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The feature of the mining news of
the week in the Northland is well au
thenticated report that the General
Mining and h inance corporation, Lon
don will this season enter the Portland
Canal mining district and as basis for
immediate development and explor
ation work has taken an option on the
Portland Canal mine. This concern
has vast mining properties in South
Africa and in other parts of the world.
The head of this great mining corpor
ation, Leopold L. Albu, in person visit
ed the Portland Canal district last
season and was so impressed with
what he saw that he frankly stated
at that that time that his company
proposed to enter this promising min- j
eral field. The bonding of the Port-.
land Canal mine is in fulfillment of
plans formulated soon after Mr. Albu
visited the big lode camp
Dr. S. Hall Young, pioneer Alaska
missionary, and until recently su
perintendent of the Presbyterian mis
sions in the Northland, was an ai
riving passenger in Beattie this
week. He has been assigned to the
position of special representative
for Alaska for the Presbyterian
Board of Home Missions, and will
make his headquarters in Seattle.
His new duties will be to raise
funds for building boats, etc., and
to furnish literature to carry on the
missionary work in Alaska.
Mr. Squires, Chief of the land De
■4. partment of the Forest Service, says
there is absolutely no truth in the
statement that the rents on fox faim
lands have been raised from 25c to
$2.50 per acre. As a matter of fact,
rents are not based on acreage. They
are fixed at a minimum rate of $25.00 |
a year with a limitation of 2500 acres. j
Very few of the fox farmers are1
paving more than $25.00 a year. It i
would seem that 2500 acres is a fair- j
)y go> d sized ranch on which to buiid |
corrals.
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Theodore Anderson, who left Sel
dovia last November or. the gasboat
Onyx to go to the rescue of the Mal
colm party, whose gas boat the Agram
was wrecked near Illiamna, returned
to Seldovia Friday, says the Anchor
age Alaskan.
His own boat, the Onyx, was wreck- j
ed on the rocks near Illiamna and for j
six months he was isolated from civ- j
ilization. He reported that in all
probability his boat can be saved on
one of the coming high tides.
Mr. Anderson seems to be none
the worse for his nigged experience,
but most emphatically declares that
he is mighty glad to reach home again.
Mrs. George Perusse, well known
former resident of the Interior, whose j
husband died at Fanrbanks recently !
presumably as the result of inhaling .
exhaust fumes of an automobile
which he had driven to a garage, ar
rived in Anchorage last week accord
ing to the Anchorage Alaskan en
route to the Interior city. Mrs. Per. ;
usse was at Prince Rupert on her:
< way to the states when advised of the
sad occurrence and boarded the first
boat at Prince Rupert on which she
came north on the Alaska and trans.
ferred to the Redondo at Seward.
A 1_i
(jhas. mgerson, piuiwei
attorney, owner of the Revilla hotel
at Ketchikan, recently destroyed by
fire, informs the Alaska Weekly that
he has let a contract to the J. B. War
rack Construction Company for the er
4 ection of a concrete, fireproof, mis
sion style building, work to begin as
soon as plans are completed. Lawton
& Molderhour, architect, with offices
in the Alaska building, are preparing
the plans, which call for a hotel mod
ern in all respects. The hotel building
will be three stories, at the present
time, but so constructed that at least
two additional stories may be added
later. The ground floor will be de
voted entirely to busines purposes.
The Bank of Alaska, soon to estab
lish abranch at Ketchikan, has taken
the prominent comer site, and other
store rooms have been spoken for.
Henry Wagner, oldtime mining
man of Goldstream has returned to
the Fairbanks district for the season
and plans to do considerable on his
Goldstream property. He has 1,000
tons of Suntrana coal on the ground
for use in his boilers during the sea
son. He spent the winter at Long
Beach.
Mrs. Rose Riekert, of Little Eldor
ado, is a patient at the Fairbanks hos
pital, where is being treated for a
slight attack of intestinal flu, of
which there has been quite an epidem
ic lately.
A crew of engineers -will be sent up
to Moose creek this week for the pur
* pos of making a survey of a standard
gauge grade in order that an estimate
may be made of the approximate cost
of construction. The survey will run
for a distance of between seven and
nine miles which will include the Alas
ka Matanuska coal property. The com
piled cost of the standard gauge which
will replace and follow the present j
narrow gauge track, will be submitted
to Congress and according to Anchor
age authorities, it is confidently be
lieved the national lawmakers will ap
prove the plans and provide the neces
sary funds.
Ernest “Shorty” Wehncks of Anch
orage, last week hopped off in his air
plane Ford truck on the northern ap
proach of the Anchorage dock, landing
ten feet below on the glare ice and
skidding twenty feet, did a pretty nose
dive into Ship creek, where he came
to a halt without injuries to the car
or the driver. “Shorty” immediately
made the necessary repair and sent a
radio message to Major Martin advis
ing him of accident and stated that
he expected to join him at Dutch har_
bor.
Her many friends will be pleased to
learn that Mrs. Marie Wilson of An
chorage has sufficiently recovered
from her recent illness to be discharg
ed from the government hospital.
Pete Kilkenney, who was sentenced
to three months in the federal jail at
Anchorage and assessed a fine of $300
escaped from the jail last week and
has so far made good his escape. Kil
kenny was the youngest offender of
the dry law to be sentenced for some
time, bein gonly 26 years old.
Chief Naketa of the Cook Inlet tribe
of natives, passed away last week. He
was about 78 years of age and was
suffering from tuberculosis. He is sur
vived by his wife, who is confined in
Morningside and several children.
Frank Bedford, aged 63, well-known
Alaskan miner, died last week in the
government hospital. He was a miner
and prospector from Livengood dis
trict and was well-known in the in
terior country.
E. Ellison, stevedore at the gov
ernment dock in Anchorage, fell back
ward off a flat car sustaining a broken
hip bone.
Mrs. Cecil H. Clegg has advised
friends that the operation which Judge
Clegg recently underwent at the Mayo
Clinic, appears to have ben very suc
cessful. The operation was more se
vere than had been anticipated but
the judge stood it fine and now ap
pears to be on the road to speedy re
covery.
Mail Pilot Ben Eielson is said to
have averaged 125 miles an hour on
his last flight from McGrath. He had
to rise to an altitude of 9,000 feet to
get above a bad head wind and was so
high when he reached Fairbanks he
could hardly be seen .
REAL RAINFALL REPORTED
FROM VICINITY SITKA
Weather reports for yesterday froir
Sitka make other Alaska towns look
like arid spots, as 3.48 inches of
rain fell in 24 hours and it is still
falling.
One and .46 inches of rain fell in
Juneau yesterday.
WORK ON OGLE GARAGE
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Ogle garage corner of Washington
md Third. The basement has been
?xcavated, the cement forms .con
structed and the lumber and gravel
s on the ground.
The building is 50 by 90 feet.
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MENTAL WORRY
CAUSES SUICIDE OF
ANCHORAGE MINER
WILLOW CREEK QUARTZ MINER
KILLS SELF IN FIT OF DE_
SPONDENCY.
ANCHORAGE, May 7—Paul Han
sen, aged 40, committed suicide at 9:40
this morning by shooting himself thru
the head with a 32 calibre automatic
revolver, of cheap German make. The
bullet entered the right temple causing
a wound from which the victim died
about one hour later.
The deed was committed in the rear
of Baxter’s News stand. Cause of the
death is attributed to temporary de
rangement, caused by despondency,
brought on by financial worries.
Willow Creek Miner
Lyle W. Larson, member of the firm
and Tom Conroy were in the store at
the time and upon hearing the report
rushed to the spot. They administered
all possible first aid and called Doctor
Smith who promptly arrived to take
care of the case. The body was taken
to the Anchorage Funeral Parlors.
Hansen, native of Germany came to
America at the age of 18.
He was a miner by profession and
a resident of this district for about 12
years. He was interested in the Willow’
creek district and associated with a
number of local citizens in developing
claims principally on Reed creek.
Hansen was unmarried and from the
information available it was learned he
had no relatives in America.
It is believed that the act was pre
meditated as it is known that Hansen
had been getting his affairs in shape
and only yesterday was seen at the
Ship Creek bridge drowming his pet
cat. In conversation recently with
friends it was learned that Hansen
was despondent ,although no overt act
of this nature was intimated .
He was a member of the Anchorage
I. O. O. F. lodge. While in Anchorage
he always made his headquarters at
the Richter House. No arrangements
have been made for the funeral.
An inquest was held this afternoon
at 3 o’clock by the United States Com
missioner W. H. Rager and a coroner’s
jury at the morgue of the Anchorage
Funeral Parlors.
Hansen w-as a cabinet maker by pro
fession, but had not followed his vo
cation for a number of years.
COAL FIELDS OF
ANCHORAGE REGION
TO BE DEVELOPED
The Howard-Jesson Coal company
of Moose creek will start quantity pro
duction soon, according to an an
nouncement made public recently, says
the Anchorage Alaskan.
This company has been driving a
prospect tunnel on their ground during
the past winter and have cut a number
of large seams of good coal.
Mr. E. R. Jesson recently returned
from a business trip Outside, accom
panied by his brother L. N. Jesson al
so interested in the venture. A few
days ago they visited the ground fol
lowing which Mr. Jesson decided to
take an active partnership in the com
pany.
The mine is being developed by
the use of private capital and the most
modern mining equipment will be in
stalled on the property.
Mr. Jesson said yesterday “with the
use of modern mining methods we be
lieve that we can supply coal for any
part of Alaska at the lowest possible
price.”
The equipment to be installed at
this time will permit a daily output of
about 200 tons and will be so installed
that the plant can be enlarged at any
time should it become necessary.
Both of the Jesson brothers are old
timers in Alaska having been in Nome
in 1900 later going to Ester creek in
the Fairbanks district where they have
considerable ground at present.
In 1914 they went out to await the
completion of the railway and last
>rear Mr. E. R. Jesson returned to his
loldings on Ester creek but wood was
scarce so he decided not to enlarge his
>perations there at that time.
At this time Bartley Howard inter
red him in the coal mining proposi.
ion and after looking over the ground
hey formed a partnership and acquir
d the Roth lease in the Moose creek !
ield. Since that time they 1 ave prose- -
uted the work of development vigor- j
usly. ]
According to a statement made by 1
lr. Jesson, “as soon as pi'oduction
tarts at the coal mine we will ship
ur own coal to be used in our placer
'orkings on Ester creek.” i
Mr. Howard will be in charge here r
chile I will handle my property on the I
reek.” I
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NOME PIONEER DEAD
The remains of Henry Kuehne, a t
oneer of Nome, were found in his C
ibin on the sand spit last week. Ac (
squest showed he died of apoplexy y
e was buried in the city cemetery ' 7
(Alaska Weekly)
Guy Benners, western manager for
the New England Fish Company with
headquarters at Vancouver, B. C.,
came south on the steamer Alameda
following a visit of inspection at Ko
diak, Seward and Juneau with a view
to seeking a location for the installa
tion of a large cold storage plant.
Kodiak, Seward and Juneau are nat
urally making a keen fight for the lo
cation of the proposed plant in then
respective communities, but Mr. Ben
ners is not committal as to his final
choice. It seems assured however, that
at least a small cold storage plant will
be installed at Kodiak, Mr. Benners
being quoted as saying this much to
the Alaska newspaper men who inter
viewed him.
The New England Fish Company
has its headquarters in Boston and is
the largest fish company in the United
States with many branch establish
ments in the United States and Can
ada.
RETURNS TO DATE
ON PRIMARY ELECTION
A summary of the legislative vote
received by the Gateway up to noon
today, not including Hope is as fol
lows :
For Senator
Chamberlin ...
Chase ....
Howard ..
Conroy .
Council ......
For Representatives
Greer.....
Waller .....
Old fin ...
Murray .......
Bugge ...._.—..
Suphellen..
Eisner ..
282
335
571
227
307
218
609
58S
535
530
442
463
Returns from Hope
Boyle .....
Bo\ le 5, Donohoe 5, Ashby 3, Casey
3, Connors 4, Grigsby 4, Hellenthal 4,
McCloskey 2, Shattuck 4, Troy 4, Con
roy 5, Council 1, Bogard 5, Rucker 5,
Sherman 5, Wilcox 5.
Sutherland 20, Cash Cole 7, Valen
tine 10, Coppernoll 16, Rustgard 2,
Arthur Frame 11, John Frame 6,
Dawes 6, Sexton 11, Robertson 1,
Harry Steel 10, Dunn 11, Shoup 12,
Chamberlin 13, Chase 2, Howard 1,
Bugge 13, Eisner 3, Grier 12, Murray
8, Oidfm 6, Suphellen 9, Waller 9.
ANCHORAGE NEWS
According to information received
in Anchorage last week, Deputy Mar
shal J. L. Heron, of Bethel, on the
Kuskokwim river, dropped dead at
that place on Sunday, his sudden de
mise being attributed to heart trouble.
Deputy Marshal Heron was well
known in Anchorage and along the
Alaska Railroad. He was here about
two years ago undertaking medical
treatment and returned to his station
by way of Nenana and the lower Yu
kon river. He was married.
A young cyclone visited Anchorage
recently and tore off the roof of the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Vogt, on the corner of Fifth avenue
and L street, hurling it a distance of
approximately 200 feet. The roof
was about 20x40 in size. Last night
a canvas was spread over the house
for a roof, but today, carpenters wil
begin the work of putting the roof
back to its former position.
W. M. Scaife, of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, was a pas
senger on the steamer Admiral Evans
for Anchorage last week, says the
Anchorage Alaskan.
Chief Scaife will remain in Anchor
age for a few days prior to his de
parture for the Broad Pass district
where he will spend the summer on
Government work.
rWO HOMESTEADERS GET
PATENTS FROM WASH.
Homesteadpatents arrived in the U.
3. Land office last week for William
V Harman, Wasilla district and John
?. Crittenden, Seldovia district. The
>atents were issued at Washington
wo weeks ago.
LANDIS ARRIVES SEWARD
Col. Lee H .Landis arived in Sew- (
,rd yesterday on a special at 4:45 p.
n. on a business trip, accompanied by
Irs. Landis, Mrs. H. S. Balderston, (
Ir. Johnson, motion picture man, and *
thers.
Mr. Johnson secured some fine pic
ures at various points along the road. ^
inductor Frank O'Shea and Engineer
Hark brought the special down and <
’ill leave again for the North about ,
:00 a. m. tomorrow. f
Springtime is Overland
time—with lots of places
to go and healthful
pleasure in going. Big
power to take you. Big
comfort to rest you. Big
reliability. And the ex
tra pleasure of econo
my. Ride to good times
in an Overland! Cham
pion now $655, Sedan
$795, f. o. b. Toledo.
. OGLE
Sales Agent for Seward
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LETTER MAILED IN ARCTIC
REACHES ITS DESTINATION
Four years ago Raold Amundsen,
the noted Arctic and Antarctic explor
er, mailed a letter in the Far North
to a friend in Minneapolis, Minn. Af
: ter various adventures the communi
cation reached its destination, a few
I clays ago, bearing on its face an epic
of the postal service at the world's
edge. Eskimo carriers and dog teams
which started with the letter across
the Siberian wilderness had succumb
ed to cold and starvation and their
mail pouch laid for nearly four years
preserved by ice and snow, until last
! summer, when a party of Russians dis
I covered it. They sent the letter to Am
undsen’s brother in Norway by whom
it was sent to its destination.
R. C. LARSON OF ANCHORAGF.
TO HANDLE SEWARD LUMBER
Ray C. Larson of the Anchorage
Supply Company, completed a deal
I last week with the Resurrection Bay
[Lumber Co., for the exclusive agency
j in Anchorage of their product. The
j company operates a fine sawmill and
| turns out a good production of all
[ sizes and dimensions of native lum
ber.
COPPERNOLL LEADS JOHN
ROSTGARD IN RETURNS
FROM TOWN KODIAK
KODIAK, April 30—Following is
the vote cast in the recent elections
at Kodiak. The day was stormy and
very few people turned out to vote.
REPUBLICAN
Sutherland 75, Cole 44, Schofield 6,
Valentine 20, Coppernoll 49, Rustgard
27, Arthur Frame 50, John P'rame 26,
Dawes 23, Sexton 25, Robertson, 47,
Steel 56, Dunn 69, Shoup 66, Cham
berlin 30, Chase 20, Howard 24, Bugge
61, Eisner 20, Grier 62, Murray 41,
Oldfin 45, Suphellen 13, Waller 47.
DEMOCRAT
Boyle 5, Donohoe 5, Casey 3, Ashby
5, Conners 5, Grigsby 4, Hellenthal 3,
McCloskey 3, Shuttuck 3, Trop 3, Con
] roy 3, Council 2, Bogard 5, Rucker 5,
; Sherman 5, Wilcox 5.
There were five democratic and 78
republican votes cast.
OLDTIMER DEAD
Charles Olson, formerly of Nenana,
who was taken out to Morningside
in July, 1913. dh d of hemorrhage on
April 9. 1921. He was buried in the
Riverview cemetery in Portland.
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