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K. K. Dunlevv. 50 years old, and a
rancher about 10 miles east of Anchor
age. was arrested by Deputy Marshals
Mossman and Sturgis recently on the
charge of violating the federal laws by
having in his possession materials and
machinery for making the “white
irulo” for which Anchorage is famous.
Acting on information which they had
obtained the marshals visited the Dun
levy ranch and finding him ahs«nt en
tered the house and found several bar
rels of mash composed of corn and
peaches in a state of fermentation. Ad
joining the house they found a copper
boiler used for cooking the mash. Tn
the house were found bottles, corks
and caps. Dunlevv returned home later
and was arrested.
l'he Mala mute Kid was severely hit
ten recently at Nenana by some of his
dogs. The Kid got tangled up with Jo
of his dogs and before he could free
himself had received a number of' nast v
wounds. He is not considered serious!v
injured.
Jim Hu!s.\ 17-year-old -m of Hen
Hulse of Wrangell, met with an ex
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tremely painful accident on his fath
er’s gas boat a slue time ago. He was
attempting to siphon distillate from a
drum into the tank. It was slow in
coming, but when it did come it came
with a rush and as the boy had his
month over the nozzle of the hose in
the approved manner, he was almost
choked. Some of the distillate was
coughed into his lungs as well as going
into his stomach, and he was in great
pain for a time.
One man was killed and considerable
damage done to the cannery at Kar
heen, on the west coast of Prince of
Wales island, when a retort exploded,
according to word brought to Ketchi
kan by a forest ranger boat recently.
The body of Prank Becker, the man ,
who was killed, was on the boat and!
has been taken to the undertaking par
lors Becker was a machinist ami had j
been working at Craig, hut had gone
to Karheen to help with some machin-j
[ ery trouble there. He had been there I
but two days when be was killed.
\\ ith a 0()u slock of goods, in
cluding a moving picture outfit, with
general mershandise, C. I-'. Hibhs,
former teacher of the government
•school at Klawack, lias opened business
in Craig, according to word brought
from there b\ < '. YV. II a tv kes worth,
who has been visiting in the west coast
Mr. liihhs came Io Alaska about eight
years ago to erect the school building I
for the Hureau of Education at Hyda
burg. lie later made plans for and j
built the Klawack scboolhouse, then!
became government teacher there.]
i'he postotlii e at Craig has been trans- j
fered to Mr. liibbs* store, and he has
been appointed postmaster. Craig has
become quite a fishing center tin- past
few years.
Ad American eagle with a si retell of
wing of 7 feet 2 inches was shut, a few
Sundays ago at the mouth of Campbell i
creek, in the Turnagam Ann district,!
b.v E. I\ Heddbcrg, muster mechanic |
for Hit* Auiska Engineering Commis- j
sion. The eagle- is Hie largest of its;
species ever seen by Anchorage resi- !
dents. It will be mounted and will]
perch m the future in stuffed glory in
the office of the master mechanic.
H 11. Shepard' of Junean, believes he
found i he old lost Kocker mine near
Sitka. Vears ago a prospector was
found dying in a boat on Taku inlet. He
told of being attacked by Indians while
camped with two companions, of their
death and bis escape. He had a bag
containing considerable gold. it is
claimed that he drew a map of the lo
cality before he died.
Two different men were arrested at
Ketchikan for bootlegging The first
man had hardly been tucked away be
fore auolhei man arrived at the shack
with a tiunk load of whiskey, and op
ened up for business, lie was arrested
and the twain fined $500 each.
Coal can be sold in Fairbanks for
about $10 a run when the rmlroad is
completed. Wood is selling now at $10
a cord, and is expensive to use. The
coal is mined at the Burns property,
west of Nenana.
Machinist Floe, a warrant officer on
the cutler L'nalga, reports that sea
otter are rapidly increasing along the
reefs to the westward. Mr. Floe said
that when the Tahoma was wrecked
the reef around the vessel had many
sea otter disporting with their young.
He believed tbe industry would be a
large one in later years. Cordova
Times.
Seven hundred and eighty-nine short
tons of coal were mined at the Fska
mine and SI persons were employed
during the week ending August 9. ac
cording to the report of Sumner S.
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital and Surplus, $75,000.00
CORRESPONDENTS: Scandinavian American Bank, Seat
tle; National Park Bank, New York City; Anglo London
Paris National Bank, San Francisco.
We Sell American Bankers’ Checks.
Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds for Sale.
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
CLAUDE BAKER, Vice-President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
Smith, resident mining engineer in
charge of the coal-mining operations
for the Alaska irngineering Commis
sion. Work at the mine consisted of
continued driving of the Shaw West
and the Emory West tunnels, churn
drill operations and general prospect
ing. At ;he ( hickaluon mine 45.(5 tons
of coal were mined and 34 persons were
employed during the period reported.
Work consisted in continued driving of
the Second East, the Second West and
the “F” West tunnels.- Alaska Rail
road Record.
Experiments in raising Swiss milk
goats. of the Saanen-Tyggenburg
strain, are to be attempted at the gov
ernment farm near Fairbanks. Sheep
raising also will he experimented with
at the farm.
ALASKA TO SET YAK
•Juneau. The Dispatch says: Super
intendent Snodgrass, of the government
experimental farm near Ester Siding,
near Fairbanks, has been notified by
Pi of. Georgeson. who is in charge of
ail experimental stations in Alaska
under the Department, of Agriculture,
that a Mini 11 herd of yak will be shipped
to the station near Ester this season.
The animals were secured from the
Canadian station at Banff. B. C. They
were originally brought there from
Thibet, where they are in use in much
the same way as domestic cattle are
used in other lands.
Superintendent Snodgrass slated that
some time near season efforts will be
made to cross the yak with Galloway
cat? le.
Vak is the native name of the wild
ox of the mountainous regions of
Thibet. The yak is about the size of
the common ox, to which it has a gen
eral resemblance, but it is covered
with a thick coat of long, silky hair,
hanging down like the tieece of a
sheep, completely investing the tail
and forming a lengthy fringe along the
shoulders, flanks and thighs. This
fringe was apparently developed as a
protection to the animal in its Alpine
haunts, as the hair forms a sort of mat
which defends the body from the ef
fects of tiie cold when the animal is re
posing in the snow.
The domesticated yak is of great, im
portance to the natives of Thibet,
where it is employed as a beast of bur
den, but never for tillage or draught.
The milk of the yak is very rich ana
yields excellent h itter: the flesh is of
i he finest quality, that of the calves
being far superior to ordinary veal.
The hair is spun inio robes and made
into coverings for tents, and the soft
fur os i he hump and withers is woven
into a fine strong cloth.
“Kink Al” Looks Over City
New York. Oct. (i. King Albert of
Belgium flew over New York city Sat
urday morning in a navy hydroplane.
When ihe king alighted from the ma
chine tie said ii was a grand spectacle.
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