10 Quarts of Whisky
for $1; Price in 1839
Jackson* Mich. — Interesting facta
concerning the early history of Jackson
county may be found in the vault in the
county clerk’s office, where thousands
of documents are tiled. Many of these
legal papers are yellow with age and
black with the accumulated dust of
years.
Jackson county had its -liquor laws
•violators then as now, the records dis
elose. The initial liquor law case was
tried in 1839, when William FI. Munro
was arrested for the alleged sale of in
toxicating liquor to Indians. None of
the red men could be induced to appear
in the case and Munro was acquitted.
Judging by the court records in the
Munro case, the ordinary drunk today
would think himself in a paradise lined
wkh gold should he suddenly find him
self transported back into 1839, for
whisky apparently was very cheap, the
charge against Munro specifying that
he sold 10 quarts for $1.
The lease of a wife by her husband is
recorded in a document in the clerk’s
office. This-paper shows that William
Grover, of Liberty township, leased his
wife to John Thompson, of Napoleon,
for a period of six ^years, receiving in
payment $2 in cash and farm tools val
ued at $3. The contract was fulfilled,
but trouble arose in the end when the
wife declined to live again with her
husband. __
Convict Improves On
Finger. Print System
San iQuentin, Cal'.*—A finger print
system for use-in banks, insurance es
tablishments and ail other places where
personal identificatioo'is necessary has
been devised bv a life-tenner at the
state prison here and is being studied
by experts throughout the country.
TKe system calls for but a siDgle print
and- greatly simplifies the present Sugar
print prooesses employed by police de
partments, it is said.
The prisoner’s plan has been ap
proved bv Chief of Police August Voll
m«r, of Berkeley, an outstanding linger
print expert.. Patents have been ap
plied; tor in Canada, • England, Aus
tralia* New Zealand and South Africa.
The prisoner worked for 15 months
on the new1 system before perfecting it.
Blue fox pelts brought as high as
$1116.50 at a recent sale in Tacoma,
while silvers brought prices below
?IOOj _
Nearly $20,000,000 is spent daily in
the retail stores in Chicago.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
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Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Services On the Inoka
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STATION
Fairview, Innokoj River
‘A Fig for Convention,’
Censured Flappers Cry
Chicago.—The much-maligned flap
per has turned upon her critics and
tells the world that she will continue
to roll down her stockings, bob her
hair, wear short skirts, alTect long ear
rings aud puff cigarettes if she so
chooses, and wiiat do you propose to do
about it?
Miss Margaret Persell, who speaks
with a delightful Tennessee drawl, is
the leafier of the new organization,
which is to be kcown as the Royal
Order of Flappers, presided over bv a
flippant flapper. Miss Persell and four
other Chicago bob-haired charmers
started the new order. Their by-laws,
in brief, are “A lig for convention and
a fig leaf for attire, if necessary.”
Their motto is, “Arms virunique cuno”
(arms aod the man 1 sing).
The members agree they will take
orders from no one but their parents,
and most emphatically Dot from a lot
of sour old maids and half portion male
reformers Other features are the offi
cial game of the organization, which is
Put and Take.
Every member may make herself as
attractive as possible. She may wear
skirts as short as she desires; roil her
stockings to a i>oini just above the knee
cap, bob her hair, and wear ear rings
not exceeding six inches in length. She
may use rouge and cosmetics, and,
under proper environment, smoke and
drink to moderation.
The official church shall be the
qaovies; the official indoor sport shall
be daucing, dining or “what have
you?’’ Official outdoor recreation shall
be skatihg, swimming and automobil
mg- _
Washington.—American productive
industries produced during the year
1919 merchandise amounting to the
enormous total of eightv-seven billion
dollars* according to the census bul
I Letis just issued.
Mineral Application No. 0551.
U. S. liand Offiee, Nome, Alaska i
April 28th, 1922. |
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif-;
ornia, whose postoffice address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Calif
ornia, has made application, through
James M. Streeften, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, before the United!
States Land Offiee of Nome, Alaska, j
for a United States Patent for the
consolidated placer mining claim!
known as, THREE STAR ASSOCIA
TION. No. SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
and No. SIX BELOW DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the In-1
noko Mining and Recording District, I
Territory of Alaska, and designated j
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as Mineral
Survey No. 1274; the exterior
boundaries of said placer claim, ac
cording to the plat and field notes
of said survey, now on file in said
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.), being
as follows:
THREE ST A K ASSOCIATION—!
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. in ground, in earth mound,
scribed 1-1274-38., whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1274 bears S. 52 deg. 38
min. E., 148.5 ft.; thence S. 46 deg.
39 min. W., 3034.2 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 28 deg. 48 min. W.,
64&15 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
34 deg. 28 min. W., 662.65 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 47 deg. 06
min. E., 2769.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 43 deg. 26 min. 1?.', 1259-1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
84.12 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Three
Star Association Placer, this survey,
a hewn spruce post, 4' ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in:
earth mound, scribed 3-1274-3S., and
: 1-1274-.; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1274 bears N. 61 deg. 34 min. E.,
2996.95 ft.; thence S. 41 deg. 09
min. E., 705.65 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 24 min. W. 898.9
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 60 deg.
34 min. E. 700.5 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 34 deg. 28 min. E., 662.65
ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
12.389 acres.
NUMBER SIX BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 2, No. Seven
Below on Yankee Creek Placer, this
survey, a hew spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 ins. sq., set 2 -fit. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 2-1274-713.,
and 1-1274-6B.; wihence U. S. L. M.
No. 1274 bears N. 57 deg. 43 min.
32 sec. E., 3666.52 ft.; thence S. 30
deg. 57 min. W., 909.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 50 deg. 48 min. W.
840.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
30 clee. 05 min. E., 1148.3 ft. to
Cor No. 4; thence S. 35 deg. 24
min., E., 898.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.998 acres.
Expressly excepting and excluding
from this application the Three Star
Association placer of this same survey,
total area applied for 32.387 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N. E., No. Ten Fraction, unsurvey
ed; on the S. E., claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the S. W., No.
5 Below on Yankee Creek Placer,
unsurveyed, and on the N. W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1274 is a hewn
spruce post, 8 ins. sq., 8 ft. long,
3 ft. in ground, situated on sloping
hillside in prominent place about 40
ft. in elevation above the bed of
Yankee Creek, Latitude - 63 deg.
03 min. N. Longitude - 156 deg. 19
min. W.
J. SUNDBACK
Register
Finest Line of Clothing
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Via Inside Passage
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For Rates and Accommodations apply to
Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation Co.
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Provisions Notions Furnishings
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Furs Bought and Sold White Fish and Dog Feed
DogHarness Collars Sled Lashings Tank Heaters
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