THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Ow ner and Editor.
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Entered as second-class matter Au
rjfost 29th, 1928, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Tokotna, Alaska, January 30, 192ft_
<* ASEY MORAN ENTERS
COl.l'MRIAN REI'VBEIC
TO ESTABLISH PAPER
The Panama American, published
iin Panama. E. P., in its issue of No
vember 17., 1925, a eopy of which
(reached the Alaska Weekly office a
few days ago, contains the following
.about Casey IVJoran, the well known
former Dawson and Alaska news
1 paper man:
“Endowed by all that God can give
:a country in the way of climate and
inches above and below ground, Amer
icans who have had such an important
irole in the development of its mult
iplicity of resources are abandoning
Mexico, and you may look forward to
: seeing the same energy and applica
tion in the develonment of raw re
{sources, with that skill, unstinted
imeasure of investment and the hope j
• of permanency, in the countries near
tthe Canal that once inspired Amer
icans to send their hope in the land j
of the Aztecs.” So said Casey Moran,
'who has followed the newspaper busi- ,
ness for the last thirty-five years.,
;and after six years in Mexico is, in <
(Company with Jack Bailey and ‘Char
ley Connor, on Ills way to Cartagena,
•Columbia. Mr. Moran and his ass
•Mates arrived on the 1'arismina and
’.will leave for Cartagena on the Sixa
«»la Thursday.
“It is unpleasant to relate a condi
ttion in a country which, bordering
tthe United Scare.-, should be affiliated i
iin spirit with a neighbor, and main-1
itain the same friendly relations as
iits northern neighbor. Canada," ••••"
ttinued Mr. Moran, “yet the fact re
rmains that it is not the Mexican peo
ple who have caused the exodus of
.Americans, not only that but a vas.
{amount of foreign capital. There are
in Mexico 180,000 members of the bol
ssheviki class, having no regard for
-.property rights, and life is also held
'lightly. Not only in Mexico, but
•elsewhere in the world the decent peo
ple do not care for strife, and the
Ibolsheviki, although few in number,
"have with their terrorism got com
jplete control of the government and,
.as is usual in cases of incompetence,
jrule with an iron fist, one of their
.great outdoor and indoor sports being
ito soak the Americans. They fear
tthe other nations, save Spain. And
(this is brought by the mistaken idea
(that patience on the part of the
lUnited States is generally construed
iu,y uiicm a ui weaKness, wmcn
beginning with Mr. Wilson’s notes has
mot ceased in some form or other. Mr.
(Coolidge furnished Calles, now presi
dent, who was then running for presi
dent, w’ith arms and ammunition to
[suppress the De la Huerta revolution,
.and Huerta promised more to for
eigners than could even be expected.
“At any rate, ruin faces Mexico and
all the foreigners. And whether or
mot all this has been brought about
Iby an intrigue to bring Mexico to her
financial knees, Americans who live
there refuse to longer act as pawns
iin the moneyed game.
“Where there were several thou
sand Americans in Tampico, there are
mow less thaan a thousand. They are
morning down this way, to Columbia,
to Venezuela, to Panama. Of all the
millions of dollars that Americans
made in the pil fields, there are only
*. few hundred invested there. The
government never built a kilometer of
road—not a kilometer. It even fined
the oil companies for repairing roads
and streets.
lhr .character of Mexican
government. Some day the people
will control, and when they do it will
be a prosperous and happy land.
“1 am going to Colombia, for we
have been informedin Mexico that the
laws there are favorable for foreign
efforts.
“There is this about the coming of
foreign capital in a country. The res- |
idents should remember that much ]
foreign capital domesticates itself
within a generation after entry. With
a big oil boom looming in Colombia,
much of the money made by Amer
icans will find immediate investment
where it is earned.”
Mr. Moran has been following
booms for thirty-five years. He had
the first paper in Dawson, the Klon
dike Sun. He has had fourteen pa
llets, the last one being The Press,
Monterey, Mexico.
Asked what he would call his
paper in SColombia, he said: “The
Equatorial Sun.” And why not; was
it not The Midnight Son in Dawson,
in the shade of the Arctic Circle?—
Alaska Weekly.
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND IN
TRODUCES SEVERAL BILLS
Washington.—Delegate Dan Suth
erland has introduced the following
bills in the House of Representa
tives;
To authorize the .Secretary of In
terior to appraise and se.ll timber on
the public lands of Alaska.
To permit settlers to use such tim
ber for firewood and fences.
To authorize the Secretary of Com
merce to explore the halibut banks of
the North Pacific and Bering Sea,
with a view to obtaining knowledge
of the halibut supply and to allow
taking of fish in Alaska waters at all
times for bait.
Also a bill for construction of an
asylum in Alaska for the care of
Alaska insane.
Also one providing for an appro- j
priation of $35,000 for the erection of
buildings for mining purposes.
SALMON NOT THE
FUR SEAL’S FOOD
Washington. -Hair seals eat. sal-1
mon extensively, the Commerce De-1
partment admits, hut the precious fur i
seal of the Alaskan islands has an ap- ■
petite mostly for others of the tish j
family.
The seal herds, by their increase,
are not threatening the continuance
of the salmon fisheries, it is shown by
two scientists, Dr. Frederick A. Lu- i
eas, of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, and Dr. Leonhard Stej
uegtr. of the National Museum. They
io\e.sti a-ed the fur seal’s diet, and
the department declares it considers
salmon “only an occasional item of
diet of the fur seal.”
Lengthy evidence in the case ac
companies the conclusion reached. The
fur seal is said to be a deep water
animal, while its cousin, the hair or
harbor seal, keeps along shore. As
the salmon is considered to be a
coastal fish, the two most of the time
are well apart.
Also, on Bering island, one of the
rookeries where the seal gather year
ly under government guard, there is a
salmon stream, up which large num
bers of salmon go every year. The
fur seal herds have shown no disposi
tion to interfere with them. Further
more, in the stomachs of 273 seals
opened tor examination, salmon was
found in but 18.
The main article of seal diet is the
squid, the mortuary inspections indi
cated, and the department says it
“still remains unproven” that the seal
heards have any appreciable effect on
the great run „f saImon which an
nually enter the streams of Alaska.
The New Morality.
Ferdinand Huxley, the well known
librarian, said in a Denver lecture:
“The people are going back to the
older novelists, to Dickens and Scott
and Thackeray. Our new novelists
have disappointed them. They don’t
like our new novelists’ morality.
“This morality closely resembles
the chorus girl’s. A stage manager
said to her at supper one night:
“ ‘Could yo ulove a man who was
false to you?’
“ ‘No, oh, no,’ the chorus girl an
swered. Then, after a moment’s si
lence, she added, thoughtfully, ‘But I
jould be false to a man who loved
me,’ ”
PPESS SQUIBS.
The old-fashioned divided skirt now
is called balloon trousers.—Detroit
The number of killings in Chicago
seems astonishing, but perhaps Chi
cagoans know best.—New York Tele
gram.
The king of Spain attended a brick
layer’s wedding. Now he’ll probably
be charged with toadying to the rich.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bandits robbed a Chicago hotel and
got into the headlines. That’s real
news. Now if a hotel should rob any
body —Life.
Noah’s venture was a great suc
cess, but in this connection it must be
remembered that at that time there
was no shipping board.— Detroit
News.
According to General Harbord, the
radio is helping to check the exodus
from the farm to the cities. The
farm population may yet become
static.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Among the men who never attend
the class reunions at the school of ex
perience are those who received then
diplomas at the grade crossings.—
Arkansas Gazette.
_
Excavations near Bainbridge, Ohio, j
show costly jewelry, and evidences of
a civilization 1,000 to 2,000 years old.
It is believed that these are the re
mains of the original Ohio gang.—j
The New Yorker.
An East Indian in Paris has such
control over his nerves that he allows
scientists to jab needles and knives j
into his body and beat him with ham
mers. What a pedestrian he would
make.—Detroit News.
“Man,” says Sir OliveT Lodge, “was
brought out from among the animals
and given knowledge of right and !
wrong.” Thus distinguishing himself
as the only animal requiring the ser
vices of a good lawyer.—Life.
i. ft McLean
Tokotna
Swift’s Ham and Bacon
Golden State Butter
and Cheese
New Stock of Green Hood
Woolen Goods
Hood All Rubber Pacs
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Stamped Embroideries
Ladies’ Shoes and Slippers
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Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
Long Preparation.
Jail Visitor (speaking through
bars)—Poor fellow! You must find it
hard to be caged up this way.
Prisoner—Oh, it isn’t so bad. You
see, I was a bank teller before I came
here and got used to being in a cage.
No Argument.
Wife (as they return from party)—
Do you realize what you did ?
Hub—No, but I’ll admit that I was
wrong. What was it?
Tokotna
Pool Hall
OH, BOYS!
Fine Assortment of Pipes
All kinds of Tobaccos,
Cigarettes and Cigars
New Line of Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Fresh Candies, and
Soft Drinks
Tooth Brushes
Tooth Paste and Powder
Canvas Gloves
Jack Mutchler !
Proprietor
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
B. & t Store
McGrath, Alaska
MUKLUKS
HIP BOOTS
KNEE MUKLUKS
MUKLUKS FOR BOTH
KIDS AND LADIES
SPRING COTS
3 feet wide
AT COST
A. R. Ddridge
\ Larson Roadhouse
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention !
New Dog Houses. \
I rank Larson - - Proprietor^
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
See Joe Ferris or Bud Riley