CONFIDENCE IN
THE AMERICANS
American Army in France,
Dec. 15.—A number of war corre
spondents of important French
newspapers visited the American
troops and followed the lines of
communication from the sea to
the advanced camps, and they all
joined in the following statement:
“We have come to a striking
reliance on American power, and
we have the fullest confidence in
the aid which America’s army
will render us, and we are more
than ever confident of victory.”
TOO MANY* SLACKERS
Chicago, Dec. 15. — Federal
Judge Landis announced today
that there are several hundred
thousand Canadian slackers in
the United States who are filling
positions of American boys now
at the front. These will shortly
be forced to serve. Treaties are
now being arranged.
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Washington, Dec. 17. —Repre
sentative Royal C. Johnson, of
the Second congressional district
of South Dakota, enlisted today
as a private in the regular army.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Char
les Hoxsie, and to their heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned have expended in each of the
years 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hun
dred dollars iiWlabor and improvements
upon each of the placer mining claims
known and described as follows, to wit:
The Rainbow association, situated at
the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of
Alaska, the location certificate of which
is found of record in book one of loca
tions, page 318, in the office of the re
corder for said precinct: the Montana
association, adjoining the above-de
scribed Rainbow association, the Loca
tion certificate of which is found of rec
ord in volume one of Locations, page
318, in the office of the recorder of said
precinct; in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22. 1880,concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
the 31st day of December, 1915. and 1916.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
property of the subscribers, your co
owners," who have made the required
expenditures, by the terms of said sec
tion. "Geo. W. Albrecht.
Chas. E. Taylor.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Gus Johnson, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that during
each of the years of 1913, 1914, 1915 and
1916 the undersigned has expended at
least one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer mining claims, to-wit:
Lower 3, 4 and 5 above upper discovery
on Ophir creek in the Innoko mining
and recording district, in the territory
of Alaska, in which mining locations
you claim an undivided one-half inter
est, as show* by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation of the said claims and each of
them for the said years of 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916 as required by the laws
of the United States concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, ahd the
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said years. You are
further notified that unless within 90
days after the completed service of
this notice upon you and within 90 days
after the publication thereof, you con
tribute your portion of said expendi
ture as a co-owner, to-wit: Ths sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars in all,
your interest in said claims or in any
one of which you so fail to contribute
will be forfeited to the undersigned,
who has made such expenditure, and
will become his property in the manner
provided by law.
Dated at Ophir September 4, 1917.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Co-owner.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918
Partnership Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned^JosephJE. Riley
and Lottie R. Marston, under the firm
name and style of Otter Dredge Com
pany, at Otter precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, is this day
diasolved by mutual consent, Lottie R.
Ma rston selling her interest to Joseph
E. Riley, who trill continue the busi
ness under the same firm name and
style, Otter Dredge Company,
Joseph E, Riley.
Lottie R. Marston.
Bated September 30, 1917,
WASHINGTON
1-NEWS
i December 15.
The work of classifying the 9,000.000
registrants begins this morning.
Switzerland has pledged the United
States that she wilf repel any violation
of her frontiers, and will maintain
strict neutrality.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, has been
obliged to go to a sanitarium on ac
j count of a nervous breakdown.
December 17.
During the closed Sunday hours a
German spy entered and robbed the
British War Mission offices in the
Munsey building.
All persons with a knowledge of
ship building, or ability to perform any
kind of mechanical work needed for
waging war, if of draft age or regis
tered, will be called out in regular
order, and put to work under military
supervision'and discipline.
The national prohibition amendment
is destined to pass the house today.
A
BILLY DUNKEL
REPORTED SLAIN
B. W. Dunkel, formerly of Fair
banks, after whom Dunkel street in
Fairbanks was named, was recently
killed while fighting with the Cana
dian forces in France, according to the
Fairbanks News-Miner. The report of
Dunkel's death was sent to Fairbanks
by Mrs. Dora M. Dick, formerly post
mistress at Olues. She was formerly
Mrs. Dora Anderson. Mr. Dick also
resides at Olnes. Mrs. Dick’s message
follows:
“Mrs. William A. Dunkel, 1531 Bel
mont avenue, Seattle, Wash., has just
received word of the death of her son,
B. W. Dunkel,“in action’.somewhere in
France.
“Although an American citizen,
Dunkel was eager to join the allied
ferces, and in 1916, enlisted in Seattle
in Regiment 131, Westminster Battal
ion.
“The news of her son's death reached
Mrs. Dunkel through a letter ad
dressed to her son, and returned with
the inscription ‘Killed in action.’
“In one of his last letters home
Dunkel had written: T do not fear
death in the least. Why should I fear
what is merely a transition from one
sphere to another?’
“An unusual sidelight on his career
is the fact that his father^ was a lieu
tenant in the Prussian army many
vears ago before leaving Germany for
Yreka, Cal., where he settled in 1862.
Yreka became the birthplace of B. W.
Dunkel.
“In Alaska, Dunkel was very well
known, having been one of the first
settlers in Fairbanbs.”
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WERE WELL TRAINED
LondoD, Oct. 9.—As evidence that
the Germans have taught the Bulga
rians that their lives will be forfeited if
they are taken prisoner by the British,
the following extract from a letter by
a British officer on the Saloniki front
is published by the Daily Telegraph:
“When we rounded up sixty Bulga
rians in an attack recently the poor
wretches were utterly terrified. Two
or three tried to drown themselves in
a pool, while others knelt on the
ground making the sign of the cross
and waiting an assassin’s bayonet thrust
or worse
“One who was a real sportsman kept
his head and made a desperate effort
to escape, very nearly getting shot,
until he saw it was useless, and fling
ing down his rifle, surrendered to an
officer. Beside this officer a Tommy
stood watchfully in case the Bulgar
was up to any nasty tricks, and the
later seeing this attitude and taking
him for his appointed murderer, with
a dramatic gesture threw back his
head and bared his chest. He opened
his shirt with both hands, then faced
the soldier with the bayonet whom he
supposed to be waiting for the officer’s
word to run him through.
“Tommy’s method of easing the ten
sion was rapid. He brought out his
packet of cigarettes and offered one to
the Bulgar.
“Up to this moment the Bulgar had
been as brave as a lion, but the offer
of the cigarette in place of the end of
the bayonet was too sudden a change
in his outlook. He gave a gasp and
sat down trembling, unable to light
, the cigarette at the match which the
[ soldier was holding ready for him.”
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BEN BROMBERG HURT
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Fairbanks News-Miner, Nov. 2: In a
wire received this morning by Sam
Godfrey from the upper Tanana river,
he is advised that his partner, Ben
Bromberg, was seriously injured this
morning by falling down a shaft for a
distance of 50 foot. Just what the in
juries are is not known, but they
must be serious for the wire asked that
a physician be rushed out as quickly as
possible.
In compliance with the request, Mr.
Godfrey immediately secured Dr. H. J
McCall urn and they started out in Paul
Hopkins’ automobile. They expect to
ba back in town late tonight, so that
the patient may be placed in Sr.
Joseph’s hospitaj.
Mr. Bromberg has been in the Tol
ovana country for several years, but
recently went to the Iwenty-raile
country to sink a shaft or two there.
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Donnelley at Anchorage
Harry Donnelly, who arrived from
the lditarod country yesterday, over
the trail, is a guest of the Alaska
house. Mr. Donnelley is a well
known raining man from the interior
and mushed over the trail in fourteen
days. He expects to leave for Seward
within the next few days and will
there take a steamer for Seattle where
he will spend the remainder of the win
ter. Mr. Donnelley will return to the
interior by the way of St. Michael < □
the first sailing of the Victoria next
spring. — Anchorage Times, Nov. 15.
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