FORMER McGRATIIITE NOW
'OPERATING ARMORED AUTO
FOR BANKS OF PORTLAND
L. B. Loomis, former -well known
manager of N. C. Company affairs at
McGrath, has branched out into an
armored car business in the city of
Portland, which apparently is meet
ing with much success, as indicated
; by the following,.taken from the Port
land Oregonian:
“Banks and business houses > of
Portland which must transport large
sums of money, Jewelry, securities: or
•other valuables may have them !
hauled in an armored car, for the j
city today boasts one of these motor- ;
feed, steel-protected ar.d gun-guarded 1
conveyances. Other cities on the
coast have adopted this means of
t.transporting .valuables in safety.!
Portland being a trifle slow in obtain
ing this metropolitan service.
“The armored car put at the dis
posal, of Portland banks and business
houses is providedby L. B. Loomis.
I,Mr. Ijonmis'is'-thouo.ughly familiar
wit hfche success of ;such service in
' Seattle, where two organizations
l. havie bullet-proof cars in. operation.
I‘ .“The jiew .:caB.'arrived in the city
yesterday* and will benon-cali today.
I Plans for the service/ were perfected
r socne weeks: ago. Several of the
I banks, including the ■'branch, federal
. reserve bank, welcomed .the innova
t tron-and promised to make use of the
car. b Since’that time assurance has
been given by other banks and busi
jb* sa houses thax:they will employ the
armored car on'trips carrying payroll
funds, securities, registered mail and
othttserwalsHifales which might be seized
if carried by messengers or handled
in automobiles inadecjnabply protected
against robbers.
“The ear supplied by the Loomis ;
service lias a body which sheds 15- '
caliber metabjacket Millets fired at
a Pstance of 60 feet, from government
Cigars
, Tobaccos
Candies
r Bruits
Soft Drinks
Y Place to Meet
YourDplends
Geo. Miitchler
Proprietor
service pistols. It has withstood bul
lets from police rifles in San Fran
cisco. Even the glass about the ma
chine is bullet-proof. If anything
were to happen to the driver of .the
car, the messengers riding in . the
body of the machine can instantly
shut off the gas, bring the car to a
stop and turn loose a police siren to
attract attention.
“William Kinney, who has driven a
United States mail car for 23 years,
will drive the armored car. Inside
guards will be provided on trips made
for business houses, while on trips
made for banks a police escort has
been arranged.”
Human Nature.
“Our Bernard Shaws and Wellses
and Bertrand Russells promise that,
if we put the government in their
hands, they’ll give us the millenium;
but human nature is egotistic, and
the millenium will never be ours.”
The speaker was Dr. L. Brown
Sinkler, the .New York psychologist.
He continued:
“Egotism-—that’s our great fault.
What’s a dude? A chap who dresses
better.than we do. What’s a sloven ?
A chap who dresses worse.
,rA'. spendthrift? One who spends
more than we. A miser? One who
saves more.
' “What’s a snob? ' A snob is a man
whose social position is betterathan
our.(wn„i And what’s a climber? A
climber is one whose souiaj ..position
is worse .than our own.
“And a genius i* a.auan who’ttiinks
as we do, while a honehead is a .man
who doesn’trthink. as we do, and. so
forth vfnri so otnttrinfiijitl.’ •
. Now and Then
Thea late- William :Jftrcrucngs -Bryan
was.fof cnnrsey a pacifist." In a lec
ture in I’ittsburgh he once said:
“Nearly all wars are wars of spoli
ation, or, rather, of theft.' Nearly all
great soldiers are great robbers. Yet
look r.t the decorations, glittering‘on
their breasts!
“In olden times we hung thieves
on crosses.’. Now w'erbsmg- crosses.or
thievek.”
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA'AND PLAT
Mile:
Nenana to Tavern 11
Tavern to Knight’s... 2<
Knight’s to? 19 Roadhouse ... ‘." IS
19 Roadhouse to Riffle Pola-Road
house . S
Riffle Pole Roadhouse ter Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to RooseVelt*. 1:
Roosevet to Lake Minchumina 2.'
Lake Minchuiiaina to Lone - Sitar
Roadhouse .
Lone Star to Telida . IS
Telida'to "Tent Roadhouse . It
Tent Roadhouse’ tfli Slow -Eork . I
Slow Fork tadEast Fbrk.?21
East Fork tAdNicoli . 1(
Nic.oli.t6 Big.Riiver .21
Big River Roadhouse-to McGrath . ,-2f
McGrath to Tokotna . 1<
From Nenana to Tokotna . 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss Roadhouse....'ll
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir .. 1(
■Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse . 2?
Jerry's to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 21
Schermeyer's to Iditarod . It
Iditarod to Flat . ‘
From Nenana to Flat
381
J. H,
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Vegetables
Plenty of Nuts
Choice Canned Goods
Meats
Mukluks or Shoes for the Dancers
PRESS SQUIBS.
The man who doesn’t believe that
women are hard losers never knew
one who was trying to reduce.—-Ar
Kansas Gazette.
It may be said that the -League of'
Nations’ molars are but milk teeth; j
but the permanent set is.growing.—
Mobile Register.
More naval planes might do away j
with war. They would keep the bat- '
tie fleets so busy hunting for them
I they wouldn’t have time to .fight.— ;
| New Orleans Times-Picayune
i
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The bartenders' union ahas V-7XM10
members, but there are no .statistics
available concerning the dodo trap- ‘
pers.—Newark Ledger.
Smart society is>said to be giving;
up breakfast. All doctors agree that
1 it is not wise to consume s. heavy
! meal just before going j to., bed.— ;
Punch. ;
It pays to be honest. It pays ev-n
I more than it costs.—Columbia. Rec
i ord.
j
AH Columbus did waioto discover
America. Look what other :®eople
have done to iL—Winston-Salem
Journal.
About the cinly thing the farmers
aren’t raising enough of now is-faxm
hands.—El Dorado Tribune.
Supposing in 1917-we.had said to
Europe, "Sure, we’ll cumeciacross— in
about .. .syctjwbwo y years.”—Detroit
News.
i . Count Volpc says Mussolini li riie
j tutor .hy unanimous Lwrsent. . And it
j is ten years, in nrasnirtidt to-.consent,
i —Punch.
l.iving in the .jdastrot".lh£ future
I isn’t much fun. Try -the .pcpsint. It
j is both of the m com Lined^-{Jolumbia
i Record.
Now that like Chicago gravediggers
have struck, won’tLthe:Chicago gun
men please calL a truce Jfoc. a iew
days ? -r4Eharleston iM; iL
I>The dirt in the ..Boat
Senator Burah-saishua, e. /dinner ip
: \T;tshgnj>rton:
“Europe thinks wc ought, to. cancel
Cigar Store
‘ Tobacco?
. Soft Drinks
Fred Dubois
Proprietor
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath. Alaaka
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paper Hanging
Charles Rebhun
The Handy Man
our war debts, and to are- •
is like arguing with ■.
boat.
“A girl satin a be
man rowed her up : a
river.
“The river,’ she said, Vieins much
lower today than yesterday.’
“ ‘I hadn’t noticed it,’ said the
young man. 'What makes you think
so?’
“‘Why,’ said the girl, ‘can’t you see
the water is nothing like so near the
top of the rail.’
“ ‘But. yesterday there were six of
us,’ the young man explained, ‘and to-;
day we arc only two.’
“‘Well.’ said she, 4I don’t see how,
that fact could make the river higher ,
or lower.’ ”
M>*n Differ.
President George H. Wood, of the ]
National Military Home, said at a \
Constitution Day dinner in Dayton.
“Men differ according to their na- j
tionality, and that is why universal
brotherhood is a long wa yoff.
"Eight, men were once wrecked on
a desert island. A year later a ship
picked them up. The skipper of the
ship noted in his log that:
“'The two Scotchmen had founded
a Caledonian society.
“'The two Irishmen had fought
twice a day during the whole year.
“ ‘The two Englismmen hadn’t
spoken because they’d never been in
troduced.
“ ‘The two Americans had opened
a real estate agency in a palm-leaf
hut, with a Rotary club, a Boosters’
Teague, and a hootch-making plant in
the cellar.’ ”
Maternity.
"Beauty consists,” said William
Wheelbtjrry, the veteran i: ventor of
the moustache cup, at a Hollywood
luncheon, “are more peaceful affairs
than baby shows. This is natural
Maternity, you know.
“‘Airs. White and Mrs. Rlasck,* caid
a young matron, ‘don’t speak now.
Each claimed that her baby was the j
finest in town.’
“‘And which was right”’
“The young matron laughed.
‘ ‘Why, neither, of course. ‘My
baby is.’ ”
Worse and Worse.
John Cowrie, the millionai-' ten*
-hook hands with King Gtorge -a*
Wembley, wat talking about Russia
at a De«. Moines reception.
“The more we investigate Rnssian
conditions,” he said, “the worse we
find them to be.
“It’s like the young chap who was
in love with the village belle. He
said to her little brother ore day:
“ ‘Here’s a quarter for you. Does
any other fellow besides me call to
see your sister?’
“ ‘Well,’ said the little brother, ‘I
don’t think he exactly calls to see her,
’cause they never have any light in
the parlor when he’s there.’ ”
FOR SALE.
Large tank heater. Inquire at
Kusko Times.
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Laundry
Front Street, Tokotna
Mrs. Fred Dubois Prop.
LADIES' NOVELTIES STORE
McGrath
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Ladies’ Wear
Also All Kinds of Sewing Done
At Shortest Notice
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MISS E. MARSH - - l’ROI’.
Kouga Dressed Lum- I
b * All Kinds
A Dredging or Hydrauiicing
Proposition, Yankee Creek
About 7 milfe* Ions, extending: from No. I below discovery to
the mouth of the crock.
Pay located all along for a distance of about three miles from
upper end, and pretty we.ll prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7 to 30 feet. Top is ail black
muck.that can be scraped freely. No rock bigger tnan one’s fist.
Ground will go from 16 cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long, together with water rights.
Ground is pretty well cleared. There is also a drain, 3 miles long.
Also a water right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water can
be brought to Yankee creek with a, ditch less than a mile long
(4.S00 feet), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1600 feet to tho
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there will be from 4 to 6 feet of
dirt to handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken out.
Prospecting work during the past winter has resulted in finding
values that run up to $1 per Square foot of bedrock.
I 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.
Far further information, terms, etc.,
telegraph me.
call on ground, or write or
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Ali*ka,