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Mining Notes
It is predicted that the output for
the coming season in the Tolovana
will be considerably larger than that
of last year.
Colonel Millard, who was at the
Frye hotel, said that the company for
a long time had been endeavoring ti
take over the Tatum & Irving proper
ties consisting of four claims.
Almost simultaneously nith the
signing of papers for the conditional
purchase of the Tatum & Irving gold
claims by the Granite Gold Mining
company of Port Wells, near Valdez,
Colonel 1 *. F. Millard, president of the
company yesterday reecived a tele
gram from his son, \\. It. Millard,
superintendent of the mine, stating
that a large body of ore had been un
covered at the junction of the two
properties, says the Post-Intelligencer
recently.
Alev Singletary left \ aide/ Mon
day with a crew of men to complete
the installation of the mill on the
Sweepstakes property at Harriman
Fjord. The building for the mill were
practically completed some time ago,
but the work of putting the machin
ery in place was delayed owing to the
unfavorable weather conditions pre
vailing. The work of installing the
tram between the mine and the mill
will also be started at once, the ma
terial for the tram being on the
ground, and it is expected the stamps
will be dropping on ore within the
next six weeks. Karl Hinds, who in
stalled the Seaeoast and Granite mills,
will have charge of the installation
of this plant.
ACREAGE ON EASY
TERMS
If you are interested in the pur
chase of live or ten acre tracts, tiont
jng on the U. S. gov. railroad, and al
so on the beautiful Lake Kenai lloule
vard.
If you are seeking land that is par
ticularly suited for truck gardening,
and at the same time an ideal loca
tion for a suburban home within easy
reach of Seward, it will prove to your
interest to set' me or call Red 147.—
.1. A. STEWART.
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All-Alaska News
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The Nome city council recently ap
pointed a chief of police at a salary
of ten dollars per month. B. W.
Neilly got the job.
Mary Junemann of Kansas City
wants to marry a young, good-look
ing, well-to-do Alaskan with a good
disposition.
Ralph McCrary of Copper ( enter,
| will move to Chitina in the near fu
ture with his family and will run an
auto stage between that place and
points on the government road this
summer.
Robert C. Me Becker, better know n
as “Daddy” Becker, for “4 years a
resident of Alaska, most of the time
at Skagway, died recently at Litch
field, Minnesota, at the age of 84.
The Kcnnecott Mines company is
now operating a moving picture thea
tre for the benefit of the miners and
other residents of the town.
I \ ( liena trapper has a lynx trained
to hunt for him, and claims that the
animal has caught and brought home
to him dozens of rabbits and ptarmi
| gan. He suites that the lynx can go in
snow so deep it would be impossible
for a dog to travel and that the ani
mal is worth its weight in gold to
him as a game provider.
The benefit entertainment given at
Nenana recently for James E. Deth
lefson, former night watchman, who
lost the fingers of both hands by
freezing while fighting a fire, netted
the sum of $f>0().
In the district court at Juneau a
judgment in the sum of S990 was
given in favor of Louis Karstens
against the Pacific Coast Steamship
company for the damages caused by
the sinking of the gas boat Zanthus,
belonging to Karstens, by the steamer
Spokane.
At a meeting of the democratic di
visional committee held at Fairbanks
recently Kobert J. Somers was on
dorsed by the committee for the posi
tion of territorial surveyor general to
succeed Charles K. Davidson, the
present incumbent, and Lews T. Er
win as United States marshal to suc
ceed himself.
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! KUSKOKWIM
IDITAROD.—Mrs. Uttie C. Thorn- i
ton, who returned recently from a
journey to the lower Kuskokwim of j
more than a month’s duration, was
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much impressed with the work of
John C. Kilbuck, the well known gov
ernment agent, whose handling of the
natives has been so favorably com
mented on by all who have investi
gated it or have had it called to their
attention. Says Mrs. Thornton:
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“In 1885 John Kilbuck and his
voting wife came to the Kuskokwim
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river as missionaries. They learned
the language of the natives, and the j
1 results of their work today are a de
' served reward for their charity, pa
tience and industry. For a number j
of years Mr. Kilbuck and his wife!
were at Point Harrow ami Norton
sound, engaged in missionary work,*
but later returned to the Kuskokwim.
They were stationed at Bethel for
some time, and then moved farther
up the river to Akiak.
“They found the natives living in
underground huts, under horribly un
sanitary conditions. Today the na
: tives at Akiak are living in large,
well-built houses, some of which are|
two stroies high. They are built in |
lines conforming to the street. Most
of the natives own all the necessities
of life, and many of the luxuries.,
Kilbuck has taught them fanning,
and one native alone sold $<>00 worth
of potatoes which he had grown last
year.
“Kilbuck is superintendent of the
government reindeer herd, and also
distributing agent. The natives de
siring to own reindeer are required to
serve a four years' apprenticeship.
At the end of the four years they
own upward of fifty deer. During
i their apprenticeship they are given
their expenses, and at the end of the:
first year they are given a few deer,;
i which are kept with the main herd.
“Generally a fair is held at Akiak
; between Christmas and New Year's j
(day, but this year it did not com
mence until January 10. At this
i
time sports are held, consisting of
racing the sled deer, shooting, lasso
| ing the wild bull and harnessing and
driving him, and foot racing. Ex
pensive and beautiful presents are
awarded by the government and many
of the traders. For the women there
are contests in bread-baking and
fur-sewing. It was very interesting
and exciting to watch the nine con
testants lasso the wild bulls (l climb
ed a tree.) They succeeded in har
nessing and driving them a distance
of about a mile. The prize given for
i this was a large Victrola, presented
I by the Karl Theile company.
| “During the evenings a court is
i held by the natives in the government
school building and every’ case of de
linquency is looked into and exact
justice is meted out.
“Christmas eve I attended a Christ
mas tree and entertainment at the
quaint little Moravian church. The
son^s and recitations of the little na
tive children and the beautifully dec
orated tree reflected much credit upon
! their efforts, and also those of their
! teacher, Miss Virginia Wynne.”—
S (Pioneer.)
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Isaac Evans and wife, Mrs. H. E. j
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Ladd M. Jackson, for Juneau. Slim
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P. M. AT EVERETT
(By United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, Thursday, March
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master for Kverctt, Washington, by'
the president today.
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