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Jonathan H. Wagner h
New Chief of Alaska
Division.
Seattle, Oct. S.— John J. Ti.
.■gert, federal commissioner ot
.education, arrived today witl:
.Jonathan ii. Wagner, new chief
of the Alaska division of the Bu
reau of Education, who is taking
over the office of XV. T. Lopp
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
Fairview. innoko River
§
superintendent of education for
the natives of Alaska, who will
be stationed hereafter at An
• chorage. Lopp will devote his
full time to the -apet vision of
I schools, to medical aid and to
the reindeer service among na
LiVOS.
“This readjustment in our
1 Alaska s rvice,” Dr. Tigert said,
“is the lii. t step in its thorough
Morgani ation for the benefit of
• Indians and Eskimos* We
have never had enough people
to carry on the work, but with
Lopp on the ground and Wagner
■ in the Sc ttle office, responsible
for the teaching service and the
purchase and disbursement of
supplies, we hope to make the
most of the meagre funds at our
disposal.-’
Latest Regarding
Tokotna Wireless
regarding a wireless station for To
kotna, the Tokotna Commercial Club
on Sunday last received the following
telegram:
Fairbanks, Oct. 4, 1923.
Commercial Club,
Tokotna. via McGrath:
Advices from McGrath state that
you intend furnishing one room in a
tire trap for radio station. If this is
truth,' wish to cali attention your
promise to furnish cabin suitable for
radio office and living quarters for op
erator. Please wire me at ODce just
what you intend furnishing—name of
building. How about Oates building?
, Mau to make installation now Jditarod,
ready to leave. Will hold up his mov
ing until I hear fully from von.
13 UltKHKAD.
And, once again, there you are.
-3fc— ..
Unless plans to the contrary are
made, it is now expected that the court
party will come ovct the winter trail
to hold a session of court at Flat some
time in March next. Tokotnans will
be pleased to meet Judge Clegg and
oilier court officials on their way
through here, and possibly may show
them the advantages of Tokotna as a
most convenient place to hold a term
: of court.
Kail ■I1MW
2,000 Reindeer For Sale
My herd of about two thousand
reindeer, mostly females, are for
sale at Twenty Dollars per head
A. H. Twitchell - Tokoina, Alaska
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Telegraphic Ticks.
Tacom a.—John Carl, 7.‘5, killed his
landlady. Mrs. Eunice Anderson, 45.
with a hammer, following an argument
in which be requested that noise in the
rooming-house be stopped. Carl ad o
dealt a blow which may result in the
death of her nine-vear-old sun, Arthur.
Portland.—That censorship of mo
tion^ -.tures is dangerous to freedom
of speech and press was declared in a
report submitted tonight at the annual
convention of the international Labor
Press of America, submitted by its
president, Matthew Woll.
Home. —Fifty nillion lire has been
paid by Greece to Italy as a result of
the Janina incident. The sum was re
ceived by tiie director general of the
Hank of Italy from the Bank of Swit
zerland, today.
, Spokane.—Judge Sam B. Hill, demo
crat, of Vateuviile, was elected to Con
gress in the Fifth district, defeating
State Senator Charles E. Myers, repub
lican. The seat was formerly held by
Webster, resigned.
Amoy.—Japanese sailors and ma
rines, who landed here to protect For '
Loosan against at tacks by Chinese, are
refusing to leave, despite threats of a
general strike if they do not evacuate
the city.
Warsaw. — Finance Minister Ku
| charski stated today that a contract
had been signed with the J. 1’. Morgan
financial interem ; for creating a Polish
bank of issue, with a capital of thirty
million dollars. »
Seattle.^—In sentencing two addicts
this afternoon. Federal Judge Neterer
announced that he proposed to stop the
traffic in morphine if he had to sen
tence peddlers to life imprisonment.
^.Leadville. John Campion, million
aire mining man of Denver, was killed
today when his automobile swerved
and was hurled into the Arkansas
river.
Constantinople. — Preparations lot
formal evacuation by 'he allies have
been completed, and the famous Iron
Division is soon to eater the city.
St. Paul. Chief Justice Calvin L.
Brown, of tV; "iinnesota supreme
Court, was found dead at his Ipmie iu
Minneapolis, this umrning.
St. Paul. The American Federation
of Labor is Lot hack of a third political ;
party, Samuel Gompers declared here. j
Berlin.—The Streeseman cabinet re
signed tonight.
Manila.—Fighting and rioting is
Tokotna
First Class in Every
Resoecti
’.Private rooms, with spring bedsdD
Good Meals Served
for $1.00 ;
Bath mom, with sanitary toilet.
Pure well water.
Good, clean dog house.
MmmmBaauamasmmmammmm
feared during toe insular elections to
be held next week.
Tacoma.—Mrs. Ilenrv McCleury, vice
president general of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, died at her
home here today.
Seattle.—Japan and Berkeley, have
already placed^ orders with Puget
I Sound concerns for one hundred mil
lion feet of lumber.
Seattle. — Cracksmen-' attempted to
blow up the vaults in the - Seattle
branch of the Bank of California, last
night.
Soda. The government apparently
fs putting down the revolution of .peas
ants under communist leadership.
Edinburgh tlaliday Groom, former
president of the itoyal College of> Sur
geons, died here today.
Seattle.—Seattle bank deposits total
$102,000,000, a gain of $15,000 in the
oast twelve months.
Portland. -The American Federation
of Labor is now holding its annual con
vention here.
Seattle.—Lyman Stewart, founder of
the Union Oil Company, died here last
night.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Michaet Lucey, his heirs and as
signs:
You, and each of you, ure hereby
notitied that we, the undersigned, vour
co-owner-,, have ,•.ended in labor and
!
For Sale „
Five Good Dogs
In first-class condition
$50 Each
fnnoko Lumber Company
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars for the years 1920
and 11*22 upon placer mining claim No.
5 Above Discovery on Moore creek, ir»
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 3(f
11)23.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail or
refuse to 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 property of
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.
K ixLEi; & Dawson,
Co-Owners,
By J. F. Keller.
Date of first publication, July-21, 1923.
Date of last publication. Oct.'20, 1923.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO.
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
Our Fall Shipments Give Us a
Very Complete Stock for
Fall and Winter
Outfits
i
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 Brandi
100 OAL. TANK GASOLINE, $55.00
At Our McGrath Store