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BROTHERS JAILED—
'V anted in Cheyenne. VI yo.. ot
oh: ryes of automobile theft znd pa?
s ng worthies? checks, J. O. Eice. 2
•ve; - - old, and his brother. 1 illian
K 20. Wire taken into enst-odj
re; ntly as they walked ashore fron
the -team ship Eararu.f after it Lac
n red at a wharf it Ketchikan
ler Jne extradbt: n, they are helc
in _ifl in Ketchikan on a telegr*phu
war-ant from Sheriff Carroll of Lar
an ; County, of which Cheyenne is
the seat. Both men admitted theii
jdf ntity.
CA TH ERING MATERIAL—
' '-;e Colby, visitor in Fairbanks
g. is employed by tfc? Writers
; Division of the W.P.A. t<
v .. n a guidebook ;f Alaska, il
1 .1 :r. a letter from Dr. Ernesl
( ; : ng, director, division of terri
t(. d island possess «?. Wash
i. D. C.. to the News-Miner
]. write? .ho; Colby';
i-.-i, L to visit p nt? of p-hokc in
- .-or,suit, authorities on Alas
kan. : to ore cor.trib’ . °c it- •=
on .pedal subject? in p r.. :.l lay l
f vedition for the mass of v siting
an editing before iiirr,.”
I\TFP OR CCC CTART HD—
C i G. But . r- ' F:
banks lecently t establish the Sr;:
Inter.or branch •
serration Corps, family; v k” wn <«.
the CCC Bticick is in cl f the
r i Ala Vs with i ’ sarotr.
. ‘ onea ;. Enr oil meet 1 - foi
th -e wi i ing to jr-s :r. - ..w op-.r
a. - : in charge .f Ja- .<• -1. 1C tal
ler . Fairbanks representative. Fair
banks will be the permanent head
c; cf- cf the Inter r Ala- k a
b: nch of th CCC. anm .nee; Air.
F i.-k. Ofiice; will ’ op ned w;*h
j- a f.w days, probably in the Fed
t r.. 1'hiding. Burdick will go to
2 cliir.’ty Park to look ver the sit
rati r. with view of starting CCC
t, ork there as soon as a local unit
can be recruited. He will then leave
L ;. n ior Non?- and Kotzebue,
>; ctcrnlu. branches of the corps
: r the purpose oi cor ' stting
th r"-dr toiy animals jn-ving or
r 'nl r lords It was e plained by
■ Btirdir k that work will be un
til . nr only on fed.ru’ properties
r- lards or such as the ’government
r. arrange to improve under ape ■
ir rgreement to be approved by
V,. hir : t in. The fi: t work by the
ir t he recruited In Fairbanks i;
t ik . M : . : '
v he men wli: be employed ir
it .ere improvements and in aid
i"- :r he ;r.."t2:'at’ n f ikcS-s and
s ‘ r; net d.-. Possibility of stu
c t • cf the University i .Alaska or
0 . ' ! nts of •-llgi: ij t~e work
in » or:, time wi*h the corps a1 so
r ; v be ranged, he said. Young
r rt. IT r; 20 years of age, ir.c-lusive,
a: • eligible for enrollment. This in
ch- de? natives. Thr: ughont Alaska
the plan is to enroll half natives an.)
hrlf whites. The pi . how
ever. is not restricted to local
gr ups. Maximum pay -all wed en
1 e..- is S-20 per irrnah. with r.aar
t-. subsistence. clothing and mod
i' cl attaatkm, if available. A com
ir;:ta on of Si a day ir. litu oi
cjuav- its and subsistence and SIC
a ? .-.nth in lieu ,f clothing has beer
apnroved for Alaska. A r-iaximuir
of tin per cent of the er.rollee? car
be promoted to assistant leaders
with an it rears of "hr. in pay and
i vr per .nt to leaders w .h nn in
c i-1 ci -SI5 H-iurs of work are 4.
hours per week, of which 10 can b<
dv voted to vocational and education
al training.
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, LAST RIYFRMAN QUITS—
j Airplanes harp put river boats ut
■ j .f business in be Anchors, e area,
I Ciipt. W'Jiiam Austin, the last of be
| river boatmen to operate out of that
, :*ty, dec ar;*d recently. Capt. Aus
: ;n ciid that airplanes have taken
[j all the business and that it no longer
profitable tc- sun a bout up the
-itr.a : er. He ha; e r. serving
r: pp:*-s and ethers at ng streams in
:-o£aU-d parts of the country 14
-ears. Other river boatmen quit
.•.'ears ago. Austin declared he will
operate a fox farm on Kodiak Teland.
EiTRA PROFIT DECLARED—
An extra dividend of 5 per cent
I t nr paid to all stockholders of
•-ecord July 21 in the Cleary Hills
ir.es Co., it teas announced reeent
1 iy in Fairbanks by D. R. Gustafson,
president cf the company. Regular
quarterly 5 per cent dividends have
en paid for the fiscal year ending
•u'y 31. This makes the total t t d.
ktsds p; id dur.ag the ytar 25 per
-* on the dollar. The company has
been paying regular dividends since
£■31. ,t is .rst one yea: s'nte the
' :. . m3! started opera
_ J May
I: ; which .c taliy destroyed the
j mill and power plan.. This i rbul. i
; ing of the mil: and power plum, and
cutting the mine back in operation in
;u r a -h rt t me is £ r markable
i re-. ■.•••<. in the mining annais of the
. rhanks district. Pesid.-s this, in .
•b- last three years the company has
purchased arid put into pr daction
S-Tlvan Cr*. .k placer property
’n the Manley Hot Springs d.strict, ,
and two Cateri far trac
tors with build rers are b-cint u- d
there, together with a hydraulic
plant. The Cleary Hi.ls .Min..- Co.
was organized and built up by the
Gustafson Brothers. Under their .
c on. errative management, this com
pany has dene much to encourage
ana promote the quartz possibilities
•f the Fa banks district. Plans are
• ow under v -y to dr.-pen the pres- ,
r.t working shaft of the Cleary Hill
•nine another 100 feet. Rich samples
f ore from the bottom level shew
that the high grade ore continues
downward, and that the ore is just
r- free milling as in the upper levels
of the mine. Two 100-horsep:wer
diesel engines furnish eleciri: cur
rent . for the mill, air drills, hoists,
tnd !i rhts. AH drilling is done with
wet Elopers and drifters.
tV.P.A. ARTISTS ARRIVE—
Natural beauty of Alaska is to be j
publicized in line and color by W.P. |
A. artists who are "doing the Ter- .
iutry ' for the department cf inter- j
icr. Three of the dozen painters who']
.arre trrth two it r.ths ago arc now j
sketching tr.d pair ting in Fairbanks. I
, Antoni Mattel, snpervi*-1)
or; Car, S. Saxild. and Arthur Ker- j
rick. "Purpose of the work,” Mr. i
Mattel explained- "is to interest Am- |
ricans in their own country, and to11
-• p' r.tti nr in State; j
cc-n ernir.g Alaska. “We are paint- i
'rtg A.la ska as the country ready is, j
r.-t as it -.'lists in the imagination
f many residents of the States.” ]
Mr. Mattel and his party are getting
sketches, water colors, oils, and ideas
for murals which may' be used later
;n the department of interior build- ,
ngs in Washington. D. C. Gtoup e:;
hibitions of the artists’ works are to;
be circulated over the States. Some
cf the exhibitions will probably be
-hewn in the more important cities
of Alaska. Alaska sections of the
world’s fairs, one to be at San Fran
c sco and the other in New York C;ty
may include exhibitions of these ar
tists’ productions.
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INCORPORATED
It is our intention to serve
those living in the Kusko
kwim as efficiently as pos
sible and to the best of our
ability.
THREE RADIO STATIONS
GOVERNMENT AFFROVEDLREPAIR ; STATIONS
LICENSED PILOTS - LICENSED MECHANICS
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MENINGITIS CONTROLLED—
AH cases of spinal meningitis in
,ve l;wer Kuskokwim area are con
:ed to one village and two summer
-h camps, the inhabitants of which
tre native . numbering 200. The
rage is Napakiak and most of the
a e* are there. The quarantine
which was established at Napakiak
Ly Mrs. L. N. Heron, nurse in the
(mice of the Eureau of Indian Af
''rrs, before the arrival of Dr. M. E.
C rthell. physician with the Bureau,
who has head quarters at Mountain
Milage is still in force. Fish is the
r ain food of the natives and the
' apply is scarce. Relief from the
federal government may be neces
Dr. Cor'h:!1. who battled the
• a.-e by cruising up and down the
1 kwim. creating all affPcted
ns and isolating them from
r native*, -ame to Alaska in
930 aft r having engaged in private
otiee ir Bandon Oregon. The
ioetor prosecuted his medical work
ah spital boat on the Yukon un
il the Bureau of Indian Affairs built
< hospital at Mountain Village. He
-■ taired permission for a
. car’s leave of absence. His depar
ture on this leave has been delayed
jy the spinal meningitis epidemic.
E<? plans to go to Columbia Univer
sity’s medical center in New York
:o take post-graduate surgi'-al work.
At the era f the year’s leave of ab
sence he will return to Alaska.
MMOND HELPS MECHANICS—
Super intendent Harry J. Liek of
'.DKirJey park and CoL O. F. Ohl
;on of the Alaska Railroad, have
*een instructed to establish wage
< e: ac irninr to prevailing wages,
>u net lower than the P.W.A. min
T'rm scale for federal projects,
ele gate Diraond notified the -execu
ive committee of the Fairbanks Car
renters’ Union recently. The car
enters had queried the delegate
nceming the scale paid on the Mc
vinley park hotel project. The text
'f the wire from Washington, as re
ported by Harry Arend. secretary of
he Carpenter’s Union, is as followst
‘Executive Committee. Carpenters’
- lion. Fairbanks “With reference
your letter of the 19th. I received
his morning a letter from Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
tdvising that Colonel Ohlson and
Superinen^ent Liek have been in
tructed to establish wage rates ac
roriing to prevailing wages for fed
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A. H. TWITCHELL
Proprietor
Outfitting Headquarters
For
MINING MEN
' eral projects.—Dimnond." The P.W.
A. minimum scale is: f 1-40 per hour
; for carpenters; $1.05. helpers; 90
cents, laborers, according to Mr.
; Arend. The ML McKinley park bo
' tel project is under the National
j Park Service, supervised by Alt-on G.
Gutterson, Park Service architect
from Washington, P. C. Victor C.
Rivers of Fairbanks is construction
engineer. Work was started on the
project a short time ago. Mr. Gut
terson was instructed by the chief
architect of the Park service that the
wages to be paid on the McKinley
park hotel project are; “fl.25 per
hour for mechanics: 90 cents, help
ers; 75 cents, laborers.”
The young wife approached her
husband a few days before Christ
mas and confided in a little whisper.
“Pear, I just can’t wait till Christ
mas to tell you what I’ve got you
for a present.”
"Well, what have you got me?”
he inquired.
“I’ve got you a new coffee perco
lator and a new pair of the dearest
lace curtains for my room. Now,
what are you going to get me?”
“Well,” he answered contempla
tively, “how about a new safety ra
zor and a mug?”
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KCSKO TIMES today
Eight P&H Draglines sold in
Alaska this season.
These machines are built es
pecially for dragline purposes
and have many special fea
tures.
Write for particulars.
CARRINGTON & JONES
91 Columbia St,, Seattle, Wash.
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New Heavy Duty Ford V-S Truck
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