THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter Au
gust 20th, 10211, at the postoftiee at
'Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
iMarch 3, 1S70.
Tokotna, Uaska, January Hi, 1920.
Some Recent
Outside Events
New York.- Rod Grange, Chicago’s
jphenomenal football star, who recent
ly • - '.ered pr- fessional ranks, lias
tsigned a §300,000 movie contract with
tthe Arrow Pictures Inc. He will star
.in a big athletic him, beginning work
in March. It is expected to be the
ibig • ♦-t series of pictures of its Has;
iever to be produced, and will have
many new features.
Buffalo.—Rocky Kansas, of Buffalo,
’won the lightweight championship of
ith world from Jimmy Goodrich in a
:sti. ,;ng fifteen-rounder, replete with
.-act mii. The veteran challenger out
sscored the champion and achieved the
•go;;! he set himseif to win more than
120 years ago.
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Paris.—Increase in the price of al-; '
ccohol and tobacco, ranging from 50
ito 100 per cent, is expected to form
;an important part in the 8,000,000,000 \
francs additional revenue which .
.France's new financial bill calls for. j
'The finance minister said the full ,
jamount only would be available in ,
1027. Stern repression of anyone try- (
ing • ■ e. ade pay n ent of new taxes is |
: announced.
Hackensack, N. J.—-Simultaneous | (
maids m a number of cities in Bergen , ,
♦county, one of the richest and most ,
♦densely populated counties in the;^
♦country, resulted yesterday in a s
.round-up of eight hundred persons ]
iimplieated in vice.
Cherokee.—Picturing Miss Gertrude j |
Weaver, pretty rural choool teacher, i j
ius a designing temptress who lured i
.her victim to a lonely country high- j
'way and then sent several bullets into 1
his head, Edward Flickenger, 10- j
year-old farm boy, confessed his role,
iin the murder of Morris Hardy, a
fyoung farmer, on the night of Novem- ,
iber 15th. ,
kaarkov, Russia.—A hundred thou- I
:san<i homeless children are roaming ;
streets in Ukraine, twenty thousand ]
'without shelter or food. The special
jgovernment commission organized for
their relief recommends a tax of one r
per cent on every bottle of vodka, e
'The child vagrant problem extends j t
.throughout the populous areas of i
Russia, and with the onset of winter!
•the children face starvation and v
(death from expoure. o
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Paris.—Soviet Foreign Minister i
iChitcherin is at Riviera resorts try-!
ing to regain his health, broken down r
by a recent illness. He looks like a 11
walking ghost, and is traveling incog- I
nito in fear of assassination by the
.Russian monarchists existing here in
(fixttreme poverty.
New York.—Edward Pierce, of 1
Jlorsmar & Co., bought a New York
•curb membership for $85,000, thej
highest price ever paid, from John J. *
Healy. The Stock Exchange seat of
the late Ernest Grosbeck was sold for
,$147,000to Royal W. Hersh.
Damascus.—Hungry dogs are fight- ^
tng over the dead in the olive-groved !
battlefields around Damascus. Amer- ’
lean Conul Keeley visited a battlefield
on the edge of the city and saw dogs
tearing tht rebel dead within joo
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■ards of the French barracks. The
■ity itself is hourly thrown into a
lanie between fears of a Christian!
nassacre by Syrian rebels, who at-!
ack daily and nightly, and the
•Tench cannonading. That Damascus
•an now be taken by rebels is consid
ered improbable. Their last attack
•vus of 24 hours’ duration.
Washington.—The Tacna Arica dis
pute between Chile ami Peru came
lack to President Coolidge for set
lemeot us a result of the Chilean re
fusal to accept the duties fixed by the
lleb.scitary commission to de rmine
,’ne ovesreignty of the two provinces.
Corning, N. Y.—Micheal Enright,
trot her of the New York police com
nissionor, was arrested in connection
ith the finding of the body of Tim
ithy Shay, a farmhand, with his head
1 ushed in with an ax.
New York.—Dejected and disillu
sioned, Margaret Wood, IP year sold,
Philadelphia heiress, who disappeared
'roni her home five weeks ago, was
found with plenty of freedom but no
noney in a Broadway hotel. She wil
ingiy returned home with detectives.
Chicago.- The Young Women’s
Christian Association announced the
rift of $1 ,<100,000 from Cyrus Me Cor- |
nick am !>'■. two sons for the erec
5 on of a CY ago residence hall for
vom o and _■rls in memory of his
vife.
h.i.-.rai Stricken suddenly'
vith vio.eui .sanity, Henry Schmidt,;
12, a farmer living south of this city,
oiled his brother, attempted to kill
our othoi • and then barricaded him
:e!f in a barn, where members of a
heriff’s posse captured him after a i
druggie which lasted several hours.' ,
Washington.—Senator W . K. Borah, {
if Idaho, chairman of the Senate for
‘ign relations committee, introduced I
i resolution for the recognition of j
;oviet Russia.
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Athens.—Italian troops fired into I .
he milling crowds of Greek inhabit- j ,
ints of the Dodcanese islands, wound
ng several, according to advices re- ■
eived from the Idano. The clash is j
aid to be the result of compulsory i
itizenship' laws recently put into ef-,
ect. |
—-— /'
Wilkes Barre, Pa.—Discovery of
lestitution in many families at Ed
/ardsville has led to the establish
icnt of the first soup kitchen since ,
he commencement of the anthracite
hut-down.
Rome.—The Italian film magnates’1
aove to boycott Rudolph Valentino
eeause it was charged he evaded j
talian military duty by becoming a
itizen of the United States has
roved unsuccessful.
PRESS SQUIBS.
Henry Ford sees a century of sure
rosperity ahead. We haven't all got i
lenry’s start.—New York World.
Our idea of adding insult to injury j
5 expecting the husband to manipu
ite the can opener.—Ohio State I
The human mind is said to emit1
adio waves. But, like most of the j 1
ther stations, the biggest part of ^
he program is jazz.—Life.
The fellow who used to do cross
’ord puzzles is now trying to figure
ut the French debt plan.—New York
.merican.
It is a thoughtful government that
educes taxes in spring so we can pay
lore for coal in the fall.—Brooklyn
ingle.
A British literary man was recent
r expelled from a societ yof poets,
[e must have written something
lat j mod.-—Southern Lumberman.
The reason great leaders are more
ire is because those who once were
jllowers have learned a few things.
-Associated Editors (Chicago).
Wonder how Florida is going to
nigh off the fact that California won
rst and second places in the national
eauty show?—Arkansas Gazette.
Ignorance of the law is no crime.
11 you have to do is to study the
,500,000 separate acta on the federal
and state statute books.—Milwaukee
Journal.
Whenever the public comes to settle
the differences between the anthracite
miners and operators they will be
found to uniount to at least $1 a ton.
—Norfouk Virginian-Pilot.
Europe could easily pay its debt to
u by raising th eincome taxes of lec
turers who come over here to tell us
what dollar-chasers -we are.—Brook
lyn Eagle.
“Fosdiek in Sermon at Geneva Asks
Christians to Abolish War.”—Head
line. A good beginning might be the
abolition of hostilities between the
sects.—-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Educator says that children the
alphabet today by an entirely differ
ent system. We’ve noticed that—
KTHS and WDAF, for instance.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
A Chicago man has sent word from
Ontario that he is on his way home
from a fishing trip with a JiSO-pound
bear. This is regarded as the best
word yet for the 4.4.—Detroit News.
General Lincoln t'. Andrews has ex
icted from his dry aides a pledge of
secrecy on what is being done toward
prohibition enforcement. That ought j
o be the easiest secret in the world j
:o keep.—Life.
Not So Nice After Washing.
Jane’s mistress recently hail been
ipprised of Jane's betrothal, an an-'
louncement shoortly followed by the
)ad news that the affair had been,
:alled off. b
“Not going to marry that nice man, [
ifter all?” queried her mistress.!
‘Why, 1 thought it. was all settled." j
“So it was, mum,” sighed Jane, i
‘but the fact is 1 saw him with a
•lean face for the first time last night
tnd I won’t marry him. You’ve no
dea how ugly he is when he’s washed,
num.”—Minneapolis Journal.
J. H. McLean
Tokotna
Swift’s Ham and Bacon
Golden State Butter
and Cheese
New Stock of Green Hood
Woolen Goods j ^ &
Hood All Rubber Pacs
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Ladies’ Furnishings
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Arctics Felt Slippers’ »
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King Island Mukluks
Stamped Embroideries
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Ladies’ Shoes and Slippers
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
fairview, Innoko River
CHICAGO GANGSTER SLAYS
WITNESS AT INQUEST
Chicago.—In one of the most sensa
tional killings in the history of Chi
cago’s perennial gang warfare, Sam
Vinci, 32 years old, today shot and
killed John L. Minatti, 35 years old,
in the presence of officers and a large
crowd of spectators. The scene of the
murder was in the front room of an
undertaking establishment, and dur
ing the progress of a coroner’s in
quest into the murder of Mike Vinci,
brother of Sam.
Iti the back room of the establish
ment lay the body of Mike. Sam, who
spent considerable time brooding by
the side of the body, walked into th
front room just as Minatti testified
he had never seen Mike.
“You lie,” suddenly shouted Sam.
“You knew my brother.”
Red with rage, Sam shoouted curses
at Minatti. Then, disregarding the
officers and spectators, Sam whipped
oout a revolver, from his hip pocket
and sent a bullet through Minatti’s
heart.
Yells of fright arose from the
crowd. Many spectators crawled
under tables and others ran t hrough
the doors. Officers seized Sam. who
Tokotna
Pool Hall
OH, BOYS!
Fine Assortment of Pipes
All kinds tff Tobaccos,
Cigarettes and Cigars
New Line of Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Fresh Candies and ;
Soft Drinks
'Tooth Brushes
Tooth Paste and Powder
Canvas Gloves
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
nmvmmaiKma*
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pieneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention *
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson
Proprietor
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
See Joe Ferris or Bud Riley
calmly watched Minatti crumple to
the floor.
“This is vengeance,” Sam re
marked. “He killed my brother, and
I killed him.”
Doing Their Best.
Guest at Hotel (in country)*
“Where’s that chicken I ordered an
jhour ago?
Waitress—It’ll be here soon, sir.
, The cook hasn’t killed it yet, but
; she’s gotten in a couple of nasty
blows.—U. S. Calif-Wampus.
She—Which part of an auto causes
most wrecks?
He—The nut that, holds the wheel!
—Radio News.
Du Rand’s j
Cafe and 1
Hotel
Flat City
B. & II Store!
McGrath, Alaska
ML’KLUKS
t!IP BOOTS
^KNEE MUKLTKS
MUKLUKS FOR BOTH
KIDS ANI) LADIES
.SPRING COTS
3 feet wide
AT COST
A. R. Eldridge