The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-08
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

John T. Ross, former superintend ent of Schools in Dawson, has been promoted as the Deputy Minister of Education for Alberta. =
 The Northern Light & Power Co., plant at Coal Creek near Dawson is being dismantled. The machinery will be sent to Japan.
 Dawson contributed $175 to the Halifax sufferers
 The Dawson News complains that papers in the States still insist that Dawson is in Alaska.
 Freddy Wyatt, famous Yukon box CT, was killed recently while in ac- tion with the Canadian troops in 1 France. Brief mention of his death is noted in the casualty lists printed in Ottawa papers received on the last mail.
 The Land Office in Fairbanks for November did the largest business in its history, showing that many peo- pie are taking up land. At a recent session of the court in Fairbanks long list of persons applied for citizenship papers. Recently several miners stampeded from Nenana to Roosevelt Creek. where pay was struck last summer. The Natives of Salchaket, on the Panama, who a few years ago were wild and woody and shooting white men, subscribed over $11 to the Red Cross.
 The Seward Gateway says two school teachers are needed at Ke. mai Lake for a term of five months at $150 per month, and scenery thrown in.
 w. c. Fraser was fined $1,000 in | Anchorage for selling liquor.
 Mrs. Don Coates died in Dawson
 Dec. 21st
 , After an extensive investigation of the conditions and the needs of
 Iron Creek above Talkeetna, J. F Major and J. D. Ferguson well
 known mining men have submitted to the Talkeetna Commercial Club the result of their efforts. New pay has been found on Boob Creek. Tolstoi district, says the ldit. |, arod Pioneer.
 |, The first dimes and nickles that
 were shipped in after the new war
 tax on motion picture theatre ad missions went into effect, to meet
 the problem of making small change. ,l Fire destroyed the camp of Steven Leakus, at Mile 90 on Turnagain , Arm, where he and his associates have been working for the past year , on station contract with the Alas kan Engineering Commission, caus- ing loss of personal property be-
 longing to the occupants of the
 camp of more than $2,O00, accord
 ing to statement made by T. C.
 Camerson.
 Early this morning fire destroyed
 office and residence. Absolutely de
 stroyed all office fixtures and pa.
 pers. including all personal belong.
 ings, except sleeping garments. De.
 tails by mail" The foregoing wire
 received by the marshals office from
 Deputy Marshal c. T. Spencer, of
 Circle, is self-explanatory MT. Spen. cer had beautiful home and well
 equipped office in Circle, so that the : loss will run into several thousands
 of dollars.
 From New York information was
 received in Fairbanks that Rev.
 Charles E. Betticher and Miss Mar
 garet Graves, both formerly of In
 terior Alaska, are to be united Tn |, matrimony about Easter time. MT
 Betticher, at the present time. is 1 managing editor of the Spirit of
 Missions in New York and Miss
 Graves is in the missionary field in
 the Philippine Islands. While in
 Alaska, Rev. Betticher was rector
 of St. Matthews church and super
 intendent of the Episcopal Missions
 in Interior Alaska.
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