100 SHOTS
EXCHANGED
Rum Runners and Dep
uty Sheriffs Battle
for Whiskey.
New York, June 24.—Fifty
rum runners and deputy sheriffs
fought a Seree pistol battle at
Greenport, Long Island, last
night, in which over one hundred
shots were exchanged. While
this battle was in progress an
other one was going on at Bald
win between whisky deputies
and bootleggers for the posses
sion of a thousand cases of boot
leg whisky, the deputies finally
seizing six hundred cases of the
Illicit goods. No fatalities re
sulted, although several of the
contending factions are reported
severely wounded.
McGrath Notes
McGrath, June 22.— Diamond Dick
Rhbdes, proprietor of the Big River
Roadhouse, arrived yesterday and will
remain here until after the arrival of
down-river boats.
Joe Blanchell, from Big river, is a
recent arrival, to remain for several ]
days.
An earthquake shock of some sever
ty was experienced here on the I8th.
No damage resulted.
Deputy . S. Marshal McMullen is
making extensive improvements on his
residence, among them boing the rais
ng.of the building to a point where it
is certain to escape any future high
vater mark.
Alec Egberg left a couple of days
agojfor down river, headed for Holy
Jross, via the Georgetown portage. He.
expects to return here some time this
’all'. _
Raymond Rothacher, the six-year old
vho had such a terrible experience
with one of Chester Brink's dogs near
7lat, is getting along nicely, and will
not lbe badly scarred as a result, ac
cording to Jack Mutchler, who arrived
here Monday. Mr. Brink had the dog
killed.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Serv ice On the Inoka
River,
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION *
Fairview, Innoko River
DETAINED
n
3 American Schooners
Held Up and Crews
, Under ArrestJ
Nome, June 25.—The Amer
ican trading schooners Silver
Wave, Iskum and Belinda are
detained at East Cape, Siberia,
and the crews are under arrest,
charged with violation of the
trading laws of the soviet gov
ernment of Russia. News of the
plight there was brought by
Rev. N. F. Hoyer, a missionary,
who came here by way of Eas.
Cape, after a winter in the Little
Diomedes islands.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Spokane —Senator Dill, in an ad
dress here today, declared that he will
join and work with the Senate farmer
bloc. _
Seattle.—Sol Friedenthal, Seattle pi
oneer, vice president of the Scbwa
bacher Hardware Company, died at his
home here today.
Mexico City.—Twelve bandits, who
held up a Jalapa and train last Mon
day, were shot this morning by order
of the war department.
Seattle.—Mrs. Barnes, wife of Ken
neth Barnes, work war aviator, was
drowned by the upsetting of her canoe
in Lake Washington, today.
Horae.— Pope Pius today received in
audience Rear Admiral Andrew Long
and his staff and a group of fifty from
the United States cruiser Pittsburgh.
Brussels.—The Belgian cabinet re
signed today. In consequence of contro
versy over legislation providing for the
use of the Flemish language in Ghent
University.
Seattle.—Broken in health, Benjamin
Franklvn Battersby, one of the owners
of the Battersby iv Smith billiard and
bookniaking house, committed suicide
this afternoon.
Everett.—Failing to effect reconcilia
tion with his wife, from whom he had
just been separated', Erwin Watts,
world war veteran, shot and killed
himself this afternoon.
Anchorage.—Frank 8. Cannon, Cook
Inlet pioneer, and recently appointed
United States commissioner at Wasilla,
died at his home in the latter place to
day, from heart trouble.
Sophia.—Former Premier Starabo
vilsky, of Bulgaria, was killed while
trying to escape from capture after
(light,, following the overthrow of his
government, last Saturday. 1
Seattle.—The congressional delega
tion which has been to Alaska, aboard
the transport Cumber, is due in Seattle
tomorrow morning, the- ship having
passed Flattery today and proceeded to
Victoria for a stop of several hours.
Washington.—The report of Com
missioner of Accounts David Hirsch
field, of New York, which denounced
as un-American the number of school
histories as the outgrowth of a pro
British plot, is strongly commended in
this week’s issue of the National Re
publican, the organ of the republican
national committeo.
Notes From Ophir
and Cripple Section
There is not an idle man in Ophir,
according to John E. Baker, who ar
rived Tuesday from Ophir and the
Innoko side.
Sid Paulson, Mr. Baker says, is-at
present at his Cripple preporty, get
ting ready for his hydraulieing plant
when it arrives. Mr. Paulson will be
up ho: e to spend tho ourth, travel
ing overland. r
Frank McCalTrey is down at the
mouth of Beaver. He is troubled with
rheumatism, but he has a nice home
and is quite comfortable.
John Cameron, Walter F. Scott, Tom
Irwin and Mr. McDocald were met at
the mouth ot Beaver. Mr Cameron is
on his way to the Outside, the others
to points on the Yukon and Tananat'
Frank Mejstrick was met a few miles
below Cripple, in a small boat, on bis
way to Nenanu,
Billy Bodge and Joe Ferris are the
scow crew for Carlson & tlounan, of
Ophir.
J. M. White, the Cripple merchant,
it was learned, is shipping in 30-tons of
merchandise to Cripple thi9 season.
“We also met Max Simel with his
June mail for Ophir and vicinity. He
has the contract for this summer,
which insures the people that their
mail will come through.’* Hb intends
to be at Ophir on the 20th of each
month, and that settles it—he will be
there.” said Mr. Baker.
During the high water stage Mr,
Sitnel had five feet of water in his
store for several days, all the pee pie of
Fairvtew Jiving on his -boat in ‘the
meantime.
There is not much doing in the min
ing line in the Cripple oountry just
now. However, Wilson and Mitchell
have fait- pay, also Greenberg and Col
well.
The steam- rs Tana and Quickstep,
accord in;; to latest advices, are report
ed to have left Bethel on the 23d, and
not the 21st, as previously stated. Gas
olme Nick, with his new boat, is said
to have left several hours later.
Max Simel, Holy Cross-Ophir mail
contractor, with the first mail of the
summer schedule, arrived as Ophir last
Saturday night, the 23d.
Jack Mutehler, R. A. Mespelt and C.
Bedson, from flat, were Monday ar
rivals, Mr. Mutehler bringing Rusty,.
Bob Lowrie’s pony, with him.
Released From Penitentiary.
Leavenworth, Kas.—E. R. Bergdoll,
brother of the notorious fugitive, Gro
ver Cleveland Bergdoll, will be released
from the penitentiary here tomorrow,
after having served two years of a four
years’ sentence for evading draft dur
ing the world war.
GanjFrancisco.—The state authorities
have launched an investigation into the
killing today of Basil Artuffo, a con
tractor, and the wounding of his wife,
Julia, in a raid by Volstead act en
forcement olf.oers on the-Artuffo homo.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold Seddon, his heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended for labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars per
year for each of the years 1915, 1916,
1917, 1920 and 1921 upon the Yellow
Jacket Association placer raining claim,
situate on Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district, Territory of
Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of law respecting
annunl labor on mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail to
pay your portion of such expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be for
feited to the undersigned co-owner, ac
cording to the provisions of Section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Lttther C. Hess,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, June 9, 1923.
Last publication, Sept 8, 1923.
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Call on us after the first boat arrives and
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