Seward daily gateway., 1932-11-08
NORTHERN LIGHTS

The Sally B. was destroyed by fire near Craig, according to brief message received in Ketchikan. She was being used by pr. R. M. Mackenzie and J. P. Valentine. The two Alaskans had fixed the Sally B. up and equipped her with an en- tire dental outfit and cruised about among the towns in Southeastern Alaska doing dental wark. News of the accidental death of Eddy Fay, a pioneer, at Haines, a few weeks ago, was contained in a letter received by Ketchikan peo- pie from the school teacher at Haines. It is said that MT. Fay was watching linemen putting up pole when it fell and struck him, crushing his head. He was known to many oldtimers in Alaska. The three Fay brothers came to Alaska before the Klondike boom. x +
 : A road into the Fortymile coun- try would open to exploitation great bodies of mining ground which, under current conditions, are not profitable to operate, in the opinion of N M. Patterson and A. L. Hagen of Jack Wade creek. At present only the highest grade ground can be worked and as re- suit comparatively few miners are working. In the winter supplies must be brought in over the ice, and in summer by pack train. Freight costs are exceedingly high.
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 A gold production of approxi- mately $125,O0O in the Ruby dis trict for the season now ending re- presents an increase of about 200 percent over the preceding two seasons.
 Paul Smith, the siX-year son of MT. and Mrs. Paul Smith of Ketchikan, died at Ketchikan Hos pital after being struck by a taxi drivern by Bob Bullard on the Charcoal Point section of the Ton gass highway just outside of the city limits.
 The names of two Fairbanks fliers will appear on new Depart ment of Commerce lists of licensed aviatorS as a result of examinations given by Inspector Peyton. They are Bill Lavery and Lloyd Iouns- bury. Both received private licens- es. Bill learned to fly in the States and lloyd took a course under Pi- lot Frank Pollock
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 An exceptionally dry season re- tarded mining operations of the Alaska Kobuk Mines. Next sum- mer an additional ditch will be built and with it in use there will be sufficient water even in the driest weather. More machinery is to be installed.
 Approval of the building project of the Ketchikan lodge of Elks has been given by the board of grand trustees, and it is expected that committees of the local lodge will let the contract for a $6,5OO build ing immediately.
 Pete and Lee R a m e r, presi- dent and vice-president, respect ively, of Bremner River Gold Min ing Company, have returned to Mccarthy after a seasons work on mining claims. Ten men were en- gagged in development work on the company's gold lodes during the past season. As a preliminary to development the company installed an aerial tram $500 feet long, which was completed about June IS last.
 Kenneth Scherrer of Cordova re- ceived word by mail that his cou- sin, Donald Mackenzie, an en- gineer on the liner President Grant, had recently been suffocated by fumes in the engine room. Donald Mackenzie was a brother of Mar garet Mackenzie, who is now en- gaoed in teaching school at Bethel, Alaska.
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 Fred Johansen returned to Cor dova from a surveying trip to his mining property on Goat Mountain and reports that glacier streams