THE
KUSKO
TOKOTNA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926.
PRICE 25 CENTS
VOL. VI. NO. 8
American Universities
Transpolar Expedition
Lieuts. Wade and Og
den, World Flyers, to
Head Big Flight.
Washington *'Feb. 16A-Congress
man Perlman; .of New York, intro-i
duced. & bill iii the House today to ex- j
tend the Alrskaarailroad six hundreds
miles from Fairbanks to the Arctic
< ocean.
The bill would provide $100,000 for
s surveys, looking to this and other ex
tensions. The road would run north
i to the Yukon river, turning east and
f following-the Yukon > to the Ghandlar
i river, and go north along the Chand
■ lar to. the ’Arctic.
Another extension ■ proposed in the i
, measure' would be southeast from i
i Fairbanks, along the. Tanana river to j
' the Chisana river, thence along the!
\ Chisana river to Skolai Pass, thence
to Kennecott, the terminal of the Cop
l per River & Northwestern Railway.
i Balance* of Trade in
. January Against U. S.
’Wtehibigton;,<iFeb. 15.—The balance
• of international trade' swung against
1 the United States during the month of
,i January^schen the country’s imports
i totaled $414,000,000. and.the exports
: $390,000,000,
SUTHERLAND BILL AUTHOR
IZING EXPORTATION OF T1M
EER, PASSES LOWER HOUSE
Washington, -Feb. 18.—The bill of
) Delegate Sutberiaind '-of Alaska, au
' thoriajng the exportation of timber
L lawfully cut in! the ^national forests
and also* Jthai from pablioJ lands, was
i possefl < by the! H ouse ■ foday.
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40 HISSING
: Land, and Snow Slide
Buries Little Utah
Settlement.
Bingham, Utah., Feb. 18.—Thirty-'
seven persons were killed and forty-!
j sine are missing as the result of a
land and snow slide Wednesday which
! buried the little settlement about the
Utah-Delaware mine.
Seventeen houses and buildings
• were swept down Sap gulch.
Bingham, Utah., Feb. 19.—Forty
one bodies have been recovered, with
at least twenty still entombed in the
great mass of .snow, rock and earth.
Thirteen injured are in the hospital.
WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY DOG
$ DERBY, FLA TAND IDITAROD |
What is known as the Washington '
: Birthday' Dog Derby is scheduled to
be run between Flat and Iditarod and
return on Monday next, and is re
ported as the cause of some excite
i ment at those places. A dozen entries
are reported. Five prizes are to be
awarded from the $500' purse, the
leading winner of which will receive
$250. The rules governing the race
require that each gentleman contest
ant carry a lady passenger, the lady
to drive the team one way, either
going or returning.
Joe Oates returned here yesterday
from a trip to McGrath, bringing up
Miss Freda Koenig.
Jack Mutchler returned yesterday
i. from a. business trip to.. McGrath
MAJOR GENERAL FOX CON
NER FOR SECOND HIGHEST
POST IN U. S. ARMY SERVICE
Washington, Feb. 16.—Major Gen
eral Fox Conner has been selected to
become deputy chief of staff of the
army, the second highest post in the
military service. Conner will succeed
Major General Dennis E. Nolan, who
will take command of the First divi
sion.
Indictments Against
Alleged Oil Conspir
ators Upheld by Court
Washington, Feb. 17.—Indictments
charging former Secretary of Interior
Fall, Harry F. Sinclair and E. E. Do
heny with conspiracy in connection
with naval oil leases, were upheld in
the District of Columbia Supreme
Court, today.
ARMY MAJORS FOUND RE
SPONSIBLE OBJECTIONABLE
ACTIVITIES IN AIR SERVICE
Washington, Feb. 18.—Majors E.
Arnold and H. A. Dargue, of the
army air service, have been found re
sponsible for objectionable activities
in attempting to influence air service
legislation, and will be reprimanded
Amundsen Mm lam
ing of Future Attempt
to Reach Top of World
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 19.—“We hope
to arrive in Seattle for the Fourth oi
July, after our flight across the North
Pole,” declared Explorer Roald Am
undsen in discussing his plans for an
other attempt to reach the top of the
world by the air route. A .semi-diri
gible, he said, will be used for this
flight from Spitzenbergen.
Delegate Writes Re
garding Summer Mail
Regarding the outlook fat mail ser
vice to the Kuskokwim during the
coming summer, Jack Mutchler in the
last mail received the following lettei
fro m Delegate Dan Sutherland:
Washington, Dec. 28, 1925.
Mr. Jack Mutchler,
Tokotna, Alaska:
My Dear Jack—
Your letter of Sept. 4th rame tc
hand Dec. 17th, which is a very inter
esting commentary on the ..mail ser
vice to the KusKoKwim.
The contracts for .mail have not yet
been awarded, but I understand that
they will be in about another week
There is a bid in for summer mail
service by air to the Kuskokwim, and
if it is not accepted I will see what 1
can do with them regarding the Lake
Minchumina route. I realize that if
the air plane does not carry, the mail
to the Kuskokwim you are going to
have the same bad sservice you have
had in the past, and it will never be
corrected until they.use the Minchu
mina route.
The mail inspectors who were in
Alaska this summer have mixed
things up for further orders .by rec
ommending the discontinuance of
some of the postoffiees and abandon
ment of some of the snail routes.
I assure you of my interest in this
Minchumina route, and if they do not
give the arr service I will certainly
keep after them to establish this sum
mer Tv)ite by land and water.
Sincerely yours,
DAN SUTHERLAND.
Mrs. Victor Hill was among today’s
arrivals, coming over from Victor
gulch with Henry Martella. While
here she is the guest of Mrs. Robert
Lowrie
Sutherland Charges
Alaska Judiciary Sys
tem With Much Laxity
Washington, Feb. 17.—Delegate
Sutherland of Alaska today charged
the Alaska judiciary system with
being partly responsible for the lax
ity in enforcing the prohibition and
narcotic laws of the Territory. He
added that he was not contemplating
: an investigation of th< judicial sys
' tern, as he doubted if rr would ac
S complish any benefits.
A Race With' Russ kAir
Fleet to Claim Arctic
Lands,* Says Wade.,
New York, Feb. lfiA— As race with
, the air squadrons of bolshevik Russia
j to claim land which might'be used as
! a military flying base north of Alaska
| will. prohiahly be the • result of the
■ polar flying expedition _w Inch he will
command, Lieutenant Leigh Wade de
.clardd today.
‘ It is the firm ’cowtiaciorf ui. every
member of our party,” Wade said,;
i ‘‘that the -bolsheviki • plan to beat us
j to it in finding the- contim nt -which
! we feel assured 'lies in the .uncharted
i seas above Alaska. ',Th re is so much
| circumstantial evidence of-, this that
! we are planning our trip definitely,
! with the idea of gutting-there ahead
1 of the bolshevists if we can.”
FOR SINGLE PERSONS RECEIV
ING INCOMES OF $1,500 ANI)
MARRIED PERSON'S OF $3,500
-Washington, Feb. 19.+-A‘nticipat
j ing the passage by Congress of the
new revenue -' la w which eliminates all
taxes on incomes below' $lt60d for
single persons ami 83,500rfor married
persons, the Treasury Department to
day issued regulations- that employes
henceforth need not. report"; salaries
below those figure.-.
Telegraphic licks.
Passaic, N. J., Feb. l'J.:—Arch
bishop John Felix Ceiplak,' of Vilna,
Poland, once1 the center of world
wide sympathy and interest because
a soviet tribunal sentenced him to
death for resisting seizure of church
property, died here today.
Washington, Feb . 19.—President
Oovhdge canceled today's Cabinet
meeting and remained in bed, seek
ing relief from the heavy cold he has
had for the last few days.
Washington, Feb. 17.—The Elliott
I bill, to authorize the appropriation of
| 3165,000,000 for new public buildings,
! was passed by the House today.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—The Mid-West
I is covered with six inches of snow to
| day as therresult of yesterday’s snow
storm.
| _
Washington, Feb. 17.—The Senate
today approved the Treasury. and
Postoffice Department appropriation
bills.
115 GRAIN ELEVATORS AN1)
MILLING CONCERNS IN MID
WEST FORM BIG MERGER
■Kansas City, Feb. 16.—A deal
whereby’ 115 grain elevators and mill
ing concerns in Kansas, Missouri, Ok
lahoma, Wisconsin, Illinois and Min
nesota are merged was consummated
today. The value of the properties
involved is $115,000,000.
Miss Ellen Fred returned yesterday
from a few days’ visit at McGrath,
going down and returning with
Charlie Konietzky.
Extend Alaska R.R. Fair
banks to Arctic Ocean
FIGHT FOR ESTATE OF CAR
MACK, KLONDIKE DISCOV
ERER, BROUGHT TO AN END
Seattle, Feb. 17.—Two years* liti
gation in the State and Supreme
Courts over the estate of George
Washington Carmack, famed discov
erer of the Klondike, was brought to
an end today with the payment to
Graphic Grace Saftig, the 25-year-old
daughterof Carmack by his Indian
wife, and $45,000 from Mrs. Carmack.
Mrs-. Saftig lives at Hollister, Cali
fornia. Mrs. Carmack, the widow, re
tains the remainder of the estate, val
ued at $60,000.
Coolidge Tells Senate
He'll Stick to Nomi
nation of McCamant
Washington, Feb. 16.— F’resident
Coolidge will stand by his nomina
tion of Wallace McCamant, of F’ort
Iand, Ore., to he federal circuit judge,
despite .advices from Senate leaders
that confirmation is impossible.
“SCANDALOUS,” SAYS KING
GEORGE, SPEAKING OF USE
OF AMERICAN TYPEWRITERS
London, Feb. 19.—“It i.- scandal
ous,” said King George today, when
informed that only American type
writers are used in British govern
ment offices. The king and queen
were visiting the British industrial
fair.
Congressional Inquiry
Social and Economic
Effects of Prohibition
Washington, Fob. 19.—Assistant
Secretary of Treasury Andrews to
day indorsed the Congressional pro
posal for an impartial inquiry into
the social and economic effects of pro
hibit ion,.«nd announced his purpose
to have the federal government pur
chase all available bonded whisky in
warehouses.
SILVERBERC MUST SERVE
ONE YEAR AT HARO LABOR
Seattle,-Feb. IS.—The conviction of
Dr. Johannes Arvid Constantin 1 -
vcrberg by an army court martial and
his sentence of a year at hard labor
has been approved by the reviewing
body in the Judge Advocate’s office at
Washington. Silverberg was convict
ed of being a war-time deserter from
United States military forces.
CRIPPLE NOTES.
Jim Wilson is busy freighting sup
plies for the coming season's opera
tions. .He expects to have a crew of
three or four men working this sum
mer.
William Chrisley and J. M. White
are sinking a hole on Sid Paulson’s
claim, on Cripple creek.
Gaston .St. (’lair is taking out a
dump on Slug gulch, on a claim be
longing to William-’ Chrisley.
William Sinatki; and Charlie Col
lints are both busy voiking on their
claims on.Eldorado creek.
Sid Paulson is very active making
preparations for work that will be
done on his claim during the coming
season. Freighter Joe Ferris, haul
ing supplies for Mr. Paulson, is now
half finished hauling lumber, hydrau
lic pipe and other supplies that wiil
be used this summer.
A. V. Gelfert is prospecting and
trapping on Colorado creak.
Bert Stewart, of Stewart & White,
proprietors of the McGrath Road
house, was a today arrival to see that
all goes well at tonight’s big doings.
A1 Colwell returned here yesterday
from a brief visit at McGrath.
i Extension is Also Pro
posed to Connect With
Copper River Road,
New York, Feb. 17.—Lieutenants
Leigh Wade and H. II. Ogden, crack
American flyers, who circled the globe
for the army, now are to undertake
a civilian transportation flight, seek
ing a new territory to claim for the
United States. Seattle will be the
starting point of the expedition.
Coincident with the resignation
from the army of Lieutenant Ogden
in Washington yesterday, Lieutenant
Wade, in New York, announced that
he too was.about to resign, and that
the two of them would make the
flight. Wade will lead the expedition
and Ogden will be his assistant,
j The flight will be known as the
American University Alumni Expedi
tion, and is backed by the alumni of
Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Its primary
object will be the location of land!
near the Pole as a possible airplane
base for the United States.
Alaska Officials Re
ceive Confirmations
Washington, Feb. 17.—The follow
ing nominations for Alaska were
confirmed today by the Senate:
G. J. Lomen, for judge of the Dis
trict Court, Second Division.
William F. Harrison, for United
States Attorney, Second Division.
Harvey Sullivan, for United States
Marshal for the Third Division.
Lynn Smit. for United StatJ.v Mar
I shal for the Fourth Division.
I BILLS run
ALASKA
Delegate Asks Further
Protection Alaska
Fisheries.
Washington, Feb. 15.—Measures
proposing further protection of Alas
! an fisheries and the establishment of
literacy tests as a fualification for
voting in the Territory were intro
duced in the House today by Delegate
Dan Sutherland and Representative
White, of Maine.
Delegate Sutherland introduced a
bill to authorize the Secretary of
Commerce to set aside fishing areas
in any Alaskan waters and designate
closed seasons for them. Regulations
as to time, methods and extent of fish
ing also would be provided.
Representative White introduced a
measure to require that every voter
in Alaska be able to read and write
the English language.
JOHN H. SCLLIVAN PASSES.
Seattle, Feb. 18.—John H. Sullivan,
78, -who in 1868 went to Alaska with
Battery-1, Twenty-first Artillery, and
was barracked at Wrangell, is dead
at'diis home here. He was editor of
the first weekly newspaper in Alaska,
which was issued from a hand press
in the barracks.
Louis Blackburn left McGrath a
few days ago, headed for Lake Min
chumina, where he lias taken up a
ranch and will engage in fur fanning
operations.
Bert Goodpaster returned here
Thursday from a trip to McGrath.
Bob Shively, after a brief'visit a
McGrath, returned here veKt^ydn