THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-f lass matter Au
fust 29th, 1922,- at the postoffice at
Tokatna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879
l okotna, Alaska, January 1, 1926,
!’LA,N\S OUTLINED I-OK THE
\ERI AL M APPING1 OF ALASK A
1’lans 'or ;he aerial mapping of
nor«j than "0(1,000 square miles of
Alaskan coast and waterways, com
prising the greatest program of its
kind ever undertaken, have been com
pleted hy *he aircraft squadron of
the -United States Rattle Fleet, and
'he expedition will leave Los Angeles
next April, according to the Los An
geles Times
Lieutenant Ben H. Wyatt, one. of
the navy’s most distinguished pilots,
says, the Times, will command the ex
pedition- of twenty pilots and pho<
tograpbers and four seaplanes, while
two t. rii A! will accompany the expe
dition ,nto the Arctic waters as. float
ing bases.
Three years- will be required, to
complete the task, the finished Work
of w,hich will be a giant, mosaic, map*
built} up from the thousands of aerial
photographs, and which will show
correctly every feature of the Alas
kan coast, line and near-by island
groups. The* greater par tof the
island area to be covered has not yet
been, surveyed.
Copies of the.’ mosaic, together
with, the mass of serological, geodetic
and .meteorological data to be gath
ered, will be turned over to the Navy
Department, United .States Coast
Guard, Forestry Servtqe and the.
United States Coast. ..ana Geodetic
Survey.
Three of the new Leaning amphib
ian planes and one SDWT torpedo
plane of the modified Douglas type
will .be used, in the mapping flights.
me lour planes will fly from Los An
geles to Ketchikan, which will b© the
first jbase of the expedition. ,
The Leaning • amphibian planes
have) a speed of 12© mile* per hour
and a cruising radius of 800 miles,
while the -SDW’plane, to be equipped’
with, pontoons for the coastal work,
nave-, even greater speed and cruising
radiqs, and is powered with the pew
650-ljorsepow.er Wright engine. The
SD\V plane to be sent Nofth is the
one lieutenant Wyatt used last sum
mer jn his aerial mapping of the gov
ernment oil reserves in Colorado, in
which 30,000 suare* miles of moun
tainous shale country was mapped.
Lieut. Wyatt will fly the Douglas
plang, while in toe Lecming amphib
ians will be Lieut. Mi A, Schur, Lieut.
W. M. Dillon and Lieut. Lawrence
Curtpi. Among the photographers
with, th eexpedition will be- Chief
Naval Photographers George Peter
son, IL A, Murthad and P. A. Mc
Donough. Lieut. Schur, who has just
returned to this country after accorm
panyirig the McMillan expedition into
the Arctic, is now at the factory of
the Leoning Aircraft Company in
New 5fork, testing the three Am
phibian planes for the Alaskan sur
vey. Xhey are expected to arrive in
San pi^g-o about January. 1.
Northward f rom Ketchikan, oper
ating, bases of the expedition will be
at Wranffd} Petersburg, Sitka, Ju
neau,, Skag way Cordova, Seward, Hy
dalbefg ondyPrince of Wales island.
Baranof, Admiralty, Chieagof and
Prince of . V^afpswill be some of the
many islands £tv>Jhe mapped, while all.
natural harbor.- ^n4 bays aong the
coast , will be closely mapped.
A new tg-len .ojayrra, which has
been perfected by tft ©Bureau of Aer
-oautjgs. will be used on the expeii*
tion, while a portable radio station
also will be part of the equipment,
that the bases may be in constant
communication with the planes as
well a:- I he t wo tenders at sea.
jTAGG OS A L MON RECORDS
BEING COMPILED, JUNEAU
Four thousand tags taken from fish
tagged during the past season by-the
Bureau of Fisheries have been , re
ceived it the bureau’s office at Juneau
| from cannerymen and fishmen. A
total of about 13,000- tags were
placed on salmoon ui .Southeastern
Alaska during the summer.
The retturn to- date is,,-considered
excell- it,. As the bureau is fur
nished with' detaile&'infcrmation rela
tive to the fish from,which the tag.-'
were taken, including the place, date
and gear used nr catching them, it
will he able to study the direction of
the runs, rate of travel, etc., more
i horou'-bly than has been possible in
the past. In the tagging operations a
record was kept of the date of tag
ging and release of each fish and the
place of release,^
Science, and Invention
t'l-uis lor nuiidyj^ Houses oi glass
are being considered Jjjr glass e.x
^ ports.
A daily .newspaper. in London is
; now -orinted qn paper made ^entirely
of strajv.
Electric welding is replacing the
I steam and air riveter on structural
' steel vork.
_
j A new type of electric motor; total
ly enclosed, has been,designed for use
in gaseous mines.
The most igiivepsalyof forces, grav
itation. is th eone whiyh-remains the
greatest mystery ot. scieqti^ts.
A lock t^as peen invented,.tyaat re
cords th ename of, anyone who opynsj
the door, together with the date and
time at which it was opened.
Dr; Uharkst ,C. Wylie, an astron
omer of the University, of Iowa, has
adopted a system whereby he can set
his watch by the position of the stars.
Invention of a device which will
point our the location of subterranean
metal deposits is claimed by six mem
bers of >he University-.of ■■ Wisconsin
faculty. -
A machine gun mounting for air
planes, which sprays, . bullets- .as a
spr: ikling nozzle of a hose, sprays
wa r ,is the newest, war- invention in J,
England.
i
me reuroci/pt! in tiie worm,
with a 41-inch lens, is in course - of
construction at- Newcastle, England,
and is destined for an observatory in
the miudle of Siberia. »
A “pressure ,tester'’'has been in
vented, used much like: a nre gauge,
to test the ripeness of apples. The
purpose is to determine the length of
time th efruit will keep in storage.
A new form of steel has been in
vented by a Swiss named Mosshard,
which is claimed to be 49 per cent
lighter than ordinary steel and to af
ford- .'I O'per cent.saving in consstruc
tion costs.
Electric advertising signs- with
movable letters are used in Berlin as
a means of, notifying policemen on
their beats and'also enlisting the aid
of the public in running down, law-,
breakers.
Dr. F. B. Whipple, of Peoria, 111,,
has a method whereby the bark can
be removed fro mdogs. Humane so
cieties are studying the rusults, with
the idea of saving the lives of many
dogs that have made nuisaances of
themselves by innocent barking, .
A False Rumor
John S. Summer, whose work for
the moral purification of New Ybrk
has made him widely known, said in'
in a recent address:
“I a infrequently maligned. I am
often made out by the vicious to be a
crank. In fact, there was a rumoor
the other day that I intended starting
a nation-wide campaign against all
vice presidents.”
PRESS SQUIBS.
It is uncretain whether the worl<
has settled for a long peace, bat It’:
a sure thing it hasn’t settled for th*
last war,—Virginian-Pilot.
1 he radio has worked one great pd
vantage to apartment dwelllera. - I'
has furnished' more clothesline*.,. oi
the roof.—New York American
A statistician has figured it oui
that the average New Yorker's. an
nual output of rubbish is one,ton* ex
elusive of plays.—Detroit News.
Science has advance*! to the poini
where they can find a chip of an an
cient animal’s,- toe joint and tell hov
old its mother-in-law was.«-New
York American..
If France really wants tp
the Riffians she should send some,*►,
those commissions that have bee^
making arrangements to pay wai
debts.-—Manila Bulletin..
A congressman claims to have car
ried the same umbrella 665,0fW> jnile;
through 110 countries. It is ..*spme<
‘tfHat by this time he has eluded it
owner.—Detroit News.
The heroic spectacle of the centurj
is Dawes’ valiant fight to escapt
from the oblivion which surround.'
the vice presidency. The betting odd;
at the ringside are 10 to 1 against
him.—New York American.
The Way of Anthers.
George Doran, the , publisher
crackpd n joke about .authors at *
farewell dinner that was given him
in New York on the occasion of hi:
departure for Europe.
“Authors,” he sr.id,t “never - ihipl
about money, and every- blessed book
they write they axpect a royalty big
enough to keep them from thinking
abouot money for the pest of theii
born days.”
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Tokotna,,
Swift’s Ham and Baco.n ,
Golden State Butter, l
and. Cheese
New Stock.of Green HoQd
Woolen Goods A
Hood All RufcrherPacs vV.
Ladies’ Furnishings,
Arctics, Felt Slippera.
\
King Island Mukiuka] r.
Stamped Enbroideriei
Ladie*' Shorn and Slippers ,.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader,. .
Furs Bousrht and. ..
Sold. .
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies^ .
Steamer Service On the tonifa
River. r.
Ask tits Peoplu of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
WHO IS RICH?
I In a recent issue of the Nashville
i Banner, a Tennessee clergyman tells
■ a simple little story of two rich men,
which illustrated the fact that wealth j
is not measured by worldly po^st s
■ sions alone.
■ In front of a little store -at Thcmp
1 son’s Station the richest man in
WUiiaroston county chatted with a
group of friends, when they • were
■ approached by a neighbor farmer,
bearing three small packages in his j
' hands, who said in substance:
“Well, I have sold ten uushels of j
wheat and. I am -taking a few things
' home to Mollie and the children.”
i Holding the packages up one by one
I Tie continued: “Here ds a calico dress
for Mollie, some apples for Lizzie,
and a dime’s worth of candy for little
Tommy- -They will all be waiting for
me down.hyjthe Iptigate-gate. Mollie
"ffe not expecting this dress, and the
^childrep will be tickled to get the
-apples and candy.”
As he drove away, the rich man in
the crowd turned to -his companions
' and said, -w
1 ■ “Boys, I would "give every dollar I
possess, if I; coaid feel the happiness
that man feels at this moment. When
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Tokotna
Pool Hall
OH, BOYS!
r, FiiM^ssortment of Pipes
I AU kinds o; Tobaccos,
Cipuet.fcRs and Cigars
i fV^f LIne of Stationery -j
If
Notions, Etc.
'mdi Candies and
Soft Drmks
Tooth Brashes
TtiHrtk Paste and Powder
I !
Canvas Gloves
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
be gets home he will find more af
fection and rejoicing than I have ex
perienced in ten years.”
In thousands of humble homes
throughout the land, such scenes as
that , which markedthe Tennessee far
mer’s return are being enacted daily
These .are the* homes of those who ar
truly rich.
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokutna, Alaska
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Du Rand’s j
Cafe and !
Hotel
Fist City > '
! B.&LStore
McGrath, Alaska
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Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Furs Bought and Sold
Moose Skin Mitts and Boots
King Island Mukluks
Babeesh, or Sled Lsshing
Voigt’s Dog Harness, the very
Best
! PARK AS—Cuff and hood of
wolf skin, $6.00. Come and
get them while they last. ,
| A, R. Eldridge
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley >
Naparaute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson
Proprietor
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FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
See Joe Ferris or Bud Rilejv