The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-21


 kollnal1off, which together with an other blockhouse just like it, and a 1 stOckade, now gone, which comprised the Russian military Notifications on the Kuskokwim is rapidly falling into decay due to the lack of q. new roof. Fred Liljgren and William Wagner, he Naken Island fox ranchers, sold ten pair of foxes recently for $500 , per pair. The animals were sold to he Japanese syndicate on Greene island Mr. Wagner states that his firm could have, disposed of twenty pairs if they could have spared them -(Valdez Miner.)
 Allen r. Brennan native of Oak land, Cal, but resident of Dawson from the time he was one year old until he went tOf Fort William H. Seward and enlisted in the Four teenth Infantry at the entrance of the United States in the war. serving until the end of hOstilities, was mar ried recently in California to Miss Jessie F. Rhinelander. of Sacramento, Cal. He is now employed as an ex, pert on dog teams and other Alaska settings for motion pictures in Cali fornia
 Thomas Ainsworth, who entered the service from Dawson and served with the last Yukon contingent to go to France. has returned to Dawson He was married while in England af ter the war had ended He returned from the army with nthe rank of Ser eeant-Major. His mother resides on Bear Creek in the Klondike valley, and he came back to see her.
 A correspondent writing in the Dawson News says the best known fire extinguisher is salt. He says: Tt is not generally known that salt is the best fire extinguisher known where there is burning flue or red hot pipe with the blaze shooting out of the tope of the pipe. In such case throw a few handfuls of salt in the stove and the fumes of the burning salt will put ont the fire the full length of the pipe at once."
 Joe Burns, well known Dawson wrestler, and athlete, is being in- quired for by his brother and sister Nof Fall River, Mass. They say. they ihave not heard from him for 20 years. except that Frank Gotch, the wrestler. told them that he was at Dawson in 1905 In the early '9cs Joe Burns was known as the Rocky Mountain champion wrestler His brothers name and address is James Burns. 21. Borden street, Fall River Mass.
 Court convened at Anchorage De cenlber 29 for the final term in the Third Division to be held by Judge c. E. Bnnnell before his return to Fairbanks where court will convene late this month. & l ! ue IibDfGIS dt tS~Nht'' held open house. the guests beinf invited to witness the burning of ths mortgage on the Pioneers building and lot. W. Il. Rathbun. in charge of ths wireless station. at Anchorage. anf ] Miss Elyira Swanson were recent, married at Seattle. They arrived a Anchorage. where they will makt their, home. just before the new year Four or five choice pieces of Skag real estate. belonging to the estate o 1 George Mowl, will be sold at anetior at Skagway February 10.f EAGLE. Dec 12.-+Aaron Monroe Graves was picked np' in a critsca' condition at Chicken creek by Mai Carrier Lysell and brought to Eagle on the tenth and died yesterday. Hf was born in Ohio 72 years ago. He came to Dawson in 1897: mter re turned to British Columbia; wenl to Chicken creek in 1902 and wa' mining and prospecting there. eye' since. ~a e