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the benefit of the poor of that city.
The movement was engineered by
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MACKENZIE OIL DISTRICT
LOOKS GOOD TO MUSHER j
That the oil indications in the
i Fort Norman district in the Mac
jkenzie River country are good and
that there will be a stampede in
there next spring, is the opinion of
J. T. Burns, commonly known as
“Engineer" Burns, who arrived at
Juneau recently direct from the
far-northern region. He mushed 1385
miles over the winter trails from;
the Fort Norman district, and a big ]
part of the trip was made after)
Burns had fallen over a precipice)
and broken a bone in his foot and
injured his hip.
Upon arrival at Juneau, Burns
informed a representative of The
Empire that he left Prince Rupert
in June and struck the Laird river,
which empties into the Mackenzie.
He followed the Laird to its con
fluence with the Mackenzie and
thence to the Fort Norman district.
The country, he says, is a rich one,
with oil and gas indications show
ing for a distance of 300 miles. The
country is also heavily mineralized
and he found gold and silver quartz
I prospects that he declares are very
i rich. lie also found placer diggings
| but said that it was not rich enough
jto work at the present price of
commodities in the district.
He met many oil locators in the
district, and a number of prospect
ors, including the far-famed Jap
musher and stampeder, Wada. They
were all very enthusiastic over both
oil and gold prospects. The country
is so big it has hardly been touched
as yet and much of it has never
been thoroughly mapped.
Coming out, Burns followed an
Trappers Traders
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A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US_there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
CANYON NOTES
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Pat Irish is the proud possessor
>f a cozy home at Healy and is
ooking for some one to share it
vith him. He held the number which
von the Mike Romus cottage, which
vas rafffed on Tuesday.
W. L. Packer and Frank Doner,
vho are making the trip to the
:oast in company with Mail Supcr
ntendent Dan Leech, were at Mile
!89 last night and should reach the
ioast end of steel today.
Mike RomuS, who lost his sight
•ecently as the result of an acci
lent, left for the States yesterday,
iccompanied by Mrs. Romus and
heir three children.
Arthur Oliver, who was storekeep
er at Mile 350, will join the Hersh
berger party.
The Cooney dog stage, enroute
to Healy from the coast end of
steel, passed the Hershberger camp
yesterday with a full load.
Alex Hanoff and associates, who
are starting work on a new contract
south of Healy, have been joined
by six new men, as partners in the
contract, and six men have been
taken on as laborers.
The camp at Mile 350 has been
closed.
Erick Nelson and Earl Slippern
are starting work on their culvert
contract at Mile 310.
“Eli” Gray, vaudeville star, is en
route to the coast. He was at Mile
319 yesterday.
Earl E. Durgin, who has been
cooking at Camp 334, is on his way
to Healy.
Scatt & Co., contracting outfit,
have about completed their camp
and will be ready for grading opera
tions within a few days. There are
seven men in the outfit.
Alex Adoff and associates are
ready to start work on their new
contract. There will be a dozen men
in the outfit when the work is well
under fray. *
Arthur MeGown, who can * down
from Fairbanks last week, has taken
charge of the mess at 334.
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J. B. Pauli, who has been cooking
for Red Sladoje, is going to town
for a rest.
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old Indian trail which brcu .’.i: him
to Atlin, from which point he mush
ed to Skagway. He is going back
in the spring, hv way ».f Prince
Rupert and the water route, which
he says is the only feasible way to
reach the district.
Burns, who is a mining engineer
by profession, is an oldtimer in the
North, having been in the country
more than a score of years. He is
a musher of note and has taken in
practically every stampede since his
arrival.
Men’* clothing and furs cleaned,
pressed and mended.
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George Hillar, popular hotelman,
>f Salcha, who is a visitor in town
'rom his trail establishment, reports
:he death on January 18 of Oom
Paul, second in command at the
Salcha Indian settlement. He was 72
fears of age.
Arnold Nordale, of the U. S. land
>ffice, is on the streets again, having
>ractically recovered from his recent
llness. i
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The familiar face of Mark Man-)
ion is in evidence again after an!
ibsence of several months. The old !
andmark has just returned from;
Nenana canyon, where he had a po- j
sition with the A. E. C.
Ben Dahl is a recent arrival in j
town from Brooks.
Bob Staples, oldtimer of Gold- j
stream, is visiting in town.
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Alex Hamilton has returned to1
Fairbanks from Nenana. He came |
up on Tuesday’s train.
Frank Lawson is in town again !
from Shaw creek, having arrived i
on Wednesday, in company with
George Hillar.
John Dunn is paying the town a
brief visit.
Dr. Sutherland reports that the
condition of W. T. Burns, of Little ]
Eldorado, is considerably improved
and that the patient will be fully j
recovered at the end of a week. Mrs. j
Burns came in yesterday to be with :
her husband. j
Bob Brooks, who is stationed on
the line south of Nenana, is paying j
Fairbanks a visit.
F. A. Hedstrom is among the!
Week’s arrivals from the Tolovana.!
Walter Fisher, who is mining on
Goldsiream, came into town this
Iweek on business.
Fred Johnston, who is employed !
at the Government experiment sta-!
tion, is visiting on Ester creek.
Alex Adoff, who has a contract
in the canyon, came to town on the
last train from Xenena. He is look
I int>- for men to complete his party.
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At a recent meeting of the Fair
banks Native Sons and Daughters
of the. Golden North, the following
officers were elected: J. G. Moore,
Jr., president; Florence Roth, first
vice president; Catherine Friss,
second vice president; Lawrence Mc
Carty, secretary; Muriel Hering,!
treasurer; Bertram Moody, marshal;
Charlotte Geis and Richard Boyd,
trustees; James Lavery and William
Bering, historians.
The Tom Maher funeral was held ,
yesterday under the auspices of the
local Moose lodge, of which the de
ceased was a member.
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James Henry Page is being sought
by his mother, who is a resident of
Oklahoma.
U. S. Marshal L. T. Erwin has
wired from Nevada to the effect
that extradition has been denied in
the C. J. Hurley case. An effort was
being made to bring the former
banker back to Fairbanks for trial
on a charge of accepting deposits
when he knew his bank was insolv
ent.
The team belonging to William
Depperman, water man, ran away
yesterday and spilled water all over
the streets. The team was finally
caught by George Meyers.
Billy O’Neil, wood hauler, had the
misfortune to lose a valuable horse
this week, the result of a mixup
with a dog team on the Fox road.
The horse got off the road in the
deep snow and began kicking, with
the result that one of his legs was
broken. He was shot later.
Young men of Seward have or
ganized the “Malamute” club and
i will give a series of dancing parties.
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KATALLA OIL FIELDS YIELD
STEADY HIGH FRADE FLOW
Progress in the development of
Alaska’s oil industry is outlined by
E. C. Brown, connected with East
ern interests, who recently returned
to Seattle from a six-month’s stay
in the Katalla district, says the
Seattle Alaska Dispatch.
The Chilkat Oil company is at the
present time the sole active oper
ator in the district, producing from
ten wells on 160 acres of patented
land, the only patented oil claim
in the territory.
The first well on this claim was
drilled in 1902 and is still a steady
producer. In all 18 wells have been
drilled. Five have been abandoned
and three small producers are to
be cleaned out and put on the pump
during the coming spring.
Producing wells are ajl shallow, j
averaging about 900 feet. A test
well was drilled to a depth of 2,300
feet, but the sand was never entered,
a cave-in causing the abandonment
of the work at a time when a show-1
ing of oil and gas existed. A feature
of the fields is the fact that the oil
invaribly has been found in shale,
oil sand never having been en
countered.
Ten miles northwest of the Chil
kat property a well, being drilled
by the Alaska Oil company, is down
1,050 feet, with a showing of oil
and considerable water. A few other
wells were drilled prior to the with
drawal of these lands from entry,
but these operations were strictly
“wildcat" and, for the most part,
eventually abandoned.
Four 100-acre claims constituting
the Rapid City Oil claim, located
about three miles from the Chilkat
property, possess the same geological
formation and present us good an
appearance as the fields afford, the
surface showing being very premis
ing. The staking of this group, which
was a part of the Old English
company’s holdings, was made pos
sible by the leasing bill, passed a
year ago this month.
The total daily production of the
Chilkat company is forty barrels.
The crude oil is of the highest
grade paraffine base, being 44 de
grees Baume •
Between April 6, 1917 and No
vember 11, 1918, Alaska furnished
2,381 men for the army, navy and
coast guards.