BAD BANDS
IN SIBERIA
Vlay Cross With Furs
to Alaska, Says Note
From Soviets.
Moscow, Feb. 1; — Litvlnoff,
assistant commissioner of for
eign affairs, in a note to Secre
tary of State Hughes at Wash
ington, declares that remnants
of counter revolutionary bands
in Siberia intend to cross into
A laska in the spring this year
to dispose of furs looted in Rus
sian territory. The note ex
presses the hope that the Amer
ican government will bar admis
sion to Alaska of all Russians
not possessing the proper soviet
documents.
trank Dawson, from his Candle
workings, was a Friday arrival.
Whisky Isolation in
U. S. Internal Affairs
Washington.—Britain has indicated
that she would be more disposed to
help the United States to prevent the
smuggling of liquor into inis country
from the Bahamas if the Harding ad
ministration would abandon whisky
isolation in Internal affairs, according
te a note received at the State depart
ment today.
Dr. Green Sends Kote
to Seward Gateway
This is what the Seward Gateway
said; io its issue of Jaanary <6th:
“At a heal ing conducted at McGrath
recently, W. F. Green, an old-timer,
was adjudged Insane and sent to Morn
ingside.”
And here is- what Dr.-Commissioner
W. F. Green telegraphed yasterday to
the Gateway:
Gateway,
Seward. Alaska.
Surprised to read in Gateway of Jan
uary tit h i was crazy and sent to MOrn
ingside. How did you find it out and
spill j,he beans? Flattered myself I
was the only one knowing it. Am com
mitting other nuts, but not myself.
W. F. GKREH. •.
Poindexter Indorsed
for Interior Secretary
Reno, Nev.—Senator Poindexter, de
feated for re-electiou last November,
was indorsed for Secretary of Interior,
.to succeed Albert B. Fall, by the Reno
chamber of commerce, this afternoon.
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Sixteen Days From Naacy. -
5 Henry Martello arrived from tbo
coast Thursday evening, having spent
sixteen days on the trail from Nancy,
only ODe day of which he laid over.
The other fifteen days were spent snow
shoeing ahead of bis team. Coining in
with Mr. Martello was John Sorgeu
sod, on his way to Tacotna*
L Mr. Martello, on returning here from
Tacotna, will leave for Kobi. where he
will, meet two passengers, whom he
will bring to McGrath. ..
John.-Griffin, who- was a Thursday
arrival, returned to Tacotna this morn
ing.
Will be Open for
Business at Ta
eotna, Feb. 1
Dr. Eh C. Hardy
Statement of the Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
At the close of business December 30th, 1922.
Resources. Liabilities.
Loans $ 15,100.00 Capital stock -$ 25,000.00
Overdrafts 263:38 Surplus — . 10,000.00
Bonds _ 120,488.10 Undivided profits 14,799 18
Cash, bullion and cash Deposits . 126,056.77
items . 24*830.93 -
£>ue from banks 15,173.54 $175,855.95
$175,855.95
I, n. C. Button, Cashier of tbe above-named bank, do solemnly swear
tihat the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
It. C. Button, Cashier.
United States of America, 1
Territory of Alaska > b
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, 1923.
Wm. B. Thomas.
[Seal] Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
Mv commission expires Juiy 6. 1926.
I
Bandits Kidnap Pay
master, Get $42,000
Norfolk, Va.—Bandits today kid
napped Norman D. Coat, paymaster of
Langley Field. robbing him of the
aero station’s payroll, carried in a
valise, amounting to $42,000. Taken
several miles into the couutry, the
paymaster was left on the roadside,
the bandits speeding away in their
high-powered car.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, Ed McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
and assigns:
Yon are hereby notified "that I, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in lahor and improvements the
sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars {$100.<»0] for the years 1920 and
1921 upon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
ereek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min- -
ingclaim for the period ending June
30, 1921.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of i
said expenditures, as well as the cost or
recording the same, aud the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditures
under the terms of said section 2324 o? i
the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Cecil Baklow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Jan. fi. 1923.
Date of last publication. April 7, 1923.
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
While.Our ■
Stanfield Underwear
Will Cost You
$7.50 Per Suit
Trappers, do not forget that we will pay the best
prices for your Fur, or, if preferable, we will
advance a liberal amount of money on your
Fur and ship on a commission basis.
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient