Seward daily gateway., 1923-02-24
Notes of the Northland =

lacking.
 Frank s. Gordon, merchant of Fair banks, has opened store at Anchor age, having purchased the Katherine Daugherty stock.
 It is reported that power boats are operating between Rainbow and Hope, in the Turnagain Arm district, the waterway being free of ice.
 The first transfer of passengers over the newly constructed Panama river bridge at Nenana took place last week, the transfer being by train.
 James Dyer, oldtimer of the interior was laid at rest in the Anchorage cemetery this week, under the auspic- es of Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska.
 One of the big cranes used by the American Bridge company at Nenana will be sent to Mile T to help in plac- ing the locomotive now lying in Turn aain Arm, on the tracks.
 The Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks now has an en- rollment of sixty students, an increase of 900 per cent since the institution was first opened.
 Eight natives at Nome were recent ly arrested on a charge of rioting, which grew out of an attempt by them to recover certain reindeer from a herd, they claiming ownership. They were acquitted by jury trial.
 Reindeer herds are being made use of by interior butchers in supplying the local markets, the Waechter Bros concern having a herd at Kokrines, near Ruby, which is said to be an eN- tremely large one.
 Norvin E. Smith, longtime employe of the commission at Nenana, and who had just recovered from the injury of one of his legs, is again on the sick list, this time with broken arm, caus ed by the kick of a horse.
 Elmer Sanderlin, chief of police and city clerk for the town of Fairbanks, has resigned the position which will be filled by Fire Chief Jack O'Connor, acting in the dual role of fire chief and police chief. A member of the fire de- partment will fill the clerks office.
 Wm. McDonough, of Nenana, whose wife is at Mayo Brothers Institute, re ceived word that she had so far re- covered from her operation that sh, would leave the institution for brief visit with friends in the east before returning to the north.
 The Alaska Road Commission at the present time has about ten men at work on the Piledriver bridge on the Valdez Fairbanks trail. Another crew is at work on the Chatanika bridge site.
 Nick kastrisas, who was killed on the railroad near Caswell and on whose remains an inquest was held by Commissioner c. D. Leckie, at Nenana is reported to have a wife and child living in Greece the land of his nativ- ity.
 Coal shipments by the newly organ ized Nit. Mckinley Bituminous Coal Corporation at Mile 3s1, will soon be made The grade of coal is said to be excellent The property embraces 2 56O acres. Stock is owned by interior people.
 The Fairbanks Commercial Club is urging the passage of the gold bonus bill, communicating with Senator Tas- ker L. Oddie to have him enlist his aid in bringing the proposed measure up in congress.
 Colonel J. c. Gotwals, engineer off cer of the Alaska Road Commission, is making a trip of inspection to the Kantishna district this week. The trip will be made by dog team and cover about ten days time.
 Another pig deal is reported from the interior of Alaska. It is stated the Guggenheims have taken over the holdings Of Henry Wagner on God stream Fairbanks district, paying two hundred thousand dollars.
 4. B. Funk, who recently arrived in Nenana from the Chandlar mining dis trict. reports that the development of