THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
29th, 1923. at the Post Office at
ToKotua, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. NOV. 8. 1924
Goes to the Electric
Chair Without Tremor
McAlester, Okla.— ‘‘So long:, boys,”
Flicbard Bierkes said in a steady voice
.and with a wave of bis hands as lie
steadilv sat down in the electric chair
in the state penitentiary here at 12:01
ihis morning. He died without a show
fear
Gierke was electrocuted for the
.death of Frank Pitts, cashier of the
Ketehum State Bank, during a holdup
*of the bank, several months ago.
“I am not guilty, but I!m not afraid
*3f death,” the condemned man said
iwhen asked for his final statement.
Bierkes retained composure during
his last hours and assured his many
visitors that he would walk to the
chair unassisted.
PuffiDg od the stub of his cigar,
Bierkes walked behind the warden
from the death cell to the chair. He
stood before the chair and grimlv
smiled at the 78 persons who had been
.admitted to see the execution.
“•Go ahead and finish the smoke,”
Warden Key told Bierkes. Taking a
,final puff, Bierkes threw the cigar to
■the floor, turned unaided and sat down
la the chair.
Bierkes’ body was claimed by his
mother, Mrs. Eliza Bierkes, of Siioam
■Springs, Ark., who journeyed to Okla
homa City and Dade three frantic
pleas to Governor Tripp for executive
..clemency.
Charlie Goebel, well known Nixon
mining maD, was a yesterday arriual,
,on matters of business.
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Explosion Wrecks
Rum-Chasing Craft
New Orleans.—Joseph A. Thomas
and E. Julian, attached to the local
prohibition enforcement staff, were
burned, t he former seriously; a $25,000
government ruui h inning craft burned
to the w iii '-. edge, and a residence
near u . >'t ssel was moored was
ties' t- Ure which broke out
aboard !■ it rel here last night. The
fite followed un explosion that praoti
cally wrecked the rum chaser. The
cause i f ihe explosion is not known. It
occurred as the dry agents prepared to
embark on a reconnaissance to head off
several rum-laden crafts reported to be
beaded for this city.
John Krieger, from the Tolstoi, was
among yesterday’s arrivals, for a brief
business visit. On his return from
Onhir to the Tolstoi, some weeks ago,
just about the litneof the close-up, Mr.
Mr. Krieger states that he and four
others, including Max Simel, experi
enced a very hard trip, it taking about
six days to make the trip over. He
also states that Max Siuiel’s power
scow, built only last wiuter, was
caught in the ice on the down trip at a
point about 40 miles from Ophir.
Chester Brink arrived a couple of
days ago from F at, having as passen
gers Mrs. McKenzie, well Known ca
terer, and Fay Bullock. Incidentally.
Mrs. McKenzie will substitute at tbe
Larson House for Mrs, Frank Larson
during the absence of the latter, who
contemplates leaving in a few days on
a visit to the Outside.
Joe Ferris returned hero yesterday
from a trip to the west fork of the
Nixon, to which point he freighted
a load of drilling apparatus, to oe set
up on the Fritz Tittel mining ground
Happv Jack Stevenson, who returned
yesterday from a trip to McGrath, is
scheduled to leave tomorrow on a trip
to the lower river, probably as far as
Bethel, _
Scotty Auld, after some months on
Little crock, is among recent arrivals
in town. _
For Sale—Basket sled, in good con
dition. Can be seen at John Heino’s.
Distances
Nenana and Flat
Miles.
Nenana to Tavern 17
Tavern to Knight’s 24
Knight’s to 19 roadhouse... 19
19 roadhouse to Riffle Pole road
house .._.. 8
Riffle Pole roadhouse to Diamond.. 11
Diamond road-house to Roosevelt... 13
Roosevelt to Lake Minchumina. 25
Lake Minchumina to Lone Star
roadhouse . 34
Lone S>hi to Telida _ 18
'IV!i-d nt roadhouse. 10
i T* i >-e io Slow Pork. 0
-i East Fork.. 22
Mooli . 10
Nici i' I,- Big River. 21
B y R ver roi.dhonse to McGrath .. 25
McGrath to Tokotna. 18
From Nenana to Tokotna..281
Tokotna to Ophir. 22
Ophit* to Jerrv’s roadhouse. 33
Jerry's to Shermeyer’s roadhouse. 27
Sherraeyer's to Iditarod. 16
Iditarod to Flat._ 8
From Nenana to Flat. 387
For a Nice Lunch
or First- Class Meal
*Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
Bandits Foiled in At
tempted $250,000 Job
Meade, Kans.—Three Mexicans are
under arrest here in connection with
the attempted holdup at the Rock
Island west-bound passenger train,
the ‘•Golden State Limited,” here last
night, in which two deputy sheriffs
were wounded in a revolver battle
with the bandits.
The robbery of the mail cars, said to
contain more than a quarter of a mil
lion dollars in registered mail, was
frustrated by a sheriff's posse waiting
nearby when the train arrived. Rail
way officials had been “tipped” that
the holdup attempt would he staged.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To R. H. Brown and Frankie Cbew,
vour heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
tified that I. the undersigned, your co
owner, have expended in labor and itn
provemenls the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars per year for the
tears 1921, 1922 and 1923 upon the
Pack Mule Association placer miDiofr
claim, situaied on Otter creek, a trib
utary of Iditarod river, in the Otter
mining and recording precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United Slates and the amendments
t hereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you, or either
of you. fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of said expenditures, as well
as the cost of recording the same, and
the costs of this advertisement., your
interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure uoder t he terms of said Sec
tion 2824 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
D. S. McDonelu
Co Owner.
Date of first publication. Sept. 20. 1924.
Date of last publication, Dec. 27, 1924
O.n the Probate Court for . Otter pre
cine*. Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, before the Honorable E. J.
Steir, Corots'.issioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of William
Pringle, deceased—Probate No. 50.
Notice of Final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the bear
ing of objections to the hoal report and
account of Samuel Applehaum, as ex
ecutorof the estate of William Pringle,
deceased, will be held in the Probate
Court room at Flat, Alaska, on Satur
day, January 17 h, 1925, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Dated, Flat, Alaska,-Sept. 27t h. 1924.
, E..J. STEIR,
Probate Judge.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
Territory of Alaska,
Fourth Division
I
ss.
Public notice is hereby giveo that
by virtue oJ a special execution and
! order of sale, dated October 6th, 1924,
issued out of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Fourth division,
| on a judgment rendered in said court
on the 20th day of August, 1924, iD
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska.
favor of Patrick Savage, and against
Jerome Warren, .1 uIius Shafferik and
Harry Steen, co-partners as Warren &,
Company and Golden Horn Mining
Company, a corporation, and ordering
the sale of certain property, to-wit: All
of the right, title interest and estate of
the defendants Jerome Warren,- Julius
Shafferik and -Barry Steen, individu
ally and asoeparuiers, as owD«d and
claimed 'by them and each of them on
the Utto day of April, 1923, in and to
the following described lode claims, to
wit: Gold Horn, Muriel, North Star.
.Divide, Victor and Comstock, each and
all of said lode claims being contigu
ously situated and lying and being be
tween Slate creek and Black creek, on
the left limit of Otter creek, in Otter
precinct. Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, together with all mineral bear
ing earth, rock and grave) situated in
and upoo said lode claims, and the ma
cbmery and equipment owned by the
said defendants on the said property,
and-which said interests of the satd de
fendants were thereafter transferred to
the defendants’ Golden Horn Mining
Company, a corporation; and that I
will, accordingly, offer said real estate
and machinery and equipment for sale
at public auctioD, to the highest bidder,
for cash, on the 15th day of November.
1924, at two o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the front door of the
United States Marshal’s Office, in Flat,
Alaska
Dated Flat. Alaska, October 6th. 1924.
Gilbert B. Stevens,
United States Marshal.
By W. W. Estes, Deputy. >
Blackburn
& Eldridge
McGrath, L Alaska
Fresh Goods
Provisions, Notions
and Hardware
- Hood’s Robber Goods
The best Shoe Pac. They stand
the wear.
Fish Netting , ;
fur Bought and Sold
Brine ub your fur to be made apt,
We r*ipreseot a toad &a<£ .4
reliable ho*!9®.
J. H. McLEAN - TOKOTNA
We Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50c
All fresh Goods
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Knskokiam Valle'
Napamute. Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
|'i
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention i
New Dog Houses . ..
< (.
Mrs. Frank Larson
i Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught’ Steamers
On the Kuskokwhn.
s
Capt Wallace Langley, Manager.