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McGrath, alaska, junk is. 1921
She was just a telephone girl.
But it was her alert and prompt ac
lion that-led to the capture of the Los
A ngeles abductors and the restoration
af* Mrs. Witharetl to her family.
The details of the famous kidnaping
ease had been printed in -the Los An -
geles papers. The telephone operator
wds a newspaper reader. She knew
vhat was going on in Los Angeles and
tne world.
The call came through the central
telephone from the kidnaper to the
husband. The young lady snatched a
few words from the conversation rela
ti veRo ransom money. She telephoned
the location of the abductor to the po
ller-, and when he stepped- from the
booth he was awaited by a squad of
defectives. A few hours later he and
his confederate were in jail; the res
cued' wife and mother was in her own
home.
The police had not solved the kid
naping case. But the facts were not
suppressed, and through their publica
tion the residents of Los Angeles, in
cluding a bright telephone operator,
were made an auxiliary to the police
department.
And there is another lesson Jn the
Witheretl case. Those who read; those
who* follow the course of events, are* in
poteition to render invaluable service to
v Community and to its people.—Ex.
Touch not a hair of this old head.
Say this to him who cpproaches your
dome with shears or clippers. Never
let the barber sever a strand above the
cheek-bones. If you have a short neck
watch him closely to see that he does
not trespass on your scalp when he
shaves you below the oars.
If you enforce this rule, according to
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Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
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Furs Bought and
f Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
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Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
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i Ask the People of Ophir about us.
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i station:
fairview, fnnoko River
the latest tonsoria) faddists, you will
carry vour hair to your grave, which is
a cheerful thought to gentlemen with
hair roots that are not virile.
These optimists claim that losing
hair because of dandruff is too old a
story even to tell to the marines/ They
assert that a follicle gives up the ghost
only because of a haircut. When a
oair is amputated it loses its sap, dries
up and dies and topples over by its
verv weight, they say.
Alas, the baldbeads may find even
less surcease from sorrow in this the
ory than in hair tonic, says an ex
change. Eald as he may be on his
crown, it »s an unfortunate, indeed,
who wears not a fringe which speaks of
more dashing days. And this remem -■
brance, so to speak, exists where the
shears have been most often applied.
Columbia River-Alaska
S. S. Line Is Probable
Astoria, Gre.—Announcement was
made here Tuesday that a regular line
of steamers between the Columbia river
and Alaska and the bringing here of
supplies of Government-owned Alaska
coal are among the possibilities of the
immediate future.
The port of Astoria commission has
received notice from the United States
Shipping Board that it will aMocate at
least one vessel for that service, pro
vided arrangements are made here to
use the Alaska coal.
This ooal has been tested by the
Navy Department and has been pro
nounced excellent for steaming. Sam
ples of it have been received by., the
port authorities and they will be tested
for hpating purposes. If the coal is
found to £>e satisfactory in quality, de
tails for ths inauguration of the pro
posed steamer service will be per
fected.
According to the plans outlined by
the Shipping Board, the first vessel
will haye accommodations for from
thirty to forty passengers, and will run
to Anchorage, touching at the prin
cipal Alaskan coast points.
Seal Hunters Reap a
Harvest By Killing
4000 in Three Hours
Quebec.—The schooner Viking re
ported this morning by wireless ■ that
she encountered a herd of seals -in th^
Gulf of St. Lawrence near Hard- Rock,
Magdalena islands, and killed four
thousand in three hours.-.
800 Rotary Clubs Are
Starting Investigation
Indianapolis.—A survey of conditions
surrounding the care of disabled world
war veterans has been started by 800
| Rotary G'lubs to prove whether the
American Legion reports are based
upon hysteria or real facts.
ATTORNEYS
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Elliott 1642—
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Flat’s Quality Restaurant
The Best the Market Affords
Prompt Service
Henry Durant :: Frank Keenan
PIONEER POOL ROOM
McGrath’s Popular Resort:
Dave E. Clough - - Prop.
Who Said Freighting
That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,,
oven.as far. as.Ruby~.
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