NEWS FROM OTHER
ALASKAN TOWNS
Roosevelts Will Visit Anchorage—
Kern-.it Roosevelt, world famous big
game hunter and son of Theodore
R.; osevelt, former president of the Un
ited States, will arrive in Anchorage
with his wife on May 21, bound far a
browr. bear hunt on Kodiak Island.
They will come to Anchorage, where a
boat has been chartered for a voyage
down the inlet and through Sheiikctf
Strait to Kodiak Island. Mr. Roosevelt
has hunted big game over most of the
world but this is his first trip to Al
aska. His expeditions into remote
areas of the world in search of big
game and scientific material concern
ing game have attracted worldwide
attention.
Fire And StoTm Strike Vessel—
The United States coast guard said
recently that it had received word that
the Alaska Steamship Company’s
freighter. Cordova, had reached Ket
chikan safey after repairing the steer
ing gear, damaged in a severe gale
and smothering a fire that burned m
the number two hold. The ill-fated
ship that sent out an SOS call wa
e nvoyed to Ketchikan by the Alert
The USS. Swallow and the Northwes
tern had turned back when the
guardsman radioed that it could han
dle the situation alone.
Jesse Garver Passes Away—
Jesse B. Garver, 78. who first came
to Alaska in lf>06, died recently at the
Anchorage Hospital of causes incident
tr rge. He was unmarried. Mr. Gar
v.r was bom in Kentucky. He pros
pected and worked in various capaci
ties in Alaska until going to work for
the Alaska Railroad in 1S16 during
construction days.. He left the sere-ice
of the railroad in 1922. He has been
a miner since then and has resided in
An. borage at various times since the
town was established.
Al
*.=K \N IS INVENTOR OF
NEW SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE
Chris Brotherson, living near Char
coal Point, has recently patented and
antiounred the invention of a new
senh-aut-''inat':c rifie for the .30-06
United States array standard rifle
cartridge, says the Ketchikan Chron
icle
Three years ago the government
and army officials sent forth a call to
inventors to design and perfect a
practical auto-loading aTra suitable for
array *use. The main specifications of
this call were that the weapon must
be light, strong, simple of operation
and manufacture, accurate, and
adapted to the existing array cart
ridge.
The action of Mr. Brotherson’s
weapon is a combination of gas ana
electrical function, and the bolt arid
lock are the result of' a new theory
of design, he'said. The double lock
ing bolt is so designed for safety
that it cannot be fired until the action
is closed and locked, and the bolt will
stay open when the magazine is emp
ty in order to facilitate loading from
the regular clip charger. Mr. Broth
erson explained. The' magazine capa
city is five shot, but can be increased
by the addition of extra magazines.
Erotherson said, “Recent trials
proved the accuracy and' ease of op
eration of the rifle, which may also be
fined individually as in the present
service rifle, and am now endeavoring
to reduce the weight from approxi
mately 9 pounds to a figure close to
eight ’pounds.” Weight can be safely
reduced to a ■"'oint below that of the
Springfield rifle because the automatic
action absorbs a good deal of the re
coil.
Mr. Brotherson has -been working
on his latest design for a period of
two years, making everything but the
standard barrel by hand. Chris is
well known to local gun fans, and has
lived in Ketchikan for many years.
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A MOTHER SPEAKS
A11 mothers have the certain right to
--- say
If there should be war'. We who have
borne sons
In agony and rapture rise today
In fierce defense of these, our precious
ones.
As tiger mothers guard their helpless
young.
So shall we stand when threats of
war arise.
No waving Flag, no Oratory flung.
Shall dim the steadfast purpose in
our eyes.
All wars are useless—let there be no
more!
We shall not have a part in this mad
thing.
You cannot take the fine sons that we
bore
And offer them for bloody
slaughtering.
Consult the mothers of the earth,
O men.
And there wiil never be a war again!
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jive for a little while. After that, he
himseif doesn't know the answer to :
what he will do.
But there are also those who land
broke, or so nearly so they are afraid
to spend what little money they have
on hotel fare. About 15 have applied
directly to the city within the last
month for food and a place to sleep ;
Once in awhile a man who has no
place to sleep and no money with
which to buy it is given a bed for a
night or two in the city jail.
One youth, he didn’t look more than
18, is typical of many chechakos who
come looking for work and adventure.1
He lives in a tent down on Ship Creek.:
He. is from Oregon. And right now
he’s tired of the cold and the country'
and ready to go back to the States,
but perhaps he can’t just yet. He’s
docking for work of any kind. One j
gathered he didn't have much money
left. One of the reasons he came to j
Alaska because “there’s nothing to do
in the States,” a reason that most of
them give.
Another Ship Creek resident is old
er, more or less a professional wan
derer, but a'gay one. who is probably
better able to take Care Of himself.
One gathered he knew the ropes, and
that he'd get along, even though his
money is so low he moved - from a
cheap rooming house to a tent trear j
Ship Creek a day or two ago to cat
down living expenses.
Blame’Outside* Stories
He’s" nearly broke himself, but’he’s'
almost ashamed of it. Not for being j
broke, but for coming this far north
without adequate preparations.
He isn't exactly a chechako. Last
year he worked at Kennecott and
made good money. But this year
things aren’t going so well.
He speaks almost sorrowfully ’of
the plight of the young kids who come
i up in the spring without preparations j
or money.
“One kid is in this town without
even a blanket, and not much money
to buy a bed,” he said.
He blamed the* wild stories in the
States for the plight of the young
men.
“Down there they’ll tell you Alaska
hasn’t enough men to do the work up
here. They’ll tell you you can walk
into a job any place. Even a steam
ship steward on a line to Alaska said
the same thing.”
He isn’t much worried, however.
Frank J. Guskey
NOTARY FCBMC
lEkotna, Alaska.
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He's been in tough spots before and
hell get out of this one, but he’s sor
ry for the kids who don’t know the
ropes.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
BY MRS. E. A. ADAMS
FLOUR SUBSTITUTE (PASTRY)—
% cup bread flour and 2 table
spoons cornstarch.
BAKING POWDER SUBSTITUTE—
2 teaspoon- cream of tartar and one
scant tea-: n of baking soda are
equal to thr. ■ teaspoons of baking
powder.
A GOOD DRY CLEANER—
Is made by mixing equal parts of
salt and commea! well moistened with
turpentine. Work int< the garments
with the hands which should be cov
ered with white canvas gloves.
CLEANER KETTLES—
A simple way to remove discolora
tion from aluminum pots is to boil
water in the pot, adding a little vine
gar to the water.
REMOVING D1SCOLQRATIONS—
Easier than scouring dirty pots, add
a little washing soda to water and
boil it. It saves work and saves the
pots.
ELIMINATES STICKING—
If you put a little flour, to which a
few drops of lemon juice have been
added, then your food chopper for
such fruits as raisins, figs and dates,
will not stick.
GARLIC BENEFICIAL—
Did you know that garlic has been
found to contain generous quantities
of vitamins B and C and traces of
vitamin A, some iodine and rich sup
plies of calcium, potassium and phos
phorous acid ? Doctors have also found
that it promotes sleep and is import
ant in lowering blood pressure. For
this reason it has graduated from the
Be Sure to
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We Specialise in
' CHILDREN S CLOTHING
In fact, everything to wear and
good things to eat.
We will be glad to see you.
MAIL ORDERS
given special attention
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M’LEAN
McGRATH ALASKA
seasoning class into a valuable medi- j
cinal aid and is being processed scien
tifically.
FISH COOKING
To prevent, the spattering of fish
when frying, invert a collander over
the pan. When boiling add a table
spoon of vinegar to the water to pre
vent crumbling. It also adds to the
flavor and makes it Arm and white.
LOAF CAKES
Always add fruit, raisins or nuts to
the cake after the beaten eggs hftv
been added and before the milk. T^it
will prevent their sticking: to the bot
tom of the cake.
FISII HEALER FRANK
ROCHESTER^nThT—Willis Peas,
fish dealer, is a standard bearer for
a “truth in advertising” campaigi
Under a window sign in his Store ad
vertising frozen mackerel at 11 cent.*
a pound, appeared another, reading
“darn poor eating.”
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SERVICE
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Heavy or Light
Where You Want It
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