Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-14

who met his death at his trading sta tion along the south mouth of the Yukon, was taken recently to Nome for the purpose of holding an autopsy
 Nenana authorities have been ap- pealed to i9 connection with the dis appearance last July of George Tree, well known former resident He was last seen at the caribou farm on the upper Chena.
 Karl Karsten was accidently shot and killed by his own rifle recently oE the beach in the Rocky Pass district. Karsten on landing from his boat at tempted to pull his gun from the bow and received fatal wound. Valdez is reported to have the first radiophone broadcasting station in the Third division, in operation. The in struments were installed about three weeks ago by M. B. Quist of the ca ble office, and tests with Latouche and other nearby stations have been very successful. As soon as the cable is repaired a regular broadcasting program will be arranged for the ben eft of those living on the fox islands in Prince William Sound
 Capt. Con Gallagher, a pioneer resi- dent and veteran canneryman of the First division died recently at Seattle after an illness of several months from stomach trouble. Deceased was 67 years of age and was born in Don egal, Ireland. About 25 years ago he came to Alaska with the A. P. A. and since that time has made his home in this district.
 Edward Montgomery, aged 3S, died last week at Juneau, from tuberculo- sis. He was native of Wisconsin and had spent the past two years in Alaska at the Warm Springs district. Unfavorable weather conditions have hampered travel muchly during the past week. Mail Carrier Ray Be- attic endeavored to break through to Big river on Thursday but was con- pelled to return to McGrath that night, his doge exhausted.
 A recent report from Dawson says the caribou are swarming in the hills west of the city and that numbers of them are falling victims to the hunt CTS. A conservative estimate places the number. within ten miles of the city at 5000.
 The gas boat Lou, tender for the Sukoi island fox ranch was wrecked recently during a heavy southeast wind. The Lou was once the property of Capt. Plunkett, who was killed by Edward Krause, the latter being sen fenced to be hanged, but breaking jail and being shot at Doty's Cove.
 Walter StenslalG, 8 young trapper in southeastern Alaska, has made $6O in bounties on wolves this winter.
 The bunkhouse at the Dunwell mine on Glacier creek was completely de- stroyed by fire just before noon on March IA, defective flue being re- sponsible for the blaze. The mine crew lost most of their possessions.
 While engaged in loading ties at Forestdale, on the Crank Trunk Pa- cific, John Carlson, formerly of Fly der, slipped from a gangpplank and fell, the tie he was carrying crushing him causing instant death.
 Vince and Jim Lade, who have the contract for developing the Outsider mine at Maple Bay, near Hyder, have driven two tunnels, one of which is in 60 feet and the other in 100 feet, both following the same vein and on ore.
 Work on the Daly-Alaska which was closed down last November, was re- sumed last week, contract having been let for driving 100 feet in No. l tunnel, and which will eventually cut all the five ore zones that cross the property, situated at Hyder.
 The Silver Tip group of claims To- cated east of the Big Missouri, near Hyder, has been bonded to an English syndicate for $125,OOO, duration of contract IS months.
 Preliminary surveys have been made by P. R. Backus, on the Thumb and Glacier creek power projects, ap- piled for by Hyder residents, and also a site for dam and landing facilities.
 Thirty or forty tons of ore will be shipped from the Riverside mine at Hyder in the near future, as a trial shipment. The mine which is near Hyder, has been under bond by Carl Strong of Ketchikan.
 Another reminder of the early days of Dawson, Name and Fairbanks was given recently when a miner on Doug. las island washed out $37O in gold from three pans of gravel.