FICTITIOUS
AFFIDAVITS
-
Dry Agents Must Give
True Names, Search
Warrants.
San Francisco, July 15.—A de
rision by Federal Judge Part
ridge holds illegal search war
rants obtained by undercover
‘agents or others on affidavits
signed by other than true names
'of persons swearing out war
rants.
Prohibition operatives here
:have for a long period followed
the practice of signing fictitious
names to affidavits in obtaining
•‘search warrants.
“The constitution gives to
'every man the right to know by
whom he is accused,” the court!
‘decision reads.
N. Y. Life Ins. Co.
Settles With Dr. Mat
tice Fiance for $25,000
Seattle, July 8.—The New York Life
Insurance Company has settled the
$100,000 suit brought by Mrs. Hazel
Fisk, fiancee of the late Dr. Albert F.
Mattice, the company effecting settle
ment upon payment of $25,000. The
company had resisted payment upon
the grounds that Mattice committed
suicide. _
Hob Roberson has been awarded a
contract to deliver 1,500 cords of wood
to the Joaquin dredge on Ganes creek,
for the operation of that dredge next
season. _
Charles Smith and Frank Lang were
Thursday arrivals from McGrath, com
ing up in their own boat.
Superintendent Jack Guinan, of the
G. & A. dredge, Gaues creek, was a
Thursday arrival for a few days in
town._
The Washington landlords will know
what to do with the congressmen’s pay
increase without being told.—South
Bend Tribune.
(OFFICIAL PCBL1CA TIO N)
Report of the Financial Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Idilarod, Alaska,
Territory of Alaska, at the close of business ou ti . •• •' ii dav of June.
Resources.
Loans and discounts $ 31.B12 41
Overdrafts 6,665.21
United States bonds and
securities 49,802.45
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures 2,400.00
Checks on other banks and
other cash items l,2:;4.is
Cash on hand. 24.913.75
Warehouse rccoudi 5,291.97
Bullion on hand 329.90
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund..
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid .
Due to other banks
Demand deposits .
$ 2'
000.00
7,500.00
500.06
17,047.60
■2,192.21
Total
8122,239 87
Total
$122,239.87
United States of America, )
Territory of Alaska • ss.
Fourth Judicial Division )
I, Lee T. Pence. Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Lee T. Pence, Cashier.
(Correct Attest)
Harry Donnelley,
H. P. Sheppard,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of July. 1925.
Wm. B. Thomas,
[Seal] Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
Mv commission exoires July 6. 1926.
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
! How About Wood Hauling?
See Joe Ferris or Bud Riley
BATHS
At Reasonable Hours
Mrs. Robert E. Lowrie
T
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Water Shortage in
Flat-Iditarod Section
Iditarod, duly 10.—Iditarod and Plat,
as a result of the visit here of Major
Oliver, of the Alaska Road Coratnis
I sion, and Robert Sommers, of the Ter
ritorial Road Commissiou, will soon
have a combined land ini' field for air
planes visiting this section. The field
will be located on the hill between
Flat and Iditarod, and work on the
project will commence immediately.
Prank Manley bas a crew of about
thirty men working on Willow creek.
With a big Hast tractor and a road
grader, he is constructing a ten-mile
| ditch from Bonanza to his operations
on Willow.
The Reilly Investment Company
jdredge and the Matthewson Brothers
dredge, on Otter creek, are working
full shifts.
Beattie & Duffy, on Chicken creek,
are held back on account of a shortage
of water.
Jack Keller, on Moore creek, is also
closed down on account of shortage of
water. _
France seems to heed not the rumble
of a distant dun. —Wall Street Journal.
Probably there are womcu who can
keep a secret, but what most of them
do is keep it in circulation. — Nashville
Banner.
Notice to Pay School Tax
To All Whom This May Concern:
In accord with Chapter 29, Session j
Laws of Alaska, 1910, and amendments
thereto, all male persons between the |
ages of twenty-one and fifty years, wh •
are not “sailors iu the United States
navy or revenue cutter service, volun- j
leer tiremen, paupers or insane per- j
sons,” are required to pay an annual
school tax of live dollars ($5).
This tax is due and payable after the ;
first Monday in the month of April and
shall he paid before the first day of
May, providing you are in the Terri
tory of Alaska on said first date; if not, i
the tax is due within thirty days after
your arrival in Alaska or within ten
days after written or oral demand is j
made upon you by the school tax col- J
lector. Taxes not paid in accordance:
with the forejjoinjr requirements shall !
become delinquent, and each person de- ■
' linquent shall be subject to a fine of
j two dollars.!
j All persons, firms and cot porations j
employ•02'labor in Alaska shall fur i
tiish to collectors a list of all employes j
subject to tax. and employers of labor I
as above set out are authorized bv pro- j
visions of said act to deduct amount of
the tax from t.he wa^es of each em
piovee who is subject thereto. If any
1 of such employers shall fail to report ^
17 ]
Quicksilver j
! For Sale
At
; $90 Flask
At the
Parks Mine
Your Order Solicited
and deduct as herein specified within
the period designated for payment of
said tax, the said employers of labor
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to a line of from 850 to $500.
All persons subject to, and refusing
or neglecting to j>ay, naid tax, are sub
jeet to a line of $25, or imprisonment in
jail for period of ono month; and all
such employers of labor as herein set
out, who neglect or refuse to collect
said tax from employees may be pro
ceeded against and shall pay the j
amount of each individual tax, and a!
further penalty of $25 for each such
tax. iy
Tax receipts will be furnished by the
tax collectors.
Dated at Tokotna, Alaska, this 18th
day of May, 1;125.
Fred More edge,
Duly authorized and qualified
Alaska Territorial Sehoel Tax
Collector for Tokotna District.
McGrath
Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
The Very Beat the
Market Offers
Service
Prompt and
Efficient
Bert Stewart
Proprietor
Notice to Creditors,
Tn the' Commissioner* Court, at Mc
Grath, Mount McKinley Precinct.
Fourth Division. Territory ,f of
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
IJ. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
probate judge.
in the matter of the estate of Carl
Forsberg, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that -the un
dersigned has been d > ■ appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Carl
Forsberg, deceased..
All persous bavin claims against
said estate are re;; > ted to present
same, duly verified, wi h proper vouch
ers attached, to the undersigned, at Mc
Grath Alaska, within six (6) months
from date of this no; ice ,
Dated McGrath. AI iska, June 23,
' 1925. Rom-'.ter U. Jones,
Administrator.
First publication. June 27.
Dast publication, July 25.
MUTGtlLER
MEAT CO.
Beef
Pork
Chickens
Mutton
Veal
Turkeys
Bolognas and all
kinds of Sausages
Hearts Livers
Bee! Tongues
Spare Ribs
Bacon Ham
NORTHERN GOHNEMUL CO1
SF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tueotna
FRESH
Apples
i a
Grape Fruit
Lemons
Pc atoes
Ham and Bacon
And Other New Goods