FIREMAN SETS BRAKES
WHEN ENGINEER IS FOUND
DEAD AT ENGINE THROTTLE
KANSAS i'l l V.—The quick action
of Fireman E. E. Milburn saved, a
passenger train of the Chicago &
Mihvauke railroad from collision with
a freight train near Excelsior Springs
yesterday.
Engineer George F. Robinson, 68,
died of heart disease at the throttle
of his engine, it was revealed when
his family wished credit to Milburn
for keeping Robinson’s 49-year rec
ord perfect.
1'he freight was scheduled to take
a siding to clear the way far the
faster train, and Milburn, sif^irised
to see the freight had not taken the
siding, found Robinson slumped in
his seat and, after shouting, leaped
across the cab and appled the air
brakes.
NORTH DAKOTA SEEKS
RKI’RAL OF DRY LAW
JAMESTOWN, N. D., April i>.
Democratic party leaders in office in
North Dakota pledged themselves to
a platform containing a section for
the urgent repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment and of the Volstead Act,
which was adopted at the State con
vention yesterday. They said prohi
bition had brought ruination upon the
farmer because it had robbed him of
his market for grains.
Joe Oates amt Dick Rhodes, follow
ing a day's visit here, returned to Mo
ll rath on Thursday,
LOMEN COMPANY AUTHOR
IZED TO SELL STOCK OUTSIDE
OLYMPIA. March as.—The Lomer
Reindeer Company has been author
ized to sell $100,000 worth of stock
by Charles Brown, State blue law su
pervisor. Forty thousand shares arc
to be sold at $10 par to gain public
goqod will. Two hundred thousand
shares will be sold to the Interstate
Sales Publiicity Company, one of the
Lomen operating companies, at $7.50
a share.
PRIMO CARNERA SCORES
HIS ELEVENTH KNOCKOUT
JACKSONVILLE, Flaorid.—Prime
Camera, the Riant Italian boxer,
scored his eleventh knockout in the
United States last night, putting
Franu Zavita. Newark i heavyweight,
to sleep in the first round. The bout
lasted but 1 minute and 51 seconds,
when Camera drove a terrjfic right
to Zavitu's side.
PKOHIR AGENTS CAPTURED
16SS STILLS DURING JANUARY
WASHINGTON, March 31.—Fed
era! prohibition agents during Janu
ary captured 1.500 stills, rangiug in
size from a teakettle to plants capa
ble of puttin gout 2,000 gallons of
liquor a day. Almost half of the
stills were producing alcohol from
corn and sugar,
INCOME TAXES POURING INTO
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
N ASHING TON. — Further Treas
ury reports of March 15 collections
of income taxes indicated the budget
Estimate of the first quarter receipts
will be nearl ymet. Up to the close
of business on March 17 the receipts
totaled T-'0,660,000, about $10,000,000
behind the total of last year. At the
same time, if the proportion applies
also to remaining collections, th.*
total will be about $50,000,000 behind
the $601,000,000 collected last year.
Mrs. W. H. Janes left Wednesday
for Uphir, on her way to the Cripple
section, to which she was transported
by Charlie Goebel,
Among arrivals at McGrath during
the past few days were Karl Sesouie
>f Taltda. Herman Olson of the Lone
Star Roadhouse, and Dan McDonald,
former well known oJdtinier. coming
from Mmchuniina.
Dick Stevenson returned here
Wednesday from a trip to McGrath,
»nd left Thhrsd&y for Ophir. He is
>n his way to the Poorman section.
Suspicious Husband—Who called
this afternoon?
His Better Half—Only Aunt Susie.
Husband—Well, she left her pipe
>n the manteL
F. C H. SPENCER i
to K«ttot CwmnW C«. At
Takotna, Alaska
Merchandise
ELK CITY. IDAHO. NEARLY
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
! ELK CITY, Idaho.—Charred bts oi
walls and ash piles are about all that
remained today of this isolated moun
tain village, which seventy years ago
was one of the West’s most pictur
esque mining camps. Late Monday a
lire starting from an underground
destroyed nine business houses and
residences, two hotels, a pool hall and
other structures. Communication
lines were destroyed and the plight
of the two hundred and odd residents
ctid not reach the outside until yes
terday.
S. H. Morgan, hotel owner, was the
only one reported seriously hurt. The
damage is estimated at $200,000.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Millie Wroten, deceased,
are hereby required to present the
same, und. r oath, to the undersigned,
administrator of the above entitled
estate, at his residence, or at Don
nelley «k Sheppard’s store in Flat, in
Otter Freeirot, Fourth Division of
Alaska. \v thin six niontths from and
after the date of this notice.
Dated f lat, Alaska, the 4th day of
March, 1930.
T. M. GARLAND,
Administrator of the Estate
of .Millie Wroten, deceased.
First pub. March 15, 1930.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF PRI
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held On Tuesday, April 29,
1930.
In the Office of the United States
toninv.i' toner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now on tu's day, pursuant to Chap
ter 39. Session Laws of Alaska, ap
proved May 3. 1919, entitled “An Act
to provioe for the holding of primary
elections m the Territory of Alaska,
to fix the manner ahd time of hold
ing the same, to prescribe the qualifi
cations of the candidates to be nom
inated at such elections, and to des
ignate the manner qf filing and au
thenticating their candidacy, and for
other purposes." and In conformity
therewith
It is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the primary election to be
held on April 29. 1930, all the terri
tory in the recording district known
as the lnneko Recording- Precinct be,
and is hereby established as, one vot
ing precinct, to comprise all the terri
tory within the borders of the said
recording district, and to be known
as the Innoko Voting PTecinct, witb
polling place at Erickson’s Road
house in the town of Ophir, in said
recording district.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
April 29, 1930. for the purpose of
nominating candidates to the various
political parties for the following
offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
A Treasurer for the Territory erf
Alaska;
An Auditor for the Territory of
Alaska:
A Commissioner of Education for
the Territory of Alaska;
A Hghway Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four.
The said election will be held in the
voting precinct above named and at
the polling place therein specified.
The said polling place will be open
between the hours of S o’clock a. m.
and ? o'clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, February
25. 1930.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
V. S. Co mmissioner for the
Innoko Recording District,
* Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska
Du Rand’s 1
Cafe and
Hotel !
Flu CM?
Frank Speljadk rethrned .here
Thursday from a trip to McGrath, de
parting Friday for Little creek.
iCari tJLattffeidt, A. K. /.C. superin
• tcndent, returned here this morning,
follcttriog *ji official visit to Medfra.
Henry MarteUa rethrned here
Thnrsday from a trip to Yankee
creek.
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
To M. P. Fleishman, his heirs, suc
cessors or assigns:
You, and each of yoon, are hereby
notified'that i, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not lees
than one hundred dollars for the
years mi’, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926,
1927, 1926, and 1929, upon the Mon
day Morning placer mining claim, lo
cated at the head of Flat creek, in
Otter Precinct, Fourtth Division,
Terr ■ r- cf Alaska, in order to hold
s: , - ;n :cr the provisions of
' . f the Revised Statutes
States and the araend
rr ■ .>;„o concerning annual
in* -•* ; .i. mining claims, being the
When In
Fairbanks
For Real Home-Grown
CHICKEN DINNERS
•Try The
18-Mile
Roadhouse
Ihoae In Advance for Special
Parties.
NICE BALLROOM
Where AH May Dance to Their
Delight, by,Radio Music.
A Short Drive Through De
lightful Forest Scenery.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
.Mutchler
Proprietors
amount required to bold said mining
claim for the period ending June SD,
And If, within ninety day* after
the publication of this notice, you fait
or refuse to contribute your propor
tion of said expenditure, namely, $25
per year for each at said years’'for
your one-quarter intorert in said
claim, as well as the cost of record
ing the came, and the costs of this
advertisement, your interest in said
claim wild become the property of the
undersigned, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditures under
the terms ol said Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
Dated Fiat, Alaska, Fob. 25, 193,0
PAUL WABNIG,
Co-owner Otter Precinct, Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska,
residin gat Flat, Alaska.
First pub. Mar. 1; last, June 7.
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sincere seekers for the great truth
and power known to the ancients,
write for the free book “Light Of
Egypt:” mailed without obligator
to occult students. Librarian ILL,
Amorc Temple, San Joae, Calif.
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