THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
29th. 1923. at the Post Office at
TokoIbs, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 18711.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAR. 28, 1925
20,000 Miners Rush to
Siberian Gold Discovery
Seattle.—Twenty thousand miners
[nave rushed to the gold discovery in
Southeastern Siberia. 250 miles north
least of Blaffovyeschenik, on the head
waters of the A1 Ion river, a tributary
of the Lena river, Olaef Swenson,
president of the wholesale fur com
pany of Seattle, declared yesterday
<upon his return from Vladivostok.
Swenson said that owing to the great
'excitement throughout Russia, over
ithe new discovery, the soviet govern
ment has closed the camp, and no addi
itional prospectors will be permitted to
*enter the district.
Oo person will be permitted to take
over 9,000 rubles, and no one can re
main in the camp over four months.
Nine thousand rubles is considered a
ifortune in Russia now. Pood and min
ing implements are being packed in bv
<inen with dog teams.
A large number of Russians are tak
ling advantage of the stampede. All
miners are us; . g the old-fashioneu
irocker to wash gold on their claims.
All cleanups are made under govern
ment supervision, and exact records
•are being kept bv government officials.
Scientist Changes
Mercury Into Gold
New York.—AnDsuncement was made
today by the American Chemical So
ciety that, according to advices from
Tokio, Professor Hantaro NagaoHa,
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Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Japanese '■cieonst, has transmute
mercury imo gold. A microscopies
picture of the gold, which he is said t
have produced from the mercury, ha
been taken, it was reported.
The process used is described as fol
lows:
“By using a mercury lamp, the anod
in air. for more than 200 hours, uode
the electromotive force of 226 volts
Professor Nagaoka obtained about 0.
gram of soot from which one milligr»£
of gold was isolated. A white meta
was found in the soot which 16 sup
posad to belong to the platinum group.1
For 15 years Professor Nagaoka ha
studied spectrum lines of mercury, i
was stated. The Japanese scientist i
connected with the Tokio Iraperia
University and the Institute of Phys
ical and Chemical Research.
The process by which he is said t
have produced gold from mercury i
similar to that used by scientists ii
this country and Germany to aoeom
plish the same result.
Former McGrathite
Talks About Kodial
Alaska Weekly,
E. P. Werner, who owns and oper
ates the ouly hotel in Kodiak, Alaska
is in Seattle this week. He came soutl
for medical treatment and on business
and expects to depart for home som<
time next week. Mr. Werner is ai
oldtime Alaska mining tnao, who oper
ated in Dawson, Fairbanks, Nome am
in the Innoko district. He was one o
the original discoverers, and he am
his pajtner paooed the first gravel oi
Ophir. He was a big operator then
for many years.
Kodiak, climatically speaking, 1
about the best part of Alaska, in tbi
opinion of Mr Werner, and be savi
that if tne New England Fish Com
pany, as reported, puts in a big fishing
plant and station at that point. Kodial
will make a very prosperous town
"Indeed, it is good right now,” hi
says, "with the fishing, fox raising ant
other industries.” He says there is s
real farm near Kodiak that has a thou
sand head of sheep, many cattle, chick
ens, etc., which raises crops and vege
tables in good shape.
Austin Horner, who plans to instal
an up-to-date machine shop in Kodiak
is in Seattle purchasing the necessary
plant and equipment. Mr. Horner i:
also an oldtime Alaskan mining man
For many years he was an engineer foi
Tom Aitken’s dredging operations ot
| Candle creek, in the Kuskokwim dis
trict. Horner went to Kodiak las
year, took a good look, and decidet
that that was the place to get in busi
ness for himself.
Teacher Who Married
Pupil Defies Villagers
Canby, Ore. —Mrs. Rosamond Lei
Shaw Samuelson, Canby high schoo
teaeher, who was ousted because shi
married one of her pupils, is going ti
stick it out with her husband, despite
•‘what other folks think.”
This militant little woman, who i
about ten years older than her 16 vear
old husband, LeRoy Samuelson. doesn’
think it is any of the school board’
business whether she marries a higl
school boy or not.
Though the school board voted t<
oust her, she remained in her clas
room until the town marshal orderet
her to go. It was while she was in
structing the domestic science class.
It sometimes seems as if we wortiei
altogether too much about the welfari
of posterity, nearly all of whom prob
ably will have good jobs as federal in
sppctors or something or other.—Ohii
State Journal.
It is strange how much time somi
people take in telling the world hov
busy they are.—Philadelphia Record.
| Ignorant Spanish Girl
0 Is Triple Personality
g —
Madrid.—An extraordinary. <ani
girl, suddenly possessed of the learning
and character of a Cuban Driest she
8 never saw, and who has been dead a
1 year, has attracted the attention of the
I scientific and religious world to the
village of San Jorge de Mucohe, where
8 ihej»irl is now preaching to multi
tudes.
~ The girl, Manuela Rodrigues Praga,
26, a few.months ago, was laken bv
’ tuberculosis and grew steadily worse
L worse until January 12. when hope was
* abandonod by her family, whoare farm
ers on the properly of Marquis Caval
canti. The-paroots relate that, with
out learning, the.girl rose up from her
deathbed, asked for food and ate u reg
ular meal, although she had been on a
1 milk diet for months. It was observed
that she possessed exceptional physical
strength and her conversation and
whole character was that of a stranger.
She immediately referred to here-If as
- a third person.
Numerous neighbors, having gath
ered at the farm bouse, witnessed the
miraculous cure. Manuela, conversing
in JLatio, began a learned discourse,
exhorting her hearers to lead Chris
tian lives. The astonished auditors
asked her who she was. and she re
plied:
"I am Priest Orugueira ”
When told, “Wo. you are Manuela,’’
' she answered, “Ob, yes; I remember
f her.”
' News of the strange case spreading
1 through the country, hundreds came to
; the village on the following January
18, when Manuela spoke an impressive j
’ sermon, addressing each week ever- ]
! increasing multitudes.
1 The priests of the village, interested
in the case, learned that Priesi Orti
' gueira died in Havana Iasi vear. They
■ declare Manuela possesses ah his learn
ing and priestly training, besides hav
! iog a pronounced Cuban acceut.
. There seems to be ooe law for the
rich a>,d ooe for the poor and about
2,000.000 for the middle class.—Mem
phis News Scimitar.
| Poverty is no crime, but it is apt to
count against you if you commit one.—
■ Boston Transcript.
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PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Idil^nod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
1 Notary Public
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> Tokotra. Alaska
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Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
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Tokotna, Alaska
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
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Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
Blackburn
Sc Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
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Fresh Goods
Provisions, Notions ?
and Hardware
Hood’s Rubber Goods
The best Shoe Pac. They stand
the wear.
Fish Netting
fur Bought and Sold
Brine us your fur to be made up.
We r-ipresent a good and
reliable house.
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars,Tobaccos, Candies, Fruits
Old-Timers' Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Knskokwim Valley i
Napamute. Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE;
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
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Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
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Frank Larson - - Proprietor
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ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
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