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T. R. McROEERTS and AI A SKA E EGAN’,
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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937
IF V.E ONLY HAD THESE THINGS YEARS AGO—
If a main road had been constructed down into this ■
country from some point along the Alaska Railroad as
ha I been definitely planned 16 years ago by Col. Steese j
and Major Gotwals heads of the Alaska Road Commis- i
sion at that time, with short feeder roads connecting '
up all mining districts, this count y would be far ahead |
of what it is today, both in vea' i and permanent pop
elation. Many r.tore mining outfits would have been
err 'dished cn ic-'amerable creeks throughout all these
yrrrs inftead oftheir just now getting into production.
The cost of such a road program would have beeu more
than justified by this time.
If Tafcotna, McOrata, Opmr and ot. rr towns r,aa ;
th type of landing fields necessary to accommodate the
basin ss that has been available during the •dast few
years, there would, without a doubt, been -aa; more
thousands of dollars left in this country, which, of
course, weald have meant further development at 'tne
m’neral resources in all sections. t
These and other matters of vital interest to this
corntry should be given your earnest attention in an ;
effort : secure these improvements. What helps v>ae.
section help? all and it is our suggestion that a non-po
I t ra' organization be formed in every community in the
Kg iiokwim I a?in with one central group of officers whoj
would concentrate all projects. ■ into one program and ■
w rk ceaselessly to accomplfe results. This central
p- up coc’d be made up of rre-ponsible citizens in Flat.
M-Grath, Ophir, Takotna or any other community and j
by having meetings at regular stated intervals, "the
membership would increase rapidly as'time went on. 1c !
t1 v v, ; r.d tins way only, can the resident of the
K skokvira hope to get reasonably quick action on
all worthwhile projects. This proposed organization
w ’ : .!-■• h n as sort f a chamber of commerce repre
ss ;»:ng all the communities throughout this region.
S :' organization could not help but get results:
v. u’.-v* with the politieisraa-wnoerre in chaige‘5-t
th allocation of moneys for public improvements. When j
th.se fellows realize that these demands are backed by1
practically 100 per cent of th? population of the entire ■
Westward country, they are going to ‘sit up and "fake
notice and give these demands serious'consideration; lor
thro i.t v, that they cannot last long on their jobs if:
e sv eng. aggressive organization decides to gw after
them.
V *; thank THE PEOPLE OF MeGRATH
f P THEIS WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT—
t- t- • f- M~C nth fairly out-did themselves
*V v the jpport given The Kusko Times when j
»i-. .. [r rs ; their first visit to this busy and!
tj rt : city. A iarre number of subscriptions!
v -- urod . well at assurances -f a fair 5mount of]
B - , A the rear fOtiire The friendly 1
n-r,r Js of encouragement and hospitality shown on every !
tend made us fee! that our puny efforts toward publish- |
ing a good rape.* were not entirely wasted.
We wish to reiterate that this paper is being pub
lished in the interests of ALL the people of the Kusko- ]
fc-srim region and *e stand ready at all times to take ;
up the cudgel and battle for worthy and needed in-j
pro Yemeni’• for McGrath as well ar Takotra or any bth- 1
et -otr —unit in th s country. ,
Although this statement is in no way a pro? rise, we
brligv;. we shall be able to blossom fcrit. with u„ eight
p?'---* oaper —ery week, sometime rn April, providing,
t'l * >- e ,-ha’l set a fair percentage of support from Flat,!
Be-b-1. Pool mail and other communities down river.
Again, we thank the people of McGrath for their
support of the paper and we hope to get over that way
ageir. soon.
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Send in your communications to the_,ydjtor.nrg.ywy
* subject WeTl gladlvr publish them.
SIXTEEN YErRS AGO TI'IS Y.fEEK
(TAKEN FROM THE FI! ES OF THE Kl'SKO TIMES)
Nels Vibe, of Ophir* is spjnding a
couple of days in McGrath.
Gus Schuler is a recent arrival
from Nixon.
Thomas Jasper arrived in McGrath
today from Nixon on his way to Plat.
Deputy U. S. Marshal McMullen
left Tuesday on a trip over toward
Rainy Pass.
Henry Martello is expected to ar
rive . in McGrath tomorrow from
Gphir on his way to Anchorage.
Bob Lerwrie left this morning with
two teams loaded with supplies for
his machine shop.
Owen Gray, who relayed the Tread
well freight from McGrath to th
half-way cabin, will have all of it up
to the quartz mines this week.
James Wenberg of Akiak, arrived
in McGrath Monday, and left the fol
lowing day for Anchorage and the
Outside.
Victor Hill has finished a new shaft
on his ground on Victor Gulch, the
scene of his strike last summer. This
shaft is further up stream, on the
left limit, and is reported to show
better pay than the original strike.
Cameron and Sellers are preparing
to move supplies to their ground on
Cripple Creek. They have the best
ground blocked out, and will drift
the coming season and dump to the
Boxes.
Alfred Anderson, cne of the orig
inal owners of Canyon Creek placer
ground near Bethel, arrived here
Monday, on his way Outside. He may
settle down on a farm back in Mich
igan.
J. W. Felder, Bethel mr-'hant, and
Karl Tbefle, fur buyer and trader,
arived in McGrath Tuesday afternoon
having left Bethel on the 10th and
taken it leisurely on the vray. There
is nothing new to report in a mining
way, according to Mr. Felder, who
declares conditions on the lower riv
er at just, about normal, unless it 1
the fact that there are fewer furs
usual this winter. Both' gentlen n
are on their way to the Outside.
J.': k Mutch! r, who has been look
ing after fre;gbt in transit from the
steamer Tara to McGrath, arrived
in McGrath yesterday. He reports
that all the freight has reached th
Fialatna, about SO miles distant.
Vic Swanron came in to McGrath
today from the Sixer, mines, mat; g
a quick trip covering the distance in
r:x hours flat, with nine dc-gs. John
E. Swanson left for Sixon Monday,
taking with him a large load of
freight in charge of Vic Swanson.
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.’.ham S.hneiria, one of Ophir's
mining kings, who came to McGrath
last Monday, departed yesterday for
Takotna, at which p!ac? he will spend
a few days purchasing supplies for
his coming summer operations on Lit
tle Creek an! give attention to other
business matters.
It is reported that Twitchell, the
reindeer k‘ng, will not move a herd
to Ophir this spring, on account of
the b» avy un iws, but will freight the
meat hy teams from vJiis -present
camp at the head of the Tolstoi sr.d
move a herd in the early summer to
the head of Beaver in order to reach
the Takotna and Ophir camps
Billy Jon,--,, the freighter, has com
pleted moving the hoisting ■ a.ri.-.e
and supplies to the scene o‘‘ opera
tion for J.-nnson &. Bolgen, on Oi.Hr
Creek. To illustrate the need of the
Ophir McGrath wagon road, this en
gine c< uld have been freighted from
Seattle to Ophir at a saving of $::00
from the cost of moving it from Idit
. arod, one fortieth of the distance,
-with the completion of the Toad.
The foDowing is a list of subscrip
tions made at Ophir to the fund for
the relief of the starving children of
Europe; Paulson's Roalhouse. 520:
B. B. Smith, 510; Carlson and Hou
nan, Sl’O; Fred Boethlisberger, $5;
Chas. Lsaacser, $5; Hans Ericksen,
; S10; Victor Hill $5; John Giuctailer,
$5; Waino F. Puntilla, $5; John Repo,
55; Mrs. P. A. Anderson, $5; Adolph
Carlson, 55; O’af C. Waagen. S5;
Robert Evans, $5; Andrew Hansen,
'5; A .red Johnson, $5; H. M. Kear
ney $5; Christian Bolgen, $5: G.
Lundgren, $2.50; FI. Martello, 52.50;
■ E. L. Jones. S^; Frank Speiljaek, 55;
, ichneirla Lr- s.. $10. Total $170.
SELEOT
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BY T. S. r 3) McADAMS
<The o Times Chef)
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SCALLOPED IOTATOES
Peel ar.i slice rw potatoes 1-1
ck. i : tter ;< i r Msh, put
a layer of potatoes and season with
alt, pepper and butter; now put ar
her layer of p-.tatoes on »ifh he
easoains. Continue in this way c.n
‘il the dish is filled, then cover with
hot milk and bake.
PUMPKIN PIE
1 qt. pumpkin.
1 cup sugar.
4 eggs.
1-4 teaspoon salt.
1-2 teaspoon g ager.
1 teaspccn cinnamon.
1 ct. milk.
M:x pumpkin, eggs, sugar salt and
Prices fhorough'y; add rrilk end bae
in tin, lined with pie douhg. Makes
three pies.
CUSTARD PIE
Beat together until light, the yolks
of two eggs ard four tab'espoo^f !r
of sugar. Flavor with nutmeg ar.d
varilla ard then add the two beaten
whites, a pinch of salt, ard two cups
-if milk. Mix well and pour into tins
lined with paste._ Bake until firm.
PIE CREPT
2 cups flovr.
•3-4 top rhirtening
1-2 cup cold water.
Rub thor u, h'y the shortening in
to the Sour. Mix together with a
half cup of water. Mix as Gt*.!n as
possible, just enough to fj-X it in
shaps to t< 11 out.
FUDGE
3 ceps sugar.
1 cup milk.
3 squares bitter chocolate
2 vfttl.'.p.bu-t-r.
1 teaspoon Tar.il ia.
Put super and milk in sauce pan.
Brit;; quickly to the boiling po;r.t
without Stirling, add ct jeeiate and
sar constantuntil done. Add bat
ter and let stand until cool, add van
illa ana beat until creamy and dull
looking; then turn into a buttered
par :o fcard-n and cut into squares
vk u hare. Uut’ge » ‘■done” when
a few drops tried in cold water stick
together when rolled between the
fingers and forms a soft ball. Add
nuts if desired just before putting
candy in nans to set.
TIMELY EDITORIALS
Culled From Our Exchanges
ENTER THE MACHINE AGE—
'The Alaska Weekly)
Once. a million years or *• ago, someone with an
original turn for coining a phrase said, in describing the
progress of mining in Alaska. “The country ain’t been
.scratched yet."
Since that distant date, repetition has made this
saying familiar to many, and today it is just as true as
: when some oUtimer used to describe the possibilities ol
Alaska. Mining in the North may lie conservatively said
to he only in its infancy.
During the past year, 19116. gr"a; new districts have
been developed and put into production—and the strange
part of it all is that these name sections have been ] ins
pected for years. Back of Nome on the Kougarok, the>
are finding “pay” tba' is richer than anything ever
i found before. It is the same way in the Tanana. Fair
banks, Circle, Forty Mile are all taking on a new lease
of life. The Goodpaster is a new one, but tk > existence
of gold in that section has been known for years—Al
Hilty and Jesse Noble were prospecting there whet!
Felix Pedro found pay on Gilmore Creek.
in the Xalkeetna, Valdez Creek Cache Creel: and
Susitna sections, new ground has been found and .is get
ting into production, and many mining men who should
know are looking toward the Talkeetna section as the
next Klondike of the North.
-uaiiy axe untie -ne increase'! arvvni ir nrfspecting
and mining to the increased p? ice of guM True, that
is a great incentive, gud in a way i» responsible net only
for the increased activity in prospecting tut in working
what was formerly known as “low grade ground.” But
there is another reason, and one that has just as much
to do with this ineresreii activity or w, might say in
creased prodm.tit h of gold in Alaska as has the increas
ed price, and tnat is modem mining machitery.
In no branch of the manufacture of industrial equip
I- ment has there been such improvements, as you will fine
! in mining maehinecy. This is the machine age in Alas
ka—everywhere you are seeing the pick, the shovel and
wheelbarrow supplanted by the hydraulic plant, the
draeline scraper, with its mobile washing machine, and
t the dredge. Big machinery is taking Dip backache aul
i of nlarer mining
The placer drill has uncovered vast field’- of placet
i. ground in Alaska, and done it with a mod it uai of effort
. and a trace of the expense that the old hack-breaking
method of wood orr steam thawing entailed, ft et ground
hitherto the bane of the prospector holds no terrors for
a modern drill, and once the "pay” has trees located
• “wet” ground is nice to mine.
Ball mills, flotation cells cyank'e nlants, raodarr
I trams for the transportation of ore. have practically
made o-er the hard rock mining industry, and made it
possible to treat and recover values from ores that harvt
been passed up for ages.
But the great improvement—the one that bus gum
farther to help the miner of both types—is modrrt
transportation, t»e flying machine and the ca'erpiH.ir
tractor. There i- the kernel in the rut The airplane
has eliminated distance, saving yearly million,- of hours
in traveling and Transporting supplies, mail nnd passen
gers. The ‘cat” has solved the freighting problem,
r „f rhe Interior miner, and now is
br aking into the mining -nmchmen, class an well
Fk’oipped with c bulldot. r it dots the worn of a I ait
Banyan “shov-l stiff," ami in spare times hauis wood
moves equipment, runs the compressor saws lamhcr
digs ditches, builds roads, arid irons out flying fields.
Ttuly this is the machine age now oawrrinp for
Alaska am tin intnciiictiori of rmnirrn equipment w
playing it- part in the increased gold production of Hs*
North—and that pait is just as, big, and just as im
portant to the mining man a tne increased price Of
gold
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iNcoNsroKRt n: .vobel \w\Rnfu_
(Seward XJatewayi
Hitler nas forbidden Cknuan- to accept any ru m
Nobel prises. The last German to receive a Nobel
-award—just a few weeks ago -vas'm jail at the tima.
and the glare of publicity was such that he had u, t*
turned loose.
l;rn rent judges who nave the rcstter h. hand of
selecting prize winners should carefully consider suck
matters and not embarras*- a dictator to the point of
emptying fci« jails of the highiT mfoilectuaJs.
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The free little community of Ophir has giver; fine
support to the paper. Scarcely a week goes i v without
new additions being made to our subscription list. We
are coining over soon and tnarik you people persona y
for yiiur loyal support. It has been a great help to u*
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Florida boasts a man aged DO years -who is mart
agile than the average man of 20. Down there t’dtf*
.have.to beagile Uj get across jin.autoniolu> jjigii^p*