BUSINESS
IVfillion of Unemployed
Find Work in Last !
Six Weeks*
Washington, Nov. 3.—Recent j
Government reports disclose that'
the unemployment situation is.
rapidly improving-. ,
With in.the JasJt.six weeks mores
than a njillipn unemployed havej
foundnworky and the number of!
involuntary,' idle now- does not]
exceed two million, ,
Business affairs are already |
fepl'ing the improvement. Ef-.!
forts, however, are still being!
made to further relieve the situ-j
at ion.
Andre wOls.oy.and -Fred Larson c^uie )
Jovyn flora Grayling creek today.
The mail from Iditanod is dye to at’- j
."ive any time,. but not. later than to-1
morrow. ,
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Sign Writihg/
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CHAgLES REBHIW
The. Handy Man
J. "juuiwuwn. 1, a ! I JJ
l Attorney*■&& Law
Flat, Alaska
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Kodak Films Developed
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vYitch N. C. Co. - McGrath
Any^eogth of ,
WOOD FOR SALE
Del i voted to Your Order
. HEINO
CHARLIE’S
$9,900 IN
CURRENCY
Extracted From Parcel
Between Fairbanks
and Healy^
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■j . Nenaua News.
i The first big. robbery recorded ic
1 Interior Aiaske since early-day thefts
; of gold dust an::,bullion occurred ves
| terday. when currency amounting' to
! 49,yOO- was extracted from g. parcel con
signed to the- disbursing office of the
j Alaska Engineering Commission. The
I theft was discovered bv Special Dis
bursing Officer Frank- Doner today,
immediately following the arrival of
the train from Nenana. The package
in which the money was placed at*Fair
! banks reached bmi safely, but almost
all of the money was gone.- :-1
I T*hq theft was reported to Fairbanks
| bv .’phone, and Fostoflice Inspector E.
j G. Weialer and the Federal authorities
! are now at work on the case. Mr.
j Wet;der came down from Fairbanks on
| the gascar this morning and returned
j to the upper town immediately upon
learning of the loss^
■ The parcel of money was turned over
I to the jtostolficp at Fairbanks by the
i 3*irst National Bank, and the usual
• pixjcedurst.is fur.the Fairbaaksoffice to
send Gtrch-. . packages to Nenana by
: train, consigned tro vha^localr- pestotfice,
; for reshlament to Healy, Tfe^ package
j in question reached the local posfcoifice
; yesterday-and was turned over to the
j Commission authorities here and placed
in a Commission safe where it re
i mained until placed aboard the train
1 this morning for despatch to Healy.
i Large sums of money have been han
... died in this manner in the past, but
j this is the first time that a package
has beea molested.
Surveyor General to
Join Benedicts Soon
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, Announcement has been made, says
a-recent issue of the Juneau Empire,
of the engagement of Miss Mary Con
lev and. Surveyor General H. > Kari
■ Ttieile. The ,wedding will not take
! place until spring, as Miss Conley is
! under»contract to take icharge of the
! Government Uospital at Akiak for' the
! coming winter, and it is impossible for
! her- to securh a relief owing to the
I lateness of the season.. *
j Miss Conley is the daughter of Mr.
j and Mrs. John Conley, of Seattle.. She
| has,b8eD c&nnected with* the Govern
ment hospital work for several^ years
apd(> m charge ot several hospitals in
Alaska during that time. She opened
the local G. S. Hospital for Natives
about six year& ago, and remained in
Juneau about, eighteen months. Fol
lowing that she.was*-for three years in
I charge of a similar institution at Nu
shagak, in the Bristol Bay region, and
last year,at Metlakatla.
Louis Gorman,left this morning ior a
trip down river. „
•PROFESSIONAL
W; F. Gr6en^
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Office: McGrath, Aaa. ..
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Increasing Embezzle
ments and Prohibition
Minneapolis.—Prohibition is respon
sible for the increased number of em
bezzlements in the United States, ac
cording u> Francis M. Huge, vice pres
ident of the National Surety Company
of N'e-w York, in au address before the
State Bankers Association, today.
FI) Ogva, from Candle, is a recent
arrival.
Forfeiture Notice.
To William Detteriny:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1910. 1917.
1918, 1919 and 1920 the sum of two
hundred and six dollars and fifty cents
($206.50) in labor and improvements
upon the Gold Hill Placer Association
mining claim, situate head of
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Flat creek, a tributary of Otter- creek, .
in Utter precioct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, the location eer- •
titicate.of which is found of record in
Volume 15. of Locations, at page 192, in
the office of the Recorder in said Otter
precinct, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section 2324
of the revised statutes of the United
Slates, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880, concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the a mount.req laired to hold said placer
mining claim for the period from Janu
ary 1st, 191ti,„to December 31st, 1920.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninetv-xdays after the publica
tion thereof, you Jail or refuse to coo
tribute your, proportion of such ex
penditure as a 20'Owaet', which amounts .
to one hundred ami.'three dollars and
twenty-five cents (•■£10325), your inter
est in the said claim will become the
property of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said sec
tion. T-NL Dean.
Date of first publication.^Sept. 24, 1921.
Date of final publication, Dec. 31, 1921
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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Our New Drop-Head Republic SeWin® Machine?
At a Bargain. ,
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iWdiatvMitts, JVToccasins and Snow shoes ..
Furs Bought and Sold < White Fish and Dog Feed
Dog Harness Collars Sled Lashings Tank Heaters
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and; Efficient
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Meals At All Hours!
Bread, Pies, Cakes and Doughnuts for, safe. Always o» hand
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Proprietor