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rOKOTNA*. ALASKA. SEPT. 14 1923
Anchorage Press Boys
Paid Pretty Esteem
to President Harding
The I&te President Harding, on the
occasion of his recent visit to Anchor
age. was paid pretty esteem by the
oress boj'B-of that city, who presented
him with a beautiful token in memory
of his visit. n a prettily-worded pre
sentation speech, C. J. Lincke, on be
iaif- of the members of the presa, said,
n part: "We claim you as our Presi
dent and acclaim you as one of us. ft
gives me great p’eosure to greet the
^resident of the United States, but a
greater one to greet vou as a member
of the newspaper profession who has
ascended to the most exalted heights
within the gift of a nation. On behalf
of my colleagues, the press boys of An
chorage, I present you with this little
token in memory1 of your visit. Ijet
the. virgin, gold from the creeks of
t\laska represent the intrinsic and en
during value of- that-friendship and the
white ivory stand' sponsor for the
purity of that love we bear you as one
of as."
At the conclusion- Mr. l*iocke pre
sented the President with a paper
knife, the handle of which was wrought
from a famous Iditarod nugget, and the
blade from walrus ivory. The single
augiget handle is two and-a half inches
long, weighiug two and' a half ounces.
Thd«ix-inch ivory blade bears the in
scription "From the Press of Anchor
age to President Harding”, followed
ay the names of the donors.
The present was reposing on a beaa
.lfui velvet cushion, made by Miss Bar
bara Snyder, and the cushion • was
mounted upon a pair of tiny onowshoes.
■\s the President received the precent
ne stood for a full moment, his eyes
expressing that which words could not
convey:
"I need not dwell on how grateful I
am.! I think I cherish, perhaps, this
jfifk from the Fourth Estate mote than
an ordinary person would. I have been
a tise newspaper work for thirty nine
years, and I love it today not less than
when I began, Bnt marveP I thought
*e could do something in the way of
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS.
Idttarod3 Alaska,
and at
'35'Xi. C. Saiith itldff., Seattle- Wash
Practice in all Courts,
9r. W. f. Green
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McGrath, Alaska
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publication in the States, where we
had communities of thirty, forty and
fifty thousand. But, T come to Alaska
to find thriving daily newspapers and
cities of one and two thousand. 1 con
clude we do not know anything about
the business down in the States.
“I must tell you a little story on my
self. The other day, at Wiangell or
Ketchikan, a newspaper boy came run
ning along by our car with papers to
sell, and I thought I would buy a paper,
'nasmuch as we were in the habit of
selling our papers for two cents I
reached in my pockets for some change.
r. said I would take three, and after
finding nothing less than half-a dollar—
1 felt for a quarter—1 gave it to the
| boy and said, ‘Keep the change.' And
I learned that if 1 had offered him c,
cents for the pa'iers 1 would be in ex
• ire me disfavor in Alaska. You treat a
quarter up here about like we do a
nickel in the States. When was a
hoy and my father gave me a mckei to
spend—well, it looked as big as the full
moon. That’s how much we thought
of a nickel. And nowadays you give
one of your Alaskan children r. dollar
and it doesn’t look any bigger than a
fly speck. This shows the relative
values. I again thank you and with all
the good wishes that can come to any
fine people ip all the world.”
Charley Anderson May
Make Another Fortune
To wot': like a slave to save 9 ill)
and have every cent of it extracted by
sharpers after plying their vietit. won
drinks, was the experience of Charley
Anderson in Dawson late in the fall c
1897 Charley was in the neighbor
hood of Circle City when gold was dis
covered in the Klondike, bet by the
time lie heard of the strike and got
there the supposed richest claim- hau
all been staked. He landed in Dawson
with 9900 and a thirst. A couple of
gamblers, who had taken a bill of sale
on IS**. 29 Eldorado for a gambling d: iit.
and wanted to get their money out of
lamped Charley’s $900 and went after
it. A fe-w drinks, interspersed with
tales of the richness of Eldorado, did,
the work, and Charley woke up next
moaning with a bill of sale to a claim i
in his pocket; but no money. Friends
insisted that he make the gamblers
blow back, but Charley doggedly re
plied, “Ay tank Ay take my rn dicine.
To tell it briefly, Charley Anderson,
having no job in sight, proceeded to
work his claim in self defense. There
was gold from the grass roots to bed
rocks. and pans containing from 81.000
to 91,f;00 each weue common. It is well
knows that Charlie took out in the
neighborhood of 91.500,000 from No. 2d
Eldorado, and he was n< profiteer. Li Is
money came easily and it wont in the
same manner. He was never accused
of being a tightwad, and he never
turned a deaf ear to a friend in need.
Some of his lady friends claimed to be
in need, but the laws of the country
frowned od polygamy, so Charley ould
not marry them-all. Eut he married
one of them, and she proved to be a
plenty for the unsophisticated Standi
naviau miner.
Charlev Chaplin is not the oulv
Charley who has experienced domestic
woes. Charley Anderson beat him to it
severa. years, and, unlike the < huplin
hoy, ha emerged from his experience
broke—down and almost out, but not
quite. Wierd stories are told of how
Charley’s wife trimmed him after get
ting him to San Francisco, and of huw
a wad of brown paper was all he found
in a safety deposit bo ’ to which both
ho and his wife carried a key, for she
had insisted that the family wealth be
kept in cash rather than invested in
property that could not be put in a
suitcase. Anyway, it was told that
after finding the money gone Charley
also awoKe to tj>e fact than hi.s wife had
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gODe with the money, taking another
man along to carry it.
Charley then renamed to the North,
but bv that time {rambling had been
banned, and there was no one to slough
off another , lairn on him. Ho failed cO
connect up with anything in the Yukon
and left soon for the. Outside. For a
long time lie followed longshoring at.
\ aucouver, and was said to nandle a
truck with t o liu'e precision, although
those who knew his history could
readily discern that his heart was not
in his work.
Lately an old-timer returning from
the Outside reporteu having seen Char
ley Aoderseu on I'exada island, British
Columbia, where he is prospecting a
Quarts claim which he believes will re
make of him a rich man. He was re
ported as being happy, contented aud
confident *bi>t still singh Sti oiler’s
Weekly._
“Keep Dan Sutherland in office,”
were the words of Congressmen J. G.
Strong, of Kansas, H. E. Hull, of Iowa,
and other dignitaries accompanying
the congressional "arty to Alaska.
These lawmakers paid a hip! tribute
to the Honorable ( n and were sincere
in their expressions regarding his abil
ity, says tin Anchorage Times. State
ments of this nature, originating from
men in power, merely substantiate
what Alaskans think of their Delegate.
Congressman Strong was especially
loud in nis praise of Delegate Suther
land, and publicly stated that Can corn
manned the respect of congn. since,
who would support all legitim.r legis
lation for the advancement cl Alaska
The Gontraci foi the week! cm,: ser
vice between Neuana and flat, iron:
.November 1, 1923. to April 3. 1929, has i
been awarded to E. Coke Hill, at the
rate of $1022 per round rip.
Notice of Appointment,
Estate of Heurv Juas, deceased.
Bertha Jung as been appointed and
qualified as administrator of the estate
of Hent'.’-’ Junir, late of Knskokwira
precinct, t’ouFth division, Territory of
Alaska, deceased.
Dated at Naparoute this 2f;th day of
June, A. D. 1923.
Gko. W. Hoffman,
Probate Judge of sain Precinct.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Bennett James, John Holmgren,
Charles E Taylor. George W. Al
brecht, and Edward McArdle and
Charles Koeli, and their and each
of their heirs, executors, adminis
trators, tucceesor in interest, and
assigns:
\ ou and each ci' you will please take
notice that the undersigned, a co-owner
in placer mining claim No. One above
Discovery od Moore creek, in the Mt.
McKinley mining and recording pre
cinct, Alaska, has caused the annual
assessment work to he done on the
above described claim for the years
1920 aDd 1921. amounting to one hun
dreu dollars for each year, and for each
of said years has paid for said work,
including the proportion cue from the
above named parties
And you are. further notified that, j
unless you at.d each of you puy your i
proportion o’ the asse sment work done j
on said ground for each of said years,
within ninety days after the last pub
lication of this notice, your aud each of
your interests in and to said property
will become forfeited to the under
signed, a,a provided by Section of
the revised statutes of the United
States and amendments thereto.
Joseph h. Smith.
Date of first publication, June 9,1923.
Date of last publication. Sept. S:, 1923.
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