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The Kusko times., 1926-01-23
Alaska Notes GleaRings From Territorial
 Exchanges.

Fire at Nome, attributed to an oil stove explosion over the Board of Trade saloon, few days ago, threat ened to wipe out the entire front street Of the town. The flames spread rapidly, despite six lines of hose heinz used, and completely destroyed Polet's grocery store, together with it's storage and part of the winter stock, rooming house, both. three story buildings, including Dr. Hoel- scher's dental offices, Tarnutzer's bar Der shop and the Keeners tailoring shop.
 Bremen and volunteers were .drenched with freezing waters and zero. temperature made fire fighting conditions extremely difficult. Sey- eral fremen serving hot coffee on the street were encased in ice. James Hewitt, proprietor of the Board of Trade, was severely burned, and Dr. Kemp, Jens Jensen and Earl Hammon were slightly burned. All are in the hospital.
 Salvaging of merchandise from the basements of the burned buildings began Sunday. The loss is estimated at $100,06o, and twenty-three persons were left homeless by the blaze, The flames. spread. so rapidly that only q few razors were saved from the bar .ber shop, which was on the ground floor. Two highly prized canary birds in the barber shop window were, also butned.~4!
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23
TWO VIOLATIONS OF
 ALASKA GAME LAWS

Juneau. Dee. 2S,-The executive office of the. Alaska Game Commission has received reports of recent cases in the Fairbanks and Anchorage re- gion.
 George Mellish.. an alien commonly known around Fairbanks as ..''Bolshe- vik George was apprehended by Warden Frank Dufresne of Fairs hanks, accompanied by Deputy U. S. Marshal James Hagen. of .Nenana, Mellisb was engaged in trapping without an alien special license. It seems that Mellish had full knowl- edge, of the license being required and had indicated that he would not take out such license. After being found with a5foX ia one of his traps and two rifles in his possession, he was still given an opportunity to escape prose- cutiou by taking out the alien special license. He refused to dc this. 3, case was filed against hi mat Nenana for illegal trapping, and he demanded a jury trial. He was conVicted,' fined $50, and seuteneed to. 50 days ..in jail
 The other case. is reported bytWarr den A. M. Hardy, of Anchorage, who states that s. F. Rhodes. a fur dealer of Anchorage, was found to have pur- on or before December IA, 47 muskrat.. and Is mink. skins recent lY caught, all of which were unprime and taken before the season opened. In addition he had failed to keep records of this transaction. A comz plaint containing three counts was filed against him at Anchorage. .The first count charged possession of un- prime muskrat belts, second unprime miak pelts, and third for failure to keep records of the purchase. A plea of not guilty was entered, No report has as yet been received of, the ter imitation of the case.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

The AlaskaaRaihoad, always pro- hibition in it's employees, 'has gone in for strict prohibition among it's pas sengers. and those who go aboard the train with something on their hip and use it either judiciously or injudi- ciously on their "trip mad best watch a little out if they wish to go all the way.
 r The trainmen have been warned. that if they see man take drink on their train oi :see<one under the influence of liquor they must either turn them in" tot the2frst officer they meet on the train or at station pr the trainmen lose their jobs3 And
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

Fire of unknown origin at CordoVa on December 28 destroyed the Davis Phillips grocery and the Dimond Nickoloff general merchandise store, with a loss estimated at $40,000, par italy covered by insurance. The4fre started shortly after midnight, with an explosion in the Nickloff shop, and spread rapidly to the adjoining store; both situated in the heart of the busi- ness district.
 The work of fighting the fire was rendered difficult by fumes from burning roofing paper, rubber goods and other articles in the stores, q score of the volunteer firemen being overcome before the flames were uns der control. Two of the firemen suf- Tered minor injuries
 : George Meeker was asleep in a room at the rear of the Nickloff Store when the fire started, and hes cons tinued to sleep until his bed clothing Caught on fire. His room was filled with smoke and flames, but he man aged to esape from the pulling with out. injury.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

The Anchorage hospital, by entirely legal ,means, is about into possession of twenty cases of very choice pre- war liquor, according to statement made by District Attorney Foster upon his return to- CordoVa recently from Anchorage.
 About two years ago, the CoTdo3a a paper explains, General Ashton,1 a prominent Washington politician; took cruise in a privately chartered boat, going to SiBeria. En route he
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23
SHINES TELLS. OF. ENORMOUS
 DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDER |.
 WAY. FAIRBANKS, SECTION
(Sattle Post-Intelligeneer.)- j.

An Alaska gold mining develop nent program calling for. the expen- iiture of more than S9,oOG ,OO0,in the Fal!l anks district within the next five yeas, was announced yesterday by NGm&n c. Stines, manager of the F,d'banks Explora ,iul Company, an his arrival in Seattte
 Stines'5 .conpaayeis @ subsidiary of he United States Smelling, Refining < .9Iini0g Goaapany,. of Boston, bN which organization the capital for the fevelopment is being furnished.
 More than S1 ,590,,G0 of t1e sum already has been snent on the ground" {" Stines d4c.ared yesterday as the New Washiugtena Hotel. The program cent4mplates the expelhi- tune of. the remainder within five years. We do- no9 expect a cent Of return oF thR investment until 1890. All the. money is privateg capital"
 The work planned, according to Sttnes, whoeis well known mining engineesy Is thes reworking of old placer claims abandoned by former prospeetors and fortune hunters "The oldtimers simply scratched the sur Race," lie said., ''Mo3ietn machinery and methods will take out fortunes they left behind
 An eighty-miIs ditch from the Chataniks river will furnish water foE the development and will be-con- stEucted next summer Stines states.
 -'Fha company expects to, employ approximately 400 men for seven months of the year and I50 for the remainder" he said
 Stines, who spends, most of his time m Alaska, takes sharp issue W th Congressman 4. Nj. Free, of the Eighth California district, who re- ceRtly stated Alaska's government railroad shoulifpe topn up and turned into a wagon road.
 "AlasEa's development would stop immediately if. the road were te- stroyed, he declared More than this, the present annual deficit wk;ch the government, meets Is continually decreasing sad wlfl soener, OF. la4er turn into proft.-
 ~Tr tkIe. next three years my eow- pany will send 12.O00 tons of building material over the road to Fairbsn lss Later, when we operate to capacity, we will ship t8,D09 tons of coal an- nually.."
 Stines gained fame during the- war
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

when as an army lieutenant attached to the staff of the American embassy at Petrograd he procured from Si- beriana mines large quantities of plat inum which he furnished the United States government:
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

Attorney Arthur G. Thompson, a pioneer member of the Anchorage bar and an active participant in the ac- tivitiesa of the, Republican. party in the Third division, has been appointed United States commissioner at An chorage, to succeed W. H. Rager, re- signed.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

Old Gentleman-Ill take no. more from you, young man. Remember. I was acquainted with you when you were little more than a worried look on your fathers face. Mother-I'm surprised at you! l heard him kiss you twice.
 Daughter-Nonsense, motheri That must have been the. echo.l
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

Joe, Ghiangni returned here pestes- day from trip to Fairbanks, and left this morning for Iditarnd, headed for his home on the Lower Kusko= kwim.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

"Johr dear, am to be'in an anna teur theatrical. What would folks say if Iwere to wear tights ?"
 'They would probably say I mar~ ried you for your money"
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

Charles L. Baker, from Little, was sG yesterday arrival for. short visit in town.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

there's generally deputy marshal on,
 every train, and often more than one.
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

The butcher shop. at Nenana oper- ated by Waechter Bros. burned on the morning of December a24. The fire started with an explosionrof the stove in the office, and before the flames could be checked the front half of the shop, with everything that was stored there, wasaodrnad
The Kusko times., 1926-01-23

stocked up in liquor refreshments at Vancouver, B. c. On the way back the propeller blade of the craft was damaged, and it was necessary to put into Seward for repairs. Here the government confscated the remaining cases of hooch, Is of them being rum.
 Ever since the consignment has been stored in the vault in the district clerks office at Valdez. Acting upon advice of the attorney general, MT. Foster signed an order. turning the liquor over. to the government hos pitaI in Anchorage for medical use, and the marshal is expected to make the shipment shortly.
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
FRENCH SLASH
SALES TAX
D. Ih.erna.lonaI sew seryIe.

PARIS, March 1.-THE finance
commission of the chamber Of depu-
ties today pared down tns tax
program voted By the Senate BY
1,oO7.oOO,O0o francs.
BY q vote Of IL to II the com-
mission voted III favor Of sales
tax Of one,half 81 per cen. az
compared with the sales tax Of
rs per cent approved BY the
senate
The senate project provided Tor
new taxes amounting to 5,525 900. I
900 francs, which was approved ~
the chamber finance commission
with the exception of the revision
OF the sales tax. The project as
approved By the finance commits
sion would yield Y, SIS 100000 francs,
Finance Minister D0umer Ii ex.
pected to ask the chamber Of
deputies to enact new taxes I'd
make up the difference between
the senate project and that ap,
proved by the finance commission.
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
JOHN vi. WINK LER's FINE
ETchlNos on EXHIBITION

An exhibition of etchings ~
John W. Winkler Ii being shown
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
.GRANDMOTH
DEFENDS RICH
b International news service

MASON, Mich, March 2.Att0T-
neys for Arthur Rich. millionaire's
son. charged with criminally attack
Ing Miss Louise King, pretty coed,
began hi earnest today their fight
TO save their youthful client from
States prison.
The State in its last gesture
struck d heavy blow at the defense
when Miss Jean McBeth. OF To.
roilto, testified that Miss Kings
face was bruised and bleeding when
Rich brought her home and that
Rich admitted he struck Miss King
Mrs. Lillian Rich, paternal grand.
mother OF Arthur. and Martin 81.
Cofflnan. chauffeur for Arthur's
grandfather, were the first two
witnesses Tor the defense. Both
testified they saw Arthur the day
following the alleged attack and
noticed no scratches on his face.
i ~ $50 u
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

plant OF Hubbard and Company,
shovel manufacturers. here today,
sweeping over the ten4acre tract
and destroying many small build
ings in its path. Although the fire
had not been extinguished early
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

Al transparent material has 5een
invented that can be attached to
an automatic windshield or window
to prevent formation of frost Or
mist on the glass
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
Mickey (HimseIf) Mcclure : ) By Fontaine Fox

k4,cKEYs poo Gang HONE Mira A Tn CAN TED 70
HIS 7aL AKo ne eulRE ACROSS The kR. TRACKS,
Fooap oOT Who DID IMPOSED
4 IERRlBLE SENTENCE. - ~
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

- the United States Maklonal
9saseurn ants month III the dlxl1aon
~ graphic arts. smithsonian Builas
ire exhibit Iii open ~ the p0DAAe
from 3 10 40 On week uays
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

SHOVEL PLANT BURNED
WITH LOSS OF $50. 900
PITTSBURGH. March 2.-Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed the
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

France is considering building q
railway across the Sahara desert to
reach the ivory Coast Of Africa N
tv- Is, journey now requiring
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
BET ER THAN SODA

For fifty years genuine Phillips
Milk of Magnesia has been pre-
scribed BY physicians because II
overcofneA three times as much acid
In the stomach as d saturated solu-
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22

drought when conditions elsewhere
were better. Mr.. Hayden said he
secured action by going to Colonel
Greeley, head Of the forest service,
making an arrangement and carry
ing through proposal giving the
department discretion as to the
waving of fees, which would en-
able Arizona and other drought
stricken areas to get relief without
a general waving of fees. This
passed and became law.
Explains "COpper Tariff''
In referring to the copper tariff,
Congressman Hayden said:
There are many issues in this
campaign of course. Real issues,
and issues that are unreal.
Zone of the unreal issues is this
proposed tariff on copper. An ef-
fort is being made to try to con-
vince the people, in the communi-
ties interested, that the enactment
of a tariff, the imposition of an
import duty, would raise the price
of copper and if the price of cop
per could be raised, automatically
wages would be raised, according
to the sliding scale of wages in
effect in the mining districts. If
this were true, if it could be done,
1 would be the last one to object
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22

some talk as to who should have
the credit for the waving of the
charges and some seem to have
indicated the cattlemen have only
one friend or that he was no friend
Yet the record would show things
The house committee
on agriculture decided to double
the amount of grazing fees and he
(Mr. Hayden) after a long hight
finally defeated this move by rails
ing the point that it was legisla-
tion in an appropriation bill Then
came a very large number Of at
tempts from corn states to raise the
fees on the theory that the ranges,
which belong to all the United
States, are let out too cheaply with
the result the western men can
compete unfairly with the corn fed
product Iowa wished the fees
raised 300 per cent. The sentiment
in the house was that the cattle
men were prosperous, This was in
1920. He, the speaker, said he saw
ed the cattlemen $2,000,000 by kill
ing those bills. Even last year,
when Mr.. Hayden appeared before
the committee, he found them un-
willing to waive the fees because
the members argued the fees should
not be lowered to meet q local
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22

to it. But is cannot be done.
Hayden then explained how tariff
laws are made, starting with the
dney-McCumber bill.
What is this bilI?' he continu-
ed 1T is a scheme whereby tney
impose high protection duties on
all kinds of manufactured products
and little or no duty. on raw mater
ials 1t is a manufacturers tariff
1t is not designed to help the pro-
ducer of raw material.
Il can illustrate it by an incl
dent that affected the Globe district
During the World war Gila county
had asbestos mines in operation.
There is not doubt in the world
that a substantial tariff on raw
asbestos would help asbestos min
ing in the United States, because
we mine very little of tit comes
chiefly from Canada.
But what happened when that
law was made? 1 pointed out to
the Republicans in the house of
representative that they were writ
ing a high protective tariff law,
and if they were doing that they
should not leave raw asbestos on
the free list-it was an infant in
dustry and we could not meet fore
ign competition, and that accord
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
HAYDEN POINTS OUT WEAKNESS
in REPUBLICAN TARIFF SCHEDULES;
SCORES CALIFORNIA ON RIVER STAND

able more than million dollars,
we had the benefit of splendid CO.
operation of the people of Arizona.
The commercial clubs of this state
threw their great power into the
scale because of the fact that the
project made for advantage to the
Pima Indians. Legendary friends
of the white man, Indian welfare
societies all over the United States
came to our assistance.
mo one man is entitled to credit
for this great piece of constructive
effort. One man can do very little
without help in congress as every
one knows who has observed the
manner in which congress acts. l
am glad to say that Senator AS
hurst and [ have had at all times
the help of Arizona and Of friends
of Arizona throughout the nation"
Fought Against Fees
Coming to the question of graz
ing fees, Mr.. Hayden said there is
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
Barn Dance Party To
Be Given Halloween
Be Big Event OF Year

One of the most entertaining and
popular events on the social calen-
dar for the year in Winslow, will be
the barn dance party to be given by
the Winslow Woman's club at the
Washington school, Friday evening
October 20.
Invitations numbering about 130
were issued this week, to club mem
bers and their escorts, when the
Washington school will be the scene
of gay throng. The autumn col
ors of black and orange, combined
with the "spooky" black cats,
witches and ghosts of the Halo
we'en season will be used for dec
orative purposes in the hall where
guests will be entertained in the
fashion of the country folk.
Since this event is to be in the
nature of barn dance, all guests
are asked to dress in keeping with
the affair, and therefore, dignified
club women, no doubt, will wear
simple gingham aprons, while
their husbands and esorts are ask
ed to wear the garb of the rustic,
that is, a substantial looking farm
hands working shirt and overalls.
With the close of October and
the gay winter affairs again COM
ing into their own, this event, at
which the social committee of the
Winslow Woman's club will be
hostesses, promises to be the gay
est of the seasons first parties.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
INFLUX OF OFFICE
SEEKERS CAUSES
REPORTER MISERY

That certain party that gathers
the little local items so popular
with hometown people, and which
appear under the head of local and
personal items, this week has chew
ed several pencils from their adol-
escent length to weather beaten
stubs in vain attempt to gather
all the visits of state and county
politicians who are pouring into
Winslow with the nearness of the
general election
This is truly task to daunt the
stOutest heart. Where in ordinary
times the appearance of three or
more visitors from Holbrook and vi
cinity in the course of few DAYS
is news, since it happens but sell
dom, the constant and recurring
appearance of tribe of office seek
ers who show up day in and day
out over long period, is a puzzle.
Hunters always go to shoot where
the game is thickest, and politici-
ans always gather where the voters
are the most numerous. With Wins
low carrying by far the greatest
number of votes centralized in one
location, it is only natural that
Winslow should be especially smil-
ed upon in the way of political Wis
it's and visitors.
If every daily visit of every poll
tician were written up and includ-
ed in the locals" each week, the
Mail would be forced to carry a
special section during the political
season, and new force would have
to be hired especially for this la
Dor.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
CONTINUED from Page u

complished by a wave of the hand.
The record is entirely different.
Prior to 1921, when the present Re
publican senator was not in office,
Senator Ashurst and l, as members
of the committees on Indian af-
fairs, secured appropriations Of
$690,000 towards the construction
of that project. This gave money
for diversion dams at Sacaton and
Florence and you should know that
the bill recently talked about was
a bill to continue the San Carlos
project
Senator Ashurst was a power
full influence in the passage OF these
measures and / am proud to say
that every Democrat in both houses
was helpful to Arizona during the
process of that legislation.
'In the work of getting this
& .eat project across, for the COM
pletion of which there is now avail
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22

court, and Sam w, Proctor, candi-
date for Representative, from the
Winslow district. Mr.. Proctor ac-
ted as chairman and introduced the
candidates, each making a short ad-
dress in behalf of his candidacy,
while MI Sawyer spoke. in behalf
of other Democratic candidates
who could not be present.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
BIBLE MYSTERY

PHOENIX-After being missing
for several weeks, Bible belong
ing to Justice Henry d. Ross of
the Arizona supreme court, made
it's appearance at the state house
on Monday as mysteriOusly as it
disappeared several weeks ago.
The Winslow mail., 1926-10-22
Time to Change BARRIERS

Customer (angrily): There,
now you've cut me again. Just
what whiskey will do"
Barber (unsteadily) "Yesshir,
it sure makes the skin awful tend
or. -
The McCarthy weekly news. [volume] (McCarthy, Alaska) 1917-19??, 1926-12-04
QUARTZ CLAIMS
CORDOVA REGION
REPORTED SOLD

COrdova- Local owners of the
Lucky Strike group of twelve gu.
artz claims and the Pioneer group
OF nine claims in the Mckinley
Lake district announced that New
York capitalists had purchased
them,
DR.. W. H. Chase telegraphed
here announcing the sale had been
made.
The McCarthy weekly news. [volume] (McCarthy, Alaska) 1917-19??, 1926-12-04
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What could be more sad, said
the history teacher, than man
without country"
A country without man."
said a flapper to be.
One on Dad
Tom had been a bad boy, and
his mother exclaimed wearily.-
Why can't you be good boy"
We'll, mother, Ill be good for
a nickel"
For shame, you ought to be
like your father, good for nothing
by the time a man learns to
keep silent he knows much worth
saying.
The button that comes off is the
one you are depending on most.
A New York financial wizard
says he made more than three
billion dollars within single year
by sheer pluck. All OF which is
highly interesting, but the gent
leman neglects to say whom he
plucked.
Still, conversation through
whiskers was just as distinc as
conversation through gum.
Notice how oddly an ear is made?
May be that's the reason tales get
twisted before they emerge again
at the mouth,
How come yo'll in jail, Rastus?
Case OBJ mistaken Identity"
Who they mistake you foh?"
Didn't mistake me fob nobody.
All mistook a prohibition agent
foh good customer"
The McCarthy weekly news. [volume] (McCarthy, Alaska) 1917-19??, 1926-12-04
D'AUTREMONT SUSPECTS
JAILED IN WISCONSIN

- ~ 4 AN|NAOANA ~ oL G~AO
JAILED IN WISCONSIN
Eau Claire Reports that three
Oregon train robber suspects we
re held at Winter, Wis, were be-
ing investigated by officials of
Park Falls.
The New Delta Lumber c mp
any's office here was advised last
night that three Of the mnn said
TO resemble the D'Autremont
brothers-Roy, Ray, and Hugh
had been arrested at the comp
any's Kennedy camp, where they
had been employed for several
months.
The brothers are sought in
connection with the holdupgof a
Southern Pacific train at Siski-
you, ORR, October, II, 1923, when
a mail clerk and three trainman
were slain.
The McCarthy weekly news. [volume] (McCarthy, Alaska) 1917-19??, 1926-12-04

100000 CASES SCOTCH SEIZED
New York: A Coast Guard vessel
has seized the German barkentine
Carmen, 40 miles from New York
There were 100000 cases of Scotch
aboard the vessel. The Carmen
was armed but did not resist.