THE KUSKO TIMES
TOL. I. NO. 3a
TAKOTNA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 19X7
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BIG STRIKE AT
GOODNEWS IS
FALSE ALARM
Pave Strandberg and aan Harold,
arrived in town Tuesday py air. from
Candle. The two mining men were
forced to remain in Xakotna until
Wednesday afternoon -awaiting a
( plane to take tham an to . Foiger.
They reported having .their dragline
on Candle creek. in fall . swing ; and
are rushing things Ao./try. aud get a
little pay before the seaetr. ends.
On being questioned, Dave reports
that they are having, a .satisfactory
season at Goodnews.
“The big? strike on. .the beach -in
'Goodnews has turned. out to be a
false alarm, but that is a big coun
try down there and something is go
ing to be uncovered before the ex
citement dies completely, down.” Mr.
Strendberg continued.
FREIGHTERS EXPERIENCE
DIFFICULTIES WITH LOAD
.McAdams and Anderaan pulled up
within a mile of town., with five tons
of freight Tuesday night, and had to
leave the load until Wednesday
morning on account pf, darkness.
The little outboard motor.. used.-as
a helper, went dead and they -were
unable to pull the riffle. Tor lack of
power.
The two freighters -were unable to
pet up the last remaining mite until
Thursday morning at which time Joe
Oates, Jr., gave .them a lift with his
outboard. After discharging the
freight here, they headed .back to
McGrath, for.aBotfaer load.
MILLER WILL FREIGHT
ON THE KLSKOKWtM
The MS Alaskan palled up tc the
N. C. slip M onday., afternoon with* a
barge load of diesel .oil. Mr. Miller
made a business . trip . out to the
cre-cks and Ophir before leaving
Wednesday morning, for Bethel.
Mr. Miller plans on meeting the
outside boat at - Bethel and will
freight up the Kuskokwim for the
remainder .erf .the saaaor.
RESIDENTS OF PALMER
LISE THE KCSKO TIMES
/ Tom Glazier returned from Palmer
Wednesday where be.has . been for
the past several weeks wndergQHJg
medical attention gtilhe Palmer Hos
pital.
Residents t>f Palmer sent itheir re
gards to the.Kusko Times staff, Tom
said, stating .that they look forward
to the arrival of the Jtusko Times
taeh week—and to keep sending
them. We are pleased to know’ that
residents along the railbelt enjey
the paper. We are endeavoring to
furnish our readers with a paper
containing the news they want and
look forward;to.
Joe Louis Gets
Decision Over
British Champ
NEW YORK, .A*g, 30—Joe, Louis
heavyweight champion of the world
retained his title tonight when he
was awarded the decision after li
rounds of non-spectacular fighting
over Tommy "Farr, champion oi
Great Rrjtain.jn Yankee Stadium.
Louis, it .was stated, suffered ar
injury po hie rignt haad in the thirc
round and bad to j*b out the deci
sion during the remaining rounds
with. his left. Farr is also said U
have injured one of his hands, ,bui
he -gawe Louis .a. badly swollen ant
cut eye. There were no knockdowns
The score sheyt.gave Louis eighi
rounds, Farr five and two were even
A good gate was reported.
Farr showed himself to be.a i-^ttei
fighter than he .was given credit foi
and surprised everyone, even Louis
who seemed ^bewildered at times
The crowd lustily booed the decisioi
believing that the'worst Farr shonjc
have gottan-nwao ,a draw.
FEED VLtOM LEAVES—
Fred UVipm, who has been work
ing for Vibe i ScW&isdgll on Spaul
ding creek this summer, quit hi!
job this week coming into Takotra
yesterday afternoon. He made goo:
cannectioa^rigatngr to Fairbanks witt
the Wien Ainu ays plane which arriv
ed last night. . He plans going tc
Fairbanks and take a bus througl
to Valdez m time U> connect -wit!
this week’s southbound 'ooat for.'.Se
attle where his family-resides.
WILL DRILL R FECK'S GROUND
Leonard Zaiser will operate a dril
on John itieek's ground on uppei
Spaulding creek. r*tasisted by hii
father-in-law, Mr. Rieek They tool
the drill out today. oClarange Zaise
will also join Xbecu in the -work ai
ter he completes drilling activitiei
for the G a lies Creek Dredging Com
pa»y
NEWS FROM GOODNEWS
(By Special Correspondent)
Return From Fairbanks—
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hurst returned
with Pilot Jimmy Dodson on the
“China Clipper” from Fairbanks re
cently. Mr. Hurst had gone to the
city for medical and dental atten
tion.
F. EL Representative Here—
Ralph Tuck, representative of the
F. E. Company of Fairbanks, was
also a passenger for Platinum with
MS Fern Arrives—
Capt. Pete Wold returned August
! 17 with the MS Fern from an ex
tended trip touching .Seward. Sitka
and Juneau.
Fishermen Arrive—
Several fishermen arrived the 17th
from fishing districts down the
coast. They will be employed by the
Good news Mining Co. during the
construction of the new dredge.
Latouche Bringing Equipment—
The steamer Latouche was expect
ed the 23rd. Mary mining men are
anxiously awaiting the arrival of
their mining equipment.
Returns to Anchorage—
Mrs. M. iW. Sasseen returned - to
j Anchorage the 18th by- way of DSi
j lingham with Pilot Roy Dickson.
Many Pilots Weathef-boand—
TELLS PLANS
FORSHIP LINE
TO WESTWARD
SEATTLE—Capt. O. A. Johansen,
veteran Alaska skipper, plans a
steamship line from Puget Sound to
western Alaska, according to plans
: revealed here recently.
Jobanson's proposed venture calls
for two 12-to-15-knot. 500-to-1,000
ton steamers that would erun . .from
; Seattle to Seward and thence to the
j “westward” as far as Unalastca.
Bristol Bay Service
From Unalaska a smaller vessel
: would run out to Attu, the western
most island of the Aleutians. A
1 small, shallow-draft boat would run
from False Pass, along the northern
side of the Alaska- peninsula, serwe
: ing Bristol Bay, thenee northward to
Goodnews Bay and on up to the TLus
; kokwim as far as Bethel. This and
: the other boat would meet each of
the larger vessels from the Sound.
•■“There is no regular mail service
from Attu and none from Bristol
Bay to Bethel,” says’ Johanson, “and
i this proposed steamship company
should therefore be entitled to a
government mail subsidy.
“Such a mail,, freight and passer.
i ger service would give these sections
an opportunity to develop rapidly to
their utmost possibilities, and I pre
dict that two years after the com
pany got under way, the population
of these sections would triple.
Present lack of transportation is re
tarding development.
Formerly Skipper of" The Dora
Captain Johanson was skipper of
the old Dora for a time, leaving her
just before the voyage on which she
was to make maritime history by
drifting between the Aleutians and
Honolulu * for nearly - three months
I without fuel.
He was master of the steamer
Bertha when the Alaska Commercial
Co. started a southwestern Alaska
service from,'Seattle in the spring of
I 1900.
The captain was pilot on the cable
layer Burnside when the Alaska
cable was laid between Seattle and
Valdez.
In 1919 or 1920, he became mas
ter of the steamer Starr, a former
■ halibut vessel, on her' first mail rue
to the westward and stayed “with the
ship for eight years, shortly before
she was sold to the Alaska Steam
ship 'Company Whieh company still
operates the vessel in the same run
According to Johanson the Starr
1 was a money-maker from the start,
i and although there -was a territorial
| act granting a provisional subsidy up
| to S25.000 if the vessel should go' in
i the red on the westward run. it was
never needed.
INCREASES SAWMILL CREW
Fred Miller, in charge*f .the saw
mill activities down river, came up
f> Takotna today on business mat
te’s, returning later in the day.
Evan Wasilli returned with him tc
be employed at the mill. Miller re
ports there is quite a sizeable crew
now employed because of the rush ol
1 orders for lumber which- are coming
' in at a rapid rate.
: RETURNING TO SCHOOL
After a summer spent cooking an
i She' MS Alaskan, Min Martha' Millei
• isifetak home and ready to start ool
.or Mr tber successful year in school
Pilots Sasseer.. Peterson,’< Wnhchell.
Call and Dodson were weakfaar-bound
for a couple of days at Platinont be
cause of a heavy fog onset the .moun
tains and bay.
Leaves For Nikiwk—
Capt. Pete Wold left foa a- roofed
trip to Naknek with the MS Fern.
Completes Tww-Roout Cabin—
Ed Hendrickson, engineer -on the
MS Fern has completed a eery two
room cabin where he and Mrs. Hen-1
drickson expect to spend the-, printer, ;
Inspecting New Road—
Supt. Fred J. Spach of the Alaska
Road Commission is now here in
specting the progress of the new
road to the Goodnews and Clara
Creek Mining Companies which is i
now under construction.
Recovers From Operation—
Jay Haggerty returned the 20th
with Pilot Kenneth Neese from Kar
akanak hospital where he underwent
an appendectomy.
Flies to Anchorage—
Pilot Sasseen left with his? Pilgrim
plane for Anchorage on the 20th.
Prospector Sees Brow nil's—
Frank Edgington hiked in from
the Togiak region where he has been
prospecting. He reports buying seer,
three brown bear on hie way in.
BAD COLLISSIDN IS
NARROWLY AVERTED
Warner Alford's truck and Frank
Spel jack’s Chevrolet sport coupe
: collided out on the Ganes creek road
Tuesday.
The collision occurred -on a -sharp
turn, about a half - mile beyond Skoo
kum Hill, doing slight damage to
Speljack’s car. The accident happen
ed through no fault »f either driver.
The roads were wet and slippery and
the turn was so abrupt tttat neither
driver was able to see tin*- ther car
until the two machines were within
a space of a doven feet of each oth
er. Luckilyserious -carnage -was
VANDERPOOL BRINGS
FIVE TON'S OF OIL
Five tons <of diesel oil and half a ,
. ton of other, freight comprised the
load which Woodrow Vanderpodl
brought up from McGrath last even
ing. The oil wa; for the Ganes Creek
Dredging Company. Vanderpool used
the small barge owned by Chas.
"Smith of the'Sea Wolf.
He said he has been busy -at Can
dle Landing the last few days haul
ing some 200 drums of oil from the
mod flats to another point two miles
away where the cats could get to it.
Harry Dulak is first mate in the
j Vanderpool Freighting: Service.
i SEA WOLF ARRIVES TODAY
! WITH LOAD OF PIPE AND OIL
The M3 Sea Wolfi-poaUed in to the
| N. C. slip this afternoon loaded with
about 15 ton of pipe aad’ diesel nil
from McGrath. They were delayed
| on the trip due to a mishap.
They are returning to McGrath
immediately for another load.
FEARS FELT ISLAND
MAY GO UNDER' SEA
MANILA. P. I.—Fears are enter
tained in Manila that Abtbat Island,
a small unit of the Philippine group,
will be swallowed by the sea as
heavy earthquakes continue to rock
it for the third successive day. The
2,000 residents on the island, desper
ate over their plight, have appealed
to the Philippine government at
Manila, to evacuate them.
Water is reported to be pcuring
through cracks that were opened in
the earth on Alabat Island last week
when strong tremors hit Manila. All
houses on the island have been
thrown down by the quakes and the
inhabitants are living in the open.
MICHAELS ON BUSINESS TRIP
Pete Michaels, well-known road
house man of McGrath came up to ■
Takotna Tuesday with Pilot Ralph j
Savory on a business trip. 'He ' has
been spending most of his- time vis
iting out on the creeks and expects
to return to McGrath in the -next
day or two. He says he intends to j
close his roadhouse for fee winter
and go trapping.
FRANK LARSON VISITS
Frank Larson arrived in town the
first of the week accompanied by his
wife and children." "He came in to
help the family prepare : for their
trip to Anchorage. He returned to
his work on Little creek Wednesday
morning. Frank says he and his
partner, Arvid Larson are doing
quite satisfactorily in their hydraul
ic operations, new. Having.plenty of
wajpe.
HIES PEASGOOD REPORTS
HAVING FINE VACATION
All the young Takotnaites swarm -
si out Weduesday to welcome the re
turn of their teacher. Miss Ethyl
Peasgood, who landed very unexpect-1
sily early Wednesday afternoon.
Friend* -of the teacher were look
ing for her to come in on a Fair
banks plane hut instead, she surpris
ed them all when she climbed out ol'
s Star ship directly from Anchorage.
The young lady was all smiles and
appeared to-be happy to arrive back
to her -welcoming town. Miss Peas
jood spent the summer in Anchorage
making a tour dowr. the Inlet and
visited friends in Kecai and Seldr- ■
via, rounding out her trip with a vis
it to the celebrated Kadiak Island.
She arrived hack in Anchorage just
in time t* make connections with a
Takotna-bound plane.
The teacher was planning or go
ing around by Fairbanks to Takotna,
but on account of weather conditions'
and the limited time before the
starting of school, she decided to
take the available plane for Takotna.
Miss Peasgood will be very busy
for the next few days cleaning up
and arranging the schoolroom for
the opening of school next Tuesday.
TIME DRAWING NEAR
FOR MARINE STRIKE AGAIN
SAN FEANCISCO—The Sailors,
Union of the Pacific will -taka & ref- j
erendum shortly cm their Alaska
agreements;which expire September'
30.
.Harry Lundeberg, secretary said
the vote -would not be a strike vote ■
but would be conducted in accord
ance with rank and file principles.
“We are asking the membership.
to vote showing their sentiment
whether we should try to secure im- j
provement? in the agteementi," Uun
de berg said.
The secretary said he believed a
majority would vote not to strike.
The sailors union voted practically
unanimously to reject the proposed
affiliation -with the C. I. O.
“Ths membership feels, the Cl L O.
is not very Democratic,” Secretary
Lundeberg announced.
CREW MOVES TO YANKEE
The ARC gravel crew has been
pulled off the Nixon Forks road and
are back to Yankee creek doing
maintenance work on ' tbe Takotna
Ophir road.
•WHAT’S DOING
IN McGRATH
(Special Correspondent)
I • » + 4- •". • » +
Grand Opening Rig Success—
The grand opening for Dave
Clough's new roadhouse last Monday
night was a grand success according
to.all reports. This occurred on Mr.
Clough’s birthday, giving a double
incentive for the celebration. Years
ago when Mr. Clough opened a road
house in wh*t is now Mrs. McLean's
store, the event also took place on
his birthday, a rather add .■ coinci-J
dence. Although the weather was"
bad, practically everyone in town at
tended the event. Refreshments
were served during the evening. We
all wish him many more happy
birthdays and success in his new
roadhouse venture. Th-e entertain
ment lasted into the following day.
The building is the largest . in this
part of the country. It is. large and
comfortable aftd hat an . hospitable
atmosphere.
Brewster Passes Through—
Hugh Brewster, supervising aero
nautics inspector for Alaska, arrived
in McGrath this week from Bristol
Bay and Bethel enroute to his head
quarters at Anchorage. Frank Brant,
of Anchorage, accompanied him or,
the trip. The purpose of the trip
was to inspect aviation fields at.d re
investigate aerial accidents.
Leave For Trapping Grounds—
Wiktor Nystrom left Thursday in
his boat enroute to his trapping
grounds on the upper North Fork.
He carried George Harwood and
Arnold Akers and their supplies ns
far as Eili Hailzberg’s trapping
grounds. They purchased cabins
and grounds ' from W. J. Widmae
this summer.
Frank Bellovich Leaves—
Frank Bellovich left by plane this
week enroute to his new trapping
grounds in the lower T oar ana, East
Fork region.
Leaves For Fairbanks—
LeRoy Crawford left recently with
Pilot Jimmy Dodson enroute to Fair
banks where he will enter the em
ploy of the Sampson Hardware. Co. .
Mrs. Crawford and family expect to
join him at a later (hate.
Leave', With Freight Today—
T, R.’ McAdams, in his naw freight
ing’- power barge, accompanied by
Cnriy Anderson left today enroute
to Takotpa with another ' load of
fuel, oil
ANCHORAGE IS
GROWING FAST
SAYS LOUSSAC
Anchorage is enjoying a WflTJ
prosperous season acc-Hding lo Z. J
Lonssac, pionee- dr .ggist ef that
city, who. with George Campbell, -a
Geologist and surveyor, arrived in
Takotna Wednesday by plane e»
route to Spruce Creek and Ophir on
mining matters. They returned .to
day and will return to Anchorage on
the first plane.
Mr. Loussac, who now operates
two large drug stores in the railraac
metropolis, having opened the sec
ond one last May in the Anchorage
Hotel Annex, stated that the pros
pects for the construction of the new
Federal building at Anchorage, esti
mated to cost $875,000, were very
bright, although it is not yet yet
certain whether construction will be
gin next year or the year after
The plan to pave Fourth street at
an estimated cost of $55,000 is naw
assured, he said. The council is ex
pected to take final action on the
matter sometime this month. He did
not know if work on the project
would be started this fall or be held
over until next spring. This has
been a badly needed civic improve
ment, the druggist commented, and
will prove one of the best .'invest
ments the city has made in many
years.
Although the fish pack on the In
let has been much less than in form
er years, the packers are not great
ly disappointed, because the increas
ed price of salmon will almost offset
the difference in the pack
Although the construction activi
ties at the Matanuska colony have
been greatly curtailed this year by
the completion of most .of the build
ings in the trading center and the
farm homes. Anchorage still does a
good business with the people of
that section. The colonists are now
operating on a normal basis and are
producing good crops of farm arc
dairy products for which they find, a
good market in Anchorage, Fair
banks and other points along the
rail belt and even make sizeable
shipments .to Goodnews Fa"-. Mr
Loussac continued. It is his firm be
lief that the eolopy will be a success
. Although this is Mr. Loussac’?
first visit to Takotna, he has iu2r:
several trips down to this country
as far as McGrath. He has manj
friends in this, area and has .beet
kept quite busy renewing old ac
quaintances os the present trip
CHRIS PETERSON SHOWS
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
Through latest reports trom Fa ?
banks, we hear that our friend. Chn
Peterson, is coming along fine art
warts to come ba;k to Takotna.
The doctor, howeve , states that
his .heart isn’t quite strong enough
as yet but that it -won’t be lota
Chris is still in the hospital and is
now getting a Territorial pension
New Air Service
Is Now C per 3 iiig
In This Section
The Northland Air Service is a
new airplane service established *r.
the' Kuskokwim area with headquar
ters at Flat.
The operator .of the new service.
i£.,A. .Beran, has :one plane which he
pilots himself.. He made his first
trip to Takctna Wednesday will
several passengers.
Pilot Beran hails from San Djepi
and shipped his plane to Seward aaac
thence to Flat. It is a six-place .job,
Ryan make.
The pilot stated he was ready pc
serve the people of the- .Kuskokw*.
and lower Yukon areas.
TAKOTNA RESIDENTS
LEAVE FOR ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Jos. Oates ana eon Freddie.
Mrs. Frank Larson and two daugh
ter?., Adeline and Edith, left by ptanr
for Anchorage Wednesday afternoon.
Freddie is going to attend hi'gt
school in Anchorage this winter anc
Edith Larson will enter school <at
Eklutna. Mrs. Oates will Ttiua
with her son during the school tcRn.
Mrs. Larson and daughter Adi’fc*
will remain in Anchorage for a shnri
time and receive medical HttextaB.
GVRTLER BRINGS OIL
E. O. Gurtler arrived last mi'ct
from McGrath bringing two and •■one
half tons of diesel ofl for the Gates
Creek Dredging Company. He left
for McGrath again -•this- afternoon to
bring up another load.
LEAVES FOR FLAT
After waiting a week for trans
portation, Mrs. Pat Savage ftnkife
secured transportation tc. Flat, laps
ing with Pilot Savo/v