rap KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sol*
Owner and Editor.. .
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fettered as second-class matter August
Ntb, iy23,j at tbe Post Office at
Tekotna, Alaska, under the
Act o*.March *v!87S. ^ .
TOEQT^Ay A^Ag^*. DEC. ,27. 102V
at .
Kanatak strikes Im*
mense Gas Pressure
Anchorage Tinea.
The Standard Oil Gnmpaoy, drilling
at Fjparl Dome. Kanatak, struck an ino
asenpe gas pressure on November Tat a
depth of 3.000 feet, which forced water
out pf the well at the rate of one thou*
land barrels a day.
The well has been capped, and the
drillprsare waiting for cement, which
was flue at Kanatak on tbe 22d.
Both the Standard and the Assoeiat
•d qil companies are very optimistic
aboqt the possibilities-of oil being
struck in the very near future.
On account of the wirelese station of
She Standard OH Company at the seep
age,, 1? miles from the town of Kan
atak, being out of commissioa, this
message wasesnt on tbe steamer Starr.,
which was en route from Kanatak to
Dut<^h Harbor, to be wirelessed from
therf to Anchorage. j
—
Some Titfedfi Wo’ll Say.
The following ia from tbe Independ
ent §quawk, n.paper published aboard
the Victoria. on one of her recent trips
North:.
“It was in the summer of 1922 when
Fairbanks rode Into Nome on a White
Horse. Hare he met Ruby, a beautiful
daughter of Nome. A whirlwind court
ship, followed. He bad'a Skagway
about him and was willing to Teller
anytbiof. Juneau, he won her. They
were,married by 8t. Michael at Holy
Croeq. Now it is learned that the wed
1 Machine; Black
I smith and.
Sheet Metal Work
s
All Kindt of Reptin,
;; f
Stoves Built
utd Repaired
••
Rah&*£LLowrie
, « Tokatna, Alaska
-immm.■—
I
ding was a fake, just a Bluff. Be baa
cast her from her home, clad ooly in ao
Eaat Cape. A Council, japs called in
Nome, and the Marshall la hot on his
trail. It is rumored that the villain
Fairbanks is seeking Anchorage in
Dim* Creek,. Alaska. Law) must act
with Hot (Springs ar.d play,, the Ram
part, Cirole the Territory if necessary
with an Eagle boat, but put the tieod
where he will Dover .-leave another
beautiful daughter of the Northland
Flat.”
" 1 J PJ "• '»RI "l,.". 1 _
Playwright {Takes a \
Drinks If cftfriy jboses
the Sight <rf One Eye
New- Yorl*.—William Mack, play
wright and -author, was temporarily
blinded in on* pye-Jor over a week as
the result .of taking a drink which con
tained wood alcohol.-1.
Mack said this morning; "I never
rnadp * promise to Broadway before,
but I Ml make .one -now. The next per
,soo who sees me take a drink I'll kiss
and gin a, rose on him, I’ve been
taught a lessen. No more hootch for
me.
“Pussyfoot Johnson- lost an eye for
telling the people not to take a drink.
I nearly lost mine because 1 did take
one.”
Fogs and Clouds Made
to Break by “Shoot
ing” Electrified: Sand
Washington —Using electrifie.1 sand,
a process devised by Dr. L. Francis
Warren, of Harvard -University, two
army aviators successfully “shot* down”
a series of clouds which overshadowed
Bolling Field.. The smaller groups of
clouds disappeared entirety .under the
attack, while'tbe-heavier masses criss
crossed an artificial chasm, through
which the ana’s rays pierced brightly
to earth.
Experiments in the destruction of
fogs and clouds by the use-of electrified
sands are to be carried out extensively
under government supervision at Bol
ling Field, and army planes, equipped
with the device patented by Dr. War
ren, have been detailed exclusively to
that work, and daily flights are to be
made .during the next six weeks-to de
termine the value of this latest iuveo
sioo to pieree through fogs and clouds
for use in both peace ane war.
Regarding Assessment
Workr Mining, Claims
Owing to considerable confusion re
garding the performance of annual as
sessment work on mining claims, the
following article from the pen of Mau
rice £>. I-.eehy, reprinted from the
:f Alaska Weekly, will serve to correct
Some verv erroneous impressions: ,
s ‘‘In Alaska tne anoual assessment
work must be completed befdre noon of
July I..
" “Further, the failure- to fully com
plete assessment work in Alaska, be
fore the end of the fiscal year for which
the work-is intended, absolutely for
feits-the location and renders - it void.
.Such a failure in the States merely
- renders them subject to . forfeiture;
that is, the ground may be located by
..another qualified -locator. But in- the
For a Nice Lunch
0^ First-Class Meal
LOdlAt
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
Stares, an owner who failed to do the
assessment work oo such a mining
claim may still hold it by resuming
work, if he does so before anvbodv else
has made a new location on the ground.
In other words, such a failure in the
States merelv makes the claim ‘subject
to forfeiture.’ while the failure id
Alaska actually forfeits and terminates
all rights of the locator. An Alaskan
location cannot be held after such fail
ure b.v resuming work or by continuing
work started before the end of the as
sessment year and not completed in
time. The Alaska locator loses his
claim even if no location is attempted
by anybody else. The only way such a
locator in Alaska can bold such ground
is by a new location, and in Alaska a
forfeiting claim owuer cannot make a
Dew location of the same ground until
another year has passed. See Act of
Congress of March 2, 1907 ( 35 Stats. L.
1243). Thatcher ys. Brown. 190 Feh.
70^and 711 111 C C. A 436 ”
Washington.—The proceeds of the
inaugural ball, to be held Maroh 4tht
with President and Mrs. Coolidge at
tending. are to be turned over to char
ity organisations.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To R. B. Brown and Frankie Chew,
vour heirs and assigns:
You, and each of vou, are hereby no
tified that I, the undersigned, your co
owner, have expended in labor and im
provernents the sum of uot less than
one hundred dollars per tear for the
vears 1921, 1922 and 1923 upon the
Paelt Mule Association placer mining
claim-, sit uated on Otter creek, a trib
utary of Idifearod river, in the Otter
mining and recording precioct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under >h» provisionsof Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United Stales and the amendments
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you. or either
of you. 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
interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure under the terms of said Sec
lion 2324-of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
D. Sr MODONBLt*.
Co Owner.
Date of first publication. Sept. 20; 192#:
Bate of last publication; Dec. 27, 1924.
In the Probate Court fop- Otter pre
cincv. Fourth division, Territory, of
Alaska, before the Bftmorabie E. J>.
Steir. Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of William
Pringle, deceased—Probate No. 50;
Notice of .Final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the hear*
ing of objections to-the final report and
: account- of Samuel Appiebaum, as ex
ecutorof the estate of William Priogle,
deceased, will be held in the Probate
Court room at Flat, Alaska, on Satur
day, January 17i h, 1925, at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Dated. Flat, Alaska, Sept. 27rh. 1924.
E. J. STEIR.
Probate Judge.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
lditarod, Alaska,.
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs; Jean McLean
Notary Public
x Tokotna, Alaska
Tokotna
Pool Halil
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft !
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack -Mutchler
Proprietor
Blackburn
8c Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
Fresh Goods
Provisions,' Notions
and Hardware
The best, Shoe Pac. They stand
the wear. ••
Fish Netting
Fur Bought and Sold
Bring us your fur to be made up.
We represent a good and
reliable bouse.
Hood’s Rubber Goods •,
Vi ft*
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Ggarsjobaccos, Candies, Fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
V
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
« 4
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt Wallace Langley, Manager.