THE KUSKO TIMES
TAKOTXA, ALASKA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 13. 1*37
VOL L XO. 27.
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WH AT’S DOING
IN McGRATH
(Special Correspondent)
Winans Visits f rw'Mddfae—
.Clist Winans. Medina . merchant.
wr.s a recent visitor at ^McGrath,
making the trip down in ’ Charley
t Woods boat and returning »ah. Pilot
Goodman.
Will Build Boat—
Chas. Wood reeeived.a shipment of
fine lumber on the s* smer Langley
and will soon begin building a
boat. Ee expects to be in the Med
fra region the,coming wint»r.
Lan5s Trappers on East Fork—
Pilot Barnhill recently landed
three trappers on the East Fork cf
the Kuskokwim. They were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank T. Miller and Mr. Provo,
formerly trapping on the Stikme
river. Barah.ll reported snow all
through the Alaska range and ex
ten ling 15 miles into the interior.
This was probably due to the heavy
ra . s. Ihe river raised one foot dur
ing the hour the pilot was at East
Fork.
Langley Returns Monday—
Ihe steamer Langley, having dis
charged its large cargo, left Me
Ci_:h at 6 p. m. on the 9tb, enroot*
to Bethel. Taking passage down
were Sam Yoich, well known trader
from Napamute, returning home
from a combined business and pleas
ure trip through this upper country;
a:-.d Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Anderson
returning to Bethel. Mr. Anderson
has been renewing old acquaintances
in this region and making up the
orders for the McGrath and Takotna
N. C. stores.
Cornwallis’s Return—
Mr. and Mrs. Cornwallis arrived
McGrath with their four children
m Lethal, ilr. Cornwallis has
I ;n associated wiih.Capt. Gyger in
iLi sawmill there. They will^ settle
here, having taken over the Vander
p'-ol home-lead house for the winter,
sirs. Cornwallis is the daughter of
Cupt- Gyger and is well known in
McGrath, she and her father having
lived here for many years, leaving
about 1915.
Ralston Fractures Ribs—
Ed Ralston, officer on the steamer
Langley, apparently suffered some
fractured r.os from a bad fall onto
a wood she. t at Bethel recently. He
left tnr.tte to S ward with Pilot
Don Goo Loan for medical attention
McGrath Has First Frost—
The weather man sent .his first
frost to McGrath or. the night of
e 9th, probably to curb. the mos
. itoes. -Cost of the potato plants
.re nipped. Dan Sprague says he
«_ad a hunch this would happen, so
he planted only a few this .year.
Beings Sewwl. P»ssuip*s—
Pilot Gordon Maciuneey arrived
at McGrath .from the Eek river re
gion, flying A1 Jones.Fairchild. His
passengers Dick McGmnes, C.
L Enckson and “Tiny" .^Sasseen,
brother of Pilot Sasseen, returning
from drilling operations, inr A1 Jones
on upper Eek. river. “Tipv” states
that his brother is busy with mining
and prospecting operations in the
Togiak bay region.
Hursts Pass Through—
Pilot Jimmy Dodson arrived here
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hurst from
Platinum. Mr. Hurst is enroute to
Fairbanks for medical attention.
NIXON ROAD WILL BE
SLASHED THROUGH BY SEPT. 1
Ed Adams, ARC superintendent of
the works, was a visitor in town
this morning. . He states that the
job of slashing the Nixon Forks road
through to deep water will be com
pleted by the _ first of September.
“The proposed road will be com
pleted enough by freeze-up to allow
the use of caterpillars in hauling
freight over it jf any should be left
below with the freezing of the
river,” Adams said. The majority of
the crew are now working out of
camp on the last lap of the road. The
ARC only has two camps established
now. one two miles out, sheltering
and feeding the small gravel crew
and the second camp at the lower end
of the road, on Bridge creek. Mrs.
Adams and Jack Morris are the
cooks.
LONG-LOST VIOLIN FOUND
DENVER—Sixteen years ago, C.
3. Scheuerman, then a musician in
a downtown theater, reported his
violin stolen. Workmen remodelling
the theater found the violin beneath
the flooring in one of the boxes
j NEWS EVENTS OF TAKOTNA IN BRIEF FORM
By The Wandering Reporter
Three leave for G*odnews—
Fred Spach, Lee Bouber and Ciias.
Herbert, mining engineer from the
College at Fairbanks, left today for
Goodnews -with Pilot Dan Victor.
Mike Myntti la Visilar—
Mike Myntti arrived in town at day
from Ophir to take care of a few
business matters. He will take back
a load of freight, for his Ophir store.
Five-Mile Camp Closed—
The Five-Mile ARC earnp cn the
Nixon Forks road has been closed
for the season and the crew has been
sent up to the Two-Mile camp. Mrs.
Ed Adams, who was cooking at Five
Milt, relieved Johij Kritger at the
near-by cair.p and still continues to
turn out those dishes thaj. gave her
the well-deserved reputation as “one
swell cook.”
Returns from Fairbanks—
Miss Ellen Riedy returned from
Fairbanks Tuesday with Pilot Her
man Lerdahl, piloting a Wien Air
ways plane. Miss Riedy had quite
an extended visit in Fairbanks. She
made the trip two weeks ago and ex
pected to be gone only a few days,
but fate took a hand and she was
unable to get transporation back un
til the weather permitted.
Marshal MacDonald Visits—
Philip MacDonald, U. S. Deputy
Marshal of McGrath, was a business
visitor in Takotna Tuesday, coming
over with Pilot Herman Lerdahl of
the Wien Airways, and leaving the
same day with Pilot Don Goodman.
(We noticed that the genial marshal
has had his hair clipped short since
he was last here and that it is grow
ing back a bright red.)
Freighters Getting Ready—
Before next week's paper comes
out., it is expected that a new
freighting outfii will be in operation
on the Takoyia river—the Takotna
Freighting Service—operated by T.
S. McAdams and E. 0. Gurtler. The
men are just finishing overhauling
and installing a large tunnel in their
26-HP. 38-foot beat. The boat will be
used to carry tonnage as well as
push a newly constructed five-ton
barge.
MS ALASKAN SINKS. Bt*T
IS REFLOATED AND REPAIRED
Woodrow Yanderpool chugged 'in
Wednesday: right. pushier a small
barge loaded with five tons of freight
c «n> ~t:rg of lumber and gas 3 -r
Blindheitn’s store at Ophir.
Yanderpool reported the MS. Alas
kan had sunk about half-way be
tween here and McGrath. It* appear
ed as though Miller had cut in too
close to the bank while rounding a
bend and struck a sharp stump which
rammed through the side of the boat
The ship settled to the1 bottom of
the river and water covered the deck.
Eric Hard and Harold Hanson
who were going to McGrath as pas
sengers, remained on board and h Ic
ed raise and repair the-boat which
was completed yesterday c."-s noon
and the journey to McGrath was re
sumed.
The MS "AlaSkan and bang- are
being taken to McGrath to bring up
the dragline for Hard & Uotilla.
SEA WOLF BRINGS VARIED
SHIPMENT "OF FREIGHT
The MS Sea Wolf, operated by
Smith & Lang, arrived late last ev
ening with 26 tons of freight con
sisting of two dragline tracks foi
Hard & Uotilla weighine 13 tons anc
i! and pipe line for Vibe & Scbwals
i da!l and some timbers for the ARC
'■"ne crew unloaded the cargo today
and left again to pick up freighl
which has been cached at varioa
points along the river.
INFANT WITH FEVER
OF 1(19 SURVIVES
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7—Out oi
death came life in a stirring trams
of modern surgery today in Philadel
phia. A three and one-half pounc
girl with a faintly flickering hear!
and a temperature of 109 degree:
was delivered early this morning
cne minute after the disea»e-doomec
mother, Mrs. Mary Baccassini, 2"
years old, passed away. Attending
physicians at once began struggling
to keep the infant alive despite tht
raging fever. At noon, the temper
ature had fallen to 102 degTees.
“Every minute she lives increases
her chances of surviving, "“Dr. Joht
Corbit, who attended the delivery
declared.
The mother succumbed to tuber
culosis and meningitis. The fathei
is a laborer.
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KU3S <J .TIMES .tod^y
. Will Construct Cabin—
Curly Anderson and the McClong
, brothers left for Nixon Forks last
I nday where Curly plans on con
ducting a cabin.
ratine a Dragline—
J.m Keerar., well-known nsimne
-an, has taken over Joe Sullivan’s
.'round in the Kougarok. area out of)
Nome and is perating a dragline
there this season, according to re-;
.ent arrivals here.
.uartz Mine Closed for Time—
The Golden Horn Quartz mine out1
:f Flat has been closed down for the
•.'me being while the operators a#
the mine are making plans for the
installation of additional machinery
and prepare to go down to a greater
depth.
Poor Fishermen—
William Chandler, RogeT Spach
and the Wandering Reporter took a
little spin out in the wilderness on
an unsuccessful fishing trip the first
of last week. Young Spach and the
Reporter conceded the title as "‘high
point man" to Chandler. ‘'Don's start
bragging. Bill or we will telL”
Leave to Get Dra line—
Eric Hard and his dragline opera
tor, Harold Hanson, left with Capt
E. W. Miller on the MS Alaskan i
Tuesday mornirg. The mining man
and his operator will supervise the
loading of the dragline on Miller’s
barge. If the wet weather continues,
fie dragline w.i!^ W. brought up the
river without trouble."'
Winter Is Just Around the Corner—
Summer is gone and Takotna has
begun to feel the chill of winter—
which seems to he “just around the
corner.” Tuesday morning, the early
morning residents looked out on at
world blanketed with a coat of white
irest: Tafcnspa Mountain experienced
its .'first snow of the season last
week-end. The pilots reported fresh
new on the pass and for 15 miles
this side. The local people took a
look at t15b calendar, counted up
eight months of winter, and then re
tired ;nto the bedroom to count their
money. To some it is going to be j
a mighty l^pg winter.
Ganes Landing
Field Now One
Best in Country
Pilots ■who have been hesitant
rbout landing on the landing field at
1 Ganes creek, need not worry now
about the length of the runway nor
about there being large rocks on the
fie’d.
The wrtei was out to the camp
>r.e day this week and he can vouch
fo • the fact that the field is “’ike a
concrete boulevard,” as Clarence
kaiser put it. The field ' has been
lengthened about 600 feet, the b’g'
• cks have all been picked off and
'he entire field levelled and packed
down. The field is approximately j
'8 0 feet long and 200 feet wide,:
"aking it one of the finest fields in
the country.
Pete Messich and Frank Speijack,
constructed a huge drag with which !
to level off the field. It was con
structed from an old dredge “spud” j
which was shod with steel
angle irons making it very sturdy
for the work. Cbas. Cravey was
j kept busy for several days last week
| with the catirpillar with a bulldozer
j attachment working the field into
i shape. Other improvements will be
made as time goes on, Ganes Creek
■ officials stated.
RUSSIA GIVES HUGE
TRADE TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON. Aug 7—Between
Russia and the United States a new
commercial agreement was pr t
cleimed today by President Roose
velt. Under the terms of the pact,
i Russia will purchase United States
; products worth at least $40,000,000
: during next year. This is an in
i crease of -’0,000,000 over the am
; ount of goods Russia obligated her
self by _ similar agreement, which
• expired July 12.
The United States on her part
grants unc .nditionally the most-fa
vored nation teratment to Russia
for he first time. This means that
Russia wi! have the benefit not only
of all tariff concessions but also of
all other commercial privileges and
advantages accorded : other most fa
I vored nations
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Goes to Assistance—
W oodrow Vanderpool went <3own
to meet Joe Oates, Jr., on the riffle
below town and towed him in after
Joe’s motor “conked'’ on him. He
was pushing a scow loaded with sev
eral tans of supplies for Blindheim's
store at Ophir.
Working Double Shift—
Ole Blincheim is busy makiiig the
rounds during the day taking orders
for merchandise and freighting sup
plies from Takotna to his store in
Ophir at night. Between times he is
busy completing the construction of
the new store.
Felder leaves for Anchorage—
J. W. Felder left with Pilot Dor,
Goodman Thursday afternoon en
route to Anchorage. He placs on
visiting in Anchorage a few days and
then take a plane to Goodnews. stop
ping over for a short while in DiJ -
lingham
Stops Drilling for Present—
It is reported by recent arrivals
from Platinum that John Beaton has
pulled in his prospecting outfit and
nas quit drilling for the time be
ing. A. A. Shonbeel:. prominent An
chorage business man, is interested
with Beaton in some prospecting ac
tivities in the Goodnews area.
Twitchell Makes Trade—
A. H. Twitchell made a trade with
Dave Clough in McGrath, for his
large mink house and pens located in
Takotna. Chas. Fowler has been
busy the past week tearing down and
salvaging enough lumber off the old
building to put a roof on bis new—
still under construction—log cabin.
Flat Men Pass Through—
Pilot Herman Lerdahl, Wien Air
ways, made a trip to Flat Sunday
bringing back three passengers, Gus
Uotilla, John Ogriz and Blackie Ma
thews- Uotiila went tr McGrath to
confer with his parrer. Eric Hard.
Mathews, formerly cooking for Hen
ry DuRand of DuRand's Cafe in
Flat, stopped over in Takotna. John
Ogriz, a mining partner of Gus
Uotilla in Flat, continued cm to Fair
banks where he will remain for a
few days on business.
MRS. FINAL RETURNS TO
OLD ST AM PENG GROUND
Mrs. Ytnal, from Seldovda. arriv
ed with Pilot Dan Victor today for a
visit to her old stamping grounds.
Mrs. Vina! is a former resident of
this district, having come to Ganes
creek in the days of the stampede,
from Nome. She and John Rieck
came up the Kuskokwim on the same
boat in 1907.
Mrs Vina! plans or. making, a
to Ophir to renew old acqnaurtanc*s
there.
FIRST CLEANUP ON LONG
CREEK BY NEW OUTFIT
With all new modem mining
equipment and a crew of 14 men, the
Long Creek Mining Co. in the Ruby
district had its first cleanup • -titly
according to the Fairbanks News
Miner.
Hans Tinson is manager of the
outfit which includes a Bucyrus
Erie dragline, big pump unit, hy
draulic plant, and an ED 8 with
Isaacson bulldozer. Dragline, trac
tor and pump are powered with cat
repillar diesel engines. They were
put in operation on Long Creek six
weeks ago.
AMERICAN YACHT WINS
CUP FROM BRITISH OPPONENT
NWEPORT, R. I- Aug 6—Amer
ica’s cup stays in America, Harold
S. Vanderbilt’s Ranger, United
States deftnder of the trophy yes
terday titlesfed T. O. ‘Sopwith's
Endeavor II, English challenger for
the fourth straight time over the
yacht course off Newport. Under the
toms of the contest, the craft to
win the first four of a possible ser
ies of seven races would be declared
the victor.
Ranger won Saturday. Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday. There was
no race Wednesday. Endeavor II
did not achieve a single triumph.
She male the ITih English effort,
all unsuccessful, to lift the cup that
America won in English waters off
the Isle of Wight in 1851.
CLOCK TICKS 1*1 YEARS
CANTON, O.—The old grandfath
er’s clock in D. M. Essig’s home has
been faithfully ticking the hours
away for 141 years. Essig says it
does not vary more than a minute a
month. The timepiece is made of
wild cherry wood and has' linings of
brass and steel, and brass mechan
ism.
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OPflffi NEWS
ARTICLES
BY CURISTLAM BULGE
(Speciai Correspondent*
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Enjoy Visit to Dredges—
At the end of last week. Mrs SoV
ni, Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Kartunen and lit
tle Miss Helen Kartunen went, wkt
Kudy Kransi to Ganes Creek for a
visit to the ladies cn that creek
They report having haa a very nice
visit and were hospitably received at
both dredge camps. Little Miss Kar
tunen told the writer that they wen:
aboard both dredges and that on the
big dredge all the wheels went
around and around, but on the small
dredge no wheels went around, and
that all the ladies did a lot of talk
ing and laughing, so they must have
had a good time
Will Work for -Sid Paulson—
Wednesday evening Don Good mat
landed at Ophir witn a Star plane
hringing freight to Ophir from An
chorage. Spending the night -in
Ophir. He left in the morning for
Foiger with Rudy Kracsi as passen
ger. where the latter will go to work
for Sid Paulson on Colorado r eek.
Business Visitors—
Arvid and Frank Larson from Lit
te Creek, were business visitors to
Ophir last night and returred home
late in the evening with the .Ytyn_U
truck. Rudy Kransi driving.
Leaving for Medical Treatment—
Tom Glaser arrived in town this
morning from the Hard i Johnson
workings on upper Opnir cr.tk
where he has been working s.ncc
early spring. Glaser is on h’.s way
, to Palmer where he intends to con
sult a doctor, as he has been tee lire
ill for the pas: month. He will be
leaving as soor as Pilot Go dman
-arrives.
Lmnloyed by Spcljack—
Ralph Barado, who recently csire
over from the Alaska Road Gome
si:a. camp, where he has been wc:
ing for some time, is now employe
by Frank Spelyack on the L.tt.e
creek benches.
Enjoying Reilding Boom—
Optiir is now -enjoying qui:«- a
i ouilding boom. Besides the Hjeide
I residence and the Hard warehouse.
; recently finished. Ok Biindheim has
: now got his warehouse unde’ toot
and the frame up for his si' -e an<
I residence- He has been delayed qu'.tr
a good deal Tor lack cf bedding ' >
tenals, but as wt ar.derdam that
there has beer, r ■ ■ ; - r.
■water fcf 'JbeYSii
he will prpbzbl; . . i. . ;
then-necessary ■. - u\-_: tc ‘
"MIXING GOING AHEAD FULL
fBLAST IN THE FLAT riSiTUCi
The Riley Investment "C ompany
, and the'North America® Conrpeoy
i dredges. located in the ;ovrn of Flat,
I on F'st creek, have been dieting
steadily all summer and - totn dredg
es are reporrc-d doing- good. Awe &
DuRartd have their ikw drag ire in
stalled upon Flat creek, rwo and a
| half miles out of town and have sev
i era1 cleanups to their credit,
j Pete Miscovich is reported to 'be
! doing- exceedingly -well on Discover;
creek with his newly installed d.'*,g
! line.
MS ALASKAN MAKES FIP-1
TRIP HERE IN TWO MONTHS
The MS Alaskan. Capt. E. W. Mil
ler in command, arrived in Takotife.
with 15 tons of fi eight after a Twa
in on ths’ absence.
The ship pulled anchor loaded with
50 tons of freight at McGrath neat r
two months ago. Takotia-borrJ
Low water caught her 12 miles be
low Takotna and she was forced to
“l&v-to” until the recent siege -d:
ram. Part of the carpo was rans
ferr.d over to kickers and delivered
to Takotna during that time.
Just a week, ago. with a Timet
lighter load, the Alaskan agan
started up the river in an attempt
to finish her twelve-mile lap. Sever
miles of the 12 were made in the
space of two hard days and tin
barge stuck on five-mDe riffle sii
refused Ip come farther wiifccut wa
ter.
Capt. Miller sat hack acid scrawe
ed his head for three drys trying To
decide whether it would be better te
put her on wheels or await the wTL
of old man weather. “AH things
come to those who wait.” The heav
ens opened irp and we had rain—
the first real rain of he season. The
river started risin- and the AtasVsn
was once more floating free and Ta
kotna bound.
It looks now as if the water is op
to stay and the river once more hat
become a busy thoroughfare.
Remember tke Aavuta