Denby Wants to Quit
Secretary of Navy Job
Washington. -Secretary of the Navy ^
Deo by wants to retire, in which event
11< end ore Roosevelt will become .'secre
tary of the Navy, and at the same time j
marking the lirst change in the Hard-'
nig cabinet under Cool id ge, if present I
plans are carried out.
With a new engine installed, the
Thor left early this morning. The
.new engine, of ">0 horsepower, replac
ing the one of fin horsepower, was
placed in position late Thursday night
and Friday morning, Captain Larson !
.a ttd J.ulius Saupe collaborating in tiie |
speedy work.
Alex. Giassou was a Thursday ar
i'ieal from Ophir, anei iefl yesterday
ifor a short visit at McGrath, going
■down on the 1 hor.
Max Si
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairvievv, Innoko River
Pressmen Win Out
in New York Strike
w York. Publishers and press
men entetei tulo a contract today,
blioging the pressmen s strike to an
enu. The pressmen, by the terms of
the agreement, will ;• ooive an advance
of three dollars per *\ :ek and ,i reduc
lion of tine, to seven hours in the
number oj hours constituting a week's
work. Two thousand five hundred
men are benefited by ihct new scale.
Harry E. Carter, former manager of
tiie N. (J Co. at McGrath, is now occu
pying tdie saute position for the same
company at t ort Yukon, according to
late advices received here from Seattle.
Jerusalem. .V revolution has broken
out in T, ansiot dauia against the Emir
A bdullab.
An emergency iua.il, with matter
destined tor Opbir, Tokot.ua and Mc
Grath, is reported to have left Uolv
Cross on bent. 25. This mail is ex
pected in Ophir at any time.
iienry t . Uallick and Wrn. Kline,
from the I. D. Co. camp, v\er< Tuesday
arrivals, for a few days’ town visit.
Mrs. J. H. McLean was ti passenger
on the Thor this morning for McGrath
on a brief vi.Mt.
John Vogtor, of Ophir, was a Tues
day arrival, and is having a few days'
visit here.
Fred Carlson, returning Wednesday
from a trip to McGrath, left yesterday
tor Ophir. _
G. W. C. Glass left Tuesday for Mc
Grath, going down on the Pioneer.
Ross Kinney returned on the Thor
Wednesday from a trio to McGrath.
John Griffin, from Canes, was a Tues
day arrival.
John Rieck, from spruce creek, was
a Thursday arrival.
Red Ricbai ;.-.tu left i’msday tor Mc
Grath.
2,000 Reindeer For Sale j
My herd of about two thousand
reindeer, mostly females, are for
sale at Twenty Dollars per head
A. II. Twitchell - Tokotna, Alaska
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Minneapolis. — Republican leaders
, fi ouj'lowu, Minnesota, Wiscons'n. Ne
braska, North Dakota, South Dakota,
.Montana. and National Chairman j
Adams, have oeen invited to meet in :
St. Paul on October l<‘tb for the pur- j
pose of discussing; party affairs in the
Northwest.
Port Vend res, Pr> neh-Span ish Prou- J
tier.—Th - military directorate formed
as a result of las.-, week’s revolution lias
decided to expel thirty-one of the lead
ing Spanish politicians, iucludiug for
mer Premier Saucnez Cuerraaud sev
eral pron uent liberalists.
Lincoln.—The poliiical group here
favorable to the candidacy of Hiram
Johnson for republican uumina,ion for
president launched a movement today
‘ to have Johnson's name placed on the
j ballot for the Nebraska primary elec
j tion.
Paris. — Two thousand American
j loui ists at San S iiastian, the summer
I capital n' Spain, stormed the American
! ambassador’s home, demanding pass
1 ports to free themselves of the mill ,rv
! revolt which broke out in Barcelona •
j today.
High Haver, Alberta.—Beaded by
I David Bearpaw, of the Stoney Indians,
: many members of that tribe, cowboys,
j ranchers and townspeople greeted the
Priuee of Wales on his arrival here to- j
day, eu route to bis ranch.
London.—Lloyd George, in his book,
placed on sale this week, say-< of the
j European situation: '“The present year
i has been one of great gloom and men
j ace. The international temper is worse
1 all around.”
Weed, Calif. -The First National
Bauk here was held up and robbed m
( $1,080. As the bandit was eomiug from
| the bank .Charles Drury, the teller,
| took a ride shot at him, but without ef
' feet.
Portland, Ore. - Pallbearers today
tefused to wear gloves bearing the ;
label ‘‘Made in Germany” at. the fu
neral of P. II. Allan, a member of the
I Portland Post, American Legion.
Seattle.- James Wong, a Chinese sol
' dier, who was with Pershing’s forces
‘ during the world war. was arrested
here today, charged with selling Chi*
! nese girls into slavery.
Home.—General Giardine, third in
command of the Italian armies, has
i been appointed military governor of I
Fiume.
. _ -—a
Seattle. Two men found dead in a
booze craft near Alki Point, tonight,
i have been identified as Ludwig Horlat
Tokotna
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Good Meals Served
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Bath room, with sanitary toilet.
Pure well water.
Good, clean dog house.
and Bed Johnson, international booze
runners. _
Seattle Captain ilaold Amundsen,
Arctic explorer, arrived here today on
the Victoria from Nome. He declares
he will ain try to cross the North
Pole next summer.
Berlin.—Twelve persons were killed
and fifteen wounded during' a demon
stration urainst the high prices of food j
at Brandenburg province yesterday, j
St. Louis. Liquor valued at $1,800,- j
d88 was stolen during last night from j
the bon ied warehouse of the Jack '
Daniel distillery.
Washington—Japan’s luancial losses
in the earthquake disaster average $13 {
per capi a, it was announced today by •
the commerce department.
Dayton, O. —Major K. L.N Napier,
slight trgeou of McCook Field, was
killed today vwhen the plane he* was
driving fell to earth.
Boston —William Tudor, mining ex
pert, formerly operating in .Southeast
ern Alaska, died today in . Venice,
Italy. _
Loudo. -Princess Pah my today was
found not guilty of the murder of her
husband, Pgptian Prince Pahmy.
Ilelsingford.—The bolshe.viki have j
banished tOO priests from Archangel
and interned .'5'jO others in prisons.
Pari A Havas dispatch from Vi
enna says it is rumored there that a re
public has been declared in Turkey.
llcn.i. Six inches of snow in the
sierra blocked east-bound, automobile
traffic from California, today.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mich.let Lueey, his heirs and as
sigas:
You, and each of you. are hereby
notified that wo, the undersigned, vou’r
co-owners, have expended in labor and ;
E7
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars for the years 1920
and 1922 upon placer mining claim No.
5 Above Discovery on Moore creek, in
the Mt. McKinley mining and record
ing precinct, Territory of Alaska, in *
order to hold said claim under the pro
visions of Section 2224 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto concerning annual *
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said mining
claim for the period ending June JO
1923.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail or
refuse t.« contribute your proportion of *
said expenditures, as well as the cost
of recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interest in
said claim will become the properly ol .
the undersigned, your co-owners, who
have made the required expenditures
under the terms of said Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Keller & Dawson,
Co-Owners,
By J. F. Keller.
Date of first publication, .July 21, 1923.
Date of last publication. Oct. 20, 1923.
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LAUNDRY
McGrath
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Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
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The Handy Man
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO.
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
Our Fall Shipments Give Us a
Very Complete Stock for
Fall and Winter
Outfits
We Have a New Stock of
Dog Harness Dog Collars
King Island Water Boots
Sled Runners Camp Stoves Tents
Crosscut Meat Saws
A Complete Line of Winter Clothing,
Including Patrick Brand
190-SAL. TANK GASOLINE, $55.00
At Our McGrath Store