The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-10-27


 Eyak Lake Road near Coriova, The structure burned to the ground before C3rdopas fire department 1eached the scene. | ae. laGe A-e
 |. Mail will continue to be trans- ported by dog teams between Holy Cross and St. Micheal, on the lower Yukon River, the Postoffice Department having decided the volume of business between those two places does not justify ex- 6ention of airplape mail service to thefns Surrendered by his bondsmen, U. Freihage is back in a Fairbanks jail awaiting retrial on a man. slaughter charge. He was found guilty last year of having killed Mrs. Big Joe, Indian woman at Ruby.
 Mrs. Catherine Clark, after a nfcnth's visit with her son, 'aScotty" Clark. at Ruby, flew from there tc Fairbanks on her way to her nome in Los Angeles, Cal. Until her recent visit, mother and son had not seen each other for 20 years. N
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 | Having landed 75 tons of freight at Bettles on the Koyukuk, the gasboat Bertha, Capt. George Black, returned to Fairbanks, Oct ober IS. When the craft left Battl- es, .l4 inches of snow covered the ground and the Koylkuk was making ice The Bertha brought to Fairbanks IS tons of dog salmon for dog feed from Tanana River points.
 After summer of pasturage on Gold Stream Hill, not far from Fairbanks, the muskoxen have been brought to the Alaska Agri- lcultural College and School of Mines flor the winter. All the alai- n1als gained in weight. The heay- lest animal two years ago when the herd was brought to Alaska weigh led 226 pounds. He is still the heav- fest, weighing now 4422 pounds.
 Declaring for full territorial form cf government, Alaska control of the fisheries, a prohibitive tax on trap-caugf1t fish. the use of lAIaska-n1a<ie, boxes for Alaska packed fis1i. and for the abolition of the contract system on high way construction. a war veterans poAtlcal league" has been orgari- sed at Ketcnikan. At
 Steps are under way in Seward and to the Westward, the Seward Gateway says, to perfect an or ganization of fishHt1nen for the purpose of presenting their cause to Washington through tfA Dele gate to Congress. and to assist in working out d plan which wifi effect a change in trap regu1a- tions without crippling the fishing industry as 1t applies to the big canners. It is proposed to enlist every man engaged in fiehing eith- CT aspa boatanari, net man or can nery employee. The aim of the organization is ultimately to eliiHi- mate fish traps. e .sISs sk .,------.- ssse@
 For the c,asting' of soo,OOo feet of llcgs, scottr1cts nave Sen let by Ithe IndepenAent L.lfnbsr Company at Fairbanks. The sawn1ill of the company turned out 10000 feet of lumber last summer Manager Roy w. Ferguson said
 Terrific wind was experienced last week in the K1dtAk Ieiand area. The wind was felt at Seward Grand and petit jufrns have 1 been drawn for the term of the Thrid Division District Court tc 1 be oaeld at Valdez November 14.
 Repcrting . successful season Ben cambrou has arrived in Wrangell for the winter from his mining property on Gold Pan Creek h the Oassiar District Ills last cleanup of the season tletted him $5as one of the nuggets he found is worth os3ag.
 < Scarcity of,water halnpered min ling operettons i1a the Eo6uk River district, according to Q. E. Alex ander of the AlAska Kobuk Mines, MT. Alexaadef's, company will put | in anoH3er dahch and in1tall more machinery next leascfi.
 Lack of roads into the Forty Imile district restricts mining te