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Side Glances at
Political Doings
Raleigh, N. C.—Twenty prominent
men issued a cull today for a meeting
of leading North Carolina democrats,
to meet here Thursday, to open the
campaign in behalf of former Secretary
of Navy Josephus Daniels for the presi
dential nomination.
Washington—President Coolidge to
day approved Daugherty as one of the
Coolidge delegates to the republican
national convention, a full statement
of which will be submitted to the Ohio
electoral in the April primaries.
Mineola, N. V.—Theodore Roosevelt
w as chosen delegate by Nassau county
to the republican national convention
at a^meeting of the republican county
committee, last night.
Kansas City.—Senator James A. Reed
tonight issued a challenge to William
G. McAdoo to a debate on the issues in
their presidential candidacy.
Columbus.—Coohdge has formally
entered the Ohio preferential primaries
for president by tiling his declaration
with the secretary of state.
Auto Bandits Still
Making Big Hauls
Peoria, 111.—Auto bandits this after
noon kidnapped Joseph Tietelman, 25,
a Chicago jewelry salesman, as he was
stepping out of a hotel in the heart of
the business district. Carrying him
several miles from the city, the bandits
robbed the salesman of diamonds and
platinum valued at $75,COO and then
escaped, leaving their victim in a badlv
battered condition.
Seattle.—Theorizing that the three
bandits carrying oat the $32,000 day
light robbery on the streets of Vancou
ver, B. C., yesterday, are the same
ones responsible for robbing the Metro
politaa National Bank here Monday,
V aDcouver detectives are busy today
searching the suspects.
Vancouver.—Manager Anderson, of
the Imperial Bank, was held up on the
etreet today and robbed of thirty-two
thousand dollars.
H. K. Carlisle, of the Fairbanks laed
office, is expected here within the next
few days, having left Nenana on Febru
ary 27. _
J. W. Felder, Bethel merchant, on
bis way to the Outside, passed through
on Monday.
Tokotna Radio Station Schedule.
Following is the schedule now ob
•erved by the Tokotna radio station: i_
. WEEK DAYS.
9:45 a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
11:45 a, m.—Send and receive Jditarod.
11:60 a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.1
2:00 p. m.—Receive from Fairbanks.
2:30 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
J:30 p. m.—Send and receive fditarod.
5:15 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
SUNDAYS.
19:4u a. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
1:00 a. m.—Send and receive Iditarod.
4:00 p. m.—Send aDd receive Iditarod.
4:30 p. m.—Receive from Anchorage.
Delegate Sutherland
Responsible for Tests
That. Delegate Sutherland is the one
responsible f >r the airplane mail test
now being tried ou't bv the Postoffiee
Department between Fairbanks and
McGrath recently became known here,
proof of which is seen in an extract
from a letter from the Delegate to W.
A. Vinal, under date of December 23,
as follows:
“I have just completed arrangements
with the P s. Mice Department for an
experimental service in Alaska of car
rying mail b> roplane. I expect that
about the Is oi January a Dellaviland
Four, with two engines, will be shipped
from Seattle to Fairbanks, and Mr.
Pilson, the aviator at Fairbanks, will
make (lights from the railroad 'o Mc
Grath and Opbir. so it is possible you
may hear the buzz of au aeroplane
overhead before spring.”
Where Standardization
Might Return Millions
Washington.—The following of cos
tom costs the American people billions
of feet of lumber annual!v, at an esti
mated loss of fifty million dollars year
ly. according to Department of Com
merce experts. Co-operating to elim
inate waste, recommendations for the
use of odd short lengths of lumber and
other materials in standardization are
being considered by lumber manufac
turers.
Sam Hounan, of the firm of Carlson
& Hounan, well known Ophir mer
chants, arrived today for a short busi
ness visit, coming over with Henry
Martella.
E. B. Collins, assistant, district attor
ney, is reported to be on his wav here,
3n route to Flat, and is clue to arrive
almost any day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vinal, after a
visit here of several days, left yester
day for their home on Spruce creek.
Bill Persbinger and Joe Safarnek,
from Yankee, were among Thursday’s
arrivals.
In the Probate Court. Kuskokwim Pre
cinct. Fourth Division, Alaska.
Before George W. Hoffman. Commis
sioner and ex-officio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Ben
Anderson, deceased.
Notice of Administrator’s Sale.
Notice is hereby given that under
and in pursuance of an order made and
entered by the above Probate Court on
the 14th dav of February, 1924, in the
above matter, I will offer for sale at
public auction on Monday, the 31st day
of March. 1924, at JO o’clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the office of the
United States Commissioner at Napa
mute, Alaska, the following described
property, to wit:
An undivided one-quarter interest in
and to the certain placer mining claims
known and described as the Alder As
sociation claim and the Julian Associa
tion claim, each of said claims being
situated on Julian creek, in the Kusko
kwim precinct. Fourth Division of
Alaska.
Said sale will be for cash, to the
highest bidder, and subject to the ap
proval and confirmation of the above
entitled court..
Dated February 14. 1924.
CHaS. Ammilon.
Administrator of the Estate
of Ben Anderson, deceased.
BATHS
At Reasonable Hours
Mrs. Robert E. Lowrie
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Alaska Girl Will Be
Married via Telephone
Seattle, Feb. 25.—Miss Helen Mer
cetle Smith, daughter of the Terri
torial treasurer of Alaska, and John
Tufts Cash, son of A. B. Cash, of the
Southern California Telephones Com
pany, will be married via the long dis
tance telephone. Two sets of guests
will hear the service from Seattle, and
relatives assembled at Pasadena will
hear the “I wills.’’
Right Reverend PeterT. Rowe, Epis
copal bishop of Alaska, will officiate at
the wedding, which will be held at the
Kappa Kappa Gamma House of the
University of Washington, next Thurs
day. The attendants at the wedding
will he Miss Marguerite Bone, daugh
ter of Governor Bone of Alaska, and
Miss Emily Cash, sister of the groom.
Owen Gray, with Airs. Bessie Ray
mond as passenefir from Neoana. ar
rival Monday, both returning to Mc
Grath on Wednesday.
Distances Between
Nenana and Flat
Miles.
Nenana to Tavern . 17
Tavern to Knight’s... 24
I Knight’s to 11) roadhouse 19
19 roadhouse to Riffle Pole road
house ... ...„ . .. 8
Riffle Pole roadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond roadhouse to Roosevelt 13
Roosevelt to Lake Minehumina 25
Lake Minehumina to Lone Star
roadhouse ..., . ..... 34
Lone Star to Telida 18
Telida to Tent roadhouse. 10
; Tent roadhouse to Slow Fork (>
I Slow Fork to East Fork . 22
I East Fork to Nicoli 10
Nicoli to Big River. 21
Big River roadhonse to McGrath 25
! McGrath to Tokotna. 18
From Nenana to Tokotna
i Tokotna to Ophir ....
| Ophir to Jerry’s roadhouse .
Jerry’s to Sherme.ver’s roadhouse
Shermeyer’s to Iditarod
Iditarod to Flat.
From Nenana to Flat. ... 387
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HOUSE
Tokotna
First Class in Every^
Resnect
Privaterooms. with 9pring'beds.|
Good Meals Served
for $1.00
Bath room, with sanitary’toilet.
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Pure well water.
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Good, clean dog house.
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Freighting
To All Parts or Any
Place. .
Reasonable Rates
JOHN HEINO
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Mrs. J. H. McLean returned Wed
nesday from a trip to McGrath, coming
up with Thomas McLean.
Mail Carrier Milligan, with the Out
side mail, arrived Sunday, continuing
to Ophir on Monday.
Mail Carrier Jack Lament, with the
outgoing mail passed through on Wed
nesday.
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
Meat
At Tokotna
and Ophir
30c Lb, I
By Carcass or Side,
at N. C, Co.
Send Orders to
A. H. Twitcheli
Ophir, Alaska
SHANNON
HOUSE
McGrath
Short Orders
Cigars
Tobaccos
Good Rooms
Good Beds
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Miss E. Marsh, Prop.
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CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
McGrath
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A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Ifandy Man
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO,
OF ALASKA
Stores at McGrath and Tacotna
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At Our McGrath Store
$7 Per Crate
While They Last
100'GAL. TANK GASOLINE, $55.00
At Our McGrath Store