The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-23
ALASKA NOTES

Alaska grown cabbage sold at $25 a head at Rampant recently for the benefit of the Red Cross. Although Rampant has but about thirty-five white inhabitants, over s22 was raised at the affair.
 John Strom, aged 36 years, a na- tive of Finland died recently at An chorage of influenza. Strom worked at the Cache Creek placer diggings the past season and when he was ta- ken down with the flue was taken to the hospital, where he died.
 Tom Malone of Anchorage was a victim of the infleunza epidemic. He was widely known in the Territory as he had resided in practically ~ev- cry camp in Alaska. About a year ago he removed from Marshal to Anchorage where he worked for the Government. His home was origin ally in Detroit, Mich. The body was shipped to Napa, Cal, for burial.
 Mr and Mrs. Keesler and sons, Gent and Kenneth and daughter Miss Lois were outgoing passengers on the steamship Alameda Monday, for Seattle, where they will reside this Winter. MT. Keesler stated that if his fishery. plans matured they would return to Valdez in the Spring.
 The Admiral Watson arrived from the States last Sunday afternoon and proceeded to the Westward. Capt. Glasscock, the popular navigator, who has been suffering from the flu, was on the bridge, though not feeling too we'll after the effects of the malady.
 George Madsen, warehOuseman on the Seward dock, died recently of the flue, followed by an attack of pneumonia MT. Madsen was about 35 years of age and came to Seward from Nome about four years ago. Five children, four of whom live in Seward and one at Cushman, Wash, survive him.
 Pete Iverson, pioneer who has lived in Alaska for over 25 years, died recently in Seattle; MT. Iver- son was one of the old Sheep Greek placer miners. Later he went to the Forty-Mile, Circle and Dawson coun- tries, where he accumulated consid- erable money. From Dawson MT Iverson went to Nome and mined in that camp for several years. Later he spent a lot of time prospecting in the Nushagak section, and discov cred that some very good galena ore existed in that vicinity which he in- tended to go back to some day. He was one of the stampeders to the Nelchina camp and did considerable prospecting in the Knik vicinity. He was a member of the Pioneers.
 So many of the steel gang laying track on the Government railroad near Talkeetna, have become sick with the influenza that the work has ceased, probably for the season. Six weight of the men arrived at An chorage recently.
 Fred w. Kincaid, who succumbed to pneumonia at the Government hos pital in Anchorage recently, was one of the early settlers in that district, arriving in the railroad town with his brother-in-law, J. D. (Bud) Whit ney, in 1910, and residing there ever since. The. deceased was born in Ashland, Oregon. In 1915 MT. Kin caid was married to Miss Eva Lar kins of Anchorage and there are two small children left to mourn the loss of father. The remains were sent to the old home in Ashland, Ore.
 James McNeil not long ago sent to the Brothers School at Kent, Washington by Judge Charles E. Bunnell from Fairbanks, died there recently of influenza
 Billy" Frame, son of John w. Frame of Anchorage. who is in the Navy. writes to his father that there will be a great rush to Alaska as soon. as the war is over, He, says he has talked to young men from all  Weather Conditions as Rel
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