June 9, 1921
A group of mining men are financing an expedition into the Cassiar District in northern British Columbia where, it is believed, they will find a new Eldorado. Stuart Henderson, a lawyer and promoter, heads the enterprise. The morning of June 3, Henderson said his men will be in the field within the next few weeks, and from preliminary prospecting that has already been done, he is confident they will open up a good property in the district east of the Alaska border from Wrangell.
June 7, 1946
Ketchikan’s restaurant wage dispute went into its third day yesterday, with negotiations at a standstill. However, the Blue Fox café opened its doors to a crowd after Marge Jensen, Culinary Workers’ Union representative, announced that Blue Fox management had accepted the union’s demands. The contract signed with the restaurant calls for the following wage scales, Mrs. Jensen said: Cook, $14 per day; waitress/fountain girl, $8, waitress/dishwasher, $9.50; dishwasher, $8.50; yardman, $9.50; pastry cook, $12; and pantryman, $9. Employees get one week paid vacation a year.
June 11, 1971
The story around town is that Dave Churchill took a ride on a moose while up the river over the weekend. He got on the moose in the water and the animal carried him cowpoke style before he slid off. It has been done before, one old-timer said. “The moose does not care to have people riding on him. But as far as I know, he has never hurt anyone who has done it. He just runs off, and you gotta get yourself off before he carries you away.”
June 13, 1996
Eyes opened wide and mouths gaped in wonder as the sounds of reindeer, birds screeching loudly and other sounds previously unheard as a human vocal production filled the air in a rare and unique performance by the Russian group, Sedje, on Tuesday and Wednesday at the community gym. The group is comprised of 17 musicians from the village of Chersky, in Siberia. They are throat singers as well as performers of folk music on traditional Siberian instruments. Throat singers produce sounds from the extreme ranges of their voices; they can sing multiple pitches simultaneously, and imitate sounds from nature, such as reindeer and birds. The group is the only professional music ensemble in Russia popularizing this unique art of the Native peoples of the north.
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