The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-11
SHORTSTORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

Beaton & Donnelley of Iditarod re- gently cleaned up $13,0OO for their seasons work.
 The remains of Steve Ragan, killed recently at Ketchikan, were sent to Haines for burial
 J. A. Slippern, a woodworker of Nenana, recently cut off the tips of two fingers of his left hand while saw ing strips with a circular saw.
 R. H. Huinline, an old signal corps man. who has been at Fort Yukon for the past three years, has been discharged.
 Harry Cow has opened up his new cafe again in Fairbanks, which was closed down during the first cold snap on account of failure to get steam heat from the Northern Commercial Company.
 Jim Chepot, Jim Kuchinski and Mike Ross, widely-known Russians of the Iditarod district who left there re- gently, invested in a schooner and supplies at Nome and sailed for Si- beria.
 Olaf P. Stolts, an old-timer of the To was a member of the Fairbanks IglOo of Pioneers, and came to the railway town from Brooks, where he was taken ill
 Alex Cameron, an old-time Klondike prospector, who has been working on Fox gulch the past summer, will work his claim, No. 27 hillside, this winter. Hunker creek miners look for good winter
 Owners of the claims on Lucky creek, in the Tolovana district, are sinking many holes this winter to find the continuation of pay recently To- cated there. One outfit recently To- cated a streak that will go $1.25 to the foot.
 The old firm of Corp & Ryan, on Hunker creek, with several other as- sociates, are operating at the mouth of Hunker below the Arlington. They p1r5r sons and are meeting with consider able success.
 Hundreds of thousands of caribou are appearing this year in the vicinity of Dawson, and everyone who can han dle a gun is out securing meat for the winter. All kinds of big game, in cluding moose and sheep, are also re- ported plentiful this year.
 It is stated that Archie Higgins and Al Thorne of Gaines creek, in the Innoko district, have struck rich pay They have uncovered numerous large slugs of gold, the largest weighing ninety ounces, possibly the largest found in Alaska.
 All the travel to the Tolovana is confined to the Olnes trail this season, but this will be cut out as soon as the railroad is completed. After that the Happy trail will be used, con- meeting with the railroad at Dunbar's. The distance between Nenana and Brooks by way of Happy is sixty-six miles, over a perfectly level country.
 Chris Selves of Ketchikan was re- |, gently fined $500 by Commissioner Mahoney, and upon appeal to the dis trict court the case was dismissed by Judge Jennings. This case proves that employed on any boat engaged in fish ing.
 Sergeant E. P. Kinlock, the we'll known signal corps man of Fairbanks, has returned to that city with his con struction gang This is the sergeants fourth year as head of the Interior construction gang, and he has built practically all of the line now stand ing. His work during the season com prised the building of thirty-ive miles of new line. Most of the new line is built on tripods, which have been found to last better than poles. It is planned to construct seventy-five miles of new line between Fairbanks and Paxson next season.
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