THE KUSKO TIMES
VOL. VI. NO. S f Q
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1926.
PRICE 26 CENTS
ON WAY TO
Reed, Shoup, Ritchie to
Appear Before Sen
ate Committee,
Juneau. March 4.—Judge Thomas!
Peed and U.. S. Attorney Shoup
left today* on theta- way to Washing
tofty to> te.botfy before the iSenale judi-o
iar -^fcgsirmittee.
The confirmation of these presided*
tial appointees to retain their offices
is before the committee, which re
eewe’d'othdh charges that lawlessness
is rife iin ALitsliu.
Judge K.IE.iJUifc'hie, of the Thinldi
vision,-expects to leave Cordova next
week .to press his -case before? - the
committed.
BlllTISIT AND YSERMAN AM
BASSADORS TO DINE TO
GETHER, FIRST IN 10 YEARSl
Washington, March 5-.—British and
G(tamam»amt*ussadnrs- w-ili 'dine to
gether, sin-March-24^ This will be the
first reunion-of that nature in ten
years. -
¥QtwtfiB>iBirkfefand’s>
Mysterious Death Isf
Uiider Investigation
St. Pakl^ March S.-^-A Stato- inves
tigation of the unexplained death of
Kiiut B. t.Birkelanri, former Seattle
resident, is under way hew* today,.
while preparations were made by* the
AttorneyvSeneraFs office for extradi
tion proceedings-atfaiu.sU-.Mrtt. Mamie
Hodge, who is iteU : atd1 La Criosse,
Wis., on ih firat degree murdes com
plaint.
Birkehhohd.waa president of- the
North- ftacific Sela- Products Cdinpany,
tnd amassed;* fortune of- a uarter of
a millidh. in Arctic whafrng. -
THAT FliAT-IBTTAftOD WASH
INGTGWTBIUTHDAY DERBY
The Kusko Times was somewhat in
error in Ks lash week’s issue >in cred
iting Edi Dehohse and Mary Twitched
with winning the’. FLat-Iriitarod Wash
ington 'Birthday i Derby.
In the first place,, it was not Mary
Twitchell who traveled with Ed De
house, but Miss .Josephine Parnent, of
Crooked Creek. 'Dennis Parrrnt’s dogs
were driven by Dehouse and Miss
Parrent. This team was'first credit
ed with having won first placet. A re
cent report from Iditarod, however,
states that Mr. and Mrs. Fred' Pader
son were awarder1 first place.
Pete Michels and ■ Mary Twitched
won third plpace, Billy the Finn and
Mary Marcella fourth place, and Billie
Krumm and Elsie Twitched came in.
fifth.
Aconsolation race over the same
course, on February 24, between
George Adam* and Harry AgofF, was
won by the latter, who/ made the
round trip in 1 hour 58 minutes. Mr.
Adams' time is reported as 2 hours 3
minutes..
WORLD REGISTRATION OF
AUTOMOBILES LOOMS UP BIG
Washington,' March 5,—The world
motor registration now totals 25.OT3,
‘328, according to figures compiled* by
the Department of Commerce. Of
thht large number, per cent, are
registered' in the Uriited States.
ROOSEVELTS RETURN.
New. York, March 5.—Theodore and
Kefemit. Roosevelt returned- here last
night from'1 their 11-mouths’ hunting
trip through India, China and Russia.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Clough, who re
tired from the management of the
Larson Roadhouse on March 31, are
now comfortably quartered in their
n«w home, at the upper end of town.
TROUBLE
BREWING
Asks Withdrawal U. S.
Recognition From
Mexico.
Washington, March 5.—Withdrawal
of American recognition from the
Mexican government was demanded
in the House today by Representative
Roy Lund, of New York, who con
tended that it was impossible for the
United States to deal longer with that
government in face of 'the Mexican
constitution, which, Lund said, disre
gards the- international code general
ly prevailing among the family of na
tions. .
Town’s Name Is ‘Ta
kofcna,\Nol ‘Tokotna,*
Says PTO. Dept. Order
You might as* well get the habit—!
hereafter spell it T-O-K-O-T-N-A.
An order issued by the-First Assist
ant Postmaster General states that1
the name of this town has been
changed from Tokotna to Takotna,
the order to become effective on
April 1', according to the letter re
ceived by J. H. McLean, Tokotna or
Takotna postmaster.
Whether the spelling of the name
has been: improved or not is left for
The Times readers to judge.
“Tokotna” is an awkward, illogical
way1 of spelling, and it is doubtful if
there is or ever was any good tradi
tional reason for spelling it thht way.
How much easier, more graceful
ahST natural wa.y it would b* if spelled
“Tacotna."
Aa it is now, different individuals ]
spell it “Tokotna,” “Takotna" or “Ta
cotna”—whatever form strikes them
best..t
And the. ULS.'Government—the
PostoffiPce Department spells it “Ta
Tcotna,” the U. S. Signal.Corps spells
it “Tacotna,” and different Govern
ment’ maps and publications in other
ways. .
Delejjsita'' from Alaska Dan Suther
land, responding to The Times some
months ago regarding the spelling of
the words wrote as follows:
“I believe that if you and the peo
ple of Tacotna would agree as to just
Row you would, have the name spelled
I can get the Postoffice Department
to alter it to the extent of a letter
or two;. The word is derived from the
word TACHAT, a river flowing into
the Kuskokwim, so that with the In
dian terminal ‘NA,’ or river it would
be spelled TACHATNA, and was
sfieTTed that way by Spurr and Post
in 1898. I am inclined to agree with
you that the second letter ‘a’ is pre
ferable to. the ‘o’ as in "Tokotna.’ ”
And it was only a few? days ago
that prominent local business man re
ceived the following from a San
Francisco .business house:/
“We halve had a hard time down
here to establish the correct spelling
of the name of your town, the Post
office carrying it one way, the tele
graph people another, and our repre
sentatives still another way.”
And from now on, just to get into
practice. The Kusko Times will spell
it TAKOTNA, in order to conform to
the late order of the Postoffice Lfe-.
partment.
COPPER NOLL'. CONFIRMED-.
Washington, March 5.—The Senate
today confirmed the nomination of
William I). Coppernoll as United
States attorney fop. the Third division
of Alaska
Jack Lamont, bringing the incom
ing mail, arrived Wednesday and de
parted Thursday.
John Adams was a Thursday de
parture for Hat, accompanying Mail
Carrier Jack I.ainont,. .
Telegraphic Ticks.
^Washington, March 1.—The Senate
today rejected the report of its judi
ciary committee criticising the De
partment of Justice for its conduct of
the inquiry from which it concluded
that contempt proceedings against
the Aluminum Company of America
would not foe maintained.
Seattle, March X—Cj K. Hanford, a
resident of Seattle since 1854, and for
twenty years federal judge, and Last
i^fiief justice of Washington Territory,,
died yesterday in Honolulu,, whili- on
a visit to his son. Major E. E. Han
ford, U. S. A.
Washington, March 4.—Indications
were given at the While House today
that President Coolidgeis opposed to
atiy considerable increase in appro
priations for army and navy, avia
tion.
Washington, March 1.—Chairman
Cummins, of. the Senate judiciary
committee, announced today that the
committee was averse to calling more
witnesses to testify concerning, law
enforcement in: Alaska.
Washington, March 1.—An appro
priation bill carrying $79,-647,999; for
the departments of Justice, State and
Commerce and Labor was reported to
the House today by live appropria
tions committee.
Washington, March' 5.—To head the
flight in July to the North Pole,
Lieutenant Leigh Wade, of the army
air service, around-the-world flyer,
has tendered his resignation) to the
War Department..
Seattle, March L—Representatives
of the tish canneries and packers, in
session here today, decided upon a
raise of $400,000 to advertise the fish,
products of the Pacific coast and'-Alas
kan waters.
Atlanta-, Cl a., March Si—John W.!
Worthington, known aa the Wolf of
La Salle Street, and serving time here
for mail frauds, died in the peniten
tiary last night.
San Francisco, March 5.—William |
Piggott, . of Seattle, was today re-;
elected president of the Pacific For
eign Trade Council.
San Francisco, March 5.—Former)
President Ohregon of Mexico is seri
ously ill here with influenza.
SUTHERLAND SAYS TRAP
SITES ALASKAN WATERS IN
HANDS OF FISH MONOPOLY
Washington.—Delegate Dan Suth
erland addressed the House of Repre
sentatives today, and offered vigorous
protest against the alleged fisheries
monopoly in Alaska. He declared
that “the deparl/nents at Washington
seem to believe their function is to
build monopolies. This is what the
department has done with the Alaska
fisheries.”
The Delegate declared that the
large interests, aided by department
regulations, are keeping their traps a
mile and a half apart, thus control
ling the fishing areas.
“Every man has the right to fish on
a fair basis," the Delegate argued,
and explained that he would regulate
the size of the large traps and abolish
the rules which leave the small fisher
man without water to operate.
270,000' CASES INFLUENZA
REGISTERED IN RUSSIA
Moscow, March 4.-—An epidemic of
influenza is sweeping Russia, there
being 270,000 registered cases in
Moscow.
Mrs. Mattie Crosby, of Iditarod,
arrived here today, a passenger of
Peter Michels. Mrs. Crosby is on her
way to Nenana, and expects to return
here over the late trail.
The new cabin of Johnson Sozov, a
well built structure, located on Third
avenue, is about ready; for occupancy.
GOV. PARKS
ON THE JOB
$13,000,000 Pu’p Devel
opment Industry in
Sight for Alaska.
Washington, March 1.—The release
of millions of feet of Alaskan timber
conserved by past adrrr lustrations is
sought by Governor Parks, who is
here to start a campaign to this end,
and who declares that the timber of
Alaska is going to going to waste,
getting old and rotting.
Governor Parks is interviewing offi
cials of the forest service on hi' pro
posal to have the government dispose
of certain units to pulp wood com
panies for a vast scale of production
of paper. He indicates that he is con
fident of obtaining, eventually, his de
sired terms for a fid,000,000 develop
ment.
Coolidge Signs Big
Deficiency Appn. Bill
Washington, March 5.—President
Coolidge today signed the $411,000,
000 deficiency apropriation bill. The
appropriations carried include for
postal salary increases, $07,205,000;
for road construction, $23,575,000.
EXCURSION RATES TO ALASKA
ABOUT ONE-FOURTH LOWER
Seattle, March 4. -Southern and
Western railroads have announced a
reduction of about one-fourth over
ihose rates of last year for round-trip
excursion rates to Alaska from May
1 to October 1.
LARSO x MOUSE UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
Leo Rodrigue, well known and pop
ular chef, assumed Jhe management
of the Larson Roadhouse on Friday
morning, Mr. and Mrs. I). E. Clough
having retired from that hostelry,
through expiration of lease, on March
31st.
At the Larson, on Wednesday
evening, Frank Guskey was host to a |
number of friends at dinner. It was j
a chicken dinner, an excellent and
sumptuous one, by the way—prepared
in collaboration by Mrs. W. 11. Jones,
Mrs. George Mutchler and Robert
Shively—and was thoroughly appre
ciated by those present. Among Mr.
Guskey's guests were the following:
Johnson Sozov, Michael Hochriter,
Miss Virginia Howard, Chris Nelson,
Carl Lottsfeldt, John Adams, Jacob
Estleman, W. H. Jones, Mr. Paulson,
Henry Martella, Chris Peterson, D.
W. Peck, Lee Lamprecht, Jack La
moot, Harry Meehan, Jack Mutchler,
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler, Mary
Marcellos. Tom Shadow, A. X. Grant.
Dancing was in order after the din
ner hour, that pastime being indulged
in by the coterie of merry-makers
until the midnight hour.
VISCOUNT ALLENBY ARRIVES.
Victoria, March 5.—Viscount Allen
by, famous British field marshal, who
led the Allied forces in the Near
East during: the world war, arrived to
duy from the Orient, on a world tour.
Charlie Konig, substituting for1
Charlie Ross, arrived Thursday with ;
the outgoing mail, departing the same j
afternoon for McGrath.
Sam Nesvoog, who was a late Sat
urday arrival, returned to McGrath on '
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mutchler, who |
arrived Sunday, bringing up Mrs. W.1
H. Jones,, returned to their home at
McGrath yesterday.
Frank Beckman, who arrived yes-'
terday, coming from Tolstoi, departed ,
this morning for CajJ. Creek.. j
ALASKA’S
RAILROAD
Will Have About Same
Appropriation This
Year as Last.
Washington, March 4.—Noel W.
Smith, general manager of the Alaska
Railroad, left Washington today, and
is expected to be in Seward on March
20th.
Governor Parks will depart within
a week on his return to Juneau.
Manager Smith, of the Alaska
\ Railroad, expressed himself as satis
fied with the treatoment the budget
bureou and Congress had accorded
the railroad, saying that it probably
would have about the same appropri
ations this year as last.
HOI SE PASSES SUTHERLAND
HOMESTEAD SURVEY MEASURE
Washington, March 4.— The House
today passed the bill sponsored by
Delegate from Alaska Sutherland,
providing for departure from the rec
tangular system of homestead claim
surveys in Alaska. The measure
would allow natural boundaries in
place of irregular terrain.
Says Supremacy in
World Trake Shifting
Atlantic to the Pacific
San Francisco, March 5.—Suprem
acy in world trade is steadily shifting
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, A.
Lupa, president of the aBnk of Italy,
today told members of the Pacific for
eign trade council, in session here.
VV '.CM.Y EXCURSION
SAILINGS TO ALASKA
Seattle. March 5.—The Seattle
Steamship Company announced today
that the company will, from May 29
to August 28, maintain a weekly ex
cursion sailing to Alaska. The first
sailing to Nome will be on June 1.
BRYAN ESTATE.
Miami, March 1.—The official ap
praisal of the estate of the late VV. J.
Bryan is fixed at $658,50.1, largely in
real estate.
THEATERS IN CONSOLIDATION.
Portland, March 5.—A deal for the
sale of the Jensen and Von Herberg
theatres on the Coast to the North
American Theatres, Inc., has been ef
fected, according to announcements
from both concerns today.
BRIAN!) C VB1NET RESIGNS.
Paris, March 5.—The Cabinet of
Premier Briand resigned this morn
ing.
Frank Guskey, who has been in
town for several day > past giving at
tention to personal business matters,
returned yesterday to McGrath.
Tom Shallow, with a four-horse
team, returned Tuesday from a trip
to McGrath, bringing up a large load
of lumber.
I’eti* Carlson, of the firm of Carlson
& Hotmail, Ophir merchants, who was
a Tuesday visitor, returned to Ophir
on Wednesday.
Mike Blanusha, with Mrs. Warbur
ton and Mamie Wroten, two passen
gers from Flat, passed through to
McGrath on Monday, headed for No
li an a.
Miss Mary Marcelles, driving her
own dog team, and coming from Flat,
was a Monday arrival, and left yester
day for McGrath for a visit with Mrs.
George Mutchler.
John R”t'l el ef*.— •> m*;* to th'f
O _ .. recent aiir>a.l.rert!-wwii
his way to FUd..