VOL. IV. NO. 48
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, ^OYEUBER 29, 1924.
• PRICE 25 CENTS
Widow of Former Pres
ident Succumbs After
Short Illness.
Marion.'Ohio, iNov. 21. — Mrs.
Florence Kin" Hardin", widow
of former President Warren G.
?Hardin", died at 9 o’clock this
morning. Death was due to an
’ailment from which she had suf
fered for years and which nearly
resulted fatally.* while she was
' mafetress oi the White House.
She died peacefully. Dr. Sawyer;
said.
Clifford B. King:. Mrs Hard
ing’s brother, George D. Chris
tian. jr. xMrs. Sawyer, widow of
Brigadier General Sawyer, and
Dr. Carl Sawyer were present
when the end came.
Marion; O, Nov. 11.—Mrs.
' Harding is reported as hovering
between life and death today by
Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, and little
hope is held for her recovery.
While mistress of the White
House Mrs. Harding with her
husband, inaugurated the custom
of visiting‘the tomb of the Un
knbwn Soldier on Armistice Day,
and she had been looking for
ward to Celebrating the signing
of Armistice Day.
Marion.-*-^Mr's. Harding’s body
w ill be buried in ihe tomb in the
Marion Cemetery heside that of
her husband Tuesday afternoon.
‘ Four weeks ago Friday Mrs.
' Harding visited the tomb and
talked personally with every
’ member1 of the military guard
who had been on duty there
during months of waiting for
final visit.
* Pioneers’ Party a
Delightful Success
*A!3ed by beautiful weather, the
Thanksgiving parly given by Tokotna
‘ Igloo turned <iut to be a huge success.
Tickets enough, too, were sold it) clear
all indebtedness on the new Pioneers’
Hull, which leaves the local igloo in
! high feather.
Dancing started at 9 p. m. and con
tinued umil 4:50 a. m. Mr. and Mrs.
1 Robert Lowrie furnished the usual ex
celleht music At 12 o'clock lunch a
1 most palatable lunch, included in which
were turkey sandwiches, ice cream.
‘ coffee and other good things, was
served at John Heind’s By-Sgolly, the '
table being in charge of Mrs. C. W. I
1 Lane, assisted by Bob Shively, Peter
Snow and D. E. (dough.
At intervals between dances several •
' ' entertaining numbers were given.
Mrs Leon Loomis’ reude'iog of “Pal
o’ Mine” and “The Little White
' • Mouse,” accompanied at the piano by I
Mrs. Peter McMulled, were especially
appreciated by all present.
Misses Mary Snyder and Rose Oates, 1
and John Adams, sang “Alaska” in a
■.pleasiug manner.
Little Bessie Fred received a great
deal of praise, including a shower of
silver, for her singing of ‘Barney
‘ Ooogle,” by special request.
Coolidge 382, Davis 136,
La Foilette 13, Are
Indications.
N itional Bulletin —The stand
ing of the electoral vote on the
basis of virtually complete re
turns follows:
State
! Alabama ..
Arizona.
Arkansas .
California _.
Colorado..
Connecticut.
Delaware.
Florida ..
Georgia _..
Idaho .
Illinois .
Iodiana .....
Iowa.
Kansas.
Kentucky .
Louisiana ..
Maine
Maryland _.
Ma-suchusetta..
Michigan.
Minnesota .
Mississippi.
M issouri.
Montana . .
Nebraska .
Nevada .
New Hampshire.
'New dersey .
New Mexico.
New York.
North Caroliua
North Dakota ...
Ohio
Oklahoma _.
Oregon _
Pennsylvania.
Rh"de Island.
South Carolina
Soul h Dakoia
Tennessee.
Texas .
Utah .
Vermont.
Virginia .
Washington .
Wes' Virginia
Wisconsin
Wvomiog _...
ir.
»
Totals
13
•>
6
3
4
20
lb
13
ltij
13
6
8
l.s
15
12
18
4
8
3
4
14
5
43
10
3
24
5
38
5
382
12
0
6
14
10
lo!
10
1?
20
12
6
136
13
13
Approximate popular vote:
Coolidge, 18,000.000;
Davis. 8,000.000;
La Follettp. 4 01 0.000.
La FolU tie
Fourth i ivision
N,
vs Miner
vision lota
Fairbanks. — Tt
the following F t
For Delegate <i < ougress—
Boyle, Frank A.. . .
Sutherland. Dan A.
For Governor—
Cole. Cash, r..
For Attorney General —
Roden. Henry..
i Rust yard. John..
For Territorial Senator—
Pratt.. Harry E, dern .
Rot hen burg. B. C_.
Smith. MurrayC., ret>.
Thompson, W. F .
For Territorial Represen tat
Watson, Harry G..
Sheldon, Robert E
Moody. George O., rep
Ross. H. H , rep_
Callahan, Dan.
Nordale, A. H.. deni
Johnston, Fred B., rep
Ryder, James E.. dem_.
Baker, Forbes Lawson, rep
Miller, M. F., dem
Joelte, John H,, dem
gives
Is:
511
89G
582
811 ;
487 i
502 |
4o‘):
248!
152 !
ves, 4*
723
601
560
468
417
420
351
352
325
250
152
America' s Noblest Con
tribution to Civ ili/.ation
Wa-hinyi ■ Nov. 14. — President ;
■Coolidge (P i ribtd education as
“America’s noblest contribution to civ
ilization” in a proclamation do'-’igcat
inti NuWfflb' > .17 to as Atoericaa oo
r ucaiionai we
“Broad and liberal culture is neces
sarv to enab'e men to think and to
know bow to Jive,” the President de
clared, hie proclamation adding: “An
ad.uca.V3d fool is a sorry specimen, but
be is oot near! v so dangerous to society
as a riel) fool. We want neither in
t his country. We want the educated
to know how to work and the rich to
i know how to tii ok.”
Charlie Worden Dies at
His Home on Lower
Kuskokwim.
Charlie Women, well known old ;
timer of the North, anil one who was
highly esteemed In all vho knew him,
passed awav at his home, between Kol
makofskv and Aui ak. on the lower
Kuskokwim, on October 18th, accord
ing to advices received here early in
the week. The immediate cause of his
death is not known, the accounts star, ;
i ing that he was sick for only three
hours and was conscious till the end.
Charlie Worden was an early day ar
rival on the Yukon, having gone from
Fortviiiilefi to Dawson in 189G. Arriv
ing in Dawson he became associated
with Sam Stanley, the two acquiring
No. 2t> Llldorado, a claim which they
worked for several years and which
was one of the richest on that, famous
creek. Reverses came to him in sev
eral ventures aside from mining, al
though recuperation aguiu came from
the working of the lildorado claim arid
other ground on Lower Bonanza.
After leaving Dawson Mr. Worden
went to Tonopah, where he remained
| untii he came to Iditarod in 1910 and
engaged in businev. ti that place. For
the past ten years in had been in the
Kuskokwim section, having been asso
ciated with Joe Konu hony in prospect
ing for quartz ia toe section just below
Kolmakof.sky.
Mr. Worden was married in Dawson
to Miss Lou Vernon, vho died while on
her way to the O - r’e, a year or so
afterward. He v.,,-, later married to
Miss Dahl, whose parents were old
time residents ol Circle City. Mas.
Worden is now in Seattle.
First Division
Juneau, Nov. 11. —With eight pre
cincts and less than 200 votes unreport
ed, Sutherland is leading Boyle, demo
crat, by 2,502 votes to 2.004.
Tabulations for other contests from
the same precincts:
Attorney General — Rustgard 2,355,
Roden 1,880.
Senator—Hunt 2.807, Walker 2.080.
Representative—I lardy. 2.054; Grant, ,
republican, 2,204; Ferguson, republican,
211); Connors, democrat. 2,034; Chris
tensen, democrat, 1.929; Paul, repub
lican, 1,931; Hern, republican, 1,671;
McCloskey, democrat. 1.318.
Joe Oates and Pete- Snow arrived
Tuesdav from McGrath
More Than Paying for
Itself in Development
of Territory, Claim,
Seattle, Nov. 8.—Governor of
Alaska Scott C. Bone, accompa
nied by Noel W. Smith, special
assistant to the Secretary of the
Interior, and B. B. Barndollar,
accountant of the Alaskan Rail
road, en route to Washington for
a conference with Interior De
partment officials, arrived here
| today. ru 3JD interview here
they declare’,'-while there is a de
ficit. that the Alaska Railroad is
more than paying for itself in
the development of the Terri
lory. ‘ j
Berry and Higgins
Made Good Time
--
J L. Berry and Archie Higgins, woo
, left. Berry LandiDg for Seoami on Oc
; tfiber 5tb, reached the portage about 3
[ p. ro October 10th. They went across
it ' October 12r.h, met she
j gasboat at Lake Minchumica owned
| by Kamisgaard. and landed in Nenana
! three and one half days later, or 13
| days from McGrath.
Arthur Berry, who tool? bis father.
j. Lt. Berry, and Me. Higgles to the
portage point and then accompanied
them across the portage to the lake.
1 says there is a gravel beach all around
the lake from where they landed to
Kacnisgaard’s House.
Mrs. John Cameron, who came Mon
dav from Little creek, left Tuesday for .
McGrath, headed fur Nenana and the;
Outside. With her string of three j
fust dogs, she is hopeful of malting aj
record run from Tokotna to Nenana.
Mrs, Cameron will go directly to So
attle, where -he and Mr. Camarot.
have taken up permanent residence.
Leon G. 'Loomis, who in company
with Frank Gusitey, of McGrath, has
been enjojiog im outing of several
weeks out in the Rainy Pass section,
returned here Tuesday.
- --
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koenig and
daughters, Mf-.ses Faeda and Ellen,
were Thursday arrivals from McGrath
and were in attendance at the Pioneer
ball. I
Deputy Marshul Peter McMullen and
Mrs. McMullen were Thursday arrivals
.from McGrath, and ware in attendance
at the Pioneers call that evening'.
W. C. Guinan, from the G. &. A.
camp, Gaues creek, was among Tueg
da>’s arrivals, and will probably make
a trip to the Outside.
Ij. B. Loom is, .Misses Grace Ander
son and Helen LSechon, who arrived
late Friday from McGrath, left, .Satur
day morning for Opbir.
AlGeslaw-and Dan McGioty left to
day for Opbir, on their way to Boxcar,
in the vicinity of which they eontera
plate doing certain work.
Bert Stewart, chef for the past sev
era! months at the G. & A. came, on
Ganv'« was a Tuesday arr'va1
STATESMAN
PASSES ON
Death of Henry Cabot
Lodge, Senator From
Massachusetts.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov, 8.—
Henry Cabot Lodge United
States Senator far Massachu
setts, prominent in political life
for the past fifty years, and
noted as the author of many
| works, died at his home here last
j night, his death being due to a
1 stroke of paralysis, three days
f agio.
Mr. Lodge served his stars
continuously in Congress since
March 4, 1893, ranking No. 1 at
jthe time of his death in the list
of continuous service of sen
ators.
Ross Kinney, Alaska Road Commis
i sion superintendent, accompanied by
' Bill Persbinger, left Tuesday on a trip
that will take them to Flat, Bethel and
the Cold Bay section; in the covering
of which Mr. Kinney will make an in
spection of much trail work already
completod-*nd other work contemplat -
ed or in progress, ©specially between
Bethel and Kanatak.
The people of McGrath are out with
invitations for a dancing partv to take
place on Saturday night, December 1"
A pleasant time is assured, and it io
certain that tnary Tokoicacs, as well
as a number from other sections, will
be in attendance on that occasion.
John Myklebust, who arrived her.:
Monday from Cpfcir, loft Wedcaoday
for McGrath, headed for Nenana sat.
the Outside. He will spend several
months at his former home in Mince
apolis, .
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Detnientieff and
Miss Lizzie Fgsab, ctster of the latter
were Thursday visitors from McGrath
and were in attendanc® at the Pionee
ball that evening.
’Pete Michels was a Thursday ar
rival for the Thanksgiving dance
briugingla bis sled frorti McGrath Met
Bert Detcientiefl aod Miss Elizabeth
Egsak.
John E. Strand, after a 7isit o: sev
eral days here, left Monday for Mc
Grath, on the way to-fcih hdadtjuarterr
in the Nixon section.
Mail Carrier Charlie Ross, from
flat, with the outgoing mail, arrived
Tuesday, and continued to McGrath nc
Wednesday.
Thursday arrivals from McGrath in
cluded Warren Stewart and Bert
Stewart, both of whom were in attend
ance at the Pioneer ball.
Miss F Marsh, of McCrath, was a,
Thurcday arrival for the PioneeV ball,
and is making a visit of a few days
j here.
Tom Bare, who came to sse t'r.at
everything went well at the Pioneer
ball, returned to Spruce creek yester
day.__
W. J. Widraan arrived Thursday
from McGrath, attended the big ball
that eveuiog. and left Friday mornin'r
no H trio to the or*»»lro