George Shade of Chitina, has bought
the Lower Tonsina roadhouse from
Jake Nafstad and will make it attrac
tive for tourists. Fishing is unusually
good in this vicinity.
Sherman Rogers, editorial corres
pondent for the Outlook Magazine, is
in Alaska for the purpose of gathering
material for a series of articles and
lectures on Alaska.
Spontaneous combustion in a pile of
oily rags, destroyed the garage and
badly damaged the new dwelling of I.
C. Bamorge at Wrangell last week.
Johnny Johnson, an Indian, was re
cently killed near Juneau, when he
fell down a chute in the Alaska Ju
neau mine, and was covered by fall
ing rock.
Wm. Fritz, old time miner and
prospector of southeastern Alaska is
missing and it is feared he has been
drowned. He left Peisar island for
Sitka and a few days later his skiff
ind hat were washed up on the beach.
Searchers found his gas boat anchor
ed with a disabled engine.
The degree of Bachelor of Science
n Agriculture, was conferred upon
fohn S. Shanley, the first graduate to
eave the portals of the Alaska Agri
ultural College and School of Mines
ince the institution started.
Judge T. M. Reed and court officials
f the First division will leave Juneau
his week to hold a term of court at
Ketchikan. The session will be a short
ne, it is said.
The regular fall term of court at
ietchikan will be held in October,
isting practically throughout the
lonth.
Miss Margaret Ellingen and Leon
rd Sparks of Juneau were married
?cently, and kept their wedding a se
ret for a week, it coming out when
ie young couple left for the States
>r a honeymoon tour by auto.
W. T. Lopp, superintendent of the
ureau of Education for Alaska, left
st week for his headquarters at Se
tle after spending a short time in
te Territory.
Oscar Gard, an old time Alaskan,
ho years ago was in the fur busi
es, now has a fur store on Marion
reet viaduct in Seattle.
Clarence 0. Prest, the aviator whc
visited the Yukon last year on an at
tempt to fly to Nome, may visit the
territory again this year to resume
his flight. Prest has a machine al
Eagle, which fell with him near that
place and was later salvaged, and he
will use it and a new machine in his
flight.
A radio service will be installed in
the silver camp at Mayo in the near
future, connecting up the Stewart riv
er section with the Outside world.
Forest fires fanned by a heavy
breeze, swept over the Birch Hill dis
trict recently, threatening the homes
and property of farmers and miners.
The smoke was so dense that the sun
was obscured. This district has had
no rain for three wreeks, and the mer
cury has stood around 90, the moss
and underbrush being thoroughly
parched. Unless rain comes soon it is
stated great damage will be done.
C. J. Blanchard and Ray Beamer,
U. S. Reclamation Service photogra
| pliers, who accompanied the presiden
! tial party to Alaska, are in the inte
rior making a thorough photographic
canvass of the district. They partic
ularly want mines and farm scenes.
Many changes have taken place at
the Nome radio station recently. Pvt.
Heckman has been transferred to St.
Michael; Pvt. Devlit to Fairbanks;
Pvt. Lawrence to Hot Springs; Cpl.
to FairRbanks; Pvt. Durand to Nome,
Pvt. Dean from Fairbanks to Nome,
and Pvt. Pierce to the States.
The east side of the revetment
along Snake river collapsed last
month causing considerable damage.
The work is under charge of Sumner
Smith, of the Harbor department, who
has wired outside as to the amount
of damage and the material needed
for repairs.
Dogs in the vicinity of Nome are
creating havoc with the young ptar
migan, according to W. R. Buckmas
ter, a Bluff resident, who declares the
dogs creep up on the young birds and
pounce on them before they can make
their escape. A movement is on foot
to compel dog owners to tie up the
animals.
Harold W. Butler, former Dawson
merchant is now running a store near
Los Angeles.
i A. R. Larson and Mrs. Larson, for
mer Ketchikan residents, are located
in Long Beach, Calif.
Lew White, a former newspaper
man of Nome, recently left for Manila
where he will teach a government
school.
Steve Lovejoy, well known in Fair
banks, is located in Seattle in the in
surance business.
William Maloney, former Nome pio
neer and under Gov. Strong, mine in
spector for Alaska, now resides in San
Francisco.
E. T. Pope, one of the original or
ganizers of the Arctic Brotherhood,
lives in Seattle, where he is interest
ed in a billiard parlor.
Chas. Wamsley, former business
man of Seward, is now engaged in
business at Tia Juana, Mexico, and
has a good saloon trade.
Bert Hurd, one of the original dis
coverers of the Slate creek district,
in the days of 1902, and who took out
$100,000 on Miller gulch, is now in the
mining industry near Boise, Idaho.
Walt Le Noir, a pioneer attorney of j
Skagway and Nome, is now residing !
at Long Beach.
F. (Mushon) Jansa, well known old 1
timer, is chief steward on a shipping
board vessel.
A forest fire near Carcross recently
destroyed the plant of E. J. Proux, a
veteran fur farmer, who has operated j
there for 16 years. Twenty finely j
bred silver foxes were suffocated by j
the smoke.
|
E. J. Mattithems, President of the j
Keewarik Mining Company, on Candle |
| Creek, has submitted bids to the post;
office department for an air mail ser
; vice from Nome to Kotzebue, the
route to be followed being up the rlv
( er and across the divide to Salmon
Lake, down the Pilgrim River, up the
Noxapaga, across over the divide to
Imruk Lake, down Inmachuk to Deer
ing, thence to Candle and Kotzebue.
Owing to the fact that congress did
| not appropriate suffcient funds the
bid has been laid aside for the time \
being. Mr. Matthews has the con-!
tract with the government to carry
mail from Seattle to Victoria for out-!
bound steamers.
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If you wish to give your family a treat, or to pleasantly
surprise your dinner guests serve a baked FRYE'S DELI
CIOUS HAM. You will be well rewarded by the praise
that you receive. The delicate flavor, the juicy, tender
meat will certainly appeal to you. The ham may be pre
pared for baking the day before and cooked the afternoon
of the dinner.
For the smaller dinner bake the butt, but for the larger
party use the whole FRYE'S DELICIOUS HAM. Score
the skinjialfway through the fat, rub with powdered cin
namon, cloves and mustard, pat on maple flavored syrup
then dust with flour and bake like a pork roast in a cover
ed roaster with plenty of hot water to make steam. A
clove of garlic inserted next to the bone gives fine flavor.
Serve with jelly, apple sauce or sweet potatoes.
Try FRYE'S DELICIOUS BACON when you want a del
icacy that will give you an appetite as well as satisfy your
hunger.
FRYE’S WILD ROSE LARD is better than ordinary lard
because it contains the rich leaf and back fats.
Your Alaska dealer likely handles FRYE’S QUALITY
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Mrs. Maud Cattle, who used to own
and operate the Style Shop In An
' chorage, Is now buyer for a big con
cern in Chicago.
Dr. Kennedy, well known as a for
mer physician in Fairbanks, is now
located at Smackover, Ark.
Mrs. Lucy Fonda, a former employe
of the commission at Anchorage, has
a clerical job with the Seattle Hdw.
Company.
Bert Scribner, a former resident of
Fairbanks, is now in Fort Worth.
John Howard and Mrs. Howard,
whose maiden name was Tillie Wil
liams, are now running a natatorium
at Point Defiance, near Tacoma. Mr.
and Mrs. Howard were married with
in the Arctic Circle in 1896, and the
first white couple to be joined in wed
lock up to that time within the Circle.
M. B. Summers, former Juneau U.
S. weather observer, has been trans
ferred to Seattle. His successor has
not yet been named. Mr. Summers
will be in charge of the Seattle sta
tion relieving Chief Saulsbury, one of
the oldest men in the service, who has
been in Seattle for several years.
Steps to close the barber shop of
Billy Lott, slayer of Billy Prentice, at
Juneau, were taken last week by fed
eral authorities, when a cache of 20
cases of liquor was discovered at the
rear of his building. Lott denies all
knownedge of the presence of the li
quor.
Figures compiled recently by E. P.
Walker, chief of the Bureau of Bio
logical Survey, show that the propa
gation of blue foxes is gradually shirt
ing from the Third division to the
First division, where it is closer to
market, and islands are more plenti
ful. The total number of blue fox
farms in the First division is now
placed at 90, while the total number
in the territory is 146.
Dr. John S. Tigert, U. S. Commis
sioner of Education in his address at
Ketchikan July 4, predicted that
statehood for at least a part of Alaska
is not far off.
Anna K. Shea, committed to Morn
ingside from Sitka, in December, died
recently. Nothing is known of her
antecedents.
V. G. Garvey, H. C. Blunk and W.
W. Neilson of the Alaska Anthracite
Railway, are operating a large force
at Controller bay, and expect to com
plete the railroad this year.
Frank Campbell was seriously hurt,
and A. H. Pfeffer, Harry Turner and
E. Nelson, soldiers from Chilkoot bar
racks, were badly bruised when a
Ford auto plunged through the outside
rail on Willoughby avenue at Juneau
and dropped 20 feet to the beach, pin
ning the men under the car. Some
natives living on the beach helped get
the men out and they were taken to
the hospital. White mude is said to
have caused the disaster.
Carl Whitham has finished the sea
son at Chisane and is now at Nabes
na. It is said that Carl has a quartz
prospect that is looking better all the
time and that a mill will be installed
at some future date.
Jack Hayes, who started for Chi
sane recently, lost his way and wan
dered out on the clear ice of the gla
cier, as which point he was found and
set right.
A walk about Nome, says the Nug
get, will surprise the ordinary per
son, to find the number of gardens
and greenhouses. A large number of
greenhouses have been erected and
placed in order for the summer crop
of flowers and fresh vegetables.
Earle E. Blossom and Miss Ruby
Alexander were married at Douglas
last w'eek. The bride came to Juneau
about two weeks before the wedding,
while the groom is manager for the
Empire Printing Co. He was chief
clerk of the House of Representatives
and for ten years with the Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining Co.
A. R. Larson, of Ketchikan, has
resigned as vice consul in Alaska for
Sweden, according to information re
ceived. His successor has not yet
been named.
Dr. John Cason Geiger, with the U.
S. Public Health Service and profes
sor at the University of Chicago, left
Juneau recently for the East, after
spending a week among the Indians,
studying conditions. He will go to
Washington to confer with Public
Health officers on the situation, to
arrange for a health officer to visit
Alaska for periods of every two years
to keep in touch with the Indians.
George Turner, a brakeman with
the Alaska Railroad, suffered the loss
of his ring finger and had two others
severely mashed recently while mak
ing a coupling at Fairbanks.
William Bross Lloyd, a millionaire
of Chicago, is touring Alaska on his
yacht Tenino, a converted sub chaser.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Lloyd and
four children, and Mrs. McCune of
Chicago. The party travels by day.
light only. The yacht may visit Sew
ard and southwestern Alaskan wraters
before returning.
R. A. Sell, staff correspondent with
the Houston (Texas) Chronicle, is an
Alaskan visitor, gathering material for
feature articles for the Houston paper
which is a Sunday edition news feat
ure. Mr. Sells will visit the westward
and wrork on to Nome.
Eklutna Charlie, one of the Susitna
natives, was in Anchorage recently on
his first trip to civilization. He gave
the town the once over as a guest of
F. D. Kelly, well known prospector.
Mrs. Mike Peterson, a native wo
man of Quadra, was drowned recently
near that place, and natives believe
there has been foul play.
Fred Smith, an employe of Jack
Singleton, was drowned in- ihe Ne
nana river July 25, wiiile making a
crossing with several horses, opposite
Healy, south of Nenana. Smith was
riding one of the horses and leading
others, and when about half way over
the led horses tried to pull back to
the Healy side. Smith and his horse
wTere upset and the rider swam down
stream to a shallow place where he
could touch bottom, but could not hold
his footing and was swept over the
bar and drowned. His body was not
recovered. Smith was a man about
35 years of age.
Mrs. Wallace Brewington shot and
killed a 325 pound black bear near
Indian creek recently. The woman
was picking berries with companions,
when the bear was sighted in the ber
ry patch. Two shots killed him.
C. H. Thompson, steward of the
Anchorage hospital, who went to the
states some time ago for medical
treatment, is rapidly improving and
has gained 24 pounds since his change
of climate.
Bound on the annual trading trip
to the upper Tanana river district,
the steamer Nabesna, Capt. C. D. O’
Flanagan and Dave Early engineer,
left this week. The party will remain
at Teslin lake until spring, trading
with the Indians.
Jive Hundred caribou were seen in
the Chatanika river this week by
members of the road commission who
say the animals were seen everywhere
in the vicinity. The fall run starts
the latter part of August.
With the recent arrival of the
schooner Trader in Nome, owned and
operated by Billy Thompson, came the
news corroborating the story of other
traders that have been in Siberia for
the last few months and found that
they could do no trading until first ob
taining a license from Petropavlosk,
which is the headquarters of the So
viet government of Northeastern Si
beria. The Captain states that after
securing the license there is no cer
tainty that any one would be allowed
to trade as no one has been able to
get to Petropavlosk and get one.
Miss Caroline Mary Stipek and Mr.
Arthur Tappan McLain were united in
marriage at Nome recently. The bride
has been teaching school at Dime
creek and the groom has been a resi
dent of Nome for many years.
Many miners in the Second division,
apparently not posted on the laws^
posted their location notices in April
toi the first of July, which is contrary
to the present mining laws.
W. H. Merritt has started a hy
draulic proposition on Twin creek
near Bluff.
Ben Brockman has three men work
ing on a hydraulic proposition on
Swede creek near Bluff.
Steve Leakos, Theros Hahnes and
George Louis, Greek section men in
the employ of the Alaska railroad at
Moss were fined $5 and costs this
week for assaulting George Keppler,
a cook in the section camp. Keppler
had a deep gash in his head which re
quired several stitches.
According to statistics compiled re
cently in Anchorage, the salmon pack
in the Cook inlet district has decreas
ed 50 per cent over that of the same
period last year. To date the North
western Fisheries have packed 15,000
cases, the Alaska Packers 10,000, Port
Graham cannery 13,000, Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby, 17,000 cases, the Snug
harbor cannery 4,000, and the Anchor
age Packing Co. 6,000 cases.
Although men have dragged in the
vicinity of the place where Walter
Frederickson’s boat was found for
five days, no trace of the missing man
was found. Frederickson was drowned
while on his way to Sitka.
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FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Seward, Alaska, March 23, 1923.
To A. F. SPRAGUE, his heirs, execu
tors, and assigns:—
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the year 1920 and
during the period January 1, 1921, to
July 1, 1922, the sum of two hundred
dollars ($200.00) in labor and im
provements on each of the following
lode mining claims, situate on Gilpat
rick Mountain in the Kenai Recording
Precinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, to-wit: Summit, Lisbon, Olym
pia, Hattie, Meat-in-the Pot and Clara,
recorded respectively at Page 132,
Book 4, Page 133, Book 4, Page 132,
Book 4, Page 46, Book 5, Page 84,
Book 5, and Page 46, Book 5. Said
books mentioned being records of min
ing locations of the Kenai Recording
Precinct aforesaid.
All of the said expenditures were
made to hold said claims under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States, and all amendments
thereto, concerning annual labor on
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said claims for the year
1920, and the period ending July 1,
1922. And if within ninety days after
the publication of this notice you fail
or refuse to contribute your propor
tionate share of such expenditure,
which amounts to Three-three dollars,
Thirty-three cents ($33.33) each for
the Summit, Lisbon, Olympia, and
Hattie Claims; Fifty Dollars ($50) for
the Meat-in_the-Pot Claim and Twen
ty-five Dollars ($25) for the Clara
claim, then your interest in said
claims will become the property of the
subscriber, one of the co-owners who
has made the required expenditure as
herein stated, by the terms of said
section and laws.
GUS BROWN.
Date first publication May 12, 1923.
Date Last publication Aug. 11, 1923.
Run fourteen weeks in Sat., continu.