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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY *23, 1925,
SANTA ANA
AND TOPPER
Headed for Bethel With
Passengers; Heavy
Cargoes.
Seattle, May 21*.—The steamer
Santa Ana sailed last night fos
Bethel, having on board eleven
hundred tons of mining machin*
ery, general freight and passen*
gers for the Kuskokwkn section;
Included among the passengers
are Captain L. Ek Wa I bridge,
who is taking a large dredge and
outfit to Bethel; Messrs. White
and Kraft* federal marine in
spectors; A. Commendai, Mrs.
E. Joaquin, Mrs George Green;
Mrs. E. Baiselbaum. Andrew
Groswald, Mr. and Mrs. Miller.
Seattle, May 21.—The steamer
W. H;Tupper, Captain Wallace
Langley’s -new boat, sailed to
night for the Kuskokwim with a
capacity cargo.
Among the passengers are the
following: Mr. Hanson, North
ern Commercial Compauy repre
sentative; William Keating, Mrs,
S.-' B.s Martin, W. Walker anc
wife, A. Higgins, C. Rebalth. W
Schnierla.
Makes Inquiry About
Locating an Airplane
Landings Field Hen
Superintendent Ross Kinney, ' fchi
Alaska Road Commission, during th<
past week received from Mr. Oliver
disbursing offidfer of the FCdad Commis
sioo, the following telegram, concern
ing the location of an airplane laodin:
field at or near this place, and upoi
which bo definite results have so fa
been attained.
Fairbanks* Mav Ik; 192o.
Ross Kioney, Tokotna, Alaska::
Territorial Board'eonsiderrng ■ locat
ing airplane landing field at or uea
Tokotna. Landing field should be 40
to 600 feet wide, aDd 1,000 to -1.300 fee
long. Must be well drained, cleared o
slumps and niggerheads, and with rea
aouably smooth surface. Law require
co-operation, and amount of local con
tributions will be considered in deter
mining location of field. Request yoi
investigate for good location and wir
Kdmunds estimate of cost, also amoun
local comoiaurty will contribute ii
work or cash. Oliver.
Gen. Nelson?Av Miles,
Famed Soldier, Deac
"Washington, Mav KL^General Nel
son A. Miles, famed soldier, droppec
dead here today while attending i
circus. He was 88 ,!vears of age. H<
gained high praise as an Indian fighie1
in tbo early :70», and in 1890-01 was iD
atrumental in preventing a formidabh
outbreak of the Sioux and Cheyenne
in South Dakota with very little ioss o
life.__
Charles Kimball, Flume Dredge Com
pany superintendent, arrived yesiet
day from Little creek, to give1 atten
tioc to busiuesa matters. -
ORDERS IT
ENFORCED
Coolidge Asks Strictest
Enforcement of Pro
hibition Law.
Washington, May LI.—Sen
ator Watson, republican Senate
leader, today told the Couzins
Senate coootnittee investigating
-the internal’ revenue bureau that
President Gbolidge had given
-orders to attempt the strictest
enforcement of! the- prohibition
law throughout the nation
| New York.—Rhm’snips,, driv
en off American shores by the
: coast guard blockade, are jam*
ming Halifax harbor, as one re
sult of the determination of the
administration, from President
Coolidge down, to enforce prohi
bition to the limit.
To Resign as Asst P„
M. Gen. to Manage a
$10,000,000 Concern
I
Chicago, May 22:—Haul Henderson,
assistant postmaster general in charge
of the government's air mail service,
late today, in Chicago, announced that
he would hand in his resignation to
the President, next week, effective Au
gust 1, to become general manager ol
the National Air Transport, a $10,000,
(00 concern.
, Colorado Wind Storm
‘ Kills 3. Leaves Trail of
I Debris 75 Miles Long
Denver, May 221—A trail of debrit
1 seveoty-Sve miles long remains ic
Northwestern Colarado today as a re
minder of the terrible wind storm
which tore through a dozen villages
late yesterday afternoon, in which
i three were killed.
)[ St. Louis.—A severe storoo leveled a
t number of houses in Harrisburg, fils.,
f; yesterday. Two were killed.
» Ford May Buy 400
Shipping Bd. Boats
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Detroit, Mav 21. — Following a con
ference here with Chairman O'Connor,
of the United States Shipping Doard,
Henry Ford announced today that he
is negotiating for the purchase of four
hundred Shipping Board vessels, all oi
which are now idle.
B’rank Larson, on the ,Sea Wolf, ac>
companied by Phil Wilson and Evoy
Lechnecbt, departed Thursday feu
' the head of the Nixon, where Mr. L»r
1 Btta will get out 100,000 feet of logs for
the Innoko Lumber Company
Tbe steamer Jacobs, with mail and
freight, is reported to have sailed ftrosa
Nentina last night for iluby. BYora
i Iluby tbe mail will be carried down
rivet as far as Old Mountain by gov
ernment matt launch.
The ice is still bolding in front oi
- Bethel, according to late telegraphic
advices from that point
Body of Tom Byrnes*
Oldtimer. Brought to
Ruby From Up Novi
Ruby. May 2J.—The body of Thomas
Bvrue, a well known oldtimer of the
Interior, arrived here yesterday from
the h»-nd of the Novikaket, having
been brought down by two compan
ions. His death, which occurred about
ten days ago, is attributed to heart dis
ease.
Mr. Byrne had been in the Novi sec
tion for the past two or three years,
carryine oo prospecting work. James
Bvrne, a brother, is now on bis wav
here from Anchorage.
AMUNDSEN
IN FLIGHTTO
NORTH POLE
Hopped Off From Spitz
enbergen With Two
Planes, May 21.
Oslo, Norway, May 21.—Cap
tain Roald Amundsen hopped off
from .Spitzenbergen for the
North Pole at 5 o’clock this af
ternoon. Ideal weather condi
tions prevailed when the two
planes winged away.
New York, May 23. — The
North American Newspaper Al
liance this morning said it had
received no word of the progress
of Amundsen since the planes
hopped off. No communication
is possible, since the planes have
no wireless, and no news of the
effort will be available until the
party lands at a point where
there is communication with the
outside world.
Boston.—All plans of the Mac
millan Arctic expedition will be
subordinated to the relief of
Amundsen if his party is not
heard from before the Macmillan
ships, the Bowdoin and Peary,
leave for the Arctic.
Late Notes From
Flat and Iditarod
Iditarod, May 2—George Adams
has started construction of a building
at Flat on the sit© of the former Grand
Hotel, destroyed bv fire some months
ago. The new building, 25x89 feet,
will be occupied as & hots* and store.
The Beaton dredge will start dig -
ging about Suae 8,
Installation of a new engine- on the
Riley dredge will probably delay the
operation oS that, digger until' about
July t.
Major George W. Albrecht w-ill be
leaving og the St. Joseph" on May 26th
for Fairbanks, taking with him about
six tons of Albrecht and Taylor’s office
supplies. A branch office of the firm
has been established at Flat.
The hull of Bob Lowrie’s new boat,
as yet unnamed, is at that stage of com
pletion where it is ready for launching,
which will probably occur during the
next couple of days
RUSH IS IN
PROGRESS
3 Steamers Headed Up
Stikine for Cassiar
Gold Fields.
Wrangell, May 21. — Three
steamers—the Hazel B., Nos. 1,
2 and 3, sailed from here today
for Telegraph Creek, B. C., tilled
to capacity with passengers and
freight for the Cassiar gold
fields, into which a rush of pros
pectors is now under way. The
Stikine river is running full of
driftwood, making navigation
extremeiv hazardous.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington.—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
will sail Monday for an automobile tour
of Northwestern Europe. She will be
accompanied by Miss Belle, daughter
of B. M. Baruch.
Seattle.—The Post-Intelligencer has
dispatched a representative to report
on the new Caasiar gold discoveries, to
which something of a rush ia now in
progress. _
Deal. Eng.—The family of the Earl
of Ypres, who was Field Marshal
French, was called to his bedside Mon
day. He has been seriously ill for
weeks.
Washington. -President and Mrs.
Coolidge were hosts to disableJ vet
erans of the world war at a garden
party on the White House lawn, Mon
day. _
New York.— Miss Abbie Rockefeller,
daughter of Johu D, Rockefeller, Jr.,
and David M. Milton, a law clerk, were
united in marriage Thursday after
noon.
Topeka.—Former Governor J. M.
Davis, Tuesday, was acquitted by a
jury of the charge of haviDg accepted
a bribe for issuing a pardon.
Lexington, Ky.—George Sumrney. of
New Orleans, Mas elected moderator of
the Presbyteriao Church of the United
States (South)-.
Columbus, O.—Charles Rerdman, of
Princeton. N. J., elected moderator of
the Presbyterian Church (North).
Des Moines.—Senator Cummings is
seriously ill at his home here, suffering
from bronchitis and laryngitis.
Washington.—Congressman William
C. Salmon, of Tennessee, died at his
home here Tuesday night.
Peking.—Thirty live Chinese bandits
were shot to death Monday by soldiers
at Kaifang.
Seattle.—Secretary of Interior Work
will be ia-Seattle Juiv 6.
President Coolidge 111,
Cancels Engagements
Washington, May 23. — President
Coolidge canceled hi’ engagements for
today because of illness. There had
been no previous outward hint of ill
ness, although it was indicated that he
had been feeling the effects of the in
creasingly hot.weather at the Capital.
FINANCIAL
TROUBLES
J. H. Kline, Agent for
Pacific S. S. Co. in
Alaska, Missing.
Seattle, May 21.—Friends of
J. H. Kline, 40, until three days
ago general agent for the Pacific
Steamship Company in Alaska,
told the police they feared for
his safety, as he disappeared
yesterday morning after taking
a revolver and telling friends:
“I guess I’ll end it all. I’ve had
financial difficulties it is impossi
ble for me to meet.”
Kline has been employed by
the Pacific Steamship Company
for nine years. He was formerly
the company’s agent at Juneau,
and had been general agent for
all of Alaska for the last year
exclusively.
From reports coming in today
it develops that Kline is short in
his accounts, and a check of all
Alaska offices under his super
vision is in progress. He is
kuown to have juggled funds of
the Juneau office.
Schr. Holmes Headed
for Arctic With B. of E.
SiirmHes, Passengers
Seattle, May 21.—The schooner O. S.
Holmes, Captain Keckland, carrying a
number of knockdown school houses,
sailed this afternoon for Point Harrovy.
Included among the passengers are two
Eskimo girls, Camilla CarteDdale, 14.
and her sister, Karonita, 8, both of
whom were taken from Siberia four
years ago as wards of Captain Amund
sen, and who are now returning ta
their homes in Siberia.
High Water Floods
Holy Cross Station
Word received bv Sergeant Payne,
of the Jocal radio station, stated
that operation of the lioly Cross sta
tion came to a halt at 11a. in. yester
day, owing to the high flooding waters
within. For the past three days the
ice has been jammed at a poiot a few
miles below Holy Cross.
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Chris Nelson’s launch, the Billy, is
undergoing repairs and improvements,
the latter consisting of replacement of
engine and doing a few other things
tending to bettermeut in both comfort
and speed. The Billy will be placed ia
the water withiu the next few days.
F. B. Camp left Thursday for Ophir,
from which place he is accompanying
Bill Pershinger, of the V R. C. forces,
on his way to Rubv. Mr. Camp is
headed for the Outside on business in
connection with a iarge mining under
taking in the Stony river section.
There has been some talk during the
past few days of an airplane due to at
rive either here or at McGrath on the
28th. Traced down, however, there
seems to be nothing eefinite regarding
the report._
John Heino left Friday for a brief
business visit at McGrath.