OPPOSITION
Bill to' Create Alaska
Development Board
Criticised.
Washington,. May 19.—Oppo
sition to the bill to create an
Alaskan Development Board is
expressed, by Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace in a letter to
Representative Gurry, chairman
of the House Committee on Ter
ritories. In effect, Wallace ar
gues that the measure proposes
to set up a branch of the Federal
Government having for its pur
pose certain properties and func
tions in Alaska
G. A. Brackett, One of
Builders of White Pass
Railroad, Passes Away
Minneapolis,- May 19.—Gen..George
A. Brackett, pro.m.inen.6 pioneer and
business man oftki»-place, died at his
home here- today, .at the age of 75. Mr.
Brackett was th®r«eoondimayor of Min
noapolis*. As a,railroad man*. he was
one of the-builders of the Northern
Pacifie-railroad,. and was also promi
ne-ntlyBdeetifiad in the construction of
the White Bass railroad in the earlv
days of< the Klondike rush.
J. Saupe. superintending operations
of’ the Plume Dredge Company, accom
panied- by John Vogtor and Charles
Carlson, arrived from Tacotna last Fri
day, to attend to a few business mat
ters. They returned to Tacotna on
Monday.
The Tacot na Pool Hall, at Tacotna,
opened up on Thursday last, under the
management of Billy Jones and Herb
Kearney.
NORTHERN
COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Ball Band*—
Rubber Baot» and Shoes.
> Slicker Courts;, knee.
“ “ long.
Slicker Hats.
;•>
Mosquito Head Nets.
• f Mosquito Bed Nets, single.
Mosquito Bed Nets, double.
Buhach.
Mosquito' Cake.
Michigan Dope.
Oil of Citronilla.]
Garden Seeds
Flower Seeds
REP. GURRY
ON ALASKA
Says 57 Varieties of Bu
reau Officials Govern
the Territory.
Washington, May 23.—Repre
sentative Curry, chairman of the
House Committee on Territories,
replying to the criticism" upon
the pending Alaska development
board bill, refers to overlapping
and interlocking bureau control,
with one out of every five of the
white male inhabitants of the
Territory either a Federal or
Territorial employee, and asserts
that fifty-seven varieties of bu
reau officials govern Alaska from
Washington and hold in absolute
control the prosperity, develop
ment and welfare of the Terri
tory and the happiness of the
people.
A Meddlesome Sister
Would Influence Judge
Washington, May IS.—A letter writ
ten by Mrs-. Caroline Vo taw, sister of
President Harding, created a stir in
the District Supreme Court here today
when Justice Stafford, to whom the
letter was addressed, tiled it with
otheF papers connected with divorce
proceedings between T> R. Lee
Cole and wife. The v i vid opposing
lawyers charged it an uu^egeous effort
toanfluence the judge.
Shamrock OIF for North Fork.
The power boat Shamrock, Captain
Charles Nystrom, got away on Tuesday
for a trip about 350 miles up the North
Fork, at which place the launch Red
Wing was left last fall. Going up on
the Shamrock from here were Harry
Meehan, taking, his string of dogs up
to the summer camp; Joe Sherwood,
for Berry Landing; Chris Nelson, re
turning to the Nixon mines, and Tom
Conley, for Salmon river. Vic Nystroua
was also' aboard, and will assist in
bringing >the Red Wing back to this
place.
Tom Conley arrived here from Sal
mon river Friday morning last.
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—
M. D., D. D. S.
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
ATTORNEYS
Albrecht & Taylor
Geo. W. Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska.
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle, "Wash.
Practice in all the Courts.
Seattle Law Officer L. C. Smith Bldg.
Elliott 1642.
Not Wanted In Mexico.
Mexico City, May 20.—Frank Sea
man, alleged American agitator, two
Spaniards and four others were today
ordered expelled from Mexico, charged
with ’ 3ing pernicious foreigners.
In the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Fourth Di
vision. _
John Holmgren, Plaintiff, i
vs.
B. T. James.
No. 2492. 2nd Alias Summons for Pub
lication
The President of the United States of
America, to the Above Named De
fendant:.
By virtue of an order for the publica
tion of the summons made and entered
in the above entitled Court and cause
at Fairbanks, Alaska, on the 4th day of
April, 1921, which, said order reads as
follows, to-wit:
Upon reading and tiling the affi
davit of Geo. W. Albrecht, and it
satisfactorily appearing therefrom
tome, the Judge of the said Dis
trict Court for the Territory of
Alaska. Fourth Division, that, the
defendant B. T. James after due
diligence cannot be found within
the Territory of Alaska, and that
he is not a resident of said Tet ri
tor \;
And it further appearing from
the affidavit aforesaid that a cause
of action exists in this action in
favor of the plaintiff and against
tiie said defendant, and that the
said defendant is a necessary and
proper party defendant thereto: and
it further appearing that a sum
mons has been duly issued out of
said court in this action, and that
personal service of the same cannot
be made upon the said defendant
for the reasons hereinbefore con
tained and by said affidavit mads
to appear.
And it further appearing from
said affidavit that property of the
defendant within the Territory of
Alaska has been seized and is now
held in attachment in this action,
and that the Court has jurisdiction
of the subject of this action; and
the property so seized being de
scribed as follows, to-wit: All the
right, title, interest and estate of
the above named defendant B. T.
James, in and to placer mining
claims known and described as
One A, Goodluck Fraction, Five A,
Six A, Seven A, Eight A, and
Nine A,, on Moore Creek, and
Number Eleven Below on Willow
Creek, a tributary of Moore Creek:
also the Water Bitch known as the
“Moore creek ditch” on said Moore
creek:: all situated’ in the Mt„ Mc
Kinley Recording Precinct, Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska.
Now therefore^ om motion of Albrecht
a*nd Taylor,-attorneys for the plaintiff,
it is ordered that service of the sum
mons in this action be made upon the
said defendant bv publication of said
summons in The Kusko Times, a news
paper published at McGrath. Alaska,
hereby designated as the newspaper
most likely to give notice to the said
defendant; that said publication shall
be made not less than once a week for
six weeksi
Or, in lieu of said publication, service
of this summons and the complaints
shall be made by serving upon said de
fendant personally without the Terri
tory a copy of this summons and of tlie
complaint duly certified.
Aud it further appearing to me that
the residence and address of t he said
defendant B. T. .James is Oakland. Cali
fornia, care of Union Construction Co.,
it is ordered that a copy of the sum
mons and a certified copy of the com
plaint in this action he forthwith de
posited in the Uniteu States postofiice,
postage prepaid, and addressed to B. T.
James. Oakland, California, care of -
Union Construction Co *•
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Fourth Division, ;
at Fairbanks, Alaska, within thirty
davs after the completion if the six
weeks period of publication of this
summons as prescribed by said order
for publication: or if service of this
summons shall be made personally upon
the said defendant out, of t he Territory,
then you are required to appear its
aforesaid within seventy i wo days after
the date of the said personal service of
this summons upon you.
And unless you si> appear and answer
the plaintiff’s complaint tiled herein,
the said plaintiff will take judgment
against vou for t.he sum of fifteen hun
dred dollars [$1600] with interest
thereon at the ra'.e of twelve percent
i pee annum from the twelfth riav of
i April, 11)17, and for an uitoruey.s fee
| equal to ten pee cent of the total
j amount [principal and interest] due
| upon said note at the time of the iendi
j tion of judgment: and for the eosrs anil
! disbursements of this action: and will
! also apply to the Court for the- relief
demanded in said complaint.
And upon judgment taken the prop
erty seized and held in attachment in
this act ion, and hereinbefore described,
will be levied upon and sold in execu
tion.
Witness the Honorable Charles E.
Bunnell, Judge of said Court, this
4th day of April, 1921.
[Seal] ' H. Claude Kelly,
Clerk of the District Court.
First publication, April 20, 1921.
Last publication. June 1, 1921.
Max Simel
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