TOE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter August
29th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act o 1 March 3, 137A .
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. MAY 31, 1924
A.be Weiss Writes
From Long Beach
Abe Weiss, former Flat merchant,
who 4iad 3 jcb 3 ]°Dg siege of sickness
ia Seattle, is now greatly improved,
according to a letter received from him
by Grant Murdoch. Mr. Weiss is now
located at Long Beach, Cal. Writing
Jrom^that place, he says, in part ’
“It looks to me that from now on I
should get in good shape and forget
ihe past. Believe 1 have had iny 3bare
af iljness. For that matter, most of
the Allows who come out of Alaska
'nayejsomethlng: if it is not sickness
ihen ^t’s other troubles.
“This is a great country. There is
ao better place in God’s world than
Califprnia, but still ‘ long for the
North. There are many old-timers
here., In fact, once a month the Pio
neer^ of Alaska mast over at Los An
*ala»l They asst the last Monday in
the nqontb, and you should see the big
3row<jl that *3 there from all over
Alaska gather around and have a good
time.. They generally have good speak
ers a,nd entertainers, and then have
dancing until a late hour. It would do
you gpod if you could see it. The last
time J was there I heard Major Strong
make quite a talk about Alaska. He
iookaabout the same as he did when he
'was ip, kditarod. y .
it “m one way, I was rather lucky ra
:ny iljness. On coming out of Alaska I
bad tpken out a $10,000 policy with the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. After
being sick over a year I learned that 3
bad disability benefits, which I didn’t
know, that l had coming until I met
PIONEER
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\ Machine, Black
smith and
{Sheet Metal Woric
! All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt E. JLowrie
ToKomi, Alaska
JohnDy Barrett on the street here. (E
the way, he soils insurance for the Ne
York Life.) While talking with hii
he asked me if I carried any insuranci
I told him I carried some with the Mi
tuat Life, so he suggested that I tab
it up with the insurance people, whic
f did. Finally, after a Ion? delay, th
! company has allowed me 3100 a mont
! until I am able to work. I wonde
i who wants to work?
‘ The Insurance, yoa see. is not s
bad after all. It makes a difference t
me of about $2,500.
“I am surely pleased to get Th
Kusko Times. I can always find some
thiDg interesting in it. 1 pass it aroun
to a number of the old-timers, and vv
all tret quite a kick out of it. Man
thanks for the same.
“Jimmv.Farrell, formerly of Flat, i
working in Los Angeles for a iarg
grocery store. He likes it very muct
He aicnplv started in in order to ge
; some experience, and later on he ina
go into business for himself.
- *Tf I don't go North this summer
may enter into some kind of business
Although I have bought a hotel here
the Hotel Savoy—I figure, nevorthe
less, that I haven’t any business, as i
doesn't need mv personal attention. I
is a pretty good hotel, centrally local
ed, and has about fifty rooms, wit!
thirty steady roomers. I bought i
simply as a speculation.
“Oscar Anderson, formerly of Flat
I understand, is married and live
somewhere near Los Angeles, abou
forty miles from there. Walter Ac
derson is also living in Los Angeles?
A little bird sat on a window sill
And trilled away as a bird .Mill* trill.
And he cocked at me such a knowiDj
eye
That I said, “I’ll talk to this littk
guy.”
So T asked- “Ob, bird, do yon think i
pays.
To give up a bacbeibr’s easy ways,
For the 3ake a? a girl? rs the pria
too steep?”
“Cheep,” said the little bird: “cheep
cheep, cheep”’
“But think wbat it means, oh bird,’
I cried,
“To take to my bosom a blushing bride
Though love is joyous and dear an<
3waet,
rue ionuest lovers,-at Samoa, muBC eat
And the cost of renting a cosy nook
.Is hard on a poor man’s poeketbook.
Won’t the costs be high tor the joys
reap?”
“Cheep,” said the little bird “cheep
cheep, cheep’”
“Do you thiDk,” I said, “that the toi
and fret,
The woes and worries that must be me
Tn having a home and a family
Won’t prove too heavy a load* for me?
If I give up my freedom with whicl
I m blessed
For the sake of a mate and a littli
nest.
>Tou think it's worth it? I’ll take you
word;
You look to me iike a sapient bird.
Is the price too great? Ere I get i:
deep,
Is is worth the cost, for it costs s
heap?”
"‘Cheep!” said the little bird- “oheep
cheep, cheep!” —Ex~
“We have green onions on the bil
of fare todayf said the waitress.
“Ah,” said the comedian, “the firs
faint breath of spriug.’3
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
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A Little of Everything.
In sprue of the mere crowded parts of
Ijondon, the “unhealthy areas,” there
is an average of S3 houses and 415 per
sons to the acre, according to statistics
gathered by a committee of the minis
try of health. The. “standard of dens
ity” recommended cy the committee is
12 houses and til) persons to the acre.
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So’ely through her own business
ability and shrewd speculations, Mrs.
Eterman Celrichs, at one time high
priestess of society in New York and at
Newport, is said to have added twenty
million dollars to the large fortune
which she inherited from her father,
the late Senator ^air, of California.
s Tradition has it that the first turkey
9 was taken to England from America by
. one of Sebastian Cabot’s chief lieutea
t ants. This is supported by the fact
y that William Strickland, who accom
panied Cabot on several of his voyages.
1 adopted a turkey rampant as his crest
on being granted arms in 1551.
The submarine cable recently uom
t pleted between Europe and America is
t the largest in the world. More than
. 1,800,000 pounds of guttapercha, 4,000,
1 006 pounds of copper, and 80,000 pounds
t of steel wiro were used in its construc
tion.
• The distinction of being the largest
* patriotic society in the world is claimed
1 for the Women's Relief Corps, auxiliary
• to the Grand Army of the Republic,
which has more than 200,009 members
enrolled in its national organjnation.
To announce to his musical friends
, the birth of a son a Welsh musician
sent a card simply bearing four bars of
5 music. They were recognised as from
“The Messiah”—“Unto us a child is
t born, unto us a son is given.”
The only centenarian bride of which
actual, record exists was Margaret Snd
* fenrie, who was ore-hundred yearc old
at the time of her marriage to Thomas
’ Bellamie, on November 20, 1009, in the
town of Claypole, England.
The island of Corfu, known original
ly as Corcv ra. was the site of the first
, naval battle fought in the annals of
Greece, the engagement taking place
nearly seven hundred years before the
' birth of Christ.
Ey actual experiments it has been
ascertained that tbe erplosi’/e power of
a sphere of water only one inch in di
ameter is sufficient to burst a brass
vessel having a resisting power of
27,000 pounds.
An ordinance limiting the distance
women’s hatpins may extend beyond
'their hats is still on the statute books
of Chicago, though long since forgotten
aod probably never enforced
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Sultans and priests o& Turkey once
) considered smoking tobacco so serious
a crime that in many cases torture and
. death was the punishment meted oat to
those indulging in it.
The world’s consumption of matches
lact year was 4,67£,65G.OCQ,OQO. The
public pasd approximutely $200,000,000
' fcr that number of matches.
, In the municipality cf BarOt in Chile,
all of the principal streets have been
laid out and named after those in the
l city of London._
Etching on glass was the result of a
6 glass cutter accidentally dropping
some equafortis on his spectacles.;
The roar of traffic, reduced to .a, faint
hum, can be heard in a balloon 4,000
. feet above the streets of New York.
In India the native devotees of the
“movies” are partial to Elms dealing
with crime and crooks.
Nearly 800,000 women are listed by
the United States census-as common
farm laborers
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Rough and Dressed* Lum
her of All Kinds ;
INNOKO LU
J. H. McLEAN - TOKOTNA
We Have the Best
Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon
Golden State Butter: ,
Miners' and Trappers' Supplies
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings
... ii.ii n mim imuiwi mi
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in v
Fruits Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods -
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
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Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals* Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses . .
Mrs. Frank Larson
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Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers^
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt Wallace Langley. Manager. - ,