The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-15
ALASKA ALASKA NEWS NOTES

Jack Hines, former Nome resi- dent is now movie actor in New York, and is said to be doing we'll.
 Anderson and Erickson recently left Nome for Dime Creek, taking their skates with the intention of travelling on the ice whenever pos sible.
 A number of men from Wood Isl and recently registered at Kodiak for military duty and if they pass the physical examination will make excellent soldiers.
 According to F. A. Swift of Bet ties who was a recent Fairbanks wis itor, Koyukuk is rather quiet this winter. Few men are prospecting and little work is being done on an extensive scale.
 number of Russians in Fairbanks are preparing to leave for the out side on their way home They stat
 
 they had to fight they would rather go back to Russia and fight under their own flag.
 few Natives from Eldorado re- gently made a trip to Nome carry ing with them some splendid speci- mems of greyling and salmon trout which they disposed of at twenty five cents each.
 Jos. Riau, an old-timer of Daw- son. recently located fox nest within two hundred feet of where he was working. He captured the inmates, securing two fine black fox pups and four cross pups which were sent to the Northern Fox farm at Dawson.
 Tom Markuson, we'll known Ester Creek mining man was recently op erated upon at the St. Joseph's hos pital at Anchorage for bladder trou- ble. The operation was of very delicate nature but the patient pull ed through without a hitch.
 G. Ledoff of Anchorage, who was recently arrested at Anchorage for carrying off few sticks of wood for use in his cabin stove was dis charged from custody the next day as no evidence could be produced to l show that he had taken the wood , Joseph Parker was the complaining witness.
 } A letter was recently written to , a bachelor by the doll committee f of the Fairbanks Civil League ask
 ing him if he did not want to buy
 a doll and help the Red Cross. The
 bachelor said he was perfectly will
 ing but the doll must have certain qualifications and must be alive. No sawdust dolls for him
 James Evans. Native, has been
 appointed postmaster at Metlakaht-
 la, and took up the duties of the
 office on the first of the year.
 John Rigby, an Old-timer of Alas
 ka recently died at Vale. Oregon. as result of an acute attack of { heart trouble. He leaves a son and . brother and widow to mourn him.
 The son is now in Seattle. He was
 recently employed by the Alaska / Engineering Commission. MT. Rigby
 was very active in Red Cross work
 and took an active part in the Lib
 erty Loan drive.
 J. H. Landers the general for 7 warding agent for the Gold Bullion
 mine in Willow Creek district, re- I gently made a cut-offwhich shorten
 ed the Knik-Willow Creew road by
 six miles. It eliminates all heavy grades and avoids two lakes which
 have caused much expense and risk
 in the past
 II According to an article from the Pacific Fisherman. company has ta-
 ken over an old tannery in Pittsburg
 with the intention of exclusively A~ShNAAho AAoh ohlAo. nC NOhAP0AAy
 advises the U. s. Bureau of Fisher
 ies that at the outset 1t will be able
 to handle 150 skins daily and is in the market for any skin, two feet or more in length
 3, c. Brian Sweeney. rancher from |: up the Panama river, was arrested recently at Fairbanks on the charge Of assault with dangerous weapon upon one Tony Saroff. but was re- leased in his own recognizance to
 appear at the hearing to be held be- $ fore the Commissioner This Is the |. second time Sweeney has been ar 7 rested on the charge of assault with Fla dangerous weapon and was found guilty of the charge last winter.
 Because he swore falhely as to cer-
 tain assessment work which he was