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McGRATH, ALASKA, MARCH 23. 1931.
PRICE 25 CRNTS
VOL. 1. NO. 19
10 STAMPS
F0RNIX0N
Will Arrive With Early
Navigation—Immedi
ate Construction.
Cordova. March 19.—The con
centrating plant to handle the
rich ores of the Treadwell Min
ing Company in the Kuskokwim
district will be installed during
the coming summer, according
to Livingston C. Wernecke, su
perintendent of the Treadwell
Company, who is a passenger on
the Alameda for Anchorage, en
routQ to McGrath. The develop
ment of the Nixon properties, as
well as prospecting work, will
be pursued with all vigor possi
ble. After conference with Pres
ident. Bradley. says Mr. Wer
necke, it was decided to ship a
ten-st»ssp with all acces
sories, ac soo.i as > navigation
opens . Immediate construction
oAchC cdii will follow upon ar
rival of the equipment, all of
whiclr has been purchased in
Seattle.
Arthur Berry at Last
Accounts Seemed to
Be Much Improved
Arthur Berry, who suffered ^acci
dental shooting last Thursday, was a
gr. a- deal better on Monday morning,
at which time Charles E. Smith re
turned from the Landing. Up to the
time Dr. Green arrived Mrs. Horner, :
■.iwife of Superintendent Horner, of the
Treadwell Company, had given close
attention to the wounded man. Dr.
Green had succeeded in allaying dis
coloration, the' desh surrounding the
wound was looking better, and Mr.
Berry was resting easier, all indiea
tions being that he would soon be be
yond the danger point.
Dr.- Green is still with Mr. Berry.
. and will-bo until such time as all pos
r sible danger-has passed.
I ncicentaHy. • it may be mentioned
i that Dr. Green' made somewhat of a
reoord trip in getting to the bedside of
the injured man. Leaving Iditarod
Saturday morning, Chester Brink tak
ing him to Fritz’s place, B. B. Smith
to Ophir, Andy Hanson to Yankee
creek roadhouse, and John Vogtor
from the latter place to McGrath, the
distance was covered in 27| hours, in
cluding stops totaling ai hours. From
this place to the Landing required
about six hours, owing to the last half
of the distance being over exceptionally
tough trail. At any rate, when Charles
E. Smith landed at the Berry home the
total distance from McGrath had been
- covered in just about 36 hours.
New Immigration Bill
Will Be Introduced at
Special Session, April
Washington, March 21.—The iromi
tion restriction bill, vetoed by \\ llson,
will be one of the first to be introduced
at the special session of Congress,
which will probably be called for the
first week in April. Leaders are plan
ning quick action for the passage of
the bill, which will probablv be amend
ed so as to admit ten per cent of all im
migrantS'Of any nationality, instead of
three per cent, based on the aliens of
any country now in the United States.
Patent Ruling By Supreme Court
Washington, March 22.—Temporary
patents of Government land must be
made permanent after two years if no
protest is filed before the expiration of
that time, is the gist of a ruling just
hauded down by the supreme court.
TM1RE
"Officers'of Kansas Non
Partisan League Meet
With Humiliation.
Great Bend, Kans., Mar. 19.,—
J. E. Stetic and L. A. Parsons,
officers of the Non-Partisan
League, were tarred and feath
ered by a mob at Eltna Wood,
near this place, today.
Former United Slates Senator
Burton, against whom much in
dignation has been aroused, was
escorted out of town following
the demonstration against the
League and 'bfficiais of the or
ganization.
Pioneer Woman Goes
Over the Great Divide
Dawson, Y. T., March 21.—Mrs. John
McClain, well known Alaska pioneer,
died here yesterday. She walked
across the Chilkoot trail from Dyea to
the headwaters of the Yukon in 1898
and descended the river to Dawson In
a small boat, being the first woman to
arrive in the Yukon camp.
Body of Lieut. Langdon.
San Fuancisco, March 21.—The body
of Lieut. Langdon, who was shot and
killed by a Japanese sentry some weeks
ago, arrived here Tuesday from Vladi
vostok on a Government transport.
John O. Strand came from Nixon on
Sunday, and is busily engaged in re
laying the outfit for his summer opera
tions.
J. M. Pernie and Louis Suudbeck,
Hartman creek prospectors, arrived
here on Sunday.
Bandits Grab $25,000
and Contents of 100
Safety Deposit Boxes
Denver, March 21.—Several bandits
[surrounded the Bank of Sirausb^rp,
forty miles east of here, today. They i
, got away with twenty-live thousand
! dollars in cash, also the contents ol a
hundred safety deposit boxes.
Mutchler Teams Arrive.
The four Mutchler teams, bringing
with them horse feed and a quantity of
merchandise from the steamer Tana, \
all arrived here Tuesday, in care of j
Jack Mutchler end his assistants, j
Messrs. Goslow. Riley aDd Cedelman. t
Marten Prices.
Montreal.—A four-dav fur auction
sale opened here yesterday, with mar
ten furs selling at $6.50 to $73 apiece.
Last year they ranged from $35 to $200
apiece.
Several Hundred Dead
In Moscow—Fall of
Kronstadt.
London, March 19.—Reports
from Moscow sav that several
hundred revolutionary sympa
thizers in that city have been
massacred by the soviets. The
anti-soviet movement is gaining
strength in Southern Russia,
where thousands of laborers^are
joining.
Helsingford, March 19.—Kron
stadt has surrendered to the so
viets, according to a revolution
ary commission from Kronstadt
arriving in Finland, accompa
nied by eight hundred soldiers.
Riga, March 21.—The Russian
mission here is in receipt of ad
vices that the bolsheviks have
captured Kronstadt.
3 Killed, 30 Injured, in
: Louisiana Windstorm
Shreveport, La,, March 21.—Three
persons were killed outright and thirty
others injured yesterday in one of the
worst windstorms ever visiting South
western Louisiana. Property losses
amount to over one million dollars.
Dr. R. M. Fishburne, dentist, of Se
attle, who will be associated with Dr.
C. D. Carter, is a late arrival.
Aleck Gaisson came yesterday from
Tacotna. __
Tony Bozio returned from a trip to
Nixon on Saturday.
MEMORIALS
AND BILLS
Special Election for 2d
Division Is Ordered
for March 29.
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Juneau, March 23.—The spe
cial election bill passed in both
houses and has been signed by
Governor 2tg£s, who has called
a special election in the Second
division on March 20 to elect a
successor to E. W. Burroughs,
lately deceased. James Daly, of
Nome, clerk of the House, and
Victor A. Julien, also of Nome,
but at present wintering in Se
attle, are candidates for the va
cancy.
Collins introduced a bill repealing
the shipping board law.
A memorial.- introduced by ~ncit, re
quests Congress to establish radio sta
tions at Havcock, Bethel. Kotzebue,
Teller and Seldovia.
Speaker Nerland is urging members
to speed up in the introduction of bills.
The Senate turned down the bill to
pay Dr. Dickinsoo, of Ketchikan,
eighteen hundred dollars for services
at Petersburg during the smallpox epi
demic.
Hunt introduced a bill amounting to
a primary law, eliminating national
committeeman as an elective officer.
Canadian N. W. M. P.
Announce New Route
to Oil and Gold Fields
Dawson, Y. T,,* Mar. 21.—The North
west Mounted Police announces that a
tourist route down the Mackenz-ie
river, across the Porcupine divide to
the Yukon- thence via* Lawson* will he
established during the sar; tner for
those desiring to see the Mackenzie oil
fields and the Yukon gold fields.
No Sale of N. C. Here.
In view of the fact that the N. C.
Company some time ago announced
their intentien of retiring from busi
ness in Alaska, many patrons have
bean anticipating the sale of the Mc
Grath station,- but- H, E. Carter, local
manager, has lately been notified tha t
no change had occurred in' the owner
ship of the station at this place.
Six Firemen Badly Burned.
New York, March 21.—B’ive tanks of
oil at the Standard oil plant, Brooklyn,
burned today, following an explosion,
in which six firemen were badly
burned.
Adolph Lind returned Sunday from
the Tuluwiksak, near which the Tana
is quartered, and to which place he
escorted Chief Howard Langley. The
trail was perfect both going and re
turning.