NORTHERN NOTES
Andy Soderland of Brooks wa
found guilty by a jury in the cour
of Commissioner C. H. Laboyteau:
on a charge of assault and battery
and was sentenced to serve 2 month
and to pay a fine of $200, says a repor
from Brooks. John Radak was thi
complaining witness.
Percy Martin Hubbard of Fair
banks and Miss Daratliy Katharym
Stiles of Anchorage, were united ii
manage by Commissioner Mel Boy<
last week in Fairbanks, following tin
arrival of the train from Anchorage
Mr. and Mi's. Guy E. Jennings wen
witnesses to the ceremony.
A deal was consummated last wee!
whereby Fred Carlquist, Anchorage
jeweler, purchased the building now
owned and occupied by Avakoff &
Brown, jewelers of this city and Fair
banks. Mr. Avakoff expects to leave
in a few days for the interior city,
taking with him all the stock of jew
elry now on hand.
Good news is reported to have been
received from the Willow Creek dis
tract in the form of a statement to
the effect that the ore body has been
recovered at the Fern mine, afer hav
ing cut thru a bad fault in the work
ings. The vein is showing up strong
where it has been picked up, with
good values and plenty of rock in
sight, and a very prosperous season
is anticipated in consequence.
King salmon are beginning to run
in the Copper River and the first
of the season’s catch appeared in the
Cordova market a few days ago, 11
days earlier than in 1925. Many per
sons acquainted with the river are
looking forward to an earlier run than
usual. The first king salmon are not
generally taken before May S at the
earliest.
Word was received last week in
Cordova of the death of Edward Bar
bee, until a year ago staff sergeant in
the signal corps. Mr. Barbee had
been for 22 years stationed on work
in connection with the Alaska cable
and was at one time at Valdez. He
was well known in this section. He
passed away in San Francisco on
April 29.
Experiments with breeding mink in
a pen on his fox farm at the Sheep
Bay Island are being made by Thos.
Vevig. He declared that wild mink
are becoming a thing of the past in
the fur trade and that quantities of
them can be run in a small enclosure.
Mr. Vevig declared the mink are very
little trouble to handle and some
times become like pets. They give
their own quarters a daily house
cleaning, quite unlike most animals.
Recent mail in Fairbanks brought
announcement of the death of A. R.
Heilig, former Fairbanks attorney, at
San Leandro, California, on April 15,
following within three weeks the
death of Mrs. Heilig. Heart trouble
was said to be the cause of his death.
A. R. Heilig was prominent in legal
circles in Fairbanks for many years,
and only left for the Stales three years
ago. He was the first; president of
the board of regents of the Alaska
College.
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when in Anchorage, Alaska
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CURRENT PRICES
J. J. McISAAC, Prop.
“/ Wlint What Ever\ Woman JPartfs—
A Man,” Says Jane Barr, Noted Writer
I cannot find my man. I am alone,” is the plaint of Jane Burr. the
writer and novelist who is generally cecapted as America’s great an
thority on questions of love marriage and emotional life.
The soul-hunger of the intellectual woman of America is the soul
hunger of the intelectual woman everywhere,” says Mies Burr We
want intelligent, dependable men who are adjusted to the world. Thf~*
are thousands of just such men in America but women of nr*' t”7*e
rarely have the chance to meet them.”
The Alaska Commercial company,
successor in interest to the old N.
C. Company, was the purchaser in
the marshal’s sale of mining prop
erty in the case of the N. C. Company
vs. Atwood. The ground involved in
cluded the benches to No. 11 below
Goldstream. The successful bid was
$4500.
The Rev. Burdette Landsdowne, for
merly in charge of All Saints’ church
in Anchorage, is meeting with wonder
ful success in his work in the city of
Fall River, Mass., where he is in
charge of St. John’s Episcopal church,
according to information received by
Rev. William A. Thomas, who suc
ceeded him in Anchorage.
Fresh Candles Just in on Admiral
Evans.—Schallerers’ Alaska Shop. tf.
For Garden and Flower Seeds See
Brown & Hawkins Corporation. tf.
BUNK MESSENGER SHOOTS
BOWK ROBBER IK HEAD
BOSTON*.—L A. Prenee. a hank
messenger wbe had never fired a re
volver yesterday shot down and pro
bably fatally wounded a robber who
had held up the Uptown Branch of
the First National Bank.
George XI. Stores, of Boston, had
obtained $5,400 from a teller tr the
point of a pistol, when the itoTermp- i
tion of the business was changed to’
an inferno of barking pistols and fly
ing lead ms the bank employes fired.
Prence shot Stores in the head as j
he crawled from behind a barricade
carrying his loot toward the door
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Seward Weekly Gateway. $S.<M) a
year and worth it.
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SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson, Mgr.
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Wayne Blue, Agent
Phone Main IT
ATTENTION PUBLIC
“Announcement is made that as soon as my
restaurant fixtures arrive from the South, which
will be in about ten days, I will open a cafe and
bakery, in the comer location opposite the lib
erty Theater and the “Northern/'
William Couture,
BILL’S LUNCHEON AND BAKERY
“Easy to Remember and a Good Place to Eat*'
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