Seward daily gateway., 1923-02-17
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Fancy steer potroast sells for 20 cents per pound in Ketchikan.
 One of the cottages belonging to the Chilkat Oil Company of Katalla, was recently destroyed by fire.
 Chas J. Engst-om, Ketchikan jew eler, has sold his fixtures and location and removed his stock to California
 The gas boat Georgia recently az rived in Ketchikan with 500 boxes of fine apples from the states. They were quickly sold.
 Bootleggers in Alaska, paid more fines in 1922 than the saloon licenses brought in the good old days when it was wide open.
 In falling tree at Indian Creek re- gently A. Nordling had the misfortune to break his leg, and was taken to the hospital at Anchorage for treatment.
 H. A. Ives, the well-known Cordova photographer, has gone to Hyder, where he has opened photograph shop.
 At the Indian mine near Hyder it is stated that there is $200.000 worth of ore in sight and development work has merely begun.
 Word has been received at Juneau that George F. Gianacos, a former res ident of that place has either been killed or captured while fighting with the Greek forces in Thrace.
 The Garside building in Juneau has been secured as the place of meeting of the coming Territorial Legislature. This is the same place that was used for the 1919 and 1921 sessions.
 It is reported that blind lead of high grade copper ore has been cross cut on the Sunshine group near Hy- der, at a lateral depth of 57 feet. The property was recently bonded to the G-anby Company.
 It will require the services of fifty men for seven or eight months to dis mantle and prepare for shipment the machinery of the Alaska Gastineau mill at Thane. There are 5000 tons of steel in the mill.
 A report of the Biological Survey shows that a total of 3s5,247 skins of various fur animals were shipped from Alaska during the year. 1922. which had 8 value of $1,so0.o0s. Of the total number of skins shipped 313.145 or e5 per cent, were muskrat skins.
 rr,oi that reindeer will thrive in southeastern Alaska is fou'l1 in he he-i at Annette Island where '''n'' of the animals were placed eight years exo. in country infested with wolves and without he.ders or prot o:tlon, have increased to twenty or more.
 The natives in the Metlakatla Christ ian Church have one of the finest choirs in Alaska and it is said II would be a credit to large cities, with paid performers. It recently delivered a cantata which attracted wide atten- tion.
 President Charles E. Bunnell, of the of Mines has been granted an increase of s1OOO in his salary. Under the new he will receive $6,ooo Alaska Agricultural College & School year. he increase was provided TOT at a meeting of the Board of Regents rceen,iy, a' which time, he facu''y were re-employed for period terT!l- nati:.s June, 1924.
 The Dawson News says that there is one village in Yukon territory where the natives are still celeorat- ing the birthday of Queen Vlctorla' not realizing that she has passed De- yond. Since Archdeacon Mcdonald the pioneer. visited these Indians anu translated the Bible into their dialect there have been very few whites Ill the district, and consequently they are living in a period of fifty years ago.
 The discovery of a part of human skeleton on the shores of Douglas ls- land, caused officials to investigate er- gently. The find consisted of an arm and shoulder bones in an old overcoat. It is thought they may have been the remains of one of the Sophia victims.