THE KUSKO TIMES
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A. X. Grant, Publisher, Solo,
Owner and Editor.
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Xatersd as second-class matter August
ttth, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, imder the
Act of March 3, 1879.
fOCOTNA, ALASKA, MAR. 15, 1924
Wfty Not Cultivate
Strawberries Right
Here in Tokotna?
Experimental work done at tbo gov
ernment agricultural stations in Alaska
iw rssultsd in tbs development of a
number of excellent varieties of straw
berries suitable to Alaskan conditions
of soil and. climate, according to a re
cast aoaminceaent of tha Department
of Agriculture
The wild native 3trawberry was
wads use of to some extent in develop
ing commercial varieties. Growing for
the market on a fairly large scale is as
jet confined to residents of the town of
Haines and to homssteaders in that vi
xinitfy. Nearly every farmer In that
locality has one or more acres in straw
berries. The- crop is shipped to all
near-by markets a'Tording transporta
tion facilities, and more especially to
Canadian territory, Whitehorse, Daw
son. and to points on the Yukon. The
Haicgp strawberry growers have won &
deservedly enviable reputation for
their fruit, which nets them 35 cents a
box. Matanuska berries were shipped
regularly to the Fairbanks market and
sold at 76 cents a box for the first time
during the summer of 1922. One home
steader iis said to have sold several
hundred dollars1 worth in that market
during the season.
The Sitka hybrids have been estab
lished fit the Matanuska station and
the plants have been, freely distributed
to the settlers, who have grown theca
with much success. The hybrids are
not particular as to soil, apparently
thriving in any type of soil. At Sitka
they are raised in neaty soil, at Haines
to a mixture of clay and sand, at Skag
way in 3andy soil, and at Matanuska
and Fairbanks in silt loam.
Copies of a governmeatbulletin (Bul
letin. No. 4, Produotion of improved
hardy strawberries in Alaska), which
eets forth in detail the methods em
jidoyed at the agricultural stations, may
be secured from the United States De
partment of Agriculture. Washington
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3-Passenger Airplane
Service Will Soon Be
Operating, Fairbanks
□ Airplane service to adjacent mining
mining districts will bo undertaken by
two experienced aviators of St. Paul,
who will arrive in Fairbanks about
April 1 and begin flying about the 15th,
according to a letter received by Ed
Head at Fairbanks from J. S-. Rode
baugh, well known conductor of the
j Interior, who is now in St. Paul. The
letter from Mr. Rodebaugh. as printed
in the Fairbanks News-M iner, is as
follows
“Just a word in line with our con
?ersac,ion of last summer regarding tbc
possibilities of air transportation to
and from some of the mining properties
in the Interior.
l,I have interested a couple of fel
lows, with a good out lit, who have been
flying between St. Paul and Duluth for
the past five years and have handled
thousands of passengers without a
forced landing, and who are keen about
goiDg to Alaska. 1 think they are just
what you will need up there.
‘•They have a new ship of 150-horse
power, with a Hi3pano engine, one of
the finest made, and I cannot see any
reason why they will not make good.
They will be there about April 1, and
will be ready for business not later
than the 15th. Tbev will be able to
take at least three passengers at a
time. Nov;, if you fellows will travel
with them they will land vou over at
your workings in minutes where it
would otherwise take days. Their
price will be reasonable.”
Hint& to Those Making
Income Tax Returns
Tacoma.—Id the making of an in
come tax return for the year I9g>» tax
payers of every class, business and pro
fessional men, salaried pe.rsons, wage
earners and farmers should ipreseDt to
themselves for consideration the fol
lowing questions, says Burns Foe, col
lector of internal revenue:
Did you receive any interest on bank
deposits?
Did you receive any income in the
form of dividends or interest from
stocks or boods?
Have you any property from which
you receive rent?
Did you receive any bonuses during
the year?
Did you make any profit on the sale
of slocks, bonds, etc.?
Did you act as broker in any trans
action for which you received a com
mission?
Are you interested in any partner*
ship or other firm from whi^h. you re
ceived income?
Have you any income frorc royalties
or patents?
Have you, any minor children who
are working?
Have you control of the earnings of
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Roadhouse Accommodations for
the Ladies, Free.
Midnight Lunch. Free Dog Pish
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such children? If so', the amount must
be included in the parent’s return ol
income.
lias your wife any income from any
source whatever? If so, it must be in
cluded in your return, or reported in a
separate return of income.
Did you receive any director's fees in
the course of the year?
Did you hold any office in a benefit
society from which you received in
come?
Answers to these questions are neces
sary in the tiling of a correct income
tax return.
If single (or married and not living
with wife) and the oet iocome was
$1,000 or more, or if married and living
with wife and the couple’s oet income
was $2,000 or more, or the gross income
was 85,000 or re ore, g, tmurc is re
quired. The fact that the income may
not be ta::ed by reason of the personal
exemptions—$1,000 for a single person.
$2,500 for married )>ergons whose bet
income was $5,000 or less, and $2,000
for married persons whose net income
war. in excess of $5,000, plus the $400
credit for each dependent—does not
alter this requirement. /
The Cling period ends at midnight of
March 15. 1024. Forms for tiling re
turns may be obtained at the office of
collector of internal revenue, Tacoma,
Wash.
Persons whose net income was $5,000
or less and was derived chiefly from
salary or wages should ask for Forms
1040-A. Those whose net income was
in excess of 85,000, or, regardless of the
amount, was derived ,from business,
profession or farming, should ask for
Form 1040.
Aged Hiker Making
Jaunt of 5,000 Miles
Detroit.—Search for knowledge and
health, uet wealth or a craving for no
toriety prompted James Alby’ Hill,
nearly threescore and ten years of age,
and a rheumatic, to pick up his crntch
and a camera and start on* a cross
country hike from Lamb’s End, at the
westernmost point of Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco, to Eastport, Me.
The two points are the farthest apart
of any, in the United States, and on
February 22 three years elapsed since
Hill took off. This is bis thirteenth
long hike in fifteen years, none of them
under 1,000 miles. He has no time
limit, gets no wages, and the only spec
tacular feature of the present expedi
tion, apart from its being made by a
septuagenarian and with the aid of a
crutch, is his collection of official sig
natures and seals.
Hill’s home is 4n Berkeley, Cal., and
he was at one time postmaster at Tan -
cred, Cai. Among other curios that he
carries with him is what he claims to
be a genuine copy of a New York
newspaper announcing the assassina
tion of President Liocolo.
I married a widow who had a grown
daughter. My father visited our house
very often, fell in lpve with my step
daughter and married her. So my
father became my son in law and mv
step-daughter became my mother be
cause she was my father’s wife. Some
time afterward nay wife had a son; he
is my father’s brother in-law and mv
uncle, for he is the brother of my step
mother. My father’s wife*, namely my
step mother, had also a son: he is,
of course, my brother, and in the mean
time my grandchild, for he is the son
of my daughter. My wife is my grand
mother because she is my mother’s
mother. I am my wife’s husbaDd and
grandchild at the same time, and as
the husband of a person’s grandmother
is his grandfather, I am my owmgrand
rathar.—The Birdseye.
A St. Louis woman possesses & col
lection of more than four hundred tea
pots, all of different, patterns and de
signs,
Rough and Dressed Lum
her of All Kinds
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J. H. McLEflN • TOKOTHA
We Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter
Miners’ and Trappers’ Supplies
Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishings
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Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutch ler
Proprietor
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
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Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private'rooms]
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river, fish -
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick
Proprietor