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MANY HOMESTEADERS
On another page will be found
! the names of persons who have
located homesteads along Knik
’ arm and in the Matanuska valley.
It was not possible, in the brief
time the News editor has been
: here, to obtain the names of all
the settlers. Our information has
: been chiefly gained by a search of
| the oTieial records, with the aid
i and through the courtesy of U.
S. Commissioner David. While,
therefore, the list is not complete,
; it nevertheless presents a remarka
bly fine showing. * It is concrete
and indisputable evidence that the
; norioultiirai and stock raisins: nos
•-Mbi-nties of this part of Alaska very
strongly appeals to many home
I seekers.
As a class the settlers are a fine,
' sturdy, i.. lustrious lot and are a
disti .ct asset in the upbuilding and
development of this community.
Most o;‘ the settlers have located
•: their o uesteads since June last,
i i the well-founded belief that the
: ope . g of t he Matanuska 'coal
fields a.iv* tlie mineral wealth of
this regio by the ai 1 of the gov
c. ...ae c railway system will afford
an adequate and profitable market
for s .cn products as might be
raised.
vVe are safe in asserting that no
i other part of Alaska can show
such a substantial number of bona
fide home-seekers.
And there is room for more,
In assuming the editorial man
agement of the News, a word to
! our readers as to the policy of the
; paper may not be amiss. The
News will be devoted to the inter
| ests of Knik and the vast region
; of which this is the center. It will
use its best efforts to adequately
advertise the potential mineral and
l agricultural resources of this part
: of Alaska, which, until the advent
of the News in the field, was with
out a spokesman in the form of a
newspaper. The News will be
enlarged and improved at an early
date, to meet the requirements of a
growing and prosperous com
munity.
Local Notes
Joseph Paton, the hero of tliej
wreck of the schooner Fisher i
Brothers, which occurred at Nome;
in November, iqoo, reached Knik,
enroute to Broad Pass, Monday.
The sihocmergrounded off Tissue
:V.r. being battered to pieces. Asa
last resort, to save the lives of
those aboard, Paton, who was
navigator, volunteered to make an
attempt to swim ashore with a line.
With great difficulty, he reached
the beach, and eight lives were1,
snatched from a watery grave j
through his heroic deed.
Complimentary to Dr. and Mrs.
S. J. Martin a reception and dance
was given Tuesday night in the'
public hall. The function was
largely attended and a delightful
time was enjoyed. A dainty lun
cheon was served at midnight.'
Dr. and Mrs. Martin will depart
next week, enroute to their home
at Ophir, in the lnnoka district.
J. T. Harvey, the contractor and
builder, departed for Seward Tues
day. Alex. Frazer, with his dog
team, is taking him. Mr. Harvey
will visit his daughter, Mrs, Saw
yer, attend to some business mat
ters, and then return to Knik.
Herbert Green and his bride ar
rived in Knik from Seattle Sunday
and resumed their journey to Ta
cotna Tuesday. Mr. Green is the,
son of U. :. Commissioner Green
of the Kuskokwim district.
T. R. Needham, former editor of;
the News, departed for Seward
Tuesday. Gordon Betties with,
his dog team, is taking him.
T R Dennv and T. Martindale.
who arrived by dog team ;rom
Seward Sunday, departed Tuesday
enroute to Broad Pass.
Mrs. Bahrenberg of "sitna de
parted for Seward Tuesday. Frank
Gleason, with his dog team, is
taki g her there.
Roy and Charles „ etclium, in’
the employ of the Gold Bullion J
Co mpany, are in from the mine.
Geo. Nylen and Gus Swanson, j
Matanuska settlers, passed the
early part of the week in Knik.
O. J. Loolin and A. Grant, from
Juneau, reached here Monday, on
their way to Broad Pass.
Yod Feltner, a young man from
Hazardville, Kv., is a recent arrival
seeking a homestead.
Ltw Groner and P. Friel, eu
route to the Iditarod, departed from
here Tuesday.
^eff Bogard and Jake Metz, Mat
anuska homesteaders, visited Knik
Monday.
Proprietor Price, of the Rake
creek roadhouse, was in town
Sunday.
J. A. McLaughlin, recently from
Nome, is looking about for a home
stead.
A. A. Supernaut arrived Tues
day from the Kashwitna.
A. A. Chittick of Susitna arrived
in Knik Sunday.
Suits, “Alfred Benjamin/’ and
“Hart, Shafner & Marks.” Qual
ity first. Brown & Hawkins.
A Frenchman claiming .0 be
Count Carbonneau, formerly of
Eawson, is in a New York hospital
suffering from a nervous collapse.
He relates a thrilling story of ad
venture. lie was serving in the
French army with four sons when
they were captured by tire Ger
sought to escape. The boys were!
all shot down by the German!
guards, but Carbonneau reached!
the French lines.
According to a Fairbanks report
Cary H. Morgan and his party have
made a gold strike on the north
slope of Mt. McKinley. Morgan
returned to New York last fall,
while his partners remained at the
scene of the purported strike.
Morgan will return in the spring.
He is the sou of J. Pierpont Mor
gan, the financier, and came to
Alaska on a hunting trip.
John P. Kelday, a former deputy
marshal at Georgetown, in the
Kusko wim, has been arrested at
San Francisco and will be brought
to Alaska for trial on a charge of
“larceny by bailee.’’ Kelday is
accused of receiving $300 from K.
C. Hill to deliver to a company in
the Kuskokwim, but failed to pay
over the money.
As high as $6 the pan has been
ta - en from the Junebug group on
Tam rack creek in the Ruby dis
trict. Excitement prevails.
There was a well-attended meet
ing of the Knik Commercial Club
Monday night.
Dan Pageant and Louis Ray ar'
rived from the outside Tuesday.
S. A. Hoffman, enroute to Cache
creek, reached here Tuesday.
Fresh Ranch. Eggs. Brown &
Hawkins. “Quality first.’’
Fresh vegetables at Brown &
Hawkins. “Quality first.’’
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