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McGrath, ad ask a. junk 14. 1922
Carrying Payrolls in Newspa
papersan Invitation to Bandits
New York.—A 19-year old girl, rid
ngin the crowded subways, walking
thrdugh the streets, and even stopping
at her home for luncheon while she
•arried under her arm a $20,000 Tiayroll i
w rapped in a newspaper, Saturday!
night caused Police Inspector Dominick
Henry to warn 400 business men that;
their co-operation with the police was
necessary, if payroll robberies are to
he Stopped.
Inspector Henry said a survey re
vealed that hundreds of young boys
and girls were endangering their lives
daily in transporting large sums of<
money through the streets. Ad in
si>ector had been assigned to check up
all those who carried more than $500,
he said, adding that no difficulty was
experienced -in obtaining detailed in
lormation of their movements. If an
officer could do this, he declared, a
criminal could do iust the same.
The girl referred to, Inspector Henry
said, left her office precisely the same
day and hour every week, and trav
ersed the same streets, rode the same
firs, aud always carried the $20,009 in
a newspaper, “as an invitation to ban
dits.” He advised business men to see
that their messengers were equipped
with revolvers, “carried in the outside
coat pocket, and readv for immediate
use.”
Women Drinker!-; Keep Boot
leggers Busy, Director Says
Washington. — If wealthy women
would quit drinking liquor the boot
leggers would coon go out of business,
Robert Elliott, prohibition director for
Delaware, told Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes Thursday in reporting
upon enforcement conditions in that
state. “Women of means are as bad
as men with lots of money,” Elliott
said. “Lots of them have developed
the liquor habit since the Volstead act
went on the books.”
Prefers Husband to Income.
Worcester, Mass. — Whether she
should remain single all her life and
accept the annual ineome of a trust
fund, created by the will of her former
fiance, or marry and forfeit it, is no
longer a problem, if in fact it ever was
one, for Miss Eleanor Berlin. 21 years
old, of this city.
She was married in New York city
Saturday to Raymond Godding, a Wor
cester real estate broker, by whom she
was employed as a stenographer.
The will of Charles A. Hamilton, of
Chicago, to whom Miss Berlin was en
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Office: McGrath, Aaa.
Albrecht and Taylor
3eo. W.'Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska
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gaged, provided that if she made her
home with his mother in Chicago and
never married, she would have the in
come of a trust fund of $00,000. The
will directed that Miss Berlin should
make her decision when she reached
the age of 21 vears.
Bad Rum Cost Slumps to 15
Cents Per Drink in Boston
Boston.—Competition in the retail
ing of illicit liquor has forced the price
from 50 cents to 15 cents a drink in the
last year. Boston police captains told
the legislative committee on legal af
fairs on Monday.
The officers declared that fruit
stands and grocery stores were now
competing with barrooms in the sale of
bad liquor. Fletcher Raoney, chair
mrn of the Boston licensing board, told
the committee that arrests for drunk
enness averaged 3.000 a month.
Captain Kneeland, of the city hall
station, said that 50 per cent of the
persons arrested for drunkenness in his
territory required hospital attention.
Church-Hotel for Gotham.
New York.—A combination church
and 17-story modern hotel is to be New
York’s latest novelty in buildings. The
structure, providing' Sunday school
space in the basement, a church on the
first three floors and a missionary
school on the roof, will be erected on
the site of the Metropolitan Taber
nacle, Broadway and 104th street. A
strict censorship will be exercised over
hotel guests, and card playing and
dancing will he prohibited. The esti
mated cost is $1,500,000.
First to Sail Northwest Passage.
Raold Amundsen, the Norwegian ex
plorer, was the first to sail through the
Northwest Passage, north of this con
tinent, in 1903-06. The first attempt
was made bv Sebastian Cabot, four
centuries earlier. Sir Robert McClure
made the journey from ocean to ocean
jl850-53), but had to abandon his ship
after it had been stuck in the ice for
two years. Amundsen was the first to
sail a ship the whole way.
Calves Attacked, Killed By Rats.
Pendleton, Ore.—B. T. Jackson, oi ]
the United States biological survey, j
Saturday verilied a report of rats kill
ing calves. B. C. Rasmussen, of Stan-j
field, complained that wharf rats had j
killed four calves. Jackson found that
the rats worked in bands, chasing the
calves until they were exhausted, and
then gnawing the flesh above the
hoofs and causing the animal to bleed
to death.
Mineral Application No. 0505.
U. S. Land Office. Nome, Alaska.
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
through James M. Streeten, its
authorized agent, whose address is
Nome, Alaska, for a United States
Patent for the consolidated mining
claim known as the MAYFLOWER
ASSOCIATION, No. 12 ABOVE, No.
13 ABOVE, and No. 14 ABOVE
DISCOVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
in the Innoko Mining and Recording
District, Territory of Alaska, and
designated by the United States
Surveyor General of said territory
as Mineral Survey No. 1269; the ex
terior boundaries of said placer
claim, according to the plat and
field notes of said survey, now on
file in said land office (with a mag
netic variation of 20 deg. 12 min.
E.) being as follows:
MAYFLOWER ASSOCIATION
PLACER—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
a fir post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in
earth mound, scribed 1-1269-M.A.:
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
N. 21 deg. 33 min. 06 sec. E.,
4353.23 ft.; thence S. 68 deg. 22
min. E., 6f>6.5 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 22 deg. 33 min. W.
2666.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 75 deg. 02 min. W. 545.55 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 20 deg.
07 min. E., 2728.7 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 87.109 acres.
NO. 12 ABOVE ON YANKEE
! CREEK PLACER — Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, Mayflower Association, a fir post,
4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in earth mound,
scribed 2-1269-M. A., and 1-1269-12
Ab.; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270
bears N. 16 deg. 34 min. 66 sec. E.,
7044.95 ft.; thence S. 29 deg. 51
min. W., 1411.0 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
tibence N. 47 deg. 32 min. W. 502.2
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 27 deg.
59 min. E., 1161.8 ft. to Cor. No.
4, identical with Cor. No. 4 May
flower Association, this survey;
thence S. 75 deg. 02 min. E. 545.55
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of he<*
ginning, containing an area of
15.024 acres.
NO. 13 ABOVE ON YANKEE,
CREEK PLACER—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
3, No. 12 Above, this survey, a fit
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., in earth
mound, scribed 3-1269-12 Ab., 1
1269-13 Ab.; whence U. S. L. Mi
No. 1270 bears N. 21 deg. 59 min.
12 sec. E., 8235.84 ft..; thence S.
47 deg. 32 min. E. 502.2 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 2,
i No. 12 Above, this survey; thence
5, 39 deg. 03 min. W. 1187.1 fit-to
i cor. No. 3; thence N. 40 deg. 15
! min. W., 511.05 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 39 deg. 05 min. E. 1122.05
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
13.299 acres.
NO. 14 ABOVE ON YANKEE
CREEK PLACER—Beginning at Cor.
I No. 1, identical with Cor. No. 4,
| No. 13 Above, this survey; a fir
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., scribed
4-1269-13 Ab., 1-1269-14 Ab.;!
; whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears !
' N. 24 deg. 00 min. 58 sec. E.
19313.95 ft.; thence S. 40 deg. 15
| min. E. 511.5 ft. to cor. No. 2, hden
jtical with Cor. No. 3, No. 13 Above,
I this survey; thence S. 44 deg. 41
min. W. 1252.8 ft. to cor. No. 3;
thence N. 34 deg. 22 min. W.’524.0
ft. to Cor No. 4; thence N. 44 deg.
57 min. E. 1198.1 ft. to Cor. No.
1, and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 14.401 acres.
Total area applied for, 79.833’
acres.
The adjoining claims arer on the
N., Oregon Group, unsurveyed; on
the S., Perphyory Association, un
surveyed; on the E. and W., claims
unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270, is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft! E.
of brow of small bluff bn* the right
limit of Yankee Creek and about
60 ft. in elevation of the bed of
same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Mineral Application No. 0551
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska
April 28th, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State''of Calif
ornia, whose postoffice address is
Mills Building, San Francisco? Calif
ornia, has made application, through
James M. Stredten, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alaska,
for a United States Patent for the
consolidated placer mining claim
known as, THREE STAR ASSOCIA
TION, No. SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
and No. SIX BELOW DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the In
noko Mining and Recording District,
Touritory of Alaska, and designated
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as Mineral
Survey No. 1274; the exterior
boundaries of said placer claim, ac
cording to-the plat and field notes
of said survey, now on file in said
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.), being
as follows:
THREE STAR ASSOCIATION—
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, "4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft: * in ground, in earth mound,
scribed 1-1274-38., whence U. S. L.
M. No;. 1274 bears S. 52 deg. 38
min. E., 148.5 ft.’; thence S. 46 deg.
39 min. W'., 3034.2 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 28 deg: 48 min. W.,
646.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
34 deg. 28 min. W.; 662.65 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 47 deg. 06
min. E., 2769.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 43 deg. 26 min. E., 1259.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
84.12 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Three
Star Association Placer, this survey,
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1274t3S., and
1-1274-.; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1274 bears N. 61 deg. 34 min. E.,
2996.95 ft.; thence S. 41 deg. 09
min. E., 705.65 ft. to Cor.- No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 24 min. W. 898.9
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thenoe N. 60 deg.
34 min. E. 700.5 ft. to Con No. 4;
thence S. 34 deg. 28 min. E., 662.65
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing, an area of
12.389 acres.
NUMBER SIX BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 2, No. Seven
Below on Yankee Creek Placer, this
survey, a hew spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 2-1274-7B.,
and 1-1274-GB.; whence U. S.‘L. M.
No. 1274 bears N. 57 deg. 43 'min.
32 sec. E., 3666.62 ft.; thence S. 36
deg. 57 min. W., 909.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 50 >degf 48 rain. W,
840.2 ft. to’ 'Cor. No, 3; “hence N.
36 deg. 05- nitn. E., 1148.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence' S. 35 deg. 24
min., E., 898.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.998 acres.
Expressly excepting and excluding
from this application the Three Star
Association placer of this same survey,
total area applied for 32.387 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N. E., No. Ten Fraction, unsurvey
ed; on the S. E., claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the S. W., No.
5 Below on Yankee Creek Placer,
unsurveyed, and on the N. W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1274 is a hewn
spruce post, 8 ins. sq., 8 ft. long,
3 ft. in ground, situated bn sloping
hillside in prominent place about 40
ft.. ;nt elevation above the bed of
Yankee Creek, Latitude - 63 deg.
*03 min. N. Longitifde - 156 deg. 19
min; W.
J. SUNDBACK
Register
IS
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the
Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute - Alaska
ALASKA RIVERS PAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught steamers
On the Kiiskokwim;
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager,