PROPERTY OF
The Alaska Agricuitu
and School of Min
OF
The Kusko Times
VOS, 1. NO. 43
McGRATH, ALASKA, JUNE 22. 1921.
PRICE 25 CENTS
GOV. BONE
' IS GUEST
OF HONOR
At Dinner Held at
* W aldorf-Astoria.
Harding Congratulates
Alaskans on Bone’s
Appointment.
New York, June 18.— Scott C.
Bone, Alaska’s new executive,
was the guest of honor at a din
ner given last night by John H.
Perry, president of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Neither President Harding nor
former President Taft were pres
ent, both telegraphing regrets
3tt their being unable to attend.
President Harding, in his mes
sage, said, in part:
*- “I congratulate Alaskans and
the country on Mr. Bone’s acces
sion to-the Governorship,, being
confident that it marks the open
ing of a new era of increased de
velopment and expanding use
fulness of the great Northern
treasure-house without the at
tending manifestations of greed
which have sometimes shaken
I our confidence.”
Among others present were
Arthur Brisbane, Dr. Albert
Shaw and Governor Farrington
of Hawaii.! The Alaskans pres
ent included J. C. McBride, ex
Delegate Wickersham, O. T.
Hubbard, Charles E. Herron,
Karl Theile, Duke E. Stubbs,
Thos. Marquam, O. P. Gaustad
and Cecil Clegg.
Saturates Clothes and
Sets Herself Aflame
Tacoma.—Mrs. Mary Kinkele, 26
years old, suffered a terrible death
here tonight, wheD, saturating her
clothing with kerosene, she set tire to
the same and soon became enveloped in
the flames. Despondency is the cause
assigned. She leaves two children.
On Trip of Inspection.
Seattle.—C. T. Ulrich, of New York,
secretary of the Copper River & North
-western railroad, accompanied by E. T.
Stannard, are passengers on she North
western for Cordova, to inspect the
road to the Kennecott mines.
WORK ON
MINING
CLAIMS
Sutherland Argues
for Resumption.
Delegate Makes Strong
Protest Against Fur
ther Suspension.
Washington, June 20.—Dele
gate Sutherland, of Alaska, on
Saturday made a strong argu
ment against the bill providing
for the suspension of assess
ment work on mining claims.
“I feel there is no reason,” he
said, “why labor conditions
should be that complicated with
in Alaska. There is no shortage
of labor in the Territory. As
sessment work has been sus
pended four or five years, and
the time has come when it
should be resumed.”
6-Hour Day Proposed
as Solution for Unem
employment Problem
Denver, June 1-6.—A six-hour work
ing day, with no overtime, was pro
posed as a solution for the unemploy
ment problem at today’s session of the
American Federation of Labor. The
resolution was presented by the Se
attle delegation.
Superintendent Air Mail Service.
Washington.—Earl F. Egge, of Min
neapolis, was appointed superintendent
of the air mail service branch of the
Postoffiee Department, today.
Harding Promises Hawaiians.
Washington.—President Harding, to
a visiting delegation, todav, gave as
surances that be would visit Hawaii il
it was possible for bim to do so.
Ozmo at Bethel On 18th.
The motorship Ozmo, according to a
late report, reached Bethel on the 18th.
She was first reported, on the 15th, to
be seventy miles from Bethel.
Washington State U.
Hands Degrees to 410
Seattle.—At the University graduat
ing exercises, today, .four hundred
and ten graduates were preseated with
degrees. This is the largest class in
the history of the University.
5 Persons Killed and
27 Injured in Train
Wreck, Whitney, Neb.
Omaha, Jime 18.—Five people were
killed and twenty-seven injured today,
when a Chicago & Northwestern pas
senger train was wrecked at Whitney,
Neb. The collapse of the bridge over
which the train was passing was re
sponsible for the accident.
Would Oust Administrator.
Seattle.—Suit has been tiled in the
Supreme Court to oust banker James
P. Gleason as administrator for this
State of the estate of James A. Murray,
whose Seattle holdings are valued at
four million dollars.
Unveiling of Hardir.g’s Bust.
Niles, O.—Vice President Coolidge,
in unveiling the bust of President
Harding, at this place, today, said that
the foundation of all that Harding is
was laid in Ohio.
LUXURY-LAW
EVADERS
A Nation-Wide * Llrfve
Against Them Soon
to Commence.
Washington, June 21.—Evad
ers of luxury taxes are to be
haled into court and deserved
punishment meted out to them,
according to Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Blair.
In an announcement given out
tonight, the commissioner states
that he proposes to begin a na
tion-wide drive against this class
of offenders and that heavy pun
ishment awaits those violating
the provisions of this class of
tax laws.
Immigration the Para
mount Question in U.
S. Today, Says Emery
Grand Rapids.—'■‘The immigration
question is the most important one con
fronting the United States in the opin
ion of American Legion men and
women,” declared John G. Emery, the
new national commander of the Amer
ican Legion, today.
Good Crops in Germany.
Berlin.—A government survey, from
reports received from all sections, re
veals good crop conditions throughout
Germany.
Progress of Soldiers Bonus.
Washington.—The soldiers bonus
bill was today reported to the Senate
by the finance committee.
EXPLORER
AMUNDSEN
AT NOME
Ship Maude in Dis
abled Condition
at Cape Serge.
Arctic Explorer Making
Preparations for [An
other Dash for the
Pole Next Year. ,
Seattle, June 18.—Raold Am
undsen, famous Arctic explorer,
arrived at Nome, Alaska, yester
day, from Cape Serge, Siberia,
where the schooner Maude, in
which he was seeking to reach
the North Pole by way of the
2?&Hhwest Passage, vs harbored
and out of commission due to a
broken propeller.
Amundsen is returning to Se
attle, and is already making
preparations to start on another
polar dash next year. The dis
abled Maude will be towed to
this port to receive necessary
repairs. _
Stockholm, June 20. — The
storthing received a telegram
today from Explorer Amundsen,
now at Nome, Alaska, request
ing that three hundred thousand
kroners be furnished him for re
fitting his ship Maude, in order
that he may continue his work
of Arctic exploration.
Two Main Oil Fields
of Alaska Are to Be
Mapped This Summer
Seattle.—Surveys of two main oil
fields of Alaska will be made this sum
mer, according to Stephen II. Capps,
of the U. S. Geologicnl Survey, who is
at the haad of a party that will map
the Cold Bay district. The other dis
trict will be the Oil Bay region, Cook
inlet. _
Rep. Wm. E. Mason Dead.
Washington.—Representative Wm.
E. Mason, of Illinoies, died here today.
Death was due to heart trouble.
Commander of Pacific Fleet.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Ebele
was today named commander-in-chief
of the Pacific fleet.