SOME MONEY
FOR ALASKA
Washington, Dec 3*—Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo’s
budget estimate, which was sub
mitted to congress today, calls
for an appropriation of $13,500,
000,000, including $7,358,758 for
the Alaska railroad and other
Alaska appropriations, as fol
lows: For completion of the pub
lie building at Cordova, $64,000;
lighthouse at Cape Spencer,
$125,000; mine inspection, $7,000;
agricultural stations, $65,000; ed
ucation of natives. $225,000; med
ical relief, $82,500; reindeer, $8,
500; protection of game, $32,500;
suppression of liquor traffic, $15.
000; expense of territorial legis
lature, $46,510; cable service,
$147,445; road service, $100,000;
general fisheries service, $100,
000; forest reserves, $23,163.
Australia Making Rain
The director of the radio telegraph
department of the commonwealth of
Australia has invented an electrical
device for increasing the rainfall, and
thus far his experiments have been
remarkably successful He filled a
dam in the desert country with 16,890,
000 gallons in three months. A long
time and not much water, it is true,
but still remarkable in a region of
very low rain fall. His device is a
huge kite supplied with electricity.
These kites are let up on galvanized
flexible wire, and they go to an alti
tude of between 4,000 and 6,000 feet.
The negative current is taken from
the earth by means of a terminal
which is well grounded.—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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 in labor and improvements
upon each of the placer raining 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
t he amount, required to hold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
the 31st day of December, 1915. and 1916.
\nd if, within ninety days from the
personal serviceof 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 shown by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation oi 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, and the
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said vears. 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: The sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars m 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.
D.:ied at Ophir September 4, 1917.
a. *ONsf o-owner.
pituuotttusfu i u% xyiOs
S. S. SPOKANE FLOATED
Seattle, Dec. 1.—The steamslrp Spo
kane, that went aground at Idol Point
on the night of November 22, has been
floated and towed to Bella Bella.
LIEUT. O'BRIEN’S
DARING ESCAPE
London, Dec. 1. — Lieut. Patrick
O’Brien, of Momence, III., and the first
American member of the British flying
corps, has escaped from Germany and
arrived in England. He eluded his
captors by jumping from a window of a
speeding car. Lieut. O’Brien was at
large in Get many for 72 days. When
nearing his goal on the Dutch frantier
he narrowly escaped electrocution by
charged wires.
MISS ROMANOFF
LANDSIN ENGLAND
London, Dec. 1.—Miss Romanoff, the
second daughter of the deposed Rus
sian czar, reported in these dispatches
a week ago as being on the Pacific
ocean enroute to America, has arrived
in England, says the London Morning
[ Post.
GEO. MmON DEAD
Fairbanks, Dec. 1.—George Atkin
son, an old resident of this city, died
here this morning of hemorrhage of
the lungs. Mr. Atkinson was a mem
ber of the Fairbanks igloo, Pioneers of
Alaska, and was for many years em
ployed by Dave Petree at the Pioneer
hotel.
at.
BOB FITZSIMMONS
GALLED BY DEATH
I
i Chicago, Oct. 22.—Robert Fitzsim
mons, former champion heavyweight
prizefighter of the world, died at his
home here today after a short illnest.
Pneumonia was the cause of death.
Bob Fitzsimmons was one of the great
est pugilists the world ever saw, was
born at Elston, Cornwall, England,
June 4, 1862, but it was not until 1897,
when he was 35 years of age, that he
won the championship of the world,
only to lose it a few months later to
James J. Jeffries.
The first fight recorded in which Fitz
took part was in 1891, when he won
from the Black Pearl in four rounds.
The following year he won from Peter
Maher in 12 rounds. In 1893 he knocked
out Jim Hall. In 1894 he foughi a five
round draw with Joe Choyr.ski. In 1896
he lost on a foul to Tom Sharkey, and
the following year he won his cham
pionship from Jim Corbett in 14 rounds
—only to lose it a few months later to
Jeffries.
Fitzsimmons was one of the fighters
who worked hard to bring boxing to a
high standard, and was champion at' a
time when there were better fighters
in the game than at any time in the
history of the ring. He met the best
of them, and held his own with all of
them.
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German Widows Must Marry
Germany’s new“Natiooal Com
mittee for the Re-marriage of
War Widows” pleases neither the
widows nor their spinster sisters.
The spinsters contend for at
least equal chances. The Crefeld
“General Anzeiger” explains:
There are more than a million
war widows in Germany. They
cannot be allowed to re
main widows for two reasons.
In the first place4 the empire
looks to them to provide an
army for Germany’s future de
fense. aud in the second place
many of them are attending to
the business of their late hus
bands without possessing the
necessary knowledge. All the
widows must therefore get mar
ried at once, and preferably, to
wouuded or otherwise unfit sol
diers.
They may rest assured the
national committee will handle
the business with the requisite
discretion. The committee will
pay special attention to men in
the hospitals, and will insert
anonymous advertisements in
the papers generally read by
war widows.
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Henry DuRand, proprietor of the
Discovery cafe Fiat, gave his new dog
icon a little tryout last Monday by
taking a piaaaant jaunt to this city'
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WC jD IMPEACH
IYOR HIRAM GILL
Seattle, Dec. 1.—At a mass meeting
last night, attended by three thousand
residents of the city, resolutions were
adopted demanding that the council
impeach Mayor Hiram C. Gill for his
failure to comply with Commandant
Greene’s requests.
Up to the City Council
Seattle, Dec. 3.—The resolutions de
manding the impeachment of Mayor
Gill, adopted at the big mass meeting,
were presented to the city council this
afternoon.
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Cecil Barlow, the Moore-creek old
timer, spent a few days in our pleasant
and quiet little city duiingt he week.
Pete Miskovitch was in town last
Saturday looking after some urgent
business affairs.
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Flat City Postoffice
Until further notice Mail Carrier
Smith says the mail will leave the Flat
City postoffice on Mondays at 1 p.m.
Money-order and registration depart
ments close at 11 a m.
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