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FORMER SOFT. SCHOOLS
HEADS STATE’S OINK
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27. {&)—Will
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ent© f schools was signed yesterday
to become the head of the State
Banking Commission. He will be re
lieved by W. J. Cooper as Education
al Chief of the State. The appoint
ment had long been rumored and was
verified by Governor Young yester
day.
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MORE ON RATLIFF
(Continued from Page Two)
body In Alaska, Deaner told me about
Wertz’s refusal of his offer. I said
I believed I could get the property,
and had little trouble In doing so.
For that work, I received 150,000 shar
es in the mine, and Deaner and Capt.
Pete Peterson, who owns some arctic
ship lines, divided another block of
150,000 shares petween them. We in
corporated with 600,000 shares, and I
was elected president of the Moose
Mining Company. We listed Wertz’s
claims, and seven adjoining claims be
llon^ging to Moose Johnson, 'in the
articles of incorporation, paid Wertz
$10,000 cash, with $150,000 due when
the mine was opened. He also was to
get 10 per cent royalty. Johnson was
to get no down payment, but other
wise he was to get the same.
“Then the problem of financing the
mine came up, which required the
sale of the remainder of the stock.
Within three days, I resigned the
presidency of the corporation to fi
nance the sale, and Peterson was
selected president.
“This was done under contract by
which I was to raise $225,000 by Oct
ober 1, 1927 to put in a 150-ton ore
mill, and the contract contained a
clause by which I would forfeit my
shares if the money was not raised.
“I left Alaska on September 1, and
went directly to Hagerman, N. M.,
where I raised part of the money. I
then went to Clovis, where I was at
tacked in my hotel room late one
night and severely cut by two men
who took my money and watch, and
then went through all my papers.
“As soon as I was able, I went on
to Amarillo, Texas, where a real
estate firm put up a $6,000 cash guar
antee to raise the total amount I need
ed.
“I wired Deaner for the necessary
deeds to the property to prove own
ership, despite the fact that I had the
stock certificates signed in blank by
Deaner, but couldn’t get any word
from him. Within a day or two after
the cash guarantee fund had been put
in the bank by the real estate firm, I
was attacked in the street, beaten
unconscious by somebody, and two
days after that I was arrested and put
in jail.
“The law firm winch had been hand
ling the stock sales for me in Amaril
lo tried to find out what charge was
against me, and frightened me with
stories that I was charged with some
thing or other winch wrould’land me
in the penitentiary.
“I W'as in jail there more than a
month, wiien a friend found out about
it, and got his lawyers to get me out.
His lawyers said there w^as no charge
against me.
“I knew something wras wrong, and
found out that Deaner had followed
me to Clovis, had bought back all
the stock I had sold, and had been in
Amarillo while I wras in jail there.
I also found out that he had attempt
ed to get some of my papers I had
sent home to Purcell. I don’t know
yet whether he got them.”
Thinks He Is Victim
Ratliff believes he has been the
victim of a frame-up for the purpose
of cutting him out of his shares of
the mining stock, he says. We are
willing to stake our reputation in
taking up the case, believing that the
boy has a case,” his attorneys said,
after investigating it for a week. “He
may be mistaken as to his rights, but
the contracts and papers he has cer
tainly form a foundation for an in
vestigation.”
Ratliff said that he had cashed
(Continued on Page Six)
Raw furs bought at Brown
& Hawkins
Chas. Mathison, locomotive engin
eer, Alaska Railroad, accompanied
by son Junior, was a visitor in Sew
ard overnight. Both left for their
Anchorage home today. Engineer
Mathison is now assigned, throughout
the remainder of the winter, to the
snow fleet. v
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PHONE MADISON 136
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1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
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