THE KUSKO TIMES
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■aftered as second-class matter August
Ittb, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotaa, Alaska, under the
Act of March 8. 1879.
TOCOTNA, ALASKA. JUNE 13, 192.'
33,000,000 Gallons Rum
Now Stored by U. S
VFashiagton.—There is enough bot
%led-io-bend whisky in government
warehouses to supply the medicinal
needs of the nation for 25 years, Prohi
bit ion Commissioner , Haynes reported
in testimony made public today.
Haynes estimated the supply ol
“real” liquor in the government’s
frauds at 33.000,000 gallons. Prior tc
prohibition the eouotry consumed
obout 30,000,000 gallons annually.
There are now 23 states which prohibit
physieians from prescribing whisky in
illness, and Haynes stated that other
states were considering such legisla
tion.
James E. Jones, assistant prohibition
commissioner, recommended that, as
whisky may be bottled in bond at the
age of four years, production of new
supplies of whisky should not i>e au
thorised before 1028. There has been
no whisky manufactured legally in the
United States since January 1, 1021.
Prisoner Admits He
Had Squirrel Liquor
Detroit.— Beverages of various Ide
frees of potency are 9old io Detroit, a
fact which even the public admit, but
for the first time Tuesday it was
brought to light to reco,-der1s oonri
in an example of the effect of real
“squirrel whisky,” the kind that makes
the tippler climb trees.
George Morrow, 36 years old, was
haled before Judge Christopher Stein
PIONEER
SHOP
Machine, Black
smithfand
Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stoves Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
Tuesday, charged with drunkenness.
Morrow, according to the arresting
officer, was discovered perched on a
telephone pole, while a crowd had
gathered below him watching him
perilously wiggle around several feet
above the pavement.
“I never wanted to climb anything
before.” Morrow told the court, ‘‘but it
seems just one whitt of that whisky
would make a tree toad out of a bad
ger.” _
Gasoline Prices About
to Soar, Oil Men Say
Kansas City.—Motoring this summer
will be more costly than ever, so far as
gasoline consumption is concerned.
Leaders of the oil industry, here to
day for the annual convention of the
Western Petroleum Refineries Associa
tion, were unanimous in forecasting
still further inereases ia the price of
gasoline. Greaterconsumption coupled
with decreased production is responsi
ble, they say.
•Tu the face of a scant 28,000,000
barrel margin last year, we now ate
usi ag 233,000 more barrels of oil a day
than the daily production last year.”
said F. A. Pieistri-eker, Eldorado, Kas.,
head of the association.
“Oil fields are not prodneing like
they did last year. No new big fields
have been opened for several months
aua old fields are petering out,” said
Ptelstricker. He also said the Wor
tham, Texas, oil field had fallen off
steadily in output.
More scientific methods of produc
tion, however, will offset the decreased
supply somewhat, Pielstricker added,
w hich will keep the price of gasoline
from going ‘‘completely out of sight.”
Science and Invention
Ad alarm clock has been invented
that can be set ^4 hours in advance.
j The discovery of a new source of sup
i plv of radium has been reported from
the town of Holtajunga, on the west
coast of Sweden.
The bide of one whale has provided
300 pairs of boots, 25 pairs ef shoes,
much heavy belting and many gross of
shoestrings. _
Aq ultra-rapid triangular railroad is
to be built in Italy, connecting Milan,
Turin aod Genoa. The propose 1 trains
would run 120 miles an hour.
A road-building machine has been
designed that cuts the roadbed, deliv
ers the excavated material to trucks
and rolls the surface as it proceeds.
A camera has been invented in Eng
land for taking interior photographs
without the aid of long exposure or
flashlight. The lens is four times the
size of the ordinary lens.
A musical instrument has been in
vented in Spain with a single string,
It is olay-cd with a bow stretched be
tween a needle and a phonograph dia
phragm, a horn increasing the sound.
"Electrified” sheep on a California
farm are said to have produced a great
ly increased yield of wool and twice ui
many lambs. The method adopted is
similar to that used in electrifyint
l crops. ______
To reach the hignest efficiency at i
low cost, Germany is using smaller en
gines driven by compressed air insteac
of building giaut locomotives for rail
roads. The small types are used foi
switching purposes.
Osoar Brunlad, a young inventor o
Franco Swedish extraction, now liviof
in London, claims to have invented i
revolutionary method of raising stean
in a boiler bv producing a flame insid<
the water itself.
Scientists and workmen at the bu
reau of staudards in Washington an
trying to produce a 60 inch disc of per
fect optic il glass. To cast such a disc
calls for 5.000 pounds of raw material,
compounded with almost unea’^b'v ex
! actitude. Mach ingredient tn ■ ab
solutely pure: glass, silicon, sa,.d and
chemicals. The peculiar property of
optical glass is to transmit light rays
absolutely without distortion. When
finally evolved, it must be clear of
every clouding discoloration or visual
obstruction. Furthermore, it must be
unified, of a single density throughout.
The lowest speed an airplane can fly
is 31i miles an hour.
Raymond Orteig, a native of France
and prop • etor of two French hotels in
New York city, has offered $25,000 to
! the winner of a non stop airplane flight
from Paris to New York, a distance of
about 3.0 ii) miles. The trip would re
; quire 30 Pours.
A gas t nrbine engine, which it is
claimed may revolutionize automobile
and air[>; . e motors, is being perfected
by a Fr -nob engineer. It is said to
combine <o advantages of the explos
ive gas m ’> or and the steam turbine.1
Recent tests showed the engine turn
ing smooth; y at a rate of 1,500 revolu
tions a min ite._
United S' lies naval experts have
plans of a giant dirigible with 10.000,
000 cubic ret capacity, capable of
making no stop flights around tire
world. The proposed air-liner, carry
ing 30 passengers and at least 30 tous
of mail and freight in a cabin extend
ing nearlv ft tlf the length of the ship,
is estimated w> coat $6,000,000.
According 10 Ors. E. D. Williamson !
and L.. H. Adams, of the Carnegie in- ;
Blitutioo of Washington, the earth is j
built somewhat on the principle of the j
old-fashioned metal cored golf ball.
Around this metal core is said to be
wrapped several layers of lighLer ina- j
terial, ending in a thio surface crust- '
The metal core of the earth is of pure
iron or the ailov of that metal with
nickel.
Artificial pearls now manufactured
from fish scales are almost indistin-!
guishable from the real jewels. Her
ring scales are placed in a bottle and a
secret solution of chemicals is poured
over them. These chemicals dissolve
the scales and make them into a solu- !
tion. This is placed in a pan and each
bead is then dipped into the “olutioe,
after which it is set into a rack to dry.
The base of the bead is made of a spe
cial smoked glass and is indestructible.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
George W. Albrecht,
Lditarod, Alaska,
Charles R. Taylor,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Practice in all Courts.
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Du Rand’s
Cafe and
Hotel
Flat City
Tokotna
Pool Hal!
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
d
B.&E Store •
McGrath, Alaska
Arriviag on first boats
will be a complete as
sortmentof the very
best goods, con-"
sisting of
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Bought
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, fruits
Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
Good Prices for Your Fur
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA DIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manage? <
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