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Entered as secona-ciass matter Au
tgust 20th, 1923, at the postoffice at
'Tokotna Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
Tahotna, Alaska. Sept. 18. 192(1.
ALASKA DRAINED OF MONEY
THAT WILL NEVER RETURN
(Seward Gateway.)
Lacking local industries, Alaska has
’hecn dained of money that will never
returnbut which should have re
gained to develop home resources.
• Slow progress is being made in need
led legislation, and other handicaps
• are being removed which, in part at
(least, will stop the pouring of money
• outside the Territory.
Last week a representative of the
■‘Seward Chamber of Commerce ap
peared before the United States
'Chamber of Commerce, then in session
• at Weshington, D. C. He was given
• the “privilege of the floor," and be
cause of the facts he presented was
: successful in obtaining the endorse
-ment of that prominent body for the
: passing of the "Alaska gracing bill."
‘ The Seward Chamber of Commerce
■for two years tried to obtain legisla
tion that last month passed Congress
•and was signed by the President, ai
ming the export of Alaskan timber
*;ut on the public domain.
Mr. Noel W. Smith, general man
ager of the#Alaska Railroad, had
< quietly been making a demonstration
• of the industrial possibilities along
'the railroad. All furniture used in
i their offices, depots, and hotel, is man
ufactured from birch timber cut and
ifinished^long the railroad; the pro
• Juct is very pleasing in appearance
(and of a fine quality. Insular pins,
< cross-arms, broom and mop sticks and
• other wooden articles are also being
(manufactured. A foundry, which has
(been operating for two years, fur
• nishes the railroad with special cast
ings, brake shoes, brasses, journals,
• copper and brass stock, stoves, etc.,
in competition with Outside, manufac
turers. The coke and charcoal used
Iby the railroad is manufactured local
ly from Alaska products, and a birch
(and cottonwood veneer has been made
t is suitable for export. Oak car
(sills are being replaced as needed
•with native hemlock and have proven
(satisfactory. The demand in the tan
.ning trade for hemlock bark and bark
• extract, also the market for barrels,
:box shooks and cold-storage boxes, is
■Being investigated by Mr. Smith, and
if a market is found new industries
"will be developed or profitable sales
found for by-products of established
mills.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
some time ago compiled statistics,
showing the tons of butter, cheese,
eggs, potatoes, bacon, mutton, beef,
: canned fruits and vegetables imported
annually, much of which could bo pro
duced locally. The possibilities for
I sheep raising has been demon curated
| by the shipments of wool through
j Seward during the past three year-s,
| bound for Outside markets.
PRESS SQUIBS.
The laborer is worthy of his hire—
‘ if his labor is.—Wall Street Journal.
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Congress passes bills. The taxpay
j ors pay them.—Winston-Salem Jour
j nal.
Fear of appearing poor is the great
! est bar to getting rich.—Florence
! (Ala.) Herald
If the. e little motor cars get any
i smaller, they’ll have to hunt the pe
j destrian in packs.—-Arkansas Gazette.
Statistics indicate that juries are
: hung more frequently than murder
ers.—-Wall Street Journal.
If the bravest are the tenderest, the
steer that provided our- dinner was a
coward.—San Jose News.
The nearest we can get to a de
scription of the Charleston is that it
is terpsichorean static.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Farm: A quaint word formerly
used to describe what is now “a beau
tiful tract for subdivision.”—-Calgary
Herald.
And no
Stone A1'
the r
der C
Th ed the nation—even
to giving politicians most of their
feed for th lght.—Norfolk Virginian
Pilot.
The graduate is discovering that in
.the matter of getting a job, a sheep
skin isn’t as important as sole leather.
—Stanford Advocate.
We are rather surprised to note
from our Italian correspondence that
Mussolini lets some one else ..ave his
picture ^n the postage stamps.—Ohio
State Journal.
In their efforts to achieve striking
and bizarre effects of costuming a
critic says girls will stop at nothing.
And they’ve pretty nearly reached the
stage where they’ll stop.—Little Rock
(Ark.) Gazette.
Perhaps the most edifying feature
of the entire situation in this grave
crisis is Vice President Dawes trying
to look like the man with the hoe.—
Ohio State* Journal.
The President urges common sense
to cure the world’s ailments, but prob
ably the patient will continue to pine
for some more picturesque treatment.
—Manchester Union.
The attitude of us ardent reformers
seems to be that the people are over
whelmingly for prohibition if we can
only keep thef from expressing them
selves.—Ohio State Journal.
A Knoxville woman applying for
divorce asked for the custody of 18
: way back in the
?d to get across
dinosaur.—Bor
J. H. McLEAN
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-to-Date Line of n' "'thing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
hens, a rooster and a motor truck.
\\ ell, it sounds like a typical Amer
ican farmily.—American Lumberman.
What is the difference between the
French House of Deputies and the
American House of Representatives?
The former are bulling the franc,
while the latter are franking the bull.
—Chicago Daily .News.
You can say one good thing for
money. It talks only when it’s leav
ing.—Lincoln Star.
There are wo causes of cussedness:
(1) poverty, and (2) prospertiy.—
Davenport Times.
But why expect men to unite on re
ligion when they can't on anything
else ?—Paterson News.
It is a relief to see a flivverite run
into debt. That’s one time he can't
j blame the other fellow.—Newark
N ews.
You can’t tell by the chin elevation
in the tonneau how much is yet to be ■
paid on the car,—Boston Post.
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A middle-of-the-road policy may in
dicate caution in a politician, but it
doesn’t in a flivverite.—Peoria Star.
1 he world has seen almost every
thing except a radical who remained
a radical after getting the reins.—To
ronto Star. f.
In the old days a doctor couldn’t get
rid of a troublesome patient by send
ing him to a specialist.—Waterbury
American. I
If the chairs are bright, green and
there are freak pictures on the wall,
it’s a te i room instead of a restau
rant.—Buffalo News.
\\ e often wonder how long we shall
have to accept the sharp cuts in
wholesale prices on mere hearsay evi
dence.—Ohio State Journal. j
“An educated man earns more,”
says the Washington Post. Well, per
haps, hut he doesn’t always get it.— I
Philadelphia Inquirer.
An apiarist declares that his honey- \
bees are worth their weight in gold, |
but we had rather have our trousers [
pockets full of gold.—-Florence (Ala.)
Herald.
Doubtless after associating with
twenty-five or thirty generations Me
thusaleh ceased entirely to worry
about the matter.—-Detroit News. |
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus
says he is overwhelmed by the magni
tude of everything in America, and it!
sounds as if he were paying his own i
expenses.—Ohio State Journal.
A Pennsylvania woman who killed
her husband won’t be allowed to col
lect his bonus. Husbands are an
awful nuisance, but there’s no bounty
on them.—American Lumberman.
Lecturer says a man never forgers j
the days ho has spent on a farm. And ^
that may be the chief obstacle in the
way of the back-to-the-farm move- j
ment.-—Arkansas Gazette.
When the party managers agree in ,
j their large-minded way that they’re j
, going to ignore petty differences, it j
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PIONEER
j! SHOP
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Machine, Black- j
smith and
j Sheet Metal Work j
All Kinds of Repairs
j Stoves Built |
| and Repaired !
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I Robt. E. Lowrie |
, Tokotna, Alaska I
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means that they’re going to dodge
the main point, if possible.—Ohio
Ohio State Journal.
Scientist has discovered a volatile
fluid that becomes lifeless and inert in
the presence of alcohol. There’s your
foolproof automobile fuel.—Arkansas
Gazette.
B.&t Store
McGrath, Alaska
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies' Furnishings
Furs Bought'* anti Said
Moose Skin Mitts and Boots
King Island MukUiks
Babeesn, or Sied Lashing
Voigt’s Dog Harness, the very
Best
FRESH GARDEN- SEEDS
A, R. Odridge
Takotna
Tobaccos
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Proprietor
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Cigar Store
Fred Dubois«
Are you a Kusko Times substribet?
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Takotna
Buhac
Pine Tar
Mosquito Ointment
■ or Lotion
Toilet Articles
Stationery •
Fresh FrUrts and* Tobaccos f
On Frfst Biuits.
Jack Mulchler
Proprietor
!Max .Slit
The Pioneer iraiitu
I Furs Bought ana
Sold
| Miners’, Prosper tors
j and Trappers’
Supplies
| Steamer Service On the Inoh '
River.
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