The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-30

 manager of the Panama Valley Rail road, and will leave for Seattle as l soon as his affairs at Fairbanks are closed up. MT. Joslin has been with the railroad ever since it started and has been employed in practical ly every position on the road from section man and station agent to that of manager
 Garibaldi Fillipi, Solomon River miner, died suddenly at Nome in May The funeral was under the auspices of the Eagles.
 Jack Young, formerly associated with c. P. Goggin in the mercantile business at Nome, is the manager of a $100,000 fish company operat- ing at Nome Jafet Lindeberg and J. J. Cole, mining man and banker respectively, are the principal stock holders
 Word was recently received at Nome that George Hager, formerly an operator on Oregon Creek, Sew ard Peninsula, died at Butte, Mon tana
 The Second Division subscribed S70,000 for War Savings Stamps dur ing the recent drive.
 Miss Anita Allen. formerly of Nome, and Capt. Henry P. Perrins, formerly stationed at Fort Davis, near Nome. were married recently in Portland, Oregon.
 According to information reaching Nome recently, the beach deposits near Cape Nome will be operated on a large scale by an Oregon Con- pany under the direction of a MT. Holland, who spent some time last Summer Investigating the possibil- ties of working the beach sands with a gold saving device known as the Neil Jig
 Sam c. Durham, author of The Goldsmith of Nome," "The Lament of the Sourdough," and many other poems on Alaska topics, is editing journal known as the Industrial and Mining Age of New York City, ac- cOrding to a letter reaching Attor- ney Ira D. Orton of Nome, recently.
 Five whales were caught by the Natives at Point Hope this Spring, and there was great rejoicing among the Natives of the village and much merry feasting as result of the splendid catch. according to the last number of The Eskimo. The arti- cle states that catching whale means great deal to the Natives , as there is meat enough in one big whale to last whole village for considerable time The meat not eaten fresh is put up in small seal | skin poke sacks" for Winter use, the meat being preserved by means of seal oil while in storage. Marshall leads the list of Seward Peninsula contributions during the recent Red Cross drive with an ay- craze contribution of slightly over $14. says the Nome Nugget Coun. cil is next with a per capita of $l2,2S and a fraction, and Candle is third with return of $117S from each of her 60 subscribers. St. Michael and Unalakleet returned total of $1.137. contributed by 18O subscribers, making the joint aver age slightly above $630 The aver age of Nome was $9.33, contributed by $50 subscribers According to the last number of The Eskimo. the bright little journ al published by the Bureau of Edu- cation by the Natives of the Noatak district in the Arctic region enjoyed one of the most prolific trapping seasons ever known. According to MT Mcclure. the Bureau of Educa- tion teacher at the Noatak schools, a total of 614 fur belts were taken by the Native hunters during the season. Red fox were especially plentiful, 190 skins being included among the total number. White fox appear to have been scarce as no more than 13 skins are reps rted