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TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, s'OVEMBER 17, 1934
i PRIGS; 2;' CENT*
: Dragline to
Operate on
Yankee Cr.
Ed Nolette’s bench property on
' Yankee Creek has been recently
leased by John Beaton' of'Flat,’’and
J. H. McClean, Takotna. Mr. Beaton ■
• with a crew of three men is at pres
ent on the ground engaged in pros
pecting, -According to present plans
extensive operations'-'w i{4 Degin on
this property QA*t season;' A drag
line using a yard bucket and having
a 50 foot boom will be brought in to
- work the ground. Beside which a
tractor with bull-doser attachment
will be in use. 'A crew of at least
10 men will be required to operate
the workings. The leased ground
covers two and *a half- miles along
Yankee X>eek.
The ground* which is frozen aver
ages about 20' feet in depth of which
• about 16 feet is muck. The over
burden is easy to sluice off and the
gravels also wash easily.
" It is proposed to build another
ditch tapping a nearby stream. Wa
ter with a good grade is plentiful
insuring steady operation to mining
on Yankee. Little actual mining
• has been done on the property al
though several thousand dollars have
been taken out at the lower end of
the claims.
Ed Nolette who owns the property
has held the ground for 22 years,
making a one man proposition of
V» n A \ A Pnnli'ririfr
that his claims would require large
scale operation, Mr. Nolette held on
doing assessment work eadh y'ear,
confident that the ground would
eventually be worked. Several years
ago J. H. McClean, better known as
Cap, became interested in Yankee
Creek property. Last year he and
Mr. Nolette joined forces and did
considerable preliminary work which
consisted of prospecting, building
ditches and gtpund sluicing.
John Beaton, who is a successful
.inning man of Flat and a discoverer
of that district, is well known among
the mining men throughout Alaska.
A keen jiidge of mining property
his interest in this locality gives
promise of added impetus to mining
activities.
Government
To Purchase
Farm Lands
WASHINGTON. — Five rnilli >n
acres of ^^yrurginal farm land are
destined to f* reurned to the publini
domain before the close of the year.
While Farm Administration Ite
lief officials nre talking guardedly
about their v plans of buying land,
they announcerecently in Washing
ton that plan.- for 40 projects, which
will involve *he puachase of about
4,000,000 acr£- are in various stages
of completion.
The officials indicated that the
land needed for these projects is in
. addition to 1,000/)00 acres already
purchased or under contract.
The entire 5,000,000 acres will be
used for various purposes, which
it is believed will be more profitable
•, than trying to use them for farming.
SMALL OPERATORS REQUIRE
NO LICENSE TO RETORT GOLD.
WASHINGTON.—No license to
ietort gold is needed by operators of
small mines, Delegate Anthony J.
Dimond was informed recently by
the Deparment of the. treasury.
Under this new ruling, the Dele
gate explained, an operator may re
tort up to 20U ounces of gold a year
withopt a license but he must sell
the yellow metal product direct to
the United States Mint, to a person
iicesed to buy gold or a United Sta
tes Assay office.
Under the old original order of
the Treasury Department, all per
sons retorting gold /were <rvquired to
have licenses, and it was impractic
able for small operators to obtain
the licenses. Hence the small pro
ducer was unable to realize on his
gold the mint or assay office pur
chasing price of $35 an ounce.
FLYS FROM MIAMI TO N. Y. IN
3 HRS. 21 MINS- CARRYING 11
PASSENGERS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Captain
Eddie Riekenbaeker established a
new record for transport planes fly
ing from Miami to .New York in
3 hours and -Si minutes. Ricken
backer using .a twin-motor Douglas
plane with 11 passengers flew from
New York to Miami and return.
Head winds prevented him from
bettering the New York to Miami
time.
JOSEPHINE ROACH NEW ASSIS
TANT SEC OF TREASURY..
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.— Presi
dent Roosevelt today appointed Jose
phine Roach as assistant secretary
of the Treasury to succeed Mr. Mor
antheau who had "been appointed
Serretary of the Treasury when
Woodin resigned.
Miss Roach is an experienced
business woman having .operated
successfully a coal mine in Colorado.
At one time she was a candidate for
governor in the same state.
A part of Miss Roach’s duties will
be to supervise 66,000 employees of
the Treasury Department.
RAILROADS DEFAULT *55,000,
000 ON RFC LOANS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Jesse R. I
Jones, chairman for the RFC, stated
that 10 railroads defaulted payments
totalling $55,000,000 on RFC loans.
Chairman Jones did not consider
it a bad sign as over 90 of the rail
roads paid up. He added :»i! at -.the
total indebtedness of t^ r i roads
to the RFC is $423,QWty)0<
RFC SUSPENDS FllCVHt’W HOME
WASHINGTON,, Nw.' consi
deration uS. *4jbyo'M;l loamj btt*
Home Loan Utwn^rs * Go*4,or4tiot
was suspemfcyv today,. du*v u e huge
number of /snppliy.Hnts. applying for
loans. Witt*..p .er ^'plica
tions pending,'‘tne Corporation fears
that the funds will be insufficient to
warrant further Joans.
Body of
Kidnapped
Child Found
NASHVILLE, Term. -Nov. 14.
With the positive identification oi
the body of. little Dorothy Distle
hurst, 6, as the missing daughter oi
Dr. Distlehurst, who was kidnapped
from her home Sept. 16, federal
agents started a, determined drive
to locate the kidnappers. The griei
stricken father, had gone to New
York to make ransom payments bu!
had been unsuccessful in making
connections with the abductors.
TERRIFIC STORMS PLAY HAVOC
WITH PHI LI PINE ISLANDS.
MANILA, P. Is. Nov. 15.—Storms
)i hurricane velocity caused the loss
of 23 lives, demolished buildings
making .20,000 people .homeless anc
causing property loss of oyer $2,000,
0C0, swept the Philipine Islands v
was reported today. Most of the
deaths occurred to fishermen wh(.
were caught in the 80 mile per houi
gale. Heavy losses also occurred tc
ships in harbor.
PRESIDENT APPROVES UNEM
PLOYMENT INSURANCE.
WASHINGTON.,'. No^ lb.— The
administration is concentrating or
making the economic system func
tion. In ja recent speech the presi
dent stated that .definitr steps wi!
be taken to provide some sort o
federal and stat- unemploymem
insurance to be, financed by contri
butions. He further stated that h<
did not approve of old age pension;
at this time.
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CON
TROL MUNITIONS INDUSTRY,
I
WASH IN TO N ,N ov. 13.—The pres
ident started a move today fo:
government control of munition;
manufacture by licensing productioi
and the sale of all such products
The proposal which was subniitte<
to foreign powers, met with enthusi
astir approval in many countries.
MRS. WHITNEY GIVEN CUSTO
DY OF YOUNG HEIRESS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—In a deci
sion handed down by Justice Curev.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, New
York society leader, was given cus
tody of 10-year old Gloria Vander
bilt for 4 years. Mrs. Whitney is
an -.aunt to the young Vanderbilt
girl won the right to take care of
the child over Mrs. Vanderbilt the
child’s mother.
Little Gloria will spend two days
u week with her mother. When she
becomes 14 she will be allowed to
choose for herself with whom she
wants to live. Mrs. Vanderbilt has
appealed the decision.
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Items of Importance
In Recent News Events j
WARSAW. Pol. No \ 13.—A bus
carrying 15 young atheletes crashed
here today injuring ail passengers
sever, of whom might die. The acci
dent ( curred when the bus ran off
the road and overturned.
LONDON. Eng.—Gen. John Smutz
former Boer War leader, speaking
before the London Royal Institute of
international Affairs, said that
ceaseless talk about war created a
war atmqspher
MEXICO CITY.—The state is con
tinuing its drive on the church.
Many Catholic priests have been de
ported . and many more prohibited
from preaching. A number of the
provinces allow but ome priest to
200,000 people.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 13.—In an
endeavor to clear up assassin rings
the Bulgarian government arrested
3,000 members of various secret
Macedonian societies. Over 500 wo
men ^ere among .those arrested.
LONDON, Eng. —Plans for the
wedding of the U.uke of Kent, son
of King George of England, to Prin
cess Marina of Greece are completed.
The wedding will take place in Lon
don. The cost of the qerepionies
is estimated at $IQ0^)00.
Delegate
Undergoes
Operation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Dele
gate Anthony J. Dimond underwent
‘ an operation Monday and for some
time, because of blood clefs form
ing as a result of the operation, his
condition was considered critical
No one except immediate relatives
. being allowed to see him.
Later reports, however, are to the
; effet that the crisis had passed and
i Mr. Dimond much improved. His
•recovery is now expected to be a
| matter of a short time.
GERMANS PROPOSE TO SWAP
GOODS FOR PAW COTTON.
& WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 16.—
Francis J. Gorman, president of the
United Textile Workers, filed an in
dignant protest over the proposed
plan by German textile manufactur
ers to exchange finished products
for raw cotton with the United
States. Mr. Gorman said that*- the
bringing in of cIoUj fropt Germany
wouhi increase the. ranks of unem
ployed textile -workers in this coun
try. He proposed to .have 4 law en
acted making .-such deals illegal.
| WASHINGTONS Nov, lb.—In ar
1 official ••.ane.m/icfcfiM'nt^ too president
j set Npy, :5?;> v!.i! day when Thanks
j givmu.!>^v'|j o*,- -v ,d in the l-.S t
I destined ,lo be roiuio. d U> tee public
i
Clyde Pangborne, who, with Ros
coe Turner finished third in the
London to Melbourne flight, plans t.
’round the world hop in 1985. Ke
proposes to make only two sto;
and ex/ects to circumnavigate th*
globe in 104 hours
WASHINGTON— "Back to the
land” movement takes a pract: \c
turn in the announcement that 1
government relief agencies, ur r
Harry L. Hopkins, have begun
ablishment of 12 villiages in var
ious parts of the country caljpjlatet
to accomodate anywhere from 171
to 700 families.
A total of 50 may he established
SPOKANE.—- A baby boy weigh
| ing one pound was born here recent
j ly and has lived four days. Ti e
' child, born three months premature
ly is fed with an eye dropper. A1
though perfectly formed doctors •
i littig hope for his life.
| NEW YORK, Nov. 15—The F'.e
vator Operators Union postponed a
! strike until Monday to allow u...
officials to negotiate with emple\
AbouL 40,000 operators are alb
BOLIVIAN TROOPS \ IC i >tf
IN BIG BATTLE
Buenos Air*-s, Nov. 12.— h
strong offensive drive, Boii- *
troops recaptured 1600 sq jai^ i.
of territory in the C|rnn Cbv > ar
from Paraguayan forces. It
estimated that 20,000 men
side were engaged, in the batti .
losses were not. revealed.
YOUNG WOMAN IMIEKm
FORTUNE OF $1 300,000
I CHI4JAGO, Nov. 14.—- New*
I Lighter, who has been stru;-^!i„
j along on a.pittance ».f f.'.Ot .».v
■ month, today became of ii?'< -
| assumed control of a foi tj i <■
11,300,000 left her by her fat hr
former wheat,magnate, when h •
|500,000. is turned over r
Lighter outright and the re . - •(
in a trust fund for her o-oefi
FIRST LA11Y lMStlsSE U f l i'l
I
CONTROL
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Yweuty ;«
emn boys and girlls telling; Mr
FranUlin I>. Roosevelt *' hv hi/' -
con t-el should be • crm.<*-id to
fii.,L . ii.y of the land debuti tg t,e.
question and the youngsters ■, ,
ping back answers with trigger
tion.
This,- tn the picture which Ijuc
I'ark avenue sophisticates and sn
telpiej^t heads .alike gasping.
In 1'nc.t, all New York gasp <1, but
tm ^ilady and the 20 coni nee#
pwir.yjooate during the week.