THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL VIII
NO. 42
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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. DB3EMBER *9 l'J28.
PRICE 25 CENTS'
L .!... '"MR"
ByrdSends
Xmas Cheer
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REPORTS'THAT AIRPLANE car.
Rf£2a:?A MERIC AN FLAG FART
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THEST POINT SOUTH
NEW*YORK, Dec. 26.—Commander
RTnardvByrd, of the Sbuth Polar ex
pedition, has sent the following mess
sago to i. Secretary of Navy Wilbur,
through- the New York Times and
tlit St." Louis Post-Dispatch:
“VYF haver reached the great, mys
cefious ice barrier. It presents to us
art ice cliff higher than the mast of a
ship.
‘ utCthis Christmas day wc aTe
thankfiil and proud to report that we
have been able to carry the Amer
ican. Flag several hundred miles far
k ther south than it has ever been, and
it seems fitting that an airplane, that
instrument of good will, should Teaah
its farthest south, on Christmas day.
We arc 2,400 statute miles from the
nearest human habitation, in the only
area of the world where a ship can;
get so far from civilization.”
GIVES HIMSELF UP, AFTER
LOSING $100,000 GAMBLING
* WITH UTAH STATE FUNDS
SALT LAKE, Dec. 29.—David J.
Pujrh, chief deputy state treasurer,
surrendered to the authoriies yester
day, stating that he had lost $100,000
of<th6>state’s funds in gambling.
SITE SELECTED FOR NEW
FEDERAL BLDG., SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 28.—The block
bolir.ded by First and Western ave-j
nues and Madison and Marion streets;
* ha's been selected as the site for Se- j
attie'se-'new federal btiilding, accord
ing to announcement by the Treasury
p Department from Washington. The
building and grounds will cost $2,
175,000.
PROMINENT SEATTLEITES PASS
SEATTLE, Dec. 25.—A. B. Stew
art, head of the Stewart & Holmes
Drug Compand, died at his home yes
terday.
W. G. King, proprietor of the Savoy
Hotel, dropped dead in the lobby of
* the hotel this morning.
Sixteen Takotna bachelors were re
membered, just the day,before Ghrist
* mas, with, aegift of some substance—
a larger juicy mince pie—the1 compli
mens of : Mrs. Di E.. dough. Miss
Margaret Clough attended to the dis-;
trihution and: -die: played' her part
well. Was the1 pie. good ? Well, we’lL.
say ye*.
k The Kusfco Times Man was among
those who made the trip to McGrath
to observe Christmas doings at that
• jHace. The trip was made possible
through the courtesy of. F. C. H.
Spences and John Krieger, both of
whom contributed the pick of speed- j
' burners from their kennels, in-addi
tion to which Mr. Krieger took
charge .of the handlebars for the
round-trip jaunt. Thanks.
It required two nights to properly
-"'ebrate Christmas day at Ophir, the
observance of which'was carried but
at Pioneer Hall. A big Christmas
, tree, with something on it for every
m one, had been left at the hall by
Santa Claus'. Following distribution
* of the many presents, dancing was in
order unF^r.^Ooeft I a. m., while the
second nigtiukft' eiiioyment lasted until -
.3 ft- pi. -j.
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Hoover To
Washington
UTAH NOW 0\ WAY TO OLD
POINT COMFORT, DUE ABOUT !
JANUARY 6.
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ABOARD BATTLESHIP UTAH,
Dec. 26.—It was announced aboard
ship today that President-Elect
Hoover has decided to proceed direct
to Washington, and' will’Visit Florida
later. The Utah will probably reach
Old Point Comfort on January 6, the
party thence proceedirfjr to Washihg^
ton by steamboat. Hoover celebrated
his Christmas aboard ship, on whose
deck an elaborately decorated Christ
mas tree was erected.
During his week’s stay-in Wash
ington Hoover will make a personal
report to President Coolidge upon his
mission to Latin America. He will
also consider the matter of Cabinet
appointments.
COOLIDGE TAKING MIDWIN
TER VACATION IN GEORGIA
SAPELO ISLAND, Ga„ Dec. 26.—
President Coolidge today began his
: midwinter vacation at the home of
' Howard E. Coffin, on Sapelo Island.
He arrived at the island during the
middle of the afternoon on Coffin's
yacht Zapala.
DISTINGUISHED FLYING
CROSSED, WRIGHT BROTHERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Presi
dent Coolidge signed the bill confer
, r.'ng the distinguished flying cross
I upon Wilbur C. and Orville Wright.
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| CONFERENCE FOR LIMITA
TION OF ARMAMENTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S>.<—Secre
tary of State Kellogg announced to
day that the United States has
agreed to go into the third reparatory
conference for the limitation of arma
ments and' will send delegates to the
• Geneva meeting, on April'15>
MAYOR CALLS COUNCILMAN
“A BIG,, FAT STIFF”
j SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—Mayor Ed
: wards yesterday afternoon, in a heat
; ed argument with Councilman W. T.
j Campbell, exclaimed, “You are a: big,
; fat stiff.” Campbell had charged the
; mayor with camouflaging.
URGES APPROPRIATION FOR
AERrAL MAIL FOR ALASKA
'"ASHINGlfc?-.—Second Assistant
i Posmaster General Glover in asking
for an increased appropriation for
mail transportation 5r. Alaska told'
the House posco.’fices appropriations
sub-committee that the demand for
airplane mail service in Alaska- is
particularly responsible for the re
quest. v |
Glover said: “For the past year’
and a half advantage has been' taken
f special a-rplane trips operatechTor
passengers and freight, thus saving
many days and in some'cases'weeks
in time of deliverry ofmail and at a
cost in most instances similar?to the
rate paid other- moans of- transports.
tion.”
Glover stated'that there-were - “St
good many” airplane companies op
rating jjn Alaska with ’“very good
success and making a lot of money.’"
T!R Walker was a -yest**da£- arrival
from Ophir, coming- overwitK' Del
Thompson. .
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SEATTLE S. S. CAPTAIN PUTS
FOUR BULLETS INTO WIFE.
THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
LONG BEACH, Dec. 29.—After
sending four bullets into! the body of1
his wife, Liela Farrer .Captain H. E.
Farrer, of Seattle, master of the
steamship S. A. Perkins, fled to the
stern rail of his ship, shot himself
through the head, his lifeless body
tumbling into the waters of. Long
Beach harbor, today. Jealousy is as-!
sumed to have been the cause f6r. the
rash act.
Rockefeller
Church Afire
$1,000,000 DAMAGE TO $4,000,000,
CHURCH; FLAMES LEAP 500 !
FEET IN AIK.
NEW YORK, Dbcr.24.i-Fire last
night did $1,000,00Qi damage to the
$4,000,000 church on Riverside Drive,
to replace the Park Avenue Baptist
' Church, known as the Rockefeller
church. Flames • at times leaped five
hundred feet in the air from the top
of he 350-foot Laura 'Rockefeller
tower, the personal gift of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., in honor of his
mother.
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I Telegraphic Ticks;
j MEXICO CITY, Dee. 28.—Maxt
milliano Vigueras, insurgent leader,
'who was captured yesterday, was exe
cuted by a .firing squad today. He
had twice attempted to capture Amer
ican Ambassador Morrow.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—Jackie Coogan
! is repored in a Berlin hospital, suf
fering with influenza. King Alexan
der of Jugoslavia is down with the
same ailment at Belgrade.
CHEYENNE, Dec.. 29.—Ambrose
Ross, 25, son of former Governor
j Nellie Taylor Ross, was killed late to
j night when his car overturned.
MEvICO CITY, Dec. 26.—Abolition
j of summary executions has been or
dered by President Emilio Portes Gil..
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SENTENCED TO FIFTY
YEARS, FELON ESCAPES
I CHICAGO.—John Dempsey, under
' sentence of fifty years’ imprisonment
for the murder of Policeman'William,
O’Connor, escaped from Judge Jbseph
. David’s criminal court room here this
afternoon and eluded bailiffs and de
tectives. Dempsey had been brought
to Chicago'from Joliet penitentiary o
testify against Earl Woodward and
Oscar- Selee, on trial for the murder
of O’CbmtuR.. ;
JOHN BORGEN, ALASKA TRAIN
| MAN, MURDERED IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE.—Anton Anderson, S7
years old; suspected slayer of John
Borgan; Alaska trainman, in a.
Thanksgiving brawl at a hotel here,
was formally charged with man
s’augftter in ■ the justice court. An
derson is held in jail in default of
$2,COO bonds.
Anderson is reported by police to
have admitted • beating Borgan after
.the latter attacked him diiring a ca
rousal. Anderson was arrested at
Everett after he slashed his wrists in
1 a suicide attempt after making good
his escape from Seattle when the
death of Borgen beeame known.
Increase In
Millionaires
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DEBASEMENT IN VALUE OF
CURRENCY RESPONSIBLE,
SAYS BIG EXPERT.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Carl Snyder,!
of the Federal Reserve Bank, New
; York, told the American Statistical
! Association, in convention here, today,
that the large number of millionaires,
! whose numbers increased from 7,000
! in 1914 te 40,000 in 1928, has been
created by violent debasement in the
value of currency which has takn
plac since the beginning of the World
j War.
! CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT
i McGRATH SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
The Christmas celebration at Mc
' Grath, like the many carried out there
before on that annual occasion, was
j most successfully carried out. There
were two nights of celebration, and
i each was one of enjoyment.
| The big feature the first night,
Christmas eve, was the carrying out
of the .exercises of the McGrath
i school, under the direcion of the
: teacher, Mrs. M. N. Ranum. These
exercises were fine and were thor
| oughly enjoyed by all present.
| Following the conclusion of the
i school program, Santa Claus put in
1 an appearance, leaving many gifts for
; there. The school program was as
ifollowa: gw
The Makers of Our Nation—Joseph
Link.
Song, The Flag Is Floating O’er
Us—School.
: DDoll Children—Rose Vanderpool. ,
To Know All Is To Forgive All—
Alexie Dulak.
Trio—Rose Vanderpool, Martha
Dulak, Edward Konig.
j Giving Aunt Jane, a Hint—Helen j
Konig. ,
Johnny’s Christmas—Edward Konig.1
Sextet—Boys.
One-Act Play—Sauce For the Gos
lings.
The Angel and the Shepherds—Avis
Vanderpool.
| Quartet—Holy Night.
Cast of characters in the play:
Mother—Frieda Konig.
Father—oodrow Vanderpool.
.! • Elizabeth—Avis Vanderpool.
Robert—Robert Vanderpool.
Grandmother—Helen Konig.
James Ward—Harry Dulak.
Maid—Rose Vanderpool.
Mary McLean gave a reading as an
j echo from the Takotna program.
Secrets—Martha
J The- exercises concluded, dancing:;
was indulged in until .about 1 a. m.,
which gave everybody opportunity to
extend Christmas greetings. The sec- j
ond night of dancing lasted until
about 4a. m., and it may be said that
all participants thoroughly enjoyed
themselves.
Among those present, either partic-;
ipating or strolling about the'lobby, i
were the following: Mr. and 'Mrs. W.1
T. Vandcrpool, Woodrow, Robert,
Avis, Rose, Anna and Mora Vander- ■
pool; Mrs. Charles Konig, Miss: Helen 1
Konig, Miss Frieda Konig-,' Edward
j Konig, Mrs. Robert Stone, Eddie
Carlson, Mrs. Ralph. Dulac, Ralph
Dulac, Alexic Dqlac, Owen Gray,
Mrs. W. H. Jones, Harry; Menzof,
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brink! Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Clough, Margaret Clough,
Miss Vera Chilstrom, Mary McLean,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oates, Joe Oates,
Jr., Charlie Goebel, Mrs. Ivar Chib
Gangsters Do
Quick Work
STAGE SIX HOLDUPS IN THREE
HOURS THROUGHOUT SE
ATTLE SUBURBS.
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—Using the
sedan of Moritz Thomsen, capitalist,
three young gunmen, collegiates in
appearance, spread terror throughout
Capital Hill, Queen Anne, Bullard
and Laurehurst last night, staging
six holdups in quick succession.
Amoqg the victims was A. II. Eld
ridge, prominent clubman and civic
leader and wife, who were held up in
front of the Eldridge home, in tho
Laurelhurst district.
$3,000,000 CEMENT PLANT
STARTS UP, SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—The Pacific
Coast Company today started produc
tion in its new 33,000,000 cement
plant, in the operation of which lime
rock from Southeastern Alaska is
utilized.
GEORGE’S PHYSICIANS ISSUE
TWO HOPEFUL BULLETINS
LONDON, Dec. 29.—King George’9
relapse of Thursday was followed by
two more hopeful bulletins this after
noon. There is much anxiety, how
ever.
Takotna school’s Christmas cele
j tion was held on the night of Decem
ber 24 at the Takotna Roadhouse. The
exercises were under the direction of
he teacher. Mis Pauline Kozevnikoff,
and the several numbers rendered by
i the little ones were well well re
ceived. Following the school exer
; cises all present engaged in dancing,
which lasted until a late hour, and in
I which all enjoyed themselves to the
utmost.
Henry Martella and Rasmus Mat*
[ son were yesterday arrivals for the
I New Year doings.
strom, Miss Pauline Kozevnikoff, Dan
Sprague, Lloyd Glancy, Wm. Kruhm,
H. C. Wallick, John Adams, Bud Riley,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean, John
Sinclair, John Krieger, Joe Keen, G.
W. Clyde, James Downing, James
Ebanoff, Peter Snow, Frank Lange,
Wm. Wiseman, Charlie Smith, Cecil
Barlow, Charles O’Halloran, Tim Mar
quam, Pete Michels, Bob Hart, Ikey
Hayes, Cleanen Essai from Big River,
Nick Pitka from Nichalai, Elia and
family from Lower river.
A number of dinner parties were
given by McGrathites, among which
were the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean had
as dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Clough, Margaret Clough, Mrs. Chas.
Konig, Frieda Konig, Helen Konig,
Mrs. Robert Stone, Edward Konig,
Joe Keen.
Dan Sprague had as Christmas
guests Cecil Barlow and Billy Stan
ton.
Frank J. Guskey was host at a
pleasant dinner on Christmas day to
a number of Takotnans. The dinner
was a turkey one, of course, his
guests being: Mrs. Ivar Chilstrom,
Mrs. W. H. Jones, Miss Pauline Koz
evnikoff, Miss Vera Chilstrom, G. W.
Clyde.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Vanderpool had
for dinner guests on Chrismas v«day
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oates, Joseph Oates
and Edward Oates.