The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-14
ALASKA NOTES

A trio of big game hunters who re- gently arrived in Anchorage report witnessing terrific battle between rival leaders of two big moose herds on Kenai Peninsula One band of noEe than 100 moose was sighted Nhich was approached by another band of about 30, led by bull with a 70-inch spread of antlers After the usual preliminaries, the pulls charged each other with ter fife force, the leader of the lesser lerd being thrown back on his haun- hes with deep gash in his fore lead. He later arose and accom- 1anied by one lone COW staggered way but was shot by the Sports nen."
 A searching party has been. sent Tt from Ketchikan to look. for Blli 'IcVeigh,' the prospectors who has cen missing from Helm Bay for everal days John Ramm. fisherman of ket- ! hikan, returning to town recently mbibed. too freely of Some variety of leverage having "a kick" in 1t and proceeded to smash up few win lows. The damage was made good md Ramm was permitted to go board his boat and sleep off his lag.
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 When the airplanes arrived at Dawson, among the interested spec spectators weer an old Indian and his wife. who walked around the big )lrd-like machines and critically in pected them from all sides. Re- covering from his first thrill of won Ter the old buck yanked his klootch way saying: White man too dam mart; come on home"
 The first regular contract mail o go over the Broad Pass and hand ed by the Alaskan Engineering Com 1ission was despatched from Anchor ge last week It is reported that he commission does not intend 10 landle passengers between the end )f steel this winter. Persons travel ng that route would have to depend Dn dog teams operated by private individuals which start about Novem- Der 1.
 The Alitak Packing Company lost ts case against the A. P. A. before fudge Fred Brown at Seward last yeek when the court ruled that the laintiff had failed to show where he use of the defendants trap had ,aused any material damage
 Twenty big outfits are operating in he Nome district and the papers of he Northern camp believe that pros )erity is again knocking at the door f the Second Division.
 Thomas s. Scott, for the past six ears cashier Of the First Bank of 'ordova. has been elected vice-presi- lent of the Bank of Alaska succeed ng H. l.. Reed who recently left or Seattle John Muller has been promoted to the position of cashier )f the First Bank of Cordoya vice MT. Scott.
 G. w. .Guck, a pioneer of Seward, recently celebrated his fiftieth year in Alaska by giving a dinner to his friends in one of the local cafes.
 Mrs. Cornelia Hatcher, of prohibi- ion fame, will install a five-stamp mill on mining property near Wasilla this winter She recently purchased l home in Wasilla.
 Mrs. Cora Margaret Junkin and Thomas B. Drayton were married recently in Seward. The bride. or iginally a Detroit girl, is q well known philosophical writer.
 After spending several weeks in Yukon Territory, Dr. Alfred Thomp- son. Yukon's member to the Cana dian Parliament. recently left Daw- son enroute to British Columbia. While in the North Dr. Thompson visited Mayo, where he was greatly pleased with the possibilities of the new mining camp.
 Mrs Dorothy O'Keefe. whose hus-