BERT WALKER
KILLED ON LONS
Ruby Record-Citizen, June 1: The
entire community was shocked yester
day by the news from Hong that Ben
Walker had been killed in one of the
tunnels of the Mascot Bench. The
manner of his death is shrouded in
mystery and will probably never he
known as the coroner's jury has
brought in a verdict of accidental
death, cause unknown.
It seems lie went down in the mine
shortly before 1 o’clock and when
the crew went down after the noon
hour they found him in one of the tun
nels unconscious with one of his arms
broken and a deep gash on the side of
his head. He was still alive when
carried out. and everything possible
was done to revive him but without
avail and be died shortly after. There
was no indication of a cave-in and the
circumstances of his death are peculiar.
Beit Walker was a native of Trum
bull county. Ohio and was about 44
years of age. He came to Dawson in
1902 from there going to Fairbanks in
1904. Ho operated in Fairbanks as one
of the firm of McLean M Walker.
He went to iditarod in 1910 and came
to Kuby in 1912.
He lias been operating a Keystone
drill for a number of years and ac
quired his interest in the Mascot Bench
from Ditz & Scleli for prospecting the
claim with his drill, it is estimated
that lie has made close to $100,000 out
of his holdings in the Ruby district.
He lias invested most of this back in
the country, a large part in the Slate
creek property being worked by Elmer,
the dredge man formerly of Fairbanks,
Mr. Walker was married February 2.
1916, to Mrs. M. E. Crowley, who sur
vives him.
Ruby camp will feel keenly the loss
of Bert Walker.
The funeral will be held at Long
next Monday at 3 p m.
NEWS FROM RUBY
(Record-Citizen, June 1.)
The Bank of Ruby lias sold all of its
assets to the Northern Commercial Co.
and closed its doors on June 15. It is
regretted by the officials of the bank
that this step was necessary but a lack
of support has made the venture any
thing but profitable, and they did not
feel that the outlook for this camp from
a banking standpoint warranted run
ning the business at a loss.
Seward Baggerlv, locala agent for
the Pacific Cold Storage Co. has been
advised that his company has sold all of
their stations iu Alaska to Waechter
Bros. The transfer took place May 31.
Grave concern about Knute Hele
nius, who carried mail during the
winter between Ruby and Tatiana is in
evidence among his many friends. It
is reported he left Tanana to consult
with Dr. Smith, the noted surgeon of
that place. He left on skies and was
met by Coke Hill one day out of T«n
ana. Since that time nothing has been
heard from him and Mr. Robinson, says
lie fears he lost bis life in the over
flows in the break-up. Knute, as he was
called by his many friends, was well
liked along the river, always courteous,
and it is a loss to the interior of Alaska
to see his passing.
j In a letter received by Jack N’evius
' from Bill Gilford, the latter says he is
j working in a machine shop in Seattle
j but expected to return to Ruby on the
; first boat through the lake. He also
! reports Buck Taylor as having bought
Ja four acre farm near Seattle and an
: automobile which he is learning to
I drive. He says I’ete Wilson and Jack
j Dempsey are working in the same
machine shop with him, and that Pat
Keys has about a dozen of the Ruby
boys working for him at a logging
camp. Pat's friends will be glad to
know that he is “getting by”.
Word was received in the last mail
by Oliver Anderson that Allen C'his
| holm of Ruby bad passed away at the
j Pioneer Home at Sitka in the latter
| part of April. Mr. Chisholm who was
the proprietor of the Tamarak Road
house, was sent to the home year and a
half ago through Ruby igloo, Pioneers
! of Alaska.
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A CENTRIFUGAL GUN
A centrifugal gun. which 11 res 33,000
i shot a minute, declared to be the great-1
' est, death-dealing machine gun yet con- j
j ceived is the invention of Levi Lom
| bard, of Boston. Tests have proved
| the machine’s efficiency, the inventor
j declares, and he has succeeded in in- j
I teresting the War department in the j
! weapon. Its manufacture is being car-1
ried on under utmost secrecy at a place j
not announced.
Lombard has worked on the gun for
37 years, and he declares its accuracy
amazes gun authorities who have
watched its work. It has no barrel, i
operating on the principle of a sling.
The latter operating under a disk,
which revolves at a tremendous speed, j
The ammunition is fed through a tun
nel-like ^attachment from a lube,
which leads into two veins beneath the j
disk.
The veins center upon an opening
about two inches wide and the bullets
are thrown with a terrific velocity.
Steam is the source of energy.
The machine can be placed in a first
line trench and operated hundreds of
feet in the rear. From there it can be
regulated at any angle. It is easily
portable and "jamming” and heating,
common to machine guns, are elim
inated.
In a recent test, the inventor says,
the gun was turned on sheets of steel j
plates three-quarters of an inch thick, j
hundreds of feet away. The bullets j
went through them like paper. The |
missies are small steel balls, similar to j
bearings.—Phila. Record.
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IT. S. Waugh, of Eondon, head of a
British company operating in south
eastern Alaska, said that he considers
that a revaluatiori of gold is becoming
a necessity, if mining is to continue.
“Operators.” said Mr. Waugh, “are
not going to pay $20 to mine an ounce
of gold worth $19.
Patrick McKenna the owner of a
roadhouse at Eska creek was arrested
recently in Anchorage by a deputy
marshal of Matanuska on jthe charge
of gambling. The prisoner was accused
of conducting a gambling game in bis
roadhouse at Eska creek and pleaded
guilty before the U. S. commissioner
and lined $200 and costs.
Fairbanks residents in the vicinity of
Third avenue and Dunkel sueets were
recently greatly excited to hear some
one shouting: “The war has ended.
The war has ended.” Investigation re
vealed a mad man, half dressed, stand
ing in the middle of the street, shouting
at the top of his voice. A telephone
message for the marshal was at once
sent and the man taken into custody.
Jue Davis, a well known citizen there,
was found to be the offender He had
suddenly gone insane and rapidly be
came so violent that he had to bo taken
tu the detention hospital and confined.
Jack Limbach, well known old-timer
and prospector, a resident of McCarty
for some time recently left for Sitka to
enter the Pioneer's home as he 's par
tially paralyzed.
Advice received from Southern Cali
fornia announces the death of Walter
C. Hall, who is reported to have suc
cumbed early in March to hardening of
the arteries. He was one of the owners
of the Rhodes-Hall gold quartz mine at
the head of Cleary creek, from which
fortunes for both owners were extracted
before the mine was closed down.
| HERMAN PUT ONE OVER j
| Nenana News, May 11: Herman Kess- i
ler, a prospector who has- made his-j
home in the hills beyond So-mile for i
some time past, has been placed under
J arrest by the federal authorities and is
! now enroute to town, in the custody of
I Deputy Marshal lid New. The arrest
j was made out the line, south of Nenana,
! several days ago, by authority of a
! Presidential warrant, secured through
| the office of the attorney general of the
j United States.
j Kessler is a German alien enemy, and
j one of the changes against him is that
j he failed to comply with the registra
| t.ion regulations. He registered, but
j not until several days after the period
| of registration had closed, and in get
| ting his name on the list he resorted
j to deception, claiming at the postoffico
j that he laid been given permission by
the marshal’s office to register late. J
I After registering, he is said to have
j boasted that he had “put one over” on
| the government.
! Kessler will not be tried. Under au
| tbority vested in the Presidential wai
| rant, he will be interned immediately
upon his arrival here, and sent to the
Mairhanks jail for confinement until the
: end of the war.
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Mr. G. Wada is now the proprietor of
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corner of Willow and Third streets.
BIG WOOD HADUSG JOB FINISHED
The task of hauling 13,800 cords of
wood from the bank of the Klondike
river near the mouth of Hunker creek
to .94 Hunker for the Yukon Geld was
finished Saturday night, and the
tractor has returned to the Yukon
Gold shop, and the crew is to take up
other work with the company. The
tractor worked 94 days, beginning
January 4, and- was operated day and
night.
Jake Lude was day engineer, and
had charge. Ed fliekey was the day
pilot. “Chisana" Bill Williams was
night engineer, and Plume Davis and
Henry Henderson night pilots. —Daw
son News, April, 27.
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