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FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937
SIXTEEN YEIH' m
THIS WEEK
Met;RATH—Louie Gorham has his
b a cTW j fit ready, exi'e-t ng to fol
low the ice to Bethel.
WASHINGTON. D. C-—J. L. Mc
Pfc-rson. of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, appearing before the
House Committee on Terri*.o: ies. to
day, charged that over half a c:ntury
the United States has beer, perpetrat
ing upon American citizens 1 ring in
Alaska a f ra of government only
slightly better than that -which pre
va c i • • • 1 a t il >rj is i ] -
session cf Itussla. The stat.tr.?nt was
trade durine a hearing of Alaskan af
fa rs by the House Committee on Ter
ritories.
.Arthur Berry, who sustained such
severe wounds by the act dental dis
ch-rge of his gun se me weeks ago. is
reported as much mproved, although
st.ii unable to use his foot.
A1 Smith and Peter Snow wer am
ong the first arrivals from the upper
river after the ice broke. They are at
present building a cache on the
Spragueville side of the river.
Bert Eldridge was the first man out
with a gas boat after the ice left,
crossing the river with the Doughnut
King as soon as the river in front of
McGrath was clear.
Olaf Waagen, of Candle, is in town
nursing a badly injured arm. Mr.
TVaagen caught his arm in a pulley
and is badly swollen, but Dr. Green
reports it much improved today.
Frank Foz and Joe Oatfcs came down,
from Takotna on last Saturday.
Conditions at Ketchikan have be
c-c me so bad that both the press and
clergy are inaugurating a campaign
to clean up the bootleggers who are
operating there. The Chronicle says
that for almost two years conditions
of lawlessness, disregard for the law,
bootlegging and moonshinir.g and kin
dred practices have been going on un
hindered, unhampered and neglected
by the officers of the law. And the
scope of operations is steadily in
creasing. As a consequence the city
has filled up with undesirables who
follow this nefarious trade.
XULATO—The ice has broken at
Minto and Tolovana. Shore ice is
coming up at Fort Yukon. The ice
has broken in Circle Slough, although
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it is still bolding in the main chan
nel. No reports have come in from
Egbert or other up-river points.
A. Hosmer followed the ice down
i from the big river country, bringing
in a fine lot of ducks and geese.
Owen Gray, Lee Lamprecht and
I Chris Nelson arrived in McGrath las;
i night, direct from the Nixon Mines.
The epidemic of flu has been work
j :ng overtime among the workers at
j Nixon, acoi ling to reports brought
' down. Assistant Superintendent Hor
| net has been quite sick. Jack Nixon
I has been laid up for the past two
weeks or more. John O. Strand has
been and still is a very sick man.
1 Chris Nelson has been unable to do
Richardson, E. J. Powers. Lee Lam
very much for almost a month. Red
; precht and Bob Robinson were se
v. rely attacked. As a matter of fact,
!a!m;st every ne at Nixon has been
| hit with the affliction, and there are
1 still quite a few sick ones.
2 HE GH m WORK
(Continued from page 1>
Creek. At the upper end of the pro
posed road, trai.s will lead in various'
•Bcr mining ope ra
ti r. - -n Car he and Dutch Creek and
in that remion. Twenty or 25 men ■
will be employed on this road.
A 200-foot steel bridge across IB-1
amna R;ver and four or five miles of I
road connecting Pile Bay at the up- j
per end o£ Iliamm. Lake with the i
pres.-m road from Iliamna Bay on
Cook Inlet, w;il be constructed this
summer, with the construction of the
bridge probably extending into next
fall anc winter. It is hoped to com
rlete the grading for the road this
summer. It will eventually be grav-,
eied.
Important Link
About 15 men will be employed on
this unit which will . nk Cook Inlet
with Iliamna Lake and the Bering
Sea. freight and travel may then be
routed from the waters of Cook Inlet
to Iliamna Lake by road, and down
the lake through the Kvichak Hiver
to the Bering Sea.
A read wii] be constructed from the
boundary of Mount McKinley Nation
al Park to the Kantishna mining dis
trict. It will be about five miles long
and the grading is expected to be
ci • d this season, with graveling
probably scheduled for next summer.
About 20 men will be employed.
Work in the Homer area will con
sist mainly of graveling the existing
15 miles of road in that section. About
a half mile of new road will be con
structed, however, extending the road
from Homer up onto a bench and thus
opening up hundreds of acres of new
fertile land to settlers. Eight or 10
men will work in this area during the
summer.
Gravel For Willow Creek
A crew of 15 or 20 men will work
on two projects this summer, one of
which will be the construction of a
four mile road from the Lucky Shot
mine to the bead of Craigie Creek,
and another road of about a mile and
a half leading up to the Milo Kelly
and other mining properties at the
head of Willow Creek. Both will be
graveled. It is expected both will be
completed tb»c summer.
SELECT FOOD
RECIPES
BT T. S. (TED) McADAMS
(The Susko Times Chef)
HOME-MADE YEAST
Boil six large potatoes in three
pints of water. Tie a handful of hops
in a small muslin hag and boil with
the potatoes; when thoroughly cook
ed, drain the water on enough flour
to make a thin batter; set, this on
the stove and scald it enough to
cook the flour (this makes the yeast
! keep longer); remove it from the fire
I and when cool enough, add the po
; tatpes mashed, also a half cup of su
1 gar half a tablespoon of ginger, two
of salt and a cupful of yeast. Let it
1 stand in a warm place unto it has
thoroughly risen, then put in a largc
! mouthed jug and cork tightly; set
away in a cool place. The jug should t
be scalded before putting in the
. yeast.
Two-thirds of a cupful of this yeast
will irake four loaves.
FRENCH GRIDDLE-CAKES
Beat together until smooth, six
eggs and two cups sifted flour; melt
two lab!'i spoons of butter and add to
the batter, with two tablespoons of
sugar and a cup of milV- beat unti.
rr.ooth. Put a tablespoanful at a
time into a frying pan slightly greas
ed. spreading the hatter evenly over
the surface b*- tipping the pan about;
frv to a light brown, S -ead with
jelly. with powdered •»
gar and serve hot.
NUNS TOAST
Cut four or five hard-boiled eggs
into slices. Put, one tabl t-spoon of
butter into a saucepan and when it!
begins to bubble, add a finely chop
ed onic.n. Let the onion cook a little
without taking color, then stir in a
teaspoooful of flour. Add a cupful of
milk and stir until it becomes
smooth. Then put in the slices of
eggs and let them get hot. Pour over
neatly trimmed slices of hot buttered
toast. Season the sauce with pepper
and salt.
STRAWBERRY SHORT-CAKE
Make a rule of baking powder bis
cuit. with the exception of a little
more shortening. Divide the dough
in half on the molding board (half
the dough makes one short-cake). Di
vide this half again and roll each
piece large enough to cover a biscuit
pan, or a large-sized pie-pan; spread
soft butter over the lower one and
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place the other or top of that. Pro
ceed with the other lump of dong-fa
the same, bat cutting it in halves, and
putting in ana the r pan. When suffi
ciently baked separate each one by
running a kaife through where the
butter was spread. Then, butter plen
tifully each crust, lay the bettomoof
each on earthen platters or dining
plates. Cower thickly with, a quart of
strawberries that have been previ
ously prepared with sugar, and lay
the top crusts on the fruit. If there
is any juice left, pour it around the
cake.
SIT-DOWN' STRIKE
REGINA, Sask.—A sit-down strike
was inaugurated in a restaurant here.
At the noon-time rush men entered
and occupied every seat at the lunch
counter. Each ordered a cup of coffee
and for an hour sat drinking, chatting
and smoking. Then each paid his
nickel.
Some of the establishment's em
ployes are out on strike.
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