Hatches Closed, 35
vi Chinese Drown as
Rum Bunner Sinks
Portland.—<Xhe Telegram printed an
article toda# savior that thirty-five
i IThineaec wteo*- wens being smuggled
n |nfx> tbb U-oktfrt -State*, perished on the
i rum ru-oner Speedway, which sank
. t an e solos ion on JanDary 24.
The article' atato&r that an unnamed
skip per flee! a red tb* orew fastened the
&»-ches on the vo ;§e! aud left the Chi
. ne«e b* low de(jk,ib&' ‘re they abandoned
the Speedway in two lifeboats.
' Tribute Paid in Senate
to Nome>££pg Mushers
Washingtoa.v-Afbiii- paying tribute
Id the Senate to the dogs and men in
the Nome antitoxic relay said'
-“It caught the imagination of the
world, and will* be talked about in
Alaska for many years to come. Gun
aar Kas»on and his lead dog, Ualto,
played a dramatic-part in the race the
i iast part <*/tbe(trip,i but credit should
ITu equally to .-the unknown drivers,
dogs and Indian boys who relayed the
package of aoutuxinA Nome, should
• never again be left with a,supply of
serums from.four to.»ix.-yesryn>’.d.
“This will pioOabiy be the last Alas
. Scan dog race.of us kind—a String finish
so a Long list of records made by.-the
heroic dogs of the Northland.”
$3,360,000,000 Spent
for. New. Motor Cars
Washington. — The world ... •pen*.
43.3*0,000, UDO for uejiv motor, vehicles in
1924, according to i’ercv Owen, .chief
of the automobile .divisioa of, tha-De
part meat of iCummerce
Ke turns trout the.deparuneut'a trade
throughout. the world-.indicate
that during the past year < there,- .were
assimilated ,3,300,000 passenger, cars
and trucks and -200,000 motorcycles,
which the ,department estimates at
..; Si.UoO average retail value for the cars"
ami, trucks, a ad. >300 lor motorcycles.
Au increase or. 2,130,000 is, reported
La.-pasijpager. cars and approximately
530,000 in trucks, dunug 1924. The
Utter registered a more imposing rate
of .registration, increase than did-the
for mer, the figures being 23 per cent
i for..trucks and 17 per ceut for cars.
, This, represents a tendency which may
d be.even more pronouuoed the preseut
year. Chief Owen thinks, as it sub
stantial es the statement that automu
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J. H. McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
li
[. Arctics M'- Felt Slippers
i'* '
| • ^JKing Island Mukluks
rJ Mild-Cured Ham
! 4. and Bacon
1 Stair-Ham 45c Bacon 50o
{■ ~ Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
f ••
/ " T Hood Rubber Pacs
1
Leather Vest*
* • Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
live vehicles are coming wor« aod noon
to fill the world’s need for commercia
traosunriatioo.
Thfi United States now has 84 pe
cent of all passenger cars. 74 per cen
of all trucks, and 11 per cent of all mo
torcycles in tho world. Combinini
passenger cars and truck figures t
avoid the confusion arising from th<
practice followed by many countries o
not classifying passenger cars am
trucks saparatelv, the United State
still bolds her dominant position to tta
extent of registering 82.5 per cent o
the total.
There are 87 842 dumb iu America
but this doesn:t include the dumb wh
can talk.—Associated Editors (Cbi
I cago). _
Non-Liability Notice.
Notice is hereby giveo that the un
dersigned has leased to H. G. Peak
aod W. W. Johnson—known as th
Union Construction Co. of San Frac
cisco—for a period of sight (8) years, t
have and to bold all his interests in th
following described mining property
situated on Candle creek, in the Moun
McKinley raining and recording prt
cinct of Alaska, to-wit:
Red Devil Association;
No Ten (10) creek claim;
No. Nine (9) creek claim;
'• No Eight (8) creek claim;
No Seven (7 ) creett claim;
No. Fife (5) creek claim;
McKinnon Bench Association;
No. Sis (6) Bench Association, firs
tier left limit, known aa Lower McKic
non.Bench;
No. Sis (6) Fraction on right limit;
Luna Fraction, between Lower Me
Kinnon and Stanton Bench; ,
Stanton Bench;
Sinclair Fraction;
st Kearnety Bench;
Savage Association, situated oi
Spring gulch.
Notice is also given that a tease ha
open, granted to B. G. Peake and W
W. Jjitanton on the property known aoi
described as No. One (1) Dome Gulch
at the mouth of Douse gulch, a tribu
tarv of Candle creek, and that sail
lease terminates February 28th, Nisi<
teen Hundred Twenty-*>evan (1927).
Notice ia further given that neitbe
•he undersigned— the :<waer of sai
ground—nor the property so toase
and on which this notion is posted, wii
be liable for any indebtedness contraci
Max Simel
, *The Pioneer Trader,;
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inokt
River.
Auk the People of Opfair about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko Rivei
WANTED
80-horsepower
Steam Engine
it
Inquire
Kusko Times
s iJ >s *nni lessees in carrying oo min
I log operations therein, and that all
persona performing labor for or fur
nishing materials and supplies to -said
lessees while engaged in, raining on
t said property most look to said- lessees
. for compensation therefor.
f This notice is given for the oucpose
of avoiding liability for work performed
5 nv a leeaee on mining ground, as pro
> vided by the laws applicable to the
f Territory of Alaska.
j This particular notice haB- open post
ed oo tbe building knowD as-the htable
' situated on the Red Devil Association,
> and separate notices have been posted
f on «*.»cb uni', evert one of the above de
scribed mining claims. ,
Thomas P: AraicKM.
, • Oct. 26.1924. 1
> Witness to the posting of tbe
above mentioned notices.
Grant Murdock.
Recorded in Volume 3 e? Notices,
page* 4€ and 47, at McGrath, AlaslrtC
Mt'Kiulev recording district, October
26tb, mi. i
W. T. Vanderpool. Recorder.
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Tokotna
Candies '
Cigars
Soft Drinks
1 i '
! I Lunches
i __
r John Heino
Proprietor
I. .—
Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, roagh and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 0-inch Flooring, Win
• * dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of ail kinds.
And if you are goini? 10 build a sled, cal! on ua. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
INN0KO LUMBER CO.
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Greek
I am the principal owner of a block" of ground
on Yankee creek, about ser#n mues io*g. extend
ing from No. 1 Below Discorery.dowo'te *b* -moutk
of the ereek.
Pay has been located all along for a distance of
about three miles from the upper end, and pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average oeptn of tb» groand Is from seven
to twenty feet. The top is ail black muck, that can
be stored freeiv. No rock bigger than one a fist.
The width of the pay. fori a distance of about
three miles Its from 100 to 200 feet. Crosscuting
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
cents to §1 per square foot of bedrock. My-bel’tf
is that the pay will average 60 cents per foot.
I hare a ditch on the ground, three miles iejjr,
together with water rights. The groom* is prettr
well cleared There is also a drain*-three-miles
long, with tbe water right. 2 alto hare- a water
right on Ready Bullion ore*k. from which water
can be brought to Yankea creek with' a ditch lees
than a mile loogK4.MO feet), which will giro four
sluloeheads of water,- with a preeeure or fall of 1*0
feet, being 1800 feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with the mnek. there will he
j fro* four to sit test of dirt to hasale. The pay
fans moatiy in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
Tba ground is virgin, only about $11,000 fcevlag
b«eo taken oat by windlass in r.respecting.
Prospecting work during to* present winter has
resulted in Setting value* that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
Th* Piuses Dredjre Company has a bred** a Hot <5
this ground, which has been ;n operation for the
last three seasons.
The Goytrafi'.r’nt road crosses Yankee creetc. I
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
I 1 I,am also the agent for owners of ground 'oti-.ar
j • thaa that held by myself.
j ! The ground can be worked either with dredge,
dreg-liae scraper, or by bydraulioing. !
1 I will either sell the ground or gits’ a lease a*
it. If the proepect is satisfactory 10 the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A rood bargaia
will be given to the right party.
For [further informatioa. terms, «**, tall oa
ground, or writ* ar telegraph me.
*D NOLLETTE,
Tokoiaa, Alaeka.
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