TERRITORIAL NOTES
John Tilly, discoverer of Willow
Creek in the Marshal district in
1913 .traveled from Holy Cross to
Nulato on the last upriver trip of the
Jacobs. He is on a prospecting trip
into the Kaiyuk mountains and will
go up the Bonanza river for 150
miles to a creek where he has prepi
ously found good pay.
En route to Nome, recently, via
Dawson and the upper Yukon river
were Secretary Karl Thiele and Dis
trict Forester H. H. Flory. They
were accompanied by A. G. Means,
prohibition director who will go with
them as far as Tanana and return to
his - headquarters in Juneau . Means
will take up some important matters
with Yukon officials concerning liq
uor passing over the panhandle.
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A decision was reached recently!
that the Southeastern Alaska Fair
would be held at Juneau, starting on
Sept. 17 and coming to a close on
the night of the 20th.
Thirty members of the Y. W. C. A.
made the trip recently from Seattle
to Alaska points. They started their:
tour in Los Angeles.
S- 0. Kellogg, cousin of the “Corn
Flake King,’’ is touring lAaska, ac-1
companied by his wife.
It is reported that the 1924 salmon
pack for Southeastern Alaska will be
approximately 700,000 cases short of
the pack last season. The reduction
this year is caused by the 20 day
closed fishmg season which affects
the main areas in that part of Al
aska.
A1 Forsythe, a former member of
the Juneau police force, but who
now runs a ranch ami poultry farm
on Colt Island, recently brought into
the capital city forty crates of lus- ■
cious strawberries.
Samson and Groves, who were min
ing at the head of Engineer Creek,
in the Fairbanks district, have been
compelled to suspend operations as
the result of cutting into a blind
drift, tapping a large body of water
which has flooded their workings.
The water is now within 30 feet of
the surface of the ground in their
working shaft. The flooding of the
drift was so sudden that the men had
to abandon all of their equipment un
derground.
Mrs. Maria E. Anderson, a resident
of Juneau for the past 24 years,
died there recently after an illness
of approximately ten years. Mrs. An
derson was a native of Finland and
was over 81 years old at the time of
her death. She is survived by her
husband, Gust Anderson.
J. Dalzell of Juneau, who recently
purchased the Roy Jones seaplane
North Bird, intending to operate it
out of Juneau, lost the machine the
other day in Ketchikan, to which
place he had gone to take possession.
While it was lying at the dock one
of the pontoons began to leak, and
before te plane could be towed to
shallow water it filled and sank to
the bottom of the harbor.
At the regular meeting of the An
chorage Pioneers recently ,a resolu
tion was passed by the Igloo petition
ing congress to declare exempt from
federal taxation, gold mining. It is
the belief of this organization that
the lifting of the federal tax upon
gold mining will attract capital and
prospectors and that much more cf
the claims now discovered will be
worked, and much more of the un
known parts of Alaska prospected.
It is the belief that such action would
result in the discovery of many
strikes in Alaska,
Word has recently been received
in Seattle of the death of William F.
Smith, a well known oldtimer of the
Yukon and Tanana countries. Smith
and his companion, Fred Weston,
died in the Imperial Valley in Cal
ifornia, of sunstroke and thirst on
July 27, while out prospecting.
Hard Rock mining in the Hope
district, on Turnagain Arm, has been
given another impetus recently by
the bonding of four claims owned by
Pete Kapriovich. The transaction
tooks place several days ago and the
machinery for the development of
the property is now en route to the
claims.
J. A. Magill, uno formerly op
erated a whaling station at Beluga,
is operating a salmon trap and is
selling his catch to the Northwestern
Fisheries Co. He has also establish
ed a saltery and smoking camp on
Three-Mile Creek, below Beluga,
where he expects to put up a small
amount of fish.
E. J. Ulen, U. S. Signal Corps,
who went to Nulato from Fairbanks
recently, left Nulato on the Teddy
H. on August 7 to go to Wiseman,
where he will install the farther
north wireless station for the Signal
Corps.
The town council of Wrangell has
granted a 20-year electric light and
power franchise to the Wilson &
Sylvester Mill Company . This action
by the council is subject to ratifica
tion or rejection by the voters of the
town of Wrangell at a special elec
tion which has been called for the
first Tuesday in September.
A large halibut weighing over 300
pounds was caught recently in one of
the salmon traps of the Petersburg
Packing Company.
The run of red salmon in the Cook
Inlet district this season has been
one of the best in years, according
to D. W. Branch, manager for Libby,
McNeill & Libby.
The Bureau of Education vessel,
Beaver sailed from Nome on August
1, with Supt. W. T. Lopp. Bishop P.
T. Rowe and bureau of education
teachers aboard bound for Point Bar
row and way ports with mail and
supplies.
At a special election held a few
days ago in Ketchikan to determine
whether or not the town should be
authorized to issue $50,000 worth of
bonds in addition to the $100,000 al
ready authorized, the proposal was
carried by a vote of 79 to 5, a total
cf 84 votes being cast out of more
than 600 registered voters.
Armed with a special permit from
the Secretary of Agriculture that
will enable them to exceed the game
bag limit, and with half a dozen ri
fles of varied calibres, Frank C. Bald
win ,an architect of Fredericksburg,
Va., and Milton B. Medary, of Phil
adelphia, are on their way to t he
north slope of Wrangell mountain to
collect specimens for the Biological
survey that will go to the Smithso
nian institution.
The first showing of the Alaska
Educational scenic, showing the
“Golden Belt Tour’’ from Seattle to
Fairbanks via Seward and Anchor
age, and a return over the Richard
son Highway to Valdez, was recent
ly made at the Empress treater in
Anchorage. The picture consists of
three large reels, and given a com
prehensive survey of the scenery, in
dustry and home life of Alaska. The
pictures were made under the direc
tion of Colonel Jas. G- Steese, by C
J. Blanchard, of the Department of
the Interior.
A slight frost was felt in the Ta
nana valley Wednesday night.
B. F. McFairand, an old time res
ident of Dawson passed away in Al
ameda, Calif., recently.
Mrs. Fannie Mitchell, a well known
resident of the Yukon, died in Mayo
recently.
A two pound tomato grown in the
vicinity of Dawson is on exhibition
at a local store.
Old gold pokes sold by a Dawson
junk dealer at two bits each were
bought in by a wise prospector who
after shaking and beating them over
a gold pan recovered about $2.50 in
gold dust from each poke.
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A large crop of potatoes was rais
ed in the Dawson district this sea
son.
Brush fires are raging along the
Big Salmon river district.
A hunting party on White River
report seeing over one hundred bears
on the trip. They shot only the
best.
A floating trap owned by the Pa
cific American Packing company, of
Bellingham, was seized by govern
ment officials at Pybus bay, south
eastern Alaska last week. Illegal
fishing was charged.
A new mild cure plant has been
established on Crawfish Bay, near
Sitka.
Mrs. Frank Turner has bought the
18-Mile roadhouse on the Richardson
road near Fairbanks. This is the fa
mous Sullivan roadhouse of early
days.
The suit by the P. E. Harris Pack
ing Company, asking that Federal
officers be prevented from enforcing
the new fishing regulations was de
cided against the company by Judge
Reed at Juneau.
I A new herring saltery has been put
| up at Red Fox bay, southeastern Al
! aska by Greenheim Bros.
An unknown craft with only a
registry number showing was seiz
ed in Cook inlet recently . On the
boat were several barrels all label
ed salmon bellies, but containing
booze. The owners of the craft, three
in number, dove overboard and
swimming to shore escaped, with
the exception of one man, George
Hilary, who landed on a sandbar and
did not have the nerve to face the
cold water the second time. The
boat was towed to Anchorage.
The Alaska Glacier Sea Food Co.
of Petersburg recently shipped 31
tons of shrimp and two tons of
shrimp meat.
Mrs. Carrie K. Jones ,an Alaskan
pioneer, mother of Mrs. Claude H.
Kelly ,of Fairbanks, died in Tacoma
Sunday, August 3. Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Kelly are now living at Gig
Harbor, Wash.
The Rapids roadhouse on the Rich
ardson highway has been closed for
the season, the number of travelers
over the Highway not coming up
to expectations.
Al. McLaren, a pioneer of the Cor
dova district, is dead. He was bur- j
ied under the auspices of the Pio
neers .
A. H. Terrill, proprietor of the
Home Restaurant, Fairbanks, who
recently suffered a paralytic stroke
is still in a precarious condition at
St. Joseph’s Hospital in the Interior
city.
R. A. W. KRAMPITZ
FOUND DEAD IN BOAT
(Valdez Miner)
The body of R. A. W. Krampitz
was found in his boat last Tuesday
near Potato Point, Valdez Narrows,
by Louie Townsend, who had gone in
search of him. The body was lying
in the bottom of the boat, in a com
fortable position, indicating that Mr.
j Krampitz had laid himself down
j when seized by the fatal attack,
! while his left hand pressing above
the region of the heart gave evidence
i of the nature of the attack. The
i body was brought to town Tuesday
afternoon and an examination reveal
ed that death had occurred probably
six or seven days before. Funeral
services were held in Eagle Hall on
Thursday afternoon of last week, in
terment at the Valdez cemetery.
Mr. Krampitz was a pioneer of
Valdez. He arrived here on the
steamer Valencia on March 17, 1898,
with a party from Blue Earth City,
Minn., and made Valdez his home
since that date, while engaging in
i mining and prospecting. It is under
| stood that he had relatives residing j
j at Blue Earth and also at Spokane.!
| Mr. Krampitz was about 57 years of j
age.
Old Timer from Yukon
On Way to the States
P. D. Carroll ,an oldtimer from the
Yukon district, where he has been
carrying mail from Tanana to Ruby
for a number of years, arrived on
last night’s train in company with his
daughter whom he is taking outside
to school. Mr. Carroll has been in
nearly all the camps on the Yukon
and has a wide acquaintance. He re
ports a small strike on Mud river,
but of little magnitude. Fur is poor
on the river this season, the catch
being very light. Mr. Caroll and his
daughter will leave on the Northwes
tern. He will return in November.
Mr. Carroll reports a two-inch
snow at Yukon (points early this
month. He stated at all points the
potato vines were black with frost
and that crops were practically ruin
ed by the early frost. The Yukon
district is practically depopulated,
owing to the post at Gibbon being
abandoned and the railway furnish
ing coal to river points doing away
with woodcutters. Many fish are run
ning up the river this year, and a
good supply will be put up.
Ballaine Making Trip
Up the Susitna River
John E. Ballaine, who passed thru
Seward the first of the week on his
way to the interior, is making a trip
up the Susitna river with Jerrold
Ballaine and C. V. Geary. The party
is investigating a heavy stand of
birch timber reported to be in that
section.
DIES OF POISONING
In letters recently received from
Nulato the death of a middle aged
native woman from what appeared to
be ptomaine poisoning is told of. The
woman had been in good health up to
a few days before her death.
WISEMAN DISTRICT
HAS DRY SEASON
The weather at Wiseman has been
very good but due to the lack of
water mining operations have been
quiet according to word received re
cently from the Koyuktf district.
Sam Dubin swamped his scow
on the lower Koyukuk river and be
fore it could be righted, 17 sacks of
parcel post and second class mail
were lost in the water.
There is a report at Wiseman that
a man named Evans lost almost 10
tons of supplies below Alatna while
he was bringing a boat up the Koy
ukuk river.
The population of Wiseman is im
patiently waiting the arrival of their
new wireless plant which was at
the mouth of tne Koyukuk the first
part of July. When the plant is set
up the camp wd be a communication
with with outs’de world for the first
time.
Mrs. Charles Lechner
Passes Away Suddenly
The city wa- inexpressably shock
ed this morning when the news of the
death of Mrs. Charles Lechner, one
of the most popular young ladies of
the city, was broadcast about the
streets. Mrs. Lechner’s death was
caused by an attack of acute indiges
tion, and came suddenly at 4 o’clock
this morning, after a few moments’
illness . The deceased came to Sew
ard about two years ago, as Miss
Peggy Hughes, and was united in
marriage about a year ago to Chas.
Lechner, proprietor of the Seward
Machine Shops, of this city.
Full of vitaliy and energy, Mrs.
Lechner made many friends, and in
lodge and social work was one of our
foremost citizens. Her untimely
death is mourned by every person
knowing her. Deceased leaves, be
sides a loving husband, a mother, and
several sisters and brothers. She was
a member of the Eastern Star and
Rebekah lodges, and attended the
latter lodge last night ,taking an ac
tive part in its affairs. Mr. Lech
ner will leave on the steamship Yu
kon for Seattle, where the remains
will be interred.
Funeral services were held at the
mortuary chapel this afternoon, under
the auspices of the Eastern Star.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Lech
ner, who died suddenly yesterday
morning, was held yesterday at one
o’clock at the Mortuary Chapel, un
der the auspices of the Eastern Star,
E. L. Sweek reading the simple and
touching service to the dead pre
scribed by the ritual . Mrs. Spauld
ing sang “Nearer, My God, to Thee,”
after which the audience joined in an
appropriate hymn. The floral trib
utes were banked about the casket
in great masses ,speaking eloquently
of the great esteem in which the de
ceased was held by our citizens. Fol •
lowing the exercises the body was
sealed in ihe casket and tal*n to the
boat for shipment Outside. Chas.
Lechner, the bereaved husband, ac
companied the remains to Seattle
where they will be interred.
STANDARD OIL IN KODIAK
Construction of the new distribut
ing station of the Standard Oil com
pany at Kodiak has reached the
state where it is possible to announce
that the station will be opened about
August 8th. Four tanks large en
ough to supply all the possible re
quirements of that region, are being
built. Two 20,000 gallon tanks will
contain Red Crown gasoline, one of
the same size will contain Pearl Oil,
(kerosene), and a 70,000 gallon tank
will be for engine distillate. These
are located at the Erskine company
dock, which, with the warehouse
thereon, has been leased from Mr.
W. J. Erskine.
Mr. Eskine has heretofore handled
some of the Standard Oil products,
but as the Standard people felt that
the time had arrived when a wider
range of products and greater facili
ties were needer, they decided to put
up their own storage tanks and main
tain their own establishment. In
addition to gasoline, Pearl Oil and
engine distillate, there will be a full
line of lubricating oils and greases.
At present, however, there is no
Diesel engine fuel stocked. Large
meters are being installed on all pipe
lines, which will insure accuracy and
speed in delivery..
Mr. H. J. Grub, formerly of Pet
ersburg and Ketchikan, where he has
had much experience with the Com
pany, will be in charge of operations.
The establishment of the station at
Kodiak is a concrete indication of the
confidence of the Standard Oil Com
pany in the permanent possibilities
of business in this district of Alaska.
C. C. Hinde, cashier of the Bank of
Seward, has purchased the Chevro
let roadster brought to Seward by
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ebbets.
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ELLIS BALL CHILI MILL
THE MILL THAT TAKES THE PROSPECTOR OFF THE
LABOR MARKET
CHEAPER THAN AN ARASTRA AND MORE EFFICIENT
THAN A STAMP MILL
For Alaska Miners we recommend our Type B
mill, ten to twenty tons daily capacity, or our
Independence Mill, five to seven tons, priced
at $485.00 with gasoline engine; without gas
engine the mill is $80 less.
Come to Woodrow and see the Independence Mill in
operation. The first of these mills to come to Alaska.
HAGEN & HENR1CS0N, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA
Abatement Proceedings
Against Cordova Women
Complaints were filed in the dis
trict court at Valdez last Tuesday
seeking to abate seventeen buildings
in Cordova, alleged to be places of
immoral activities. The complaints
involved about thirty parties as de
fendants .consisting of the various
houses and the property owners. The
complaints are signed by Sherman
Duggan, United States attorney, as
"attorney for H. C. Goes, deputy U
S. marshal, who brought and verified
the complaints. Mr. Goes served the
summons the other day. The defen
dants have been given thirty days in
which to answer. The complaints
are brought under Chapter 20 of
the Session Laws of Alaska of 1919
and are what is known as the “Red
Light Abatement Act.”
JESSEN SOLE OWNER OF
ADVERTISING SYNDICATE
Arrivals from Anchorage announce
that E. F. Jessen .manager of the
Wilson-Jessen Syndicate, has pur
chased from Fred C. Wilson, his
interest in the business. It is stat
ed the deal was completed a few
days ago and that in the future the
business will be operated under the
name of E. F. Jessen Company.
According to Mr. Jessen’s announce
ment the business will be carried on
along the same line as it has been
in the past and later additional lines,
aside from advertising lines, will be
carried.
He lately acquired the news agen
cy on the Alaska Railroad and has
proven to be a much needed accom
modation to the traveling public. At
the present time the “butcher’ runs
between Seward and Curry.
MR. AND MRS. KARL DREGOR
ENTERTAIN AT HATCHERY
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Dregor enter
tained a number of Sewardites at
the fish hatchery last evening. Lunch
and dancing were enjoyed. Those
enjoying Mr. and Mrs. Dregor’s hos
pitalty were Lawrence Scanlon, John
Henderson, Martin Kilian, Jack Mc
Cord, E. E. Kurtz, Elsie and Cecil
Leslie, Dorothy and Beatrice Baugh
man, Thelma Ellsworth, Gordon
Shea, Mrs. Claude Shea, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth, Jack Bush.
Margaret and Dorothy Dalton and
Maurice O’Leary had a narrow es
cape from serious injury the other
day when they were thrown from a
truck near Chatanika.
The truck was loaded with gaso
line barrels, the young people sitting
on them. In some manner the bar
rels worked loose and started to roll
throwing the passengers to the
ground.
FLYER MAKES TRIP
TO EAGLE IN DAY;
LANDS RIVER BAR,
Linking Eagle with Fairbanks by
air route for the first time, Pilot
Noel Wien yesterday made a round
flight in remarkable time and with
compiete success. Leaving Fail banks
field av 11:30 a. m., with Norman |
Wimmier, placer mining engineer of
the V- S. Bureau of Mines, as a pas
sengei, he winged hi? course toward
Eagle .arriving at his destination and
landing on a sandbar on the oppo
site side of the river to the town in
3 hours and 25 minutes . Returning
he t-^uk a straight course for home. ^
land;ng on the local field at 8 p. m.
The return flight was made in >
hours and forty-five minutes.
Chief Police Walker
Tenders Resignation
Chief of Police J. H. Walker ten
dered his resignation Saturday night
and will leave on the steamship Yu
kon for the States. Mr. Walker has
also been acting as fire chief.
The new marshal will be appointed
by the council tonight.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson writing to
President Bunnel of the Alaska Col
lege from Melbourne, Australia that
he is sending the “Farthest North
College” the following books under
his authorship: “My Life With the
Eskimo,” “The Northward Course of
Empire” and “Hunters of the Great
North.” He adds: “I am tremendous
ly interested in the progress of your
work in Alaska. I should think that
you and your students might in tha*:
connection find more interesting than
my of'er books the cne called
North Course of Empire ”
Hunting Party Leaves
Today for Skilak LaSe
Messrs. Sterling and Hoover, with
Henry Lucas and George Nelson as
guides, left on today’s train for low
er Skilak lake on a month’s hunt
ing trip. The party will go to Mile
23, and down Kenai lake and river
to the hunting grounds. The father
of Mr. Hoover was a member of the
Chase party to the westward last
year, but found little game. There is
no doubt that with Messrs. Lucas
and Nelson they will bag the limit.
Hank Frost wyent as packer.
TROY RETURNS HOME
John W. Troy, editor of the Ju
neau Empire returned home this
wreek from attending the democratic
convention at New York. Mrs. Troy
has been named Democratic commit
teewoman for Alaska.
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Seward, Alaska