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There died in Victoria B.O. re
eiitly Joe Boscowitz, the origion
; l organizer of the great Alaska
C >mmercial Company, long pro
nnently connected with the in
dustrial life of Alaska. He had
r ached the advanced age of b8
\ ears. In addition to organizing
me big commercial company,
L >scowitz also formed the Vic
loria Sealing Company, and ob
tained the sealing rights on the
Pribilof Islands.
Warren G. Harding, president
of the United States, will be the
guest, for one hour, of the Yu
kon Order of Pioneers, upon his
arrival in June in Seattle,en-route
to Alaska. The Order is expect
ing to muster at least live thou
sand pioneers to greet the chief
executive. If present plans ma
ture there will be a big parade
of old time Alaskans and Yukon
ers.
Muller the roadhouse keeper
at Kaltag, commenting on the
1 ct that Uncle Sam spends $15
C .,0,000 annually to supress boot
1 aging among the whites and
pr >.iibiting the saleof homebrew
t> * i'ie aborigines, rises to re
in „rk that twice that sum should
be expended annually to prevent
the natives from selling hootch
to the whites, as he considers
them more adept than the whites
at this practice. In support to the
contention that the aborigines
make the best home brew, the
natives say that they ” Tvvice
Cookum,” whereas the whites
seem content with one Cookum
A gold discovey is reported
near the native village of Koki
ines, on the Yukon about 50 miles
from Ruby. The strike is about
30 miles up a creek that liows
south into the big stream. One
of the discoverers came into the
Indian village for supplies and
brought word of the discovery.
Thirteen prospectors accom
panied him upon his return to
the scene of activities. There is
some little excitement along the
river
The John C. Ogden Co. of San
Francisco has purchased the
steel steamer Buiord and will
start an independant line to No
me, carrying freight and passen.
gers.
RobertInvery, a pioneer of the
Yukon was found dead in his
bed in Dawson. He went to Daw
son in 1881). He conducted two
theatres and other places of a
musementin Juneau, built the
first theatre in Dawson,bringing
in the first troupe of perform
ers and also the first dance ball
girls ever imported into the city
on the Yukon. He made and lost
several fortunes.
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The Standard and Associated
Oil Companies expect to strike
oil about June according to ac
cording to recent advises.
Another coal company is now
operating in the Matanuska fields
The Rawson coal company, as the
I new firm is called has holdings
about a mile from the Baxter
mine.
Abe Weiss an old time pioneer
and a well known merchant at
Plat is reported to be very il]
from an attack of sleeping sick
,ness. He is in a Seattle hospital,
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. M. BOROUGHS .Agent
The Hem rick Packing Com
pany, a newly formed organizat
ion, has been building a cannery
on. Kodiak Isiand for the purpose
of canning clams and salmon.
Ben C. Graham of the Seattle
Blue Print Company has just
completed a map of the Cold Bay
field which shows all holdings
and gives the names of the own
ers.
A Chinese coin found by Chas
Ulanky on Knik River, and pre
sented to the Alaska Historical
Museum, has been identified as
belonging to the great Chew Dy
nasty, 1232 years ago. Kohaing
Yih the Chinese consul at San
Francisco gave out the infarm
afion, after examination of a pic
ture of the coin that was fowar
ded to him.
The Chow Dynasty was found
ed about 1100 B.C. by Woo-wang
and it is the earliest authentic
dynasty in Chinese history.
Ketchikan lays claim to having
more money than any other city
in Alaska. The city has $'24,847
to her credit after spending $84,
500 this year. Plans are now be
ing made to build a $100,000 schol
building. At least the city has
the proper idea. Lots of chances
for education means mor^ fam.
ilies coming to a town.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
CO OWNERS
PETE DIECH and J. B. O’NEILL
their heirs and assigns.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
That during the calendar year
of 1921, the undersigned ex
pended more than One hundred
dollars on each claim in labor
and improvements upon the Ram
bler group of Copper Claims Nos.
4, 6, 7 and 8 situated along the
Dan Creek, a tributary of the
of the Nizina River, in th*3 [ un
organized ] Mining District with
in the McCarthy Precinct, in the
Territory of Alaska, in the lode
mining locations you show7 an
undivided interest as shown in
the Notices of location thereof,on
record in said recording precinct
That said labor was performed
md the expenditure and improve
ments made as and for the an
nual labor for the respective cal
sndar year by the provi
sions of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and amend,
ments thereto, concerning the
annual labor and improvements
upon mining claims, and the a
mount so expended was the a
mount required by law to hold
said claims for the year of 1921,
which year the same was ex
pended.
You are therefore indebted to
the undersigned in the sum of
$133.33% and an additional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of $135.33% and you are notified
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33%.
within ninety days after the per
sonal service of this Notice upon
you, or within ninety days after
the publication of this notice,
which ninety da5*s shall be com
puted from the date of the last
publication as below stated,your
claim shall be forfeited to the
undersigned who has made such
expenditure and will become his
property by law.
Payment of such amount may
be made to the undersigned at
McCarthy, Alaska,
Dated this 24th day of Peb. 1923.
George Marhoffer
Fitst publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication June 2, 1923.