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Takutna„ Atasks, January 41. 1930. '
PRESS SQUIBS.
ltecent events in Wall Street -have
n»de many.bulls bare.—rBrunswiek
Pilot. .
Tariff philosophy in brief:; Kee L
thie dog well and the fleas will., get
their part.—Brooklynn Times. „
The best way<to take..lea,YP nf .the.
stock market is with^a .drqpcL buy.—
Virginian-l'jJot. i.
One thrng .we can-tbeu-thaakfui for
isi that. blaitkete; uocitJtTeWow. skirt;
styles.-—A rka nsas -Xiazette. .
"Woma. itaitf*. a marry geniuses,’
says a. p^neirokjgjst. No, jt takes a
/groubf rht esape:<—^London Opinion.
Another^ difference between the
stock. market and poker is that in
paker-yoto can twe'’ your cardss-r*
Tampa 'tribune..
If what-,the style makers say is j
teue, those whoj -are selling skirt3
short should hurry to cover.—Arkan
sas Gazette. .
A domestic servant has written a
p^»y..‘. luis^aaid to contain one good
situation aftetvanother.—The Humor
ist (London).'.
A split in tire 4x. O. P. is reported.!
But when us Democrats get our fin
gers in it somebody wul knock out
the wedge.—Ddllaa^News.
Los Angeles woman, suing for di
veoroe, tells thg . court- her husband
spanked her, pulldd-fcdr ears and hair,
slammed a door on-.her arm, and then
locked her up -in^a.^elofcet. She says
■L !■—.1_J_1
situ- dbesn’t know why he did those
things. We do. He was mad at her.
’ —Macon Telegraph.
“baldness is often the badge of the
successful business man,” says a
writer. It certainly meanns that he
has come out on top.—The Humoris.
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I One reason we awa.t television
with eager anticipation is to see if
the morning exercise announcer is
actually going ihroough the exercises
himself.—Brunswick Pilot.
| .. —
j There hasn't been a bombng n
, Chicago for several days. now. and we
can’t help but wonder whether- the;
fruit-Uy has finally attacked the
' pineapple crop.—New York Evejnng i
! Post. .. j
|; How terribly shocked he! would, ha'
i if pold Solon knew what sort of. peo-;
I pie are sometimes called bv his name.!
! —Detroit Free Press,., j
Bet Senator. Bn-• ikhartrwilt .start!
' wondering after a while wh* people
: don't invite.him to-pjagties any more, i
—Chicago Tribune. ^
in th£" new' lexicon of. definitions in I
Wfctl, Street, an. investment .stuck;
i might be -.termed one. that does not'
sag more than SO points, in one day.—
j Wichita Eagle.
j Government's scheme to make!
stamps that stick should be entrusted
to the tariff framers. They’ve
gummed, up everything pretty well so
far.—New York livening Post.
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The British bishop of Manchester)
■ says he fears a struggle for mastery i
between men and women. Where has
his reverence been that, he doesn’t
| know that was settled quite a while
. ago—Macon Telegraph.
Unde Sam fired a West Point cadat
for getting married. Apparently the
I military authorities do notbelieve
J that a cadet, should take up matri
I mony until he has. learned how ,to
light.—Chicago Daily News.
A. A. BENNETT, ALASKAN
PILOT, ARRIVES SEATTLE
L (Seattle Post-Intelligenefc’V)
A. A. Bennett, Alaska’s most fain
' ous pilot and successful head of the-,
largest commercial air transport com
pany of the North; hero, also of many
daring rescues, from starvation and
disease, has scdd oout his interests
and arrived in Seattle a few days ago.
to begin a long vacatioon in less rug
ged surroundings. .
Immediately after arrival he- pur
chased a 1980 Willys-Knight Great
Six sedan, his second Willis'-Ksigiit,
li.
* (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.)
| iftpot* of tifo Financial Condition of the
jMJherr&'Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
f Located, at .Fiat, Territory of Alaska, at the close
{ 31st day of December, 19i.9.
, i
if business' on ttte j
Resources
L,<Jans’and discounts ?16,750X10.
Overdrafts . 119.93
Itjdted States bond*
• owned .,. 11,000.00
OtftBr- bonds and. war
Xante owned. 47,427.50
Dae from otttwbonks.... 61/174.63'
Checks or other banks
and other cash items.. 262.50
Cash on hand .— 6,483.50
Cold dust . 15%00
Total i..„.—$143,533.06
Liabilities.
iiapitai: stock paid in .$25,000.00
Surplus fund .._. 10.000.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid . 1,249.72
Individual and savings
deposits .-.103,765.52
Demand and time cer
tificates of deposit. 3,517.82
$143,533.06
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Total
United State! ef America, t
Territory of Alaska, \ as.
Fourth Jndicial Division. '
I, 'Harry Donnelley, President of the aboove named bank, do sol
emnly-swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief. HAKKY DONNELLLY, President.
<Co h“pAs1Ieppaed.
M. S. DONNELLEY, .
Directors.
finknfrihed —^ sworn to before me this 4th day of‘January, 1936.
D. E. BROWNE,
Commissioner and ex-officio Justice;
of the Peace.
which he will use throughout .his stay
in the States.
Bennett was an automobile sales
! nian a few years ago, but possessed
of vision annd courage, he learned
aviation and headed Naojrth with a
single plane and a lew othen assets
to found the Bennettrliodebaugh com
I pany at Fairbanks.
When h e sold out recently to the
Alaska-Washington. Airways he had
four assistant pilots and eight me
chanics; an excellent airport, Hanked
: by large hangars and shops, and a
! stock of parts for any emergency.
: U,s Heet of. fifteen plains is in coo*
.stant demand throughoout Central
, Alaska.
At nr.st the people of. Fairbanks
i were skeptical of aviation. cor that
I country of vast distances, terrific cold
i and storms, and rough surfaces. Ben
' nett and his copilots accomplished
i many dazzling reseues of whole, vil
lages from starvation and death with
out a single failure, or accident, be
fore. he won recognition fox himself
and aviation.
Now all Central Alaska credits
him ana his company with, having
brought to an end th.e t'ataLisoiation
of Alaska Interior towns in winter, j
Face and Reverse. .
Mrs. Plainmug—Is my gown .-. cut
too loow in the back'/ I can just feel
that those men behind us are just
staring at me.
Her Husband—Aw, turn aro ;i
and shorn ’em your face and thv; !
ffuit staring. ,
ULMER WILL SEEK POST TER
RITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Announcement has been-made 'by,
Joe Ulmer that he will be a candidate
for the ijfljce of Territorial highway
engineer in 1920, He intends to file
his petition of candidacy at Juneau
within the near future. Mr. Ulmer
will run on the Republican ticket and
will seek a preferential vote .at. the
primary election in the spring.
Hib ..announcement increases the
number of those who have declared,
themselves to be. candidates for . the
office to two, Robert J. Sommers, in
cumbent, having already made known
his intention to run on either the
Democratic or -independent ticket.
The office of highway engineer was
made elective by the last Legislature.
Since its inception- it has been an. ap
pointive. position, the- appointng
po,wer lying with the governor. . Mr,
Sommers has been engineer ever
since the office was created*
Mr. Ulmer is one of the best
known men in Alaska. His residence
in the Northland dates back to 1897
and he has lived in almost every sec
tion of the country. By, profession- a
civil and mining engineer, he ; has
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been connected with many important
i projects.
From 1920 to 1924 Mr.. Ulmer was
divisional road commissioner for the
h irst division, tie received the high
est vote ever given any candidate for
that office up to that time.
He did a.lot of engineering work
for the city of Ketchikan and has
been in many exploration parties in
Hritisfh Columbia and Canada. He
has been over, much of the route of
the proposed, international highway
and cruised out a wagon road from
Telegraph creek ..to Uease Lake*, later
building a cable o.v*y. the Stiekine
river at Telegraph creek. Mr. Ulmer
: was with the Alaska Road Commis
sion foor four years. More recently
he has been engaged in the private
practice of mining and civil engineer
ing. He was engineer in charge of
J the construction of the Zeppelin air
,.port at Fairbanks.
Mr. Ulmer is apast grand presi
dent of the Grand igloo of the.PiOr
neers of Alaska.
Passenger—^My heavens, butthis ;
ship tips terribly, doesn’t it?
Steward—1 wish some of the pas
sengers were like it.
Pete. Michels’ Roadhouse
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Beds, 50c
Rooms, $1.00
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