PROBABLY
DROWNED
Has August Scharfe
Met Death in Waters
of South Fork?
That August ocbarfe. better lc»own
Ay his familiars as Mountain Climber,
has met deetn in the treacherous
eaters of the South Fork of the Hus-;
kokwim. seems to be borne out by re
ports which reached McGrath early !
Ibis y.’eei: from Prank Cioli’s South
Fork headquarters according to Joe
Oats, ( who returned here Wednesday
from JdcGr&th.
These reports are to the effect that
Mr. Scharfe Jeft-his camp, near Frank
Cioli’^ placet some davs ago to go over
his tr^p line,, in covering which he was
required to traverse an oblong ceurse,
necessitating three crossings over the
South Foek, the distance of which all
Reindeer
Meat
Fresh Killed
30c Lb.
I On Sale:
j
N. C. Company
J. H. McLean
\
A. H. Twitchell
told might be anywhere from 65 to 80
miles.
Accounts and details are meagre.
A bout all that is known i$ that either
t wo or th ee of Scharfe’s team of six
dogs returned to Cioli’s place, while- a
third was found froxen to death lu a
trap.
Conjectures at this time are that,
while crossing the South F"rk, Schaife
; and his two wheel dogs were drowned,
the other dogs later making ,thejr es
cape by gnawing themselves loose from
the tow line just ahead of the wheel
dogs.
Four searching parties, the personnel
of which The Times has not been able
to learn, are covering the Held in an
effort to solve the mystery.
7 Americans Pungle
Up to Chinese Bandits
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! London, Jan. 15.—Seven Americans
were robbed by Chinese bandits who
i boarded their train between Felling
: and Tientsin, according to dispatches
from the latter city today Tbs Amer
! icans gave up $10,000. B< tb soldiers
on the train remained in igooranoe of
the holdup.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Port. Townsend.—Though 75'years of
age, James Townsend Fullerton, 'for
mer mayor of this placei will leave for
Alaska in the sprit tr iu quest of S lost
gold mine. _
■ Seattle.—The missing Captain *De
gueldor, according to his intimates,
wag engaged to a young woman of Ghe
halis. _____
Mexico City.—United States Secre
tary of State Hughes will visit Mexico
City as the guest of President Calles.
San Diego. —Mrs. Dan Mulkern and
J. P Nolan were killed in the collision
of two-automobiles here, Thursday.)
—
Rome.—The police Thursday arrest
ed thirty-three communists; of whom
eleven were women.
Seattle.—Mrs. Josephine Atwood, 75,
principal owner of the Hotel Atwood,
died Monday. _
Sacramento.—The legislature ratified
the child labor amendment. Tuesday
afternoon. _
Chicago.-^Wheat for a brief spell
jumped to two dollars a bushel. Tues
day.
Olympia. — Hartley inaugurated gov
ernor, Tuesday.
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Mrs. Robert E. Lowrie
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AIRMAIL
Sutherland s Bill Ask
ing Extension to Alas
ka Passes House.
Washington.—A hill authorizing the
Postamste^ General to extend the air
mail service to the Territory of Alaska
passed the House Monday.
Experimental Bights last winter
make.the extension of the air mail ser
vice ic-Alaska entirely feasible. Dele*
irate Sutherland told the House com*
cnittee. The bill asks that special con*
tracts be let for the carrying of mail
through Alaska during certain periods.
From Langley Field, Virginia, where
he* is engaged in educational work for
voyng fevers, Lieut. Hen Eielson writes
of the coming glory of Alaska as a
9v4ng centeri as be seen it fram where
he she in the cockplt .wf his flving ma
chine. All By,era! eves are turned on
us, and th'e government needs only the
price to start things ip the aerial mail
way to cover ail Alaska with an effect*
ive and worth-vrhile mail service, at a
sawing >' m >a^y to the government.
I
Sine- aniving back Ea*t Eielsoo
state- t.n». he has been doing nothing
else but explain why Alaska needs gov
ernment planes and has received ihe
best encouragement. .
Lieut. Lockwood was ordered by the
chief to prepare plans for a two year
aerial map pine-.project to photograph,
a moot; other yarts, the entire Yukon
: river. Elelson states be went over the
! plans with him.' and he has asked for
three Douglas planes and eighteen
extra Liberty motors to he distributed
through- Alaska.
The architectural office wa* ordered
to design hangars for Alaska. Tbs
tactical office received orders to pre*
pare plans for an entire squadron to
he distributed through Alaska, to ex
periment, to finding landing lelds, and
gather lata.
Of-course, all this may not material
ize. hut some of it is bound to. Kelson
savs be emphasised that we have living
squadrons in all our island possessions,
but to date the army knows practically
nothing about conditions in Alaska,
where the airplane is needed as badlv
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Meals
Pool Room
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and
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as anywhere else in the world. They
all admit this to he true.
The chief of the air mail service,
Col. Henderson, declared that be has
prepared, himself, a bill asking for six
or more planes on Alaskan air mail
runs.
Mystery Surrounds
Seaborg Case, Seattle
Sennit*. Jan. A3,-Eruest Seaborg.
state supervisor of food fisheries, has
been missing from his home since last
Frida; morning, and the authorities
have begun search for him. It is
feared that be has met with foul plav
or fatal accident.
Seattle.—Not satisfied with the coro
ner's verdict of accidental drowning,
the authorities today beg *.o a thorough
investigation into the cause of the
death of Ernest Seaborg.
Mr. nod Mrs. Leon G. Loomis and
daughters, Lillian and Margaret, left
Wednesday for a few days' risit in Mo !
Graih.
Frank Larson left Wednesday for
McGrath.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Ike Spinks and Ed Smith, your
heirs and assigns:
You. and each of you. are hereby no
tified that I, the undersigned, your co
owner. hare expended in labor and im
proretnents the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars per rear for the |
years 1»21, 1922 and 1#2J upon the
Pack Mule Association placer mining
claim, situated on Otters creek, a trib- ,
utary of Iditarod rirer, in the Otter ]
11 1 “ ..H
Tokotna Igloo; of
Pioneers, No. 14
Re^ilftisMeut^g We.dn^s
nesday, irJanuary 21^ t
I I!■ I IITW1 III —l—IIS—III - 'll
mining and recording precinct, Ter
i ritory of Alaska, Id order to bold said ;
claim under the provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States sod 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 expenditure, as well
as the cost-of recording the same, and
i the costs of this ad vertisenaent. your
interest iu. said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your eo-- -
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure under the terms of said Sec
tion 2324 of,the Revised Statutes of.the
United States.
D. 8. McDowell,
Co-Owner.
Dtte of first publication, Nov. f, 1V24.
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Chickens, Turkeys
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- kinds of. Sausages,
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Beef Toftgues
Spare f Ribs,
Bacon >, Ham
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Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
Old Potatoes wsi^?'“T $6 Per Crate
Swift's Premium Bacon, 60c per pound..
Swift's Premium Ham, 50c per pound
Armour's Bacon, 40c per pound
Dog Bacon, 20c per pound
Dog Salmon, $14 per 100 pounds
Dog Cracklings, $12 per 100 pounds
Bring Your Can
Tank Gasoline, 75c Per Gallon
Or $67.50 for a 100-gallon tank
All above at our Tokotna Store
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