THE KUSKO TIMES
tol. vi. no -re /j
TAKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926 .
PRICK 25 CENTS
EXPLORER
'!Ti» Hop ©IT From Fair
banks for Pt. Bar
row, March 21.
Fairbanks, March ' 13.—Captain
'' ■George TT. Wilkins, leader of the Arc
tic expedition?. (announced today that
. he will bop; off March 21 from Fair
banks fordPoint B arrowy and predict
ed that he will complete the flight
from Burrow to Spitzfenbergen and be
iTBacknii-Mew Ybrk in April.
e $250Ji(>(l:00i> ASKED 'FOB FBD
®KAL FATTM EXPORT AND CO
OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
Washington March.:12.->-Two hun
dred n’rai million dollars wbuld be
appropriated out.’of the United States
Treasury to create, a joint t Federal
A re-farm export and co-operative associa
tion, under a bilh introduced today by
: Senator Brookhart.
V75 PER CENT OF OF NEW
YORK- AITASK A' DREDGE MA
TTttH'Ai. 1 if AS BEEN T MOVED
The operations'of the New York
Alaska .Dik-ilpnrig Company at Bear
creek *are going ahead at a steady
rate, according to R. T. Hirsch, man
ager of that'company, who arrived
Sere Wednesday.
Mr. Hirsch states that 75 per cent
of the freight’ and- dredge s material
had heen moved from its . landing
place to its destinatiort,’ten days ago.
He stated that the 60-ton Best-tractor
is making the 40-mile round trip
every three days.
Two crews art-ibfeing'-worked, the
foothills being fch** division.point. The
crew on the dower division'consists of
d Chalmdd Hanee, engineer, and Charles
Swanson, trainman.* On the upper di
vision Meade Jaffe is .engineer,-* and
John Steveriboni. f Happy Jack)' train
; man.
The maximum load*om the tundra
> division isfrom'46 t6 -4K)tons, and the
maximum load on thfe:Jiiils division
about -36 tons.
Mr. Hirsch stated that he expects
•'all the freight and material to be
moved by March 30. There is a short
age of snow, severe or eight miles of
the trail being over-bare ground.
Mr. Hirsch'remained in Takotna
only a few. minutes, departing almost
immediately on his way to Nenana,
to which place he is on his way to
■ welcome a number, of those who brill
• Be employed by the New .York-Alaska
'. Company in the installation of the
dredge and other operations during
. the coming season.
Owen Gray and team, with Jean
Keith as passenger, arrived Thursday
and returned to McGrath the same
. day, accompanied by Vivian Howard.
What is' known as the Nine-Mile
Roadhouse,.- located that distance out
■ of Ruby, burned to the. ground a few
days ago, according to lataenews1 re
. ceived here.
Miss N. C. Halbach, McGrath’s pop
ular school teacher, coming up. .with
Moody Green, was a today arrival
from McGrath, and is the week-end
guest of Mrs. Frank Joaquin.
Charlie and Dolph. . Mespelt, who
: arrived, late .Saturday from Ganes
. creek, left Tuesday for Nixon, to give
: attention to their mining affairs.
Dan Nicholson, ETttle ereek mining
; man, --was among Takotna’s visitors
visitors during the week.
Charlie Ross, with the incoming
mail, arrived Monday, departing the
* following day on his way to Flat.
Bob Roberson, who was a late Sat
urday arrival, returned to his bead
le quarters on Ganes on Wednesday.
OLMSTED,
4 YEARS
r>
20 Other ^-Seattle Yio-i
lators Draw From 15
Months to 2 Years.
Seattle, March 10.—Roy' sOlmated, j
convicted of conspiracy in violating
the national prohibition act, was sen
tenced today to o -term of. four years
at McNeill island federal peniten
tiary. Attorney Finch was- sentenced
to two yearsy and the other nineteen
defendants received from 15 months
t otwo years. . All defendants ap
pealed their:-cases anl were releaei d
on bonds.
CHARGED AGAINST COL.
ALEANDER S. WILLIAMS
San Diego, March 32L-Charges
of appearing in public rooms of the
Coronado Hotel in an intoxicated con
dition have been filed against Col.
Alexander Williams, commander of
the Fourth regiment of marines, by
Brigadier General Snriedley D. Butler,
commandant of the San Diego, marine
base.
McCAMANT REJECTED FOR
FEDERA LC1RCTIT JUDGE
Washington, March 12.—The Sen
ate judiciary committee today voted
against the' nomination of Wallac"1
McCamant, of Oregon, to tie 'fedora'
circuit judge.
Council of League -of
Nations at Geneva in
a Critical Situation
Geneva, Mareh 13.—Either1 Ger
many or France rhust give way in the
controversy over • reconstruction of
the council of the League’of Nations
?f the League is to be saver) and Eu
rope not again driven to despair. This
was the situation today as seen by
close observers of the situation in
Geneva.
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
FILED FOR PRIMARIES
For Delegate—Frank A. Ahirich,
■ Rep., Dan A. Sutherland, Rep., Ju
neau; iHarry G. McCain, Rtp., Ketchi
kan; Gilbert A. Adams, Dem., Nome;
Frank A Boyle, Dem., Juneau.
Fourth Division Candidates.
| In the Focrth division there were
I five filings for the House of Repre
sentatives, : all Republicans, as fol
| lows: ,L H.-Groves, Fred B. Johnson,
* Thomas JCMcCroskey, Hosea
and Joseph Ulmer. There are no
party1 candidates for the tienute, nor
, are there any Democrats seekingelec
j tion from 'thfs division.
, There is considerable conjecture as
to who will file lindependently. So
' far there has been but one declared—
; John Dunn, of Roby—who will seek
t re-election as senator from .the’Fourth
r division. The holdover senator is
- Harry E. Pratt, Democrat.
'Specking of chickens, Bert.Stewart,
of the McGrath Roadhouse, who is
conceded to be some authority on dif
ferent varieties, had on exhibition at
that hostelry early in the week the
product of a few tif his birds—eggs.
They certainly were of the large va
riety, a dozen of them weighing no
less than three poands.
Mrs. W. H. Jones left Thursday for
a few days’ visit at McGrath, where
she and Miss Mary JVlarcelles, of Flat,
are house guests of Mis. George
Mutchler.
Pete Jensen, who arrived late Sat
urday from Ganes, went Tuesday and
returned here Thursday from a trip
lo McGrath, going both ways with
George Mutchler, and left this morn
ing for Ganes cmek.
ALASKA RAILROAD MANAGER
CON FII) ENT CONGRES87WILL
AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE
Seattle, March, 12.—-Noel » Smith,
manager of the Alaska RiaiJroad, who
arrived here from the East today,
said he is still confident that Cen
gresswili autnorize on expenditure of
$1,700,000 on the railway. He Said
that all wooden trestles oft the road
will be replaced by permanent fills.
SCHR. BOXER, STRANDED ON
REEF FOUR DAYSNEAK 7U
PERT, FINALLY HEKVOAXKD
.Seattle, March? 12.-—After' being
slranded on a reef 25 anile.?. santft of
Prince Rupert ..for fdur'r days, the
United States power schooner Rc.xer
was'refloated.. The vessel is laden
with supplies .and • materials -tor -.the
Alaska- Railroad; <arwt .the Bureau of
Education. " 7
18’ihch Paystreafc,' Av
. erasing $3 Per Pan,
Near.* Bluff.
Nome.. Ma-vh. 12,—Reports of a
gold strike near Bluff. sixty miles
east of here-t.lias™ caused .many per
to stampede from here. Hog
are in great demand,
eighteen-inch paystraak, aver
;, ,.g S3 per pan,, has been found.
Merritt and ( hidic, owners . of the
property, drove a 150-foot tunnel in
from the.sea -beach.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington, 'March 12.—Investiga
tio nof .the United States Tarill Com
mission and also the. charges that
President Cooljdge and others have
sought to inhuei. it, were ordered
today by the Senate.
Washington, March 12.-*-Bresideni
Coolidge is holding himself in readi
ness today t o speed to Plymouth, \ t.,
where his father is dangerously ill.
Washington, March 12.t-i.The army
supply bill, carrying an appropriation
of $353,000,000, has been adopted by
the Senate.
Seattle, March i2. Charles Cowen,
donor of Cowen Park to the city of
Seattle, died at his home here today.
New York, March 13.—Edward W.
Scripps, .founder of the well known
line of Scripos newspapers, is dead on
his yacht : in. Monrovia: bay, Liberia,
according to a cablegram received
here today.
Harrisburg, Pa., March 72.—Gov
ernor Pinchot today announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina
tion for United States Senator in the
Pennsylvania primaries this spring.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Washington, March 8.—Presidential
nominations forwarded to the Senate
'ay included United..States attor
!i ..-3, Thomas F. Revelle, for Western
Washington, and Roj? .€. Fox for
1'astern * Washington, ".and United
States Marshal E. B. Benn, Tor West
ern Washington.
Passenyer coaches out of Anchor
age, headed for Fairbanks* are- loaded
with workingmen, according to a re
cent arrival here. No less than ten
million dollars, it is expected, will be
expended in that section during the
coming year by the Stines organiza
tion, hence the influx.
Harry Brink, well known oldtimer,
who spent the past winter in the Tal
keetna section in prospecting some of
his own ground, was a Wednesday ar
rival, and left for Flat on Thursday.
ALASKA’S
ELECTION
Machinery Thrown Out
of Gear By Act of
Last Congress.
Washington, March 1 f.— Th*; el«x
tiun of a canvassing board for Alaska
was thrown out of gear when the last
tioneress abolished the office of Sur
veyor General, he being one of the
.thr*-o officers designated by law to
certify the result of election of dele
gate to Congress. To remedy this the
House has .passed a bill, and the Sen-'
ate has reported it in amended form.
The House bill substitutes the col
lector of customs for surveyor gen
eral, the other members of the board
being' the Governor of .Alaska ami the
Territorial Secretary. .The Senate
committee favored the idea of mi
nority party representation* and, in
stead of the collector of customs,
would impose the duty upon the na
tional committeeman representing the
chief political party in opposition to
that party of which. the Governor is
a member
50-1101 K AIRI’LA NR SERVICE,
BERLIN TO VLADIVOSTOK
Washington, March 12.— A. fifty
hour airplane service between Berlin
and Vladivostok will be opened this
year, said an announcement today by
the Russian information burtiao.
Coolidge Disfavors
Blue Law Proposals
for National (Capital
Washington, March 12.- President
j Coolidge is satisfied with the way
Sunday is. observed iu the National
i Capital and looks with disfavor on
blue-law proposals to put an end to
Sunday sports, dancing and .theatrical
entertainments.
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WADE TELLS OF POLAR EX
PEDITION COMING SOMMER
New 'York.—Lieut. Leigh Wade,
I who Will lead a Pol. r flying expedi
tion this coming summer, said today:
“If an unknown continent is foand, of
which we feel certain, lying north of
Siberia and A lasKa, we 'will establish
a base there, and from that point will
make "a .round-trip flight to the Pole,
which may be made in about three
TToiirfi, provided flying conditions are
rigrt. We will be equipped with five
Douglas planes, each having three 220
horsepower motors; If laudlis discov
ered and a favorable place is found to
establish a base,-the-expedition will
spent! ‘the winter ther .”
■Lieut. Wade said that his flight will
be*"a-race with Russian' or squadrons
for land north of Alaska and Siberia,
which may he used as a military fly
ing base. He said: “It is trry firm
opinion and also of the members of
the party that the bolsheviks plan to
heat us in finding a continent in the
uncharted seas above Alaska, and
those who would stop to think a mili
tary flying base would be possible in
the Arctic basin, to within a few days’
flying distance fro inmost of the im
portant cities in the Northern Hem
isphere, the menace of the bolshevik
would be eliminated by such a base.
“In closing. Wrangell Island, Kam
chatka and the peninsula of North
eastern. .Siberia to foreigners,” Wade
continued, “is one of the events which
bases myUielidf the Soviet flyers are
planning an expedition. It is declared
tTiat this is known in well known
army circles, that the '"Soviet air
forces have as much equipment and
as large a persi mel as the United
tes. It was said they believed the
Russians feared the United States
would claim Wrangell Island, which
would make it possible for an inter
mediate Hying base on the route to
one w; might e stablish furthei north,
provided land is found.’’
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SEATTLE
| ELECTION
Mrs. Landes Chosen for
Mayoralty by 5,898
Majority.
Seattle, March 10.—Mrs. Landes
was elected mayor at yesterday’s city
election by u majority of 5,898. The
total vote was 94,805.
The proposed city manager plan
was defeated by a majority of 103.
Counoilmen Tindall, Hesketh and
Campbell were re-elected.
Fifteen freeholders were elected to
revise the eityrcharter.
Seattle, by*yesterday’s election, is
first mctropiSlit m city in the United
States to elect a woman mayor.
HE TALKR ARESfGtffc PRES
IDENCY OF SINN FEIN
Dublin, March 11.—Kamon De Va
lera has -resigned the* presidency of
the Sinn Fein, following the rejection
by thrr republican general assembly
of his motion favoring republican
representation in Dail Eiraitn- and
Ulster parliament.
(;. W. METCALF SUCCEEDS Nok
MAN STfNEb AS MANAGED OF
FAIRBANKS EXPLORATION CO
Fairbanks.—G. W. Metcalf has
been named perioral manager of the
Fairbanks Exploration Company, a
suhsidfar.v of the United States Smelt
ing Company, succeeding Norman C.
Stines, who remains associated with
the Alaska activities as consulting en
gineer, it is learned here.
Stines, after making the turnover
to the operating department, will be
assigned t-t exploration wnik in other
fields, altht ugh no definite announce
ment Was been made. It as believed
the program for this district includes
the construction of seven dredges, the
first one of which is expected to oper
ate’ in' 1928.
The ditches, power plant, transmis
sion lines and -residences for the staff
and the employes' quarters along the
creeks, and the towntfite, which-is a
model city,' has been laid out on Gar
den Island, across the river from
Fairbanks, where the power plant and
mill will be built.
Billy Stanton, well known and pop
ular oldthner, is scheduled to arrive
at McGrath almost any moment over
the trail from Nenana. Mr. Stanton
left McGrath some months ago to re
ceive treatment for his eyes, going
back tio the Mayo Brothers Institu
tion it Rochester, Minn. The treat
ment, from advance reports reaching
here, has been most successful, and
he is returning here much improved
in vision and most optimistic in spirit,
which will be most pleasing news to
his many tViends.
Dan Sr McDonell, well known old
timer, who returned here Thursday
from a trip to Flat, departed this
morning for McGrath, where he goes
to piveDatt. ntion to a few' personal
affairs. Mr. McDonell says all oper
ators in the Flat-Iditarod section are
most'optimistic regarding the coming
summer's operations.
1 Fred Morlidge, coming from Flat,
was a Monthly arrival, and Started on
his. return trip on Tuesday, in com
pany with Bob Shively.
Rasmus Matson, a well-known old
timer, is on his way in, and is due to
arrive at McGrath almost ahy hour.
George and Jack Mute frier returned
here Tuesday from a brief visit at
Ophir.
James Harlan, after a short visit in
town, returned to Ganes creek Tues
day.
Vivian Howard left Thursday for •
visit of. a fine days-at MeCir i4*