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FRIDAA, JUNE 25. 1937
NEED FOR A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
IN TAKOTNA IS IMPERATIVE—'
Why can’t Takotna have a new school house? W<
are in urgent need of a building capable of housing th<
ever-increasing number of children.
The present building is-old. rotten and inadequate
It is a shame to spend good money trying to fix it ui
and make it hang together when it is so unsatisfactory
There were 12 pupils attending school here the las
term and there is definite assurance of a decided increase
when school opens next September. What is to be dnm
with the new pupils' when the school nouse is alread;
much too small to accommodate the present number
The present building is literally a wreck ami ab»ut readi
to"fall down.
The teacher is forced to use the small 9x12 cloal
room for living quarters and has no privacy whateve
from the school room itself. No place is provided t<
shelve books or for the children to' hang their coats am
hats nor to wash.
To sum it up: The present school" bilflding is a lbs
gTaee to the Territory of Alaska and constitutes a -see
ious danger to the pup.ds and teacher.
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LOWER GOLD PRICE—
(New YoTk Times!
Recent report on world economic conditions, submitte*
to the Bank for International Settlement:- at Basle, i:
-hi the main hopefuli'but it lays the-greater emphasis oi
those uncertainties which still exist. Particular interns
attaches to remarks , on a problem lately uppermost ij
the world's markets—the confusing phenomena of inter
national gold mxtvements. That gold production in 193!
was the greatest by far of any years in history wa:
known beforehand. The report points out. the anomalj
that most of the gold in motion has gone to two cour-trie:
England and the United States, whose balance of inter
national payments on cither accounts was heavily adverse
and whose "sterilization” of the incoming gold cause:
burdensome expenditure. But when it comes to propos
ing remedies, the World's Bank report is altogether hes
itant. Control of gold production, return to circulate
of gold cou. are -virtually dismissed as impracticable so
Jutions. The onv definite suggestion is the lowering o:
the existing price for gold, by way of restraining over
abundant production.” Even to this proposal, the repot
continues, there are formidable obstacles.
The suggestion’ by the World Bank committee, tba
the price of gold bt lowered, is apparently applied t<
all leading nations. There can be' no doubt that actioi
by the United ^States ' w hich in 1934 arbitrarily market
ap the American price, for gold'considerably more thai
hal*. would be a primary consideration; but the commit
tee s cautious and tentative proposal would seem to con
template intemaitrnai'-action by international agreement
The obstacles which it cstrs, even bo this, are tfce-possibl<
disturbance to sucn equilibrium of the currencies as hai
aready been attaint ana the danger -involved of futun
manipulation. These-considerations already exist, how
ever, at least potet.tially, and it is hard Xo indicate an;
rational solution, except by international conference an<
agreement. Tbe need, for solution is already great; th<
difficulties created fey the existing situation are increas
ing, not decreasing, and all of the countries concernet
bave learned much since the London Economic Confer
ence of 1932.
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We surmise that the cars parked along the country
n.ads these spring evenings are being used for collectm
bargaining.—^-Ohio-State Journal.
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"There’s: a fellow hanging around my bouse try icq
itr get my mother-in law to elope with him.”
“Has be any money of his own?”
“No, but he’s got a lot of money I've given him.”
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Send in your communications to the editor on any
subject. Well gladly publish them.
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SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TAKEN FROM THE FII.ES OF THE KL'SKO TIMES)
Ed Johnson came in from Candle
today on business matters. He will
depart homeward tomorrow.
G. Hamden and Dolph Smith came
1 : down from Taketna on Thursday, re
1 , turning to the up river town today.
Sam Nesvoog and Dick McArthur
( arrived here yesterday, comity down
from Grayling Creek on the S+idemaj
in three hours seven minutes. Mr. j
Nesvoog is scheduled to leave tomor
row morning for a trip to Bethel.
Jesse Yoder left yesterday in his
launch Yodler, headed up the Kusko
kwim. Frank Monkman, of Flat,
Magnus Rud, Martin Clancy and
Fridthjof Hoen. all of whom arrived
Saturday, were passengers on the j
Yodler for Berry Landing.
The motorship Anvil, from Seattle,
with a number of passengers for
Bethel and the upper Kuskokwlm,
and having on board sawmill equip
ment, government freight and mail;
also parts for a wireless plant at
Akiak. was aground on the mud fiats
50 miles from Bethel on the 12th. The
Anvil’s freight was being lightered,
’ and she was looked for daily at,
. Bethel.
Fritz TitteL, and Let- Page are bus;
sinking .shafts on a new quartz fin
in the vicinity of the West Fork o
the Nixon, acording to a report late
ly received here.
Oscar Samuelson, who has the cor
tract for carrying mail between Hoi;
Cross, oil the Yikon, and Bethel, vi
the portage, was seen at Akiak oi
the 15th, with the Yukon mail, head
ed for the lower river town.
High water caused a great deal o
iamage at many places. Frank Hoi
fman's store, at Napamute, .was. wash
?d from its foundations and much a
the stock was damaged. A larg
quantity of gasoline, stored some dis
tance from the building was als<
ost. Mr. Hoffman has air* ad \ start
?d work on a larger building.
Dr. C. D. Carter and Dr. R M
Fishburne, dentists, left yvsterda;
ifternoon for Ophir. where they w il
remain for several days, after whicl
.hey will return to Takotna for i
ihurt stay. On returning to McGrath
hey will visit the Nixon mine an<
Candle, after which they are sehed
lied to return to Bethel.
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THE VI. I MOW RACKET—
(Seward Gateway)
It is a great mistake to associate only men with rack
[ etcering. The ladies have entered the ranks in decideo
| numbers and in the game of aim.on\ car. muster a force
I of one million strong.
Showing greater sagacity than their male compeers,
| the sweet things haw buttressed then gold-digging ac
j thities 'with legal -walls that ex-husbands, socked in jail
because of inability to pay exacting rrtbwcs ary unable
to scale
Divorcees have-ar> perfected, then .system that re
marrying in most states doesn’t in the least alter rela
tiunswith the alimynv-paying ex. and if incomes of the
female contingent are cut down, or a couple of legs are
cut off, well, that is just too bad for the alimony victim.
The alimony must g ■ on, or clang goes the jail door.
The novels of Charles Dickens, it is said, had a lot
to do with correcting .the unnatural custom in England
of jailing debtors. So probably all we do is te hope
that some American Dickens will makp adequate erpose
of the American system of ueking a man ir. jail because
his pockets have been turned inside out through tile le
gaily protected demands of a former wife
SACRIFICES TO WAR—
/Cincinnati Enquirer)
Some greal [lowers -already have cut social insurance
and welfare projects -materially, in order to finance re
armament. Others will come do. it shortly. All are er
it aired in a dangerous policy of inflation or credit expan
sion, trying to carry both burdens The most speutacu
lar case is Germany, where inflation of credit, has reached
a dangerous point.. France has narrowly averted this—
at Uie expense of the welfare programs Great Britain
and the United State* are able to survive a little longer
but are already being forced to choose between smaller
armament, reduced standards of living-and dangerous in
flalion of credit. Soviet Russia -long since sacrificed-*
large measure of well-being fur its People in order -U
pre^iare for. war on a. grandiose scale.
This is the supeme tragedy of our time, proceeding
relentlessly -and gaining its greatest momentum just as
genuine world recovery was within sight Worm- tru»r<
are a few signs that the world’s statesmen will be able
to set in motion remedial policies such as armament
limitation, collective security, or reduction of trade bar
riers. This i> not as spectacula a sort of gloom tw we
were .treated to in Europe for a time, when any incident
might have started another war. Bat it is more di*cc ttT
aging ir other ways, because ever though man-made the
forces at work seem so far beyond conscious - humir.
cat) tin!.
< 1 RING SJ*El-JUKRei—
(Nashville Tennesseean
/'.an ceckless drivers he curbed ?
W bik- this free nation debates the question, and cast*
ar. 'ind for a successful formula, dictatorial Germany ha»
. decided to get at the roots of the matter . by curbing
speed. Knowing the psychology of thi man at the wheel.
Nazi officials have reached the conclusion that the temp
i tation to “show off" -is reduced to a minimum at 30
| miles an brut?
And so, after, a nan jiis.si»fH, ctu vietaii of reckless
ness, his car is given a mechanical adjustment which
prevents him from driving at more that a 30-mile an
hour rate. Furthermore, the machinery carrier a police
seal to prevent tampering, and one can irnagiae that the
penalty for violation-would be something to remember.
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IMPASSE—
Mrs. Williams could only find two aisle seats, one be
i- nu the otfcer. Wishing to sit with her sister she can
tiously surveyed the man hi the next seat. Finally she
leaned over and whispered, “I bey y<. .r pardffr., sir, but
are you. aJone?’’
Without even tummy his head in the slightest, bitt
j tw isting his mouth and shielding it with his hand, h*
muttered, “Cut it out sister, cut it out; the wife’s wit*
; me."—The Wall Street Journal
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It was a thrilling story that Smith had to tell.
“1 had lost all hope," he said, “as / sank fi r th*
third time, my past life rose up before me in a series ai
grim, realistic pictures."
A murmur cr sympathy rolled from the lips i>f fate
listeners, but just as he was preparing to resume. Me
j lavish said, “and did you happen to notice a picture a<
me lending you five dollars in the autumn of 191#?"
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A -or nouns, are fond of boasting That they ha”e th*
world? biggest and best of everything. When it comes
to naliiM.af debts, they certainly ’have the -u midis
biggest.—Detroit Free Press.
“1 know where, you can get-* barrel uTvegutabtUc
for. a song”
* “Where V
tlitow no a'tciie— Uowoi -T. fiti*. amateur o&ijpfcf'