MONROE’S
DOCTRINEl
Hughes Says Its Vigor
ous Enforcement Es
sential to Nation.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.*-Secre
tary of State Hughes declared
here tonight that vigorous en
forcement of the Monroe Doc
trine as a policy is essential to
national safety as well as to the
continuance of friendly relations
with the people ©f this hem
isphere. The address was made
before the American Academy of
Political and Social Science and
the Philadelphia Forum at the
centenary .celebration of the doc
trine promulgated by President
Monroe on 1> cpmber 2, I8l3.
Plans are uiteady under why for To
kotna,'s Christmas celebration. These
plans' iivrfude » danee and entertain
ment to be given at the Larsmv House,
on Christ mas eve, Dec. 24. And it pops
without sajing that everybody is an
ticipating a good timp.
Mail Carrier Billy Butke, with the
incoming -mail, arrived Wednesday,
having made the run from Big river to
Tokotna on that dav.
Fresh Killed
Reindeer
Meat
At Tokotna
and Ophir-^
30c Lb.
By Carcass or Side,
at N. C. Co.
Send Orders to
A. H. Twitchell
Ophir, Alaska
U.S. NOT TO
TAKE PART
Declines (o Enter Inves
tigation Into German
Reparations.
Washington, Dec. 3. — The
United States will not take part
in the investigation planned by
the allied reparations comm is
sion, to determine Germany’s ca
pacity to pay, it was announced
at the While Hou$e tonight.
The governmeet today notified
James A Logajv American ob
server with the reparations com
mission in Paris, that it is still
unwilling to participate in ah in
quiry into Germany’s financial
matters.
Anchorage Man Runs
Across Seattle Vamp
_
August Koch, formerly of Anchot
age, was touched for cash and valu
ables amounting to $900 in Seattle.a I
few days ago, and the police of that
eitv are looking for Loris Sherwood.
Koch had juit reached Seattle from
the North, and his bankroll and Doris
vanished simultaneously.
"Koch told the police,” says the Se
attle Star, "that he met Doris Sher
wood here Wednesday nig lit. Ke
thought he knew her. She knew him.
They went so the Commodore Hotel,
I where Koch told of his experiences in
! the Far Northi She urged him to have
! another drink, and he told her some
more.”
Doris said ftttffe between drinks, ac
cording to Koch. After several drinks
Koch found out why. He told the po
lice th|it he was robbed of 1350 in ca>h,
t wo diamond rings valued at $155 and
$50. and a diamond pin worth $150.
The property has not been recovered,
and Koch is c»»nt«mpiating a return to
Alaska, unless somebody Sods Doris
for him. •_
Dave Mutchler, heade i for the Out
side on a business trip, was a Thursday
departure._ _
This has been a cold week, most
thermometers today indicating some
where around 50 below.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Idilttrud, Alaska,
Practice in all Courts.
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DR. W. A. RYSTROM
Dentist
Scheduled to Arrive in To
kotna About November 15th
Telegraphic Ticks.
Los A»gele8.--l.insseil blushes, a pho
tographer, and George L Vane, of
Kansas Giiy, are dead as the result of
an accident which occurred as the
drivers were wheeling their cars iDto
place for the starting of the 2ol) mile
automobile classic this afternoon. The
race was won by Benny Hiif.
Seattle,—Wong Quit Yee, a Chinese
importer. wa> killed, and Miss Dorothy
King, whom he was escorting about
tiie city, perhaps fatally injured, when
they were -trwk by a Wallingford
avenue street car, which the couple
sought to board, today.
Los Angeles.—The engagement of
Hubert McAdoo, son of William G.
McAdoo, and Miss Loraine Rowan,
daughter of Mrs. Robert A. Raw an,
was announced today. The ceremony
will be |ierfoiuied next week.
San Francisco.—Glair K. Vance, air
mail pilot, and one of the best known
Avers in the country, is the ohj-ct of a
search today, following his failure to
arrive in Menu with mail from San
Francisco.
Cfedurlmrst. N. Y —A tight between
nit tubers of the ..a_ iu Legion ami
the ku klux ki«n marred the , cere
monies in dedicating a monument to
nine youibs who lost their lives m the
wor.d war.
New York.—Pardoned bv. President
Coolidge and I reed from a life sentence
at Leavenworth prLon. Lotbar Witzue,
& German convicted during the world
war, was deported today,
Paris. —Several South American
countries may withdraw from- the
League of Nations and form a Latin
block, according to a Madrid dispatch
to Matin.
Seattle.—The schooner Boxer, oper
ated by the Bureau of Education, and !
i be last ve-sel to leave Point Barrow,
arrived in port la-C rryhc.
—
Yakima.—Jesse F Ferretfwrc, no trial
for murder for the shooting to death of
William.). Hillyer, town marshal, was
acquitted today bv a jm-y.
Chicago.—Irene Cattle, noted dancer,
and Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy
Chicago coffee merchant, were united
in marriage here tn-tar.
Tokyo. —The island of Formosa, in
theChin+SPa. was heavily shaken by
an earthquake las- thubt.
Sun Wanciseo.—Cnarles T. Sigler, a
former Alaskan and former resident ol
Seattle, died here today.
Coblenz.—Seven hundred separatists,
headed by Dr. Bans Dorton, occupied
Coblenz today.
First Class in Every
ResDect
Private rooms, with spring'vbeds.
Good Meals Served
for $1.00
Bath room, with saDitary"toilet.
Pure well water.
Good, clean dog house.
Position of Amund
sen Ship Maud, Dec. 1
Christian*. — A message received
from Captain Oscar Wistring, on board
of Amundsen’s exploration ship Maud,
gives the vessel's position oo December
1 at one thousand miles northwest of
Bering Straits
Power to Be Used for
Pulp and Paper Plant
Washington. — The Federal Power
Commission acted favorably today on
the application of Sutton, McNear &
Daugherty, of New York, for a license
to construct a 29.000-horsepower elec
trical project <m Cascade creek, 22
miles from Petersburg. Alaska. The
jx»wer obtained will be used for the
manufacture of pulp and paper.
For Sale
Five Good Dogs
Ib first class condition
$50 Each
Innoko Lumber Company
Freighting
To All Parts or Any
Place.
Reasonable Rates
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To Leonard D idge. b\ Smith, Harvey
VVen'Z K H. Gaffe, or R H. Grif
fiths, and T. J. Coffey, their per
sonal representatives, heirs and as
signs:
I You and each of you are hereby noti
|-fied that toe undersigned has expended
for annual labor one hundred dollars
($100.0) ner v.*ar f >r the vears 1915,
1010. 1917, 1920, 1921. 1922. upon the
following described mining claim, in
Ruby recording district. Territory of
Alaska: The Sandbag Association
Claim, on Greenstone creek, a tribu
tary of Long creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of law
respecting annual labor upon mining
claims.
A^id if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you. or •
anv of you, fail to pay your portion of
Lhe amount expended on the ub >ve
claim,, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned co
owner. according to the 'provisions of
Section 2.124 Revised Statutes of the
Uuited States.
Dan S0THEKCAND.
Date of first publication, Sep-. 22, 1923.
Date of final publication. DVe: 29: 1923.
CHARLIE’S
;i U LP1’
McGrath
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
Tbe Handy Man
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO.
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna]
Fall and Winter
Outfits
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Star Ham, 50c Star Bacon, 69c
Sugar, $14 Per 100 Lbs.
Pillsbury Flour, $10 Soft Flour, $9
Leather Vests, $10 and $12
Federal Milk, $8.50 Star, $1 Plug [
At Our Tokotna Stoae.
Dog Harness Dog, Collars I
Sled Runners Camp Stoves Tents
Crosscut Meat Saws
A Complete Line of Winter Clothing,
Including Patrick Brand
199-GAL. TANK GASOLINE, $35.99
At Our McGrath Store
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