SIDELIGHTS ON McGRATH
Dan Sprague savs» that own own
Martin Clancey had to leave McGrath
in the night and asked us to inform
him that ha had ibetter stay away
as. the citizens of McGrath have, or
ganized a vigilance^ committee, and
that they have a trap set for him.
We are wondering just what Clancey
did in McGrath?.:
If a beauty contest, were held ir.
the Kuskokwim. area Miss Margaret
Cloi gh would give her competitors
a strong race.
You can’t go wt *ng having yowr
meals at Dave Clough’s Roadhouse.
Th. K ,ko T mes staff gorged-them
solves on one of the finest Sunday
pinner ever prepared while visiting
McGrath. We h lie . almost for
given the girls for not givingtvus a
cup of coffee just before we left.
Cvsdie Habson came to our rescue.
Lew Laska. manage.*, of the North
ern Commercial Company store, as
sure a The Kuska Times of his hearty
support. Thants Lew!
Deputy U. S. Marshal-Bert. Berry
tr-d Alaska Egan renewed r an old
friend; hip which ' started back in
Valdez when Alaska was .in knee
f i.r.ts and selling papers. Those w.ae
the c. vs, weren’t they, Bert?
We certainly enjoyed.the ni e ag
cha* with . rn. Thomas H. McLean,
who wi-- a member, of the Fou.th
Lstste luring the good old hanoset
t a;, s, when a young girl. She .ur.der
stends the newspaper game and pas
., 1 u- come friendly advice which
we know will help ns. .
We had formed mental pictures of
our McGrath correspondent prior.tc
(:■ • visit. These pictures were ere
tnc from the concise, breezy style
in vhich the stories were written. We
wf:e not one whit disappointed when
r.e met Mrs. Dorothy Tibbs. You
hi,- a pal Mr. Widman.nMrs.
1 'jbs. He never lets his hotaretown
people down. We tried him.-;
We wrnt to apologize to Mr.' ‘and
Mrs. Albeit Ivey for the’i mistake
made irr last week's paper a rat also
to thank them for their supp-ewtraari
fcospitaiitshown.
Just a httie reminder "to n BHi
Kruhm: Don’t forget the -ateryr
Oddie Hallson and the Mrs. gave
a little impromptu partyin hi** ( ?)
of the Kusko Times -staff which in
cluded the ^enerah manager,-ecitfcr
in-chief, printer «tml printers' devil
all rolled into two. It was a grand
payty, with McGrath well represented.
We certainly had a good time, Oddie
Thanks for the breakfast; we'll have
ttehwaififes Jater..
Miss Jeanne Keith informed u« that
she is, or had been, contemplating
a move to our city. We guarantee
you a warm welcome. Mis Keith.
To Bert Dementoff—We received
your letter O. K. and. your wislses
will be carried out.
It looks as though Pete'Michels is
f oil sr to expand fn McGrath. He is
busy cutting logs for the construc
tion of a new -building. A1 Nord
strom is helping Him.
Qapt. Ed Ralston- and ye reporter
I hashed over all. their ancestors last,
j Sunday trying to get: related_ No
result*. We’ll get together again,
sometime Ed, and go back a little
* farther..
i To Bernard Ivey—Yatrr sugges
tions-concerning the panes' Hi in pet*
fectly with our plans. Keep string-*
|_ing along with us. Bernard, am) we
i will eventually get the paper whip
1 ped. into shaj-a along the lines we
i discussed..
--
Johnny Adams wants" to-know7 if.
^ t here is anything he can do for any
'of the ciitzens of McGrath. If so.
^notify him at once and-Jie will come
down immediately. Johnny’s motto
is: “We aim. to please.’’
MANY BILLS ABE
INTRODUCED IN
LEGISLATURE
The memorial presented by Dan
Kennedy and Ed Coffey for a new
federal building., at Anchorage, pas
sed its third reading in. both the
j House and Senate.
Victor Rivers introduced a mem
1 oria! urging the construction of
roads in the mining districts of the
Kuskokwim and. Iditarod.
) Powers and Roden introduced a bill
i seeking the establishment of a ter
‘ ritprial assay office.
i * -
A memorial was read asking that
j roads from Banker Hill to Kougat
; ouk-.Nome to Council. Nome to Sok
; omon, and Nome to Teller.
A. bill, seeking the appointment of
commissioners to collect fees rrom
commercial clam diggers was intro.
I duee<k.
| The. Governor issued a proclama
(tion calling for an extra-ordinary
j session of the Legislature to convene
March. 19 for 15 days.
WARMS. STAJHPEDERS
TO TAKE IN DTtfLLS
**"Any man; joining S2re present
stampede into the Goodnews Bay sec
! tion in search of gold, should take a
drilL The country. is not a pick,
j shovel and gold pan district as the
1 bedrock is all the way from 40 to
feet deep.” This is a warning
! given by Walter Culver, who has
'been in the Goodnews Bay section
for the past six years. Oliver has
temporarily leased his properties in
, Bear. Canyon,r,two creeks, on Fox
j Creek, also bench properties to Wai
< ter B. Johnson & Co.
I Sourdough . Bill—Have you paid
] your, tax yet, .Par ?
| Pat—No, an’- I'm glad I haven’t.
Sourdough Bill—How’s that?
Pat—I gpt a form today what set
4‘Final Application.’ so it looks as if
j they've given, it up as a bad job!
Wherever you may be-, located,
sead in whatever news you may
have and kelp us to produce, a seal
newsy newspaper. Send some today.
Remember the Advertisers
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IDITAROD IS BEST
SMALL CAMP SAYS
PETER MISCOVICH
Peter Miskovkh, pioneer minitg
man from Iditarod, and his second
eldest son arrived in Seattle last
week from the North, planning on
spending a month or so looking over
the Great Outside, and planning on
next year’s mining operations, says
the Alaska Weekly
Pete Miscovich has been mining in
the Iditarod practically since the
first discovery was made by Beaton
and Dykeman back in 1908-9. When
seen at the Savoy this week, he said,
“The Iditarod is a great little camp
—in fact A believe it is the best lit
tle camp that has ever been found
in Alaska.
“According to the records, the Idit
arod has produced more than $50,
000.000 in gold, and I honestly be
lieve that it, is just getting started.
I have been mining there for 25
years and have grout'd that will keen
me busy for another 25 years. I am
mining with a hydraulic plant, on the
B & M Bench o;.pcsite Discovery
Otter, and while the gt*>und is nn'h
ing to get excited about as far as
values are concerned, we have b-.-i
making a living so far. have been
able to pay our bills, and that s
something ”
EAKI.T ACTION NEEDED
IN AIRFIELD PROGRAM
Need fur early action in putting
! into construction a program develop
l ed for Alaska airplane landing fields
and roads and trails was taken up in
a conference with the President re
cently by Senator Schwellenbach of
, Washington. Dr. Ernest Gruening. Di
j rector of the Division of. Tt-rriorres
and Island Possessions, and Delegate
! Dimond.
The program outlined to the Pres
ident-calls for enlargement and im
provement of a number of airfields
and construction of new ones where
warranted. It also would provide ad
ditional road facilities in various sec
tions of the Territory, supplementing
the construction to be undertaken
S through the regular appropriations
I for the Alaska Road Commission and
the Bureau of Public Roads in the
Territory. Approval of a similar pro
gram has been sought before through
the use of Works Progress Adminis
tration money, but could not be work
ed out because the work contemplat
ed could not be efficiently undertaken
in Alaska under the restrictions as
to maximum wages, hours of labor,
and the use of relief labor, as pre
scribed for expenditures *of such
funds.
The President expressed his inter
est in Alaska and his desire for its
development. He expressly referred
FIND EVERYTHING CHANGED
For the first time in nearly half
a century Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Gerhart, traders at Holy Cross on
the lower Yukon, are making a visit
to their '>ld homes in Connecticut and
Oakland, respectively. He found the
old farm abandoned where he spent
his boyhood days and covered with
brambles and weeds. His old friends
were mostly dead an the trip was ■
..isappointing. Mrs. Gerhart found
much improvement in Oakland and
th.njjs moving faster than when she j
was there 23 years ago. Mrs. Ger
hart stopped at the Mayo Clinic [
where she received beneficial treat
ment.
to the benefits which would come to 1
both Alaska and Canada from the
construction of the Internationa! high_
way. While the budget for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1938, has been ;
made up, and the Ohio and Mississ
ippi Valley floods have imposed an
unexpected drain on the treasury,
there is good reason to hope that
something substantial for the benefit
of Alaska may be worked out.
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kinds of placer mining, and two
years experience on diesel tractors
and in factory. Inquire Kusko
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