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Alaska Notes
*Gleanings From Territorial
; Exchanges.
The long dry spell in the Yukon will
sooD.be broken, an agreement having
oeeq reached bet week the Canadian
and. American officials for the trans
portation of liquors across American
territory into the Yukon. According
„o iqs agreement arrived at the Cana
dian^ will be permitted to ship Itquors
.n bpnd through the territorial waters
of the United States frosa Prince Ru
oertjup the Slikine river and across
the Canadian boundary without trans
ferring within American borders. The
shipments must be made under seal
and. bo convoyed through- American
waters from boundary -to boundary,
Shipments of liquors landed at Tele
graph Creek will have to be transport
ad oyer the Canadian government trail
tunning through that point to Atlin,
.3. C., froth where transportation to
Yhitehorse, Dawson and other interior
aoiqts is easily available.
it is not generally known in Alaska
-bah the largest vessel plying in the
watess of the Territory is the steam
ihipOstego, which is owned and op
erated by Libbv, McNeil <5v Libby.
rbe'Ostego was formerly known as the
Pridce Eitel Frederick, the German
raider, whiAh was the terror of the
Atlantic during the world war. The
'ritfee Kite! Frederick was surren
derad to the United States government
by her commander, and after the war
was over the vessel was purchased bv
3ibby, McNeil ; Libby, and at a cost
of S$Q,6(K> Was transformed> into the
argfest and iiheat daaafii y vessel in the
worid1 today. The Ostego ts Z~1 feet in
length, or three feet longer than the
i'ukbn, flagship of the Alaska Steam
MEAT GO.
■i...*... 11 ——t—»—
Beef Mutton
, fork Veal
nOiiickens Turkeys
• I Bolognas and all
kinds of Sausages
Hearts Livers
Beef Tongues
i •
Spare Ribs
H Paeon Ham
ship Company, and carries a crew cA
' sixty men.
It imre;x>rted that soaosplendid ore
has been uncoverod on the properties
; controlled by the Hecla people in the
Totatlanika. originally staked and par
tially developed by Cook &. Murphy,
who are reported to have sold to the
present owners for $'00,000. The com
pany has a large crew of men at work
now and are looking for more hardrock
miners.
The erection of a 100-tou stamp mill
at Wernecke, Y. T., the official name
of the camp of the Treadwell ¥ubon
Gold Company, in the Mayo district,
by that compaby, was announced re
cently by P. R. Bradley, consulting en
gineer and general manager. The
plant will be shipped in this summer
for installation.
A big brown bear occupied the mid
| die of £. road caw Jun3&u»i-eceot1y and
retained possession uniii'aimost touched
by the car driven by Claude EriesoD
j before he moved oil into the bushes.
Rasmus Sine, who-was admitted to
| the Pioneer Home last spring from Pe
i tersburg, died there recently. He had
i been a resident of Southeastern Alaska
^ for many years.
Some people are known to get up re
luctantly every morning and pray fer
vently: ‘‘Give us this day our daily
bread.’’
They are never so happy as when
| they have something real or imagin
| ary—it makes no difference which—to
worry about. And it was to ODe of
: these that a solemn-faced kidding phi
| losopher was talking when he said
"Did you know there are "6,000 peo
j pie in the state of Massachusetts alone
|—that supposed-seat of culture and
1 mental refinement—who can neither
i read nor write, although they are - na
j tiye-born Americans?”
| ‘‘No!’’ exclaimed, his pessimistic
friend, delightedly. “You don't mean
it! Isn’t that just.wbat I’ve been tell
ipg People all the lime? The world is
jetting ateadily worse and more ig
’ aeraot. people”—
"Yep,” said the philosopher, "there
aie that many illiterate natives. Every
one of them is under two years of age.”
—E*.
Washington.—The Treasury Depart
ment has ordered the suspension of all
sales of Treasury saving certificates
and stamps. In a statement given out
it is declared that funds have been oh
tained at a lower interest rate than the
per cent paid by the government.
To Whom It May Concern.
Bethel, Alaska.
Jean McLean,
Tokoina, Alaska.
Statement made by Dubois false, as I
swore to complaint myself; as records
of commissioner’s offioe, McGrath, will
show.
Advt. McMullen-.
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Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tofcotna, Alaska
OR. [. L. LANE
Dentist
wrianently located in
Ubout October 5th
An old darky from Georgia was sent
to a hospital in t barlest«OQt t>ne of the
nurses put a thermometer in his mouth
to lake his temperature. Presently,
when one of the doctors made his
roimds, he asked.
“Well, Nathan, how do you feel?’’
“I feel right tol ble, boss.”
“Have you bad anv nourishment?"
"Yassir.”
“What did you have?"
“A lady done gimme a piece of glass
ter suck, boss.”—Everybody’s Maga
zine. __
“My dear,” remarked Jinks, who
had just finished reading a book on
“The Wonders of Nature.” “this real
' ly is a remarkable work. Nature is
marvelous! Stupendous! When I read
a book !ike this it makes me think how
puerile, how insignificant is man."
“Huh!” sniffed his better half. “A
woman doesn’t have to wade through
four hundred pages to discover that."—
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
After a fellow get® through support
ing the government ana the crimlnai
classes he is almost an object of charity
himself.—Columbia Record.
Its enemies claim that prohibition
comes high, but not dry.—Philadel
phia North American.
C. L>. Baker was among Tuesday’s
visitors.
Tokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is the schedule now ob
served by the Tokotna radio station:
week; days.
9:30 a. m.—-Receive from Anchorage.
11130 a. in.—Send and receive iditarod.
1:30 p. tn.— Receive from Anchorage.
4:30 p. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
5:05,p. ra.—Receive from Anchorage.
SUNDAYS.
S:30 a. in.—Receive from Anchorage.
11:30 a. m.-—Send and receive Iditarod.
4:30 p. m.—send and receive Iditarod.
6:00 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To B T. James, John Holmgren,
Charles Knell, Ed McCardle, Charles
E. Taylor, George W. Albrecht, their
respective heirs, executors and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that. I have
expended the sum of one hundred dol
lars ($100) each year during the years
of 1022 and 1923, making a total of two
hundred dollars ($200 . in labor and
improvements on each of the following
placer mining claims No. (>, No. 7 aud
No. 8 above on Moore creek, making a
total of $600, in the Mt. McKinley re
cording precinct, Alaska. All of the
said expenditure was made to hold “aid
claims under the provisions of Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the United
States, and all amendments thereto,
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Tokotna
First Class in Everyi
Respect
Private Rooms
Meals
Pool Room
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and
Candies
Bath Room
Pure Well Water
Glean Dog Barns
and the laws of the Territory of Alaska
concerning the annual labor on mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said claims for the years ending
July l9t, 1923» and July 1st, 1924.
And if. within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, any of vou
fail or refuse to contribute your pro
portionate share of such expenditure,
then your interest in said claims will
become the property of the subscribed 1
co-owner with you in said claims, who |
has made the required expenditure as ,
herein stated by the terms ol said sec- i
tion and laws.
Dated at Moore Creek, July 1st, 1924 j
Paul KrAmkr.
First publication, Aug. 23, 1924.
Last publication, Nov. 29, 1924.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To lrs Wood, Paul La Plante, Mrs.
Joseph McKinnon, your heirs, ex
ecutors aDd assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, your eo-owner. have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of one buudred dollars per year j
for each of the years 1920, 1921, 1922
and 1923. upon the Surprise Association, !
at the head of Fiat, in Otter recording I
precinct. Territory of Alaska, looation '
or which is recorded in Volume 1. page ,
1334*of records of said recording pre
cinct, in order, to-hold said •claim'under i
the provisions or law respecting annual i
labor upon mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the i
publication of this notice, you fail or
refuse to pav your proportion of such
expenditures, as well as the costs of i
this- advertisement, vour interest in;
said claim will be forfeited to the un- !
dersigned, your co owner, according to I
rhe provisions of Sectson 2324 Rev.ise/?.
Statutes of the United States.
John RMftjnSt,
Co. Owner.
First publication, July 12,1024.*
Last publication, Oct. 18, 1924.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
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Supplies
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River,
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