REPORTED
Delegate Sutherland’s
Bill Adds 445 Square
Miles to McKinley.
Washington, June 26.*— The
House Committee on, Public
Lands ..has reported favorably,
Delegate Sutherland;s bill- add
ing’ certain lands to the Mount
McKinley National Park region,
Alaska, as endorsed by Secre
tary of Interior Fall.
The area to be added amounts
to four hundred and forty-five
square miles. The General Land
Office is now at work marking
the boundaries of the park^,
Seattle6 Will: Have
Largest Reflecting
Telescope in World
Seattle.—The largest reflecting tele
scope in the world will be erected in
Seattle, according to announcement
made today by Charles H. Prye> the
well known packer.
Captain James L. Berry, with .his
new boat, arrived here last night* from,
Berry Bandiogw, Alas on--hoard of the
new eraft were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Berry and child, Ethel Atwater, Dr.
W. F. Green, Thomas Jasper, William
Hummel and Bob Robertson.
Want Peace With Germany.
Washington. — Republican leaders
plan to make peace with Germany an
actuality before the Fourth.
Frank Monkman and Magnus Rud
left todayHor■ Taootna,
NORTHERN
COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Ball Band—
Rubber BooEsaml Shoes.
Slicker Coats, knee.
“ “• long.
Slicker Hata
Mosquito Head /Nets."
Mosquito Bfed Nfets, single.
Mosquit&Bfed Nets,, double.
Buhach.
Mosquito" Cake^,
Michigan .Dope. .
Oil of CitEQiuUakx.
Garden Seeds ;
Flower Seeds
Encourage People to
Leave Cities land Set
tle on .Western Lands
Washington.-— Secretary of Interior
Fftl] today appointed Mrs. Haviland
Lund, of New York, an inspector for
the Interior Department, She is com
missioned for the especial purpose of
encouraging and inducing people to
leave the cities aDd settle on Western
lands. _
Sets Fire to His Horae
and Burns>to. Death
Wife and 4 Children
Winnipeg.—A. coroner’s jury here
today returned a verdict against Jo
seph Rutledge, charging him with set
ting Ore to home and burning .to death,
his wife and four children.
Seattle High School
Roy Commits Suicide
Seattle.—Leslie Carwile. 16, a sopho
more in the Seattle High School, com
mitted suicide today, bis body being
found banging in the basement of his
home.. The deed was committed, after
bis parents had disapproved his ambi
tion to become an airplane mechanic
Death of Win. Christie.
William Christie, well known all
through the Interior, passed away at
Opbir on» June 11*. 1 He was an old
timer in the Ophir section, coming to
that camp in 1906 or 1907:and having
resided there practically ever- since.
Ze was about 64 years- of age.
British Coal Strike
Is Declared Settled
London.—Thfe coal mine strike, effec
tive sineelApril, was declared as set
tled today. Lloyd George will now
ask Parliament for a subsidy mining
issue to the extent e? sen million
pounds, _
Hot in Washington.
Washington.—So bot here today that
President Harding is receiving callers
in his shirt sleeves.
Millerand to Visit U. S.
Paris.—President Millerand expects
to visit the United States next, as Wil
son did France, says a leading Paris
paper.
In the Probate Court for Otter
Precinct, Fourth Division, Ter
' ritory of Alaska.
Before D. E. Brown,. United States
Commissioner and ex-officio Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Claude
Baker. Deceased, No. 48, Probate.
Notice is hereby given that on the
7th day of May, 1921, at Flat, Alaska,
the Judge of the above entitled Court
appointed Florence Baker executrix of
the estate of Claude Baker, deceased,
■and on said day issued letters testa
i mentary to her, and ail persons having
^claims against the estate of Claude
.Baker,.deceased, are required to pre
sent tbem^with proper vouchers, within
isix months,from,the date,of this notice
ito said ^Florence Baker, executrix-of
‘said estate, at.the Miners &, Merchants
’Bank, at Iditarod,' Otter Precinct,
: .Alaska.
June 4, 19£l.j
Florence -Baker,
* Esecmrix,
ELABORATE
CEREMONIES
At Rededication of the
Washington Ances
tral Home..
Su'lgrave, Northamptonshire,.
June 26.—Fitting tribute was
paid to America’s first president
when the ancestral home ofi the
Washingtons was rededieated to
day, most elaborate ceremonies
marking the occasion.
The old home is restored to
praetica41y the same condition in
which it existed three centuries
ago. _
Jack Mutchler received a telegram
from his brother Jake, at Iditarod, in
forming him of another arrival ax
Jake;s home and that he had already
been named John. And Jack smiles.
Frank Monkman, Martin Clancy,
Magnus- Rod and Fridhtjof Hoen ar
rived here Saturday evening, coming
from Berry Landing.
Western Banker Says
Hoover Plans Unsound
Washington.—That the pronounced
plans of Secretary of Commerce Hoover
for the stimulation of foreign trade are
unsound and injurious to American
welfare, is what George M. Reynolds,
Chicago banker, told President Hard
ing last night, at a dinner given by the
President to a number of Western
bankers.
The Thor.JCaptain Joe Oates, arrived
from Tacotna Saturday night.
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LAUNDRY
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhangingr
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
BLACKBURN &ELDRKMSE
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Provisions Notions Furnishings.
Indian Mitts, Moccasins and Snowshoes
Furs Bought and Sold White Fish and Dog Feed
French Joe’s Antelope and Grizzly Bear in Season
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The Thor
Enright and Passengers
Operating On Kuskokwim
and Tributaries.
THE SALMON. RIVER. FLVEffi
A Fast Boat for Quick Trips. 12-horsepower
For Rates and Reservations see
Frank Fox
Owner
Watch,, Clock and Jewelry
Repairing
ARTHUR J. DOWNER