THE KUSKO TIMES
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Kusko Times. McGrath, Alaska.
MCGRATH, ALASKA, MAY 25, 1921
OAD W
UP
Hoad Commission Plans
* to Complete Tacotna
Ophir Road This Year.
Seattle. May £1, — Captain
Ward, member of the Alaska
ivoad • ConwaissiOKi in an inter
view >hbre today, states that, be
sides opening the road from Val
dez to Fairbanks thi£ summer,
the Commission plans to com
plete the l’oad between Tacotna
and Ophir, in the Kuskokwim
river districts, and the Chatamka
Oirei'e road,. £ which will give a
through road' from Valdez to
Circle* through the - Elairbanks
district*. • The Cdmmission also
plans tofiaishthe west jetty at
Nome and begin, dredging oper
ations in Snake river.
Skies Lurid With Glare
of Burning Buildings
In the Vicinity of Cork
Dublin, May 20.—The skies last night
were lurid for-miies a*ound<Cork with
the giaVe • fr’cm many burning farm
houses, wbichJhkci been set afire in re
prisal for -the assassination of District
Inspector Blaise and three companions.
Sfcotty Auld, from Candle, arrived
here Tuesday, coming up from the
Candle Landing on the Tana.
I
83ULDEND
HOSTILITIES
| Leaders of Polish Revo
lution in Upper Silesia
Anxious for Terms.
Kerim, May M>.—Korfanty and
other leaders of the Pblishrevo
lutron in Upper Silesia have* of
fered to retreat, guaranteeing- to
ei*l hostilities and acknowledg
ing their rashness providing the'
territory will be taken over by
inter Allied troops, and not by
troops of Germany.. Such pro
clamation, signed by the Polish
executive board and Korfanty,
has been addressed; to the inter- j
Allied Mission at Oppeln.
Airmen Fail to Reach
Ft. Norman Oil Fields
Montreal,'May 18.—Airmen seeking
to reach the Fort Norman oil fields
got as far as Fort Simpson, and have
returned to their base, convinced that
the flight cannot be made so early-1
Two ’planes were badly damaged, the
parts being replaced by muosehide-. |
and staves from dogsleds.
Pershing Appointed
Chief of Army Staff
Washing-ton, May 19.—Secretary %of
War Weeks today announced the ap
pointment of General Pershing as
Chief of Staff of the Army.. Major
General -James J. Harbord w-ill be
Pershing’s executive assistant.
Road Work to Start'June 1.
John Joslin, superintendent of road j
operations between Tacotua and Optair !
for the Alaska Road Pommission, ar
rived here Friday last to give attention
to a number of business details per
taining to highway work during the
coming season. According to present
outlook, about fifteen men will be put
to work about June 1, and later on, in
all probability, as many men as possi
ble will be given employment, this all
depending upon the amount of funds at
the disposal of the Commission, as weli
as equipment available to proceed' with
the work.
Farrell Would Accept.
Washington, May 19.—President
Farrell, of the United States Steel
Corporation, has informed President
■ Harding- of his willingness to accept
the chairmanship of the United States
Shipping. Board.
Break-Up of Yukoiti
Nulato, Mav 20.—The ice broke at
Tanana, Eagle and Kokrines on the
18thr and the movement today is gen
eral. _
Robert Hart and Jack Stevenson ex
pect to leave within ihe next couple of
days for Bethel, at which place they
wili construct a boat suitable fop these
waters. They expect to return here in
about six weeks..
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
INHOKO LUMBER CO.
Flat’s Quality Restaurant
The Best the Market Affords
Prompt Service
Henry Durant :: Frank Keenan
Hot Drinks
Coffee
Sandwiches
Doughnuts
Cake and Pie
Served1 at AW flours
McGrath Pool Room & Cigar Store
Mrs. E. P. Werner, Prop.
Who Said Freighting |
That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
even, as far as Rubv.
W. H. Jones
Freighter
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating' Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwinu
Caprt. Wallace Langley, [Manager.
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