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his tradition, his life and his ideals,
so that the Scout program might be
extended and enriched thereby. As a
result of their skill with pocket
knives in carving, three Scouts will
{njoy a trip to Alaska next summer.
The Interior Department, acting
tnrough the Alaska Railroad, the
A-aska Steamship Company and the
Korthern..Pacific Railway, have insti
tuted a. contest in carving totem
, py.es—the idea being to. “stimulate
"•rn.the part of all Scouts a knowledge
|ff of the Indian, his tradition, his life
and his ideals, so that the Scout pro
Fgtam may be extended and enriched
thereby,.'*
In announcing the contest ,the In
terior Department said: “It is not
only the intention to stimulate the
interest of Scouts in Indian lore, but
also to provide recognition of the
character building, and educational
features of the Scout program by de
veloping every outstanding Scouts
character, service and skill.”
The first prize will be a trip, from
the prize winner’s home city to In*
tenor Alaska and return, including
several days to be spent in Mount
McKinley National Park. This trip
wilL take about 19 days from Seattle.
Second) prize will be a cruise by
_ steamship from Seattle to Seward,
and return, occupying 10 days. A
cruise from Seattle to Skagway, and
return, taking 10 days, will be third
prize.
Ernest Walker Sawyer has re
turned to the Pacific, coast and will
atend the first meeting of the Alaska
committee of the San Francisco
Chamher of Commerce on November
18, which will be followed by. a rein
* deer steak luncheon. Mr. Sawyer is
particularly interested in having the
San Francisco chamber definitely en
dorse and carry out an annual excur
sion to Fairbanks, so that they may
fully realise the tourist’ possibilities
of the great Northland and. the min
ing opportunities of the Interior..
After spending fourteen years ini
Nome and contiguous country, Ste
phen K. Biroschak was called to j
Bridgeport nearly five years ago be-!
cause of the serious illness of his
mother, who later died. Then he got
married, an dhas a young boy, and
later a brother was ill for a long
time and died. Stephen was in Wash
ington the other day, and says that
he is now making arrangements to
return to Nome on the steamer Vic
toria next spring.
The people residing at Livengood
are seeking to have parcels post mail
i
International
Fly In comfort t all points in
A1our four-passenger
cabin piano. Large baggage
compartment separate from the
cabinet Sfcmpment foe water
landings*
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Anchorage, Alaska
delivered throughout the winter
months. The last efforts made were
to have this rail delivered during the
winter months at Hot Springs, Tofty,
Livengood and Rampart, but the De
partment decided that the towns
named could not consistently be re
lieved from existing restrictions af
fecting interior offices during the
winter months.
At the recent meeting at Fairbanks
of the Alaska Game Commission a
petition was presented from nearly
all the residents of the Tanana sec
sion asking, in view of the existing
depression and hard times in the in
terior of Alaska and particularly
among the natives, that the season
be opened on marten and not the
catch of trappers to any specified
number, and not to allow trappers to
shoot beaver with rifles. The Commis
sion opened the season on both beaver
and marten, and each trapper is al
lowed to trap 15 beaver and 10 mar
ten. But. now comp.aint comes to the
Delegate that the trapping of beaver
through the ice is impossible during
the months of January, February and
March, although the natives know
how to trap on land and are good
shots with a rifle. The petitioners
claim that the Commission makes
such regulations that hardly anyone
can follow without breaking. The
manner of sealing game is also ob
jected to and the request is “made that
the Bio.ogical Survey have seals is
sued direct to the trappers as well as
to the game wardens. The matter is
being taken up with the proper offi
cials.
The Alaska committee of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce has en
dorsed the action of the Territorial
Legislature, in repealing the existing
law limiting placer mining locations
in Alaska, and requests the Delegate
to use his best efforts to have Con
gress give its approval to the action
of the Legislature.
Miss Ernestine Jesson from Seward
writes to say that she has submitted
to the Interior Department the name
of A-lqk-shak for the new vessel to
take the place of the Boxer in the
service of the Indian Bureau.
FIND FORTUNE IN €ASH
HOARDED BY AGED WOMAN
NE VVYORK.—A little old lady of
93 years wondered today why the
law should take her hoard of $400,000
in cash from its numerous hiding
places in her modest hotel room.
“I don’t want anybody to take care
of me,” said Mrs. Ida E. Wood, who
once reigned over Fifth avenue salons
and danced with King Edward VII
when he was the crown prince. “I’m
93 years old—and that’s old enough
for me to take care of myself.”
The money was revealed yesterday
when officers, acting under a court
order declaring Mrs. Wood Incompe
tent, searched her quartes at. the
Herald Sqquare Hotel.
Mrs. "Wood surrendered her treas
ure leluctantly.
There were bills long since out of
circulation.
Although she was openly displeas
ed that any court should think her
unable to attend to her own business
affairs, Mrs. Wood did not become
angry as she did a few. weeks ago
when she produced a sugar bag con
taining $50,000 and turned it over to
th eadministrator of her affairs.
Mrs. Wood, sprightly despite her
years, is only five feet tall. She has
lived alone for many years. Her hus
band, one-time owner and publisher
of the New York Daily News, was a
prominent democrat.
A man went to his physician for
advice as to how to> be cured.of the
habit of snoring.
“Does your snoring .disturb ..your
wife?” asked the doctor..
"Does it disturb my wife ?’r echoed
the patient. “Why, it disturbs the
whole congregation.’ ’— Southwestern
Episcopalian.
FIFE INSURANCE—LONDON
LLOYDS.
Indemnity for losses caused by fire.
uy be had under the following vari
ous methods: Loyds, Reciprocals,
M tea’s, Seif-Iiisurance, Stock com
. ... ies.
The original Lloyds of London is
uie o.dest insurance organization in,
the world. The oldest company is
.he Sun Insurance Office of London.
JL.onuon Lloyds for a long time con
■ined its activities to marine insur
ance, and .ven now about 60 per cent
of its to.ai business is marine, al
though it will, for what it considers
an adequate premium, issue a policy
against almost any conceivable con
tingency. Among other things it will
,ssue a policy against the contingency
of a woman giving birth to twins.
This organization is composed of
upwards of two thousand individual
underwriters, divided into groups of
.wo or more, and in which some one
. .e. bar is attorney-in-i'act for ad.
Many of these groups, called bureaus,
coniine their activities to certain
ines.
'the members have to be of the
highest standing. Their accounts are
all audited by the ruling committee,
which requires that each one shall
keep on deposit ample funds to meet
all commitments, and every member
has his entire ofrtune at stake.
The greatest disadvantage of a
London Lloyds policy in this country
lies in the fact that but a few of the
bureaus are authorized to do busi
ness in the United States—none are
in Alaska—and in case of any dis
pute, and disputes will happen, they
can oiuy be reached in the English
courts.
In other words, the policy holder is
utteriy at the mercy of the adjuster,
and must accept whatever is offered.
The best insurance, and the cheap
est in the long run, is that written by
stock companies that do not cut rates.
Out of Luck.
Little Frank, who had removed
with his family to a new house, was
taken to visit with the new tenants
of the old house, with who mhis
mother was on friendly terms.
The chief object of interest was a
recently arrived baby.
Frank was much taken with the
infant, and on his way home re
marked :
“Mother, it’s a pity we moved from
that house. If we’d stayed a bit
longer we should have got that
baby.”—Tid-Bits.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02047 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1962 situate on the
left bank of Kuskokwim River about
14 mile S. W. from the town of Mc
Grath, Alaska, in latitude 62° 67' 82”
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
1 Nenana .. 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 17%
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse .
Diamond Roadhouse.
Roosevelt ....
Lake Minchumina...
trappers’ Cabin .
Lone Star Roadhouse .
Telida Roadhouse ...
Slow Fork Roadhouse __
East Fork Roadhouse .
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse
Big River Roadhouse..
McGrath ...
! Takotna .
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .
Ophir .
MeCafferty .
Brown Creek shelter cabin
Fritz shelter cabin ..
First Chance shelter cabin ..
Srhermeyer R. H..
Iditarod .......
Flat ....
... 68 ..
..... 76
._ 89
... 115
.. 132
.. 169
... 169%
... 187
) 206
... 227%
... 241
.. 263
.. 280
.. 291
... 300
306
318
.. 333
.. 346
.. 360
... 376
. 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat
Crooked Creek shelter cabin. 10
-iiilvs from Bonanza
N., longitude 135° 37' W., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1961 bears N. 43' 32' E.
16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Mc
Arthur and William Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the files of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons hav
ing adverse claims arainst this entry
are required to file the same with the
Register of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, within
the period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-«officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1931.
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02048 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey Nov 1963 situate on the
Takotna-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from the town of Takotna, Alaska, in
latitude 632 00' N., longitude 156° 05'
W., whence U. S. L. M. No. 1963
bears S. 88. 17.' E. 37.17 chains, has
been given by Gustav Anton Chris
t anson, entryman, and his witnesses,
John Griffin and Chris Petersen, all
FOR. SALE
Qphir
Roadhouse
Completely furnished: A
good place for man and
wife. Reasonable terms to
rigqbt party.
Write or wire to
P. W. CARLSON,
Opbir, Alaska.
of Takotna, Alaska, and ia in the files
of the local land office at Fairbanks,
A’aska. All persona having adverse
claims against this entry are re
quired to file the same with the Reg
ister of the United States Land Office
at Fairbanks, Alaska, within the
period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1S31.
Last publication, January 10, 1932.
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
Takotna, Alaska
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