The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-17
ALASKA NOTES

Il ALASKA NOTES i
A. F. Mclean has left Haines
where he has resided for many years
for Pennsylvania, where he has an
option on a motion picture theatre
which he expects to take up.
w. R. Smith, nephew of Tim and
George Vogel at Haines, has arrived
| at Haines and taken a position with
Tim Vogel Cherries Beresford, whose
place Mr.. Smith has taken, will be
employed during the summer in the
| Rainy Hollow country.
A statement recently issued shows
| that the. Guggenheims are minority
owners of the Kennecott Corpora
ton which is so heavily interested in
Alaska, They have. all told. 51,11S
shares in the company. Other share
holders are Harry Payne Whitney
10000; T.. Coleman Du Pont, 1000;
Samuel Untermyer, $4,000; Irwin I'm
termyer, $500; Daniel Guggenheim,
head of the house of Gnggenheim
has only 1000 shares. A syndicate
of bankers, headed by J., P. Morgan
and Company hold Z per cent bonds
to the amount of $15,00O,000.
j. Binet, Mayo mining man, was
married recently in California. He
Skagway on their way to the Interior
Allan Fraser, who. was assistant
to White Pass agent James Lips
combe at Atlin, will be purser on
the Yukon river steamer Casca this
year, ...
Gus Bolstad, who died at Seward
recently. of injuries. received at Port
Chatham, was buried last week at
Petersburg, his former home.
A. Baker. resident of Dawson for
% years. died in Southern California
Mr. Baker was engaged as florist
and farmer at Dawson. He is sur
vived by his wife who is in charge Of
his business at Dawson. Baker was
a native of Indiana and went to
Dawson from Portland, Ore.
The first duck to be seen at
Dawson this year was reported by
Chief Isaacs of the Moosehide En-
dians, April 26. HE came from Skag-
way" said the veteran Indian. Isaacs
predicted that the ice would go out
of the Yukon in three weeks after
the arrival of the first duck.
One piece of fine galena ore,
weighing 100 pounds was taken to
Dawson from Lookout Mountain in
the Mayo district.
The Yukon Council has invited
the Canadian Minister of the Interior
to visit Dawson and the Territory
this summer.
J. P. Smith has been appointed
Kings Counsel by the Canadian De-
partment of Justice. This is a title
that is usually awarded a lawyer
after long and honorable service at
the bar in Canada
Influenza has been epidemic in
the native village of Tatitlek. Two
deaths occurred the first week in
May. The epidemic followed closely
after the death of the government
teacher, C. B. Leatherman.
Mattheas Harness of Eldorado
creek, Klondike district. died recently
and was buried at Dawson. The
funeral was from the Christian Sci
ence church.
A twenty horsepower tractor has
bee npurchased by a Fairbanks farm
err and is being taken over the trail
| by Bob Sheldon. 1t is said to be an
ideal machine for the doads of the
Territory. Deep snow, bad roads and
mud cause no slowing up in the trac,
tor, and it makes nearly as good time
as an auto.
The Cordova ex-service men have
lreceived their charter and will organ
ize John w. Jones Post No. 8, Am
erican Legion.
Don S. Rae, according to reports
from Anchorage. recently arrived
there from the States and Is prepar-
ing to begin mining operations In
the Willow Creek district. He Is said
| to be interested in some of the most
promising quartz property in that sec
ton and will work 1t extensively
| this season.
| Get your Garden and Lawn Seed
from Femmer & Ritter. adv.