THE KUSKO TIMES
• VOL,. VIII NO.; 21
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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGD ST4. 1928.
Tunney To
Quit Ring
A ANNOUNCE* ..li! * REIREMENT—
' WILL TARtf-t T STUDY OF
P.ttlW^OPHY.
V. ,NFW Y9Jtri, Aug. 1.—Gene Tun
r... jm>v, heavyweight champion, an
, tiop-nced.hi? retirement from the ring
Last night, at &. Luncheon given in
; honor of William Muldoon, 72-year
c <rtd member o£rtbr* New York State
. Athletic s.Commiaaj.n
.Tunney, jt is understood, will take
•. or. the study of phjlosopb
\ f|i; S'/.V AKE; PENNSYc) AN1A
SENATOR, SUFFERS PARALY
> TIC STROKE, LEFT. ARM,.LEG
THILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.—Wil
i . Ham S. Vare, Senatoy-etect. ..from
,.^Pennsylvania, suffered a paralytic
stroke last night at his summer home
in, Atlantic City. He has been >de
i prived of the use of his left arm and
*. leg, and. tor a time .was ..unable, to
r *P^ak.
i WOBILFL AND RESCUEirtSOM- *
; JRADES RETURN TV) ITAL\
•ROME, Aug. 1.—General Emberton
Npbiitvt>.nd .nis rescued comrades of
l__ tip;, Ifedie disaster returned -to Rome
last Right. They were recjeivel with
; almost ^r-oy a 1 honors.
< CAPT. JOHN BACKLAND PASSES.
SEATTLE, Aug. ‘S.—DDeath claim
■ L a picturesque figure of Northern
oceans when Captain John Backland,
i Sftj passed away at bis home herp yes
tt U For many years he owned
i and.operated the scoohner C. S.
Holmes, an Alaska trading vessel now
in the Arctic, commanded by his son,
*Iphn Backland, Jr. Backland, who
was president of. the Midnight Sun
Trading Company, leaves a widow and
. son.
WILL OF II. E. HENRY, SEATTLE.
;• SEATTLE ,Aug. 1.—The will of H.
; E. Henry, filed for probate today,
leaves one-half million dollars to his
Iwa sons, Langdon L. and Paul B., and
; his mother, of Seattle, and one hun
• «6red thousand dollars to friends, hos
pitals and art institutions.
u. S. TO RECOGNIZE NATION
ALIST REGIME OF CHINA
t WASHINGTON, July 29.—The Ad
ministration has decided to recognize
the Nationalist regime in the future
government of China, according to a
Statement given out today.
f SENATOR SIMMONS QUITS.
' NEWBERN, N. C., July 29.—Sen
ator Simmons, outspoken opponent of
v Governor A1 Smith, Democratic pres
, ijleatiaJ pominee, today resigned as a
member of the Democratic national
. committee.
> BO.Y C. -LYLE GETS O K OF
. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
i WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The 15
. months’' light‘ove Roy C. Lyle’s fit
ness to serve as prohibition adminis
trator for Washington and Alaska
heard its end today, with the civil
service commission decision that he is
eligible for permanent appointment.
Lyle faile dat the first examination,
genotor Jones,, of Washington, be
lieves he will now be reappointed.
• The Tanai Captain George ..Qreen,
Jeft McGrattT 'a. cpupl^ of' days ago
for Bethel, to connect witli the Tup
• per on her arrival at that port.
Polish Fliers
On Their Way
LEAVE LEBOURGET IN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE NON-STOP FLIGHT
TO NEW YORK.
LEBOURGET, Aug.. 3.—Major I.
Dzikowski and Major K. Kubala, Pol
ish flyers, hopped og from here at 6
o’clock this morning in an attempt to
make the first westward non-stop
flight frim Lebourget to New York.
They will endeavor to make the trip
in 38 hours.
DOLLAR PANS ARE FOUND
ON BEDROCK TENDERFOOT
CREEK, FAIRBANKS SECTION
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
One dollar pans at 155 feet to bed
rock is the report from Tenderfoot;
creek, where J. Pontella has just com
pleted his shaft. The news sent a
number of men on a small stampede,
hut as the whole creek is an old prop
osition, having been worked both
above and below 17, where the pres
ent strike is reported, there seems to
(bq little to interest stampeders. The
| striks is in creek pay, but it is possi
ble that new sources of pay will be
developed as the result of this dis
covery.
Local citizens say that an old creek
: is coming back. They point to the
1 fact that there are a number of gold
bearing creeks in that vicinity, and
dollar pans are not found every day.
Pontella had mined his ground for
some time and recovered good money.
Water troubles caused him to sink a
new shaft at a point where he figured
he could hit bedrock without meeting
too much water but where he would
meet gold, according to his calcula
tions. That is what t ranspired, and
the North is more than thrilled with
the story of the long line of gold
around the edge of the pan. The
■ paystreak has not been completely
crosscut as yet, according to report,
but gives promise of being an exten
sive one.
SENATOR OWEN, OKLAHOMA,
WILL SUPPORT HOOVER
l NEW YORK, July, , 29.—Senator
Owen, Democrat, of Oklahoma, today
announced that he will support Her
bert Hoover as the best equipped can
; didate for the presidency.
ELEVEN DROWNINGS AROUND
SEATTLE, PAST THREE DAYS
SEATTLE, July 29.—There were
eleven drownings in the bay and
lakes near Seattle during the past
three days, nearly all of- whom were
bathers seeking relief from the hot
weather.
AL SMITH.
NEW YORK, July 29,—Governor
A1 Smith, DeDmocratic presidential
nominee, and Governor Ritchie of
Maryland held a long political confer
ence at dinner last night.
Governor Smith left today, for a
week-end vacation at Hampton Bay,
L.J.
HERBERT HOOVER.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2?.—Her
bert Hoover, Republican ;pre^idential
nominee, passed through.-'fcoda* on a
five-day fishing trip in Northern Cal
| ifornia.
SEATTLE’S POPULATION, 506;735.
SEATTLE, July 29.—Polk’s new
city directory gives Seattle a popula
| tion of 506.735.
U. S. INVITES NEW CHINESE
GOVT. TO TAKE STEPS LEAD
ING TO ITS RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON, July 30.—Thr
United State, through the Depart
ment of State, today formally in
vited the new Chinese government to
open negotiations in the revision? of
treaties leading to the early recogni
tion of its government.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
CALLS FOR FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS, CAMPAIGN FUNDS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Repub-1
lican campaign funds for four million |
dollars Was called for today by i
Chairman Hubert Work, of the Na
tional Committee, after that figure
had been fired at a conference of
party leaders.
Telegraphic Ticks.
GURNEY, July 29.—E. Newlin, of
Los Angeles, was today elected presi
dent of the American Bar Association.
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—J. E. Price,
founder of the Marine National Bank,
died at his home here last nightfi.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Margaret
Leech, novelist, and Ralph Pulitzer,
editor of the New York World, were
married yesterday afternoon.
MANILA, July 29.—Shooting forth
j tons of lava hundreds of feet into the
air, Mayon volcano, in Albany prov
ince, resumed violent eruption this
morning, after the surrounding coun
tryside had been rocked by quakes.
‘MULCH PAPER’ NOW CON
I
SERVES SOIL MOISTURE !
AND KEEPS WEEDS A WAV
MILWAUKEE.—Red radishes and
green peas, everything that goes to
make up a vegetoble garden—and not
j one weed from spring to the time
i frost arrives.
And, best of all, no hoeing.
This is the utopia that Milwaukee
amateur gardeners face this year,
thanks to the advance of agricultural
science.
When gardeners buy their seeds
they may also purchase “mulch pa
per,” which is the newest wrinkle in
gardening. This heavy, waterproof
paper is placed on each side of the
rows of vegetables, keeps the weeds
from getting a start and conserves
soil moisutre, making use of the hose
unnecessary.
Other gardeners cut small holes in
the paper and place it on the seedbed
just as the vegetables are breaking
through the ground. This is consid
ered even more efective in checking
weeds.
Experiments last year with grow
ing vegetables “under paper” were so
successful that demasd for the special
mulch paper has swamped Milwaukee
seed dealers.
Another thing which has caused the
new method to spread so rapidly is
the stimulating ecect it has on plant
growth and productiveness.
Beans and tomatoes grown by this
method have in some eases doubled
their yield, and almost every vege
table thrives beyond its usual produc
tiveness.
In addition, the growing season has
been moved from 200 to 300 miles
further north for vegetables tender to
the cold.
Fred Roethlisberger was a town
visitor for a few hours on Sunday,
returning to Yankee creek the same
| day. 1
Guilty Of
Conspiracy
IN fMN K(;TI(>N WITH SI33,000
C,KJkN»> TRUNK MAIL ROB
BER'.. I. '.ST FEBRUARY
CHIC AG'.), Aug. 2.—Charles I.
Wharton, termer Congressman, and
former assist 't state attorney, was
found guik.v the Federal grand
jury of conspiracy today in connec
tion wit! the $1.33,000 Grand Trunk
mail robbtv ' Evergreen Park last
February.
Charles Cleaver, accused robber and
ring leader at 'he band, was found
guilty of con-oiracy and six other
charges.
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AIRPLANE CARRIER LEXJNG- I
TON SETS RECORD OK 29.2
KNOTS AN HOUR, TEST RUN
WASHINGTON—The airplane car
rier Lexington reported to the .Navy
Department, today, that she had set a
new record for ship-..sp*/d when she
ran 700 nautical miles, between noon
Saturday and noon- yesterday, averag-;
ing 29.2 knots an hour.
The Lexington is pn route from
San Pedro to Honolulu, and said that j
at. the time the message was sent she
was making 30.4 knots an- hour, she*
is attempting to establish «■ record
run from the American coast, to Hon
olulu, and is expecting to arrive at
Honolulu at 1 p. m. tomorrow. The
distance is 2,22s~F«.HUtica! miles
The previous record was held by
the light cruiser Omaha, which ran
from San Francisco to Honolulu in 75
hours 4 Ominutes and 4fl seconds, in
May, 1923. Her average sneed was
27.76 knots, and her best day’s run
was 690 miles. The distance from
San Francisco is 2,09,1 nautical miles.
KIDNAPPERS METE TERRIBLE j
DEATH TO SEATTLE GIRL'
SEATTLE.—F( ad to swallow u
vial of poison by two men who had
attacked her, Miss Swanee Queeneon,
aged 22, died in a hospital here today.
The girl hysterically t hi of being
kidnapped by two men as she alight
ed from a street car in a Seattle sub
urb at midnight, of being attack'd,
and having a bottle of acid forced
down her throat. The burning poison
splashed on her face, deeply scaring
the besh.
She was thrown from the automo
bile in which she was being kid
napped and crawled to a near-by res
idence, where she told a broken story
and lapsed into unconsciousness.
DECREASE IN GOLD OUTPUT
OF ALASKA FOB YEAR 1927
WASHINGTON.—The tow price if
metals during 1927 is one- or th»‘ rea
sons assigned by the Interior* depart
ment for the decrease in production
of metals in Alaska last year. The
decrease hi the gold output of the
Territory is traced to a. decrease in
production from, placers, an announce
ment said.
It was disclosied that the Geolog
ical Survey places the production of
all mines in Alaska at §14,404,000, as
compared with $17,657,000 the previ
ous year.
Coal, metallic tin and lead showed
an increase, despite the general
slump.
The Sea Wolf, Captain Frank Lar
son, arrived a couple of days ago from
McGrath, bringing up a good-sized
load. I
On Middle
Of Atlantic
SEVERAL LEVERS GO TO ASSIST
ANCE OF liKITISIl AVIATORS
TOSSING ON ATLANTIC.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 -Frank T.
Courtney, British aviator, and three
companions are today being tossed on
the Atlantic, 5,000 miles from New
foundland, in a Dornier-Napier flying
boat, in which they took off from
Houra, Azores, yesterday afternoon.
Several liners have turned from theii
course, speeding t.o the aviators’ as
sistance.
SPANISH AIRMEN HOP OFF IN
FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
.CADIZ, A up. 1.—Spanish Airmen
Captain Ruiz Alba, Emilio Gallanzo
and Pablo Redia hopped ol today in
a four-motored seaplane in a flight
around the world, via Azores and Un
alaska, which they contemolate com
pleting in 45 clays.
FIRST RADIO MESSAGES. AUS
TRAL! \ TO UNITED STATES
■WASHINGTON—Establishment to
day of the first direct radio circuit
between Norih America and Australia
was heralded by the exchange of mes
sages of felicitation by the press and
Government officials of the ewo con
tinents.
Spanning: <he vast expanse of the
Pacific and the great mountains and
plains of the continent, the first mes
sage sped via Marconi beam radio
from Melbourne to Montreal, and
thence via short wave wireless to the
New York station of the Radio Cor
poration of America and on to Wash
ington.
Frank B. Noyes, president of the
Associated Press, was a recipient of
one of the first radiograms, which
read:
“The Melbourne Herald-Sun and
allied publications send greetings to
the newspapers of America. Science
and enterprise thus have bridged the
Pacific and-have brought our two con
tinents into-sue: close contact thot al
most sus this message is being tapped
out in.. Australia it is being received
by v*»u in America. Now we are
neighbors indeed and we know that
this will mean a better understanding
of each other’s problems. In a few
years we shall talk to von daily by
radiophone.”
In replying, Mr. Noyes’ radiogram
read:
“Cordial thanks for friendly greet
ingsc. The better Australia and the
United States understand each other’s
ideals and aspirations the firmer will
grow the long-time existing friend
ship between the two countries, and
nothing can produce this, more than
the close contact coming from radio
communication.”
Messages of felicitation also were
exchanged by officials of the various
states in Australia and Secretary of
Commerce Hoover, Secretary of
State Kellogg and other Government
officials.
Chester Brink, proprietor of the
Takotna meat barge, left a couple of
days ago for McGrath, from which
place he will take the meat boat to
Bethel, where it will be replenished
with art entirely fresh stock of meats
coming up on the steamer Tupper.
The boat is expected hack here at as
early a date as possible. Also going
down on the boat to Bethel will be
Chalie Konietzko and Charlie I&onifT