NORTHERN NOTES
William Quitsch and Carl Ellers re
turned to Valdez a few weeks ago
from Mineral creek, where they have
been doing development work on the
Little Giant property. Mr. Quitsch
reports some tremendous snowslides
along the creek, one of which is more
than a mile in width.
No definite date has been set as
yet for the calling of the Iditarod term
of the district court. The federal par
ty this year, as in the past, probably
will take one of the first boats for
the lower Yukon vbgkqjjj
the lower river. District court here
has been adjourned to May 6, at 10
a. m.
R. J. Meehan, of Seldovia, had the
middle finger of his right hand am
putated recently. The finger was hurt
in an accident while working on the
Jesse Lee Home at Seward last year,
and healed stiff. It interfered with
his work and the doctor deemed it
best to remove it.
Dr. J. H. Romig, of Anchorage, re
ceived the sad news last week of the
death of his father, Rev. Joseph Ro
mig at the advanced age of 90 years.
Rev. Romig moved to Kansas about
50 years ago, where he was a mission
ary among the Indians, and lived in
the vicinity of Independence and Cof
feyville.
Walking two miles out on the gla
cier moraine near Mile 14, Cordova,
J. W. Reed in charge of the naval ra
dio station there last week came upon
a big timber wolf feeding on a doe.
Mr. Reed shot the big animal and is
sending the skin to Denver to have
it mounted. He said a good part of
the deer had already been eaten when
he arrived on the scene.
John and Leo Reinken have se
cured the use of the Frasier ware
house and buildings at Shoup bay and
will start a herring packing plant in
the near future. Not only will they
put up the larger herring under the
Scotch cure process, but will also put
up several hundred barrels of the
smaller fish for bait, there being a
shortage of bait throughout this sec
tion and in Southeastern Alaska.
The results being obtained from
the national advertising campaign
being conducted by Skinner & Eddy
corporation, Pacific American Fish
eries, Alaska Consolidated Canneries
and other salmon packers have been
very gratifying and have proved even
better than had been hoped for, said
W. F. Schlothan, Ketchikan business
man who has been outside, upon his
return there.
James McCluskey, proprietor of the
Richardson hotel; arrived in Fair
banks last week. Mr. McCluskey re
ports that he found the trail in rath
er poor condition, water-filled ruts
having been encountered during the
greatest part of the distance. Condi
tions along the Tanana river valley
in his district point to a good season.
Sloughs have been cleared much ear
lier than usual, he says. Geese were
reported on the bars of the Tanana !
as early as last Sunday evening, and
flocks are now seen in northern mi
gration.
Death summoned James Tracy last
month after an illnes which extended
over some length of time. Mr. Tracy
entered the hospital last June, suffer
ing from complaints which subjected
him to the close care of the doctor.
He knew that at any moment the final
summons might come. Cerebral hem
orrhage was the cause of his death
a few hours after the afflicted man
had taken to his bed.
Prior to entering the hospital, on
June 12 last, James Tracy was lo
cated on Quartz creek, where he was
well known. He wa3 71 years of age,
and was of Irish descent.
A telegram received by William
Meals, secretary of the Valdez Cham
ber of Commerce, states that Dr. Wil
liam Schley, then in Chicago, would
leave for Valdez to take up the prac
tice of medicine there. Dr. Schley
is 42 years of age, and is a graduate
of Hahneman Medical College of
Philadelphia, and took a post grad
uate course at Harvard on diseases of
children. He has had a large experi
ence in publich health and govern
ment work. He was two years with
the army, with the highest efficiency
rating, has had eight years of general
| practice and has specialized on tuber
culosis.
Considerable mining activity is pre
valent in the Iditarod district this
spring according to A. A. Bennett,
pilot of the Fairbanks Airplane cor
poration, who returned early last
week from Flat. T#wo dredges will
operate to full capacity on Flat this
summer, he says, crews already have
been placed on the boats which have
been undergoing thorough repair pre
liminary to starting the machinery.
A big flume, wrhich will supply wrater
for hydraulicking, will be constructed
this spring. Several outfits will oper
ate on a small scale, both by the shov
eling in method and scraping. The
residents of the district are very op
timistic as to output for this year.
Chris Pederson and George H. Po
well arrived at Valdez recently from
the Ramsey-Rutherford mine and re
port things looking fine at that prop
G-io-a
Buick value
is winning
a larger
share of
public favor
every day*
It took
eighteen
years to
build the
first million
Buicks but
only thirty
three
months
for the
next half
million.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY
Division of Qeneral Motors Corporation
FLINT, MICHIGAN
WAR TAX ELIMINATED
OILS and GASOLINE
General Repairs.
WARM STORAGE
OGLE’S GARAGE
AGENT
Phone Madison 66
Seward, Alaska.
erty, which they are operating under
lease and bond. They sunk 25 feet
on the newly discovered bonanza lead
and found the vein increased in width
as they went down, and that the high
values found on the top are maintain
ed. This lead has been uncovered for
a distance of more than 100 feet and
is probably richer than anything
heretofore uncovered in this mine,
which has had the reputation of pro
ducing some of the richest ore of the
district.
A. S. Erickson left recently for Gird
wood where he will leave for the Crow
creek district to reopen the old Daw
son placer property, in partnership
with John Holmgren. Their main
work for the start will consist in
thoroughly prospecting the creek, es
pecially the benches. They will not
commence the main operations of min
ing until later on in the season, and
will take a crew of three or four men
in at this time. They transported
several tons of supplies over the snow
during the past two months.
Last year Mr. Erickson, in partner
ship with two other men, operated the
property, and three or four years ago
Mr. Holmgren, in company with Paul
Denhart, had the same property.
Lime fertilizer at J. L. Graef’s.
By the Sack or Carload
The New Howard-Jesson
Coal—Try It.
Healy Lump, Nut or Mine
Run
Evan Jones Lump or Mine
Run
Nanimo Range Coal
In Sack or Bulk
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND
GRAIN
Transferring — Teaming
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CHRIS’ PLACE
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Cigars and Tobaccos
CARD TABLES
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Phone Madison 54
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
CITY EXPRESS
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Rooming House
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CLEAN
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Reopened under new
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