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riu> Government cual washing plant
.-at Sutton, on the .vlaianuska branch
of the Alaska kaUruad, which has the
largest and most up-to-date washery
on the Pacific coast, when it was com
pleted in nlbUlJ, at a cost of approxi
mately half .a million dollars, is to be
wrecked this winter and its valuable
timbers, which are virtually as good
*s new, will be used in the erection
of snowsheds and cither new work
^planned by the railroad.
Suspension of payments under the
prospectors’ aid act of Alaska until
March 31 was announced recently by
1>. B. Stewart, commissioner of trans
portation in charge of the fund. The
funds for the first half qf the bien
nium are exhausted and no addi
tional funds are available until the
\ (beginning of the last year of the bi
ennium, April 30, 1930.
Jack Parks’ failure to pay his
..school tax got him'into serious trou
ble, says the Fairbanks News-Miner.
\\ hen Deputy U. S. Marshal Pat
(O’Connotr executed a warrant for
Parks’ arrest on a charge of not pay
ing the tax Parks was alleged to have
ibeen found in the highly compromis
ing situation of trying to dispose of a
(bottle of liquor.
It is said that when the deputy
called at a cabin in search of Parks
the latter was looking out of a -win
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FLAT, ALASKA
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Will be in Flat Early
September Until De
5 cember 1.
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ITINERARY:
Flat,
Ophir,
Takotna,
McGrath,
Lower Kuskokwira.
Bethel.
-daw and recognition wds mutual.
Parks made a bee line for the door
and locked it before the officer could
state his case. j
Deputy O’Connoor wasted no time
in formalitties but entered by the'
simple expedient of breaking down
the dqor, to see, it is said, Parks
poised over the cellar door with an
upturned bottle of liquor in his hand.
It didn’t pour fast enough, however,
according to the official account, and
what remained of the contentts of the
bottle came under federal jurisdiction
aiong with Parks.
.Now l arks is confroonted not only
of the charge of not paying his school
j tax but tne niulh more serious one
of unlawful possession of liquoor in
; violation of the Alaska bone dry law.
There is considerable optimism
along the lower Kuskokwira about
platinum mining operations in the
' Good Mews Bay area. The dozen or
so men working there last season
took out between 400 and 500 ounces
of platinum, which brought Between
$80 and $90 an ounce. These unusu
ally high figures were paid because
of the presence of iridium in the plat
inum.
Suits against the Federal Govern
ment are contemplated by the Alas
kan Native Brotherhood, composed of
Indians, who are seeking to recover
compensation for certain righto
; claimed to have been held at one
j time and which passed into other
j hands following the purchase of
A.*iska by the United States.
AlUlions of dollars are understood
to be at stake in the proposed action,
which involves Indian lands, fishing
I streams, hunting and trapping
| grounds, forests and mining lands
At a convention of the Brotherhood
! livid recently at Haines, Willlan. I..
: ••■ill and James Wickersham, now a
! candidate for delegate from Alaska
; in rhc April primaries, were retained
, as attorneys.
Before any siut can be initiated
i against the Government, however, it
i will be necessary for Congress to
j grant legislative authority. It is
j planned to have Delegate Sutherland
introduce such a bill at the present
! session of Congress. ,
The recently organized Alaska
Steel & Wire Company, which is es
(tablishing a plant at Ketchikan for
the manufacture of wire neting for
fish traps, will have a market for all
the netting it can produce during the
; winter, according to a statement is
sued by Henry Koden, Veil knomn
pldtimer of the lditarod and Fair
! banks districts, and now a prominent
attorney of the First division, who
is president of the new concern. The
| company already has orders for 4,000
j rolls of netting, he says.
The company is incoorporated un
F. G. H. SPENCER
SnccenaorB to Northern Commercial Co. At
Takotna, Alaska
Merchandise
der the laws of Alaska for $100,000,
and the directors are all well known'
residents of Southeastern Alaska.
> In the past most of the wire net
ting has been- manufactured in San
^ Francisco and shipped to Seattle for
distribution to the salmon packers.,
tty manufacturing it in Ketchikan,
Mr. Roden pointed out, the packers
^ and trapmen will be able to get the
■ product right at h^me, saving
Bfre';ht, hauling and storage. The
■jcohnpany will ship its wire on rolls
■direct from the steel mills and man
ufacture the finished prouuc* .at
Ketchikan.
COMPELS UNION PAG1PIC
K. R. TO CONSTRUCT .UNE
18(1 MILES LONG, OREGON
WASHINGTON.—The Interstate
Commerce Commission today for the.
; first time asserted its power to coru
a rai.road to *.build -against its
will extensive new lines when it di
rected the Union Pacific system to
i construct 180 miles of line between
! Crane and Crescent. Lake, Ore., at an ,
approximate east <of .$0,000,000.
ttecrase .of the .principles involved,
i the proceedings draw in all railroads
j of the Pacific system .
j In handing down its vrddict the
j Commissioon also ruled .that it had!
power to compel railroads to) under-J
! take work. j
'1 he Oegon & Wa&hingtoon Ra.il
! road & Navigation Company, a sub->
sidiary of the Union Pacific, was di- ‘
rected to begin actual construction j
' oof the new line.
!
United States Deplty Marshal J.
j H. Hubbard and Mrs. Hubbard ware
| among yesterday arrivals at Mc
Grath, following a vacation of some
weeks over at Fairbanks.
Robert Lowrie, after a stay of'sev
eral days at McGrath, returned Fri
da, coming up with Henjry Martelisk
Mrs. Georg* YV. Clyde ahd Bsrttha
; Albi were among yesterday arrivals
i for a shoort visit' here.
'Chris ‘.Nelson returned today .'from
: an overnight visit at McGrath, mstfc
! fng the Tound trip via airplane.
I . ...
1 Albert Ivey, coming »p ’from ■Me
| Grathb, was a yesterday arrival- for
| a brief visit here.
—
Miss Helen and Miss .Elsie Rieek,
from Ophir, were among the vreekbs
i visitors.
i H. C. Wallick, McGrath,'was among
i the week5s visitors.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. 1
To Peter Davey, .his heirs, -successorsr
and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
; notified that I, the undersigned, yoor
; co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1821, 1822, 192S, 1024, 1926,
1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon placer
mining claim No. 2 Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, a tributary of |
Madison creek, in the Inmoko 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
Frank J. Guskey j
Notary Public
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McGrath, Alaska }
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Du Rand’s j
Cafe and j
Hotel |
Flat City 1
uicb of the United StaeB * and the
amendments thereto .consenting •• an
j nual labor upon mining claims, being
i the amount required-to . held said min
ing claim < for the period June SO,
■ 1930.
And if,.-within; ninety days after the
| publication, -of this notice, you fail or
) refuse toicontribute your proportion
' of said v expenditure,: as well-as the
cost bfrceeording the same, and the
costs of this advertisement,, your;in
terest in .said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your eo
owmay. who. baa made the required
expenditures under the terms .of .said
Section-2324 of the Revised Statute#
of the- Umted States.
.mUNTCRIEGER,
Co-Ownar.
, First piab.' OcU. 2fte last Jan.: 26, .1940.
'JfOTICB ’Oirn^REETFUKE.
To John Bemarthanft George ‘(Sunder- ■
son, their ; beica, on- as
signs: *
. You,;. and -estehniefr jiotv 'are" hereby
notified Oat I, ttfao imdereignhd, your
co-owner, -have expended in1 labor, and
improvements thtr sum • mot -. less
than one hundred cfniars Jbrithe-yeaT
ending June IS&lj.jUpen ‘the Novi
kakct placer mining claim, * Long
Whenln
Fairbanks
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
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Proprietors
B> iflPf
creek, Nulato «*»«■«
Fourth Division, Territory of AlasfcA
in order to hold said claim under WO
provisions >of -Section 2324 .of the Bo
vised Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims,
being We amount required to hdld
said mining claim for the pentad end
ing Jane 30, 1929.
/ And if, within ninety dOV* fftw
th* publication of this notice* yoaniaU
or .refuse to contribute your iwopnr
tion of said expenditure, as-’weirds
'the cost of recording the samoji-atwl
!the costs of this advertisemdnti'your
interest in said claim will become the
ipi'iperty 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.
ROBERT DEACON,
Co-owner.
First pub. Oct. 20; last Jan. 25, fBO.
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