SOME f ORM
OF SUBSIDY
Says Aid Must Be Given
Purchasers Merchant
Ships From Govt.
Seattle, June 27:—Charleston,
S. CT, was chosen fas* the nest
meeting place as the twelfth an
nual? convention of the national
foreign treaty council adjourned
thill1 afternoon. James A. Far
rellj president, and Osoar Davis,
secrtetary, wane re elected.
Speaking before the conven
tion council at its closing ses
*ion,-Rear Admiral P&lmer, ^ires
ident of the United States Ship
ping Boa^d Emergency Fleet
Corporation, frankly told the
couhcii that a subsidy or some
othdr form of government aid
must be given purchasers of the
merchant?ships the government
now owns in order to make their
private operation under the
American flag successful and
permanent. _
Seattle.—Commercial aviation and
it* re/labion to trade and industry was
featured at the second general session
of the foreign trade council in the
Spanish ball room at the Olympia
Hotel in an address by Hiram Bing
ham,'United States senator from Cod
nectibut. __
Einar Carlson, D. H. Peck and Fred
Dubois, coming to spend the Fourth in
town! vrere among last evening’s ar
rivals.
Andy White was a yesterdav arrival.
Du Rand’s
! Cafe and
i Hotel
c
l Flat City
Sheppard Acquitted
of Murder of Me
Clintock, at Chicago
Chicago, June 27.—William D Shep
pard, on trial here for many weeks on
the Charge of having brought about
the death of his foster sod, William N.
McCiintoek, with tvohoid-.germs, in
order to gain possession of McClin
tock’s million-dollar estate, was ac
quitted of the charge tODlght by the
jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty,
which verdict was arrived at after "five
hours’ deliberation;
Coming last Sunday from Fairbanks
to McGrath by airplane, in which
Vivian Howard was also a passenger,
Jack Mutchler, after a visit Of several
inontha with'the folks at home in Se
attle, returned here late Tuesday, hav
ing walked up from where the Sea
Wolf is now tied. Mr; Mumble* de
clares his stay on the Outside was a
most enjoyable one. He met many old
timers at Ketchikan, Jaueau, Cordova,
Seward and Anchorago, and also made
a two-weeks’ visit at Fairbanks. He
declares himself feeding fine, and cer
tainly looks it.
Airplane Mai! Service >
Seward to Bristol Bay
Seattle. — Two Douglas seaplane
similar to those used in the world
flight, will be used this summer to pa
trol the fishing grounds at Bristol Bay
and provide air mail service for South
western Alaska towns, it wasaocounced
by Frank Wright, manager and presi
dent of the Carlisle Packing Company.
Mr. Wright received word from Dele
gate Sutherland that the plans had
been accepted and that the planes
would be in charge of ;Lieut. G. E.
Pond, who established the Gsh patrol
at San Diego four years ago, and Lieut.
C. B. Eielson, former Alaska air mail
man, flying from Fairbanks to Mc
Grath. The planes will inaugurate &
four-hour mail service from Seward to
Bristol Bay.
The cost, including salaries and
transportation to Alaska, will be 812,
000, the postoffice department paving
85.000 and the canneries guaranteeing
the balance;
Each plane willjbe equipped with the
latest radio devices.
A steel jacket, with safety chambers
in the front, has been invented for the
protection of bank messengers.
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
Bow About Wood Hauling?
| See Joe Ferris or Bud Riley
MU
BATHS
v'
At Reasonable Hours
:1
! 1
i
Mrs Robert E. Lowrie
Manager Charles Kimball came in
yesierdav morning from the Flume
Dredge cam o on Yankee, and left in
the afternoon for the company’ft camp
on Little; Both dredges, sa i.‘
Kinibaii, are working nicely, tmn
though frost is encountered now and
tbeoi __
Among those marocned on the Sea
Wol?,'a few miles down the Tokotna,
02 atcount' of the exceedingly low
stage of water, are Vivian Howard,
who arrived at McGrath Sunday by
airplane froth Fairbanks; Pete Carlson,
Ophir merchant, and Charles Rebhun,
well known oldtirner.
Taking with him one horse, Joe
Ferris was a passenger Sunday on the
Sea Wolf, headed for the Nixon, where
he will assist John Peterson in a log
ging contract.
Bud Klley, Dan McGinty. Gaston St.
Clair and Bill Pershinger are among
those who are speeding the Fourth in
town.
Bob Roberson left Monday for a few
days visit at Gaoes creek.
Non-Liability Notice.
Notice is hereby given that tbe un
dersigned has leased to H. G. Peake
ami W. W. Johnson—known as tbe
Union Construction Co. of Bau Fran
cisco—for a period of eight (8) years, to
have and to hold all his interests in the
following described mining property,
situated on Candle creek, in tbe Mount
McKinley mining and recording pre
cinct of Alaska, to-wit:
Red Devil Association;
No. Ten (10} creek claim;
No. Nine (9) creek claim;
No Eight (8) creek claim;
No. "even f7) creek claim;
No. Five (5) creek claim;
McKinnon Bench Association:
No, Six (6) Benoh Association, first
tier left limit, known as Lower McKin
non Bench*1'
No. Six Id) Fraction or, right limit;
Luna Fraction, between Lower Mc
Kinnon and Stanton Bench;
Stanton Beech:
Sinclair Fraction;
Kearney Bench;
savage Association, situated on
Spring gulch.
Notice is also-given that a lease has
oeen granted to H. G. Peake and W.
W. Johnson oa the property known and
described as No. One (1) Dome Gulch,
at the mouth of Dome gulch, a tribu
tary of Candle creek, ami that said
lease terminates February 28th, Nine
teen Hundred Twenty-seven (1927).
Notice is further given that neither
ihe undersigned—the owner of said
ground—nor the property so leased
and on which this notice is postal, will
be liable for any indebtedness contract
ed by said lessees in carrying on min
ing operations thereon, and that all
persons jiepforming labor 'for or fur
nishing materials and supplies''to said 1
lessees while engaged m mining on
Quicksilver
For Sale
!' At
$90 Flask
At the
Parks Mine
Vour Order Solicited
said property must look to said lessees
for compensation therefor.
This notice is given for the purpose
of avoiding liability for work performed
by a lessee on mining ground, as pro
vided by the laws applicable to the
Territory of Alaska.
This particular notice has been post
ed on the building known as the stable
situated on the Red Devi) Association,
and separate notices have been posted
on each and every one of the above de
scribed mining claims.
Thomas P. A TfcKW. '<•
Oct. 25, 1S24!
Witness to the posting of the
above mentioned notices.
Grant Murdock.
Recorded in Volume 3 of Notices,
pages 46 and 47, at McGrath, Alaska,
McKinley recording district, October
2f>th, 1924.
W. T. VanDERPOOii. Recorder;
McGrath
Roadhouse
______
Excellent Meals
The Very Best the
Market Offers
Service: j
Prompt anti j
Efficient
Bert Stewart
Proprietor
_Notice to Creditors.
In the Commissioner’* Court, at Me*
Gratb, Mount McKinley Precinct.
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
U. S. Commissioner and ex officio
probate judge
In the matter of the estate of Carl
Forsberg, deceased.
Noticed hereby given that the un
dersipneduh&s oee'r. duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate' of Carl
Forsberg, deceased,. -
All persons' having claims against
said'■estate are required to present
same, duly verified, with proper voucb*
ers attached, to the undersiened, at Mc
Grath, Alaska, within six<8) months
from date of this aotice.
Dated McGrath. Alaska, Tune 23,
1925. Robert R. JbNEs,
Administrator.
First publication; Junte-2?.
Last publication, July 25.
MUTGHLER
meat: cd.
Beef Mutton
Pork Veal
Chickens Turkeys
Bolognas and all
kinds of Sausages
Hearts Livers
Beef Tongues
Spare Ribs
Bacon Ham
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL C0‘
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
FRESH
Apples Oranges
Grape Fruit
Lemons Potatoes
Ham and Bacon
And Other New Goods
4
n