2 KILLED,
II WOUNDED
In Battle Between Of
ficer and Bootleggers,
at Council Bluffs,
Council Bluffs, la.. Oct. 16.—
Tel au attempt to hold up and
search suspected bootleggers
here this afternoon, Policeman
Murray Lane ancLan unidentified
man were killed,
The man killed, by Officer Lane
before he himself was mortally
wounded is believed to have
been one of an organized gang,
of illicit liquor peddlers. Two
of his accomplices escaped, al
though one of them, it is be
lieved, was wounded.
Serum to Restore Sight to Blind,
New York.—Dr. Erasmus Pond, a
Brooklyn specialist, .claims - to have
discovered a serum, whieh-.will cure
blindness caused by atrophy. He
claims to have cured nine such cases,
and will demonstrate its use before the
Academy of Medicine and the Amer
ican Medical Association shortly, and
hi plans later to make the formula
public
The doctor says the -serum cannot
cure blindness caused by.accident, and
for successful treatment it is. necessary
that there be slight sight left, the pa
tient.
Charles Kbnitzky arrived Sunday
from Candle, returning agam on Mon
day.
Albrecht and Taylor
Geo. W. Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska
CHas. E. Taylor, Seattle. Wash.
practice in all tbe! Courts.
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1642.
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W.J. HEARST
Would Prevent His Po
litical Control of Wash
ington State.
Seattle, Oct. 17.—With the
avowed purpose of preventing
William R. Hearst. who plans to
establish an afternoon news
paper in this city, securing po
litical control in thi» State, a
committee, composed of twenty
five charter members, was or
ganised here today.
What measures are to be taken
to combat the Hearst influence
are not: yet manifest. Richard
A. Ballinger, formerly Secretary
of the Interior, has been chosen
head of the committee.
Gordon Betties, Sage
of Alaska Sourdoughs
Here is another story they tell of
Gordon Betties.
It was in the early days of the North.
One of the early palatial steamers was
taking up a large party to Dawson.
They were interested in everything
Alaskan. They just filled their eyes
and their ears and eagerly drank down
everything Northern.
But they wanted to see a real' old
sourdough—one such as they had heard
and read* about, so much—one such as
glled their imagination with the thrill
of romance.
“Oh. if I could only see an old-timer,
my hopes would be fulfilled.” peeped
one sweet young thing.
One of the Alaskans on the boat who
had bees overhearing this talk of the
enthusiastic tourists sppke up. He
said, “Excuse me, ma’am, but there is
such a man as you speak of on board.
If you like, 1511 try to get him. This
man, ma’am, was brougqt here while
only a little child. He has Dot been
out of the country since. He don’t go
much for refinement, ma’am, but if you
want to see a real old sourdough, that’s
him.”’
The sweet young thing gasped: “Oh.
would you please! That would be aw
fully nice of you. I do so much want
to see him.” *
The man went out. In a little while
he returned with a. typical, middle
aged prospector. He was clad' in fur
coat, a rough old shirt, a mackinaw,
cordurov breeches and moccasins.
As he stepped into the room his
countenance changed to one of wonder.
He stored at the beautiful ladies in the
room, then bis gaze went down to the
carpet. He got down on his knees and
felt of its luxurious softness. He felt
qhe walls, gazed at the pictures; then
his gaze met the fine piano. He went
over to it, felt its polished surface and
patted it tenderly.
“Oh, the poor eld man!1’ exclaimed
one of the lady tourists. The sweet
young thing offered to play for him.
He stood at her side as she tapped the
keys and seDt out the notes of some of
the latest rag-time music.. The old
timer seemed filled with amazement.
He went around to the back of. the
! piano and examined it. He asked the
name of the instrument. He wanted to
Know where the beautiful sounds came
from
“How much?” be asked.“ How many
bear skins?*’ He was the center of all
eyes* More people had come into the
salon., attracted by the atmosphere of
the unusual.
“About four or five hundred dollars,”
she told him.
“Four, five hundred dollars. How
much bear skins?” He sat down on
the floor and, taxing off his moccasins,
began to'figure on bis toes, through his
thick, wool socks.
Apparently satisfied as to its great
value, his interest grew. Approaching
the girl at the piano, he asked meekly:
"You teach me? You show me how to
play?”
She surrendered the chair to him.
Proud of the honor, and while all
watched interestedly the young lady
took a finger in her slender hand and
indicated how he should tap the keys.
She caused him to tap out, slowly. I
painstakingly. the simple air of!
‘•Home, Sweet Home,” one note at a
ti me.
Then he wanted to try it alone. He
struck the notes here and there. No i
melody came at first, just the clanging |
notes of an amateur. Gradually he
grew better. A real tune was coming
forth. Then the best mnsic they had
ever heard. He was a wiza-d.
That man became known as the best
piano player in the North. It was the j
v;ay he had earned a good living in the j
States and a better one up North.— !
Emery F. Tobin in the Ketchikan j
Chronicle.
Notice of Forfeiture.
[
To Emma Brazeau, Joseph Brazeau, F.
New. Vic Fasno, S. J. Martin,
their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of vou. your heirs and
assigns, are hereby notified that 1 have
performed labor to the value of one
hundred dollars ($100.00) yearly upon
each of the following named placer
mining claims for the years named, all
being situated on Yankee creek, n
tributary of the Innoko river, Innoko
mining and recording precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Section
2324 of the revised statutes of the
United States of America and the
amendments thereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, for the
period ending June 30th, 1921:
Innoko Association, for the years
1914, 1915, 1910, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
California Association, for tbe years
1914, 1915. 1910. 1917. 191S, 1919, 1920.
No. 18 Below Bench, right limit, for
the years 1910. 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
No. 14 Below creek claim, for the
years 1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, 1917, ,1918,
1919. 1920.
No. 12 Below Beqpb claim, right
limit, for the vearsl91J, 1914, 1915, 1910,
1917, 1918, 1919. 1920.
New York Association claim, for the
years 1914, 1915. 1910, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
Illinois Association claim, for the
years 1914, 1915. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as co-owners, as
well as the costs of recording, and the
further costs of this advertisement,
your interests in said claims will be
come the property of the undersigned,
your co-owner, who has made the neces
ary expenditures under the terms of
said section of the revised statutes of
the United States.
J. E. Nor.letti:.
Date of first publication, Oct. 5. 1921.
Date of last publication. Jan. 11, 1922.
Will Return From the Outside About Novem
ber 15, Bringing With Me a Full Line of Op
tical Goods and an Up-to-Date Assortment of
Various Kinds of Jewelry.
ARTHUR J. DOWNER
McGrath Pool Room
and Cigar Store
A Popular Resort—A Place Where You’re Sure
to Meet Your Friends.
Our Stock of General Mer
chandise Has Arrived
Everything' Frqsh / Prices Right
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