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Watered a* sscend-elass matter August
2*th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, UDder the
Act of March 3, 1879.
■TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAY 24, 1924
Ohio Dry Forces Are
Making Plenty Money
Cleveland, O.—Following disclfesures
ilhat special deputies working under
ithe provisions of state dry laws have
Vbeen making in some instances more
ithan $40,000 per year, and that justices
.of the peace, mavors and village mar
shals and township constables having
itbeir places of business in and Dear big
cities have been making fortunes in
ithe same manner, the entire state has
become embroiled in a discussion of
(dry law enforcement methods.
After a decision by Attornev Gen
eral C. C. Crabbe that men employed
iby the state can only be employed on a
..straight salary basis, Prohibition Di
rector B. F. McDonald, at the direction
,of Governor A. V. Donahey, summarily
.dismissed more than one hundred
“card” deputies, who received as their
(Compensation a portion of the tines as
:»essed by justices of the peace for al
leged violations #t t#e laws.
Hard on the’heels of this officer’s
:aetion, Judge John M. Killits, of the
(United States District Court at Toledo,
wrote to the governor and the attorney
^general a scathing denunciation of al
ileged methods of law enforcement fol
lowed by justices of the peace and con
stables in the neighborhood of Toledo.
iHe declared that gross irregularities
ihad been committed and that, in his j
•opinion, some of the men whose duty it
\was to enforce the law had been guilty
.of extortion and other crimes in con
inection with its operation.
Similar stories come from all sections
,of the state. Citizens declare their
ihoraea are invaded on illegal search i
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt, E. Lowrie
LTokotna, Alaska'
warrants, while at the same time boot
leggers continue, they say, to ply their
irade unchecked. An investigation
just completed by the state disclosed
that in one county—Jefferson—more
than $(>0,000 had oeen collected illegal
ly by law enforcement oflicers.
Some Interesting
Geographical Facts
The following geographic facts are
taken from an article written by H. O.
Bishop, which appeared in a recent
issue of the National Republican, and
will be found most interesting:
Most people, if questioned regarding
the matter, would reply that Marne is
farther north than any other state.
This, however, is far removed from the
truth. Minnesota is farther north than
any other stato, due to a rather extend
ed projection into Canada. Moreover.
Washington, Idaho, Montana and
North Dakota are all farther north
than Maine.
Many people are certain that Texas
is the most southerly state. The dis
tinction, however, belongs to Florida.
Key West, situated on Thompson
Island, or Bone Key, is the southern
most city of the United States.
New York and Pennsylvania are not
the largest states eastof the Mississippi
river, as manv think. The live largest
states lying between the Mississippi
river and the Atlantic ocean are: Geor
gia, 59.2(55 square miles; Florida. 58,606
square miles; Michigan, 57,980 square
miles: Illinois. 56,665 square miles; and
Wisconsin, 56,066 square miles.
The live largest states west of the
Mississippi river are: Texas, 265,896
square miles; G’alifornia. 158.297 square
miles: Montana. 146.997 square miles;
New Mexico, 123.634 square miles; and
Arizona. 113,956 square miles.
Twenty-two of our 48 states are west
of the Mississippi, and 26 east of that
important stream.
tttaten with the aiost water—rivers,
lakes and Inlets—are: Minnesota, 3,824
square miles; Florida, 3,805 square
miles; North Carolina, 3,686 square
miles; Texas, 3,498 square miles; and
Maine, 3,145 square miles.
New Mexico has the least amount of
water—131 square miles.
Florida leads in tidal coast mileage,
with 3,751 miles. Other states with
more than 1,000 miles of coast line are:
North Carolina, 1,871 miles; Washing
ton, 1,721 miles; Louisiana, 1,713 miles;
Texas, 1,682 miles; California, 1,555
miles; Maine, 1,319 miles; Virginia,
1,280 miles; South Carolina, 1,241 miles;
Maryland, 1,045 miles.
The lowest spot in the United States
is Death Valley, Calif., which is 276
feet below the level of the sea.
There is only one piece where four
states come together at right angles.
These states are Utah, Colorado. Ari
zona and New Mexico. One monument
marks the corner of all four states.
Traveling due northward from Ha
vana, Cuba, one would finally land at
Akron, Ohio.
The Panama canal is straight south
from Pittsburgh. Pa.
The large portion of Alaska is in the
same latitude as Iceland, the lower end
of Greenland. Norway, Sweden and
Finland. The town of Seward, Alaska,
is no farther north than Christiania,
Norway, Stockholm, Sweden, and Pe
trograd, Russia. The islands of Alaska
are in the same latitude as Ireland,
Scotland, England, Denmark. Germany,
Poland, Lishuania, Latvia and Esiho
nia. The half-wav point between
Washington, D. C., and Alaska is San
Francisco.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in <iH Courts.
A Little of Everything.
Most of the city of Kimberley, South
Africa, isbuiltof “tailings,” the refuse
from the diamond mines, which was
used hy the authorities for street mak
ing and street repairing. When up-to
date methods of dealing with the tail
ings came in. it was found that this
waste stuff contained quite a lot of
small diamonds which the old methods
had failed to recover, and people act
ually began digging for diamonds in
the streets of Kimberley. One street
alone is said to have yielded $40,000
worth of the gems.
Jujuy, a place of considerable im
portance in Arpentina, presents to the
world the edifying spectacle of a city
councillor who cannot address his fel
low members or understand what they
eav. The member in question speaks
only Arabic. An Arab by birth, and
of euch short residence in Argentina
that he speaks no Spanish, he has
nevertheless been elected to the city
■council by his admiring fellow citizens.
A claim is put forward for one James
Chalmers of Arbroath, Scotland, who
submitted specimens of adhesive post
age stamps to a committee of the House
of Commons in 1834. Howland Hill is
also credited with the invention, hav
ing experimented with adhesives in
1837. As Hill directed the British pos
tal arrangements for many years, he
was probably the tirst man to lick a
stamp.
Under English law the punishment
to which counterfeiters are liable
varies with the kind of coin imitated.
Counterfeiting the gold or silver coin
of the realm is a felony punishable with
penal servitude for life. n the case of
the copper coinage, and of foreign gold
and silver, the term is seven years.
Of all living creatures the most ter-;
rible in combined jaWpower and equip
ment of teeth is the shark. The ham
mtrhead shark may have as many as
five rows of triangular teeth, while a 1
tiger shark can sever a man’s body
with a single bile, exercising a jaw
power of at least a ton.
Mrs. Desmond Humphreys, familiar
to the reading public on both sides of
the Atlantic under her pen name of
‘•Rita,” has been writing “best sellers”
for more than forty years. She began
writing poetry when 10 years old, and
published her first successful novel at
the age of 17. _
The biggest store in the world under
one roof is in Moscow. It is a gigantic
department store, or bazar, under a
thousand different heads, selling all
kinds of goods and carrying on uvery
kind of business.
The United States now owns about
one-quarter of all the volcanoes in the
world. There are about 417 active vol
canoes, and the United States possesses
lGtt, besides hundreds of smoking
peaks.
In London’s new County Hall, one of
the most magnificent public buildings
in the metropolis, the echoes are so
bad that it is difficult to hear words
spoken only a few yards away.
Fines ranging from 500 francs up
wards are suggested for French land
lords or agents who refuse to rent
houses or apartments to families with
children.
John Drink water, author of “Abra
ham Lincoln” and other successful
plays, was an insurance clerk before
he took to writing poetry and -playe.
Among tbe countries of the world,
Canada stands first in the percentage
of its population living in electrically
lighted homes.
Mile. Margaret Massart, of Brussels,
is the first Belgian woman to be award
ed an engineering diploma.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
l!
LUMBER GO.
j. h. McLean - tokotma
We Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter
Miners and Trappers’ Supplies
Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishing’s
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutchler - - Proprietor^*
1
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
.
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
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