SHE KUSKO TIMES
A.X Grant, PuMiahae^JM**
Omwt and Bitten*.
AdtutoingHatae.
Sttadtaff matter, per line* per -
fanoe %---.-f ,28
lAgaU idrerti»wtnU, per Baa,
issuer._______ .20
Wbaeiunt display, per inch,1 per
taaoe {minimum charge $1)_ .60
BIBenri ee eeconaxiaaa matter Au
ppt 29th, 1B2S, at the postoffice at
.Bffietna, . Alaska, under .the Aet of
Iffiseh »r 1879.
Tlkotna, ATaeka, April 26, 1930:
.JJIL.L.1! __-T»-- J- L -
DRY ARGUMENTS SEEM
REFUTED BY COLD FACTS
(San rrancisco Examiner.)
Crime increasing by leaps and
uhunds.
Jails and penitentiaries jammed
with a prison population which, is.
■rowing nearly ten times as fast as
the population of tne State at large.
Juvenile delinquency growing at an
alarming rate.
Heavy increases in insanity.
Commitments to State.hospitals of
patients liste das “alcoholic” and "in
ebriate, increasing twice as fast as
the population.
These are a few. of the facta
tieaned from official records of the
State of Colifornia end of San Fran
cisco yesterday* as the nation began
faotinm>py>{.ofit& end Josses after ten
ypars of national prohibition.
These fact-srefuthd.the rosy prom
ises made. by. pronibition advocates
before .adoption of the Eighteenth
Amendment, and during the. fight
over the adqptio nof the Volstead
Act. *
Here is .the .deady parallel:
They.'said:. “Prohibition will empty
our .prisons.’’
Thefacis: California’s State prison
ypstenday. held a. total of 6,968 per
aons, as compared with 2.782 in. 1920,
an increase of .260 per cent.. During
the same period the population of the
State at large has. increased 31 per
cent..
They tauEr.: “Prohibition will di
minish . insanity:”
The faetts: Theaix Sate hospitals
for the insane in. 1929 held 10,119 in
mates, es compared with 14,297 et.
the present time, an increase of 49.29
Pft cent. In. 1920. 202 “alcoholics”
were sent to the hospitals for the in
sane, compared with 344 a year ago,
an increase of 70.3 per cent.
They said:.. “Youthful delinquency
will decrease.”.
The .facts: .; California’s three re
ffrrmmtoriea.tha Preston and Whit
tier: schools .forboys and the Ventura
■ehoel. for- girhi^ held 1,865 inmates
yesterday,, as. compared wth 799 ju
vtnile&offMidene^ten years ago—an
increase of 33.29 per cent.
They said: “Crimes of all kinds
will decrease.”
The facts: During 1920 the State
bureau of criminal identification re
ceived reports of 12,999 arrests
throughout the State, as compared
with 40,925 last year. This is an in
crease of 300 per cent, indicating that
crime is growing ten times faster
than population.
They said: “Minor .crimes will di
minish.”
The facts: In 192Q the average
number of prisoners in the San Fran
cesco county Jail was 123, ns com
pared with 364 for 1929, an increase
of nearly 300 per cent. . Police arrest
ed 66 persons in San Francisco Janu
ary 15, 1920, as compared with 119
ten years later, an increase of almost.
200 per cent.
They sid: “There wiH be fewer
deaths from alcoholism.’.''
The facts: An astounding*;increase
in deaths due to alcoholism from a
total of 3? in 1920 to ,a..ppak.of 195
in 1929, was revealed-xby the State
bureau of vitaLstatistics, For the ten
years of proohibition alcoholic deaths
reached the total of 1,397. . These
deaths include, only those in which,
the death < certificate says “alcohol
ism.” Deaths from cirrhosis.-of the
liver, alcoholic apoplexy - and others
which might .oe-might not have re
sulted fro mdrinking were.-excluded.
State prison.;.figures .verified the
fact that youth is turning to crime.
Of San Quentin’s total, population of
4,871 there wered,003 prisoners from
20 to 24 years old, 1,3X1 from 25 to
29 years old, and 24 below the age
of 21.
The number of juveniles held in
reformatories, it .was declared, does
not give a full picture, of delinquency,
as the use of: parole has greatly in
creased in the last oecade and many
youths formerly committed . to instir
tutions are new. in the -custody
of their parentts.I
The names o fapproximately 20,000
persons who mushed the Klondike
trails more than.33 years ago will ap
pear in the “QoIdxEtook” to-be pub
lished prior to the stampede conven
tion in Vancouver, B. C., next Au-j
gust. Whathe<eocial register is to
society, the Gold Book will be to the.
sourdough. If. plans of the Alaska
Sourdoughs Association materialize,
it will be the. finalfword on. the quali
fications of the title "sourdough.” E.
L. Martin, president of the associa
tion, has announced- hat more than
3,000 names have-J>een received and.-,
passed for the boos, with men and
women registesetL.'from every State
in the Union, as.-well as every de
pendency of the United States, most
of the Central and South American
countries, Europe, the United King
dom, Asia and. the Orient-—Ex.
Norman L. Wimmler formerly field
engineer- investigating placer mining
methods In Alaska, has been em- j
ployed by the soviet government to
take charge of underground mining.'
in Siberian fields.- - He draws down ;
31,000 a month* g{dd, and expenses'
for both himself ftnd-'Wife.
WILLIAM K. SELLER
FOR
C&nnnissioner of Education
IX Me*etAadi-ifor the best schools for your district,.whether
located* in rural or city districts.
2. 0*win institute a business administration for.'Alaska
PoMte School ^System.
®. He. will keep sehool affairs out of politics.
It He will not “side-step” the responsibilities ataeadjr placed
upon-that office:
i. ae trtu work;ior the adoption of a defxvite^ constructive, .
ooetinulag educational policy by the Territory. -.
t He has jwoven himflelf to be a progressive,casableMhooi
executive.
?. Baa had twice as. long school -experience in Alnahi as any,
ether candidate.
i
AKt ALASKAN FOR COMBHSSfONKR . OF ' EDUCATION.
I' GASOLINE BUILDS ROADS.
Consider the fact in the case of the
gasoline tax. Gasoline is now taxed
in every State. The tax ranges from
1 to 6 cents per gallon and from 18
to )) per cent of tho cost of the com*,
niodity. Last year the revenue from
this form of taxation totaled $449,-,
731,001). Eight years ago when fewer
States taxed this fuel and whei ;ess
gasoline was consumed the. total tu.\
collecteo was 34,700,000.
And then ask yourself where there
is. another product or business that
could carry such a.tremendous tax
burden—where there is. another tax
tiiat provokes so little, grumbling by
-he taxpayers. Where.is there a pro
duct that has steadily^ lowered in
price as the tax on it has increased ?
.These are not questions difficult to.
answer.
Automobile ownership and motor
ing have such a hold on the people
-that gas they will have at any cost.
The auomabile comes first—even be
fore clothes and food and. medicine in
many cases. There is little, opposi
tion to the gasoline tax because.it .s
providing the money with , which the
nation's highway improvement, pro
gram is being carried on^nnd the,tax
is collected a few cents at a.,.time and
by he chocolate-coatdi method of.in
cluding it in the gasoline price..
Gasoline, it the country's greatest
road-builder.—Ex.
The Ail-Alaska booth at. the coo.*
vention of American Road. Builders
Association. and the National Road
Show, held at Atlantic Citty some
weeks ago, attracted wide and favor
able notice, according to a report re
ceived by Governor George A. Parks
from Lieut, John K, Noyes, Corps of.
Engineers, U. S. Arm, who had
charge of the, exhibit. He was for?
merly secretary of the. Alaska^Road
Commission, more han 1,000 persons
received descriptive literature about
Alaska, 500 stopped and visited, in
the booth, and.200 registered. "It..is
my opinion that the expenditure in?
volved in providing such an exhibit
has been amply jpsuned by the re
sults obtained in this and former
years, and it is recommended, that .the :
pracice of Alaska participation in!
inular meetngs be continued, in. too j
futture," said Lieuenant N^yes. He,
reported tnat the exhibit "made a
very attractive display, the principal
features of which were a series of
panels with tinted pictures, diagrams
and maps abou Alaska, to whi^h were
added two pars of. mountan. sheep
horns, six large framed piettures, a
coilecion of minerals, and some.-Es
kimo curios and totem poles. AJarge
quantity of descriptive literature was
furnished by the steamship com
panies, chambers of commerce And
the Alaska Railroad, and this was
placed on display foor free distribu
tion. to interested paries.
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I McGrath
Pool Hall
Fresh Fruits
Candies
j.
Tobaccos
jPipes
Cigarettes
Soft Drinks
Cigarette Holders
FRANK LANGS
LIFER KILLER IN PRISON
CELL AS BREAK IS STAGED*
TKEN'iONKN. J^-The attempt of
Charlesc Evans, 29, double life termer,
to shoot. his way out; off the.' State
prison ended.in,his death! after, he had
killed one guard'and'wounded', two
others. Frank Butcher, a,guard, .died,
from bullet wounds suffered in a gun
tight with the convict. Charles Sdr
ren, anotner guard, was. slugged with
a blackj ick.
Ernest Gordon, a third guard, suf
fered a bullet wound n his shoulder.
He claimed that it was he bullet from
his pistol that killed Evans, who had
I't.i d the attack by; felling Soren
with an improvised blackjack and
seizing his pjstol. As the guard was
struct he called for help, Evans
backed into an empty cell and opened
fire on Butcher. Gordon, who had
,; onc t_ aid Scrren, continued to tire
-anil .'..-vans fell with a bullet, wound
.n h f.taa.
Happy—“You were born in Bars
tow'i"
Bill—“Yes, that’s what; they, tell
me.”'
“And raised'.there?”
“Vvell, .they, tried.to raise. me. once,
but the rope bsoke.”
Mr; Kelly (in science class)—“Yes,,
in the course of its life time, a single
tty may have thousands of haft# flies.” ’
Voice from Rear— uoodness! And.
how. many do the married ones,
have?"
Doorman at Speakeasy—“Who. is;
there1"
voice from Outside—'“IttissIEV
Doorman at Speakeasy—“Sorry, fno.
school eachers allowed."
Max—“You should complain!. Why,,
when we were in the Arctic we. used.
to lve on candles and blubbers.”
Dll—"Well, f. I had to eat candles,
1 think 1. would blubber, too.”
Miss Smarb-r“Wnen I told him he
. assed the exam, his face surely lit
up."
Miss Belle—“Yes, just.a.flash, ini
the pan.”
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j Erank.«LGuskey
Notary Public.
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MtGrath, Alaska,
Takotna Pool Hail
| Fresh Fruits
Candies* Softr Brinks;
Jgar* v'i carets
Apples Oranges
Tobaccos
Charlie- ©’Hallor.uv
m
*
Pioneer
Trader.
STATION: r fctKVlEW, INXOHORirXll.
Miners’, Prospectors’ and:
Trappers’ Applies
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