THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grants Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Reading Notices, per line, per
issue.$ .25
Legal Advertising, per line, per
issue 2 . .20
Transient Display, per inch, per
issue (minimum charge $1).50
Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 1879.
Mc'GKATH, ALASKA. MAY 12, 1923
Man Who Thrashed
Dewey Is Still Living
San Pedro. — William H. Savage, an
attorney here, is credited with being
•the only man who won a fight with the
late Admiral George Dewey. The fight
was a fistic engagement between the
•two men, and took place on the quarter
'deck of the old sloop-of-war Mississippi
'in 1862. Dewey was then a second
lieutenant and Savage was a private in
the Marines, and on the day of the
tfight with Dewey was acting as orderly
tto Captain Melancthon.
In a lettar written on the IT. S. S.
‘Olympia by Admiral Dewey on Juo?
It;, 1898, the original of which Mr.
• Savage treasures, the hero of Manila
Bay recalls his fight with Savage. He
wrote, in part: ‘T trust I have my
temper more in hand now.”
Mr. Savage, a former judge and
-state senator, tells of the fight as fol
lows:
“I had been instructed to take orders
from no one except Capt. Melancthon.
d went to Lieut. Dewey to report one
bell.
*' "One bell, sir,’ I said.
“ ‘Strike it,’ he ordered.
“ ‘The captain lias given me instruc
tions to take orders from no one except
thimself.’ t replied.
“ ‘You strike that bell,’ she coin
cnaoded.
‘ |‘I won’t,’ I retorted.
“ ‘I’ll make you do it.’
“ ‘You can’t do it.’
“Dewey then struck at me and
Ik nocked me to the deck. I leaped to
uuy feet and rushed at him. He went
•down in a heap against a hatch as I
-struck him on the jaw, and 1 leaped
►upon him when he got up. We rolled
around on the deck for more than tif
'teeu minutes before being separated by
ithe sergeant of the guard. I was thrown
in the brig.
“1 was brought before the mast, and
Lieut. Dewey was there also. I was
•covered with blood, having had no op
portunity to wash, but Dewev had
washed and changed clothing. His face
wras badly battered and cut and both
eyes were black.
*‘ ‘What the devil have you men
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at,
705 L. C. Smith,'Bid?., Seattle, Wash
Practice inwall Courts.
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath,'Alaska
j been doing?’ roared the captain as he
looked us over.
“ 'I had no business striking him,
sir,’ said Dewey.
*’ ‘i am to blame,’ l retorted.
“Dewey turned to me and said: *1
beg vour pardon, sir, but I should not
have lost my temper aud struck you
while on duty.’
“The captain was astonished at this
display of politeness from two men who
had been so badly battered by each
other’s fists and told us both to go
back to duty.”
In his letter to Judge Savage, Ad
miral Dewey said: “How -few of us I
who were on board the old Mississippi
theu are alive now.’’ That was writ
ten in 1888, and today Judge Savage
says he is the* sole remaining member
of the old Mississippi crew. Judge
Savage was born in Ireland in 1836.
Son of Lincoln Saw
I Three Presidents Shot
Here is the amazing experience of
Robert T. Lincoln, son of President
Lincolu, and now in his 80th year. Me
related 't recently to a friend and. so
far as I know, it has never before been
published:
Young Lincoln was in the army and
stationed in Virginia when he received
an order to report at Washington. He
got into the theater just in time to see
his father receive his fatal wound.
Young Lincoln was Secretary of War
! nder Garfield. He was asked bv the
I President to meet him at the station,
! and he reached there just as Garfield
was assassinated.
Lincoln received an invitation to at
tend the formal opening of the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo and,
accompanied bv his wife, got the; . just
in time to 9ee President McKinley shot
by Czojgosz.
A friend happened to be with Mr.
Lincoln when he received an invitation
to attend a presidential function at
Washington a few years ago. He then
remarked something to the effect that,
“If they only kuevv, they wouldn’t
want me there.” And he recited his
experience as here revealed.— Ex.
Eats 18 Pies and
Then Craves More
Wichita. Kan.—Wichita boasts of
the heaviest eater and drinker on rec
ord. He is George Washington Te
cumseh Sherman Jackson Simpson.
Iiis name is as loog as his appetite.
George is six feet tall, weighs 200
pounds, and is just 30 years old. He
can take a baseball or live golf balls in
his mouth and close his lips. *He will
eat 15 to 20 pounds of watermelon,
rinds, seeds and all, for a dollar, and at
one sitting has made a meal of the fol
lowing delicacies: Three dozen raw
eggs and shells, one neck of peanuts
and shueks. three dozen bottles of pop.
Recently he got into conversation
with a stranger on the street, and eat
ing pie was mentioned. The stranger
agreed to pay for all he could eat. They
stepped into a lunch room and ordered
two. Simpson said:
“Don’t stop with that. Bring out at
least eighteen to start with.”
They did, and he got outside of them,
when the strauger refused to pay for
any more. Another time he ate four
dozen bananas, with peelings, on a bet,
and stood ready to eat more, but no
body put up the money.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Cali:At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Bold
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, .Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. r Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses . .
^_ /
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska ■'
Will receive by first boat a larger and more varied
stock of goods than ever before.
Good Prices for Your Fur
i
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
CapL Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
\
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms,
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick
Proprietor
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient