WHAT’S DOING
IN McGRATH
Estab’ishing Trading Post—
N. G. Hansen, formerly bookkeep
er for Straniberg at Goodnews Bay,
went through McGrath Tuesday, on
his way t© the Bay, where he is es
tablishing a trading post.
Mrs. Koenig Returns From Bethel—
Mrs. Chas. Koenig, whu has been
visiting in Bethel for the past two
months, returned to McGrath last
week.
Bc-fcel Manager Visits—
Oliver Anaerson, N. C. agent at
D thel, was in McGrath last week, on
business.
’its Schlosser To Fairbanks—
Miss Agnes Schlosser, Crooked
Crc:k teacher, went through Mc
Ci ith on lhursday. Miss Schlosser
pin., to spend the summer in Fair
; uls Freight To Candle Creek—
Pilot, TTs’ph Savory sp?nt two days
_ v. tei:, naul ng freight to Candle
.. e ; lone could be seen land
Uie hill, from town, with
- np In McGrath—
Mrs. Frank Lott, of Flat, is spend
a i.w days in McGrath, where
. h.s and is operating the P.A.A.
io stat on. Mrs. Lott came in on
I A.A. ship Wednesday, as did
m. Creig of Takotna.
. From Anchorage—
: ... y Crawford and Fred Marks.
. ho spent several week? in Anch
.age, rt turned to McGrath last
v -!-k. Mrs. Crawford expects to re
-n tc. McGrath after the breakup.
- TO VISIT COAST
PORTS OF TERRITORY
,.SD THE BATTLESHIP
1L, VaNIA, April Id—The
ut United States armada moved
r.to the Pacific into early mon
te ..ists today, headed for six weeks
: wer games under arduous battle
. he g - nerai course of the fleet is
'■_i for Hswaii. but a small unit of
ft pocket cruisers will veer off to
_Alaska. rePining the fleet in
.... : t- -*\ ;ks fo: the nigh seas “bat
•.V i “ at is to be ,he crucial point in
ihe_ maneuvers.
Forty thousand men are aboard
he 130 ?hips participating in the
is foments.
The battleship New Mexico will ac
.c: nr any the cruisers until going to
Aia.ka. Some of the ships will visit
' h r Alaska points as well as Dutch
ii arbor.
ALASKA IS LAND OF
HONESTY OLDTIMER AYERS
SAX FRAXCISCO, April 19—John
Palm, 70, who has carried mail in
/ laska since the tarn of the century,
c-ine to San Francisco on his first
Journey out f the north in 16 years.
As h= read the crime news be re
called that he carried more than
:$2,090,000 in gold dust by dog sledge,
:sleigh anl sedan and never laid been
ihela up or molested.
Treadwell on Douglas Island pro
duced more than fSO.OOO.OoO in gold
in about So years.
P'takotna I
I SCHOOL NOTES j
News Is Scarce— . I
Friday comes so fast that there is
scarcely time for any news to devel
op.
Entertain With Music—
Henry and Freddy entertained as
very pleasantly last Friday afternoon
with some musical numbers. The ac
cordian and guitar make a pood com
bination.
Seven Earn Stars—
Frances, Adeline, Yilma, Vesta;
Martha. Henry and Freddie earned j
enough Stars last week to entitle
them to an early dismissal on Friday.
Plants Again In Bloom—
We put some new pictures on the:
walls this week and Freddie drew
some colorful tulips on the board to
add to the springtime atmosphere.
All of our plants in tne windows are
again in bloom or budding.
Nine Pass Health Inspection—
Nine of us have passed our health
inspection tests this week with ICO
per cent: Vida. Frances, Arthur,
Adeline, Yilma, Vesta, Martha. Hen
ry and Freddie. We hope to have a
banner room next week.
Enjoy Sliding Down Hill—
We have been back to our favorite
sport this week, sliding down hilL
We like warm weather, but don t like
the snow to melt on our hill.
TAKOTXA CHILDREN HELP
LITTLE FRITZIE CELEBRATE
Little Fritzie. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Zaiser, celebrated her
second birthday a ■week ago Wedney
second birthday Wednesday, April 14,
by giving a party and inviting all
the children of Takotna.
Fritzie received the first arrivals
at the door and escorted them in like
a young lady. They began coming,
however, too many at a time, and
she finally lost .her poise, but her
grandmother, Mrs. John Rieck, came
to her rescue.
The young guests, numbering 23.
were too many to seat at the long
table at which" Fritzie held the seat
! of honor. The balance were served
around a smaller table close by.
A beautiful layer cake, covered
with white frosting and decorated
with little red candy flowers and two
candles, one red and the other whitg.
burning, was set in front of the two
year-old young lady. The table was
dotted with small dishes of candy.
! Fritzie blew out the candles with
. very little trouble and proceeded to
cut the first piece of cake. The lit—
j tie guests had their choice of pink
i and white ice cream.
The party was he’d at the Nugget
. Roadhouse with Miss Peasgood, in
j company with her school children,
and Mrs. Clyde, guests of honor.
Storekeeper—You pay a small de
posit, then you make no more pay
ments for sis months.
Lady—Who toid you about us?
Wifey—It’s a shame! Simply re
volting! Up in the Arctic a man
pays $20 for a w.fe.
Hubby—Yes, that's a lot of mon
j ey, but if she’s pleasant, and good
looking and a willing worker, she
might be worth it.
PERKY
PEGGY
DRESS
SHOP
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
LADIES
READY TO WEAR
Sizes 14 to 58
• • • •
POSTAGE PAID ON MAIL ORDERS
• •
Mrs. Hazel Kuhns
NUGGET
R O ADHOUSE
AND BAKERY
The Best of Meals and Beds
GOOD DOG BARNS
• •
Everybody Welcome Mrs. John Rieck, Prop.
OTTER-FLAT
SCHOOL NEWS
BY MAXINE KELLEK
(High School Student)
(Kerflow I “resents Difficaltie»—
Due to continued “overflow” dar
ing the winter, the pupils of Otto-;
School will soon need .boots to come |
to school—or, rather—will soon make
their lack of boots an excuse for;
not craning to schooL
En-'oj Skating Since Thaw—
Since the mid-winter thaw melted
the snow and thus put, an end to
our skiing, we have, until recently, j
been melting the blanket of ice;
—hich practically covers the ’camp,
wrth our skating. After the ice had
come up to meet us too many times,
leaving on us all the colors of the
rainb w, we turned to the less dan
gerous sport of sliding down tailing
piles on sleds.
"Bean Ttamwers. Inc-,” Hnakkn
latest Diversion in Flat—
But because of its lack of thrills
the older hoi’s turned to bean shoot
rs and almost, succeeded ip planting
ardens of beans down the backs of!
he girts. When the Star Pilgrim ,
crashed here earlier in the winter,
here was a large supply of beans.
Now these beans are scattered all
over town through the agency of
Bean Throwers. Inc,” to which
company almost all the pupils belong.
Their meetings consist of throwing j
beans on tbe roofs of unsuspecting
people, then hiding until someone
comes out so that they can be show
ered with brown beans.
Harmonicas Sot The Raee—
Visitors to Flat should not be sur
prised, if they hear horrible, nerve
racking noises. It will -be only a
group of boys, using their extra en
ergy by blowing the life out of their
harmoniras. In time we may expect
some radio professionals from Flat.
Enjoy School Visit—
We had three little visitors an Fri
day afternoon, April 9th. Grace
Koenig, Joy Ellison and Alvin Agoff,
who seemed to enjoy themselves
very much.
—
Breaks Mirror—Worried—
Harry Turner broke a mirror,
which means seven years bad luck.
Mrs. Stafler consoled him by telling
' him that if he kept out of the way
of all black cats, he’d have only
| three and a half. And since there
1 are no black cats here, he seems
| greatly relieved. Jlere’s luck to. you,
. Harry—you'll .need it.
Wherever you .may be located,
send Ki whatever news yon may
! have and help us to produce a real
; newsy -newspaper. Send some today.
JOS FRINTIKG—Let os give you an
estimate on yonr printing needs af
every description. We do neat, at
tractive modern printing . at fair
prices. How are yon stocked up
at present with Letterheads, Envel
ops, Billheads, Statements, Invoieas,
Requisition Blanks, Menus, Meal
Tickets, Business Cards, Display
Advertising Cards, Receipts, ate?
The KUSKO TIMES OFFICE
DR. BEESON IN UfTTO
Dr. John B. Beeson aDd Mrs. Bee
son called at Delegate Dimond's of
fice in Washington recently. Dr. Bee
son Heed in Alaska for many years,*
first at Anchorage and later at Ket
chikan. During his residence in An
chorage I>r. Beeson was superintend
ent of the railroad hospital at that
place. Dr. Beeson, with-his sons, ie
now comforting a clinic at Wooster,
Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Beeson remained
in Washington only about a day.
DRAGLINES FOR ALASKA
When the winter's snow begins to
come coursing down the valleys with
the return of the summer sun this
spring, there will be 13 new drag
lines in Alaska waiting to. .begin op
erations.
Miller Makes Trip To (lanes—
E. W. Miller left Wednesday for
Ganes Creek where he*- will spend a
few days on business.
MRS. DeLANETS FATHER WILL
VISIT TERRITORY THIS YEAR
C. R. Likins, father of Mrs. Jack
Dr I,ant' of Takcina. plans to visit
the Territory this sun rrter and as
pects to come to Takotna for a visit
with his daughteh before retum'ng to
his home in New Meadows. Idaho.
Mr. Likins . is. a Jiotfc-d author, hav
ing had stories piiWished i* the Sat
urday Evening Post ahd other na
tionally known -magasirtt*-. The stor
ies are of an huinorou?’ nature. He
expects to gather material for stor
ies pertaining to’ Alaska on his pro
posed trip this summer.
Mr. Likins is at present employed
as depot agent at New Meadows and
is retiring from railroad service on
pension m June .or July.
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Printing establishment in the Kusko
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