THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
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Entered as second-class matter August
29th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SEPT. 5. 1925
Appropriations for
Alaska Roads, Trails,
1926, Total $1,480,411
The following figures, regarding
Alaska road appropriations for the fis
cal year 1 9116, provided by the 08th Con
gress, as well as those for each year
from 1920 to 1926, inclusive, are fur
nished The Kusko Tiroes by Delegate
from Alaska Dan Sutherland:
Congressional appropriation for work
of Alaska Road Commission for fisoal
year 1926, $900,000.
Tfaif is an increase of $175,900 over
the appropriation of 1926.
The Alaska Road Commission's ap
propriations by Congress have in
creased greatlv in the past six jears,
as indicated in the following amounts,
appropriated from year to year:
1820 . $350,000
1821 . 426,000
1922 . 465,000
1923 . 650.000
1924 . 725,000
1925 . 900,000
The total amount appropriated for
roads and trails in Wltflua for the fiscal
year 1926 is $1,480,411.
The funds are as follows:
Congressional a. R. C. fund $900.000
Alaska fund, estimated J20.000
Territorial fund . 107,500
Commercial road, McKinley
Park. . 50,000
Federal highway act. 231,755
Forest development fund 14,948
■Section 8 fund . 44,002
10 per cent fund, estimated 12.200
Total.$1,480,411
FOR BIVKRS AND HARBORS IMFROVF,
MKNTS.
Deepening Wrangell Narrows, au
thorization, $500,000.
Improvement Nome harbor, $40,000
PIONEER
SHIP
Machine, Black
smithjand
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
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This item is allotted by the War De
partment from the federal rivers and
harbors fund.
‘Don’t Work,’ Recipe
fcr Longevity, at 102
New York.—Only two candles decor
ated the great birthday cake of Sig
mund Dringer, who celebrated his
102nd birthday today at the home oi
his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Berger, in
Brooklyn.
Mr. Dringer gave his recipe for lon
gevity in two words. “Don’t work.’:
He has never worn glasses, reads two
newspapers daily, goes to the movies
three times a week, and works in bis
garden. Smoking aDd an occasional
drink have never been scorned by him,
Mr. Dringer said, adding that if any
thing shortens his life it will be prohi
bition.
He was born in Austria in 1823, com
ing to this countrv after the civil war,
and was naturalized in 18”y. When 48
he mas i ied, his wife dying 22 \ears
ago. All their ten children are living.
PRESS SQUIBS.
France is now considering its I. O.
U. S.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Well, the merehaut fleet is typically
American. It is living beyond its in
come.— Bethlehem Globe.
The oommunists are loaiug ground in
Bulgaria. They are seven assassina
tions b. hind. —Easton Express.
If uitn can outlaw barbarous war,
and kt t-p their pledges in this respect,
they can 'as easily outlaw all war.—
Harrisburg News.
My watceword, said President von
Hindeoburg, shall be: "Forward with
God." Nothing like choosing a good
vice president.—Norfolk Virgiuian
Pilot. _
"Should wives betejjnd wages?" asks
a writer in a nation!H|lnagazine. Well,
if they aren’t, a lot of birds will have
to get out and look for jobs.—Detroit
News.
The English-speaking people have
almost everything in common now ex
cept a language.—Erie Times.
A lecturer says that "civilization is
advancing by leaps and bounds." At
least. i>edestrian civilization is.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
All that a wave of prosperity means
to most of us is the privilege of watch
ing others buy better ears.—Medford
Mail-Tribune. _
The United States may win this rum
war, but it won’t collect reparations.—
Columbia Record.
It isn’t that marriage makes men
weak, but that the meek ones are eas
ily caught.—Bellingham Herald and
Revelle.
The reason some great men are lone
ly is because they sacrificed too many
friends on the way up.—El Paso Her -
ald. _
Give the devil his due. Ananias was
dead before any of the resort literature
was written.—Beaumont Enterprise
Journal. _
America’s government is stable. The
country is too big for all sections to en
tertain the same grievance.—Sumter
(S. C.) item. _
As a method of dealing with the
problem of the unemployed, why not
pass a good still law against work?—
Nashville Banner.
The monkuy chatters incessantly
without saying anything, out that
doesn’t prove Darwin was right.—Port
Arthur News.
38,844 laws were proposed in the
United States last year, of which 10.80C
were actually passed. Our national
sport, uspd to he baseball.—Life.
Asserts Molasses Is
New Motor Fuel Base
New York.—Molasses as a base for a
new motor fuel and an alcohol-ether
product to displace gasoline was re
ported tudav by E. G. Freeland, chem
ical engineer, to the American Chem
ical Society.
"Ether is very volatile, has a high
vapor pressure, and an extremely wide
ratine of explosive mixture with air.
and burns with no solid product of
combustion,” Mr. Freeland said.
“A fuel mixture from molasses can
be successfully used in gasoline, giving
great power feed and flexibility, com
bined witli smoothness of operation and
ease in starting.”
f Neglected Historical. Facts.
George Washington never yelled
“Fore!”
At no time in his career did Ben
jamin Franklin report that he got live
stations by radio in a single evening.
imo record i U'.ts that Diogenes ever
kicked on the price of kerosene.
Ben Bur was never lined $160 fori
driving while intoxicated.
It is known to be a fact that never
was Noah heard to sa» that he had
come awav and forgotten his umbrella.
It was not Omar who first <aid, "It
tastes rll right, bat there isn't any
kick in it.”—Ex.
"Business morals have improved,” j
said John Van Antwerp McMurray, the
new minister to China, at a Washing
ton banquet.
“There’s a story about a ghost, the
ghost of an old-time business man. lie
appeared to his son one day and com
plained'
"‘Pve looked around Wall street,
and studied all the big corporations, j
George, and 1 find that there ain’t a
single business man of the old school
left.’
" ‘Oh. yes, there is,’ said George.
•Just you give the once over to a few
jails.”’
Tokotna
Native Spuds
This year’s crop
$7 Per 100 Lbs.
Better rates on larger quantities
Cabbage
$9 Per 100 Lbs.
Swift’s Ham and Bacon
Golden State Butter
and Cheese
New Stock of Green Hood
Woolen Goods
Hood All Rubber Pacsj
Ladies5' Furnishings *
! Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
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
Jac i Mutchler
Proprietor
ea
B.&E. Store
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving on first boats
will be a complete as
sortment of tne very
best goods, con
sisting of
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candles, Fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
■
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Horae Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
V
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson
Proprietor
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. COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.