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MCGRATH, ALASKA. DEC. 17, 1921
Prohibition Enforce
ment District Compris
prising All of Alaska
Washington.—An order will berJis
sued by the Bureau of Internal Rove
aue within the next few days creating
a new prohibition enforcement dis
trict, comprising the whole of Alaska.
While the matter has frequently been
di scussed by the bureau. it is but re
zently that the decision was reached in
the matter.
Th9 organi sation of the district will
consist of a district director and four
assistants*- presumably one to be sta
tionad in each of the four iudieial divi
sions of the Territory. Headquarters
will be at Juneau.
Big Tim Murphy Sentenced.
Chicago.—Big Tim Murphy, convict
ed of complicity in the Dearborn sta
tion mail robbery, has been sentenced
by Judge Landis to a term of six years
in the penitentiary, in addition to
which he must pay a fine of $30,000.
Three others were convicted with
Murphy.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
i Call At
Durant s Cafe
Flat City
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
, Ask the People of Ophir about lis.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
Protection of Salmon
Opposed By Packers
Seattle.—Testimony submitted he
fore C. H. Huston, assistant seoretary
of the Department of Commerce, at the
fisheries bearing in thit city, urged the
protection of salmon in the vast area of
Alaska from Cape Newenham north
and east to the Canadian boundary, by
drastic Government regulations. Some
of those appearing recommended that
the department limit or prohibit sal
moo fishiDg iD alf lakes and tribu
taries and within 500 yards of mouths
of streams entering the closed area.
Secretary Garfield, of the Alaska Ter
ritorial P'ish Commission, said the
streams under discussion should be
closed to commercial fishing for ex
A. S: McCord. representing tbe Cop
pet' River Packing Company, opposed
the closing of salmon fishing and ques
tioned the necessity of drastic regula
tions.
A F. Zipf, vice president of the Car -
lisle Packing Company, also opposed
the closing of the Yukon.
That Wilbur Strike ?'
Recent arrivals in Nenana from Fair
banks are authority-for the statement
that there is a rumor in circulation to
the effect that the recent striae, al
leged to have been made on Wilbur
creek, was not as genuine as reported.
In fact, it is even hinted that the
ground was salted; as was done on a
previous occasion in that district. Old
timers express the hope that there is
no truth in this report, and all are
waiting eagerly for further develop -
ments.—Nenana News.
‘Smutty Plays’ Are'
Favored, Says Brady
Chicago.—“America has no taste for
uplift in drama. Our people nawadays
don’t want ^good plays. They want
smutty things.
William A. Brady, New York pro
ducer, made this comment Wednesday
in announcing that “The Skin Game,”
by John Gaisworthy,” which opened
here Monday night, will close Satur
day. Last night’s performance drew a
little over $200 in receipts.
“The people prefer something in the
farce line like ‘Getting GirtieV Gar
ter. ’ ‘Ladies’ Night,’ or ‘The Demi
Yi-'gin,’ Brady continued. “Grim,
humanjdocuments have no chance com -
peting with ‘girl’ shows and ‘bedroom’
farces. I am tempted to produce a few
such shows myself and then go in for
the masterpieces.
“The drama in America is degener
ating ”
N. Y. Rat Census Six M i]]:<r:
Novel Plan to Reduce Them
New York.—An endless chain of
death is being prepared for the rat
population of New York, the city
health department announces.
A half doaen of the city’s 6,000.000
rats will be inoculated, it is explained,
with a serum which will cause their
death shortly if they have pleased to
return to their fellows.
Experts say the carcasses would be
eaten by other rats. These in turn
will die and provide poison serum for
succeeding links in the endless chain,
it is claimed.
St. Maurice, France.—After a bitter
quarrel with his wsfe, Francois Beau
ion, aged 60, set his house afire, using
as fuel 10,990 francs in bank notes; his
whole fortune. Then he went to his
barn and banged himself. The widow
is left penniless and homeless.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
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Napamute, Alaska
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim
Valley
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ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers i
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, ^Manager.
DIRECT SERVICE
Seattle to Kuskokwim River
‘Via Inside Passage
M. S. “Anvil”
Freight and Passengers. Leaves Seattle May 10.
Leaves Kuskokwim River, June 5th.
M. V. “Ruby”
Freight only (including explosives).
Leaves Seattle, May 1st.
Sailings subject to change without notice.
For Rates and Accommodations apply to
Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation Co.
7 Colman Dock, Seattle, Wash.
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