The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-01
ALASKA NOTES OF INTEREST
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 Late arrivals from the Tolovana country. reports the Fairbanks citi' zen that the bridge crew of the AL aska Road Commission, working un- der Fred Date, has recently been en- gagged in road repairs. The portion of the road repaired Is that leading from the top of Globe Hlll to Globe Greek. and those who have seen the work say that 1t will be great help to the freighters.
 The relocation party. under George W. Colwell. has been dlsbanded for the rest of the winter for the lack of funds. The party has been relo eating the old Alaska Northern rail road in the vicinity of Renal Lake and will probably resume work there early in the spring.
 The following officers were installed at a recent meeting of the Royal Arch Masons of Fairbanks: High Priest, K. W. Taylor; King, James McCracken: Scribe. S. L. Magnussen Secretary, Frank B. Hall; Treasurer Robert Laverey.
 j.. J. Lewis, o miner employed in the Kennecott mine. met with a ser lous accident recently that cost him the loss of Q leg. He was employed in the mill and his leg caught in set-screw. crushing 1t SO badly tha' it was necessary to amputate 1t jusl below the knee.
 Captain J. O. Williams. who has been operating on the Yukon between Whitehorse and Dawson every sum mer for the last seventeen years. ha' quit the interior and will enter the fishing business out from Prince Ru pert.
 Iditarod recently perfected the or ganizatlon of a commercial club, Geo W. Aibrecht is president: Fred Harri sion. vice-president and Percy G Charles. secretary-treasurer.
 Joe Eglar and Koblisch, sinking or the lower half of 16 above. Livengoo' creek. struck pay at the bottom of tho first hole that they pushed to bed rock.
 The little four-year.old daughter O MT. and Mrs. Joseph Marshal, of Daw son was burned to death by her cloth ing catching fire from lighted match
 Three strokes upon the village church bell are given each day ai Petersburg to warn the inhabitants that 1t is time to eat dinner, or ir other words. that the clocks of the world say that the hour of noon has arrived.-(Cordova Times)
 Tho Fairbanks Aerie of Eagles now stands twelfth from the head of tho list of over two thousand aeries IT the United States.
 Alaska now has real estate wo man as the following from the Sc" ard Gateway will show: Miss K c. Lane md her neice Miss Loretta Granahan left for Anchorage this morning. where Miss Kane will g. into the real estate business. She in tends to build several small house at the Matanuska Junction early 1T the spring for renting purposes.
 Eldren c. Carter. formerly a part nor of Andy Fasmussen. hes sold al his interests in the sawmill to tho latter. Mir. Carter is now living al Regina. Saskatchewan. Canada, ane was married since he left Seward. --
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 Friends of Chris Everson, of Valde' have received word that he will under go an operation at Seattle. The bone in his leg are separated some distanc' as a result of a recent accident and piece will be spliced in.
 The owners of the Cc'd King min near the Rutherford Glacier in tho Valdez district are transporting larg ouentities of supplies to the works this winter by means of dog teams 1T readiness for tho summers wor''.
 Chas. Hull. of Fairbanks. has bee: found to be mentally unsound anC will be sent to the lIorniagside Asy lum.
 Archie Grant. @ pioneer resident O Dawson. died last month at Fresno Calif. where he has resided for a nun Der of years since leaving thenorth
 It is reported that the postoffic6 at Dikeman has been closed up by tho postoffice department and the pre- sumption Is that the receipts fell be low the amount necessary to warrant its continuance. Jim Patterson wa; the postmaster.
 A shipment of ten tons of ore was made from the Primrose mine near Seward to the Tacoma shelter on the last trip of the Admiral Evans. Th' mine is under lease to c. c. Hubbard from Herbert Tozier. The ore is ex. pected to average $110 per ton, and regular shipments will be made dur ing the winter.
 Alexander Cornwall. a pioneer pros pector of interior Alaska, died rec ently at Iditarod after an illness of wo years. The deceased was a mem Der of the Pioneers and was cared 'or and buried by that order.
 A. R. Twitchell. the Kuskokwim reindeer breeder. has decided to drive his herds over to Iditarod. Innoko. and Ruby districts. which he will un- dertake to supply with fresh meat at all seasons of the year.
 At Cordova an account of the wa.