LOCAL TOPICS
Neil Monroe, superintendent
of the United Empire, left for
Vancouver Monday evening.
A “V” snow plow and tract
or for keeping the roads in the
Stewart district free of snow
this winter arrived Monday on
the Catala.
Wm. Sellers, well known
member of the Premier me
chanical staff, left Monday to
spend the holidays at his home
in Victoria.
With the fall equinox now
less than a month away , the
days are growing appreciably
shorter. The number of hours
of daylight in this latitude are
about 6l/j> hours le;s than on
June 22, when tho longest day
of the year occurs.
The days are now approxi
mately 11 hours in length, the
sun rising about 7 a. m. and
setting around 4:30 p. m.
Miss Betty Hovland, wh im
many readers will recall as a
diminutive miss of few years
when she resided here with her
parents, Mr. and Mr-. John
Hovland, was among a number
of Seattle high school students
mentioned in a recent edition
of the Seattle Times a* Honor
Roll students in the present
high school roster of that civ.
through having maintained ex
ceptionally high grade aver-j
ages during the second semes
ter of the school year ended
last June. Miss Betty is now in
her sophomore year.
Her brother, Jack Hovland,
who also resided some years in
Hyder, 13 now a high school
junior.
Thanksgiving Dinners
Will Cost More This Year
Thanksgiving dinner this
year will cost about 10 to 12
, per cent more than a year ago,
1 according to estimates appear
’ ing in the Outside press.
| Celery and sweet potatoes
I are the only items appearing
on Thanksgiving menus which
have not increased in price, ac
cording to the surveys.
Increased costs of labor and
the drought last summer were
said to be primarily responsi
ble.
Anyway, it appears that din
ers can be thankful for the cel
ery and sweet potatoes.
Says Soviet Hosp itality “Great”
William Lavery, who with
Clyde Armistead, was recently
decorated and feted by the
Soviet government in reward
for heroic services as me
chanics for the airplanes en
gaged last April in the rescue
of the ice-bound Chelinskin
scientific party in the Arctic,
returned to Alaska a few days
ago and reported they had a
fine time in the Soviet repub
lic, although neither he nor
Armistead could speak Ruos
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Cheaper than typing them. The Herala oiriee.
lan. “The hospitality was
great,” he declared.
The Iwo aviation heroes
spent a month in Moscow,
where every effort was made
to provide them with enter1
tainment. A lady interpreter
enabled them to cope with the
difficulties of the Russian
language and an automobile
was at their disposal 24 hours
a day during their visit.
In addition to decorating the
two Fairbanks men with the
medal of the order of Lenin,
the highest order in the gift of
the republic, the Soviet gov
ernment paid all their expen
ses, including their fares from
Fairbanks to Moscow and re
turn. Armistead remained in
the States.
Old Native Chieftain Dies
Anahoots, one of the last of
the old native chiefs of south
eastern Alaska and reputedly
the la^t of a long line of Thing
let rulers, passed away recent
ly, according to reports re
ceived in Sitka. The immed- !
iate cause of his demise was a i
paralytic stroke. He was 85 ;
years old.
An uncle who bore the same
name was once a famous tribal
leader and is often referred to
:n historical books of nineteen
th century Alaska lore.
ALASKA BREVITIES
James Gillen, Alaska mining 1
man, died last week in Juneau, j
aged 68. . . . John Raatikain- j
en, Douglas troller, drowned j
last week while hunting deer |
near Tenakee.Cyril j
Zuboff, of Juneau, elected j
grand president of Alaska Na- |
tive Brotherhood at Saxman \
convention last week. Conven- ;
tion in open letter to Indian “
Commissioner denounced pol- ~
icies of Indian bureau and
advocated appointment o f j
William L. Paul as director of
Indian affairs in Alaska. . . .
Earl Blinzler, Juneau barber,
who shot and killed Gordon
Hogan while deer hunting on
South island last week, held
for trial on charge of careless
handling of firearms. ... A
?1,200 gold brick and shipment
of concentrates from Gold
Standard mine at Helm Bay ar
rived in Ketchikan last week.
First seed pearl taken from
an Alaska-grown oyster found
last week and is to be given to
the Alaska museum at Juneau.
Forty reindeer carca ses from
northwest Alaska received in
Ketchikan last week for distri
bution to unemployed.
Mess and bunk houses of the
Gold Cord mine on Willow
Creek near Anchorage de
stroyed by fire with heavy loss.
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