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T. R. McROBERTS and A. E. EGAN
Publishers
b’.shed Every Friday, at Takotna,
Alaska
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FRAMING ANOTHER AI I.IAXCE—
' Seattle 7 • •
Germany and Italy—or, should one
say in deference to Mus- ni. Italy
ao1 Germ:.- y— have e rr? i a s?w
a.' tree. They ha e aervi-i, it Is
s> .•<?. v st—r. Uz :h.-r. ‘ tnounte
hr - thi adoptk>a by
the Italia 7 *•; am: r.- ; a ’•■•£• rd m:‘
i't.y : r? n !i rr. ears that
f -nt ( - -,i nd i '-re during
th c : nr ><ar on its i r res and
no . than it .71 at the -tine it was
f.<-itrir E iu.'t a. Now. - •• s rt of
an olive bran::, is to be tendered
F*ante ur.-i Great I r tain. Naturally
t: ;. two wLJ re gar a ;.e proffer with
su- pir-on. Peace does r it me
tV; Wt r t.) : * V' T'. fayn f
the B.a.'or net: - ■: ».• : V -ad.
SEALING CLIM \TE SHORT—
(The St ward Gateway*
The man v,-.tn a frosted toe or a
rose Peking El. ■ a bir-o ruing kepiant.
: ic who Lfts u> hi? vc're in blas
triercy, rends his chutes and shows
hi great concern, whemv.r Alaska
Zephyrs befits to reph, might take a
grain of comfort in the thought that
we : re mf-e from the climatic Wall
S'reeters rf S uthem Calif rr.ia and
Fieri da, who have been selling tllra
at. short.
A se vtt of the weather chart for
*■ : v_i . cars reveals that, unlike the
s. k market game, the bulls—or
fat. ai-fevt been taken to the el O
ers more ' ft n than they-have trim
r -■1 tb- shorts.
A. 'ars ntly the shorts have been
re; r g to the traditional custom of
1 "e weather from Point Barrow
w" - ver the bulls sem to be ap
pr u-rhing a corner. Leastwise, guag
eJ by the salubrious temperatures of
Alaska, something should be done to
forestad the California weather mar
ket against cornering our chilblain
a' bunion seasons.
"ith the farmers of the Imperial
vs. - <250 feet below sea level and
six nches above where Mount Kat
ir . brorls sourdoughs) sitting up
to rhts putting hot poultices on the
g? den sas. end Florida sendine the
J ' e f 'Otter, skyrocketing by heavy
< ere r parkas for the oranges
and grapefruit, the weather Ananias
club has dwindled t- where Yuma.
Aria, is its last stand.
The beauty about our climate is
that it ,s -table, and its fluctuations
are always on the benev lent side of
the ledger. We knew jv-t when to
begin taking sulphur and salts t: meet
the encroachment of the hives. Ey
the way they wiggle, ts".. ,.'l"T
around Hollywo hives i. d hsv-fev
er appear to be more chronic in
Southern California than its boasted
perpetual sunshine.
SIXTEEN YEARS *60
THIS WEEX
The launch Snookie. with Captain
McMullen at the tiller, left today for
a trip up river. Jesse Y- er. with
?: :r. on River as h s destination, was
,b arJ: a i- Jack St ever-- r who will
gel ff at Sam Nesvoag'u and return
here on Thursday.
Lee Lar.pre-h:. who has been in
tow for several days, will be a pas-,
senger on the Tara "or Terry Land
ing. on h - way it the Nixon Mines.
The steam r T<-na. Captain W. C.
La i icy arri". ed - p'-rt on Monday,
wi h two ' ;r_o- ahead of rer. Quite
a I - ge quantity r,i • upp- • ; was un
loaded here, after which, early Wed-i
n- ay. the Tana cet trued for Nixon:
Forks, takir.r w.th L.t a barge load
of mater a! f r the flume Dredge
Corn pc ny. Upon .“turning here the
Tana i- scheduled to make a trip to
B ::y Landing hefor. starting dew
river to Bethel.
Airv t th f'_m :iar nes *», arrive
on the Tana, - i.ficr as r«.w or pas-j
KBrrtr. were Engineer H ward Lang
i ;,y, Captain W. E. Ot .re . Captain
George G~ er Curley
You,. . U.L.i.trl.. Dirk Rhodes and
r. -rs. Beat lira and Miller.
Sam Hi unan, Ophir merchant, is a
late arrival, this bring h: first visit
'>• e .n a number of years.
Th p;wer Boat Th e is scheduled
t . start for Tak .r.a, this week.
Captain Ward, member of the Al
c ska Read f omm; dun, *in an inter
view t dry. status t at. besides open-i
ir.sj the rea l ; ::m Ysidez to Fair
• anil# this summer, tt.e Commissi n
plan- to complete the road between
Tak -tna and O' r.ir. in the Kuskok
wim River district, and the Chatan
ika-Circle read, whi h will give a
thro re’s road from Yald-z to Circle
through the Fairbanks cistrict.
Scotty Arid, from Candle, arrived
:r. McGrath Tuesday. coming up from
the Candle Landing on the Tana.
XULATO—The ice broke at Tan
ana. Eagle and Kekrines on the 18th,
and the movement now is general.
Robert Hart and Jack Stevenson
expect to leave* within the next couple
of days for Bethel, at which place
they will construct a boat suitable
for these waters. They expect to re
turn here in about six weeks.
The Takotna Poo] Hall, at Takotna,
opened up on Thursday last under
the management of Billy Jones and
Herb Kearney.
The power boat Shamrock, Captain
Charles Nyrtrom, got away on Tues
day for a trip about :150 miles up the
North Fork, at which place the
launch Red Wing was left last fall.
Going up on the Shamrock from here ;
were Harry Meehan, taking his string
of dogs up to the summer camp; Joe
Sherwood, for Berry Landing; Chris
Nelson, returning to the Nixon Mines,
and Tom Conley, for Salmon River.
Vic Nystrom was also aboard, and
will assist in bringing Bed Wing bade
to this place.
J. Saupe. superintending opera
tions of the Flume Dredge Company,
accompanied by John Vogtar and
Chari ~ Carlson, arrived in McGrath
from Taiotna last Friday, to attend
to a few husines matters. They re
turned to Takotna on Monday.
SELECT FOOD
RECIPES
BY T. S. (TED) McADAMS
(Toe Kusk® Time* Chef)
HOT SALMON SAVORIES
1 cap cooked salad dressing.
1 thorse-radish.
1 tr-p. scraped onion.
1 tbsp. lemon juice.
Dash eit ry salt, cayenne.
4 curs (2 I os.) flaked canned sal
mon.
C mb r,e all ingredients in order
iv :.TiU mix well. Shape by hand
nto individual fish servings, decorat
ing w.ih pimento stripe, olive slices.
Er’ e in hot oven (400 degrees F.)
for '5 minutes. Garnish with lemon
-lie's, r1- ley. Serve with sauce: Vt
- -p me Ut butter, 1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 t‘ i-ps. chopj>ed parsley. Makes six
large servings.
Another iclicious salmon dinner is
salmon k. igeree. Economical and de
lieioas, it will win cheers for the
cook in airrmst any household. Mix
h.-fe c r>? o: hot rice with four bard
ie ,i tt: ( cir ppii fine). Saute in
H cup of olive oil. Add 1 ’•* teaspoons
salt and one tablespoon carry. Stir
altogether and heat thoroughly.
SH'KKED TWICE
MILWAUKEE—Chas. Driskrll. 60,
was shocked. ■> h -n a strange woman
' i h:m or: the street a^ hug
ged him. He received another shock
a fcv. minutes later finding his wallet
ana $St>5 were missing.
One of the best suggestions that
has been offered is that of Andrew
Lassen, when he says that Alaska
needs n. or. capital invested in smal
ler mines to keep money at home.
—Seward Gateway.
In view of the Simone Simon and
'gar band trend in names, we may
expect an actress named Corona Cor
ona.
Remember the Advertiser*
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Everybody Welcome.
FLAT. ALASKA
C. M. WINANS
(.Successor To A. W. Berry}
MEDFRA, ALASKA
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PLYING ON THE TAKOTNA RIVES
Capable of Carrying Fifty Tons
When Water Permits
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E. W. MILLER
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
HOBO IN GUARDIAN ROLE
SWEETWATER, Tex.—A griazled
| old veteran of box-cars and hobo
■ jungles walked to the police desk
here with a slender youth in tow.
“This kid is too young to be prowlin’
around with us,” the tramp said. “I
am turning him over to you You bet
ter tell his folks to come and get
him.”
“Well dear, I had my life insured
today.”
'That’s just like you! Thinking of
i nobody hut yourself!" _
STICK IN THE SKY
ANCHORAGE— Wild were the
tales which won prizes in the annual
liars contest here.
One concerned a mine where sour
doughs dug out electricity in big
square chunks and sold them as st --
age batteries.
Another described air pockets so
large, airplane pilots were compelled
to chop and shove! clouds into them
before they could be crossed.
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