mE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, PnbKofcer, Sole
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Entered as second-clans.,matter Au
gust, 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
ToWotna, Alaska, under’ the Act of
March 3, .1879
Takotira, Alaska, March 13, 1926. .
M1N4NG—THE WORLD’S
(.UEAT’KST INDUSTRY
1 Wy^'iUium-Swifter,: former. Governor
of NVjw Yprkr)
Political economists tell uh that
minjng, next to agriculture, is. the
greatest industry in our country.
This is tru, fro rjithe viewpoint fhat
if our soil were untilled there, would
be ljit.tle to eat. and famine . would
-talk the land.
From. a financial, or monetary,
standpoint, however, to say nothing
about relativity, and every,commodity
is relative to the product of the
mines, the mining industry is the
greatest in the world. The truth of
this'assertion becomes, apparent. when
ft is viu Iizeg, that raining gives us
the standard #f value,, toy which the
price of almost everything produced
By the brain and brawn of man is
measured. Abandon mining and the
value of every commodity would.be
insignificant, and humanity would
sink back to the barter and exchange
ige. anti financial , paralysis would
lock in its deadly grasp the industries
of mankind It:would,he the greatest
calamity that j ever lief el the human
race, and in ■ fess than-a generation
civilization would revert to bar ban
ssm, when .primitive man knew -noth
ing about copper, gold, silver, iron,
steel, lead, ..zinc;.and the invaluable
mineral resources of Mother Earth.
Human Progress and Mines.
f Those who.*d*cry mining are ignor
int .of history, or they have ulterior
purposes, to serve. If they know
rnything they .must snow that1- all
business, that all industry, that all
human progress depends on -the
mines.
The wealth from the mines from
he ^lawn s;f time is the epil of the
song and story of human advance
ment, of man's march along the paths
of progress.
Show me a people without mines,
and I will show you ai people deep in
the mire-of povertyv and a thousand
years behind the procession of civil
ization.
It was the .mines that made the
greatness of the p?*.->t; .amt made the.
ancient civilizations; that made Egypt
great; and made Rome great; and in
modern times the mines have made
Spain, and England, and the United
States great beyond the dreams of
■l vance.
1 he Profit in Mining,
Mining is essential to the advance
ment of mankind and to the progress
of civilization. Mining fins done more
for the progress of the human race
than all other • agencies combined.
Mining, has..naaue'more poor men mil
lionaires, in the1 decade of.,the ages,
fhan all other things put together.
The government statistics show
there- has> been less rruiney -Ipst. ,in
mining than in any other important
business in- our 'country; These rec
ords prove that in mining the failures-,,
have been loss than. 35 per cent, as
against more than 87 per cent oi fail
ures in other industries, throughout
the United States,, .luring the . past
fifty .years:
More real* profit has been- made by
investors in mining securities during
the past century, than from any other
American industry.
The mines have offered the*, rank
ile qf investors an opportunity,to ac-r
juice stock at ridiculously low ju ices,
uany of which subsequently appreci
ited . in value well above the $100
markj.
Investment statistics .show that
profit to- investors from mines is
about 180 per cent—more than six
• ’percentage of any otlier in
dustry in thhe country. Next to min
ing: comes:
Life insurance, 31 per cent;
Automobiles, 18 per cent;
Steel, 8 per ce-nt;
Railroads, fe 1«£ per cent. t
BradstratA'a compilation of business
successes shows the following:;
Merchandising, ft per cent;
Manufacturing, 13 per cent;, .
> Mining, 67 ppr c«nt« ,,
Without Our Mines—W hp<? ,
Wipe, out pur mints and the people
ere long again would be ; living in
j eaves and mud shacks along the
1 banks of streams like the river drift
psen in the dawn, of mankind..
, Strike • down .the miner;. , shackle
mining: throttle .the mining industry;
1 and civilization will ynnk. hac|i in ob
livion, tqn thousand years.
A T«ant,a
1 All honor tp these . miners!Long
live-the mining, iuiiusjj y! •* All hail; the
.prospector! !n qveTjr, lantj.odf1 whicl;
tne son shines a inorjpmpnt should bn
built to the prospectQf for jiU tyiat ;he
has done in every clin\e tq.bless hu
manity.
PKIpSS $QUIB3-. ;
Tin*- test-1 of true religion is tp loye
your neighbor if he’s, the coal
Jtrksnsa» G^io tte,,, •
' •' Truuliit; -with, some-, self-myde men
is that they quit the job too early,—
Shoe land .Leajhef,
Narrow is the way that leads to
life, but i’ needn't make, people nar
row- I ! Dorado Tribune.
If vni contriv each, day to outebtss.
th-■ *<■!' . you were yesterday, reach
ins : ioj. just a rnat^yr qt time.
—Tutasua Citizen*,;, ,
There can’t be a revolution ,rn
America. Not enough people are mad
about the same thing.—Tain-;pn>ghai»
News.
In a walking race,., ,non-smokers
beat, the smokers., Presumatdjt ., the
former d'd less puffing.—Philadelphia
Gazette-Times.
An Atchison man owns considerable
corn and a herd of turkeys. He
blames the Government for dhe low
price of cori% but not for the high
price of turkeys,—^Atcbdsoii Globe.
If it’s darkest just before dawn,
our civilization may expect the sun
rise any time now.—Bakersfield Cali
fornian
This is a. progressive age, and every
year the automobile that was abso
lutely perfect the preceding year has
been greatly improved.—Toledo Blades
Austen Chamberlain has ' emerged
from the late treaty: conferypeq withi
the Garter. Had Turkey oten one of!
the parties, he would have been lucky
to get out .with his undershirt.—Vir.
gfniarr-Pilot.
The mint makes it first,^and it’s up
to us to make ,it. last.—Nevy York
American.
At least the little .children can still
learn anatomy at mother's knee.—Ar
kansas G.Tzette.
Being a French Premier- , must be
something like ^-trying to. keep house
in a revoiviag door.'-^rbe- New,
Yorker..
No wonder Gain turned out badly.
There wasn’t a single book then on
child - psychology .^-Vancouwr Sun.:
Mammals are classified thus: Man
and the lower animals. Man does the
classifying.—Anaheim PJkiin Dealer. •• ,
After a while perhaps France will
employ her Prime Ministers on the
piece- work-iplan.—eArkanssts Gazette. .
Sometimes it< seems that anyone can
get your number,better than the tele
phone girls doie-T-Sboe: and Leather
Reporter.-».
Since there is so much tax-slashing
enthusiasm among Congressmen, Idt
us -remind them that by reducing ex
penses’ further they can slahh and
slash still more.—Houston- P&st-Dih
patch.
The impression persists in the cul
tured classes that Grange did some
thing dishonorable when he became a
professional. It may be slightly no
| bier to play football for hollers than
for dollars^ hilt a pro- patne is not
necessarily a con game.—The New
Y orkec.
Every time the .bottom Jails out of
the stock market another class gradu
ates at the School Experience.—
Detroit News.
Mean Treatment.
General’ Mitchell, campaigning for
a better air defense, said at a banquet
,jr. Washington: ,
“The Government, in its treatqient
of the air service. Reminds, me of old
Scrooge. •
“Old Scrooge, the millionaire, was,
entfrtain(ng a caller at his Miami
villa. After a couple of hours of dry
talk, the old fellow said genially:
! meet—a cooling draught—George ?’
. “ ‘Well, yes, I don’t care if 1 do,’
said George, and he passed the back
oif his .hai^d across , his mouth and
chuckled. -
“ ‘Good!’ said old Scrooge, ‘I’ll Just
open this window. There’s a grand
sea breeze a-blpwin’.’ ■ •
TABLE ’OF DISTANCES BE- r.
TWRRN NEN4.fi A AND.FJ.AT
Miles
' Nenana to Tavorn .17
Tavern jo Knight's ------24
j Knight’s to 13 Roadhouse-;-.. 13
19 Koarfcouf* to Rifflet fobs,
j ■ house .... 8
Riffle Pi le Roadhouse to Diamond 11
i Diamond fcpadhqqfc to Roosevelts 12
Roosevet to Lake Minchuiaiaa .f,. 25
Lake Mmchumina Ip - Loa^,.,Star ,
; Roadhouae ... 34
i'Lone Star to Telida ,t.»...18
Telida to Tent Roadhouse .,_.... 10
Tenf Ro.o4hou.se to. Slow hot* »v 6
Sh>r< Fork, to East Fprk vi- -. 2S
''Ea». Fork to Njcali ___10
N'cch tt Big Riiver .... 21
Big River Rpadbouse to McGrath.-- 25
McGrath fo Tokotna .. 18
From Nenana. to Tokotna .,. 2S1_
Tokotha to Bill Goss' Roadhouse^..,. 12
Bill Goss' Roadhouse to Opinr .^... 10
Ophir to Jerry's Roadhouse . 33
Jerry’* ^o Schenney.er’a Roadhoaae 27
Schermeyer’a to fdit&roa ,.i. 1(5
Iditarod to Flat:,,.. 8
From h'enana to Fiat -4.,.. S37>
Max JSAmel
j The; |*ioneer T^der
Fvm Bousrht and ,
Sold -A
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Mirters’, Prospector#’.
and Trappers*
, i Supplies fc
Steamy £err;ice Qsc&g Ipokm
Rivec,
Ask the Peopla.qfOphir ,ah*»ut u#.„.
STATION v
Fairview. Irrftokof Rivfcr
Your Order Solicited
t If George Washington University
scientists prove their theory, that
sleep is a form of intoxication,; it will
be a great boost for the circuitftion of
the Congressional Record.—:Tho ..New
Yorker.
Another engrossing speftaclo in a
! great democracy is the political leader
'catching up from time to tinitp with
| his followers.—Detroit NeWfV
The last masculine prerogat-iye, still
unencroached on by femininity, is un
concealed legs.-WVrkansas Gazette.
Tokotna
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Fiji*:Assortment Qf Pipes.
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AU kinds of f'obagcos,
Cigarettes an,d ^igWi
N<w Lise, .of Stationery
Notionsv Etc.*
Fresh Candies amid
Sofb.Pnijjk^.;,
Tooth Cruhiiea
Tooth Paate anriiPdwder
Can?** Glares*
JaekMatctiler
Proprietor
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Du Rand’s
Cafe and,
Hotel
Rat Ci4yt
MaGrath* Alaaka
Groceries 3
Hardware■«
Miners’tSCiixplicfeh
of AM Kinds
Ladle** Fnrntsaiaji
Fairs Rob jit and' Sold 1
tdrfrt.e Ski* Mitts aad-Be*t*>'r
KiKC isljnd MaUoJts’:
Rsbesna, or Sled LakJklag - v
Voigt’s Llot’HirnHs, tierer/,.
Best
FRBSJL-tfARPEtt -SltEDS
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Dr. H.LW; Averillii
Dentist*.
VMt to Cripple, ■••
an* Rubf.-v.
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