After having been frozen up for over
three months, Windham bay, in South
eastern Alaska, is now free of ice.
John C. Wood has been selected as
chief of police of Skagway. The of
fice also includes that of street com
missioner.
^4 Ben Gillette and Albin Paulson of
WNome, who are prospecting on Center
creek, have reached bedrock and are
drifting for pay.
Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Sam Tor
kelson arrived in Nome from Port
Clarence. Mr. Baker has been em
ployed in the mine at Lost river.
Several of the cities of Southeastern
Alaska have named “clean-up” days for
beautifying the towns by removing the
winter’s accumulation of debris.
Besides many other kinds of good
luck, Editor Perkins of the Peters
burg Report is the proud father of a
baby girl, which was born April 25.
Influenza broke out in the Sheldon
Jackson school at Sitka recently, and
in a few days forty-three cases devel
oped. Fortunately there were no fa
talities.
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The Alaska road commission has pur
chased a big scow house and machine
shop and will remove it to the scene
of its road operations at Petersburg
and Ketchikan.
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H. R. Chilberg, manager of the Salt-j
chuck mine, and a son of J. E. Chil
berg of Seattle, is at Ketchikan suf
fering from a broken shoulder, the
result of an accident at the mine.
After several ballots taken by the
Juneau council, the members failed
to reach an agreement on the selec
tion of a chief of police, and the mat
ter was laid ov£r until the next meet
ing.
The building started last year for
the Miners and Merchants’ Bank of
Ketchikan will be completed this year.
Charles H. Cosgrove is considering
the erection of a fireproof building ad
joining the bank building.
Mrs. John Dennis, probably one of
the oldest full-blood Chilkat Indians,
died recently at the native settlement
on the banks of the river near Skag
way. She was more than 65 years of
age. The body was taken to Dyea
for interment in the native burying
ground.
Casey Moran, old-time Alaska sour
dough, who is known to a host of navi
gators of the Yukon river and the
Southeastern Alaska routes, has de
serted Broadway, New York, and is
now on his way to New Orleans, where
he will embark for Mexico and Cen
tral America, according to a letter re
ceived from him.
« Postmaster T. H. Deal of Fairbanks
has taken over the duties of George
Hutchinson as representative of the
prohibition enforcement organizatioii
under the Volstead act. The change
was made a the request of Mr. Hutch
inson, who is otherwise overburdened
with official duties of various charac
ter imposed upon him by the govern
ment.
A heavy influx of water from the
thawed area adjacent to the frozen
ground in which operations were be
ing conducted forced complete sus- ^
pension of mining activities on the
Bear Cub claim, near Nome, last
month. Everything was in good shape
when work was closed down, but next
morning the shaft was founded to be
flooded. It is feared the entire equip
* ment, including cars, is a total loss.
The Brooks camp is very active, and
more work is being carried on than
was expected. A considerable num
ber of dumps have been taken out
during the winter, with two of excep
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tional size, considering present min
ing conditions. From all indications
there will be more hydraulic and open
cut work this summer than before.
The general order of the camp is ex
cellent. and the people are hopeful and
in good spirits.
The big excitement in the Rampart
district at the present time is the Yu
kon Flats, by the muskrat hunter.
Twenty natives, each with a dog team
and family, have arrived at Rampart
from Tanana on their way to the hunt
ing grounds. More are expected from
the lower river town at any time. It
is rumored that two business men of
Tanana have formed a pool of $30,000
for the purpose of buying up the skins
that are being caught. A launch will
be used after the break-up to visit the
Indian camps in the flats.
E. N. Williams, aged 35. single, was
electrocuted by a high-tension wire
carrying 22,000 volts last week at the
Thane sub-station. It is believed that
he attempted to reach through the
wires instead of going around to the
switch, or else slipped and fell against
the high-tension wire. A disturbance
was noticed in the mill, and failure to
get Williams on the telephone caused
a search to be made, when his bod[y
was found. Williams had worked at
the Stag bay cannery for some time
before going to work for the Alaska
Gastineau Company.
A fine of $500 was imposed on O.
Samuelson in the police court at Daw
son recently, the defendant having
been convicted of having twenty-two
beaver skins in his possession. Sam
uelson, who had arrived in the city
only recently from the Ladue section,
went before the police to arrange for
shipping his furs, and they learning
that he had beaver in his possession,
imposed the fine. Samuelson claimed
that the law prohibiting the killing of
beaver in the Yukon territory had been
passed while he was in the hills, and
he was unaware of it, but the local
Solomon informed him it was his busi
ness to keep posted on the laws. Sam
uelson brought in some $30,000 worth
of skins to Dawson.
Jack McGinley, an old-timer of the
Interior, passed away at St. Joseph’s
hospital, Fairbanks, recently. Death
was due to heart trouble, and came
suddenly, as he was just out of the
hospital a few hours prior to the end.
Little is known of his antecedents,
save that he spent his early years in
Salem, Mass,, and at one time served
an enlistment in the navy. He came
to Alaska with the army, and was
stationed at Fort Egbert, Eagle, before
the stampede to Fairbanks. After his
discharge from the army at Eagle he
went to Fairbanks, where he had been
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
ot Alaska, Third Division.—Annie
Stephens, defendant. No. C-192.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting, to Clyde C.
Stephens, the above-named defend
ant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit, within
thirty days after the 8th day of June,
1920, and answer the complaint of An
nie Stephens, the above-named plain
tiff, in the above-entitled cause, which
cause is an action for divorce in one
of the cases prescribed by law, wherein
the plaintiff prays for a decree dis
solving the bonds of matrimony be
tween herself and you, and for such
other and further relief as to the court
may seem right and proper in the
premises. And you are hereby noti
fied that if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof,
and will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in her complaint, as
hereinbefore set out.
The order for publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 24th day of April, 1920.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, and the seal
thereof, this 24th day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty and of our Inde
pendence the one hundred and forty
fifth.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska,
attorney for plaintiff.
Date of first publication, April 27,
1920.
Date of last publication, June 8,
1920.___
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