THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher,- Sole
Owner and Editor.
Published Every Saturday
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gntered as second-class matter August
20th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SEPT. 27, 1924
Recent Events
On the Outside
Seattle.—If the Ruby goes North
Bhe will also search for the Maid of Or
leans, a gasoline schooner, which left
here June 25th for Coronation Gulf via
Nome. She carried five persons, in
cluding Miss Alice Supples, 24, of Se
attle, who was going to teach Eskimos
of Victorialand. Christian Klongen
berg, Coronation Gulf trader, and his
sons Andrew and Jordan came out last
spring with verv valuable furs. They
bought the Orleans, had her remodeled
and took her North with their supplies
for the winter.
Seattle.—Secretary of Navy Wilbur
$old the Seattle Chamber of Commerce:
>‘Tbe basing of the United States fleet
In the Pacific marks a definite position
In the policy of this nation.”
Discussing the --itnation between the
{Jnited Stateo , Japan, Wilbur said:
•‘‘The immigration act was a renewed
declaration that the American people
propose to exercise our governmental
powers in accordance with our own de
sires in the development of civilization
pn this continent.”
Washington.—President Coolidge an
nounces the appointment of Edgar Ad
dison Bancroft, of Chicago, as ambas
sador to Japan, and James Rockwell
Sheffield, of New York, as ambassador
to Mexico. Sheffield is a graduate of
Yale and Harvard. Bancroft is a mem
ber of the New York legislature.
New York.—The Detroit, Toledo &
Ironton railroad, for which Henry Ford
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and'
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
paid $5,000,000, had gross revenues of
$6,031,000 in the first six months of this
year, which is an increase exceeding
$1,000,000 over the s&mo period last
year. _
Chicago.— Prosecutor Crowe said:
‘■Loeb and Leopold didn’t have the
honor supposed to exist among thieves.
Loeb would have killed Leopold, but
knew no safe way. Well, he might
have served the community if he had
done so and then committed suicide.”
‘Crowe discussed the possibility of a
jail escape, saying that Tommy Con
nors escaped “My God,” he said,
“think how the fathers and mothers of
the community will shudder if their
children are on the streets with these
two mad dogs at large.”
Seattle.—W. O. Groves, former hotel
man of Issaquah. reported to Sheriff
Starwich that twenty-six members of
the ku klux klan threatened him with
bodily injury if be didn’t apologize for
remarks he made about it.
Montesano, Wash.—Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Witner, accused of arson, were ac
quitted. In .July their home was de
stroyed by fire, while they were visit
ing in Everett, and the bodv of Eddie
McCulloch was found in the ruins.
Chatham, Ont.—An eagle, measuring
eight feet from tip to tip, picked up a
14 year-old boy. weighing ‘JO pounds,
on the golf course here. The eagle
lifted the bov five feet in the air and
then dropped him. The bird was killed
later -by a citizen.
Madison.-—Henry E. Rohlf, former
president of the Hayward. Wis., Na
tional Bank, was sentenced to a term
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
lditarod, Alaska,,;
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
|
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
of eight years in the Leavenworth pen
itentiary for the embezzlement, of two
hundred thousand dollars.
notice of forfeiture.
To It. H. Brown and Frankie Chew,
vour heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
tified that I, the undersigned, your co
owner, have expended in labor and im
provements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars per year for the
years 1021, 1922 and 1922 upon the
Pack Mule Association piacer mining
claim, situated on Otter creek, a trib :
utar.y of Iditarod river, in the Otter]
mining and recording precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised S'atutes of
the United States and the amendments
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims.
And if, within uinety days after the
publication of this notice, you. or either
of you, fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of said expenditures, as well
as the cost of recording the same, and
the costs of this advertisement, your
interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made t.he required ex
penditure under the terms of said Sec
tion 2824 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
D. S. McDONELL,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication. Sept. 20, 2924.
Date of last publication, Dec. 27, 1924.
Blackburn
& Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
Fresh Goods
Provisions, Notions
and Hardware
Hood’s Rubber Goods
The best Shoe Pac. They stand
the wear.
Fish Netting
Pur Bought and Sold
Bring us your fur to be made up.
We represent a good ami
reliable house.
YVe Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50c
All Fresh Goods
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Prices are right.
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
89SSPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.