CARRIES A
HUGE SUM
$330,000,000 Army Ap
propriation Measure
Passes House.
Washington, Jan. 20. — The
army appropriation bill, carry
ing one third of a billion dollars,
was passed tonight by the
House, after the rivers and har
bors bloc had put through an
amendment increasing the item
for waterway projects from
$37,000,000 to $50,589,000 and
items for completing the Muscle
Shoals dam and power project
had been accepted.
Prohibition Official
On Way to Alaska
Seattle.—Dr. R. O. Matthews, spe
cial assistant to Roy A. Moynes, fed
eral prohibition commissioner, arrived
here todav, en route to Alaska. Mat
thews will be accompanied North by
John B. Marshall, of Jnneau, prohibi
tion enforcement director for Alaska.
Deputy Marshal Peter McMullen,
who bas been enjoying; a vacation of
some weeks oq the Outside, is due to
returo here within the next few days.
Mr. McMullen is now eo route here
via the Minchumina route, having left
Kobi this morniDg. according to a tele
gram received today by Dr. W, F.
Green.
Ira Wood and Dave Mutchler, who
arrived here Saturday last on their
way to the Outside, left,Monday morn
ing for Rig river, taking the trail to
Kobi._
Billy Duffy, with Outside mail, ar
rived Sunday afternoon from Big river.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
I
Shoe Repairing
Sign£Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
WOULD ASK
EARLY BIDS
Delegate Favors Winter
and Summer Service
Via Minchumina.
Regarding the Minehurnina route,
and corroborating advices heretofore
received concerning the awarding of
early mail contracts for next winter’s
service, Delegate Dan Sutherland, in a
letter to Commissioner W. F. Green,
writes as follows:
“I reoeived your telegram of Dec.
12th re the mail route by wav of Lake
Mincbuminu, and in reply will say that
I have realized for a long time that
that route is the proper oca for carry
ing mail into the Interior in winter,
and am inclined to believo that the
summer mail should go that way also,
and am making representations to the
department to that effect.
“The whole trouble with the Min
chumina route is that the contract was
awarded too late in the season, and il
am now urging tbe department to call
for bids for next winter so that the
award will be made some time in April
and thus the contractors will have
have plentv of time in which to pre
paid for their winter’s work. There is
no good reason why tbe :i£uskokwitn
vallev should not have© 'frequent win
ter and summer service from the rail
road, and I believe the Postoffice de
partment would take that view of it.
My efforts now are directed toward the
awarding of a summer contract at an
early date, so that arrangements can
be made for summer transportation.”
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, Kd MeArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
aud assigns:
You are hereby notified that I, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sura of not h-ss than one hundred dol
lars [$100.h0] for the years 1920 and
1921 upon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct. Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period ending Juue
30, 1921.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice vou fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests 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. Cecil. Barlow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Jan. 6, 1923.
Date of last publication. April 7,1923.
Will be Open for '
Business at Ta
cotna, Feb. 1
Dr. D. C. Hardy !
SI
Rather Than Face
Penalty, Murderer
Ends His Own Life
Toledo, Wash.—Rather than face
the penalty for his crime, Horace Hen
dricks last night placed a pistol to his
head—the same pistol with which he
killed Mark J. Crowder, a Seattle taxi
driver—and before the heavily-armed
posse which confronted him coujd act,
the murderer ended his life.
Death of A. EL Maltbv.
Alfred E. (“Ned”] Maltby, assistant
United States district attorney at Ket
chikan, and formerly United States
commissioner at Iditarod. in the early
days of that camp, passed awav on the
~20th of last month. Death was due to
influenza, followed by a severe attack
of pneumonia. Mr. Maltby leaves a
wife and two children. The remains
were shipped to Seattle for burial.
Louis Gorman. Big River merchant,
arrived Monday fer a brief business
visit.
Owen Gray returned here Monday,
.after a trip to the Nixon mines.
Harding Improving,
But Still Needs Rest
Washington.—President Harding, on
the advice of Dr. Sawyer, continued ,ic
seclusion in his room today. The Pres
ident is still quite weak from his at
tack of grippe, amd although much im
proved, his physician declares he is in
need of more rest.
Tom Saknuff, Tacotna, was a yester
day arrival.
For Clean, Comfortable Rooms
Stop at
Snyder
House
Flat City. Good Dog Barns
C. M. PEDERSEN
Commercial Co.
of Alaska
While! ItT Lasts, Our
Stanfield Underwear
Will Cost You
$7.50 Per Suit
Trappers, do not forget that we will pay the best
prices for your Fur, or, if preferable, we will
advance a liberal amount of money on your
Fur and ship on a commission basis.
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient