THE KUSKO TIMES
•VOL L SO *2
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. DECBKBER 10, 1937
PRICE 2S CENTS
DRILLING WILL J
BE RESUMED
ONYANKEEDK.
(By Special Correspondent)
A. J. D ugias, Bob \\ n.bauer and .
Wa O’Neill, who for - a couple of j
months past have been drilling on .
the NoHet property ..on. Yankee creek !
left fast week for Yairbratis by.
plane, accompanied, by- J_-E.. Mallet, |
the owner of the property.
The Grsund is. -under -leas;? to
Douglas. Wlnbautr and.- associates.
It is the intentitn of the lessees to:
return to Yankee creek shcrtly after
the New Year and continue pros
pecting on .the ground. Machinery
will be installed on the ground dur
ing next summer and other imp: ve- -
tntt.ts made for the mining of ttte
- same.
As far as known, quite satisfac
tory results were obtained by the
drilling cf the .ground.
Tor Shave;, wco in the past, has
beer, et ; io. -td In dr iving for oil in
, Caiitorr.lt. at d S-uth ..merica, has
been atsis.ing in the dr.kirtr -on the •
Yanket gr.unJ for some t'me past.
. Shaver has n.w ro omed to his home
in Ophtr.
■ FAIRBANKS ENJOYS
GOOD MIXING SEASON
-Oar. Sc: her land, a former fcasinsss
man of F airhanks; was. an overnight
. visitor here, arriving _via the PJLA
plane Tuesday from Fairbanks and
returning to the college town v.a
' the same plane Wednesday after-.
_ noon.
While here, JJsar. visited with hi*
former partner, Joe Sibona. He and.
Joe at one Time owned and operated)
the “Board of Trade” beer.parlor in*
Fairbankks.
Sutherland reported a very sue- j
c-cessfu! mining season in the Fair- i
'..banks district.
Mr. Hawkins; who has leased Mrs.
Stevens' quartz property on Spaul
-ding creeki baa gone Outside to par
-enace -madraery <c* icnuik his
with," Dan stated. Hawkins has a|
good thing on Spaulding, Sutherland
went on, the gold bearing vein be
. ir.g from "six to 30 inches wide.
■ MRS. SOTKT REPORTED
TO BE SERIOUSLY ILL
Mrs. Fred Soini, of the Opbir
Roadhouse, ir reported to be very
-sick.
Pilot Barnhill has been waiting
two day* for the wind to die dowr.
enough to enable him to land ir
Ophir and take the sick woman to
Fairbanks for medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Myntti plan on
. accompanying Mrs. Soini to Fair
banks where the former will visit
with friends.
FRANK EATLESS TISITS
Frank Bayiess. -from '.'Yankee
creek, arrived in town Tuesday night
returning' to Yanfcee Wednesday.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE POOEMAN DISTRICT j
By ‘The Yukoner"’
i
Hav:ng Swell V. eat her—
We are hawing swell weather—in
fact too sw'ell, as we need Knew and
lots of it in rrder to get oor w*od
i hauled in so tha: winter operations
1 cosild start right away.
Eusjr Sea on in Ruby Area—
Ruby had a busy summer. It was
i so busy that one hotel could n -
1 handle the business. Th-? “Flshei
Hons?" has changed twnertMp ant
is n:tr ope:at.d by Mrs. Swanson
and Lew Carpenter. The ' Water
frrnt hon=e’' is operated by Mildred:
I av's, a cbc-chzko from the pan
handle. She is Will verstd in the art
• of baklr.' pies, custards and taits
£"d has built up a lucrative trade
She has a nt.-gne ie personality and
:s do'ng (a- the Sourdtughs say) “a
roaring business.”
DriH'ng on Doorman—
Th: Cregran brothers are drilling
on Foorran c r:ek. Th: y have sev
eral ec-ds cl wood about sis mi es
fr:m then ::mp and are waiting far
trails to start hauling. They have a
large block of ground opened up.
Baloo Poiro is ruiming tunnels at
i present ana in a few weeks will be
using several wheelers. Baldo is the
1 only operator who has plenty ef
wood. Ras Ii'atson and Ed Kncdson
are at present cutting wood. They
have two m^n h'rsd for cutting.
Th:y have a: lay on the Shrtpshire
gr—nd on Footman and in a s w
weeks will start sinking. Sam Lock
rer and Charlie Duprant -on Duncan
creek ere ready to start sinking on
ray. Dan ir m* only mechanic in
Poor-man and has built a new type of
boiler.' It is a combination of pipe,
and cells. He claim* it will burn - 40
per cent air. *
Coyles More to Lost Creek—
Denny Coyle and family hare mov
ed to Lon? creek for the winter
vrber; he has several interests to
look after.
| Five Wheelers At Work—
j Over at Long, Billy Conn has five
wheelers going steady and the chimp
' is growing daily. D. J. Burke lias
m:ved his big plant to the low:r end
at his property and is now sinking.
C-a Saeresrful Season—
The Long Creek Co., with a bull
dozer ar.d dragline, had a very suc
cessful season. Rumor has it. that
they are. going to install two more
cragiin.s nert runuccr.
i
Rr*cni' from Cripple—
| Mike Kovac returned a f-w vlays
ago from Cripple where he worked
all 'Uimcr for Mr. Wilson. M.ke is
ore of Alaska’s A-l prospectors.
Rea'y to Start Operating—
BHiy Wick, with two in err, are get
ting ready to start operating. Tam
Jack'in and “Little Pete’’ are sink
ing cn T-rrahee’s ground, where
they hare a lay.
Emrcnc Is Fcsy—
D~wn at “Placerville,* Odegard
and R‘s: are cut tug wood and are
waiting for row to start hauling.
S'evens and Shropshire on “Timber”
are r~ady to start drifting. Atwood
and GHlis, also cn Timber creek,,
have a hole down an pay." They rare
at present putting up a ness bouse.
On the next claim are three youthful
■cfcechakos. Biff Johns, Lee Reb-aT
and Dan Conroy. They are-now busy
sinking and assert they-have -tone
to stay.
Still Hare
l Sweating of prospector*, there are
still some left. Calvin Anderson is
prospecting on Duncan creek; Char
lie Anderson and Mike Y&kapat are
prospecting on-Tamarack creek: or
Gphir creek. Joe Johnson and Mar
tin Lavoris are looking for the elu
sive Suff; on Midnight creek, Mike
McCarthy and J 'fanny Campbell are
taking out some pay dirt; over on
Quartz meek. Ed Robinson and Clar
ence Semis are- prosp:eting -while
Eli Lean and Gus are taking out a
little pay cm Trad creek.
One of Oldest Prospectors—
One of the oldest prospectors of
the North, Study Sullivan, made an
. attempt to go into the M el ore river
! the first week of October and had -to
turn hack, as he could nat pack
through the underbrush. He claims
that the pay belt that runs straight
north frcm Fo rman fo Ruby, is
[ spo ted and dees not end at the Yu
kon but runs on northward. Some
day, he says, someone will -find a
spot on the Meloze river or on one
of its tributaries. Alaska and its
p op’e are an open book to Standy,
who was once a tall, straight, ath
letic looking- fellow. He could mu h
over the tundra as fast as the ave • -
ag? of us walk over the boulevard .
But 40 snows have left their mark.
He is now stooped and his hair t
fj:aw-white, but at that he is ’ sti!
going strong. His advice to the Che •
chako is “go north of the Yuko t
and find something for themseh e j
and quit looking for Jobs ardnn!
draglines and dredges.
Plenty of Idle Men—
There are -plenty of idle -teen
artund Boorman and Lung to fill all
the jots in this neck of the woods
ZAISER MAKES HARD '
TRIP WITH DOG TEAM
I
Clarene? Zaise? arrivea in town
from Poorman. via dog t»m.m Mon
day afternoon.
: n making the trip to Poorman re
cently, Zaiscr took a plane to Fo’ger
and walked in from there, returning
the whole distance in six days with
five young dogs.
“The dogs were soft, and the irig
gerheads were bad, and I had on just|
a little too much of a load; in fart,!
considering the condition of the trail 1
I would have had too mnch of a load j
coining empty," Clarence said.
Zaisrr reports everything quiet in1
Poorman. everyone busy rutting
wood and getting ready to take oot
a few winter dumps.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TO REOPEN
Sunday School will be held as usual
a' 11 a.m. Sunday morning. AH are
well aga n so let’s get off to a new
‘ start with a record attendance. Ev
erybody welcome.
WHAT’S DOING IN McGRATH
• By Special Correspondent
■Good Time At Baste—
Nov. 23—At impromptu dance vras
given to vtsrting Takotnaites whc
came down* with Pi::t Barnhill on
the evrtrng of the 29 h. Th? psrty
included Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Van"
derpooVMt. and Mrs. Andrew Miller
Mrs: Helen and "Elsie Zaiser, J okn
Repo and Harry Drr.ak. The fl or
was c5eared at CToagh’s Roadhouse
and everyone in town attended and
had"» very enjoyable evening.
Plans Trip to Ore pen—
Dec. 4—Warden Eugene Tibbs re
turned with the P. A. A. mail p’ane
from a trip down river. He plans tc
leave off a trip to Oregon.
Return fnuh Folger—
Dave Strandberg and CoL* Ohlson
general manager of the Alaska Rail
Toad, refurtifed from a trip to Folger
today (Heel 51, autsnd'ng a general
conference of the heads of the
Strandberj? &. Sora mining interest: ,
■and a compilation of camp -accounts.
Morrison to Fairbanks—
Dec". 5—Ronald Morrison left en
rout* to" Fairbanks on the P.A.A. i
mail plane today to-attend to busi
ness mattery and have a conference
with Dr. Neble Dick, eye specialist.
" Returns from Anchorage—
Merle Edwards returned from
Anchorage where he had gone for
dental wwk
Making Trip to States—
Der.' 7—Mr. and Mrs. Harold and
Fre_r Nash of Flat arrived here
witk'.*_o; Victor. They are stopping
over visiting Mrs. Nash's parents.
Mr. tna -a Mrs. Chas. Konig. They
pirn to continue sn to Seattle ftr a
Tsit w" .h Harold's father, over the
holidays. And also Freda’s sister
II: :.n, who is ntw iiv.ag at Fort
Townsend, Washington.
Returns to Platinum—
N. G. Hansen, former N. C- agent
at McGrath, returned to McGrath
f-^m workng on the Clara Creak
Mining Company’s accounts foi
S rancberg & Sons at Folgcr. He
left enroute to Platinum »a * re he j
is .perating a large mercantile es
tablishment.
Leaves for Aniak—
James “Sunny Jim” Davidson, re
turned from Takotna and left down
, river on the P.A.A. mail plane, for
Aniak. ‘ He plans going up the An'ak
! riverddedt his assessment work on a
1 large fajfcck of ground on Croaked
Creek.
Leaves mA Vacation—
Jack* JC Ffrtmson. local K. C. Co.
. agent, left with Pilot Savory Tues
j day for Anchorage. He has been
I granted a vacation and plans to
spend it in Seattle and California
visiting friends. Bill Kokko is re
j lieving him in the-local atone
S TAKOTNA I
! SCHOOL NOTES .
(Written by the pupils of the Sev
enth Grade.)
Decorates Elarkboard—
Henry Mrler, our talented artist,
! decorated the blackboard with pretty
| Christie as designs. He also cut out
a large green spruce tree and the
first grade decorated it with many
toys which they had made.
_
Learning Christmas Pieces—
We are learning our Christmas
, pieces faster than usual. Perhaps it
is because we have sacb a short time
to learn them in.
Make Christmas 'Designs—
We have changed our window cur
[ tains to a ’Christmas design of can
I dies and puinsettaa.
Ml Tvtdieil Gives Talk—
Mr. Twitch ell, the Tak-otna natur
alist, gave us a talk ~n the Bubo Al
gistns. a shor% time ago. We hops
he will talk to us again sometime. '
Re*urns to School—
Vesta O’Hallorac came to school j
af er attending to her brother and
hree siters. She was abstnt 19!h
drys. while her mother was in Fair
banks.
Makes Arf’st'e Calendar—
Adel ne Larson made an artistic
calendar for as It's month. j
Rccovcr?< from I'lness—
"Velma O’HaUcraB came t» school
on Wednesday after having tonsil
itis frr over a week.
Has Dental work Done—
Martha Miller went to the dentist
this afternoon to have some teeth
! extracted.
—
i Make P*per Stockings—
The primary children have made a
j rew of pap’r stockings and are!
!"*eamx»g number combinations with
them.
Ervor r o' k—
We finished the'“Wonderful Ad
ventures cf Nils'*' this work and we
enjoyed fhe book —cry moch.
1 “Coo"goo** Had H I’Mnbed Oat—
“Goo-«6o” was haring Terry writ*
! a tetter to Santa Clad* for him and
when his girder for to^s had risen to
neat length. Miss Peasgbod said,
“Goo-goo, I don't "believe Santa will ■
be able to carry all of those Hungs,”
to which “Goo-goo* replied, “Well,
Daddy could take his wheel barrow
and help him." J
INFANT SON MR. ANT^URS.
F. MILDER DIES ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Seed Mflier e* Ta
kotna, were reripients of sad news
this morning -when they received
word of me passing of their infant
son at the Anchorage hospital at an
early hour this morning.
The babe, only seven weeks old,
■feae been sickly from birth, and the.
doctors recently believed an op .ra
tion necessary. The paresis have
not yet been notified if the op. ration
had been performed or not.
The remains will be brought to Ta
Jr.otna for burial.
ALFOED SETLENS
Warner Alford came over from
Anchorage with Pilot -Barnhill Wed
nesday, visiting here for a short
time and then continuing "on to- Ophir
■where he will remain for sev.ral
days before returning to Anchorage
where his family is spending the
winter.
ROOSEVELT
i WANTS TAX
BILL FIRST
WASHUvulCt.—i resident Roose
Wtl uniay put tax revisions ahead
an othei uut oi the special ses
—on af congress vwnen lie said he
»'4Hi£(l new icgisiatmii enacted just
as ^r. us c-ngx-eas is ready to ge
He -timed it a primary to rest ere
the Uuuueace of husorass in govern
ni-n- ana to stimulate industry.
me 4 resident uua a pr-ss confer
ence that he wotud senu a mts»u.rt
to congress on JUoiauiy reeutmuttid
ing legislation to spur private hit
-anting on a .arge scan hdiismg pic
giam. Another message in a few
uays, wii propose cuitadment of the
tna-ai appropriations for federal
A.U -ill l U«Ui UUia<ik]l£.
A tourJi prop-s.t.on will be in a
iet-er to an department h-aus is
wild ne wui a»s tum to anticipate
teoerai purchases of supplies tor tne
rcma.n.og seven mon-us ox -he cur
rent hscai year ana speed tncoe up
instead of spreading them over omd
June 30.
JOILN L. LEWIS ttLRATES
ROOSEVELT AND POLICIES
“WASHINGTON — John L. Ltwu
said in an interview copyrighted br
Mrs. niea^or tatu.i s.n, puO.ii.ier of
the Masn.ngton Heram-times -to
day Lnat toe -kooeevu.. atn..jiioUa
tion has--'-aeci.ma m pnest-gfc ’ -i>e
eanse of lack of cornea, ant ana co
ordinated n.an paw*t.
1 he labor head said he is an ad
ministration critic ^but i-always wii
be an adauer cm toe rtucuici!
aims ana meals a -we ac fcui_„
centr aline power and -do-ordmab
government, ruo iuu-n i._
been given to oa.ancjng pc.ui.ai per'
sonaliues ana not en.ugn has near
given to applying the s^at of tin
pants to the seat af the Otar '
While the i-ieskien; was pusy urg
ing passage of a revised tax but. tut
ctngieaaifiwc ’ in
of the measure talked of dollar st_
bhizaiius and foreign marketing a
adjuncts p.nuing we "ever-n-i_ni
gianaty meagre.
The settle stgiitiilsura: com_.e
sutge^tet a it,.. ,_
adjust and reguia.-s curr.nct -. ..
trie Oonar at the present-tkns-is'Tj’J^
mg tor vOj j_i..
BRINGS LOAD L M t
rod Miller drove in Thursday free
the sawmili w-th a sit-gu __
limber b h nd the chugging littlr
Fordsoa tractor.
MRS. OHALLGRAN RETURNS
Mrs. Gnas Oh^aLoian returned
home Tuesday. con .ng in taj The P.
A .A. plan; from iatrutaiks wnere
_he nn-erwent an apdrhtaijbf*' Sag u
feeling much improveu and- is giud te
he batk home, she said.
NEWS ARTICLES FROM OPHIR
* By Christian- Bolgen—(Special tcrrespondent)
MAX SIMEL LAID- TO
REST LN OPH1B CEMETERY
Funeral services fir Max S-me!)
■were held at 'Ophir on «. Thursday,
December- 2.
Mrs. J. M- Howard, conducting the
services read tie Twenty-third
Psalm; a mixed choir with Mrs- Eric
Hard at the piano rendered a hymn
end Mrs. Arvjd Ear son sang
“Beautiful Is'^ of . Somewhere,” and
Christian Bolgen made a few re
marks in memory of the -depart ;d old
pioneer, and the body was carried i
to its last resting place for inter
ment in the Opnhr cemetery
Making Bowie in Ophir—
Mr.. and Mrs. Axvid Larson, after ‘
rr.cV-mg a combined -business and
pleasure trip to Anchorage, returnee (
some tame ago with Klot Barnhill (
aenmpan; rd by Mr. and Mrs. Be>t
Vogel. Mrs. Vogel is a sister of Mts.
Larsun and the Vogels intend to
make their future home in Ophir
Seeks Medical Treatment—
Billy Lodge and Trank Meier lift; ■
a Tew days ago by plane for Anchor
age, -where Frank intends to seek
medical aid, and Billy to continue on
to Seattle where be will spend the, j
winter. Lodge and Evan Jones hare
recently been sinking holes on Dodge '
creek, about twe miles below Ophir.
and reports fair paospaet- found. <
Frank Meier, last April,'"deposed of i
aQ his holdings on Ophir creek to <
Data# and Bm£
JIM WILSON W ILL SPEND
WINTER IN CALIFORNIA
i Jim Wilson of Folger, ■ came ’ ir.
wtifc Pilot Savory last Thursday kn£
left Friday for Anchorage ©n In*
way to the big Outside.
Wilson ir.tends to gc feT'Califofltin
first and later to his old home-on the
Atlantic seaboard, by the -way of the
Panama Canal, .returning to Folfcer
ie the spring
Jim has now leased hh mining in
terests at Folger to the <Cr:pp}«
Creek Mining Company and to Hard.
Cotila and Hanson. Jins says' he it
through with the hard g—af t if min
ing and will, in the future, attenc
to his -garuir and potato pa-eh '■©*.
Cripple creak: !though, he added:' “I
will probably be sink mg a far pros
pect .holes again next season.*'
Arrive At Anvik—
Word ha- recently bee**
from Ora Davis and U|e k^h-we,,
Mi. C i odrich, - who- left for dgwn rrv
er earlier in the fall, that they art
bow at Anvik on the Yukon where
they intend to spend the winter.
Will Drill on Spruce Creek—
Patrick Savage and Hugh Matbe
ion have/hi-en ia ©phir several times
lately making arrangements with
Eric Hard for the hire of one of his
“rats” for the ha tiling of a chill from
Ganes to Spruce creek, where Sav
age &Mafheson intend to d» drilling
on the ground Reid by them uMe
option, on. .that-dcee*