THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher* Sole
Owner and Editor.
Twice a Week
Wednesday and Saturday
Two Dollars f’enMonthi;
Address all Communications:
Kusko Times, McGrath, Alaska.
MdGRATH, ALASKA, APR. 2, 0921
Estimates in testimony by officers of
lb* American Legion before a Coo- •
greGsieBal-committee-place the entire
cost of 'the- soldiers’ bonus at $1,878,
#00,000. Estimates by the Secretary of
the Treasury are nearly half a million
larger.
But what if still larger? What if
the men had been slower in arriving or
less formidable on the battlefront?
How much more than the proposed
bonus would America have had to pay?
American young men stopped the
thed victorious Germans at the Marne.
If American-boys there had been less
gallart, less resourceful* and less effec
tive, what? .-The'-Freneh' had fallen
bath? * “The rock- of the Marne” was
allithat held ground. It sent German
regiments attempting passage of the
river sprawling back on their own de
fenses and set the stage for the*- great
retreat.
Victory by Germany at the Marne
would have split the French army and
meant German occupation of Paris and
insuperable- obstacles- in * the way of
America in suppiyifag men, 'munitions
PROFESSIONAL
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ATTORNEYS
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Chas. Fisher & Family
and provisions through Brest. But a j
remnant of F'rance would have been |
left and there would hare been re-!
quired-at least ;two years, perhaps
more, -ofc fighting by America to win
the war, if she would have won at all.
How many billions would that have
cost?
The republic called the service men
to duty. They did it. They gave up
careers, went through all the fires of
sacrifice and by their exposures and
gallantry saved the country from hav
ing to pay ten, twenty or fifty times
the price of the proposed bonus. They
protected the property and the profits
of the very meo who are crying loudest
against) the national soldiers’ bonus.
The national bonus was-earned, arid
the profiteers who made colossal for
tunes out of war contracts should- be
made to pay it.—Portland Journal
Officials of the State Department at
Washington recently discussed oil de
velopment in foreign countries by
Americans before a congressional com
mittee, in which it was stated that
England controlled 85 per cent of the
oil territory oithe- world, although the
Hnited States controlled 75. per cent of
the oil produced. It was said that oil
existed-all over the world and there
were great areas awaiting exploration
in France. It was said, “there is hard
ly a corner of the earth in which oil
prospecting is not under way.” It was
also testified that France allowed
Americans to prospect but did not
guarantee ihem concessions if they dis
covered oil, and it was said that this
was a fair national proposition, al
though the United' States imposed no
-such restriction. It was stated that
the world was entering an era of liquid
combustibles, as petroleum was becom
ing the keystone commodity. They
said that the statement that oil would
soon be exhausted “was open to very
grave doubts.”
The House committee on education
recently reported a bill creating a de
partment of education to reduce illiter
acy and to - promote elementary and
physical education. During hearing
on the bill the director of the Bureau
of Mines said there were one million
men engaged in mining in the United
States, 620,000^ of whom were foreign
ers, of whom 460,000 could not speak
English. He said that the removal of
illiteracy among miners would save an
nually one thousand lives, as the ill it—
ate miner cannot read danger warnings
or understand orders to avoid acci
dents.
The corner-stone of what is to be the
most powerful radio station in the
world has just been laid in France, by
government officials. It will be equipped
with two sending instruments, capable
of transmitting 24,000 words hourly, or
receiving and deciphering 60,000 words
hourlv>on five instruments. It will be
completed in 1923.
Panama canal receipts increased
about 50 per cent in 1920, and amount
ed to $10^295,000. Twenty-eight 'hun
dred vessels passed through the canal,
having a total net tonnage of 10,378)
000, and they earned 11,236,000 tons of
■ cargo. ^
Delegates of tobacco growers in three
states—Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana—
recently voted a “no crop” strike, be
cause of the fall of prices. They claim
to represent 33 eoumies and 100,000
rowers
Alaska Rivers
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That’s our business and that’s where we shine;:
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
even as far as Riiby.
W. H. Jones
Freighter
PIONEER ROADHOUSE
South Fork--Seward-Iditarod Trail.
Plenty of'Dog Feed. Antelope and Ibex always on tap.
In season, Mountain Sheep,. Wild Moose and Grizzly Bear.
Don’t forget to look in and see the man who blazed , the
trail for you over Rainy Pass. Call in at Hellsgate and
get your bearings.
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One 4-»nch Drill Bit.
One Sand Pump.
One Driving Clamp and Cap,
One Denver and Chain Casd Puller.
Two 3:feet 6-inch Chain Ton#s.
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Glasses Fitted; Spectacles Repaired
Watch* Repairing
Send Your Order With the Mail Man.
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