GAME TRANSFER IS
MADE ON JULY FIRST
-.
SEWARD DISTRICT DISCONTIN
UED—HARDY WILL HAVE
CHARGE
JUNEAU, July 1—Formal transfer
was made today of the Alaskan Game
Warden service and administration of
the Alaska game laws and regulations
heretofore vested in the office of Gov
ernor of Alaska, to J. P. Walker, as
Alaska agent of the Bureau of Bilogi
cal Survey. The change was direct
ed by a resolution passed by congress
a short time before its adjournment
in June.
Mr. Walker stated that the Bureau
had not fully perfected its plans for
administration and permanent organ
ization. The time since the transfer
was directed has been so limited that
it has been impossible, he said, to go
into all of the details for a compre
hensive program which is contemplat
ed. merging the game organization
with that which has heretofore been
in charge of the land fur-bearing ani
mals and functioning under the Bio- >
logical Survey.
As soon ns he received official no-1
tice that there would be a transfer of
administration of the game laws, Gov.
Bone notified all wardens on the force
that their connection with the service
would automatically cease on June 30.
Several of the old wardens, Mr. Wal- j
her said, had applied to the bureau for j
re-appointment, and most of them
will be retained.
Owing to the fact that funds for the
maintenance of the warden service,
are limited, he said, it has been con
sidered advisable to diminish the num
ber in order to make it possible for
the remaining officers to spend more
tme in the field thus increasing the
efficiency of the force. It will be the
aim to avoid duplication of work by
game wardens and wardens in the pro
tection service for land fur-bearers.
There have been, under the Depart
ment of Interior and directly under the
Governor’s office, six game districts,
each having a warden in charge. Two
were in Southeastern Alaska, three in
the Third Division and three in the
Fourth. For the present, at least two
have been eliminated, one at Mc-Car
thy, in the Third and one at Nenana
for the Kantishna in the Fourth.
Old officers who have been appoint
ed for continued service by the Bureau
of Biological Survey are: E. M .God
dard of this district; James S. Pitcher
of Ketchikan, for the South end of the
Division; Robert L. Steavens of Cordo
va; who will also look after the Mc
Carthy district for the present; Jas.
G. Moore of Fairbanks, and Alexander
M. Hatley, Kuskokwim. The Seward
district has been discontinued. George
C. Cotter has been warden there for
the past three years. His work will
be taken over ,at least for the time
being by A. H. Hardy, warden in the
land fur-bearing service. The Kan
tishna district has also been discon
tinued. J. M. Burrows, of Nenana, was
warden there.
II. W. Terhune, who has been do
ing special work for the Bilogical Sur
vey in this district since May 18, will
probably be promoted to chief assis
tant to Mr. Walker and make his
headquarters here. Mr. Terhune was
connected for several years with
Washington State game forces and
has had much experience in that line
of work, Mr. Walker said. He will
make his home here.
With the transfer of the game ad
ministration goes, also, the transfer
of issuance of Federal hunting licens
es. In the past these have been issued
from the Governor’s office. Mr. Wal
ker will issue them hereafter, begin
ning tomorrow .Arrangements are be
ing made he said, so that persons en
route to Western Alaska for hunting
trips can secure their licenses while
their boats are in port.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
EXPECT SRESULTS SOON
Will the Standard Oil rig at Kanat
ak break thru the thin crust remain
ing between the drill point and the
oil strata with the near future. It
hopes so, or at least this is the prog
nostication of Karl Armstrong, formei
deputy marshal at Kodiak, who if
thoroughly familiar with condition
and progress made. The Standard if
now down 2300 feet and drilling in oi'
sands, heavy streams of water making
casing imperative. In case oil is strucl
this summer Kanatak will enjoy t
wonderful boom .The Associated rig
also has resumed work, and will pusl
their hole down as fast as possible.
Karl Armstrong is heavily interest
ed in the oil town and also runs th<
lighterage business at Kanatak.
Remington Portable Typewriters ai
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION
ASKED BY JOHN FRAME
JUNEAU—A telegraphic request
at the Office of Clerk of the U. S. Dis
trict Court here from John W. Frame
foi* a certificate of his election as Re
publican National Committeeman for
Alaska, according to an announcement
made by Clerk J. H. Dunn today. The
request was refused by Clerk Dunn be
cause he had no authority to do so.
There is some curiosity expressed as
to Mr. Frame’s purpose in seeking a
certificate of election in view of the
fact that the National Committee has
declined to seat him. One of the lead
ers among the Alaska Administration
forces expressed the opinion that he
might want it for “framing” inasmuch
as intimate friends of Delegate Suth
erland residing to the westward have
declared that Frame’s assumption that
he was the Delegate’s choice for Nat
ional Committee was a frame-up.
NOME BO! REPORTED
Albert Martin, the oldest son of F.
Martin the local fur dealer of Nome,
who was accidentally shot by a boy
friend last month while hunting is
showing slight improvements daily.
The bullet it is reported, entered
just above the temple and passed in
the rear of the right eye and lodged
back > +he left eye. The l oy ran for
help end a stretcher was hastily made
and P Ibert taken to Maynard hos
pital, where he is receiving the best
possible attention. It was learned that
the young man is resting easily and
taking nourishment .His eyes, which
were (iosed for two days after the ac
cident, show some signs of sight re
turning as the youngster is now able
to discern light from darkness.
B! SEARCHING PARTIES
SEATTLE, July 1—Two expeditions
out of Port Moller on the Aleutian
peninsula failed to find any trace of
the wrecked plane of Major Frederick
L. Martin, former commander of the
American army around-the-world air
squadron, according to Lieutenant C.
Bissell, who arrived here last week
from the north. Lieutenant Bissell had
charge of the arrangements for the
flight between California and Shima
shu, Japan.
One expedition followed Martin’s
directions as closely as possible and
the other went its own belief as to
where the wrecked plane was located.
Neither found a trace of the missing
aircraft.
UNGA NEWS
The infant child of Adolph Haaf
died June 12th.
Miss Fuller, the Red Cross nurse is
again with us, giving the people the
once over. 1
The hunting party from Hollywood,
are returning to Seward. Dr. Hardy,
one o fthe party from Tecumseh, Mich,
will stop at Stepanoff Bay to get an
| other bear, if possible.
The salmon run is on in full blast
■ and the Squaw Harbor Cannery is at
full capacity. The Redwood, P. A.
1 F. steamer, was in port the 23rd and
loaded 9,000 cases of red salmon. By
| the appearance now the pack of the
cannery will be completed early.
The cod fishermen are busy and cod
! are now coming in in goodly quanti
ties.
The Starr is due today, the 25th.,
from the westward.
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ALASKA NOTES
What is btlicved to bt ? bif strike
of silver bearing ore has been located
within a mile of the town of Skag
way on the west side of the Skagway
river and near Smuggler’s cove. Over
fifty assays of samples taken from
the prospect, on which a tunnel has
been driven for 18 feet, shows an av
erage value of $S a ton. Assays of $34
a ton have been made and it is notic
ed that the values increase as dis
tance is attained. As to the vastness of
the deposit there is believed to be no
doubt, its value being the only thing
now to be determined.
Adolph F. Piper who tipped the
scales in Loussac’s drug store in An
chorage, at 309 pounds, where it stop
ped because it could not go any fur
ther, has thrown out a challenge to
run any man of his weight in Anchor
age, a foot race any thing from fif
teen yards to a mile. He is 62 years
of age and came to Alaska in 1888.
The entire Toloyana valley is re
ported to be ablaze according to Air
Pilot Sampson who returned to Fair
banks this week from a trip to the
town of Brooks. A big fire is sweep
ing the right limit of the upper Tolo
vana and the country has either been
burnt or is burning. Small fires are
to be seen all along the route.
Charles L. Phillips, resident of
Matanuska, and Mrs. Mary Smith of
Anchorage were married last week.
In a letter received by Mrs. John A.
McIntosh of Fairbanks, the death of
D .T. Boone, early Cleary $reek resi
dent was announced. The death oc
curred on May 18, resulting from
heart failure.
The big reindeer herd of George
Ashenfelter will be driven from Coun
eil to the Broad Pass district this
fall. The animals number from five
»o seven thousand head.
Evans and Huntington, trades at
Kokukuk station and Alatna, lost a
barge load of merchandise recently
while moving the barge up the river
to ther Alatna station. A snag in
the river penetrated the hull and
fifteen tons of goods were lost with
no insurance.
T. A. Woolard, until recently at
tached to the engineering forces of
the Alaska Road Commission at Mc
Kinley Park and Oscar Phills, popular
locomotive fireman on the railroad,
have purchased the George Morrison
property at Hot Springs on the Ta
nana river below Nenana and will
embark in the fox raising business.
Don S. Rae, Alaskan miner and
for many years a lesident of west
ern Alaska, died at Pocotello, Idaho,
July 1, according to advices received
by the Juneau Elks’ lodge.
Norman Dawn who has been tak
ing pictures in the Valley of Ten
| Thousand Smokes has had excellent
success and will return to Anchorage
next week.
Gus Dourel, pioneer Dome creek
mining operator, died this week in
Fairbanks, from abdominal trouble.
The deceased was a member of Igloo
No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska and funeral
services were held under the auspices
of the Igloo.
Miss Irma Marsh of Anchorage was
united in marriage this week to Dick
Sessions, purser of the government
steamer General Jacobs. The wedding
took place at the apartments of Miss
Vera Russell, at Nenana. The young
couple are nowT on their way down the
river on their honeymoon trip.
Charles L. Phillips, a resident of
Matanuska and formerly of Anchorage
was married Saturday night to Mrs.
Mary Smith, proprietress of the Art
Shop of Anchorage.
Miss Leah Rosenblat, who taught
school four years ago at Chichagof,
where she was very much liked and
who has since been teaching at Eagle,
Alaska, was married the first day of
July to Clarence C. Dudney, deputy
United States Marshal located at
Eagle ,where they will continue to re
side.
According to an announcement by
the superintendent of the bureau of
education at Anchorage, Alaska, Libby
McNeill & Libby will get all the fish
from the Tyonic river, on the west
side of Cook Inlet, this season. The
fish are all taken by natives, and will
be taken daily by a tender from the
Libby plant at Kenai.
According to advices received at
Juneau last week, George Buchanan,
president of the Buchanan & Hull coal
company of Detroit, will conduct an
other excursion for boys in July, 1925.
It will be remembeied last year, Mr.
Buchanan brought to Alaska forty
eight boys under a plan whereby the
boys earned one-third ,their parents
paid one-third and Mr. Buchanan fur
nished the other third.
BIG STRIKE REPORTED
IN NUKA BAY DISTRICT
The launch Virginia arrved n port
this morning from Nuka Bay having
on board W. B. Brockway and Dr.
Mc'Cailiie. It is reported that a new
strike of great value has been made
about seven miles from the recent
strike, the new vein being seven fete
wide and bearing heavy values. The
! report has not been verified but it
is believed to be true as the strike
at Nuka Bay was an exceptionally
rich one.
Michaelson in the Pay
cn Mills Creek Group
Robert Michaelson, who owns 12
placer claims at Blue Gulch, in the
Mills Creek district, about 20 miles
from the railroad, arrived in town
yesterday bringing about six ounces
of coarse gold washed from his prop
erty in five days labor with snow
water by himself. Mr. Michaelson
has been prospecting the bench about
300 feet above the present level of
the creek bed, and has tapped a pay
streak about 50 feet wide and five
feet deep 60 feet above the creek,
carrying heavy values. The gold is
a dull yellow and free from extra
neous minerals. Mr. Michaelson has
twelve claims on the gulch, working
a No. One giant, with about 200
feet head of water. These claims are
on the main auto road from Moose
Pass, and transportation is cheap and
easy.
The old channel of Mills creek is
said to lie about 300 feet higher than
the present bed, and from all indica
tions the property will be a very val
uable one. This creek produced over
$180,000 most all of which is now
known to have been washed down
from the old channel. Bedrock has
not yet been struck, but the over
burden is light and Mr. Michaelson
is prospecting the claims at the pres
ent time ow-ing to a scarcty of water.
NEWS FROM SELDOMUl
SELDOVIA, July 3—The clam dig
gers on the beach at Snug Harbor
went on a strike this week in an ef
fort to enforce a demand for an ad
vance in pay. They want $2 per box.
Ed Meredith, with his small cannery
at English Bay, has alreadp put up
over one thousand cases of salmon and
reports that a big inn of Reds is now
in progress at his location.
The All-Year-Round and Cook Inlet
companies have about 500 cases pack
ed arid a big run is expected.
The Carlisle Meyers Coating can
nery at Polly creek, on the Seldovia
clam utach, was sold at auction sev
eral days ago to the highest bidder in
foreclosure proceedings. The name of
the purchaser has not been made
known here.
The Fidalgo Packing company at
Port Graham has been making poor
progress up to the present time. Usu
ally, however, the big run begins af
ter the fifth of July.
The cannery tender Marathon, from
Kukak bay was in Seldovia this week
on a’search for clam diggers for the
Hemrich Packing company’s plant at
that place.
A ten pound boy was born to Mr,
and Mrs. McLain last Wednesday and
both mother and son are doing nicely,
The McLains operate a fox ranch near
Kusiloff.
INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted concerning
Henry Wallace, formerly of Iditarod,
Dawson, Fairbanks and Long. Ad
dress his son George H. Wallace, 978
Moran St. Cincinnati.
SEATTLE, July 10.—G. W. East
man, head of the Kodak company,
passed through here today en route
to Vancouver from which port he
will embark to southeastern Alaska
on a pleasure trip. He expects to
be gone about two weeks.
At the Hawkins apartments Satur
day night, Major J. F. Byrom, com
manding officer at the Anchorage post
and Miss Louise Ross, -were united in
marriage, Rev. B. H. Landsdowne
performing the ceremony. The bride
arrived on the Yukon, the Major com
ing over to meet her. After the cer
emony a substantial wedding supper
was served, dancing followinng until
an early hour. The newly married
couple left this morning for Fairbanks
to spend their honeymoon, returning
to make their home in Anchorage.
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LA FOLLETTE TALKS
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SIVE PARTY
CLEVELAND, July 5— Lafollette,
in a message to the conference for
progressive political action, further
declared that the supreme issue in
volving others is an incroachment of
the powerful few upon the rights of
the many.
“This great power has come between
the people and their government,” as
serted Lafollette. “Democracy cannot
live side by side in any country with
the present interest in the control of
the government by private monoply.
“Popular government cannot long
endure in this country without a pro
gressive party. As I stated befoi'e, I
am sure that the people in November
will take such action as will insure
their nation a new party in which all
progressives may unite.
NEW YORK, July 9.—Senator
Wheeler of Montana turned down an
offer from LaFollette to run as vice
president on the independent ticket.
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