The Seward gateway., 1922-12-23
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It is now believed that Charlie Mague. whose body was found recent lv on the beach near Tenakee, shot himself.
 J. w. Frame, Jr, son of Commis- sioner Frame of Hyder was visiting in that city recently. Billy is on his way outside to spend few weeks with his mother. For the past four years he has been driving a stage over the Valdez Fairbanks trail.
 It is reported that Fairbanks is to receive a gift of seven thousand dol lars from the federal government, be- ing money received by Uncle Sam for the issuance of townsite deeds. It is suggested that some of the money be used by the council for lighting the streets during the holiday season.
 Reports of fist fight on Wlllough- by Avenue in Juneau recently led to the discovery of a still, mash and quantity of home-brew beer and the arerst of George Halle, Hawaiian, according to the Juneau Empire. Halle was hauled before the U. s. Commis- sioner, where he was sentenced Willie Hanson, chief Witness against Willie Jackson, acquitted on the charge of murdering Captain H. Lott, was sentenced by Judge Reed to serve five years in the Colorado re formatory, having admitted footing Lott's place on the night of the mur- der.
 c. A. Burkhardt has telegraphed the Juneau Commercial Association that the Southeastern Alaska Packers are petitioning Herbert Hoover for crea- tion of a Fisheries Reservation cover ing the entire area of Alaska lying east of the 151st degree N. w. longi- tude. excluding area in fishing reser- yations already established. .. Matt Frank of Juneau was brought f into town recently on the mine tender Ambassador from Chichagof mine, suffering injuries to his eyes and hand from an explosion of a fuse cap. He was placed in the hospital at that city Jalmer Riuke, who was injured in the same explosion was brought to town a few days later for medical treatment
 While the natives of Kluckwan had gathered to watch game Of basket ball, two men attempted to break into the cooperative store of that place Ben Watson, cripple. had occasion to go to the front of the store for a drink from a water faucet there, and the two men stabbed him in the back and arm. He will recover.
 John Penglase, aged 35 years, of Douglas, died recently in Seattle from 1 the effects of actrnomycosis. MT. Pen, glase was born in Michigan in 1887 He came to Douglas when he was 3 years old with his parents and has liv- ed there nearly all his life. He was we'll known and was popular in the { Channel towns.
 According to recent reports from the interior, the Yukon river has now Road, was purchased from F. $. still moving there and the tempera- ture registering five degrees below zero. This is said to be the first time on record that the Yukon river has been open for six months at Dawson. Selkirk, Stewart and Ogilvie report that the river is full of ice. The river is clear above Selkirk. A cold snap at Circle caused the thermometer to register thirty below.
 A fortune of $96,000 will be realized by Arthur and Edward Sholin, owners of the Hoge Island fox farm, if sub stance recently found by them proves to be ambergris, which it is thought it is. The two men were in Juneau re- gently and brought samples of the sub stance with them. A. B. Bohrer of the Butler-MauTo Drug Company has just completed two tests of the substance and said he is certain it is ambergris. The Sholin brothers found the sub stance in the stomach of the whale, found on the beach of their island
 Herbert Hoggatt, brother of former Governor Hoggatt of this Territory arrived in Juneau recently from Seattle on the steamer Alameda, according to advices received from the southeast.