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Entered as sscona-eiass matter Au,
ju.S 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takottia. Alaska. April 7. 192ft
r it ESS Sit LIBS.
flow much more pleasant bridge
would he if people would be dumb in
stead of acting dumb.—Duluth Her.
aid.
We don't know who owns the air.
but Colonel Li' dbe.rgh has homestead
and discovery rights to a lot of it.^—
Arkansas (iuzetto
--—— •
Wilbur illenn S oliva’s theory about
the world being llat seems much more
plausible during the income-tax-pay
ing season.—Detroit News .
We will get the navy and the ship
yard.- get the gravy.—Brunswick
Hia.) Pilot
Tin: prohibition question is causing
considerable ferment in Congress.—
Atlanta Constitution..
ilson Peace Award Is Urged for
Lindbergh.” That’s right. Why not
give tile i-c»> something?—New York
Evening Post.
When there’s plenty of parking
space, nobody wants it; and ideas
seem to feel that, way, too.— Publish
ers Syndicate.
Heathens are slow to accept the
vhite man’s religion, but they see the
need ot it after they adopt his vices.
—Easton Express.
Thomas A. Edison ha> been award
ed a prize for coconut growing. It
wouldn't be out of place to hang a
few medals on him for coconut using.
—Arkansas Gazette.
A murder is committed every forty
minutes in the United States; it is
perhaps a mere coincidence that that
is also the negth of the usual after
dinner speech.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
We recognize this year as 1928; the
Mohammedans call it 134f>; the Jews.
5688; the Japanese, 2587:. and the By
zantine calendar says it is 7436. The
chances really are that , it is about
1,000,000,000.Minneapolis Journal.
The dollar may not go as far as it
did before the war, hut its accelera
tion is much better developed.—Mem
phis Commercial-Appeal.
We trust there is no truth in the
rumor that President Cool.dgc will
adopt a resolution against a third
term for Senators.—Chicago Journal
of ( ommerce.
Scientist predicts the discovery of
intra-atomic energy that will 'permit
one to hop to the moon. This will be
the first break the pedestrian has had
in a long time.—Arkansas Gazette.
The tariff wall erected to keep out
side products out is keeping inside
products in -Asheville Times.
A New York bandit was. cured f
eriminalit.yby three operations, two
i more than were performed by the old
time Vigilantes.—Detroit News.
A professor finds that a girl baby
j triples her weight during her first
year. And tries to halve it during
her fortieth.—Florence <Ala.) Herald.
By this time two American ad
mirals must be dumb with amazement.
Senator Borah has criticised them for
! talking too much.—Chicago Daily
News.
Civilization is the condition "in
which one generation pays the last
generation’s debts by issuing bonds
for the next generation to pay.—Bos
ton Herald
IV ith 2,000,000 more women than
men voting in England, Sir Frederick
Hall predicts a “petticoat govern
ment.” Sir Frederick should take an
other look.- Arkansas Gazette.
Perhaps the magazine publishers
are back of this movement for a
brand-new calendar with a year or
thirteen months.—Milwaukee Journal
l -
An Englishman named Spender is
studying American newspaper meth
ods. Ft's a game in which a spender
can learn a lot in a short tiW—■Pain
Beach Post
DO YOU KNOW AN 1 OF
THESE MISSING ONES?
Information is desired as to the
whereabouts of the followin indi
viduals:
Tom Garrity, who was known to be
in Alaska some years ago.
Charles \Y. Deveson, - v tio formerl\
lived in Gardner, III., and is known to
have come to Alaska in 1922, being
in the Iditarod country several years
ago.
C. I’. (Bud) Tolson, who is known
i to have come to Alaska aoout 1903.
Boris A. Varonin, or Boris Varon
who is supposed to lie somewhere in
Alaska.
Charles McFadden. who is known
I Takotna Pool Hail I
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i Tobaccos Cigars Cigarets
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I Apples Oranges
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| Mutchler Cold Storage Barge !
| Pork Beef Veai Mutton I
i Boiled Hams Pickled Tongues !
I Sausage in variety Head Cheese I
| DAVE MUTCHLER - PROP. I
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to have been in Ketchikan, Alaska,
from September, 1926, to April, 1927.
Mitchell Weisberg, who was last
heard from at Nome, in September,
1921, at which time he was working
in the store of L. Sidenverg. Mr.
Weisberg is 64 years of age, of dark
complexion, 5 feet 6 inches in height,
and has black hair.
Any information regarding.any of
the above-named individuals should
In' sent to the Governor's Office at
i.euu, Alaska.
:!()<>VER OK SMITH NEX1
RESIDENT, DECLARES ELL
PER. MASSACHUSETTS GOV,
BOSTON.—Alvan T. Fuller, Repute
“ an governor of Massachusetts, be
• .leves Hoover or Smith will he thg
next (resident of.the United States,
lie holds that opinion, despite the ef
f rts of friends to place his name be
fore the forthcoming Republican na
tional convention.
He declared, “If th e Republicans
put over some candidate nominated
> by Hie bosses in a back room at 2
| o’clock in the mornin and th< Demo.
\ crats nominate Smith, I believe Smith
will he elected President.
“If the Democrats do not nominate
Smith they had better disband or else
recognize the party as a free trade
counsel of the Klan with Tom Heflin
as head kleagle. The public is better
informed and therefore more inde
pendent of old-time processes and in
fluences than ever hefore.
“For the future we must have a
government that can be loved, not
merely supported. We must have
men who because of ideals or humble
beginnings will be devoted to the in
terests of the people as opposed to
the sinister influences which, operat
ing behind the scenes, have played an
altogether important part in national
conventions ”
BUYERS 1>U GERMAN
MARKS ORGANIZING
NEW YORK.—American holders of
pre-war German marks are being tfr
ganized by Louis Olapier, aNew York
dealer in foreign money, to go before
the League of Nations in an effort to
obtain a fair exchange for the now al
most worthless on per.
Jack Mutehler, who passed through
Anchorage last month on his way to
Fairbanks to drive his racing tern in
the Fairbanks dog derby, was south
bound on today's train from the in
terior, en route back to Seattle, where!
he is interested with one of his broth
ers and Charles Beam in a resort on
Labe Washington. Beam, who is an!
oldtimer of the Fairbanks district, j
was interested with Oscar Webber at I
Luna Park for a time, but is no longer !
connected with that resort.—Anehor
j- age Times.
PoolHall
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1 Candies I
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Pipes ;
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! George Walfck&j
Proprietor
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QUEBEC WOMAN DIES FROM
BITES OF DRUNKEN MAN
MONTREAL.—Mrs. Sarah Mar
koux, 4!*, died yesterday after having
been bitten by an infuriated man
durin a quarrel in her •home a few
days ago.
Albert Shute, 5(5, a bridge worker,
is in jail here, charged with assault
and wounding. He pleaded self-de
fense and drunkenness when ar
raigned.
Physicians who examined Shute
said he had. infected teeth, hut other
wise was normal.
Three persons , alleged to have
been bitten by Shute, are receiving
medical treatment. Albert Bunnell,
who went to the aid of Mrs. Markoux
when he heard her cries, is deliriou
in Alexandria hospital.
| Du Rand’s
I Cafe and
| Hotel
1 Flat City
-'ll. .. . ii ,!.api ■ . t
MELLON WILL RECOMMEND
FURTHER TAX REDUCTION ;
WASHINGTON.—Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon will make a new tax
reduction recommendation to Co:.
•gress within a few days, expected to
be around 8200,000,000. President
Coolid^e, it is expected, will endor;i«
vlc.lon s 1 ccummendations.
Takctna
Cigar Store
Tobaccos
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Fred Dubois
Proprietinr
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• Trader
Max Simel
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