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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary I, 1922, at the Post Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
Mcgrath, alaska. sept, io, 1922
Koyukuk Old-Timer
Has Sad Evperience
Nenana News.
Martin Josephson, old-timer of the
Koyukuk country, who was severely
burned duringthe early spring, left for
the States this week to seek the aid of
a specialist. The old-timer had snow
shopd his way to a lonely rest cabin in
the Koyukuk wilderness, and it was
there, many miles from aid, that his
misfortune overtook him. He had built
a lire in the stove and placed some
Crisco in a pan preparatory to cooking
his evening meal. Wearied by a hard
day's mush, he threw himself on the
bunk to await the melting of the crisco,
and was aroused some time later to find
the stove^’ed hot. As he approached
itie stovrin the dark he tipped the pan
of grease upon him, and in an instant
both he and tbe eabin ware ablaze.
Unmindful of his own peril, the old
timer first set about putting the tire
out in the shack, after which he ran
outdoors and rolled in the snow. But
in the meantime he had been terribly
burned about the face and body, and
particularly about the eyes. He nursed
himself as best be could alone, and was
about to start for the nearest settle
ment some time later when be was dis
covered by a chance traveler. But for
the timely arrival of aid he undoubted
ly would have died on the trail, for he 1
was practically blind and in no physical
condition to withstand the hardships of
winter travel. After nursing Josepn
»on back to partial health, Kovukuk 1
friends gave him what money they
could spare and started him on his way 1
to the States jor expert attention.
Gland Doctor Says He
Made 100 Operations
Los Angeles.—"I have performed
one hundred sex gland transplanting
operations in the past eight years. I
have faith in it. because I have seen
what it has accomplished in many
oases. I operated on mvself first, so
that I might study the effects.-'’
It was Dr. G. Frank Lvdson, of Chi
cago, speaking, here on a visit with his i
family to his native state, tie claims
to have originated the present-day
technique of gland transplantation.
He has written many medical text
books, has a chair in the surgical de
PROF ESSION AL
Albrecht and Taylor
• eo. W. AiJEKEOHT,*Iditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all the Courts.
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1(542.
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partment of the University of Illinois,
and also occupies the chair of r: iminal
anthropology of Chicago-Kent College
The original glands are left undis
turbed by Dr, Lydstoo, an incision
made at the proper place near them,
and the transplanted gland placed in a
little pocket, and the incision dosed.
EITects are felt by the patienttjis early
as three days afterward. The patient,
if the operation is successful, finds
himself possessed of renewed mental
and physical vigor to marked degrees.
The doctor was quite willing to be
lieve rich men are willing to pay fabu
lous prices for glands, as there are al
ways more patients than glands avail
able.
There is no real substitute for the
human glands in his contention, and
these are to be obtained only with diffi
culty. Removal from the living body
is preferable to taking them from one
from which life has departed.
Bringing the science down to the
present day. the doctor continued:
“There was no systematic technique,
no scientific observations as to methods
and results until I presented the re
sults of my experiments to the Chicago
Medical Society in 1914. These were
obtained by taking a gland from the
body of a gunshot victim, eighteen
hours after death. I kept this gland
on ice eight hours and then operated
on myself, with only an assistant to
take up the stitches. Since then I have
bad (five other implantations for the
sole purpose of scientific study and ob
servation.”
Information at hand conveys the fact
that Henry Wagner, a well known old
timer, formerly of Nome, Iditarod and
other Alaskan camps, died at Ruby on
June Wagner had been ailing for
several months, but apparently was on
the, road to recovery. A few hours
previous to his death he had witnessed
the loading of his personal effects into
his gasoline boat, as it was his inten
tion to leave the following day with his
wife for Nenana and the Outside. - On
the way home he was taken with a
fainting spell and crossed the great di
vide a few hours later. Funeral ar
rangements were conducted by the
Pioneers, and another old-timer laid to
rest on the banks of the Yukon.
The minister of a Scottish country*
parish, whose estimate of himself was
not of the lowliest type, had accepted a
“call” to a wider sphere, and was pay
ing a few farewell visits.
“So ye’re gaun tae leave us,” said
one of the oldest of the female parish
ioners, as he sat down “What will we
dae noo?”
“Oh, Mrs. Macfarlane,” replied the
minister in affable tones, “you’ll soon
get a far better man!”
“’Deed, sir,” came the despondent
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska
John W. Dunn
Of Ruby
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
(For the Long Term)
rejoinder, ■'I hae my doots. We’ve had
,JJwe in my tim$y and every ,yip o them
has been -kraur than the last!”-»-.Ex.
hid Laherty, well known old-timer of
the Interior who had the misfortune to
freeze bis hands and feet last winten it
t£,e Talkeetna district, followed .by
amputation at the Anchorage hospital,
went to the Pioneer home at Sitka, re
cently.
B
Stmr. Lowe Victor
Will Leave' Iditardd for Nenana
September. 25 th
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Make Your Reservations "now. Telegraph Dave \
Mutchler, Iditarod.
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
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Best of. Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses Under Construction.
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Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
; Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived j;
One of the best stocks ever , brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt- Wallace Langley, Manager.
John E. Baker
Independent (Candidate
for
Territorial Representative
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