Results of Flanagan’s
4,000-Mile ‘Dry* Trip
Seward Gateway.
Prohibition Officer D. W. Flanagan
and Special Agent Baggen returned on
thoStarr yesterday from a long trip
through Interior Alaska, the journey
by land and water extending over 4,000
miles. Mr. Flanagan stated that while
he ibad. no time to make a thorough in
vestigation of conditions, he visited all
Indian villages ea route and found
some evidence of liquor violations at
times daring .the past winter, but
found only two villages where the
liquor laws were violated to any con
siderable ■ extent. Where such viola
tions were found, invariably they were
from traders giving liquor to natives
for furs. The worst conditions, accord
ing to Flanagan, were found in the vi
cinity of Koyukuk, the traders there
apparently being very active in fur-'
nishing liquor to natives.
At Anvik the natives were prosper
ous. and also at lloiv Cross. - Poor con -
ditions existed at Russian Mission,
owing to local poverty.
Crossing the portage to the Kusko
kwim, the-party stopped at Akiak and
foufad the natives in a prosperous con
dition, under the direction of Earl For
rest, of the bureau of education. A
sawmill is owned by the government
and natives at this point and many new
homes are to be‘found, all cleanly and
prosperous looking. This mission is
doing spleudid work, and is practically
self-supporting.
While unable to visit the natives at
Nelson-island, Flanagan learned that
they were in dire poverty and a mis
erable condition exists, owing to lack
of traosportation*and the inaceessibii
ity»of the country. This is the great
breeding ground of the walrus, and the
Nelson isiand natives are adepts- at
bunting these mammals, and are also
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skilled carvers and'workers in ivory.
Tbe natives at Nunivak are said to be
also in bad shape for the wioter. The
natives from Good News Bay, Togiak
and Kulutak are almost exclusively
dependent upon tbe walrus for their
subsistence, and a scarcity of these an
imals means starvation. The nearest
trading posts are at Nusbagak and at
Bethel: which are visited at rare in
tervals.
At Dillingham. Bristol Bay, the first
liquor violations of magnitude were
found. Seven canneries were investi
gated and eight law violators appre
hended, all of whom pleaded guilty and
were fined.
Proceeding to Bristol Bay proper,
the officers picked up 46 men, 34 of
whom were found guilty of violating
the liquor laws and 11 tbe federal nar
cotic act. Four of these men were ped
dlers of drugs, one being alleged 6e be
the largest operator on-the coast The
34 pleaded guilty and were taken be
fore United States Commissioner Neil
son and fined, and tbe dope operators
were placed under $2,000 bonds to ap
pear before the federal court at the fall
term. The fines io this district aggre
gated $4,200. Ten stills were seized
and nearly a thousand gallons of mash
and liquor destroyed
At Cbignik two liquor peddlers were
arrested and a quantity of liquor
seized.
At Uyak, as the boats landed, tbe
two Japanese apprehended at Cbignik
shouted a warning to a comrade stand
ing on the dock, and- a footrace ensued
between the agents and the bootleg
gers, two men being taken as they
were hurrying a fine, well-made still
into the brush. Several hundred gal
lons of mash were destroyad. These
four Japanese were taken to Kodiak
and tried before Commissioner Bett
mac, pleading guiltv and fined, an ag
gregate of $500. They were peddling
liquor to natives, and were a menace to
the health of the community, their
stills being deplorably filthy and un
sanitary.
While tbe fines on the trip were not
excessively high, the commissioners
believed it better to make them of an
amount the men were able to pay. in
orJer to save the government the ex
pense of transportation to Valdez and
board and lodgiog in the jail there. In
case they were taken outside it would
Cost the government many thousands
of dollars to take them by dog team to
transportation centers.
There are a good many articles id
the papers these days on how to pro
Ions your life, but we haven’t seen one
yeton why.—Philadelphia North Amer
ican _
’ Yokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is the schedule now ob
served by the Tokotna radio station:
5 9:15 a. m.—Transmit Iditarod.
’ 10:00 a. m.—Receive Fairbanks.
12:30 p. m.—Receive Fairbanks.
3:45 p. in.—Transmit Iditarod.
5:00 p m.—Receive Fairbanks.
6:00 p. no.—Receive Anchorage.
! > Effective October 10th, delay on all
south-bouod business canceled. Traffic
now bandied without any delavs.
’ All messages to be transmitted should
be id the radio office before 9:15 a. m.
and 3:45 p. m. Otherwise it will be
necessary to hoid them for transmis
sion the following day.
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M. F. Mil ler
Candidate for Alaska Legislature
My principles are the same as -two years
ago. Am against separation of the Ter
ritory; am not in favor of reapportion
ment at this time, but am in favor of
sane, progressive legislation at all times.
Advt.
The significant effect of equal suf
frage. as we see it, has been to remove
woman from her pedestal and put her
on the fence —Columbia Record.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
J?o frv. H. Brown and FVankie Chew-,
your neirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
tified that I, the undersigned, your co
owner. have expended in labor and im
provements the sum of uot less than
one hundred dollars per year for the
vears 192L, 1922 and 1923 upon the
Pack Mule Association placer mining
claim, situated on Otter creek, a trib
utary of Iditarod river, in the Otter
mining and recording preeioet, Ter
ritory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim uuder the provisions-of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of ;
the United Stales and the amendments
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after She
publication of this notice, you, or either
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Tokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
of you. fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of said expenditures, as well
as the cost of recording the same, and
the costs of this advertisement,, your
interest in said elaitn will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
is
penditure under tbe terms of said Sec
tion 2324 of tbe Revised Statutes of the
United States.
D. s. McDoxklt,,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Sept. 20. 2924,
Datu of last publication, Dec. 27, 1924.
Rough and Dressed Lum
her of All Kinds
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If you have the best interests of
Alaska at heart, especially the
Fourth Division, vote for
Charles E. Taylor
Candidate for Alaska Legislature
Paid Advt.
BBcaa^y^BAw,’:. ■ - ■ Jj
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Greek
I am the principal owner of a hlock of ground
on Yankee creek, about seven mues long, extend
ing: from No. 1 Below Discovery down to the mouth
of the creek.
Pay has been located all along for a' distance'of
about three miles from the upper end, and .pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the ground is from seven
to twenty'feet. The top is alliblack muck, that can
be moved freelv. No rock btggerjthan one’s fist.
The width of the pay. foil a distance of about
three miles, ;is from 100 to 200 feet. Crosscuting
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
, ’ cents to $l per square foot of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot.
1 have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground is prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. L also have a water
right on Ready Bullion oreek. from which water
can be brought, to Yankee creek with a ditch less
than a mile long (4.900 feet), which will give four
sluiceheads of water, with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1600 feet to the work from the ditch.i;
After doing away with the muck, there will be
from four to six feet of dirt to handle. The pay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porpli rv and -date.
The ground is virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken out by windlass in prospect ing.
Prospecting work during the ore- -t winter lias
resulted in finding values that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground, which has been in operation for the
last three seasons.
The Government road crosses Yannee creek. T
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
I am also the agent for owners of ground other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydraulicing.
1 will either sell the ground or give a lease on
it. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A good bargain
will be given to the right party.
For further information, terms, etc., call on
ground, or write or telegraph me.
ED NOLIjETTK,
Tokotna, Alaska.