THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as seconai-claus matter August
2Wth, 5923, at the Post Office at
Tokotaa, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3. IM9. 11
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. AUG. 22, 1925
Tailless Biplane Mayi
Revolutionize Flying
Santa Monica, Cal.—A tailless bi
plane, weighing less than 600 pounds,
wbich'tnay revolutionize aviation, was
declared practical here rebentlv by
l’rofedsor -At Av Merrill, of the' Cali
fornia1 Institute of Technology* “Pasa
dena, <Js1a followiog What ihe termed
“successful trial flights*’ at Oioveh
field, bear here, of model planes. ■•*>- ■
Such a machine in miniature, shot
trom catapult, sailed gracefully
through tne^air for a distanoe of <more
thao 100 feet and maintained -O' speed
of 35 miles an hour Tt was held per
fectly balanced in tbs air by* (artificial
atir currents furnished by'foiir large
motors.
A man-sired plane*- wfcicbiwLll' have
a wing span of■twen^two feet and &
Isngth of nine1 feet ftem propeller
to the' tip of the fuselage? is being con
structed at Venice- Cah, near here,
undemhe supervision of Professor Mer
rill. 'It: will be driven by a light four
eylindfer motorcycle engine. The ship
will be tested at Clover field uoon com
pletion, which will be about twomontha
hence.
••The wings of the regular biplane
cow used in commercial aviation are so
atnucted' that the air strikes them
first atad is forced down upon the tail
piece,i which eliminates the pitch of the
planej” (Professor Merrill said la ex
plaining his theory; - “The tnilpiece
was eliminated in tne construction of
models and glidere by determining a
point of gravity, and adjusting the
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unithfand.
Sheet Metal Work
f AH Kinds of Repairs / '
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
4 Tokotaa, Alaska
lower wings of the tailless plane so
that air currents strike the two wings
simultaneously. Although the plane
may have a greater tfesvlPney to rise
and fall than tbe ordinary type plane,
it will remain perfectly balanced,” be
concluded.
Only Floating Fdst
office in the World
Detroit.—The onlv floating postoffice
in the world, the steamer O. EVBiel
raan, Jr., is again in service-on the De>*
troit river. Until the last freighter of
the season passes through tbe river
here, the small government craft will
be in continuous operation, delivering
“•mail on the flv,” 24 fcours*a day*
Operating as an auxiliary to the De
troit peetofEce. the “‘mail boat,’" as tfte
Biel man is known, has beet im serviee
since 1896. Prior *© that time ebe
crews of lake freighters were obliged
to wait until their vessels docked
destination before receiving tnail from
home. Sometimes letters were delayed
three or four months.
Now letters are addressed"aboard a
certain steamer, and the Biel man de
livers it. A small powerboat is part efr
the equipment of the mail boat. -As theJ
freighter comes up or-down-the river
this little craft darts out-from its berth
astern of the Bielman and draws up
alongside the passing vessel, s--A line is
tossed to the powerboat,1 whieh-holds
fast uotil a bag of mail is tossed up and
outgoing mail returned!1* Then the
powerboat casts of? and1 returns to the
Btelmkn, ready for tbe next trip.
The entire operation occupies but a
few minutes and is accomplished with
out delaying the freighter. More than
2,000,000 pieces of mail matter to and
from the freighters is handled by'the
mail boat during -the navigation sea
son. - • ■
II is oaid -that more ' vessels pass
’ through the Oetrrit ri7fr than any
other waterway in-the world. During
the peak of the navigation season an
average of 100 vessels is recorded each
24 hollrs.
1,833 Ati tomobiles
Licensed in Alaska
F. W. Dotiogiiue, assistant manager
of the Ford automobile factory at Se
attle, arriyed in Anchorage recently.
Mr. Denoghue, who is making his first
trip through Alaska* is visiting all the
Ford agencies in the Territory.
He toid an Anchorage Timas mac
that while in Juneau be got a list of all
makes of automobiles paying licenses
in the Territory, which showed a total
of 1,832 machines, as follows:
First Division—Juneau, 266.; Ketchi
kan, 188; Hyder. 25; Wrangell, 10; (Pe
tersburg, 16; Sitka, 61 Skagway, 21;
Haines, 18.
Second Division—Nome, 47.
Third Division—Valdea, 25; Cordova,
27; Seward, 60; Chitina, 33; anchor*
age. 130.
Fourth Division—Fairbanks, 202; Ne
nana, 10.
Mr. Donoghue says there were 120
Fords sold in the entire Territory of
Alnska last year, while for the first
five months of this year 114 have been
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PRESS SQUIBS ,
Give feminine fashioas time enough
- and they will starve all the moths to
death:—-Detroit Free Press. *
The raosouito.is like a child. When
he stops making a noise*, yeu know he*s
getting into something.*— Albany (Ore.)
'/Herald. __
The supreme court rules that it’e
lawful to publish income tazes. Yes,
and it's awful to pay them.—Norfolk
Y irginian-Pilot.
Startling contrasts In dress patterns
i, SJCM said, to be coming,.. Wonder,.how
much material will be required to
include a startling contrast.—Boston
Transcript*.
"A saxophone wsU last as long as 15
years.” declares a trade journal Not
• f we can help it.—Punch
In nature a plum becomes a prune.
In politics the prunes frequently get
i the plums.—Pottsville Journal.
You can’t always toil. Many a man
gets a reputation as a conservative
merely because he is a slow thinker.—
Corvallis (Ore.; Gazette-Times.
Now that it is explained that the bee
isn’t budy at all but only looks busy, it
will iget a great deal more of study
with a .view- to emulation.—Detroit
flews.- . _
A udge has ruled that a man can’t
make bis girl give baek the engage
ment ring. But the instalment man
can.—El Paso-Herald.
Sir Conan 'Dovia says be has heard
Ringing of an unearthly sort. Probably
voung people returning home from a
party;—Toledo Blade.
While it pavS'to be honest you often
are a long time collecting.—Greenville- |
Piedmont. • -
Something )tells us that if there is ,
ahy return from Doom there will be
heavy C. Q. D.'charges.—Dallas News.
Government- boasts a surplus may
permit another income-tax cut, but
who paid this surplus?—Columbia Rec
ord.
Ambassador Hooghtan’s speech was
,we!l rseeiaed by European' nations,
each one Interpreting it to mean the
Cfiher fellow^—Toledo Blade.
Jack i)emp»3y landed in L<ondon yes
terday and said that be »»» too seasick
tb te-hti Maybe that’s v?hy *'aak didn’t |
go'over in 1918.—*Ghicego Tribune
We are a wonderful people, using
two or three men to catch a criminal
and twelve to turn him loose.—San
Francisco Chronicle*
The Literary Digest publishes a re
view of wbat Indiana thinks of the new
bone-dry law, and the effect of reading
it is the conclusion that the new law
will make prohibition effective if
everybody will stop drinking.—South
Bend Tribune. ^_
I* theiwftestion was why the chicken
crpssed -the international boundary
line, we’d all know the answer.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
J. H. McLean
‘1 okttteia '
Ladies’ Fur nishings '
Arctics Fel t Slippers
y King Island: Mukluks]
Mild-CurCd Ham
and Bacon a
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50o
■ Oregon City]
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacsj
Leather Vests
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of, Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, JEtc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
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Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
B.&E. Store
McGrath, Alaska *
Arriving on first boat®
will be a complete as-i»
sortmentof tnevery .-y
best goods, con- i -
sisting of <
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
A. R. Eldridge
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McGrath Pool Hall
Getirge Mutchler, Proprietor
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Ogars,Tobaccos, Candies, Fruits
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Old-Timers’ Popular Resort.1.
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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Good Prices for Your Pur
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Larson Roadhouse:
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention >.i
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New Dog Houses,
Frank Larson - - Prop#etofr
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATOR S
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamer# ?
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.