The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-12

$20 a ton in gold values, according to the Valdez Miner.
 The body of Mrs. Marie Kodyn, who died recently at Valdez, was shipped to Sioux City, Iowa, for in torment.
 Al Blair and Joe Emel dropped out of town one day this week and re turned with three black bears, killed about five miles from town on Lowe river. The meat was fat and sweet as the animals had no fish this year and the furs were In fine condition -(Valdez Miner.)
 Allen Mcleod, old time miner of Sulphur creek left Dawson recently for his old home in Kansas. He will visit in several other states before returning to the Yukon country.
 Near the head of Norton Sound where it has been known only to Els kimos, two prospectors who have re turned to Nome, recently discovered m enormous deposit of claylikc substance known as red ochre and valuable for it's paint-making quail ties. It is stated the natives have ased the clays for ages for colorina purposes. coming from points as fay as the Diodedes to secure supplies of the rock. 4,
 The Alaska Petroleum Company las chartered the Pacific American
 Fisheries steamship Norwood for 2 'oyage to Alsum, with an equipment
 md material for a plant which they >laim will produce two tons of re ined sulphur daily. The Norwood will proceed by way of Ketchikan to Dutch Harbor
 The Fairbanks papers say that 8 'arge consignment of parcel post )oxes arrived there, and a compari. 'on of goods and prices showed that ,etter goods have been purchased in own at lower prices.
 An order of the Yukon Territorial Court has now been formally settled ,nd passed accepting the resignation ,f H. G. Blankman from the office of
 eceiver and manager of the Cana iian Klondike Mining Company, Ltd. md of the Canadian Klondike Power Company. Ltd, which was tendered 'ome time ago.. and appointing An 'rew Baird in place of Mr. Blankman The order fixes the security to be yiven by the new receiver at the same figure as the old.-Dawson News.
 Little sailing vessels plying from Nome across the Boring sea to Si bcria this year will open an export business that probobly will run in val ie close to six figures according to estimates made in Nome Most of he merchandise moved from Nome was taken up on the first steamers in he summer from Seattle. The goods tre sold to Siberian natives and white 'rappers and minors operating along the coast across from Nome.
 George Wesch, an old timer con aected with the First National Bank It Fairbanks has returned to the in 'erior metropolis After spending |, summer at Brooks.
 The frost is on the fishwheel ant the fish not on tho poles, the rivers frozen over without leaving any toles; no water runs at Cinema and Us cold as all creation! in spite e that Old Chcna is head of navigation H. o. Beldon, the leading citizen 0 Chena (and the only one locatedl 'here) phoned that the Tanana river closed reccntly--{Ncws-Mincr)
 Robert Cacy, tho roadhouse man ,n the Brooks Fairbanks trail has reached his home and opened his for tho winter Mir. and Mrs. Cacy and little daughter left Valdez early in October for the inte rfor, with a team and wagon which will be used to freight supplies in to the roadhouse.
 Ketchikan's contribution to the Sal vation Army fund was $1,63137
 Work on the Big Missouri mine in the Salmon river district, Portland Canal will be continued all winter. to late announcement
 The Shenawa Indian school vii, have 130 new Alaska pupils this year. That many were taken down from various sections of Alaska.
 Ed. Brooker. a Kantishna district mining operator say there will be considerable quantity of galena ore freighted to Roosevelt from the Ait. ken property during the winter, for shipment to the States after the opening of navigation next spring The amount Is variously estimated at from TOO to 1000 tons. and 1t is reasonable to suppose that the ton mage will be much greater year