Says Aeroplanes Soon
Cost Less Than Autos
New York.— H. G. Fokker, tbe aert>
p!ane manufacturer, who arrivpd from
England today on the Maure'ania. pre
dicted that wiibiD twentv years air
craft would be selling for $500.
“Aimes® everyone will be flying
then,” tie added, “because planes will
bedess expensive than motor oars. I
atn convinced that within ten years we
y shall be crossing the Atlantic within 24
hours, carrying passengers and mails.”
Fokker said that 90 percent of the
planes now being built in Europe were
foe military and naval purposes
Delegate Sutherland to
Ask for Airplane Mail
Washington.—Dan Sutherland, dele
gate from Alaska, will endeavor to
t have Congress aut horize the extension
of the air mail service to Alaska, it is
announced here.
Experimental Sights last winter
make the extension entirely feasible,
said Delegate Sutherland. .
Mr. Sutherland will endeavor to have
the plan included in the bill authoriz
ing special contracts for the carrying
of anail through Alaska during certain
Hr periods. _
Bishop Rowe Tells a"
Good One Oh Himself
Bishop Rowe, who visited in Anchor
age recently, told a good story on him
self. The bishop said, while coming
over the traM to Nome on one of his
trips that he was forced to put up for
the night with his dog team at the
cabin of a couple of prospectors. After
they bad helped him put the dogs up
for the night they adjourned to the
cabin.
One of the prospectors said, not
knowing who he was. and also Dot
knowing that the cleagy wear their
Collars buttoned at the back: ‘‘Well,
partner, better join us with a little
drink.”
Bishop Rowe thanked him and said,
“No, thank you. I don’t drink.” So
the two oldtimers took a little liquid
refreshment without him.
« Just before the beans were ready to
serve the bishop was asked again to
have a little nip, with the same reply
as previously.
“Where do you get that stuff?” one
of the prosyectors said. “Whv, vou’re
so drunk now you don’t even know vou
have your collar on back end to.”—An
chorage Times.
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J. H. McLean
) Tokotna
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Arctics Felt Slippers
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Mild-Cured Ham
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Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
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Outside Brevities
Seattle.— Mrs. Josephine Dasturano
and Mrs. Louisa Travelval. one di
vorced and the other seeking rl v<> cp,
and each leaving two ehildr • >, *ere
killed in ae auto aecid* o' while joy
riding with Andrew Senoimore. of Lv
erett, and Adolph Jackoniua. a Seattle
restauranteur. The men. both of
whom are married, were bidlv injured
Tokio.—The Brazilian consul has no
tified the Japanese government that he
has been instructed to suspend grant
ing of visas for intending emigrants to
Brazil. The foreign office is taken by
surprise at bi3 instructions, and the
Japanese minister to Brazil his been
requested to report on the matter im
mediately.
Washington.—In opening tho na
tional conference oa the utilisation of
forest products. President Coolidge
asked for a specific program of timber
saving. The nation faces timber ex
haustion, the President warned, and
the situation must be met,, he insisted,
by diminishing waste and increasing
supply. _
Washington.—Secretary of Treasurv
Mellon has submitted to the Speaker
of the House the draft of a bill for the
sale of tracts held by the government
for public building purposes, but no
longer needed. Included in the bill
are lots at Sitka taken over from Rus
sia and an old customs bouse at Wran
gell. _
Washington,—The Interior Depart
ment report. in its appropriations for
the Alaska railroad, will recommend
the sum of $1,700,000, of which $1,200,
000 is to meet an existing operation de
ficit of the railroad and steamers for
1926 and $500,000 for capital expendi
tures. _
Washington.—A demand will be
served upon Congress for an appro
prsation of $111,000,000 to dismantle six
battleships, which constitutes a branch
of the American navy, and to construct
fourteen fast cruisers and river gun
boats Hale, chairman of the Senate
committee on naval affairs, announces.
Washington.—The battle monuments
commission, beaded by PershiDg, has
decided informally that graves of the
American war dead in Prance will be
marked for all time with white stone
crosses. _
Sacramento.—The hoof and mouth
d isease in California caused a loss of
$4,326 243. according to announcement
by State Agrioultural Director Suxe.
Washington —One million four liun
d red thousand dollars is asked for the
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
construction and maintenance of roads,
bridges and trails is asked' ia tfce ao
oual report of tbe chief of- army en
gineers.
Washington.—The cost of running
the governmeet for tbe fiscal year 1826
was fixed by Cool id ge in the annual1
budget sent to Congress at S373f95Li9?4l
San Francisco.—Arthur Hi Page, re
tired broker, at one time owner of tbe
San Francisco Blue Book, suicided*
New York.—Frank Hills, comptrol
ler of tbe American Smeliiog and Re
fining Company, dead.
Washington.—Funner Justice Pit
ney. of tbe United Slates supreme
court, died Mondav.
Hollywood.—Tbomas H. Ince, inter
nationally known picture producer,
dead.
THE
BY-SGOLLY
Tokotna
Gandies
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 aud 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing:, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds.
And if you are goin£r to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
Cordial greetings to all in the
hope that the New Year will
be bigger, brighter and more
prosperous than ever before.
The Kusko
Times
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Greek
I am tbe principal owner of a block of ground
on Yankee creek, about seven mites lone:, extend
ing from No 1 Below Discovery down to tbe mouth
of the creek.
Pay has been located all along for a distance of
about three miles from the upper end, and pretty
well prospected and.cross-cut.
The average depth of the ground is from seven
to twenty feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved freely. No rock bigger than one’s flst.
The width of tbe pay. for a distance of about
three miles, is from 100 to 200 feet. Crossouting
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
cents to 11 per square foot of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground is pretty
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. I also have a water
right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought to Yaokee creek with a ditch less
thaD a mile long (4.900 feet), which will give four
siuicebeads of water, with a pressure or fail of 120
feet, being 1600 feet to tbe work from tbe ditch.
After doing away with the muck, there will be
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from four to six feet of dirt to handle. The pap
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground is virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work daring the present winter has
resulted in finding values that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground, which has been in operation for the
last three seasons.
The Government road crosses Yankee creek. I
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
I am also the agent for owners of ground other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by bydrsulicing.
I will either sell the ground or give a lease oa
it. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A rood bargain
will be given to the right party.
For further information, terms, etc., eall oa
ground, or write or telegraph me.
kiED NOLLETTK,
Tekouta, Alaska.
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