j? {Y OF
The Mata ^cultural College
and School oi ftlioeS
The Kusko Times
VOL. 1. NO. 22
McGRATH, ALASKA, APRIL 2. 1921.
PRICE 25 CIS NT
REDUCTIONS
FOR j00,000
Packing Industry Em
ployes Accept Wage
Reductions.
Washington, Mar, 31-*—Work
• ers in the packing industry num
i bering one hundred thousand
have accepted wage reductions
r ranging from five to 15 per cent,
under an agreement signed on
Thursday with representatives
of the packers. The negotia
i tions were conducted through
the Department of Labor under
4 the personal supervision of Sec
retary ofi Labor Davis. The con
clusion of these negotiations, it
is believed, has been the means of
averting: a strike ofb'ne largest magni
tude. T<fce agreement, among other
. conditions, provides for an eight-hour
day, with tsix, months’ time da which to
arbitrate’ differences.%
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IS LAUNCHED
; Superdreadnaught, One
of the Largest and
IMost Powerful.
Camden, N. J., March 31.—
The superdreadnaught Colorado
was launched today from the
Delaware* river yards. She is
vthe largest and most powerful
battleship ever built, and is the
second of eleven great super
• dreadnaugbts authorized in 191b.
. A sister ship, the Maryland, is.
, nearing completion at the New
, port News yards* and will prob
. ably-be commissioned some time
. during the present year.
Upper Silesians Appar
ently Favor Germany
Berlin, March’30.—In the plebiscite
• taken by Upper Silesians on Sunday
they apparently have cast their future
in national states with Germany, in
- stead of with Holland. The -returns
indicate a two-to-ODe vote in favor of
• Germany.
Sam .»esvoog came down from Big
river on Tuesday.
•>Jack McDonald came in from Candle
; yesterday.
Kuskokwim Lode District .Will
Be Proven By Work Now Going
On, Engineer Wernecke Asserts
In an interview accorded the Juneau
Empire, some weeks ago, Livingston
Wernecke, geologist and mining en
gineer for the Treadwell and allied
companies, gave the following summary
of the Nixon country and of the prob
lems that face operators who are try
iog to develop the district.
“The town of McGrath, -situated 570
miles above the mouth of the Kusko
kwim river, is 70 miles below the junc
tion of the North and South Forks, the
head of steamer navigation on thfr'Kos
kokwim. McGrath is at the mouth of
the Tacotna river, which is a slow,
sluggish stream, averaging 400 to 500
feet from bank to bank.
“McGrath, although originally a fur
trading post, is rapidly becoming a
supply point for miners and prospect
ors. Previously Ophir, then Tacotna,
furnished most of the supplies to placer
miners, but with the installation of a
dredge at Candle creek four years ago
McGrath became the supply point.
l“$he discovery of lode deposits of
gold, silver and copper in 1918 on N Lxon
fork of the Tacoma brought additional
trade to McGrath. Now, with the ad
vent of three more dredges—two on
Yankee creek and one on Ganes creek—
and> the recent development of the
Alaska Treadwell and allied companies
on the ore properties, McGrath is about
to be put on the map to stay, provided
the flood waters of the Kuskokwim do
-not wash the townsite down to Bethel,
whicb almost occurred last spring. Al
though the prospects may be bright for
McGrath, there is no cause at present
for a stampede or large influx of men
looking for work. Sufficient and excel
lent help is available locally and is all
Amerioan.
Transportation.
“Transportation to McGrath at pres
ent- is a problem. Three summer and
two winter routes are available. The
a-M water summer route from Seattle to
Bethel audup the Kuskokwim is the
only practical freight route. The ton
nage that car* be carried by this route
is limited only by the size of the boats
which the volume of business demands.
Ocean-going boats drawing 19 feet of
water or less can reach Bethel, TO miles
above the mouth of the Kuskokwim,
The Kuskokwim is the easiest of all
Alaska ri-vers to navigate; the water is
confined to one .channel, containing
neither rapids nor rocks. The open
season for freighting is during the
months of June. July. August and Sep
tember.
“The other two routes are via the
Yukon river either down from White
horse or up from St. Michael. One
route leaves the Yukon at Holy Cross,
; thence -up ths< Iditarod river to 4dit—
jarod. thence overland afootor on horse
back 120 miles to Tacotna, thence down
the Tacotna to McGrath. The summer
route leaves the Yukon at Russian
Mission, thence across a portage to the
Kuskokwim at Bethel, and then up the
Kuskokwim. Some of the summer mail
comes over this route, and the remain
der via the ecean-going boats, but all
goes on the same river boat -to Mc
Grath.
“A fourth summer route is being
contemplated, which is via the Govern
ment railway to Nenana; thence down
the TaDaDa river, up the Kantisbna
river to Lake Menchumina, across a
20-mile portage to the bead of -the
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Death of Gibbons Dis
tinct Loss to Country,
Says Pres. Harding
Washington, march 28.—President
Harding sent a message to the aux
iliary bishop of Baltimore, expressing
sorrow at the death of Cardinal Gib
bons. which h'* says is a distinct loss to
the oountry.
Mrs. Stout; mother of Mrs. E. P.
Werner, who suffered a relapse- on
Thursday, is reported as somewhat im
proved todav._
G. W, C. Glass, who has been in
charge of the Flume Dredging Com
pany’s interests on Yankee creek, and
son, Ophir, left this morning for An
chorage, on their way to Seattle.
J. Collints and William Swathers,
from Anchorage, are registered at the
Clough.___
Hockey Championship.
Vancouver, March 31.—The first
game in the world’s hockey champion
ship, between Ottawa and Vancouver,
was won by the latter last night - by a
■score of- 3 to 1.
Sixteen Are Acquitted
t>f Charge of Murder
ing Private Detective
WilliarastowD, W. Va., March 30.—
A jury today acquitted sixteen resi
dents of Matewan charged with killing
Albert Felts, a private detective, in a
street battle at Matewan last May,
during-a strike of the miners, when de
tectives tried to eject miners from-the
mining company’s houses.
ijuick WorkBy Operators.
Mrs. Stout, mother of Mrs. E. P.
Werner, suffered a relapse Thursday.
Sergeant Downer," with the help ol
other kindly disposed operators, rushed
a message to Dr. Beeson, at Anchor
age, who had attended Mrs. Stout on
his recent trip through here, and re
ceived a reply in just forty-three min
utes, giving directions for Mrs. Stout’s
treatment. The message had to be
relayed three times over focal lines,
and once oo another line.
Today §ergeam Downer sent another
message, in which five minutes were
clipped off yesterday’s record, the reply
coming in exactly 38 minutes.
WAGE CUTS
ANNOUNCED
International Harvester
Company, President
to Office Boys.
Chicago, March 30,—The In
ternational Harvester Company
today,announced a reduction in
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5
wages for' every* persor.' in its
employ from .the prssihenhof the
company down to the office boys.
Announcement was also made
‘that, -on account of prevailing
economic conditions, it would be
necessary to lay 1 off several
thousand men during the next
two months.
Greg Stewart and son, Warren, ar
rived Thursday from the Slow Fork
couotry. They report 'nafire had a
hard trip, being 3ince March 12 on the
trail. On account of the large volume
of snow thev had to leeve a Mtrge p<*tt
of their outfit on the East Fork.
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AMBUSHES
IN IRELAND
In Several Sections, Re
sult in Many Killed
. and Wounded.
Dublin, k March 30.—Twenty
four. people were killed and
thirty wounded in ambush fight
ing on -Wednesday in various
•sections cf '‘Ireland, iir reprisal
for recent executions.
The fighting activities during
the past few days resulted *in
six civilians being killed at Cork,
a captain and four soldiers killed
at Dublin, and eight killed and
twenty wonnded near Dingle.
JiilicnEiectfedMeiD -
ber of Legislature
Juneau, March 31.—Victor'H. Julies
was .the only candidate voted for at the
special election in Nome on Tuesday,
to fill vacancy in Legislature from that
division caused by the death of E. W.
Burroughs. Julien has left Seat tie-for
Juneau, and will be sworn in as a mem
ber of the Legislature upon receipt of
official notification of his election. .«
W. T. Vandserpool returned Sunday
trom Nixon, to which place he took ~r.
load of freight j
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