Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-21
NORTHLAND NOTES

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 In letter received by a friend in Nome from former Governor J. F. A. Strong, he expresses a strong wish to be remembered to his many friends in Nome and the Seward Peninsula MT. Strong is a pioneer journalist of Alaska, and was the founder of the Nome Nugget and editor of the Skagway Daily Alas kan when "Soapy" Smith and his gang of desperadoes were having a grand time taking the pokes away from the miners as they came from Dawson. The Governors trenchant and verile pen never failed to reg lister the mark and in one instance his house was guarded day and night while he was protesting wrong and trying to defend the righteous cause. When the letter was written, MT. Strong was in Seattle, but stated he was on his way to Los Angeles.
 Interior residents of Yukon ter ritory are fortifying themselves against the possibility of a long "dry spelT' during the period of closed navigation on it's waterways if the freight lists of the Canadian steamers mean anything. Recently several of the ships have carried large consignments of liquor to the port of Skagway, destined to the In- terior.
 The Department of Alaska has just received a membership Honor Plate presented to it by National Headquarters, The American Legion, for having gone lover the top" in the number of members enrolled this year compared with 1924. The plate is of silver and has inscribed upon it Membership Homo rPlate, Department of Alaska, 1925, 101.69 per cent"
 An Alaskan story contest was an- nounced by the Pathfinder of the other day, a $250 Grebe radio receiv- ing set complete, being designated as first prize, with other prizes to be announced later Judges have not been selected.
 B. B. Mozee, in charge of the Bu- reau of Eduoation's activities. in this district, received word this week of the death of Ethel Luke, eleven year-old native girl, who has been attending the native industrial school at Eklutna.
 Mrs Leota B. Coats, who has been employed as clerk in the office of Prohibition Director A. G. Means for the past two years, left Juneau re- gently for Seattle to join her hus- band, J. M. Coates, who left for the states several weeks ago. No suc- cessor will be appointed to take Mrs. Coates position until after E. O.. Birgfeld, who succeeds MT. Means has taken over his office
 The soldier aggregation walked away, by large margin, with the second game of the Anchorage bas- ketball season, which was played at the school gymnasium last Saturday. The score was 25 to IA.
 Harry J. Raymond, pioneer Juneau ite and for many years engaged in business in that city, has purchased the Warm Springs Bay ((Baranoff postoffice) property fom Doty and Linton, and will conduct the same as a health and pleasue resort.
 Although the recent cold weather has caused the dredgess on the sur rounding creeks to Fairbanks to shut down for the winter and the Fair banks Exploration company has fin ished most of it's outdoor work for this season, mining operations are by no means at a standstill. James Stewart is preparing to move a quan- tity of heavy machinery from Cleary to Chatanika to the lower end of Fairbanks creek where it will be used by Wise Mike' Stepovich for both winter and summer work. The machinery will be moved by means of MT. Stewards caterpillar tractor.
 The U. $. Bureau of Education school of Teller, began Thursday, Oc- tober 1st with an enrolment of 24 pu- pills. By the end of the month they expect to have an attendance of more than 30. All the native families will then have returned to their winter homes.
 The natives of the Teller commu- nifty report that the Summer has been an unusually poor fishing sea-