Asking .for. a. Summer
Mail Service iVia Lake
Menchuraina.
Fallowing? is a letter addressed to
Hod. Dan .Sutherland, Alaska . Dele
grate, by the McGsatb Commercial
dub, through, Ruben S. Boyd, its*
chairman, concerning the petition no«M
being circulated fyr.a better, mail ;ser- j
rice to this section during} the- summer
season. It is a strong argunaeet, clearly
stated, , for the adoption of, the. Men
chuinina. route as the,only one that,
will give,nelief to this isolated section:.
McGrath, Alaska, Nov. 3, 1921. . J
Han. Dan Sutherland*
Washington, D. C..
Dear Stiy-Then entire community
wiehes-to thank you lot your efforts in
our behalf in baxiag .the- Rainy,, Pass
mail route restored*Mr, Harry Stock
man has the contract* and we feel don
tident cf having as good a servieeas is
possible under existing,.conditions.
While this provides-for a good 9ev
vioe in the,winter timet, our mail, fa
cilities during the summer are sadiv!
lacking. We have had only, two mails
this summer in a period of over six
months. As, there were# and.probably
will be, only two boats to .Bethel from
the coast, it is all we caa^e&pec* by
thur rante , ^Vie^irmld suggest that a
route be established, from Nemana, via
the Kaattehna river, across .Lake Men
ehumina to wbat iscaKed the*iportage,
thence across the portage to .the. North
Fork of the Kuskokwim ,<rtver. and
down the Kuikokwim to thieiplaee. By
this route not only McGrath; *but Ta-^
cotoa and Ophir and the Lower Kusko
kwimean be -served.' Now-that the
Albrecht, and uTa^tor
Gko. W. Albbbcht, Iditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle, Wash,
Practice in all thetiGouots*
Seattle Law Office: L. G. Smith'Bldg
Elliott 1&42.
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A Papplar Rfe&ort
Billy Jonoa]
Herb Kearney
Tacotna Headquarters
THE KUSKO TIMES /
| Government wagun.road from Tacotna
to Oph-ir is almost-completed. i>t is an
easy matter to reaob- Gp-bir. Tbe Io
noko summer mail,route can be elimin
inated. Tb« Lo.war Ssiskokwim, tbis
side of Bethel, can then have mail
ofteDer than at present,, as- the river
boats make four or five trips from here
to Bethel during the summer, as more
freight comes by the ocean boas than
can be hauled at one tripby' the rivar
boat..
The proposition that we would out
line is this: That two separate con
tracts be let—one - to carry the
mail from Neaana across tbe portage
to the North Fbrk of the Kuskokwim,
and the other contract tb'carry the
marl from the portage u> McGrath.
The reason for astting that the contract
be-from Nenana across the portage is
tbnt larger boats can be ren.from Ne
nana across-the- lake-to- the portage
thuncao- go from here-to the. portage.
The contractors on the ether sod could
easily take, say, two pack horses- on a
scow across tbe lake to pack the- eaail
across the portage, which we under
stand is a distance of about seven miles
and on high ground. There is an In
dian village near the portage, also a
trader at tbe foot of the lake, and no
.doubt arrangements could be made to
have the horses looked after between
trips, as there is plenty of feed during
the summer, or the contractors could
bring the horses each trip on a scow.
We understand that a small steamboat,
carrying four horses and, outfits for four*
men, made the trip last- summer from
Nboana to tbe portage in four days-and
stopped on their way- to cut wood for
the boat. Parties here that have been
toitbe portage in a power boat say that
they can easily make two round trips tt
month.
What we would ask for is -a service
during the mouths of June, July Au
gust and September of-two round trips
eaoh moDth, with a weight limit of say
1.000 pounds each trip. We- believe
that this service can be maintained at
cost of very little more than the cost of
the presentiinefficient service, and it
certainly would be a wonderful boon to
this section of Alaska. There is at
preseat a - monthly summer service
from here-to Tacotna, whiebcould eas
ily be extended to Ophi-r to serve that
section. Carlson-<fc Hounan, who suc
ceeded Dave EdVrards in business at
that place, have sold tbeir power boat
on the Innoko -river and we understand
intend to ship all their goods in by the
Kusfcokwim. river and haul them over
the Government road from Tacotna to
Ophir. Our population is growing, and
ware |certainly entitled to relief in
our summer mall service. It is pretty
tough, and. a drawbacks this section
in general, to have only two mails in
six months.. By,taking this matter up
new it doubtless, can- be arranged be
fore the winter service is over. An
early decision would) be appreciated, as
the successful bidder would, want to
bare as much time as possible- to get
l)is equipment ready. There* are sev
eral parties here who- wish, to bid on
the contract.
In this connection' we-would also ask
that this office be designated - a- money
order office. Now that the Northern
Commercial Company is- going out of
business, it is dOubly imperative that
such, should be done. This -company
has heretofore issued drafts and letters
of credit on the Outside and their- sta
tions. which have been almost the only
means of sending nocney. It is -doubt
ful if their successors will havevthw fa
cilities for such service, whioh4-will
leave this section with almost no means
of sending, money except by registered
letter, and it is very hgrd to get - bills
of the denominntions wanted 4nd-im
possible to send odd or exact amounts.
This will,be a great hardship. There
is a money order office at Ophir, but,
as > ou know, the distance is such as to
be of almost no benefit to us. Our pop
ulation is growing, and tbe lack of a
money order) office is a decided handi
cap.
We are cfreufottog a petition to tbe
Postmaster General asking that we be
granted tbis mail service and that this
office be made a money order office and
as soon as we oaa get signatures will
forward it to you to be preseoted.
We would ask that you take this
matter up with tbe Postal Departmaot
at an early date and with your usual
vigorous efforts endeavor to have our
requests granted.
Thanking you for what Vou have
done in our behalf and' wishing you
every success, we are.
Very sincerely yours,
McGrath Commercial. Club,
R. S. Boyd, Chairman.
Id New York city, recently, before
J ustice Burst, was tried the case of a
man charged with having liquor ille
gallv in his possession, in order that
the jurors might be fully informed as
to tbe essential fact, the court permit
ted the jurors to taste- the liquid io
question. They did so. Hach took a
good big swig and, having taken it,
smiled upon his feHow jurymen. Thev
concluded their deliberations in short
order and. returned a verdict acquitting
the defendant. The question then
arose in the minds of the spectators
whether the stuff wasn’t liquor after
all- and a superior quality at that;
whether it wasn’t a case of “the time
has come when drinking men must
stand together.*’
Notice of Forfeiture,
To' fetnma Brazeau, Joseph Brazeau, E.
New, Vic Pasno, S. J. Martin,
their heirs and assigns:
You, anti each of vou. your heirs and
assigns, are hereby notified that 1 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 on Yankee 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 aDd the
amendments thereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, for the
period ending June 30th, 1921:
Innoko Association, for the years
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919. 1920.
California Association, for the veafrs
1914, 1915, 1916,1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
No. 18 Below Bench, right limit, for
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, 1914, 1915, 1916,
1917, 1918, 1919. 1920.
New York Association claim, for the
years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
Illinois Association claim, for the
years 1914, 1915. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as co-owners, as
well as the costs of recording, and the
further costs of this advertisement,
your interests in said claims will be
come the property of the undersigned,
your co-owner, who has made the neces
ary expenditures under the terms of
said section of the revised statutes of
the United States.
J. E. Nollette.
Date of first publication, Oct. 5. 1921.
Date of last publication. Jan. 11,1922.
Will fietnm 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.
ARTHUR J. DOWNER
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