SHOOTINGS
AT SEATTLE
Sailor Takes Shot at 2
Policemen and Then r
Takes Own Life,
Seattle, Jan. 16.—After shoot
nfi. perhaps fatally..Patrolman
Arthur B. Lunfcsford, by whom
be had been arrested, George
.JafrisonGiiman, <an honorably
discharged sailor from the coast?
guard cutter Bear. Meanwhile
he also had taken a shot at Pa
trolman George Bilodeau. The
odicers. bad.arrested Gilman and
Carl Thockerston on the com
plaint of another that they were
engaged in bootlegging opera
tions.
Urges Building Great
Naval Base in Hawaii
Washington.—While the report of
‘.he iNavai Board, made public today by
Admiral RodraaD, advocates retention
of the present naval district organiza
tion, the recommendation is made that,
when conditions permit, an additional
district should be created in Atlanta.
Development of a great naval base in
Hawaii is n>--pd.
Apparently a merchants’ convention
took place at McGrath on Sunday, last.
\. Biggins and J. H. McLean were the
Tacoma delegates, the former being
piloted by Joe Oates. Captain Me
Lean, at the helm of his team, com
manded his leader to “Port a little.”
;nstead of “Haw.” Such is the force
of habit!
Frank Righini and Gus Wilson are
completing the interior work of the
big Larson hotel at Tacotna. Both the
exterior and interior construetion of
this building reflects creditably on
those in charge of the work.
Olaf Waagen and John Vogtor have
started to prospect on their Anvil
creek holdings. On the completion of
this work they intend moving to Ganea
creek, where they hold a number of
interests ________
iMr and Mrs. A. V. Thorns arrived
in Tacotna on Monday last. They, in
tend making a visit to McGrath, after
which they wil[ return to their home
on Ganes creek.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
; i
Shoe Repairing
Sign^Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
British Debt Delega
tion Asks 66 Years
to Pay U. S, Debt
Washington.—The British debt com
mission, the members of which recent
ly arrived here to arrange for payment
of Britain’s war debt to the United
States, aggregation four billion dollars,
is asking for sixty-six years in which
, to pay the debt. Government repre
I sentatives, it is understood, are wiiliug
j to fix the time of payment at fifty
‘ years.
Turks Kill Member
of Coldstream Guards
Constantinople.—Two members of
tho Coldstream Guards, famous British
regiment, were atiacked by a number
of Turks in Gaiaca, a suburb of Con
stantinople, today, one of the men
dying a few hours later from his in
juries. _
A radio dispatch received here yes
terday from Tacotna states that L. B.
Loomis, local inrnager of the N. C.
i post, a”rived at Tacoma at .noon yes
terday. The message states, that Mr.
Loomis made the trip in one hour and
twenty minutes, drivsng his own doys,
| led by Mrs. B. J. Boyd’s new leader.
Howevei. Cap. McLean states he re
fuses niafee as affidavit to that ef
fect
Notice of Forfeiture,
To B; T. James, Ld McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
aud assigns:
You are hereby notified that 1, (the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of not less than one hundred do]
[ lars [$100.00] for the years 1920 and
J 1921 uuon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between Nip 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creeK, id tbe Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in-order to bold 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 amouot required to hold said* min
ing claim for the period ending June
30, 1021.
Arid if within ninety days after the
publication of ibis notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and 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 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States Cecil. Barlow.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication. Jan* ft. 1923,
Date of last publication. April 7,1323.
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Important Nominations
Presented by Harding
Washington.—Preside.it Harding to
day tent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Dr. D. U. Crissinger, of Marion, O ,
now comptroller of currency, to be
governor of the federal reserve board.
James G. McNary, of Las Vega-*,.
N. M., to succeed D. R. Crissinger as
comptroller of currency.
Milo D. .Campbell, of Cold water.
Mich., to be a member of the federal
reserve board.
Reports from Gaties creek state that
the wood contracts for the Innoko
DredgiQg Company will be completed
by February 15th. Practically all of
the wood is cut within short haul of
where the dredge will operate this
coming summer.
Austin Horner, after a visit of sev
eral days at Tacoma, returned here to
day. __
Receiving and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Suudays and holidays—9:45 a. in. and
4:30 p. m.
Makes Biff Winning, Loses AIL
Pails Starting .with a capital ut
^4,000 francs,>vAugusts De» Jean, a
young employe of a Paris bank, won
J,5(J0,000-francs io a few hours’ play at
the famous casino in Deauville. He
overplayed his luck, however, and in
two days lost everything.
Now he is under arrest, charged with
embezzlement of stocks and bonds
worth 670,000 francs from the bank.
When taken by the police he had but
six francs,
Drilling operations, conducted by
Messrs. Dawson, McDonald & Beattie,
are under wav on Candle creek, in .the
endeavor to locale a continuity of the
pav streak. Several other property
holders are engaged in representing
their ground.
A tioy maid, held up to hear her
father’s voice on the telephone, burst
into tears.
“What are you crying for?” asked
her mother.
“Oh. mamma," sobbed nhe child,
“however can we get dadda out,of that-,
little hole?’’
“Don’t worry, darling. I have seen i
your father crawl out of smaller holes -
khan that.,’—Ex.
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