7TAK0TNA CHRISTMAS CAR
NIVAL LARGELY ATTENDED
AND VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Takotna’s Christmas Carnival was
.a regular old-fashioned affair—large
Hy attended, plenty of dancing, full
<of_pleasure and enjoyment.
The Larson House was the scene of
. jollification, ttere being three nights
< o- fdancing before the merry-makers
'were satisfied to call a halt, the last
iround ending about 7 o’clock Friday
i morning.
The opening on the first night, for
;an hour or more, was taken up with
'.the pretty exercises and entertain
iment of the Takotna school children,
*auch and everyone of whom played
’their part well, which afforded the
; gathering much delight. Miss Louise
Secor, as part of the program, per
formed on the parallel bars and did
;a. few acrobatic feats, which elicited
well-merited applause from those
present.
The committee of arrangementts in
(carrying ou the carnival—Messrs. M.
A. Rice, J. P. Taylor and Dan Mc
(Ginty—are to be congratulated on
•the happy outcome of their work.
'Thanks are also due to several Ta
kotna ladies, notably Mesdames
'Brink, Clough, Chilstrom, Taylor and
-Jones, also Messrsr. Gove and Child
atrom, all of whom were responsible
for the most appetizing lunches fur
•.nished for the occasion.
The music for the occasion was
'furnished by Mrs. Ivar Chidstrom,
Messrs. J. H. McLean and Robert E.
Lowrie, and was of that variety
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Dr. Ton Zesch
Dentist
WILL BE IN THE KUS
KOKWIM VALLEY ALL
WINTBH.
Exact Date of Visits in Ta
kotna, McGrath, Ophir and
Fist will ke announced
wh.ch the tuuicers the utmost
delight.
Among those in attendance were
..he following:
From Takotna—Ernie Gove, Chris
Nelson, Robert E. Lowrie, Henry
.Marie.la, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dubois,
Mrs. W. H. Jor.es, Mr. and Mrs. Ivar
Childstrom, Claude Nyberg, J. H. Mc
Lean, Dennis MeGinty, Del Thomp
*>'n, Charlie A’Halloran, Chris Peter
son, Milton Rice, Harry Kardanoff,
Casiniir Naudtz, Gus Christensen,
Bud Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ferris,
Michael Hochriter, Andy White, Miss
Louise Secor, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Tay
lor, Carl Adolf sen, Mr. and Mrs. D.
E. Clough, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Brink, Miss Mary McLean, Charlie
Goebel, Lee Lamprecht, E. L. ,Bon
uixen, A. X. Grant.
From Ophir—Miss Clara Rieek,1
Miss Helen Rieck, Miss Elsie Rieck,
.’»ick Stevenson, John Edwards, Owen
v. ray, Eric Had, Andy Hansen, Nels
v ibe, John Repo.
From McGrath—Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Konig, Misses Frieda, Hattie and
Helen Konig, Edward Konig, Mrs. Jo
Oates, Joseph Oates, Miss Kate Eb
anoff, Frank Lange, Eertha Albi, Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Clyde, Albert
Ivey, Bernard Ivey.
From Nikolai—Nick Pitka, Jeter
Pitka.
From Telida—Karl Seseui.
From Skrw Fork—Eloofis Even.
McALPINE TELI.S EXPRIENCES
WHILE LOST IN THE ARCTIC
CRANBERRY PORTAGE, Mani
toba.—Colonel C. D. McAlpine, pres
ident of the Dominion Explorers, and
four members of his expedition lost
for two months in the Arctic while
on an aerial prospecting survey, ar
rived here todap in two airplanes
from Stony Rapids, the last lap out
on the journe y 'from Cambridge Bay,
Victoria Island.
The most laying part of their ex
perience, CojonaiJd: Alpine said, came
after they had ibaen guided by Es
kimos to the ;aoufb side of Dease
Straits and found open water be
tween them and the HHudson Bay
Company postt. But eight miles sep
arated them and they were froced to
wait eight weeks hefore the water
froze so they could cross.
Fish were scarce and caribou gone
in the south and when the party
finally snucceeded in crossing the ise
all the food exsept a few frozen fish
had been ronsumed.
Peter Jensen, following a three
months’ sojourn on Ganes creek, was
a Friday arrival, for a brief visit in
town.
Nels Vibe was a yesterday arrival,
returning to his home on Little to
day. '
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F. C. H. SPENCER
Successors to Northern Commercial Co. At
Takotna, Alaska
Merchandise
THOMAS EDISON FINDS A
CHEAP RUBBER SUBSTITUTE
EAST ORANGE, N. J.—Thomas A.
Edison has discovered a process for
making synthetic rubber from com
mon golden Tod, his secretary, Wil
liam Meadowcraft, announced in the
inventor’s behalf.
Meadowcraft said rubber could be
manufactured in commercial quanti
ties at a cost of approximately 16
cents per pound, almost 60 per cent
cheaper t ban manufactured rubber
thus far produced.
No details «lf .the newt process were
revealed except that lit involves ex
tended boiling of'fluid:- obtained from
the weed.
FISH LABORATORY
ASKED TOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Der. 34—Author
ization for the appropriation of $4,
470,000 to provide 'for x five-year
construction and maintenance pro
gram for the Bureah of Fisheries is
asked in a bill mtrdduced in the
House.
The projects proposed for the first
year include a fish laboratory to be
built in Alaska at a cost of $50,000.
IN A SOCIAL WAY.
----Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Clough, with
their usual custom, were hosts to a
number of friends at an excellent
Christmas dinner, turkey and all that
goes with that bird. Those seated,
aside from the host-and hostess, were
Miss Marguerite Clough, 'Chris Pe
terson, Milton Rice, M. Hochriter,
Ernie Gove, Del Thompson, -A. X.
Grant.
Returning here yesterday from a!
three-day visit over at Ojihir, during:1
which they partiiipated in the cele
bration at that place, were Mrs. J. P.
Taylor and daughters Grace and Bet
tie, Mrs. Chester Hririk, Miss Louise
Secor, Miss Mary McLean, Bernard
Ivey, Henry Marietta, Johnson Sozov
and Milton Rice.
The Misses iClaxa, Helen and Elsie
Rieck, who were in attendances the
Christmas doings here, returned i to
their homeat Ophir on Friday, driv
ing their own team.
Arriving; yesterday with Mai!. Car
rier Charlie .Konig, coming from the
Lower Kuskokwim, were Messrs.
Ohmen and Smith,. on their way -to
Fairbanks.
Fred Dubois, driving single, horse,
returned .Saturday from.a trip to Mc
Grath.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Peter Davey/im heirs,, successors;
and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby!
notified that I, the undersigned, year
co-owner, have expended in dehor and
uipi'o vein cuts the sutn of net less
than one hundred dollars for the.
years 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926,!
1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon placer;
mining claim No. 2 Above Discovery!
on Esperanto creek, a tributary of
Madison creek, in the Innoko .Mining
and Recording Precinct, Fourth, .divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised Stet
Frank J. Guskey j
Notary Public
f
McGrath. Alaska J
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Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel |
Flat City j
utet) ol the United Slues and the
amendment! thereto concerning an
nual laber upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period June 30,
1930.
And'tfpwithin ninety days after the
pub;reation of this inotice, you'fail 'or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of said expenditure, as-well "as the
cost of recording .Che same, and . the
i'js.s of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
property «S;tihe mistier signed, your eo
wnor, who .has made the required
e spend itKres urider the terms of sstid
Section 23K* of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
CJOHN- KRIEGER,
Co-Owner.
i’irst pdr. * >et...26;; last Jan. 25, 1930.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John Tiernard and George Guncfer
son, their heirs, exccntoTs mm as
signs: .
'You, a d each of you, ard hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
o-i ivner, have expended in abor and
improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dolars for the year
ending June 30, 1929, upon the Novi
kaket placer mining claim, Long
When In
Fairbanks
For Real Home-Grown
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Where All May Dance to Their
Delight, by Radio Music.
A Short Drive Through De
lightful Forest 8cenery.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Mutchler
I Proprietors
-
creok, Nuiato recording precinct.
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
v sod Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto conoers
•ng annual labor upon mining claims,
boing the amount required to 1 hold
r.,:; ng claim for the period-end'
ng June 30, 1029.
And if, within ninety -days nfafter
the: fiublication of this notice; yodifki)
or refuse to contribute your propor
tion of said expenditure, as Well ma
th e ■ cost of- -recording ’ the uamey ahd
-the costs of this advertmenadnt,ny«ur
Interest .n said claim wiB become the
p riperty of tl'.e undersigned, your eo
■ownrr, who has made the required
•• per.ditures under the terms .'of.-sdiri!
C.ect'on .2324 off the Revised ^Statute*
t.ifi the United States.
ROBERT DEACON,
Co‘owa*r.
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