THE KUSKO TIMES
C. V. RosansJer, Publisher, Owner,
and EiTtor.
B. J. Boyd, Assistant Editor.
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t q.uet 2&th, 1923, at the postoffice
a Takotna, Alaska, under the Act
c. Marti* 3rd, 1879.
THAT HIGHWAY AGAIN
The joint report of the Canadian
l lited States Commission which
v is charged with the duty of sur
veying the res urces of the area to
1 covered by the proposed Inter
r .Tonal Highway was made public
r ently. If this commission had
h id at its disposal an army of tim
b r cruisers, geologists, engineers,
f r experts and the like it could not
have adequately urcyeyed the re
f .urces of this vast area during the
r. :xt ten years. It did, however,
report that more than 11,629 million
f Lt of good timber would be made
a.ailable by construction of the
h . away, that large deposits of gold,
s iver, copper, lead, zinc and coal
would be brought within the reach
cf the prospector and miner, that
the country was extremely rich in
f irs and that dairying, stock raising,
toe production of small fruits and
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culture could be made profitable
with the providing of transporta
tion facilities.
Both the Canadian and tho Am
erican governments are bewailing
the passing of the frontiers to 4Miich
the population of industrial centers
have formerly turned in times of
distress. Both governments are em
ploying thousands of men at beg
garly wages and upon almost useless
work in order to supply the bare
necessities of life and forestall revo
lution. Millions, even billions are
being poured into "building trails
through forests which will be over
grown before the foot of man touches
them, in making beautifully rounded
banks on the edges of our highways,
in repairing and constructing roads
with wheelbarrows and shovels in
stead of modern equipment and
other equally useless modes of allow
ing men to kill time in order that
they may not feel themselves ob
jects of charity.
All this with an empire teeming
"with natural wealth" close at hand
and beckoning to those with- the
brain and brawn to come and get
it. Why not build this highway with
man power that enlists for the dura
tion of the job and three years there
after paying a subsistence wage
during construction with a lump sum
><- the end of the job to enable the
men to help build the country when'
the job is finished.—Alaska Weekly.
Gaiety is to Good Humor as ani
mal perfumes to vegetable fragrance.
Tlte one overpowers weak spirits,
the other recreates and revives them.
Grd ty seldom fails to give some
prr.n; Good Humor boasts no fac
ulties, which everyone does not
i rlievo in his own power, and
teases principally by not offending,
—s-ortinson.
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Bob Bartlett
\\ A 'INGTON, D. C.—.Since it
s not ‘"Sieved that a detailed ac
ount of the recent illness of Dele
te Anthony Dimond has been
,iven, and since all his Alaska
abends will wish to learn , the facts,
a short report of the circumstances
is set forth here:
On October 26, Mr. Dimond en
tered Providence Hospital, a local
institution, and the following morn
ng underwent an operation for re
air of hernia. The operation was
successful in all respects and by
ihursday, Nov. 8, the Delegate had
u far recovered he expected to go
home Saturday to complete the con
valescence.
But Friday found him with a
. vmperature, and his condition grew
ieadily worse until it was discov
ered a condition of embolism existed.
Stripped of medical nomenclature,
..here was a clot in the blood stream.
A severe attack, which was al
most fatal, occurred Monday morn
ifig. But instead of stopping the
heart or passing into the brain, the
embolus lodged in a lung, where
slow absorption could take place.
Normally that would have meant
danger was past. In this instance,
however, another clot formed and
the same risk was again present.
,Once more a painful attack set in
and it ended to find the clot resting
.n the ocher lung.
Fearful that this process might be
repeated, and- worried by Mr.
Dimond’s greatly weakened condi
gn, the doctors declined to issue
any reassuring, statement until the
aiternoon of Nov. 14,when they gave
it as their opinion he was out of
uanger. He made siow progress
auring the next day, but has stead
ily gained in strength since then.
No small Victor in his convales
cence has been the many messages
received from Alaska.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — Recom
mendations for the reconstruction of
Nome, insofar as the Public Works
Administration is concerned, have
been placed on the desk of Admin
istrator Ickes by Col. Elmer W.
Clark.
Colonel Clark, who is an executive
assistant of PWA, believes S275,000
ought to be expended in construction
of a Federal building. Estimates
are that the municipality will re
quire $150,000 in the form of a loan
and grant for various, projects.
Delegate Dimond is actively co
operating with Colonel Clark and
other PWA officials so that approv
al'of the program may be expedited.
It had been hoped...and still is...
that municipal offices could he
placed in the Federal building but
legal complications have arisen in
that connection. Some PWA attor
neys are of the opinion that the Fed
eral government cannot rent office
space to others. However, efforts
will be continued to iron out the
situation and if at all possible quar
ters for the municipality will be
provided.
Not only is Mr. Dimond taking an
active part with respect to securing
the purely Federal allotment^ but he
will prepare and hasten through
Congress a bill authorizing Nome
to issue bonds. This will be done
when the Nome city government has
decided on the exact needs.
During the course of his trip to
Alaska Colonel Clark took occasion
to make 'a general study of condi
tions there. He is convinced that
Territorial development will be ma
terially hastened by preparation and
adoption of a road program extend
ing over a period of years and
airway aids.
REVEALATIONS IN MUNITIONS
INDUSTRY AT WASHINGTON
Out of the senate investigation
of the munitions-making industry a
vapidly growing conviction is taking
hold of all sane thinking people that
the only way to end war will be to
put an end to war profits.
The amazing exposures at Wash
ington 'show7 there are no limits to
which the makers of arms will not
go to “get business.” There is no
such thing as patriotism in their
hearts for they will sell their kill
ing machinery to the enemies of
their country just as readily as to
cheir own. As for any # considera
tion of humanity, to foment quarrels
between nations in the hope of
bringing on the mass murder of men,
women and children, in war is ail
‘ good business.”
The investigation has so far
shown that in the World war
Americans were killed by German
submarines made from American
patents. If a war were to break
out tomorrow the latest models of
submarines w'ould be available to
both combatants. The big muni
tions-makers have divided the up the
nations of the world and their *flPv
resentative sells to friend and foe
alike in his “territory.”
It is found that armament mak
ers own stock in our largest banks,
that they control big city news
papers for propoganda purposes,
that they have paid admirals and
generals commissions for acting cs
heir salesmen and demonstrators,
that officials of the department of
state at Washington helped obtain
firmament contracts in South Amer- j
ica, that their lobbyists have pushed
bl’ls thru Congress favorable to
their industry, that they furnished
yachts to government officials and j
foreign diplomats whose favor they j
needed. There is almost no end to
the various forms of bribery prac
ticed.
All tms is to De Diamea upon tne
billions to be made from the profits
of war. The good that will come
from this investigation, it is to be
hoped, will be to stimulate a world
wide demand to take the profit out
i f war-making machinery by putting
its production' under absolute gov
ernment control. Naturally this j
would require concentrated interna
tional action to make it effective.
What the cost of war can mean
to the world is illustrated graph
ically by President Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university.
“With the 30 billion dollars the
World war cost,” says President
Butler, “we could have built a
$2,500 house, furnished it with!
$1,000 worth of furniture, placed it
on 5 acres of land worth $100 an
acre and given this home to each
and every family in the United
States, Canada, Australia, England,
Wales, Ihaland, Scotland, France,
Belgium, Germany and Russia. We
could have given to each city of
20,000 population and over, in each
country named, a 5-million dollar
library and a 10-million dollar uni
versity. Out of what was left we
could have set aside a sum at 5
per cent that would provide $1,000
yearly salary for an army of 125,
000 teachers and a like salary for
another army of 125,000 nurses.”'
—Capper’s Weekly.
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Everybody Welcome.
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ADAMS HOUSE
When in Flat, stop at ADAMS HOUSE. We are open at
all hours. Dog barns injconneation.
Thru Adams House, you can obtain Outsida
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! L. BJADAMS
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Goods Exclusively
Swift’s Ovenized Hams and Bacon
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Where Everything Is Homelike end
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Supplies Warmth to Every Room.
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