THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
29th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
TOKOTJfA, ALASKA. AUG. 29, 1925
One Car to Every 7
Inhabitants, Is Record
Washington.—There is one automo
bile to every seven persons in the
United States, the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States reports.
•‘Eightjbillion dollars,” it is assert
ed, “is the sum now spent annually bv
Americans in the purchase and main
tenance of automobiles.
Two billions go for new cars, and the
remainder for accessories, gasoline,
tires, repairs and garage items. The
latest available figures on the number
•of passenger cars and trucks in use,
according to the report, give a total of
17,500,000.
The chamber of commerce points out
that the widespread use of the motor
cars has added billions to the country’s
wealth and resources and is now a ne-1
cessitv, not a luxury.
“During the period of the motor car’s
advance in America, savings banks de
posits have nearly doubled, individual
bank deposits have more than tripled,
assets of building and loan associations
have tripled, and life insurance in
force has increased two and one-half
times,’’ the report savs.
“The investigation made bv the
chamber in 1924 showed there were
4.200.000 automobiles in use on the
6.500.000 farms of the nation. To this
can be added 370,000 motor trucks.’’
There is something about a wind
shield glass that magnifies a tack and
makes a pedestrian seem a small mat
ter.—Wooster Record.
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smithfand
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Loeb May Be Feigning
Insanity to Gain Pity
Joliet. 111.—Richard Loeb, ‘‘angel
face Dickie,” one of the slayers of
Bobby Franks, whose ravings and ac
tions during the last few days in the
northern state penitentiary hospital
have been described by Warden John
L. Whitman as insanity, was resting
easily today, showing much improve
ment.
His temperature is back to normal
and the symptoms of measles have en
tirely disappeared, but the “lifer” still
mumbles incoherently and displays an
imosity toward all guards and attend
ants whenever they approach his bed.
Warden Whitman says Loeb’s condi
tion is similar to other prisoners who
have become mentally unbalanced. The
warden believes Loeb’s mind has been
severely affected bv the strain of im
prisonment and privation. Dr. Her
man Adler and Dr. Walter H. Martin,
state criminologists, are firm in their
belief that Loeb is insane, but other
phvsiciaos are incltnad to believe he
may be malingering to gain sympathy.
The proposition to remove him to an
asylum is already being discussed bv
his friends^ _
Stolen Hug and Kiss
Estimated at $20,000
Boston.—A hug and a kiss, presum
ably the price-free prerogative of a
husband, assume a valuation of $20,000
when administered by another.
At least that’s the way Mr. and Mrs.
Dudley C. Harris feel about the matter.
Each brought suit in superior court
here Saturday for $10.000—a hug-and
kiss total of $20,000—against Louis D.
Zulman. landlord of the Davis apart
ment. who is charged by Davis with
“violently embracing and kissing” his
wife.
Davis alleges ZulmaD entered the
apartment and committed the alleged
theft. He now seeks to recover for
“mortification.”
PRESS SQUIBS.
It’s an ill wind that blows a saxo
phone.—Detroit News.
One thine that can’t, be preserved in
alcohol is a secret.—Columbia Record.
Scientists are workiog on a new ex
plosive that blows up at a touch—like
a “close” friend.—Arkansas Gazette.
If the majority really ruled, the lotto
motives would have to stop at the
crossings for the flivvers.—Arkansas
Gazette.
□ Mr. Dawes has the advantage of the
Senate in that he is in session all the
time.—Springfield Republican.
If America runs out of gold it can
always fall back on discarded wedding
rings.—Thomas E. Piekerell Service.
They say that once Mr. Coolidge
makes up his mind it is as firm and un
wavering thereafter as a sugar tariflf.—
Detroit News.
If to the victors belonged the spoils
there wouldn’t he much trouble netting
volunteers for that war against the
rum runners.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
If Great Britain and the United
States had no other reason for sticking
together, the fact that thev pay their
debts would give them a brotherly
feeling.—Toledo Blade.
IfA New York beggar was found to
have a home in the country and two
automobiles. That’s enough to make a
beggar out of anybody.—Southern
Lumberman. _
The democratic party is to publish a
newspaper in Washington. Permit us
to suggest, in the interest of harmony,
parallel editorial columns, ope cop
ducted by William G. McAdoo, the
other bv Alfred E. Smith.—Tampa
Tribune.
Better to sink Shipping Board ves
sels than to sink more millions in them.
—Wall Street Journal.
A New York reporter was arrested
because he left his automobile parked
three hours while interviewing Mr.
Dawes. Next time he ought to inter
view Mr. Coolidge.—Southern Lumber
man.
We often wish some one would pull
our flexible tariff down for a change,
instead of up, if only to see whether it
would work all right—Ohio State
Journal.
Convicts in Dannemora prison in
New York are asking for an eight-hour
day. it is understood, however, that
there is no demand for time and a half.
—Southern Lumberman.
It is true that our basic law says that
every American is entitled to “the pur
suit of happiness”—but not at the rate
of fifty miles an hour. —Norfolk Vir
ginian-Pilot.
The evolution theory may be all
right, but every time Congress is in
session we fear evolution has not pro
gressed far enough.—Des Moines Reg
ister.
If Mr. Dawes can get the Senate
rules changed, it will then be easier
for Congress to pass a lot more laws
that we don’t need.—Southern Lum
berman.
There is a complaint from the Treas
ury Department that the dollar bill
does not last as long as it formerly did.
The rest of us beat the department to
that observation.-^-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Professor Haves says the newspapers
are publishing too much crime news.
Worse than that, however, is the cir
'Cumstaoce that the people are commit
ting too many crimes.—Houston Post
Dispatch.
An Innocent Answer.
David Belasco was talking to a New
York reporter about a play that had
been accused of suggestiveness.
“Its suggestiveness, if it had any,”
he said, “is innocent and unconscious.
Like the young girl, vou know.
“A young girl was being examined
in housekeeping by her school teacher.
The'teacher said to her, expecting that
she’d answer, ‘Air the bed.’
■“ “What is the iirst thing you do
when you get up in the morning?’
“The young girl blushed and an
swered:
" ‘Take off my pajamas, sir.’ ”
J. H. McLean
Tokotna
Native Spuds
This year’s crop
$7 Per 100 Lbs.
Better rates on larger quantities
Cabbage
$8, $9 100 Lbs.
Swift’s Ham and Bacon
Golden State Butter
and Cheese
New Stock of Green Hood
Woolen Goods
Hood All Rubber Paes
Ladies’ Furnishings*
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, iEtc. |
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
B.&E. Store
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving on first boats
will be a complete as
sortment of the very
best goods, con
sisting of
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
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Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
A. R. Eldridge
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
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CigarsJobaccos, Candies, Fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Larson Roadhouse
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
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New Dog Houses. J.1
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Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
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