THE KUSKO TIMES
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VOL. L NO. 2b
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JUNE 25. 1937
PRICE, 35 CWfTi
LOUIS KNOCKS
OUT BRAODOCK
IN THE EIGHTH
CHICAGO. June23—Jet Loins wo:
the heavyweight championship of th
world here last night, kayoing Chan:
pion James J. Braddock in the eight
frame of a scheduled 15-roun
ch amnions hip battle before S5.(XV
peoDle.
Braddock. cut and bleeding, wa
counted out after a minute and 1
seconds of the eighth round after be
ing floored for the first time by a ter
rinc right hand smash to the heac
Louis was floored himself for a no
court as he half sipped after takin,
a sharp right to the chin in the firs
round.
The challenger rallied to win th
crown with an attack that had Brad
dock in a bad way from the sixth or
The champion's left eye. mouth am
face were badly cut and he went daw:
in a heap after Louis landed the "Sr.a
shot, which crowned him the secon
Negro heavyweight champion in his
tory.
Braddock put on a great exhibitioi
for five rounds but was no match fo
"the Negro in punching power one
Louis found the range.
The gate was estimated’at S5aO^C*f
F olio wing is a round by round ac
count of the fight:
Round Oat
Braddock came, out- fast- from hi
comer, swung a right and missed
They exchanged light body blows
Louis glanced a right off Braddock'
head and the champ stuck a Ic't t
the face as they sparred in the mid
die of the ring. Joe shifted to th'
hody and they exchanged light lefts
The negro pounded the champion
midsecti :>n after landing a chopp;
right to the lead. They clinched oi
the ropes and Louis smashed Brad
dock with both hands. Braddock tool
a terrific smash to the head. Loui:
went down after a short right to th
head but got up without a count an:
was fighting furiously at the bell
with Braddock taking several hari
rights to the jaw. Louis' round.
Round Two
Braddock missed a high left hoo]
and Joe shot a abort right tc 'th
u se. Braddock showed a small cu
over the left eye. Braddock landa
smashing right to the head an:
blocked the Negro’s counter punches
Braddock sparred cautiously for a:
opening and then delivered two shar
left uppercuts to the chin. Louis ap
ptarec puzzled and covered his heac
J. e snurted into action and pounde
Braddock with both hands to th
chin before the bell. Braddock's route
vvounc i nr«t
Louis blocked the champion's lef
Louis’ right connected ■with Brat
dock’s damaged left eye. Braddoc
shot both fists to the head but too!
a terrific cuffing. Both were boxin
more cautiously with Braddock dom
most of the leading. Louis dag a lei
hock to the ribs and cukky followe
with a lightning left to the chair
picn’s ear. Braddock connected wit
a looping right to the side of th
head and forced Joe to give groan
after landing a sharp uppercut. Loui
scored a straight right to the hea
as the bell sounded. Louis' round.
Round Four
Braddock connected with a left t
the ear and Joe gave ground. Th
Negro took a left to the body an
countered with a left hooK to th
head. The challenge- worked bot
hands to the face, but tbe champio
kept crowding forward. Jhn kept h;
chin well guarded and took a har
right to the head. Louis tried t
force an opening but the champio
was boxing beautifully. They circle
in midring without action until Brae
dock found tbe range with bot
hgndc to the jaw. Jim tied Joe u
in a brief clinch and took a left ja
to the nose. Louis landed three ligh
lefts s before tbe belL Braddoc!
round.
Round Five
Joe bounced into tbe ropes cs b
took a left on his upraised arm. Th
champion connected with a right t
the head but his left went wilt
Blood tricked, from the Negro’s nos
after they exchanged punches a
close range. Braddock’s bead bounce
back from the challenger's left. Th
champion's left eye started to blee
again. Louis worked both hands t
the body. Braddock scored a rigb
smash to the jaw. The pace was fast
er and they were firing -with bot
hands. Each was well smeared wit
blood as they exchanged hard left
before the gong. Braddock's round.
Round Six
They circled for several seconds bt
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I NEWS EVENTS OF TAKOTNA IN BRIEF FORM !
By The Wandering Reporter
• Constructing W art house—
Messrs. Twitched and Fowler are
busy constructing a warehouse in
: premia ration for the arrival of therFS
? Langley in McGrath next week.
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. Mrs. Adares Goes to Camp—
, Mrs. E. A. Adams left this morn
j .ng for Shorty Creek where she w ill
i take over the duties of cook at the
?, ARC camp .established there, having
1 j a crew of 22 to cook for.
Doing Assessment Work—
The Times staff arrived Vx> late in
. Ophir to visit our worthy correspond
; ent. Christian Bolgen. Mr. Bolgen had
gone out to his claims on Ophir
3 Creek to do his assessment work. He
" isn’t expected back until after the
first of July. “Sorry you weren't
j home, Chris; we would have liked to
i meet you on your own ground. We’ll
j be over again sometime in the near
j future when wee can spend more time
and really get acquainted with you
and other residents of Ophir."
r “Snappy" Visits Friends Here—
; Henry Ervasti of Ophir. who goes
by the appropriate moniker of “Snap
py," is the latest subscriber to The
. Kusko Times. Snappy" say? he can't
read, but he has a good nose. He
also says be hasn’t hit “bedrock”
. yet, but to tell his friends he is slow
ly getting there. He was also a vis
itor in Takotna Tuesday greeting his
i old friends, returning home the same
, evening. “Snappy" seemed to enjoy
the privileges <f Takotna to the full
extent of his “caracity."
. Factory Sian Stops Here—
Carl A. Schneider, factory repre
i aentative for the Isaacson Ison
Works of Seattle, Washington, stop
. ped over Sunday whle awaiting a
: plane to take him to Fairbanks. He
. reports that his company, which
[ deals in road and bridge construction
, equipment of all kinds, nas many
i units of equipment with the ARC
both here and in Flat, as well ar.
with mining operators throughout
. northern and western Alaska. He
\ left for Fairbanks Monday a*c ex
t pects to return here in a few weeks.
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i Enjoy \ ish M ith Hards—
The Kusko Times staff grealh
i joyed a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Eric
5 Hard during their trip to Ophir Mon
. day afternoon. Mrs. Hard seemed to
. be quite familiar with the handling
1 of newspapermen. On their arrival,
? she immediately put on the coffee-pot
. and started filling the two news
hounds up with tasty nut bread and
; coffee. By keeping food in front of
- them she was able to do a little taik
£ mg on her own account, which is an
; accomplishment in itself with those
: two around. Anyway the staff wishes
t to inform the public that Mrs. Hard
t makes real coffee and bread that is
i even better.
i NEWS BRIEFS FROM
POORMAN
5 BY MRS. ELSIE ZAISER
? (Special Correspondent)
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i Makes Last Mai! Trip—
: Scotty Clark made the last trip
5 with the mail by dog beam on the
1 lt*th of May. This one of the latest
3 trips ever made.
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^ Complete Sluicing—
Ed Odegard and Charlie Ross, tnin
3 ing on Placerville have almost com
3 pleted the sluicing of their damp. L.
3 E. Torrence on Flat Creek is also
, ahead of ihe sluicing game.
Make Trip To Town—
t Dan McGinty, who has been work
» ing for Odegard and Ross the past
j winder, was an arrival in Poorman
the 27th. Coming up with him from
l his camp on Nevada Creek was Pat
t Conway.
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s Takes Mail to Placerville—
3* Pat Conway made a trip to Piacer
:• v'ille on the 26th, taking down the
t ™;i if jt wasn’t for Mr. Conway,
- Placerville would be in a tight spot,
i He is about the only traveler who
j comes and goes, down there, so to
s: us of the woods, he-s a life-saver.
Sluicing Winter Dumps—
Miners in the Poorman district are
bufy sluiciijg in their , winter duTips.
Spends Several Days Here—
John Repo was a basinets visitor
• in from Ganes C reek Monday, remain
ing over until Wednesday attending
to business matters.
Grayling Biting Good—
The nimrods of Takotna are keep
ing their tabies well supplied with
fresh grayling. These tasty little
fish are just beginning to take the
fly offered them.
Needs Medical Treatment—
Eric Wick arrived in town today
from Little Creek where he is hy
draulking for Frank Speljack. Mr.
Wick is going to Anchorage for med
ical attention. He has been sick for
some time with a stomach ailment.
Baby Arrives—
To Mrs. J. Morley, formerly of Ta
kotna, a child was born last Monday in
Palmer. The mother is reported doing
ner. The mother is reported doing
very nicely. Dr. Albrecht, the colony
physician, was in attendance.
iuvusv t iatia i t.au< ua
Lynn McGee, manager of the Star
Airways, stopped and visited for a
few minutes in Takotna last Sunday.
Mr. McGee was enroute to Flat with
Pilot Oscar Winc'nell to get the Pil
grim that was cracked up at that
place last fall.
Charter Plane for Jaunt—
Gil Rich of the Black Manufactur
ing Company, and Ed Erskine, trav
eling for the Seattle Hardware ar
rived in Takotna from Anchorage
with Pilot Art Woodley this after
noon. They have chartered the plane
for this trip and are planning on go
ing from here to Bethel and on over
to Yukon RiveT points. They are two
of the best kr. wn and popular trav
eling men in the North.
He's Going To Play Safe—
While in Ophir Monday evening,
the Times Reporters looked up their
old friend, Ole Blindheim and enjoyed
a good visit. Ole informed us, how
ever, that the next time he came to
Takotna and entered The Kusko
Times office and went through one of
those so-called interviews, he was
going to plug his ears and keep his
mouth tightly closed. “You fellows
are sure full of a lot of bull.” Ole
said. "I never said all that you hac
tagged me with, and besides we have
n't so many words in the whole of
Norway.'' "Can't insult the Times
staff. Ole.” That is music in our ears,
it teils us that we have what it takes
to make a success in the newspaper
game.” Mr. Bindheim has been busy
getting the foundation ready for the
new store he and Mrs. Blindheim
will conduct in Ophir. He has been
considerably delayed in his work be
cause of the serious illness of Mrs.
Blindheim, who is now slowly recov
ering.
i and there is plenty of water to do
| it with, this being the highest water
\ known during breakup time. Poor
man Creek is still out of the banks,
but has been dropping the last two
i nights. We hope the water keeps up
until clean-pp time so we can cele
! brate the Fourth of July.
Vader -Taken Suddenly 111—
George Vader, old-time resident of
Poorman. was taken sick suddenly
around the latter part of April and
Art Oliver took him to Ruoy with his
dog team. He was lucky to get a
plane the same day he arrived there.
We haven’t received any word from
him since be entered the hospital at
Fairbanks. We all siacerely hope for
the best.
High Water Floods Prospect—
John Wolf and Bud Riley, pros
pectine on Gentle-Neva had a pros
pect hole down about 30 feet when
the high water during the break-up
drowned them out and filled the hole
full of water. Bud is in town now
waiting for the water to subside and
Wolf is probably at Timber, as the
* water was up in their cabin. When
1 Bud left. Wolf was still holding
down the fort.
, "Traveling Swede” Slowing l p—
Eric Peterson, better known as the
“Traveling Swede,” say- his days of
traveling are about over. It isn’t
j that he has traveled so far, but he
j thinks it is the high rate of speed
that did the damage, so he has in
stalled a "governor.” better late
than never, but. better -never late.
j Pick* l'p Ophir Mail—
Rudi Krar.si made a trip in from
! Ophir ast Tuesday, bringing several
1 Ophir residents along'. He returned
: that evening, taking the Ophir mail.
: Moves Family Here—
Fred Milic-r moved his family up
from Crooked Creek this week. They
wili reside at the sawmill during the
summer months, moving into Takot
; na in time for the children to go to
i school.
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Mrs. Myntti Visits Here—
Mrs. Mike Myntti was a visitor in
Takctna last Tnesiav, coming Over
with Rudi Kransi. This is her first
trip to Takotna this year. She drop
ped in to The Times office for a brief
visit before returning home.
Spends Day in Takotna—
Mrs. J. M. Howard. Commissioner
j and postmistress at Ophir. spent last
I Tuesday in Takotna, visiting friends
and attending to business matters.
She spent some time in The Kusko
Times office going through the old
j files.
1 Vanderpool ‘Widens Boat—
Woodrow Vanderpool has finished
widening and overhauling, having ad
ded 16 inches to width. He plans on
going into the freighting business in
earnest, now being able to haul bet
ter than two tons of freight each
| trip.
Assistant Arrives—
William R. Chandier. assistant to
' Supt. Spaeh arrived in Takotna Wed
nesday night. He took over his neve
duties with a vim and has been bur
ied in work ever since his arrival.
Mr. Spach is in McGrath awaiting
the arrival of H. Sterling Asst, chief
engineer, from the Juneau office. They
will then take passage for Bethel,
returning sometime early next week.
Myntti Kept on the Go—
Between the spring rush in The
Ophir General Store and his exten
sive mining holdings. Mayor Mike
Myntti seems to be kept on the go
Mike carries a complete line of mer
chandise in groceries, clothing and
hardware and has everything from
“Soup to Nuts.” Thanks for the fa
vor. Mike. Well endeavor to return
it sometime; at least we won't forget
it. f
New Finnish Bath House Open—
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Soini, proprie
tors of The Ophir Roadhouse, have
installed a new Finnish bath house
this spring. This is the only Finnish
bath house in the Kuskekwim area;
at -east it is the only one we have
iieard of. The Kusko Times staff
took its annual spring bath rather un
expectedly sometime ago, so had no,
excuse to try out the newly construct-1
ed bath house. We’ll try to remember
the place next spring. .Mrs. Soini.
BUSY HAULING SUPPLIES
TO NEW ARC ROAD CAMP
George Cristo has ben busy the
past week running the ARC boat
back and forth between here and
; Shorty Creek hauling supplies, camp
! equipment and men to the new road ,
I camp established there last week.
Twenty men will be employed at;
this camp. Mrs. E. A. Adams will
cook for the crew when the job of j
constructing the camp is completed.
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ED NOLLETTE
SELLS CLAIMS
MINING GROUP
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A deal of considerable importance
in this area was completed yesterday
’.Then Boh Winbauer, repress .itins
t airbanks mining interests and Ed
Nollette signed the papers for the
purchase of the latter’s extensive
placer holdings on lower Yankee
Creek.
The deal was made iolk»wir.g a
cureful checkup of the ground by Mr.
Winbauer during the past f»w weeks
which convinced him tnat the ground
carried satisfactory values. The min
ing man will start intensive prospect
ing and drilling operations in the
near future with tht intention of in
stilling a dragline on the ground.
Ed Nollette is an old-timer in this
country and has held ground on Yan
kee Creek for the last 20 years, do
ing a lot of prospecting and keeping
up his assessment work during all
of tnat time. He has a total of
nearly seven miles of ground on low
er Yankee Creek, extending from
No. 1 below Discovery down to the
mouth of the creek. Nollette re
turned to his home this morning.
It might oe mentioned that the
ground which changed hands through
this deal is that which is being ad
vertised in this paper. However, the
announcement of the deal came toe
late today to permit the pulling of
the advertisement
JONES CABIN COMPLETELY
DESTROYED LAST SATURDAY
Another disastrous fire visited the
Ophir district when Evan Jones’ cab
in was completely destroyed by fire
last Saturday morning. Everything
in the building was completely des
troyed. including some money, clothes
and provisions.
Mr. Jones, a well known mining
man in that section, was working in
a cut just over the hill from the cab
in. He glanced up and saw a h°«vv
smoke curling up in back of the hill
and knew it was his cabin. It was
practically destroyed wnen he reach
ed the scene. The cabin is situated
on Spruce Creek, two miles this side
of the town of Ophir. Billy John
son’s cabin was also completely des
troyed by fire about a week previous
WHIPPOORWILL ARRIVES IN
McGRATH FROM BETHEL
Tht MS Whippoorwill, piloted by
Fred Miller, arrived in McGrath
Wednesday rnvning on its returr.
trip from Bethel. The ship is report
ed to have s*>ven tons of freight
aboard, including a boiler, planer and
other sawmill equipment from Mil
lers sawmill at Crooked Creek.
LATER—The Motorship Aiaskai
arrived here aea;n from the sawrnil
last night with three ton* of freight
transferred from the Whippoorwr
which is lying at author at the sav.
mill with mill and planar equirm
to be unloaded. Capt. Miller will re
turn to the sawmill tonight. Arte
unloading the mill ma-hiner-.- tVere.
they will pull for McGrath Saturday
night with both boats to await tht
arrival of the steamer Langley.
Meanwhile Dalbs McRoberts is serv
ing the boys and maintaining pettr.
in the camp.