PEOPLE CLAMOR FOR
IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE
They Lave a better mail service on
the Kuskokwim in winter than in
rummer. said Capt Ed Ralston in
Seward a few wefks ago. according
t< the Seward Gateway, but it seems
that in summer it is ail charity and
n ail is received only wren s me big
hearted pilot makes delivery.
Just why it should be this way.
Captain Ralston is unable to ay, but
he j.n.iws the situation is v-rv un
sat .actcry and there is c n" nr for
regular service from Fairbanks, An
chorage, bat preferably r. .reel from
S£v-_rd insuring *,« .y
Captain Ralston landed at Juneau
in 1S56. came wih Capt. John I. H.u y
founder of the North American
Trading & Tran porta-’ n Co., with
the tradtng post at Dyea, and he was
at Lawson in 1S95.
So the gold rush with ail its ram
ifications was his exp-crier, re from
the beginning. Mas at Ram part, and
Nome, to.k up sea-fa. .ng and when
the Aunt: a] V. atson's schedule took
her to Anchorage, served a- pJot.
Now- he is mate on the Wallace
Langley, three-year- id stern wheel
er on the Kuskokwim, Eeth.i bo 1.1c
Grath. 500 miles. The ma= r of the
vesati is Capt. Frank Murray, pio
neer pilot of early southeastern days.
The Langley handles A10 tons of
freight, chief contact being w.th the j
SS Topper.
Gam.. Candle, Bear and Marvel,
creeks were mentioned as showing in
creased activities.
A big cL ag'.ine is in operation on ■
Candle Cr.cu, while the New York & 1
Ala?..:. C d Mining Co. has two
drecie. :..=,ged cn Bear Cr.vk.
I: -. a . king alive n Ganes
and o ! . _e.. ’• de action is t or ,-een
on Marvel creek.
Prospecting is intense on the Ho
litra, tributary to the K. cokwirr.
drilling cutrts going .n. 1r ._ is a
generous ? l;ng xi in ct.r.l.nts.
Captuki Ralston arrived n Seward
recently to get overhauled at the
Seward General H spitai.
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL AC
COUNT AND RE1 ORT AND PE
TITION FOR DISCHARGE
In the Prerate Court for the Terri-1
t-rry of Alaska Fourth Division.
Mt. McKlinley Precinct
In the Matter of the Estate of F. C
H. Spencer, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
J. J. Ch. holm, the admir.’straror of
the estate of F. C. H. Spencer, de
ceased. hr.- this day filed in this
Court and matter h s Final Account,
Report and Petition f. r Discharge,
and that the Court has designated
Saturday the 27th day of Novem
ber. 1957, at. the hour of 2 'clock in
the afternoon :f said day a lh= time
and office of the V. S. Commissioner
and Ex-OS -'o i’robot: Jt Mr the
Mt. .'1 nlej Ir • -. '
sion. Territory f Alaska, a- the
place, when end when said port,
a. oun: and peti.ion will be heard;
and all persons interested in said es
tate ar» hereby required to file "heir
objections to the said report if any
they have, writing, on - before
said day in the C urt. and to appear
at the time and place aforesaid and
present their objecions.
Dated a- McGrath, A’a-i-a this
25: h dav of September, 1957.
W. J. WIDMAN
Probate Judge
Date of First Publication. October 15,
1937.
Date or last Publication, November
5. 1937.
CONTRIBUTION' FORMS
MAILED TO EMPLOYERS
The Alaska Unemployment Cons
mission has mailed contributio
forms to all employers who have ad
miited liability,under the Alaska la's*
These forms are to be used by en
players in computing the Territorh
unemployment Compensation contri
butien on wages covering the firs
nine months of 1937. -This tar: is du
on or before October 31. 1937. Em
ploytrs are rr Hired to fill out th
in and nt n it to The Territori*
I'ncrnploymer.t Compensation Cora
mission. Box 2661. Juneau. Alaska
together with the contributions due
The Alaska Unemployment C m
pensation Commission wishes to ad
\ i • enr.pl- y rs that the obligation t
obtain a report form and pay th
cntribufl n before the due date
‘ . is the resporsibiiity of thi
icilv’dua! enph-ypr. All employer
hject ' Title IT of the Federa
Sscial Security Act are also snbjec
to the Territorial tar. The fa.’t tha
employer is r. > Table under Tith
IX of the Federal Social Security
Act does not necessarily exempt hin
m the Alaska law.
Employers will be given credit foi
th? amount of the tax. which is 1.1
ter cent of their total payroll, oi
rhe employer excise tax levied by th<
Federal Government under Title IX
c.f the Federal Social Security Act.
The Commission suggests that, an;
employer who has failed to re-Tve i
liai i ty re.'o.rt, - has received ont
and has failed to complete and retun
sa;r,e, contact the Juneau otfire.
VALDEZ MAN GIVEN
HIGHEST LEGHX HOXOgS
Endorsing the rr r.osal to construct
. highway conret-ing the Matanuska
V&.iey and the Hi hards n Highway,
the American Legion Annual C.n
venfior.. convening NXB SHE ET
- .-.ntion at Anchorage, recently pas
sed a resolution urging the project.
Stanley J. Nichols of Valdez was
elected department commander for
'he f rthc. tr ine year at-d he was ac
. . dad the highest honors of the or
tanizatlon at colorful installation
(remonies.
The installation ceremonies foil, w
ed elector of officers in the rooming.
The convention chose Ketchikan as
the next meeting place.
^ 3e Sure to
At the
Little Store in McGrath
SHOES
for all ages and sizes.
We Specialize ii.
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
In fact, everything to wear and
go<id things to cat.
We will be glad to see you.
MAIL ORDERS
given special attention
KRS. Tl'OSilS H.
K’LeSM
McGRATH, ALASKA
MOTORSHIP
CHAS. SMITH and FRANK LANG, Owners
McGRATH. ALASKA
ALSO OPERATING A
FLEET OF BAR
In order to give the people of
this section assurance of a
really dependable
FREIGHTING SERVICE
“We Do the Best We Can at All Times”
BURNING CAVE* SMOKES
LIKE AN OLD PIPE
TWIN FALLS, Ida.—Idaho’* my*
i terious “burning cave” smells liki
- an old pipe and puffs like one, it!
. explorers reported recently.
“The smoke,” said O. A. KeTker
1 Twin Falls newspaperman, “is bine
- black in color and comes in a puf
t . r :n far back in the cave.
? “It smells like an old pipe or 3
■ long-used incense burner.”
Though the cave may have Heel
' ruffing away for many years, it wa!
■ discovered but a month age by farm
. er Ed Ulrich and his son, Alfred
. They led Kelker and a friend, Buc
Wallace to the find in the Little Sal
— on River canyon, 35 miles south
—fit of here and 22 miles south oi
> the widely publicised Buhl, Ida.
. “s'nking farm.”
“The first day we visited the cave
' here was no smoke,” said Kelker.
"The next time, during a three
hour stay, rt smoked twice. The
, ? moke was to: hot and choking foi
us to stay far back in the cave, but
we could see no flame and there was
no noise, no rumbling.
“The cave is so warm you start te
rspire e~ soon as you enter it
During and iust after the smoke
puffs it gets really hot”
To reach the cave, one must hike
a m e from the highway, scramble
■ I- feet ;-:wn a precipitous canyon
wall, walk a mile and a quarter
along the river’s edge, and then
climb "5 feet up on the opposite S00
foot canyon walL
“It’s about 300 feet long and from
—-- pv»rv!"« ii :i ri!ii nn m\‘J?
six to 1C feet high, tapering back to
I the floor and ending in a slit IS inch
es wide and six high catting down
into the rock from which the smoke
, apparently comes,” Kelker went on.
“There are burned rocks and fcig
lava cinders inside the cave, showing
evidence of terrific heat, and the roof
’ and sides are covered with thin pen
■ dants of brittle soot, like t)iaek
! icicles that crumple under the touch.
The soot looks lie some kind of
burned oil product,
“The smoke, through some freak
of chimney and draft- apparently sc
rum u I aes in rock passages, then
belches out suddenly and quietly in
one big puff.
“The four of us agreed that deep
down there in the lava formation
somewhere, there must be a raping
fire, the flames fed by oil, natural
pas or coal."
ANCHORAGE SETS
new school recort*
Anchorage has set a new record
for itself.
More students hare enrolled for
school than ever before in the his
tory of our town, says the Anchorage
Free Press. There is a total of over
460, with more than 140 in High
SchooL They are so pressed for room
that the Seniors have been placed in
a room by themselves.
Send in your Subscription to The
KUSKO TIMES today.
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HARRY LAWRENCE, PROP.
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open at all hours. Good Dor Bams in connection.
Through Lawrence’s Place you can obtain
Liquors of all kinds. Also Wines and Beer.
CIGARS — CIGARETTES — CANDY ;
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