1THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as seeona-ciass matter Au
j goat. 89th, 1923, at the postoihce at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
I March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, January 15, 1927.
THE ALASKA INSANE.
(Junea Empire.)
Insanity is the one infirmity -which
i reacts on the mind of the normal per
; son as a thing of abhorrence, to be
< dreaded more than any other afflic
1 tlon. We regard those so afflicted as
■> worse than dead, for it is death with
< out the physical manifestations. And
' who may be assured of escape from
lit? 'Madness strikes all races, all
* classes, all degrees from the highest
* to the lowest. And it leaves them
i more helpless than babes.
'I he handling of Alaskan insane has
for many years been more or less of
; a problem. Without going into the
. allegations, made from time to time
- regarding conditions at the insttution
r where they ar : cared for at Gcvern
- meat expense, there s reason to hold
• the system is not what it should be.
5 It is manifestly not the right sort of
I practice to farm out these inhabitants
t of “the land of the living dead” at so
1 much per . head, especially under a
< contract rate, when it must be evi
• dent on the face of the transaction
i that the contractor is motivated in
; his bidding by a desire to make a
i profit.
The prime object of any institution
- for caring for insane persons should
5 be to give them the very best possible
: scientific treatment and to care for
them in the v humane manner.
And tile fjuestio; ■' or..'It rhoa'd not
.-i ter into it ir -m / degree. Alienists,
who are qualified , ; peak on the sub
jcc’., say that-many who become de
. ranged may be restored to mental
: soundness through proper scientific
■ methods of treatment, and thus re
paired u> useful citizenship. That
th.s sort of care may be expected un
der the contract system prevailing
1 here does not seem likely. No insti
tution which is forced to compete
with another for such a contract cai
afford to employ high-priced special
ists to treat those who come into it
hands at so inuih per head on a low
rate contract.
There seems toto be some hopi
that the present system will not bi
continued long in force. In his an
nual report, made public recently
i Governor Parks noted that the Secre
tary of Interior has made a specia
report on the matter to Congress an<
expressed the hope it would result ii
Alaskan insane being cared for in i
(•over: ment nstitution. May his hopi
P'-ove well founded and be speedil;
realized.
ALASKA RAILROAD BUSINESS.
Commercial freight on the Alaski
Railroad, exclusive of coal, during thi
fiscal year amounted to 32,483 tons
an increase of 7,044 tons, or 27.7 pe:
cent over the previous year. Coa
tonnage was 32,553 tons, an incrcasi
of 4,127 tons, or 14.5 per cent. Th<
total commercial tonnage was 65,03<
tons, an increase of 11,171 tons, oi
.20.08 per cent, "rtital of all tonnage
commercial, other parts of the Gov
ernment, and the railroad freight, de
creased 7,883 tons, or 4 per cent
Revenue passengers carried, 71,256
an increase of 9,267, or 19.2 per cent
All passengers carried, 85,096 ,oi
an increase oi 11.0 per cent, irans
portatTon revenues received by th<
rail line, $820,638.61, an increase o:
$190,686.26, or 30.1 per cent. The in
crease in tonnage is chiefly due t<
increased shipment of mining ma
chinery and supplies for mining oper
ation. There was a general ncreasi
in shipments of all kinds of commod
ities.
HOME FOR ALASKANS.
SEATTLE.—Mrs. George W. Car
mack, wife of the discoverer of th«
Kondike, gave the Alaska-Yukoi
Club 16 acres of land near Seattle, or
which to construct a home for agec
Alaskans. Charley McKay was elect'
ed president of the club at its Iasi
meeting.
PRESS SQUIBS.
Europe’s him of hate is Uncle Sam
—Dallas News.
It is the running expenses tha1
keep father out of breath.—Wal
Street Journal.
The air is just as free as it ever
was; it costs no more to breathe it.—
El Paso Times.
The Fal-Doheny affair is proof thai
even a political machine can get toe
much oil.—Detroit News.
Whether Vare or Smith will b<
seated remains a question of primary
concern.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The Kansas City girl who sings in
J. H. McLEAN
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-to-Date Line of Clothing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
i grand opera says die would like to lie
- a Channe swimmer. She ought to be
» content to be a diva.—El Paso Times.
A German dancer who danced for
, nearly three hundred hours had to
» stop owing to brain affection. Our
. suspicion is that it was something of
the sort that made him start.—Eunch.
I Modern styles more than ever be
I fore, according to a modiste, permit
( woman to show discriminating taste.
( That, among other things.Arkansas
Gazette.
| An actor is never too old t.o learn,
declares a contemporary. So that’s
I why they keep on putting it off.—
II Punch.
Mexico will always have rorvolu
| tions until the Literary Digest teaches
I it how to hold straw votes.—-EJ Paso
Times.
Philadelphia has its average wealth
'I per capita, too. The money was spent
| on the primary so the Sesqui had to
' | fail.—Wall Street Journal.
j The pessimist says "Congt-ess is in
., session,” but the optimist says, “It is
, I a short session.”—Shoe and Leather
■ | Reporter.
• i -
| Corsets were manufactured in this
. country last year to the value of $42,
' COO,COO. Our-export business An this
. line must he picking up.—Council
, Bluffs -Nonpareil.
Things have .reached such a state
, in Chicago that when a man is killed
by a motor car or stopped by thugs
they return a verdict of natural j
causes.—Punch.
A baby has been named Bob, after!
1 j it’s mother’s hair. We presume these j
I nameless urchins are named after
I their father’s hair.—Cottage Grave
j (Ore.) Sentine.
A German scientist says that.people
will soon be able to read their news
papers, then soak them in acid .which
will bring .out the food value of the
wood pulp, and eat them for break
j fast. The Literary Digest is already
on sale <at most drug stores.—Bruns
wick (Ga.) Pilot.
The average straphanger’s com
plaint is one of long standing.—El
Paso Times.
i The easiest way to get back on
! your feet is to get rid of your car.—
El Paso Times.
The prohibition law, it seems, wins
another decision on pints.—Norfolk
i Virginian-Pilot.
The wives and daughters of a Wal
lasey business man have formed .a
! club to popularize cigar .smoking
j among women. If the .movement
spreads we may hope to see many
women smoking the cigars they would
otherwise have given to their hus
bands at Christmas—Punch.
One reason it is safer to hreathe
through your nose is because it makes
you keep your mout^ shut.—El Paso
Times.
“Chicago to Have the Biggest Gen
erator.” All right. But what Chicago
needs is the biggest regenerator.—
Targpa Tribune.
One pedestrian is killed .in the
United States every eight hours, a
statistician says. Pedestrians must
get awful tired of it.— El Paso Times.
If the Democratic party does not
close the Smith-McAdoo breach by
1928 the Republican party will march
right into ..it—-Norfolk-Virginian
Pilot.
hicago seems to have the best kind
of gunmen. They are exterminating
[ Takotna j
I Cigar Store!
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I Tobaccos
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f Cigars
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j 'Soft Drinks
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| Fred Dubois
I ‘ Proprietor
each other.—Shoe and Leather Re
porter.
filmland’s control of rubber and tin
is said to be slipping. Judging by
the. accident list in the Monday pa
pers,. America’s control of these com
modities slip every week-end.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
'Scientist says the bee language .is
a kind of dance performed with their
feet. As we recall, the only bees that
tried to communicate with us have
sat out the dances.-^Arkansas Ga
zette.
The longer Secretary Kellogg re
mains in office the more we- are in
clined to believe that his nurse must
have told him ghost stories when he
was a little boy, right at the most im
pressionable age.—Ohio State Journal
| Max Sintei
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