THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1. .1922, at the Post Office at
McGrath, AlasKa, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. OCT. 7, 1922
America Buildmg* An
other Monster Airship
I’bihuielphia.—A monster dirigible,
the ZR-1, is being built in the aircraft
factory of the Philadelphia navy yard,
it is to be fully as big as that ill fated
leviathan of the air, the ZR-2, which
collapsed and fell flaming iDto the Hull
river in England last summer, bring
ing a terrible death to more than a
score of its C"ew. As fast as the parts
ate completed here they are sent to
'ha hangar at Lakehurst, N. J., which
will be the home port of the giant air
ship. it is expected that by next April
the ZR 1 will be ready for its first
light.
A principal difference between the
Philadelphia-built dirigible and that
which collapsed over Hull is the
strengthening of every second dur
al urnicum cipg, instead of every third
ring, as in the ZR-2. This strengthen
ing is accomplished by tying each sec
tion of ;the 25-sided rings (polygons),
which will make up the framework,
with the’strongest possible strands of
copper wire. Seventy miles of such
'topper wire will be used, and the re
sult, it Ls said, will give the framework
:t resistance greater even than if con
structed of steel. Duraluminum is an
alloy of aluminum and copper, and is
used because of its qualities of light
ness and staength.
The work of assembling the ZR-1 is
already under way at Lakehurst under
command of Commander Norfleet.
Three of ttie ribs are erectea in the
hahgar, aDd the keel will be completed
vithin a few weeks.
The envelope will be 700 feet long
and 85 feet in maximum diameter. It
will be cigar-shaped. The cloth will
he of staple back-spun cotton one inch
in thickness. A specially devised var
nish will make it sun and water-proof.
Nineteen balloonets. which will fur
nish the lifting power, are being built
in AkroD, O. These will have a total
gas capacity of 2,700,000 cubic feet. It
is not considered likely that helium,
a mon-inflammable gas, can be used,
because of the immense quantity that
would be necessary.
Originally the intention was to equip
:h& ZR-1 with seven Liberty engines,
capable of developing a total of 2,100
hoisepower, but navy experts are ex
perimenting with a new type of motor,
the specifications of which are not
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LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska
and at
'OS L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
being made public, but wLich likely
will be the type used.
When the ZU-1 is completed, ex
experts say it will have power to cruise
one-third of the distance around the
world without having to descend. It
will have a lifting power of 85 tons.
The average speed, it is es‘ mated,
will be 50 miles an hour, its maximum
speed .75 miles.
Quartets for the officers and the men
will be along the keelwav, extending
almost the entire length of the ship.
They will have a width of eight feet,
and a height of seven.
PRESS SQUIBS.
The business revival couid stand a
little more shouting.—Toledo News
Bee.
The bar on wb!ch the Shipping
Board’s ships are stuck is not i.oted on
any chart.—Boston Herald.
The tariff may be raising the price
of wool suits, but the boll weevil is
doing bis part. -Knoxville News.
Oil doesn't seem to make a diplo
mat’s -tongue as smooth as it does a
stock salesman’s,—Washington l’ost.
If it is true that jones made the Ford
a success, they may yet do something
for.prohibition.—Detroit Free 1’ress.
Wet on the water and dry on land
sounds like a logical dlatfortn, but not
everyone can see it.—Chicago Daily
News.
Like some of the religious variety
we have observed, the business re
vival is full of baekslidings.— Columbia
Record.
The trouble with America, says Mrs.
Asquith in England, is that it is so
rich. Well, she did what she could.—
Boston Globe.
“The eighteenth amendment,” says
a prohibition advocate, “is still in its
inf. ncy.” Um. not yet quite off the
btj^e, eh?—Boston Transcript.
Our idea of a proper naval ratio—
Great Britain, 00000: United States,
00000' Japan, 000: France, 0; other na
tions ( each.—Debs Magazine.
It is hard to understand why Mr.
Brftn, who believes the Democrats
wilf win next fall, doubts a little thing
like evolution.—Washington Post.
Woman says that after her husband
drinks home-made hootch he becomes
as wild as a bear. Another case of
home-bruin.—New York Morninff Tel
egraph.
In view of Conan Doyle’s success in
getting messages from the dead, we
wish he would speak to certain branches
of our industry.—Boston Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
As far as we can make out, the net
result of the Genoa conference is an
offer from Russia to pay her debts if
somebody will give her the money to
pay them with.—New York Tribune.
Those who feel cramped for lack of
persona, liberty in this,country should
turn reformers There is no country
in the world where reformers enjoy
broader freedom of movement.—Kansas
Citv Star.
A plumber is beld in the Chicago
labor war. We claimed all along it
John W. Dunn
Of Uubv
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
(For the Loug Term)
wasn’t, the workingmen. — Houston
Post. *_
“What's the matter with the mon
key?” . ceil the stranger at the 200. as
he watched in particular one of the
simians. “lie acts so darned foolish i
all the time.”
“Well, you see.” replied the curator,
“he underwent, an operation a while
ago. We grafted a human gland onto
him ’’—Pickup.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best, of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
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ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
John E. Baker
Independent Candidate
| for
Territorial Representative
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