THE KUSKO TIMES
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TAKOl'NA ALASKA SATURDAY. MARCH 28 1930
PRICE 25 CENTS
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Gq.w McGrath
j WUPES£>0*nV STORE BUILDING
VJW.I) XXXKI39KTS; LOSS ESTI
MATED. AT ABOUT $12,000,
The jErrJiem Commercial' Ccmii
uny st-jrj at-.-ic-Jrath, together lwith.
he greater. portion of its contents,
vns w.pediout Jay,fire vthich.broke out
n the second story , about 10 a. m. on
Fr day-, Among/ the. items saved
were the large safe, the books of the
company, and the. mail and appurte
nances of-the pnstoffice.
A sad feature of. the first was that
Mrs. Oliver Anderson, wife of Man
ager Anderson, sustained severe
burns.
1 ne nre . reHuiteii me
sion of a .small quantity of. gasoline,
into which. a JiberaL portion, of water
had been added, contained.in a bowl,,
with which .Mss. Anderson was doing
same clothes .cleaning. The explosions
came at a moment when Mr. Ander
son was making a change of apparel,
he being half disrobed in his bedroom
at the time. Then, from the bath
room, came. the sudden explosion.
Rushing, tu^the bathroom, Mr. Ander
son found. Mrs. Anderson partly en
veloped dn .flames, and he lost no time
ini smothering the. blazes about her,
removing, her to safety, and giving
iar every. attentions Mrs. Anderson
stiffered vbtana. and blisterings on her
face, hands and arms up to elbows.
An hour or so after the exposion,
fallowing receipt of news here that
Mrs. Anderson had sustained injuries,
Mrs, C. -F. Lottsfeldt, taking plane
from here, went to McGrath, gave
timely aid, and then brought her to
Takotna, coming up with Pilot Ed
Young. Mrs. Anderson at once be
came the guest of Mors. Chester
Brink, at whose home she is being
given every attention by Mrs. Brink
and Mrs. Lottsfeldt
The explosion is attributed to fric
tion in cleaning the clothing, it being
asserted that windows were open, no
flame in the room, also that ne
matches were in pockets of clothing,
Oliver Anderson, N. C. Co. man
ager, places the damages by Are at
about $12^)00.. The building and
stock were insured- Among- losses
not included in above are the per
sonal losses of Mr. and Mrs. Ander
son, which will probably approximate
about $2,000.
Also falling prey to the flames was
the former N. C. Co. residence, ujsl
this , side of the store building, the
farmer being an old landmark, hav
iitg been occupied by Mr. Apple, pio
neer trader at McGrath.
Manager Anderson lost no time in
getting new store quarters, and the
N. C. Company is now located in the
former Frank Lange roadhouse, ir
which new shelving has been placed
and upon which fresh stock from
well-filled warehouses is being piled,
and business is being carried on as
usuaf.
News of the death of Tom Irwin,
ikitimer of the Tolstoi section, was
received here a few days ago*. He
was abeut 60 years of age, and had
lived in the Tolstoi section for about
16 years. His death is reported to
have occurred at Max Simel’s place
at a time when the latter was visiting
here. The remains- are reported to
have been interred by Frank Mc
Caffrey and William Pershinger be
fore Mr. Simel arrived home.
Plane Cra?>
J AMES ROCKNE,. FAMOUS FOOT
BALL COACH NOTRE DAME
UNIV., AMONG KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, March 31.—James
Rbakne* famous football coach of
Notre Dame University, and seven
„her persons were killed when a
i\ nr continental and Western Air
,,vy Express passenger and air mail
.;.ane crashed in flame stoday in a
pasture several miles southwest of
Bazar, Kansas. Rockne boarded the
airplane here en route to California
this morning.
Bad N ws
Bor Hoover
SAYS SOUTH WILL SEND SOLID
BLOCK OPPOSED TO HIS
RENOMINATION.
WASHINGTON, March 27.—Hor
ace Mann, leading Southern organizer
n. the last Republican campaign,
served notice on Republican party
traders, today that the South would
, Sxjiul its solid block o£ 232 delegates
' to the next national convention op
posed to Hoover and his policies.
Mann, in his statement, also inti
. mated that his group would favor the
nomination of Calvin Coo.idge for
president.
, WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Hoover
. is reported as seriously considering
j Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Por
{to Rico as his- punning mate in the
| next campaign.
] KING C(MINTY DEMSOCRATS
EOOM SENATOR DILL AS RUN
NNG MATE FOR ROOSEVELT
, SEATTLE, March 30.—The King
County Democracy has formally
launched its boom for United States
Senator C. C. Dill of Spokane for the
running mate of Fran.J: It velt
for nomination at the «.e t I'emo
cratic national convention.
THOSE BACKING MOVE GOING
AHEAD WITH CIRCULATION.
OF PETITIONS.
SEATTLE, March 30—Corporation
! Counsel Van Soelen holds that the
| charges filed against Edwards are
legally sufficient, and those backing
the move say they are going to begin
i circulation, of the recall petitions for
signatures. The principal charge is
that Edwards violated his oath of
office in. removing Ross.
SEATTLE, March 25.—Mayor Ed
wards has placed George W. Roberts,
secretary of the Board of Public
Works, at the head of the city light
' ing department, his appointment ap
plying until such time as the council
Oliver Anderson, N. C. Col man
ager, was a yesterday visitor for
a very short time, during which he
visited with Mrs. Andersen at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brink,
i where she is convalescing from the
j injuries she sustained by explosion of
| gasoline a few day? ago..
1,571,291 WORLD WAR VETS
FILE APPLICATION FORLQANS
ON ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2?.—World
war veterans who have filed applica
tions for loans on adjusted' compen
sation certificates, under the* law
passed by the recent Congress, today
reached a total of 1,571,291.
STANLEY J. SMITH NAMED TO
SUCCEED J. H. HUBBARD. AS
DEPUTY MARSHAL, M’GRATH
Stanley J. Nichols, a well known
. s.utnt of Valdez, has been namod
uy Marshal Lynn Smith to succeed J
ii. Hubbard as Deputy United States
.marshal at McGrath, according to ad
v,ces received here today.
HOOVER NOT ENTHUSED
OVER VIRGIN ISLANDS
AEOARD BATTLESHIP ARI
ZONA, March 27.—President Hoover,
after visiting the Virgin Island, said,
whue they might have some military
value some time, that when we had
twenty-five millions of them we ac
quired an effective poorhouse, com
prising 90 per cent of the population.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.—
The city election here yesterday re
sulted in the adoption of a new char
ter which will consolidate San Fran
cisco and San Mateo counties.
SEATTLE, March 28.—The steam
er Yukon sailed for Southwestern
Alaska this morning carrying 305
passengers, including 100 for Seward
and interior points.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—The
bodies of General Pickett and Long
street are to be removed from South
ern graves and reinterred in Arling
ton national cemetery.
DUBLIN, March 24.—Timothy Mi
chael Sealy, noted Irish leader and a
veteran of the House of Commons,
, died at his home here yesterday.
SEATTLE, March 31.—The grand
jury convened today for the purpose
of making investigation of the Puget
Sound Savings & Loan Association
failure.
LOS ANGELES, March 30.—WiU
.azn G. McAdoo Jr. was arrested here
last night on m charge of intoxica
tion.
TACOMA, March 25.—Appraisal
of the estate of the late Hugh Wal
lace, filed today, disclosed that he
left $2,043,000.
SEATTLE, March 24.—State Au
ditor Clauser, 79, and Mrs. Pearl
Ivieagher were united in marriage
here last night.
PARIS, March 27.—Charles Chap
lin, famed movie actor, was decorated
with the French Legion of Honor this
afternoon.
LEGGE QUITS FARM BOARD.
V. ASH1NGTON.—President Hoov
er accepted the resignation of Alex
ander Legge as chairman of the farm
board. It has not been learned whe
ther his successor will be named soon.
Leggc’s resignation was submitted
some days ago. Hoover attempted to
persuade Legge to continue in office.
Charlie Goebel was a yesterday ar
rival from Ganes, and left today on
i a business trip to McGrath.
[500 Perish,
1 Managua
| _
EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE DE
STROYS CITY; NOT A BUSI
NESS HOUSE REMAINS.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar. 31.—
Five hundred persons perished in the
earthquake and fire which destroyed
this city today. Following the fire
not a business house was left stand
ing. American marines stationed
here are doing everything possible to
rescue the injured.
Alaska’s
Reindeer
SPECIAL COMMITTEE INVEST
ING INDUSTRY MAKES SEV
ERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
i -
' WASHINGTON, March 31.—The
, special committee inquiring into the
Aaska reindeer industry, in a report,
today, recommends that the Lomen
Brothers be eliminated from the
Teller-Nome range and that slaugh
i tering and packing facilities there be
| provided for the natives on a com
mission basis. The committee also
recommended that natives be elimin
ated from the Golovin range and that
the Buckland range rules be changed
to provide an equitable share of re
turns for the natives, with a continu
ance of this range on a cooperative
basis between the natives and the
Lomen company.
The commission -also recommends
i that the mavericks of the Buckland
range be divided between the natives
and the Lomens in proportion to the
percentage of holdings in roundups.
; DEPOSITS IN STATE AND
NATIONAL BANKS, SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 28.—The semi
annual call of bank conditions, as of
March 25, disclosed that the state and
national banks of Seattle have $237,
301,833 on deposit.
HARTLEY VETOS MANY BILLS.
OLYMPIA, March 24.—Governor
Hartley last night vetoed 53 bills
passed by the state legislature, bring
ing the total to 64 of the 211 meas
ures passed.
j Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hubbard de
parted today from McGrath for Fair
banks, traveling in the plane of their
son, Percy Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard,
who for the past three years has been I
located at McGrath as deputy United
States marshal, recently relinquished
that position. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard
during their stay at McGrath have1
made many friends throughout this i
section, all of whom, it goes without
saying, regret their departure.
1 Pilots Frank Dorbandt and Harry
Blunt, on Pacific International Air
ways planes, arrived Monday, having
as passengers Miss Gertrude Rody
for this place, and John and Eddie
Hoverson for Flat.
Miss Gertrude Rody, former well
about four years, returned here Mon-.
known Takotnan, after an absence of,
day.
A Switch
In Activities
EDUCATION OF NATIVE ALAS
KANS NOW IN HANDS OF IN. r
DAN AFFAIRS BUREAU.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Secre
tary of Interior Wilbur has issued an
order effective tomorrow transferring
the administration of the educational
and medical and sanitary relief of
Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians of
Alaska, from the Office of Education
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
This step was a result of the ac
tion of the recent Congress in trans
ferring the appropriations made for
the health and education of Alaska
natives from one of these Govern
ment bureaus to the other. These
appropriations include about $800,000
for Alaska native schools, $320,000
for health, and $100,000 for the com
pletion of an industrial boarding
school for natives at Shoemaker Bey*
Alaska, a total of about $1,200,000.
This sto pis in accordance with toe
recent' policy of theDepartment of
the Interior with relation to tho
proper function of the Indian service
and the Office of Education. The in
tent of the law which created the
Office of Education was that its pri
mary purpose was research, that its
business was to study cduactional
problems. The purpose of the pree
ent change is to relieve it of func
tions chiefly administrative and to
place those functions where the^
more properly belong.
From the time Alaska was pur
chased from Russia in 1867 to 1884
the United States Government virtu
ally ignored educational needs in the
area, leaving those to missionary
schools. Ii 1884 Congress made its
first appropriation for education in
Alaska, and Henry M. Teller, then
Secretary of the Interior, assigned
the work to the Commissioner of Ed
ucation. The development of schools
that would accommodate a scattered
population in this wide and inaccess
ible area proved to be an administra
tive task which led the Office of Ed
ucation into many strange complica
tions. There was, for instance, the
introduction of reindeer into Alaska
in 1891, and the growth of herds
largely in the ownership of the na
tives until they have come to num
ber hundreds of thousands. This
work was developed on the theory
that the principal chasem between
barbarism and civilization may be
bridged by converting a hunter into
a herder. The result was, however,
that tte Office of Education, in Wash
ington, became the strange guardian
of vast reindeer herds in Alaska. It
was relieved of this responsibility
two years ago by the transfer of the
reindeer administration to the Gov
ernor of the Territory, just as the
administration of schools and health
work is now transferred to the In
dian service.
Today the Office of Education main
tains in Alaska 93 schools for na
tives, employing 195 teachers, and
enrolling 3,900 pupils, with an aver
age attendance of a little more than
3,000. To care for the health of. na
tives in this far-flung territory there
are 7 hospitals, 9 doctors, and 31
nurses.
It is a huge task that is hero beiiyg
transferred from one agency of gov
ernment to another. The enormoqp
distances to be covered, the remote
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