THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. 1. NO. 34
TAKOTNA. ALASKA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER, 15. 1937
PRICE. 26 CENTS
GANES GREEK
DREDGE SOLD
Foaeia $im
One of the biggest business deals (
ever made in this district was dosed :
recently when A. A. tshor.jeck and !
Charles Hoiky purchased the Ganes 1
Creek Dredging Company's aoidings
with the exception of one-quarter in- <
terest owned by Peter Mes6ieh. <
The den], which has been in prog
ress for some iine, was quickly dos- 1
ed for a total price of $200,000 to be
paid off by 1041, it was reported. It :
i» also stated that erch-of the three i
partners received $10,000 as a down
payment.
The dredeg win hereafter be
known as The Hoiky Dredging Crm- .
pany. Mr. Hoiky will be in active <
charge of operations, according to :
preaent arrangements, and has al
ready taken up his duties.
The new manager is an experienced’
p'c.eer miner and has been charge of j
extensive drilling operations on the j
Trmoko Flats, adjacent to the town
of Ophir for the past summer. He
has been engaged in prospect drilling
for the Fairbanks Exploration Com- .
pany for ten years from 1S24 to 1934.
Last winter and spring he has been* ,
drHing in the Goodpaster district.
Mr. Hoiky's first work in the min
ing game was at the Homestake in
the Black Hills of South Dakota.;'
He went to Dawson iir the spring of
1904, then, came on down to Fair- -
banks with tbp*s*ampeder?.
Mr, ShoHbeck is so well-known it 1
seems hardly necessary to mention -
his history. Suffice-'to sew that he -
was one of'thi early stamp; ders and
was known in practically every boom i
ramp in the North. Today, he rates. 1
as tme of the most successful bus
iness men in the thriving and pro- I
gressive city of Anchorage which he
help to build to its present status. «
He is also known as one of the few ' -
men who have made money in the t
co'Htry and has used it .in aiding the j
f arther development of this great j £
Northland instead of taking it to i
the States.
Those who sold their- interests in'* j
the Ganes Creek Dredging Company
were, Mike Mynttr. Frank Speljack*,
and John Repo. While they have not ]
disclosed their future plans, all have -.
other mining interests in this area
to which, it is believed, they will di
rect their full attention.
BIG BAD SHEEP BUTTS
WOLF FROM HIS DOOR
CRESTON, la.—The sheep turned
the tables at the Walter Vorhies «
farm—it killed a wolf.
Vorhies had adopted a wolf cub
left motherless and raised it on a
bottle Romping in the haymow, the
cub fell through a hole in the floor
into a sheep pen beneath, where an
angry buck sheep butted it to death
against a wooden gate. Verities col
lected bounty; on -the pelt.
Mrs. W. A. Vinal
Dies Suddenly At j
Seldovia Recently
Mrs: W.'-A. Vinal passed away at'
bar home recent'y according to word.
received here this week by friends.
Jin. Vina' was well-known in this
sertior. having come in from Nome
daring the big Ganes Creek strike
years ago.
She owned mining property on
Spruce Creek and made a short visit
here later'this summer to look after
¥er interests on the creek.
BVCKTtIDGE ARRIVES TO
TAKE CHARGE N. C. STORK
Harrev Buckridge, accompanied by ■
his young son Terry, were recent ar- 1
rivals in Takotata. Mr. Buckridge will •
take charge of the local N. C. Store, I
relieving the popular Bill Kokko, who* 1
is being transferred to‘the McGrath ;
at* re. ! 1
Mr. Buckridge comas highly re
eonamenjed as a merchandising man.
haring had many yean experience <
■ this line urthe States before com
mit to Alaska. He has been with the f:
large mercantile and general mer- i
ehandisim- establishment of I. K"os- i
leaky A Sons at Palmer for the past <
two years. i
BE Kokko, who has made a legion j
of friends during his rtay here, will 1
he in charge of the store at McGrath, '
relwring Jack Ferguson who is going 1
«a-Jis extended vacation.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM FLAT
By Miss Maxine Keller—(Special Correspondent)
a axes trips i«*.-vioore irtn—
Pilot Ray Peterson arrived in Flat1
Sunday. He made two trips to Moore 1
.reek for Gus Uotila on Tuesday,,
hen left for Takotna.
n From Prince Creek—
Dan Sag-off and Serg-ay Agoff
ame in from Prince Creek last Mon
lay,
lo on Moose Han*—
Jimmy Ellison and Marden Stiffler
pent the week end hunting for .
noose on-Bonanza Creek,
vat Brown Arrives—
Pilot Nat Browne came in from i
tnckcrage Sunday. He reported a
nowstorm between here and Anchor
■ge
cave For Anchorage—
Mr. and Mrs. Patty Savage left
or Anchorage last Friday with Pi- ,
ot Oscar WinchelL
Accepts Position—
Eddie Konig has accepted a po*i- ;
ion with the Awe Mining Co.
lood Cleanup Reported—
Olson. &. Company reports a very '
atisfactory cleanup on Happy Creek
ast Friday,
inother Cleanup—
Uotila and Ogriz had a cleanup j
is; Saturday. 1
lakes Round Trip— (
Oscar Winchell made a round trip
rom Flat to Takotna and Folger !
1st Thursday.
.eare For Fairbanks—
The P.A.A. plane arrived in Flat <
.Eturday. Harry, Sheppard, an old- (
imer of Flat, was a passenger an ]
he plane for Fairbanks. Others leav- . <
ag on the same plane were, Howard ]
nd Andrew Miscovich, Bill Horner,; i
'red Padersan and Clyde Day.
Itrandbergs Arrive—
Don ^Goodman came in from Good- i
ews Bay Friday with Dave and '
larold Strandberg. Harold reports i
hat he has a drill coming in on the <
ast boat. <
-las Cleanup Recently—
The Riley Investment Company
tad a cleanup Saturday.
lolldisj New Wareh*n«—
Donnelly & Sheppard are building
i new warehouse near their store.
September 23
Many Leave For Fairbanks—
Those leaving on the P-A.A. plane
>n Thursday were Max Crumb, Har
■y Owens, Jerry Ottum and Mrs.
• raak Lott. Jerry is entering the
Jnivarsity of Alaska, and Mrs. Lott,
rife of the P.A.A. radio operator
lere, is reportedly going for medical
reatroent. BillHorner came in from
~alrbanks with his mother, on the
■ame plane.
Practicing Dentistry—
A. H. “King” McDonald is no long
er working for the Awe Mining Co.
3e is now engaged exclusively in
lentistry work.
3ring Down Moose—
Alphonse Demientieff and Henry
iensen bagged a moose this week
tbeut ten miles up the river from
ditarod.
7hicken Creek Closes—
Chicken Creek closed down for the
reason Friday. Only the owners, Mr.
ind Mrs. Wm. Duffy and a few em
rioyees remain to prepare for win
er. before coming to town.
lleaaup on Moore Creek—
Moore Creek was reported to have
tad a cleanup on Friday.
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n Richer Ground—
The Iditarod Mining Company, op
rated by P. T. Jensen, had a good
leanrup Saturday.. Mr. Jensen re
torts that they are coming into rich- j
t ground. The Awe Mining Cora
tany had a satisfactory; cleanup Sat
trday, also.
(rings Last Hail—
The Woods Navigation Company’s
iverboat, “Nancy Belle” arrived in
ditar od late Saturday afternoon
rom Hedy Cross, with the last mail
f the season. Pilot Oscar Winchall
rrived earlier the same afternoon
MORTON WAS A
WELL-KNOWN ALASKAN
E. G. Morton, who died during a
plane crash, at Flat, Alaska, was a
long-time resident who lived in Ta
coma when Outside.
in Alaska Before to; r.g to live in
*.Vashins. n 11 years ago.
After working in Tacoma and Cres
cent City, California, fer a short
time, he returned to Alaska a year
ago.
His survivors include his widow,
Kathryn, a clerk in a store in Tacoma
two daughters and a son in San
Diego.
GREIG'S ENJOYING LIFE
IN THE APPLE COUNTRY
Writing friends here from Wen
atchee. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greig
state they have purchased a new car
and are enjoying life to the full in
the famed apple country.
Bill and his brother have taken
over their mother's large apple orch
ard and are now busy preparing for
the annual harvest.
They state they greatly miss Alas
ka and have often had a desire to
return. They send their best wishes
to their many friends here. Greig
was manager of the local N. C. store,
resigining this spring to go to the
States,
TIM TWITCHELL LEAVES
TO ASSUME SCHOOL DUTIES
Tim Twitehell left for Eklutna re
cently to assume his duties as teach
er and postmaster there.
Tim graduated from the University
of Alaska last spring with a B. A.
Degree. He plans on teathing at
Eklutna a year or two and then go
ing Outside to the University of
Oklahoma and working for an H. A.
Degree.
He is a son of A. H. Twitehell, lo
cal businessman.
with two weeks' first class maiL
Mnav Plants Arrive—
Pilot Hay Petarson arrived in Flat
Monday evening. Also Pilots Win
chcll and Savory arrived from Anch
orage.
Pilot in From Bethel—
Pilot P.ay Peterson came in from
Bethel Friday, on his way to Anch
orage. He took the out-going mail
from here with him.
Morton
more than 20 years
LATE NEWS ARTICLES FROM OPHIR
By Christian Bolgen—(Special Correspondent)
Vilsou in From Folger—
James Wilson came up from Fol
der with Don Goodman in his Star
Jane a couple of days ago and is
pending- his time in town,
iundback Visit# Here—
Mr. Sundback, well-known and
jrominent businessman of Anehor
;ge, has been spending the past week
n Ophir and surrounding creeks. Mr.
Sundback was formerly in business
n Iditarod and Flak
iVork Begun on Field—
The ARO has been doing some’
cork on the Ophir airplane field for
he past several days, carrying grav- 1
•1 from the Uotila & Hard dragline
forking on Ophir Creek, and spread
ny on the field. The two trucks em- ;
1 yed in the work were ordered to ■
he Yankee Creek camp yesterday
nd the work on the field has been
isconinued for the present.
nquiry Made For John Harkins—
Mr3. J. M. Howard, the U. S. Com- j
nissioner at Ophir, is in receipt of
i letter from the Commissioner at)
~a.na.nh., Alaska, containing an in
iu:ry as to the whereaboats of one i
bhn Harkins, who left Tanana for
luby on- or about September 1st, ,
3X6, and has not been heard of since. ,
f anyone- should have any informa- ]
ion as to the whereabouts of this ^
r.issing person, please inform the ;
he U. S. Commissioner at Ophir, ;
Uaska.
Hd-timers Come in—
Jesse Baugh, who has been work
ng for SchwaisdalT & Vibe this sum- -
ner. Del Thompson, who has been
rorking for the Felder & Gale dredge '
in Yankee Creek, and Billy Lodge, i
rho has been working for the ARC, i
ire recent arrivals in town. Jesse (
tas already moved into his home and i
rill laer- go to his American Creek i
orathui where he intends to upend ;
he war prospecting. n
rakes Position in Store—
Ira Gridley is now employed in the
ifyntti store at Ophir after having
narked for Hard & Johnson on Ophir
reek most of the summer.
IV iD Prospect on Mastodon—
John Tworney, after working for
datc & Johnson since early in the
reason, went to Frank McCaffrey’s
lace two days ago. John intends to
jrospect on Mastodon Creek in the
fclstoi region, this coming winter.
Working Two Shifts—
Uotila & Hard are still working
,wo shifts on their ground on lower
Jphir Creek. They have already had
wo cleanups on the ground since
he late installation of the mining
nachinery. which cleanups have been
■eported as quite satisfactory.
dare Good Cleanup—
Alfred Johnson, of Herd 4 John
on, operating on No. 1 Above Upper
in Ophir Creek, was in town today,
lard 4 Johnson have had one very
atisfaetpry cleanup on the ground
ind expect to have another one in
he near future.
•faking Many Trips—
Don Goodman has been making a
lumber of trips in hi^ Star plane be
ween McGrath and Ophir for the
ast two days, hauling freight for
•he Myntti store at Ophir. Mike
dyntti is now in McGrath forward
ng the goods consisting of needed
fcortages.
WtU Prospect This Winter—
Hans S. Hansen, who has been
working part of the summer for N. J.
irfl»e, on Gold Run Group, on Little
'reek and the balance of the mm
’or SchwalsdaD 4 Vibe on Spaulding
'reek, spent a couple of days in
Jphir this week. Heaving for his home
m Ester Creek yesterday. Hansen
ntends to spend the coming winter
Respecting on his ground on Bed
wfc Crock.
Dragline Work Finished—
Andy Schwalsddall of Schwalsdall
j & Vibe, operating a dragline on
j Spaulding Creek, spent a couple of
! days in Ophir this week. It is re
ported that Schwalsdall &. Vibe have
done exceedingly well in their min
ing operations his summer. They
; are now through sluicing for the
1 season, employing the dragline in
| stripping ground preparatory to next
I season’s mining operations. It is
j reported that Andy has done a little
bear hunting recently, but he was
not very lucky, only getting three
bear. Well, anyhow, when Andy
Schwalsdall goes bear hunting it is
an unlucky day for the bear.
The Savagc-Mathicon dredge on
Genes ard the Felder & Gale dredge
on Yankee Creek closed down for the
season about the first of the month.
The former dredge is reported to
have had a very successful season
despite a late start.
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OWNER PASSES
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Allen X. Grant, former publisher
and founder of The Kusko Times,
passed away at the home of his sis
ter, in Detroit, Michigan, according
to a wire received this week by Mrs.
Albert Ivey.
Mr. Grant was an old-timer in A1-,
having come to Nome in the early
days where he spent a number of
years working on the Nome Nugget,
then published by Major J. F. A.
Strong. Later he s:ar;ed a paper of
his own in Iditarod. After seme
time there, he rribved the plant to
Ruby where he published the Ruby
Record for a number of years. His
next move was to McGrath where he
went in the winter of 1920 and start
ed The Kusko Times.
The Times was moved from Mc
Grath to Takotna in 1925 where it
has remained ever since.
Mr. Grant continued to publish the
paper until health failing, he sold
out to George Rosander in the fall
of 1934 and went Outside to spend
his declining days with his sister in
Detroit.
Mrs. Bertha J. Boyd, who was as
sociated with Mr. Grant in publishing
the paper, preceded the latter by
only a few months in death.
The former publisher is survived
by or,e known sister, Miss Eleanor
Grant with whom he resided.
The veteran newspaperman had
made many friends duiir.g his many
years in the North whe will deeply
regret news of his passing.
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(Special Correspondent)
The last Holy Cross-Ophir mail cf
the se-.sen arrived at Ophir, in
charge of Andrew Gayak, carrier
for Max S:mel, the contract r on the
route, on the 29th of last month.
The mail left Holy Cross on the
14th of last month and made the
600 miles in rather good time. On its
way up the river, the mail boat passed
the diesel-motored boat Adler, own
ed and operated by George Black, on
its wr.y to Strandberg Landing with
more than 80 tons of freight for
the Cripple Creek Mining Company
at F Iger. Gr.yrk also reports that he
met Or- T av> nl his partner Good
rich floating down nicely on their
boat ir.a rom five empty gas
conks.
Gay:'.-. s teen workerg opening
up his grr.nd on Madison Creek this
summer, and says ths William Jones
n Madison and Frank and Christian
Beckman, on Esperanto Creek, have
been doing well up to the time he
left. Gayak left for down river the
day following his arrival, carrying
as passengers Frank McCaffrey for
his home, John Kriegar for Esp r
anto Creek, Budda Voloski and Jim
Augusti for the North Fork of the
Innoko, where they will spend the
winer prospecting, and Ralph Barado
for his home on the lower Innoko.
“I was serry for your wife this
morning when she had a terrific at
tack of coughing and everyone turn
ed to look at her.”
“You needn’t worry about that.
She was wearing her ne-w spring hat.