INTERESTING NEWS
FROMM’KINLEYPK.
CORRESPONDENT
(By Special Gateway Correspondent)
McKINLEY PARK, Alaska, Sept.
8.— (By Mail).—A prospector leaving
here a few days ago for his winter
camp on the, Kantishna, had his
winter’s outfit loaded on his basket
sled, to which was attached four
small wooden wheels, which will be
abandoned when the snow line is
reached. The addition of wheels en
abled the dogs to walk right along
with the outfit.
Mrs. Judge Vinal, of Healy, was
a recent visitor at McKinley Park.
It was Mrs. Vinal’s first visit to the
Fairyland of Alaska, and she was
greatly pleased with what she found.
The Judge and Mrs. Vinal are old
timers of the Kuskokwim country
where they own a large section of
dredging ground, and are the sort
of people of the North that one likes
to know.
* * *
Miss Mamie F. Clark, who recent
ly returned from a visit with friends
at Hot Springs, away down on the
Tanana, will handle the reins at the
little schoolhouse at Healy, the com
ing winter (unless it happens the
school will be at the coal mines
this winter) and teach the lassies
and laddies there are “sermons in
stones and good in everything.” Miss
Clark was principal of a graded
school outside for several years, and
ranks among the highest as an in
structor.
* * *
Very shortly about twenty-five or
more horses will be offered for sale
at auction at Talkeetna. Those be
longing to the Road Commission now
working in the Park are to be sent
down for sale.
Maurice Morino of the McKinley
Inn, recently had the levels taken for
a foundation where a new building
will be put up as an addition to his
Inn. The site of the new improve
ment will be about 200 feet back
of his present building, and when
completed next spring will accom
modate 60 additional guests, and will
be equipped with wash rooms and
baths. The horse barns will short
ly be torn down and rebuilt on the
bench below where one of his cabins
was burned last winter. A consid
erable change will be made the com
ing season regarding tourist travel,
which was very unsatisfactory the
past season from their standpoint,
and was the cause of much com
plaint from them. Mr. Morino has
a: crew of men at work clearing the
brush and trees from the land just
east of the railroad in accordance
with an understanding he has with
the railroad and location of the new
depot. He will make a trip outside
the coming winter and bring in two
carloads of saddle horses in anticipa
tion of next season’s tourist travel.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Way of Fairbanks,
greeted friends here while on their
way Outside. Mr. Way was a form
er ranger here in the Notional Park,
and has been called to Washington,
D. C., on business.
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Mile posts are receiving their final
coat of paint preparatory to being
erected along the new highway now
being built into the National Park.
They are green in color. The build
ings of the Road Commission at the
depot have been given a bath or two
of green paint.
* * *
Lieut. Mackie, and his accomplish
ed bride (nee Miss Queenie Russell)
have taken up their home at McKin
ley Park, where Lieut. Mackie is
connected with the Park Service. He
is an aviator of note and wras to have
piloted a ship to Nome last winter
during the time of the epidemic. He
is bringing to the Park Service a
fund of new constructive ideas that
will add greatly to the service, and
especially needed as tourists are a
very critical bunch, many of whom
visit all the National Parks in the
United States before coming here.
* * *
The Geological Survey which has
been working the past summer west
of here, sold here at public auction
seven horses and other material. The
ENOUGH FOR A BATTALION’S FRIDAY DINNER
A 655-pound tuna fish, or horsemackerel, captured in a pound-net a
mile and a half offshore at Beach Haven, N. J., measured exactly 10 feet
along the dorsel curve from tip to tip and 6 feet 5 inches in girth. Its
eye, alone, was 2% inches in diameter.
animals were very poor and in bad
shape but sold at record prices; mak
ing one think they were all descend
ers of Maud S. An old, sway-backed
horse, that was said to have once
been the saddle horse of Col. Mears,
went for $46, the pricemounting then
to $61, then $75 and finally two sold
for $90 each. An old used camp
stove brought $8, and ought to be
built new around $3.50. It would be
hard to find a place where old horses
bring more money, yet the Road Com
mission is paying out real money to
ship their horses to Talkeetna to be
sold.
* * *
During a government auction sale
here of horses and other materials
the announcement was made that no
25c or 50c would be accepted. This
is probably the first time in the last
150 years that Uncle Sam’s currency
has been repudiated. Uncle Sam is
a little proud and quite a little jeal
ous of his two-bit and four-bit money
and it ain't likely to happen again
if he should hear about it. Some
years ago a surface street car line
in New York paid a $3,000 fine be
cause one of their conductors "when
receiving ten pennies as fare for
two girls, remarked: “If you had any
more I suppose you would give them
to me?” An operative from the
Treasury Department heard the re
mark and prosecuted.
* * *
There being no school at McKin
ley Park the coming winter, the
school house will be used once a
week for socials and entertainments
of a community nature. '
ADDITIONAL FISHING
REGULATIONS ON
The regulations for the protection
of the fisheries of Alaska published
in Department .of Commerce Circu
lar No. 21, eleventh edition, issued
under date of December 2, 1924, to
gether with subsequent regulations,
are hereby amended by the follow
ing regulation:
Kodiak Area.
Salmon Fishery—Subject to the
36-hour weekly closed period provid
ed by law, all commercial fishing for
salmon in Moser Bay is permitted
during the remainder of each cal
endar year after Aug. 22.
By a gyroscopic stabilizer, a movie
camera may be kept steady while
the cameraman follows the objects
to be filmed.
As an aid to oarsmen, a mirror
attached to the oarlock enables them
to keep a course without turning
around to look.
The amount of butterfat in milk
may be determined by passing an
electric current thru it with a new
ly invented instrument.
By a push-button operated when
the automobile runs over a plate,
the doors of a garage may be caused
to open as the car approaches.
In the early days of knives and
forks, persons invited out to dine
took their own silverware with them.
The number of horses in the nit
ed States exceeds the number of au
tobiles by about two million.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm was paid
$8,000,000 by the new German govern
ment for his property that was seiz
ed by the Republic.
During the war only 14 out of 14,
000 houses in Rheims, France, es
caped being struck by German shells.
ALASKA BATTLER
TO TAKE WHIRL
AT CALIFORNIANS
WALTER CLEGHORN, THE PRIDE
OF COOK INLET, LEAVING
FOR FRISCO SOON.'
Walter Cleghorn, better known to
the fight fans of the Territory as
the “Cook Inlet Kid,” champion wel
terweight boxer of Alaska, returns
to Seward this evening from a brief
trip to Anchorage where, during the
last two years he has staged prac
tically all of his bouts. Cleghorn
has been in Seldovia, where his par
ents reside, the greater part of the
past season, and is returning to the
Inlet metropolis on the steamer
Starr. From Seldovia he plans go
ing to San Francisco as a member
of the crew on the steamer Prince
Eidel Frederick, former German raid
er, which has been converted into a
cannery vessel.
With Cleghorn, goes the good
wishes of hundreds of his Alaska
friends, for his main purpose in go
ing to the States is to get lined up
in some boxing stable, under a smart
manager, and later, make his bow in
pugilistic circles. The young bat
tler has everything in his favor,
youth, stamina, strength, courage,
boxing skill and a wallop in either
mitt. Armed with these, with what
he will learn in the coming year or
so, Cleghorn under proper manage
ment, should go far in the squared
circle. There is one thing certain,
hailing as champ of Alaska, he should
ride on the crest of popularity wave
for an indefinite period.
AT THE HOTELS
Van Gilder—Charles O. Brown, of
Portland; H. W. Liberty, Portland;
David A. Hoffman, Seattle; Evelyn
Frank, Seattle; Mrs. M. A. Andre
sen, Cordova; Frank Saully, Seat
tle; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sherry,
Y.; Florence C. Kelly, Fairbanks;
Carlotta Crabb, Cedar Rapids, la.;
J. A. Ramsay, Anchorage; C. K.
Tripp, Fairbanks; Mrs. Leopold Da
vid and children, Anchorage; Mrs.
C. H. B. Hubbard, J. A. Magill, An
chorage; Mrs. R. H. Merrill, Ketchi
kan; Mrs. C. A. Wagner, Copnells
ville, Pa.; Mrs. C. V. Hoover, Union
town, Pa.; Ruth Holdiman, Cordova;
C. H. Phillips, Cordova; E. M. Jacob
sen, Cordova; E. W. Thorms, Seat
tle; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wandling,
Anchorage; B. D. Stewart, P. H. Ab
bott, Lester D. Henderson, Frank
Hoffman, Matanuska.
Sexton—Ned Schoeroff, San Fran
cisco; Ed. Moore, Ketchikan; Mr.
and Mrs. L. J. Singleton, Healy; N.
Hills, M. Walker, La Grande, Ore.;
A Hamilton, Juneau; Mary M. Mon
agle, Juneau; Elsie Edmiston, Tread
well; Miss addie KyleL, Seattle;
Daisy M. Speisike, Skagwav; Clara
Willard, B. F. Thompson, Seattle;
Anna Koester, Madeline Koester, Se
attle, Elizabeth Forker, Orange, Cal.
Seward—Anton Anderson, A. R. R.;
E. G. Gohner, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs.
S. Brown, Juneau; Mrs. A. H. Den
nis, Anchorage; J. Hollander, La
touche; A. Lutro, John Svedal, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Coyle, Dell Moore, and
Babe Smith.
Up-to-date herdsmen in Ireland
use rods emitting a slight electric
charge to keep their flocks moving
without the use of sticks or clubs
to urge them along.
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
at one time borrowed money on
notes signed by them jointly.
Railroads of the nited States
consumed more than 63,000,000 bar
rels of crude oil during the past
year.
Salaries and wages received an
nually by persons in the United
States reach the enormous total of
about 32 billion dollars.
In 1700 the city of New York had
only 6,000 inhabitants, one-half of
whom were negroes.
President Washington never shook
hands with callers at White House
receptions.
Women may now attain the high
est positions in the British civil
seivice, although formerly confined
to the lower classifications. They
may also continue to hold their
government jobs after marriage.
Due to the seasonable decline In
operations in general thruout the
Interior and along the railroad belt,
and with river traffic about ready to
close for the winter months, the lo
cal plant of the Standard Oil com
pany are now shipping out, on an
average, but three car loads of gas- ,
oline and fuel oil a week. <
If men wear it, we have it. Urbach.
Legal Blanks at the Gateway.
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
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Colors,
Chimney Brick,
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Corner Lath,
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Doors,
WTindows,
Lumber,
Fir Lath,
Fire Brick,
Spruce Finish,
Mouldings,
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Mahogany,
Roof Paper,
Building Paper,
Asbestos Paper,
Shingles, *
Sash Rail,
Fir Finish,
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Standard Oil Products, Rubber Matting, White Sand, *
ASBESTOS STRIP SHINGLES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS,
MBT^L BASEMENT SASH AND FRAMES,
Sidewalk Coal Hole Covers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
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Builders’ Supplies
When things Lopk
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Seward Steam Laundry
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HOTEL ANCHORAGE
F. I. REED, Proprietor
Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
Strictly Modem Prices Reasonable
Steam Heat Good Service
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
Bus meets all trains and boats
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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