THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher* Sole
O'vner and Editor.
Published Every Saturday
$l.Per Month
Advertising Rates.
Reading matter, per line, per
issoe »■_.-.—$ .25
Legal advertisements, per line,
issue ...—.2(
Transient display, per inch, per
issue (jainiraum charge $1)— X(
Entered as second-class matter An
?uft 29th, 1923, at the postoffice ai
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act oi
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, April 16, 1927.
FAIRBANKS FIRE DOES PAM
AGE APPROXIMATING $13,001
(Fairbanks News-Miner, April 2:5.)
Fire breaking ■ ut.thia.morning ii
the* second story of the Abe Simso?
building on Front street for a tinu
threatened destroy every business
house from Pozzi f to the corner oj
Lacey. Quick work on the part of thi
fire department confined the blaze t<
the buildings occupied by Emil Pozza
Abe Simson, Mrs. Jack Baird and A
Coslett. A preliminary check of th<
damage revealed a loss of at leas!
$13,000 Miiy partly covered by insur
ance. The chief losers, Pozza anc
Sirpson, carried no insurance at all.
The fire was first noticed from thi
lobby of the.Nordalc Hotel. A grea
nuff of smoke suddenly shot out. fron
the; upper story of the Simson build
ing Mr., ^inasDn had, at about thi
sapie time, seen smoke coming dowi
‘■-hrp’igk .the ceiling. The alarm to
turn 'd in from tliji Nordale, and b;
the time the department arrived thi
upper -floor already was a mass o:
flames. The fire spread to either sidi
in a few minutes and broke out ii
Pozza’s and’Mrs: Baird’s store befori
the entire complement of hose line:
h pdbeen strung. Seven streams 01
water were turned on the fire, wit!
the main attack directed from t.hi
Seqond rvenue si dr. Although thi
task of extinguishing the blaze a!
first seemed, impossible because of thi
great start it had gained, efficien
work on the part of the fire depart
meat, aided by volunteers, brought i
under control in about an hour.
The blaze was started by an over
heated stove in Simson’s store. /
safety flue surrounding the pipe rest
ed directly against inflammable ma
terial* which was ignited when thi
he^t of the. pipe was co mmunicated ti
the flue.
Merchandise and fixtures in the sev
sraj stores, were carried- to places o
safety by bystanders, and were dam
aged ore or less hile being removed.
The wall of Pozza's store adjoining
the Simson building was badly burn
ed. The front room was damaged by
water and fire. Th«' rear room was
practically untouched by either water
or fire. The Denver rooms, owned by
Mr. Pozza, and located over the
store, are a total loss. Mr. Pozza es
timates his loss at between $3,000 and
’ $4,000, which was not covered by in
surance.
1 The Simson building hare the brunt
of the fire. The upper story, used by
Mr. Simson for a store room and
sleeping quarters, was almost totally
destroyed. The store itself was badly
\ riamagged by water and fire. Part of
the stock was ruined. Mr. Simson
' places his loss at $0,000, although the
| figures may be too low. He carried
no insurance.
Mrs. Baird’s ice cream parlor was
damaged more by water than by fire.
! The roof of the building was torn up
by firemen to get at the hlaze that
was smouldering over the ceiling.
| Mrs. Baird was unable to state as
yet what her loss would be. It prob
ably will run somewhere around
$2,000 and is fully covered by insur
ance.
The Mocha Cigar Store, owned by
t A1 Coslett, was damaged by water
only. Mr. Coslett places his loss at
$2,000. The building was insured.
VIOLATORS OF ALASK A G AME
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
JUNEAU.—The Alaska Game Com-.
, mission announces that it recently re
ceived telegraphic advices from
Alaska Game Warden Oddie Halylson,
of Bethel, who is operating on the
, Kuskokwim river drainage, to the ef
fect that he recently filed a case be
fore U. S. Commissioner Hoffman at
Napamute against A gnetty Wasilli, a
native of Stony river, for possession
of illegally killed beaver skins, and
unprime mink, red fox. and lynx
skins. A fine of $25 was imposed and
presumably the skins were forfeited,
although details are locking
Warden IlalIson also reports a case
against Joseph Young of Georgetown
for possessing eleven illegally killed
beaver skins. This case was filed be
fore U. S. Commissioner Hoffman,
who imposed a fine of $25, and pre
sumably these skins were also confis
cated, although definite information is
lacking of this.
WANTED, A NUMBER OF
IJVE MOUNTAIN GOATS
JUNEAU.,—In carrying out the
provisions of the stocking plan adopt
> ed by the last Legislature, the Alaska
| Game Commission desires, to obtain, a
-' number of live mountain goats. They
E. request that parties who are interest
J. H. McLEAN.
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-to-Date Line of Clothing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
i ed in supplying either young or adult
I goats communicate with, them and
state the lowest price at ^rhich they%
will deliver live, uninjured goats,
, properly crated, at a shipping poinf
' in Southeastern Alaska, They state,
however, that they will not accept an
imals from persons who have not first
made arrangements with the Commis
sion for permission to engage in such
capture
NORTH POI K TROT.
(By Mrs. F. K. Phillips, Takotna.)
I'm going to buy me an airplane,
And I’m going to take my Mary Jane;
I’m going to leave this world behind,
! And that old North Pole I’m going to
find.
And that is where I’m going to stop,
And I’ll hang Old Glory right on top.
I'll build an igloo for two,
You bet that’s what I’m going to do.
I’m going to kill some polar bear
And catch some of those arctic hare,
or they say that meat is good to eat.
And I bet that bear will be some
treat;
I’ll take the hide of three or four -
And put them on our igloo floor,
And 111 make a cute little nest for
two ,
You bet that’s what Tm going fo do.
We may some day fly back to town
And' spend same money v and look?
around,
And well cache our ’plane in the.city
park,
For we’ll take off right after.dark.
We just love to sit and spoon
As w esail along ’neath the silvery
moon,
And if our friends would care to
stroll,
They’ll find us up by the old North
Pole.
(Note.—The above has recently
heen set tn music bv H. C. Wallirk.)
In the Probate Court for Kuskokwim
Precinct, Fourth Division of
Alaska, before George W. Hoff
man, Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas Anderson, deceased—No. 2,
in Probate.
Notice of Final Account, ^
Notice is hereby given that £L M.
Hansen, administrator of the estate
of Thomas Anderson, deceased, ;has
filed his final,report in said matter
with the Probate Court for Kusko
kwim Precinct, Fourth Division of
Aaska, and that.on Monday, the 25th
day of April, 1927, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
the said final account wilt be heard
and considered before the - said Pro
bate Judge at his office at Napamute,
Alaska, at which time and place all
persons interested in said estate may
appear and file their objections in
writing to said final report and may
contest the case.
Dated February 15th, 1927v
H. M. HANSEN,
Administrator of Estate of
Thomas Anderson, deceased.
First publication, Feb. 26, 1927^
Last publication, April 23, 1927.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To Frank Irwin, his heirs, executors,
| assigns and successors: in interest:
| You, and eacji of you, are hereby
; notified that the undersigned has ex
I pended for annual labor and improve
I ments the sum of one hundred dollars,
($100.00) per year for the years 1914,
1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921,. 1922 and
1923 upon the following described
mining claims in the Innok'o Record
ing District, Territory of Alaska: j
No. 4 Above Gold Run Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek;
No. 5 Above God Run Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claims in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter;
And if within ninety (90) days
after the publication of this notice
you, or any of you, fail to pay your
portion of the amount expended on
the above claims, your interest in
said claims will become forfeited to
the undersigned. co-owner, .according
to the provisions of Section {23g4 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
WILLIAM SQHN&IRLA.
First publication, March 5, 1927.
Last publication, June 4, 1927.
Takotna i
Cigar Store
i
Tobaccos ;
Cigars- I
| Soft Drinks j
| Fred Dubois |
| Proprietor , I
'■h
I
I
f
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND- FLAT
Miles
Nenanm to Tavern . 17
Tavern to Knight’s . 24
Knight’s to 19 Roadhouse .. 19 .
19 Roadhouse to Riffle Pole Road
house . S
Rifflf Pole Rqadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to Roosevelt.. 12.
Roftsevet to Lake Minchumina *... 29 •.
Lak,e Minchumina to Lone Stan.
Roadhouse . 34 ,
Lone Star to Telida.. . 1*
Tel id a to Tent Roadhouso _.19 >
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork.
Slow Fork to East Fork,... RS'-u
East Fork to Nicoli,.. 10^
Nicoli to Big Riiver ,i.. jjl.
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath..., 25
McGrath to Tokotna .. 18 *
From Nenana to Tokotna . 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss’ Roadhouso.... 12 .:
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir_ 18
Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse . 38
Jerry’s to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 27
Schermeyer’s to Iditarod ..... . 18
Iditarod to Flat.,. S .
From Nenana to Flat.887 ;
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and. ■
Sold, %
I. •
Miners’,, Prospectors’ :
and Trappers’ |]
Supplies
Ki
Steamer .Service On the Inoka
River. i
;A»k :ho People of Ophir shout,us.
STATION ■;]
fairvtew, Innoko River j
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood. Hauling?
Joe Ferris
Takotna
The Kusko