LOCAL TOPICS
Nick Krieibvich came up from
the lower reaches of Portland
Canal in his power boat Tues
day and reported that trappers
from Ketchikan are beginning
to appear in that section but
otherwise there is no activity.
The game shortage apparent
throughout the past season
continues and none of the old
timers succeeded in getting
any deer. The animals appear
to have either deserted the
district or perished in the se
vere cold period last winter,
Mr. Kristovich said. He re
ported meeting Sam McNeil of
Stewart, who was hunting on
the Canadian side, and Charles j
(Shorty) Carlson, who is em
ployed by the Naket Packing
Company to watch their sal
ir.'on traps.
Next Saturday, Dec. 22, at
about 7 :50 a. m. eastern time,
the sun will be on the winter
solstice, its fur thereat southern
point, bringing the shortest
day of the year and the offic-1
ial beginning of winter.
At:that time the sun is said
by astronomers .0 enter the j
zodiacal sign of Capriccrnus,
although it will really stop its j
southerly course at a point a
little to the west of the area of
Capricornus in tho constella
tion Saggitarius. After reach
ing this point the sun appears
to stand still for a time-which
gives rise to the designation of
solstice-and then starts its ap
parent journey to the north
ward and seems to climb high
er in the heavens daily, al
though it does not actually
move in that direction at all.
As the apparent climb grows
higher the days increaie in
length until the summer sol
stice on June 22, which marks
the longest day of the year.
S. E. Alaska Timber Sales
Show Substantial Increase
Increased timber sales in
southeastern Alaska have
betas ted the total transfers to
nearly thirty-four million feet
during the past four months,
representing a value of a quar
ter of a million dollars at the
mills, says the Ketchikan
Chronicle.
Activities in logging have ex
perienced an appreciable in
crease during that time. Much
of this was due to enlarged
sawmill orders for raili'oad ties
and building materials.
Forest service proceeds from
the sales of timber holdings
amount to $42,500.
Trite* Makes New Gold
Discovery In Ymir District
A. B. Trites, president of the
Trites Gold Mining Company
and who with R. W. Wood and
W. R. Wilson was responsible
fc.r the opening up of the great
local Premier mine, is credit
ed with making another im
portant gold discovery, this
time in the Ymir district of
British Columbia, according to
reports from Vancouver.
Mr. Trites is opening up the
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Cheaper than typing them. The Heralo otriee.
Two-Star group, adjoining the
Yankee Girl mine and was said
to have encountered 12 feet of
ore assaying $60 a ton in gold
and silver at a depth of 800
feet. The gold content of the
ore is placed at 1.68 ounces,
about $65, the remainder be
ing silver.
Ketchikan Considering New
Liability Insurance Plan
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Rather than make an annual
premium payment of approxi
mately $1,000 and receive ben
efits that have in the past nev
er exceeded $200, the Ketchi
kan city council plans the es
tablishment of an insurance
fund. The contract for work
men’s liability insurance car
ried by the city for its employ
ees ran out last month, says the
Chronicle of that city.
The plan has been advanced
for consideration to set aside
the amount that would be paid
as a pretnium each year in a
special account. The annual
surplus would be carried over
from year to year until a fund
of approximately $10,000 has
been established.
Col. Sturdevant Assigned
To Post In Philippines
Lieutenant Colonel C. L.
Sturdevant, corps of engineers,
United States army, has been
assigned to duty in the Philip
pines, effective February 26,
1935, and will probably have
no part in the direction of the
Salmon river flood control pro
ject to be undertaken here next
summer, as had been anticipat
ed.
Col. Sturdevant has been in
charge of the district engin
eer’s office in Seattle since
1921 and was in charge of the
Alaska district during the
greater part of that period. His
successor in the Seattle office
has not been announced.
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Pneumonia Epidemic At
Angoon Attacks Many
A pneumonia epidemic devel
oping in the town of Angoon
a few days ago had caused
two deaths and many cases of
illness, according to advices re
ceived in Juneau by Dr. Vance
Murray, medical director of
the U. S. bureau of Indian af
fairs, from Miss Mary K. But
ler, bureau nurse at Angoon.
Conditions were so severe
the Angoon town council re
quested that visitors remain.’
away from the place until the
epidemic cleared up.
It is predicted that at the encf
ol' 15 years the present gold
mines of South Africa, which
now supply over half the entire
World output, will be near the
end of their production.
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