Interior Secretary Fall
Planning to Come to
Alaska Next Summer
The Washington Times, speaking of
the announced plans of Secretary Fall
to visit Alaska during the coming sum
mer, says:
“Secretary of the Interior Fall, one
time railway builder of the West, is
going back to his old job.
“He plans a trip to Alaska to direct
personally the work of putting the
• finishing touches on the Government’s
railroad between Seward and Fair
- banks.
“ Tt will take $4,000,000 to finish the
railread.’ the Secretary is auoted as
• saving. ‘A bill providing this sum has
; been reported out of—committee for
passage imthe Senate and it seems cer
tain the sum will soon be available.
When it is,' I am going to give explicit
, direct ions to the chief of operation and
- construction and his engineers that
this monev will have to cover all the
- expenses of finishing up the road, in
- eluding rolling slock and other neces
• sary material. And I’m going up there
to give some personal supervision to
the work. I used to help build rail
roads in-the 'West, and I think I can
i help 't'ne Alaska project along in a
• rather practical way. I had hoped the
. road1 as originally authorized by Con
gress, would be completed next sum
mer, hut that, hahdly seems likely now.’
“A large portion of the road is al
ready in operation? principally in car
rying coal from the Alaska mines, but
also doing a small freight and passen
,. ger business. ‘ it is Secretary Fall’s in
i tention to inaugurate freight and pas
senger service over the entire line as
• soon as possible.
"The opening'of the Alaska railroad
■ is part of a new policy the Harding ad
• ministration has decided upon in re
spect to Alaska. This the Secretary
describes'as the ‘open door’policy, by
• which1 the resources of the rich Terri
tory will te developed to he utmost
and lands aDd their mineral content
, placed in the hands of settlers.
“As the first step in this direction a
bill is pending in Congress for consoli
dating the thirty-eight commissions
and bureaus now directing Alaskan af
faire iDto a central body, to be made a
part of one of the governmental de
partments, most likely the Department
of rhe Interior.”
J. G. RIVERS
Attorney At Law
Flat, Alaska
TCLtbose who will be in need
of dental services, will say
it is imy intention to return
North on; the Brat boat landing
at Bethel, early in July, and
later will visit McGrath, Ta
cotna, Ophir, Flat and all other
places heretofore covered.
During my stay on the Out
side it is my intention to take
an up-to-date course in Optom -
etry, my purpose being to return
North prepared to test the eyes
of all those in need of this spe
cial attention, as well as to sup
ply accurate lenses and other
optical requirements.
C. D. Garter, D. D.S.
Old Trapper Has a_
Horrible Experience
Wrangell Sentinel.
E. P. Parks, an old-time trapper,
was brought into Petersburg Sunday
evening in a critical condition, having
been burned almost to death on the
previous day.
Mr. Parks was living aboard his gas
boat, Carl, when be found himself
frozen in at Pybus bay. Upon getting
up Sunday morning he undertook to
9tart a firewith coal oil. When the fire
did not light Mr. Parks picked up the
can and poured more oil in the stove.
However, it was discovered later that
he had saturated his wood with gaso
line instead of coal oil. It is therefore
• no wonder that while he was using the
can the second time mere was an ex
plosion that set him on fire from head
to foot. He rnsbed out of the boat and
jumped through the ice into the water.
He then returned to his boat and, hav
ing no more clothes, wrapped a quilt
around his body and got into a row
boat, and, using his oars to break the
ice in front of him, spent the greater
part of the day working his way
through the ice out into open water.
Upon reaching open water he made his
way to Brothers island, arriving there
almost dead from suffering and ex
posure. He was discovered by ”San
Juan” Smith, who came to his rescue.
After beiag given first aid by Mr. and
M rs. Smith he was taken bv them to
Petersburg on their gas boat. Mr.
Parks was turned over to Dr. Pigg.
The patient is still alive, with a possi
bility of recovering.
; Former Nome Gambler Arrested.
Seattle.—Police in a midnight, raid
on the gambling house of IPrank Hall,
a former Nome operator, seized 830,000
and arrested thirty persons patroniz
ing the place. They found Hall wear
ing a deputy sheriff’s badge, the sheriff
having sworn in Hall as a special dep
uty at the insistence of politicians.
Louis Berberian, a trapper residing
near Mile 513 on the Government rail
road. is thought to have met death in
a snowslide. Berberian has not been
seen since December 19, and reoent
visitors to his cabin find no trace of
him
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John Neimi, E. Oksanen, John
Heiuo, Matt Besola, Matt Kivioen,
John Turtenain, Henry Kleimola,
August Belkola, vour heirs, ex
ecutors, administrators, and as
signs:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that we. the undersigned, have
done and caused to be performed labor
to the value of one hundred dollars
($100.00) vearlv, for each of the years
1915, 1910. 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921,
upon placer mining claim known as
and called Neimi Association, situated
on Spruce creek, a tributary of Innoko
river, Innoko mining and recording
preeinct, Territory of Alaska, in order
to hold the said claim under the pro
visions of Section 2324, and amend
ments thereto, of the revised statutes
of the United States of America, con
cerning annual labor upon mining
elaims. __
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the costs
of recording the same and the costs of
this advertisement, your interest in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owners, Jwho
have made the required expenditures
under the terms of said section 2324,
and amendments thereto, of the re
vised statutes of the United States of
America.
H. J. VlNAL,
_ _ W. A . VlNAA.
Date of first publication, Feb. 4. 1922.
Date of last-publication, May 6, 1922,
51 Per Cent of Doctors
Vote Whisky Necessary
Chicago.—Wbisity is a necessary
therapeutic agent in the practice oj
medicine, according to 51 per cent of
the 31.115 doctors who answered the
questionnaire issued by the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
Forty-nine per cent disagreed.
On the question of the medical value
of beer and wine there wae not such a
close division. Seventv-four per cent
c.1 the p'nysiciaus said beer was not
necessary, and 68 per c°ot said wioe
had no value in their practice.
The Journal sent questionnaires to
53.900 physicians, of whom 58 percent
replied.
Tabulated bv States, the vote shows
20 States favoring the use of whisky
and 38 States opposed to it, while eveTT
State returned a negative vote on thp
beer and wine questions. The doctors
favoring the use of whisky are in the
majority in the cities, where 58 per
cent voted for the liquor. In the rural
districts 54 per cent voted against it.
Forfeiture Notice.
To Frank P. Haslund, jour heirs, ex -
ecutors aDd assigns:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1914, 1915,
1916. 1917 and 1920 the sum of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125)
in labor and improvements upon
your undivided one-fourth interest
in claim No. 2 below, first tier,
left limit. Candle creek, in the
Mt. McKinley mining: and recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, in order
to hold said claim under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the revised statutes
of the United States, and the amend
ment thereto approved January 22,
1880, concerning: annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to ho'd said placer mining claim
for the period ending December 3lst,
1920.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this ootice, or
within ninetv days after the publica
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con
tribute the amount of such ex
penditure as well as the costs of re
| cording the same, and the costs of this
, advertisement, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
undersigned, your co-owoer, who has
made the required expenditure under
the terms of said section 2324 of the
revised statutes of the United States.
B. B. Green.
Date of first publication, Jan. 6, 1922.
Date of final publication, April 8, 1922.
Tabulated by districts, the North At
lantic and South Atlantic States fav
ored whisky, while the North Centra,
and Western States gave a majority
against it.
Twenty-two <per oent of those reply
ing. or 6,432 doctors, said they knevr
of instances in which the unnecessary
suffering or death has resulted from
the enforcement of the prohibition
law, while 23,352 of 78 per cent said no
sueh instances had occurred in their
practice.
Notice.
In the Probate Court for the Kusko
kwim Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
Estate of Ben Anderson.
Chas. Ammolin, administrator, hav
ing applied for permission to sell the
real property of said estate, all persons
interested in said estate are notified to
appear at my office, at Naparnute,
Alaska. Friday, March 10th, at 4 p. ra„
to show cause why such permission
should not be given.
Witness my hanVana. official sea
this 30th davof Januarjrcl^.
[Seal] ' ’ W. J/ CWBi- ,
U. S. Commissioner, acting as
probate judge, Kuskokwim
precioct.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To H. Beyer, your news. executors and
assigns:
You, and each of you, -are hereby
notified that-1, the undersigned, your
co owner, have expended for labor and
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100) yearly for
the years 1010, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915,
1916, 1920. upon your interests in the
Three Star Association placer mining
claim, situated on Yankee creek, a
tributary of the Innoko river, Innoko
mining and recording preoinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, io-order to hold said
claim under the- provisions £f Section
2324 of the revised statutes of the
United States and the amendment*
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims,- being the amount re
quired to hold said mining claim for
the period ending July 1, 1921,
And if-within the period of ninety
days after the publication of this no
tice you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditures,
as well as the costs of recording the
same and the expenses of this adver
tisement, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the coder
signed. your co-owner, who has made
the required expenditures under the
terms of said Seetion 2324 of the re
vised statutes of the United States.
Jean McLean,
Co owuer.
Date of first publication', Dec. 29, 1921
Q ate of last publication, April 5, 1922
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