SYNTHETIC
SILK GOWNS
; Process Has Reached
Complete Success,
Say Chemists.
Washington, Oct. 7.—The pro
- cess of synthetic silk manufac
ture. which was* partially devel
* oped during the world war, has
now reached complete-success,
according to. the chemists of,the
Agricultural and War .Depart
> men. So successful, 4n fact,
have the experiments ^proven
1 that the statement isrtnade that
the greater part i>of the silk
gowns of the fn.ture will in all
probability be made according
i to processes evolved in the la
boratory.
Alaskans Rank High
in Money Distribution
Seattle.—A Washington special to
■ the Seattle Times sa.vs that individual
wealth is more evenly distributed in
Alaska than in any other part of the
United States, and, with the exception
of the District of Columbia, Alaskans
had a larger income last year titan the
residents of .any ..other-section of the
. country. *
These facts have' been disclosed in
i the preliminary report on. income sta
tistics compiled by the bureau of in
i ternal revenue. With a record of 17.17
• per cent of the . population filing re
turns, and with an average net income
. of $315.58, Alaskans did better on the
whole than the people of any other sec
tion of the United States with the ex
< ception of the District of Columbia.
The State of Washington shows an
i average net income of $240, and Ore
gon $212.
Tony Bosioand Lee Laraprecht moved
r into their new cabiD yesterday.
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THEJKUSKO TIMES
j Who Wouldn’t, Be President?
According to the Washington Star,
the following are Among the rewards
and courtesies Uncle Sam now gives
the person who serves as the Nation:s
chief executive:
A salary of $7‘x,QQ0 a year.
Another $25,000 for traveling ex
penses.
A home on .which the attention of
the world is focused.
Furnishings , aud main-teoanee com
plete for this house.
A private room in the Capitol build
ing.
A flock of the finest automobiles
American factories can produce, and
an electric car for the tirst lady of the
land.
A private detective force.
A force of fifty policemen to guard
tbe<hocse and grounds.
A private art gallery.
A score of greenhouses to keep the
White House decorated and provide
plants and blooms for dinners and re
ceptions.
A private yacht.
A private train —whenever the Pres
ident wants it.
The best brass band in the world.
A flag that no one else can use.
A personal physician.
Naval and military personal aides.
A social secretary for the mistress of
the White blouse, who is social leader
of the country.
A daily newspaper prepared for him
alone.
A complete retinue, the best private
secretary he can find, a man to keep
track of his appointments,, another to
open his mail, one to. keep “cranks”
from getting to the President, a bar
ber, a disbursing officer to keep the
White House accounts straight.
In addition to all these things paid
for by the people the President has the
following courtesies extended to him:
A private room in the railway sta
tion at the National Capital.
A private box the theater, spe
cially decorated in his honor.
A specially- reserved pew in what
ever church he prefers.
Membership in the most exclusive
clubs.
Idealizing reproductions of his fea
tures by portrait painters and sculp
tors. '
Service of dentists, tailors, etc., as
much as he may be willing to accept.
Gifts of all sorts—books, jewelry,
prize turkeys, and hogs and pumpkins,
bed quilts, etc.
Charles H. Stanford left in a small
boat Friday morning for Ohagamute,
where he was obliged to leave his dogs
at the breakup last spring. He will
return to Flat and will be one of Harry
Stockman’s mail carriers.
•Notice.
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In the Probate Court for Kuskokwim
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri
tory of Alaska.
Before W. tf. Crihbee, Un-ited States
Commissioner, ex-officio .probate
judge.
Ija the matter of the Estate of Ben An
derson, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that the judge
of the above entitled court having ap
pointed Charles Ammilon executor of
the estate of Ben Anderson, deceased,
all persons having claims against the
estate of said Ben Anderson, deceased,
are required to present them, with
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice, to said
Charles Ammolin-. executor of estate,
at the office of W. J. Cribbee, at Napa
mute, Kuskokwim precinct, Alaska
Chas. ammilon,
Administrator of the Estate
of Ben Anderson; deceased.
Dated at Napamute,. Alaska, Septem
ber 6, 3921.
ANSWERS FOR THE ANXIOUS
Almost.-arayooe can be induced to lie
if you ask ..enough questions.
The better you behave the .'better
you get along. It's old, but it is true.
There is such a thing as being too
original; people might call you crazy.
A thoroughly, competent agent is one
who can sellmining stock to a miner.
In poetry l,Thv Sentinel Am I”
means man., In real life it means a
woman.
An “optimist” fs an angler who
takes a skillet with him to fry the fish
he hasn't caught.
Yes, “truth crushed to earth ■will
rise again,” but sometimes not until
after the referee, has counted ten.
—Arkansaw Thomas Cat
SIX MISTAKES OF LIFE.
Attempting to compel other persons
to believe and live as we do.
The tendency to worry about thiols
that cannot be cl>ao6ged or corrected.
Insisting that a thing is impossible
because we ourselves cannot accom
plish it.
The decision that individual advance
ment is made by crushing others down.
Neglect in developing‘and refining
the mind by-not acquiring the habit of
reading.
Refusing to set aside •trivial prefer
ences in order that important things
may be accomplished.—^London Tit
bits.
Notice of Forfeiture.
TO'i'incna Bra/.eau, Joseph Brazeau, E.
..New, Vic Pasno, S. J. Martin,
.their heirs and assures:
.You, and each of you, your heirs and
assigns, are hereby notified that I 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 ou Yaukee creek, *
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 annua!
labor -upon mining,-* claims, for die
period ending June llOth. ,1921
innoko Association, for tne years
1914,.1915, 1919, 1917, 191% 1919* 1920.
California Association, for the years
1914, 1915, 19 ItS. 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
No. 18 Below Bench, right limit. Cor
the years 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
No. 14 Below creek claim, for the
years 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, ,1918,
1919, 1920.
No. 12 Below Bench claim, right
limit, for the years 1913, 19d4, 1915, 1916,
1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
New York Association claim, for the
years 1914, 4915,. 1916, 1217, 1918, 1919, 1926.
Illinois Association claim, for the
years 1916, 1917, 4918, 1919, 1929.
And if within, ninety .days after the
■publieatien of this notiee yon fail or
refuse to contribute yoi;r proportion of
said expenditures, - a& co-owners, as
well as the costs of recording, and the
further costs ofr this , advertisement,
your interests .in said claims will be
come the property of. the undersigned,
your co-owner, who has made the neees
ary expenditures under, the - terms of
said section of the revised statutes of
♦he-United States.
J. 1L Ncxlktte.
Date of first publication, Qct. 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,
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.ARTHUR J. DOWUJSR
■t,
McGrath Pool Room
and Cigar Store
A. Popular Resort—A Place WJterfe Y6u*re Surt
to Meet Your Friend &
Our Stock of General Mer
chandise Hasi Arrived J
Every thin© Fresh
Prices Right
A. HIGGINS