PROPER1Y Or
ihe Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mine's
.VOL. 1. NO. 42
McGRATH, ALASKA, JUNE 18. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
SWORN IN
GOVERNOR
OF ALASKA
Bone Takes Oath
of Office in the
Interior Dept.
Administered by Justice
McKenna--A Number
of Alaskans Present
.atuthe Ceremony.
Washington,./June 15.—On his
f thirty-fourth wedding annivers
ary, Scott C. Bone\was-sworn in
Governor of Alaska by Supreme
' Court ^Justice McKenna today,
i the oath'.being administered at
■. the Jinteinor Department.
Besides Secretary of ; Interior
JFall, among those present were'
„N. O. .'Messenger and J. Harry
' Gnnningham,.president and for
. mer ^president, respectively, ^of
the Gridiron Club; J. T. Adams,
- chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee; Senator New,
Representative Curry; Alaska
Delegate Sutherland; Richard
^Hatton, formerly of Nome; W.
T.JPerkins,.J. C..McBride, Chas.
E. Herron, .Cecil Clegg,Judge
O. T. Hubbard,.and.many other
.Alaskans.
'Washington, June 18.—Gov-j
- ernor of Alaska Bone, before
leaving for New York, issued a
statement declaring for a con
structive policy of territorial ad
ministration, looking to the de
velopment of the resources of
. the country and accretion of
population through the channels
of legitimate industry.
Juneau, June IG.-^Thomas.W.
Riggs having retired from office
last midnight, Scott C. Bone be
came Governor in fact today.
Technical Peace.
' Washington, June 15.—The House
today adopted the Porter resolution
establishing a technical state of peace
with Germany and Austria.
Washington.—Vice President Cool
i idge today announced the postpone
; jnent of his trip to Oregon.
Woman Cuts Throat
With Razor, Standing
In a Crowded Depot
Seattle, June 16.—Despondent over
the death if her husband in Honolulu.
Mrs. W. E. Page committed suicide
here today by slashing her throat from
ear to ear. The crazed woman com
mitted the aet while surrounded by a
crowd of people in the Interurban
depot. __
10,000 Shriners Pass in Review.
iiDes Moines, June 15.—The Imperial
Council opened here todav. ten thou
sand Shriners passing in review before
Imperial Potentate Garretson, of Ta
coma. _
Charged With Murder.
(Tacoma, June 15.—Sergeant George
W. Sharp, Carl Perrin and Hc.-*£parks,
cmipanions of. Edward F. Filton, re
cently convicted, in the murder of
Karl Titnbs, Tacoma taxicab driver,
were placed on trial today, charged
with murder.
At Meeting of Cabinet;
EalL’s Bill for Alaska
Slated to Pass.
Washington, June 15.—Alaska
was one of the chief topics of
discussion at the Cabinet meet
ing today, and the Administra
tion has.decided to ask Congress
to pass the bill recently drawn
up under the direction of Secre
tary of. Interior jPail, which pro
vides for the administration of
national property and interests
in Alaska under control and di
rection of the President.
The present Congress will not
be asked to pass this new Alaska,
bill, but in the next session j
Alaska legislation will be part |
of the Administration program.
Four Persons Killed in
Auto Accident, Seattle
Seattle, . June 15.—Joe ,Gilmette.and>
George L. Burris, both switchmen, and
their wives, were killed when an inter
urban train ran dowo the auto in which
the party was riding, this afternoon.
A force efinaen are at work on the
road leading from Berry Landing to
the Nixon mine, a distance of about
twelve miles, corduroying it in places
and improving it generally.
Jess Yoder arrived here Monday in
his launch from the Salmon river sec
tion.
ESCAPED
BANDIT IS
CAPTURED
Roaming Streets of
Centcalia.
Policeman Making Ar
rest Will Get $5000
as Reward. »
Centralia,June 16. — Bandit
Roy Gardner was captured here
today by Policeman Louis Sonny.
A small army of Federal and
State officers have been engaged
in a spectacular hunt of the
woods since Gardner handcuffed
his own guards .'and escaped,
from the train, a week ago. He
has= been roaming the streets of
Centralia since his sjsKtoI here
Tuesday on a freight train, hav
ing disguised himself, by heavily
bandaging his face.
Policemam Sonny, for his cap
ture of Gardner will receive a
reward of five thousand dollars.
Seattle, June 17.—Bandit Roy
Gardner was placed in McNeils
island penitentiary tonight, fac
ing a fifty year sentence.
J. G. Emery Elected
National fGommander
of American Legion
Indianapolis, June. 15.—Job a- G. Em
ery, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was to
day elected national commander of the
American Legion, to succeed the late
Commander Galbraith, who lost his
life in an automobile accident.
Says Fleet Will Not Be Sold.
Chicago. June 15.—Chairman Lascer,
of febe Sfcipping Board, in an interview ■
here today, declared that' the-Sbipping
Board fleet wall nob be 9©ld,-expressing
the beMefcthat he can operate it|'at [a
profit, _________
Wilson Says He Will
Keep Political Ideals
Actively Before Public
Washington. June . 16.—Woodrow
Wilson, receiving a delegation of
Princeton students, today, told them
he planned to keep big political ideals, 1
particularly those for the promotion of 1
the peace of the world, actively before !
the public.
TO OFFICES
IN ALASKA
Not Coming Up for
Several Days Yet.
Ma^ Not ’Be^Aimcmnced
Until After Governor
Arrives in Alaska.
Washington, June 15.—Secre
tary of Interior Fall, Attorney
General DaughteiT and Gover
nor of Alaska Bone were in con
ference at the White House on
Alaska Federal appointments,
including iudges, marshals and
attorneys, but it is understood
that no .appointments will be
made for several days and that
mof^t of them will no\ be made
until after Governor Bone’s ar
rival in Alaska.
Fall Gives Warning
That Government May
Go Into Goal Business
Washington, June 17.—-Sharp warn
ing that the Government may enter
the coal business in order to reduce
prices was given to coal operators ef
the country by Secretary of Interior
Fall, today.
i; Horses Arrive at Tacotna.
'-Reports from Tacotcar say that four
horsee have-arrivsd »there ^ to-be used
on the road being conatru&ted by -Supt.
Saupe, of the Plume Dredge Company,
rhe horses were shipped from Ruby to
tditarod, and from Iditarod were
brought over the Moore creek trail in
:harge of Buckskin Harris and A1
Gloslaw. Between fifteen and twenty
men are now at work on this road.
Soldiers Bonus Bill
Reported Favorably
By Senate .Committee
Washington,1 June 15.—The soldiers
ponus bill providing for adjusted com
pensation for ex-service men was fav
jrably reported today by the Senate
finance Committee.
School Term of Nine Months.
McGrath .will have a nine-months
;erna of school4nving the ensuing year,
iccording to a telegram *recei ved a
souple of days ago by the McGrath
School Board from Territorial Superin
endent. Henderson.