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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1. 1922, at the Post Office at
McGrath. Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
mggrath, alaska. mar 24, 19231
Ax Slayer Kills 12
at Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.—Ax murders in
and around Birmingham, now number
ing twelve, have become so alarming
that four city detectives have been de
tached from all other duties and as
signed to the mystery.
Citizens have become aroused and a
law enforcement league has been or
ganized. This organization is co-oper
Ht ing with the authorities in an effort
to locate the man with the ax and put
a stop to his butchery.
It has been the custom of the ax man
to visit, stores in the residential section
early in the night, knock the merchant
senseless, rob the store and disappear.
Should any member of the victim’s
family appear, he or she is also stricken
down. Usually the victims are killed
with a single blow. At one place a
rnae, woman aud cjiild were murdered.
No survivor has been able to give a
description of tha ax man. Those who
escaped death say they were struck
from behind.
The latest of these mysterious attacks
has given the only clew, a small ax
was left at the establishment, of Cugi
Vittelaro when he and his wife were
struck down. Mrs. Vittelaro was in
stantly killed aud her husband died a
few days later. Police are attempting
to trace this ax.
Merchants in the residential districts
arm themselves after dark, and many
of them wear steel trench helmets until
they close their stores at night. In
none of the twelve murders by the ax
man did the loot exceed $100.
Some Calculations on
Four Billion Dollars
Seward Gateway.
People who are talking about the
four billion dollars owed this cauntry
by Great Britain have little idea what
they are talking about. It is difhcult
for one to realize what four billion dol
lars means. Four billion dollars is Tt
lot when one says it slowly and tbiuks
what it really is. In $l!0 gold pieces.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
iditarod, Alaska,
and at
'•* L. G. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
Dr. W. f. Green
McGrath, Alaska
[
itie coins piled on top of each other j
would reach 95 miles into the air.
Stacked up in front of the Wool worth
building, there would be enough coins
to completely hide the structure be
hind a golden wall. Side by side they
would reach 1200 miles. To haul this
four billion, 9,000 Ford trucks would ho
required. The procession would be 24
miles long, allowing 20 trucks to the
block. Each truck would carry a load
worth nearly a half million dollars. Is
it any wonder that international bank
ers are working against payment of
this money, which came out of the
blood and suffering of the people of the
United States during the war. This
four Pillion dollars is represented by
100.000 graves in France; it represents
busines i stagnation for four years since
the r;ar; it represents thousands of the
best blood of the country, blinded, de- ■
formed, crippled, forced to depend
uoon cold charity ‘or a livelihood, it
represents nearly 100,000 husioess fail
ures during the high price war period.
It represents the betrayal of the people
who donated it if it. is not paid back. j
/Ioccasins at Nenana
School Causes Hubbub
Nenana, News.
Determined not to abide by tha rule
of the Nenana school ooard, putting the
ban on moccasins in the school rooms,
W. S. Thompson took the matter up
with the federal court at Fairbanks,
with tqe result that mandamus pro
ceedings were instituted ac.d the mem
bers of the board and the superintend
ent summoned to appear id court on
Saturday morning in support of the
action taken bv them on the moccasin
question.
At a meeting of the school board last •
night it was decided to retain Attorney j
M. E. Stevens to represent them at
court, and Superintendent A. 15. Phil
lips was delegated to go to Fairbanks
to explain why the moccasin rule had
been made, and of its successful en
forcement until objection was made bv
the Thompson family.
The moccasin question has been
much debated in Nenana since the
was urstairea at a meeting oi me s
council several weeks ago, and coodi-!
lions al the school have been much
disturbed in consequence of the agita
tion. The climax was reached voster
dap, following' the service of the sum- j
mens on the superintendent and borrd,
when fully a dozen children, who had
not appeared in moccasins previously,
came to school with their feet encased
in tne forbidden underwear and gleams
of defiance on their dusky faces. Dis
cipline was at an end, and it has been
deemed advisable bv the board in con-j
sequence to close the school until the
question is finally disposed of by the
court.
The Indians at Salcha had a big pot
latch recently, which was attended bv
a number of whites. The federal au
thorities are inclined to Inown on this
barbarous practice of the Indians, as it
always leaves them impoverished for
years. At a potlach the native giving
it converts ail his wealth into presents,
which are generously distributed to
the tribe giving him “face” for the re- i
mainder of his life.
Alfred H. Brooks, of the Geological
Survey, says in his report that there
is about $350,000,000 in placer gold in
Alaska and that placer mining in the I
Territory is yet in its infancy. About |
560 Alaska placer mines, employing j
1,900 men, were operated in 1922. pro
ducing gold valued at $4,100,000. He
believes tbe production in 1923 will be
larger._■
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
....Mineral Application No. C550
NOTICE HEREBY .GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made Application before the United
Statcc Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Schneirla Charles
Schneirla, and Edward Schneirla,
for a United States paten* for the
Consolidated placer mining claim
bearing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. 13 Above Gold Run
and No. 14 Above Gold Run, sit
uated on Little Creek, a trioncar;.'
of the Innoko River, about twelve
miles southeast of the towr. of Oplm
in the Innoko Minirg 6c Recording
District in the Territory of Alaska,
said Consolidated Placer Mining
Claim being designated by the Unit
ed States Surveyor General of said
District as United States Mineral
Survey No. 127!), the exterior boun
daries of which, according to the
plat and field notes now on file in
this office with a magnetic varia
tion of 24 deg. 37 rain. E. are as
follows:
NUMBER THIRTEEN A. GVE
GOLD RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 1
ins. sq., in earth mound scribed 1-12
79-13Ab; whence: U. S. L. M. No.
1278 bears N. 56 deg. 22 min. 50
sec. E., 1003.09 ft.; thence S. 47
deg. 47 min. Y»L 681.7 ft. to Cor. No
l; thence N. 45 deg. 29 min. W. 640
ft. to Cor. No 3: thence N. 28 deg.
51 min. PL 701.5 f- to Cor. No. 4:
thence S. 45 deg. 49 min. PL 8G8.0
ft. to Cor. No. 1. and place of be
ginning, containing 11.740 acres.
NUMBER FOURTEEN ABOVE
GOLD RUM ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical w tffi Cor. No. 2 No.
13 Above, th;s survey, previous!y
described; whence:- U. S. L. M
No. 1278 be~rs N. 52 deg. 54 min.
12 sec. E. 108u.23 ft: thence S.
52 deg. 52 mm. W 624.6 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 38 dag. 55 min.
W. 514.9 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 40 deg. ?9 min. E. 5G0.9 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; identical with Cor. No.
3 No. 13 Alice this survey, pra
v" nslv described; thence S. 45 dec.
29 min. E. 040.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and nbire of beodnnirrr rnnfninino
an area of 7-800 aeres.
Tot'>I acros contained in said Con
solidated Claim is 19.540 aeres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim
is situated on Tattle C-eck, a tri
butary of the Tnnr>?'o P.ivcr. abort
twelve miles southeast of ♦he town
of Onhir in the Innoko Minins: &
Recording1 District in the Territory
of Alaska.
The adjoining cla’ms are on the
northeast No. 12 Above on Litt'p
Creek unsurvryed; on the south
west No. 15 abovr- on T.ittle Creek
unsurveved: on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and un
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is a hewn 'rnice post 8 ins.
sn. 5 f . -•■•we ground, painted blue
with stone mound around same and
chiseled U. R. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak hears N
49 dee. 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak
bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E- No. 1
Dome bears North 23 deg. 43 min.
Lat 03 deg. 04 sec. N.
Long. 150 deo-. 95 vain. W.
JOTTN RTTvpp * PK
Register of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United State* Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application' No. 0540.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alask on be
half of him«elf and his co oers,
Jacob W. Schneirla. Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schneirla, for
United States patent for the Asso
ciation Placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and descri
bed as No. 1 Below Gold Run or
the Fathergill Association Placer,
on Little Creek, a tributary of In
noko River, and situated about ten
miles southeast of the town of Onhir
in the Innoko Miring and Record
ing district in the Territory of Al
aska, said Association Placer ctaim
being designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of said Territory as
U. R. Mineral Survey No. 1275; the
exterior boundries of which, accord
ing :1-n t&o plat a,nd field notes
! thereof on file in said Land Office,
with a magnetic variation .of 24 deg.
35 min. E., is as follows:
“Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
A l.tMvn *pi uoe post 4 ft. long. 4 in.
so., >n earth mound, scribed 1-1275
B; wnence U. S. L. M. No. 1274
bears S. 53 deg. 21 min., E., 267.35
ft.; Thence S: 44 deg. 29 min E.
1291 ft. to Cor. No. 2; Thence S.
37 deg. 01 min W. 5101.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; Thence N. 56 deg. 22
min. W. 739.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence N. 31 deg. 17 min E. 5360
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 120.205 acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
southwest Discovery on little Creek
1 on the northcr.=t No. 2 Below Gold
_
Run on Little Greek, both: unsur
veyed and claimants unknown; and
on the north'V2st "-4 '•"•‘beast
claims unsurveyed and claimants
unknown.
U. S.L.JH. <J>Jo; 1275b ia 4 hewn
spruce post 8., in. square, 8; ft long1,
chiseled U. S; LwiM. 1275, sitauted
on the left, dimit 'of Little Creek,
about 50 feet..abt-ve the bed .thereof,
whence West: Twin Peak, bears N.
53 deg. 29. ; min.fi J3.;i. East. Twin
Teak bears N-'.5T. deg. < 5in E.;
Roch on top> of .high: moontam at
the head >iof: Little Creek bears
S. 34 deg. 6 min. W.; :lat, . 63 deg.
6 rain N.; long. 156 deg. 22. min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register U. S. Land Office.
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