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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 19T7
JOB SEEKERS SHOULD HEED WARNING
BEFORE COMING INTO KUSKOKWIM—
Again we want, to warn job seekers without funds
to stay out of this Westward country. This is a hard
-country for a man without the necessary amount of
money, a job, nor well acquainted.
Takotna is already over-supplied with men waiting
for work to open up and more coming in every day.
Thi- condition holds true of all other points in the Kus
kokwim area.
Extensive work does not start until June. The var
ious repute! strikes and resultant rush of stampeders
bent on staking ground, does not mean a great deal of
mploymet- Most of the new ground and previous so
called strikes will be thoroughly prospected this coming
season by the prospectors and companies who located
and staked the ground. The independent prospectors
^ DO NOT hire a crew, but are compelled to do their own
B Work. The large operators already have their crews
^®^ngaged for the current season.
Again we say, “DON’T come into the Kuskokwim
unless you have sufficient funds to tide you over for a
time, or have something definite in mind.
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ITS GOAL. THANKS TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS—
We commend this issue of The Kusko Times to your
careful scrutiny as to its news coverage.
The staff believes that this is the best issue yet
produced—NOT, however, because of our efforts, but be
cause of the unstinted support given by our corres
pondents—those men and women who have been good
enough to devote a great deal of time gathering and
writing the news of their respective communities.
We have done a great deal of “thanking in these
columns during our first hectic months of existence, but
the reader can scarcely blame us when we tell you that
not a SINGLE week has gone by, but what there has
been some real cooperation and support given us f-om
new and unexpected sources. None of this support, has
been more sincerely appreciated than that of our corres
pondents,which, by the way, is a poor manner in which
to designate them—they are, in reality, associate
editors.
Without the support of these persons, The Kusko
Times could not possibly exist. Unlike Fairbanks, An
chorage, Seward and other towns of the Territory, there
is no single community in this country sufficiently large
in itself to support a newspaper; and if we hope to se
cure enough business from ALL communities to make
a success of the paper, we ML ST carry a fair percen
tage of the news of each community.
This is where the correspondents prove themselves
to be the backbone of the paper. If they should call
a “sitdown” strike, or something, and we were untie
to secure other representatives, we would, after a time,
be compelled to “give up the ghost. ’ We want our read
ers to realise the important place their correspondent
fills and to give them every assistance possible in gath
ering the news.
We wish to especially thank Mrs Leonard Zaiser for
sending ns such a large number of articles and items
from Poonnan, Long Creek and Cripple which appear
on the -freed page this week. Although Mrs. Zaiser will
not be able to send us a budget of news every week on
account of their having only a monthly mail sendee in
that section, we are especially interested in getting a
good budget of news from these districts at even these
necessarily widely spaced intervals. Mrs. Zaiser is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rieek of Takotna. She
resides in Poonnan where her husband is engaged m
mining.
“Jessie, I have told you again and again not to
speak when older persons are talking, but wait until
they stop.” _ »
“I*re tried mummy, but they never do atop.
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SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TAKEN FROM THE FILES OF THE Kt 5KO TIMES)
Tom Aiken came in from Candle
I today accompanied by Jack Price,
well known Interior mining man,
who arrived at Candle on Saturday
, last, over the trail from Ruby.
Charlie Koontz is a recent arrival
J fnmi the Outside.
Jack Holzer, well known oldtimer
of the Knyukuk district, and An
thony Sweeney, well known in most
interior camps, arrived here Satur
day over the trail from Ruby.
Harry Agoff, Jim Pier and Louis
Halverson arrived from Anchorage
on Tuesday. They report a bad trail,
, having had to snowshoe ahead of
the dogs the greater part of the
way.
Louis Blackburn and Charlie Goe
bel left Monday morning for Nixon,
taking with them a load of supplies.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jasper and
children of Flat, arrived today.
Charles Smith came in from the
hills last Saturday for an indefinite
stay.
John Griffin returned Saturday
from Nixon.
An old resident of the lower river,
who passed through here recently,
, gave us the dope on the corning
breakup: ‘The natives on the cen
tral river, as well as the oldtimers,
prophesy the highest water and ice
in the history of the Kuskokwim.
Some oldtimers believing this dope,
are now preparing to take the doors
and windows out of their cabins and
move to higher ground. _
SELECT FOOD RECIPES
BY T. S. (TED) HcADAMS
(The Kmako Times Chef)
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS i
One pint, of milk, boiled and cooled,1
two tablespoons of batter, one-half
cupful of fresh yeast, one table
spoonful sugar, one teaspoon of salt,'
and eight cups sifted flour.
Melt the butter in the warm milk,
then add the yeast, sugar, salt and
flour, and let it rise overnight. Mix
rather soft. In the morning add U>
this one-half of a teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in a spoonful of water.
Mix in enough flour to make the
same stiffness as any biscuit dough;
roll out not more than a quarter of
inch thick. Cut with a large,
round cutter; spread soft butter over
j the tops and fold 14 over the other
by doubling it. Place them apart a
little so that there will be room to
rise. Cover and place them near the
fire for fifteen or twenty minutes
i before baking. Bake in rather a
quick oven.
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ROAST BEEF HEART
Wash it carefully and open suffi
, ciently to remove the ventricles,'
then soak it in cold salt water until
’ the blood is discharged; wipe it dry
and stuff it with dressing, as for
turkey; mast it about an hour and
a half. Serve it with the gravy,
which should be thickened with some
of the stuffing. Serve with currant
I jelly.
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KUSfiO TIMES today.
Jesse Yoder arrived in McGrath
today from the Paluk foothills.
Pave Strandberg, well known Ot
ter Creek operator, acompanied by
Mrs. Strandberg and child, arrived
aver the trail from Anchorage, de
parting in the aft*1. n >on on the first
lap of their homeward journey.
Two new river craft are contem
plated by Charles and Victor Ny
strom. The first one to be construc
ted^ is to be operated by gasoline,
will be 35 feet long. The second
boat, to be about 60 feet long and
ppropelled by steam, is expected to
be ready for the water about July
Miss Helen Jerks is a recent, ar
rival, having come over the trail
fom Anch rage.
N. H. Pearson arrived Tuesday
from Nixon, and is scheduled to
leave on his return trip in the
morning.
Preparatory work about the dred
ges, the Beaton & Donnelly and the
J. E. Riley Investment Company, is
going on. and both will be under
full payrolls before the end of April.
Claude Baker is now able to dress
and sit up occasionally, is gaining
in strength and rapidly taking on
flesh. While it is iot expected that
he will do any manual labor this
season, it is sure that his counsel
will be available to his coworkers.
B. B. Smith came over from Ophir
on Thursday, bringing the mail with
him, and started homeward yester
day afternoon.
MOLASSES CUP CAKES
One cup butter, one of sugar, four
eggs, six cupfuls of sifted flour, one
teaspoonful of cinnamon, two table
spoonfuls of ginger two cupfuls of
molasses and two tcaspoonfuls of
soda; one cup of milk and three tea
spoons baking powder in flour. Stir
the butter and sugar to a cream:
beat the eggs very light, the yolks
and whites separately, and add to it:
after which put in the spices; then
the molasses and flour in rotation,
stirring the mixture all the time;
beat the whole well before adding
the soda, and but little afterwards.
Put into well-buttered patty-pans
and bake in a very moderate oven.
STEAMED PUDDING
2 tablespoons shortening, melted.
% cup molasses.
% cup sour milk.
2 cups flour.
% teaspoon salt.
% teaspoon soda.
1 teaspoon mixed spices.
% cup chopped nuts or raisins.
Mix the ingredients in order given,
sifting dry ingredients together;
spices may be cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves cr ginger. It is unnecessary
to use butter or shortening, as spices
and molasses cover its flavor. Fruit
used may be raisins, currants, dates,
figs citron, etc. Any kind of nuts
may be used, or part fruit and nuts.
Grease molds. This will fill six
good-sized molds. Steam one to two
hours. Serve with sauce.
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Culled From Our Exchanges
IT TT1NG Ol'T EDUCATION—
(Seward Gateway)
It appears from statements made by A. K.Ffhoet
tler, supervisor of Territorial vocational work that the
Alaska Legislature is not altogether to be blamed for
cutting out appropriation for this important work. The
action was result of the Territorial ehool hoard recom
mendation.
This seems rather an astonishing thing, and doesn’t
make sense. True, the legislature asked for cuts in the
proposer! appropriation for educational work, and the
board is reported to have suggested cutting down or out
the $d0,000 asked for carrying on vocational work. First
cut down to $15,000, the Senate later eliminated that.
An amazing angle to this affair is that the federal
government's allotment of $2 for every dollar the Terri
tory spends on this form of education was entirely lost
sight of. In other words, the United States government
offered the Territory of Alaska $60,000 to assist in car
rying on vocational work and the offer was turned down.
That is rather a staggering fact, but then and on
the other hand the legislator-- were certainly s busy
little body of men and woman in the regular session
just closed.
Just think of the time they had to spend upon the
moot questions of gin-marriage and finger-printing
automobile drivers!
The little matter of accepting $60,000 if they pro
vided half that sum for the purpose of practical educa
tion. simply couldn’t be done.
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CAREER ISN'T (HIKE AIM
OF LIFE T(l ALL MEN—
(The Alaska Daily Press)
One of the funny quirks of Amercian life is the feel
ing that any man who can possibly do so ought to go
ahead and make a “career" for himself. To sit around
and enjoy life isn't c-nouph: you have to pet somewhere,
make somethinp of yourself, be a bip shot, if it's in you
to do it.
So a preat many men pive up their chance for
homely, stay-at-home happiness and work themselves to
a premature death chasinp the mechanical rabbit around
the arena. Bu ntow and then you find a ma who is
wiser than that.
Ernie Pyle, rovinp reporter, stumbled on one of
these wise ones on an Arizona farm the other day. On
that farm he found a hcalthy-lookinp, middle-aped man
busy with farm chores, puttinp in his spare time paint
inp pictures and pettinp a world of fun out of life. The
man was Brip.-Gen. Pelham D. Glassford
Perhaps you remember the famous Bonus Army
mess in 1932? General Glassford was chief of the
Washinpton police at that time, and he was about the
only man iu the wholemixup who came out of it with
an improved reputation.
The publicity he pot out of that event could have
been the makinp of him, if he had cared to use it that
way. The country had discovered his existence over
night; had discovered, too. tHat he was a broad-paupe
man. with plenty of ability, a world of human sympa
thy, and a level head on his shoulders.
By all tradition General Glassford should have used
that as a springboard to dive head-first into a Career,
speiled with a capita! C. He could have done it very
easily.
By now he would be a sure-enough bip shot, com
plete with fancy salary, ornate office, good-looking
stenographer, and all the other appurtenances.
But General Glassford didn't quite see it that way.
Instead, he went to the southwest and quietly dropped
out of sight. And now a reporter finds him running a
60-acre farm, dabbling in paints, doing a bit of writing
when the spirit moves him—and, all in all, hating about
four times as much fun as any energetic big shot ever
dreams of having.
To be sure, he is no hermit. He has done a bit of
lecturing, helped the city of Phoenix reorganize its po
lice department, and served briefly as one of Madame
Perkins’ labor mediators. In a half-hearted sort of way
he ran unsuccessfully for Congress last fall.
But the point is that those things are side issues
The general has devoted himseif mainly' to living, ra
ther than to make a living. There is a world of differ
ence.
Ambition is a fine thing. But it’s nice, once in a
while, to find a man who can see beyond it to the homely
and uneventful happiness of useful obscurity.
We are out unduly suspicious of great European
statesmen, but we can’t help wondering whether the
big idea is to help the Spaniards now or to help them
selves later.
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Jimmy—“So Elsie told you I was witty, did she?”
Toni—“Well, she didn t express it exactly that way ■
She said she had to laugh every tame you opened your
mouth.”