LONG WINTER MS
KANATAK, April—The April Starr i
delivered five passengers, all former j
residents or visitors, to Kanatak.
Mrs. Patton returned to Kanatak af
ter spending the winter in Seward.
Ed “Slim” Michaelson, who has been
spending a few weeks in Anchorage
and Seward, is back in Kanatak.
Mrs. Nelson of Kodiak, is a visitor
in town.
E. Deigh, who left Kanatak last fall
has returned.
Mrs. l>eattie, who has been spending
the wir.iei outside returned on a re
cent boat. She will reopen the bath
house in Kanatak.
Hen Season, fcx rancher on Ugain
shak Island, arrived on the Anna L.
This is the first gas boat to arrive in
Kanatak this year. He reports a
successful season on his ranch, tho he
( estimates that he. lost twenty young
foxes by the flood during the October
'•norms. He returned with supplies.
Maximn, who has a fox ranch on
David island, was a passenger on the
Anna L. He was an old Kanatak
resident.
Harry Lohr, who spent the winter
trapping in the vicinity of Amber bay
returned on the Anna L. He reports
a fair trapping season and mild weath
er in his neighborhood throughout the
\ inter.
Ohas. Madsen, a local merchant, is
jreparing for the expected rush this
summer by adding fourteen feet and
an office to the rear of his store. The
enlarging and remodeling of the store
room was quite an improvement and
this store would do credit to any town
in Alaska.
Kanatak has had many Bristol Bay
visitory this winter. The dog trails
were unusually good tho it was aftei
the first of the year before the first
mail team, driven by Nelson, was able
to get through. The cold weather and
heavy snow fall which followed made
dog mushing easy. Most of these men
brought over fur .remained for a short
visit and returned with supplies.
From Ugashik Axel Johnson was
first to arrive with his fur. He was
followed by Ben Hansen, who drove
over the finest looking dog team which
has been seen in Kanatak. Billie Sul
livan and a native team brought over
their catch. Charlie Smith and three
Eskimos, formerly from Nome brot
over fur and moccasins. They found
old Nome friends at Kanatak in Char
lie Madsen and Sol Warren.
Two natives from Naknek joined
teams with two natives from Igegik
and made record time coming over the
trail.
Jack Lowe of Dillingham, finished a
fur buying trip down the Bristol Bay
coast and brought over the largest in
dividual shipment of fur that has been
forwarded through the local post
office.
Fred Madsen and Fred Kraun of
Naknek and W. L. Johnson of Libby
ville, winter men for the canneries,
drove over for a visit. There were 52
dogs in their combined teams. Recent
rains had raised the snow line so the
dogs were left at the fish village and
the two men walked in the rest of the
way. They returned to their teams on
saddle horses and transported their
purchased on pack horses. About half
way over the divide some of the horses
stampeded, the cheechako packer’s dia
mond hitches failed to hitch and two
of the horses returned to Kanatak with
their saddles where their belly-bands
'should be. Supplies ranging from tooth
brushes to shu pacs were scattered all
* along the trail and travelers are still
picking things out of the snow from
time to time.
From Kanatak Demion has driven
over to Egegik for a visit. Demion and
Andrew Sam have been transporting
• supplies, mail, passengers and perish
able goods out to the drill camps all
winter. They even hauled hay and
oats for the horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy drove over
from Ugashik and are visiting rela
tives in Kanatak. No this is not an
Irish couple. Murphy is a chief of the
natives at Ugashik and is a full blood
ed native. His name is unpronounce
able to all whites and to most natives
so he is known as Murphy. Just about
two years ago he drove into Kanatak
accompanied by a Russian Priest. He
was married to the daughter of Nicholi
Kolmacoff, who was a chief in the
native village of Katmai before the
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes was
born.
The weather has been very mild at
Kanatak the past month. The rain
here turned into snow by the time it
reached the mountains at the drill
camps. The snow fall in those moun
tains has been very heavy this year.
The Standard’s bunkhouse was con
structed in a small cut in the hillside.
The snow has now drifted completely
over the top of the roof of the build
ing. Shafts were sunk at each of the
windows and the light is reflected into
flie buildings from white snow walls
of the shafts. You enter the building
sr!
by descending a winding stairway cut
the shafts and stairways must be
cleared of the drifted snow.
The horses walk over the roof of the
building on top ol the snow. Boys who
aie on the night towe'-s, oftei remark
’.hey retire in the day tim*1, “I hope
old Jerry takes lvs sho-s o f before he
gris in bed with me.” But the roof
o fat has al.v.yi held Jerry.
Jerry lives in a stable which is com
,ilot< ty covered by the snow but he
won't walk on top of it. He enters
his p ace by descending staii steps out
in the solid snow banks on a forty-fiev
degree incline. He is the last one
looked after in the morning. The only
feed that he finds is that which grows
in the garbage boxes, but he likes a
glimpse of daylight just the same, no
matter what the weather.
The heavy snow has not interferred
with drilling operations.
KANATAK, April 1—Telegrams
have just been received by owners of
horses in Kanatak from S. R. Capps,
of the Geological Survey, Washington,
D. C., requesting bids on six or seven
horses for June 12th.
A letter received from the survey in
the last mail stated that W. R. Smith
would probably return for a more de
tailed geological study of the district, j
The horses referred to in these tele
grams are evidently for the Smith
party.
Mr.Smith came to this district in
1921 as assitant geologist to S. R.
Capps. In 1922 he accompanied the
R. H. Sargent topographical party
from Kanatak to Chignik, as geologist.
Tn 1923 he was the geologist with the
R. K. Lynt typographical party work
ing from Kanatak to the Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes. He is thoro
ughly familiar with the conditions and
geology in this field and has surveyed
more consecutive territory in this dis
trict than has any olher geologist who
has visited the field. Those interest
ed in this field will be glad to see him
return.
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 1.—Tills
| city and vicinity was shaken by three
heavy earthquake shocks of several
minutes duration at 4 o’clock this
afternoon. The entire population of
the down town district rushed into
■ the streets fearing a repetition of the
disaster of 1906.
JUDGE RITCHIE IS
POSTPONED HTTERM
Judge E. E. Ritchie has called a
Federal grand jury to meet at Valdez
beginning May 5, and has postponed
the Anchorage term which was to ;
have been held in May.
The Judge states that the status |
ol the criminal docket has made it j
necessary in the interest of economy '
that a grand jury term be held at ;
Valdez before the Anchorage term is ;
called. There are more cases in Cor* j
Jova and Valdez awaiting action by J
the grand jury than in any other part
of the division.
Judge Ritchie indicates that owing i
to the primary election April 29 he <
did not deem it advisable to take a !
lot of jurors and witnesses away from '
home at the time of the primary.
Several Anchorage cases will be j
taken to Valdez.
FREIGHTER ADRIFT
SLID
CORDOVA, April 4—With her tail j
shaft broken and her propellors gone,
the Japanese freighter Ayaha Maru,
en route to Puget Sound points, is
adrift and helpless in the vicinity of
Atku island, according to a wireless
message received here.
The freighter carries a crew of forty
and the steamer Tolken is rushing to
her assistance.
WORK STMTEDONBIG
GMGEBt P. H, OGLE
P. M. Ogle has started work on the j
5 basement of his big cement garage,
I which will be built on Third and
I Washington streets. The building
1 will be 50x90, with steam heat, and
every modern improvement, including
! an up-to-date washing platform. ..
The entrance will be on Washing
ton streets, with exit on Third, this
I allowing a straight drive thru the
I building.
; This is the first of the many new
buildings planned for Seward this
year.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, Lnited
States Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, March 27, 1924.
Notice is hereby given that final
three rear proof testimony on Home
stead Entry, Serial 04579, embracing
lands in Lot 4, Sec. 31, T. 5 S. R- 12 W.
and Lot 1 NE'i NW%Sec. 6, T. 6 S. L.
12 \Y. has been submitted by George
Thomas Press, entryman, and his wit
nesses, James Walter Sampson, and
Harry Smith, all residing at Homer.
Alaskan and is now on file in the local
land office at Anchorage, Alaska, and
if no protest is filed in the loe?.l land
office at Anchorage, Alaska, on or
before May 20. 1924. said final proof
will be accepted and final certificate
issued.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication April 5, 1924.
Last publication May 3, 1924. 5t
Tne Bureau of Public Road officials
wih arrive from Juneau about the
20th of this month and work win
start on the many road projects in
this vicinity. It is repot‘el that the
road up Resurrection river to Russian
liver will be one of the projects
planned this year. This road will
join with the road from Kenai to
Moose Pass.
POLICE USING EVERY EFFORT
TO ROUND UP DRUGGISTS
SELLING FORM DEATH
TOLEDO, April 4—The death toll
in Toledo’s canned heat poison alcohol
orgies rose to eighteen today, and po
lice have bent every effort to round up
the druggists who are selling this form
of death.
PORTLAND, Maine, Apr. -I.—Sena
tor Pepper in an address here last
night declared that the Senate in
vestigation and the bad appointments
01 Albert Fall, Charles Forbes and II.
II. Daugherty had a tendency to
discredit both the Republican and
Democratic parties to the extent that
an irresponsible and highly danger
ous party has actually sug rested itself
to the extremists as a practical pos
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