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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at tb# Post Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 187.9.
McGRATH, ALASKA. OCT. 18, 1922
Name of John E. Baker
Must be Written on Bal
lot at Coming Election
The name of John E. Baker, inde
pendent candidate for representative
to the Territorial Legislature, will not
appear on the printed ballot on elec
tion day, as indicated by a communica
tion from Robert W. Taylor, clerk of
the district court of this division. Mr.
Taylor cites the law governing the
case, which provides that any Candi
da i uj t nominated by any politic
party, in order to have his name print
ed on tne ballot, must file his petition
on or before the date of the primary
election.
This inability to print the name of
Mr. Baker on the ballot to be used at
the forthcoming election is, of coarse, ■
regretted by his many friends. How
ever, the adherents of Mr. Baker are
privileged to write his name in a space
on the ballot as their choice for repre
sentative, as indicated by Mr. Baker,
and this, Without question, will be the
method taken to express the'*’ prefer
ence of that gentleman for representa
tive.
Following is Mr. Taylor’s communi
cation, also that of Mr. Baker:
Fairbanks, Aug. 29, 1922.
Mr. B. B. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner,
Ophir, Alaska:
Dear Sir—
I am just in receipt of a petition
signeu by yourself and several other
citizens requesting me to enter the
name of John E. Baker as a candidate
for representative to the Territoria
legislature in the general election to
be held in November, 1922.
In reply thereto, would state that
chapter 39, section 10. on page 122 of
the Session Laws of Alasaa, 1919, pro
vides that anv candidate, not nominat
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
70d L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
ed by any political party at the primary
election, who desires his name on the
ballot at the general election In No
vember, must file his petition on or
prior to the date of the primary elec
tion.
You will therefore see that it im
possible for me to print Mr. Baker’s
name on the ballot.
I should have been glad to have ac
ceded tc the wishes of such a large
Lumber of the voters of our division if
it had beeu in my power to do -so, but
the law above refetred to distinctly
prohibits such action.
Will you therefore kindly advise the
people interested?
Very truly yours,
Robert VV. Taylor,
Clerk.
To the Voters of McKinley and
Ophir Precincts.
Tacotna, Oct. 14, 1922.
I am just, in receipt of the above let
ter, tonight.
This, I know, will knock my being
elected. Otherwise, 1 would go in with
a whoop.
However. I hope on election day you
will all assemble at the polls and take
time to write my name on the ballot, so
that 1 will make a good showing just
among our borne folks, i.nyhow.
Thanking von, I remain,
Yours truly.
John E. Baker.
Captain Lott, Juneau,
a Victim of Murder
Juneau.—The body of Captain Harry
Harry C. Lott was found this week
near his chicken ranch, three and aj
half miles below town, on Gastineau
channel. The head was crushed and
there were two holes in it. evidently
inflicted by a miner’s pick.
Captain Lott came to Alaska in 1887,
and was 09 years of age. He formerly
resided at Port Townsend, and was a
well known Puget Sound captain.
Cargo of 8,000 Barrels
of Alaska Salt Herring
Seattle.—The steamer Northwestern
arrived iu port this morning with a
cargo of more than eight thousand bar
rels of salt herring, the cargo repre
senting the pooled shipments of North
ern fishermen The arrival of the big
shipment is the final proof of the re
ceDt prediction that the herring indus
try is destined to be one of Alaska’s
greatest industries.
Practically the entire consignment
will be forwarded to New York, where
there is heavy demand for the product.
Her First Dollar, After
27 Years, Comes Back
Chehalis, Wash. — Her first dollar,
speut 27 years ago, recently returned
to the hands of Mrs. Torrence Hager
man, of this city. When she was eight
years of age Mrs. tiagermun -eceived
a silver dollar from her father. She
placed her initials on the coin and
spent it with a merchant at Lancaster,
Mo., where she was then living. The
dollar turned up again when Mrs. Ha
german received it in chaoge from a
merchant la Mont"sano, Wash.
Mr. Ford’s project for a street at
Muscle Shoals seventy-five miles long
looks like an appeal for the traffic cop
vote in case he runs for the ptefidency.
New York Tribune.
Lloyd George says he is a tired man
on a mountain top, but he may just be
up a tree.—Newspaper Enterprise As
sociation.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick - - Proprietor
An optimistic German royalist says
the time is coming when everybody
will take their hats off to the former
kaiser. Maybe he’s going to get a job
clerking in a hat store.—-Southern
Lumberman.
The list of “dont’S” issued by New
York’s police commissioner as a means
of avoiding being robbed might have
been condensed into one, ‘'Don’t go to
to New York.”-—Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention :
New Dog Houses Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kusfcokwim Valley
Napamnte. Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are-right
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ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
SOMPAMY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Ku skokwi m.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
» —■Him r' iirrar him
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John E. Baker
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Independent Candidate
for I;
Territorial Representative
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Write His Name On the
Official Ballot «