THE KUSKO TIMES
A. X. Grant, Publisher, S< le
Owner and Editor.
Twice a Week:
Wednesday and Saturday
Two Dollars Per Month,
Address all Communications:
±\usko Times, McGrath, Alaska.
M-CGRATH, ALASKA, FEB. 26. 1921
For the first time in the history of
the United States more people live in
the *r.*y than iD the counrtv. This is
the substance of a Census Bureau re
port.
B-xaofc figures cannot vet be given,
but, subject to possible correction, the
people in the cities now number
54.796,100, and those in the country
50,970,000.
Everv city exults when its own popu
lation shows a large increase, but that
is clue ODly to local pride and self
interest. Viewed in a large way, the
eountrv over, stmh figures are not en
couraging. They show an, unhealthy
condition as whan the blood rushes to
the head It means more usouths in
the city . to feed, fewer hands in the
rfiuutry to produce food from the soil
Ten years ago, although the same
drift of population cityward had been
going on, there were siill 7,000,000
more-people in the rural districts than
in the cities.
The growth of the city popvlations
has been seven times as fast as that of
the country.
The'bnsiness-depression which set in
.mmediate'fy after election day in No
Hi
’ When- traveling through Ruby
stop at the
Fisher House Restaurant
Chas. Fisher & Family
STURTEVANT
HOUSE
LONG CITY
i
j A popular^ stooping place for
nroshers. Excellent table serv
ice. Kennels for dogs. Warm
stable for horses.
Mrs. L. E. Sturtevant,Prop.
vember se^ms a puzzle to politicians
and financiers alike, but bv all ac
counts the depression is very real.
The best explanation probably is that
business readjustment had to come,
and it Happened to come then.
Hogs on the hoof at Chicago stock
vards recently sold at 101 cents a!
pound, vvh: h is about the pre-war j
figure, although they sold at 8 cents in j
1913. Good bve, dollar ham.
The slatemakers for President Hard
ings cabinet seem pretty well agreed
that either Senator Lodge, Senator!
Knox or ex-Judge Hughes will be Sec
retary of State. Former Senator Weeks
of Massachusetts is said to be on-the
slate for Secretary of the Navy. He is
a graduate of Annapolis Naval Acad
l
emy.
Well, gentlemen, pick out tbo win
ner! Will it be Haaelet, Wickersham,
or a rank outsider?
Hazelet seems to be in the lead right !
now—looks as though he’ll stay there
till tnefinish.
And as for an outsider—no chance, j
Harding would never dare do it.
Soup Kitchens for the g
Hungry in Toledo, O.
Toledo.—Preparations for the instal
lation of municipal soup kitchens here,
where the thousands of unemployed
may eat, have been completed.
Thousands of men appeared who said
that they had had nothing to eat this
morning and who pleaded for imrnedi
ate work to Keep them from starvation.
Many of them had children dependent
upon them for subsistence and they
could do nothing for their support.
Notice of Forfeiture,
j
To John Turtiauen. his heirs, executors
and assigns:
j You are hereby notified that during
the year 1920 I have expended the sum j
i of one hundred dollars (#100.00) upon ■
Discovery placer mining claim, situated
on Dodge creek, in the Inoka Mining j
and Recording Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and the further sum of two
hunered dollars ($200.00) upon the New j
Years Association placer mining claim, i
upon the same creek, in the same pre- j
; cinct, in order to hold said claims under j
| the provisions of Section 2324 of the i
Revised Statutes of the United States
' of America and the amendments there
to concerning annual labor upon min
ing claims, being the amount required
to hold said claims for the period end
ing December 31st. 1920, and if within
ninety days after the publication of
this notice you fail to contribute your
proportion of said expenditures as co
owner. as well as the cost of this ad
vertisement and recording fees, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner. who has made the required ex
penditures, under- the terms of said
section of the Revised Statutes of the
i United States.
L Mike Mynti.
Date of first publication. Feb. 2; 1921’
Date of last publication, May 4,: 1921
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—
M. D., D. D. S.
Office:- McGrath,,Aaa..
Alaska Rivers
Navigation
Company
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That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
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McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
even as far as Rdbv.
W. H.'Jones
Freighter
PIONEER ROADHOUSE
South Fork—Seward-Iditarod Trail..
Plenty of Dog Feed. Antelope and Ibex always on tap.
In season, Mountain Sheep, Wild Moose and Grizzly Bear.
Don’t forget to look in and see the man who blazed the
trail for you over Rain.y Pass. Call in at Hellsgate and
get your bearings.
Joe Blanchell
Prop.
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FOR SALE—
One 4-inch Hand Drill, complete,, with -il* feet"easing..
One 4-inch Drill Bit.
One Sand Pump.
One Driving Clamp and Cap.
One Leaver and Chain Casd Puller.
Two 8-feet 6-inch Chain TonJos.
'
Inquire of Howard Langley
Glasses Fitted Spectacles Repaired
Watch Repairing
Send Your Order With the Mail Man.
W. W. Jones - - Ruby