PLATINUM FIND BY
JACK McCORD IN
ALASKA RUMORED
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Rumors prevail that Jack Mc
Cord, a promoter, has discover
ed platinum bearing sands on
Chirikof Island and was plan
ning to start immediate devel
opment of a mine.
The motorship Polar Bear
arrived recently from Seattle
with a cargo of lumber and sup
plies for the island.
Chirikof Island is southwest
cf Kodiak Island in the North
Pacific Ocean. It is often called
Ukamok and spelled diversely.
Historians say the island is the
Tumannoi Island of Command
er Ivan Ivanovich Bering, pio
neer explorer of Northwest
America.
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KLONDIKE DAYS TO
LIVE AGAIN
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Stirring Klondike days will
live again May 3, at Odd Fel
lows Temple, Seattle, at a
‘ Sourdough” rally and enter
tainment for the benefit of
needy Alaskans.
Besides illustrated talks on
Northern trails and camps, vocal
and instrumental music popular
in Dawson during the long win
ters v/ill be rendered by Mrs.
Beatrice Lome, soprano; Wil
liam Zimmerman, tenor, assist
ed by Dr. Carle Hoffman with
Ronald Hooper at the piano.
Capt. A. J. Goddard’s rare
pictures v/ill be used to illus
tiate the lectures.
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’Tis True. ’Tis True
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“What is capital and labor?”
“Well, suppose I lend you $10.”
“Yes.”
“That’s capital; and if I try
to get it back, that’s labor.”
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No man ever bows to Fate as
a matter of courtesy.
All Kinds of Engraving and Watch and Jewelry Repairing ^
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All Work Guaranteed at
Pruell’s Gift Shop
Charles Benjamin
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