HYDER M. E. CHURCH
Services Every Sunday
at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
Everyone Welcome,
Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THS
• - PRESS OP ALASKA
The Pioneer’s Home at Sitka
is badly overcrowded and a
new wing is needed, according
to a report to the Territorial
Legislature by Superintendent
T. Kittleson.
The Anchorage Alaskan, the
morning daily published at
Anchorage, has been sold to
the Anchorage Times Publish
ing Company, publisher of the
i pioneer newspaper of that
i section.
Forty five children and the
matrons and workers of the
j Baptist Orphanage at Kodiak
' were left almost without shelt
er during the first days of the
month as a result of a disas
trous fire which destroyed the
two main buildings.
Plans are being formulated
to place twelve head of elk
from Montana on Kenai penin
sula, where it is believed the
animals will thrive and stock
the peninsula with that vari
ety of game animal. The elk
are expected to arrive in the
'North in May.
Installation of a complete
electric power plant by the
Willow Creek Mines was com*
pleted recently. The plant, lo
cated at the mouth of Craigy
Creek, will supply power for
the Gold Bullion, Lucky Start
and War Baby mines.
The Bank of Anchorage and
the Bank of Alaska, both locat
ed in Anchorage, have merged
their interests, according to re
cent news from Anchorage.
The business of the combined
institutions will be carried on
under the name of the Bank of
Alaska.
In a special transportation re
port to the Alaska Legislature
Attorney General Rustgard
stated that shippes in Alaska
saved $600,000 last year by re
duced freight rates but he held
out no hope for securing fur
ter reductions in freight char
ges unless they were made vol
untarily by the steamship
companies.
The department of the inter
MAP OP
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
HYDER. ALASKA
THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
Presents Greater Opportunities for Legitimate Mining Investment than any Mining District
en the Continent. In .additionto the great Premier, the most Spectacular Silver*Gold Mine
in Existence, with a record ofover Seven Millions in Dividends in Four Years, tile-Portland
Canal District contains Two Producing Mines; a Half Dozen or More on the Very Thresh*
old of Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which Hold Thu Every
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines.
The Mineralization is Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining is Deeplii nif to Make
the District the Greatest Mineral Producing Area on the Globe.
ior has announced the release
of the more than one and a
half million acre tract recently
set aside on Glacier Bay for a
site for a national monument
The area includes nearly 20,
000 acres of land previously
surveyed for its potential ag
ricultural value, which fact
aroused numerous protests
against making it unavailable
for settlement. As a result of
the decision to abandon the
project the property will be
opened for entry for a period
of 91 days, commencing April
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Tempestuous gales sweeping
over the Aleutian Archipelago
early in March unroofed seven
houses at Dutch Harbor, ac
cording to a wireless from that
isolated port. Children attend
ing school were tied to each
other with ropes to prevent
them from being blown into
the sea enroute to and from
the schoolhouse.
The salmon pack of Alaska in
1924 was larger than that of
all the rest of the world com
bined, according to figures
compiled by the Bureau of
Fisheries. Alaska’s pack total
ed 5,285,210 cases, or 60 per
cent of the world pack of 8,
718,300 cases.
Bob Morris, who was shot
and killed by J. L. White at
Olnes last summer, held the
winning ticket for a valuable
Elks charm that was raffled
recently by the Elks club of
Fairbanks for the benefit of
that organization. The charm
will be turned over to the
widow of Morris.
White was recently sent to
McNeill’s Island penitentiary
for 18 years for the killing of
Morris.
Many Eskimo engaged in
fishing for crabs and tom-cod
on the ice covered surface cf
Bering Sea narrowly escaped
being carried away on the ice
floes when the pack suddenly
oroke away from the shore at
Nome and floated away to sea
a few days ago. Two docks
were partially destroyed by
the ice pressure, a portion of
one being carried to sea with
the pack. The break afforded
Nomeites their first glimpse of
the open sea in four months.
.J. W. Franklin, aged 53, an
old time resident of Tacotna,
who entered the Anchorage
hospital recently, died Feb.26
from cancer of the stomach.
Franklin was a member of the
Iditarod Igloo of the Pioneers
of Alaska, and was well and
favorably known throughout
the Interior camps.
A. Biederman, the mail car
rier between Eagle and Circle
City was badly frozen near
Woodchopper when his dog
team broke through a deep
overflow. The dogs could not
gain the firm ice and Bieder
man waded into the overflow
and brought them out. After a
trying trip to a mail cabin
'’bout three miles away, both
Biederman’s feet became bad
ly frozen before he could build
a fire and get the place warm
ed. He was unable to travel
and was compelled to stay in
the lonely cabin four days be
fore being rescued by a search
| party.
Fifty ncr cent of license mon
eys collected under the new
Maska Game Law, approved
January 13th, goes into the
school fund and the other 50
r>er cent to the U.S. treasury.
The law provides the follow
ling schedule of license fees:
Mon resident hunting license,
big game, $50; small game,
$10. Resident, shipping and
return, $1.00 for each trophy.
Resident, removing from Ter
ritory, $5.00 for each big game
trophy.
Registered Guide, $10. Alien
special, $100. Fur farm, $2.
RefJdent hunting and trap
ping, $2 for each hunting and
trapping.
Fur dealers—
Resident of Territory, $10;
"on resident but a citizen of
|U. Si, $250; aliens, $500.
Resident agent of alien, $10;
i non-resident agent of alien but
citizen of U. S., $250.
—
The first work to be done
'under a recent congressional
| appropriation for the improve
ment ot1 Wrangell Narrows will
; bo the removal of the reef at
the entrance to Petersburg har
bor. This will eliminate a re
jv.erse curve now necessary for
vessels at the turning point.
The channel will also be dred
ged to secure a depth of 27
I feet. i
John L. White, merchant and
.former postmaster at Olnes,
who shot and killed Bob Mor
ris at Olnes last year, was
sentenced a few days ago at
Valdez to serve 18 years in
the penitentiary. In passing
sentence Judge Clegg, of the
Third Division district court
| called the prisoner's attention
to the fact that parole would
bo withheld from him until
such time as he made amends
to the widow and orphans of
the slain man, who were left
without means of support.
Twenty thousand miners have
; rushed to a new placer gold
I discovery in Southeast Siber
ia, according to information re
ceived recently in Seattle.
Nothing was known of the
strike in this country until the
foregoing information was re
ceived. The discovery is said
to have been made on head
waters of the Albon River, a
tributary of the Lena, about
j 250 miles north of Blagoyes
chen. The Soviet authorities
have taken charge of the camp
refusing to allow the entry of
additional prospectors and no
one can remain on the ground
more than four months. In ad
dition no one is permitted to
take out gold to a greater val
ue than 9,000 rubles. Food and
implements have to be packed
ENORMOUS DEMAND
FOR ALASKA FURS
We’re paying big prices for Alaska furs—demand strong.
We are the largest buyers of Alaska furs in this big
central market and we must have all kinds for quick sale.
Money sent same day shipment comes in—cash, draft or
money order, whichever you want. ACT NOW—if you
have one skin or a hundred. Ship to us at once.
ftaOKE Fur Co.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Fouke Grading ALWAYS Makes Your Fur Ckacks Bigger
Just For Fun
When it comes time for the
meek to inherit the earth there
probably won’t be any oil le^t,
so what’s the use of being
meek?
First Hyder Shiek: “Have
iyou seen Mary without her cos
metics on?”
Second ditto: “Nope, don’t
think she’s that kind of a girl.”
Many of the girb who per
sistantly powder their noses,
let their necks take care of
themselves.
“Do you think the climate
where you are going will agree
with your wife?”
: “It wouldn’t dare do other
wise.”
The tourist in Scotland met a
tall, comely young woman,
who walked barefooted. Sur
prised, the traveller stopped
and inquired: “Do all the peo
ple about here go barefoot?”
“Some of them do,” she said,
“and the rest mind their own
business.”
As an old colored man was
burning dead grass a “wise
guy” stopped and said “You
’re foolish to do that Uncle
Eph, as it will make the mead
ow as black as you are.”
“Don’t worry ’’ out dat, sah,”
ireplied Uncle Eph. “Dat grass
will grow out and be as green
as you is.”
“So ye begaun to lave us, pas
sun,” said an old lady to a vic
ar. “Yes, Sarah,” he replied:
“I’m getting on in years, and
they cannot hear me at the end
of the church.” “Hear’e! Sure,
that don’t matter so long a3
we can see’e! and, you know,
passun, ’taint the pigs that
squeals the loudest makes the
best bacon.”
i The followin'? colloquy be
tween two chaps returing home
■at 3 A. M. from the B. C. side
of the boundary line was over
j heard on International Ave
!nue the other morning:
“ Shay, Bill, I’m afraid to go
home. That ish I don’t like to.”
“Why, whassher matter?”
“ M’wife sure t’ shmel my
breath.”
j “Zat3 eashy old chap. Hold
;yer .breath.”
. “ Can’t, ’stoo darn strong.”
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i As the lecturer paused after
ia well-rounded period, a blear
jeyed man arose and inquired:
| “Shay, how long have you
ibeen lecturing’?”
! “About four years, my
| friend,” was the reply.
; “ Well,” remarked the quest
ioner, as he sat down, “i’ll
j stick around; you must be near
(through.”
An Irishman and his wife
were at the*theater for the
first time. The wife noticed the
word “Asbestos” printed on
the curtain.
“Faith, Pat, and what <ioe3
Asbestos on the curtain
mean?”
“Be still, Mag, don’t show
ignorance. That is Latin for
‘Welcome’.”
A school teacher received the
following note:
“Dear Madam: Please ex
cuse Tommy today, he won’t
come to school because he is
acting as timekeeper for his
father, and it is your fault.
You gave him an examnle—
If a field is five miles around,
how long will it take a man
walking 3Va miles per hour to
walk 2V4 miles around it?
Tommy ain’t n man, so his
father will walk around the
field and T ‘mmy will time
him. But please dsn’t give my
boy such examples again, be
cause my husband must go to
work every day to support his
family.