STONE AGE MUMMIES ARE
UNCOVERED ON ISOLATED
ALEUTIAN ISLAND J'EAK
NEW YORK, July 6.—Discovery of
what is believed to'be the mummified
Temains of a stone age man is de
scribed in a dispatch to the New
York Times from Harold McCracken,
bead of an expedition for the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History to
the Aleutian Islands.
Four mummified bodies, three
adults and one infant, were found on
the summit of an an almst inaccessi
ble cave, along with clothing, do
mestic articles, hunting weapons and
•other paraphernaia that went with
burial of early barbarians. The
burial tomb and door bore evident •» of
Mongolian influence, but nothin
'dicated cntact with ancient or mo<K.n
"civilizations. The vault was well
made and was shaped with mortised
•drift logs, held together by bone
trails. It was wedged in a rock crev
Sce.
The lining of the vault was of
•cured otter skins. It was of two
parts. In one was a man, evidently
■of high rank, and in the other two
adults and a child.
The bd.v of the ancient ice king was
•clothed in otter skins, surmounted
’with a shirt of bird skins. Both were
■elaborately decorated. Wrapped
around the body was the skin of
northern animals, surmounted by a
3ayer of woven grass. The whole was
•encased in a parchment-like layer of
-sea lion intestine.
The other bodies were less elabor
ately dressed. They are believd to
ihav been those of sevants.
The Takotna school opens Monday,
October 1. The school during the
•coming term -will be under the guid
ance of Miss Pauline Koievnikoff, one
•of Takotna’s ppular young ladies.
John Sinclair and Albert Ivey were
'passengers on the Sea Wolf yester
day to McGrath.
Eli Walker was a yesterday arrival,
•coming from McGrath on the Sea
Wolf.
Pilot Ed Young, who had Arnuf
Hjelde as a passenger, on his last
trip over to Fairbanks, had the mis
fortune to meet with mishap while
making a landing at Itflnohumina,
due to the plane hitting in muddy
ground and causing the machine to
tip over. No one was hurt, although
the plane was somewhat damaged.
Miss Rose Oates was a yesterday
arrival by airplane, coming over from
Fairbanks with Pilot A. A. Bennett.
Miss Oates, who left here a little over (
a year ago, went first to Seattle for
a visit of several months and then t >
Fairbanks, and now returns .to jiir
her pursuits here.
Recent arrivals from the.'A. R- O.
camp include John Sinclair, .Bert.
Goodpnster, Chris Peterson*, Arvid j
Tiepo, Matt Kevi,. Albert Ivgy, and.
Foreman I). E. Clough, Mrs. Clough
and Miss Margaret Clough.
Miss Mary McLean,' -\kho has spent >
the greater part of the summer;-, at
Ophir, the guest bf. Mxs. Kid Paulson,!
returned to town during the week, to f
be on hand when school opens. _|
Nels Pearson, after a visit inf some
3ays at McGrath, returned here dur- ■
ing the past weik,; coming up on.the
Sea Wolf.
Richard Rhodes,'known to bis nu
merous friends as “Diamond Dick,”:
was a yesterday. arrimaJ,-«(>ming up
on .the Sea .Wolf.
—
Miss Jeanne DaniuLsrTtetnrned. inane1
yesterday, after a visit f a couple of
days at McGrath.
John Krieger, ‘coming;from .Little
creek, was an early, in the week ar
rival.
Lee Lamprechfc and M.’E. Bondixen
wee today arrivals, after; a season: n
Little creek.
F. J. Hart was an - early in the
week arrival from . Little creek
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Of Flat, Alaska
Candidate For Representative,
Alaska Legislature
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represented in Juneau.
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Where Trails ;and Rivers Meet,
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The recent placer strike at $quaw
creek, in Yukon Territory, is nothin);
to get excited about, in the, opinion-of
Thomas H. Kerruish, of -thet Yukon
Richmond Mining Company... Staking
has heen carried out over ithe entire
district, but*he said that a short-time
ago claims that were held for $2,000
can be had for $100. With the ex
ception of a half dozen claims even
wuges cannot be. made, Kerruish said.
The ground is shallow, but there-are
many boulders.
ORDER AND
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at McGrath,. Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to an
Act of. Congress.approved. May .7,
1906, entitled “A n Act Providing for
the Election . of; a Delegate ... to . the
House of Representatives. from . the
Territory of. Alaska,” and. An Act. of;
Congress, Approved August 24^/1912,
entitled. “An* Act to Create a ..Legis
lative Assembly.in the Territory of
Alaska, to Confer legislative Towers1
Thereon, and for Other Purposes,”
It is hereby ordered that>ior -the
purposes of the general election to be
held, on November 6, 1928, all', the .ter
ritory in the recording .district known
as .Mt. McKinley Recording District’,
outside of incorporated towns, ist
hereby divided into voting precincts'
in each of which a polling .place. is
hereby specified.
.The said voting preeincts are desig
nated, described and hounded as fol
low..:
Voting .Precinct No. 1, from- Big
River down stream to.Swift River and \
all .its. tributaries, . except . Takotna
River. Polling place at U, fL Com
missioner’s Office, in the town of Mc
Grath.
Voting Ereciact No, 2, the iEakotna
River from Nixon Forks to the head,
and all it stibutaries. Polling place at
Pioneer. Hall, .Takotna.
Voting Precinct No. 3,’. from Big
River to the head of. > the Kuskokwim
River, and all .its- tributiwics. Tolling
place at Berry’s Store, Medfra.
Notice is hefceby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 6, 1928, for the purpose of
electjng: the following officers, to-wit:
A Governor for the-Territory-1 of,
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives for .the Territory of
Alaska,
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of .’Alaska,
C One. Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska,
Fou Members of the House of Rep
resentatives .of .the -Territory of
Alaska, «
Two Rdad Commissioners:for Road
District No.. 4.
The election will-he held' ih the vot
ing precincts above named and at the
polling places t herein specified. The
said polling places will be open be
tween the hours of eight o’clock a. m.
and seven o’clock p. m. of said day.
* Dated at McGrath, Alaska, Sep
tember 6, 1928.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt. Mc
. Kinley Recording Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the Probate Court at McGrath,
. Alaska, .before W. T. Vanderpool,
. U.. St Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
- Territory of Alaska, Fourth Divi
sion, -Mt. -McKinley. Precinct—ss.
To all ..persons to whom . these
presents shall came;—greeting: Know
ye that itjappaaging to the Commis
sioner .aforesaid that. Helen McGinty
has. died intestate, ^leaving at the time
j iE*ank» JjJSnskey
j .^Notary -Public
J , ’‘McGrath. Alhaka
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Du Rand’s j
Cafeand |
Hotel |
iFlat City 1
of her death property in this precinct,
I, aforesaid Commissioner, have duly
appoir*ed A. X. Grant, of Takotno,
Alaska, administrator of the estate
of Helen McGinty, deceased. - This,
therefore, authorizes the, said A, X.
Grant to administer, the estate of ,the
said Helen McGinty, deceased, accord
ing to law. In testimpny:;viheeeaf I
have, hereunto Jset nyyahand;4nduoffi
cial seal at McGrath, A laska, thteJird
day. of July, A. Di.1-1928. i
V W. T. VANBEEFOOL,
■ U. S. Commissioner .and
y ex-.Officio Prohnte Jpdge.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. W. Strangman, JackaLantonC,
James McHugh, J. N. Anderson,
• • E. Coke Hill,, and.' all (persons
claiming by, through or underi
li: them, or any of them, and their!
heirs, executors, -assigns: and suc
ivcessors in interest, greeting:
. Yoa, and each, of you. are .hereby
notified: That during each of the
following annual labor years, to-wit:
fhe years ending July 1st, 1922, . 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927., the under
signed put ones..: hundred dollars
($100.00) worth of work and improve*
ments on the certain placer mining
claim am Long. Creek, in the Nulat#
Recording District, .Territory of
Alaska, known as Buckeye Associa
tion. »
- That all of* said work andiimprove- I
ments. were required by law.-and-were |
put.upon aaidl.-claim. in. compliance!
therewith in order, to bold ;ih«. sam6!
for each: said year, and thereafter; ' I
- That during, each. said:.year and at I
all times thereafter tha- undersighed
was. and is a co-owner ofi each said
claim,' and if within ninety (00): days
after the ninety (90) day publication
hereof, to-wit: ninety days after the’
28th day' of. April, 1928, you and tech
of you do not contribute to the under-1
signed your proportion of said ex- j
pcnditure for each said claimi ifor
each said year, your interest in. said
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That the sum- each of you should
contribute for each, said claim far
each said years bears the same rela- •
tian to one hundred.,dollars ($100.00}
as your undivided interest in each
said, claim bore to,the entire interest
in said .claim, during each said year.
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