THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. IV. NO. 46
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1924.
PRICE 25 CENTS
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LEVIATHAN
OF THE AIR
ZR-3 Lamfs in America
in Record-Breaking
Flight
Lakehurst Airdrome.—Mark
ing a new era in aerial history,
the ZK S slid into its birth at the
naval airdrome yesterday after
noon. It made a beautiful stop,
driving to the edge of the plat
form, turning and skirting a
quarter of. the-earth’s circumfer
ence before’pausing* front of
the airdrome.
The great dirigible completed
the journey from Fredericks
haven in eighty hours and forty
five minutes. Dr. Hugo Erke
ner commander of the airship,
and president of the Zeppelin
company, declared: “Gentlemen,
a new world record of 5,006
miles has been set. The first
part of the voyage was tine, but
the last part was made difficult
by heavy weather. From 5
o’clock Tuesday morning to 5
this morning we battled against
a 55 to ^.mile an boar wind/’
The previous records set by
dirigibles was the 500-mile flight
of the French blimp Dixuiude in
19f?8, and the 3.500-mile cruise
completed by the German Zep
pelin 59'during the world war,
when it 'lew to Africa.
Thousands of people ffom- all
parts of the surrounding country
lined the roads to watch the ZR-3
make its landing1.
C New Ytork.—The ZH-3 reached here
after having been in the air 79 hours
and 15 minutes from Frederickshaven.
ItS'S-ilvery sides gleamed iD the uneer
tain light of the early morning, reflect'
iny bow and then the rays of the rising
sun. The dirigible circled Manhattac
five times, and them pointed its nose
towards Lakehurst, The speed of the
air leviathan over the Atlantic was
greater than that of the swiftest liner,
The ZR .‘5 is the last Zeppelin to be
built by ukase ot the allied powers, and
is the “spoils of war” of the United
Slates from the world war. Its length
Is 656 feet; diameter. 90 (i(i feet; height,
101.68 feet; weight, 88,190 poundst.totai
lifd, 180.000 pounds; gas capacity,
2,472.000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas
passeng.es capacity, passengers,
with liberal cargo allowances; power,
equipped with four power cars, eacfc
with a 12‘uyUnder, 400-horsepower,
specially designed Maybach motor:
construction, chiefly duralumin, with
some-steel, wireless, has a radius ol
2,560 nai’es for- telegraph and 315 miles
for< telephone.
Speedi not less than 76 miles an hour,
with alb asotors running full; or 6fc
miles on live motors at cruising speed,
63 miles with four motors, 56 miles
with three motors.
Charlie Ross, from Flat, with, the
second outgoing mail, arrived Tuesday,
leaviog Wednesday on his way to Big
river, where he connected with the
first incoming winter mail, with which
be arrived here on Saturday. Coming
with the mail carrier was Mr. Riser, a
wireless operator, who is on his way-'lc
Holv Cross to assume ctiaige-ctUslhe
wireless station there
ALASKA’S
RAILROAD
Landis Is Out of Man
i
agerial Job; Another
One Coming Soon.
Anchorage.—In an interview
which Lee H. Landis erstwhile
manager of the Alaska Railroad
is said to have given in San
Francisco, he declared. “An
chorage is off the map.”
Commenting on the Landis at
tack, Thomas C. Price, presi
dent of the local Chamber of
rnercs,. said;: **The statement,
evidently showed the bad taste
of a man who has failed. ’
Two men are under considera
tion to succeed Noel W. Smith,
special assistant to the Secretary
of the Interior, who is going to
; Washington to make his report
on railroad matters.
Landis in his interview de
dared that he had obtained an
other job.
!-—
When Leo Rodrigue
Flew to Fairbanks
Fairbanks News Miner: Noel WeiD,
Fairbanks aviator, arrived here after
having been in the air three hours and
twenty minutes from McGrath. He
elates-that it was one of the hardest
tripe-hp :,b» ewp uodertakeav a blind
i tog snowstorm making it almost impos
I sible to keep the course. The weather
was excellent when he left McGrath,
but near Lake Minchumina the plane
ran into the snow, which continued the
rest of the trip. From Nenaoa nothing
could be seen except a heavy black
cloud, and Wein expected to be forced
1 lack at any minute. Mr. Rodrigue
| came up in the plane, and both he and
I Wein were numbed by the cold by the
J time thev reached the local field.
No More Free Gar
den Seeds in Alaska
B’or the past fifty years os more Con
i gross has appropriated several, hundred
thousand dollars annually Jor the pur
chase of garden seeds which were dis
tributed among the constituents of sen
ators and congressmen For the past
twenty-five years Alaskans have had a
share of these seeds. They were dis
tributed from the headquarters of the
■ Alaska experiment station at Sitka,
and they have aided materially in-pro
viding the luxuriant vegetable and
; flower gardens for which Alaska is be
, coming famous. The last congress
abolished free seed distribution, which
| order will also apply to Alaska.
The agronomist in charge of the
i Alaska experiment station desires to
i make lhi9 fact known to Alaska farm
ers generally by timely Douce, so that
they can have time to send to seeds
men for catalogues from which to se
lect seeds for spring planting. Head
visesthatt farmers should act ou this
information immediately.
Grant Murdock returned Wednesday
nigbtffrom a visit of a couple of days
at McGrath.
i Dave-Mutchler returned Wednesday,
troop a. business trip at Flat,,
Victor Sibelle Passes
Awav, Pioneers’ Home
Victor Sibeile, former resident of
tbis section, died at the Pioneers’
Home Hospital. Sitka, on October 14,
accardiog to a communication received
by Deputy Marshal Peter MeMuifutr
from Then Kettlesoo. superintendent
of the Home. who writes:
“Dear .V!r McMullen: I wish to ad
vise you tfiPi Victor Sibelle, who came
from McGrath, died at the Pioneers’
Home hospital October 14, and was
buried in the Pioneers’ cemetery the
following day.
“Sibelie, the last five or six months,
bad been in very bad shape mentally,
the last two months having been the
worst. He wanted to do everything
but what be should do. Of course, he
was in failing health all the time and
we knew he could not last long, so we
made the best of it and worried alocg
with him the best we could. The rest
of the Pioneers object, of course, to
having such a charge around, but
owioe to his age I would not think- of
committing him to an asylum.
“Kindly notify the closest Pioneers’
igloo and Tom Aitken and all his old
acquaintances around your precinct of
his death.’
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Compensation Act Case
Heard, McGrath Court
Harvey Williams was plaintiff and
the Kuskokwiin Dredging Company de
fendant in the trial of a case at Mc
Grath on Mooday and Tuesday last,
before Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool. Tbe action was one brought
under the Alaska compensation act. in
which plaintiff asked for $247 for in
juprss alleged to have been received
during the past-working season while
in the employ of the defendant com
pany.
Two juries heard the case.
Tne first jury, on Monday, was un
able to reach a verdict, the jury stand
ing 5 to 1 in favor of the defendant.
This jury was as follows: F. E Mat
thews, Chester Brink, A. 14. Eldridge,
Aody Schat f, John-McDonald, Joseph
Keene.
The second jury, sitting on Tuesday,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
The jury was as follows: John Peter
son. George Mutcbler, Mrs. George
Murchl-ar, Sd Stevenson, Dan Spaague,
Gus Schuien.
The defendant companv has appealed
the ease to the district court.
Army to Return to Old
Practice in Mobilization
Boston.—General Brewster, com
manding the First army oorps, an
nounces that the war department plana
6 > return to the methods of the Revo
lution in mobilisation. In tbe future
truops wifi be gathered near their
homes for training,..aud will be re
placed bv neighbors when incapacitat
ed in service.
He said: ‘“Never again will men be
hoarded in huge cantonments at enor
mous expense and far from home.”
Pioneer Hall on Saturday evening
last was the scene of a most enjoyable
dancing party, complimentary to Mrs.
Frank LarsoD, who will leave soon for
toe Outside for a several months’ visit.
Dancing lasted until 2:30 a. m. An
excellent lunch, provided by several
Tokotna ladies, was served at the mid
night hour.
John Krieger, after a business visit
here of several davs, left Friday for
Oofiir, on his way te Tolstoi.
COAL FOUND
IN ARCTIC
Some of Greatest Bodies
of »! on Continent,
Says Geologist.
Sea trie.—Dr. Philip S. Smith
and his seven companions re
turned here yesterday after a
summer spent in the Arctic re
gions, exploring for the Geolog
ical Survey.
They report having found vast
quantities of coal within the Arc
tic Circle, withm hitherto im
penetrated wastes.
Dr. Smith said; “The foot
hills and great valleys which are
north of the Endicott range con
tain some of the greatest bodies
of coal on the American conti
nent, proving that Alaska once
had a climate which if not sub
tropical had a tropical climate.
No vegetation now exists there
suitable to form coal/’
After leaving Seattle in Janu
ary last, the Smith party, head
ing north from Nenana with
dogs, in two parties, formed
one party exploring the Colville
river and tributaries and another
party exploring the Chipp river
and adjacent sueatn. The party
left for Washington today to
report.
Ibanez Plans Drive
to Oust Spain’s King
Paris. — Vincente Biased Ibanez,
famous Spanish author, will devote the
rest of his life “to fighting King Al
phonso and the military dictatorship
of Spain, and to making a republic of
mV beloved countrv. rescuing her from
an oppressive tyranny,” he said in an
interview here today.
“For a long time I have been prepar
ing to expose and attack conditions in
Spain, and now I hope to publish them
throughout the world, and strike a
ringing blow at tyrauny,” Ibanez said.
“As lonli us King Alphonso i» in
Spain I shall fi^ht him. I shall do
everything possible to topple him from
his throne.
“Spain ha* submittep too long to
pitiless tyranny, and there must be an
end to this new era of inquisition.
“Ooly a republic can save Spain.
“My country is torn and held under
a reign of terror. She is like a woman
locked in a room with felted doors, her
cries heard by nobody.
“lam going to m- to make them
heard, and uy tha. rt will devote niv
life.”_
Henry Martella. '-ho returned here
yesterday from a trip to Medfra, will
leave within the next three or four
bays for Neoa a, having as passengers
from Tokotna Mrs. Frank Larson and
daughter Francis, who will spend the
winter in Seattle, and Charles Isaac
son, who is-also headed for the Outside.
Chester Brink returned Tuesday
from McGrath, accompanied by Happy
Jacobson,._
George Mutchler, after au overnight
here, returned to McGrath on Friday.
Austin Horner was a Thursday ar:
rival from McGrath
5 KILLED,
II INJURED
By Peculiar Illuminat
ing Gas Explosion,
C. P. Ry. Train.
Vancouver,B.C.—J. L. Backie
British Columbia legislator, Pe
ter Vergin, head of the Douk
hobor Hindu colony in British
Columbia, and three other un
identified persons were killed
when a cylinder tank under one
of the day coaches, containing
illuminating gas for lamps, ex
ploded while the train was be
tween Nelson and Grand Forks,
shortly after 1 o'clock this morn
ing, on the Canadian Pacific rail
way. Eleven persons were in
jured.
The train left Nelson last night
for Vancouver. The explosion
set fire to the ruins, consuming
the day coach. The remainder
of the train proceeded to Grand
Forks with the passengers and
five of the injured.
The officials of the Canadian
Pacific said they believed this
was one of the first accidents of
its kind in the history of rail
roading.
John Baker Operated
On, and Feeling Fine
John E. Baker, writing to The Time*
from Rochester, Minn., whither he
went to undergo operation for cancer
at the Mavo Brothers’ institution, un
der date of Gctober 18, says:
"I am writing a few cards today,
about the first I bare written, for I
have oeen busy at the hospital or clinic
here.
“1‘arrived here on the 28th of Sep
tember, and the next day I commenced
to be examined at the clinic. I was
X-rayed and photographed, and then
X-rayed some more; then I was can
died, just like a bad egg, and then pic
tures taken of the same. After a week
of the above I was sent to the operat
ing hospital. 1 was operated on twelve
days ago. Now I am out of the hos
pital. and am going to the clinic every
day to have my face dressed. I zan't
tell how long it will take me yet to get
through.
“I am feeliog just fine. I take a
four-mile walk everv day and manage
to eat three squares every 24 nours, I
believe I will be all right again. 1
feel so line and hearty, but I cao’t tell
yet how my face will look. The people
here have treated me fine. I will leave
for the coast as soon as I can, perhaps
in about two weeks. Best regards to
all idt friends.”
In last week’s issue, in giving the
list of those who contributed labor in
the construction of Pioneer Hall, The
Times inadvertently, omitted the names
of A. Lebreayx.and Bert Goodpaster,
both of whom, it is unnecessary to
state, rendered their, full service.
Sam Houpan, of Carlson & Hounau,
Ophir merchants, arrived early in the
week for a several days’ visit.
Frank Miller, of Flat, was a Tuesday
arrival, continuing to McGrath on- hjc,
: way-out the following day.