The Kus
Times
VOL. 1. NO. 10
McGRATH, ALASKA. FEBRUARY 19. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
WASHINGTON HAS
TERRIFICCYCLONE
Hundreds of Families Made Home
less and Short of Supplies—Re
lief Expedition Started Out.
Port Townsend. — A terrific cyclone swept the
western part of Jefferson county today. Hun
dreds of trees were uprooted, and telegraph and
telephone lines are down in many places. Hun
diedsof families have been rendered homeless
and are short of supplies, tneir farms having
also been stripped of outbuildings . and much of
their stock destroyed. Fortunately, no casualties
are reported. The wind reached a velocity of
one hundred and .twelve miles an hour. A relief
expedition is now on its way to the scene of de
vastation to render every aid possible.
Britain Makes Denial.
Washington.—At the direction of his govern
ment Leslie'Claigie, British charge, called upon
Colby and denied formally the report that,'the
official British foreign office told American news
paper men that Britain and America were “tread
ing a path leading to war.’ A London dispatch
says Britain is confident the questions arising can
be settled without difficulty.
Iowa Politician Murdered.
Dubuque, Iowa.—Matt Daly, prominent politi
cian of this place, was killed today with an iron
bar bj7 a rejected suitor of Daly’s daughter. The
wife of Daly and her sick nurse, both of whom
attempted to stay the assaults of the maddened!
man, were both seriously injured during the as
sault.
;
Doubt About Soldiers’ Bonus.
Washington.—Senator McCutnber, of North
Dakota, in an interview today, expressed doubts
regarding the passage of the soldiers’ bonus biih
Senator Morrison said he would offer amendment
to the emergency tariff bill, in which provisions
would be made for the bonus.
Berlin Newspapers Still Protesting.
Paris.—Berlin newspapers are still publishing
violent protests over the decision of the supreme
•council regarding reparations. According to
Petit Parisienne, the feeling is very high in many
sections of Germany.
McDonald’s Evidence.
San Francisco.—MeDoneifs evidence in the
Mooney case has been presented to the grand
jury for investigation. Upon the findings to be
returned by the grand jury will depend the na
ture of the recommendations to be made to Gov
ernor Stephens.
Belfast.—One constable was killed and two
wounded in the explosion of a bomb at Dundalk.
FOUR CONVICTS
MAKE GET-AWAY
I
San Quentin.,—Four-convicts made good their i
escape from the prison here today. They first
knocked into unconsciousness the engineer of the
electric light plant, following which the switches!
were smashed and the lighting system put out of
commission. They then scaled the walls of the
penitentiary with a rope ladder, completely elud
ing the guards
Looks Bad for Str. Klamath.
San Francisco.—The steamer Klamath is
grounded off Fish Rock, one of the worst spots
on the coast of Northern California, according to
a wireless message from the steamer Curacao,
which is proceeding to the assistance of the Kla
math. All the passengers and all members of
the crew have been safely landed ashore, accord
ing to the wireless, but the steamer is pounding
heavily against the rocks and fears are expressed
that she may be completely wrecked
Worthless Oil Stocks.
San Francisco.—United States District Attor
ney Clyne, of Chicago, who arrived here today,
comes for the express purpose of making an in
vestigation into the operations of certain Okla
homa and Texas oil com ponies whose properties
have produced not one drop of oil, but for which
oil stocks amounting to fifty millions has been
disposed of.
Would Blow Up Scotland Yards.
Liondon.—The Graphic today published an ar
ticle claiming the discovery of a plot to blowup j
Scotland Yards, used as a recruit depot for royal
Irish constabulary.
Not Acceptable to United States.
London.—The cancellation of all interallied
debts, as formally proposed by the British Gov
ernment, is not acceptable to the United States,
said Austin Clfamherlain, chancellor of the ex
chequer, in a speech made today.
American Killed in Mexico.
Washington.—R. B. Case, an American, has
been killed by bandits in the state of Durango,
Mexico, according tc advices received here by
the state department.
For Dynamiting Legion Building.
Bellingham.—Frank Justin was arrested here
today and is held by the police in connection with
dynamiting the American Legion building at Ab
erdeen. He denies any connection therewith.
Disarmament Conference Soon.
Waohington.—Chairman Butler, of the House
naval committee, says a disarmament conference
will be called to meet soon after Harding has
been inaugurated.
NOTES fROM
NIXON
Good Progress In Open
ing Up the Whalen
Mine.
Atthe Nixon mines of the Al«sk*
Treadwell Company Superintendent
Charles Horner is making good pro
gress in opening up the WhalcH'niine.
A compressor has been installed, and
two jackhammers are being used in
raising a shaft from the 100-foot level,
preparatory to installing a gasoline
hoist. Lee Lambert, Jim Follev, Pete
Larson, George Blauusha, Enrico
Finala and Frank Posich are employed
here.
This mine, which is a limestone
intrusive granite deposit, has a large
bodv of good ore in sight.
It is reported that the company will
ins-tall a tec-stamp tail at the spring
near the camp, which .. ill furnish suffi
cient water, and it is believed that the
mill will crush one hundred tons daily,
-which can be concent'vsd ten to one
At the i7eereatron'J?*crev?’ composed
of Win. Gibbs, A. D. McDonald, Mike
Sullivan, Carl Schutler, Charles Boyd
and Jack Nixon are taking out ore,
part of which is being hauled to the
site of the mill for crushing, the bal
ance being sent to the Landing for
shipment.
Llovd F. Bullard, of the Treadwell
mine at Treadwell, is the assayer.
Over the hill, Wm. D. McGowan is
reported to be sinking on a small bnt
rich vein.
•‘ John O. Strand is reported to be start
ing to drift in the bottom of his shaft
to prospect an uncertain body of ore
encountered there.
At the Landing, Arthur Berry is
completing his tine roadhouse.
•W. J. Widman and W. Hard are log
ging on the East Fork for the Inoka
lAuuber Company.
F. C. H. Spencer and Gasoline Niek
are assembling an outtit for prospecting
up the Kuskokwim.
Bob Kobartson, with a four-horse
team, is hauling lumber for the mines
and ore from the mines to the Land
ing.
Freighters Are Busy,
Iditarod to jOphir
Ophir, Feb. 15.— Rob Lowrie, with
three horses, Billy Jones auc : Kearney
with six. and Nels Vibe with two, are
hauling feed and raining supplies from
Iditarod to this place. This is another
strong argument in favor of the Ophir
Tacotna road.
The mails are coming in on time in
spite of the heavy trails. The mail
men report heavy ■ weatber in the
Yukon section.
Henry Martello brought the mail
from Ophir this trip, Billy Jones being
busy-freighting from Iditarod.