What a Newspaper
Means to a Town
Recently Dean 'ft! 'Lyle °.p';ncer, if
’ She Szhool of Journalism of the Uni
versity of Washington, was a visitor at
Skagway, and while there, at the re
» quest of the editor of the Skagway
Alask&n, wrote an editorial for the
paper. He chose as his subject the
title “The Value of a Newspaper to a
ICown,” and this is what he wrote:
‘Few people in the average city ap
predate the value of a newspaper to a
t town. Like flowers, they are appreci
ated most by those who do not have
them. Like mothers, they are wanted
most when they are gone.
"Most people look on a newspaper as
the business of a single individual. If
it thrives, that, is the owner’s business.
If It fails, that also is the owner’s busi
ness. As a matter of fact, the success
or failure of a paper is a matter of
grave concern to an entire town.
"If it were not for our newspapers,
rumor and gossip would run riot ovet
the world. Everyone knows how a
simple question asked by someone often
is made a statement by another, how
that statement is distorted ov -«■. -ecocd
or enlarged by a third, and how, it
sometimes goes on and on until the
people do not know what to believe.
Sometimes such a story gets so big that
the onlv way it can be stopped is bv
someone coming out in the newspaper
and stating the truth. Such conditions
we should have constantly if it were
not for our newspapers.
"Newspapers,-too, are the best ad
vertisement a citv has in the outside
world. Other cities judge a town by
the kind of newspaper it has. If it is
supported well, given the news and ad
vertising patronage it ought to have, it
thrives and is able to present an ap
peBrance of prosperity for the town to
the outside worll. If it does not thrive,
outsiders are inclined to look on the
town as undesirable to live in, and so
move on to other cities.
"Newspapers are also our chief
sources of information. Most, of our
reading matter nfier we leave school
* comes from the papers. What we know
about Presideni Harding’s t ur, afmut
the struggle between France <m 1 Ger
mony in the Ruhr, about Henry Ford
as a candidate for president, and about
other national and world problems,
c comes from the papers. Ttiomas Jef
ferson once said that if he had to have
government without newspapers or
newspapers without government, he
would take the newspapers, oecause
through them he felt the state could be
i run witl^at least fair success.
"If some of us appr* cititeri m< rr fully
Tokotna
Pool Hail
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
| the Value of our newspapers we would
: makiA greater efforts t*» ■-ee thar they
tret the news and advertising, and so
beciiio successful. Modern society
ret along wit boat new papers any1
more than it can without schools and
churches ’’
Tokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is the schedule now ob
served by the, Tokotna radio station:
9:15 a. m.—Transmit Iditarod.
10:00 a. m.— Ueeeive Fairbanks.
12:150 i>. m. — Receive Fairbanks.
3:45 p. id.—Transmit Idiiarod.
•5:00 p m.—Receive Fairbanks..
0:00 p. m — R. cetve Anchorage.
Klln-tive October 10th, delay on all
south-hound business canceled. Traffic
now handled without any de-lavs.
All messages i b«- tran-mi->eo should
be in he radi Si b 1 9:15 a. m.
and 3:45 p. in. Otherwise will be
necessary to tend them for transmis
sion the following day.
Id the Probate Court for Otter pre
cincu. Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, iietore the Honorable E. J.
Stetr, Commissioner ami ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of William
Pringle, deceased—Probate No. 50.
Notice of Final Hearing.
Not ioe .s- n ore by gis*eo that the bear
mg .1 objections to the Km.: report,'amt
account of Samuel Applebaum. as ex
ecutor of the estate of William Pringle,
deceased, will be held in toe Probate
Court room at Flat, Ai < a, on Satur
day. Januar 17 h, 1925, at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Dated, Fiat, Alaska, Sapr. 27'h. 1924.
E J STEIR,
Probate Judge.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale,
| ss.
United States of America,
Territory of Alaska
Public notice is hereby given, that
bv virtue of a writ of fieri facias (or
execution), dated September 1st, A I)
1924, issued out of the -District Court
fo the Territory of Alaska, Fourth Di
vision. on a indgna<-«t rendered in -aid
com too the 28> h day of July, A. D.
1924, in favor of the Northern'Com
mercial Company, a corporation, and
against John Vogtor. I have, on tins
4 h day of October. A D 1924. levied
up.>a the following described real es
tate, situated in inooko Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
to w.'t:
All "f the right title and ihterestof
tt.esutd John Vogtor ( he same being
an tin itv ded <me tliiid interest) in amt
to 'hat t'W'i-Htn placer mining claim
known ana described as the Yaeger
Bench claim, situated opposite creek
claim No. 1 Above Discovery-on Ganes
creek, in lunoko precinct. Fourth divi
sion . f A luska
Also ah t he ri.-ht title and merest
of t be said .1- tm Vog or in and u> chat
certain placer mining claim known and
described as the Gulch Fraction claim,
situated between the said Yaeger
Bench claim -tnd the Minnie Bench
c'aitn on the right limit of Gtries
creek in fi*- fmi >k precinct, F urtii
d I vision of A la^ka
Also all the right, title and interest
of the said John Vogtor in and to that
Max Simel
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
Ci.rtaio placer minimi’ claim known as
No. 1 Below Discovery Bench* left
limit, on Ganes creek, in said Ionoko
precinct, Fourth division of Alaska.
Alsoall i he rieht, title- and interest
of the said John Vogtor in and to that
ceriaio placer minimi claim known and
described as Creek Claim jNo. 4 Below
Discovery on Ganes creek, in said In
noko precinct. Fourth., division of
Alaska.
And that 1 wilh accordingly1, offer
said real estate for sale, at public ven
due, to the highest and best bidder, for
cash, on the 24rh day of November, A.
D. 1924. at two o’clock p. m. of said
dav, at the front door of the United
iitateR-Murabal’s Office at McGrath, .in
fbc'Foarih division of Alaska.
Dated McGrath, Alaska, October 4th,
A. D. 1924.
G. B Stevens,
U. S. Marshal. Fourth
Division of Alaska.
By Peier McMullen,
Deputy.
Albrecht and Taylor,
Plaintiff’s Attorneys.
THE
BY-SGOLLY
fokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of ail kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds. - f
And if you are going to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory id Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Greek
I am the principal owner of & oiocfc a? ground
on Yankee creek, about seven mires ioog. extend
ing from No. 1 Below Discovery down to tb® mouth
of the creek.
Pay has been located all along for a distance of
about three miles from the upper end, and pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the ground 'is from seven
to twenty[!eet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved foee’v. No rock bigger than one’s £st.
The width of the pay. fori a distance of about
three miles, ^is from 100 to 20U feet. Crosscutiug
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
cents tp 81 per square foot of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground is prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. I also have a water
right on Ready‘Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought to Yankee creek with a ditch less
thaD a mile long (4.900 feet), which will give four
slniceheads of water, with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1600 feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with the muck, there will be
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from four to six feet of dirt to handle. The
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
Thegroucd is virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken obt by windlass id prospecting.
: Prospecting wterk during the present winter has
resulted id* finding ralces that Pud np to $1 per
square foot- bf- bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company b&s a dredge above
this ground, which has bean in operation for the
last three seasons.
The^Government road crossed Yankee creek, t
also have a road down the creek that connect* with
the Government road.
I am also the agent for owcerr cl ground other
than that held bv myself.
The ground cac be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydraulicine.
1 will either sell the ground or give a ease oa
it. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A rood bargain
will be given tc the right party.
For farther information, tern*, etc., call or.
ground,'or writ* or telegraph me.
«D NOLLETT1,
Tokotna, Alaska.
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