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, 1379.
McGRATH, ALASKA. JAN. 20, 1922
Former Marshal Erwin
Tells of Radium Cure
Former United States Marshal L. T.
trvVin, who has been at Mayo Brothers
hospital, Rochester, Minn., the past
several months, receiving treatment
lor cancer of the stomach, in a letter
to the Fairbanks News-Miner, tells
how the radium treatment is applied,
as follows:
“The cancer returned along the in
side of the scar in the abdomen. They
are trying to reduce it with radium,
but,: not hing ia my life has given me
the excruciating suffering that has
souse from the radium. It is a very
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□ little metal containers about the sice,
of a two-bit piece, but twice as thick.
These are fastened between two soft
pine blocks one inch square. The sur
face to be covered by the radium is
measured off by a steel measure into
one inch blocks and these are definitely
defined with indelible pencil. To show
you the size that it requires to cover
my cancer, there are 32 inches. The
radium is put on these squares, not
more than three or four at a time, and
they are fastened with adhesive tape
aDd kept on for fourteen hours. The
radium has to penetrate through this
inch of wood before it reaches the ab
domen. Bf the metal containers should
touch vou they would burn like red hot
rou. Each of the blocks is valued at
58,000 to $1-2‘,OQO, so the four blocks, the
most I have endured at any one time,
run from $30,000 to $50,000 in value.
You only place the blocks on the one
square at a time until all the 32 squares
have been covered, but you have a lay
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over or rest for 12 or 14 hours between
each treatment. It causes suffering as
of a sick stomach, so 1 cannot eat, and
losing half a pound each day. You can
readily see (hat unless there is a
change for ihe better, which I don’t
anticipate, the end Is not far distant.”
Sentences Passed on
Anchorage Violators
Anchorage. — Chauncey Paterson,
who was convicted on three counts
charging him with violation of the drv
law, has been sentenced by District
Judge Rltohie on two counts to a term
of 19 months in jail, in addition to
which he must pay a fine of $1900. He
will take an appeal.
Anlone Dolohak, a native, who
pleaded guilty to second degree mur
der, was sentenced to life imprison
ment at McNeill's island.
D. M. Lynch, for having shot at John
Thompson and Victor Car'son with in
tent to kill, three years at McNeill's
island.
Gus Holstrom, breaking and enter
ing a dwelling house and committing a
bodily assault, five months in Seward
jail.
Adriza Wukichevich, violation of the
prohibition statutes, six months in the
Anchorage jail and a fine of $500.
George Gates, violation of the prohi
bition statutes, one month in the Au
chorage jail and a fine of $f>00.
Lessees of Fox Islands
Have Exclusive Rights
Fo:: farmers who have leased islands
-ia Alaska have exclusive rights to
those islands and may keep all others
off, according to an opinion handed
down bv the solicitor general of the
department of agriculture.
One Ketchikan man who is interest
ed in a leased island wrote the depart
ment and received the following reply:
“In reply to your request for in
formation regarding the rights of the
fur farm permittees on lands leased bv
them from the United States forest
service, the following is quoted from a
letter to Col. VV. B. Greeley, U. S. for
ester, from F. W, Williams, solicitor
for the department of agriculture,
under date of April 29, 1922:
“ ‘It is our opinion that a special
use permit gives the right of exclusive
possession to the permittee and that he
therefore has the right to exclude any
one from the area covered by the per
mit.’ ”
Hotel and Store for Kobi Station
Jack Singleton, pioueer hotel man of
J Lignite and Healy, says the Nenana
j News, came in from the Canyon dis
| trict several days ago to make arrange
J rnents for the construction of a new
i hotel and store building at Kobi sta
tion, where he will start a branches
tablishment to take care of the grow
ing Kantishna travel, which promises
to assume substantial proportions be
fore the end of the present winter.
The hotel building will be 20x40 feet,
two stories high, with comfortable
rooms on the upper floor for the ac
commodation of the traveling public,
an^on the ground floor there will be a
store and restaurant.
It is not yet clear whether Uussia
wants to take a hand in Armenia or
iust be there when the relief food from
America arrives.—Washington Host.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
705 L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in"all Courts.
PRESS SQUIBS.
If Berlin can’t come across with the
gold one, France may be persuaded to
accept a few landmarks.—Manilla Bul
letin.
Nobody wants another war, but, on
the other hand, nobody wants to see
another peace like this oue.—Columbia
Record.
The trouble about some of the aliens
who Knock at our gates is that they
intend to knock at our government.—
Washington Post.
It begins to look as though they
named him Dr. Sun because not a day
goes by that they don’t get a rise out 1
of him.—Manilla Bulletin.
Light wine seems to have brought
out a neavy vote, but will a heavy vote
produce light wines.—Brooklyn Eagle.
It is our idea that it is downright un->
fair to raise an innocent young king
with no preparation whatever for pri
vate lffe.—Dallas News.
“Turkey for the Turks” would he
well enough but for the fact that many
people in Turkey are not Turks and i
were there earlier than they.—Phila
delphia Record.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold I
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
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! Best of Home Cooked Meals.. Prompt Attention ;
Mew Dog Houses. Under Construction,. 5
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim V alley
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived s
Oria of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog kennels, and the best of lower [river fish
for dog feed.
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