ALASKA BUREAU
NEWS LETTER
Seattle* Aug 24—Dr. C ('
Georgeson. director of the* agricul
tural experiment stations in Alaska,
spent several days in the inspection
of the experiment station at Matan
tiska and is looking over the agri
cultural prospects of the Matanuska
valley. He was very much pleased
with the work that has been done
at the station during the past year
He .:»a*es that excellent progress has
been mttiK in all lines and particu
larly in respect to the clearing of
tl»o laud and in the construction of
the fa:in buildings. Dr. Georgeson
commented very favorably on the live
stock prospects of the valley and es
pecially that of dairying, and is v^ry
enthuslaa.:o over the sheep prospect
and Vr.ested that before long many
farmers would have their own flock
The Alaska salmon pack for 11*21
Mill run 1.500.000 cases of reds
600/00 cases of pinks and 250.000
chums. according to P*. \V Branch.
:• anager of the Salmon department
of Ijjhbv McNeill and Libby, who re
turned last week from his annual in
spection trip north In 1020 the
Ala ka salmon pack was 4,500,000
e ases, a large percentage being chums
from Southeastern Alaska Mr
Brand) estimates the 100.000 cases
of sockeve packed on Puget Sound
this season and 225,000 cases of
Chinooks packed on the Columbia '
■River The normal 1021 pack on
Puget Sound should be 1.300,00'* .
cases, and last year the Columbia j
packed 4S0.000 cases, and this year]
the pack fell back to the record of'
1 !.»!*; The total pack of salmon in!
11*20 in the North Pacific waters ,
front Columbia river to Bering Sen. j
including British Columbia was 7-'
500.000 cases. Last year Southeast
Alaska alone packed 2.200.000 cases
nr light grades of salmon. This
season the total pack, including Brit j
ish Columbia, will not be over 2.500.
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News of the discovery of $ '.tew
“oil empire” in Alaska a »d of a new
gold strike near Gird wood. Alaska,
with quart/, running $1,400 a ton
I
I
os received in Seattle The latest
Kohl strike, electrifying sourdoughs
has started a l'resh stampede to the
Gird wood district, where recently a
child. Addie Reno, aged 6. discovered
a rich vein of free gold, according
to a dispatch from 0. .1, Idncke. a
newspaper correspondent, who first
noted the girl's riscovery. The
newly revealed quartz vein is on
Pengrum Creek, north of Girdwood,
and Andy Miles is the lucky pros
pector. He struck pay rock 12 miles
from the railroad, between rhyolite
slate. The ledges are described as
large and continuous.
j Favored with ideal weather aud
with labor, for the first time since
the war. both plentiful and efficient,
j the construction program for the
season of the government railroad
in Alaska is two months ahead of
schedule, according to advices re
ceived from the Anchorage taeuu
! quarters of the Alaska Engineering
Commission by Major C. E. Dole, in
charge of the Seattle offices of the
commission. The gap between the
ends of steel is now only seventy
one miles and this entire distance
is covered by graders making ready
for rails this fall, is the messagl
from William (Jerig. assistant to
Col. Mears. chairman of the coin
, That one of the richest quartz
properties in the North is about to
' be developed and that the property
J is owned principally by Seattle cap
; ital, is the word brought to Seattle
by \V. fi. Tonkin, who just returned
from Hvrier. Alaska, on the Prince
George. The rich discovery was
made last spring on the property
owned by the Creek Mining Company
of which Tonkin is president. High
grade ore. which will probably run
more than $500 to the ton. is being
shipped tp the Tacoma aud Kellogg
Ida smelters. Five tons of from
'another t\nnel. shipped a few-years
l»ltV rltKKK DREDGE
DAMAGED BV KIRK
The Dry Creek dredge. operated
by Belliview Brothers was patrially
destroyed by tire Tuesday afternoon.
Practically the entire superstructure
was burned but the hull, although
damaged in places, was little affected.
The fire is said to have been due to
the* engine backfiring, the shooting
flame igniting a can of gasc line held
in the hand of Barney Belliview.
who had just started the engine
'The blazing can falling to the oil
soaked deck resulted in the develop
ment of a fierce conflagration which
soon swept away the superstructure,
leaving only the gantry standing.
Examination discloses that the ma
chinery sustained only slight damage
and preparations are already under
way to rebuild the machine to resume
operations next summer
A XXOUX CEMEXT
On account of the genera 1 drop In
foodstufs we are glad to announce
to the public that our regular fl.Oft
dinner will from today on be served
for 75cts and our well known dining
room dinners for $1.00. We are
also pleased to announce, that we are
now inaugurating a bill of fare ays.
heart desires.
BAHl.KK S KESTAl'KAXT.
SUMMONS
JOSEPH*1HEBERT*! 1X'-Si°a
Plaintiff. I
OLIVER ST. GERMAIN. !
De/endiuit. j
THE PRESIDENT OF THE I-SITED i
STATES OF AMERICA
To OLIVER ST. GERMAIN, the |
above named defendant,
Vou are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the!
complaint of the plaintiff on file in 1
the office of the Clerk of said Court
at the City of Nome, in the Terri
tory of Alaska, within thirty days
from the completion of the publica
tion hereof for six consecutive weeks.
The date of the first publication be
ing the 17th day of September 1921,
and the date of the last publication
being the 29th day of October 1921.
And if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint within said
time, judgment for want thereof will
be taken against you. And you are
hereby notified that if you fail to
answer the said complaint, plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the re
lief herein demanded, to-wit. for the
foreclosure of a certain mortgage
executed and delivered bv vou to the
plaintiff on the 21st day of October
certain promissory note for Five
hundred dollars ($500.00) payable
on or before September 15th, 1921.
with interest at the rate of twelve
(12#) per cent per annum, and
which said mortgage conveyed unto
the plaintiff for that purpose, the
following described real and person
al property situated in the City of
Nome, Cape Nome Precinct. Second
Division of the Territory of Alaska.
Those certain lots, parcels or
pieces of land situated, lying and.
being in the City of Nome. Territory 1
of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot No. six (6) in Block
No. seven ( 7 ). except the south
thirty seven (37) feet; Lot
Number seven (7) in Block
number (7); Lots number-six
and seven (6 & 7) in Block
number fourteen (14); the west
twenty feet (20) of the north
thirty one (31)) feet of the east
twenty five feet and six inches
(25 ft. 6 in.) of lot number
twelve (12» in block number
fourteen, lot number thirteen
(13) in block No. fourteen (14).
according to the official plat of
the townsite of Nome, on file in
the office of the Recorder of the
Cape Nome Recording District.
Territory of Alaska.
TOGKTHKK with the build
ings on said land, and their con
With all and singular the tene
ments. hereditaments aud appur
tenances thereunto belonging or in
anyway appertaining.
The date of the order for the pub
lication of this summons is Septem
ber 17th lf>21
WITNESS the HON. WM. A.
HOLZHEIMER. Judge of eaid Dis
trict Court and the Seal of said
Court hereto affixed the 17th day of
September, 1921 .
THOS. McGANN,
Clerk or the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska. Second
(SEAL) W. C. McOUIRE
Deputy Clerk.
Publish—Sept. 17. 24. Oct. 1. 8. 15.
PREDICTED TIME OF TIDES
(By John A. Wilson)
Following is the table of tide pre
dictions for the coming week.
High Water Pate IjOw Water
2:46 a. m. Sept
2:47 p. in. Sept
3:08 a. ni. Sept.
3:36 p. m. Sept.
3:36 a. in. Sept.
4:26 p. in. Sept.
5:16 p. in. 2^p.pt.
4:38 a. in. Sept.
6:08 p. m. Sept.
20 8:37 p. m.
21 8:53 p. ra.j
22 9:03 p. m. j
23 12:32 p. m.j
( AIT. ROSS RECIPIENT OF
ri,EAttINC TESTIMONIAL
Iu token of appreciation of his
many laudable services to the public
in bringing incoming mails ashore
during stormy weather, when landing
by usual methods was impossible,
Capt. Thomas A. Ross, keeper of
the Nome Coast Guard Station, was
presented Tuesday with a handsome
diamond and emerald scarf pin by a
committee of citizens acting as rep
resentatives of the Nome public.
Numerous citizens who are apprecia
tive of Capt. Ross' numerous and (
frequently difficult and dangerousj
efforts to land the mail, contributed
to the purchase of the gift and many
others have expressed keen disap- j
pointment that they were not aware
of the movement so they might par
ticipate in expressing in concrete way
their thanks for Capt. Ross' public
spirited and invaluable services. The
persentation was made to Capt. Ross
by a committee of three, including
W. J. Rowe and Councilmen May
nard and Litchenberg. Mr. Rowe
as spokesman, paid well merited tri
bute to the kindly and much appre
ciated services of Capt. Ross and his
crew of life savers, whom he said de
served all the praise of which the
gift was an emblem. Capt. Ross
[ was deeply moved by the testimon
j ial The pin is an exceedingly hand
some cluster, comprising a large ]
| synthetic emerald surrounded by.
j diamonds and is'an handsome exam-1
pie of the jewelers art. The gift!
| is doubly appreciated by Capt. Ross j
| because of the fact that the emerald I
j is his birthstoue.
VISITORS REGALED WITH
UNIQUE ALASKAN' DINNER
' The meenbers of the so called
Standard Oil Company prospecting
I party, who recently returned from
j extensive survey of the Point
Barrow oil fields on the power
' schooner Teddy Bear, were guests at !
an unique dinner given Wednesday!
by Joseph Chilberg, widely known |
'pioneer of this section, who is here j
from Los Angeles, California, on a j
business trip The dinner was serv-'
ed at Bahlke's Restaurant and wasj
distinctly unusual in the degree that j
the menu was made up almost en
tirely of articles all of which are.
common products of this section,
even to the principal ingredients of |
the oyster cocktail, which were made
j from the “oyster” mushroom, which
'grows in the vicinity of Nome. Only
the coffee, cream, potatoes and may
onnaise dressing served with the
salad were not articles which could
he designated as strictly home pro
ducts. The complete menu follows.
Oyster Cocktail
(made or Alaska Oyster Mushrooms)
Oyster Soup
(made of Alaska Oyster Mushrooms)
Oyster Fry
(Using Itolitush Oyster Mushrooms)
and common “puff ball"—both ed
ible fungi)
Roast Ptarmigan
Mashed Potatoes Alaska Rutabagoa
Lettuce, Mayonnaise dressing
Alaska Celery
Blueberry Short Cake, Cream Sauce
In addition to the other Alaska
products spread before the guests,
there was on the table a boquet con
taining over fifteen varieties of Al
aska wild flowers gathered in the
open on the 12th day of September.
The list of guests comprised the
following.
Chas. A. Meet', professor of
geology. California University, A.
M. Butterworth. Roy S. Blair. Phil.
Olt, Ted Ralston. Capt. .foe Bernard
of the Teddy Bear and E. T. Mc
Intyre. engineer of that vessel. Joa
Chilberg.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Prohate Court in and for Cape
Nome Precinct. Second Division, of
the Territory of Alaska, before Hon.
('. W. Thornton, Commissioner and
ex officio I*robate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of
CHAS. W. THOMAS, deceased .
Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned administrator with the
will annexed of the estate of Chaa.
W. Thomas, deceased, has filed his
final account as such administrator
in the above entitled Court and the
Court by its order has set Monday
the 28 day or November 1921 at the
hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon at
the Court ftoom of the Commissioner
in the Town of Nome, in the
Precinct and Territory aforesaid, as
the time and place of hearing objec
tions to said account and settlement
of the same. Any and all persons hav
ing objecions to said account are here
by required to file the same with the
Commissioner and Probate Judge
aforesaid on or before said day.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 17th
day of September. 1921.
\V. .1. liOWK,
estate of Chaw. W. Thomas, deceased.
Publish—Sept. 17. 2t. Oct. 1. 8,
HERE'S REAL
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ECONOMY
p HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
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THAT SAVES-AT A PRICE THAT SAVES
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THORULF LEHMANN