THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. IV. NO. 39 TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924. PRICE 25 CENTS
Giants Win 3, Senators
2, in World"s Cham
pionship Series.
Washington, Oct. 5.—She Senators
' won the third game in the world’s
baseball championship series.
R H E
Washington 2 0 0 '1 0 i) 0 1 x—4 6 1
Giants.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2—3 6 O’
Harris aod Goslin, for the Senators,
each made a home run.
New York. Oct. 7.—The Senators
won today’s game bv 7 to 4, niakiog it
a 2 to 2 tie for the championship.
Batteries: For Washington—Ruel,
' Miller, Mogrigue. For Giants—Gowdy,
‘ Barnes, Baldwin.
Score:
Washington 00302002 0—7 13 3
New York 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1—4 4 1
Summary—Nora her*’innings pitched
by Barnes, 5; Baldmin,: 2: runs scored
oil Barnes, o; Baldwin,-0; wild pitch,
Barnes; home run, Goslyn; sacrifice
hit, Ruel. Umpires—<4uig!ey, Con
nelly, Klein and Dinen.
New York, Oct. 8.—The Giants came
back today and broke the tie with the
the Senators by winning the fifth game
of the world's championship series by
a score of 0 2, thereby giving them a
3 to 2 lead over their rivals. Fifty
three thousand saw the game. Score:
Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1—2 9 1
New York 00102003 x-6 13 0
0. J. Murie &nd Mar
garet Thomas Wedded
One of the most romantic marriages
in Alaska for years was that of Miss
Margaret Thomas, of Fairbanks, and
Olus J. Murie, assistant biologist of the
bureau of biological survey, the nup
tials of which were solemnized in the
little Episcopal church at Anvik on
August 19, at the romantic hour of 3:30
a. m., Miss Thompson having arrived
from Fairbanks only a few minutes
previously. Seventeen friends of the
bride and groom were present on the
occasion. After the ceremony the
newly-wedded couple departed for Nu
lato, where they awaited Sam Dubin
v with his river boat to take them to
Wiseman, at the head of the Koyukuk,
where Mr. Murie will make a study of
the caribou in ! that section. About
Christmas or'New Year, with a team
of eight wolf dogs, they will proceed
across coimtry "tb Fairbanks, aud will
later continue their honeymoon trip to
Washington, D. C., where Mr. Murie
will snbmit report of his biological
work for the past several months.
The Rodebaugh commercial plane
arrived at McGrath last Thursday from
Fairbanks, bringing as a passenger on
its initial trip Tom McKinnon, well
known mining man. On its -return to
Fairbanks the plane carried Leo Rod
rigue, who is headed for his home in
San Francisco, where he will spend the
winter. _
A 91-pound son arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Leon G. Loomis, on
Sundav last. Mrs. John Rieck and
Miss Grace Anderson were on hand to
greet the little stranger. Mother and
3QQ are doing finely.
Paul Heinrich Has
‘Funny’ Experience
With a Brown Bear
Paul Heinrich, who arrived Tuesday
from Ophir, had what he calls a “funny
experience” with a brown bear, which
happened in the latter part of August,
half way betweea 'Cripple oreek axsd
Cripple town.
While walking along the hillside
trail between the points mentioned,
with a 40-pound pack on his back and
without a gun, he suddenly espied Mr.
Brownie, about twenty feet below him,
with eyes glaring upward. The boar
lost no time in getting up hill, and far
less time in getting his ivories over one
of Paul’s knees, which the bear held
for some seconds with a viselike grip.
It was while in this posture that the
eyes of the bear became fixed on the
eyes of Paul. This gazing of man and
bear continued for some seconds. Then
came a gradual easing up on Mr. Hein
rich’s knees, until finally the beast re
linquished his hold entirely, gave a
studied parting look, and then wended
bis wav to other parts.
Whether Mr. Heinrich possesses hyp
notic powers over animals is not known,
but he apparently cast some sort of
spell over this creature. He says the
scene would have made a fine mo ing
picture film; he, however, has no de
sire to again play a part in such a
scene.
A Word to Times Readers.
The Kusko Times is not strong on
apologies, especially when through no
fault of its own, but It feels that a
word of explanation is due its readers.
For some weeks past The Times has
not been receiving its regular comple
ment of telegraphic matter, the lack of
which compels the present temporary
ensmallment.
The reason for this halt in service is
not khown, notwithstanding the fact
that for weeks The Times has beer,
eudeavoring to locate the cause.
No one regrets this matter more than
the publisher, and about all that can
be said at the present time is that
there are indications that the situation
will be remedied within the next few
days.
Waechter Bros., according to recent
word from Bethel, had prepared to
kill 1,000 reindeer to ship Outside,
eight men having been employed.
Owing to the lack of cold storage fa
cilities, however, onlv 350 were butch
ered and shipped out. The firm, it is
said, will put up a cold storage pladt at
or near Bethel this winter and butfher
2,500 head during the winter.
Captain L. B. Walbridge, in ahtirge
of important mining operations in the
lower Kuskokwim section,Just prior to
his departure from Bethel for the Out
side, a few days ago, stated that in ail
probability his company would install
a dredge on Bear creek Dext fear,
owing to the favorable results of thts
year’s development work.
The potato crop in tbe lower Kusko
kwim is much the same as it is in this
section, probably half of what it was
last year, due to the severe frost of
August 14 and the extremely wet
weather conditions following that date.
A barge belonging to Waeehter
Bros., which was being brought around
from St. Michael to Bethel, was
wrecked off Cape RomanoW in the
early part of August.
Tom McKinnon, well known mining
man, who came from Fairbanks to Mc
Grath in the Rodebaugh plane, arrived
here Friday and left Saturday for the
I. D. camp, Ganes creek.
A1 Guinan Advocates
Road From Ruby to
Open Up Kuskokwim
A1 GuinaD, who left here a few weeks
ago for the Outside, while ia Anchor
age accorded tea Daily Alasaan of that
city an interview on matters pertain
ing to the Kuskokwim, from which the
following is extracted: '
•‘Mr. Guinan said that the Kusko
kwim mining region is a big country,
with immense deposits of low grade
gravel, which cannot be successfully
worked on a big scale on account of the
high cost of transportation. What is
needed, in the opinion of Mr. Guinan,
to make this one of the finest raining
sections of the Territory, is a good
wagon road from Ruby to Tokotna and
McGrath, connecting transportation
with the Yukon and Kuskokwim. This
would not only be a tremendous help to
the prospectors and operators, but
would also open up a line section of
country for tourists, as well as give
men with capital who are interested in
mining a chance to see the resources of
this great mining country.
“At present it costs *130 a ton for
freight from Seattle to the ground
where the-dredges are operatiog. The
building of this road from Ruby to To
kotna and McGrath would also be a
great benefit to the Alaska Railroad,
said Mr. Guinan. The railroad steam
ers from Nenana to Holy Cross now
8top at Ruby ea route, aad with the
wagon road built into the Kuskokwim
region it would mean added freight and
passengers Along the-Alaska Railroad
and the river boats.'”
J. E. Fullerton, who has a five-year
lease on the DeCourcey quicksilver
mine, about 16 miles from the mouth of
Crooked, has had three men working
on the property. They took out about
15 or'80 tons Of ore, which goes about
one flask to the ton. Only about four
tons were retorted, however, owing to
tbe furnace breaking down, causing
too much leakage. Much material ar
rived on one of the last boats to re
habilitate the plant.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Khrenoff, the new
school teachers for Sleitmute, and child
Jimmie, arrived at that place Sept. 23.
They have had lots of experience with
both missionary and school work
among tbe natives, both in Siberia and
Russian China. They come highly rec
ommended. and look forward with
pleasure to their work on the Kusko
k wins. _
The south mouth of the iYukon, ac
cording to a recent arrival!, had one of
the biggest runs of king salmon on
record. Waechter Bros., it is said, put
up 400 tierces of mild cured kings. The
run on the lower Kuskokwim was also
unusually large, although the pack
was far from what It stiould have been,
due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Manager George VVesch, of the I. D.
Company, and Anthonv Sweeney, were
Tuesday visitors, returning to Ganes
on Wednesday.
Ross KinDev, Alaska Road Comrnis
! sion superintendent, returned Thurs
day from a several days’ visit iu -the
Cripple section.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler of
McGrath, were yesterday arrivals on
the Sea Wolf, for a short'visit here.
The steamer Pioneer arrived Sun
day, made another trip down river, and
again returned here yesterday.
Joe Dimer and Owen Gray left Sat
urday for McOrath, going down on the
Maple Leaf.
TANANA HIT
BY BIG FIRE
Orie-half of Town Wiped
' Out; Loss Is Between
$70,000 and $80,000.
Fairbanks News-Miner, Sept. 25.
Yesterday morning* at 11 o'clock fire
wiped out,-ha!i of the towa.of Tanana.
The ti re’s car ted in the kitchen of the
©rand Hotel, a two-story building ad
joining the store of the Tanana Com
mercial Company—the Vachon com
pany.
The buildings which went up in
smoke were the Ed Wy Lee restaurant;
the Grand Hotel, -owned by Mrv and
Mrs. Martin Peterson; - the Tanana
Commercial Company's store, the Rod
m&D building, and two log cabins ad
joining.
There-was a strong wind blowing
down river, making it impossible to
save anything. Practically all the
buildings and their contents were a
total loss.
Roughly estimated, the-loss of prop
erty was $70,000 to §80.000.
Michael Kerrone, weH known in
many sections, for several years past
located in the Marshall section, but re
cently from Canyon creek, in the Bear
creek section; was a Friday arrival.
Suffering from severe bronchial trou
bles, Mr. Kerrone early in April be
came a patient--at Afeiak bocpital,
where he iingerbd for several weeks,
for many days- hovering-between life
and death. There was- no doctor in
the hospital at the time;* but to Miss
Genuine, the bead nurse of that insti
tution, Mr. Kerrone>pay« most grateful,
tribute, declaring that.it was her capa
bility and efficiency as a nurse, as well
as her untiring care, that brought him
through a near fatal illness.
Dr. I. L. Lane, dentist, and Mrs.
Lane, accompanied by Miss Mary Sny -
der, the latter having come from
Bethel, were yesterday arrivals, com
ing up with Happy Jack Stevenson in
the latter’s launch. 'Dr. Lane, recently
from Seattle and Tacoma, comes highly
recommended, both professionally and
socially, and it will be a source of sat
isfactions to the residents of this1 and
outlying sections that he will make To
kotna his permanent residence. He ic
already busily engaged* in arranging
hia offices. _
J. W. Warwick, United States gamo
warden., with headquarters at Flat,
was a Friday arrival from McGrath, to
which point he recently came from
Bethel after giving attention to official
duties in the lower river section. Mr.
Warwick is scheduled to leave Shortly
for Flat, to which place he will be ac
companied bv Ed Dehouse.
Toirotaa’s bovine industry was given,
a 100 pec cent impetus bn Sunday last,
on which day Mrs. Molfte Turnips, who
arrived tbs past summer on one of the
early boats, "became aJother to a fine
calf. And Mike Hocfcriter smiles.
> Deputy U.-S; Marshal Peter McMul
len was a Friday arrival here, and
after giving attention to several official
matters here returned -to McGrath on
Saturday, going down twith Bob Hart
on the Maple Leaf.
Dan Nicholson, of Little creefc, ar
rived yesterday for a visit of a o«uol«
of days in town,