The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-20


 H. Garbin, who arrived in Nome recently from Squirrel river coun- try, states that there are about 40 people there, working away winter and summer. He stated that he Lake strike as none of the men who went in had come out. Walter Lake is at the confluence of the Noatak, Elatna and Kobuk water sheds.
 Jimmie Began of Nome was re- gently much pleased to find a pile of money which he had inadvertent- ly mislaid some time before. Ac- cording to his story he dreamed that burglars were ransacking his apartments and still dreaming arose and hid his money. Next morning he couldn't find it. Later on he found it under a pile of music.
 w. M. Griffiths has presented charges to the Nome City Council charging that w. B. Neilly of that city hit and otherwise maltreated him during an argument over some real estate and requested that the latter be dismissed from the em- ploy of the city.
 Hans Knudsen, mate on the whal- ing schooner Star 1, was found to be insane in the Commissioner's Court at Petersburg recently and committed to the Morningside sani- tarium. Knutsen, who is about forty years of age, was in the asylum sev- eral years ago for a couple of months.
 A report came to Nome recently that a man living some distance be- low the Lee and Swanberg camp on Osborne stated he awoke one morn ing to find the inquisitive coun- tenance of large brown bear look ing at him through the canvas door of his shack. Bruin made no at lCIlpL LO CHICl ohN aAIOA oUeioAyAAo his curiosity retired. The owner de- sired no closer acquaintance so al lowed the bear to escape.
 Two hundred and fifty pounds of gold were recently brought into Val deg from Slate Creek, representing the summer cleanup of the Jack Miller claims.
 Nome has had one of the wettest seasons in her existence. One old timer stated he had not seen the sun for so long that his brains were moldy, and he took the Victoria for the States.
 Earl Hirst, trapper and prospector has been discharged from the Sor- dova hospital after having his scalp nearly chewed off by a large brown bear Hirst and his partner were going down trail leading a num- Der of pack horses and without warning the bear bounced upon him, HIii III thC uCdus HID Pdit ner fired a shot into the bear which left Hirst and tackled Peterson. Hirst steadied his gun on his knees and pumped six shots into the ami nal before he rolled over.
 A very sad drowning occurred on the Copper River flats last week when the five year old son of Mir and Mrs. Bates jumped overheard into the slough. His mother was cleaning a lard can on the Clark Graham scow on which her husband is engineer when the grease became ignited. As soon as the little boy saw the flames he jumped over board.
 The mase of the administrators of the estates of Sam Zell and Richard Fenlon against the Alaska Steam ship Company was among the first cases heard during the September term of the district court at Nome. These cases are the aftermath of a fatal accident last year when the deceased persons fell from the gang way of a steamer while going aboard from a lighter at shipside. Fenlon fell, pulling Zell with him and both died from the injuries sustained.
 Swarms of white whales were seen in Snake river. which runs through the heart of Nome recently. The whales were chasing herring