The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-19
NEWS ABOUT NORTHERNERs

licaLiOns:
 Between $500 and S6OO worth of
 provisions were stolen from the
 warehouse at Gypsum in a raid made by gasboat pirates last week. The goods stolen belonged to the Pacific Coast Gypsum company and were in a warehouse a considerable distance from the mine. The raid was staged while 6 number of the employees of the company were at Tenakee attending dance.
 Armed with search warrants issu- ed by Major Tucker, a detail of p RC.M.P. of Dawson raided eight hotels in the city last week. All were raided simultaneously and as a result of the searches information
 has been laid against the proprietors of four of the joints, charging them
 with violation of the liquor ordin- i ances.
 The test case brought by the Ju- iueau Commercial association and 1 the territory of Alaska to determine { the consuuutionality of the so-called Jones act will be heard by the su- preme court of the United States on December 3, according to a state ! ment made by Attorney General I Rustgard. The case was brougst by
 the company last summer in which permanent injunction was asked for against the collector of customs
 for Alaska to prevent him and his deputies from enforcing the provi- sions of the law iu question which prohibited Canadian steamers from handling freight originating in the United States and shipped across Canada to Alaska. The suit was
 filed in the local U. S. district court ! at Juneau and transferred to KetCh- ikan. where Judge Jennings denied the injunction. Appeal was taken l to the supreme court. Participation 1 of the territory in the suit was au- thorized in a resolution passed by ! the territorial legislature.
 Capt. Olaf Dybvik, owner and cap tain of the halibut boat Valhalla,
 was drowned at Juneau last week, his body being found later by deep
 sea diver. As he had considerable money on his person at the time he | disappeared foul play was feared, but his roll was found intact and no marks of violence on the body, so it is believed he fell on the float while intoxicated.
 Anchorage is to have another another daily paper and another bank. The Nenana Daily News plant is being shipped to Anchorage by Roy Southworth and it is expected the paper will be issued in the near future. The Nenaua News was es- atblished two years ago. Doctor Beeson is at the head of the com pauy to establish the First National Bank of Anchorage. Sufficient stock has been subscribed to make the bank a success. Deputy Marshal Mossmau will be a heavy stockhold- CT.
 The center of the greatest mining on Seward peninsula this season was in the McGrath district. On Candle creek the Aiken dredge took out some $4OO,OOO for the season. The dredge of the Plume Dredge company on Yankee creek was in gumbo most of the season and it's cleanups were consequently small. 4 third dredge is to be carried into the district this winter overland from Ophir and a fourth is now at Ruby and will be taken down the Yukon, along the coast and up the Kuskokwim next year for installa- tiOn.
 Four meu who loft Ruby recently for McGrath got lost on the trail be- tween Cripple and Ophir and after several days search bp parties sent out by the commissioner were found in a safe condition. While lost the men suffered no great hardships, liv- ing of blueberries and @ moose they killed. The party when they hit the Tolstoi thought they were on the In- n0kO river and above the town of