THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Ortat, Pu blither/
Ownir end Editor.
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Holered aa aeooed-claas setter August
JPth. i.*32, .at. the Post O'See at
ToTotaa. Alaska, under this*
At» March t, lm
TOKATMA. ALASKA. JFTNE21. 1*2*
New Type Engine* on;
a New Boat, .Shows
Economy ^of Operation
Seward Gateway.
The log of. the diesel engined boat
Or. J^artin, 'which arrived in Seward
Saturday, piloted by Captain EL S,
Hayejii-of Seattle, discloses a remark
able performance far the new Miaous
engine; and discloses the surprising
economy of operation from Seattle te
Anchorage, where the boat was placed
on fiat cars and taken to Kenan*. to be
tent to the lower Yukop.
The actual roaning time of the Dr.
Mhn^n was 185 hours and 5 minutes,
the log showing the distance traveled
to be 1785 miles, or an average run of
it mijes per hour. The fuel used was
oalol diesel oil, of which 782 gallon-'
wars consumed. The oil cost £ cents
par gaiipa. compared with 15 easts for
gasoline. The total coat of the trip for
fuel oil was about 923.5Q, of 15 cents as
hour. The engine was 3<t-horse power,
i*our-c^linder, and was installed in the
(boat p few days before starting from
Seattle north.
Captain Bayes apd Engineer Thomas
Qakhj, Seeps a careful record of ,the
aUaa.g* ./or the c<t»paav, as this is the
first edging, .the .kind installed, in a
W-feo* boat op. the Fpeifig coast, mad
the long run gave aa opportunity for a
revere test.
During the entire trip in. all kinds of
weather the engine never, faltered or
skipped, and showed us usual power.
The Miaous Is a full diesel ef the two
eycle type, eliminating all cams, rode,
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Sheet Metal Work
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411 Kinds of Repair*
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Stoves Built
andjfe paired
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and gears, and is really nothing but a
oyUnder and pistpp, Tba charge en
ters at the top of, the cylinder, follow
tog the piston down. ,*nd exploding
under compression: at the ,top of the
stroke- No elabpratp beating system
is required to start t^e motor, less than
30 seconds being required to set under
way. The compression is, 360 pounds
to tach cylinder, and pq,*gl»e» or by
pasaea are sssd, the aASriae, once the
oil c.harire ia adjusted, running until
the fuel is cut oT. ,/
The motor, which is a pew departure
is taade in Mianus, Connecticut* by the
Mianus Motor Company* and costs
about 8100 per horsepower for the
smaller sices and 830 tor the larger.
It ie made in sires from 7i to38©- horse
power.
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Kansas Lo^JPres
tige as 3}*yT State
Washington.—prohibition has suc
ceeded ini robbing Kansas of her title
to fame as the champion dry state of
the Union, declared Captain W. K.
Stay too, head pf the .Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
in a statement issued here, tonight.
“Noons willingly would sastcb the
halo from Kansas, but tha- truth must
be told, and that is that Kansas is
worse o3 from the liquor standpoint
under natioa-wtde, prohibition ■ than
when the powers of Belf-gorerament
were left to the individual states ’ said
Captain Stay loo.
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lie* department reported 402 convic
tions for violailpns qf. the liquor laws,
with nearly »» many more cates trans
ferred on stats warrnnta to the county
and federal governments. Thirty raids
by the police department of Wichita in
the same year netted. 11 ptl|Ms and maay
t allons of liquor and barrels of mash,
'~&»oaaa under stale-wida prohibi
tion was thoroughly decent through
the decade preceding, the passage of
the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead law. ,3y the testimony ad
duced from the otBcia) records, and
confirmed by editorial comment in on»
of her leading papers, Kansas is rapid
ly ‘going to the dogs’, under the de
moralising conditions engendered, bjr
national prohibition.”
Reisufeerg* Protect
Hefders From Bear
Cantwell.—Xvidsneeo of reciprocal
protection between men and animals
came to light recently at Cantwell,
where big reindeer herds are ranging
under tbe supervision of tbe United
States biological survey and Eskimo
herders.
Several Eskimo bays had been stand'
ing guard over herds to ward off
wolves, and were sitting, idly by while
the herd grazed, when * monster brown
bear, followed by-a yearling, cub, came
fusbing ouV of tbe woods. Tbe boys
sad no refuge, and to outrun the bear
wij impossible. Sensing the only means
of escape, the boys headed for the herd,
which formed in a circle, beads out.
The Eskimos shouldered their . way
intis the center of the herd.
The deer stood with antlers forward,
, and the bears swerved around, looking
for an opening. Finally realizing they
could not pierce the fence' of sharp
borne, the bears made off. '
c ‘Wow, John;*’ said bit mother, “if
anyone naked yon what part of tha
i chicken you want; what' would you
'day?15'
“S don’t know.'1
y “You must any you Want the part
that no one elsewraata.”
So John always remembered that,
and ona night John waa asked out- fbs
dinner, and as -the hose had- fried
chicken he asked John which part ol
ihe chicken would he-take.
1 “I will take scmw af1 ttie feathers.’
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A Little of Everything*
Sailors have a very simple and what
is said to be a very effective way of do
term icing the edible or nonedible qual
ities of acy dow varieties of fish they
aaay happen to run. across. In the
water in which the ,(Ub is boiled is
pieced a bright silver pota. If the coin
retaios its natural color during the
boiling process the fish U good to eat,
but if it turns dark th.e food is rejected.
Burglars in Peru, when about to en
ter a house, ripply themselves with a
sponge and a bucket .of water With
the sponge they moisten, the asud-cov
ered domicile, and the thin costing is
easily dissolved. Then they readily
cut through^ the. thin,.framework and g
oak* a bole large enough to pass
through.
.’i The new automatic steering device
for shipe has bow stood the test of act
ual aervice on three Urge vessels, over
a total dUtance of 46,0(10 miles. Con
nected to the tele motor, the apparatus
responds to the smallest movement of
the compass and automatically keeps
the ship on bar course.
History verifies the fact that,, the,
practice of starching, which came into
fashion in England .in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, was .invented by a
Spanish woman about.the middle of the
fifteenth century. She .wished to hide
a blemish on her neck with, ap enor*
j nous ruff.p
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Til* average amouoi.Qf light obtained
for 1 cent from incandescent electric
lamps at first was about £ candlepower
hours, but it is now possible to obtain
with the ordinary 40-aratt lamp 175
candle-power hours for 1 cent.,
On a gravestone in a. Burlington, Vt.n
cemetery is the following ambiguous
tribute to a woman of that city, who
died in 1833; ‘.'She lived .with her hus
band fifty, years and .died .in the .con
fident hope of a feet tar life.',’. . ®
Profeasor Santino, an Italian sculps ■
tor, is credited with conceiving the
j fdea of immortalizing the “Unknown
Soldier.” All the great nations have
adopted this memorial idea. ,
Holland, a highly-civilized nation,
baa few bathrooms and still fewer auto
mobiles. Even the telephone la an ex
ceptional addition to the home and is a
marie of distinction to its owner. . *
ai ^ntii Hear rar», tnere-.ta so
ciety of archers, with an annual compe
tition for the anginal trophy given at
the Brat meet of the society, more than
one thousand years ago.
William Henry Harrison was the old
est man ever chosen for the presidency
of the United States, being 68 at the
time of his inauguration in 184L- ,
The “grand balance"’ or scale used
in the Bfcak-of England is so sensitive
that the weight of' a postage stamp
moves the index six inches.
The-Arab, who lives largely on dates.!
is extraordinarily wiry, and can travel
for days in burning beat that would
kill a meat-fed man.
In Prague is a museum devoted sole
to a collection of dress-fastening de- ,g
Tices of all kinds and of all ages. _
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There are more than 200 regularly
registered women physicians and sur
geons in Missouri.
Guilford, Conn., beasts of a stone
house*which has served as n residence
since lt39V
“Utdv’lesid the young hopeful,’ who
was thinking of branching out* in’the
world, Mwtaadda you . think; of the
chicken business for me?”
“Well,” saidsbe wieeone, “I dupno,
son It costs a»Ibt*to .feed ’em. And if |
yon evpr start using taxicabs you’ll go |
broke.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch vJ
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Rough and Dressed? Dum
ber of All Kinds ?
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
J. H. MtLEAN - TOKOTHA
We Hare the JBestM
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Better
Miners' and Trappers' Supplies
Ladies' and Gents',Furnishings
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
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Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention.
New Dog Houses « .
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Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Tinder of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute,. Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fttr. -
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ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers..
On thft Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager. ..
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