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TOiCOTNA, ALASKA. DEO. 6 1924
Cornelius Cole, 102,
Former U. S. Sena
tor* Dies* California
Lo* Angeles.—Cornelius Cole, former
foiled States senator, one hundred and
iwo<ye&rs and two months old, died at
this home here yesterdav.
Cornelius Cole was a survivor of the
most striking and picturesque period
in the history of California—the era of
the t placer miner, the vigilantes, the
pony express, and the transcontinental
railway builders; of momentous p >i11
iCal(and social controversies, startling
crimes and summary punishments.
Mr. Cole, who celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary of his birth
September 1“, 1922, arrived in Califor
nia #vheo he was 27 years of age and
became a member of the first gold
seeking party to reach the Sacramento
rallev overland in the rush of 1849.
Every ooe'ef-those hardy pioneers who
survived the perils of the trail and
trooped into the Golden West fn the
stirring da>9 of ’49 had ju3t one object
an view—the discovery of pav dirt—and
Cornelius Cole was do exception.
Washington,—A world economic sur
vey ^.o determine measures that must
he taken to solve the problems arising
in tbe adoption of the Dawes plan to
“stimulate production, revive indu-tiy
and ;restore international Hade,” wil
be undertaken by ao international
aotnp>ittee, composed of business m> □
important in the commercial world, ac
cording to announcement by Willi- S.
Booth, president of the Imernatioi »1
Chamber of Commerce,,
PIONEER
| Macnine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
Ail Triads of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt E. Lowrie
Tekotna, Alaska
Estate of Klondiker
Again in the Courts
Seattle.—Charging unlawful, exces
sive and exorbitant, expenditure of
money from the income of the $882,
290.98 estate of the lata William Chap
pell, early -day Kloridiker, Marlon J.
| Chappell, of Portland, his brother, has
! Sled suit in the superior court asking
that Margaret Chappell, the widow of
William, her attorney, b rmer Judge
Arthur E. Gl'ittin, aad Jessee E. Rus
sell, a trustee of the estate, be com
pelled to return $100,000 in fees paid to
themselves, both as executors and
trustees.
Outside Brevities
Seattle.—Advices from Nome state
tbai Charles Brown, La Follet.te fol*
lower, has undoubted!v been chosen
Territorial senator over Mrs. Lulu J.
Welch, republican, and that the wi■»
ners in the race for representatives
from the Nome district are Nvlen and
Wright, independent candidates, and
Jensen and Sundquist, republicans.
San Francisco.— F. R. Anderson, a
prominent attorney of Vancouver, P.
C., is under arrest here, charged with
violation of the Volstead act to connec
tion with the recent seizure of the
British steamer Quadra. The Quadra
had aboard of her liquor valued at live
hundred thousand dollars.
Seattle —The airplane in which
Captain Roald Amundsen planned to
fly across (he North Pole was wrecked
on the tide flats, and in the crash Wes
ley Grev, the pilot, was seriously in
jured. The plane was being used in a
commercial advertising project.
Montreal.—Criticism of the Canadian
government for failure Jo slop exporta
tion of liquor to the Umted States wac
expressed by Wayne B. Wheeler, gen
eral counsel for the Amt-Saloon
League, in an address here.
Brussells,—A court martial sitting at
Brussels has passed a sentence of death
on Henri Bescornez, ex soldier and
traitor, who was one of the principals
in the band of spies who caused the
arrest of Kdith Cavell.
San Francisco. —Ernest G. Booth,
bank bandit, confesses that he and an
other bandit murdered Harry I. Katz,
a wealtny Los Angeles broker, who
was slain a fortnight ago in bis apart
ments.
Lynchburg, Va.—Jumps K. Collins,
member of a New York lodge. died to
,dav, bringing the total number of vic
unas poisoned by cider served at tbe
Elks’ National H< me at Bedford, Mon
day, to ten.
Washington.—Society was stirred b>
the news that Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry,
international beauty, has instituted di
vorce proceedings in a Paris tribunal
against ber husband, Senator Gerry, of
.Rhode Island. _
Tokio.—Rihie Okada, who cut the
American flag at the American etn
bassy on July 1, has been sentenced to
Ser7e six ruoo'hs’ imprisonment. Two
accomplices received suspended sen
'eDce. _
Los Angeles. —After forcing them to
lift their hands and ‘‘about face,” an
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
:
u u lie mi tied man shot Police Oflicer
i Glide Mills end Special Officer M. [1.
Span iti the back. Mills will probably
die. _
Washittjrton.—Omitting contests in
Iowa, Minnesota ami ^ew Mexico, the
republicans will have fifty-t wo mem
bers in tiie next Senate, the democrats
thirty nine, and farmer-labor one.
Boston—William M. Butler, chair
man of the republican national commit
tee. has been appointed b.v Governor
Cox to succeed Henry C. Lodge, de
ceased, as senator.
London.—**Our work now is to win
tiie people for socialism,” says an ap
peal issued bv the independent labor
party, signed by former Premier Ram
sey MacDonald.
Melbourne. Victoria. —The labor pre
mier of Victoria. G M. Pendergast
has resigned as a result of ihe defeat of
j bis government on a no confidence
I vote.
Saskatoon.—Ward F Stinn, supreme
treasurer of the Brotherhood of Amer
ican Yeomen, i< under arrest here on a j
charge of perjury.
Jacks 'n. Term. — Stale Senator R. B„
Swink has been sen'enced to ser ve six
months in prison lor violating the fed
eral prohibition laws.
Batavia.—The island of Java was
shaken by a severe earthquake N
vember Three hundred kil'ed; notov
injured and mis-ino
S-. Paul. —Rev O J Kvale, who de
feated Volstead two years ago, was re
elected to the House on the farmer
labor ticket.
Washington. — Budget, Director Lord
will ask $2.986.000.(NX) for operation of
the government for the fiscal year end
ing .June 20, 1920
Chicago..—Joseph Leiter, who was
ousted from the Board of Trade 18
years ago, has applied for reinstate
ment.
San Francisco. — Dr Theodore Reth
ers. senior surgeon of S-.ray’s hospital,
dead; paralysis.
London — R *msey MacDonald, fm
mer premier, is contemplating a visit
to America.
Washington.—Alice Roosevelt Long
worth is expected shurtly to become a
m >ther.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
I'o R. H Brown and Frankie Chew,
vour heirs and assigns:
You, and each of vou, are hereby no
tified that I. i he undersig ned, your co
owner, have expended in labor and iin
provemenis the sum of nut less ihan
one hundred dollars per sear for the
sears 15*21. 1922 and 1923 upon the
Pack Mule Association placer ruining
claim, si'Uaiel on Oner creek, a trih
utary of Iditirod river, in 'he Otter
mining and recording precinct., Ter
ritory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under i he provisions of Seo
lion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska t
the United States and the amendments I
thereto concerning annual labor upon
tuiniDg claims.
And if, within ninety days afrer the j
publication of this notice, you, or either '
of you. fail or refuse to contribute your I
pioporiion of said expenditures, as Well !
as the cosfc of recording the same, and I
tiie costs of this advertisement, your I
Interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure under t he terms of said Sec
lino 2824 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
I). S. McDONKt,!.
Co Owner
Date of first publication. Sept. 20. 1024
Date of last publication. Dec. 2", 1924.
in tbe Probate Court for Oner pre
cine., Fourth division. Territory of
Alaska, before the Honorable K ,j.
. Stetr. Commissioner atid ex officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of William
Pringle deceased—Probate No 50.
Notice of Final Hearing.
Notice ts hereby given that the hon
ing of ohjec'tous to the final report and
account of Samuel Applebaum. as ex
ecutor-of i tie estate ot W'iliiani Prinu ie
deceased, will b- heltl in the Probate
Court room at Flat, Alaska, on Sat to
day, Januarv 17 h. 1925, aL 2 o’clock in
t he afternoon.
Dated. F*at, Alaska, Stpt. 27th. ]024. j
E J. Steik,
Probate Judge. I
McGrath, Alaska
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