| THE ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IX THE
Kl'SKOKWIM COUNTRY
• i
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE KUSXO TIMESj
_ I
THE KESKO TIMES
COVERS ALL PARTS OF
THE RIVER COUNTRY
<T1tt Ivusfeo
• >
T. R. SlcROBERTS and ALASKA E EGAN,
Publishers
. Ml bed Erery Friday, at Takotna. Alaska
SUBSCRIPTPON RATES
Or r..r.th ..._ _..$1.00
S... M n:hs_____$ 6.00
O' ? Yc .r _.___ $10.00
ADVERTISING RATES
Reading matter. 15 cents per Hne per issue; four
lir.es, 50 cents. Minimum charge...$ -50
Lr"r,; advertisements, per line per issue _ .20
Tiers display per inch per is; e. Minimum
cuarge $1.0. 1 _ .—.. .50
Arp .cation as second-class r atter is pending at
th? j cilice at Takotna, Alaska, under hte Act of
March ’.rd, 1S79.
FRIDAY. MARCH 12, 1937
KUSKOKWIM IS AT LAST
COMING INTO ITS OWN—
This great country is finally coming into its
own. 7 here is every indication that there will be
c-.'-re mining activity in all sections of the .Terri
tory loan has been withes; i at any time since the
c-ariy boom days
The Kuskokwim basin is in the forefront of
this -ei< ; tr.cni parade indk ,ed by word of in
creased activity in every can.p. Of course. the
Csec tion will be the scene of the great
est ac . .. in this area, but the country around
Flat, liuby, Poerrran, Sleitnvjte, Marshall near the
n :.h • >f the Yukon, and Takotna, Ophir and
McGrath will also enjoy the best season in their
history. There has been more development work and
rro.-pec i .g this winter than ever before and
it is positively known that there will be several new
draglines and at least two more dredges coming
into the country this summer..
Much of this increased development would have
bten accomplished years ago, had this country got
ten its fair 'hare of road appropriation funds. If
t :■ : ad program, which was sponsored as far back
as 1S2L by Col. Steese and Major Gotwals, had been
carried through, the money coffers of the United
Slates would have been, enriched by many more mil
lions of dollars. We fail to see any reason why
other sections of the Territory, which do not produce
ar.rwhere near as much wealth as the Kuskokwim
basin should get the hen’-.-share of the road ap
-ropriatlon funds. The only reason, it seems to us.
is that the people down here have been too busy
w rking to play the amount of -politics‘necessary to
get the needed road apjpropriations It is a fact
that those sections which yell the loudest get the
biggest appropriations regardless of the. fairness of
their claims.
SCJLETHING SHOULD BE DONE
ABOUT THE WOLF AND COYOTE MENACE—
M e be ieve that with, the wolves and coyotes on
the increase in the Territory, that something should
be cone toward exterminat -g them. Game wardens
or experienced hunters should be employed and em
powered to use poison judiciously in killing off these
infer.?'-, es to the Viic game life in the Territory as
.;11) successfully done in the States. Exper
.inters, without a doubt, could trade these
\ animals to their dens and destroy them
c t.rtely in a reasonable .ength of time. It would
be money well spent and without complaint, we be
lieve.
-o
V ,y. service says that the President's first mes
sage iS full of pointed sentences. Pointed presumably
#t the United States Supreme Court-—Dallas News.
—-o -
According to the way an American thinks, if he
car.'-, save any money, it isn’t because he’s spending
to:. , hut. because he isn’t making enough.—St.
Leris Sr-r-Times.
-o
In Arkansas a man was arrested for stealing a
pet skunk. It’s remarkable that within ’he boundarise
.j . s .rgle stale there should be-found a person wbr
will pet a skunk and another person wl*o will steal
ore.—V, ashington Post.
-o
id. tress—"Marie, ■“■hen yon wait on tfle table to
nig.f.t for n y guest-i, p’tase don’t spill anything.”
" 'aid—"Don't you worry ma’am: ! never talk much
*’Sav. waiter, call the manager here. I can’t eat
this stuff.”
-‘No Q’ae calling him sir; na won’t eat it either.
You- subscription and advertising support is
tr-c Jy solicited at the present time so that we
t i : .i.ase the necessary equipment to produce a
larger and better paper.
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TAKEN FROM THE FILES OF THE KI SKO TIMES)
Tony Sorensen came to McGrath
from Candle yesterday.
Fred Tingbladt came into MeG~sth
, yesterday from Nixon, to remain for
. a couple of days.
Mrs. George Muchler is in Casper,
where she has a store called the Bon
Ma.-che.
John Beaton is on his way ove
the traiL
Charlie O'Halloran left McGrath
this morning for Nixon.
A1 Welch is on the trail from An
chorage, and should be in McGrath
any day.
Harold Knutsen came from Gray
ling Creek this morning ani return
ed home late this afternoon.
Charlie Pearson arrived in Mc
Grath today from Anchorage, after
having spent a number of weeks
on the Outside.
Pack Olson, Jack McGee and Do! ph
Smith, well known in the Valdes and
Cache Creek sections, earne in Tues
day over the trail.
Charlie Mespelt, well known min
ing man, is on the trail from Anch
orage, accompanied by his brother,
and is due to arrive at any time.
Chester Brink returned Monday
from a trip to Anchorage, to which
i place he drove Dr. J. B. Beeson. Mr.
Brink left Tuesday for Iditarod
r
John Repo is a late arrival from
Ophir.
Sam Nesvcog came down from
Gray I:. Creek yesterday to attend
to a : M business matters.
G. milton, fcrr.er Iditarod bus
iness ,.n and meii kn wn northern
er, came in from Anchorage ov r
the trail, arriving here M c nday.
Howard Langley is scheduled to
leave tomorrow on his trip down riv
er to where the Tana is quartered.
He will be accompanied by Adolph
Lind, who will act as chauffeur.
I lave Storandlx r.r, well kr. wn Ot
ter Creek operator, arrived in Me
Grnth Monday enroute to Anchorage
to ffit t Mrs. Strcndberg, who w.ll
r^.urn with him over the trail.
Miss Virg'nla Howard and Mrs.
W. Jones, of Ophir, who have be n
visiting in McGrath for several days,
departed today for Takotna, with
Aleck Caisson on the handlebars.
Charlie Goebbel arrived in' Mc
Grath Monday enroute to Anchorage
many weeks, most of which time was
spent in locking after his To'stoi
mining interests and attending to
other business affairs in Iditarod.
Owen Gray returned from Iditarod
on Sunday, and left Tuesday morning
for the Nixon mines. Upon return
ing from Nixon, he will make one
more trip to Iditarod, following which
he is scheduled to make a run over
to Anchorage.
SELECT FOOD RECIPES
BY T. S. (TED) McADAMS
(The Kusko Times Chef)
WAFFLES
4 cups flour; \
3 teaspoonsfull baking powder.
1 tablespoonfull sugar.
3 eggs.
1 pt. milk.
2 tablespoonsfal better.
1-4 teaspoon salt.
1-4 rpoon vanilla.
Mix same as wheat cakes, only a
bttle thicker. The waffle iron should
be of the right heat and well greased
| before pouring in the batter. The
i eggs can be reduced and the baking
| powder slightly increased to lighten
| the waffles.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE
13 egg whites.
1 cup sugar.
11-2 cups cake flour.
2-3 teaspoonfull cream of tartar.
Pinch salt.
1-2 teaspoon vanilla.
Mix flour and half of sugar and
: sift together; Beat egg whites firm,
add cream of tartar, and gradually
beat in rest of sugar. Add flour and
mix lightly. And lastly add van;.la.
Bake in ungreased tics. Turn over}
on cloths till cool and knock out
cakes. 1
VAX ILL A WAFERS
2 caps sugar.
1- 2 cup butter.
6 eggs.
2- 3 cup milk.
5 cups flour unsifted.
1 heaping- teaspoonfull baking
powder.
2 teaspoons vanilla.
Mix like cookies. Lay out in rings
with pastry bag and star tube, or
drop with spoon on lightly greased
pans. Bake in oven 375 degrees.
MACARONI AND CHEESE
Break one-fourth pound of maca
roni into pieces an inch or two long.
Cook it in boiling «vat*?r, enough to
cover it well; put in a good tea
spoonful of salt; let it boil about 20
minutes. Drain it well and then put
a layer in the bottom of a well-but
, red bating (LA; upon this some
. ted che e and small pieces of
.tier, a bit ,f salt, then more ma
carui* and so oh. filling the dish;
■ nr.kle the top layer with a thick
. . yer of err .k.r crumbs. Pour over
tte whole a cupful! c£ cream or milk.
Set it in the oven and bake half an
hour. It should be nicely browned
on top.
LOISSAC’S C,;UG STGEE
«
Anchorage, Alaska.
Drugs Rubber Goods RCA Radios
Liquors of All Kinds. Olympia See’*.
Special, Prompt Attention Given All Mail Orders. [
TIMELY EDITORIALS
bulled From Our Exchanges
REGISTERING TRAPLINES—
(Seward Gateway)
While the recommendation that trapping in Alaska be
restricted for a period and that all traplines be regis
tered by their owners thereafter, as recommended by
the Tarana Valley Sportsmen's Association, it would
appear that this matter is one outside the aims and
objects of such an association. It is one concerning
the frontiersman who traps.
One of tile principal objections will be found in
the effect of creating class. Alaska has no “trapping
class.” Trapping is an avocation rather than a voca
tion. Few men actually follow it as a chosen depar
ture in life. More often it is an adjunct for the set
tler to find activity in winter and add a few dollar
to his income. Fluctuations in fortune may cau.'e a
settler to abandon trapping altogether after a season
Th.s opens the way for speculation in traplines.
Registering all lines for the year which they are
used, would obviate disputes as to territory and give
pr.n.r wardens a better gauge for administering this
important branch of endeavor. But, as has proven ini
C. . tenure by registration created chaos and
opened the way for many U> stake lines merely in or
der to sell them.
THREE-YEAR ALASKA
DEV EEOLMENT PROGRAM—
< Fairbanks News-Miner)
Today’s Washington dispatches announce the intro
duction in Congress of a bill by Delegate Dimond for
a three-year development program for Alaska. The
bill would authorize the expenditure of $8,000,000 in
the Territory by the Federal government.
The plan would put Alaska in the progressive par
ade f nations which are accomplishing great things
under planned programs for short periods of three to
five years.
Members of Congress and the administration will
find it much worth while to lend its support to the
Dimond measure.
V. hile the program calls for an expenditure of over
two and a half million dollars in Alaska annually fo*
the three-year period, it is well to recall that Alaska
is pouring a magnificent stream of wealth into the
States in the way of a yearly gold yield of some $18,
000,000 and a salmon production of some $40,000,000.
In three years this tribute w-ill total $174,000,000, as
against the $8,000,000 development sum.
Under the impetus of the new prosperity the cop
per platinum, antimony, tin and other mine products
will step up Alaska's gift to the nations many mor
millions annually.
.-liasKa wm increase ner proauction ot an tii.-s
raw products in proportion to the means she is giver*
to speed up her development. The greater number
items in the Dimond program are for extension of . ■ ■
vices into mining fields and development of tr
which will bring new Alaskan activities and s.:
which are essential if Ulaska is to advance.
Funds are sorely needed by Alaska to put her
ward, to make it possible for her to produce m :
make her a much greater customer of American ;
ducing centers.
Already Alaska purchases tens of millions of dol
lars worth of supplies from the States, and the money
percolates into every channel of industry and employ-'
ment.
It Uncle Sam wants his largest and most wonder
ful Territory to progress— he must put forth the
wherewith on which to proceed. No country can pro
gress without funds.
Alaska gives her cream to America. If America
wants more cream, let her be liberal with the Golden
cow that yields the cream.
-0
“Why don't you ask the advice of your husband?’"
“Weii, maybe I will after I make up my mind
what IT! do."
-o
At the wedding reception the young man remark
ed: “V.'ans’t it annoying the way that, baby cried dur
ing the whole ceremony?” And the prim little maid
of honor replied: “It was simply dreadful! When
I get married I’m going to have printed right in the
corner of the invitations, ‘No babies expected.’ ”
-o
When J. P. Morgan was asked what he thought
about the European situation, he replied, “I don’t
th.nk. ’ In England, when they catch a man like that,
they make him Foreign Secretary.—The New Yorker.
-o—
Teacher—“Now Robert, if you are always kind
arc! . i* to ali your playmates, what, will they think
of you?"
“S ,nae of 'em would think they could lick me/
-o
PLACER LOCATION NOTICES now on -ale
The Kusko Times office. Get yours today.