THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. VI. NO. 15
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, lf>26
PRICE 25 CENTS
COUP D’ETAT
AT PEKING
Chinese President De
posed* Placed Under
Restraint.
Peking, April 12 — President Tuan
Chi .lui was deposed today in a coup:
d'etat which had as its basis the call
ins' of General Wu Peifu Chihii, war
lord, by leaders, of the national army,
"to restore the political situation?’ in.
Peking.
The chief executive was placed un
der restraint and his body guard was
disarmde, after former President Tsao
Kun had been released from imprison
ment.
NON-INTOXICATING BEER
MIGHT ASSIST IN DRY EN
FORCEMENT, SAYS ANDREWS
Washington, April 16.—The re
stricted government sale of non-intox
icating beer probably would aid in
prohibition enforcement, Assistant
•Secretary of Treasury Andrews de
clared today before the Senate prohi
bition committee.
MAGNUS JOHNSON LOSES
IN SENATORIAL CONTEST
Washington, April 15.—The Senate
elections committee today voted unan
imously to dismiss the Minnesota sen
atorial contest- brought by Magnus
Johnson, former farmer-labor Sen
ator, against Senator Schall, Repub
lican.
Frank Joaquin, of the Joaquin
dredge, will leave here tomorrow for
Canes creek, where he goes to prepare
for the season's dredging operations,
the real operations of which will com
mence within the next few days. Ac
companying Mr. Joaquin to Canes wil
be .Mrs. Joaquin and their two daugh
ters, Nellie and Greta, and Miss Ellen
Fred.
Ilalfdan Wiig, a well known old
timer and most popular lhef, was
among yesterday’s arrivals from Mc
Grath. Mr. Wiig, who recently re
turned from a visit to the Outside,
will be among those who will leave
tomorrow for the Flume Dredge head
quarters on Yankee creek. .
Dave Mutchler, cold storage mag
nate, who left here late last fall on
an Outside business trip, was among
yesterday's returning one. Mr. Mutch
ler spent the winter with his children
and other relatives in St. Paul, Minn.
Jack Hill, who last year filled the
post of engineer on the Flume Dredge
Company dredge on Little creek, and
his brother, Ralph Hill, were among
arrivals at McGrath on Tuesday, and
both left Wednesday for Candle.
Lars Nelson, of the Lone Star road
house, on the McGralh-Nenana winter
trail, was among those recently arriv
ing at McGrath, and left that place
for Candle on Tuesday—
Lars Indegard, after a winter on
♦ he Outside, spent mostly in San
Francisco, was among those returning
here yesterday. He will leave within
the next day or so for Yankee creek.
Felix Bouchier, who recently dis
posed of his mining interests on
Moore creek, arrived here Thursday,
and continued on the same day. to
McGrath.
Billy Gibbs, who returned to Mc
Grath some days ago from a visit at
airbanks, was among today’s arrivals
here.
A. M. Rice, who joins the Alaska
Road Commission force in this sec
tion, was a Tuesday arrival.
Andy Hansen, of Ophir, was a Mon
day arrival here for a brief visit.
COL. STEESE, AT SEATTLE,
TELLS OF IMPORTANT A. R.
C. PROJECTS THIS SEASON
Seattle, April 16.—Colonel James
G. Steese, chief of the Alaska Road
Commission, now here, says the most
important undertaking: this season
will be the construction of the Chat
anika-Circle road to provide trans
portation facilities for mining devel
opment and projects under way by
the United States Smelting and Re
fining Company, north of Fairbanks.!
PENSIONS RANGING FROM
$30 TO $50 A MONTH FOR
VETS OF SEVERAL WARS
Washington, April 16.—The Senate
today passed unanimously the House
bill providing pensions ranging from
$30 to $50 a month for veterans of
the Spanish-American war, the Phil
ippine insurrection and the Boxer re
bellion, or widows and minor children
of such veterans.
Washington University
Wins Over California
Seattle, April 10.—The ’Varsity
Junior and Freshmen crews of Wash
ington University won all three
games from the University of Cali
fornia in the annual regatta at Lake
v\ ashington yesterday afternoon.
RECORD OF BREAKUPS. TAN
ANA RIVER. FOR TEN YEARS
Folowing is the record of breakups
of the Tanana river at Nenana for
the last ten years, showing the hour
and the minute, together with the
amount of the sweepstak for each
year:
: ear.
Date.
May 2
Apr. 30
May II
May 3
May IX
May II
1922 May 12
1923 May 9
1924 ... May 11
1925 .... May 7
-916
1917
1913
1919
1920
1921
Hour.
6:00 a. m.
11:30 a. i.i.
9:33 a. m.
2:23 p. m
11:46 a. m..
6:42 a. m.
1:20 p. m.
2:00 p. m.
3:10 p. m.
6:32 p. m.
Amount
not stated
$ 500
750
2,000
3,500
6,000
7,995
10.000
8,178
14,512
SCCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
Following; are the results of the T$
kotna school board election, which oc
curred on Monday last:
For Clerk.
A. X. Grant ._... 21
For Treasurer.
•Jean McLean . 19
Lee Lamprecht 1
Mrs. Jones . 1
For Director.
Robert E. Lowrie _:__ 20
Mrs. Oates . 1
Vance R. McDonald, well known
representative of several Outside
houses, including the Hood Rubber
Company and the Shell-Day Clothing
! Company, of Tacoma, and the West
■ Coast Grocery Company and the A.
V. Love Dry Goods Company, of Se
attle, was a Wednesday arrival, on
his annual visit to this section. Mr
McDonald left Friday for McGrath,
fro mwhich point, driving his own
team, he left with Mail Carrier Billy
Burke on his way home to Fairbanks.
The marriage of Owen Gray and
Miss Jennie Keith was an announce
ment made a few days ago, following
their arrival at McGrath from Ne
nana, at which latter place the nup
tials are reported to have been con
summated. The newly-weds are re
ceiving congratulations and ■ best
wishes from their many friends.
George Mutchler, following a busi
ness trip of some days over at Flat,
returned here Tuesday, coming via
the Moore creek' trail, and departed
the same day for his home at Mc
Grath.
James Weir returned here yester
day from a trip to Candle and Mc
Grath, and left today for his home on
Spruce creek.
Mike Kerrone, after several days in
town, left this morning for Yankee
creek.
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AIRPLANE
DETROITER
Wilkins* Big Airship
Makes Successful
Test Flight.
Fairbanks, April 17.—Captain Wil.
kins’ big airplane, the Detroiter, took
off this morning for a test flight.
After flying around for some time,,
with everything running smoothly,,
the plane then made a perfect land
ing
Captain Wilkins, of the Detroit
Arctic Expedition, and Air Pilot Ben
Eielson made their second trip from
Fairbanks to Point Barrow in the air
plane Alaskan on Saturday last, re
turning to Fairbanks on the following
day, according to Charles E. Taylor,,
who arrived in Takotna last night.
They took up two tons of gas and
supplies which they unloaded at Bar
row. They had intended delivering a
supply of dog feed to Malcolm Smith,
who is struggling along somewhere
north of Wiseman, but fog prevented
the carrying out of the plan.
The large plane, says Mr. Taylor,
will soon be ready to start on its
flight to Barrow, and -will take a ca
pacity load, which will be over three
tons.
Notwithstanding the several unfor
tunate accidents which attended their
early operations, says Mr. Taylor, it
now looks as if their plans would be
carried through to a- successful ter
mination.
Telegraphic Ticks"
Seattle, April 17.—Passengers on
the steamer Yukon, sailing today, in
cluded Col. James (1. Steeae, head of
the Alaska Road Commission, and E.
' T. Stannard, vice (iresident of the
> Alaska Steamship Company.
Chicago, April 16.—Federal Judge
I Wilkenson ruled today, in the matter
| of radio broadcasting, that Secretary
of Commerce Hoover, under the law,
has no right to make an arbitrary as
signment of wave length.
Washington, April 15.—President
j Coolidge today signed the bill author
| izing departure from the rectangular
I system of surveys of homestead
I claims in Alaska.
Washington, April 36.—An attack
of indigestion today led President
Coolidge to cance all engagements for
the day and retire to the Executive.
Mansion.
Seattle, April 17.—The Bureau of
Fisheries estimates that twenty-one
thousand seal skins will be taken from
Pribilof islands this summer.
New York, April 13.—Henry Miller,
noted actor, died last night of pneu
monia.
PARTY OF ABOUT TWENTY
LEAVES FOK LOWER RIVER
Ten men, under engagement. to the
New York-Alaska Dredging Com
pany at Bear creek, in the laiwer Ku.v
! kokwim section, arrived at McGrath
1 on Monday, coining from Nenana with
I Owen Gray and three of his dog
teams. All of these men, with Mr.
Gray, left McGrath on Thursday for
Bear creek, taking the Kuskokwim
river route. A number of others also
joined the party at McGrath, increas
ing the number to about twenty, and
the party which departed is said to
have resembled a cavalcade of' some
proportions.
Olaf Waagen, well known oldtimer,
was among Monday arrivals at Mc
Grath, and left Tuesday for Candle.
Dan McGinty and Charlie O’Hal
loran lpft Monday for Canes creek.
COL. FRANK L. SMITH NOM
INATED KY ILLINOIS REPUB
LU’ANS TO BEAT McKINLEY
Chicago, April 15.—Col. Frank L.
Smith, a for of the world court, has
been nominated by the Illinois repub
licans as their senatorial candidate,
over Senator William B. McKinley,
who votes! for the measure in the Sen
ate.
Smith will be opposed in the No
vember election by George E. Bren -.
nan, democratic chieftain and an
avowed wet, who outdistanced his two 1
rivals by overwhelming votes.
DANIEL I.. STECK, DEM., SI C
CEEBS BROOK HART, INSURG
ENT, AS SENATOR OF IOWA
Wanhington, April 15.—As a result
of a recount of contest, the Senate to
day seated-Daniel L. Steck, democrat,
as Iowa’s junior senator. This action
automatically expelled Brookhart, re
publican insurgent.
A Challenge to Dry
Leaders to Join Move
ment for Referendum
Washington, April 9.—A challenge
to dry leaders to join in a movement
for a nation-wide referendum on light
wines and lie era was issued today be
fore the Senate prohibition committee
by a spokesman for the American
Federation of Labor.
Arriving here yesterday, coming
with Henry Martella from Nenana,
was Charles Kimbal, general manager
of the Flume Dredge Company, who,
after spending the winter at his home
in Oakland, returns here to again
take charge of the company’s opera
tions on Yankee and Little ' creeks.
Also coming with Mr. Martela were
Emil Anderson, who spent the winter
on the Outside at his home in Oak
land;- Gus Rosen, a well known dredge
man, who retains here after an ab
sence of two, years, and Bert HefFel
finger, on his first visit to Alaska, who
will be connected with the Flume
Dredge Company in the capacity of,
engineer.
Billy Jones, well known dredgeman,
formerly at Candle, hut who went
Outside two years ago, was among
last Monday arrivals at McGrath, and
left on Tuesday for Candle. For the
past two years Mr. Jones, with a
brother, has been engaged in dredg
ing operations of their own in the
Nome section.
John Repo, well known oldtimer,
after a winter on the Outside, spent
mostly at his old home in Michigan,
returned here Monday. Also coming
with him was his brother, Harvid
Repo, who returned here Wednesday |
| from Ophir and left the following, day
for Candle.
Dan S. McDonell, former well
known mining man of this section,
who passed through akotna a couple
of months ago. is now located at Lake
Minchumina, according to recent ar
rivals here.
(J Morgan, dredgernaster last year
at Little creek, was amonc Monday
arrivals at Met;rath, and left Euesday
for Candle, at which place he will be
in charge of dredge operations dur
ing this season.
Robert Lowrie returned Wednesday
I from a trip to McGrath, bringing up
a quantity of shortages. Also coming
up was Mrs. W. II. Jones, after a
visit of some days at McGrath as the
home guest of Mrs. George Mutchler.
Alex. Giasson, in a telegram to The
Kusko Times from Flat, dated April
13, said: “Trails in very good condi
tion for walking. Three days from
Ophir."
A1 Greenberg, well known mining
operator of the Cripple section, was a
Wednesday arrival for a few days’
town visit.
Peter Miscovi was a Wednesday ar
|xjwnrt..
BURBANK
PASSES ON
Famous Plant Wizard,
Sick 2 Weeks, Dies at
Santa Rosa Home.
Santa Rosa, Caif., April 12.—-Lu
ther Burbank, horticulturist, died at
BTs home here at 12:48 Sunday morn
ing, after an illness of two weeks.
The plant wizard sank into a coma
tose condition in the early part of
Saturday night and did not recover
consciousness.
Acknowledged the dean of plant
breeders and leader in modern cre
ative plant development, the name of
Luther Burbank became a household
word throughout the civilized world.
Virtually his whole life was devoted
to scientific plant breeding, and many
of his more than 100,000 experiments
with various forms of vegetation at
tained such marvelous results that
they won him the title of “Plant Wiz
ard.”
SHIPPING HOARD SELLS FIVE
BIG PASSENGER STEAMERS
Washington, April 16.—The sale of
five passenger steamers of the Presi
dent type, operating between Seattle
and the Far East, to the Dollar
Steamship Company, was announced
today by the United States Shipping
Board. The consideration was |4,
500,000.
Charles E. Taylor, of the law firm
of Albrecht and Taylor, formerly lo
cated at Iditarod, but now located at
Fairbanks, was a Wednesday arrival
at McGrath, to which place he came
by airplai > G». Aviat e A.< A. Bti
nett. Mr. Taylor arrived here last
night from McGrath, and is scheduled
to leave tomorrow for Flat on mat
ters of business.
Tom Muleahey, who left here some
weeks ago for Fairbanks to consult
ear specialists, was among early in
the week arrivals at McGrath. The
object of his trip was most >uccessful,
and he returns here with greaty im
proved hearing.
Mail Carrier Jack Lament, coming
from Flat, with the outgoing mail, ar
rived Thursday and continued the
same day to McGrath. Also traveling
with him was Miss Helen Konig, after
a visit of some days at Flat, on her
way to her home at McGrath.
Matt Vaughn, after a visit of sev
eral weeks over at Anchorage and
other places on the coast, was among
those who returned here Tuesday. He
left Wednesday for Yankee creek, to
again assume charge of Alaska Road
Commission work in that section.
August Jestland arrived Thursday
from a trip to Flat, traveling with
Charlie Ross, and continued to Mc
Grat hon Friday.
John Kreiger, well known oldtimer,
recently from the Tolstoi section,
passed through here early in the week
on his way £o Candle.
CaptainCleorge H. Green, master of
the steamer Tana, who spent the win
ter at his home in Seattle, arrived at
McGrath on Wednesday.
Mail Carrier Charlie Ross, from
Flat, arrived Thursday, and left yes
terday for McGrath.
Axel Almsdahl, after a visit of sev
eral days at McGrath, returned here
yesterday.
John Vogtor, wel known Ophirite,
arrived Wednesday for a visit of a
few days.
Waino Puntila, after a visit of some
days at airbanks, was an arrival Her-se
today froro 'Mcflr.itfb:.
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