PURVEYS COUNT AS ASSESS
MENT WORK, LATE RULING
Tt*. recent pocket veto by Gover
nor Parks of ao Senate measure that
undertook to regulate annual labor
on mining. claims in Alaska does not
operate, -to* render the cost of surveys
ofcunpatented claims invalid as . as
sessment.. work, according to the
statement -of EL D.Snowden, supervis
ing mining, engineer for Alaska, in an
interview, given to the Juneau Em
pite. This matter was submitted by,
Mr. Stewart to Attorney General
Rustgard, who supplied the following
information:.
“In the case. of. Wigand. vs. Mike
Byrne's’ estate, which, originated in
the court at Fairbanks, Alaska, the
court of appeals at San Francisco
held that the east of surveying a. minr
ing claim, could lawfully be counted'
as; applied-.upon expenditure required
by. law for assessment work or annual
labor.”
The-Territorral act- that was recent
ly ^.vetoed provided, among other
other things, that the .cost, of survey
ing mining claims could be. counted as
assessment. work only in. the event,
the field notes of. the .survey had been
recorded, Mr. Rustgard said. This
provision, of .the bill was looked upon
as, being in. conflict with'the federal
statutes, as interpreted by the court
ofi appeals. in the. Wygand case, in
that it would place a limitation on
the right to apply the cost of survey
ing as assessment work. The Attor
ney. General, states that, this interpre
tibn by him supplied one of the rea
sons why the* Governor vetoed the
bill.
It is important to owners rf unpat
<*nted mining, claims, to. know that
they ma ylegally apply as annual as
sessment the.cost of surveying their
claims and that this right is implied,
in. the federal. mining statutes ap
plicable to-Alaska. and therefore may
not be affected, by Territorial acts or.
thems v.eto, Mr, Stewart said.
SINCLAIR1 MADE PHARMA
CIS® IN CAPITAL JAIL
WASHINGTON.—Harry F. Sin
Hair* multijirillibnaiBe oil man,, en
tered jail here yesterday to serve a.
sentence of three- months fori con*
tetnpt of the Senate fbr refusal to an
swer questions during the Senate in
vestigation of. tKe^ Teapot Dome' oil
leases. Hi» brother and an attorney
accompanied Sinclair, who was. nerv
ous and. apparently startled each,
time the flashlights of a. score of pho
tographers boomed!
Starting his first fulhdayin prison
today, Sinclair was assigned-' to the
drug wwm. to act as dispensing phar
macist an dassistant jail physician
during his three months’ stay. He
was one: of the first to arise this
morning from.' his: none too- comfort- j
able, iron' bed in- the dormitory: He j
ate sparingly of the -simple fare..
HOW ABOUT IT? DO YOIT
KNOW YGHR MUSHROOMS?
People whb collect wild mushrooms
fbr food cannot: depend1' upon any
“simple- tests”" Co- distinguish- between^
the edible, and thie poisonous kinds..
They must, kftow what tiny are eat
ing.
It is a.comparatively sin. pie-matter
zor learn to know a few kinds of. dead
ly;.mushrooms and certain dible ones,,
according to the - United States De^
partment of Agriculture, and if the
collector will gather only those he
“Knows to-, be ediblA”" tlai-re need, be
na danger.
Mushrooms, the Department says,
ane frequently thought of as edible i
and toadstools as poisonous. These
terms, however, are used indiscrimin
ately and do not indicate whether: the
plants are edible or po sonous. Nor
can any offthe-simple tests commonly ^
used be recommended for. distinguish
ing between the two.
The popular belief that a silver
-coin tarnishes when placed in a uten
aik in which poisonous mushrooms are
bring cooked is - no— distinguishing
I i 1
test, because both ediblfe and' poison
ous sorts turn silver dark. Equally;
baseless is the belief that a mushroom
is shown to be edible if the skin can
be peeled fro mthe cap‘readily, be
cause peeling is possible with many
poisonous species. Nor is there any
j bar's, in fact, for the notion that
j soakin gor boiling poisonous mush
j rooms in salt water renders them
harmless. Some people have thought
that the presence of insects on mush
rooms is a proof of their edibility;
this likewise is a dangerous supposi
tion, because insects infest the most
poisonous as well as the most edible
species of fungi
Furthermore, in collecting and'
identifying mushrooms one must
make a careful examination of the
specimens while fresh, as they
change very quickly after being
gathered. It is never safe to collect
the young, unopened mushrooms,
called buttons, since even an experi
enced collector is unable to distin- j
guish between the edible and poison-1
ous kinds in the button stage.
Descriptions and illustrations of ai
number of widely distributed edible
and poisonous mushrooms are con
tained in Farmers’ Bulletin 796-F,
which may be obtained free from the
United States Department of Agri-j
culture. I
MAY FUR SALES, SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, May 29.—The feature
item of the May sale was consign
ments of blue foxes,, which sold to.
excellent advantage. Fine furs con
tinued to” be in good! demand, al
though prices eased off somewhat
owing to the poorer, quality of furs
no warriving.
Beaver, No. 1 extra large, sold at
$42 to $45, Demand very good.
Marten were in strong demand,
with brown and dark skins, Nos. 1
and 2 selling at $50 to< $85.
Red fox in good demand, with Nos.
1 and 2, depending on. color and: char
acter, selling at $40 to $65.
White fox are in strong demand,
with large setting at $60 to, $70.
Cross fox in good demand; Nos. 1
and 2, dark, silvery and silky (su
periors) selling at $200 to $300.
Muskrats in poor demand. Prices
ranged from 50c ta $1.35.
Mink—Good demand for dark col
ors Extra large, dark and silky (su
perior) sold. at. $50 to $60..
Otter and lynx were both in strong
demand.
SOCKEVE RUN AT CORDOVA.
CORDOVA, June 3.—All Cordova
is. rejoicing today, with the sockeye
run in full boom and scores of tenders
scurrying back and forth. Thousands
of fish are already packed.. The pack
is twice as heavy here as at this time
last yaar:.
IT WOULDN’T WORK.
General. Preston Brown said at a
luncheon in Washington:
“It’s no wonder the League of Na
tions can’t find some recipe for uni-j
versal. peace. Universal peace, the
wky man is constituted now, is un
practical. It reminds me of a. story.
“A man was Being- shown over a
college by his son. They came, to the
chemical laboratory and the man.
said:
“ ‘What are yo uheys doing-here?”
“‘We’re trying,' said a student, ‘to
discover a universal solvent.’
“‘What’s a universal solvent?’ the
man asked.
“ ‘It’s a liquid,’ the student ex
plained, ‘that will dissolve anything.’
“‘Humph.. Great,’ said the maiu
‘And when you find it what, are you
going to keep it in?’”'
During a stor msome weeks ago- in .
McKinley Park a band of. mountain '
sheep were driven from the-slopes of j
the range in the vicinity of Igloo
creek and strayed out into the flats.
They floundered through the deep :
snow, until completely exhausted' and ;
starving, without being able"to- win- ]
back to the wind-swept ridfces. They 1
undoubtedly would have perished if -
they had not been seen by Chief (
Ranger. Nyberg and.: Ranger Myers.,
They picked up two fine rams and tw»
ewes with lambs and carried them
over the drifts by dog sled to the
Igloo cabin, where they set about re
viving them. It was not long until
they were staggering about unstead
ily on shaky legs. One ram revived
sufficiently to chase one of the rang
ers through the door of the cabin and
bring up with a crash against the
door. Careful handling soon made
them very tame and they would eat
potato peelings and oats out of the
rangers’ hands and follow them
about. When they were stronger
they were taken over to Sanctuary
and brought to headquarters on. the
Road Commission tractors and sleds.
At present they are. temporarily
quartered in one end of the barn and
are putting on weight rapidly. They
are not a bit afraid of the .horses, and
strangers may walk up to them and
pet them without fear of .'a sudden
boost over the fence.—Valdez Miner.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given thht the un
dersigned has filed his final report
and account as administrator in the
estate of Sam Hounam, deceased, and
that such report will be heard and
considered by the Probate Judge of
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, at his office at
Ophir, in said precinct, on Saturday,
July 20, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon
of said day.
All persons having objections to
such report may be heard at said
Lime and place.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, May 20th,
1929'
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
Sam Hounam, deceased.
Pirst pub. June 1, last June 29.
In the Probate Court for Mount Mc
Kinley Precinct, Fourth Division,.
Territory ol Alaska, before Hon
orable W. T. Vanderpool, Com
missio ner and ex-officio Probate
J udge.
[n the matter of the Estate of Rob
ert R. Jones, deceased.:
Notice of Final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the
learing of objections to he final re
port and account of Clint M. Winan,
is administrator of the estate of
Robert R. Jones, deceased, will oe
leld in the Probate Court room at
McGrath, Alaska, at 10 a. m. on Mon
lay, June 10, 1929.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
Dated, McGrath, Alaska, April 30,
1929.
Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed his final report and
account as administrator de bonis non
of the estate of Joe Kermond, de
ceased, and that such report will be
heard and considered by the Probate
Judge of Otter Precinct, Fourth Divi
sion of Alaska, at his office at Flat,
Alaska, on the 10th day of June A. D.
1929, at the hour of two o’clock, in the
afternoon of said day.
A11 persons having objections to
such report may be heard at said time
and place.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
Administrator de bonis non Es
tate of Joe Kermond, deceased.
First pub., March 30, 1929.
1 ABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana. 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 17*4
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23*4
Ninetaen-Mile Roadhouse. 58
Diamond Roadhouse. 76
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina. 115
Trappers’ Cabin ..... 132
Lone Star Roadhouse .. 150
TeHda Roadhouse. 169*4
Slow Fork Roadhouse . 187
East Fork Roadhouse.) 206
Serry’s Landing Roadhouse . 227*4
Big River Roadhouse. 241
McGrath . 263
Takotna . ... 280
Sill Goss’ Roadhouse. 291
Jphir..300
llcCafferty . 306
Srown Creek shelter cabin.318
j’rit* shelter cabin . 333
*Trst Chance shelter cabin . 346
sekermeyer R. H... 360
ditarod .._.376
Hat ..... 384
Sonanxza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
brooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles ii-u: Banansa..
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
AIL Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and,Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A R. Eldridge
McGrath
TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
Wtac» Everything- Is Stndikc and
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOUSES
BATHS
Ivar Ghilstrom
Prop.
Rough and Dressed Lum
Ber of AH Kinds