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The days of >98 were recently stag
ed at Fairbanks.
M. J. McCarthy, an old time Nome
Jts, is now located at Silverdale, Wn.
Headline says ‘‘Jury Gives $20,000
for a Kiss.” Well, it is worth it to
kiss some juries.
Walter Edkins, for many years in
terested in Katalla oil, is now a well
driller at Cold Bay.
James Smith, of Cordova and Ka
talla, where he conducted a cold sto
rage plant and meat market is living
at Haywards, Calif.
E. Lucas, formerly with the Harri
man National Bank of Seward is as
sis<ant cashier of the National Bank
of Commerce, of Seattle.
Elliott Stewart, old timer of Alaska,
and former resident of Seward, is in
Estacada, Oregon. He is in the print
ing business.
Miss Cora McVean formerly with
Bank of Alaska branch at Anchorage,
is in Manila, P. I., where she is visit
ing acquaintances.
Major Gotwals recently made a vis
it to Fairbanks in company with Mr.
Hansen, on the railway new coupe
speeder.
Another coal seam of very high
grade has been discovered at Mile
334. Andrew Anderson was the lo
cator.
Harry Lucky, a popular guide at
Healy has been advised that a party
of big game hunters will come north
this spring for a hunt in his district.
The Mt. McKinley Bituminous Coal
Corporation has sent five more men to
their mine at Mile 341 to develop the
property. The company has opened of
fices in the Terminal block at Nenana.
Cannery employes at Chignik are
reported to be slaughtering ducks in
that vicinity. As the law is out for
killing these wild fowl until fall the
game warden will investigate.
The cold store plant at Ketchikan
was last week threatened with de
struction by fire. Timely discovery
of (the blaze and quick work by the
fire department averted the disaster.
Leslie Munger, an oldtimer in the
Cook Inlet country, is located at Ca
yenne, state of Sonora, Mexico, where
he has a two thousand acre ranch. He
raises rice and Spanish beans.
The old Alaska Yukon Navigation
Company Dock at Fairbanks is being
torn down with the exception of the
extreme western end, which is to be
used for the convenience of small
boats.
Fire which broke out recently at
Juneau caused loss to three parties
estimated at about $9,000, partially
covered by insurance. The greatest
damage was done to the Britt Pharm
acy.
Struck by a heavy sea the entire
supplies and equipment including a
tractor for the Taku river company’s
camp on Taku river wTere swept into
the sea from the barge on which they
were being towed by the gasboat
Iowa.
A young Seward boy who was asked
to make up a composition on Study
Time turned in the following: “When
ice cream grows on macaroni trees;
when Sahara’s sands are muddy;
when cats and dogs wear B. V. D.’s,
that’s the time I like to study.”
Healy river coal is being shipped to
Alaska coast towns as far south as
Ketchikan and is finding a ready mar
ket wherever introduced. Five car
loads of coal were recently disposed
of in Cordova, and is sold at from $4
to $5 less than British Columbia coaL
Four carloads were shipped to Ketch
ikan.
The fur industry of the north, both
wild and domestic has added its quo
ta of w’ealth to the expert valuations
approximately two million dollars be
ing the value of the shipments accord
ing to datum furnished by the biologi
cal survey. The total valuation of
the pelts shipped last year is approx
imately $1,723,693.46. This does not
include Pribilof island furs.
Captain Foster, who recently made
a trip through the northern ranges of
Alaska, reports that the northern
ranges of Alaska were once the nat
ural habitat of the musk-ox. Not
only are there large numbers of musk
ox horns to be found on these ranges
but there are other evidences that
large numbers of these animals once
lived in this part of the country. What
accident or design drove the muskox
from these ranges is a mystery. He
advocates their introduction into the
territory.
Five hundred men will be employed
in the vicinity of Katalla this season
according to Cordova papers.
Mrs. Stephen D. Grant has been ap
pointed public health nurse for Wran
gell, for the coming year beginning
April 16.
The Sitka Public school recently in
augurated a clean up day for the city,
and streets and grounds were given a
thorough overhauling.
i
Elmer Reed, recently appointed
chief deputy marshal for the First
judicial division has arrived at Ju
neau, accompanied by Mrs. Reed.
George A. Parks, chief of the Gen
eral Land office, field division, recent
ly returned to Juneau after spending
several weeks along the government
railway.
The mother of Oak Olson, promi
nent broker for Alaska, died at Seat
tle last week. Mr. Olson at the time
was making his first trip to Alaska
since he moved his headquarters trom
Juneau to Seattle last month.
George F. Hughes, a Seattle resi
dent has sued the Alaska Steamship
Company for $25,000 damages as a re
sult of alleged damages sustained by
him in May of last year when a cargo
sling on a steamer at Skagway struck
him.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
by a Juneau jury in the case of of the
United States vs. Hoxie, charged with
having liquor in his possession. Hoxie
was arrested following a raid on his
cigar store, when alleged whiskey was
found on the premises.
Rev. George Pringle, formerly oi
Dawson and a well known musher
who traveled many miles of country
in all kinds of weather in the service
of the church, has branched out into
the field of literature.
Sig Winberg, keeper of the blue fox
ranch on Patterson island, owned by
the Alaska Fur Farms, Inc., was in
Ketchikan recently and reports tha;
his company has approximately 130
young foxes. At present the company
has three keepers.
The U. S. Forest Service is getting
ready for shipment of 300 board feet
of clear yellow cedar to the Forest
Service Products Laboratory at Mad
ison, Wis., for testing purposes. It is
being cut by the Ketchikan Lumber &
Shingle Mill Company.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Moss of Los An
geles, are visiting in Skagway. Mr.
Moss is in Alaska in search of syndi
cate stories for his newspapers-. He
has a staff of writers with him who
will specialize in “Who’s Who” in
Alaska.
Miss Alma Abrahamson, a Juneau
school teacher who left shortly before
the Christmas holidays for a visit in
the states, is reported to be seriously
ill with sleeping sickness at Casper,
Wyoming, at which place she was tak
en from the train while on her way to
visit relatives.
John R. Winterbottom, a former
mining operator, on Vault Creek, Fair
banks district, died at the Pioneers
Home at Sitka April 22. He had been
a resident of Alaska since March, 1898
having first resided a* Skagway. De
ceased was born in England in 1867.
He had been an inmate of the home
for nearly two years.
News has been received at Dawson
of the death at Rampant House of the
Rev. Amos Njootli of the Church of
England, a full blood Peel river Indian
aged 50 years. Njootli was ordained
12 years ago at Dawson by Bishop
Stringer and was a very fluent speak
er.
Ernest Bryson of Haines, was in
dicted by a Federal grand jury on the
charge of murder in the first degree
at Juneau last wreek. Bryson is al
leged to have killed Robert H. Ferry,
whom he found in a cabin with his
wife, by shooting him with a pistol,
November 14 last at Haines.
The Chichagof island Gold Mining
Company will not shut down its mine
on Chichagof island at the present
time or in the future, President W. R.
Rust stated, denying rumors which
have been circulated about the first
division. Mr. Rust stated (that twenty
more men could be employed at the
mine.
John Williams, a resident of Skag
way was a participant jn a shooting
scrape at the Gateway City in whicu
one of the participants used a gun,
and John used rocks. Williams said
the man was packing off his piamts
and when he remonstrated the man
took a shot at him. Williams heaven
a dornick at him and his assailant is
now one one leg.
Martin L. Hamlow was indicted at
Juneau recently for alleged violation
of the Mann Act.
The first work train of the season
on the Copper River railroad left re
cently for its summer’s work.
Owing to extremely neavy snows or.
the Yukon watershed residents this
year are looking for high water.
Joe Eglesias was arrested recently
at Ketchikan and fined $250 and given
60 days in jail for violating the dry
laws.
Charles Johnson died recently in
Ketchikan. He was a member of the
Ketchikan Igloo of Pioneers and was
buried under the auspices of that or
der.
R. H. Runyon and J. Kimball, i.opo
graphers for the U. S. Geological Sur
vey will arrive in Ketchikan soon to
spend the summer in survey work in
the Tongass national forest.
Mrs. Peter Kramer, aged 60, a pio
neer resident of Ketchikan for 15
years, died recently. Deceased was
born in Poland and has relatives in
New York state.
The case of the Government against
L. B. McCoy, charged with attempting
to steal foxes from the Zimmerman
fur farm on Brothers island, resulted
in a mistrial at Juneau.
Jake Secrest, accused of shooting at
John Williams at Skagway recently,
was indicted by a First division
grand jury for assault with a danger
ous weapon.
J. L. Hill, an Eldred island fox far
mer, recently arrived in Juneau wkh
the gasboat Vivian which he purchas
ed in Ketchikan recently. The Vi
vian is 36 feet long, 10 feet beam and
holds 12,000 pounds of halibut.
M. L. Carr and his wife and brother
are on the Victoria planning a trip to
the westward on a big game hunt. Dr.
W. H. Chase of Cordova will accom
pany the party to the westward. The
launch Rolfe will be used.
!
H. F. Gerhard, a popular member of
the naval radio staff at Mile 7 near
Cordova, died last week following an
operation for appendicitis. Deceased
was 28 years of age, and leaves a wife
and a daughter.
The first sheep to be born in the
Klondike district have just arrived at
Joe Jolicouer’s hay ranch on the Klon
dike river, 18 miles from Dawson. Joe
i last fall imported 58 ewes and one
j ram, and one of the ewes within the j
j the past week increased the band by
‘ three lambs and another by two
Capt. Edward Telford, commander
j of the Mounted Police on the YukoD
has received a report from Constable
McClary in charge of the Teslin post
stating that the snowfall at the time
he wrote, a month ago, was nine feet
on the level.
JThe Cordova game club is making
arrangements to secure the co-opera
tion of fishermen in order that game
on the Copper river flats may be pro
tected this summer. Many fishermen
have become members of the Game
Protective association.
Capt. I. M. Hofstad, resident of
Bay, has just returned from the south
where he bonded a group of nickel
claims on Baranoff island to a group
of Los Angeles capitalists. The claims
were found by the young sons of Capt.
Hofstad early last summer while on
a hunting trip and it is said the ledge
is a large one and runs heavy in
nickel.
The many friends of George C. Haze
let, who was recently operated on in
New York city for papendicitis, will
be pleased to hear that he is on the
steamship Alameda on his way home
to Cordova. Mr. Hazelet had a nar
row escape from death as a result of
the operation, his life being despair
ed of.
Dr. y\m. J. Miles, formerly a well
known physician of Nome, died at his
home in La Conner, Skagit county,
last week. I & 1893 Dr. Miles and a
party of six business men purchased
the schooner M. M. Merrill, with
which they sailed to Nome, opening
the first drug store in that city. Eight
years later he sold out and removed
to the states, settling in La Conner,
where he practiced medicine until his
death.
Victor Marshall, the 17-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. H. Marshall, of
McCarthy, was drowned recently at
Cordova, where he was attending
school. Victor was a member of the
High school basketball team, and had
just finished a game of tennis when
he borrowed a bicycle to ride to the
Cordova dock on. In some manner
the machine struck the guard rail on
the dock and threw him into the wa
ter. The tide was running swiftly
and he sank before he could be res
cued. The funeral was held last Sat
urday, the unfortunate young man s
father arriving in Cordova on a speed
er. Victor was a splendid young man
and had many friends in the Copper
River valley.
Tom Barnes, who for a time oper
ated near Hope, Kenai peninsula, is
now a resident of Bronxville, New
York.
R. S. Ryan, Nome sourdough of the
vintage of ’99 and later concerned in
a townsite at Controller bay is now p
resident of New York.
F. B. Leonard of Ketchikan has
opened a laundry in Hyder, the first
of its kind. The machinery will be
ready to instal by the first of July.
Mail Carrier Ed Bartlett, who has
been operating a stage between Cir
cle and Chatanika, has made his last
trip ©t the season.
The short course in home econom
ics came to an end last week and 30
diplomas were awarded by the Alaska
College at Fairbanks.
Although there are no signs of a
breakup on the Tanana, owners ot
small boats are getting ready for the
coming of navigation.
With all but about $3,000 of th
1923 taxes collected the city of Fair
banks finds itself in debt over eleve.
thousand dollars.
Burdette Tunison, who has lont
been identified with the Nenana posi
office force, has entered the emp.c.
of the city, succeeding H. C. Her.
shaw as city clerk.
tieorge Koiae, Deiter Known locan..
as “Bismarck,v was given a hearing
at Fairbanks and found to be of un
sound mind. He is held at the deten
tion hospital.
Eddie Suter, former well known
Fairbanks jeweler, has struck it rich
in oil at Huntington beach Califoi
nia, and is said to be able to write a
check in six figures.
James Howard died at his home i:
Metlakahtla last week, from tubercu
losis. He was a pioneer of the district
and leaves a large family to mourn
his loss.
Chas. Jacobson recently arrived in
Ketchikan from Port Alexander, the
first trip to the town in nineteen
years. Mr. Jacobson stated that the
last time he saw Ketchikan it was a
scattered village with a few- houses ac
Charcoal Point.
John Moe, formerly in the saloon
business and later a prohibition offi
cer under the democratic administra
tion, died recently at San Diego. De
ceased was a member of the Moose
lodge at Fairbanks.
The Fairbanks Flouring mill corpo- J
ration held its annual meeting at Odd !
Fellows hall in Fairbanks last week.
P. J. Rickert, one of the pioneers ol
the valley, was elected president ot
the organization.
The new Jackson-Berry Aero Snow
Plane Transportation company gave a
demonstration of their new machine
to a number of guests at McCarthy
last week, and the vehicle worked
perfectly, the huge propellers taking
it over the snow at a rapid rate.
The entire outfit of the Stewart
mining company, which will operate
this summer on Caribou creek, has
been landed at its destination in re
cord time. Caterpillar tractors were
used the loads and trailers averaging
150 tons to the tractor.
Deputy Collector of Customs J. H.
Hillard, who "was located in Ketchi
kan until recently is now in charge of
the customs office at Skagway, but
will later go to his headquarters at
Eagle.
Clarence O. Prest, the daring avia
tor who flew to Dawson last year
from the Outside and proceeded to a
point 30 miles beyond Eagle where he
was forced to abandon his machine
in the tundra, writes the Dawson
News from his home in Las Vegas,
N. M., that he had hopes of coming
North this year and ocntinuing his
flight, ' '
The funeral of the late Mrs. R. F.
Roth, who succumbed to an attack of
pneumonia at Fairbanks recently, was
one of the most largely attended ever
held in the city. The deceased, whose
maiden name was Ada Francis Hast
ings, was born in California May 15,
1866. She is survived by her hus
band, Attorney R. F. Roth, by two
daughters, Misses Dorothy and Flor
ence Roth, and by four brothers re
siding in California.
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gam Bonn!field, former Dawson and
Fairbanks mining man, is now livinf
*n Washington, D. C.
W. L. Goss has been chosen super
intendent of the Wrangell schools for
the coming school year.
A reward of $100 is offered for the
arrest and conviction of dog poison
ers working in Wrangell.
Denny Murray, old timer of Alaska,
is running a grocery business in Si
attle.
R. B. Hall, known as Bert, whi
built the Solomon ditch line, is now
living at Greenwich, Conn.
A1 Murphy, former claim owner and
operator on Dexter creek, near Nome,
is in Los Angeles.
Frank Pierson, an old timer of the
Nome district, is living at Weaver
Creek in the Selkirk mountains, B. C.,
operating a mining property.
Dr. H. A. Kyvig, for many years lo
cated on Cook Inlet, and Mrs. Kyvig
are living at Paulsbo, Wash. Dr. Ky
vig has a drug store there.
Jerry Galvin, a Koxigarok mining
man is now in New York, financing a
hydroelectric proposition for the town
of Wrangell, Alaska.
Chas. Lamb, who as a partner o
Billy Leake won a fortune on Bonan
za creek in the Klondike, is living in
Stockton, Calif.
H. B. Wilkinson, former chief time
keeper for the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, is now in the income
tax department at Washington, D. C.
Former Governor W. H. Hoggatt o.
Alaska is president of the Keyes
Products Company, a big concern, in
New London, Conn.
George C. Hazelet was named pres
ident and E. F. Medley secretary o*
the Cordova chamber of commerce a.
a recent election.
Peter McGrath, for whom the town
of McGrath, in the Kuskokwim dis
trict was named, and who used to run
a trading post there, is in the furni
ture business in Portland.
W. H. Graham, an oldtimer of the
Nenana district, now residing in Pine
dale, Wyoming, writes that he in
tends returning to Alaska this sum
mer.
It is easy enough to he nappy, \wien
one has beauity and youth, but the
girl worth while is one who can
smile, right after she's lost a iron,
tooth.
Miss Una Korth, formerly of Sew
ard, holds a responsible position with
the Bank of Commerce, Seattle, hav
ing charge of the department handl
ing the bonds that were subscribed
for the big hotel to be erected in Se
ahtle.
Charles Jones, at one time resident
of Anchorage, where he edited the
Railroad Record, official organ of tb*
Alaska Engineering Commission, nov
has charge of one of the departments
of internal revenue at Washington,
D. C.
Dave King, a well known newspa
per man, for sometime associated
with Rex Beach the author, and who
for ten years has been running a pa
per at Morristown, N. J., died recently
according to advices received by Se
attle friends.
Members of the Sisters and Broth
ers Society at Wrangell, a native or
ganization, made complaint that Sa
rah Lott had appeared at a meeting
and had used profane language and
acted in a drunk and disorderly man
ner. A warrant was issued and the
defendant tried, receiving twenty day8
in jail.
Henry Heinbockel was recently ar
rested at Wrangell and tried for dis
charging firearms in the city limits.
Mr. Heinbockel was standing in the
rear of Johnson’s store at Wrangell,
when he shot at a crow. The bullet
ricochetted and struck a native on the
head stunning but not seriously in
juring him.
Foley Bennett, who made a com
fortable stake on Dominion creek;
George Craig, formerly of the depart
ment of justice at Dawson; Mrs. Craig
and daughters; Roderick McDonald
and wife; William Hill, long time fore
man for the Yukon Gold on Twelve
Mile; E. M. Mutch and wife; Caleb
Hauser, Dominion creek miner, and
Archie Black are, located at Pentic
ton, British Columbia, at the head
waters of the Columbia river.
Suit was filed in the United States
district court at Ketchikan by the
New Alaska Mining company through
its attorney James M. Shoup, against
Chas. O. Knuppie, Dan Davis, Wil
liam McGrew and the Daly Alaska
mines, a corporation, wherein the
plaintiff asks the court to compel de
fendants to deed it certain mining
properties in Hyder on which an op
tion was given in April, 1919. Aitho
sums much less are mentioned in the
suit, it is believed to involve mil
lions.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE—Gibson guitar, best lea
ther case, music stand, instruction
book and song books; price $75
cash; Overland Hotel, room 26;
owner leaving south on Victoria. It
WANTED—Show cases; apply to the
Gateway office. tf
FOR SALE—Model A Intertype, mo
tor, mould, liners, one set of mats,
machine in good condition; now in
use, for sale cheap for cash; or
$500 cash, balance on monthly pay.
ments. kl20
FOR SALE—Three horse power mo
tor, 60 cycle, lie volt; in excellent
condition; sell cheap for cash. kl20
FOR SALE—Miscellaneous lot of old
stands, cases, proof press, stereo
tjping outfit, stones, chases, old col
mun rule in fair shape; Gateway.
FOR SALE—Printing plant sufficient
ly lqrge to issue four pages five col
umn; includes cylinder press; type,
8tones, proof press, chases, column
rules, etc., two cases of display
type; cheap for cash. Gateway, tf
FOR SALE—Rotospeed, brand new
Used about one week, will sell for
$35.00 Perfect Condition. Lipke.
Radio Station, Seldovia, Aalska.
WANTED—Clean rags at the Gateway
Office. t't
FOR RENT—3-room house; see Chas
Cooper-_ lio-tf
EVERYBODY can byuy groceries, feed
and supplies Wholesale. Write for
free price list. People’s Grocery, 701
Olive Street, Seattle. ti
BIG CHANCE to make a stake; fox
Island, close in, loO blue foxes;
three boats; good improvements;
Price $25,000. See Don Carlos and
Don Carlos, Sexton Annex. tf
FOR SALE—Live chickens, in any
quantity; see Chas. Cooper. 110-tf
FOR SALE—Singer Sewing Machine
for shoe repair work; good condi
i tion. Inquire at Seward Leather
Works. kju6
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We have an exceptional
flock of Reds; bred to
the Alaska climate, and
with a flock record of
over 200 eggs per hen.
Eggs 20c Each
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The Leaders in Economical pro
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Eggs 15c Each
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Sale
ARMY SHOES
Sale
WE HAVE just bought a tremend
ous Stock of ARMY MUNSON LAST
shoes to be sold to the public direct.
Price $2.75. These shoes are 100 per
cent solid leather with heavy double
soles oewed and nailed. The uppers
are of heavy tan chrome leather with
bellows tongue, thereby making them
waterproof. These shoes are selling
very fast and we advise you to order
at once to insure your order being fill
ed.
The sizes are 6 to 11 all widths;
Pay Postman on receipt of goods or
send money order. Money refunded if
shoes are not satisfactory.
THE U. S. STORES CO.,
1441 Broadway, New York City
WE HAVE PURCHASED 122,000 pair
U. S. ARMY MUNSON last shoes, siz
es 5 1-2 to 12, which was the entire
surplus stock of one of the largest
U. S. Government shoe contractors.
THIS SHOE is guaranteed one hun
dred per cent solid leather, color, dark
tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water
proof. The actual value of this shoe is
$6.00. Owing to this tremendtious buy
we can offer same to the public for
$2.95.
SEND CORRECT SIZE. Pay post
man on delivery or send money order.
If shoes are not as represented we will
cheerfully refund your money prompt
ly upon request.
NATIONAL BAY STATE SHOE CO.
296 Broadway, New York, N. Y.