CONFESSES
HER CRIME
Corpse Exhumed and
Burned, to Collect
Insurance.
Napa, CaiJ> Decs. 15.—Dorothy
Anderson this afternoon con
Jessed that she assisted Edward
Sailstad, a former Eau Claire,
Wis,, business man, in the insur
ance' hoax death plot, whereby
the body of-a man was exhumed
from a local Cemetery, placed in
a summer cottage, and the place
then' destroyed by tire, in order
to leave the impression that Sul
stad was dead.
Chris Dah!., Gust Wilson, Fred Yor
iedge and John Adams, from Yai kee
creek, arrived Tuesday, coming in
for the Christmas season*
I
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Fresh Killed
Reindeer
Meat
\ At Tokotna
* 'r and Ophir
30c Lb.
By Carcass or Side,
, at N. C. Co.
Send Orders to
A. H. Twitchell
Ophir, Alaska
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Tokotna’s Xmas
Festivities
» ,i
Will Commence With a
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Grand Ball at Larson House
!
Monday Night, Dec. 24
j Combined with which terpsichorearr treat there *
| wilt be interesting program of Children’s Ex
j ercisfes, the Big Christmas Tree; and, of course,
that always palatable midnight lunch;
j Big Dinnerat-Earson House om Christmas Day. ,
Come Qseli* Come All! Everybody’s Invited!
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Late Law for Relief
of Needy and In
digent of Territory
The following net, the provisions of
which are designed for the relief of the
needy aod indigent of the Territory,
was passed at the last session of the
Legislature and approved by Governor
Bone on Mry 3:
! An Act to make further provisions
; for the oeedy aod indigent and declar
i log an emergency. - *
i Be it enacted- by the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska;
Section 1. There is hereby appro
priated out of any moneys in the treas
ury of the Territory of Alaska not
otherwise appropriated the sum of
twelve thousand -dollars, or so much
theieof as may be-mecessary to be used
as hereinafter directed, for the relief
of the needy and indigent of the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Sec £ This money shall be divided
for expenditure among the four judi
cial divisions of t'neTdrritory of Alaska
in proportion to the population of each
division as 9bown by the 1920 ceDSU9
Not more than sixtbousaBd dollars of
Slid money can be expended during the
year ending March !. 1923 [1924]. and a
like sum during the year-ending. March
1, 1924 [192f]. >
Sec. 3. Sa>d moneys shall be expend
ed under the direction and upomthe-'i
approval of the United States district
judges for the several divisions of the
Territory of Alaska, and the vouchers
for such expenditures shall be signed
hf the persons to be benefited in such
firm as may be prescribed by the Ter*
r-torial treasurer, and each of said
vouchers shall be signed by one of
siid district judges in approval thereof.
Sec. 4: Said money shall be used for
the relief of the oeedy aod indigent in
t he Territory of Alaska, and may be
expended for the purchase of food or
clothing or other necessary supplies,
: for hospital services; medieal treat
ment, transportation, or in such ether
way as the district judge may direct
'or the aid or relief of needy or indt
I geot persons.
| Sec. 5. An emergency is hereby de
clared to exist, and this act shall take
j effect from and after its passage aod
approval.
Approved May 3, 1923.
Harry Harris, who reeeDtly came in
from the I. D. camp, left Wednesday
fir Ophir on his way to Ruby. He vrill
probably return here over the late
trail.
Ford Will Return War
Profits to Government
Detroit.—Henry Ford will return his
war profits to the government as soon
as an audit, which has been going on
almost continuously since the war end
ed, has been completed, according to
the announcement of Ernest G. Lie
bold. Mr. Ford’s secretary, in the fol
lowing statement:
“Following Mr. Ford’s previous an
nouncement that be would turn back
to the government ' the amount of
profits accruing'from war work on his
own stock holdings in the Ford enter
prises. an audit was begun of the books.
“In fact there has been a more or
less continued' auditing of the books
since the elose of the war. If we ever
get a final settlement on war contracts,
taxes and the like, then Mr, Ford will
mtke immediate repayment of profits.’
Grant Murdock and Chris Peterson
returned Tuesday from a trip to Mc
Grath.
Notice of Marshalls Sale.
United S'axes of America, 1
Fourth Judicial Division, Iss.
District of Alaska. > v
Public notice is hereby eiven that,
by virtue of a writ of fieri facias (or
execution), dated October 25th A. D
1923, issued out of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Fourth di
vision on a judgment rendered in said
I court on the 17ah day of October. A. D.
1923->n favor of Miners & Merchants
Bank of Jfcti-itarod. Alaska, a corpora
lion, and against, George Phillips nod
John Handley, I have, on this lStbday
of December, A D- 1923. levred upon
the followings described real estate,
situated in the Otter Precinct, Fourth
Division of Alaska, to wits
All of the right. title and interest of
the defendants George Phillips ‘and
John HancHev in and to the following
described placer aiming claims, to wit:
The ‘'Hope” Association;* Ode above
Ray Fraction; Two above Ray Frac
tion, aQd One below Ray Fraction; all
of said claims betng.situate on Uappv
creek, in the Otter recording precinct.
Fourth judicial division. Territory of.
Alaska, together with all tmprove
n;c, ts, ditches, mining tools and equipr
Vr.-yct ont io aud about any of the above
described mining claims and used in
the operation and working thereof at
the time of the giving of the mortgage
foreclosed io this action: also all the
gold aod gold dust, gold-bearing earth,
rook and gravel therein contained; and
that l will, accordingly, offer said real
estate for sale, at public vendue, to tbe
high-st and best bidder, for cash, on
the 28th day of January, A. D. 1924, at
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the front
door of tbe office- of the Udited States
Marshal at Fiat, Alaska.
Dated Flat* Alaska. December 13, A.
D. 1923.
G. B. StevefffS;
tl. S. Marshal, Fourth Divi
sion, District of Alaska.
Albrecht and Taylor,
Plaintiff s Attorneys.
GULLIKSON
HOUSE
Tbkotna’
First Class in Every
Resnect
^ n Private rooios, with spring beds.I
It i t
! Good Meals Served
1 for $1.00
Bath room, with sanitary toileu
Pure well water.
Good. clean dog house.
Chicago Police Boost ,
Rum Costs, Charged
Chicago.—Chicago saloonkeepers re
vealed Friday to the state attorney’s
office that they had a real grievanae.
Uniformed policemen are sailing real
whisky at $6 a pint, said bartenders
and saloor.L-eepers, from among* score
called io for questioning,
i But that iso’t what nettles them. It’s
the fact that the policemen charge a
dollar more for their contraband than
ao the “regular” bootleggers, said the
bartenders, who are afraid not to buy
their wares.
Ed Liepee left Wednesday, headed
| for Ruby.
Tokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is the schedule now- ob
served by the Tokotna radio station:
WEEK DAYS.
9:45 a. m.— Receive from Anchorage.
11:00 a. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
11:30 a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
2:00 p. m.—Receive from Fairbanks. -
2:30 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
4:00 p. m.—-Seod and receive Iditarod.
4:30 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
SUNDAYS.
9:45 a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
11:00 a. m —Seod aod receive Iditarod.
4:00 p. m —Send and receive iditarod.
4:30 p. m.— Receive from Anchorage.
Freighting
To All Parts or Any
Place.
Reasonable Rates
JOHN HEINO
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Leonard Dodge. F. Smith, Harvey
Wentz. K: H'. Guffe, or R. H. Grif
fiths, and T. J. Coffey, their per
sonal representatives, heirs and as
signs:
You and each of yon are hereby, noti
fied toat tne undersigned has expended
for annual labor one hundred dollars
($100.00) per year for the years 1915,
1916, 1917. 1920, 1921, 1922, upon the
following described mining claim, in
Ruby recording district, Territory of
Alaska: The Sandbag Association .
Claim, on Greenstooe creek, a tribu
tary of Long creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of law
respecting annual labor upon mining
claims.
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you, or
anv of you, fail to pay your portion of
the amount expended on the above
claim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned co
owner. according to the provisions of
Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
Dan SUTHERLAND1.
Date of first publication, Sept. 22. 1923.
Date of final publication, Dec. 29. 1923.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath
A Bath in a Real
I Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
V , '■■pl ' ' L *"
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
A Merry Christmas
To All Friends and Patrons
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Our Stores will be closed on Christmas
Day, also on December 30th^and 31st,
both Tokotna and McGraths
IttO-GAL. TANK GASOLINE, $55.00
At Our McGrath Store