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“VOLUME XIVrNUMBER 129
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NEWSPAPER FOR MCGRATH 1
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On New Years Day the Kusko
Times will make its appeance at Me- j
Grath ami will lay claim to the honor
of being the first newspaper published
the Kuskokwim valley. A. X. Grant,
old-time newspaper man, known in
every Alaskan camp, is publisher, edi
tor, make-up man and printers devil
of the Times. His headquarters will be
at McGrath, which berg is taking on
airs metropolitan since the upper riv
er decided to declare itself.
McGrath is the center of a minirg
section practically untouched and out
side capital is betting that the sur
rounding country has great promise.
In lode and placer new discoveries
have been made ; prospectors from
other districts are flocking mto the
upper river and its tributaries and a
new strike is reported from the Hart
man country. •
The Seward Gateway sends greet
ings to the Kusko-Times and is con
fident that the Times — in the near
“Is future— will take its place among the
leading newspapers in the northland.
We hare placed the Times on the list
of our exchanges and await with inter
est the receipt of its first copy .
MINING TO BOOM
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The Upper Kuskokwim is the com
ing country according to G. F. Kilroy
# of the Union Construction Co. who are
holders of large mining interests
throughout the territory. Mr. Kilroy
arrived in the city Inst night after a
long trip over 500 miles of which he
covered with his dogs. He spent sev
eral days at Ophir where his company
is installing a dredge on Ganes creek
and states that within the next two
years three dredges will be chewing up
the gravels of the old Innoko camp
which has been a great producer for
the past twelve years. _
'Speaking of the Nixon Fork — Mr.
Kilroy predicts a great future for the
development All of their workings
disclose high grade ore bodies but ow
ing to its complex nature the method
of treatment will be expensive. Owing
to a shortage of gasoline development
by machinery is retarded and the air
compressors are out of action; how
ever twenty-five hard-rockers are
swinging their hammers, with favor
able results. On one of the properties a
small cynanide plant will be installed
next summer.
“Transportation conditions make
mining prohibitive in many instances,
says Mr. Kilroy, and large dredging
areas lay untouched untill cheaper me
thods of hauling the heavy machinery
are available.'Property holders in the
Innoke and Upper Kuskokwim look
forward to the day when the railroad
will solve the transportation problem
and open up the mineral deposits of
the Kantishna and Upper Kusko
kwim."
* During the summer the representa
tive of the Union Construction Co.,
and Aniak sections. The latter country
will be drilled next summer as the
whole of Marvel Creek has been ac
quired for dredging. Mr. Kilroy will
leave on the Victoria for San Fran
citco which is his bead quarters.
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Additional donations for Hie Commun
ity tree.
Marjorie Neville .50
Catherine Neville -50
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SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK
Lord Baltimore Linen Stationery.
All abides, with envelope. 50 eta.
* SEWARD DRUG CO.
DUBLIN, Dec., 21— Sinn Fein
Volunteers and the British soldiers and
police are each accused of masquerade
ing in the clothes of the other. Con
sequently it has become very difficult
*o ascertain the true facts and fix the
responsibility foi^many of the report
ed outrages in Ireland.
Men have presented themselves at
lio'ises in British uniforms and their
de ds have been attributed to govern
ment agents. But official denial that
such men were operating in the dis
Iricts concerned has been issued and
(h'> charge has been made that the
»n* n were masquerading in uniforms
>u.ed in one of'the numerous raids
on troops or police .
The same kind of story comes from
tlu» Sinn Fein side. Men claiming to be
Volunteers are ajleged to be govern
ment agents in disguise. This is com
plicated enough, ut the difficulty is
int rei’.'cd by the fact that criminals
appear to be impartially personating
boih Volunteers and soldiers and us
ing the incidents of the conflict as op
portunity for looting.
An instance arose the other day in
tho Dublin police courts in which a
mtn was charged with committing
vi.ri(.u> burglaries and it was sworn
thnbne 1 ad offered some of the stolea
pioperly back to the owner if payment
THE PAS, Manitoba, Dec, 22—
Owners of Manitoba day teams are of
the belief that a recent extension of
tho Hudson Bay Derby course here
will enable their animals to show their
best form in the next derby which will
be held March. 1, 1920 over the 200
miles of snow traits between The Pas
and Flinflon and back. i*ast year’s
race, on a course not much‘over 100
miles, was won by a team of Alaskan
dogs.
Derby rules recently adopted pro
vide that teams may be entered from
any part of the world, and that any
number of dogs may be on a team
and any type of sled may be used.
Tbe usual derby races will guide the
actual winnings.
Next year’s race will be for a $2,
500 purse. Dog owners consider the
purse none too big in view of the
heavy expense incurred in maintain
ing and preparing a team for racing.
Dogs have become very expensive*last
spring pups selling at $200 for five,
and full grown aud trained animals
from $75 to $100 each.
Since the Nome All-Alaska. Sweep
stakes was abandoned, the Hudson’s
Bay Derby has become the big sport
ing event of the white trails of the
North.
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OTTAWA, Ont, Dec., 22— The im
portance by the Canadian government
'to the development of the breeding of
fur-bearing animals in captivity, is in
dicated by the fact^that its Commis
sion on Conservation will hold the
first international exhibition of live,
ranch-red silver foxes at Montreal be
ginning Wednesday, November 24th.
Many entries already have been re
ceived, notably from Prince Edward
island, while fox breeders in the
United States and other countries
have promised to be represnted.
During the xhibition it is expected
to form a fur breeders’ association of
Canada to organise and manage the
future exhibitions which it is expectr
ed to hold annually, and to include
not only foxes but mink, beaver, musk
rat and other fur bearers reared in
captivity.
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Fairbanks. 2 below Clear North,
Nenana 2 below Clear North,
VENICE BY FIRE
VENICE.Cal„ Dec.. 22— the seaside section of this
citv was swept bv fire today. Qpe person was killed. The
famous amusement pier was deprived with a loss of more
chan one million dollars. The tafurance amounted to only
fifty thousand dollars. The fife started m a dace hall
where a large holiday crowd had gathered. The band con
tinued to olay on and bv so dome calmed the people and
saved many lives.
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LABOR RIOTS IN FETROGAD
HELSINFORS, Dec., 22— A serious labor riot occur
red recentiv.in Petrogad according to a dispatch recived
at this place today Many persons were lolled and wounded
m the riot and many were litelftlly crushed to death. A
hundred and five laborers weraexecuted bv the govern-1
nent The trouble started when the Soviet authorities re-1
fused the demand of city laborers for more food and the
shortening of the labor day which at the present tame is
sixteen'hours. ; j * , ,. . ,. !
Several hundred people litre killed and xmured in a
railway accident near Petrogdd yesterday The accident
was due to an overcrowding Pf the train. The details are
lacking, ’ j '
• COLD WA& COMING
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WASHINGTON. D. C„ Bee.. 22- The weather Bur
eau today reports a continuance of the storm which is cen
tering in the North Pacific. The cold weather is striking
the north westernstates^nd te moving slowly inland. j
NEW YORK, Deo. 22— Leut Ross Kiroatrick, who
started from Mineola Flyingfield yesterday in .an effort
to establish a world endurance record for staving in the
air was forced to descend aster eighteen hours and one
minute. A leaky gas tank caused the descent 24 hours and
nineteen minuses is the world’s record.
CHICAGO, Dec., 22-r Attwenlyperosnt reduction of
workers employed in Chicago^ largest hotels was an
nounced today.
* NO PARDONS J
TRENTON. N. J. Dec., 22— Because of the crime
wave the Court of Pardons passed a resolution not to
grant any pardons before the expiration of the minumum
sentence. This decision applies to murder, robbery, burgal
arv and like offenses.
ATTEMPT TO ROB TRAIN
FRESNO. Cal„ Dec., 22— Three men this morning
attempted to rob the Southern Pacific Passenger train
south bound. The train ran into an open switch but Stop
Tied before it was derailed. The men leaped aboard were
r l ightened bv the approach of another train.
NOT VIEWED AS CIPORTANT
DUBLIN, Dec., 22—The passage of the Home Rule
Bill is not viewed as .especially important bv the Dublin
nejvsiwoers. It is recognized that the bill will be unaccept
able either bv the Ulster or South and the British govern
ment mar nCver put the provisions carried in the bill nto
operation.
STORMS EAST OF DENVER
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DENVER. QqI., Dec., 22— Storms are raging east of
Denver. An explosion on a freight engine killed.the fire
man and iniuried two other men andwrecked sixty tele
graph wires on the main line of communication east of
^Denver. The explosion occurred at Monument, Colorado;
I RECEIVED PROFITS
I'. " WASHINGTON, Dec.. 22— George D* Cushing a
[ director of the Wholesale Coal Association declared yes
terday before the Senate Committee that is investigating
i the coal situation, that government officials and officials
I of the Rail Roads .while handling coal last summer received
a certain partofthe extraor<finary profits which prevail
ed at that time. He aereed to furnish the names of all
those who received money in confidence.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec., 2fc
Herda containing millions of caribou
are completing their annnal crossing
on the Yukon River in their migration
south, a cording to reports received
from the north. One story said there
were so many crossing the river, when
ti e ice first began to form, that three
men, trying to get down the stream,
woie held up three hours waiting for
tl- j animals to pass.
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FAIRBANKS, Dec., 22— 'Fairbanks
residents have organized a curling
club for the winter’s play on the lo
cal ice rink.
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“AMERICAN - "NUFF
PODGdfelTZ, Montenegro, Dec., 21
— No people are received in Monte
negro with such general confidence
and such frank welcome as Americans.
A United States passport furnishes an
all sufficient entry to any part of the
country. The people have a touching
belief in the disterestedness of Am
ericans, in striking contrast to the
alofness and suspicion with which they
greet other foreigners. This is due
largely to the generous attitude of the
United States toward Montenegro dur
ing the war and to the widespread re
lief work done by Americans.
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Hie Montenegerins, who are al
in «fc exclusively of the Greek Ortho
dox Church, are Serbian fugitives
from the Turks. They sepak the Ser
bia n tongue; but instead of deeming
themselves on a par with other Ser
Ivans, they believe they are h sort of
Serbian aristocracy.
The Montenegrins as a rule are ex
tremely poor and live in tiritcbod huts,
fhe men generally ca »> <. ite an ar
senal of weapons in their girdles,
which they regard as their most pre
cious possession. Even the priests ear
ly lifles. The women, though often
beautiful, perform most of the menial
tasks and soon lose their good looks.
Large families are the rule.
The people are meloholy and fatal
istic and believe in vampires, faries,
witches ar.d ghosts. They believe that
disease is brought by evil spirits. To
keep out these spirits or “jinni”, they
alwj.y- cloi'3 their windows tightly at
night.
With the exception of a few fertile
I leys, Montenegro is s ftflfcs of Jag
ged , gray rocks, with little patches
of earth that have been patiently
gathered by the peasants from the
roadways and valleys and carried to
sheltered nooks. These little j.U tf are
jealously guarded and carefully culti
vated. They produce onfy a few hand
fuls of grain, yet entire families de
pend upon them for sustenance.
The men are brave, proud, corfcouv
and honest Patriotism is a passion
with them. They regard pereonal val
or as the highest virtue. They show
their solidarity with the new Kingdom
of Croats, Slovenes and Serbs by the
mourning whidi they still weag.ht
fxxnmeration of Kossovo, the fbtnt»
battle in which Serbian independence
was stamped out by the Turks for five
centuries. •
Both men and women wear s dint*
eon cap with a broad border el Mint
s»lU as a token of mounting for Stair
defeat
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SEWARD 88 Snowing Calm .
Anchorage 10 Clear Calm.
Chickaloon 20'Gkody Calm.
Wasilla 26 aobdy Bast
Talkeetna 10 CMy Cahn.
Gddcreek 20 CMf Iasi i
hurricane 4 dear last
Summit 2 below dear North,
NOM£, Alaska, Dec, 22-1 Apuk
tawana, a lone male member of the far
northern mysterious tribe of “Blond
Eskimos” the discovery of which has
been credited to Vilhjalmur Stefanson,
Canadian explorer, recently was
brought by traders to Nome from his
home on the southern shores of Coro
nation Gulf, located on Canada’s nor
thern rim. Nome residents thought
that only in his dress did he differ
from the Eskimo of this region.
Joe Bernard, Nome trader, who
brought the “blond” Eskimo out, said
he intended to take him to the states
to. show outsiders what sort of people
the strange Eskimos are. The native
was of stout build, with copper color
ed skin straight black hair and dark
brown eyes. Bernard said he was an
average example of the males of the
“blond” tribe.
Some members of the tribe, Bern
ird asserted, have reddish brown hair
and light eyes. They are scarcely light
3nought, however, he thinks, to be de
scribed as blond. It was recalled here,
when Apuktawana arrived that Stef
ansson never described the tribe as
“blond” and ave his mysterious tribe
the name. Stefansson’s description
was similar to that of BemariTs.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec.,
22— Eleven members of this year's
Stanford’s University football team,
ffhich won second place in the 1920
Pacific Coast Conference race, will be
back for football next season. Among
the men returning are three backfkld %
players, Captain Wilcox, R. Shlaude
man and Jack Patrick. This year*
kicking star, “Dink” Templeton, will
not return, and Patrick will be groom
id to do the booting. a
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Old Timer Arrives
The local freight tram that arriv
ed in Seward last night cmitied as a
passenger Captain Langley. The
Captain is one of the best known old
timers in Alaska. He has joet* complet
ed a long mush from the Kuskokwhn
country. Accompanied by Oddrgs KR
roy, representative of die Union Con*
itruction Co. the Capt. drove his own
Jog team from the Euskokwim tn An
chorage. Leaving the, dogs at Anchor
ge he boariMAm freight trai
eft yesterday morning and arrive^ in
Seward last night in plenty of time to
make connection with the S. 8. Vic
toria which Should arrive at Seward
jorae time today.
Alfred Beaman, the Kenai Mafl
arrier arrived, in Seward last evening
after completing the first trip of .dm
season. He will spe^d die Holidays
*kh his family.
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Chapter No. 10 Order of pMhni Star,
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Op. to.
All PMBdMva are raqpaatad tet ba .
present • r',,v \.*
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Goldie Hna Bacretary.
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