THE KUSKO TIMES
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inteted as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
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Act of March 3, 1870.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. SEPT. 13, 1922
Yukon Rolls By, But
There’s a Surcease
of Moy’ at Tanana
Occasionally—on a surprised world—
She iadio throws broadcast the news of
3 great calamity. Hold your breath!
Here is one they did not get, so we
consider it & scoop for the Times.
Stepping off a; boat at Tanana, six
weeks ago, an nncoocerned-IookiDg
person, packing a small grip, wended
hi8 way to the Grand Hotel. Unosten
tatiously he reauestsd a modest room,
and in there, for several days, he spent
the daylight hours. Gentle of manner,
kindly of action and speech, he en
deared himself to those with whom he
came in contact, And the Yukon rolled
by undisturbed. -
As is their* wont, the residents of
Tanana, tending to their own affairs,
opened and closed their own places of
business unsuspectingly. They ex
changed passing greeting with friends
and strangers alike—unsuspectingly.
•\nd the Yukon rolled by undisturbed.
And on the morning of the fourth
day after the arrival of the unsuspected
stranger it occurred. He appeared on
the streets with the U. S. deputy mar
shal and one of the respected citizens
of Tanana. And they hied them to the
{J. S. commissioner’s office, where the
respected citizen was charged with
contravening the Volstead act. A.nd
the Yukon rolled by undisturbed.
Later, when - the respected citizen
woo released under bond, the unsus
pecting residents were informed of the
calamity. E'riehd Stranger was a
sleuth of the pussy-foot clan. In the
dark of the moon he sneaked up on the
community distillery and took the pot,
which includedthe following ingredi
ents: One battery-of six stills, made
by the Jolly Coppersmith'of.Looisville;
eight barrels of sour mash, which were
warmed into fermentative activity by
eight coal-o<) ctoves, the fire contact
points being protected by eight steel
plates; three and one-half tons of
sugar; three tons of barley, as well as
several hundred pounds of dried fruit
also included in the loot.
And there is no joy in Tanana. The
day'following, the Yukon got full; and
now1 rolls its way to St. Mikes, tearing
with absolute abandon everything
whifch comes in its way.
Oh ye of much faith, beware!
3!
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
• eO. W. ALFWKCHT,JIditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. TayIjgb, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all the Courts.
Va&tle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg'
Elliott 1642. —
Renewal of Mining'
Operations in Crip
ple Creek Section
A recent arrival from Cripple states
that mining operations will be renewed
in that section and that several pros
pectors are on the ground with their
outfits ready for digging this winter^
This enthusiasm is occasioned by the
recent developments of Joe Mitchell
and Jim Wilson, who now have quite a
block of pay lined np. The extent of
the pay area is not yet defined. How
ever, these boys have a strip of creek
bottom over a thousand feet long and
135 ieet wide, which will go $1.25 to
the cubic yard. Physical conditions
are favorable for this ground being
being worked by the open cut methods*
and the owners wili commence active
mining operations next summer.
Method of Decipher- •
ing Charred Paper
Literary Digest.
A method of deciphering completely
black charred paper from wnich im
portant ink records have been appar
ently defaced by Gre, has been discov
ered by Raymond Davis, chief of the
photographic laboratory of the United
States Bureau of Standards, we are
told by Science Service’s “Science
.News Bulletin'’ (Washington). We
read:
“Records that, were contained in a
practically air-tight safe were charred
beyond recognition in a Gre at Aueusta,
Ga. The Bureau of Standards was ap
pealed to by the postmaster at Augusta
to restore the carbonised to readabil
ity. Chemical means of restoring the
ink were resorted to without success.
Then photographic methods were tried.
The chawed record sheet was laid be
tween two photographic plates- with
the emulsioD sides of the plates Dext to
the carbonized paper. For two weeks
they were allowed to remain in con
tact. Then the plates were developed
in the ordinary woy. A perfectly de
cipnerable image of the valuable
records on the sheet was the result.
“Contact of the charred paper had
affected the photographic plate, but
where the ink had been the photo
graphic chemicals of the -plate were
unchanged. The writing that had
been on the paper could thus be read.
The only difficulty in the deciphering
was that the writing on both sides of
the paper showed on both plates, but
that on both sides of the paper was the
stronger on each plate.
“When photographic plates were
Grst packed for sale the manufacturers
were in the habit of placing printed
instructions inside the boxes next to
the plates. They sood had to abandon
this practice, as they found- that- after
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Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska-*
John W. Dunn .
Of Ruby
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
'(For the Long Terra)
the package had stood for a time the
paper formed an image on the plates
and spoiled them. It is believed that
this phenomenon is similar to the one
thaL Mr. Davis has utilized. One ex
planation of the off eh t of the^charrec. I
paper on the photographic plate is *
that the gaseous emanations of the
products of the destructive distillations
of the* wood in-the paper cause it.’’
Stmr. Lowe Victor
Will Leave Iditarod for Nenana -i
September 25th
Make Your Reservations now. Telegraph. \ Dave
Mutchler, Iditarod.
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Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
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Best of Home-Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses Under Construction.» '
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley .
Napamute, Alaska ■
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the’.bast stocks ever brought into the;
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices ^are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallaee Langley, Manager.