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• Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial ;!
Exchanges. |!
As a result of interest displayed by
Miss Mayme Brewster, member of the
iteachiDg staff of the Anchorage public
school, Anchorage has been permitted
ito share in the distribution of treas
ured bits of the famous old elm tree
iunder which George Washington stood
r»t Cambridge, Mass., when he assumed
.command of the American revolution
ary forces. Hearing that fragments of
ithe famous tree, which recently blow
down. would be distributed among the
■several states, Miss Brewster wrote and
jastked that a piece of the wood be sent
-.to Anchorage, and it was received a
Jew weeks ago. The memento will be
ikept at the school house.
A report from Kodiak states that
Karl Armstrong recently took a party
,of capitalists to his fox and cattle
branch on Cherikoff island, and it is also
..stated that.a deal will he made shortly,
Mr, Armstrong selling bis lease and
jalso his cattle and foxes. When Mr.
Armstrong leased the island, which is
.said to be one of the best natural breed
ilng grounds in the Territory, there
were about a dozen head of cattle left
{there by tbe old A. C. Company, more
.than twenty years ago. Today it is es
■iLmated that there are more than U00
.cattle on the island.
Alphonse Dubois, a well known old
ititner of the North, died at Fairbanks
.a few weeks ago. at the age of 50. De
ceased was born tn St. Flavian, Lot
jbiniere, Province of Quebec, where he
is survived by a sister, and by brothers
.and sisters residing in Concord, N. H.
£Ie went to Dawson in 1901, to Jditarod
in 1908, and in 1911 to the Fairbanks
MUTCHLER
MEAT CO.
Beef Mutton
Pork Veal
Chickens Turkeys
Bolognas and all
kinds of Sausages
Hearts Livers
Beef Tongues
Spare Ribs
Bacon Ham
district,, where he had since resided.
At the time of his death, and for sev
eral years prior, he was associated with
Edward Drouin, a boyhood friend, in
the wood business on Goldstrean..
□ The Alaska Road Commission is con
structing a telephone line into McKin
ley national park. The line, says the
Fairbanks News-Miner, will extend for
several miles .and will be constructed
primarily to expedite the extensive
road operations now under way there.
The line will connect with the Alaska
Railroad wire, and will link the farth
est outpost of the Road Commission in
the park directly with all stations in
the railroad belt.
The first quarterly dividend of the
great Premier mine, in the Portland
canal district, for 1924 amounted to
$100,000. This dividend brings the
total dividends paid bv the company to
date to $5,400,000, or $400,000 more
than the capitalization. The first divi
dend was paid less than three years
ago. _
Lars Larson, oldtime Nomeite, where
he was anchor man in tug-of-war con
tests, because of his prodigious
strength, and who has been in Califor
nia for many years past, proposes to
establish a brewery at Incalda, Mexico,
described as a garden spot by an old
timer who has been there.
Mrs. Gus Studebaker, resident of Ju
neau for 32 years, died at San Diego
recently, according to word received in
Juoeau. Mrs. Studebaker went to Ju
neau in 1888, and was married there to
Gus Studebaker in 1892. She and her
husband left Juneau for San Diego
about three years ago.
Louis Jenson, a well known meat man
and butcher, left Anchorage recently
for Cantwell, where he will begin the
erection of a bouse for the slaughter
and packing of reindeer.
Carl Almy. of Anchorage, left Sew
ard recently for Attu island, where he
has been appointed receiver for the
Alaska Sulphur Company.
Delusions Regarding
Dangers of Flying
Santa Monica. Calif.—A total of more
than 10,000 airplane flights from Clover
Field in twelve months resulted in only
three accidents, according to the rec
ords, and from this the argument is ad
vanced that fly ing is safer „han auto
mobtle driving. The reckless aviator
and the stunt flyer are said to be re
sponsible for the prevailing delusions
about the danger of living.
QMrs. L. B. White, after a visit of
several months on the Outside, spent
mostly in Chicago and the East, was a
yesterday arrival, after having come
via the Yukon to Ophir. She is re
turning to her home at McGrath.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
DR. I. L. LANE
Dentist
Will be permanently located in
Tokotna about October 5th
A mining deal of some importance
was consummated a fow davs ago when
William Gibbs and Axel Peterson ac
quired the holdings of Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Clough, consisting of a one-fourth
interest, and Mrs. B. J. Boyd, also a
one-fourth interest, in several mining
claims on Eagle creek, in whinh John
O. Strand holds the other oce-half in
terest. Messrs. Gibbs and Peterson
are already oa Use ground. The con
sideration is not announced.
Manager L. B. Loomis, of the N. C.
Co.; Dan McGinty, who for several
mouths has been up in the Nixon sec
tion, and Joe Ulmer, of the Alaska
Boad Commission, were yesterday ar
rivals from McGrath, coming up with
Joe Wills in the bOO-U.
A Scotchman, not feeling so well as
usual, called on his family doctor, who
looked him over and gave him some
pills to be taken at bedtime. Whisky
was also prescribed for his stomach’s
sake, a small glass after each meal.
Four days later Sandy again called
on the doctor, stating he was feeling
no better.
“Have you taken the medicine ex
actly as I instructed?’’ the doctor in
quired.
“Well, doctor,” replied the patient,
“I may be a wee bit behint wi’ the
pills, but I’m six weeks ahead wi’ the
whusky.”—Boston Post.?
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.
11:30 a. m.—Send and receive Jditarod.
1:30 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
4:30 p. m.—Send aDd receive fditarod.
5:05 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
SUNDAYS.
9:30 a. hi.—Receive from Anchorage.
11:30 a. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
4:30 p. m.—-Send and receive Iditarod.
5:00 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To B T. James, John Holmgren,
Charles Knell, lid McCardle, Charles
E. Taylor, George W. Albrecht, their
respective heirs, executors and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended the sum of one hundred dol
lars ($100) each year during the years
of 1922 and 1923, making a total of two
hundred dollars ($200), in labor and
improvements on each of the following
placer mining claims: No. 6, No. 7 and
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 said
claims under the provisions of Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the United
States, and all amendments thereto,
BTS
GULLIKSON
HOUSE
Tokotna
First Class in Every
Respect
Private Rooms
Meals
Pool Room
Cigars'and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and
Candies
Bath Room
Pure Well Water
Clean Dog Barns
and the laws of the Territory of Alaska
concernia}! the annual labor on mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said claims for the years ending
July 1st, 1923, and July 1st, 1924.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, any of you
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
co-owner with you in said claims, who
has made the required expenditure as
herein stated by the terms ol said sec
tion and laws.
Dated at Moore Creek, July 1st, 1924.
Paul Reamer,
First publication, Aug. 23. 1924.
Last publication, Nov. 29, 1924.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Ira Wood, Paul La Plante, Mrs.
Joseph McKinnon, your heirs, ex
ecutors and assigns*
You, and each of you, ere hereby
notified that I, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of ouc hundred dollars per year
for each of the years 1920, 1921, 1922 i
and 1923 upon the Surprise Association, !
at the head of Flat, in Otter recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, location
or which is recorded in Volume 1, page
334, of records of said recording pre
cinct, in order to hold said claim under
the provisions of law respecting annual !
labor upon mining claims.
And if. within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail or
refuse to pav your proportion of such
expenditures, as well as the costs of
this advertisement, vour interest in
said claim will be forfeited to the un
dersigned, your co owner, according to
the provisions of Sect son 21524 Revised
Statutes of the United States.
John Runkel,
Co. Owner.
First publication, July 12, 1924.
Last publication, Oct. 18, 1924.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
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