THE KUSKO TIMES
\ VOL. VII. NO 6
TAKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 19^7
PRICE 25 CEN T£
TEAM WINS
CarriesGff First Money
in Fair bans Sweep
:>stbkfs Race.
FAIRRANJKS., Feb. 13.—The Fair
banks Kenbel Club’s Sweepstakes
race, run yesterday over a 58-mile
course^, through Fox, Scrafford, Olnes,
Chatanika, Fox, and return to Fair
banks, was won by the George
Mutchler team, composed of dogs
from Takotna and McGrath, the time
being 5 hours 58 minutes (13;seconds.
The .time made by the other teams
, follows:
Stickman, second, 6 hours 4 min
utes 58 seconds.
Noljner,. third, 6 hours 37 minutes
12 seAonds.
Clegg, 6 hours ;43 minutes 34 sec
, onds.
In ;lhe ladies’ race, scheduled to be
run tomorrow .there, are seven en
tries.
First money ?in ■ yesterday’s race
was $750; second.money, $350; third,
$250.
The Mutchler, Stickman and Nollner
. teams came in tired, while Clegg’s
team was in better, shape.
TERM OF COURT TO BE HELD
AT McGRATH, ON MARCH 1
A term of court will be held at.Mc
4. Grath, commencing on March 1. Re
cent word from Fairbanks-states that
Judge Cecil H, Clegg, and other mem
, bers of .the.jcourt .party will leave
. Fairbanks on February 17.
JUDGE RITCHIE SUBSTITUTING
FOR JUDGE CECIL H. CLEGGG
FAIRBANKS.—Judge E. E. Rit
. chie, who is substituting for District
Judge Cecil H .Clegg in the Gaustad
embezzlement case, has granted a
t change of venue at the request of the
, defense, and will try the case during
the Anchorage term of court, in May
. or June.
Gaustad was appointed receiverr for
. the defunct Washington-Alaska Bank
, of Fairbanks by Judge Clegg, and is
now under indictment charging him
with the embezzlement of $28,000.
A new suspension bridge, a work
, authorized by the Alaska Road Com
. mission, now spans the Tatalina. The
bridge is 80 feet long, with approaches
of 20 feet. The work was done under
the supervision of A. L’heureux, as
sisted by Dave Clough and Olaf
V Waagerule.il.of whom returned to town
v a couple of days ago.
The McLean Roadhouse is again
open to the public, this time under
< the supervision of Mrs. Williams
PPhillips, recently from Ruby. Mrs.
Phillips is well known as a capable
and popular roadhouse manager, and
■ it goes without saying that the Mc
Lean House, under her direction, will
„ become most popular.
Charles Nicolet returned here Mon
... day, after an absence of several weeks
in giving attention to business mat
ters at Fairbanks.
’vJohn Griffin, after a visit of some
v.weeks in the Nixon section, was a yes
terday arrival! headed, for his home
< on Gants.
ALASKA’S
DRY LAW
Supreme Court Asked
. to Determine Search
* Warrant Provision.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The De
! partment of Justice has asked the
! United States Supreme Court to de
: cide whether the search warrant pro
| visions of the Alaska dry Law and the
| Alaska code are available to the Gov
j eminent in enforcing prohibition in
the Territory.
j Evidence seized under an Alaska
search warrant from the home of O.
B. Berkness was recently excluded
from court because the warrant did
not specify that the building of Berk
ness was a dwelling. The Alaska
code makes no distinction between a
private dwelling and a public build
ing.
COMMANDER RICHARD BYRD
WILL ATTEMPT NON-STOP
FLIGHT, NEW YORK TO PARIS
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.—Commander
Richard Byrd, first air conqueror of
the North Pole, will attempt t ofly
without stop from New York to Paris
for the $25,000 offtered by Raymond
Orteg. Byrd arrived here last night,
and left this morning for the East.
NORTHERN PACIFIC-GREAT
NORTHERN WILL ABSORB
THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM
NEW YORK,—Definite ?dans for
the merging of the Great North
Northern and Northern Pacific rail
roads and the absorption of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy system,
are being made by a committee repre
senting the first two named com
panies, and the proposition of consol
idation will be put up to the . Inter
state Commerce Commission within
ninety days for approval. This is the
information given to the Associated
Press by Ralph Budd, president of the
■ Great Northern.
j The consolidation of the three lines
j “has been desired by the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific
during the last twenty-five years,”
Budd continued. If the merger is ap
proved, the consolidated system, he
i stated, would have a capitalization of
more than $850,000,000 and a com
bined valuation of about $4,500,000,
000. Budd declared that “only unfor
seen problems” will prevent the com
pletion of the plan within ninety
days.
Through the ownership of 97 per
cent of the stock, the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific already control
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, ef
fecting a system totaling 28,000 miles.
The consolidation will. be effected
through a new holding company. The
special committee appointed to. ar
range the merger has agreed to all
the main details.
TY COBB REFUSES TO QUIT
.WITH HIS NAME IMPPAIRED
ATLANTA.—Ty Cobb, whose name
was linked with an alleged crooked
deal in 1919, has announced definitely
that he will return to baseball during
the coming season. His reason forj
coming back, he saya, is-that he does,
not .want his ast game to remain un
der* cloud.
MA.I. L. E. OLIVER RELEASED
AS MEMEBER OF BOARD OF
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
WASHINGTON. ,Eeh 10.—Major
Lunsford E. 01iverT.corps of engineers,
is released from Jure 1 as a member
of the Board of Road Commissioners 1
for Alaska and engineer officer, of, the
board, to be succeeded by l^Euior
Douglas IJ. Gillette, as a member of
the board. Colonel James G. Steese
will assume the duties of. engineer
officer. Major Gillette will also, serve
as assistant engineer offiier.
WILK
EliOOTE:
Explorer to Fairbanks ]
to Prepare for Arc
tic Flights.
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—The Wilkins
Arctic expedition, including, besides
the leader, Aviator Eielson, A. M.
Smith, Howard Mason and Walter S. ,
Henrich, the latter two radio men, and ]
Orville H. Porter, airplane mechanic,
sailed for Fairbanks this afternoon
on the passenger liner Alaska.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9—Captain George
Hubert Wilkins, explorer, arrived in
Seattle today from Detroit on his way
to Alaska, where for the second time
he will lead Arctic exploration north
of Point Barrow. He will sail North
Saturday morning, taking two Stin
son airplanes with him.
DETROIT.-r^The flying “gas tank”
which was constructed for Captain
George H. Wilkins for use in explora
tion of the Arctic regions north of
Dariuw, paaacu au lc.uo jatio.Ltu.tui
and was started yesterday on its rail
journey tot he Pacific coast, and it is
expected that it will reach Fairbanks
about the last of February. Captain
Wilkins and the members of his party f
will reach Alaska about a week ahead
of the plane.
The flight from Fairbanks to Bar
row', across the Brooks range, is ex
pected to give the plane its hardest
test. The final test here proved the
new earth inductor compass satisfac
tory, Aviator Eielson having reported
that1 the instrument functioned per
fectly.
Fuel consumption tests will be made
after the plane is placed in commis
sion at Fairbanks.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.—Only one bid,
that of the Puget Sound Bridge and (
Dredging Company of Seattle, was
received today for dredging and dock
removal in Wrangell Narrows. The
company’s bid, which will be forward- ,
ed to Washington for approval or re
jection, was $200,209.
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Three Uni
versity students and two high school
girls, whose names are being kept se
cret by the sheriff’s office, are included
in nine arrests by Sheriff Bannick’si
deputies in a booze raid on a private
residence in the north end.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Dr. Nich
olas Murray Butler today advocated <
that the Republican party officially i
declare itself for the repeol of the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act.
1
SCALING OF
ARMAMENTS
Freaiies to That End
Asked By Coolidge,
in Note to Powers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.—Once
nore the United States has under
aken to lead the world towards the
scaling: down of naval armaments. Ir
i note to Britain, France, Italy and
iapan, President Cooidge has sug
gested that treaties to that end be
legotiated without delay at the Ge
leva conference. The proposal would
ixtend downward to two of the
imallest warships, the limitations im
josed at tin Washington conference
m first class naval craft.
F AIRBANKS AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE BONDS FOR
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Presi
lent dge Coolitoday today signed
fills authorizing Fairbanks, Alaska,
,o issue bonds for electric light and
sower plants and other municipal im
provements, and authorizing Wran
jell, Alaska, to issue bonds to con
struct water works system and public
schools.
CHILEAN CABINET RESIGNS.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 12.—The
Chilean cabinet resigned today, fol
owing demands by War Minister
Jalles Idanes for the formation of a
sound government to combat the
spread tit bolshevism in Chile.
WcNARY-HAUGEN FARM RE
LIEF BILL PASSED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The
Senate today passed the McNary
rlaugen farm relief bill, a measure
vhich it rejected eight months ago.
5T GODDARD, FOR THIRD TIME,
WINS THE PAS DOG DERBY
THE PAS.—Emil St. Goddard,
French Canadian, 20 years of age,
von the annual dog derby, covering
he 120 miles in 11:27:50 1-2. This
vas his third victory in three years,
[n 1925 he won the 200-mile non-stop
•ace, and last year he won the 96
nile non-stop derby. He started this
mar a two-to-one favorite and main
lined the lead, throughout the race.
Earl Brydges, 20, finished second,
jeing only 29 minutes behind the win
ler. Leo St. Goddard, 17-year-old
>rother of the winner, finished third,
■overing the distance in 12:04:19.
Shorty Russell brought up the rear,
>eing the fourth entry. He captured
;he 1920 race, but was unable to make
i showing this year owing to trouble
vith his dogs.
A. H. Twitchell was among yester
iay’s arrivals, for a short town stay.
3e brought with him a fire specimen
>f the wolverine family, recently
rapped.
Olaf Waagen was a Monday depart
ire for Ophir.
W. J. Kidman, who was a yester
lay arrival for a brief business visit,
•eturned to McGrath today.
Charles Nicolet left today for a
>rief visit at McGrath.
WORLD
COURT
Long Fight Over U. S
JVIembershipJAppar
ently at End.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The
long fight over American membership
in the world court apparently has
come to an end. with the United
States standing definitely outside of
| the tribunal.
| Thre foreign governments, which
| agreed at Geneva to ask for modifica
tions of the Senate reservations to
the court protocol, have advised the
j State Department officially of their,
desires. President Coolidge has an
nounced that if the reservations were
not accepted without change h ewould
not reopen the subject. One of th(
former notifications came from Great
Britain.
HENRY FORD TELLS COOLIDGE
BUSINESS CONDITIONS SOLID
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Henry
Ford, who called on President Cool
idge today, said business conditions
1 were as solid as a rock. His devotion
to prohibition, he said.^was as strong
as ever.
SERIES OF F tRTHQUAKES
ROCKS IMPERIAL VALLE>
CALEXICO, Calif., Feb. 12.—A
series of earthquakes, starting after
midnight and continuing at intervals
of half an hour until 6 o’clock, rofckec
liic ixu^rji iai r aucj iuuaj.
MINISTER TO IRISH FREE STATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.—Presi
dent Coolidge today nominated Fred
; erick A. Sterling, of Texas, to bt
minister to Irish Free State.
_
DR. CHARLES T. DAGGETT,
FORMER ALASKAN DENTIST,
PASSES AWAY AT OAKI.ANF
OAKLAND.—rDr. Charles T. Dag
gett, pioneer dentist of Alaska, died
here on Tuesday as the result of 4;
stroke of apoplexy. He had just re
turned from Seattle, where he buried
his father. He is survived by a widow
and two children.
Dr. Daggett had lately completed
the organization of the Daggett Den
! tal Union in this city, and the future
I looked very promising.
) Dr. Daggett had practiced his pro
fession at Cordova, Seward, Valdes
and Anchorage, and left Alaska sev
eral years ago to locate permanently
; in the States.
1 Among the witnesses called by the
Governme-nt now in Fairbanks in at
tendance at the Nellie Beattie trial
are Ernest Beattie, former well
well known Interior mail carrier,
coming from Longview, Wash., and
! Bill Thoms, former Flatite, from his
home in Chicago.
Charlie Konietzko, after a town
visit of some days, is scheduledl to
return to Ganes tomorrow.
Dan Nicholson was a Monday ar
rival from Little for a brief visit in
town.
Ernie Gove returned a couple ' ol
days ago, after several days
Little creek.