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ORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
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Mining is reported to be at a stand
still in the Solomon section this winter.
Mrs. A. Bloomquist died at Juneau
recently at influenza, one of the last
victims of the disease.
Ketchikan electors will vote on April
6 as to whether the city will grant a
franchise to the Citizens’ Light, Power
and Water Company.
Reports from Lost River mine re
ceived at Nome are very gratifying.
At a depth of 110 feet a large body of
tin ore of high grade has showed up.
James Chepot of Nome, in a recent
issue of the Nugget, announced that
he would open a class in Russian.
This may be where the governor got
his scare from a Russian invasion.
Jack Eckert, city marshal at Skag
way, evidently served his apprentice
ship on the Seattle police force, as he
was recently fined for having booze in
his possession.
Travelers from the west coast and
interior sections north of Nome say
that dried salmon for dog feed is un
obtainable, and the same conditions
prevail along the upper Yukon.
George Palmer of Nenana has dis
posed of his stock, wagons, sleighs
and other equipment and left for the
Coast. The outfit was purchased by
Andy Erwin.
Fred S. Greyson of Bellingham, in
charge of the Cross Sound Packing
Company plant at Gull cove, is repair
ing the damage done to the plant by
recent gales. It is understood that a
sale of the property is pending.
Iver Olson, a pioneer of Petersburg
district, died recently in Sacramento,
Cal., at the home of his daughter. He
first came to Alaska in 1895, and spent
some time in the Klondike and eight
years at Nome.
Axel Carlsten of the Northern Com
mercial Company store at Fairbanks
broke a rib while at work in the store
recently, and did not know he was in
jured until he went to a doctor for a
stitch in his side.
Major W. H. Waugh, head of the
Alaska road commission, while on a
trip to Petersburg recently, stated that
work would, be started on the Scow
Bay road as soon as men could be
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hired. He states that the main prob
dem is one of labor.
The jury in the case of John Eckert
Charles Hoddenut ana Ed Leggsey
charged with violation of the prohibi
tion law at Skagway, returned a ver
diet of guilty, and United States Com
missioner Ward assessed a fine ol
$62.25 against each of the men.
Fairbanks citizens have issued a
challenge to Nenana skaters for a
twenty-mile race for a side bet of twe
thousand dollars. Nenana has a neai
champion, and Fairbanks alleges that
it has six 16-year-old girls who will
beat him in a marathon for any
amount.
Ooligans are running in Southeast
ern Alaska, and the Metlakahtla na
tives are reaping an oily harvest. The
ooligan, known as the candlefish, is
a small, slim, nearly transparent fish
akin to the smelt. It contains so much
oil that when the fish is dried it burns
like a candle. The natives cure the
fish on hemlock branches. When fully
dried the fish has a dark, silvery ap
pearance. Other natives fry the oil
out of the fish and use it for cooking
Ooligan oil is used by paint manufac
turers.
The natives of Southeastern Alaska
claim that the much-abused devil club
i which grows everywnere in the terri
I tory is a good preventive of influenza.
They say that by burning the devil
club on a stove the fumes will kill all
germs, and by boiling it with sea
water and drinking the decoction it
will produce an intense perspiration.
It is said that of forty-two natives at
Tenakee who had influenzd and used
this drink, not one died, whereas in
other villages which did not use it a
goodly percentage died.
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CLEAN-UP TIME
The spring thaw is due and every
body is requested to clean up the ac
cumulated garbage and tin cans, in
order that the town may present a
better appearance and be in a more
sanitary condition.
DR. W. H. CHASE,
3-6t Health Officer.
Best coffee in town served at the
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