ALASKA
NEWSY
ITEMS
Jame* E. Fullerton, an ©Id timer
©f the Koakokwim district armed
in Seward reeeatJy on his way out
to tb« plane. He was accompanied
by George Hamilton, also of Plat.
Both men were registered at the Van
flllder hotel.
E. A. Haemuson. President of the
Bank or Alaska, with many branches
In the Territbry, stated while on his
(rip through' Seward recently, the*,
his company expects to open a hank
in Seward some time in the near fu
ture. Owing to the recent law pass
ed by the Territorial Legislature no
hianches can bo opened in the Terri
tory, but a National Bank can be
opened in any town.
After the regular meeting and,
conferring of degrees recently, mem
bers of Seward Chapter No. 10, O. K.
8., enjoyed a lovely lunch which was
furnished by Sister and Brother
Cooper and Brother Hugh Daugher
ty, th« hosts and hostesses of the
evening. New amt delightful games
were then played and enjoyed by all.
The railroad cotnmJwalon ships .ce
to Seward regularly each week by
the car-load lots.
Twenty two sets of trucks came in
on the last boat for tb“ Alaska Hai,
road. They will be assembled in the
shops In Seward.
Wm. Sequin, who runs the stage
line from Fairbank to the creeks,
left Seward recently for the Hot
Springs near Sitka.
F. II. Therston, a baiter at the Go
ing coal camp at Healy, arrived in
Seward recently an 1 wil! remain sev
eral weeks looking over the field.
M. Haskins and Wm. Ha-kins, ar
rived in Seward from the interior re
cently and left on the first boat for
the F-ates, where W.lMam .vill at
tend medicnl college. His daughter,
Pell«- Jtoaaell. accompli them a-*
ft.’* as Seward, but return vr| t.» Fair
lmk« after a short visit
Jack Leo. an old timer, who ar
j rived in Seward recently from S<
I at. li, left on the St*** for Wid-- llay,
w*ore he has extonaiv* oil holdings.
I l«f r. Lee is said to be neg >tiating
jv.ith the Finnegan, interests for a
transfer of his pr>p*rty. It < v
I pccted that his vlr:11 will be placed
-»n the ground Li the enrk7 spring.
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Arch!* Adam*. assistant master j
mechanic of the Alaska Railway lef* j
Seward recently for Seattle where he J
will Join Mr*. Adams and the two j
will purchase a car and make an uuto j
trip to California. They will return i
to Anchorage In the 9prlng.
! Wm. Estes. Robert Mau’b.y.j
Iniuglas Clemoua ,*n--.l Mr. Rogers!
! left Sewrrd n c »tly for Mile ;
Inhere they are engag'd >u .j loc'.'inc |
Paul flulkley sailed on the Starr i
from So ward recently for Akutan. j
where he will look after his sulphur |
properties, and also to Wide Bay to!
l<K)k after his oil tnterets.
E. Sjoberg and P. SJoberg passed j
|through Seward recently on their*
way to their home at Sand Point
I They hare been outside attending
school.
Miss M. Gardner, who has been in ;
Seattle the post two years, passed I
through Seward recently on her way
to her homo at False pass.
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Truitt, Jr.. -
and their young son, left Seward or.
the Admiral Watson recently for Se- :
attle, and may possibly go to Cali- j
fornia to make their future home i
Mr. Truitt has been resident engin- i
eer of the Alaska Railroad with
headquarters at Anchorage, and is
a son of our old friend, Attorney
James Truitt, formerly assistant dis
trict attorney.
Agent Wayne Blue of the Admiral
Line left Seward on the Watson re
cently. fh<» first trip in many years.
Mr. Blue has been called to Seattle
in company with other Alaskan
agents, to confer with Admiral Line
officials. He was absent, about a
Janice Meredith, secretary to Gen
eral Manager Landis of the Alaska
Railroad left Seward recently for a
few weeks with her mother in Seat
I Vital statistics for Anchorage show
that there were 34 deaths. 40 mar
riages and 65 births, during 1023.
Mr. and Mrs-. Fred C. Farrell and
family and Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes,
left Seward recently on the North
western for the States where they
will make their future home. Mr
Farrell went to Anchorage sdme
time in 1020 and has been Master
Mechanic for the Government rail
road. Previous to that time he had
been general foreman and mechanic
al engineer for the Spokane, Ton
land and Seattle railroad with head
quarters at Portland.
Hoben & Havis have been working
22 woodc-hoppers in th*- woods this
winter, paying $2 per rick. This has
‘turned considerable money loo4-"- in
Hu ten Limltrreen. a Fairbanks min
er, paid Seward a visit recently. Mr.
Lindjrrettn l* convalescing from
a recent spell to the hospital.
J. K. Lohnes, of Anchorage, who
arrived in Seward recently, left on
the first boat for the States. Mr.
Lohnes was recently !njure<l in a
train accident, Hi which his skull
was badly fractured. He has been
granted a six-months' leave of ab
sence and will visit relatives in the
The mills of the Resurrection Ray
Lumber Company, started up about
February 16th., it is stated. The
mills and camp give work to about
f-rty men.
A Round Table Club was formed
:n Seward recently, the purpose be
ing to discuss topics of the day. Its
membership is already growing rap
idly.
H R REGULATIONS FOB TUIIll)
1HSTRICT OF ALASKA FOR
Marten. Land Otter, Mink, and
Wi-usel, Nov. 16th to March 31st.
Muskrat. May 1st to June 10th.
Lynx. Fox, Dec. 1st to March 31sf
Reaver, Sea Otter. CTosed Season.
Bear (black, glacier, cinnamon),
wolf, wolverine, squirrel, marmot.
(»h’Stler) Snowshoe and Arctic
Hare, are unprotected.
Three changes are noteworthy in
the above:
FIRST—The fox season has been
ad-, a need to December 1st and ex
tended to March 31st. This is W>
prevent the great influx of unprime
-kins into the hands of the traders
during the early days of the open
>;*-on. We estimate that the mon
ey value of the fox catch can be
ir.creased more than 10‘i by giv
irtr the animals lfi days more to
:nmure before trapping.
The advisability of prescribing
different open reasons for white fox
and r**d fox was discussed, but the
habits and ran vs of rhe two species
^ ire too closely associated to allow
SKCONI)- The change in the
muskrat season is radical and. we
! believe, efficacious.
The lung midwinter season is not
wanted either by trappers or trnd
< rv It leads to a destruction of
houses and runaways that would
! certainly exterminate the rat if long
| continued. The forty days open
I reason at the breakup cives th-?
hunt«T a chance to select and shoot
the finest nits at a time when their
pci ago has reached its highest
THIRD -The season ts closed ot
Beaver. The t nipper forced this
issue upon himself bv a wholesale
dust motion of beaver houses during
the two yearn* open reason granted.
FRANK DUFRESNE.
IT S. Fur Warden. Biological Surrey
Department of Agriculture.
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FOR PATKNT,
M. «. So. 1JM6. M. A. So. IMItO
IS THE ITNITKD STATER LAND
OFFICE. AT NOME. ALASKA
February 11th. 1924.
NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVI5N. that
Christina Oihn«y. who*** post office
address js N'orn*1, Alaska. ha«* made
h npi.mtlon tv'fore tAo United States
Land Office at Nome. Alaska, for a
United States Patent for ptaeer
jrja-im known and deseviNxi as M.
! COLLINS on Trlpple Creek, said
claim belog situate on the left limtt
of Trfppta Creek. adjoining TKj*
cove.rv Claim on 'AH '"reek. and
about 5 miles north of the month
of Nome River, fn Cape Nome Ro
cordtng District, Second Division.
Territory of Alaska. and designated
by tb«* United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said Territory. as Mineral
Survey No. 1346; the exterior boun
dary of said eiaira. accord ing to
the official plat and field notes now
on file m said I-a-nd Office, with nw;’
netir variation? from 1? deg. 00
min. K. to 10 cleg. 30 min E. being
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical ,
with the original R. W. location I
corner and Cor. No. 5 of No. 1
below on TrippJe. Creek. a granite (
boulder 8 in?, dia. and 13 ins. |
out of gi*ouad. chiseled 1 1346
C. B. and 5 1170 1 B. whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1145 boars S. 50
dec. 58 rain E. 390.40 ft; thence
N. 3 deg. 08 rain E. (Vur. 19
dog. 00 min. E.) 11M.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2. a fir post, 4 ins. sq.
scribed 2 134 6 C B; thence N. 72
deg. 09 min. E. (Var. 19 dog. lfl
min. E.) 1228.30 ft. to Cor. No.
: 3. a fir post scribed 5 1346 C B;
I thence S. 1 dog. 43 min. W. (Var.
! 19 deg. 18 mill. E.) 1 1 84.00 ft
I to Cor No. 4. a fir post scribed 4
t 1340 C B; thence g. 72 deg. 4 5
> min W. (Var 19 deg. 30 min E.'i
! 1254.80 ft. tq Cor No. 1 and
• place of beginning; containing an
area of 31.673 acres. Notice of
I Location of said claim is recorded
,u Vol. 109 page 467 records of
| said Cape Nome District aforo
| The adjoining claims on the
north, east and south are. unsur
veyed and claimants unknown;
! on the west. Discovery claim on
| Tripple Creek, and on the south
' west. No 1 below Discoverv on
, Tripple Creek.
> U. S. L. M. No. 1145 to which
this ,claim is tied is a limestone
rock 30x22x5 ins. set is ins. in
' the ground, marked V. S. L M.
No. 1145. and is located In lati
| tilde 6 4 deg. 3 2 mm. N. Long;
! tw<]e 165 deg- 15 min W. on
] the left limit of Tripple Creek
i about 5 miles north of the rnorph
JOHN SUNDBACK.
Publish Feb. 16. 23. March 1. 8 15.
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i Laundry . . ..10.00
I Personal . .6.00
i Personal . . 10.00
Personal . 4.00
Boat 1140 5 & ■ Jewel tluard" 50.00
j Boat VKobuk" .70.00
'Personal .5.00
j Lodging House. ... .12.00
Boat "New York-'.60.00
* Personal.10.00
Personal..5.00
Personal .5.00
Personal . .10.00
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[Second Hand Store .10.00
| Personal .15.00
j Boat “Ukiwak" .60.00
Personal .10.00
Boat.20.00
Personal .10.00
Boat "Sea Wolf".100.00
Boat "Teddy Bear".70.00
Personal .60.00
Boat “Helen".10.00
Machine Shop.5.00
Boat "U 423".5.00
Personal .6.00
Boat “U 416’*.6.00
Personal.20.00
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with penalty and accruing interest and other costs within ten (10) days from the Anal publication of thin notice,
to wit, within ten days from Oth day of April, 1024. the property or a portion thereof upon which sold tones
are a lien, will be seized under distress warrant and sold to satisfy said taxes so due.
Bated at Nome, Alaska, this 15th day of March, 1094. B. GRIMM,
Ottj Clerk and Ex-Officio Tax Collector.
Unto of find pahUeatftoa Month 14, 1004. Date of but pubikohsa April 5, 1004.
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FACT* ABOUT ALASKA
Th>- roast Urn* of Alaska tneasui
ilk a round all of its islands is a$
proximately 2«,000 miles long. mor
than the distance around the world
Th»* croes area ->f Alaska is 590.
904 square mites or more than th
combined ami of Maine, New Harnp
shire. Vermont. Massachusetts
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Nev
York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania
Delaware. Maryland. West Virginia
North Carolina. Mouth Carolina, Geo
rgia, Florida. Mississippi and Term
Alaska has the highest mountain in
North America. Its altitude is aboul
The Yukon river has a total length
of 3.000 miles and is about the flftli
largest river in th** world. It in nav
igable for river vessels for a dist
ance of about 2.400 miles.
According to the estimates of com
petent engineers and geologists, the
coal in A,,,,,br! *s cif’taient to sustain
the people* of th** United States for
[*,300 years at th-.- present rate of
consumption.
Th*- cod banks of Alaska are said
by th*- United State Fish CoinrnlsslOfl
to be among the finest in the world.
The - • r*. • i true about the haUhnt
Srati.-ties show that in Alaska there
is less crime p**r capita than in any
State In the Union.
- From "Alaska, an Empire In the
.Making." by J J Underwood.
1 Alaska has already produced more
rthan $1,000,000,000 in wealth.
! Wheat grown in the Territory has
taken first prize at Minneapolis.
1 Alaska is the greatest per capi;^
i contributor to the Nation'* revenues.
; As an investment, th*’ Territory,
which cost th*- United States a paltry
■ ?7.200.000 (less than two cents an
;crre.1 pays several hundred per cent
-a year on rh*- ..riginal cost.
| The Governor of Alaska told me
two years ago that if the taxes upl
| lected in the United from the people,
th*- industries and resources equal
ed per capita similar collections
from Alaska the yearly revenues
would exceed $20,000,000,000.
From an .irticle by Burt M Me
Connell in th- Dearborn Ind-pen
Aiaska ha- in acfivi* operation the
largest high -grade copper mine in
The Territory's extent of latitude
and coast Mm*, and the warming in
f!u*-nce of the Japan current have
combined to Rive it almost a« much
Alaska has pasturage l'..r n;t.000,
OOo reindeer from which ftee.bOO,
000 pounds of the choicest a: *! most
d«*Mtf‘Ous meat f tl<i unnualh he
marketed. In addition the Terri
tory h is 6fi.fMio.u0ti acres of choice
grazing lands.
The soil ha- the sane- quality that
makes the wheat of Manitoba fam
The total value of skins ..btai:,ed
from the Prlbilof Islands in the 134
years since their discovery, may bo
safely estimated at $500,000,000.
From an article by Andrew J.
McKinley Park containing the
highest mountain m North Am-riea
has been increased to an area of
over 2.645 square miles, making it
the second largest park in the l'n<t
l rider the conservative measures
adopted by th- Government the Prib
i'of Islands seal herds increased
frrun 215,738 animals in 1012. to
604,701 in 1022 The seal skins se
cured in 1021 numbered 76,247. and
and Rt. Louis during 1022, 22.076 of
P-ese skins were sold for $722,060.
The skins of 1.139 blue and white
foxes caught on the Prihilof Islands
timing the season 1920-1921 were
sold for $109,393.
Although the fiscal year 1922 was
one of marked depression fti Alaska.
IS.000,000 feet of board lumber
were cut for commercial use.
The of the furs shipped front
the Territory tn 1921 was $762,297*
Over the United State* Slffna!
Corps system of 2,703 miles of cabla
and 795 mile* of land 4inM IhefP
transmitted in 1971
Governme'ut and -commercial whoea
tariff* amounted to $921,791
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