3 STEAMERS
Bolsheriki Crews Run
Freighters Into Rus
sian Ports.
Washington, , June 27.—Three
American freighting steamers
have been stolon by bolsheviki
orews and run into ports of Rus
sia, governed by the soviets, ac
cording to virtual admissions of
Shipping Board officials, today.
Two of these freighters- were
laden with wheat, while the
third carried a heavy cargo of
sulphur.
The launch Aloha.Captain Joe Wills,
arrived Saturday evening from Ta
cotna. Coming down on the Aloha
were Charlie Woods, Jack Mutchler
and Carl Fosberg.
THE
Tacotna
! Pool Hall
Tacotna
| A- Pbpulhr Resort
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Billy Jones
Herb Kearney
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| Tacotna Headquarters
j THE, KUSKO TIMES
FISHER
HOST
. When traveling through Rubv>
stop at the
Fisher House Restaurant
Chas. Fisher & Family
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
The emerald is now the most valiH
able of the precious stones. Dealers
say that » flawless one is worth three
'times as much as a diamond' of corre
sponding: size and quality. E’brmerly
the diamond was the most valuable
stone, but now both emeralds and
rubies commaud higher prices.
An old book. “The Generali Historie
of Virginia, New England and the
Summer Isles.” by Captain John
Smith, published in London in 1624
and 1625, sold at auction in New York
recently for $2,410.' Captain Smith's
map of Virginia, printed in 1612,
brought $1,425.
Farm wages in 1920 were higher than
ever before, the Department of Agri
culture reports. By the month, the
.average for farm laborers was $46 80
with board, or $64,95 without board. In
some parts-of the country farm wages
are much-higher than that.
“The Star Spangled Banner” te-ree
ogoized by the Army and Nary as the
national hymn, and this example hars
been generally followed by-the public.
“America” is still preferred by some.
The choice is purely voluntary; there
is no law on the subject.
“Spirits of wine” is an old name for
alcohol, which is used in the Arctic re
gions in preference to mercury because
it will sot freeze in any kind of
weathen while mercury freezes at 40
degrees below zero Centigrade. Ordi
nary thermometers in which the liquid
is colored red, blue, etc., to make it
more easily seen, are alcohol ther
mometers, Mercury* will not take col
oring matter,
The Secretary of the Treasury is the
head of the Treasury Department, and
has general control and direction, sub
ject alwavs to the President, of the
financial operations of the 'United
States, the collection of taxes and the
spending of them as Congress may di
rect. The Treasurer is- one af the
Secretary’s subordinates, and may be
compared to the cashier of &> bank or
mercantile- business. He is the cus
todian of the actual cash, which be
pays out oo orders or checks signed by
the Secretary of the Treasury or his
authorized subordinates. The Treas
Notice of Forfeiture.
To George- Twerme (George Moe),
Andy Schwarsdale, and Ralph Zaber:
You, and each of you. your heirs and
assigns are berebv notified that during
the years of 1918. 1911, 1918; 1919, 1920,
I expended tbe sum of one hundred
dollars [$100X)0]jasnualJy upon each of
the following named placer mining
claims: Discovery and Number One
Below Discovery on Fox guloh, a tribu
tary of Cripple creek, in. the Innoke
recording precioot,. Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold'satd) claims under the
provisions-of Section 2324* of the re
vised statu tes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, for
the period ending January 1, 1921s and
if within ninety days after the publica
tion of'tbis notice you>fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion- of said- ex
penditures] aeeo-owners, yoor interests
in said olaims will beeome tbe property
of the undersigned, your co-owner,, who
has made tbe necessary expenditures
; under tbe terms of said section of the
revised statutes of the United States.
James White.
Date oFfirst publication, April 13, 1921.
Date of last publication. July 13,1921.
urer’s office is like ao immense bank in
which the United States is the only de
positor and the only checks honored
are those signed by tne Secretary of
the Treasury or some one authorized
to sign in bis name.
Are there surety inhabitants oo the
planet Mars?
That is one ef the unsettled ques
tions, says Current Events. If the so
called “canals” are really canals they
prove that there are, or were, inhabit
ants surpassing those of the earth in
social' oo-operation and engineering
skill. Some astronomers, however, do
not believe the strange lines are canals.
They believe them optical illusions,
some effect of the refraction of Hght;
»r possibly rivers, or crpehs in the sur
face. Though they look so straight
and artificial, we must remember that
we cannot from our distance see any
thing less than forty miles square, and
even the crooked Mississippi or the
Nile might look straight under such
conditions. Again, the comparatively
smooth surface of Mars, seemingly free
from billy regions, might make natural
streams straighter than they are on
!the earth. Assuming that the mark
ings are caused by water-courses, either
'natural or artificial, it is probable that
what we see is not the water-course
itself but the fertile regions bordering
on them; and that does not i^iply cul
tivation. Some astronaaners think Mars
deadly cold, like the moon, without
water or air. andi unfit to support life.
Asked about the polar snowcaps that
appear in the Martian winter and dis
appear in^be spring, these skeptical
astronomers say they do not believe
them’to be snow, but frozen carbonic
aeid gas. If this be true it indicates a
temperature hundreds of degrees below
aero, too cold to support life as we on
the earth know life. In short, we do
aot know whtther Mars is inhabitable
or not, and nobody knows.
World’s Gold Supply 4
$300,000,000 Greater
Than Supposed to Be
Washington.—The world’s gold sup
ply is three hundred million dollars
more than it is supposed to be. accord
ing to revelations made by Secretary of
Commerce Hoover, who has for some
time been occupied with a study of the
gold statistics.
Roosevelt Estate Litigation.
New York.—The executors of the es
tate of Theodore Roosevelt today com
menced suit against several heirs in
connection with the collection of a
promissory note for seventy thousand
dollars, alleged to have been endorsed
by Roosevelt.
Freighters Off, for the North.
Seattle.—The freighters Ketchikan
and Latouche, with capacity cargoes,
sailed today for St. Michael, Nome and
Teller.
PROFESSIONAL
W, F. Green—
M. D„ D. D. S.
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
ATTORNEYS
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Geo. W. Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska.
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all theX’ourts.
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1642.
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