?fiE KUSKO TIMES
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Takottv*, Alaska, dune 12, 192b.
ij^apf growers i n«lrt
(i t REMISE OF SALOON
San Francisco.—Six* years of grape
growing in California under national
prohibition have .prqven . unfounded
fears of vineyard owners that aholi
tiop. of" the. saloon would injure the
market for their product.
Statistics of the Agricultural Eco
nomics- Bureau of the Department of
Agriculture .do not distinguish be
tween so-called "wipe’ and “table”
grppes.. Therefore they do not know
whether it is hunger or thirst that
has caused the more than 300 per cent
increase in the demand.of other states
for the product pf California vine
yards.
Before ratitk\artiop,qf thg eighteenth
amendment, grapes sold around $20 a
ton. Since the.law wag, y.npe,ted prices
have several .times soared,,ovejp$lQP a
ton. Acreage has .incxeased. ‘but not
>n ■ ratio , to. the, gr^win.-j’.pi ., carload
shipments.. Much.,of the increase in
h<j shipment.%ures.-Hr^-jduo tp the
fact , that v cpnsiderabl part of the
cnjpxqngw.Wsed.j n,winy -utaking within
n^j '3tatg>nvw gpe-i't.p other markets.
As i{.he .,aliicirnu», grape grower
;.al$ej jtocd pi. hi? last.year’s business
and looks to tho^eoming season with
inquisitive even, SWineheLVcn." before
prohibition referrehto- as the world’s
largest storage center for wine., is
being nfismaiitltAir. It was built jmme
li^tely. after the Sat* Francisco fire of
19G8 on a 7-acre; tract on Point San
Paldcv at a cost of $3,58^,000, includ
ing cottages for tHKFemployes. The
svipery had vats and, cellars with a
totfl capacity qf ;*/'Qfi,WOO gallons.
When filled, ite-- stock h-‘d £ vqlue of
$10,08*14),00-.. < :
In i/ts heyday JVipch-eYen owned a
de^t of 16Q railroad tank cars, and it
waj; in these that ;tjie Jkist. pf the wine
wa? transported .pndpr armed, guards
to £aqJFranc|sce t*. be stored,, in bond
ed warehppses whfc®, ,^he California
Wine Growers’ Association decided to
abandoa.-fp^-pnqec.Aamqus institution
and to augwpjLAP m*the. property
for some--othep-use
LAjRGE 9UM TO;BEtDEV -)
FDR ADVRiruStAO^MMON
A national ad \ mining -.campaign
for canned salrnon ,w.^ec|;ot^ an-„
nounced in Seattle ,Ly il& pillg figures
in the ir.djjprrys n^djipg- .yw, thenp
selves an.R ..^ttow-papers . wit& head-;,
quartera-Af* '-paehipgbp-n. j.pA Oregon,
California,; ahd. Alaska.; The salmon
pack in the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska last year was approximately
7,500,000 cases, withj an estimated
value of $60,000,000^
Salmon packers state they are tak
ing up thjLs agyertiiulgvprogrsm after
mature deliberation* and an the light
of the large..success attained by.ad
vertised products; of .California and
other parts ot the country.
They find that England consumes
canned salmon in greater quantities
per capita than. the:. .United States.
They think if time toilet the. Amer
ican public know more about the food
value of this greatest food product of
the North Pacific.
Comparison of. capped, salmon with
other foods shows a yajue exceeding
per cent for a sirloin steak, l.'{ per
cent for fresh eggs, and about 9 per
cent for bread.
For a number of years the salmon
interests have been discussing an ad
vertising policy, and now t'na* they
have adopted it they are determined
to carry it forward with aggressive
ness.
KINGS OF SPORT REACH ;<
PINNACLE AFTER SO YEARS
New Y'ork.—Most of the champions
in sports today are beyond the age of
30, William T. Tilden. has asserted,
and a study of the records gives sub
stantial backing to the national tennis
Ring’s view..
It reveals that many of the top
notehers in athletics are closer to the
forty mark, with J|ge and experience
more than holding its own against the
challenges of youthful- ambition.
College sports and golf were .ex
cepted by Tilden, but while champions
in the former sphere of -activity av
erage around twenty, the facts on-the
royal and ancient game show .-.age
again largely ti iumphant.
Bobby Jones, the amateur golf
Icing, is in his early twenties, but
Willie Macfarlane, Walter Hagen, Jim
Barnes and Mae Smith, ■ holders ■ of
most of the open or professional
crowns, average well beyond thirty?
Tilden himself gained the- national
tennis title six years ago, but at 32
now he still rules the roost, and is
likely to be a favorite to hold his
crown in spite of increasingly formid
able challenges.
Helen Wills, who lifted the tennis
championship at 19, and Glenna Col
lett. young champion apion* .women
golfers, are exceptions to the general
rule, but Mrs. Molla Mallory in tennis,
Mrs. Dorothy- Hum in golf, and Miss
Mary K. Browne, star in high sports,
are able representatives of the older
group of feminine stars.
Baseball’s luminaries- resist the on
slaughts of time perhaps to a greater
extent than any other pastime, Rog
ers Hornsby, champion batter of the
National League, will be 30 in a few
days, but such stars as Cobb, Speaker,
Collins,; Wheat, Carey, Heilmann,
Ruth and Covelskie all are beyond 30,
most of them closer to Speaker
is still among the game's greatest
batsmen.
Washington has won the American
League pennant for the last.two years
with a club' whose member*; .averaged
.over the 30 mark aliwgetncr.
i,, Impoking,»tack, '■>einps,*y is 30, and
Harry Greb, miuutewe*g-ht champion
until his defeat,.ai, tne nature of Tjger
Flowers, is 31. Rocky Kansas won-,
the lightweight title at 30.:
Most of the- track and field chain
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Larson &
FKELG1ISERS
i Between ;> McGrath and: Takotna^
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jCorm^cting Carrier of Alaska Rivers Navi
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pions are comparative youths, because
of the emphasis provided for college
competition. Most of the distance
runners improve with age. Stenroos,
of Finland, was close to 40 when he
won the Olympic, marathono. Mart
McGrath and Pat. McDonald, also
around 40, have been at the, top in
weight-tossing events for many years.
McGrath has been on four Olympic
teams.
INCOME TAX IN A NUTSHELL.
Who? Single persons who had net
income of $1,500 or more or gross in
come of $5,000 or more, and married
couples who had net income of $3,500
or more or gross income of $5,000 or
more must file returns.
When ? The filing period . ends
March 15, 1020,
Where? Collector of internal reve
nue for the district in which the per
son lives or has his principal place of
business.
How? Instructions on Form 1040A
and 1040;- also the law and regula
tions.
What ? One and one-half per cent
normal tax on the first $4,000 in ex
cess of the personal exemptions ami
credits. Three par cent normal tax
on the next $4,000. Five per cent
normal tax on the balance of net in
come. , Surtax on net income in excess
of $10,000
The exempt iQp» under the. revenue
act of 1920 arc $1,500 for single per
sons, and $3,50Q for married persons
living together and heads of families.
In addition a $400 credit is allowed
for each person depending upon and
receiving his, chief support -from the
taxpayer i such person .is under 18
years of age or incapabhtot self-sup
port because mentally or physically
defective.
The.normal tax rate under the reve
nue act of 1926 is 1 1-2 per cent on
the first $J,000 of net income in ex
cess of personal exemptions, credit for
dependents,. etc,, 3per.: cent on the
next $4,000, and 5 .per cent on, the
balance. Under the preceding act the
normal tax.rate was 2, per cent on the {
first $4,000 of net income- nbpve the j
exemptions and credits; 4 per cent on
the next $4,000, and 6 per cent on the
remaining net income.
All net income up to $5,000 is con
sidered “carped net income.” On this
amount the taxpayer is entitled to a
credit of 25 per cent of thq amount of
the tax,,
For example, a taxpaytr unmarried
and with no dependents, whose not in
come for 1925 was $5,000, would pay
without .this- reduction •, a tax, of
$52.50. His actual tax is $39.37. From
his net income of $5,000 he is allpweda
personal exemption of $1,500; the tax
of 11-2 per cent on the remaining
$3,500 is $52.50 Oae-foigrth of this
amount, or $13.13,: may,, be. deducted.
For the purpose of .computing -{this
credit, in no case is thr.net income;
considered to be in excess of $20,000.
Under the revenue act of 1926 -the .
earned net ipcoine was considered hot]
to be in excess of $ 19,000.
The term “earned net. income” is
defined as “wages," salaries, profes
sional feea and other amounts re
ceived for personal services actually
rendered.
Stockholm has been made a dust
free city through the use of lye in
which wood pulp has been dissolved.
i PIONEER |
i SHOP :
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fc Machine, Black- \
smith and
( Sheet Metal Work j
' All Kinds of Repairs s
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I' Stoves Built I
[ and Repaired !
i Robt. E. Lowrie {
Teketna, Alaska |
Streets and roadways are sprinkled
with the by-product, which has hith
erto been wasted. Two weeks after,
treatment with the new liquid the sur
face of a. roadway becomes smooth
and hard, as though coated with some
kind of asphalt.
A new social- classification-,based
not upon blue -ancestral Jbtpou ’ hut
upon the red olood of ’'he living, is a.
possibility of not remote future. That
was the thought in the mind of Dr.
Florence Sherbon, of the University
of Kansas, when she launched a new
venture six years ago at the Kansas
Free State Fair at Topeka—a “Fitter
Families” contest. The time may
come,” Dr. Sherbon said, “when the
family not possessing ao eugenic cer
tificate will bte looked upon askance
by the ‘eertinfied’ family.” Thus was
born an idea that has since been
adopted by six other States and by
the National Eugenics Society. In
the last six years .r>2.‘! persons, com
prising 126' families, have been exam
ined as participants in the “Fitter
Families” contest in the Kansas Free
Fair.- The purpose of the •eugenics
contests, Dr. ^ her bon pointed out, is
first t oaroust- family' pride in being
well-born and to .spread information
coscerning heredity and conduct.—-Ex. |
A feather is one of the world’s most |
perfect- structures. A single -pinion
from an eagle’s wing has nearly a
million different parts. The whole
wing is a sail that striker .the wind
firmly yet elastically; not letting-the
air through the web and yet not being
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1 Tokotna ■
! Cigar Store j
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I Tobaccos !
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Salt Drifter
Fred Dubois I
ProiMiiet&r-,;
broken. It enormously increases the
bird’s power of rowing in the air, and
yet how little it add's to weight..
Takotna
Pool Hall
Buhac
Pine Tar
Mosquito Ointment
or Lotion
Toilet Articles
Stationery/
Fresh Fruits and Tobaccos
On First Hosts. „
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor » I
Max Simd
The Pioneer. Trader
Furs Bouerht and.
Sold.
Supplies
i Miners’,. Prospectors'
and Trappers’
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• Steamer Service-O* the Inoka
River. .
» Ask the..Pe*>pLe of Ophir about us.
STATION'
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! Fairview, Irinoko ftiver
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling? 1
Joe Ferris
Takbtaa