Stanley Baldwin Suc
ceeds as Premier
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London, May 19.—Bonar Law.
broken in health, resigned the
prime ministership today, under
orders fi'om his physicians. The
premier’s resignation was re
gretfully accepted by the king.
French specialists had also de
clared the premier's throat trou
ble 'he forerunner of a complete
collapse, advising him to give up
his post.
London, May 2b • Stanley
Baldwin, chancellor of exchequer
in he old Bonar Law ministry,
has b, made premier of Brit
ain. Iciwin was summoned to
Buc kingham Palace by the king
this afternoon and, following a
short conference, it was an
nounced that he had accepted
the invitation of the king to
form a new government.
London.—Premier Stanley Baldwin
iia^ named and has approved tlio new
tory cabinet, in which Lord .Robert
Cecil, as lord privy seal, is tbe sole re
cruit. Lord Roberts’ prestige comes
f rom his family name and his identifi
cation wit! (.he League of Nations.
Caroline Francis First
Vessel Off for Bethel
Seattle, May 1 . — The Western
Whaling and Trading Company auxil
iary powered.schooner Caroline Fran
cis, Captain John Wirth, the first ves
sel to depart for the Kuskokwim, sailed
for Bethel at 1 o’clock this afternoon,
having on boar d several hundred tons
of mining machinery and supplies,
much of it for the McGrath district,
and three passengers, Ralph Hirsh and
J. A. Jesserly, of the New York Alaska
Dredging Company, and F. Breck, of
Felder. Gale & Co. The principal cargo
cargo of the Francis, and also that for
the steamer Santa Ana, scheduled to
sail Saturday for Bethel, was supplied
by the Northern Commercial Company.
Max Simei
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer^Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask tie People of Ophir about us.
STATION
rairview, innoko River J
Asks for the Early Erec
tion of a Station at
Tacotna.
The initial step in the establishment
of^ wireless station at Tacotna is nowi
under way, as shown in a petition now
in circulation, signed in triplicate, ad
dressed to Delegate Dan Sctherland,
Gov. Scott C. Bone, and the Chief of j
the U. S. Signal Corps, Washington, j
D. C. The petition is a powerful argu-i
rnent for the erection of a station here.!
It alreadv carries over one hundred
signatures, and is as follows:
i ,t. Your petitioners, who are residents
! of Tacotna, Yankee Creek, Ganes
Creek and Little Creek, and who have
affixed their signatures hereto, respect
fully submit the following statements
! of fact and most urgently {request that
I you use;veur best endeavors in their!
I bohuh i the end that their prayer be,
granted at the earliest date possible,
j Your petitioners represent that they!
are actively engaged in or dependent^
upon the mining industry and the eon-i
sequent development of the Territory j
J of Alaska.", That they are without,
! telegraphic communication with points!
j in Alaska and the States and are solely
dependent on a mail service in thej
summer months. That said mail ser
I vice is a monthly service, uncertain, j
i unrcMabk and unsatisfactory, and can
j - .. be lie; ended upon for the transac-j
j t.on o: hr mess requiring quickness;
j and promptness of despatch. That]
| the nearest point at which telegraphic!
| communication may be reached is at
McGrath, v. here ,a .wireless station is
maintained, and which necessitates a
trip of approximately eighty miles
from the center of tne territory em
braced in this petition. That the wire
less station at McGrath was not estab
lished by tiie U. 3. Signal Corps for the
use and benefit of the public, but was
established by [private enterprise and
for their especial use and benefit and
was acquired by the U. S. Signal Corps
and [maintained and operated at the
present location, which serves the in
terests "of the private enterprise as
heretofore, but does not conveniently
serve the mining district embraced in
the territory herein mentioned. That
Tacotna is the logical location for the
establishment of a wireless' station,
being the distributing and outfitting
point serving this mining district.
That approximately 75 per cent of the
receipts of the wireless station at Mc
Grath are derived from the territory
wherein your petitioners reside.
Y'our petitioners call your attention
to the comparative table of population
of this district in support of their re
quest for relief:
1919—Tacotna, 10; Yankee Creek, 6:
Ganes Creek, 0; Little Creek, 10.
192d—Tacotna, 75; Yankee Creek, 25;
Ganes Creek, 00; Little Creek, 25.
Dredges—Yankee Creek, 1; Ganes
Creek, 2; Little Creek, 1.
Your petitioners respectfully submit
that the business of mining in the ter
ritory embraced is carried on by
dredges which have been installed at a
cost of approximately eight hundred
thousand dollars and is an indication of
the importance of the industry which
should be fostered and encouraged and
which is entitled to the best service in
| communication and transportation, in
asmuch as this development is not of a
temporary nature, but is a recent and
well-founded development in a proven
country.
Now;, therefore, your petitioners
most respectfully request that a wire
less station he established at Tacotna
at tho e arliest possible date and that
they be accorded the means of com
munication which the circumstances
set forth indicate them to be justly en
titled.
Str. Quickstep Makes
Quick Trip to Bethel
The stearfier Quickstep, Capt. Geooge
Green, get away for Bethel on the af
ternoon of the 28th, taking with her
the steamer Tana and three barges.
Going down on the Quick were L. B.
Loomis, N. C. manager, to give! atten
tion to business at Bethel: U. Y.’Gro
shong, on his way to the Outside; Mrs.
T. F. Roberts, who is returning to her
former home at Unalaska; Mrs. E.
Marsh, who is acting as chef for the
iirst round trip; Mrs. Condry, Mrs.
Sincha and Mrs. Link, wives of [three
members of the crew. ^
At Bethel the new crank shaft of the
steamer Tana w'll be placed in posi
tion, and it is probable that Captain
Wallace Langley will make the first
trip up on the Tana.
The Quickstep is expected to return
here about June 26 or 27, according to
Captain GreoD.
-<ater.—The Quickstep, which left
Ladle Landing about noon on the
2! th, is reported to have arrived at
Bethel at 7 a. tn,, June 1.
Schr. Boxer Off for
Kuskokwim, Arctic
v li).—The Bureau of Ed
uca ion' i . ^cheouer Boxer, Capt.
S. T. L. v Ki'.am, bearing twelve gov
ernmi missionaries to
the Eskii id three knock-down
school uc-.fi-e.-. : ' (1 for the Kusko
nd Arctic today. One^of the
school houses will be erected at Cape
A-» ;V^ul not.ber at Hooper. The
vessel will;return to Seattle in July
and go on a second voyage, as far as
Point Barrow.
i 'a.s.-'engers o* the Boxer are: Dr.
and Mr$. Charles L>. Swift, Thomas H.
Watson, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McGhee,
Mrs. Howard Hanson, all for Kanak
nak hospital and school; Mr. and Mrs.
Li. A. Ebright, teachers at Hooper
bay; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ebright,
teachers at Aviof: Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey McBride, teachers at Nunavak;
Mrs. Dell Wanzar, teacher at Kog
giung. George L. Boyle, inspector
from the Interior Department, will
ioin the boat at Ketchikan. .
The high water at McGrath this year
was only a repetition of that of the
past three years, the only difference
being that this year’s mark, at least in
The Times office, was about six inches
higher than at any time since the
spring of 1921.
John Heino returned here Thursday
morning from a business trip to Mc
Grath, taking the hill route a portion
of the way.
Frank Mejstrick, Charles Carlson,
Albert Hegmar and Tony Butorac ar
rived Thursday from Ganes.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold Seddon, his heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended for labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars per
year for each of the years 1915, 1916,
1917, 1920 and 1921 upon the Yellow
Jacket Association placer mining claim,
situate on Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district, Territory of
Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of law respecting
annual labor on mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fall to
pay your portion of such expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be for
feited to the undersigned co-owner, ac
cording to the provisions of Section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Lutheu C. Hess,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, June 9, 1923.
Last publication, Sept 8, 1923.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO.
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
If you want the best and most serviceable
line of Clothing, ask for the
Patrick Brand
We are the sole agents of the F. A. Patrick
Company, Duluth, Minn.
Patrick for Quality
Call on us after the first boat arrives and
convince yourself.
We Buy and Sell Fur