IMPRESSIONS
CF OUTSIDE
Marshal Erwin Tells of
Conditions Prevalent
* in the States.
•‘Conditions in the States at the
present time are most uncertain, and I
may safely say that the present eco
n< mic disturbance-is greater than any
that I have previously witnessed or lias
occurred during my lifetime.” said
Marshal L. T. Erwin in an interview
given to the Fairbanks News-Miner.
“In Seattle alone, ligures show that
th^re are fifty thousand men out of em
ployments
“The most distinct feature of our
present economic condition is that con
cerning the discount on foreign ex
change. We are discounting the ex
change of other nations to such an ex
tent that .they cannot afford to buy
from us, and as, with, the exception of
Russia, the exchange between foreign
countries is at par, they are compelled
to trade among themselves. The cot
ton of the Southern States may be
taken as an example. This cotton for
merly found a ready market in Eng
land, but, owing to the fact that the
rate of exchange is prohibitive, Eng
land will not buy..- and- the Southern
growers are left-*'.vith their csops un
sold.’''
Th speakfo®"-'of former Alaskans,
Marshal Erw-k* said. “I met a great
many Alaskans during my travels this
trip and. with a-few exceptions, all re
gretted that they had ever left the
North. Several confessed that their
departure from Alaska has proved
their most-unfortunate move, and many
iDtend to return
“Down in Reno, Mev.*I met quite a
number of old Fairbanks people, all of
whom are doing well, but every one of
them hopes to visit Alaska once more.
Dignan, of the Fairbanks law firm of
‘Stevens, Roth & Dignan,’ is a member
of one of the largest and most influen
tial law firms in Reno. Merrim&n, who
was engaged in business oa Dome creek
Notice of Forfeiture,
To John Turtiaueo, his heirs, executors
atid assigns:
You are hereby'notified that during
the year 192€ I have expended the sum
of ODe hundred'dollars ($100.00) upon
Discovery placer mining claim, situated
on Dodge creek; in the Inoka Mining
and Recording Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and the further sum of two
hunered dollars ($200.00) upon the New
Years'Association placer mining claim,
upon the same creek, in the same pre
cinct,1 in orderto hold said claims under
th& provisions of Section 2324 of the
Revised'S?atute3-of the United States
of America and the1 amendments there
to concerning annual labor upon min
ing claims, being the amount required
to hold said claims for the period end
ing December 31st, 1020, and if within
ninety days after the publication of
this notice you fail to contribute your
proportion of said expenditures as co
owner, as well as the cost of this ad
vertisement and recording fees, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner. who has made the required ex
penditures, under the terms of said
sec’ion of the Revised Statutes of the
united States.
Mike Mynti.
Date of first publication, Feb. 2, 1921
Datfe of last publication, May 4, 1921
i i the ( arly days, has a large establish
ment in Heno, dealing id ladies’ fur
nishing goods and has over a dozen
clerks in hisemnloy. Sam Wilcox, a
former Fairbanks restaurant man, now
has a restaurant iD the Nevada city.
• Wolf, who was a tailor here for many
years, has a very profitable tailoring
business in Hbdo. He now owns a $10,
000 home and a $4,000 car, and seems
very happy. Louis Klopsch, former
Fairbanks newspaper man, is in Reno
representing a large publicity concern.
“In San Francisco 1 saw Leroy
Tozier, John McGinn, Frank Manley,
Frank Berry, and Mr. and Mrs Dick
Woods. All are in good health and
doing well.
“I went to visit Henry ITay while re
i turning from Califoruia. I had not
seen him in five weeks, and found that
he had improved greatly during that
time. The doctturs state that his con
dition gives every indication of an
early and complete recovery.
“During my present trip I have no
ticed that Alaeka is rapidly coming to t
the front. Information is sought, and
nearly everyone spoken to indicates a
desire to visit the country. According
to information received fn Seattle, the
steamship companies anticipate the
greatest passenger traffic for points in
Alaska that has ever been recorded.
“The only thing that I have d^finit^
ly decided upon is that I intend to slay
with Alaska when my term of office ex
pires, and be buried here. During the
past year I have visited thirty-three
States in the Union, and I have found
no place that I think a man can do bet
ter in than k© cam in. Alaska, and L' in
tend to remain with the Territory.”
Has No Further Desire
to Prospect In Siberia
Siberia, towards which so many have
looked as a field of golden promise, has
no charms for Rudolph Rula, a recent
arrival here.
Mr. Rula, in September, 1918, landed
in East Cape, Siberia, from which place
he went to Anadir. Though having a
population of only 250, 45 of whom are
Russiane, the remainder being natives,
Anadir was certainly the scene of some
tumult. Only two weeks before, in a
clash between the warring factions,
fourteen bolsheviks had met their
death. Prisoners that had been re
leased from the Government prison at
Zachalian islands, arriving at Anadir*,
were mainly responsible for commis
sion of many murders, much pillaging
and other criminal acts in what had
heretofore been a rather peaceable
' community. The Russian peasant class,
j in the main, Mr. Rula says, are a line
lot of people, but those who gain au
thority over them are not governed by
the best of scruples, which means that
the peasants are made victims of cxtor
| tion and objects of every conceivable
kind of graft*.
During the months Mr. Rula was at
Anat^p, through regulations then pre
vailing, one could get three pounds of
sugar every two weeks; butter could
not be bought, and supplies of all
kinds, save flour, were very short.
At any rate, Mr. Rula has no further
desire to prospect in Siberia. He was
able to leave there last July, coming
first to Noipe. Later he landed at St.
Michael, then came further up the
Yukon to Kaltag, from which place he
made his way to McGrath a few days
since. _
John Joslin, who for the last two
summer seasons has had charge of the
road work between Ruby and Long,
will in all probability superintend road
construction work this summer between
Tacotna and Ophir, according to word
lately received here.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Arnold Hals,. Hans Sorensen. P.
Olson, C. Hansen, C, Koontz, F. E. J
Levy, James Hansen. P. Cristenseri,
John Griffin, Fred Vogelsang, their
heirs, executors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby noti- :
fied thatduring the vears 1310,1911,1912.
1913, 1914, 191a, 1916, 1920. I expended
the sum of ($100.00) One Hundred Dol
lars upon your interests in the Nugget
Association and the North Pole Asso
ciation, situated on Yankee creek, in
the Inoka Recording Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in order to hold said
claims under the provision of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States, and the amendments)
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re- 1
quired to hold said mining claims for the
period ending December 31, 1916, 1920,
and if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of said
expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording and publicatihn of this
notice, as co-owners, your inter
ests in said claims will become the
proparty of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditurs under ihe terms of said sec
tion of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
John A. Olson.
First publication, February 2, 1921.
Last publication, May 4, 1921.
Max Simel
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