LOCAL
Mike Hockriter prospecting on
. Sunset Creek had the misfortune to
_ strike water at 37 feet. He will
. bring over a drill from Ganes to
.finish the hole to bedrock.
Eng Hegg returned, to Takotna,
_ Tuesday, having spent the winter at
. Anchorage and Curry.
Owen Gray returned to Ganes
„ after a week in town.
Mrs. Fred Dubois arrived Monday
\ with Pilot Don Glass, having been a
passenger from Seattle on th
Northwestern.
Frank Guskey made a business
. trip to McGrath during the .week.
Chester Brink and Mike Hockriter
' went by dog team to Ganes, Friday.
GADGET WILL REGISTER SNOR
ING OF A WORM.
NEW YORK.—Now the pessimists
f can hear the grass growing.
A “sound microscope” which en
. ables one to hear a wheat weevil,
weeviling, a goldfish burping, and
the grass growing was demonstrated
at New York University recently.
The device develooped by Carl A.
. Johnson, a faculty member in the
university laboratories, magnifies
: sound ten trillion times. A dish of
weevily wheat was placed in con
tact with the microphone ot the..-de
vice. Sounds attributed to ihe
weevil’s chewing could be heard
plainly. Then there was. silence;
then a distinct purring sound. The
weevils were believed to be snoring.
* MAN "WHO KNOWS DEBUNKS!
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SPINACH.
If you want the most rational;
and reasonable health program, fol
low the example of the average
ten-year-old , boy, is the advice of
Dr. Thurman S. Rice, bacteriologist
at Indiana University.
Dr. Rice talked on health pro
grams at the Book-Cadillac Hotel
in Detroit, at a meeting sponsored
by the Woman’s Auxiliary to the
Wayne County Medical Society.
Spinach-haters in the audience
tittered when Dr. T4ice gave it as
his opinion that the world was cre
ated primarily for enjoyment. All
the things one ought to do are
pleasant.
“If the Lord had intended us to
eat spinach He would have flavored
it. The best dish I know, and It
contains every vitamin in the list,
is ; strawberries and cream,” com
mented the doctor.
After taking elemental proper care
of the body, Dr. Rice believes in
forgetting .about it.
FIjAT
Correspondent
Mrs. Fred Padersen.
February 9.
Steve Millls, manager Star Air
Service, with Pilot Littly left Idita
roci today for Anchorage having as
passengers Scotty McKenzie, Martin
Capon and Leo Koslosky.
Pilot Goodman of McGee Airways
made the trip to Holy Cross with uie
mail, leaving for Anchorage on his
return.
February 19.
Harry Blunt arrived today with
mail, landed in Iditarod, flew over
Lo Flat picking up Philip Laparrier,
who will be a passenger to Fair
banks.
H leld rolled in Hopes ox Keeping
snow In order that planes can land
here. Planes have been landing in
Iditarod on the river.
Mr. Dunkle of the Lucky Shot
Mine and the Golden Horn Mine,
arrived in Flat today. Mr. Dunkle
eft Anchorage Monday, Feb. 4, flew
lO McGrath, held thei’e by weather
for two days flew to Fairbanks to
await weather .for trip to Flat.
Pilot Neese of McGee Airways
arrived Flat with two passengers
from Anchorage. This being Pilot
Reese’s first trip to Flat since taK
ng a vacation to the States accomp
anied by Mrs. Neese and daughter
Jetty. Pilot Neese and family made
die return trip from California to
Seattle in a Bellanca purchased for
;he McGee Airways. From Seattle
-he plane was shipped to Anchorage.
Pilot Littly arrived with Mrs.
Marsh, Ira Wood and two employees
for the Golden Horn Mine.
Ira Wood of the Turner and Wood
5tores will go to Shagluk and Mrs.
Mai’sh to her home at Marshall, con
tinuing with Pilot Littly tomorrow.
February 11.
Pilot Neese left this A. M for
Opliir having as passengers, Emmet
Shaw, E. Hegg, Slim Paddock and
Alice Dias.
Piloa Neese flew to Iditarod this
morning to get .the Flat mail left
there by Pilot Blunt of the P.A.A.,
yesterday.
Few people know that the Mimeo
graph is the invention of Alfred
Blake Dick, who died a few weeks
ago in Lake Forest, Illinois. He
founded the A. B. Dick Company
and served. as its president for fifty
year*.
TAKOTNA CASH STORE
Sugar .08 per lb.
. HflJs Coffee .50 ”
Borden’s Milk $7.00 case.
•FRESH STOCK! STANDARD STOCK!
NONE BETTER. PRICES LOWEST.
A. H. Twitchell!
M cGRATH
Feb. 0.
Mr. Thomas Conmger came from
Fairbanks cn his way to Takotna;
Mr. Coninger is an old friend of
Mr. Berry, Deputy U. S. Marshall
of McGrath. On the same plane was
Arthur Berry of Medfra, who paid
us a few days visit and returned on
the mail plane. ,
Bob Lowrie of Takotna and Paul
j Keating of Anvik left for Anchorage
with Pilot Goodman, but have not
arrived at their destination at this
writing, Feb. 14. Several planes
have been looking for them without
results. Everyone in this community
is anxious to know about them. We
hope they are all right and nothing
serious has happened.
i
John Repo -was a welcome visitor
in McGrath and reports everything
moving along nicely in his district.
Feb. 10.
Jack Elliot brought in Mr. Holl
son’s plane from Anchorage. 2
Feb. 13.
Don Glass came in from Napai
rute with a Woodley plane bringing
three pups of a superior sleddog,
breed, leaving next morning with
Miss Helen Koenig as passenger for
Anchorage. j
John LitF of- the Star Airways
arrived in M with Mr. Fowler
for a load of s plies for Mr. Fow
ler’s reindeer camp.
Warren Stewart arrived' today
from Baker Creek. He reports things
looking alright arid everybody well
and happy.
K.
HE’S 7 FEET 9, STILL SHOWING.
Altho he is only ly, Henry Mul
lins, Atlanta Ga., is seven feet nine
inches tall. As a member of his
hitrh school basket ball team, he was
the leading scorer. All his team
mates had to do was to throw him
the ball and he would drop it thru
the hoop, giving opposing players
no chance to get at the ball because
he towered too far above them. Now
Henry has a vaudeville contract
which has brought on unexpected
difficulties. For one thing there is
not room enough for him to sleep
in a Pullman berth. A few nights
ne tried sleeping in the aisles after
the rest of the passengers had gone
to bed. Now the problem is being
solved by using two berths, leaving
cut „ the pai’tition. - One night ne
tried putting his feet, put of the
window but was afraid of catching
mail bags. Henry weighs 286
pounds, wears size ..22 shoe and is
still growing. He eats five meals a
day and prefers steaks for his
“heavy” meals.
DuRand'S Cafe
Good Clean Food.
Everybody Welcome.
FLAT. A I^SKA
Muskox Wool
Source of Income
For College Girls
There are a number of schools—;
Berea in Kentucky f r example—|
where students mak^ smie of their'
expenses by weaving, but the .‘vias- i
k^ .College is, without doubt, thef
only place where muskox woe i tr- j
available for marketable products
made by students. The fact that ,
the Biological Survey in cooperate.n ,
with the College has a herd of nturk
oxtn stationed on the campus ... -
furnished the impetus and the \ ’ <. ^
withal for this unusual industry :
which is carried on by the regular j
Home Economics students and by j
the women in the Short Coueses. j
While the trade in ten dollar scarfs
has been brisk, there have been suf
ficient saes to net. students $82.00 j
for weaving; while $80.50 has been
paid to women for weaving, spin
ning, and knitting.
Muskox wool is exceedingly fine
and warm. It resembles angora rab
bit. It is exceptionally suitable for
scarfs, gloves and mittens. It can
not be sheared from the animal aft
it is covered with long course guard
hairs. All the wool is collected from
bushes against which the muskcv n
have brushed. It is then hand
carded and spun by women liviujj
in Fairbanks. Students make the
scarfs by hand on a small tabic
loom. The scarfs are made in two
stlyes—plain for $5.00 and with a
design for a muskox wove in for
$10.00. Mittens and gloves hove
also been sold. So far the project
has cost $209.00. The surplus will
be spent for more spinning and
weaving.
i’o test its possibilities for com
mercial spinning, a small amount
was sent to the Pendelton Woolen
Mills to be machine spun. Wh'le
the amount was too small to be
spun to advantage, its spinning prop
erties were proven to be excellent
The machine-spun yarn compared
favorably witth the hand-spun pro
duct—Farthest North-Collegian.
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LOUSSACS DRUG STORE
Anchorage, Alaska.
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Liquors of All Kinds. Olympia Bear.
Special, Prompt Attention Given All Mail Orders.
HEWITT’S PHOTO SHOP
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA.
Directs your attention to their amuture finishing department to
gether with their 24 hour service. ‘ T
Carrying a foil line of standard and Portable typewriters. Burr*
ough and Victor adding machines. ' ‘ ' ~
Battery radios for those living in unwired Jiomes, fresh stock of
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