The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-27

4 representative of the Hudson bay
company. now hailing from the Nc.
kenzie river district. Mr.. Miller went
TO thl North in 1882 and is known
To all the fur traders and natives
Of the Mckenzie river country.
Founder Of Seward.
John +. Balaine, the founder of
Seward and present owner of much
of Seward townsite. was another
= the old timers participating in
the festivities. One of the organi-
Zers of the Alaska Northern rail
road. MIR. Ballaine had a lively time
renewing old aCquaintanCeships.
Like wise there was the redoubtable
Bill McPhee, now of Fairbanks, but
more properly from all the coun-
try" who went in" some 20 years
ago and still swears that there is no
place like Alaska
There was Dr. +. b. Whiting.
who as physician for the Copper
River q Northwestern, was a pion.
Ger in the construction of that fam
Gus line. He is now with the White
Pass & Yukon railway
J. A. Becker, new OF LatouChe,
was one OF the earliest ventur.
ers Of the North, having in 1883
gone up to Wrangell, where he min
ed some time, then came back, but
returned in 1893 and has claimed
Alaska as his home ever since.
Twenty-six Years in the North.
Another of the well-known Alas.
kans was former United States Mar
shall George p. Snow, of Juneau. anQ
Skagway, who has a record of 2G
years in the North. And there was
Thomas S NOVEL;, who in his S0th
year, but hale and harty, who went
TO Juneau in 1885, and whose son
William T. NOVEL;, is agent for the
Alaska Steamship company at tina,
place.
Frank Marley, than whom there
IS no better known sourdough in
Alaska, owner of the rich Marietta
on Flat creek, Iditarod, likewise was
a prominent guest. Those who Went
in from eight to ten years ago wee
,egiou.
Dave Dunbar, who is noted fol
mushing all over the country, from
he Arctic circle TO the coast, fol
many years, selling Seattle articles
20 the sourdcughs, had a good time
telling of that terrific trip last win
ter in going in over the ice from
Fairbanks to the Iditarod.
Among the Alaskan visitors who
were guests of the Arctic club mem
Dtrs were:
j. J. Caswell, r. H. Stretch, NJ.
Marion, c. ~ Nutter, Ct Cook inlet
country, whose first trip to the
North was to Juneau in 1882; A
5. Grant, +. w Grain, Nome; Clark
Davis, Katalla; r. l.. Palmer, Fair
banks; H. Vigelius, Nome: r. l..
Brannock. Bert Howdeshell, Ketch-
kan; Isaac r. Spilman. J. h. Jaynes,
VALDEZ; a. w. Tibbitt, Valdez; J.
4. Nixon, Fairbanks; NJ A Ellis,
Susitna; F. Esch, Nome; T. p. Nc
Donald, katalla; A. Jenner, Yukutat;
C. s. Hubbell, katalla and Seward;
c. f. kirchhaine, Nome; p " AL
len, Chilkoot; Frank Pratt, G. W.
Hicks, Ed Halloran, AL Christie
pher, J. Z. Fox, Candle creek; Capt
Nels Peterson, p. Hansen, Douglas
Darg, NJ. A. Harnett, Nome; M. J.
Falkenberg, Prince of Wales Island;
A c. Barg, Valdez; s. Murchson,
Copper river; E. ID. Taylor, Valdez;
+. f. Walters, Chatanika. Fairbanks;
F. w Hawkins, Seward; Bruce Rog-
ers. SkagWay; George F. Buchanan,
Who "necked" sled into Circle City
in 1905 with Frank Marley; l.. p.
Famous, Nome; H. Pratt, ketchikan
Former Congressman Charles Nc
Calvin, of Chicago, who has been
making a tour of the coast, also was
IN invited guest at the festivities.
THE NEW MENTAL PERIL.