Notes of the
Northland -
ITE' S CUPPED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES FOR READERS
OF THE SATURDAY GATEWAY
E. V. McKermey, a former resident
of Anchorage, is now a partner in the
Ice Machinery Company, Seattle.
The trial of Walter E. Apple, on a
charge of embezzlement, while he was
in charge of the N. S. naval radio sta
tion at Sitka, is under way at Juneau.
James Fish, old time mail contrac
tor from Valdez to Eagle, is now in
the insurance business in Oakland,
Calif.
Charles G. Wulff. an old time resi
dent of Valdez, and one time editor
of the Prospector, is now located in
San Diego.
Jes^e Martin, for many years agent |
for the steamship companies at Val-!
dez. is now located permanently in
San Diego.
A. E. Pretty, former Klondike and ,
Alaska sourdough, is in the real estate
business in Seattle and numbers i
many sourdoughs among his clients. |
Dr. Zera Strong, long a resident oi |
Dawson, who was veterinary surgeon
in the boom days of that camp, is now
a resident of Vancouver, B. C.
Sam Feindle and Win. Donnenworth
of White Pass & Yukon stage driving
fame, have farms at Cloverdale, near
Vancouver; as has also Grant Jen
nings.
Henry Deyo. old timer of the Prince
William Sound district, is located at
Tacoma, and is employed in road con
tract work. Boyd Leedv, another old
time Alaskan, is with him.
Frank Lowe, William Radford and
William Turnbull, all former Dawson
ites, are running an electrical baker}
in Vancouver, B. C. Miss Lilly Town
send. also a former resident ot Daw*,
son. is cashier for them.
Harry McHenry, former owner of
the Standard Pool Room at Dawson,
is manufacturing envelopes in Seattle
and has established a fine business.
His old Dawson partner, Charles
Drake, is now in business in Nanaimo,
British Columbia.
joe Isaacson, Henry Stragier and
August Nelson were arrested recent
ly and their gasboat raided by Fed
eral officers. The men when appre
hended had a small boat full ot white
mule towing behind the gas boat.
Hunters returning to Fairbanks
from the upper Tanana report ha\ing
seen a moose calf perish in the wa
ters of that turbulent stream. The
Jittle fellow was trying to cross on
the ice which broke under him.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogburn and
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy O’Keefe, for
merly of Dawson, are now living in
Seattle, in the Green Lake portion oi
the city. Mrs. O’Keefe has charge of
a department in Frederick & Nelson’s
store.
Claire Faulkner, formerly of Daw
son. son of Dr. G. M. Faulkner, who
still lives in the Klondike metropolis,
is in charge of a big cement works
in Seattle. Another son, Jack Faulk
ner, is taking an engineering course
at the University of Washington.
H. S. Nash, who joined the great
stampede to the Klondike in 1897,
went to Nome in 1900, remained there
until 1902; came outside and again
returned to Dawson in 1913, remain
ing for a year, is nowT in business in
Seattle, running the Nome Transfer &
Express Company at 1912 First Ave.
John Gulliford, known as ‘‘Jack”,
one of the old time business men of
Dawson, died suddenly during Mai eh.
He was one of the most expert res
taurant men in the north and lor
years was chef on the W hite Pass
steamers and two years ago opened
the Rochester Grill in Dawson.
The Sea Otter of the U. S. biologi
cal survey recently returned from the I
west coast of Prince of Wales island,
where they have been working for a
time. W. G. Culver, who has been
making a tour of the poison sets laid
out last fall by J. S. Ligon, wolf ex
pert, reports that the remains of nine
wolves were found.
Jupiro Wada, known all over Alaska
as Wada the Jap, a celebrated dog
musher and racer, recently returned
to Winnipeg from Herschel island,
where he had been on the trail of a
reported gold ledge. He made his
2500 mile trip alone and with five
dogs. Wada made his first journey to
the Arctic from San Francisco over
32 years ago, and since then has been
identified with the country. He nar
rowly escaped hanging at one time
by a body of 800 gold hunters whom
he led on a stampede which failed to
find the precious metal.
Charles Kelton, former Dawson pio
neer, is now in charge of a box lac
tory at Kelso.
Mrs. Dora K. Bennett, who came to
Nenana from Marshal last summer,
died recently at that city of tubercu
sis.
The Brown & Hawkins Corporation,
Seward and Anchorage agents for
Star cars, have sold seven and wired
south for six more.
W. E. Logemann, the Anchorage
photographer, has sold his business <o
H. S. Bragak, jr., but will remain with
the company for a time.
The breakup at Nome started May
16. Wednesday, and it is expected nav
igation will open early this year. No
ice movement has appeared but leads
are appearing five miles out.
Mosquitoes are making their ap
pearance early this year in Fairbanks
and citizens are dumping wood ashes
in the ponds in an effort to kill the
larvae.
Owing to water on the track in the
vicinity of Mile 8 near Nenana, mon
ey was refunded the passengers. The
water is said to have covered the
track to a depth of two feet.
The Alaska Road commission has
announced new rates for its ferry
service at Salcha and McCarty. Au
tos and other vehicles will be charg
ed a dollar and foot passengers 50c.
Animals will be charged 25c each.
The Northern Commercial Company
of Nenana will operate a fleet of gas
oline launches and barges on the low
er Yukon this season, the fleet mak
ing connection with the government
railroad steamers Davis and Jacobs at
Holy Cross.
George Markle has been transferred
from Nenana to Anchorage <o add his
strength to the commission team at
the latter place. He was a star play
er, and makes the third drafted from
the Nenana team <his season by the
commission.
The radio station at Hot Springs
is out of commission and the station
at Circle is expected to be closed ow
ing to flood conditions on the Yukon
and Tanana rivers. Hot Springs is
reported to be completely out of bus
iness and Circle residents are prepar
ing to move out.
Walter E. Keon, a merchant of Ke
lawik, died of heart failure at his
home Wednesday. He was known as
the “Jade King of the Kobuk.” Mr.
McKeon was buried on the banks 01
the Kobuk beside the grave of an Es
kimo boy who saved his life many
years ago.
Sam Marsh, an Anchorage resident,
died this week from heart trouble.
Deceased who was about 27 years of
age, arrived at Anchorage in Decem
ber. He leaves his mother, Mrs. A.
ClarOlson, of Anchorage, two broth
ers, Clarence of Anchorage and Ed
ward of Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. Roy
Cornelius of Matanuska.
Edward Darling, 52, a merchant in
Alaskan towns for 17 years, and hus
band of Esther Birdsall Darling, au
thor of “Baldy of Nome,” died May
13 at Carmel. He was proprietor of
an iron works at Oakland. Mrs. Darl
ing is owner of Scotty Allen’s mala
mutes which won the sweepstakes at
Nome for several years.
Polk Directory enumerators who are
working in Ketchikan, state that the
towm show's a substantial increase
over y. S. census figures of 1920. The
preliminary estimate is based on the
results of five days enumeration and
checking; approximately half of the
necessary work to be done. The direc
tory will carry an illustrated write-up
of Ketchikan, similar in scope to the
folder recently issued by the Chamber
of Commerce.
The formal organization of the Ter
ritorial Historical Library and Muse
um Commission was perfected recent
ly when the members of that body
met for the first time in the office of
Governor Scott C. Bone. The mem
bers of the commission attending were
Governor Bone, Secretary Theile, W.
! G- Smith, L. D. Henderson and John
Rustgard.
The highest salaried battery in the
territory will appear at Anchorage to
; morrow when Col. James Gordon
Steese, head of the Engineering com
mission and Mayor M. J. Conroy of
Anchorage will toss the first ball in
. the opening game. An American Le
gion team and Commission team will
be rivals. A charge of 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children will
be made by the Athletic association
! this year.
The steamer Alaska made a trip up
the Stewart river to Mayo May 15th.
A mail launch leit Dawson To;- down
river points May 17.
High water is reported to have done
much damage to stock and household
effects a* Hot Springs.
F. F. Clinton, John Axton and
John Paulde were arrested for viola
tion of the National prohibition act at
Fairbanks recently.
Rail communication between Fair
banks and the creeks has been com
pletely interrupted by high water in
Goldstream valley. The situation is
the worst in years.
W. F. Thompson of Fairbanks, is in
receipt of an official communication
advising him that the Fairbanks air
plane will reach Seward the latter
part of May.
The heaviest fall of snow in many
years is reported from the interior,-1
and it is feared that high water will
cause much damage on valleys drain
ing creeks and rivers of the Terri
tory.
Game Warden James G. Moore,
who has just returned from a trip to
the upper Chena district in the neigh
borhood of the caribou ranch, reports
that wolves are causing havoc among
the calves. Game is very plentiful in
that district and so are wolves.
John H. Kelly, representative of the
Northern Commercial ocmpany, left
Nenana this week for his annual trip
down the Yukon. He will go to St.
Michael and Unalakleet with stops
between, spending (the summer on the
trip.
The Healy river bridge over which
coal is hauled to the government rail
road from Suntrana went out recent
ly and it is expected that it will be a
week before repairs can be made. The
miners were laid off until the bridge
could be repaired.
Many lives and ships have been
lost in the Aleutian islands during the
past thirty years, due principally to
: the many uncharted reefs which some
time spring up over night. On Atka
island the remains of a Japanese
junk can be seen; the U. S. revenue
cutter Tahoma struck an uncharted
reef some years ago and went to the
bottom; the schooner Letty sank in
1917, and in 1918 Capt. Summerville
lost a vessel.
Fairbanks is threatened with high
water acocrding to late reports, the
Chena slough being a swollen torrent,
with the water alomst to the level of
Front street. The dock in front of
the N. C. company building is sub
merged and the water is flowing thru
the drains and flooding Fourth ave
nue. Many residents have been forc
ed from their homes and others are
vacating.
Three Minnesota students are in
Alaska soliciting subscriptions lor na
tional periodicals in hope of securing
a $500 scholarship at the Minnesota
State university. They are Mable
Reed, of Badger, Minnesota; Eugene
Ellison of Duluth, Minnesota, and Ed
ward J. Tuscany, of Minneapolis.
Alfred Strom, an employe of the
Fairbanks Gold Mining Company on
Fairbanks creek, was painfully injur
ed this week while operating a pneu
matic riveting machine. A rivet llew
to pieces while being flattened, strik
ing him in the mouth anu breaking
two of his front teeth. He was forced
to go to a physician for medical at
tention.
J. E. Wilson, a veteran prospector
and trapper who arrived in Anchor
age recently brought with him a hide
of a large lynx, which he called a “Su
sitna leopard,” and tells an interest
ing story of a hand to hand struggle
with the animal, declaring i< was only
through the presence of mind of his
partner who killed the animai with a
club, that his life was saved.
N. E. Bolshanin, of Unalaska, who
for the past twenty years has been
deputy collector of customs at that
point, started a fox farm in that vi
cinity in 1916. As a beginning he had
three pairs of blue foxes. As an in
dication of the increase and profit in
the business, Mr. Bolshanin in 192!
sold 172 fine pelts; in 1922 he sold 152
pelts and sold ten pairs at $300 per
pair to the other farmers, retaining
twenty pairs for breeding purposes.
The natives at the mouth of the
Tolovana river are seriously ill with
influenza, it was stated in a dispatch
received by Judge Cecil H. Clegg, oi
Fairbanks, this week. The wire says
that all the Indians are down with
the malady, and that Teddy Anderson,
roadhouse keeper at that point, is
ill. The governor when wired author
ized that aid be extended. Dr. F. de
la Vergne, who is making a trip to
the Lake Minchumina district, will
have charge of the Tolovana situation.
Louis Lauritsen, foreman lor ihe
Canyon Creek Development Co., left
this morning for Canyon Creek. Mr.
Lauritsen has just returned from a
visit to the States.
WILL LEAVE FOR INTERIOR
Miss Frances Witherspoon, repre
senting Sussman, Wormser & Co.,
San Francisco, who has been demon
strating the S. &. W. brands of cof
fee and fruits at Borgen's Grocery for
the past few days, will leave for An
chorage and interior points F'iday.
This is Miss Witherspoon’s first trip
to the Territory and she is very en
thusiastic in her praise of Alaskan
towns and their climatic conditions.
She is the first demonstrator to enter
Alaska. Miss Witherspoon will make
Fairbanks, and from there will go out
by way of the Yukon and Skagwray.
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Deft Touches
that make the house a home
It may be only a chair, rescued from
long oblivion in the attic, that lends a
bright spot to an otherwise colorless
room; or brilliant basket holding a bowl
of flowers. But surely it is the little
touches—the feminine touches — that
make the house a home!
Women who are anxious to beautify the interior of
their homes are devoted to such Fuller products as
Silkenwhite Enamel, Decoret and Fullerwear Var
nish. Decoret, a varnish and stain in one, imitates
various natural woods—oak, mahogany,walnut, etc.
Whatever your painting need, W. P. Fuller & Co.
makes a paint for the purpose. There is a local
Fuller agent or dealer who carries Fuller Products.
Why not see him today. Write, too, for our " Home
Service” booklet.
W ■ P • FULLER & CO.
301 Mission Street, San Francisco
21 Branches in Pacific Coast Cities
Factories: San Francisco and Los Angeies
THE FOLLOWING FIRMS CARRY FULLER PAINTS AND VARNISHES:
Brown & Hawkins Corporation, Seward, Alaska
BFJ OF SEMI
KILLED BY VISITORS
George E. Mann, clerk for the Ter
ritorial board of steamboat inspectors,
who is visiting in Seward awaiting a
boat to the westward, in company with
H. E. Kristensen, a member of the
crew of the Canyon Creek Develop
ment Company, bagged the first bear
of the season as a result of making a
trip to Spruce creek yesterday. The
hunters made (their way up the moun
tainside and near the top they sighted
Mother Bruin and her two young cubs
200 yards away making for the sum
mit.
One shot was sufficient to down the
bear and the two cubs were finally
captured after they ran into a hole
nearby. Soon after the hunters killed
the bear another was sighted a good
distance away, but the hunters were
unable to get close enough to shoot
it. The cubs were brought to town
and are being kept at the Sexton Ho
tel. The hide of the female was in
prime rondition.
L. V. Ray recently purchased a val-!
uable oil painting of Sidney Laurence ;
for the sum of $1800. Mr. Laurence is
one of Alaska’s foremost scenic artists j
and his paintings are eagerly sought!
after.
FORMER OWNER OF FAST
CLIPPER NOW AT KODIAK
Capt. W. J. MacDonald, one time
master and owner of the old clipper
ship, Glory of the Seas, which held
the record between New York and San
Francisco, recently went through this
port to his old stamping grounds at
Kodiak. Capt. MacDonald w^as gen
eral manager for (the Alaska Explora
tion Company at Afognak years ago,
and is one of the oldest navigators on
the Pacific coast. He is also one of
the charter members of the Pioneers
of Alaska, and is well known to many
Sewardites.
The Glory of the Seas was burned
at Tacoma this month, for her old
metal. She had been used as a barge
by fishing companies, for the past
several rears.
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Bartley Howard, who is in charge
of the bridge and building construc
tion for the Commission, came in
Tuesday night for the purpose of mak
ing arrangements for having the de
pot repainted. Mr. Howard will also
have necessary improvements and re
pairs made on the government build
ings here.
Dan T. Kennedy, who has a permit
from the government to guide parties
through Mit. McKinley national park,
was an outgoing passenger on one of
the last steamers for the states. Mr.
Kennedy will bring back thirty head
of pack horses and other equipment
to be used in the park. Woodbury
Abbey will assist him in the work.
P. C. McMullen left on a short bus
iness trip to Anchorage.
Louis Simpson left this morning for
Divide after spend a few days in town
on business matters.
Dr. O. A. Braafladt and Henry Lar
sen returned recently from Bear gla
cier on a five day bear hunt. Dr.
Braafladt reports that no sign of bear
was seen during the whole time and
that the weather was execrable, it
raining every day.
Harry Hoben received a wire from
A. F. Davis today stating that Mr.
Davis and family would leave Seattle
for Seward on the steamship North
western sailing June 2nd. Mr. Davis
is a member of the firm of Hoben &
Davis, who has been in the States vis
iting his family, who will return with
him.
Miss Cecil Leslie, who has been
confined to her room under the care
of Dr. Baughman, for the past week,
is now convalescing from a severe at
tack of itonsilitis.
Bud Whitney, a rancher near An
chorage, -who just returned from a
trip to the States, left for Anchorage
on this morning’s train.
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Mrs. Prosser, wife of Jack Prosser,
who is employed at the depot, will ar
rive on one of the next boats from
the States. They will live in one of
the government cottages.
Henry Burge, an oldtimer in the
north, left this week for Fairbanks
where he will spend the summer pros
pecting in that district.
Eric Owens, widely known mining
man in the early days of Nome, who
had charge of Dr. Derbyshire's claim
on the third beach line, is now’ living
near Arlington, Washington. He has
a model dairy ranch there.
Mrs. Ralph Reed, president of the
local Woman’s Club, returned to Sew
ard last evening, after spending the
past week at Anchorage. While in the
interior city Mrs. Reed was a guest of
the Anchorage Woman's club.
Miss Frances Witherspoon, demon
strator for the S. & W. brand of can
ned goods and coffees, left this morn
ing for Anchorage and interior points
where she will demonstrate the pro
ducts of her firm.
Sale
ARMY SHOES
Sale
WE HAVE just bought a tremend
ous stock of ARMY MUNSON LAST
shoes to be sold to the public direct
Price $2.75. These shoes are 100 per
cent solid leather with heavy double
soles sewed and nailed. The uppers
are of heavy tan chrome leather with
bellows tongue, thereby making them
waterproof. These shoes are selling
j very fast and we advise you to order
at once to insure your order being fill
ed.
The sizes are 6 to 11 all widths;
Pay Postman on receipt of goods or
send money order. Money refunded if
shoes are not satisfactory.
THE U. S. STORES CO.,
1441 Broadway, New York City
Public sales
WE HAVE PURCHASED 122,000 pair
U. S. ARMY MUNSON last shoes, siz
es 5 1-2 to 12, which was the entire
surplus stock of one of the largest
U. S. Government shoe contractors.
THIS SHOE is guaranteed one hun
dred per cent solid leather, color, dark
tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water
proof. The actual value of this shoe is
$6.00. Owing to this tremenduous buy
we can offer same to the public for
$2.95.
SEND CORRECT SIZE. Pay post
man on delivery or send money order.
If shoes are not as represented we will
cheerfully refund your money prompt
ly upon request.
NATIONAL BAY STATE SHOE CO.
296 Broadway, New York, N. Y.