THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL IX NO. >5
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATl-RLAY. FEBRUARY Sf. 19*9.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Shocking
Conditions
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PUNCE OF WALES VIEWS HU
MAN! SUFFERING IN VISIT TO
BRITISH: MINING VILLAGES! !
N E 'TO STLE ON -TYNE, Jan.. 31.
—The .Brince - f Wales, deep ? teuehed
ii,.! tlm Lra . ery, pat encj and suffer-j
ing of: rK*. workers, today wound. Up
h i vi dst to dozens of mining villages
whereryover t y.. and hunger, struck him
at every, turn. The Prince viewed the
utter depths of human suffering
which are the result of, the great eco
nomic problem of Britain’s coal in
dustry?; The Pr:nce talked with
miners and their wcmanfolk. for hours.
He examined family incomes minute
ly, demanding company pay sheets to
satisfy: hitnself about wages. He
clase’y questioned colliery officials 1 to
firfd out Why some wages, as he said,
wire co incredibyy small.
Indignation was expressed frequent
ly by the Prince to officials in one vil
’age. Turning through the squalid
uarUx*, he exclaimed: “This is ab*
solute bedrock misery.”
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR SAYS
J OT GUILTY—TRIAL FEB. Tl
OKLAHOMA CITY, January 31'.A
Ilci'fy S. Johnston, suspended "ov
m >r cf.Oklahoma; today pleaded, not
guilty to e’ght impeachment articles
and iiraaotinced h:mself teady lor
trSa , which was set for February 1;
AE SMITH CALLS TO FAT RE
SPECTS TO HERBERT HOOVER
MI ASH BEACH; Fla., Jan. 30.—
HSrbbl't Hoover and A1 Smith in
duJgedeiir peasantries for 20 m "nates
Ttlesday,’when the latter called to pay
his reypeetts to. the President-elect.
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IPoincaire’s
Accusation
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SAYS AUTONOMIST MOVEMENT
IN ALSACE HAD INCEPTION
“EAST OF THE RHINE.”
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PARIS, Feb. 2'.—Charges that the
1 autonomist movement in Alsace had
| its inception “cast of the Rhine” were
' before the French people'.to> ray. In a
speech in the Chamber of Deputies
Premier Poincaire made the accusa
tion and declared that he was going
to Parliament and ask for power for
France to “arm itself against the
movement.”
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! ROCKEFELLERS WOULD OUST
ROBERT W. STEWART, CHAIR
MAN INDIANA STANDARD OIL
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—John D.
Rockefeller made a statement today
through his New York office, saying
ihat he agreed with John D. Rocke
feller, Jr.’s, efforts to oust Robert W.
' Stewart from the chairmanship of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
ANTI-WAR TREATY BEING
CONSIDERED BY REICHSTAG
BERLIN, Feb. 2.—Streeseman, Ger
man Foreign Minister, opened debate
in the Reichstag this morning on rat
ification of the Kellogg anti-war
treaty, which he declared tackled the
problem of peace from a new angle.
ELINOR SMITH, 17, SETS WORLD
ENDURANCE FLIGHT RECORD
; “MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y., Jan. 31'.
—Elinor Smith established a world’s
endurance flight record for women
when she landed her plane at 3:03:05
i a. m. today, having been in the air
’ 13 hours and 16 minutes. Elinor is
on'y seventeen years of: age.
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Tales From the Hills
(Editor’s Note—The following ar
ticle forms one of a series written by
the faculty of~the School of Mines of
the Alaska College, dealing with jxros‘
pecting in the Territory. The intro
duction was written by Ernest; N..
Patty, Dean of the College*) -
Ey Ernest N. Patty*
Alaska .probably offers a; better
field for prospectors than does any
similar .area-on tlfis continent. Mitr
ing will always' be one- of the basic
industnies? of’"'Alaska, and it is. not op
timistic rt> predict that the present
anmiid mineral production does not
begin- approach the peak of the an
nual production which Alaska will
eventually yield. The most disturb
ing factor, however, is the limited
nwnber of prospectors thinly
sprinkled over such a vast area.
There are many- plans to stimulate
prospecting ai d to make the work of
the individual prospector more effect
ive. The development of airplane
transportation is proving an effective
tool. The In t Territorial Legislature
affered encu. ragement by creating a
fuhd to pay certain transportation ex
penses of' • -ospectors. The Alaska
College dur’ng the past six years has
trained over one hundred miners in
its'mining* short course. Many pros
pectors front different points in the
Territory itaVcrrepeatedly expressed a
desire for- this short course training,
but the fufids of! the College have not
permitted bringing the short course
work' to them, and' the barrier of
* travel, expense and’ time have pre
vented them from coming to the Col
lege. Ft is true that occasionally
. prospectors from such distant points
as Ketchikan and Nome have come to
the College for the mining short
| course, but they represent but a small
minority of the prospectors in the dis
tant districts.
To serve in' a small measure these
distant prospectors, the staff of the
School of Mines at the Alaska College
has prepared a short series of ar
ticles designed to meet a few of the
field problems of the prospector. To
weld this series into a unit and make
them more real, we have attempted
to weave these articles around the
daily life of two typical prospectors,
Larry O’Sullivan and Jack McKay,
who are developing a quartz prospect
on a distant Alaskan mountain.:These
articles will be published under the
title “Tales From the Hills,” and will
be released to all Alaskan newspapers
for bi-weekly pjublicatfon.
Frankly, this is an experiment.
These articles are framed for the
prospectors and we hope that’ they
will enjoy them, for if they prove-suc
cessful we will prepare a new • series
at some later date. We appreciate
‘ hat the attempt to clothe the bones
f science with attractive garments is
'pen to criticism, but we will gladly
(Continued, on Page- S.)
LONDON POLICE SERGEANT
DRAWS 18 MONTHS' IMPEDI
MENT AND A FINE OF S10;00©
LONDON,; -Jan . :50.—Police Ser
geant Goddard, of a district where
London’s night life centers, was
found guilty today of accepting
bribes from- night club owners and
was sentenced to 18 months at hard^
labor and fined $10,000. Mrs. Kate
Merrick, mother-in-law of two noble
men, known as “Queen of the Night
Clubs,” was sentenced to 15 months’
imprisonment for bribery in the same
connection.
HENRY PETERSON, OLDTIME
■"’kLONDIKER, YUKONER, DEAD
OKANAGON, Feb. 1.—Henry Pe
terson, who staked No. 11 Eldorado,
in the Klondike, from which he- wres
tled a fortune of gold,:. died at.> his
home in Methow Valley yesterday.
[ Peterson went to the Yukon in 18941
' He owns the Risley Ranch, which, is a
I great stock farm.
PEOPLE ENJOYING MANY AD
VANTAGES, SAYS COOLIDGE
MOUNTAIN LAKE, Fla., Feb. 2.—
President Coolidge, in his address yes
terday dedicating Bok*s bird sanctu
! ary and singing tower, declared this
a tried and true form of government,
with people of moderate means enjoy
ing more advantages, such as autos,
radosi movies, than ever before.
Telegraphic Ticks.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.—The en
gagement of John W. Considine, Jr.,
' manager of the United Artists Studio,
| and Carmen Pantages, daughter of
Alexander Pantages, theatrical ac
tress, was announced today,
tress, was announced today.
j SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Milton Sei
zow, one of the principal Seattle offi
! cials of the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph Company, committed suicide
last night by jumping from a wharf
into Elliott bay. The motive for the
act is a mystery, sa far.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2.—Comple
tion of the count today revealed the
re-election of John L. Lewis and
Philip Murray, president and secre
tary, respectively, of the United Mine
i Workers of America.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Meyer, sus
pected murdere of Bassett, but con
; victed on a habitual criminal charge,
I was sentenced to life in the state peni
j tentiary this afternoon by Judge Mai
j colm Douglas. .
WASHINGTON,. Jan. SH—Presi
dent Coolidge left today for Moirtain
Lake, Fla.,, where he will deliver an
address, dedicating the Edward W,
‘ Bok. bird sanctuary singing tower.
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The United
i States Bureau of Fisheries has taken
the initiative steps to establish a
$150,000 fisheries laboratory here.
! SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—This city is
having a week of heavy snow and
cold, the thermometer dropping at
times to/17 above zero.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—Vice Pres
ident Dawes plans to take an extend
ed European trip shortly after his re
tirement.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31—Lady Heath,
British aviatrix, applied for American
citizenship papers Tuesday.
LONG KEY, Fla., Feb. 1.—Hoover
yesterday landed a 46-pound Rail fish.
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Criticism for
Willebtandt
PLACING OF SPY IN ATLANTA'
PRISON BROUGHT UP IN
HOUSE .
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Repre-j
sentative Boylan (Dem.) of New York
today severely criticised Mrs. Mabel,
j Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attor-1
ney General, for having placed a De-';
partment of Justice agent in the At
lanta federal prison as a spy, declar
ing that he understood President Cool
idge and Attorney General Sargent
highly disapproved such tactics, as do
the American people.
AVIATORS ASKED TO DO WHAT
BIRDDS WOULDN’T CONSIDER
j NEW’ YORK, Feb. 1.—Asserting
i that aviators so far have been asked
j to do what birds would not consider
doing—fly over territory where they
could not land safely, whenever need
1 arose—Harry F. Guggenheim today
advised airports within ten miles of
| each other all over the country.
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WOULD INFLICT DEATH PEN
ALTY ON ALL MAIL BANDITS
WASHINGTON.—A bill making
mandatory the death penalty for mail
bandits who kill while robbing was
passed by the House. The ibilalso
provides a 25-year sentence for rob
bing the mails, and life imprisonment
if a mail employe is wounded in a
' robbery.
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A. R. Eldridge, well known Mc
; Grath business man, was a Monday
i arrival at that place, after a visit to
the Outside occupying three or four
mouths, during which he paid a visit
to his old home and to many friends
, in several portions of the Outside,
. principally in Illinois.
T. A. Parsons, well known traveling
auditor of the N. C. Company, who
for the past couple of months has
been giving attention to business mat
I tors at Nelson Island and Bethel, ar
rived at McGrath last Tuesday, and
again took Bight today foor his head
I quarters at Nenana.
Frank J. Guskey, N. C. manager at
McGrath, and Half dan Wiig were
1 among today arrivals from McGratn,
’j coming up with Henry Martella for
| the greater part of the distance.
John H. Peterson returned Wednes
day from a trip to McGrath, accom
panied by Eddie Carlson, ami both
departed Thursday for Ganes.
Harry Panter and Mike Blanusha,
well known Flatites, were among: Fri
day arrivals, Mr. Elanuscha continu
ng to McGrath on Saturday.
Bora—-To Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stone, at McGrath, a few days ago, a
son. Mother and son reported as
doing well.
Freighter Joe Ferns arrived yes
terday from McGrath, bringing up a
large quantity of lumber and build
ing material.
Eric Hard was a Thursday, arrival
; from Ophir, departing for McGrath
. on Friday.
Sid Paulson arrived Wednesday
from Ophir, for a brief visit.
Dick Stevenson, after a day in town,
. to Ophir on Wednesday.
As Planned
By Hoover
WILL KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT
WITH GOVERNMENT’S MANY
INDEPENDENT BUREAUS.
MUMI BEACH, Fla., Ian 30.—
Close contact with half a hundred in
dependent agencies of the Federal
Government is planned by Hoover
during his administration. This ex
plains the pending requestbefore Con
gress for the urgency appropriation
of S10.000 for an additional W'hite
House secretary. This official will be
the liason officer between the Presi
dent and independent organizations,
which include the Veterans Bureau,
Shipping Board, Water Power Com
mission, and many other bureaus.
SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS
SHOW WONDERFUL INCREASE
NEW YORK.—The greatest yearly
increase in savings deposits recorded
in the United States was announced
today by W. Espey Albig, deputy
manager of the American Bankers’
I Association, in charge of the savings
i bank division.
j On last June 30, savings totaled
i S28,412,061,000, a gain of $2,327,059,
! 000 over the previous year. Individual
! depositors numbered 53,188,348, an in
crease of 2,490,070.
“This indicates prosperity more
general than at any time since the
business depression of 1920,” said a
statement issued by Mr. Albig. “Only
three states failed to show a gain,"
he said.
Savings per inhabitants by groups
‘ were tabulated as: New England
j States, 560; Middle Atlantic, 531; Pa
1 cific, 272; East Central, 189; West
| Central, 86; Southern, 63.
i SAYS SALMON INVARIABLY
SPAWN IN NATIVE STREAM
WASHINGTON.—Tests showing
how salmon return to their native
rivers to spawn were outlined before
the conference of the scientific divi
sion of the fisheries bureau by Dr. J.
O. Snyder of Stanford University,
who reported that experiments with
50,000 salmon in the Klamath river
and California tributaries showed
showed they invariably returned to1
. the tributary where they were bom,
| proving that propagation work only
' benefits the stream where it is done.
Commissioner O’Malley reported
j that progress is being made toward
■ fullest realization of the nation’s
1 fisheries resources without encroach
; ing on reserves for future supply.
J. H. HUBBARD, U. S. DDEPUTY
MARSHAL, NOW AT McGRATH
J. H. Hubbard, U. S. deputy mar
shal, recently assigned to this section,
arrived at McGrath yesterday to as
sume the duties of his office. Accom
panying Mr. Hubbard via airplane
from Fairbanks were Mrs. Hubbard
and their 10-year-old son.
Mail Carrier Charlie O’Halloran,
bringing incoming mail, arrived Tues
day and continued on his way to
j Ophir on Wednesday.
Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, from
Flat, with the outgoing mail, arrived
Thursday, continuing to McGrath on
Friday.
j Miss Jennie Keith, former McGrnth
| ite and Takotnan, was an arrival at
McGrath last Monday, coming- via. air
I plane from Fairbanks.