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The following constitutes the gen
eral service and railway transporta
tion record and experience of Lee H.
Landis, Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers
R. C., as per records on file with the
chief of engineers, U. S. war depart
ment.
Date of birth, July 7, 1872, at Cerro
Gordo, Illinois. j
Technical education and special-,
ties. High school graduate; two years
in university.
Languages—French and German.
Character of work upon which en
gaged (full details) thirty years’ serv
ice on various railroads, including:
1890-91-92—Philadelphia and Read
ing; station agent, train dispatcher,
clerk supt. office.
1893-94-95—-C. B. & Q., towerman,
train dispatcher.
1896-1905—Clerk, general manager,
general agent, operating department.
1905 to 1909—-Arizona Eastern, So.
Pacific; general agent, Phoenix, Ariz.,
oper. traffic depart.
1910— Phoenix & Buckeye Ry., gen- ;
eral manager. i
1911— Ocean Shore Ry., gen. mgr. j
1912— 1916—Tidewater Southern Ry., ■,
asst, to president.
1914- 15—San Joe Terminal Railway, ]
president and genl. mgr. ]
1915- 16-17—Fresno Interurban Ry.; <
general manager. i
1917—Associated Oil Company of '
California; eastern manager. <
Resigned two latter positions on ac- i
count of being ordered to Europe. He
served two years in Europe as major £
of engineers, on duty as follows, beings g
1918 and 1919: Five months on staff' g
of commanding general, intermediate!
section (France) as chief transporta-j >
tion .officer; two months on staff of |
commanding general base sector No
1, as*chief transportation officer (in
ehargd of army transportation and
rail transportation;; eignt montns as
chief of staff, district of Paris, in addi
tion to being chief transportation of
ficer. All these appointments insofar
as the transportation department was r
concerned were made by Brigadier ^
General W. W. Atterbury. *
Eight months as transportation offi- '
cer, American army, headquarters in; 1
Cologne, Germany, working under se-1 *
cret orders and in conjunction with r
the British Army of the Rhine. Or- 1
ganized the transportation corps in 1
each one of the above indicated mili- 1
tary areas.
Upon returning to the United States j
was re-commissioned in the officers’
reserve corps, engineers’ section, as a
lieutenant colonel.
1920-23 — Industrial commissioner,
Western Pacific Rv., headquarters in
San Francisco, Calif.
1923—General manager of the Alas
ka Railroad.
NEW HYDER COMPANY FORMED
The Porter-Idaho Syndicate, a new
mining company, has been launched
at Hyder. The syndicate is under the
management of Clay Porter, John Mc
Callum and Ernest Blue. The prop
erties are located on Marmot river.
About 20 tons of ore averaging $350
per ton is ready for shipment.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 18
In the Probate Court for the seldovia
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska, at Seldovia.
In the Matter ©f the Estate of Alfred
J. Clark, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned has been appointed and has
qualified as Administrator of the es
tate of Alfred J. Clark, Deceased. In
accordance with an order duly made
therefore, notice is hereby given to all
creditors of and all persons having
claims against said dec^sed, to ex
hibit said claims, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months from the
date of tihs notice to the said Admin
istrator at his place of business in the
Town of Seldovia, Alaska.
Dated at Seldovia, Alaska, this 15th
dav of October, 1923.
JACK TANSY,
Administrator of the Estate of Alfred
J. Clark, deceased.
Publish October 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10,
17, 1923. w5t
KENAI LAKE SERVICE
THE GAS LAUNCH
KENAI
Making regular trips twice a
week from Roosevelt to Coop
er’s Landing, lower Kenal. with
passengers and freight. The
©abitat of the moose, 6b»ep.
and bear. Guides furnished for
hunting parties, and caBThs for
tourists. Special trips made on
request. Write to
LOUIS BELL, Master
Roosevelt, Alaska
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KETCHIKAN • Declaring that the
Federal court house at Ketchikan is
“dilapidated beyond reasonable re
pair and crowded past endurance,”
the Federal grand jury there' just be
fore it rendered its final report made
a special report to Judge T. M. Reed
urging the construction of a new
building by the government at the ear
liest possible date. It also recom
mended certain improvements and ad
ditional facilities to the present build
ing, but declares these would be but
temporary makeshifts and wasteful.
After reciting what has already
been done toward improvement and
recommending other betterments the
special report said in part:
“What is needed is a Federal build
ing in Ketchikan.
“There are now operating in Ketch
ikan the following branches of the
Federal government using rented quar
ers and paying rentals as indicated
jelow:
“Forest Service, $1500 per year;
Lighthouse Service, $2100; U. S. Post
Jffice, $2100; U. S. Immigration Serv
ce $900; U. S. Cable Office, $900. In
iddition to these there are the U. S
*oad Commission, U. S. Bureau of
Hshertes, U. S. Prohibition Enforce
nent and Narcotic Officers; U. S.
i'oast and Geodetic Survey and others
vhich need office accommodations,
rhe Immigration Bureau has no de
ention quarters and the Health Serv
ce no quarantine quarters.
“A tract of land adjoining Stedman
treet is now held as a Federal re
erve and would be a possibie site for
uch building.’*
'HA HUS SPECIMENS
OF PLEISTOCENE JOE
Martin Mattsuka, for 32 years a|
esident of Alaska and the North is in j
uneau from Fairbanks with a collec-;
ion of bone, tusks, etc., of mastodon,)
.-ater buffalo and other animal life of
he pleistocene age, which he wishes i
o dispose of to the Territory for its)
nuseum. As soon as unpacked they
nil be exhibited. Most of the sped-’
nens came from the Tolovana district
ich in prehistoric specimens.
They include a mastodon head,
weighing complete 600 pounds, which
^as taken at a depth of 98 feet from
he Mayflower claim on Lucky Gulch
wo large ivory tusks taken from a
imilar depth near where the head
pas found.
There are two heads of an animal
hat more nearly resembles the waters
iuffalo, than any other animal now ex
ant, though much larger. He has
he head of another animal, much larg
r than the pleistocene water buffalo,
xcept that the horns turn downward
nstead of upward, that no one has as
et been able to classify. He has
ome large teeth of still another ani
nal. They are unlike the mastodon’s
eeth in everything but size.
He has numerous other bones, some
rom mastodons and others from ani
mals not yet determined by Alaskan
uthorities. In all there are 100 spec
mens all gathered during the time
hat Mattsuka was in the Tolovana
ountry, where he ran a hotel, restau
ant and bakery for many years.
Jotice of Settlement of Final Accoun
and Distribution.
No. 95.
a the Probate Court for me Kena
Precinct, Third Division, Territor
of Alaska.
a the Matter of the Estate of Joh
P. Stotko, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Ann
totko, administrator of the estate o
ohn P. Stotko, deceased, has rendere
nd presented for final settlement
nd filed in said court, her final ac
ount of her administration of sai
state, together wPh her report and
etition for final distribution, an
rnt the 27th day of December, 1923
t 2 o’clock in the afternoon of sai 1
ay, at the court room of said cour :
t Seward, Alaska, has been fixed an 1
ppointed as the time and place fo 1
ie settlement of said account an
le hearing of said report and pet I
on, at which time and place any pei
an interested in said estate may ap (
ear and file his exceptions, in writ j
ig, to the said account and contes
ie same.
Notice is further given, That sai ;
ccount is for final settlement, an j
le said estate is ready for distribu ,
on. and on confirmation of said fina (
ccount final distribution of said ee .
ite will be immediately had. ]
Dated this 24th dav of October. 192 s
(Seal) CURTIS R. MORFORD.
robate Judge. Kenai Precinct, Thir ,
Division, Territory of Alaska. c
Publish Oct. 29, Nov. 5. 12. 19, 192? J
NOTICE TO CREDITORS \
No. 17.
the Probate Court for **'° Seldovi'
Precinct, Third Division, Territor1 f
of Alaska, at Seldovia
the Matter of the Estate of Gudni I
MARION, O., Nov. 13.—A larg
wreath was placed at the foot of th
flag-draped catafalkue of former pres
ident Warren G. Harding, by Amer:
can Legion officials Sunday. Th
churches throughout the city dismiss
ed Armistice day services early fo
services at the cemetery.
JUNEAU: A search of the Lynx
Canal shore of Douglas Island Satur
day for Capt. H. D. McLeod, who fei
overboard from his boat the Iowa, las
Friday, established beyond all doub
that he failed to make the shore. A
watersoaked hat worn by him wher
lost was picked up on the beach al
Hilda creek, but no other trace of hin:
was found and all hope has been abac
doned.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Israel Zang
wil, speaking before the League of
Political Education this week on what
tie thought of America, said there are
more cranks to the square mile here
than any other country in the world.
He said there was more honor and
justice and dignity in England than in
America. He declared the Ku Klux
Klan to be a sort of exaggerated Boy
Scout movement which would soon be
laughed out of existence. Everything
in America is less efficient than in
England.
"The mails, press, railroads and
your Central Park are a disgrace to
Americans who think without acting
and act without thinking. They have
no sense of shame, young girls show
ing their bare legs and breasts in pub
lic with more depravity than exists on
the stage. American Sunday papers
weigh four pounds and have nothing
in them. Americans would be far bet
ter off to read the Bible and Shakes
peare. America has the best educated
people in the world and yet is a land
of make-believe. While America isn’t
the greatest country in God’s earth it
has the greatest potentialities and if
America goes wrong the last hope of
civilization has gone,” said the visitor.
Otherwise he found the country all
right.
TArKY DANCE tonight at Odd Fel
lows Hall.
Jackson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as Administrator of the
estate of Gudni Jackson, deceased. In
accordance with an order duly made
therefore, notice is hereby given to
all creditors of and all pevsons having
claims against said deceased, to ex
hibit said claims, with the necessari
vouchers, within six months from the
date of this notice to the said admin
istrator at his place of business in the
town of Seldovia, Alaska.
Dated at Seldovia, Alaska, this 4th
day of October, 1923.
C. E. ANDERSON,
Administrator of the Estate of Gudni
Jackson, Deceased.
Publish October 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17.
1923. w5t
Notice of Settlement of Final Accoun
and Distribution
No. 94
n the Probate Court Tor Kenai Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territoiy o
Alaska.
n the Matter of the Estate of Victo
Guimbard, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That J.t A
Baughman, administrator of the estate
>f Victor Guimbard, deceased, has
•endered and presented for final set
lement, and filed in said court, his
inal account of his administration cf
.aid estate, together with his report
ind a petition for final distributor,
ind that the 28th day of Decembe1,
1923, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the court house of sail
:ourt, at Seward, Alaska, in said Ke
lai Precinct, has been fixed and ar
>ointed as the time and place for the
iettlement of said account and the
tearing of said report and petition, at
vhich time and place, any person ir
erested in said estate may appear
tnd file his exceptions, in writing, to
he said account and contest the
ame.
Notice is further g'ven, That sa!i
ccount is for final settlement, and the
aid estate is readv for distributin,
nd on confirmation of said final am
ount final distribution of said estate
rill be immediately had.
Dated the 2fith day of October, 1923
(Seal) CURTIS R morfofD
’rebate Judge. Kenai Precinct. Thir
ptvision Territory cf Alaska.
’ublish Oct. 29. Nov. 5. 12. 17, 1923.
B PARIS, Nov. 14.—Formidable con
centration of men and munitions,
tanks and airplanes on the Rhine and
3| the Ruhr awaits only Premier Poin
' care’s command to spring on Frank
r fort and then advance into Germany
until the strategic railroad lines con
necting Berlin and Munich are cut.
This will be the French answer to the
German refusal to permit a resumption
of Allied military control in Germany,
in order to keep the Kaiser from as
cending the throne.
In case France invades Germany
with an armed force, in contravention
of the Versailles treaty, resumption
i j of hostilities may start with other na
. tions involved.
| A landslide some 300 feet in width
j is reported to be blocking the rail
road at Mile 354. The trains north
i of McKinley Park were tied up for
| several days. Passengers were trans
i ferred around the slide.
INK MESSENGERS”KILLED
I NET\V YORK, Nov. 14.—Two bank
! messengers V'ere murdered by two
bandits who took $43,600 away from
them today in a hold up which occur
j red 50 feet from the Fifty-fifth street
i station of the subway line to Brook
lyn. The killing was witnessed by
several hundred persons.
.. Tacky Dance tonight at Odd Fel
lows Hall.
OKLAHOMA, Nov. 14.—The names
of 55 members of the Oklahoma lower
house of representatives, who he
charges, are members of the Ku Klux
Klan, were made public today in a
signed statement by Governor Walton.
COL. J. G. STEESE WILL REMAIN |
ON NEWLY CREATED BOARD
JUNEAU: For the present at least
Col. J. G. Steese will remain as chair
man of the Alaska Road commission,
with Col. J. C. Gotwals in charge of
engineering activities of the railroad.
Col. Steese is also a member of the
newly created railroad board.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13.—Apparently
I a verdict of guilty was reached in the
| general court martial of Lieut. Donald
! T. Hunter of the Delphy in the de
j stroyer trial. The actual sentence
i and recommendations however will
i not be made public until reviewed by
I Secretary Denby. Lieut. Blodgett, ex
ecutive officer of the U. S. S. Delphy
was finally acquitted by court martial
and will be restored to duty at once.
RENO, Nev., Nov. 14—Malcolm
Firechild, a resident stock grower and
rancher, and president of the Bank of
Reno, was found dead In his automo
bile this morning, the police say
murdered. ?
ALASKANS ATTEND FUNERAL
OF LATE ISAAC HAMBURGER
Among the Alaskans who were in
attendance at the funeral of the late
Ike Hamburger, in Seattle, who met
his death from a wild bullet fired by
a policeman, were Col. B. F. Millard,
Mr. and Mrs. Lapleft, Mrs. Nels Jep
son and daughter, Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs.
Willard Scott, Mrs. Blackwell, Mary
Swanson, Mrs. Arthur Lang, Mrs.
Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Phil
lips, the latter two from Cordova.
GORDON JONES WEDS
Gordon Jones, former manager of
the Kusilof cannery, was married at
Vallejo, California, October 26, to y
Mrs. Laura Lander Huston, a daugh
ter of Harry Lander, an operator in
the Willow creek district.
The fisheries industries report one
of the most successful years in the
hisiory ot the territory.
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I
our out
in your
rove detrimental to
are.
If you were the only person in town that traded with
mail order concerns—it would hurt some— but it wouldn't paralyze the
pros perity of the community.
The greatest injury would be in the influence you
of-town-trading exerted over others. Other people might follow i
foot-steps of foreign trading and that following would p
home business development and betterment of public welfa
Set a good example. Be a home buyer. Take pride in
your community. Feel that money spent here at home is playing an
important part in building up the town. Know that it buys the goods
you want and goes towards some public good. That it helps increase the
efficiency of schools—puts down better street crossings—erects better
libraries—brightens the town’s lights—makes the parks more attractive—pays
for better police protection, etc.
Instead of fostering the mail order habit —fight it openly.
Teach the truth of home trading. Preach home patronage. Show mail
order buyers the error of their ways—and go out of your way to do it
Local merchants handle the highest ’grade merchan
dise. They carry advertised brands. They sell at a proper
price—makes of goods that bear the stamp of honest manufacturers.
They deal open-handedly. They don’t cover up questionable quality
with private labels. They offer you the latest and most dependable
lines—in all lines of merchandise. Their stores are conveniently at hand. You
can reach them in a few short seconds—over the phone—or step right into their
places of business—give or leave your order—and have the goods delivered
straight to your home—all in a few minutes time.
They willingly accommodate you. They take particular
pains to give you just what you want right when you want it. You
don’t have to buy in big quantities to save freight or express charges. You can
spend less at a time—and save considerable sums in cash, to say nothing of the
great saving of time and trouble.
Advocate those advantages. Do mail order traders a
good turn by turning them away from away-from-home buying—liven
up local business, and by so doing speed the town along the road of progress.
Spend your money where it will in turn be spent for
local improvements instead of sending it away to fatten business and
better conditions of o/Zze?'communities. Support the community that supports you.',
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
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