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39th. 1323. at the Post Office at
Tekotna, Alasaa, under the
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’TGKOTSA, ALASKA. AUG. 8, 1925
Delegate Sutherland
Urges P. 0. Dept, to
Give Summer Air Mail
A letter recently received by Jack
utchler from Delegate Dan Suther
ia nd makes clear the situation regard
ing an air mail service from the Aiaska
It ail rose line to Tokotoa. That the
delegate is alive to summer mail con
'd itions to this point atrd that he is
knost anxious to better that service is
Ahown by his letter to the Second As
sistant Postmaster General, as well as
ta Mr. Mutchler.
Washington, June 8, 1S126.
■ Jack Mutcbler,
Tokotca, Alaska:
I enclose herewith copy of a letter I
have just written to the Second Assist
ant Postmaster General with regard to
advertising tor bids on the air mail
service in the Kuskpkwim Valley.
I am very much airaid that thev will
not do anything in the matter this sum
mer, as they data, and rightly, that
»hey have no funds for emergency mail
aarvice. The general policy of econ -
omy on the part of the Administration
has affected the Postoffice Deisirtment
pretty seriously so far as Alaska mail
■ervice goes. They are, however, pre
paring 3heir advertisements for con
tracts lor next year, and in all the
Alaska contracts they have a provision
tor air service; that is, they call for
the bids in such a way that it is op
"tional with the Department as to
Whether they will give the air service
Pr not. 1 anticipate, however, that
they will try to give air service on
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smithjand
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Fobt. E. Lowrie
fskina., A 1st.-.,-.
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some of the routes. I have asked them
to advertise for the particular route
mentioned in my letter, as there is no
section of Alaska that is cut off from
mail service so much as the Tokotna.
McGrath and Ophir section.
Sincerely yours,
Dan Sutherland.
Following is Delegate Sutherland’s
letter to the Second Assistant Postmas
ter General:
Washington, June 6, 1925
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir—
In preparing your advertisements for
bids on mail carrying contracts in
Alaska I wish you would give consid
eration loan air mail route from the
Government Railroad to Tokotna,
Alaska, in the Kuskokwim river sec
tion.
This section of Alaska has had a
very poor mail service during the sum
mer season, and inasmuch as it is au
important mining point and the center
of dredging operations the people of
that community are entitled to a much
better summer mail service than they
have received. I believe the poorest
mail service in Alaska is that to To
kotna, McGrath and Ophir. They are
dependent in summer on the two voy
ages of steamers from Seattle to the
mouth of the Kuskokwim river for the
most of their mail. There is a long
period in the spring and fall when
water navigation and overland travel
is closed entirely to them.
I I would respectfully suggest that
bids be called for for a weekly air ser
vice to the Kuskokwitn valley, begin
ning.about April 15th and terminating
about November 15ih, that is, provided
you do not think it advisable to estab*
lish a year-round air mail service.
The commercial airplane companies
in Alaska are ready to submit bids, and
1 feel that an opportunity should be
given them to bid on the service to anv
point in Alaska which is inaccessible
at any period of the year by either land
or water. I believe that all the mail
for the Kuskokwim valley could be
carried by airplane in the summer sea
son. Sincerely yours,
Dan Sutherland,
Delegate from Alaska.
Following is the reply of the Second
Assistant Postmaster General:
Washington, June 8, 1925.
Hon. Dao Sutherland,
House of Representatives:
My dear Mr. Sutherland—
I have your letter of June 5. suggest
ing the advertisement in the next gen
eral advertisement of Alaska mail ser
vice of a route for service by airplane
from a point on the Government rail
] road io Tokotna.
It appears practical and advisable to
invite bids for the route suggested aod
consider dbe bids that may be received
as to the cost in connection with the
proposals that may be received for the
other service. Sincerely yours.
Chase C. Gove,
Acting Second Assistant
Postmaster General.
PRESS SQUIBS.
United States,! collector of internal
revenue in Chicago says criminals may
file income tax returns with the assur
ance that their communications will be
considered as confidential. It is dis
quieting to realize that Uncle Sam nas
quite frankly become a receiver of
stolen goods.—Philadelphia Evening
Public Ledger.__
Psychologists have decided that gray
is the best color for nervous people,
but when you are getting nervous over
that Dote at the bank, green is not so
bad.—American Lumberman.
An up-to-date motto for France
would be: More Franks and fewer
francs.—Norfolk Virginian Pilot.
writer says that a musician
’ should understand botany, geology and
astronomy. Incidentally, he should I
know something; about music.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
British professor says the height of
human intelligence is reached at the
age of sixteen. Wouldn’t be surprised,
judging from the wav people vote after
they are twenty one.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Homes are being built with every
known convenience except low rent.—
The inheritance tax is more humane. >
anyway, it waits until the poor fellow
can’t suffer.—Burlington Hawkeye.
The trouble with the wheat farmers
has been that while they raised the
wheat thev usually depended on some
body else to raise the price.—Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot. >,
“The old-time hero who used to die
with his boots on is of the dim and dis
tant past,” says a novelist who seems
overlooked present-day pedestrians.—
Punch. ___
Reason that so many married men
fail to “bring home the bacon” is the
fact that many brides prefer lobster.—
Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union.
Tennessee has passed a law {against
Darwinism, but it can’t be notioed that |
the people act any less like monkeys _
than before.—Southern Lumberman.
_ i
The amphioxus is a creature which
has lived for 00,000,000 years and has
no backbone. What an officeholder it
would make!—Nashville Banner.
The worst that can be said of the
1925 wheat crop is, the greater tbo
bumper the bigger the bump for the
farmer.—St. Paul Dispatch.
A rolling stone gathers' no moss and
a sta i.inerv one no momentum. Let
your ■ unscience be your guide.—Ar-;
kttDstis Gazette.
Will.Irwin says fliers can cause an ■
immense amount of damage. They
can. • Ve took one in cotton once.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
“Ou - gramophone smashes all rec
ords,’’ ays an advertisement. We
must buy our oeigbbor one of these.—
Punch.
Germuuv has paid half a billion
marks, hut not the mark3 who invested
in them. Manila Tribune.
The mo-ijuito is another ingrate that
bites the b »nd—or ankle—that feeds it.j
—Arkansas Gazette. j
- *
Egotism is t he anesthesia that- keeps
some people «>ti living terms with them
selves.—Arkansas Gazette.
I
J. It McLean
Tokotcst
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks]
Mild-Cured Ham
and Bacon
Star Ham 45e Bacon 50d
Oregon Cityj
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs]
Leather Vests !
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice-Cream
AH kinds'-of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, JEtc.j
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
B.& [.Store I
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving on first boats jj
will be a complete as
sortment of the very
best goods, con
sisting of
S
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
A. R. Eldridge
McGrath Pool Hall
( George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars,Tobaccos, Candies, Fruits
(JOltFrimers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
OOMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
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