The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-24

According to word received in Fairbanks during the forepart of last week, A. J. Childs, a pioneer of the northern country, who has resided in the vicinity of Circle for the past several years, died recent ly at Deadwood
 Charles H. Watson, the Chataui- ka operator, was a city visitor for a few days last week.
 E. J. (StroIler) White has sold the Whitehorse Star to a newspaper man from the Outside, according to information received here He will publish the Douglas Island News. As token of the esteem in which he is held in Whitehorse Mr White was presented with a gold watch and chain by the business men of that city on the occasion of his leaving.
 The paper shortage in this country is getting to be such serious mat ter that the department of commerce has taken it up. Letters and other communications in regard to the use of paper are now being sent out by the department, one of them having been received by the Fair banks Commercial club. The let ters ask that the paper be con served and that anything that might be used in it's manufacture be saved for the manufacturers.
 Nolney Richmond, northern sup erintendent of the Northern Com mcrcial company and T. A. Me Gowan and wife are expected to reach Fairbanks from the coast on a stage due to arrive here this week
 Louis and Herman Anderson ar rived home from the Outside last Tuesday. They made the trip in over the trail with a horse and double ender, bringing about 800 pounds of freight. They found the trail so bare for the last 150 miles that they were compelled to make ', heels for the sled out of sawlogs The wheels were affixed to the sled by wire, gas pipe serving as aXels.
 Frank H Waskey, formerly dele gate to congress from Alaska, has resigned his cOmmissionership in the Nome district, according to word re ceived here.
 Commissioner J. E. Golfer, of Hot Springs, has been very busy lately, according to reports received here. He fined Tony La Treille, former resident of Fox, $25 for disturbing the peace, and sent him to jail for failure to pay the fine; fined P. F Mauer $50 for vagrancy and Mauer is laying out the fine in jail; fined George Gravell $20 for assault and battery and placed him under bonds of $750 to keep the peace when the fine had been paid.
 Edward F. Drouin, of Fox, has signified his intention to become an American citizen by taking out his first papers.
 Four passengers arriyede here last Tuesday afternoon on the stage from the coast They were Tom Hyde, Anna Lindgren, Hilda Berlin and F. Karasick.
 Robert E. Stroud, who was sent to McNeil's island for 12 years for murder recently killed Andrew F, Turner, a guard at Fort Leaven- worth, by plunging a knife into his heart. He was transferred from McNeils to Fort Leavenworth for an assault on a guard and has quite reputation as bad man. William H. Gorham, the well known local jeweler, who left Fair banks for the Outside a few weeks ago, intending to go to Arizona in order to secure relief from tuber- culosis, died last Tuesday in Seattle, according to word received here. He was an oldtimer of the north having been engaged in business in prac- tically all of the northern mining camps during his time of residence
 in Alaska.
 G. w. Herman, mining man of the Ruby district, recently returned to Ruby over the Seward trail, bring ing with his a wife. His bride is the mother of his partner in the mining game, E. w. McKinnon. The partnership is now all in the family
 MT and rMs. F. A. Suter have recently been enjoying the sights