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to Falt’s boat and upon i.vp-1r,qr i-* paw that Fait had killed' hiimself. The rifle had Traced undier the chin and firrd The hall came out of the of the head tearing a hole as large as a teacup.Mr. Campbell thenrnoned an additionalsum-witnes?tfrom nearby trollers and b'vFWrnersonsV^atwent aboardand went through his pffecfc°. Amonqr other things thev found 550 in cash and1 a letter written in Bohemian on he back of a calendar leaf.The body was brought to Wrangell and an inquest heldsaysmanythroughoutfishermen given employmentthewillyearbeaWe1are going to establish a real Alaskan community, he said, “and there will be work in one branch or another for our activities the whole year.”Portlock City is located at mouth of Cook Inlet. Ittheformerly called'AtMonday afternoon, i-he inquest the letter writtenham. The great halibut 'banks and the cod fish banks are contiguous, and the waters ofCook Inlet teem with salmon and herring. Thesome twentysmallin Bohemian was introduced and at the request of the iurybe stationedto be used in the in-powerboats and about he same number of fishing boats, and the . . , _ __ , motor, ship La Mercedi, pur-was translated by Tom Miller; chased from the Standard Oilthis letter it apDeara j Cojnpany. willthat Fait had intended on sui- there cide on Mayx 27 after he had dustry shot Dahls trom. He told of i *the shooting and ^ave the i A mnT « m-mri m/\date of h; birth f 1885) He! AIRPLANES TO«*«ve tne date of his death asMay 27. 1325. He left the ad-rj^rvcx, a friend in Minnesota wh^m h^ wished to have notified of his death.The verdict of the coroner's Miry wps *that Fait came to hi® death by suicide. The body .was interred in the local cem- jetrv Wednesday morning.Mr. Campbell states that he!iITAKE PARTGOLD STAMPEDEOnly Plane of Ijts Kind OnContinent Is NowInCassiarwas given every assistance, , . , from the cannery at Little w“lcfl Port Walter. A troller namedJohn Olson and Mr. Stephen-from the cannery joined the marshal's posse at Little Port Walter and' rendered ev-WrangellTheairolanois to be operated in freight service in Wrangellj^aska. to t^~ '•rery assistance possible to prehend the fugitive.ap-PORTLOCK CITY*? «MAKINGTOGET ALASKANSNew Town onCookInletPurposes To Give Employment All Year[(Continued from Page one)declares that the new townholds out greater hopes fora real metropolis among Alaskan towns.Perhaps the ma.ior part of the business of thegine^, in British Columbia, arrived here yesterday from Port l«*rd! Oregon. The trip, which included fetops at Nanainina, Albert Bay and Prince Rupert. vys,s made in six days, without incident. The — rtfcdl by Davis, Merrill and kru-ngner.The Vickers-viking amphibious flying boat, with Archibald Little. Detroit mining en-j gineer, for the Dease lake section, On a prospecting expedition. is the only machine of its? kind on the continent.The machine was built byin England, andportrd1 to Canada by its own^s the Laurentide Air Sendee Co* mpany. Ltd., of Tree Rivers,Quebec. It is powered with a 450 h. p. Nahiro Lyon engine and is equipped with the lat-of everything in safetydevices. TheO1(bVickers1m-rVh4vI6Tt1ti1etand1efficiency1Alaska ^fuselage andConsolidated Fisheries will beth-einshipment of cold storage.fresh fish, from Portlock City to the middle westeastern markets. Mr. Kil-dallsays that the company;plans on shipping at least3.000 000 pounds of fresh fishi anually. The fish to be shipped in. a fresh shape, will be halibut aha salmon. However, heT* Vatthfe odfish industry, the g of Salmon andi herring^and other food fish will Ibe an important adjunct of the operaand will tend! to make all the year rotind activities.-*' The5 cold storage plant' at Poxtlock City will be(? j ^ 1 1 r.ofwing mahognev bronedfloats arc wherethey touch the water and the wings are of bronzed fabrics.: The machine lias a wing spread of 50 feet. The land-are loweredsedby means or a quaarans,apd are controlled from the Pilot’* cockpit. The rudder is operated' by foot and their are dual controls of the engine Tin loaded, the machine weicrhs4000 pounds, and' loaded, C^OOno'unds. The tanks have a caponce. It: also,;will /. heacity for enough gasoline for 4 1-2 flying hours, while enough may be carried in cans, for ten hours flying and can be jumped into the^tanks without the pilot, or mechanic leaving the cockpit. The plane has ialap-fcemr-necessary tothe dock. Portlock Cit£^wilr' st?ai ing capacity* of five persfons. and has? carried nine. - -e ,astore,1 ipost wfice? tic school, and MrWhen; it arrives at Dease EildalF Lake the machme likely will
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Petersburg Herald
Petersburg, Alaska, US
Fri, Jun 12, 1925
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