MiEYPMETS
(By Special Correspondent)
The big social event of the
season was the New Year dinner
given the old timers of McKinley
Park by Tom O’Hara at his new
home just completed adjoining
the Pox Ranch. From now on all
events will be either B. C. or A.
D.. in reference to the feed. Tom
is not only a practical but a
finished cook as well. The piece
de resistance of the spread was
Tom’s masterpiece Kasha verin
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ishkaes with stuffin’ and trim
mings. side dishes of chulent,
nomaliga and pirogen, side dish of
salmon bellie. Finally the guests
go down or i n as .he case might
;be-—to the kasha verinishkaes
which proved the favorite d'. a of
Sam Cody who con rained two
bountifully filled plates. " Vhy
don’t you have another plate,”
asked the host. Sam replied: ‘‘I do
jn’t care if I do ha vs a 2nd help
ling.” “Second,” said the host, “it’s
the third—but go ahead—who
cares.”
The new economy program on
the Alaska Railroad just put in
to effect, curtails the use of fog
to blow the locomotive whistle.
Now the hog head must remain
silent at road crossings, viaducts,
water tanks, junctions, East and
West railroad crossings, cattle
guards, board walks and speak
easies. Allowing the safety valve
to pop off will spoil a new smud
gy face at the fireman’s window
on the next trip. This new econ
omy order is going to be tough
on our chickens that always wait
ed for the faithful whistle before
starting to cross the tracks. Wait
ing until the engine is in sight is
going to give ‘em a mighty late
Phone for Horluiyfc's Danish
Ice Cream and we will deliver
Candy Cotta.ge.
List your labor w^nla with us;
we will endeavor to secure for
you the help desired. Phone
Adams 126 or call at the M & W
Club, Seward, Alaska.
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Where good fellows get
together.
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start.
I
I A Park ranger subscribing for
! a lot of papers recently included
j the Pictorial Review, thinking it
was a supplement to the Police
Gazette.
A section crew below the town
met a she wolf on the track that
was so fat and lazy it would
| hardly let them have a right of
j way for their hand car. Trappers
are bringing in a good many
wolf pelts now.
Miners employed by a Nenana
official have been driving a tun
nel on the old Neal McCall mine
jin the Park. The mine has lead
j silver showings.
Samples of both nickle and
{platinum ores were recently brot
out of the Park by miners.
Travelers report the theme song
at Healy Fork is “The Battle-cry
of Freedom." That everybody is
humming the popular air.
A recent broadcast in the Alaska
press stated that the temperature
here last fall was much “in ex
cess of 50 below” and almost
continuously 20 below. The U. S.
Weather Bureau station here re
ports but two low readings and
each for one night only; one be
ing 26 below and one 32 below.
These readings occurred, however,
after the expert telephone men
had gone away.
Here at McKinley Park is pro
bably the first Silver Fox farm to
be equipped with radio. In each
vixen’s nest box is suspended a
microphone that registers every
noise, even the breathing of the
animal, and transmits the sound
to a loud speaker in the house.
This equipment was first installed
about two years ago and is of
the greatest help at the time
when the litters are being born
as then no one dares approach
the dens. Any unusual noise re
gistered at whelping time is given
prompt attention.
Christian Science Quarterly on
sale; Alaska Shop.
Lighter than wood ana imper
vious to sea water, a metal alloy
known as “Birmabright” h a s
been used wuth success by one
j English manufacturer in mak
| ing small boats, says Popular
Science Magazine.
The principal drawback to any
kind of metal for small craft has
always been that the parts must
! be so thin, to attain lightness,
that insufficient metal is allow
ed for counter-sunk rivet holes
' or fcr welding. Enough thickness
can be provided with aluminum,
but it was found that this metal
did not weld well for this pur
pose.
THIS DAT IN HISTORY
1621—Erection of buildings be
gan in Plymouth, Mass.
1870—Professor Tyndall dem
onstrated the presence of organ
ic matter in atmospheric dust.
1890—Bacillus of influenza dis
covered in Vienna.
1931—Noted archeologist ex
ploring breakwater quarry finds
first mukluks worn by first Sew
ard citizen.
Countless remedies arc advertised
for constipation. .Many relieve tor
the moment but they are habit forrn
i ins? and must be continued. Others
J :ontain calomel arid dangerous rnm
j eral drugs, which remain in the sys
i tern, settle in the joints and cause
aches and pains. Some are hat sh
purgatives which cramp and gripe
and leave a depressed after effect.
Avoid lubricating oils which only
grease the intestines and encourage
nature’s machinery to become lazy.
A purely vegetable laxative such
as Carter’s Little Liver Pills, gently
touches the liver, bile starts to flow,
the bowels move gently, the intestine*
are thoroughly cleansed and constipa
tion poisons pass away. The stomach,
liver and bowels are now active and
[ the system enjoys a real tonic effect.
I AH druggists sell genuine red pkgs.
ABOUT SEALING PELTS
I It is well for trappers and fur
handlers to know that Homer
Jewell of the Alaska Game Com
mission is in town and stopping
at the Hotel Van Gilder. Anyone
having marten skins to be seal
ed or needing advice on new
game regulations, will find Mr.
Jewell ready to accommodate
them.
New Chart, Cape St. Elias to
Shumagin Island. Alaska Shop.
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1931 SALES DATES
July 22
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November 11
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