(By special correspondent!
BODY FOUND
The body of an unidentified man
was found by O. Johnson of Thumb
Bay on Friday September 6.. The
on your way East
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'body was found floating at Mc
>wds Bay, on Montague Island.
jOn September 7, Deputy Marshal
Conrad, Commission er Arthur
Hackwood, Dr. Walkowski and a
coroner’s jury consisting of Harry
l Sutherland, Capt. Harry Hayes, J
> James Liggett, Ben Stoltman and
- George Hayes, motored to Monta
gue Island to examine the body and
’ j prepare it for burial.
No clue of identification were
! discovered. The body, which had j
i been in the water for possibly three j
months, was decomposed past rec- j
ognition, but was that of a dark
haired man, about six feet tall, and
weighing probably 190 pounds. He !
I was dressed in khaki trousers, red |
| rubber boots, sou’wester hat. g'reeh
I blazer jacket, and oilskins. In his
| pockets were found only a silver
j watch, gold chain, with a two and
a half lollar gold piece fob, a $5 j
geld piece, tobacco pouch, jack
knife and $1.10 in small change.
The body was buried at McClowds
Bay.
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The motorship “Junior” of the
Solar Development Co., at Knights
Island, with Capt. Harry Hayes in
! command, is stopping in Latouche
for repairs before making a trip to ]
Cordova.
The Latouche Club members took
their annual excursion to Mont
gomery Bay on the gasboat “Elio
na” on Saturday September 8. As •
usual it was a “stag party.” |,
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J
Charley Seastrom, well known j
Latouche man, left on the S. S.
Alameda for a week’s stay in Cor- a
j dova. t
Frank “Dusty” Gruber, pioneer;
of Alaska, returned on the S. S. Al
aska from a trip to Seattle. As this <
I was Mr. Gruber’s first trip to the :
j states in 27 years, it is needless to
isays he enjoyed himself immensely.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Overby
and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Angerman,!
left Latouche on September 8, with
L. J. Wallace for a bear hunt on the
Axel Lind fox island.
Joe Baker, popular member of
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>F CANDY MANUFACTURED If*
THE UNITED STATES BOTH IN
j BUI.K AND BOX. The Candy Cot
i tage. i
the Latouche younger set, returned
on the S. S. Alameda September 6,
from a month’s visit in Seattle.
His return is welcomed by his many
.friends here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. O’Neil
and sons, Milton and Kenneth,
sailed on the S. S. Alameda Sep
tember 6 for Seward. The family
is planning a two weeks’ visit in
Anchorage.
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I S. Panco underwent a major op- j
seration at the Latouche hospital on '
September 6.
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Mrs. B. Van Presley and children,1
David and Jean, were local arrivals
on the S. S. Alameda, September 6, j
after spending the summer visiting
friends and relatives in Washing-!
| ton. Mr. Presley, superintendent of
the Latouche Copper mine, who is
now on an air tour in the Interior
of Alaska, will return next week to
join the family.
Ralph N. Scruby, D. D. S., was an
outgoing passenger vn the S. S.
j Alameda, September 9. Dr. Scruby
has gone, after spending two
months in Latouche, to continue
his practice of dentistry in Kenne
| eott.
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Messre. Ai.ee Roberts and Marion |
-i Ou.obie, logging contractors tor !
i nt Kenntcotu L/Opper Corporation, '
arrived in Latouche on Sunday I
evening, September 8. They are i
guests at the Hotel Latouche.
Harvey Williams, of Fairbanks,
arrived on the S. S. Alameda, Sep
tember 9, to enter the employ of
CHOIR POSTPONED
Choir practice of the Episcopal
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next Friday, September 20.
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Across the street from the
Arcade Building
John Anderson, Prop.
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the Latouche Copper Mine.
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John B. Nielson and Deputy Mar- j
shal Conrad, of Latouche, left Sep- *
tember 9, for a weeks’ hunting trip j
at Hoag Bay, Bainbridge Island.
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Gust Carlston, former ly of Ken- I
necott, and George Schlotter, of
Anchorage, were arrivals on the S. j
S. Alameda, September 9. They
have entered the employment of
the Latouche Copper Mine.
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Joe Weaver, employee of the La- !
touche Mine, returned from a six j
weeks’ vacation in Kodiak on the !
S. S. Alameda, September 9. He is a 1
guest at the Hotel Latouche.
Hear the record Utah Trail. Play
ed on the New Brunswick Portable;
price $35. Also the record Barnacle
Bill is good and some more about j
Bill will be on the next boat.
SCHALLERER’S ALASKA SHOP. !
BAGGAGE delivered to and
from all steamers, trains and
hotels.
GENERAL HAULING.
The higher they go the better
we like them.
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Which saves mono for yoa.
We can renew your old packs
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Total Cost $4.50
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That rich, creamy taste of
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Sunny, carefree days, a
lifeout-of-doorsall win
ter. Summer pastimes in
summer settings every
where.
Bring your summer
hobby to California this
winter. And when you
come, save the precious
days for pleasure—come
in speed and comfort by
train.
From Portland, Southern
Pacific offersfivedaily trains
to California, with through
sleeping car service from
Seattle.
You have the choice of
train travel in coaches at
special low fare (S15 Port
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regular first cla^s fare and
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with services of barber,
valet, ladies’ maid, etc., on
the deluxe extra fare "Cas
cade.”
to the 6astj
From San Francisco or Los
Angeles, Southern Pacific
offers a choice of splendid
ly appointed transcontinen
tal trains.over threehistoric
routes. It costs very little,
if anv more, to go east thru
California \ia Southern
Pacific.
Southern
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LEGSL NOTICE
1. S. LAND OFFICE. ANCHOR
AGE, ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that RALPH SPARKS, entryman,
together with his witnesses, HAA
KON SUNSBY, and THEODORE
ALBERT NUTBEEM, all of Sel
dovia, Alaska, has submitted fin
al proof on his homestead entry,
serial 06799, for lands embraced
in U. S. Survey No, 1541, Longi
tude 151° 12' 30" W. Latitude 59°
36 N. containing 17.55 acres.
If no protest is filed in the U.
S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alas
ka, within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter
said final proof will be accepted
and final certificate issued. The
proof is now in the files of the
local Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska.
J. Lindiey Green, Register
F'irst publication August 20, 1929.
Last publication October 30, 1929.
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