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FRfD.AY JM ARCH 10, 1937
THERE’S ROOM FOE THOU SANDS MORE OF
THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE IN ALASKA—
The annual spring influx of.4- .pie from, the Stfctes
to Alaska has already started sen among them will be
hundreds of men. young and old. who »3*ill come with
but ne idea in mind—to get a job lor the summer and
Ekeddadie hack in the fall from wcenc* they came.
This class of. people never ntributed to the bet
terment or devel rirsent of the country where they have
lived in the States, and they wont do it here. Most of
them will arrive “broke” and wnf- take available johr at
less than the going wages, thus in time, compelling Al
askans to accept lower wage scries, except, unless, the
Alaskans put up a bitter fight against, reductions as was
done by the miners at Juneau, two years ago. We dik
r.ot feel one bit sorry for these-fellows who came, to
Alaska last year, “job-hunting” and got stranded in..the
early fall by the long, drawn-out maritime strike which
tied up the shipping for several months this winter.
They had to spend their money where they made it and
a large percentage are now broke and will try to get
out of the country as quickly as possible. Wont they
have a great tale of . woe to-beli their friends when they
get back to the States? They will tell what a hard
country Alaska is in which, bo make a living, how tough
it is to be “broke” up North .in the winter time, and so
on. If such tales of woe will keep others of their ilk
out of the country,-, their coming at all will prove of
some benefit. Most of these fellows had no inclination
toward trying to make a “stake-pros peel mg nor in the
fishing game, ip. which thae. k .ample rooms-for thous
ands, but they had to come some 2,000 miles to try to
land a summer’s job, which,; in many cases, paid no
more than the same work. in.thdiStates—
There is ample room, in the country for those who
wish to come to locate and go into the mining and fish
ing game. Alaska is aakikg fonsuch people.
With the widespread publicity given Alaska in. the
States during the last few .months* let ns hope that
hundreds, yes, thousands^ef thm “right kind” of young
men come to the country thik year. Must of them will
- make the grade and the country-will become more pros
perous. .
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EDITOR WAS APPRECIATED— -
Editors-who may have shared the common feeling
*f -heir clan that no one loves the- editr. can be assured
rr v* that that feeling is just-so much nonsense, says
a writer in’“Light.’
We have just been informed how an ‘ d'tor was re
cently presented with a great bouquet of flowers by a
group of bifr felted citizens -
On the occasion a quartette sang a few songs and
an address of appreciation was given. After the talk
six hu«=kv men hoisted the editor cm their shoulders and
placed him in a handsome 193T sedan, and the whole
town formed parade. The appreciative crowd .-etnrned
to their homes serene m the thought of having provided
one bright day to taea beloved news purveyor.
p g_We a’most forgot to mention that the editor
was dead.
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Butcher: “Well, you know, madam. hamVtook a
hie rump since yesterday.1
Woman: “All right. Then just give me a pound off
this ham you had here yesterday.
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SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TftKKN ntOH THE FILES OF THE KUSKO TIMES)
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. - Aitjcen came
in from Candle on. Monday, return
ing to i their home the next day .
W. E. Case Inar Carlson and John
Qaherty arrived in McGrath Sunday
1 from over the Anchorage trail.
Captain W. E. Greiger departed j
today for Nixon.
U. E. Carter visited Takotna Sun
l>dayy returning on Morjuay.
Lonis Sandberg,. who has been
' prospecting up the Hartman River
• for the past two years, cart-* into
McGrath Tuesday, to remain for a
I few., days,
—
Panl Min.Tick came in. from Biaek
Creek on. Monday, for a few days'
| visit.
i R. B. Smith, came over from Ophir
. on. Tuesday, bringing the mail with
j him.
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Chariie O'Halloran returned today
: from a trip to Nixon .
Walter Stephens and Johnnie Sin
clair came in today from Candle.
Claude Baker, Vice President of the
M. Si M. Bank of Iditarod, whose ill
ness. was the occasion of Dr. J. B
Beeson coming from Anchorage, suf
fered, a. relapse Tuesday. His condi
tion is serious.
Henry Martelio, who arrived here
tonight from Wasilla, making the
round trip in 15 days, will leave for
Takotna tomorrow morning.
Frank Fox returned today from
I Ophir,: traveling inr company with
j Mrs. Lee Atwater and her little girl.
Chris Nelson leaves for Nixon to
morrow morning.
Among other arrivals over the
trail from Anchorage yesterday were
John Shaller and George Phillips,
both bound for Iditarod.
Messrs. Widman and Hard, sawmill
men near Berry’s Landing, are late
arrivals.
Herman Hansen, coining from 80
miles up the Kuskokwim. arrived in
McGrath Monday.
Owen Gray left this morning for
Anchorage, headed by i team of 17
dogs, with Miss Ruth Reat on the
handlebars. A record run is antici
pated.
Among the late arrivals tonight,
and registered at the Clough road
house, are Superintendent Soupe, of
the Flume Dredge Company, Mrs.
Soupe. Gus Rosen and J. Sanpi. all
of whom came in from the railroad
line over the trail with Henry Mar
tello.
Louis Blackburn and Charles Goeb
bel came from Nixon on Monday,
and are spending a few days here at
tending to business matters.
G. Hamilton, Pack Olson, Jacob
McGee and Dolph Smith left Mc
Grath Monday for Takotna. Mr.
Hamilton will proceed as far as Idit
arod..
Bill Ainsley, who left Iditarod last
summer for the Outside to secure
medical relief, passed away at the
home of his mother in Alabama a
few days age, according to word just
received at Iditaro. Cancer of the
stomach was the direct cause.
SELECT FOOD RECIPES
BY T. S. (TED) Mr ADAMS
<Tbe Kusko Times Chef)
DRIED BEEF
Take the part that will be the most
lean and tender. The tender part of
the -nand'Is a very good piece. For
every 3ff pounds of beef use 3 cups
of salt, one teaspoonful of saltpeter,
1 1-2 cups of brown sugar. Mix
them together, and rub well with;
1-3 of the mixture for three sucees- j
sive days. Let lie in the liquor it j
makes for sis days, then hang up to ‘
dry..
BUCKWHEAT CAKES
One cap of buckwheat flour, one
half cup of own meal, one-half cup
of wheat floor, a little salt, two eggs
beaten very light one quart of milk
(made a little warm and mixed with
eggs before the flour is put in), one
tablespoonfiil' of butter or lard, two
tablespoonfuls of yeast. Set it to
rise at nighf for the morning. If
in the least sour, stir in before bak
ing, just enough soda to- correct the
acidity .
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FRENCH MUSTARD
Three tables poonsful of mustard,
and one taplespoonful of granulated
sugar well worked together. Then
beat in an egg until it is smooth: add
one cupful of vinegar, a little at a
time working it smooth. Cook three
or four minutes, stirring all of the
time; when cool, add one tablespoon
ful of olive oil, taking care to get it
all thoroughly worked in and smooth.
DOUGHNUTS
One and one-half cupfuls of sugar,
one cupful of sour milk, two eggs,
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter,
one-half teaspoon nutmeg, a large
teaspoon cinnamon, a teaspoon of
salt and one of soda, fur cups of
flour. Roll out a quarter of an inch
thick, and cut with a frieo cake cut
ter. Fry in hot lard.
These can be made with sweet
milk and baking powder, using two
heaping teaspoonsful baking powder
in place of baking soua.
LOUSSAC’S DRUG STORE
Anchorage, Alaska.
Drugs Rubber Goods RCA Radios
Liquors of Afl Kinds. Olympia Beer.
Special, Prompt Attention Given All Mail Orders.
TIMELY EDITORIALS
Culled From Our Exchanges
AN ALASKA ‘AUTHORITY*
(Seward Gateway)
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, who with two other
machine age senators, who saw Alaska from a railroad
coach, said, respecting the Matanuska colony, in pro
nouncing it a failure: “The experiment was worth every
penny* of its cost because it has proved once and for all
that Alaska is not suited for large-scale colonization.”
Back in the eighties the East was saying the same
thing in effcect, respecting Oklahoma. If we remember
our history, much sport was made of a signboard found
nailed to a sod house on the Oklahoma prairie, which
said:
SIX MILES TO WATER.
SIX MILES TO WOOD
AND SIX MILES TO HELL.
And six inches to hell turned out to be l,6t0 feet
to a miilion-dollar oil well.
Of course we have no evidence of such underground
treasure because no one has tested the oil formation of
Alaska save in a cursoTy manner.
But in many' spots in Alaska have revealed equal
fortunes six inches below the surface in the form of
virgin gold.
No one knows what lies in the vast unexplored re
gion of the Territory awaiting the prospector.
The homesteader did not discover the mineral wealth
of Oklahoma, nor did the cattlemen and sheepmen dis
cover the value of Oklahoma soil. It was those whet
came afterward—the nester—who followed the primor
dial system oil soil culture.
Only recently a man struck pay while digging
a cesspool near Sturgis, S. D., by digging a few feet
below the false bedrock of Deadman creek, in a region
believed worked out a quarter of a century ago.
But possibly Senator Thomas is apprehensive that
some of the share-croppers—a sort of legalized slavery
in the South—will pull up stakes and cast off their
bondage by coming to Alaska.
This is one of the burdens of Alaska—seeing it
from a train window by men wholly out of harmony
with frontier conditions.
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TERRITORIAL CONSTABULARY
(Seward Gateway)
The weeding out of racketeers, with their attendant
ducation in crimes of violence in the states has proven
the wisdom of a radical change in the method of law
enforcement and aided in disonrang.ing rt from political
impediment^ In addition i: has created career position*
calling for a higher typ< or enforcement officer and a
coordination of scientific and other agencies for the sup
pression of crime.
Instead of the outworn relics of deputy sheriffs,
constables and small town policemen, with their juris
dictions limited by the various subdivisions in which
they operate, a state constabulary7 brings to b*. s.r
thorough working system which has become a • r7 t
evil-doers.
Like the policeman on the beat, not only7 n th
lookout for criminals but to give service in many .hf
ways.
This is the system best suited to Alaska. While the
percentage of vicious crime in the Territory is small in
comparison with the more thickly populated states,
there are vast regions which at times suffer for need of
a constabulary.
Like the Mounted Police of Canada, an Alask'i#
constabulary would maintain a liaison between those
who go far afield in search of treasure or furs and set
tle the country.
The time to prepare for meeting a situation is be
fore it presents itself in its fullest, effect. Any day
Alaska may become the scene of a repetition of the
Dawson days. This is not a far-fetched vision wherein
the wish is father to the thought. Such repetitions of
what were considered the gone days are occurring fre
quently in the states.
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The deep-sea diver was hard at work on tre ocean
'ic-i. Suddenly an urgent voice came over the telephone
which connected him with the boat above.
“What’s the matter, chum?” he asked.
“Come up quickly,” he heard. “The captain's just
told me the bloomin’ boat's sinking.”
Pete: “When I arrived in Washington I didn't have
a single eent in my pockets. In fact. I didn’t ,-ven have
a single cent in my pockets. In fact, I didn't have any
pockets.”
George: ‘How on earth did that happen?”
Pete: “Oh, I was born here.”
Mother: “Well, Eddie, did you let little sister chooser
which one of the two apples she wanted?”
Eddie: “Yes mamma. I told her she could choose
between the small apple or none at aH, and she chia*
the smail jjnt.” ,