EXPRSSES THANKS
Capt. Holten Reiten, of the
wrecked halibut schooner Sea
bird, prior to leaving Juneau for
Seattle, expressed thanks and ap
preciation of the work of the of
ficers and men of the Coast
Guard cutter Unalga, who made
rescue possible from Wingate Is
land which the crew of the Sea
bird reached after being wrecked.
MANY CARIBOU
Caribou are reported running In
! large numbers around Dawson. At
|Moosehide, it is said, there arc
i thousands of th eanimals on the
| move and the Indians are harvest
ling their winter supply of meat
Vast herds are reported just a short
| distance up the Yukon and on the
! Klondike. It is a common sight to
| see the animals floating down the
j river in front of the city on the ice.
Tiic Man W ith the Milk is the Boss. II. Lierer
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| FOR NUMBER
: LAST MONTH SHOWS INCREASE
OF $572,951 OVER THAT OF
NOVEMBER, 1928
Exclusive of gold and silver Alas- -
ka’s commodities shipped to the
states in November were valued at
$3,407,187, according to the monthly
[statement of commerce issued by I
| J. C. McBride, collector of customs.!
This was $502,951 larger than the j
same month last year.
Copper and halibut made the j
principal gains. The former jump- j
ed from $426,961 in November 1928 1
shipments last month were worth j
to $785,885 last month. Halibut j
| $508,000, a gain of $226,452 over the j
same month last year.
Cured herring shipments increas- !
ed $40,000; fish oil jumped about j
$68,000; and liv^ animals gained j
$70,000. Canned salmon shipments |
'were valued at $1,134,611, a decrease 1
of $128,533, 1
I The annual election of officers
| for the ensuing year by the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce, will
be held December 24, according
to announcement by President
Leon Urbach.
j Unheralded on their mission, two
!Russian scientists from the Univer
sity of Moscow, are now in the Ter- j
jritory studying Alaskan fur farms, }'
j The scientists, Professor L. Boit
jsoff and T. Malkovich, are cspec- i '
jially interested in the methods of •
handling blue fox and they are \ i
j visiting several islands in south- j «
i eastern Alaska where those animals t,
| are farmed. Later, t is said, they 1
j intend to travel to the Westward. |
j The scientists are connected with j'
| the Siberian Pur Farms, one of the I <
j largest, if not the largest corpora- ! i
l ion of its kind in the world. Last j j
year the firm bought 3.000 silver,,
| fox and it will be in the market
later for a large number of blues, i *
Professors Boitsoff and Malkvich j1
! will return to Moscow in February l
j to report on their studies of fur j <
j conditions in this country, reports J,
,Stt oiler’s Weekly.
Aside from being a master
I mechanic of considerable local
\ note he is very much of an ar
; tist as is evidenced bv a bcauti
j ful walking stick, made by him,
! from sheep horns
ALASKA PRISON LABOR
The federal government’s plan of
|as~igning voluntary prison labor to
work on roads is being tried out at
j Juneau, reports the Empire. The
experiment beginning when eight
men from the federal jail went to
work on the old Perseverance Mine
road. Jim York, formerly guard at
the jail was as igned as deputy
marshal in charge of the crew and
work. The experiment is in line
with and part of the general policy
of the federal authorities thruout
the Territory.
Mike Pickhachy, Rus ian miner
who reached Seattle in search of
special treatment for his injured
eyes, is not dependent on any char
itable organization or his personal
j friends for assistance, it was made
known at Juneau. A Seattle press
! di patch to The Empire indicated
j that such was the case.
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