Seward daily gateway., 1923-09-15
N0RTHLAND
 HAPPENINGS

c. T. Moore, who has been employ ed as linotype operator on the Cor dova Times since last fall, has return ed to the States with his family.
 Miss Katherine Wilson, formerly of the Times staff at Cordova is making a trip over the Richardson road, and thence to Seward, where she will take ship for Kodiak, afterward returning to San Francisco, where she will write novel on Alaska.
 While hunting recently in the Chis- ana district a guide found a young sheep partly consumed in an eagles nest Out of curiosity the guide weigh ed the uneaten portion of the lamb and found it weighed thirty4four lbs. It had been carried for miles by the eagle and placed in the top of a tall tree.
 While at work on Fred Shaup's Chatinika ground, Victor Ericson was buried by slide last week. He was dead when rescued. He was Moose, which organization took charge of his body.
 Walter J. Marx of Teller, has start ed publication of small paper called the Pioneer Scout It is the farthest north of any paper in Alaska.
 Pastor Ames, aged 22, was drowned while fishing near Yes Bay recently. Ames had been employed at the plant of the A. P A. and so far as known he had no relatives.
 The Cordova Game Club recently held meeting for the purpose of devis ing means for placing deer on the is' lands in Prince William Sound. It was also proposed to stock Hinchinbrook and Montague islands with Elk. Vari ous phases of wild life protection were discussed before adjournment.
 Peter Moses, an Old Crow Indian (no relation to the popular beverage) lately arrived in Dawson from the Arc tic coast where he conducts a trad ing post and brought with him story that all the muskrats on the Old Crow and Upper Porcupine country have died this spring and that the Indians in these sections will have a harG time to exist the coming winter, aS the rats have meant both food anC revenue. A few years ago the measles played havoc with the Indians of the Arctic coast and last winter there was a scarcity Of game. Many Indians diet of starvation.
 Bill Mcdonald, former Klondiker for the past ten years a~trapper ant trader near the mouth of the McKen zie, lately shot and killed himself neal Fort McPherson. He was endeavorine to pull loaded rifle from a pack a the time. The bullet penetrated tht heart.
 At Wrangell recently tractor driv en by Fred Lewis skidded and turned upside down, pinning the driver un derneath The drivers injuries were confined to a few scratches and mum erous bruises, the machine being un injured.
 Percy Thornton arrived in McCar thy recently from the Chisana distric' with a gold nugget about the size O. an egg, valued at about s165. He. re ports the season badly hampered by a shortage of water.
 Outlet Mott, young lad of 13 year; of age, whose father and party are be ing guided by Capt. Hubrick, killed { brown bear with a 22-calibre rifle re gently. The lad is fine shot. Captai1 Hubrick states.
 Engineer Longacre, of the Alasks Road Commission who recently re turned to Chitina from trip througl the Kotsina district north of Strelna reports seeing 50 bears and fully al many sheep on the trip.
 Caleb Corser, for many years super intendent of the Copper River Rail road, with his family left on the s S. Alaska, for Los Angeles, where the, will make their home in the future.