Lonely Koyukuk
Beckons Miner
RHINEHART TO PROSPECT
IN FAR NORTH
Rhinehart Berg left for the
Koyukuk country on May 7.
Rhiney left to prospect in that
country. The Koyukuk country
is above the Arctic Circle in a
straight line from us through
Fairbanks. The country is
sparsely settled, mostljT by In
dians. Jtis rich in gold but
hard to reach because there are
no railroads or highways. The
only ways to get in are to mush
or fly in and land on the river
bars.
Boat Taking Shape
John Letendre is building a
15 ft. river boat for us.» on the
Ohifcina river. The boat is
needed for crossing to the
Breraner mine. All of the wood
was gotten right here at Kenue
*ott. John will put it together
here and then haul it down to
ihe river.
Local Primary Ksturns
Here are the returns from the
Apiil 2G primary flection for
Kerrecott, McCnrtly and Bo*
i aria, in the order r arreo:
Democratic:
Dimond, Del.
Olson, Treas.
Hofman, Sen.
Pollard, Sen.
Repres.,
Broad well
Burchett
Coffey
Drager
Hancock
McGutcheon
Minaker
Roberts
Smith
Republican;
White, Deleg.
Chase, Treas.
Repres ,
And re sen
Elvig
Nafsted
Snodgrass
K Me B
29 28 25
33 26 25
25 19 12
A 7 12
4 2 5
27 24 22
14 ? 8
6 12 7
6 , 10 14
17 16 12
4 9 3
13 3 9
18 9 14
9 7 5
9 7 5
8 8 5
8 7 5
7 8 5
8 7 5
Rare Biped Captured
Pat Hooks was caught in a
gopher trap this week and has
a bruise on his arm. He is pret
ty mad about it too. He says he
would not mind being caught in
a Wolverine trap, but that a
weasel trap is an insult.—WH
Bill Slim pert To Leave
Hill Slimpert is getting pre
pared for the summer. He
hiked up Mount Porphry to
above ihe limber line.
Bill is soon leaving for his
claims with Bill Mahar. It the
camp shuts down he says he will
trap. Next spring he intends
to make a river boat and put an
outboard “kicker” on it.
On May 2 it was reported that
Lake Baltotf was still euverdd
with ice, except around the
edges. If the good weather
keeps up, wTe can go sw iramh g
about the tenth of Jure.
Ten inches of snow fell on
April 20 and was all gone by the
22d.
Buy Horseless Carrisge
Werner H jnschel and Louie
Wick bought a green car from
Mrs. Murray in McCarthy.
The blakes and a few other de
tails needed readjusting. They
expect to use the car for fishing
trips and other outings.
Disgusted Dentist
Dr. A. W. Coutts arrived here
on April 25 to do dental work,
and then left on May G for his
Cordova home.
Dr. Coutts stated that, he left
early because so many men from
the mines would gel a lay off
for a day or two in order to see
the dentist and then would go
down to McCarthy and get drunk
instead, that lie ran out of cus
tomers.
Ivan Bolin was hurt May 10
while Working on the bridge at
Oh'tina and was brought to the
Kennecott hospital on a speeder.
He had bee 1 hit in the face by a
drift pin.
He left the hospital the morn
of May 12;
HOT OFF THE PRESS
By Frank Morris
When papers a e primed,
raised metal letters mast some
how be brought together to form
words and sentences. These
are then put into a press, where
they are smeared with ink and
made to come Into contact with
the paper.
Modern newspapers have a
machine called the Linotype to
set up the letters. It is oper
ated from a keyboard. It forms
lines of raised letters on top of
strips of lead the length of a line
in a column. When they are
through with this'type, they just
throw it back into the Linotype,
where the type is melted and
soon ready for re-casting into
new type.
Antiquated papers like the
Kennecott Stak have the letters
set up by hand. Each letter,
which is in the form of a piece
of metal, is taken out of the box
in which it is kept and put in a
container called a composing
stick which holds the type while
it i^s being set up. This is the
safne way that Guttenburg. one
of the earliest printers, set up
his type in the 15th century, and
Benjamin Franklin used this
method in sett n ? up Poor Rich
ard’s Almanac.
it takes about seven hours to
set the type for one page of the
Star. It takes about an hour
to make up the form — that is,
to arrange the various items in
a frame which holds them as
a tight metal belt might do.
The form is then put in the
press, and it takes about an
hour to print the page. It then
takes three hours to clean off
the type, throw it back into the
right compartments, and get
ready for the next page.
At first each page took the
Star staff 16 hours, but that
wa9 gradually cut down to be
tween 12 and 13 hours.
Scottish Terror
Fixes Malemute
SMALL ITEM WIPES UP ON
MIGHTY MONSTEP.
It had been brewing a long
time and finally cafhe to a head
when Tam decided it was time
to do something. Before it was
over, Spot Letend re was pretty
nearly run ragged. He is in
for two weeks of close confine
ment as a result of a spat with
the Scottish Whlriwind. John
Letendre is much ashamed of
the poor showing made by his
250 pound poodle This dog can
puli a ton, but hasn’t an ounce
of judgment.
It was only the other day that
John was bragging about Spot.
Harry Boy den happened to say
that lots of dogs are smarter
than their owners, and John, al
way8 anxious to boost his own
dog, said, “Sure they are, just
like Spot.”
When we interviewed John
about the foregoing, he said he
thought Spot must be just a
trifle spoiled with the publicity
he received from the Star as
being the home of the educated
egg, and that Tam Hooks may
be just a shade jealous.
—WH Et Al.
Proficient Medico
Dr. G. W. Cline is not only
a horticulturalist but also a psy
chologist. As proof of his hor
ticultural attainments, he has a
common Alaska specimen of a
tree bedecked with fruits of his
own native land, California.
As a psychologist, he believes
in the power of the mind over
the body. So, to provide his
patients with music, he has in
stalled a phonograph in the hos
pital. The phonograph has a
goat-horn handle Which was ob
tained from the slopes of Mt.
Regal.
On May 6 Steve Guitana, Jack
Morris and Bill BrUno went to
Chitina, They put in a new
length of cable on the river
tramway. They returned on
the 9th.