FRIDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
(Delayed in transmiadon)
LOS ANGELES TO GET BIG
NAVAL REPAIR INCOME
Los Angeles, Faby. -0—The entire
fleet of deatroyens attached to the
Pacific fleet will he repaired here, the
work involving an expenditure of
■millions. Hear Admiral Wells, of the
Eleventh Naval District, announced
AUTO KILLS AGED
SEATTLE WOMAN
Seattle. Feby. 10—Mrs. Sarah Mc
tSuire. aged 63 years, was run down
itnd killed hero today by an automo
bile driven by Dr. J. B. Eagleson.
DEATH CALLS SEATTLE
COMMISSION DEALER
Shuttle, Feby. 9—Chaa. \V'. Cham
berlain, heitd of the firjn of Chamhei
lain and Company, one of the largest
■commission houses in Seattle, died at
his home here, today.
HARDING TO
CONTINUE VACATION
dent Elect Harding decided today t.»j
days longer.
SENATE NAVAL COMMITTEE
ADVOCATES POWERFUL FLEET
Washington Feby. 10—That the
vacated in a report of the Senate
Naval Affodrs Committee filed in the
Senate today.
NEGRO SLAYER IN LONG
BATTLE WITH POLICE
Philadelphia, F«by. 10—William
Jankins. a negro. today shot ;tnd killed
finite Robinson, a negross. threw the
body into tho yard surrounding the
building in which the muixler occur
red. barricaded himself in the house
and maintained a six hour battle with
a hundred jk>1 icemen. Firemen also
participated and pistols, axes. fire
hose, sulphur and candles were requir
ed to drive the negro out.
Jankins was finally shot and fatally
wounded. Four policemen were in
jured in the battle.
ANARCHISTS ACTIVE ,
IN RIO JANERIO
Rid Janerio, Feby, 10—The build
ings 'iaccu|JM'd by the Ministry for
Foreign Affiairs and the Rio Janerio
Stock Exchange were damaged today
by anarchists bombs.
BIG OUTO
EXPORTATION ANNOUNCED
Washington, Feby. 10—One hun
riredand seventy one thousand auto
mobiles were exported from the. Uni.
ted States to foreign lands last year.,
the Department of Commerce an
nounced today.
SCHOOL BOY SUICIDE VISTIM
Woodland. Cola. Feby. 10—John
Henry. Stack, aged 13, a motherless
boy, when sent home from, school for
us-ing profamity today, deliberately
placed hds neck on a rail before an
approaching railway train and was
decapitated.
The boy’s father, a track walker,
admitted that he had told the boy on
a former occassion that if ho was
again sent home from school he would
he placed in the reformatory.
SAYS U. S. SHOULD DECLARE
DEBT COLLECTING INTENTIONS
Washington. Feby. 10—Rgpresen
tative Blanton of Texas, in a speech
in the House today, said, ‘‘It Is time
for the United States to declare her
intention of collecting, every dollar
owed us by foreign nations ar.d bring
«i!i end to the foolish talk of debt oun
ce lution.” ,
Representative Fess iin the House
charged that England, through the
Mesopotamia oil fields and the offer
trade advantages has increased her
wealth hundred trillions.
SPOKANE FIREMAN
MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN
Spokane. Fefoy 9—Shot in the body.
Jack Batten, a city fireman, was
found today sitting upright in an' au
tomobile a short distance southwest of
the city. Harry Williams, aged 84. a
recluse, is held by the police as the
possible author.
JEALOUSLY PROMPTS
DOUBLE MURDER
Spokans. Feby. 9—In a Jealous
rage. Dimer Harding, a mechanic, to
day shot and killed his wife and also
liis brother. Elmer then took his own
life in his apartments in the v«aldorf
ALLEGED BANK NOTE
RAISER ARRESTED
Seattle, Feby. 9—A. F. Morgan
was arrested here today while purch
asing PostofAce money orders with
Federal Reserve Bonk nodes which it
to charged have been raised from their
original defriasninations by skillful
counterfeiting onanipulations.
CAPE COD, MASS
WIRELESS PHONES TO
CATALINA ISLAND
IjOh Angeles, Feby. 9—Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, and Avalon, Catalina
Island, thirty miles off the Southern
California Coast, have been talking
both by land and wireless telephone,
it was announced today.
The distance between the two points
is forty two hundred miles.
LUKE McLUKE SAYS
cause she isn’t old enough to know
MINERAL APPLICATION
No 0390
r. S. LAND OFFICE
AT NOME, ALASKA.
NOTICE IE HEREBY Ol\'EN, Th.it
EBIZA BETH A. WILLIAMS, whose
|>'»st ollice a<ldress iis Nome. Alaska,
h,|ss tmsade application for a Bnil-d
States .patent for the consolidated
'plsujor 'mining claim known as No. 3
BENCH jiml No. 4 BENCH, on the
iifi’t liinvit first tier opposite Nos.
I and f» Below .Discovery on Bourbon
Oreek, about one mile N. of Nome, in
the Cape Nome Recording District,
Territory of Alaska, and designated Ly
the U. S. Surveyor Genera! of Alaska
;us Mineral Survey No. 1282: said
claim being bounded and described in
the plat and field notes of said survey
now on file in this office (with a var
iation of from 18 deg 42 min. E. *o
18 deg. 58 jmn. K.) as follows:
NO 3 BENCH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
With Cor. No. 1, Survey No. 1185. No.
I Discovery on Bourbon Creek, and
Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 686. No. 3
Below on Bourbon Creek, and Cor.
No. 2, Survey No. 1136. Iowa Assoc
iation Placer, a Ur post 4 ins. sq. jji
eiM’tii mound, scribed 1-685, 4-6X6, I.
A.-2-1136. 1-1282-3HU whence I . S.
B M. No. 11 bears N. 24 deg. 13 min.
E. 6919.7 ft.; thence S. 55 deg. 33
min. E. 669.2 ft. to Cor. No. 2. iden
tical! with Cor. No. 3, Survey No.
1136 aforesaid: thence S. 25 deg. 11
min. \Y. 1099 ft. to Cor. No. 3 iden
tical! with Cor. No. 4. Survey No.
1136 aforesaid: thence N. 54 deg. 48
min. W. 704.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
identical With Cor. No. 4, Survey No.
685. No. 4 Below, and Cor. No. 1.
Survey No. 685, No. 5 Below on Bour
bon. Creek: thence N. 26 deg. 56 min.
E. 1085.6 ft. to Oor. No. 1, place of
beginning, containing 17.015 acres.
No. 4 BENCH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
with Cor. No. 4. Bench Claim No.
3 Placer, a granite stone 26x14x4 Jns.
in earth mound, chiselled 1-685, 4-685,
1-4-1282 -4-3BH, whence U. S. B. M.
No. 11 bears N. 24 deg. 35 min. E.
8004.3 ft.; thence S. 54 deg. 48 min.
E. 704.1 ft. .to Oar. No. 2. identical
with Cor. No. 3 Bench Claim No. 3,
thtti survey: .thence S.-49 deg. 21 min.
W. 450.3 ft to Oor. No. 3, identical
»w40h Oor. No. 5. Survey No. 1136
aforesaid; thence S. 47 deg. 43 min.
\V. 687.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical
with Cor. No. 6. Survey No. 1136
aforesaid: thence N. 51 deg. 07 min.
W. 630.5 ft. to Cor. No. 5. identical
with Oor. No. 4. Survey No. 685. No.
5 Below, and Car. No. 1, Survey No.
685. No. 6 Below, and Cor No. 7.
Survey No. 1136; thence N. 45 deg.
01 mtin. E. 1083.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of beginning, containing 16.648
acres. The total area, applied for is
33.663 acres.
The adjoining claims are. on the
North, East and South, Survey No.
1136, Lqwv'i Association: on the West,
Survey No. 685. Nos. 4 and 5 Below on
Bourbon Creek
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 ins. sq. in irock mound, situated
about 73 ft. East of the Bessis Bond
and 2.75 miles Northeast of the mouth
of Snake Diver, in sjuid Recording
District. Tn Ijatitude 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Bongtitude 165 deg. 22 min. W,
THOS. McGANN
Register.
Publish—Jan. 15, 22, 29 Feb 5, 12. 19,
26. March 5. 12. 1921.
RED PULES ALL
OVERfAGE
Very Sore. Could NotSleep.
Cuticura Heals.
“My trouble started in little pim
ples on my forehead and they scat
tered all over my face. They were
red and fettered and became very
sore. 1 picked them and they <;ot
worse and I could not 3leep, and
my face was disagreeable to look at.
*T saw an advertisement for Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment and sent1
for a free sample. I bough; more
and when 1 had used two cakes
of Cuticura Soap end one box o»
Cuticura Cintment 1 was he-led."
(Signsdl Miss V. A. Sawyer. Granite
Fall*. Wash., F b. 27. 1*20.
Rely on Cuticura Soap. Ointment
and Talcum ta cars for your skin.
ALASKA BUREAU
NEWS LETTER
Seattle, Dot-. 13—A Washington
special says: In Ibis annual report
made piibUSe today. Secretary John
Barton Payne of the Deportment of the
Interlar, declares in favor of the es
talblidhment of a government operated
line of steamships to Alaska, "even
at a lags, and to provide an adequate
service at reasonable rates."
Secretary Bayne declares against!
any larger measure of local govern
ment in Alaska. This is interpreted
to mean that he is out of sympathy
with the suggestion made by lii.s pre
dece^sor in office, Franklin K. I*me,
of an Aliiska Development Hoard, re-I
gident in Alaska, to take, over tin* au-i
thority in the disposition of lands an.fi
resources in Alaska, now held bj some |
twentyitwo different bureaus and eoni-j
rrtlssiotits in Washington.
in acwrdance with the report <*f the;
Brooks committee, it is considered a j
departments of the government having
to do with Alaska thru a. committee
consisting of i represoniaivc from each i
department . Accordingly such a com
mittee lias been nauned. as r>.i >ws. i
Sheri 11 .corps of engineers; Navy De
partment. ('apt. V\\ (’ole. r. S.
Navy: Interior Dcinrtment. Henrge A.
Hold division, general land ottii . Al
aska: Postutfi.ee Departiment. James B.
Corridon. superintendent of railway
adjustments: Department of Agricul-1
jture. K. A. Sherman. associate forest
er: Department of rommerve, Dr.
Hugh M Smith, con^nissLoner of Hsh
edies; Fnited States Shipping Hoard,
H Y. Saint, staff assistant, office of
director of operations.
lii the estimates prepared for <-on
siderafion by Congress Alaska figures
heavily. every brancfii of the govern
ment ‘having to do with that territory,
asking increased sums, save the Alas
ka engineering commission, requests
only $4,000,000 for the railroad as
a gains* the $7,000,000 it had last year.
The largest Individual item of this
estimate is $403,500 for the bridge over
the Tanann. River. The army requests
$055,000 to be expended by the Alaska
road txwrunission in tthe construction
or roads, trails and bridges as against
the $350,000 obtnint'd last year. For
the nnn.intena.nce of its Washington-A1
askjj telegraph and cable iservice, the
anny asks $212,434 as against $140,000
The navy asks $1,000,000. the same
as before, for mining coal in Alaska.
The department of the interior asks
that the salary of the governor of Al
kvtica be increased from $7,000 to $7,500
and thiU his contingent expens** n*e
cmint be increased from $8,900 to
$11,100 to permit hhn to repair the gov.
ernor's mansion and to have more
clerical help.
The geological survey wants $190,000
for investigating the miineml resources
of Alaska—an increase of $75,000. The
bureau of mines wants $75,000 for the
purchase of a site and itfhe erection of
a building for its experiment station
at Fairbanks. The bureau of educa
tion wants $U9,000 for education of
natives of Alaska—an increase of
$141,000; also $125,000 for medical re
lief—an increase of $353,000; and
$5,000 for vocational training of Alas
ka insane—a new item. For the
care and custody of Alaska ins me.
520. For the support of its reindeer
$15,000—an Increase of $8,600 >r
the protection of game in the t ■• rl
tory. $62,540 is asked—an Increase of
Alaska road w'ork for next year will
call for a congressional appropriation
of $955,000, and an expansive million
a year program for ten years will a Is.)
be sought, according to the Statement
of Col. James G. Steese. one of the
three officers of the corps of engineers,
regular army, who compose -the Al;ts
ka road commission. Col. Steese. ju.-.t
back from Alaska, was in Seattle on
ibis way to Washington, where he will
report to the secretary of war and ap
pear before a congressional cornmit
The comprehensive ten-year pro
gram planned by .the commission. Col.
Steese explained, provides for about
4.000 miles of through routes or tmlls,
and 2,500 miles of short spurs and de
velopment connections between the
protruding communities and water or
rail transportation. Definite improve
ment of 1921 figured 1n the comm is
•sion's estimates include completion of
the reopening of the Valdes-Fairbanks
and Haines-Camp roads, and substan
tial progress on the following named
thru routes: Talkeetna-Ciuhe Creek
Rainy Pass-Tacatma-Opbir-Long-Rulby
Lignite- KantishrouRubsevelt; David
son's I/iiulinf;-Koueai'ok-('andle; Fair
hunks-Chataniku- Miller House-Circle;
Ka.gle; Forty MUn and international
boundary connecting with road to
Dawson. Maintenance of existing sys
tems .as well as numerous spurs and
feelers, also are within the scope of
Nativ'es of the Ku.skok.wini River in
Aluska are confronted with death from
starvation this winter, unless food is
sent to them at once, according to an
urgent mes.*n.ge received here by the
Alaska bureau of the United States de
partment of Kducation from flecrge
W. Hoffman. United States ormwiiis
sionvr at fditarori. The Alaska i-u
reau has no funds with wihch to se
cure the needed food. The Alaska
division of the Bureau of Kducation
had recently to call on rh<- Bed Cross
to send food to natives on Copper
Itiver in Central Alaska. l’oor fish
ing conditions on Alruska rivers are
said t-> l*e responsible for the present
Knronte to Seattle t«» spend the
Christmas holidays with his wife and
fa mil. Ch;tries K Hobbs, an Ancho'r
ope merchant. died at sea on lioartl
thi- st' ims-hip Alameda Tuesdav morn
tra !. the government railroad linking
Si--., -ni. Anchorage and Fairbanks, to
ly $1 .’.<>00.000 of a total authorization
of S'. • imo.OiiO. .according to Cot. Fred
erick Mears, chairman and chief engin
eer of the Alaskan Fngine-ring ('mu
in is- i-.11. who arrived in Seattle Wed
nesday night aboard the Alaska Steam
ship CitoniNiny's liner Alameda on his
“The total estimate and authoriza
tion for the building of the government
of which is made nvaiiabl- by law
now on my way to Washington. TV C.
to appear before the appropriations
with next year's appropriation.”
Colonel Mears said 312 miles of line
on the southern division of the road
and 110 miles on the northern division
are in operation including the branch
to Cha.ta.nika. Two trains a week are
running on each of the divisions.
There is an 84-mile gap between the
etuis of sto'-l in the Broad Paes dis
trict and 30 miles of right of way t>
be graded, it is expected there ■will
not be much grading left by the. end
of next stammer. Colonel Mears said
I the commission was short of im*n .nil
L'us* suftroner. A. total of 2,500 men
I were employed Between 3.500 and
| 4,000 men will he needed in Alaska by
the commission next sprinff ami <wm<
"We have hod a fairly successful
season in Alaska. the ST-at tutndicap
having l*een the shortapr*- of labor.”
sa;d Colonel Means. "Track has l>een
extended on the main line northward
from Mile 235 to Mils 272. and will
reach Mile 275. in the Chulitna Pass,
before the end of the month. This
placet will b« a distributing point for
the supplier which are bein}? freight?J
into Broad Pass this winter. The bis?
steel bridffo spanning the Susatna river
at Gold Creek, Mile 284. is nearly
completed There were 900 tons of
steel in place on Nov. 25. and the
American Bridge Cf*TLT»an.\. contem
plate having the entire span in place
by December 31 .
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WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN THE
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d make things
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best to sffurc fair compensation or
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doing your share to help jr«-t them?
x. 15ecJWi.se The lx-gion tikes i-a.ro
of all interests of nil ex-»ervii*e men.
9. Because The American Iregion
weekly. whlu-ti is s**nt to every member
v ithout extra charge. is .1 corking
good magazine full >4 the latest dope,
Rood stories and wUle splitting egr
you will value "Hu* American Legion
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11. Kecause no other organizatfon
can l>egin !o offer all The Legion does
for the same srnuO amount of money.
pcrrtunity to ass m jn the guidanre of
u hat should lw» the most powerful f**rce
13. Ftecause Th.- American Legion
is NOT A MlTITA.lt> OltOANlZA
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is neutral in all industr 1! disputes.
stands for presorval Ox. of law and
ind you must do your
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GLYCERINE MIXTURE
Nome women will !•• surprised at
the INSTANT plealsant action of sim
ple glycerine, buckthorn bark. etc., as
mixed in Alder-i-kn. One spoonful re
lieves ANY CASK gas on stomach or
sour stomach. Bemuse Alder-i-ka
acts on P.OTII upper and lower bowel
it often cures constipation and pre
vents appendicitis. One lady reported
herself Cured of . bad case of bowel
trouble and constipation.. I.omen
Brothers, druggists.
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