THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
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Entered as second-class matter Au- i
gast 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, July 28, 1928.
PRESS SQUIBS.
The trout season is open. Deep in
his crypt Ananias stirs uneasily.— j
Detroit Free Press.
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If woman’s intuition is so wonder- j
ful. then why does she ask so many
questions ?—Louisville Times.
Those anxious to invest in a going
concern shuld make sure which way
it is going.—Wall Street News.
That London hospital patient who j
laughed continuously for 17 hours;
had probably just heard of “Big Bill"
Thompson’s war on King George.—:
Louisville Times.
What men like: Girls with brains j
enough to tell them how wonderful
they are.—New York Morning Tele
graph.
Whenever an nnit-war pact is
framed which will suit all nations, we
should like to be informel.—Charles
ton Mail.
The man who takes a nap while
holding a steering wheel usually
wakes up holding a harp instead.—
Louisville Times.
Chicago judge says there is too
much cooked-up testimony in divorce
cases. And some that is too raw.—
Miami Times.
Anyhow, no one Lhese days says,
“What Smith?”—Nashville Banner.
There is a bright side to every
thing. In politics it is the inside.—
Louisville Times.
A thing we like about China is that
it takes the mind off Nicaragua.—Al
bany Knickerbocker Press.
A model marriage is one in which
the wife is a treasure and the hus
band a treasury.—Dallas News.
Spring is late in Italy. Probably
Mussolini has had other things to do,
—American Lumberman (Chicago).
Still, the fellow who believes in
predestination jumps just as far at
the sound of a honk.—Schenectady
Gazette.
Four billion birds in the United
States! Well, well. When the bird
who sticks ads on parked cars is
found there will be 9,999,999,999.—
Schenectady Gazette.
There’s nothing against the in
feriority complex except that it
doesn’t affect the right people.—Pub
lishers Syndicate.
Chicago records indicate youth’s
waywardness runs too much to high
waywardness.—Wall Street Journal.
1 hope did not spring eternal in
the human breast, Wall Street would
soon be forced to close up.—Louis
ville Times.
Every man has moments of vin
dictiveness when he wishes he were
a king or a truck driver.—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Socialist party would not con
fess to a faith in Santa Claus, but it
still goes on nominating candidates.—
San Diego Union.
The American Society of News
paper Editors solemnly decides that
it is ethical to publish news, even if
it wounds people’s feelings. Always
excepting, of course, the feelings
owned by full-page advertisers.—New
Y orker.
Chicago florists do a business of
$16,000,000 a year, but of course
some of the flowers are used for wed
dings.—San Diego Union.
From the fuss over American film*
in France it can be seen what an
odious thing protection is when for
eigners resort to it.—Springfield Re
publican.
We had suspected it. Late report*
assert that several of the Nicaraguan
bandit leaders were educated in the
United States.—San Diego Union.
The army has a fighting plane
equipped with six machine guns and
bombs. It will probably be chris
tened The Spirit of Chicago.—San
Diego Union.
Explorers have discovered in Cen
tral America the remains of what
were probably elevated railroads. If
they will communicate with ns we
shall be happy to tell them where the
trains can be found.—New Yorker.
Although John L. Sullivan never
lectured on Shakespeare, he always
brought home the Bacon.—Louisville
Times.
It ain’t any trouble for us Demo
crats to see who is leading now, but
what we want to know is where ore
we going?—DDallas News.
England and the United States
ought to figure out some way to per
suade Egypt to declare war on Nic
aragua.—San Diego Union.
Most automobiles are paid for as
they are used, but not so rapidly.—
Virginian-Pilot.
This is the season when a man ex
amines his 1927 straw hat and won
ders if it really looked that bad when
he stored it in the attic.—Louisville
. Times.
Apparently there is nothing to keep
Mr. Smith out of the White House
except a possible shortage of Demo
crats.—Publishers Synlicate.
Takotna Pool Hall
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Tobaccos Cigars Cigareta ~
Apples Oranges
Charlie O’Halloran - - Prop.
"ALASKA OR BUST” IS MOTTO
OF CINCINNATI BOY, NOW
HEADED FOR FAIRBANKS
(Cincinnati Times-Star, June 20;)
Charles Herbert, 18, recent With
row High School graduate,,has a long:
road ahead of him.
Clad in khaki, prepared for any
kind of weather he encounters, carry
ing a 25-pound pack, .young Herbert
headed Wednesday morning for Fair
banks, Alaska, ‘‘taking off” at .5:30
a. m.
From Cincinnati to .St. Louis, then
to Salt Lake City, then to Seattle, is
the itinerary this youthful cross
country adventurer .has set Jfor him
self. He plans to traverse the miles
between here and .Seattle by “hitch
hiking,” which is road jargon for
picking up .rides from motorists.
From Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska,
by boat—and then five years of min
ing engineering at the Mining Col
lege there. For a number of .years
Herbert has been interested in the
prospect of entering .miniryr engineer
ing and no wis on the actual road to
find out all about it.
Big game hunting is .another at
traction that Alaska holds, and after
he is established in .Fairbanks, Her
bert will get a gun, and, in the hunt
ing seasson, fare .forth far bjg game.
In the afternoons and evenings, after
study hours, hr plans .to .work at odd
jobs in Fairbanks, thus financing his
course.
Herbert is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Herbert, 3153 Hinwood .avenue.
He was the leading man in the With
row Dramatic Club’s .annual produc
tion, “Clarence,” during the last
school year, and stood high in
academic work.
THE “PASS A LAW” MANIA.
Noting that New Jersey has wiped
out several hundred archaic or use
less laws, the Minneapolis Journal
says:
“This puts the books in fine condi
tion. Whether they will stay that
way remains to be seen. Probably
they will not. Unfortunately, the
same kind of legislating that origin
ally cluttered the hooks up with hun
dreds of needless enactments will hi.
time pile up a new load of excess
statutory baggage.
“Indeed, the piling up is on the
way. There was recently introduced
7n the New Jersey legislature a bill
to prohibit smoking in any barn or
shed in which cattle .are kept.
“This is a typical example of the
American tendency to ‘pass a law
about it. The purpose of the bill—to
lessen the possibility of fires in which
! cattle perish—is praiseworthy. But
why pass alaw about it? If the
barn owner wishes to protect his cat
tle, he can make and enforce his own
rules against smoking in the place.
But if he is not willing to make and
enforce such a .rule, he, his employes
and his visitors may smoke with im
punity, law or no law, for the State
cannot maintain a small army of
spies to go around peeking into his
barns and sheds.
“The New Jersey bill is typical of
thousands of bills passed by State
legislatures all over the country."
“WHY OUT?”
The Citizen-Patriot of Jackson,
Mich., asks a question a great many
people all over the .land ask:
“Why is it that .a man who is
courteous and considerate of others
in his home or when he is walking
seems to lose Jiis manners when he
gets behind a steering wheel, and
when he crosses intersecting streets
does not How 'down the speed of his
car, but blows:a blast calculated to
make the Judklees pedestrian jump
for safety?
“The matter has been studied. Some
authorities say that all civilization'is
but a thin veneer, that the veneer is
more durable in the home than in the
motor car, and that the speed with
which the motorist thinks he mus1
move accounts for the difference. I<
is also pointed out that driving a
motor car seems to change the dis
position of many men. He has his
good manners when he walks around
hia homes ur his yard, but when he
steps ok Ms accelerator he seems to
view the public through different
eyes. If Ms own car is .left at home
in the image he resents.the tooting
of another motorist target, him.out of
the way as he crosses the street, but
if be & driving he would be likely, to
sound a Mast intended to make a pe
destrian look for a tree, to. climb.” ?
Juror—I can’t serve on this.pan el,
Judge. Just one look at that man,
convinces me heisguilty.
Jodge—That’s not the prisoner . I
That’s the prosecuting attorney.
The feat strawberries, taste like an
uncommonly good .grade of straw.—
Washington ost.
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
Anyway, Mussolini htQnw Ja. the
liberty of the suppress.—Detroit
News.
Max Simel :
Pioneer >•
Trader !
STATION: FAIRYIEW, TNNOKORirER.
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