Seward daily gateway., 1923-09-01

burned recently at the north end O. Gravina island, while chartered te the Stuart Packing Co. The boat was insured Loss s17.OOO.
 The revenue cutter Smith departed from Ketchikan in great haste re gently, leaving some of her crew be hind. The gas boat Gravina was ir distress at Ship Island, her engines having broken down. She was lowed to place of safety.
 B. J. Matthems who arrived in Nome few weeks ago has submitted bid to the postoffice department for an air mail route from Nome to Kotzebue Sound.
 A ton Ford truck belonging the cit: of Ketchikan met with an accident recently while being driven up an in. cline which is elevated from the sur. face II feet. The engine stopped and the car backed down the hill and fell on its side upon the ground beneath. No one was injured and the truck was not badly damaged.
 George Eastman, of Rochester, N. Y., the man who perfected the Kodak of Eastman fame, is visiting Alaska and the Atlin country on a big garoe hunt. He was born in 1854 and is a bachelor. He has given away several fortunes for charity.
 Harry Caldwell, an old time sour dough who has spent P years in the Territory, and Ed Mullen another old timer, have organized the White Cliff Fox Co.,, and will stock White Cliff Island with 25 pairs of selec. blue foxes. The company is paying $500 a pair for its animals.
 Miss Dora c. MacDonnel and MT. Henry Olsen were united in marriage at Mccarthy recently by Judge Cop pernoll. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Willis of Mccarthy and the groom operates local garage.
 J. c. Towers, of Fish Bay, has 65,- 900 feet of yellow cedar cut into l3- foot lengths ready to ship from Sitka to the United States. This is the fn- est boat lumber in the world and is equal to cypress.
 The new Fordson tractor, the first in the Klondike, which left Dawson recently for Miller creek, about fifty miles away, climbed the ridge road and crossed the high trail all the way to Miller with trailers carrying two tons of freight and landed at the des- tination with the machine and every thing in fine condition. The tractor is to be used in improving the Dawson Miller trail under arrangements with the Yukon government
 John Burwash, an Eagle river ranch man pleaded guilty at Juneau to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor. He was given 60 days in the Federal jail and fine of S100. Eight gallons of moonshine were seized in his stillhouse.. The still was a crude affair, made of pails and bound to- gether with paste, solder, tape and wire.
 In response to Questionnaire sent out by the biological survey, A out side sportsmen who have hunted :n Alaska reported expenditures in the Territory totaling s107,5S6.5O. Of this sum $5OO1 was for licenses and export fees. The remainder was paid to the guides and merchants. This averages about $1,972.S7 per trip. Three Iun- dred and twelve game animals were taken at an average cost Of $32S7O per animal Of the A individuals who reported seven has since become fin ancially interested in the Territory.
 Caught by tons of rock ill stope in the Alaska Juneau mine recently, Nick Zukoff, a Russian about 29 years of age, lived 13 hours, his body being taken from the stope by a force of 30 men, who worked increasingly the l5 hours required to remove the barrier. Zukoff was conscious all the time, and talk to his rescuers, advising them as to the quickest way to ge. him out. The last two hours he w2s silent, and when reached was found to be dead. His head was slightly crushed and suffocation finished him.
 John Edward Hogg, of Los Angeles is in Juneau gathering material for a ten thousand word article descriptive of the inside passage from Skagwa~ to Seattle, and to contain fifty photo graphs for the National Geographic Magazine. He is accompanied by L. w. Wiedey, of Los Angeles, who is assisting him with the photographic work. They have a Harley Davidson motorcycle and motor boat and will make trips to all points of scenic in- terest thru the passage.
 On their first trip out since they came North, MT. and Mrs. Joe Quig- ley lief Cordova for the states last week. In 1891 Mir. Quigley crossed Chilkoot Pass and drifted down the Yukon years before the Klondike was