FARMERS'
BIG
Fh&r Wealth[lncreased
a BittiorpSince First o€w
Y6ar. SayEconomist^.
New York, J.uly'#8>*-Dtfe'<iprin*
cipelfiy <to tbe tariff" increase*
broacht-*bou#- tbvoa^b. tbe *fler
ible tariff, law, the wealthof >the
farmers of tbe United States has
beenMncreased* one billfijn dob
'ar> kins©'the ffrst-of this year,
according tO'estimates of econo
mists^ Mosbot'thi© gam.-it ie>
stated, haa come duriagtbeiast
month and a hall.
Mot emeu ts.«£River Fleet . , .
Sea Wolf to-MeGratb, Soaday^ -
With the Around
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Constant inopl a* July 12.—Tit# Uni Bed
Stirt.es ara»# a viators,uon. tbe?r» around
the-world ♦'light; i Inf*’ C6nfMntin«pIe
Shis morning for BechfcresV.
’ Vterwa; <J#1t 43.—iTba American
. worl&tf yerttfcrrived'hore this afternoon
from Bucharest, rafter haring. etopped
;4i)ree hours on tbe.way.
Kuskiro Island. July 13.—Maclarec^
JE^iiislvwoiJld««iyer,-has arrivedret Me
nato, o® the. mainland. Hie neat stop
will be»on- Yetrdf* island* one* »i-.the
ifEbrile group, where >the' American
-flyers stopped^ instead* -h<wve»e»t of
Retracing .their steps eastward,- -Mac*
laren-wrH mafaerdeseut tonAttu 4slaad^
' where he will again*pi«k apath* AnJer*
leans’, trail.-"'it
Mena to, Japan, iJuly 14;—MaoJamn,.
BtTti^h arohnd-the^worid flfer,: hopped
off at .10 o’clock this morning one his
first stretch across-the Pacific viaetbe
Aleutian islands*
; Tolrio, wdhly AST—Maclarea, Britflth
-aviator, dandecUftOn the shore ot*Y4t
TOlg, one off the KurlLne islands^iat* 4
o’clock thi».afterneoa&.*>.
ashihgtoa, Jalv 15,—Viith their
4irfjval*at Paris; the American flversi
have traveled 18i94dr>nftties ioa ICS days,
’’with *J3y hours’ opine, time. >
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20Seattfefi®BT€hants
AreChacged Within
i Unfair JPrice Fixing
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- ShattJe, Juflf. ISiVAhaetiomin equity
charging conspiracy in restraint ef
t$ade and. uniair rowce fixing »was Sled
; in the federal court here today against
weety prominent commission mer
/ehatats, underthe name.of the Seattle
Produce Association^. The notion was
brought by Cornelius*Hughes, special
assistant-to the United States attorney.
i Opbir Glass, wbo arrived.. last night'
frbo Ganes. left ' this morntog-for Dit
lie creek-. -1
,'^Rhn] Flynn, after-8ever®i-*day8 -in
town, returned to Little creek T-ees-i
w*. .._
Lars Indegaad aevived^esterday* for
a few days in town.
Steamboat Semce On Innoko. River
j | The Steamer Pup, Mas Si nee? owner and operator,.will be
carrying CL S. mail, express, freight and paaaepgerxbetween- ■ <•
'] [ Beiy Cross-and Opbiraud ail points on tbelnnoko Hire*,.
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And making regular trips between Qphir and# Heir Crest
during the open seasoD^of 1924. Horae seowa learingtOphie
wili fconnect with steamer at North Foi&>o£ Intake^ «>
FronpO£l|£rta£HdfCfoss,j
Light TravdhspFaster
Than RaHia Ware
San FVanotsso.—Tbe fdlseewery tktli
t.be radio wave travels- slower than
light was announced today by Captain
J. J. Seev professor of- raatb«raatics in
tbe United States navy, government
astronomer at MaroiZalndd. navy yard,
and well known ,authority on tbe the
or; of ether. ■
According to Gsptwin See,-tbe radio
ware travels.around -the -glebe with- a
velocity of 165<00frmiles a second;'. white
ligbt-.travels vl86,008 miles a- seeood.
Captain-See considers tbet hi9. discov
ery in the reioeity of ) the propagation
of .the radio wave-abont the earth may
prove tbe most -notable step in- the de
velopment-. ofc tbe wave, theory sinee
Roedmoeris original discovery of-the
-velocity of. litrhtwn 16751.
In an outline of his discovery, Cap- !
lain ■ See-neidnineetthe -wave^is propa
gated -inj tbe eeher u is eemaehable
that therm-should, be -the loag recog
nlsed veloaityefpr light in free space
add n smaller velocity for the radio
wave, as it.bends around the* globe.
in the rear 1814 tbdre was an officieL
interchange i of signals between the
nayal ofaaerratory at Washington and
the national observatory at Paris. The
mean- velocity of- tbe wireless wave
waeJeuad to-be about 173,00ft miles per
second.
Early.in March of the present year a
wireless signskwas B«nt4vom>tbe send
ing station near New York to Warsaw,
Poland,.and reflected, back in 0.0054 -of.
a seeood of trine.--.
I The double distance is 8,500* miles,
and' .tbe speed,- of. tbe transmission
come»-eut about 15&0G6 miles,.per sec
ond, or about 15-per. cent less than tbe
veleoity of,light— .
.TokMfaMirfltorfkfcBtAlfcfc SdMduh*
"'' Foilowiapwis- (he- schedule bow ob
*served bj^ihe Tokotna radio, station: ti
\ . wjskk: dajul. ,
9:f0 a. m.—Receive fran Aecborape.
11:16*. m.*—Send*end receive iditarod,
U 1*00 p. m.—Receive from F'alrbacks. .
1:30 p. m.—Rebel** from. Anchorages
4:15 p. m.—Send and receive fditarodt
~ft’AO p. a.—Receive from Ancboraee.
SBNEkA'Hk* *-*.
3:30'*. m.—Reoefoe from Anchorage.
11(15 a. m.r—Seed and receive Iditarod*
,.4:15 p. m,-—Send-and receive Iditarodt
5:00 p.m—Receive from > Anchor ace.
Effective May ISth^ menage* will
fiet be accepted -over- count** dnrinr
operating schedule. They'-wtlh be held
over-either for-Uext schedule or for
transmission the following day.
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Joe Ulmer, Owen Gray and Charlie
Lovett, of the A* R*. C., were Thursday
departures for Fla*.
Fred Slug left this morning lor Cali
fornia creek.
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New York.—When the French liner
Paris was some 50 o&iles from port, too
much liquor was aboard. The captain
offered it to the second and third class
NOTICE OF FOBEE.LTUBE.....
To Ira Wood. Paul La Plante, Mrs.
Joseph McKinnon, your heirs, ex
ecutors and assigns:
You, and each of you, are • hereby
notified that I, your co-owner, havetex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum-of one hundred dollars - per year
for each- of the years-1920f> 1921; 1922
and 1923 upon the Surprise Association,
at thubead of Flat, in Otter-recording
precinct. Territory of Alaska, location
ot which is recorded kr' Volume 1,. page
334, of records of said -recording pre
cinct, io order to bold said elaim. under
the previsions of law respecting annual
labor upon mining claims.n. .
And- if, within ninety days after the
publication of thia notice,-.you foil or
refute to pav your proportion--of sueh
expenditures,-as-well- as the .costs-of
this advertisement, vour-interest in
said claim-wilf be forfeitedt-to the un
dersigned, your co owner*.according to
Ibe provisions of Section -2324 Revised
: Statutes of the United States.
John Runkjki*
Co. Owner.
First publication, July 12, 1924.
Last publication, Ocu 18, 1924:
passenger*. Among them eras Wesley
Walken, 21 years old, a stowaway.
When aeked “What’ll you hare?”-he
replied-; “I.’m on Americas, wad we’re -
oot sapposed to>driok.”
TbeesptaioewoQoed,
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Max Siniel
The Pioneer Trader
Fats: Bought and
Sold
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Miners’,V Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On. the Inoka
River, t
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“The Best Is; Always,
the Cheapest”
Service an# Guaran
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for a> Lot
UiirGuarantee Means Something
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