The Cordova daily times., 1920-03-15


 Turnbull, a veteran Yukon navigator, was recently admitted to probate at Vancouver, B. c. The estate was worth s36,5OO
 Mrs. John Carey, aged fifty years and for twenty years resident Of Alaska, died at Anchorage recently. Her husband is employed by the Alaskan Engineering Commission. ..
 The townsite of Sulzer is offered for sale by the administrator of the estate of the late Charles A. Sulzer. It is said that the site would make an ideal location for a cemetery.
 Miss Florence Ballaine, daughter of Mir and Mrs. John E. Ballaine, formerly of Seward, was married re- gently to Dana w. Andrews of Se- attle. They will reside at Seattle.
 Henry Berger, for several years engaged in mining in the Koyukuk country, has decided to give up gold mining for time He recently went to Anchorage where he will locate.
 Up to the close of navigation, ac- - cording to a letter received from Point Barrow, the natives killed a total of thirteen palor bear. TWO whale% had been captured, so there was plenty of food.
 Recently over one hundred thou sand pounds of halibut were offered for sale in one morning at Ketchi- kan. On account of poor transporta- tion facilities about one-third of the amount was purchased that day
 The death of the late Fremont King who died in Seattle, was due to hard ening of the heart arteries, according to a telegram received in Ketchikan from Fred C. Johnstone, MT. Kings business partner.
 The Copper King mine, near Whitehorse was forced to close down for a time on account of the block ade of snow on the White Pass & Yukon railroad. The supply of blast ing powder gave out and there was no way to get any more.
 R. A. Carroll, Nome agent of the I. Alaska Steamship company, says the Victoria which will sail from Seat tie on her first trip to Nome June2, has 150 passengers booked and is assured of a full cargo of freight.
 Quotations of the Alaska Juneau stock recently took jump from one and seven eighths to two and one half dollars. Par value on this stock is ten dollars a share at which price many people in different parts of the territory purchased it several years ago.
 The visit of local people to White horse last June to take in the Vic toria Day celebration and the Can adian Club whiskey there was used by the drys as horrible example in the recent wet and dry election in Yukon territory.
 The Ketchikan Chronicle is pro- testing about the bounds of the new ,recording precinct of Hyder as de- Tined by Judge Robert Jennings. The paper claims that territory which for geographical reason is tributary to Ketchikan, has been placed in the Hyder district
 The steamer Valdez of the Alaska Steamship company, operated by the Thorndyke-Trenholme company in South American trade, will continue in that trade. The Thorndyke con- pany, of which Herman w. Ross, for mer newspaper man is now vice. president and manager is chartering more vessels for the trade.
 c. T. Gardner, who has been con. nected with the forest service in Ket- chikan for the past II years, has been promoted from ranger to dep- uty supervisor of Alaskan forests MT. Gardner will continue to make his headquarters in Ketchikan. Previous to coming to Alaska he was with the , department in the states for a year.
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