il'IE KESKO TIMES
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gust 2i)th, 1923, at the postoffiee at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March .3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska. April M, 1928
rS. THE FI R INDUSTRY V SKJN
GAME? A BIG QUESTION
'Frank Dufresne in Fairbanks News
Miner.)
What's in a name? Not much
when it comes to buying your wife a
fur coat or a neck piece. A Diction
ary of Fur Names published by the
National Association of the Fur In
dustry reveals some very interesting
information in this regard.
For instance, you fondle a piece of
r labeled Alaska sable, and if yet
are a keen enough judge of fur you
Know that it is either skunk or dark
raccoon: Alaska sable is merely its
trade name. Arctic seal is another
trade name that may lead you into
much difficulty, for it is an improper
.lanit: for seal-dyed-rabbit from Aus
ralia. Baltic black fox, Baltic leop
ard and Baltic lion are other classy
names for poor little Bunny’s vari
ously treated hide. Beware of the
name Baltic all the time. There’s
nothing genuine abhut it at any time.
Baltic red fqxv;Baitic seal. Baltic
tiger and BaltftfSvhitfc fox are more
creations based, on the lowly rabbit..
Bcaverette - is also rabbit skin,
sheared and. dyed to resemble beaver.
Black Alaska fox is black-dyed red
rox- from any-country. Black marten
is really black' skunk. Blue Japanese
wolf Sounds good, but you’re a goat
)f you pay a fancy price for it be
cause you will be buying dyed goat
skin.
Chinchillette sounds like chinchilla,
but there the resemblance ceases, for
it is only our masquerading friend
Bunny again. Electric - beaver, elec
tric mole, electric otter and all the
rest of the electric family are more
fancy cognomens attached to rabbit
skins. Ermiline is still another.
The Fur Industry heads see in this
mislabeling oof names a destroying
of confidence that .may soon aft'ect the
price of genuine valuable furs, and
for this reason they are seeking to
make every dealer label his garments
with their proper names. Instead, of
falling’ v coni u Hudson seal coat they
would have, the dealer honestly state
that it is seal-dyed, sheared muskrat.
If they are successful in ever mak
ing fur dealers tell the truth there
will he some surprising revelations.
And of all the gay deceivers the mul
tiplying rabbit will be found to be
; the worst. Sealine, sealette, sable
flair, seal musquash, squirrelette,.
squirreline, twin heaver, visionette,
i o:ar seal, Red river seal, nutriette,
nu-nutria, near seal, northern seal,
-muskratine, ruoline, minkony, and
.eopardine are still more of the de
ceptions practiced by his family.
The mysterious name Moufflon
; turns out to be goat skins from China,
Mongolia and Russia. Broadtail is,
the skin from winter-killed Persian
| lambs, and of the vthole list of trade
, names is more misleading than the
j tiny skins of domestic lambs, dyed
! with brown spots and called giraffe,
i Is the fur game a skin game? You
say it .
STEFANSSON FINDS ALL MEAT
DIET IS AN AID TO HEALTH
NEW YORK.—After three-weeks j
on an all-meat diet VilhjalmarStefsI
ansson declares he feels more opti-!
i mistic, ambitious and energetic, and'
ascribes this to his dietary ex peri-1
i ment.
| When he started the experiment he |
1 felt “lackadaisical in the morning,” j
and now feels "like jumping out of j
; bed and getting right to work.”'
During seven of the eleven years he
j spent in the Arctic Stefansson lived
j entirely on meat. He contends Bs- ■
| kimos have no scurvy and are in per- !
| feet health.
Another Arctic explorer, Karlsten ■
Anderson, has been on nn all-meat
die since January 2J. During the lat-’
ter part of the period he has gained
hack more pounds than he lost at
first.
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Says All .Meat Diet 'Is Harmful
NEW YORK.—-Dr. Charles Norris
j of New York, chief medical exam
iner, took issue with those who hold
an all meat diet is not harmful
j Commenting on the Stefansson ex
periment, Norris said: “The diet is
likely to cause an enlarged heart and j
other serious physical disorders.”
DOINGS OF GRAND IGLOO
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
KETCHIKAN.—Eric Forss, «S
year-old resident of Ketchikan, was
elected president of the Grand Igloo
of Pioneers of Alaska at th.- close of
j the sixteenth annual session. The
next session will convene at Cordova;
on February 18, 1929. ;
j Tlie question of having a “discharge
| ing officer” appointed for Alaska in
sane at Mornitfgside sanitarium in!
Portland was taken up in a resolution!
to the Secretary of the Interior;
j through Governor Parks. The * dx-j
, pressed aim is to have a qualified "of-!
! Takotna Pool Hall ||
I Fresh Fruits Candies Soft Drinks f
Tobaccos Cigars Cigarets j
jfc Apples Oranges j
i Mutchler Cold Storage Barge j
| Pork. Beef Veai Mutton |
[Boiled Hams Pickled Tongues j
Sausage in variety Head Cheese I
DAVEMUTCHLER - PROP.
--—I-L-L-~ — TMU' ,
ficer make discretionary discharges
of thoose committed to the institution
if a cure is effected. •
Other officers elected, were: Thomas.
Gaffneyof Nome, first grand vice
president; Paul .1. Rickert, of Fair
banks, second grand vice-president;
George Love, of Valdez, grand secre
tary; C. M. Brostus, of Seward, grand
treasurer; Rev. H. P. Corser, of
Wrangell, grand ehapNsJrr Rev>-A. P.
Kashevarofi, of Juneau, • grand < his
torian.
SCHERMEYER SENTENCED ■
TO ONE YEAR -AND V- DAY
William C. Schermeyer was sen
tenced to serve a year s*hd-a day in
the federal penitentiary at McNeil
:s and foor concealing: and possessing
United States mail mat* er-- which he1
knew to be stolen, says the- F«irbttnks-i
News-Miner.
Sentence was pronounced hy Judge j
Cecil H. Clegg. Schermeyer; who will
observe his seventy-second birthday
next week, made no comment eithe*
before or after sentence' was imposed.
However* his counsel, Th,-Erwin,
asked for the court’s rlefnency. He,
pointed out that Schermeyer- had,-by i
his confession, cleared up the SdiU/tOb 1
I'ir.arodo mail rohbery. that Ue al.!
ready had served nearly two ‘ye n.-u in
jail, and-that in-view of his >gr. aU
u'( • t any sentence Would mean-a life’
sv.'idence.
• In pronouncing sentence Judge
( lesrg said he took into consideration
i !it» plea of guilty Schermeyer had-e’n-,
Tred. The court said he would be
disposed ‘ to fine 'Schermeyer rathe’er
than impose a penitentiary sentenicer
if it were -ndt for th efact that ■ he.j
knew Schermeyer would be1 unable to.
pay the fifie.- The sentence is thcr
-minimum provided for by law audj
starts at (Aice.
THif RFI*LY LITERARY .
The masted of an elementary; school
in England- sent a circular-/to-..> the,
parentts o fsbrhe of the pupils under
hfs charge, stating that judicious, eor*
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Cortnttssioner’s Court' at.~ Mfc
Grath, Mount McKinley precinct,,
Fourth Division, Territory- of,
Alaska, before W. T. VanderpooL
U. S. Commissioner *aTwl-t**ufficio
probate judge.: *
In the matter oi the ^estate of .\Hu
bade Hebert, deceased. !
Notice is hereby given thartthe ua»
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the , estate- of Hu hade
Hebert, deceased. -
All personsg haviw claims, against,
said estate are required to- present
the same, duly verified, with'proper
vouchers attached, to tte*'ma»isigned^
at Takotna, Alaska, within six months
from date of this notice.
Dated Takotna; Alaska, April'
H. C. WALLICK,
Administrator..
First publication, April 7; last pub*
location May 5, 1928. -
McGrath
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Candies.
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(cigarette Holders
George Walters
Proprietor r
poral . punishment often had a benefi
cial affect on backward- boys, and ask-1
| inn if they would approve of such a
vourse when he considered* it n»>ces-!
sary., Tbe following in one -ef the -re
-> plies he received; -
“Dear sir ■> i have reserved - ur
flogeing sirkler apdu hav>-My-aank
shun too wolup My sun ■ Jhon- ‘ass*
much ass u like » no Jhon is- a- vary
bad skolar his sp&leng is -«impely
- atroshes i hav tried to tech-him my
seeif but he will-not lern -nothing so
i hop u.will-bat it intow him as much
! ass u kan. - Urs- truley. . 1
■ “P. S.—4he -resin Jhon is sich a bad
skoler is hekas he is My sun by My
'wife first .husband”—‘-American School
Board Journal.
AMONG THE MISSING
Inquiry has been received for in
j fnrm*i*ion concerning one Lyman
| Dtt Band’s j
| Cafe and - !
Hotel c ;
I Flat City
j
Curtis Oliver. He is about 60 year#
of a<te, 6 feet in height, bald-headed,
and walks with -a slight limp. Ha '
probably .has his son, a boy of 12 -
yea**, named Harvey .Oliver, with
him. They are supposed to havo
come to Alaska about two years ago.
Any information -as to his where- -
■ abouts should-be sent to the Gov* -v
-ernor’s Office at Juneau, Alaska.— -
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