The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-21
CLIPPINGS FROM ALASKA EXCHANGES

Anchorage residents subscribed for s2SS.65O worth of the second Liberty Loan Bonds.
 Fairbanks people are enjoying good skating on four inch ice in the Moves slough
 A great school of tom cods recent ly visited Nome and the citizens turn ed out and stocked up for the winter.
 Native reindeer men at Nome re- gently killed 14O reindeer and pre- pared the meat for shipment outside.
 Nome has settled down to the amuse. ment of trying adultery cases of white men living with native women.
 It is reported that an important strike of silver-lead ore was made this summer at the head of the Chititu river.
 Charles E. Brown of the firm of Brown & Hawkins of Anchorage states that there will be a shortage of provisions in the Cook Inlet city.
 Walter Shields of Nome raised en- ough vegetables for his own use and sold quite lot to citizens of the camp. They were of fine size and quality.
 Coal recently advanced to s13.50 in Juneau. the coal dealers telling peo- pie who kick about the quality that they had better be thankful that they could get it at all.
 The recent big blow at Nome is said to have moved millions of tons of sand along the beach. In many places the coast was lowered three feet by the intensity Of the wind.
 At a recent meeting of the Anchor age Chamber of Commerce, Charles E. Heron. publisher of the Anchor age Times. was elected president of that body.
 Phil and Joe Ernest of Nome, who have been running the Alaska Print ing Company. recently locked up their business and left for the outside on one Of the last boats.
 Martin Strand who has been work ing the Hed-Strand antimony mine on Dahl Creek. near the head of Nome River is reported to have encounter ed a lead lower down the hill on the claims which is rich in free gold.
 The Nome Nugget says that tin horns. come-ons and sure thing men are too thick for safety in that city. The town has been the Mecca of these gentry for years and an effort will be made to clear up the town.
 The natives at Nome are bringing in ptarmigan in such enormous Quan- titles as to fairly glut the market. One native recently came into that city with so many birds that he arous- ed the indignation of the citizens. who are advocating putting a stop to the slaughter.
 Many of the children in the pub lie schools at Skagway were asked why they had a holiday recently, the occasion being Alaska Day. Finally a scholar was found who knew the holiday was on account of Alaska day but could not tell what Alaska day was celebrated for
 The body Of James c. Turtle was found recently in Campbell creek, which flows into Cook Inlet about four miles from Anchorage. Camp bell had left Anchorage few days be- fore in a boat on moose hunt. and it is believed that he encountered storm and his boat was swamped.
 Alaska day, the fiftieth anniversary of the purchase of the territory from Russia was celebrated in grand style in Fairbanks the 18th of October. Many citizens sowed seed of profound regrets the next day but taken full and bye it was a huge success, says the Miner
 A discovery of valuable deposit of moly ybdenite Is reported to have been made in the Little Delta coun- try about 60 miles from Richardson An investigation of the find is being made by mining men, and if found to be as represented it will be taken over by company and worked on a large scale.
 A report from Nome states that the stampede to the Walker Lake coun- try, in the Kotzbue sound district, was caused by the story that an Eskimo had found gold there. The only reas- on for believing that there may be some Ling to the story is the fact that those who went in to the new coun- Try have been gone some time and have not returned
 The report reached Nome recent ly that Bill Schroeder an old timer, who with Tony Nicholls was engaged in operating the gas launch Belinda was knocked overheard near Rocky Point by a heavy sea and drowned be- fore the ship could be brought about. The drowned man had come up from the engine room just before the acci.