The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1919-11-03
ALASKA NOTES

Captain S. R. Bailey of the British
Navy, who served on the staff OF
admiral Beatty, spent several weeks
hunting big game in the Atlin dis
trict during the late summer. He
addressed the people of Atlin on the
work of the Grand Fleet during the
war. His Atlin hunting trip was a
success f'v~
Lieut.. Frank Berton, of the Gold
Commissioners Office at Dawson, has
been appointed mining recorder at
Whitehorse, and with Mrs. Berton
he has arrived at the latter place
% assume his duties. He succeeds
The late T. F. Curran. who committed
uicide in the river at Whitehorse
asst summer He recently returned
% Dawson from service in the army
II Franco.
Speaking of the Mcmillan River
zig game section Ralph Edmunds,
me of the greatest of Americas big
zane hunters, who has a collection
II trophies at Los Angeles which it
has cost his $4,000 to collect, said to
: he Whitehorse Star: 81 am prepared
to state that the big game fields of
fhe upper Mcmillan are the best to
Re found on this continent On one
small barren | saw moose. caribou,
'heep, grizzly bears and wolves. The
sheep were of three species-namely
Dali, Fannin and Stone The carl
bou were the woodland, tho rarest
IT all the caribou. Seven grizzly
hears were seen in four days My
guide injured his foot before the
hunt started and hunted absolutely
alone. The country was strange to
me, but in ten days | hunted, hilled
skinned out and packed to camp
the ten trophies that I was entitled
to under my license. l have never
been able to do this before The
sheep are very numerous and the
moose are numerous, too, and they
also grow immense horns. One horn
has been taken out that gave a
spread OF 60 inches"
Solomon Albert. White river copper
claim owner, recently left Dawson
For the head of White river to spend
the winter ON his claims. and to trap
FOR furs.
Max Landrevil.e. a pioneer of the
Yukon since 1895, member Of the
Youkon Council and prominent In
affairs In the Yukon country for
quarter OF century. will spend the
winter with relatives in Quebec. He
will return to Dawson in March.
J. l.. Liable, Dawson lumberman.
mining operator and for
many years hotel proprietor, has
eft for the Outside to spend the win.
cr visiting at Vancouver, Port Arthur
ind New York. He will return to
Dawson in the early spring.
William Berry, the veteran Miller
.reek placer operator who recently
closed down his operations for the
season and went to Dawson for the
told the Dawson News that
le had experienced one of the best
seasons in his long Yukon career
rs an operator.
Isaac Lusk of Dawson recently
shot himself in tho leg at Mayo.
While he was laid up when the latest
arrivals at Dawson left Mayo, his
wound was not considered serious.
Miss Valerie Willett. Dawson born
laughter Of Henry Willctt when
vent into the Interior long before
he discovery of the Klondike, was
married recently in Seattle to John
3ilker, and electrical engineer. They
will reside in Seattle. where the bride
las boon Attending school and liv-
ng with her mother for the past
wo years. Mrs Willett will rejoin
Ter husband in Dawson.
John L. Bozorth, a Dawson boy
md former student Of the Dawson
,ublice school. recently died at Bay
-ity. Oregon. whore his parents
i've. His wather. John d. Boxorth.
vas with the N. "A. r. 4 T. Co.. be-
ore his departure from Dawson ssv-
'ral pears ESQ.