Seward daily gateway., 1923-02-17
Notes of the Northland

Mrs. L. E. Adsit has succeeded Miss Ruth Fridiund n the office of the ter ritorial general at Juneau.
 Frank OConnor, a Kougarok resi- dent, was recently taken to the Nome hospital by friends.
 The Pioneers of Nome and the Pio- neer Women recently held a joint in- stallation. About 75 persons attend ed the social given after installation.
 Sitka has a heavy tax levy of one per cent, the lowest in the territory, so far recorded The budget includes 5000 for a new fire hall.
 J. S. Ligon, professional wolf trap per for the biological survey recene.y arrived in Alaska and trapped r of the animals within short time, de>n- onstrating what a professional can do.
 A record halibut price was recent ly paid for cargo at Ketchikan. The Pioneer arrived with 10000 pounds, which weer sold at 16 12 and 9 1-2 cents. These are the highest prices paid since the war.
 Col. Kenyon A. Joyce, of San Fran cisco, who was recently in the terri tory on hunting expedition, says that Alaska is a paradise for sportsmen, and that it will soon be mecca for tourists.
 Pic Martini, former Douglas boy, and for two years past the crack twirler on the Commission team at Anchorage, has signed up with the Seattle Indians for the coming base ball season.
 The mill at Speel river was fore ed to close down recently, owing to a water shortage. A number Of men were laid of. Heavy and continuous snowfall in the hills and weather be- low freezing was the cause of the di unfinished supply.
 The fishing schooner Daisy which disappeared from Puget Sound with load of booze when highjacke.s at lacked the crew. is believed to be in Alaska. Her owner was set ashore on Vancouver island and has not been able to get trace of his boat.
 Louis Smeder, & Nome resident, who was sent outside last summer insane, succeeded in taking his own life, ac- cording to telegrams received by his partner at Nome Smeder cut his own throat with a razor, before he was sent out, but had recovered.
 The weather along the Yukon has been too cold to go after the Prest airplane which no wlies about l6 miles from Eagle, where it had to be left on account of the trail being too mar row to get by with it. From IS to 70 feet of brush and timber will have to be cleared before it can be hauled out.
 The Ketcnikan News says that Miss Laura Mcleod and R. A. Bartholomew were married in that city recently. Both bride and groom are members of the city's social set. The groom is as ssstant agent for the Admiral Line, and a resident of Ketchikan for number of years.
 Duarte::y dividends of 3:rj per share and one insurance ilderes- in- come dlvideni Of s2 per share was pad by the Ala,la i'rt:"'s Assocla- t.on in 1922 rh1 profit iron a:.nery for the year vas & 4,;l., ,- .A5 The total authoii' "i cai'a ri co empany is 7o 1G .hn. es.
 At the Unaed States magnetic ob- servatory in Sitka Monday, January P, heavy earthquake waves were re- corded in the morning beginning at 12:OS and lasting for half an hour. The center of disturbance was estimat ed to be 2,000 miles distant.
 Harold Blaley, a Sitka native, re. gently trapped live blue fox on Chi chagof island, and is holding it un- til the biological survey can decide as to whether the native will be allow ed to keep it or not. According to re- cent regulations no one but icens- ed fox farmer or his agent are allow ed to trap a blue fox.
 Captain George Tor.ey, w;!o recent ly W .s s-nt to Morningside sanitariuin
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