The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-28
ALASKA NOTES

The Algonican syndicate have called for tenders for repairs to the Bear river railroad which they will utilize in getting in supplies to the Independence and Independent group of claims better known as the Fitz gerald Goose Creek property, The claims were Bonded last winter by w A. Meloche, managing engineer for the syndicate, and he has made arrangements with the road whereby it will be put in operation with a fifteen-ton gas engine (Hyder Miner)
 J. J. Courtney, locomotive en gineer with the Alaska Engineering Commission at Seward, formerly 8 Sergeant in the Fifty Third Ensin eers, United States Army, has been awarded a distinguished service cross for services in France. The partic ular service which called attention to him was in volunteering to go into No Mans Land and cut enemy wires He was successful
 F. II. Whitney. President of the Jewel Gold Mining Company, recently returned to Seward from Seattle and says the company valuable qdart1 property on Crow Creek will be operated this summer. He says the company is excellently financed, and twill chin a to Y,1i11 tn hn IT, erty in September to be used next year. Mir. Whitney was accompanied to Seward by his bride.
 Mrs. Anna Weiss, proprietress of the Miners Hotel at Hyder, and William Talinen, a carpenter and builder of that place, were married at Hyder recently. It was the first wedding to take place at that place. It was followed by only a few days by the marriage of Mrs. Madge H. Nelson and George A. Chapin. Both couples will continue to reside at Hyder.
 ENtIyOHo IS busy WItH HIS SdIuSH and it is the hope of all that there will be enough potatoes to last throughout the year If the weather is favorable there will be no lack of garden vegetables. Nearly every one is putting in a small patch of his lawn and some are going the whole figure" and having little space. if any, for flowers. (Skagway Alaskan)
 Louis Bell, well known oldtimer in this section, is going into the transportation business, on the side MT Bell is going to operate his gas boat Fern on Lake Kenai this sum- mer. from Roosevelt to any point desired Bob Gayland is to be com mander of the launch.-(Seward Gateway)
 According to advices reaching Sew ard. Post Hole" Pete McCartin was drowned recently while making trip from Snug Harbor to Seldovia There is no continuation of the report ex- cept that McCartin's boat was found capsized and he has not been seen Steward Gateway)
 The Pacific Steamship Company has added Daren, Manchura. to it's Oriental points of call It will have one sailing to the port every thirty days from Seattle and one every six weeks from Portland
 Moose" Johnson and Charley Mur- phy, oldtimers of the North, recently raised $526 to send John Clark of Anchorage to Seattle to get expert eye treatment from an eye specialist
 Dr. H, Vance, of Seattle, formerly of Juneau is at Hyder and is looking over the grounds with the idea in view of locating there
 Dr. and Mrs Newlands, of Seattle, father and mother of Mrs Royal R. Pullen of Skagway. are visiting their son and daughter at the latter place P. c. Lynch, an oldtimer of the will establish a roadhouse at Roosevelt, the gateway to the Kan tishna.
 The Boy Scouts of Cordova are for a membership drive.
 Pay your School Tax to A. B Cole, City Hall. adv.
 Henry Berry, dealer in Curios; speciality, Ivory Beads. 165 Front street Adv.