.
The Unite*.1 States Navy has
not developed its fuel reservation
on Kiska Island, which contains
the best harbor of any island
west of Unalaska, and is located
midway between Unalaska and
Attu, the Westernmbsr tip of the
Alaska Territory. It is expected
that this development will be
urged in order that American
vessels using the “Great Circle”
route to the Orient may refuel
at this station and thus conserve
their space for cargo.
KENNECOTT MOVIES
Sunday, January 30t.li.
Corinne Griffith
in
“CLASSIFIED”
Sennett Comedy
NEWS
MUSIG
Wednesday, February 2nd.
Charles Kay Pauline Stark
in
“ BRIGHT LIGHTS
Will Rogers Comedy
NEWS
So far as British fashions
are concerned, girls will be girls
again. The advance spring styles
show a definite reaction against
the masculine modes.