EDDIE McKELVEY, NORTHERN
SOURDOUGH, BREAKS BREAD
AT THF. WHITE, HOUSE
Eddie McKelvey, one of the best
knpwn. sourdoughs in allcther North
land, having mined in practically all
of,the placer camps of, the -Yukon
country, from Dawson to Nome, re
turned this wweek, after haying en
joyed a vacation trip as far East as
Washington Gity, the nation’s capital.
In the Capital , City Mr. McKelvey
met his old mining partner, Hon. X*an
A. Sutherland* Delegate to Congress
from Alaska; Soon after the Ruby
tamp was .brought in, be and Dan
mined on Flqt creek, in the Ruby dis
trict. Eddie broke bread with Presi
dent Cbyivigt* t/ie’olrt -sourdough lead
ing in the conversation, and had an
opportunity vto tell the Chief Execu
tive something about the wonders of
the Northland. While Eddie felt Hon
ored at dinner guest of the
ion’s ohiefhe was none too com
•f.»b:e.>i».the harness it was neces
sary to wear, a full dress suit suit.
Eut experience is a good teacher, and
row Eddie'can swing abont in at dress
suit with the same ease and comfort
of a blizfc lounge lizard. But it was
difficult * Jo get used^to, and Eddie is
soon goasgibaek to the land where the
mtyi in .the: overalls can take affront
seat anywhere, any time.
Eddie1 McKelvey is a typical sour
dough. 'i He has mine din '; Dawson,
Nome, Fairbanks,' Iditargd, and for
many years has been on -Doorman
creek, Of the Ruby district,*and knows
about, ail.the mining men <«f the big
country up yonder. - He*1s stopping at
th* Diller Hotel. . H Cl-may start
north on ,-Saturday’s northbound boat,
or -he may-lay over in Seattle until a
week latfer. But there isn't‘any doubt
whatever about, big going back soon.
White an Washington,-.- Mr. McKel
vey met Peter Dom'd, theJ well known
Koyukuk mining man,-and Mrs.,-Mc
Arthur of Fairbanks."- Onrf his way
home he stopped in Chfeago-for a day
and called see AlbnW^iWk. the for
r it Nome attorney*--Fink-was not in
a*, the time, and Eddie left, a- card.
MrJ Filfkvis never quite^sp happy as
whop., meeting ppsjwith to former, Nome
Iriendrpf hi^ and he was keenly dis
appointed at.missing the• sourdough.
—Alaska Weekly.
Evb'tjitien ha& [.ceased rtri«h man is
Retrograding, declares a Princeton
scientist, who, we fear, has been read
ing, the Harvard LapuMKHiv-rtTMcago
Evening.
If a rich rtian-ean’t get a seat in the
Senate and- a poor- man can’t get
elected, perhaps the thing wilL.tfe abol
ished.—Muakogee Phoenix:. .
Thin great peaceful country hasn't a
single,-fortified, city along the: border
except Chicago.—Washington Post.
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BATTLESHIPS OP AMERICAN
FLEET TO CHANGE TO Oil
‘ WASHINGTON—A new. em , i
United States, naval, history will hav
fully dawned at the end of the yea
1927,. when, the archaic coal^burninj
, battleship, tbarn more than a centur
ago through .the inventive genius °
Robert Fulton, vi)l be a thing of th
eventful. pa.'t.
Threu dreadnoughts, the Utah,i th
Wyatt :ig and the New , York, whic
in their days haye oonsumed unknowi
quantities of fuel, remain to be mod
emized. They will have a new set o
innardanamely, oil-burning furnaces
to place them: on & par with otbe
first rate ships of the fleets. Whei
they are turned out of drydock the;
wilL mark fulfillment of a program in
augurated more than ten years age
when oil was determined more de&ir
able as a ship fuel.
Disappearance of the coal .burner i
a sequel to the fading of the romanc
which the full-vail7rigged frigate im
parted to the main.. Ini 1815 Robec
Fulton built for the navy the firs
“fire-eating monster” which churne*
its magical course out to sea, spellin]
doom to the. historic wind-jammer:..
Nearly a century, later;, in 1910, th
North Dakota, first United States bat
tleship to utilize oil. as fuel, was com
missioned.
The trio- o. fvessels. to undergo re
conditioning in the present year, ar
, all more than ten years old. Th
change of oil fuel .consumption, to
FORFEITURE .'NOTICE.
I To John II. Anderson, hia heirs, ex
ecutors, assigns and ^successors ii
interest:
I You, and each of you, are berehj
[ notified that, the undersigned, througl
power of attorney frpjn Frank E
Johnson, .has expended .. for annua
labor and improvements the sum o
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pe
year for the years 1910, 1920, 1921
1922. , 1923. 1024. 1926 and 192S. <
total,of.years years, upon the follow
ing described placer mining claims, al
located n the Ruby Recording District
Territory of Alaska:
No. 3 Above Long. Creek,, one-hal
interest;
No. 3 Right Limit Bench, Lonj
Creek ,one-fourth, interest;.
Lone Pine Claim, Long Creek, one
half interest;
Keystone Association, Long Greek
one-fourth interest..
iuai tui ui imuu worn ana improve
| menu were required by law -an
i were put upon said claim in compli
*uce therewith in order to .hold, th
same for each said year and there
after, all of said, work, haying bee
; performed by Jensen & .WiklumL.
And if within ninety (90) days afte
{the publication of this notice you-a.'.
I each of you do not contribute to. th
I undersigned your proportion of „sai
4 expenditure for each said claim fo
! each said year, your interest in sai
! claims wiU become the property o
i the undersigned, according to the pro
| visions of Section.2324, Revised. Stat
' utee of the United States.
H. JENSEN,,
Attorney in Each for
Frank E. Johnson.
1 First [>u bication, January 1, .1922..
Last publication, April 9,. 1927..
{-In the Prohate . Court,. Euakokwii
j Precinct, Fourth Division,.Alaakj
before George W.. Hoffman, Com
missioner and exHjfficio - Probat
; Judge.
In the matter of the Estate., o
' ‘Thomas Anderson, deceased,
j Notice of Administrator's Sale.,
j Notice is hereby given, that, pod#
! and in pursuance of. an order, .mad
| and entered by the above. Probat
i Court on the 2nd day of-. January
1 1927, in the above matter, I will offe
j .for sale at public auction on Saturday
( •the 12th day. of February, 1922, at, 1
510’cock in the forenoon of -said day ,,a
;\ha Office of tho. United. States Com
1 missioner at. Nepamnte, Alaska, th
] following,described, property, to-wit^
An undivided one-quarter intercs
] in and to the certain pacer minify
t, claims known, aud described* as thi
j Alder Associatipaand the Julian As
is Hociation claim, each of said claim
j being situated on Julian, Greek, ii
1 the Kuskokwim Recording Pre
j oinct. Fourth.Division,.Territory o
Alaska.
! Said sale* wdiL.be for cash, to thi
i highest bidder and sub/ect to the^ap
[ proval and confirmation of the abow
1 entitled <5otnd.
DetedJwrmanr, 2nd, 1927.
II. M. HANSEN*
Administrator of the Estate of
u Thp.inaat.Abdbraon, deceased- .
gether with extensive overhauls in
Boston, Philadelphia and Norfolk
: navy yards, is expected to rejuvenate
i ;thenu
Advantages of oil are found by
r; navy officials in its concentration ofj
E! power in less mass than coal, its'
f ■ cleanliness and adaptability for hand
f j ling. Oii has -a higher combustion
? efficiency and gives all ships greater
cruising range. .
8. Most of the newer oil-burning bat
»: tleships are electricallyrpropelled. Oil
l burners generate steam* which, in turn
- spin turbines for the generation of
f electric current. Submarines, of
- course, are electrically outfitted.. All I
r. the navy’s destroyers burn oil.,
v -
f If you don’t, know what the. S»
. burban Handicap is, ask any man who
, .is trying to pay f or ,a;buogalo w. on
. the installment plan,—New Yprk
American.
* About the only thing a.jnan needs
to become political, timber is. the abil
L lty to pianjc down—tl t*a»a Times.
1 NOTICB OP FORFEITURE..
' To Max Altman,'his heirs, executors,
assigns -and successors in in
v tereati
You, and each of_you,?.are hereby
notihtd that the undersigned' has ox
- pended for annual labor One Hun
dred Dollars (f 100:00) per year for
. the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920,1921,
1933,. 1923, 1924 and ; 1925, upon the
' following described mining claim, in
■ Ruby Recording District* Territory of
- Alaska:
The SANDBAG ASSOCIATION
CLAIM, on-Greenstone Creek, a.-trib
utary of Long Creek, in order to- hold
said claim under. the provisions of
- iaw protecting_annua) labor on min
1 ing claims.
And if within ninety .(991,days after
r the publication of..this notice.you, or
1 any of .you, fail.to pay your portion
j of the amount expended on.jthe above
| claim, your interest in said claim will
i become forfeited - to the.-undersigned
r co-owner, according to the, provisions
* of Section 3324 .Revised Statutes of
1 the United States..
: DAN-SUTHERLAND.
* Firat publication, January 1, 1927.
> Last publication. April-». 1927.
TENNESSEE WINS IN COURT
ACTION TO SUSTAIN LAW
WASHINGTON.—The constitution
ality of the Tennessee statute prohib
iting the teaching of evolution in the
schools of that State is upheld by a
decision of the supreme curt ,£ the
United States, rendered today, op
posing of the appeal ol Trol'oasor
John T. Scopes, former Tennessee
school teacher, who- was convicted of
violating the so-called “monkey law.”j
While upholding the validity of the!
law, the supreme court reversed the
verdict, of the lower court on the
grounds that a julge cannot impose a
fine for violation in excess of $50..
HUGE VOLUME OF
MODERN BUSINESS
The. United States Steel Corpora
t.inn Hops tiparlv a hillinn oml « Violf
of business in a year; the Standard
Oil Company is a close second, with
considerably over a billion; the yen
eral Motors Corporation is third, with
about three-i'uarters of a billior
business; the Pennsylvania Railroad
Corporation is slightly less than the
Ucneral Motors. The net profits of
ihe Standard Oil Company last year
were ever $111,000,000. The Pullma;.
Company made net prolts of $15,751,
J67 last year.—Ex .
DANCES BARKED.
MOSCOW.—The sov ipreme
council for physical edu •- barred
Ine American fox trot, Crorny and
Charleston as unfit f r Russian
youth. Health Commi. r Sen*
ashko denounced the dao es as tl *
'indecent product of the fat A me
ican bourgeoise.”
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A GRAND BALL
[ii. Honor of Washington’s
Birthday, at
Larson House
! Saturday Night, Feb. 26th
Best of Music and a good time assured
ail who come.
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