WHERE ALASKA STANDS
ON THE LIQUOR ISSUE
JUNEAU—The Daily Empire says:
‘The vaidez Miner, in a recent edi
tor. al, commenting on the outlook for
le„al beer, advises its readers not to
permit their their thirsts to become
too greatiy whetted for the beverage
inasmuch as they will have to confine
the,r imbibing to the home-brewed ar
ticle unless and until the -Alaska Done
di'y iaw is repealed. Apparently a
arge number of Alaskans are of the
. same opinion on this question.
“However, this is a misconception.
If Congress passes the beer oili, anti
it shouiu become iaw eithe with or
\ without the President's approval,
. Amska will have its brew, legally,
just, as soon as it can be manufactured
or shippe dinto the territory. We owe
Demgate \V ickersham tor making this
certain. Originally, as introduced by
> Chairman Collier of the House ways
and means committee, its author, the
. bill did not include Alaska. Learning
of this ,the Delegate appeared at one
. of the hearings and requested that the
. measure beamended so that his con
stituents might have access once more
. to their old favoritesPabst, Schlitz,
Annheuser-Busch—or of some lesser
known but equally invigorating band
manufactured right here in the Ter
ritory. Tile Delegate, at the commit
tee s request, submitted such an
amendment, and, although his exact
language was not adopted, the idea
was incorporated into the measure
. and retained when it was passed pro
visions of the Collier bill anyhow.
The bill passed the House. Therefore,
unless the Senate takes it away from
v us, Alaskarts will at least be on a par
with the rest of the country for the
duration of the beer era.
“The Alaska bone dry law prohibits
‘intox.cating’ liquor. The Collier beer
. bill would take the same rating as
soft drinks and its sale would be per
mitted anywhere in the country.
“However, the Territory will not be
so fortunate in the matter of prohibi
tion repeal. Even though every State
;n the Union should ratify a resolu
tion repealing the Eighteenth Amend-,
we would still drink illicit liquor until
the lepeal of the Alaska bone dry law
by Congress. The Delegate, who wrote
that act, possibly sensing the great
; evil thereby inflicted upon the North
land, has strongly urged the present
Congress to repeal it, so far without
success. He obtained a bearing last
spring on the measure he introduced
to that end, but, when he found the
committee’s report would be averse,
dal not press for a report, preferring
to let it go over to the December ses
sion, when he hoped t oget the hear
ing reopened. Apparently there has
been no progress made, and, if Con
gress legalizes beer and wine, we
shall have to be content to use ‘moon
shine’ for a spike at least for the time
being.”
“GRIT, GRIEF AND GOLD” A
GRAPHIC ALASKAN STORY
“Grit, Grief and Gold” is the strik
ing: title of a most interesting: vol
ume from the pen of Dr. Fenton B.
Whiting:, recently published. The
book deals with early-day Alaska, in
which the author tells the story of
the construction of the White Pass &
Yukon and Copper River Railroads
by Michael J. Heney, both wonderful
feats. Dr. Whiting, as chief surgeon
connected with those wonderful pro
jects, tells a wonderful, thrilling
story, one that holds the interest of
the reader to the end, and in which
he pays high credit to Mr. Heney.
A nice tribute to the book 'is the
i foreword, coming from Rex Beach,
wel known author of many Alaskan
| stories, as follows:
“M. J. Heney, affectionately known
to his friends and admirers as ‘The
Irish Prince,’ was a have, resourceful
! and determined man. He was a great
; railroad builder, too, and his success
was a tribute as much to his hand
men, and inspiring loyalty, as to his !
engineering genius. My admiration
for him and my interest in his accom
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remains for his trusted friend and
associate, Dr. P. B. Whiting, to recite
the facts of an earlier accomplish
ment of his, the building of the White
Pass & Yukon Railway. It is time
that this story was written, fo i twill
preserve in t.vp< the story of an im
portant, a vividly colorful and glam
orous epoch, which otherwise would
,.e lost. No man could tell it .better
than ‘Doc’ Whiting, who lived it, and
him seif the forthright, straight
shooting,. hard-hitting man his chief
admired, and .Alaska calls her own.”
Proriuced.by the Peacock Publishing
Company,. Seattle. Price, §2.
TELLS OF COLLAPSE OF PLANE
WRECK. AT LAKE MINCH CM IN A
A letter recently received at Mc
Grath from Lake Mincaumina gives
the following details concerning the
collapse of the G-olstein plan.; near
-hat point, in which Mr. Goldstein
and Pilot Ted Ed .Norris .were both
killed:
“Jesse Yoder heard the .plane crash
on the lake at the left of the .little
creek near his farm. He walked up
to the plane. and -around it, but saw
no one. Realizing the .horror ,af the
catastrophe,. he ■ went .for help. Fort
unately ,C. A. Trundy, commissioner
from .Kanishna, was on the lake at
the time. He, together with Yoder
and James Pike, hastened to the
wrecked plane. Shortly . after their
arrival, Pilot Blunt with Mr. Parker
taxied up. Blunt had spied the
wreck from the air and had stopped
at the cabin for information.
“Mickq.v -Goldstein, and his pilot, -Ed
Ted Norris, of Seattle, must have
been instantly killed when the plane
struck. The plane, apparenty, landed
straight down and then bounced
about .25 feet. Nothing of he plane
was intact but the tail, and tail shive.
The.load.of merchandist was scat
tered over a radius of 50 feet. The
bodies ,weixj( found in the wreck. The
cause of the accident is a matte of
conjecture.”
Inefficient
^Of course, .you’re lucky! I’m afraid
my husband is one of the hopeless
kind. If he wants to darn some socks
or sew a button on, I alfays have to
thread the needle for him!”—Humor
ist (London).
Elsa, the Practical
“Do you believe in love at first
sight, Miss Elsa?”
“Yes, I do—it is so practical and
saves so much time.”—Allt for Alit
(Stockholm) .
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Steve Bailey, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undersigned,
have been appointed administrator of
the estate of John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you ,are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from you (Steve Bailey),
dated the 6th day of November, ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 1926,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931
upon the following described placer
mining claim, to-wit: No. 4 Above
Discovery on Ganes creek, a tribu
tary of the Innoko river, in the Jn
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter, all
of said work having been performed
by the aforesaid John Griffin.
And if within ninety (90) days
after the publication of this nnotice
you, and each of you, do not con
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said expenditures for each claim for
each said years, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
said John Griffin Estate, according to
the provisions of Section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
Administrator of Estate of
John Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takotna, Alaska Dec. 24,
1932.
First pub., Jan. 14
“How did you break your leg?’’
“I threw a cigaret in a man-holi
and stamped on iu.”—Everybody1!
Weekly (London).
In the Prdhate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territor;
of Alaska, before Hon. D. E
Brown. .Commissioner and ex
Officio Probate J ldge.
In the matter oi 1, • - -te of Pete'
Ciaustrup, deceased. No. u2 probate
Notice to Creditors
All persons having claims agains
the estate of Peter Ciaustrup, de
ceased, are hereby required to presen
the same, under oath, .to the under
signed, Administrator de bonis nan a:
the said estate, at his office at Flat
Alaska, or at the office of the Probat.
Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or befor.
the 2nd day of August, 1933.
T. M. GARLAND.
Administrator of the Estate oi
Peter Ciaustrup, deceased.
.First pub. Feb. 11 33
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AT OPHIR
Saturday Night j
March 18
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'me one, Come All, to Ophir, j
here a good time is assured
by Messrs. .,
Ike Finklestein,
Ollaf Olafson,
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vih,
Heine Sonrkront, ’
The All-Irish Commit
tee of Ophir.
In the Probate Court, for Otter Er*
, exact, b ourux. JJivxsiou, larrxtory ct
Aia^kA, before Hon, JJ. E. itrowua,
Commissioner_and ex-oiScio -Pro
bate Judge.
In the. matter, of the Estate oJ
' Joseph Neville, deceased. Probate
’ No. 61.
NoticeJt© Crediteoa.
All persona haying claims against
. the Estate of Joseph. NewiU% da
ceased, are hereby reoutrad to .pre
sent the same,, under oath, .to the
undersigned, .administrator de -bonis
' non of the said estate, at his office
at Elat, Alaeka, «or: ‘at-tib.e - office of
’ the Probate Judge art Elat, Alaska*
■ on or before six months iTrem tha
, posting of this notice.
Dated, Elat, Alaska, November It,
T. TH. GARLAND,
. i Administrator de bonis non
Estate of Joseph. Ns-viUe,
deceased.
First pub., Jan. ~t4
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