THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as secona-eiass matter Au
gust 29th, 192S, at the postofhee at
Tekotna, Alaska, under the Act of
Kerch S, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, January 9, 1932.
NO HARD TIMES IN ALASKA.
(Stroller’s Weekly.)
W. K. Keller, who returned last
week fro man extensive trip over the
Territory, reports that he saw no
evidence of hard times, nor did he
hear anyone complain of hard times.
On the contrary he said that he found
times very hard in Washington, and
especially in the city of Seattle.
As Mr. Keller aptly remarks, Alas
ka has experienced no hard times as
yTet, and by the time the Territory
awakens to the fact that times really
are hard the depression will be over.
With plenty of wood, vegetables
and meat in the cache, Alaskans have
no cause for worrq. At least those
Alaskans who have not gathered into
the congested towns have not. It may
be true that work is nit as plentiful
as in former years, but that is be
cause more men have flocked into the
country, not because jobs are scarce.
In fact there are more men employed
now than at any time in the history
of the Territory, as hundreds of new
business concerns have opened the
past few years and the hill s have
more prospectors than for some time
past. Many of the prospectors are in
the hills for the purpose of living off
the country, and not with an idea of
locating a mineral claim. But each
man who supports himself away from
the towns and cities takes one more
from the ranks of the unemployed.
One hardship that was unlooked for
this winter was the prodamatios by
the President cutting down wild fowl
shooting from ninety to but thirty
days. The ducks and geese formerly
killed and stored by Alaskans were
missed this year, as the flights did
not come at the time when the open
i season allowed shooting. It was
1 hard to get the authorities to under
I stand that the only Alaskans who
j hunt for sport are those living in the
! larger towns. At Yakutat, for In
stance, the residents formerly stored
many geese and ducks for winter use.
This year they have none.
Alaskans outside the towns raised
bumper crops of vegetables and put
up large quantities of native ber
ries—sufficient to last them until the
sun swings north again.
Our correspondents at Tenakee and
Gustavus make one’s mouth water by
describing the many good things
stored for winter, the Tenakee corre
spondent saying that “Residents will
do without turkey and other expen
sive luxuries, and dine on ducks,
geese and Alaska berries for Christ
mas.”
We see no evidence of hard times
in Juneau. The stores are filled with
choice Christmas stocks, the amuse
ment houses are filled nightly, the
apartment houses and our homes re
sound with radio programs, and the
gas stations are doing as much busi
ness as ever.
When Alaskans begin to cut down
on luxuries and start on the old way
of living on game and fish, then we
will readily believe that people are
hard up and that hard times are here.
As Mr. Keller says, Alaska has
seen no hard times.
“I asked your father, and he said
, you were old enough to know your
j own mind.”
“He didn’t tell you how old I was,
! did he?”
FIRE INSURANCE
You should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance’
for the sake of your credit and your peace of mind.
N eedless to say this insurance should be of the very
highest quality.
Thmt’s the Kind Written By
Alaska Insurance Agency
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Inquire of Kusko Times.
{OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.)
Report of the Financial Condition of the
Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, Alaska,
Located at Flat, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
31st day of December, 1931.
Resources.
Loans and discounts.837,731.84
Overdrafts . 32.44
Other bonds and war
rants owned . 22,810.00
Due from other banks. .. 69,871.40
Cheeks on other banks
and other cash items.. 653.30
Cash on hand . 9,457.00
Bullion . 261.30
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in ....$25,000.00
Surplus fund . 10,000.00
Undivided profits less ex
penses paid ._ $5,897.47
Individual and savings
deposits . $96,789.55
Demand and time certifi
cates of deposit . 3,130.26
Total . $140,817.28 Total .$140,817.28
United States of America, 1
Territory of Alaska, as.
Fourth Judicial Division. \
I, H. Donnelley, President of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. H. DONNELLEY,
President.
(Correct Attest)
H. P. SHEPPARD,
M. S. DONNELLEY,
Directors or Partners.
(Notorial seal)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, 1932.
( D. E. BROWNE,
Commissioner and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
SEWARD GATEWAY WILL
CHANGE TO WEEKLY PAPER
(Seward Gateway.)
While the Gateway is highly appre
ciative to those firms who have, re
gardless of poorer business, main
tained their regular size advertise
ments, yet, owing to the number of
other advertisements which have
either been cut down in size or can
celed entirely during the last twelve
months and additional cancellations
the past few days, the Daily Gateway
will as soon as paper arrives be cut
down to four pages; a semi-weekly
will be the next move after that.
One thing is a certainty. The ed
itor does not propose to continue the
load of pubishing an eight-page daily
paper a single day longer than is now
necessary. We do not believe there
is another business in town which has
lost more money in two years than
the Gateway. It has now come to a
point where we must make up not
only what we have lost but a reason
able profit for our endeavors. We are
going to do that or turn the key in
the door. No one in Seward has work
ed harder or more conscientiously for
the upbuilding of this city and dis
tricts than the Gateway staff, to
whom long hours has never meant a
thing. One and all enjoy their work,
but they are sick of being made the j
“goat.” I
Retrenchment has followed re
trenchment in practically every busi
ness in Seward during the last two
years with the possibe exception of
the Seward Gateway Publishing Com.
pany, which has constantly striven to
maintain its standard of the last
seven years. This standard could not
be expected to continue indefinitely in
the face of the annual deficit of the
last two years. That time has now
arrived; it is impossible to continue
with an eight-page daily with the
present income.
There are a number of local con
cerns who have never advertised in
the daily either for personal reasons
or took the paper for granted; that is
their prerogative, of course, but we
i cannot refrain from saying that from
' that source alone has come criticism
of the Gateway’s progressive attitude.
It is this progressive attitude which
has caused the combined circulation
of the Gateway to grow almost as
big as that of the Fairbanks News
Miner and the Anchorage Times com
bined circulation; both of these towns
are two or three times the size of
I Seward, yet the cost of publishing a
i daily paper here is as great, but the
advertising income is relatively
smaller.
Others pleading poor business have
discontinued their advertisements,
some of which were as low as $5 per
month, while others have cut their
ads in half or less.
Contrary to the belief of many, R
requires cash to run a newspaper.r
We are not getting enough cash, so,
like other concerns, must retrench or
uit.
We have no apologies to make;
only condemnation of ourselves in
that we did not have the foresight or
“guts” to put this retrenchment into
practice two years ago.
It must be added here three fine
members of this staff will be added
to the list of unemployed; the daily
file of Associated Press dispatches
cut to the minimum, and all other
items cut to the very bone.
It has been said a newspaper re
flects a town’s progressiveness, but in
the local instance this is not true; the
Gateway, apparently, has been ahead
of the town; a better paper than the
town could afford or deserved.
Our last word is directed to those
advertisers who have loyally kept
their “tails” erect, kept their ads the
same size or enlarged them and who1
have given the Gateway the bulk, if
not all, of their printing. To these,
unreservedly, we give thanks. To
those who believe they can run the
Gateway better than the publishers,
we say, “Here’s a chance to buy us
out pretty cheap.” .
Moosehide Mitts anii Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
AH Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruit?
Gunned Goods of All Kinds Beds and -Redding
A. R Eldridge
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Takotna Pool Hall
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Fresh .Fruits
Tobaccos
Apples
J. W. Downey
Candies SoftfDxihks ]'
Cigars Cigarets \
Oranges
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TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
WhtMr E**rvrtu«ir l» fiwnu-ltli* aiui
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GOOD DOG HOUSES
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