E. Coke Hill Arrives
With Inbound Mail
Coke Hill reached McG -ith Thais
ihu venmg with a load of mail and
i t -i mg over here for a couple
o! ih-.is. He reports the trails in
yoad c -rlition, after the big storms of
a itiv davs ago, though slow, owing to
a siiph' drift caused by light winds.
The mail brought in contained 184
pouc! > to McGrath.
A change has been made in the car
t‘fer horn Roosevelt' to a'elida, Joe
W ills taking the place of Charles Ar
mour, at least temporarily, and prob
ably for the remainder of the season.
1 red Galli, tv bo had a tent roadhouse
■about lT miles this side of Minchumina,
has taken it down and gone back to
Minchuailna. Joe Wills has put up a
small tent at the same place, and there
>s also another mail tent about 15 miles
the other side of Telida.
The distances over the present trail
■from Oid x'eiida to Minchumina road
house, is estimated bv Mr. Sanderson,
■of the Road Commission, at 40 miles,
but was not yet measured: Distances
•so far measured are as follows:
McGrath to Big river, 24.7 miles.
Big river to Nikoli, 21.3 miles.
Nikoii to East Fork cabin, 10 miles.
East Fork cabiD to Slow Fork, 20
■miles.
Slow Fork to New Telida, 16 miles.
New Telida to Old Telida, 2 5 miles.
These figures make the distance from
.McGrath to Old Telida 95 5 miles.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Jack Woods,
.of Ruby, but for several days past giv
ing attention to business matters at
Flat, left the place today for McGrath,
according to a telegram received by
Special Deputy Tom McLean. Deputy
Woods visit here is for the purpose of
transporting Thomas H. O’Brien to
(Fairbanks.
Manila.—First Lieutenant Garrison
,F. Shields, of the quartermaster’s
corps, was killed today when the mo
torcycle he was riding as dispatch
bearer in army maneuvers struck a
concrete culvert.
Frank Guskey and Ike Hayes re
iturned yesterday from a two-days’
business visit at Tacotna.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
A Bath in a Real
Shoe Repairing
Sign^Writing
Paperhanging
I
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
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Results Announced
by Canvassing Board
Juneau.—The canvassing board, afier i
a canvass of the votes of the November '
election, announced today that rite re
suits show the election of liaeisou at
Nome over Mrs. Katheryn Ki meson
for representative by ?l votes, and also
tnat Harry Straeger, of Anchorage,
won over E. I,. Kay, of Cordova, by ,76
votes.
Joe Meherriu. well kuo.ut traveling
salesman, representing the imperial |
Candy Company, Winchester Arms;
Company, and several other large Out
side concerns, was a yesterday arrival,
coining in with Henry Maioello over
the Kobi trail.
Mearil! H..tes wan a yests'dav ar
rival, having come over the Kobi trail.
Mr. Bales is heaued for Iditurod, for ■
which place he is sehedulee to make
an early start.
Henry Marteila, accompanied by i
John Kepo, who arrived yesterday from
Kooi, left today for Tacoma. Mr. Mar
teila will make u trip to iditaiod be
fore returning here.
John O. Strand, alter a lew days in
town, returned Thursday to his Nixon
workings.
Mrs. E. F. Werner left today for Ta !
cotoa on matters of business,.going up!
with Austin Horner.
Gus Schuler returned Thursday from !
a trip to Taco'na.
Wearing War Medals
With ‘Civies’ Upheld
—
Washington.—The VV’ar Department'
yesterday disclaimed jurisdiction over
the manner and the times when former
s ddiers shall wear medals or other
decorations which they woo while in
the army. A paragraph was added to
army regulations stating specifically
Dr. D. C. Hardy
Dentist
At Tacotna
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McGrath
Pool Room |
and
Cigar Store j
For Sale
Or Lease
Mrs. E. P. Werner
Proprietor
!
i
that army rule* were not to be con
strued as prohibiting civilians entitled
to military decorations from wearing
them ,lou ail appropriate occasions,”
nor as indicating how decorations
should be wo a with civilian clothing.
Iu a statement, the department said
it considered it *-*verv desirable that
authorized medals and decorations he
worn on every appropriate occasion
with aoy kind of civilian clot-hes.”
For Sale—A new hardwood sleigh; fO
foot basket. Louis Gorman, Rig
River.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, Rd McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
anu assigns:
You are hereby notified^that, I, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars [$100.00] for the years 1920 and
1921 upon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct. Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period end in*; June
30, 1921.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of mis notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well us the cost of
recording tiie -same, and t he costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has.made the required expenditures
under , the terms of said section 2224 of
the Revised Statutes of ihe United
States. Cecil Barlow,
Bate of first publication, Jam (i. 1922.
Date of last publication, pril 7, 1923.
For Clean. Comfortable Rooms
Stop at
Flat City. Good Dog Barns
C. M. PEDERSEN
Co-Owner.
Snyder
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
While I It. Lasts, Our
Stanfield Underwear
Will Cost You
$7.50 Per Suit
Trappers, do not forget that we will pay the best
prices for your Fur, ,er, if preferable, we will
advance a liberal amount of money on your
Fur and ship on a commission basis.
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McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient
A. HIGGINS
Tacotna
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