The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-11-10
NORTHERN LIGHTS

Anton JahansOn, old-timer of Sel- doYia and former merchant of that place, died there on October 13.
 
 The Northland Club of Cordova. for many years one of the most pop ular and influential organizations of it's kind in Alaska, has disbanded.
 
 The Federal Court is now in ses- sion at Anchorage. Last week the teachers of the Anchorage school gave a party in the Anchorage hotel in honor of the court party.
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 Quite a stampede is reported from Bethel to the Good News Bay re- zion. where paying deposits of plat mum ore are reported to have been discovered.
 Construction of the Matanuska- Anchorage road will be started early next spring, according to Territorial Highway Engineer Sommers.
 
 James O'Brien has resigned his position as guard in the federal jail at Kodiak. and Edward Booker, an .oldtimer of that section, has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
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 Twenty-Five Anchorage chickens were burned to death recently in a fire which destroyed a log cabin owned by a Japanese farmer. A fire had been started in the cabin to keep the chickens warm.
 
 H. ". Vance has the contract for the construction of a large dam north of Kodiak, where the overflow of several lakes will be impounded, from which water will supply the Erskine cold storage plant, soon to be constructed there. Mr Vance is employing a considerable number of men on the job.
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 'The CordoYa school needs a gym nasium," said Lester D. Henderson, Territorial Commissioner of Educa- ton. and 1 will make recommenda- tions and take all steps possible to see that a gymnasium is constructed here. No modern school is complete without one and a school of this size cannot afford to do without a gym
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 All the logging camps with head quarters at Ketchikan have been closed for the winter save one small camp still being operated by the Charles Mcdonald Company. The Sawyer-Reynolds company just re- gently closed it's last camp at Warm Chuck.
 Mrs. Elizabeth White of Juneau, has purchased the property of Ed ward Hellenbrand, IF acres and all improvements, on the boundary line between Alaska and Canada. Mrs. White will operate a trading post and store and roadhouse. It is To- cated about 45 miles from the town of Haines.
 Tom Williams. who has the repu- tation of making an excellent brand of moonshine, was arrested at Kodi- ak recently charged with deliY- ering one quart of his product. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined S150 by Commissioner Stowe. Efforts will be made to locate his distillery while he is enjoying the hospitality of Marshal Boyer.
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 The Department of Commerce an nounced recently that the Alaska seal population had increased about six per cent in the last year. The population on August 10 was 808,- 370 as compared with 761,281 a year ago. Strict regulation of the sealing grounds will be continued. The industry is to be permanently established and will continue to be a source of revenue to Alaska.
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 With upwards of half a million dollars already invested in the Will low Creek district. in development and exploratory work, in mining and milling equipment and in the acqui- sition of adjoining properties, the Fern Gold Mining Company, which owns nearly three miles of ground along the strike of the vein, is now planning a further large expenditure to put it's properties on large pro- ducing basis.
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 Preparations are being made for the first roundup of 30,000 reindeer in the Kuskokwim river district. Herds of reindeer owned by Eskimos and whites alike, will be driven to Akiak this month for counting and marking. The roundup will be un- der the supervision of Professor Clark M. Barber. district superin- tendent for the Bureau of Education This marks the first attempt to de- termine the exact rate of increase in the deer herds.
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 The motorship Sierra, owned and operated by the Arctic Transport Company, a subsidiary of the Lomen Reindeer Company, recently brought south to Seattle. from the Seward Peninsula. a little under 400 rein deer careasses for the reindeer com