THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, Sole
Owner and Editor.
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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, 1879.
McGUATH, ALASKA. DEC. 16, 1922
$18,000,000,000 Gold
Produced in World
Since Columbus’ Time
Washington.—Since Columbus dis
covered Ameriea the world has pro
duced 875,000,000 fine ounces of gold,
valued at $18,000,000,000, it was esti
mated today by the commerce depart
ment.
About $8,000,000,000 of this world
gold production, the department de
clared. is in circulation as money er
in banks and public treasuries—$2,000,
000.000 in the United States treasury—
while the other $10,000,000,000 has been
used in the industrial arts or has dis
appeured iu the 430 years since the
keeping of accurate . gold statistibs
began.
N. Y. ‘Hello’ Girl a
Heroine; Factory Fire
New York.—Gertrude Radtke, 18
year-old telephone operator, braved
dense ammonia fumes which almost
choked and blinded her today and
stuck to her switchboard in a Brooklyn
confectionery store until all of the
seventv-live girls sho had warned of
the danger were safely out of the
building.
Informed by the building’s engineer
that an ammonia tank in the basement
was leaking rapidly, she plugged in on
all the switchboard extensionr, rang
all the bells at once, and then shouted
a warning.
She waited until everyone left the
building, then staggered blindly iuto
th e street to join the other girls, tears
flowing freely down all their cheeks.
McGrath
Pool Room
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Mrs.E. P. Werner
Proprietor
Gunman and Gang
Slay Booze Merchant
St. Paul.—Tommy O’Connor, escaped
Chicago gunman, was speeding toward
the Twin Cities today in a fast auto
mobile at the head of a gang of whisky
runners which murdered and robbed
Paul M a toff, wealthy liquor merchant,
near the border town of Blenfelt, last
night, according to a telegram received
by St. Paul police this afternoon from j
Canadian authorities.
The whisky runners, the telegram
said, are six Americans who have been
operating under direction of the Chi
cago slayer-bandit and the .Eddie Nor
ris gang of North Dakota.
Matoff, a representative of the Do
minion Distributors, Ltd., was shot to
death and robbed of a $6,000 cargo of
whisky. $6,000 in cash, and $2,000 iu
jewelry The runner bandits, accord
ing to the telegram, are believed to
have arrauged a meet with Matoff near j
Bienfait. During the meeting, while a
sale was being arranged, the Amer
icans are 6aid to have decided to kill
Matoff and take his money.
The slayers were reported earlier to
day to be speeding toward Minot, N.
D., but were believed to be headed for
the Twin Cities.
PRESS SQUIBS.
Sometimes we think the ‘majority is
in the minority-—Norfolk Pest.
Wonder if the radio craze 'will de
velop wireless w i re- tappers.-+ Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times.
Wbat France wants from Germany
is more marks and fewer remarks.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The American youth’s three R's are ;
now Headin’, ’ritin’ and Radio.—Chi
cago Journal of Commerce.
At last we are convincing Europe
that our foreign policy is not an en
dowment policy.—Houston Press.
The prohibition enforcemnnt army
doesn’t seem to be properly equipped
to fight the tanks.-^-Columbia Record.
If obly the principle of collective
bargaining could function without so
much collective loafing.—Canton Re
pository.
It is a paradox, bat since John Bar
leycorn turned up his toes it is remark
able how he kicks up his heels.—‘Co
lumbia Record.
Mexico should treat our citizens with
the same reverential respect shown
greasers on t his side of the Rio Grande.
Akron Beacon-Journal.
Each European nation would be glad
to have peace if it had some assurance
that peace wouldn’t benefit the other
fellow.—Mansfield News.
Senator Lodge says he knew Colonel
Roosevelt intimately for thirty years
and never heard him say damn or any
thing of the kind, and we guess if a
progressive man could go around with
Cabot for thirty years and never cuss
he wouldn’t under any circumstances
whatsoever.—Columbus State Journal.
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
705 L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
Ends His Life With
a Stick of Dynamite
■Chicago.—Death seemed the oniy
way out for Fred Tapp, son of a wealthy
Fort Wayne; lod., contractor. Ann he
wanted to be-certain that there woul 1
be no slip up.
So he went into the woods near Ham.
mond, Ind., yesterday &oe lay down
under a big tree. Then he took a stick
of dynamite, from the store he’d used
in his road work near by, placed it on
his chest, and lighted it.
The body, almost unrecognizable,
was found last night by a farmer.
A large part of the track on the new
spur to the Healy river coal mine has
been laid, and it is expected coal from
the mine will be moving over the road
Within a short time. This will mean
that with the opening of navigation in
Cook inlet next spring the mine will be
in a position to supply the towns all
along the coast with a cheap fuel.
Bill Hummel, well known tonsoriai
artist, left today for Tacotna. where he
may be found at the Larson Roadhouse
bv those in need of his services,
Receiving and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Suudays and holidays—9:4a a..in. and
4:30 p. m.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River
General Supplies Fresh From the;
t Outside
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B
Furs Bought and Sold *
Larson Roadhouse
i (Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. PromptAtterition ' ;
New Dog Houses Under Construction,
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the I
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, 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. j
Diamond Dick - - Proprietor!