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McGRATH, ALASKA. MAY 9. 1923
Spray Perfumed Gas
Into Keyhole, Rob
Countess of Jewels
New York.—Perfumed gas sprayed
»through a keyhole is being employed
ipy German crooks to put their victims
'to sleep.
This was the story brought back to
>dav by Countess Alma voa Blucber,
president of the Good Will Charity
Circle, of Brooklyn, who returned on
the President Ruusevelt, stating that
she herself had been robbed of 1,7.000
worth of jewelry in a Frankfort hotel
'through this method and had been laid
up eight weeks in a hospital.
“I retired in my hotel room,” said
itbe countess, ‘‘and soon noticed a pun
vuu vyv« vi . i v " uo » vi j pi i/ucuu in a
remember but little more. When I
-•awoke mv jewels, valued at $.">,000,
were gone. When the police came and
I told them of tp ) sweet-smelling gas
they explained 5t*was a new method of
si gang of crooks and had been worked
all over Germany.
“I was frightfully HI for two months
from the effects of the gas, which the
doctors did not seem to know how to
treat. The police told me the crooks
evidently sprayed the poison fumes
through the keyhole with an atom
iser. ”
Workers in Mine Are
Startled By Specters
Eureka, Utah.—Stories circulate
here from time to time of ghosts in the
underground workings of the Tintic
Standard mine, and tne latest is that
the specter of a child, dressed in white
frock and white shoes, has appeared in
the drifts deep in the bowels of the
earth.
The miner, as a rule, i9 a supersti
tious individual, and officials of the
Tintic Standard scoff at the idea of
spooks in their mine. On one occasion
recently miners came to the surface
with reports that a spook had been
seen. Investigation developed noth
ing, and tne belief was expressed that
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what they really saw was one of their
number at work clad onlv in his under
garments.
An old Mexican miner of Eureka
•often tells of the time when he and
other workers saw the ghost of a small
bov. it first appeared when the men
were at luDch, according to the author
ity. and efforts to capture the specter
were without result.
Another ghost story revolves around
a miner who was fatally injured while
at work. This spook is described as of
a social disposition, for miners say it
rides down in the cage and then disap
pears in the drifts.
in an Oklahoma stope, several years
ago, thirteen miners died as the result
of a cavein. Survivors told Of the ap
parition of a black dog which dashed
back and forth supposedly to warn the
workers of approaching danger. In
connection with this disaster there is
supposed to be the specter of a woman, j
attired in black, who patrols the path ;
from the scene of the mishap to the
undertaking parlors where the bodies
of the dead miners were taken.
THE LITTLE JAY TOWN.
Pve been searching the highways up
and down
For the hapless, hopeless little jay
town;
But its streets are straight aDd its
pavements new. j
And the interurban comes whirl lag
through.
And its taste in motors is.quite omniv
orous,
Locomobilious as well as fflivverous;
And Broadway sings in a boxed ma
chine.
And Hollywood frolics across the
screen.
And its yokels—they of the long ago—
Now yawn in the face of the radio.
I've been looking over tbe spreading
map
For the place which we ridiculed as
Yap,
Hut 1 tind the dinners are served in
courses ,
And the smartest marriages breed di
vorces,
And the social strata of vamps and
vaneals
Has its full pro rata of scamps and
scandals.
And Uncle Josh plays the saxophone.
And Old Aunt Mary rolls her own,
Apd Reuben—he whom we deemed a
dub—
Plays the course in par at the country
club.
I’ve been peering into the innermost
nooks
For the hayseed town of the story
books;
I have heard of the place in the maga
zines,
I have seen it flicker across the
screens.
And the author, famed for his realism.
Declared it as true as the catechism:
Oh, the people were pictured as hope
less hicks.
With never two notions to clash or
mix;
But I found the .priest aad the village
roue
Discussing Freud and dissecting Coue,
And the author—he of ahe great re
nown—
I found lie lived in the little jay town!
—Edmund Vance Cooke.
"Any fool can make war,” says Lord
Curzon—and that is the reason why
wise men have to arm themselves,—
Boston Transcript.
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"Miss Pounder.” said tbe foess, "you
are a very handsome young woman.”
"Oh!” said the typist, blushing. i
“You dress neatly and you have a
well-modulated voice. I might add
that your deportment is also above re
proach.”
“You shouldn’t pay me so many com
pliments.”
"Oh, that’s all right.” said the boss.
"1 merely want to put you in a cheer
ful frame of mind before taking up the
matter of your punctuation and spell
ing.”
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
....Mineral Application No. 0550
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
I
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made Application before the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Schneirla Charles
Schneirla, and Edward Schneirla,
for a United States patent for the
Consolidated placer mining claim
bearing placer gold. kno\ n and des
cribed as No. 13 Above Gold Run
and No. 14 Above Gold Run, sit
uated on Little Creek, a tributary
of the Innoko River, about twelve
miles southeast of the town of Ophir
in the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alaska,
said Consolidated Placer Mining
Claim being designated by the Unit
ed States Surveyor General of said
District as United States Mineral
Survey No. 1279, the exterior boun
daries of which, according to the
plat and field notes now on file in
this office with a magnetic varia
tion of 24 deg. 37 min. E. are as
follows:
NUMBER THIRTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., in earth mound scribed 1-12
79-13Ab; whence: U. S. L. M. No.
1278 bears N. 56 deg. 22 min. 50
sec. E., 1003.09 ft.; thence S. 47
deg. 47 min. W. 681.7 ft. to Cor. No
2; thence N. 45 deg. 29 min. W. CIO
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 28 deg.
51 min. E. 701.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 45 deg. 49 min. E. 868.0
ft. to Cor. No. 1. and place of be
ginning, containing 11.740 acres.
NUMBER FOURTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. -
Identical with. Cor. No. 2. No.
13 Above, this survey, previously
described; whence:- U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears N. 52 deg. 54 min.;
12 sec. E. 1680.23 ft; :hence S. I
52 deg. 52 min. W 624.6 ft. to Cor. [
No. 2; thence N. 38 deg. 55 min.!
W. 514.9 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence!
N. 40 deg. 39 min. E. 560.9 ft. tq |
Cor. No. 4; identical with Ccrr. No.
3 No. 13 Above this survey, pre- j
vio’j'dy described; thence S. 45 neg. t,
29 min. E. 646.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1 1
fltlf? nf hponnninfr ^»nrrf*jniincr !
an area of 7.800 acres.
Total acres contained in said Con
solidated Claim is 19.540 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim
is situated on Little Creek, a tri- i
butary of the Innoko River, about;
twelve miles southeast Of the town i
of Ophir in the Innoko Mining &
Recording District; m the Territory
of Alaska.
The adjoinin.tr claims are on the |
northeast No. 12 Above on little
Creek, unsurveyed; on the south
west No. 15 above on Little Creek,
unsurveyed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and un
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is a hewn spruce post 8 ins.!
sq. 5 ft. above ground, painted blue, j
with stone mound around same and
chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49 deg. 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak
bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. No. 1
Dome bears North 23 deg. 43 min.
Lat 63 deg1. 04 sec. N.
Long. 156 detr. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register of United States Land Ofliee.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office at Noma
Alaska. ApHI 22, 1322.
Mineral Application No. 0546.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska, on be
half of himself and his co-owners,
Jacob W'. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schneirla, for
United States patent for the Asso
ciation Placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and descri
bed as No. 1 Below Gold Rnn ot
the Fathergill Association Placer,
on Little Creek, a tributary of In
noko River, and situated about ten
miles southeast of the town of Ophir
in the Innoko Mining and Record
ing district in the Territory of Al
(aska, said Association Placer claim
: being designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of said Territory as
U. S. Mineral Survey No. 1275; the
exterior boundries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes
thereof on file in said Land Office,
with a magnetic variation, of, 24 deg.
35 min. E., is as follows:
“Beginning at Cor. Not, 1,
A hewn spruce p st 4 ft. loDg, 4 in.
»q., in earth mound, scribed- It1275
B; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1274
boars S. 68 deg. 21 min., JE., 267.85
ft.; Thence S: 44 deg. 29 min. E.
1291 ft. to Cor. No. 2; Thence S»
37 deg. 01 min W. 5101.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; Thence N. 56 deg. .22
min. W. 739.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence N. 31 deg. 17 min E. 5360
ft. to Oor. No. 1, the place . of be
ginning, containing 120.205 acres.
The adjoining claims are, on tihe
southwest Discovery on little Creek
on the northeast No. 2 Below Gold
Run »n Little Creek, both uiisur
Veyed and claimants unknown; and
on the northwest ""d smith east
claims unsurveyed and claimants
unknown.
U. S. L. 94. No. 1275 is a hewn
spruce post R in. square, 8 ft long,
chiseled U. S. L. M. 1275, sitauted
on the left limit of Little Creek,
about: 50 feet above the bed thereof,
whence, West Twin Peak bears N.
53,-deg. ; 29. min. E.; East Twin
Peake bears N.. 57 deg. 56 min EL;
Roche or*,.top. of high mountain at
the head t o ? Little Greek bears
S. 34 degs. & mih. W.; lat. 63 deg,
6imin. AT.; Long. 156 deg. 22 min. W.
r»JOHN SUNDBACK
1 Register II. S. land Office.
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