WTICS OF 1’. S. FOLICY NICA- 4
KAO I'A FIT UNDER ARREST
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Police
■4crested pickets and dispersed, a
pro up of about one hundred anti-im
perialistic leaguers who stuped a dem
onstration at the White House, pro
testing- against the Administration’s
Nicaraguan policy.
The pickets marched two abreast
past the executive mansion, many
arrying posters criticising Nicarag
lun activities. Apparently intending
to complete the encirclement of the
executive mansion, the column turned
down the east side of the. White
House. Police arrived and without
breaking the formation marched the
whole caboodle to a nearby police sta
men.
REPORT Til VT WAGE SCALES
HEINE LOWERED, FAIRBANKS
Reports from Fairbanks are. to the
jcect that wage scales are being low
tied by the Fairbanks Exploration
Company, with the result that numer
ous of the oldtimers there are prepar
ing to spend the summer prospecting
rather than accept the wage outs. It
is stated that .‘55 cents an hour has
been lopped oc the wage of carpen
ters, bringing the pay down to i*0
cents an hour, and that the wage for
common labor has been reduced to
52 1-2 cents an. hour.
It is also reported that considerable
curtailment of forces is planned by
the company as trie result, of the
change from a construction to an op
erating basis.
VPPKOXIM ATELY fiO.OOO TICK
ETS ON MSAiNA ICE POOL
If the Manana ice pool sweep
stakes this year is won. by one person,
he will receive approximately SCO,000.
less the expenses of conducting the
pool, says the Fairbanks News-Miner,
Sale of guesses ended all over the
Territory at midnight Saturday, and
at that, time it is estimated that
something over 60.COQ chances had
been sold, more by many thousands
than any other year. At the Pinoeer
Hotel, Horseshoe Cigar Store and
Mocha Cigar Store, the three places
in Fairbanks handling tickets, ap
proximately I8,o0fl guesses were sold.
Miss Mary McLean,; after a short
visit at McGrath,, returned here Fri
day night, coming up .via airplane.
Robert Lowrie was. invpng those
who visited McGrath on Friday, re
turning here today,
William Behan left Sunday *'or
Canes creek.
Freighter Del Thompson left Sun
day for Ophir
SUTHERLAND MINING MEA
SURE APPROVED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
Sutherland bill to permit annual pay
ment of $100 for each placer mining
claim in Alaska into the Alaska road.
fund as an additional highway assess
ment was passed by the House today
and sent to the Senate.
CONVICT BACK IN CEL!. IN
ORDER TO EASE CONSCIENCE
HUNTVILLE, Texas.—The laconic
notation, “Gone 23 .years, (! months
and S' days,” appears on the commit
ment papers of Bert Creed, who lias
returned voluntari.y to the State pen
itentiary from which he emerged al
most. a quarter of a century ago.
Creed was sentenced in 1003 t,o
serve six years in prison for stealing
a horse. He escaped after sir months,
and roamed over the UniLed States.
Canada and Merieo until a troubled
conscience caused him to* appear at.
the sheriff’s office sit Longview, Ter.,
j and surrender.
“I was always, on the. dodge and
i never had any peace..of mind,” ho ex
plained. “1 want, it-'over with now.”
Creed is now 45 years old.
Inquiry has been received regard
| ing Llie whereabouts of one Olof An
■ ioii Johnsson, born about 1<W*> in Swe
den He was last-heard front in Ju
neau, in l!ti4. At that,time te was
mak.ng plans to go to Nora?. Any
j information as to his present where
abouts' should be sent to in Gover
| r< r's office, Juneau, Alaska. ,
Capt. J. H. McLean and Charles
1 Nichols, after a business visit to Mc
; Grath, returned here this morning, as
passengers of Henry Mart-dial
Bertha Albi was a last night arrival
from McGrath, again returning to her
home today via abpbfin t
J. H. Peterson and T. Melberg.
who were Sunday arrivals, left Tues
day for Ganetf.
i Louis Vivo, coming from Fair-1
[ banks, was a Wedr.esdkv arrival. On
his way to Flat.
John Novak made the trip to Ophii
i on Wednesday, going over with Char-1
lie Koniet7Lko.'
Charlie Goebel left Monday for
McGrath, on his wav to Hidden creek.
Billy Jones and Ernie" Gove were
Thursday departures fo>- Qphir. •
Chester-Brink returned; here today
from a trip; to Opnir.
Johnson Sozov left Wednesday for
1 Cripple
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IN FAIRBANKS-NOME FLIGHT
NOME, April 18.—The entire popu
lation of this town turned out.to cele
brate the arrival ujf the. seeondannual
. -territorial subsidy mail, by plane
when Noel Wien finished a record run
from Fairbanks in 5 .hours and 40
in unites. With stops at ilulv. and Lfna
iakleet.
1-ofc- teams which brouKht mail
unu lurs froiii outlying settlements
f >r transfer to the plane fined up on
the ice, we.com .ig me plant's arrosi.
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!n the early days, along in 1003s*
4-5-6, there was a small settlement on
Admiralty island, near Juneau, the
nsaie inhabitants being engaged, in a
primitive way, in the mining of coal
from outcrops, several of which had
been found. Then came an executive
order from the hands of President
Roosevelt, issued in llHUk withdraw
ing all the coal and oil lands in
Alaska. The inhabitants were there- j
upon ordered to ceaseforthwith from j
mining any more coal on the island.!
and they left for other parts. George
Harkrader, a sturdy old pioneer, had
uncovered a seven-foot vein of hitu
minous coal and was engaged in sink
ing a shaft on it when the harsh order,
canie. Harkrader kept right on with
his shaft until a depth of 180 feet
had been attained. Eventually, in,
1013, to be exact, Harkrader succeed
ed in getting a patent to 133 acres of,
coal land on Admiralty island, taking1
in the ground where the mine was lo
cated. Then Harkrader sickened ar.d
died, Leaving his coal property to W}g
brother, who lived in Oklahoma. Not
iong ago James V, ickersham secured
an undivided half interest, in the j
' property from the brother and se
■ cured an option on the remaining half,
interest. Then Robert Donaldson., old
time Fairbanks mining man, at one
time owner of the Healy River coal
property, came into the picture., Don
aldson was born and raised in the city
of Nanaimo, British Columbia, a great
1 coal mining town, and knows about
1 everything there is to. know about.
coal. When Mr. Wickershapi learned
, that Donaldson had severed his con
nections in Fairbanks :->t)d wjas foot
: loose, and knowing his extended ex-i
■ periencu in the coal mining business, j
he sent for him to coipe tQ Juneau
and make, an examination of thej
; Harkrader proposition. Donaldsora
was impressed with the great possi-j
bilities of the fine coal prospect, andj
j in company with Howard H. Lurch,
who had accompanied him north, lo
: cated 2,273 acres of government coal
land immediately contiguous to the
Harkrader showing. In the mean
time Wickersham tpok. up the option
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FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To Frank Irwin, his heirs, executors, j
assigns and successors in interest: j
j You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars j
($100.06) per year for the years 1914,!
1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922 and
1923 upon the. following described
mining claims in the Innoko Record
ing District,' Territory of Alaska:
No. 4 Above Gold Run Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
!creek;
J No. 5 Above God Run Group, on
I Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
! creek.
That all of said work and improve
! ments were required by law and were
j put upon said claims in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each*said year and thereafter;
And if within ninety (90) dayB.
! after the publication of this notice
; you, or any of you, fail to pay your
i portion of the amount expended on
! the above claims, your interest in
| said claims will become forfeited to
1 the undersigned co-owner, according
i to the provisions of Section 2324 Re
i vised Statutes of the United States.
WILLIAM SCHNEIRLA.
I First publication, March 3, 1928.
. Last publication, May 26, 1928.
I on the other half interest. Thus the
Admiralty Island Coal Company was
born, the Wickersham, Donaldson and
Lurch coal equities on Admiralty
island forming the assets on which
the company is based. Offieials-of the
company are: Robert Donaldson,
president; Howard H... Lurch, sec re
lary-treasurer; and Donaldson, Lurch.
John Rock, Wallace George and
James Wickersham, directors." Devel
opment work is now under way under
the direction of Mr. Donaldson.- .
A 72-foot passenger and mail-'Ves
sel, with a 17-foot beam, is being
built on the Outside for the Alaska
Commercial Company.. The boat will
be equipped with two- 75-horsepower
Washington Upset motors with twin
screws. When completed it will op
erate on the Yukon river.
The question whether the' coyote
will attack Alaskan sheep was. an.'.
swered by Con Miller, veteran trapper
of the Cordova section, who caught
several coyotes and on dissecting
them found sheep fur in their stom
achs. All fur-bearing animals in the
Copper River and Chitina valleys face
c>: termination before the onslaught of
predators, Miller asserted.
LOST-^ Between. Orthir and Little
'Creel;, pair of horn-rimmed bi-focal
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John M.'ktebust, care :' Nels'-Vib«v-•
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