rHE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
Published Ewerv Saturday
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TOKOTSA, ALASKA. SEPT. 19, 1925
300 Chicago Gangsters
Herded in Jail Cells
Chicago.—More than 300 foreign-born
gunmen and moonshine ma'.cers were
herded in police cells todav in.the most
extensive series of raids ever made by
the Chicago police The raids-were
ordered following the killing of two
policemen and the woundingo another
officer in a street light last night.
Mayor Dever, State Attorney Robert
E. Crowe and other high officials an
nounced their determination to rid the
city of the gangsters, who killed a total
of four policemen in the past week.
Orders to shoot to kill have been given
police.
Federal officials came to the aid of
Ihe police by announcing they would
ieport every alien fotmd gnilty of vio
lating the law. Moat of the ’ 300 pris
oners'ara Italians ■ai'lro have been in
this country less'tb'an £V® years.
Virtually all of these were in the
•mplov of the notorious Genna, police
oharge. AdiodIo Genoa, leader of the
band,'was killed several weeks ago,
and Saturday one of his brothers, Mike
Genoa, was killed by a policeman after
Ibe fight in which the two patrolmen
diedr Three Genoa brothers remain,
and police are hunting for them.
The raids were largely in the Italian
quarteas. Dozens of little cafes and
homes were smashed open.
Numerous stills, hundreds of gallons
of maSh and liquors of all sorts were
seized. Scores of revolvers, shotguns
and osher weapons were found and con
fiscated.
Police were informed that a defense
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smith^and
Sheet Metal Work
AH Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Re paired
Robt. E. Lowrie
1 Tokotna, Alaska
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fund of $100,000 was being raised to de
fend John Heal ice and Albert Aaseline,
who with Mike Genoa killed the two
policeman Saturday. The men were
wounded and captured.
N othing daunted by the police activ
ity, other Italian gunmen killed one
Italian laborer and shot and perhaps
fatally wounded Mike Lombardi, active
in the Sicilian colony.
Pioneer Canneryman
Longs for Days of Old
Alaska is growing civilised, in the
opinion of Captain C. E. Ahues, super
intendent of the Libbv cannery atTaku
harbor, whose knowledge of the Terri
tory and its people dates back some 25
years. And he cited a case coming
under his own observation to prove his
observation that the higher forms of
civilisation are reaching the North
land.
lieeently while hanging some web
biDg on a trap in le v Straits'Captain
Ahues was forced to take the liviDg
scow into shelter when a sudden blow
otruck bis floating camp. Be left the
big supply scow tied up at the trap.
Two hours later, the blow subsiding.
Ahue3 returned to the trap and found
someone bad looted the supply scow,
cleaning it as bare as the famous cup
board of Mother Hubbardt Everything
was gone, sto7e and stovepipe, several
coils of new rope, camo equipment,
grub and other material. Even the
trap chains were carried away
This, the pioneer canneryman told
the Juneau Empire, is prima facie evi
dence of the coming of civil iced forces
to Alaska. He recalled instances of
where entire camps with their equip
ment had been left for days on end in
bygone years ’ without Molestation.
Doors had no locks generally, and if
thev did happen to have locks the keys
were lost through nonuse. “J guess
that time is now passed, and what we
can’t anchor solidly we’ll have to lock
up,” he commented mournfully.
PRESS SQUIBS
It’s a wonder money doesn’t blush
when made to talk the way it does by
some people.—Des Moines Tribune.
Politeness these days consists o! of
fering a lady vour seat when you get
oil the street car.—Grand Rapids
Press. ■ ■ '
People of the United States would
own 87 percent ef the world’s autos if
they wero paid for.—Columbia Record.
mi6s my husband,” wails an Ar
kansas woman. Aim lower, madam.—
Des Moioes Capital
Still, auctions that can't be' alien
ated can’t be worth the sum asked for
them.—Pittsburgh Sun.
“Nothing makes the modern girl
blush,” says a woman writer. How
about the drug store?^Kitcbener
(Ont.) Record.
The trouble with prohibition en
forcement seems to be that the juries
are no better than the people.—Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot.
Says an alarmist: “Jaas is turning
us into barbarians.” Well, there ia
some satisfaction in knowing what is
doing it.—Toledo Blade.
The many school girls who have
beeu marrying of late to escape school
will hnd their education is just begin
ning.—Pqiladelphia Public Ledger.
If he’s poor, he’s a failure:, and if
he’s rich he’s a menace.—Fort Worth
Star Telegram.
As to America s sense of humor, ob
! serve the kind of cars some people put
’ locks on.—Denton (Texas) Record
Chronicle. _
Mr. Rohan says that owners of beau
I tiful things ought to regard,themselves
merely as trustees for the people who
will possess them later. Husbands of
film stars, please note.—Punch.
Uncle Sam is to erect a barbed wire
fence at El Paso to keep out the rum
runners. If they ever spill any of the
stuff on the fence, good-by fence-—Los
Angeles Express.
A food research expert has discov
ered that sauerkraut csntains more
than one half of one per cent alcohol.
This iato.-.icnnt will have to go.—New
York Evening World.
Some Scotsmen think that there is
only oue great country, but they are so
afraid of wearing it out that they don’t
live in it.-- New York American.
E year of groat prosperity is predict
ed. America was using only 17,000,000
automobiles in 1924, but better times
are in sight.—Louisville Times.
Rio dc Janeiro wants a New York
policeman to reorganize its forco. We
| might spare a few of our crooks for
him to work on, ton.—New York Her
ald-Tribune
Henry Ford has bought the old Con
cord coach, in its day another rattling
good vehicle.—St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.
iirpo« faPce of Newspapers.
Most people look at a newspaper as
the business of a single individual, if
it thrives, that is the ownor’s or the
editor’s business. If it fails, that also
is the owner's or editor’s business.
As a matter of fact, the success or
failure of a paper is a matter of grave
concern to an entire town.
Newspapers are the fcer.t advertise
ment a city has in the entire world.
Other cities judge a towu by the kind
of newspaper it has. If it does not
thrive, outsiders are inclined to look
on the town as undesirable to live in,
and so move on to other towns.f
Thomas JeTersoc once said that if
he had to have government without
newspapers, or newspapers without
government, he would take the news
papers, because through them he felt
that the state could be run with at
least fair success.
If people appreciated more fully the
value of their newspapers, they would
make great efforts to see that they get
the news and advertising. Modern so
ciety cacnct get along without news
papers any more than it can without
schools and churches.—Mount Vernon
Daily'Herald.
Nelson—The poor we have with us
always.
Uiiev—Yes and aren’t their flivvers
a nuisancer—Kansas City Star.
J. H. McLean
Tokctna
Native Spuds
This year’s crop %
$7 Per 100 Lbs.
Better rates on larger quantities
Cabbage
$9 Per 100 Lbs.
Swift’s Ham and Bacon
Golden State Butter
and Cheese
New Stock of Green Hood
,,Woolen Goods
Hood All Rubber Pacs|
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Tokotna
Fine Assort irent of Pipes
All kinds o< Tobaccos,
Cigarettes and Cigars
New Line of Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Fresh Candies and
Soft Drinks
Tooth Brushes
Tooth Paste and Powder
Canvas Gloves
Jack Mutchler
OH, HOYS!
Proprietor
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving on first boats
will be a complete as
sortmentof the very
best goods, con
sisting of
Groceries
hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
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George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Trusts
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
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Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
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