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[Entered as second-class matter August
JPth, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1870.
•TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAY 17, 1924
Telegraphic Ticks.
Wichita, Kan.—John Richardson was
sentenced to four to tire years in the
(penitentiary. Tuesday, for accepting
deposits at the American State Bank
when he, as president, knew the iDsti
ilutiou was insolvent.
Los Angeles.—The presidential com
mission, composed of Dr. George Otis
Smith, Admiral Hilliary Jones and R.
iD. Rush, who will inspect the naval pe
troleum reserves, including the Teapot
tDome. arrived here Monday.
Rome.—Received in private audi
■ence, Zetilak, head of the Catholic
church in Russia and who was once
sentenced to death by the soviet au
thorities, was kissed on both cheeks by
iPope Pius.
Everett.—W. R. Westlake, a Tacoma
tbutcher, after mailing a registered let
ter containing five hundred dollars to a
relative, jumped .into the sotmd and
dirowned himself, Tuesday morning.
Londoa.— French planes have bombed
and destroyed sixty Syrian villages,
-says a Jerusalem dispatch to the Daily
lExpress. A revolt has broken out along
the Syrian frontier.
Seattle.—Lawrence A. O’Brien, fugi
tive vice president of theEirst National
iBank of Bay Point, Gal., was attested
here today. Re is charged with the
.smbezzlemant of 875,000.
Seattle.—The steamer Victoria sailed
Monday morning, carrying one hun
dred whalers to operate from Akutan
{bases.
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
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j Robt. E. Lowrie
f iTokotaut, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor Finds
Himself a Candidate
for the Legislature
Fairbanks, May 0.—This place, like
the rest of Alaska, is dreadfully quiet,
although there are great possibilities
in store should the prospecting now
going on prove successful. The U. S.
Development Company is spending
considerable money in development
work and are taking options on consid
erable creek ground, which, if proven
valuable enough, wili necessitate the
digging of a hundred-mile ditch, and
this, in the estimation of quite a num
ber of people, is an assured thing. Of
course, we all hope conditions will
.prove most frvorable and that all their
expectations will be realized, but we
cannot afford to sit idly by and depend
solely on the efforts of one or two con
cerns. There is need for prospecting
all over the Fourth division. As you
know. ,[ have a hobby in that direction,
and look forward to one or more im
portant strikes which must inevitably
occur should the prospector be induced
to again get oat in the hills and be
furnished with every assistance—in
cluding drills— in the work of develop
ment. Was at Anchorage the other
day. and found myself in the center of
a discussion with several business men,
some from other coast towns. Thev
were complaining because the Fourth
division had equal representation in
the Senate and House, whereas the
population of the coast divisions was so
much greater: also that the coast paid
vastly more into the treasury than the
Interior. Needless to say, .1 called
them, and told them if we had one good
strike in the Fourth it would make the
population ot the rest of the divisions
look like tifteen cents, and that if they
had sense enough to assist the develop
ment of the Fourth division, instead of
being so narrow, they would materially
increase the contribution of licenses,
etc., from the Fourth and possibly
lighten their own burdens.
v.uuawjuouiiY, wjicu j. tame uauK
here, and primary election being on,
we got to talking politics, with the re
sult that I find myself running for the
Legislature as an Independent, not
having had time to gel in on the pri
mary. As usual, the republican and
democratic candidates arc -all from I
Fairbanks, and it is quite possible that!
the rest of the division should be en-1
titled to representation. And that is
why I am iD the field.
The principal thing accomplished at
the meeting of the Grand igloo of Pio
neers was the ordering of a referen
dum, again seeking tg extend the time
of eligibility of membership to Decem
bar 151, 1905. This was unanimously
opposed by the .Fairbanks delegation,
but was finally carried oventheir vote.
Several other changes of minor import
ance were made in the constitution.
Resolutions of some importance were
also passed -one protesting against the
division or disintegration of Alaska;
and another protesting against the im
portation of people into Alaska to take
government jobs when wo have Alas
kans, everywhere, capable of holding
them and who should be given prefer
ence.
fieri Green is here, and reports that
his father, Dr. W. F. Green, is much
belter and it is possible that he will en
tirely recover without the aid of an
operation. He is still under observa
tion of his physicians.
They say the primary election costs
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,*
LAWYERS
Practice in all ('ourts.
the Territory $10,000. Why have it,
when any person may file a petition of
one hundred names, entitling him to
run on the tioket independently?
Boiled down, the Territory is paying
the expenses of the republican and
democratic parties in the selection of
their candidates. How about other
parties, and how about it being consti
tutional, or class legislation? That
|10,000 would buy a few drills to mbke
a new strike or two.
Chas. E. Taypok.
A Little of Everything
"The Island of Black Cats” is a
name applied to Chatham island, in the
Pacific ocean, about 730 miles west of
the coast of .Ecuador. It is overrun
with black cats; indeed, cats of no
other color are seen there. These an
imals live in the crevices of the lava
foundation near the coast, and subsist
by catching fish and crabs, instead of
rats and mice.
The inhabitants of the Argentine are
great meat eators; then come the Aus
tralians and their neighbors, the New
Zealanders. Americans come fourth on
the list, it seems the rule that the
great meat-producing countries are
great meat-consuming countries.
The latest baking machinery receives
the flour at one end, sifts it, mixes and
kneads the dough, and puts it into pans,
which pass through an oven. The
finished loaf emerges at the other end
of the machine.
On the outskirts of Manila the Fili
pinos have completed a monument in
memory of the revolution against
Spain, which is said to be one of the
most artistic memorials for soldiers
ever built.
A penny-in the-slot automatic ele
vator has been devised. The passen
ger inserts a coin, enters the car, and
presses the button of the fioor to which
he or she wishes to ascend.
Tne largest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of a
defile in Northwestern Nevada. It is
said to be G06 feet long.
ine first service of electric mter
urban sleeping cars was started twenty
years ago between 'ndianauolis and
Uolnmbug, O. _____
The home af the chestnut ;s in the
Mediterranean region, where chestnut
trees have been cultivated from early
limes.
Drug addicts in America are esti
mated to number 1,508,000, and to
range from 12 to 75 years in age.
New anti-skid chains for automobiles
are clamped directly to wheel spokes
without the use of side chains.
All of the flowers of the Arctic re
gions, of which there are 762 varieties,
are either white or yellow.
With the latest telegraphic instru
ments it is possible to send 12 messages
simultaneouslv over one wire.
The women of Lapland are among
the smallest in the world, averaging
only 4 feet 0 inches in height.
Akron, O., claims to have been the
first American city to completely mo
torize its fire department.
Of 17,000.000.Jews scattered over the
face of the earth, New York city has
one-tentb of them.
Washington, D. C., now has two
banks owned and operated exclusively
by Negroes.
Birmingham. Ala., has organized a
school to teach textile designing to
women. _
An elm tree will live fiOO vearc. It
is said to be in its prime at 150 years
old. __
There is a garden and a fountain
within the Bank of Kngland enclosure
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
J. N. McLEAN - TOKOTNA!
We Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter
Miners’ and Trappers’ Supplies
Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishings
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutchler - - Proprietor
B •
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meak Prompt Attention
New Dog1 Houses
Mrs. Prank 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.