AN IMPORTANT CORRECTION;: i
lfe knew it all the tine.. TORS it is-the Model
1903 (One Nine 0 THREE) rifle, in spite of the"Chilkoot Post's'1
mis-statement last week in tho article entitled-"-! Catechism".
Our typist Captain got in a hurry,and hit the wrong key,not only
once,but several ti:nes« A Nineteen Three it is.
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN IHISi
"'Die bill(H.R. 7732)to provide for aol
diers and sailors' homestead entries in ALASKA passed the House
on February 19th, reading as follows:
’Be it enacted, etc * -That from and s/ter the passage
of this act, officers, soldiers, sai-lo-'s,and marines who served in
the Amy or Navy of the United Staboe in the War with Germany,or
in the war with Spain,or during the suppression of the insurrec
tion in the Phillipines,and &ave been honorably separated or dis*
charged therefrom,or placed in the Regular Army or naval reserve,
in addition to the rights and privileges at present provided by
the homestead laws,shall be entitled,in the event of making home
stead entry in the Territory of Alaska,to a period of one year
from date of entry within which to begin residence upon the land,
and thereafter show compliance with the homestead law: Provided -
That in the event such an entry shall be relinquished at any time
prior to actual residence upon the land by the entrynan, for not
less than one year,lands so relinquished shall not be subject to
entry for a period of 60 days after the filing and notation of
the relinquishment in the local land office,and shall,after the
expiration of such 60-day period,be subject to entry by the first
qualified applicant. : .
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au
thorized to make any and all regulations necessary to carry this
act into effect**,f
(From "Army ic iJavy .Register”,Fdb*24th, 1923)
Ai'O KI?tKT XiINS H'JlH A$0VE:
,,,?or a perhon of.; avO.1 means, the -Dost tojt te seek a
fortune in Alaska is on beard a gasoline launch, laden ’vith ai’ti
des that may be traded to the natives,or sold,-and a fish net#
according to Ihonas L, Magnus on,who registered at the h&nier
• 'Grand; from Ketchikan,
Mr,Magnuson,fonaerly of Des Moines,la,,went to Al*.
aska four years ago to look for gold. After two years in futile
mining operations he procured a trader^ outfit, and plied the
rivers with profitable results." ..
(From the Seattle .
The L.i).DECLARES J
Mlhe man who does as he pleases is easily pleased,"
""Europe is on the Brink*",
the * Blink1?"
Or would you,possibly,call it
11 ■^le Commandments in*t need to be re-wfitten half •©
much as they need to be re-read,"