THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. 1. NO. 53
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927
PRICE, 25 CENTS
UNCONFIRMED REPORT
SAYS 14 WERE KILLED
IN ALASKA MINE BLAST
Latest radio reports are to the
effect that either 13 or 14 men
were killed in the explosion at
the Evan Jones Cdal- Mine--on
Tuesday afternoon.
An explosion in the Evan Jones
C a' M bs was reported to have trap
ped the day shift in the mine this
•'T ^r-.ds;-) afternoon, injuring- at
. ±3- -c and possibly injuring manv
:t -ys the Anchorage Tin:-es.
--..hi shift was endeavoring to
_ r wry to the aid of the trap
. In.is while a special: brill oar
-I .torn Anchorage with doctors,
nu mine officials to direct
rc a operations.
Cs.ar Anuerson, president of the
company, organized the partj in An
-horage to go to! the mine. He said
*hrer. men had already been recover
1 i ..1 two lof - them were fturt.
Thu motorman an dthe mine fore
man were reported to be injured.
Vh're the names of the injured per
sons were not stated, it was said that
Howard C-uyes had been serving as
-. 0: --.ran and Vic Raide as foreman
recently.
Mr. Anderson expressed fear that
some deaths may have occurred at
the mine because of the •seriousness
i f the reports coining to him.
Cas masks and other equipment
w:re taken from Anchorage in the
b ca- Dor-or Howard Romig and
" - S. Walkowski went with a
T of nurses. Z. J. Loussac, vice
'mt :f the firm, accompanied
' - V son.
- - -ements were made with the
.■V-wsys to maintain radio com
-- -n with the Lucky Shot mine
h" f extra men are needed in
he rsre operations, they may be
rushed from the mine.
Reoo-ts in Anchorage were ’ that
about 32 men were employed at the
mine. The day shift until recently,
had consisted of 17 men. How many
of them were at the mine at the time
of the explosion remained unknown.
While hurrying to the railroad
yards, to b^ard the brill car for the
mine, Dr. Howard Romig’s automo
tive was in collision with an auto
truck. The front end was crushed
and damage was estimated at $500.
Dr. Romig left the car and continued
to dash to the railroad yards.
CHINESE HALT JAPANESE
ADVANCE IN SHANGHAI AREA
FHA" "GHAT, Oct. 25—Generalis
txst“- Chian'- Kai Shek’s Chinese arm
ie~ sapped the Japanese juggernaut
-’fFenu've alter six days end t nights
of intensive fighting; a spokesman
for the Japanese army admitted to
iay.
“The g»nera! Japanese advance of
m than IOO,OCO men aided by
i: Bks. rimes and continued bom
bardments has' slowed down,” the un
named but authoritative speaker said.
The destruction of bridges, mining
of highways; and acres of barbed
v-'• -> ?>-‘nr-lements were prime fae
:r va'*!n<? the Japanese assault
7‘ ‘er fighting amid the ruins of
7 tang, '•‘.-ategic communication
-- fhr’4 five miles north of Shang
w 't:!I in progress, however,
he arm" Japanese spokesman as
~‘ed the Ja-'snese army occupied
7m -Hire, giving them an upp°r
h o' in a dr've into the country north
of Fha-'gh.ai.
Fore:Tn military experts said he
SeTevrd the ,T—anes° are taking a
br^a^hing 'P'-ll ‘o bring up heavy ar
t?!ery with which to attempt a new
drive tnwsH Nan'’:ang. well to the
ref- "f the Chire=e lines.
A *0’dc<—■ -»w turn came in the in
tema^ionE1 •>" -le yesterday when
P’-:*i'h ao't’orities issued an ord»r to
s’) th°ir dpf.m'-e posts in the Chinese
w?r t?e«. to fire wpko’it hesitation
-v cTi -r-)g-e^ pppro“ching them as a
*o»f move. The orders fo’iow
e-i *he" staving y°st,erdav of a British
so’dier bv a Japanese war plane.
S'-ven Ameri-ans and about a score
0< foreigners w"re endangered
vesterdav sprayed machine gun bul
lets n=ar the western edge of the in
ternational settlement.
First Conductor—“How do you
V“on tbe lad’'»s from going out the
ba"k wav to the atree*«? ?
Second Conductor—“Oh, I tost say,
‘Out the front way, please. Old ladiee
can go out the bade if necessary*—
. and they aH_yo .out the ftpgt”
FORMER TIMES PUBLISHER
PAYS TAKOTNA BRIEF VISIT
George Rosander, former publisher1
of the Kusko Times, accompanied by
his uncle, Chas. Uotila, arrived in Ta
kotna for an overnight visit with
.heir many friends here.
George has been working on Slate
Creek the past season while his uncle
ha3 been in charge of operations on
Moore Creek. They flew to Ophir
where George met his brother Tyvo, j
whom he had not seen for six years.
They came on over to Takotna withj
Warner Alford.
They returned to Flat the next day
a few days before leaving for Anch
where George expected to remain fori
orage enroute to his old home in New
York on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
Bach Will Go
Prospecting in
Goodnews Area
J. J. Bach, bookkeeper for the Hol
ky Dredging Company -on Ganes,
plans on leaving for Goodnews where
he will spend the winter prospecting
the Chechako Association claims on
r Clara Creek, he stated this week.
The Association is comprised of
four partners, Walt Gfohnert,, Jack
Neirbauer, a Mr. Johnson, all of An
chorage, and Mr. Bach. They pur
chaslea five claims; discovery, one and
two above and one and two below,
from Pete Brevik early last summer.
Bach will enlploy one or two men
at Goodnews to help him in the pros
I pecting.
TEN SCHOOL PUPILS
KILLED AT IOWA CROSSING
MASON CITY, Iowa, Oct, 23—The
new stream-lined Rock Island “Rock
et’' train today crashed into a bus
loaded with high school students kil
ling 10 nd injuring at least 18.
The streamliner struck the bus at
a crossing and dead bodies, the
wounded and parts of the vehicle
; were scattered along the track for a
! distance of about two blocks.
The students were making a Satur
day morning tour of some of the
city’s industries and were preparing
to ivsit a brickyard on the outskirts
f town.
Some of the injured are in critical
conditions.
TWO DIE IN FLAMING TRUCK
j SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23—Two
men died in flames from a burning
gasoline truck today and a fireman
was killed in his cab after the truck
and a Southern Pacific passenger
train collided south of Turlock.
None of the passengers were hurt.
The dead are A. L. Ford, the en
gineer-; Verne Norton, the truck driv
er: and Frank Lopez, his he'ner.
The engineer. Paul Runyar of Oak
land, received severe cuts and bruises
ard was hosnitalized.
Norton and Lopez were trapped in
■’he cab of the truck which was push
ed along in front of the engine in the
-silrrad yards. The engine broke
away from the cars and overturned
"nd the truck caught fire.
TAX INCREASE SURE IF
FARM BILL PASSES
Washington. D. C., Oct. 23—Pres
i<irnt Roosevelt today notified con
eress that new taxes should be levied
to meet any increase in the cost of
Federal farm control legislation.
The defin'te announcement that
new ta-'es will be imposed if the farm
legislation goes through was in the
form of identical letters to Chairman
Smith of South Carolina and Chair
man Jones of Texas, chairmen of the
house and senate committees.
The- contemplated farm program
includes what has been termed “the
ever normal granary” program and
Secretary Wallace has estimated- it
alone-trfiVeost $700,000,000, two hun
dred* million more than the half bil
lion being spent on the present eoQ
, conservation program.
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KUSKO XlU£Sto*y.
Prospectors Find
Pay Three Holes
On Y ankec Cretek
Ted Roberts and £. Hrgg haw ap
parently struck it lucky on Yankee.
The two men spent their time off
shift during the summer prospecting
:n E:gbt Pup, across the creek from
.he Felder & Gale camp. The first
hole sunk showed pay from the
top of gravel bo bedrock. They were
unable to clean the hole en account of
water.
They made a cross-cut of 120 feet,
sinking three holes down into gravel
• nd found pay in the gravel in evtry
hole, only reaching fcedr.ck in one
hale.
1 hs winter, when the holes freeze
'own, the prospectors will be able to
reach bedrock and determine the real
values in the cros-cut.
They staked four claims, taking np
he whole of the pup, and will contm
e to prospect the feeder, either by
rill or get a pump and work by hand.
The ground is shallow and thawed
;nd carries a sluice-head of water.
One hundred and s'x thousand dollars
was taken out on Seven, by the dredge
just b:!ow the pup, one nugget val
.ed at §390 and another at §165.
, FATHER OF GENE TIBBS
PASSES AT CORDOVA
_
Cordova recently laid to rest one of
its pioneer citizens, word brought to
Anchorage from the Copper City last
week said, wfcc-n Elks services"- were
held for B. B. Tibbs, former railway
employe and recently city police of
ficer.
Among Mr. Tibbs’ snrvivors is Eu
gene Tibbs, Alaska game warden at
McGrath, a sen. Other survivors are
the widow, Florence Tibbs, and a
daughter, Louise, both of Cordova.
Mr. Tibbs was born at Morgan
town, W. Va., and moved to the state
of Idaho when still a young man.
He came north to Alaska in 19''9
and settled m the Copper River Val
ley, living at Cbitina and McCarthy
from that time until 1919, wheh he
came to Cordova.
For many years he was employed
by the Copper River and Northwes
tern Rarway and for four years was
night patrolman for the town of
Cordova.
Since 1934 he had been employed
n the deputy marshal’s-office.
He was ill several months previous
to his death.
TWO KILLED IN GANG
SHOOTING, LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25—Three
gunmen invaded a West Temple
Street beer parlor last night and kil
led Les Bruneman, a night club oper
ator, and another man, and wounded
Bruneman’s woman companion.
Bruneman was the object of anoth
I er gangster attack last July when he
was fired upon and wounded at Re
dondo Beach. The gunmen took no
chances of his escaping them this
time but fired eight bullets at close
range into his body. Alice Ingram,
Bruneman’s former nurse and recent
i ly his steady companion, ws wounded
in the legs.
A large sedan rolled up to the beer
parlor whsre Eruneman and Miss In
gram arrived a few minutes ear'ier
and three of the five occupants got
out and entered. One of the gunmen
went d'rectly to the table where the
I others wer • sitt:n" while others took
up positions nearby.
Without rn ;ntroductory reme'-k the
“trigger man” opened fire with an
automatic revolver. Frankie Gruxard,
an employe of the beer hall, was shot
down by one of the gunmen when he
made a dash for the door and the girl
was crippled by gangster bullets
when she attempted to flee.
The shooting over, the gunmen
dashed for their car and sped away.
A dozen beer parlor witnesses to
the shooting said the gunmen were
all dark and heavy but none, includ
ing Bruneman’s companion, recognis
ed them.
| SPELJACK AND FAMILY
1 LEAVING FOR STATES SOON
Frank Speljack.-until recently, part
owner of the Ganes Creek dredge,
plans on leaving for the States as
soon as he finishes winding up a Yew
business matters.
They will spend the winter in Hay*
ward,’ Cadif. The wife and children
will remain Outside next year, but
Frank says he will be coming back
with' the geese and will continue in
the mining game.
far
PITNTILLA DREDGE CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
The Puntilla dredge, on Little
Creek, ceased operations the first of
the week after a very successful sea
son. The crew arrived in town Mon
day sight. Charlie Anderson, engin
eer on -the dredge this summer, left
for his Home in Fairbanks with Pilot
Jimmy Dodson Tuesday morning.
DRILLING CREW IS BUSY
SINKING HOLES ON GANES
Hugh Matheson has a drill crew
j busy sinking holes in preparation for
| next season’s work on Ganes Creek.
They have 10 holes down to date
and will continue cntil they have
inou„h prospected ahead to carry the
dredge through the coming season
At the time of this wr-ting, the crew
were sinking holes cn the creek claim
at the mouth of Carter Creek.
Itakotna river freezes
The Takotna River is n w fro~en
ver. having completely closed dur
ing the night, Monoay. ».ith the
present weather holding, it will be
j only a matter of a tew days until
the planes will start landing on the
ice in front of towel
Sourdougfi Tells
Mining Outlook
In Kuskokwim
! Jim Davidson has finished the season
working on Little Creek for Frank
Spd.iack and is now staying in Takct
! na with Ted Roberts for a few weeks
! before continuing to Cripple, -down
j the Kuskokwim where he will spend
tfae-wmter prospecting his ground.
Mr. Davidson has four 'miles of
ground on Cripple Creek and plans on
j doing development work on their, next
j summer. He has ordered a' new Rex
pump which he will use in the devel
opment work.
! The old Sourdough was prospecting
i over back of Aniak during the early
: part of last summer after which he
I hiked into Marvel where hi took a
plane from there to Bethel- He arriv
ed in the Ophir country early in June.
This is his first trip to Takotna since
1912.
Davidson said a stampede was on
I in the Togiak country when he left.
■ He also stated that there was a lot cf
; good country from Bear Creek, pa "T
Marver and on to Cripple. “There’s
gold all through that range, but
whether it is -there in paying quanti
ties remains to be seen, but at least
it is a ogod country to prospect in,
and one of these days soon, someone
' is going to uncover good pay in
there,” Jim asserted.
“Gus Wilsorrj oh Marvel, has been
doing real well and the New York
Dredging Compnay on Bear Cr ek is
, operating two dredges at present and
1 making them pay. They are building
a new dredge, mak:n’ three to oper
ate there next year,” he concluded.
MILLER AND DAUGHTER
LEAVE FOR ANCHORAGE
E. A. MPler and his daughter Mar
tha. left for Anchorae-e fir's week
( where the daughter w'll have den*a!
work d’ne and he w'11 <-nter the Anch
orage Hospital 'o’ ired: a’ treatment
WhTe i’ A’c’-oi—™e, the riv-r
freighter will pur base a new motor
for the MS Alasksn.
LEAVING FOR ANCHORAGE
Joe Young, cf Crooked C’eek, is
here w'tji his daughter a’d son-:n
!rw. Andy Mfler. Mr. Youn- experts
to leave for Anchorage within the
next few days.
START WORK
NEW GANES
GREEK.ROAD
One thousand dollars was granted
by the Alaska Road Commission to
start construction of n.ne miles of
road from the mouth of Lancs Creek,
on up the creek to connect with the
old road.
Clear .ng of brush and rock has al
ready started from the ilolky Dredge.
The work will he done this fall under
the d.rection of Chas. Holky, superin
.enjent of the drecgi. More funds
are e~peeled to bt appropriated next
sp. ng to coc piete the road.
The company hopes to have right
of-way cleared through for tracoor
travel this waiter.
The build:r.g of this read will leng
.bcn the mining season on Canes and
its tributaries by at .east s x w»eks.
Tue old road, which goes- crer Skoo
kum Mountain, and C anes Creek sum
mit. blocks with the first snow in the
rfall and stays buried until late in the
spring. The new road.will be easy to
1 break open and keep open. It co nes
'out into the Takotna-Ophir highway,
only a few miles from Ophir.
ARVID LARSON BUYS
OPHIR POOLHALL RECENTLY
i _
A deal was closed last week where
by Arvid Larson, well-known local
mining man, purchased the Oph.r
Pool hall and Beer Par tor from Mike
Myntti.
The new owner took immediate pos
session nd is now busy rearranging
and renovating the place.
'A house-warming was held last
Saturday night and a truckload of
friends of the mew owner from Takot
r.a attended. They w me taken cvgr by
• Warner Alford. Practically every
body m Ophir and vicinity turned out
to enjoy an evening of dancing :auG
■general merry-making.' which lastec
most Of the night, A most enjoyable
time was reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Larson are now busy
arranging living quarters over the
pool hall which consists of three
rooms. Mr. Larson has a hydraulic
mining proposition in partnership
with Frank Larson of Takoma, on
Little Creek. They had a "very suc
cessful season this-year,
OVERHAULING AND CHANGES
WILL BE MADE ON DREDGE
The Times reporter made a trip
out to the Holky -and Shonbeck
dredge on Ganes this morning and
arr.ved just in time to catch Art
SLonbeck bent over a tub doing his
weekly washing. Yes, and he Was "go
ing at the' job like an &M bend at the
game.
.ht dredrt is still digging away
srd w'!l continue to work as .ocg as
possible.
ihe . cnrpary will do considerable
rtmodelling and general overhaul
work on the dretge th s w n er, one
irr:pr:n*err-'-n* *o be an extension ot
rhe starker
"George-” sr i Mr:. Lovcwell so her
b ban "I bfiv received a letter
• :r. ix ir.g he 's"net aceept
" - i r in ar.or. o via't us, and
s-y n~ w -'o rot :r tb want her.
V'hEt d"»: the r ern by ‘hat? I a k
e: yru to w ite an! te'l h--’- ‘o come
her own nvemenoe. Yon Wrote
> her. didn’t y:u?*’
“Yer ’ "?:d cporg’. “b-t—-er—I
couldn’t scell ‘hat word ‘PCEVtnienee,’
so I made it ‘risk.’ ”
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