i Bad Check Act Will
Stop UseofFakePaper
Aa act denouncing as criminal cer
tain acts having relation to the mak
. ing, drawing, uttering, delivery and
i payment of checks, drafts or orders,
i where same are not paid upon presenta
<< tion, and providing punishment there
i lor, was included in the legislation en
; • acted by . the iate legislature. The
1 law, which is pf general interest to all
■ Alaskans reads an follows:
Section 1. Any person who shall
, make, or draw, or utter, or deliver auy
, check, draft or order, for payment of
, money, upon any bank or other depos
itory, .knowing at the time of such
making, drawing, utteriDg or deliver
: ing that the maker, or drawer, has not
su8ioient,funds in. or credit with, such
bank or.other depository for the pay
raent of such check, draft or order in
( full, upon its presentation, and without
fully informing the payee of such
of such check, draft or order, or the
person to whom it is delivered, at the
time of the making, uttering, drawing
or delivery of the same, that the per
son so making, drawing or uttering or
delivering such check, draft or order
has not sufficient funds in or creuit
with such bank or other depository for
the payment o? such check, draft or
order, in full, upon presentation, or any
person , who, having such funds oi
. credits at the time of making, drawing,
uttering or delivering such check,
draft or order,sufficient for pavment of
the same, has knowingly drawn, made,
■uttered or delivered other checks,
drdfts or orders which, if presented in
. due course, would have exhausted such
funds or credits, or knowing at the
time of making, uttering, issuing or
. delivery ofisnsh check, draft or order
. that for other reasons such funds or
, credits would be exhausted by the time
such check, draft or order would be
presented, or any person who shall
knowingly, after drawing, making, ut
tering or delivering such check, draft
. or order, by auy means, exhaust the
< funds or credits upon which such check,
draft or order is withdrawn before it is
presented for payment, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and Upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not more
i than 81^000, or by imprisonment for not
more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discre
tion of the court.
■Section 2. As against the maker or !
* drawer thereof, the making, drawing, j
» uttering or delivering of a check, draft
* or order, payment of which is refused
* by the drawee, shall be priraa facie
- evidence of knowledge of insufficient
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funds in or credit with such bunk or
other depository, provided such maker
or drawer shall not have paid the
drawee thereof the amount due there
on, together with all costs and protest
fees, within two days after receiving
notice that such check, draft or order
has not been paid by the drawee.
Section 3. The word “credit,” as
used herein, shall be construed to mean
an arrangement or understanding with
the bank or depository for the payment
of such check, draft or order.
CSection 4. All acts or parts of acts
in conllict herewith are hereby re
pealed to the extent of such conflict.
Approved April 2-1. 1925.
Science and Invention.
The world’s tiniest observation bal
loon is only 14 feet long.
The patent office records show over
5,000 patents granted to women.
It is Dow possible to measure time
accurately to three one-billionth of ai
second.
—
An electron is the smallest thiDg in j
the world. It has a diameter of one j
five-thousand billionth of an inch.
Tetranitroline is an explosive more
deadly than TNT, and ouly colored
workers can handle the chemicals
without ill effects.
An invention making possible mov
ing picture shows in broad iavlight is
claimed by a young bookbinder in
Budapest. The inventor says the idea
came to him in a dream.
The Swedish Academy of Engineer
ing Science has awarded a gold medal
to the iuventor of what is said to be a
simple device that enables surplus
steam produced during slack hours to
be stored in a reservoir until It is
needed.
Invention of a device known as “the
prismatic ring” will enable radio fans
to see the next Olympic games, as well
as hear the cheering, it is predicted in
a report by the inventor, C. Francis
Francis Jenkins, of Washington, D. C.,
to the American Chemical Society.
According to oculists, Thomas A.
Edison has an uncommonly large optic
nerve. His associates declare he can
actually “see” more than they. A part
of his genius is ploin physical ability to
perceive details that escape the ordi
nary scientist.
A temperature of 2,000 degrees Fahr
enheit is probably the absolute maxi
mum of heat that can be generated in
a fire disaster, bureau of standards sci
entists have concluded as the result of
recent exyeriments.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Boujrht and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
“Brother Johnson,” .-.aid Parooa. 1
White, “Ah’d !ak to git you to come to
ehu’ch.”
“Why, parson.” exclaimed MrsJoha
son, shocked, “dey ain t no need fo' mo
to come to chu'ch. Yo’-all done con
verted me las’ Angus’.”
PROFESSIONAL
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Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
George W. Albrecht,
klitarod. Alaska,
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Charles 11. Taylor,
Fairbanks. Alaska.
Practice in till Courts.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath, Alaska
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paper Hanging
Charles Rebhun
The Handy Man
'BBE'
Are You Going to Build ?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, roajh &sd
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as ustic and Shiplap, 4 aud 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds. \
Ami i t you are Roinp to baiid a sled, call on as. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
The Kusko
Times
$1 Per Month
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Yankee Greek
About 7 miles long, extending from
No. 1 below discovery down txnthe tj
mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance
of about 3 miles from upper end, and
pretty wrll prospected and crosscut.
Average depth of ground is from 7
to 20 feet. Top is all black muck,
that can be scraped freely. No rock
bigger than one's fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1
per .square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long,
together with water rights. Ground
is pretty well cleared. There is also
a drain,"' 3 miles long. Also a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from
which water can be brought to
Yankee creek with a ditch less than
a mile long [4,900 feet], with a pres
sure or fall of 120 feet, being 1600
teet to the work from the ditch.
v After doing away with muck there
will be from 4 to 6 feet of dirt to
handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken
out.
Prospecting work during the past
winter has resulted in finding values
that run up to $1 jier square foot of
bedrock.
1 will either sell the ground or give
a lease on it. If the prospect is sat
isfactory to the buyer, a cash pay
ment will be expected.
For further information, terms,
etc., call on ground, or write or tele
graph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.
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