4 BANDITS
MAKE HAUL
As Observers of Crime
Are Overawed By
Armed Guard.
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Mount Vernon, Wash., Nov.
11.—Watched by three residents,
four robbers worked for an hour
:this morning in opening fifty
safety deposit vaults in the Farm
ers & Merchants Bank of Edison,
.Skagit county. The observers
.of the crime feared to summon
;aid because one of the robbers,
who was heavily armed, stood as
.guard over them. The bandits
.escaped with heavy loot.
New York.—While hundreds of per
sons were passing the busy corner at
Broadway and Forty-seventh street,
.three well dressed men robbed a cor
ner jewelry store of seventy thousand
.dollars’ worth of jewels.
Spencer, Ind.—Four bandits, travel
ling in four autos, rbbbed two banks
.here today, getting away with twenty
,thousand dollars.
.Jack Runkle, a yesterday arrival
{from Flat, departed this morning for
McGrath, headed for the Outside.
Fresh Killed
Reindeer
Meat
At Tokotna
and Ophir
30c Lb.
Send Orders to
A. H. Twitchell
Ophir, Alaska
Telegraphic Ticks.
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S„u Diego.—The court martial of
Captain Edward H. Watson, comman
der of the destroyer squadron which
was destroyed off the California coast
on September 8th, which resultedin
the loss of twenty-three lives, began
here today. _
Chicago.—Dr. John E. Stanton, army
surgeon, and Mrs. Stanton, who are on
their way to an army post in the South
west, celebrated the fcirth of triplets
today, one of which was born on the
train and the others in a hospital.
Twin Falls, Idaho.—Albert Lee, 77,
was found dead from exposure and
starvation, and his wife. 72, was found
lying at his side in their automobile at
'the point of death. They were known
as auto vagabonds.
Los Angeles!—Herbert A, Martin, a
prominent Pasadena business man, was
killed this afternoon when his automo
bile plunged off Mount Wilson road to
the bottom of the canyon, a distance of
six hundred feet.
London.—The imperial economic con
ference has decided in favor of a tax of
10 shillings per hundred weight on im
portations of frozen canned salmon,
while allowing empire products free
entry.
Manila.—The governor of Cutabatti
today telegraphed Governor General
Wood that 290 Moro fanatics, armed
with rifles and cannon, are running
amuck in the mountains of Cotabatti
province.
Philadelphia.—The conspiracy and
draft-evading charges against Erwin
R. Bt •. gdoll, brother of Grover Cleve
land Bergdoll. notorious army deserter,
have been dropped by the government.
Seattle. — The cutter Algonquin
reached the disabled Japanese freighter
Shinkou Maru, one hundred miles off
Unimak island, this morning, and is
towing the vessel to Dutch Harbor.
Akron, O.—All patents and rights to
manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles in the
United States have been purchased by
the Goodyear Company, 4t was an
nounced last night."
Manchester, Eng.—Prime Minister
Baldwin, in a speech here today, de
clared that drastic measures ate re
quired to solve England's problem of
unemployment.
Seattle.—Judge Dykeman this after
noon granted Laura Kizer a ditorce
from Judson Kizer, a salmon broker,
on the grounds of mutual organized
cussedness. /
Seattle.—Richard E. King, a world
war hero, convicted of opium smug
gling, was sentenced today to i term of
six years in the penitentiary^
Constantinople. — Three American
sailors were arrested this evening bv
Turkish police, charged with wearing
DR. W. A. RYSTROM
Dentist
Scheduled to Arrive in To
kotna About November 15th
their navy uniforms ashore after 5
p. m.
Pocatello, Jdabo.—Mrs. *3tory, wife
of Lieutenant Governor Story, Jr., of
Montana, was killed and her husband
dangerously wounded in an auto acci
dent here, today.
Seattle.—State receipts from motor
vehicle licenses and gasoline taxes for
the current year will pass the $5,000,
000 mark, State Treasurer Babcock an
nounced today.
Seattle.—Betty Jane, the seven-year
old daughter of F. C. Bradley, a rausi
cian, was accidentally shot -and killed
todav by her brother Frank, age 13.
San Francisco.—John E. Hines, re
cent candidate for mayor, was removed
to a detention hospital for examination
as to his sanity.
Brussels.—General John J. Pershing
arrived here today.
Harding Gateway Now
Marked On All Maps
Washington. — Announcement was
made today by the United States Geo
logical Board that the Harding Gate
way has been officially adopted as the
name of the passage through which
Harding’s ship last summer proceeded
on its way to Seward. Today's action
puts its name on all government maps.
Washington Notes
Washington.—Before his departure
for Alaska today Mrs. H. S. Votaw
handed to Governor Bone a number of
finely engraved pictures of her brother,
the late President Harding, aQd re
quested that one of these be placed in
each high school of Alaska and at the
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka.
Washington.—Senator Ladd today
protested t,o Coolidge that the proposal
to buy wheat for the relief of Germany
will aid the speculator rather than the
farmer, as the latter has already sold
bis wheat to the middleman.!
Washington.—William C. McAdoo
and wife are visiting at the home of
former President Wilson for a week.
McAdoo declined to discuss the subject
of his presidential aspirations.
Washington.—Governor Pincbot, of ,
Pennsylvania, today, again in a formal
statement, placed upon the federal gov
ernment the responsibility for prohibi
tion enforcement.
Washington.—The proposal for a
new naval base at Alameda, Calif., is
regarded by Coolidge as an unwarrant
ed expenditure, the White House an
nounced today.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Michael Lueey, vour heirs, e-jceoutors
and assigns:
You aod each of you will please take
notice that the undersigned, a co-ow .er
in placer mining claims No. 2 and No.
3 Above Discovery en Moore creek,
has personally performed the annual j
assessment work on the above described I
claims for the years 1921 and 1922, j
amounting to one hundred dollars for :
each year, and for each of said years
has paid for said work, including the
proportion due from the above named
co-owner.
And you are further notified thsrt
unless yoa pay your proportion of the
assessment work done on said claims
for each of said years, within ninety
days after the last publication of this
notice, your interests in and to said
property will become forfeited to the
undersigned, as provided by Section
2324 of th9 revised statutes of the
United States and amendments thereto.
Cecil, Barlow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Aug. 11, 1923.
Date of last publication, Nov. 17, 1923.
For Sale
Five Good Dogs
In first class condition
$50 Each
Innoko Lumber Company
Freighting
To All Parts or Any
Place.
Reasonable Rates
JOHN HEINO
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Leonard Dodge. F. Smith, Harvey
Wentz. R. H. Guffe, or R. H. Grif
fiths, and T. J. Coffey, their per
sonal representatives, heirs an$as
signs:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied that the undersigned has expended
for anni^al labor one hundred dollars
(8100.00) per year for the years 1915,
1016. 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, upon the
following described raining claim, in
Ruby recording district, Territory of
Alaska: The Sandbag Association
Claim, on Greenstone creek, a tribu
tary of Long creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of law
respecting annual labor upon mining
claims.
And if within ninety (90) days ^fter
the publication of this notice you,Tor
any of you, fail to pay your portion of
the amount expended on the above
claim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, according to the provisions of
Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
Dan Sutherland.
Date of first publication, Sept. 22, 1923.
Date of final publication, Dec. 29. 1923.
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McGrath
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Paperhanging
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The Handy Man
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OF ALASKA
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Sugar, $14 Per 100 Lbs.
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