THE KUSKO TIMES
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Wintered as second-class matter August
29th. 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAR. 7, 19i. (
Alaska Notes
Gleanings From Territorial
Exchanges.
The position of superintendent of
• education for the natives of Alaska has
lbeen abolished by the Secretary of the
interior, and W. T. Lapp, who has
Iheld the office for fourteen years, has
ibeen let go from the Bureau of Educa
tion. The order abolishing the office
(became effective January lfl.
Mr. Lopp was probably the dean of
;all federal officials in Alaska, if his
'work as missionary and school teacher
■ on Seward I’eninsula be taken into
• consideration. His connection with the
'Territory antedated that of the late Dr.
Alfred H. Brooks, who made the first
• geological surveys in the Territory.
.Mr. Lopp came to Alaska in 1890. one
• of the four young men out of fifteen
\who volunteered for service under the
• direction of Sheldon Jackson, then gen
eral agent of education in Alaska, to
• open schools to be operated under the
:Mission Board of Northwestern Alaska.
JB is first work was at Cape Prince of
Wales, where a contract mission school
was started by the Congregational
•church in 1890. From that time until
ihis services were terminated bv the
•departmental order of recent date Mr.
ILopp continued his work of educating
itbe Eskimos and Indians of Alaska, de
woting more than thirty-four years of
ihis life to it. Some twenty years ago
the was made a district superintendent,
'which office be filled for six years. For
ithe last fourteen years he has been su
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
!
aerintendeDt in charge -of the work
carried on by the Federal Bureau of
Education.
Lying prone on his bed at the Cres
cent hotel, in Anchorage, Casper Kos
>uth, aged 67, and employed at the
Ship Creek Market, cntmaHted suicide
i few days ago by sbootiog himself
through the right temple with a .48
calibre revolver. The suicide is at
tributed to an acute attack of melan
cholia, with which the deceased had
been afflicted for several days. Guests
at the hotel heard four shots fired and
ou reabhing the room found Kossuth in
the throes of death, the fatal shot hav
ing passed through both temples, aod
holes in the wall showed where the re
maining three shots had lodged. It is
believed that, the latter shots were the
r«‘T - flex action of the muscles
*- firsi, fatal shot. Kossuth is
been a lineal descendant !
„t Hungarian patriot. He is
survived by a son, a resident of Skag
way. __
Frank Bishopric, oldtimer of the
Fairbanks district, where he was con
cerned in the mercantile business, has
thrown his bat into the ring and an
nounced that he is a candidate for the
office of United States marshal in the
Fourth division, when the term of
Marshal Stevens expires. Mr. Bish
opric is now in the States, having been
called outside about two years ago by
the illness of his wife, which proved
fatal about six months ago. He has
mining interests iD the district and
has never surrendered his citizenship
there, as he planned to return.
The persistent efforts of Professor
Clinton Morgan are now culminating
in success, which is proved by the re
port that there are now twenty-five
students enrolled in the farmers’ short
course of the Alaska Agricultural Col
letre ana acnooi or wines at c airoaotts.
This course is particularly popular
with the farmers of the Tanaoa valley,
and it is expected tlj4t further enroll
ments will take place in the near fu
ture. _
Captain Oscar Anderson, formerly
master of the steamship Admiral Wat
son, committed suicide in Portlaud,
Ore., a few weeks aero, the cause being
attributed to despondency because of
illness which prevented him from con
tinuing bis career at sea. Captain
Anderson gave up his command of the
Watson a vear ago, a victim of rheu
matism. He blew the top of his head
off with a rifle, pulling the trigger
with his foot.
Jeseph B. Diamond has brought an
action against the Rawson Coal Com
pany and also the Alaska Matanuska
Coal Company, operated bv Bartley
Howard and the Jesson B others, for a
one third interest in the holding of the
Rawson Company and a one-thirJ in
terest in the 80 acres transferred by
the Rawson Company to the Howard
Jesson Oempany.
A special dispatch to the Seattle
Times from Jermane, Washington cor
respondent, declares President Cool
idge desires to make a trip to the Pa
cific coast in June, if business permits,
and aims to be gone from the Capital
for two months. Alaska is to be in
clu ioerary, if practicable.
also desires to attend
'.s uw'j of governors, if it is
L; attle._
r .1 Copper Center states that
the I> d>au trappers of that section
have experienced a 6ne seasoo to dare.
Many of the trappers, in two months’
time, have sold $1,000 worth of furs
each. Excellent catches are reported
from all points in the big valley.
Within a short time approximately
300 tons of general freight will be
moved from McKinley Park station,
on the Alaska railroad, by the Alaska
Road Commission, to a point thirteen
miles into the park, where a camp will
be established later. It is planned to *1
construct 31 miles of new r«»ad in the
park during tfce coming summer.
Km met R. Jordan. Alaska -neer
and former United States htarsiiui for
the Second division, with headquarters
at Nome, has been ill in the Providence
Hospital at Seattle with sleeping sick
ness. His condition at one lime was
considered serious, but'he is<now great
ly Improved and expecbs to leave the
hospital within a short time.
Ned White and his boat, the Brigh
ton, which left Seldwvia several
months ago with four prospectors
bound across the inlet, are stilt unre
ported, and little or no hope is-enter
tained for the safety of the boat or her
passengers._
Japan Completes
Scrapping Warships
Tokin, Feb.-2d—Japan has completed
her scrapping of warships as required
UDder the Washington arms conference >
treaty, according to a statement given
out this afternoon by the naval office, i
Fourteen shijts have been scrapped j
since December, 1923, the statement!
declared.
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given that on Janu
ary 21st. 1925. the partnership hereto
fore existing between Walter W.
Johnson. H. G. Peake and Thomas P.
Aiiken, under the name of Kuskokwim
Dredging Company, was dissolved bv
mutual consent, the said Thomas P.
Aiiken withdrawing from said part
nership aud its mining operations.
(Signed) Thomas P. Aitkrn,
W. w. Johnson,
H G. Peake
Id the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Diviaioo, Territory
of Alaska, before Hod. E J. Stier,
commissioner aod ex-officio probate
judge.
I
la the matter of the estate of Fred E.
Soule, deceased — Probate No. 42.
Notice of final Hearing.
Notice is hereby given tbat the near
ing of objections to the final report and
account of Ira P. Wood, as admiois
trator of the estate of Fred E. Soule,
deceased, will be held in the probate
court room at Flat. Alaska, on Satur
day, March 14th. 1925, at two o'clock
in the afternoon.
Dated at Flat, Alaska. Dec. 24. 1924.
[Seal] E J Stier,
Probate Judge.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska, .
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LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
3CaH At
Durant’s Cafe I
Flat City
Tokotna
Pool Hall
'Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
Blackburn
8c Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
Fresh Goods
Provisions, Notions
and Hardware
Hood’s Rubber Goods
The best Shoe Pac. They stand
the wear.
Fish Netting
Fur Bought and Sold
Brine us your fur to be made up.
We represent a good and
reliable house.
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars Jobaccos, Candies, fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwira Valley
Napa mute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices .for Your Fur
i
Larson Roadhouse
i •
I -y
Best, of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention j
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.