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ngust 20th, 1023, at the postolfice at j
TTokotua, Alaska, under the Act of1
SUarch 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, July 18, 1931.
TAKING IT Ol'T ON ALASKA.
The recent Congress, now passed
i nto history, seems to have taken a
^peculiar delight in “ragging" Alaska.
The unfortunate child of Unde Sam
jin the North was the object of un
friendly Congressional attention, ap
parently for no sound reason. The
proposal to cut the annual appropria
tion for the Alaska Railroad, mean- i
Ing disastrous increase in rates, was;
followed by a bill which would have j
rgiven authority for the sale of the j
Washington-Alaska military cable
rand telegraph service. The govern-j
Jias ju>csicu su<u> ill
•the cable and wireless service, own
ing approximately 3,500 miles of sub
iniarine cable. Sale of these facilities
'would undoubtedly result in higher
rates, thus adding another handicap
to the many under which Alasicans
.are now struggling. In some quar
ters it is said that the cable and
-wireless service entails a monthly
loss of approximately $30,000. This
-deficit is charged against the army,
which has control of communication.
Naturally army officials resent tnis
-constant drain on the service appro
priation. The logical move woulu be
for the government to absorb this
loss out of general funds and not
• charge it against any one service.
Attempts to “snipe” at Alaska are
resented by the people of the Pacific
•Coast. If economy is the object,
money can be saved elsewhere. Alas
ka has poured millions of wealth into
the coffers of the United States. The
'Territory should be aided until it can
stand on its own feet. Alaska needs
:a helping hand. The government can
maka it possible for people to make
-a living in the North, developing its
great natural resources. With proper
encouragement, Alaska would in a
few years be one of Uncle Sam’s
most prosperous and flourishing
units.—Railway ahd Marine News.
MRS. B. J. BOYD, FORMER TA
KOTNAN, TELLS OF “LIFE OF
EASE” ON THE LITTLE FARM !
Mrs. B. J. Boyd, former well-known
oldtimer, and for several years em
ployed as school teacher at McGrath
and Takotna, and who, accompanied,
by her foster daughter, Bessie Fred, I
left here four or five years ago to
“enjoy life” on her ranch near Long
view, Wash., in a letter recently re
ceived here, writes interestingly of:
affairs as seen on her ranch and con-!
ditions thereabouts.
“I have been really remiss about j
writing to many friends,” says Mrs.
Boyd, “but when one has nothing but
croaking to do, it might be just as
well to keep still, and just now, un-1
less one has a gift for looking on the ’
bright side of things where apparent
ly no bright side exists, it is hard to
write a letter of any kind, let olen a
cheerful one.
“Hard times are still with us here.
Many of the well-to-do people of this
section have been hit rather hard. So
many had their savings invested in
lumber company stocks. I know a
number of people who had between
$20,000 and $50,000 who have gone
flat. One would think that no one
ever intended to build another house.
None of the mills are working full
time, and many are closed down
completely.
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homes. Several Portland banks have
gone broke. In one week in Portland
over four hundred morgages were
It is now forbidden to put a family
foreclosed on installment plan homes,
on the street for non-payment of rent
if the man is not working.
“My own tenant, a temperamental
young Irishman, got up agains it so
bad that he just couldn’t stand the
gaff and skipped out, leaving his
wife with four children under 7 and
15 cents. I thought I had him bucked
up, gave him a new lease with the
understanding that he was to pay
when he could, loaned him a cow so
that the kids could have milk, and
jollied him along the best I knew.
However, it is an ill wind that blows
nobody good. The wife has gone
home to her people. The father had
had no work for six months and had
to mortgage his little home to eat. I
have a new tenant, a compensation
man, who, unless the state goes
broke, will be sure, and got a month’s
rent, the first I had seen in many
months.
“Another one of my neighbors,
with six children, was put out of his
home a short time ago, and last week
(OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.)
Report of the Financial Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
Leaafced at Flat, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
30th day of June, 1931.
Resources.
Loans and discounts .$43,092.20
Overdrafts . 473.19
Other bonds and war
rants owned . 36,960.00
Checks on other banks
and other cash items.. 83.97
Cash on hand . 14,323.75
Gold bullion . 12,424.72
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in.$25,000.00
Surplus fund . 10,00.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid . 3,441.98
Due to other banks—over
drafts . 6,739.51
Individual and savings
deposits . 60,121.50
Demand and time certifi
cates of deposit . 2,054.84
Total .$107,357.83 Total ..$107,357.83
Uaited States of America, )
Territory of Alaska, v ss.
Fourth Judicial Division. )
I, Harry Donnelley, President of the above-named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief. HARRY DONNELLEY,
President.
(Correct Attest) «
H. P. SHEPPARD,
M. S. DONNELLEY,
A , ,4 Directors or Partners.
(Notarial seal)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of July, 1931.
D. E. BROWNE,
Commissioner and Ex-Offlcio
Justice of the Peace.
as we were going up Columbia
Heights to see a friend we saw the
children around a little one-room
shack built in the woods. The place
has no water, but that is a small
difficulty now. It has rained almost
steadily for the past three weeks.
Fruit, hay and everything else is
going on the bum.
“I have a radio. In some ways I
like them, but I a mno crazy about
the continual squawking trat you
hear in most houses.
“The life of ease that you read
abou on the little farm is largely the
bunk. Bessie and I roll out .at 6
every morning. I put on my old
shoepacs and we proceed to feed and
water Major Hoople, his six consorts
and something over one hundred lit-'
tie turks, a flock of hens, a hundred
baby chcks; Archie, Spot and Swede,:
the baby beeves, who will be ready
for market this fall; Hiram Biff and
Joe Richardson, the pigs; Susan B.
Anhony and Carita, the baby heifers,
both of which are to make prize cows
in the near future; then Dinah and
Beauty are to be milked and milk de- -•
livered to three customs. At noon
Hiram, Joe, Susan, Carita, the turks
and chicks have a repast. At 5 p. m.
another repast for the whole outfit.
Between times there are beans to
string on the poles, carrots to thin,
weeds to pull, to sgy nothing of
cooking and some housework. A1-:
most forgot to mention Poppa and
Edna, his frau, and six oespringa.
Poppa has a flare for escaping from
his pen and feasting in the neighbors’
gardens. He is an immense New
Zealand rabbit, and on one of his first
escapades Barbara came along when
the neighbors were chasing him out
of the cabbage patch. She immedi
ately proclaimed to all and sundry,
‘Why, that is grandma’s poppa rab
bit.’ So .poppa he became. Oh, yes,
and we have a hen setting on twelve
pheasant eggs, chinks, which are due
to hatch soon.”
The Only Way.
“Girls aren’t the shy, timid crea
tures they used to be,” said Frederick
Lonsdale, the English playright, at a
dinner in Hollywood.
“An elderly man and -his - son went
at a charity bazar. A pretty girl was
selling kisses at a dollar apiece. The
father said:
“ ‘Tackle her, boy. Kiss her. But
I bet yo ucan’t make her scream.
Golly, how I used to make ’em scream.
when I was your age.’
“The son smoothed his hair and
straightened his necktie. Then .he
disappeared in the crowd that ur
rounded the girl. In a minute or two
there was a loud scream. Scream
followed scream as the young fellow
pushed out of the. crowd .and swag
gered back to his father.
“ ‘Was it you that kissed her?’ said,
the old man.
“ ‘Sure,’ said the son.
“ ‘Well, you made her scream all
right. I thought they’d got beyond
screaming. How on earth did yon
do it?’ .
‘,‘I kept my dollar. ”
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Estate of Joseph Lewis, deceased.
Mattie Crosby has been appointed
and qualified as administratrix of the
estate.of'Joseph Lewis, late of Kue
kokwim- Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, deceased.
Dated at Napamute this 6th day of
June, A. D. 1913.
GEO. W. HOFFMAN,
Probate Judge of said Precinct.
1st pub. June 27; last, July 25.
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