THE KUSKO TIMES
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Owner and Editor.
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Ktisko Times, McGrath, Alaska.
McGrath, alaska, july 20.1921
News Notes From
All Parts of Alaska
Probably J. W. F. Hatton, declared
insane at Ketchikan and sent to the
Morningside sanitarium at Portland,
holds the record of having been in the
institution the shortest time. He was
committed April 2. this year, and re
leased April 10. A letter has been re
ceived by the clerk of the district court
at Juneau from the sanitarium officials
saying that the patient was released
under bond to his brother, who took
him East to the former home.
With 300 dozen bottles piled up in
barrels and boxes alongside of the
court house at Juneau, that portion of
the grounds now resembles a brewery.
The smell is still in the air from where
the contents trickled down the hill
side, to carry out the impression. Many
<of the bottles were broken, as the stuff
inside was so powerful that it exploded
the bottles when they were being
•opened. However, enough were saved
to make a good appearance, and these
were sold in a job lot for §60 by United
States Marshal Tanner. The bottles
are mostly from “beer” confiscated
from the Alaska Beverage Company.
Bishop P. T. Rowe. Episcopal bishop
■of Alaska, arrived in Juneau recently,
starting a visitation of ail the towns
along the coast as far north as Anchor
age. Leaving Anchorage, he expected
to strike for the Interior by way of
Whitehorse. From Dawson all points
on the Yukon and Porcupine rivers
will tee visited. Bishop Rowe will go
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
| Fair view, Innoko River
beyond the Arctic Circle, coming out
by way of Nenana about the twiddle of
October.
Funeral services for Herbert Duke, ai
Yukon old-timer, who was recently i
drowned at Prince Rupert, were held 1
in Seattle a few days ago.
the rush to the Klondike it
was in Dawson for twenty
making only one trip to the Outside in [
that time.
Thomas J. Krigbaum, a well known >
Juneau politician, writes tbe Alaska
Dispatch from Winnett, Mont., regard
ing the oil prospects there. He says:
“Here l am in the oil fields; some busy
place, with oil everywhere, and you
cannot read the paper without getting
covered with oil. There are 23 wells
in the Cat creek field now, with an
average of from 600 to 2.000 barrels a
day. I plan to put a jitney auto stage
line from here to the oil fields, and
have met a number of Alaskans ”
l 1897, and
-two years.
Senator E. B. Collins, of Fairbanks,
states that the wheat growth in the
Tanana valley is equal to anv produced
in the world. He is confident" that as
soon as the railroad is completed Fair
banks will be in a position to export
wheat to the Outside as welt as supply
the interior of Alaska with flour.
A new record was made in Alaska
steamship circles by traveling men
boing forced to go steerage in order to
continue their journey, as was the case
when the steamship Northwestern left
Juneau on her last trip North. Aside
from those leaving Juneau, the North
western carried 385 passengers, of
which 165 were steerage.
Jackson Anna-Hootz, the traditional j.
chief of the Sitka natives, has heard i
the call of civilization and serves notice !*
on all concerned that he is no longer a I
follower of the customs of his fore- j
fathers, but an American citizen and a !
member of the Alaska Native Brother
hood. To this end he has taken down
the totems of his clan and renounced
his chieftaincy..
The Sunset Magazine for May pub
lishes an extensive writeup of Miss
Nellie Cashman. Miss Cashman came
to Alaska over fifty years ago, and has
been in practically every camp ia the
Territory. The article states that she ,
has been recommended for the office of
U. S. deputy marshal in t'he iKoyukuk
district, with the possibility of getting
it. Miss Cashman is in California at
the present time.
After going from Cordova to Valdez
in a small launch one of the jurors re
marked: “I don’t blame Christ for
walking.”
In the Probate Court for the In
noko Precinct, Fourth Judicial
Division, Territory of Alaska.
Estate of William Christie.
Evan Li. Jones, Administrator, hav
ing applied for permission to sell the
real property of said estate, all persons
interested in said estate are notified to
appear in my office at Ophir, Alaska,
Saturday, July -30, 1921, at 4 p. m., to
show cause why such permission Should
not be given.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 20th day of June, 1921.
B. B. Smith,
‘U. S. Commissioner. Acting as Pro
bate Judge, Innoko Precinct.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
SNNOKO LUMBER CO.
Why Carry Your Outfit a Long Distance?
We Can Supply Everything You Need.
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Fresh Stock Just Arrived. Prices That Will Satisfy You
GEO. HOFFMAN - NAPAMUTE
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim
PIONEER POOL ROOM i
■McGratIf& "Popular Resoft
Dave E'. Clough - - - Prop. I
Who Said Freighting
That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
.McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
t.even as far.as Ruby.
W. H. Jones - Freighter
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Cajrt;. Wallace Langley, IManager.
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