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March 3rdj-IS79.
MIXING DEVELOPMENT IN Kl SKOKM It!
HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF RolDS—
One of the prime needs of the entire Kuskokwihi
basin is ro-uis. and more roads.
There shoved he a network of roads throughout the.
eountrv, with at least one rr-.in arteiv w .h which these
shorter hi '.rways could c nncet. i. s main artery
should connect with The Alaska PaL.uad at solhe point,
perhaps at Id . Kinlfey Pari nr: at. .. ikeetna. Although'
this road would p„ss through ,-.iles of country in
which but little mineral r.is beer i d, it would, nev. i
theless provide a a utlet far prosp.ctirs and mining op
erators b>- >vhich they could l. eight, in. the r machinery
and cth- '._ppi.ee. A i road would open up a lot of
virgin country to prosp-c.ors.
Virh .he present muring- revival ir> av*ry. section
of thfe Kusfcotwlm area, it is vital, y nece ssary that this
* 'naive rtttd nroiriiam get under way at once. It seems
to us .ha; .his area has been slighted in the pest years,
and that we am only con-iuered after all other -sections
of cfcc i.i.i.oiy hav<- been laden care of In the matter
oft roads. Although the-nojaiiatlnn. in this country is
scattered -mr a wice urea,. Caere, are-- eve-aL .bousand
pe.p,e who make their names in the ni val.ey
th. yea, arcui.o, . ho arc as u-aclt bnti. c-d .., cuOtidgra
tion as ary .other pv; cf .-lassa. Our main krouhlb. ae
brieve, lies in the face that must. of. the eon:,..unities
arc- snail and widely separated, in most instances, and
have b.en unable to get tog»ther ta make a- votu-ert.-d.
effort t • secure th?. thin _s teeded hare, as is- d .ne by
the ti ne p i - .a.c . -cc.icn.% of the Tm ,-i.ory.
ve aow-v im; ,u\ mere is
an urgen* need fur a read fi go Crooked; Alr-eek, or
C*ors«.:ow:.. situated on the Kuskckw l,. u_ -vr, abju:
! ; v:e: M ruth ar.d L-. lxl. la Idixrod
“his road would tap potr. mining districts,
ai.c w. ulu spa; further pospeeling activity. This high-'
way w.uia ..-.EiCL up w.th a p^e-e <f load aavut 15
n.-.er .o ~ v ...h a already built from: Iditarod to Flat
an 1 ih. -x-h - ' iilow Creek.. The new road would he
tlx.-: 55 miles long.
This road would connect up .’ itt .a creek ob which
the Misco'.tuh Eiothers operate which .has produced as
high a c3j,t00 a season, as well as connecting up with
Ge t go River ar.d Donior. Creek, a ti .hutary of Crocked
Creek.
Another advantage of this road, is that operators
could get spring freight in a: least ten cays .erli.r each
year and freight costs would-be reduced from 3-4 of a
cent to 1 ’-2 cents t er ; .... d.
The p: >p; ed toad from Takotra to Niton Forks is
•r.cc' vi i., *a. »» .' . e.uei. --gi-u. . .• ha.build
ing of .hi. road '«-s begun as—ar. back as 1921. and is.
sul. appat.rely ^usi :n th. .-Iking stage- TSereTl"
be . ie ui>o_. .he n.-.a or -h.s road in u -uter L-.su u.
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BETTER M SERVICE FOE KL'SKOKWIST
• Air SET l' YEARS AGO—
L king back over the files of IT y ars ago, w
fin article headed: “THIS cECIION NEEDS
EL.TEr. !•. AIL SERVICE." And w;’re sti l harping
on :t. Continuing further ;n the art id*, we read: “How
much a-nger must the residents of McGrath ana adja
cent Iocane.es put up with their present miserable tnaiT
set .ice". Admittedly miserable because of the circuit
cu : c utes that mail fre n tag Outside halt to travel, and
the or.g time it aonsumes in reaching its domination in
thi- section of the Kuskokwim.”
At the time cf this writi.ng.'Yt took. If* days to land
mail f: n Ner.a: a in the winter by dog-team and from
18 to 50 days in the summer-time. But this included
both the fir:* and second class mail.
Is 'he service improved today with the use of air
planes' Ii has on first class mail, but on the other,
hand, wc have fallen down on second s!«as.-Today there i
is no certain provision for the transportation of second I
class n aii m the winter time. The poundage limit in
the mail contract is far too’ lew, mrRing it possible to
only carry a small part of the second class mail. We
do get second class mail and parcel post once a month,
starting in July, for a period of four months by boat
. iGam.inued to last.column -on this pag^i ,
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TAKEN' FROM THE FILES OF TRL Kl'SKO TIMES;
Dair McEae left Thursday on a trip
to Xixon. -
John E_ Strand came .dowu from
Six-«i on Thursday.
Tom Conley arrived ■from the Pe
L'k Reolhills. orar’Ibursdr.y to spend
fc» bays. in McGrath.
J-nj.. J: Strand tame down from
Xi -.on ast Sunday, driving in from
Ruby Creek .n fix hours. He re
turned home; Tuesday.
CFllKPLE — Greer.bc-rg & Co’well
are prospect ng en Fox Gulch, prep
aratory .to running a ditch from El
Joado Creel; tor a hydraulic plant.
Carreren and Wellers arc prepar
ing to move supplies to their ground
on Cripple Creek. They have the
ground; blocked out, and: will drift
the c tiling season and dump in the
boxes..
Nellie i_5tshrr.- . famous "(itnfurh
of Alaska, has gone to the States
.'or a vacation. For many years she
has participated in adventures that
outrival the best talcs of fiction. She
will return- some time next month.
Mr. an! Mrs; T. McLean, also
Curley Tqtk, all members of the
Tana crew; are comfortably situated
near- the Tulumksak and aD are re
ported weH.
Owing to. the heavy depth of snow
the Kutrhler drivers and teams, in
freighting from the Tanana to Mc
Grath, are having a hard struggle.
LOS ANGELES — Charles Sproul,
wci^ k. ow- N<v themer, who was
v "U the N.C Company in the boom
days of Lawson, was married h re to
Mjcs Edith Car;y. Mr. Sproul and
bride e:-. pent to return North soon.
Ja*rA> Fullerton, of Flat, arrived
in Mc( rath. Mr. Fu lerton will leav*
tomorrow ir.crrrng for Anchorage, in
compary with Jack Stevens, their
combined teams of 16 dogs being
used for the trip.
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Louis Blacfcbairn returned yesterday
from the Tolstoi. He and Charlie
Goebtbei have completed their opera
tions there for the. t'me being. Mr.
Goebbel made a business trip over to
Flat.
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After a trip of -nx days, four days
of which were ttfcen in snowshoeing,
w.th a team of seven dogs, Ora
Barahart and 'Ikey1 Hayes landed in
McGr"th i n Monday, coming from
To’ •wiksak. near which point the.
> stean,. r Tana is dying in winter quar
ters. Ttuey state that Hie trip to
this place was a bard one, owing to
the heavyvdepths of snow, wh ch
seemed to b.csme worse toward this
end of: ihe journey
sum FOOD RECIPES
. i BT T. S. (TED) McADAMS
(The Kiuko Times Chef)
KOSKOKWIM STEW
G reas*. the bottom of an iroir pot
and place in it. three or four pounds
of nancse, cut. ir.ta cubes and cook
until nicely browned: add 3 sliced
carrots, 2 sliced onions, salt and
peppe:. 2-pesper-eorns, cover with
water, aasi cook, slowly until vegeta
bles are ter-der, then add 4 medium
sized potatoes quartered, and cook
until tender. Use two cups of toma
toes if desired..
DUHTLEMGS.FOR SAME
2-cups flour.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
1-—teaspoon salt.
1 ccp water, milk, or meat broth.
Sift, dry ingredients together; Mx
to batter and drop with spoon into
boiling stew. Cover end cook undis
turbed from 10 to 20 minutes de
pending cn size f dumpings.
>^H1TE ■ AYEK CAKE
feupt-sugar.
1 cup butter' or lard ".
1 er. T jr - white*.,
i 'rp r';rk.
-5 ups ffwzru.
1 h-ap.ng easp on baking powder.
2 ea aocss vanilla.
Cream butter and sugar welL add
r lowly, the sgg wnit.s, then he
ilk and: lastly the flour siflpd with
' iking yowder. '
sugaFcookies;
1 1-2 cups sugar.
1 cup lard..
| 3 eggs.
1-2 cup milk
a cups flo«
2.heaping teasp<a>ns baking powder.
Lemvc flavor.
Ort..m sugar r nd lard, add eggs
slowly; then tniik; then flour sifted
with baking powder. Do not work
mixture toa much. Roll out and cut
Mother Leather Lips' Recipe for
rabbit track soup
t Contributed)
In., order to fuliy enjoy this soup,
it us necessary to have the proper
rrciionmcnt, but to get that, one
must comply strictly to Native form
ula, to w.t: Start out along in the
spring on a hunting and trapping
trip short of grub, intending to live ;
6" of the. coimgry. After being on :
5 her. rations tor some time and have
tighc.-nud the beit to the last hole,
.ben, and then only, will one enjoy I
to "the fullest, Rabb.t Track S.;up.
Th; proper procedure is, of course,
to ‘ . afco.t trades, o b-ttcr, a wrfi-j
k a n trail, then curcfai.-y gather
he surface With an. thing y u have!
at hand, sneh as a ckz tfc Lr.lfw od
paddle, or even your paw will do the j
trek. Af.tr Sl ing- ary hr. or car
at hand, put ora a slow Sre. Thir
ir esseet ai in order not to scorch it,
. od th n briiVi to the boiling point
and consume at leisure. It is very
"i’fng and quite stirrclat'lrp by using
a-iouniotf irsag-lnation.
MICHELS R0AD?‘CMJ2E
McGRATH, ALASKA
Good Meals-Comfortable Beds
WHERE YOU GET COURTESY AND SERVICE
TIMELY EDITORIALS
Culled From Our Exchanges
ALASKA’S TIN SUPPLY—
(Fairbanks K'ewr-M'Ber)
Tin is one of the few mine; a's which is not found
in contnemal America and which is plentiful'y distribu
ted throughout Alaska. Ye: t he * production of this
highly essential mineral in this. Territory is so light
that :t cuts no great ecorc- frctor. There is a reason.
Costs of transportation iron, the localities where it
occurs and the necessity cf sending it across the Pa. idc
Ocea- to be treated n Singnpor. are great handicaps.
America needs tin ;n the commercial world and sh
needs it as a war time material. Th able article ap
pearing in the News-Miner several days ago by J. W.
Farrell sets out the sitratiop in r *pect to Alaska tin
and stresses the point that w h } \i>rnr cnt aid in pro
ducticn of this Territory wo. d sol e the problem of
the American supply.
Petitions are to be presented to the Territorial Leg
islature and sent to Alaska’s delegate- asking for gov
ernment aid in opening the Alaska tin supply. The
Legislature will do well to support the matter in a
strong memorial to the federal government, and thus
strengthen the hands of Alaska’s del -gate and other
friends at Washington, in the matter.
Opening up of tin properties throughout Alaska
would not only give th - nafon r much need d home
supply, but a1, the samv time have a i .-t si.muiatin
effect on Alaskan Inc.- tty, giving -mpl yment to many
mer treat.r.g afi.c nd opet.i.tg a new mu rket for
American farm and fae. y pioouns, and. best of all,
keeps a heavy flow- of American money from goir.g
forciga for purcha .e u th - heavy slocks of tin now an
nually consumed ,n*htr i any Industrie--.
Tin mining shot d a. > rti . ne cf the most imposing
columns of mine producti 1. .n Alaska and be a matt.r
of great national pr.de. The government ha.- stepped
up the price of go.'d, a:ding the go.d i..rer, t nd pays
a handsome bounty on .iver. V. hy not do >n: thing
for tin. a mineral greatly needed by the nation and of
which Alaska has plenty lying dorma.it, while foreign
tin controis the situation.
SAFEST INVEST’” ;
(Seward Gateway;
Contrary to gcneial bci.ef, go«d mining is n; mu
ling. in fact, it is the safest investment know.* Gold
is the only arjcie or. earth fot which th.re is always
a marker and th. demu :d aiway. exceeds the supp.y.
Therefore, ail the hazards f marketing—which aie
of vital importance to the success of all business -are
eliminated.
There has never been a time when there was . uifi
cient gold w> supply the needs of the world.
(i CCAL EIMTORiAL—CONTINUED>•—
to Oi-h:r. It goes to Xenana by ra:! and there tiar.s
ters to a boat and down the Tsnana to th? Yukon,
down the Yukon to Holy Cross. At the latter place,
the mail for this section goes up the Innoko R er t
Orhir end '< distributed from here ‘ j the s ri uridir,!
points. The Star Airway carries first class rreil tnl>,
from Anchorage during the summer months on the reg
ular weekly schedule.
Coming back to the present winter schedule a.-.u
outgoing mail tf al ckss. . we fird that ft. m h im<
the maii is picked up by p.ar.c ir. .'akotna, ; ; trie
F.at, a week has eiaps.a before it . caches rairb..r,ks
Tbe P.A.A. plan br.n. . g mail from Fairbanks to Mc
Grath, the point from wkere the two route s-a't. ;
t-.us to .. w. be.,:e nt . .. carying th nail
out on the down-river o-L.- a:ui on th Takolt.a- • ,.r
Fta, mu, ~uu i-S. Hl.: t.i, mud p.. k,u up o. .ese
reuses must lay over in uieGra.h un.il the r turn ,i the
place from Fairbanks, one w.e . la. r.
Wc do cat .are to return to .h day:- when the
mails wer. cart led by ,ogteaa.a, but it locks au t v. th
th; use of mode:. „ri’.unut, we odd at least e.p.ct
as good or a little better service. Th mail might nave
been s.mtwku. s.ot.-.i in uanstt in .he old cay.-, but it
was aiway t deperak-bi. ai.d Lrc. he, AI L the mud on
a.h trip.
U by net n.ai.V • . tfc > fa . . . .. f
transforms ion ar-i giva a.s r,;. Ku.k.i.urir. c. . ,-y a
serves som.wheiu near a jar with .fat ■ st of the Ter
ritory? Sixteen ytai s .1 ui. sat: .at ..on and complaint
bno,. d be long enough, it is about time to -tart get
ting a little action.
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Extract from the letter of a quick-tempered man:
“My stenographer being a lady, cannot transcribe
what I th .iit f you. I, b.ing a gentleman, cannot say
:t, but you being neither, will doubtless understand
what 1 mean."
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' hat shall I do'.'” wailed the sweet young thing,
'I’m engaged to a man who just can’t bear children.”
“Well," remarked the kindly old lady, “you mustn’t:
rxpect too much of a man.”