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JFAIRRANKS C? JCLN '.'O.'D NOW
In 1920 Ccr.-Ttl James G. St-eesc
^became pr GAmt of th<- Alaska Hoad
^Commission. in In 1920 the- Congres
sional road fund was $.',50,0‘\0; in
'1921, 5425,000; in 1 >.’2. ,
1923, §050,000; in 1921, §725,000; in
1925, ?900.?'OO; in 1920. -8900,000; in
1927, §',) i0,'' '9, It was tbrnr rh his'
nnt<r'ng e(7< .-ts ami h's thorough
kt mwledyo o; facts r.en; :inj? Alaska
1 that he was able to convince Congress
to steadily nepease apyroyrati - s
for road and trail work in ' ' ,i.
On October ir., 1907, ''cneral
»Steese resigned from the \l;
Road Commission to accept a chhf
‘executive portion with the C -If Oil
'Company in Colombia, death Amer
ica. 11 her Alaska lost G - reral Steese
'the Territory lost a friend - id g. ■ ■ - -.
'ter. who worked heart and soul for
<eijrht years to briny about b tt-u- road
•'and trail conditions in Alaska. They
•lost a man who knew his Alaska bet
iter than many sourdouyhs.
By resolution of the. P r.rd of
Road Commissioners, on the elv r
: sary of his relief from duty with the
RRoad Commission, it was < reeled
1 that hereafter the highway front the
’north city limits of Fairbanks to the
1 banks of the Yukon river at Circle,
-Alaska, be designated the Stease
I highway as a tribute to and in re
membrance of the long and valuable
■ services of this abe offilcer, which
have resulted in such far-reaching
benefits to the Territory. It is also
•deemed appropriate owing to the fact
'that he originally conceived this par
ticular project.
The Seance.
Judge Webster Thayer at a dinner
m Boston was talking about spiritual
i ism.
“Sir Oliver Lodge, a first-rate sci
1 entist, is a spiritualist,” He said, “but
’his spiritualistic writings—bis spirit
talks withi^his dead son, Raymond,
; and so on--well, they all seem to
• me as ridiculous us the the anecdote.
“It’s an anecdote about a store
'wallker in a depatment store who was
a UaaJ.st. lie was managing a
v--t when a jjoung
V' ■ . i ' h .. to put her an rap
15 ’■ with her dead employer, Mr.
Brown.
‘ Certahdy, madam,’ said t.he floor
walker, rubb ag his hands and beam
.‘And would you kindly give the
vie "uni his Cliristian name, madam?’
“ r; 1 1 I’ve forgotten Mr.
1 rowr.’s Christian name,' said the
, v i i: .■ ‘but he only died last
“ . he floor walker turned to the me
dium.
w the lady-,’ he said,
...■ latest shades of
ii ;!: : r< date Cour: for Mount Me*
in., Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, before Honor
e n . i. v under pool, U. S. Com
m i - and ex-oiiicio Probate
In l in lv. or of the estate of Hu
laae Hebert, deceased.
Not ice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the
h; r.rinp of objections to the final re
port and : int of Henry C. Wallick,
a. administrator of the estate of Hu
badc Hob.: . deceased, will be heard
ai H) r.. on November 13th, 1928,
before \Y. f. Vanderpool, U. S. Com
d ex-officio Probate
do';,:, as office in McGrath, Mt.
K dv. cinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
V. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner and ex
Of’.cio Probate Judge.
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division.
In the matter of the Estate of Sam
li.'Unam, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un- :
rsigued has been appointed admin* (
istrat r of the estate of the above
named deci vent, and all persons hav
ing :.rainst said estate should
preiur.z , , within six months from
■ he date T o first publication there
1 f v. or vouchers, to the un
vv; - ‘ v store of Carlson &
r, Alaska, which is
ed as the place where
the said estate will be
Dated : i Ophir, Alaska, this 11th
day of October, 1928.
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator.
1 ate of first publication, Oct. 13, 1928.
Last publication, Nov. 10.
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Of Flat, Alaska
Candidate For Representative,
Alaska Legislature
Vote for him and have this section of Alaska
represented in Juneau.
McGrath Roadhouse
Where Trails and Rivers Meet,
You Are Cordially Welcomed
and Heartily Greeted.
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Proprietor
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We hare them in all sizes, the largest being 90x90, the next being
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Complete Line of Gents’ Furnishings
Concerning Poor (irammar.
“I have been criticised quite a littie
by some of the town smart Alecks for
us.!k: poor grammar,” ran an edi
torial in a Kansas weekly. “Now, I
have three good reasons for this. In ;
the first place, I don’t know any bet- I
tor. Second, half of you would not I
understand it if I did use it. Third,
l 1 did speak and write correctly, I
might be managing some* big New
rk a; r at :: large salary and you
farmers would lose the best editor in
e county.”
O 'BEF. \ND
None: OF ELECTION
To He Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928
In the Office of the United States
Commis -loner at McGrath, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to an
Act of Congress approved May 7,
1906, entitled “An Act Providing for
the Election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska,” and An Act of
Congress, Approved August 24, 1912,
entitled “An Act to Create a Legis
lative Assembly in the Territory of :
Alaska, to Confer Legislative Powers
Thereon, and for Other Purposes,”
It is hereby ordered that for the
purposes of the general election to be .
held on November G, 1928, all the ter- .
ritory in the recording district known
as Mt. McKinley Recording District, ,
outside of incorporated towns, is - ‘
hereby divided into voting precincts 4
in each of which a polling place is
hereby specified.
The said voting precincts-are desig
nated, described and bounded as fol
lows:
Voting Precinct No. 1, from Big J
River down stream to Swift River and ,
all its tributaries, except Takotna
River. Tolling place at U. S. Com-!
missioner’s Office, in the town of Me-:.
Grath.
Voting Precinct No. 2, the Takotna 1
River from Nixon Forks to the head,!
and all it stibutaries. Polling place at
Pioneer Hall, Takotna.
Voting Precinct No. 3, from Big
River to the head of the Kuskokwim
P.iver, and all its tributaries. Polling
place a I, Berry’s Store, Medfra.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 6, 1928, for the purpose of i
electing the following officers, to-wit:
A Governor for the Territory of,
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives for the Territory of
Alaska,
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska,
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska,
Fou Members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Territory of |
Alaska, :
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. 4. j
The election will be held in the vot- 1
ing precincts above named and at the !
polling places t herein specified. The |
said polling places will be open, be- ]
tween the hours of eight o’clock a. m. !
and seven o’clock p. m. of said day. I
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, Sep- j
tember 6, 1928.
W. T. VANDERPOOL, |
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt. Me- j
Kinley Recording Fourth Division, ;
Territory of Alaska.
In the Probate Court at McGrath, j
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio I
Probate Judge.
Territory of Alaska, Fourth Divi
sion, Mt. McKinley Precinct—ss.
To all persons to whom these
presents shall come—greeting: Know
ye that it appearing to the Commis
sioner aforesaid that Helen McGinty
has died intestate, leaving at the time
f
I Frank J. Guskey
j Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
/
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
ft
Flat City
—T——1————
of her death property in this precinct,
I, aforesaid Commissioner, have duly
appointed A. X. Grant, of Takotna,
Alaska, administrator of the estate
of Helen McGinty, deceased. This,)
therefore, authorizes the said A. X. j
Grant to administer the estate of the
said Helen McGinty, deceased, accord-1
ing to law. In testimony whereof I [
have hereunto set my hand and offi-!
ai sea! at McGrath, Alaska, this 3rd j
day of July, A. D. 1923.
W. T. VANDERPOOL.
U. S. Commissioner and !
ex-Oflieio Probate Judge.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. W., Strangman, JackT Lamont,
James McHugh, J. N. Anderson,
E. Coke Hill, and all persons
claiming by, through or under ^
them, or any of them, and their
heirs, executors, assigns and suc
cessors in interest, greeting:
You and each of you are hereby
notified: That during each of the
following annual labor years, to-wit:
the years ending July 1st, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927, the under
signed put one hundred dollars
($100.00) worth of work and improve
ments on the certain placer mining
claim on Long Creek, in the Nulato
Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, known as Buckeye Associa
tion.
That all of said work and improve- 1
ments were required by law and were I
put upon said claim in compliance i
therewith in order to hold the same .
for each said year and thereafter; j
That during each -said year and at j
ill times thereafter the undersigned j
ivas and is a co-owner of each said \
claim, and if within ninety (90) days j
if ter the ninety (90) day publication ]
lereof, to-wit: ninety days after the j
!8th day of April, 1928, you and each |
if you do not contribute to the under- j
signed your proportion of said ex- !
aenditure for each said claim for j
each said year, your interest in said |
__ _
claim will become the property of the
undersigned. *
That the sum each of you should
contribute for each said claim for
each said yeurs bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars ($100.00) •
as your undivided interest in each
said claim bore to the entire interest
in said claim, during each said year.
ELLA A. CRANE,
Ruby, Alaska.
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