THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL XI NO.
.TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 15 1931
PRICE 25 CENTS;
Lindberghs
Are Moving
LAND AT SAFETY, 21 MILES
FROM NOME; GET AWAY
FOR TOKYUl
NOME, ,Aufti. 9s*—The low-winged
monoplane caeryin* Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh and his wife on theii
vacation tripi- to-the- Orient came to
rest on the-'waters of Safety bay, 21
miles from hare, about 1:40 p. m. to
day, after a short flight from Shis
maref, obu* the Seward peninsula,
about 100 miles .north. Flying in fog,
the Lindberghs set their plane down
at Shismaref, at 3. a. m. to admit
clearing weather before continuing
their flight to Nome.
SEATTLE,- Aug, 14.—With but
1,000 miles to go on their 7,223-mile
'■cation:: flight from New York to
Tokyo,. Colonel- and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh prepared today to hop off
ftom Karagin island, 25- miles off the
Siberian coast, for Petropavlovsk, on
the Kamchatka peninsula, 564 miles
distant. They arrived at the island,
where a fuel supply was cached, at
5149/ p. m. Saturday, after a 1,067
mile hop from Name,
Wih desinaion unknown, but headed
somewhere, Clarence Ulrich, Ted El
kins and Tom Lake left yesterday
for McGrath, traveling via airplane
The Sea Wolf, Master Frank Lar
son, arrived Friday, bringing up ovei
50 tons of freight.
FIREBUG OF DIABOLICAL
CUNNING IS BADLY SOUGHT
BY CALIFORNIA OFFICERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.—A
firebug of diabolical cunning was
sought yesterday by Peninsula au
thorities on the suspicion that he was
responsible for fires thot burned the
$.10,000 Los Gatos home of Henry
Duffy, San Francisco theatrical pro
ducer, threatened the Mont Alvo half
million-dollar estate of the late Sen
ator James D. Phelan at Saratoga,
1 and at a third which burned within
I 200 feet of the summer home of Gov
' ernor Rolph on the Skyline boulevard
t.iear LaHonda.
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ROYALTY UNITED IN MAR
RIAGE AT BADEN BADEN
BADEN BADEN, Aug. 14.—Mar
grave Berlhold of Baden, son of Max
imilian of Baden, the last imperial
German ambassador, was married to
day in a brilliant ceremony to Prin
cess Theodora, daughter of Prince
Andrew. A religious ceremony, to
which a hundred princely guests.have
been, invited, will be held on Monday.
The participants are related to nearly
all the courts of Europe.
8 KILLED, SEVERAL WOUNDED
IN STUBBORN BATTLE, CUBA
HAVANA, Aug. 13.—Based on
President Machado’s resignation,
newspaper dispatches from the north
coast of Santa Clara province report
ed a group of rebel sympathizers
from the United States had landed
between Ganuza and Mendinez. It
was near this place that eight men
were killed and several wounded in a
stubborn battle yesterday.
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
iBj W. A. &.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Former
Deputy U. S. Marshal Neil C. Mac
Gregor, who was located for seveeral
years at Petersburg, is now at Las
Vegas,. Nevada, and has made appli
cation to the Bureau of Reclamation
to. run* a. lodging house for govern
ment workers at Las Vegas.
A protest has come from the Asso
ciated Fishermen of Nuahagak
against the order of Commissioner
O’Malley closing the Nushagak river
on July 15 to rommerciul fishermen,
in that locality. As a result of the j
short season local fishermen in that
locality complain that they have not
been able to make a grubstake.
Numerous complaints from trap
pers in various sections of Alaska j
are now heing investigated by the I
Bureau of Biological Survey. The
Alaska-Game Commission is being
called upon to make explanation of
various orders given and practices
allegEd't& be indulged.
A question involving the rights of
v- homesteader in the Anchorage
country;' who had been committed to
the Morningside Hospital, has been
raised aadfwas considered by the
General Land Department. The as-1
sistant commissioner gave an opin-'
ion, in which he s aid: “Under the
provisions of the act of June 8, 1880,
a. party who has legally initiated a
claim to a tract of public land as set
tler thereon, according to the pre
emption or homestead law, is not re
quired to reside upon or cultivate the
land after he becomes insane, so long |
as the insanity continues, provided he
complied with the requirements of
the law up to the time he became in
sane, and proof in support of the en
try may be made by his duly appoint
ed guardian, nor is he required to
furnish evidence of citieznship.” In
the case at issue the homestead appli
cation was allowed by an entry.
The chairman of the U. S. Board
of Paroles informs the Delegate that
the application for parole of James
E. Ryder, of Fairbanks, has been
granted, effective October 24,1931. It
is stipuated that he make restitution
of public funds as soon as his circum
stances will permit, and that he is
not to engage in teaching profession
that would bring him in contact with
young boys of the adolescent age.
In. reference to the frequent agita
tion that 50 per cent of the revenue
derived by the government from the
sale of seal skins should be alloted to
the Territory, a resident of Interior
Alaska writes to say that there has
been no actual revenue from the sale
of seal pelts since 1925. He alleges
that the cost to the government for
the catching of the seals and their
disposition exceeds the revenue that
is derived from this source.
Earty in May list some people re
siding in the lower Yukon region
asked the Delegate to present, their
request , to Commissioner. ofL Fisheries
O’Malley f6r the privilege- ooi a limit
ed amount of fishing off the mouth of
the Yukon , river. It seems that the
commissioner, had. been, seriously, rec
(Continued on Pago 8.)
A Bad One
For Uncle
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! HARD TO HANDLE;- DEFAULT
ING POSTMASTER IS MEM
BER OF LEPER COLON Y.
I SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.—The
United States Government, sternest
judge of the probity of its employes,
quickest of all employers to punish
dishonesty, has met its match. It has
found an admitted thief in its employ
ment, and it cannot punish him. The
thief is a postmaster. He has admit
ted stealing $1,500 from the funds
entrusted to him. But the thieving
postmaster is a leper and he is in
charge of the postoffice at Kalaupapa,
on the barren island of Molekai, the
leper colony in the Hawaiian islands.
MILD FORM OF SMALLPOX 40
MILES BELOW McGRATII
McGRATH, Aug. 14.—Arriving
from Fairbanks yesterday, coming
over with Pilot Joe Crosson, "was Dr.
J. A. Sutherland, who came for the
purpose of determining the nature of
illness in the Gregoire family, whose
I abode is located about 49 miles down
I the Kuskokwim river. Following a
thorough examination, Dr. Sutherland
I declared the malady to be smallpox,
although of a very mild form.
No spread of the disease is antici
pated. The Gregoire family has .been
quarantined and every precaution
taken.
As a further precaution, Dr. Suth
erland before leaving here left a
quantity of vaccine with Mrs. Oliver
Anderson and Mrs. Charles Ulch,
fully instructing the mas to its use.
, As a result these ladies have already
I vaccinated a number of McGrathites
i and stand ready to render still fur
: ther service in that direction, to all
who wish to avail themselves of this
recognized immunity.
ON THEIR WAY OUT..
Mrs. L. Livenhagen, well known
Ophirite, left a fe wdays ago on her
! way to the Outside, traveling with
j Mail Carrier Gurtler down the Innoko
j to Holy Cross, thence to Nenana, to
| Fairbanks, via the Richardson High
way to Valdez, at which latter place
she will embark on an Alaska Steam
ship Co. boat for Seattle, where she
will spend the winter visiting rela
tives and friends, returning to Ophir
in the spring.
Also accompanying Mrs. Liven
' hagen as far as Fairbanks at least,
! and probably Valdez, is Mrs. W. A.
Vinal, former well known Ophirite,
who has been paying a visit in the
Ophir section, for the past three or
four months, giving attention to a
few business affairs as well as re
newing acquaintances with oldtime
friends. She declares she has en
joyed her visit greatly and wishes to
express gratitude for the many nice
courtesies shown her during her visit.
She is on her way to Seldovia, where
she and Mr. Vinal now make their
home and at which place Mr. Vinal
-holds office as United States commis
sioner.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Stanley J.
' Nichols, accompanied by Joe Wills,
arrived Thursday, both returning to
McGrath on Friday.
Charlie Smith anud A1 Smith,
I bringing up a few tanks of oil, ar
' rived Sunday from McGrath.
85 FILIPINO HOP PICKERS
DRIVEN FROM HOP FIELDS
BY A MOB OF 350 WHITE
URIAH, Calif., Aug. 14,— Amob
of 300 white men and Indians last
night broke down the gates to the
Oscar A. Sanford hop ranch in Scott
Valley and forced the deportaton of
85 Filipino hop pickers, with their
families and belongings. The Fili
pinos were loaded on three large
trucks and driven to the nearest rail
way station, at Ilopland.
NEW ZEALANDERS MAY OMIT
VOTING ON PROHIBITION
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Aug. 13.—
The prohibition party has informed
the government that because of eco
nomic conditions it is willing to have
the prohibition poll omitted at the
coming general election. New Zeal
and has a poll on prohibition every
three years.
DOWNPOUR AT LOS ANGELES
N THE MONTH OF AUGUST
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.—Rain, a
summer shower of short duration, fell
in Los Angeles today, marking the
first time in three years that the city
has enjoyed precipitation in the
month of August. The shower was
part of a storm swept in from the
Pacific Ocean, which resulted in a
downpour in the mountains and
cloudbursts in Southeastern Califor
nia and Western Arizona.
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McGRATH NEWS NOTES.
(Special Correspondence.)
FLAT, Aug. 10.—Ester, the 10
year-old daughter of Mrs. Marcelle,
died yesterday, after a long illness,
and was buried today.
IDITAROD, Aug. 18.—Fred Pader
son is the proud cwner of a new
Chevrolet coupe, arriving on the last
boat, and Arnold Kobler received his
Chevrolet coupe from Seattle on the
same boat. This makes fourteen cars
now in the camp, and owing to the
steady increase in motorists the roads
re are receiving critical comment
daily.
Little Danco No. 2 is no wlaid up,
apparently for the season, as she is
not needed now, since high water has
enabled other large boats to reach
Iditarod docks.
Miss Nellie Marcelle and small
brother left for Tanana, where they
will enter school.
For the first time in two months
river boats can dock at Iditarod,
owing to water coming up to a very
high stage in the last week.
There has been considerable build
ing of new houses in Flat this season.
Pretty soon we’ll have a real ine
l ropolis.
FISCAL TEAR 1931 ENDS
WITH A BUG DEFICIT
WASHINGTON.—The federal gov
ernment completed the 1931 fiscal
year with a deficit of 5903,000,000,
according to a statement made by
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Mills.
The year’s increase in the deficit,
it is explained, resulted largely from
big expenditures for agricultural aid,
additional benefits for war veterans,
and accelerated government construc
tion.
C. F. Lottsfeldt left today for Flat,
traveling with Pilot Harry Blunt of
the Pacific International.
Rescued From
Old Atlantic
CAPTAIN LISANDKO GRAY AND
PLANE PICKED UP OFF I)F
NORTH CAROLINA.
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 13.—Captain.
Lisandro Gray was rescued from the
wave-lashed wreckage of his airplane
off North Carolina today, nearly 36
hours after he fell into the Atlantic,
in attempting a nonstop flight from
New York to Tegugigarpa, Honduras.
His ja wwas fractured, his body bad
ly bruised and cut was near exhaus
tion when the steamer Biboco radioed
: the naval authorities here of finding
Gray, 20 miles east of Cape Lookout.
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POLICE AND COMMUNSTS
IN BAD CLASH AT BERLIN
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BERLIN, Aug. 14.—Police and
communists clashed tonight in South
western Berlin in an exchange of
snots, in which one communist was
severely injured and a score of others
less severely. The communists gath
ered for a demonstration on the Nos
tizstrasse and refused to disoerse at
the command of the police, who wield
ed their clubs. Shots fired by com
munists from adjacent houses were
returned by the officers.
GEOLOGIST CLAIMS ALASKA
WAS A TOURISTS’ PARADISE
IN THE AGES OF LONG AGO
PASADENA, Calif.—Dr. Philip S,
Smith, of the United States Geolog
ical Survey, sent the American As
sociation for the Advancement oi
‘Science a report picturing Alaska as
a tourists’ paradise during the ice
age.
Dr. Smith’s paper was sent as part
of a symposium tracing the origin of
first Americans 10,000 to 30,000 years
ago. His report on the geographic
! and geologic evidence relating to a
connection between Siberia and north
western Alaska suggested that in the
; Tertiary time perhaps Bering Sea
was all land.
“In spite of the popular misconcep
tion of Alaska as an inhospitable and
forbidding land, it really had attrac
tions which would appeal to primitive
man, whether he belonged to the Ter
j tiary time or the present,” said Dr.
j Smith.
“All evidence afforded by fossils re
j garding climatic conditions in Alaska
in the Tertiary period indicates it en
, joyed temperatures somewhat warm
{ er than now characterizes the south
ern part of the Aleutian islands and
northern Japan.
“During the Pleistocene epoch,
while most of the northern United
States and practically all of Canada
were overwhelmed by ice sheets,
Alaska, except for the high land
tracts, was free o fice.”
SAYS PROHIBITION VIOLAT
ORS WORSE THAN REBELS
FORT MORGAN, Colo.—Violators
of the prohibition law are worse
rebels than the Southerners who at
tempted to free themselves from the
national government in 1861, accord
ing o James E. Jewel, naional com
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic. “I would be entirely proper
for the federal government to deny
■those states which refuse to cooper
ate with the federal government the
use of the federal mail system,"
Jewel said in a recent address-hers,
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