THE KUSKO TIMES
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lSatered as seooad-ciass matter August
28th, 1023, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 181t.
'TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JUNE 28, 1024
Telegraphic Ticks.
London—In their final assault, in
'which they failed to make the top of
(Mount Everest, George Leigh Mallory
teed A. C. Ervine, two members of the
London Express expedition, attained,
(however, a greater height than ever
(before.
ioklo.—The Chamber of Commerce
Announces that it will oppose to the
lutmest the boycott of American goods,
instituted by certain elements because
<cf the enactment of the Japanese ex
olueloc aot by the American Congress.
Chicago —Twenty-nine deaths and
ptopsrty damage# of over three million
dollar# resulted from the heat ware
And storm which passed over the Ohio
*nd Mississippi volleys, Monday.
Vancosrer, B. C.—The general elec
*iea la the province of British Colum
bia gives the liberals 11 and the con
eer rat Ives U teats.
Berne.—An agent or the Faseisti
tparty, named Dumini, has cenfeased to
*ke kidnapping and murder of socialist
deputy Matteotti.
V*w York.—James M- Lynch, of
^yraeuse, was yesterday elected presi
dent of the International Typograph
ical UaioQ. _
Seattle.—Dr. Freak W. Ball, dentist,
(Committed suicide Tuesday,' by ahoot
iing himself._
Seattle.—National Commander Quinn
«ot the American Legion arrived Thurs
day for a brief visit.
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and?
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Forest, Brush, Tim
ber or Other Fires
Forest, tUnber, brush, or any other
fires are easily started, and once under
way or out of control they do incalcula
ble damage- Talte. for instance, the
fire that raged laat summer at the
lower end and at the paint of the hill
back of town, which was most menac
ing for several days. Had an unfavor
able wind sprung up at that time, one
blowing in the direction of town, noth
ing would hare saved the town. As it
was, a kindly ra& came in time to re
lieve and put an end to a most threat
ening situation.
Last Sunday, about midday, at a
point on the opposite side of the river,
less than a mile above town, volumes
of smoke ware again seen pouring up
ward, and again there was more or less
apprehension on the part of citizens
generally- Had a wind prevailed at
the time, blowing toward town, it is
hard to say what the damages to this
community might have been.
The following notice, issued by the
Interior Department, is displayed in
many public places throughout the
Territory, and for those who have not
seen It, It is well worth a careful read
<ng:
WARNING'!
J’KKYJ-INTKJN-OF FOREST FIRES.
Read this notice and lend your help
in preventing injury to the community
and to yourself by destruction of life,
property, *od forests by Are.
Tire Act of-Congress of June ,25, 1910,
forbids leaving anv fires burning.
If you-do not put out your fire before
leaving it, you are liable under this
law to be punished by a fine of $1,000
or imprisonment for one year, or both,
and the law applies to any fires built in
or near any forest, timber, or other in
flammable material on the public lands,
Indian reservations, lands occupied by
any tribe of Indians under authority of
the .United States, or any Indian allot
ment to which fee simple title has not
passed from the United States.
Persons who build fires to el ear land
Ui the vicinity of public or Indian
lands, and who do not put them out be
fore Waving same, are liable to the
punishment provided by the law above
mentioned.
The best way to prevent large fires is
to be oarerfcul with small ones.
Therefore all persons are advised as
follows:
Do not builld larger camp fires than
are ueoessarv.
Do not build fires in leaves, rotten
wood, or other places where they are
likely to spread.
Dig boles or .clear the ground for
your camp liras .in dangerous places
aod during-windy weather.
Put out all fires completely before
you leave them, even for a short time.
Do not build fires against large or
hollow logs.
If fires are 'found, put them out. if
possible, or immediately notify the
nearest Government officer.
A man about town, meeting a friend
who had recently becomo a judge, ex
tended his congratulations and then
■aid: “And I will now tell you good
by."
“Why," asked his honor, “are you
going away?”
“No."
“Neither am I. So why this good
by?"
*'It is this way,” explained the party
of the first part. “I have known many
men who became judges, governors or
whatnot. After their elevation very
few of them were able to see me
again."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
"You have beard what the last wit
ness said," persisted counsel, “and yet
your evidence is to the contrary. Am
I te infer that you wish to throw doubt
on her veracity?”
The polite young man wared a depre
cating hand.
“Not at all," he replied. “I merely
wish to make it clear what a liar 1 am
if she’s speaking the truth."—London
Tit-Bits.
■■s ■■
The United States makes nine-tenths
c&*the werld’ajtuMcaehUna
A Little of Everything.
Among the so-called "criminal”
tribes of India, crime descends from
father to sen and is literally a heredi
tary profession. Crime among them is
regulated according to . caste. One
group specializes in.cattle-steallng, an
other in counterfeiting, and so on.
A number of people believe that Mrs.
E. M. Hull, the author pf the famous
novel, “The Sheik,*’ is an American.
This is not so. Mrs. Hull is Scottish
on both sides of her family tree, end
she is the wife of a landowner living
near Derbyshire. |
In London, when a milkman is ar
rested for selling milk of too poor a
grade he has the right to have the cow
which gave the milk brought into
court, milked before the judge, and so
prove that the peer milk was the cow’s
fault. __ __
A barometer in common use in some
parts of Europe consists of a pan of
water and a frog and a little stepladder
in it. When the frog comes out of the
water and sits on the steps it is said in
fallibly to indicate rain.
I
Among the natives of South Africa ]
there is a general belief in the split
soul. One , tribe believes in throe
souls—one in the head, another Id the
stomach, and a third in the big toe.
Tucson, Arirona, has the distinction
of being the only walled city in the
United States. This wall, which at.
one time encircled the entire city, has
long since fallen into decay.
Scientists say there need be no fear
of the sun ^dying” too quickly and of
the earth setting cold. The sun’s heat
will last, they say, for another billion
years or so.
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An adaptation of the pantograph to j
the oxy acetylene flames is one of the
latest efforts, to control mechanically
that powerful agent for cutting cold
metal.
Serentyrfive cents is -the price of a
Saturday haircut in Oil City, Pa., un
ier a new scale adopted by the union
aarbers.
The manufactured gas consumed in
Sew York state in one <month would
All a two-foot pipe 360,000 miles long.
Mrs. Mary Jeffers, of Medford, Ore.,
is 103 years old, buiahe-uays she would
like to make a-fllght in an .aeroplane
Over $1,500,000,000 worth of silk
manufactures were sold in the United
States last year.
China has abolished the old law un
der which a man could divorce his wife
for talkativeness.
More than fifty lighthouses protect!
the Maine coast.
London has fifty thousand street ped
dlers.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
'I
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS j
Practice in all Courts.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
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Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
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TUKOTNA
We Have the Bes*
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State JButter
Miners’ and Trappers’ Supplies
Ladies’ and Gents’, Furnishings
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fit its Candies Cigars Tobaccos
AH Fresh Goods
Jack Mutehler - - Proprietor
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
® i
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
€'*:• ' \ Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Prices are right.
Good Prices for Your Fur
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
Ok the Kuskokwim.
CaptJ Wallace Langley, Manager.