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FRIDAY. JULY 23. 19.17
THE TIMES WILL BE ENLARGED
BEGINNING WITH THE NEXT ISSUE—
Ln keeping with oar announced policy, the next is
sue of The Kusko Times will greet you ir. a somewhat
enlarged form.
The page length will be increased by two inches,
giv'ng- ten m«re column inches in each page, or exactly
two-thirds of a page, increase in space in the entire pa
p, r. This enlargement is due to the increased advertising
pats mice during recent weeks as well as a determina
tion on our part of giving our subscribers a fair run
foj their money.” The support accorded the paper since
it reopened last February has been most gratifying and
we will continue our. efforts Jb> broader, the scope -of the
paper until -we reach our goal of covering the news of
entire far westward country, south of Nome and west
of Anchorage “like a blanket.’' If we should get an
o h:r spurt in advertising patronage by early fall we
pEomise you andtaei'-increase in the size of the paper
e.ght pages every issue instead of six as at present.
Every cent we have received or expect to receive
during the next year is going into new and needed equip
ment, such as a c&siixgr- box. pftwer saw. new types, as
well as mueh needed equipment to round out our job
primping department. Y. e have considerable new equip
ment and paper stock ordered now to carry us through,
until next summer and your support at this time is need-;
ea more than it will, be a year-from now. We are con
vinced that there is- a field in this westward country for;
a ten or twelve-page paper, but, of course, it will take
time to week it up. We expect to carry a fair volume
of national advertising by the time winter sets in which,
ws believe, will enable us to increase the size of the pa
per again. We thank you for your support, and coopera
tion during our first six months of existence.
alR-PHONE SERVICE FOR NORTHLAND—
T The Fairbanks News-Miner)
Any resident of Juneau ran n w talk at any hour
Cerired by radiophone w Hta* a friend ‘anyvheie in the
States. The inauguration Terentiy of this service be
tween the capital cf Alaska and the older parts of the
continent is a great stride forward.
The new service is provided by 'special arrangement
of the Alaska 'Conrmun!cati:ns System, brrnch of the
TJ. S. Signal'Corps, with the American Telegraph and
Telephone Conrpan>. Tentative communications by the
air-phone long have been had between Juneau and the
States, hut no attempt was made to cater to the public
txnti! an absolutely dependable service could be guaran
, teed, the same as vailing up by phone in house to house
communication in the average American town or city.
Now that the service has been arranged as between
Juneau and the States, it is to be hoped that similar ser
wice soon will be arranged out of Fairbanks, capital and.
metropolis of Interior Alaska. But it would be of far
more service to.' Alaskans if an absolutely dependable
radio-phone, or air-phone system were provided between
Alaskan towns and between towns and outlying mining,
fishing and trading centers.
A inter-Alaskan service is the crying need for speed
ing up development of Alaska. Development of this vast
portion of this northern empire depends greatly upon ;ts
‘Interior trarvel and general trafl^c advantages. So muck
of the traffic is now by airplane that every facility for
speeding up-weattier reports, ordering of supplies and
handling of passengers and shipments has a vital bearing
•on the situation.
The present lame radiophone equipment of inter
Alaskan points is so lame and undependable as to con
stitute a mere hit-and-miss process. Oftentimes the
stations mistire days at a time.
Frequently they fail to function when emergency
situations obtain. Emergency flights often are held up.
Lives often are in the balance. Critically injured per
(far.tinned to last column or. this Mtt.)
SIX'! EcK VEfiF.S A60 THIS WEEK
<TAKBN FROM THE FII ES CF THE KESKO TIMES)
Dawson & Killer are busy hydraul
; King their ground on Moore Creek
Smith, Collins & Hard are open
cutting’ on their ground and expect a
| good season's results.
Drs. Carter and Fishburae, who
1 went to Candle Sunday, returned in
their launch to this place Tuesday
[ evening
Robert Henderson, well-known old
timer. arrived on the Tan?, this
morning. He will make a trip to
Nixon, after which be will return
here and continue on down the river
to his home at -Sleitmute.
WASHINGTON—Alaska and the
State of Washington, during the
past, fiscal year, paid Uncle Sam in
come and other Federal tax< s -am
ounting to $27.80 for every member
of their population, according to fig
ures just announced by the Treasury
Department.
E. M. Whelan, from Nixon, in com
pany with Arthur Berry, arrived here
Sunday from Berry Larding. Mr.
Whelan coming down to get medical
attention for Mrs. Whelan, who was
seriously ill. They returned up river
immediately. Dr. Green accompany
ing them.
Senator E. B. Collins, of Fairbanks,
states that the wheat growth in the
Tatiana Valley is equal to any pro
duced in the world. He is confident
that as soon as the railroad is com
pleted. Fairbanks will i>e in a posi
tion to export wheat to the Outside
as well as supply the Interior of Al
aska with flour.
Frank Cioli. who left here Him
weeks ago for Flat, returned here
this morning. He left Flat for Crook
ed River, hoping to be in time to
catch ar. up-nver boat. Mr. Cioli re
ports fish in abundance all along the
river. Fredericks, at Georgetown
caught over 4,000 in three days,
mostly chums, or dog salmon.
I Del Thompson has. gone over to
: Moore Creek to represent some
I ground there.
Bobhit Lowrje left Tskotna a few
days age for Iditarod. accompanied
' by Tom Jasper and Charles Stand
ford.
Pete Carlson and Sam Hounan are
about dat-‘ from Holy Cross with a
load o:' supplies for their Ophir Store.
Dick McClure has charge of the
store during their absence
The children of McGrath received:
a pleasant surprise this week when
! the new hand car swing, presented j
to them by Charles Pearson and John
E. Strand, was installed m t.he cen
ter of town, from whence fc will be
removed to the school grounds at
the opening of school. Before leaving
for the Outside. Messrs. Pearson and
Strand left h sum of money to be ex
pended for the benefit and pleasure
of tbe children ot this vicinity, and
the swing, which accommodates four
children, and is a splendid physical
exerciser, was decided upon as a
durable pleasure. Jack Stewart, the
builder, is to be coropbmented upon
a nice piece of work.
The very new motorist drove right
on past a sign which said, “Stop."
“Can’t you read?” the policeman
called after him.
“Yes,” replied the motorist, “but
1 can’t stop.”
A spectacled golfer, much to the
disgust of his caddie, made some ex
tremely bad shots.
“How far is it to the next hole,
caddie ?” he asked, peering short
-ightedly in the direction of the white
Sag.
“A good drive and a putt." answer
ed the dub-carrier.
The player teed the ball, and drove,
but the ball only moved a few yards
“Man,” said the caddie, disgusted
ly. “you’ve played the putt first.”
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FUlCHTiNa SERVICE
Eas Established A Dependable
and Quick Service on the
TAJ10TN& RIVER
Careful attention to ail freight
orders, whether large or small
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'We Haul Anything
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TAROfNA ALASKA
Passenger Service
FREDDIE OATES. Prop.
TIMELY EDITORIALS
Culled From Our Exchanges
health from farm waste—
, New York Times)
“Farm Chemurgic” must bo a bewildering title over
to business men. No one thought u necessary to buila
up a cnemical interest in coal and wood by calling atten
tion to the "coal-mine chemurgic" or the "forest chern
argic.” Yet it is well for the Farm Chemurgic Council,
which holds its third annual conference at Dearborn.
Mich., this week, to emphasize by its title the fact thai
agriculture is in a state of transition. Once upon a time
the farm supplied merely food, clotning. shelter for those
who lived upon it. Now it is beginning to be the pur
veyor of raw materials to the chemi'a! industry. Starch
from sweet potatoes, rayon from cornstalks, paper from
slash ptne. sur-stituies for butter from peanut oil. chad
and corncobs converted into cattle feed, a'eohol fr_m *
dozen products—experiments enough have beer mat f
indicate the possibilities.
Farm relief, as it is commonly understood, mc.n . ir,
the long run price-fixing by the government, control oi
production and hence an agricultural subsidy disgu-sed
as a tax The chemical formula is different. Behols
what chemistry has done for the coal tar and the nr><’k
ing industry. Let the factory ennoble the wastes of
the farm. Let the fanner sell to the factory what
le now burrs or permits t» rot. Some S,0r*' utviwT
industrial products car. be made from su h \vr
tornstaiks, corncobs, , oat charf. cottonseed ti« - r. :r. j:
hells and straw. Integrate farm and factory ar-t mil
ions erf tons of cornstalk and straw cat. be converted in
to tar. illuminating gaa, acetic aciu. nusthancl. xylose
furfural, oxalic acid
Present fi>? farm problem thus and we h:uvt a -i
:>{ regret that the Government did net see fit to diver.
=ome of the hilliors spent or. relief and public work.- f ■
research. What might not have beer. don. sit it' 1
‘The trouble with us »s not the •.vrprodu^lli r
said Mr. Charles Kettering, research director of ft .
Motors, “but the underproduction of n w idem
re-half of 1 per cent -of the money »ppr, t p-is:s •;
ade us over the leap years was aDplied ir layirg ti.
foundations of employment-.-reiting iridustries whl; 1
night have used surplus farm nrudure and farm Q..?‘
is raw maternal.
Fanners and business men must br- educated. R.r.
he chief mission of the Farm Chemurgic is to ,r acl
he gospel of research. Its annual conference* ctv. in
nuch in that direction. Perhans. however, they
ye held not ie the heart of the agricultural territory feu:
n Madisod Square Garden in New York, the C isrun
n Chicago, the great halls where national icn i Ion;
lave been held fo» the nomination of President-. With
pieirafds of farm produce and flute waste r every
:.:,d and active exhibits which would demonstrate on >
mall scale iu.w agricultural waste car, be Iran *f onset
nto wealth—-perhaps the lesson could be driv. ■ hems
none rapidly ir. the financial centers of the East. Fir
: is from the East that the money must pome to foihld
he- new industries
Ull.l) MINING FIT I HE—
f Seward Gateway)
Of interest te mine-minded Alaskans is ih* rc-cent
itterance of President Francis A. Thompson of the
Juduu School of Alines, regarding the future of gok
.i.n.ng. In jitiri. the noted educator said:
“A careful search of the history of the price of
odd shows a record, not of steady increases of price.
..(* ed. but of intermittent spasmodic price in> ceases
Without a single significant lecession.
‘"■prophecy is dangerous, bat unless history is fin
nk.’ as Henry Ford once said and has since, 1 se : oat
- gretted. this probably means that gold will never pc
atk to the old $ZO.fft price
*. . thus, it seems rea-*twible that on the basil
irst of history, and, more important, of world ecc~omit
nt*r»-st. the price of gold will soon lie fixed, and fixeo
or a considerable period, provided there is no world war
it a price somewhere between $.% as a minimum ant
14l d4 as a maximum."
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Those whom the gods woulfl destroy they first main
• dish enough to fijrht the churches.—New York Son.
FTP TOR! Al.—PONTfNVED)—
ions, balked by reason of not being ‘able to fly to thr
leanest hospital or have a doctor come to their aid, all
hrough lack of advices, and people marooned in floods
tnd enable to report their plight or call for aid from afai
- no" • well what it means to have no dependat?\
mans of communication.
The situation is so glaring as to need little details
irgcntcnt. The ponit now s to press homt the necfe- ty
f thoroughly up-to-the-minute rtdfb-tfelepndhe nervfct
or the tuttrfor :pdi,;t9"which ate vital in the economic
level pur.eiit 4 Alaska',* the laud that is contributing t*»
T million of dollars of wealth to the nation arnuaJl
irid! de.t&rves’ to*- best the nation can provide.