NEWS NOTES
OF TOLSTOI
Many Prospectors Busy
in That Section This
Winter. .
There are many prospectors arouod
Tolstoi this winter, according to G. F.
\ih'oyr manager of the Innoko Dredg
'ng Company, who returned from a trip
:o Fttfirview a few days ago.
At Fairview Mr. Kilroy saw.Oharlas
Goebel and Charles Konietcko, who
pad completed hauling their supplies
from Simel’sand were ready to leave
!nr the creeks: also, Mr. Murdock, E
Hrewley and IXalph Smith were there,
.u readiness to do the representation
*ork on their creek holdings.
On Boob creek, Scotty Auld and John
Rieek were hoisting pay dirt. Devel
opment work on this ground was prom
ising.
Freighter Billy Jones, of Ophir, was
hauliDg supplies from Simel’s to Brew
ley's. These will be taken through to
Ophir by Felix Rilev, who was on his
Tvayvin
A. McDonald, Red Behan and John
Heiao were employed hauling feed for
ihe *nnoko Dredging Company from
3im.el*3- to- the Jap cabin. From this
point it will be relayed oyer the sum
mu ov ten more neau or suick wnicn-i
willvbe sent through from Taootna.
Mr. Newell, of Fairview, who was in-!
jured by the accidental discharge of
"his shotgun last summery is back at,.his
old stamping ground.,.. Though inca
pacitated from his injury, he did not
lose! bis arm, as anticipated, and is get
ting along nioely. Max Simel is doiDg
a good business, and will be sold out
before spring. There are many trap
pers in the hills, and the fur catch from
;hat section will be quite a factor.
Conference Agrees on
Navy Appropriation
Washington.—The Houie has agreed
to the conference report on the bill
malting appropriations for the navy for
the next fiscal year, and the measure
aowt goes to the President. The bill
authorizes the expenditure of three
hundred and twenty five millions.
tleceiviDg and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Sundays and holidays—9:45 a. m. and
4:30-d. m.
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CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign^Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Mao
Stefansson to Aban
don Exploration Work
„ New. York.—Wiihjalmar Stefansson,
famed Arctic explorer, it is announced,
will abandon exploration work and di- \
reel bis efforts to providing; that within j
a decade the North Polar ocean be1
crossed by a network of commercial
aviation routes and that the Arctic
lands be a source to be developed, the I
resources of which, he declares, are un- j
limited in magnitude.
Recommends Dismissal
Impeachment Charges
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Washington.—The House judiciary
committee, in its report today, recom
mended dismissal of the impeachment
charges against Attorney General
Daugherty.
George F. Kilrov, lonoko Dredge
Company superintendent, was attend
ing to business matters here on Thurs
day. _
Boh Shively and Dick Stevens have
taken a trapper’s lease on UpperGanes.
A big catch of prime furs, which may
flood the St Louis market, is expected.
Victor Si bell. well-kuown old timer,
has been under the weather for the
past two weeks, but is now convalesc
ing at bis residence near Nixon Forks.
Notice of Forfeiture
10 n. i. .James, h.d MeArdle and
Charles Knell, you® heirs, executors
aDd assigns:
You are hereby notified that f, the*
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in' labor and improvements the
sum o* not Irss than one hundred dob
lars [$109J>0] for the years 1920 and
1921 upon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
aDd No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct. Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto Concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ingelaim for the period ending June
30, 1921.
And if withiD ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording tbe same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditures
under the terms of said sectioo 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Cecil. Barlow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Jan. 6. 1923.
Date of last publication. April 7. 1323.
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Flat City
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jTheino
95 Pet. Dividend On
Par Value in a Year
Spokane.—Distribution of $500,00U ir
dividends to stockholders of record
was announced today by the Heels
Mining Company at its headquarters
in W allace. Idaho. This will amount
to 50 cents on each dollar par value
shares and bring the total dividend
payments this year to $950,000 on a
capitalization of #1,000,000. It i3 said
that the new distribution will briDg
tbe total dividends to over $1,000,000.
Washington.—Dr. Robert Lewis Pad
doCK, former Protestant Episeopa!
bishop of Oregon, and Miss • Fleet
Aitken, heiress to two and *a bal
million dollars, were married here* to*
day. _
J. E. Beanie, from 'Flat, with out
going mail, arrived- yesterday after
noon, leaving for Big river this morn
ing. _
Joe Ferris, the freighter from Ruby
is now at Cripple,- where he is em
ployed hauling supplies to the creek;
with three head of 9tock.
$600 Makes Farmer
a Wealthy Landlord i
Duquoin, III.—Only a few months
ago John Fuhs was a tenant farmer of
near Belleville. With his lamily he
returned to Elberfield, Germany, his
native home, and he now writes friends
here that he has suddenly developed
into one of that city’s richest citizens.
The secret of his prosperity lies in the
rate of exchange. With $800 American
money Fuhs bought a live-story hotel
buildiog, suloon, bowling alley, lodge
rooms, and forty-eight guest rooms.
Torn O’Brien, of Tacotua, it .is maid, .
passed through McGrath early .today
for Big river, en-route to the coast and
the .big Outside.
Billy Gibbs and Charlie ,Boyd, after
a visit here of several days, left this
morning for Nixon.
Vivian Howard, l'acotaa, .was among
today’s arrivals, coming down with
Chris Nelson and team.
A1 Walsh is expected at McGmith
daily, according to telegraphic ad vices .
received here.
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Trappers, do not forget that we will pay the best
prices for your Fur, or, if preferable, we will
advance a liberal amount of money on your
Fur and ship on a commission basis.
A. HIGGINS
Tacotna