Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-07
NORTHERN LIGHTS

men is employed, and in the dlstrl- button of jobs, preference was given residents of that city.
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 Arthur J. Fla, former resident o1 Ketchikan, ex-Navy officer and for mer officer in the Coast and Geo. detic Survey, died in the Navy hos pital at Bremerton, Wash.
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 That rich ground uncovered on Livengood Creek by Max Miller ana Sam Drakula, covers a considerable area, is indicated by letter re- ceived from John Jurich by NICK Mandich, reports the Fairbanks News Miner.
 * x A Juneau term of the district court was to convene April 6.
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 The Superior Court in Seattle has upheld the provisions of the will of Charles Schalkenback, Alas ka trader, which provided $125,00O for an orphan boys home in Seat tie. The other half of the estate went automatically to the widow as community property.
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 Percy Hubbard, owner with Art Hines of the Service Motor Co.,, at Fairbanks, and transport air plane pilot, has accepted a position as pilot with the Pacific Interna tional Airways of Alaska, accord ing to the Fairbanks NeWs-Miner.
 * x *: * John Nelson, aged 72, oldtime AL askan and for many years resi- dent of Juneau, died in Juneau recently from a paralytic stroke. a; < a: x
 AdviceS received indicate that 8 greater part of the halibut fleet both small and long line boats, are now tied up in Seattle, Prince Ru- pert, Juneau and Ketchikan. It is hoped this action will help create better prices.
 The merger of the Laurie Bro- thers with the O'Neill Company Inc, effective at once, was an nounced at Cordova by H. I. O'Neill and s. N Laurie.
 Nils Linskog, Alaska pioneer, diec March 19 at the Wrangell General Hospital from heart disease.
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 Richard R. Hanson, commonly known as Red" who last fal placed mink on Warren Island, haE been missing for some time, reports the Petersburg Press. Theo. Lan- sing reported that they had beer ,, lying in front of his camp and that there seemed to be no signs of life about.
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 A resolution petitioning Congress to place a duty on pulp and news print was approved at the regular meeting of the Ketchikan Cham Der of Commerce.
 * * * The body of Birger Carlson, old , timer of the Chatanika district was found on the railroad right of-way about half a mile from Olnes toward Chatanika by Gus Franz, according to the Fairbanks News Miner.
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 The eruption of Mt. Shishadin apparently has interfered recently with reception at False Pass but nevertheless, Joseph E. Nasenius and friends listen in every night WlLn great pleasure to k F e D.
 * * * Southeast Alaska's deer have wintered through in fairly gooc shape, losses have not been higher than the average and the deer crop this year bids fair to be un- usually heavy.
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 Cold storage holdings of fish, ac- cording to the latest bulletin issued by the United States Bureau O! Fisheries, showed total of 5O,66O,- $50 pounds as compared with 50,- 56O,O40 for the same period during the previous year. * * j: * Plans are now being made t6 mine and mill large body of gooc ore from levels below the present main haulage level of the Alaska Juneau mine, it was revealed in the annual report of the company's president, Frederick w. Bradley ,-ooIn 1ock k~ -l>n1~