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Dave Tewksbury, former newspaper
man of Alaska, is on the editorial
staff of the Seattle Times.
Duke Harris, an old timer of the
Cook Inlet country is now mining a
rich silver property near H&zelton.
Major Windt, an extensive operator
in Nome in the early days, is mining
ajn the Amur river, Siberia.
Julian Reed, former cashier in a
Seward bank, is in the auto business
in Portland.
A safe mooring lor flying c-ratt is
asked of the Juneau council by Roy F.
Jones, aviator, of Ketchikan.
J. R. Willis, a former collector of
customs of Alaska, who some three
years ago went south for his health, is
now in Prescott, Arizona.
R. G. Chambers, well known Seward
and Anchorage newspaper man is now
in charge of the mechanical depart
ment of Seattle P.-I.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Corlew, former
residents of Katalla, Seward and An
chorage have recently opened a large
ntore in Portland.
Frank Watson, who for years rep
resented the Admiral Line in Alaska
ports, is now in the exporting and im
porting business.
Horace Hill, who in early days was
in the U. S. customs service at St.
Michael is working for the Associated
Oil company in Seattle.
Chas Martin, for years with Brown
£ Hawkins’ store at Seward, is now
with the Lancaster Tire company in
Portland.
Fred Sprague, a Cook Inlei pioneer,
is now chief engineer of the steamship
Hanawa. which plies between Portland
and Oriental ports.
Capt. Mike Jensen, well known nav
igator, is now master of the President
Grant, a palatial steamer of the Admi
ral line.
Col. Revelle, pioneer ot the Cook
.inlet country is now living in Tacoma.
He is night manager for the Rialto
garage.
A school building has been con
structed for native children at Peters
burg. They will be segregated from
the whites.
Charles Walmsley and Sherman
Haynes, well and favorably known in
Seward, where they were engaged in
business are running the Donnelly ho
tel in Tacoma.
James E. O’Reilly, well known in
Alaska and Canada, who was superin
tendent of construction for the Alaska
Engineering Commission, is now farm
ing near Walla Walla.
The Alaska legislature awarded the
contract for the printing of the ses
sion to the Juneau Capital. The Em
pire has enjoyed this patronage tor
many years.
E. E. Hale, formerly of the Bank of;
Seward, which his father founded iu
1904, is now the owner of a big gar
age at Long Beach, California. F. G.!
Hale, a brother, also a former Sew
ardite, is in business in Portland.
Roy Hobart, who was among the,
stampeders to the Nelchina district j
several years ago, is now sales mana-;
ger for the Puget Sound and Alaska '
Powder Company with offices in Se
attle.
Jack Robinson, for many years con-,
nected with the department of justice !
work in Alaska, serving under many j
marshals, and until recently special j
officer with the Alaskan Engineering
Commission at Anchorage, is now liv
ing at Long Beach, Calif.
The Town of Petersburg has intro
duced a bill in the Territorial legisla
ture asking for the return of $1,986
paid out during a smallpox epidemic
in 1919, which is claimed was brought
from points outside the town and
which effected the natives principally.
0. L. Willoughby, known as the ori
ginal discoverer of oil in the Bering
river field and long identified with the
business interests of Katalla, and L. R.
Van de Bogard, former Nome mining
man, are developing a gold property
in the Gold Hill district of Oregon.
That work on the Nizina river
bridge is now well under way is the
report of Major John C. Gotwals, who
returned from a trip of inspection up
the Copper river valley. The winter’s
work by the Road commission consist
ed of putting in of five river piers.
These piers, each one of which is a
steel cylinder eight feet in diameter,
are set twenty feet into the river bed
and filled with concrete.
Sam Charley, a Fairbanks Indian,
was convicted of being drunk and dis
orderly recently.
Dr. J. A. Sutherland of Fairbanks
has quit the mining game and reopen
ed offices in the Interior city. '
Delegates and officers of the Grand
Igloo of Pioneers, meeting at Nenana,
paid Fairbanks a visit before disband
ing.
There will be at least four boats
maintaining regular schedules on the
Tanana and Yukon rivers the minute:
navigation opens, according to author
itative advices received at Fairbanks.
Between S.OOo and 9,000 tons of ore
will be shipped from Mayo to Nenana
as soon as navigation opens. This
will come out over the government
railway to salt water.
At the Grand Igloo convention at
Nenana, Capt. Cunningham introduced
a resolution of protest against the
Government railroad being leased or
sold to private parties.
It is stated that the sets to have
been built at Seward by the Moving
Picture people are being constructed
at Anchorage, owing to a lack of slabs
at the raliroad terminus.
The secretary of the Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce recently re
ceived a communication from the En
gineers’ Office in Juneau stating that
the dredging of the narrows near
Wrangell would be held up for a year.
When traveling on the Government
' railroad Outside passengers are sur
prised at the completeness of the meal
offered in the dining car conducted b>
Casey McDannel. A luncheon or a iuli
meal can be secured at prices on a
par with town prices, and it is proving
a great convenience.
The store and warehouses of N. I).
Sheppard, Andreaofsky trader, were
burned and their contents destroyed
in a fire occurring a day or two ago,
the origin of which is as yet unknow n.
The loss was a very heavy one as no
insurance was carried.
CTailty of four counts of the indict
ment was the verdict of the jury in
the case of the United States vs. Eu
gene Traveller, who was charged with
, violation of the prohibition act. The
case drew considerable interest at
Fairbanks because of the spectacular
arrest of Traveller. The case occupied
three days and a night and the court
was compelled to stick a fine tor con
' tempt upon one of the participants.
A summons was issued and an at
tachment made on a Ford car alleged
to be the property of A1 Sharp- who
was recently sentenced to the peni
tentiary at McNeil’s Island. The
plaintiffs are Avakoff & Brown w ho
are seeking to recover the amount of
' $338 said to be due them for articles
t purchased by Sharp.
In contemplation of the standardiza
tion of the Fairbanks division of the
Alaska Railroad, the local agency ur
gently requests shippers of this dis
trict to so arrange their consignments
that the tonnage during the period be
ginning April 9, and continuing toi oO
or 40 days, while the change is being
made, may be reduced to a minimum.
Preparatory to starting laying the
broadgauge track between Nenana and
here and starting on April 10, ties
will be strung along the track and
fishplates, rails and spikes are now be
ing distributed. A piledriver and
steam thawer are now working be
tween Happy and Fairbanks and no
delays will be encountered in finishing
the track. A new depot will be con
structed at the Fairbanks end.
Travelers on the Alaska railway
are expressing (their delight at the
opening of the magnificent new hotel
recently constructed at Curry by the
Commission. It is a depot hotel large
enough to accommodate a trainload ot
passengers and moderly equipped. An
old A E. C. man is managing it, but
it is stated that Mrs. John Raap is
offered the chance to take charge ot
the household end of the establish
ment.
Burned by the sun and winds, As
sistant District Attorney Collins and
Dr. J. A. Sutherland returned to Fair
banks from a three weeks’ trip over
unbroken trails downriver to hold an
inquest over the remains of Percy
Huntington, found dead on the trai
below Tanana. The inquest developed
that Huntington was murdered in cold
blood and they obtained a confession
from the man who did the killing.
Huntington had been killed, placed in
a Bled and rushed down river a mile
and a half from the scene of the kill
ing. , ...
U. S. Marshal M. W. Griffith is con
fined to his residence at Nome with
a severe attack of rheumatism.
J. Kenny and partner are prospect
ing on the Bobtail bench on Boulder
creek in the Nome district.
Albert Rich is sinking a shaft in the
Lindbloom creek district and has sonic
good ground.
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The Nome Pioneers recently held
a card party which was an enthusias
tic success. Eighteen tables were >>:•.
play.
Henry Weils. Chas. Nelson. Daniel
Kelly, Jerry Sullivan and Chas. Can
are prospecting in the Kougarok dis
trict near Nome.
The Yuba lodge consisting of nu
merous members of the Yuba camp
staged a dog race March third, par
ticulars of the winners not yet having
been received.
Lee Fox, oldtimer of Nome and re
cently of Anchorage, is chief steward
on the steamship Morristown, which
plies between Philadelphia and En- j
rope.
Capt. J. P. Hubrich of McCa-nUiy, j
who with Mrs. Hubrich is on an ex
tended trip through the East is en
joying the sights of Washington and
has lined up a big-game hunting party
for this spring and two others for!
next fall.
A ten ton tractor and four trailers
have been purchased by the Treadwell
Yukon company from the R. W. Wiley
interests at Haines and transported to
Skagway to be taken to the company
property at Mayo. They will be taken
overland from Whitehorse to Mayo.
A special train was sent to Dunbar
by the commission recently to take
the little Barker boy to the Kenans
hospital. He broke his leg in the Tol
ovana district by falling down cellar,
and was compelled to take the long
trip to secure surgical attention.
The white fox catch has been most
satisfactory in Kotzebue, one native
having caught over 43. Over oOO red
and white fox pelts have so far this
season have been marketed in Kotze
bue Sound. Magids and Brothers are
the purchasers.
Athana Sopoulos, who conducts ; ;
trading store at Silivik, arrived in
Nome recently, the first trip in 15
years. He had to break trail all the.
! way and froze several dogs on the
1 trip. He stated there was no dog feed
! on the Kobuk as the fish supply was ;
| completely exhausted, the summer and
fall catch being below requirements.
! George J. Love, manager of The
Pathfinder of Alaska, official publiea
: tion of the Pioneers of Alaska, who
attended the Grand Igloo at Nenana as
a delegate, announces that the pro
ceedings of the Grand Igloo will be
1 published in a Nenana edition of tin
; Pathfinder, with appropriate cuts of
j the vicinity.
Madame Pearl Lloyd, one of the
i most talented singers ever in the
! Northland died in San Francisco re
I cently. She will be remembered by
all old-time. Dawsonites, where she
appeared during the height of the gold
rush. She also sang in Fairbanks,
Nome and other northern centers, and
eventually returned <to her home in
’Frisco, where she remained until her
death.
! Robert E. Sheldon, of Fairbanks,
' recently made a trip to Seward and
Anchorage where he made arrange
! ments for the routing of passengers
; over the railroad and thence by the
! Richardson Highway to Chitina, then
1 over the Copper river railway to the
coast. James Galen, the Cordova
transportation man, met Mr. Sheldon
and conferred with him. The steam
ship companies have signified their
willingness to co-operate with them
in every way.
Win. Grant, whose body was taken
to Fairbanks from the Kantishna dis
trict after being disinterred, was bur
ied under the auspices of the Fair
banks Igloo, Judge Cecil H. Clegg
delivering the funeral oration. The
pall bearers were members of Igloo
No. 4, and all friends of the deceased.
Grant was born in Banff, Scotland, and
arrived in Alaska in 1900, landing at
St. Michael on September 17 of that
year. He had been a resident of the
Tanana valley for many years.
Lieut. Fred W. Boschen, former of
ficer at Fort Davis near Nome, is now
finance officer of the U. S. army sta
tioned at Washington, D. C., and rank
ing as major. He holds an enviable
record during the late war. The day!
he took command he went into action
and lost 600 men. A big shell explod
ed and carried away practically his
entire ches*, the strenum, muscles,
etc. Later his chest was reconsruct
ed by grafting on slices of bone from
his own shin bones. He is crippled
and gray but has not lost his interest
Ini Alaska.
The Deering store this winter sold
over $10,000 worth of food stuffs to
other sections, thereby reducing their
supply of salmon, oatmeal, corn ine-il
and butter to nothing.
The Ford delivery car belonging to
the Northern Machine Works at
Ketchikan skidded from the driveway
on the Charcoal Point road landing on
the beach. The car wras pretty badly
smashed but the driver was uninjured. ,
When the Pioneers of 1SS7 were or
ganized in Juneau it was with 169
charter members, every one of which
had arrived in Alaska prior to that
date. Many came as early as '74 and
*75 but a majority of them in the early
eighties. The oldest member was
Chas. Malloy who arrived in Alaska in
March, 1864, which was three years
before the American purchase. The
other old timer was Mrs. N. A. Uren,
who came to Alaska in 1861.
That the big game huniters of the
States are killing off Alaska game far
more rapidly than any sourdough
could or would do is shown by an ad
vertisement appearing in a sporting
magazine, where the party advertising
states that in one trip he secured lor
"four sportsmen” eight polar bear, 16
walrus, 15 oaribou, eight brown bear,
four black bear, eight moose and 12
mountain sheep and offers to guaran
tee others the same success. Some
eight or ten tons of meat was practi
cally wasted by these four sportsmen
so-called, and yet the magazine that
carries the advertisement is yelling
for game preservation.
The young son ol Mr. ami Mrs.
Chas. Foyston died last week at Cor
dova from an attack of influenza,
which has been epidemic in ihat city.
An Indian, who is described by
his tel low tribesmen as being a “bad
Indian" killed Percy Huntington, it
was found at the inquest. Deputy U.
S. Marshal Hariwig of Ho*. Spring has
left for the village at Birches to bring
in the murderer.
A. F. Tofty, discoverer ot' Tofty
gulch in the Hot Springs district, died
recently in British Guiana. He is re
ported to have taken out 376 ounces
of gold in six weeks prior <o his
death.
Former Judge Overfield of Fair
banks is reported to be living in Ari
zona, where he is raising cotton.
‘‘Waterfront” Brown, a former oid
timer of Fairbanks is reported to be
living in Los Angeles.
Jafet Lindeberg, formerly iVed us a
millionaire, is reported to be selling a
miniature radio outfit which retails at
five dollars each.
Billy Maloney, former Alaska mine
inspector, is working lor the Union
construction company at ’Frisco.
Ned Darling, former hardware man
of Nome, has been very ill at his home
in Oakland, but is recovering Mrs.
Darling has written a scenario leatur
ing “Baldy of Nome,” which will be
screened in California.
Dave Gilchrist, former transfer
man at Nome is in the chicken busi
ness at Petaluma.
James Wilson, who formerly ran the
Nevada saloon in Nome, is a resident
of ’Frisco.
Mrs. Belle Campbell, formerly pro
prietor of the Shaw House in Fair
banks, is a resident of ’Frisco.
A 45 horsepower Buffalo gasoline j
engine set on standards high above j
the ground with eight-foot propeller j
blades revolving at terrific speed was;
frozen to a stop recently while the j
Alaska Motion Picture company was j
filming a scene in the Great White j
Silence, at Mt. McKinley. The mer- j
cury was about 26 below zero at the
time the picture was taken.
A meteor wended its way over An- ■
chorage recently giving spectators an ;
ample chance to view’ it for some:
time. The dogs in town gave a mu
sical entertainment as the fiery visi. I
tor disappeared overhead.
Fred Hauselman, who was found in. j
sane recently, was committed to the I
asylum at Morningside.
The Pacific Coast and Norway Co.
and the Seattle Trust company were
haled into court recently and asked to
show cause why a receiver for the
company should not be appointed un
til the ownership of the company’s
properties including the town of Pe
tersburg, is determined.
Mrs. Emma H. Holden, mother of
Kenneth Holden, who was killed in a
steam shovel accident at Nenana,
May 12. died recently at her home in
Seattle.
John Raap, a well known transpor
tation man of the interior, died re
cently in San Francisco, where he was
visiting, with his wife.
Where do you bank
The Bank of Seward established in Seward in 1905 as
an Alaskan institution has and always will do everything
possible in aiding legitimate business in Alaska.
We believe Alaskans should carry their bank accounts
in Alaska and offer you a helpful efficient banking service
backed by absolute safety.
We .ipecialize in out of town accounts and banking by
mail is made very easy owing to our modem methods and
careful attention given this important part of our business*
by our well trained staff.
We look forward with pleasure to the opening of your
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of a banking service unexcelled.
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Reports from the Chandlar are than
Curly Smith is in the pay. At pres
ent he has 400 feet of new pay block
ed out which carries good values
from seven feet above bedrock.
Walter R. Christopher, pioneer resi- j
dent of Fairbanks, was called by death ;
this week. He was a native of New j
York state, a Mason, and a Pioneer.
Joe Meherin, well known traveling
man, recently covered the distance
between Ophir and Fritz’s roadhouse,
in the Iditarod district, in nine hours
on snowshoes, on a heavy trail. The
distance is 38 miles.
Alton Knight, the Hope pioneer,!
who died last week, was one of the i
early recorders at Hope, coming from!
Hoquiam, Wash., in 1S97, and mining
and prospecting in the district up to
the time of his death. He was a mem- j
ber of Seward Irioo No. 9, Pioneers of!
Alaska.
The Northern Commercial Company
has acquired the Archie Higgins mer
cantile store at Ttcotna.
Marko Busla, an old time resident
i of the Kantishna, died at his home on
j Eureka creek March 28, from heart
! trouble. He had been a resident of
! the Kantishna for 16 years.
Thirty eight cars of coal were de
livered in Anchorage Tuesday; 11
were from the Baxter-Bedell mine, 7
from the Bruno Augustino mine, 13
: from the Evans Jones mine, four from
! Eska and three from Healy.
Harper Workman, owner of valua
ble mining property in the Koyukuk.
has bought the Chas. Peters dog team
and left Nenana for his property. Th
Peters dogs recently made the trip
from Bethel to' Kobi, a distance of 70'.'1
miles, in 14 days.
Mrs. Sherman Duggan and daughter
have gone to the States to visit unt:
about June 1. They are the wife and
daughter of district attorney Shermar.
Duggan of Valdez.
Arthur Denseth, yard foreman n
Kennecott for several years, died aft
er a prolonged illness from dysentery
contracted during the Spanish Ameri
can war. His remains were shipped
to Seattle for interment.
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es 5 1-2 to 12, which was the entire
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U. S. Government shoe contractors.
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tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water
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we can offer same to the public fo^
$2.95.
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cheerfully refund your money prompt
ly upon request.
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