IN
H ; ’AX CF PROJECTED
..CIPfcC YUKON HIGHWAY
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. ..a .iut iCih.to Alaska may be ex
i in he Hot too distant future,
h \v„. -Alffer greatly, however,
> ora tile <r>tu* of 1898 in tliat it w .11 be
. e on plinfeod in automobiles, over a
modern highway, unsurpassed :r. per
fection of engineering and beauty of
ei cry.
A few' weeks ago a bill was intro
duced -in both houses of Congress
'■providing for a study regarding the
construction of a highway to connect
Uni northwestern part of the United
»• States with British Columbia, Yukon
.territory and Alaska, in co-operation
with the Dominion of Canada.” One
of the commissioners appointed for
• this study is the president of the
Board of Road Commissioners for
Alaska, Maj. Malcolm Elliott, United
- States Army Engineer Corps.
Major Elliot, who has been sta
■ tioned in Alaska for over two years,
has made an exhaustive study of
roads and highways throughout the
Alaskan Territory, which offers rich
opportunities in mining, agriculture
and fur-trading. Hundreds of miles
of newly-constructed roads have
opened up one of the most beautiful
- and least known of the Unite.l
SStates’ possessions.
The latest project for the construc
tion of the Pacific-Yukon highway, as
this international “boulevard” will be
known, has met with enthusiastic co
■ operation from officials of the In
ferior Department, which is the ofii
**' eial guardian of Alaska Territory.
-Accompanied byMajoE gaf m mf
.Accompanied by Maj. Elliot, Ernest
Walker .Sawyer, executive assistant,
.to the Secretary of the Interior, made j
- an extensive trip by airplane last
• summer throughout various sections
■ of Alaska, and he has returned to
Washington heartily indorsing the
plan for the construction of the
highway, which will make it possible-■
for citizens of the United States to
travel without interruption from any
section of this country ,to the waters
of the Yukon, traveling by easy1
stages, with night accommodations at
the numerous “roadhouses” along the
Kiifa
rule.
The Pacifie-Yukon highway will
extend from Seattle to Vancouver,
British Columbia, then on through
the Yukon Territory to Whitehorse,
where it will swing west to the head
waters of the Tanana river. It will
follow down this river to connect
with the Richardson highway, which
extends from the North Pacific ocean
at Valdez through the central part of
Alaska to Fairbanks, and then to the
upper Yukon river at Circle.
From the road building standpoint,
Major Elliot states that no great dif
ficulties present themselves in the
construction of the highways. About
a thousand miles of the road from
Seattle to Hazelton, British Colum
bia, have already been built. North
of Hazelton there is a gap as far as
Whitehorse, about 530 miles, over
which no road has been built, but it
has been ascertained that a trail
leads through this territory over
which cattle have been driven in the
past. This route will follow the old
route intended for a telegraph line
by the Western Union Company, to
connect the United States with Eu
rope through Asia. This prooject was
under construction but suspended at
the time the Great Eastern laid the
Atlantic cable with success.
In the Northwest country through
which the Pacific-Yukon highway will
pass, althoogh no roads exist a\ 'pres
ent, there are trails which are t/jn
stantly traveled gy foot and by dog !
sled, and the road will therefore lead j
through well knCswn territory. Plans
for the highway have been so far-1
reaching as "to provide for the con- i
struction of a branch connecting
Dawson, about 100 miles from the
main route, and anoother with Ju
neau, the capital of Alaska.
It is expected that the country
• itnown to tjhis generation of Amer- .■
. ii .o i,i l.tipa.Iy through fcfac history
of the Klondike rush, the stories of
Rex Beach and the, poems of Robert
W. Service, will .prove one of the
most popular tours offered to the
great arm of summer, automobilists.
which yearly increase with amazing
rapidity. The total distance from
Seattle to Fairbanks is about 2*000
miles, about 450 of which will extend
through British Columbia. The con
struction of the road leading over
that territory will, of course, be un
dertaken by that countnry.
Co-operation from highest officials
of Canada and British Columbia has
been offered American officials. An
appointment has been made for Maj.
Ciliot to meet Dr. S. F. Tolmie, prime
minister of British Columbia, at Vic
toria, in November, in a conference
on the subject of the highway. This
conference will occur during the visit
of the Right Hon. Mackenzie King,
premier of Canada, to Victoria.
In discussing the far-reaching pos
sibilities of the Pacific-Yukon - high
way, which it is expected will'event
ually lead as far soutth as Panama,
Major Elliotthat he felt that credit
for the original idea of this stupen
dous undertaking should be given to
one Donal MacDonald, a locating en
gineer for the Alaska Road Commis-i
sion, who, so far as known, present-!
ed to the commission the first prac
tical plans for the project.
HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLER
PROVES SUPERIOR BOXERS
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TAMPA, Fla.—Bill Demetral, well
known heavyweight wrester, recently
gave a convincing demonstration of
his contention that boxers have no
chance against ‘neck twisters.”
In less than 15 minutes he -met
three boxers and flattened them on
the canvas, after surviving all the
technique of the prize fight ring- they
enjoyed in a vain effort to knock him
out. v , !
The wrestler agreed to . go six
rounds of four minutes with each of
the three boxers, using his own tech
nique while the bqxer used his. He
posted a foorfeit of $1,000 against
failing to make good, agreed to sur -,
render his share of the purse to any
of the jabbing trio who-downed him
for keeps, and then walked home with
all the money.
Mike Firpo. chunky infighter, first
opposed the wrestler and wa sfloored
in 55 seconds. He got in just one
wallop to Dementral’s eye before the
wrestler had him. pinned.
Andreas Castano, formerly a wrest
ler himself, then - attacked Dementral,
surviving almost two complete
rounds.
Craekerjack Webb knocked tie
winded wrestler .to the canvas six
times in two rounds, but went the
way of his. predecessors when once
Dementral. gota.a.vhandhold. ,
Dementral’s feat is held up by local
fans as just another demonstration
that the wrestler has all the advan
tage in a free-for-all.
Bob- Fitzsimmons, former heavy-,
weight'Champion, once took on Jack
Palmer, English wrestler, and fell
before him in.leas than two minutes.
Billy Papke middleweight, tangled!
with “Farmer” Burns, 51-year-old!
wrestler, and! hit the canvas with a
thud that stunned him into submis
sion before he could register a blow.
If Only.
Superintendent Davis of the Ant-;
Saloon League said o» a brilliant dry
addres , in Brooklyn.
“The .r. 'dical word is hailing the
discover/ by a Viennese doctor « f
causjd l, an v.bsolurt c ure for rheu
matism What wo it the doctois dis
cover n .'xi
“There's one discovery, if they'd
only make it, that would convert the
whole world to the dry cause. Oh. if
the doct i’s would only discover some
method that would make alcoholic
r sick headache seize its victims the
iajf before instead of the day after!”
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John Bernard and George Gander
son, their heirs, executors or. as
signs:
' You, and each of yon, ard hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your!
co-owner, have expended in labor and,
improvements the sum of not less: i
than one hundred dolars for the year
ending June 30, 1929, upon the Novi
kaket placer mining claim, Long
creek, Nulato recording precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
ip order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto'concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
-said mining claim for the period end
ing June 30, 1929.
And if, within ninety days after
the publication of this notice, you fail
or refuse to contribute .your propor
tion of said expenditure, as well as1
the cost of recording the same, and
ithe costs of This advertisement, your,
interest in said claim will become the
priperty of the undersigned, your co-1
owner, who has made the required
expenditures under the terms of said
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
x>f the United States.
ROBERT DEACON,
■Co-owner.
First’ pub. Oct. 26; last Jan. 26, 1930.
NOTICE TO -CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Ter
. ritory of Alaska,'before William
. N. Growden, United States com
missioner, and .ex-officio probate 1
. judge.
In the matter of the estate of Ed
SSchlatter, deceased. I
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Ed
Schlatter, deceased.
- All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the under
signed, at my residence in Ruby,
Alaska, within six (6) months from
the date of .this inotice.
Dated Ruby, Alaska, Oct. 25, 1929.
ALBERT VERHONIK,
Administrator.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Attorney for Administrator.
First pub. Oct. 26.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Peter Davey, his heirs, successors
.and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that 1, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon placer
mining claim No. 3 Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, a tributary of
Madison creek, in the Innoko Mining
and Recording Precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, in order to|
hold said claim under the provisions!
of Section 2324 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United Staes and the'
amendments thereto concerning an-1
nual labor upon mining claims, being !
the amount required to hold said min- j
ing claim for the period June 30,
1930. |
And if, within ninety days after the;
publication of this notice, you fail or!
refuse to contribute your proportion
of said expenditure, as well as the
dost of recording the same, and the
costs of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-'
owner, who has made the required
expenditures under the terms of said
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
JOHN KRIEGER,
Co-Owner.
First pub. Oct. 26; last Jan. 25, 1930.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT :
Miles;
Nenana ...... 00 i
Tavern Roadhouse __1714
Knight’s Roadhouse ..23%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse_58 -
Diamond Roadhouse..76 i
Roosevelt___89 »
Lake Minchumrna_j_ 115
Trappers’ Cabin _ 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 150
Telida Roadhouse . 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse__.. 187
East Fork Roadhouse .„...) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse ...... 227%
Big River Roadhouse. .. 241
McGrath . 268
Takotna ... 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .. 291
Ophir..... 309
McCafferty .306
Brown Creek shelter eabin_318
Frits shelter cabin ... 383
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Schermeyer R. H. ....360
Iditarod ...376
Flat .. 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
Crooked Creek shelter ...eabin, 19
miles from Bonanza
. from Flat.
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Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and. Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
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Chnned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
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