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TaTkotna>Alaska, May 25, 1929
UNEXPLORED TERRITORY
EXISTS IN ALASKA '
(Scottish Rite News Bureau.)
Those who would travel upon
gribund 'that man’s foot has seldom
torched, who would seek adventure fr.
trte exploration of unknown territory, j
wfll find the opportunity awaiting
tht min Alaska. Although 60 years
hdve passed since that Northern Ter-!
rilory was'purchased from Russia,
there are still large areas of it about:
which little more is known today than
before til'd tansfer to- the American !
HAg. The task of mapping this great i
wilderness—consisting- of 486,400
square miles, nearly one-fifth as large
as the CJnfted States-—has been- in.1
progress since 1898 by the Geological
Survey, , and although it is still far
from completed, each year shows pro
gress in thie inventory - that “Uncle
Sam” is making of his -Northern pos- ;
sessions
The task is necessarily a difficult'
orte, because- in & new, unexplored'
country, where Streams are too swift j
for boating- arid the only trails are
those of wild animals, the surveyor *
mlist still use the-primitive'methods j
of transport—the slow’ but. sure pack :
nirsfe and the boat dragged by hand
through- water too swift for even a b
aibdern power boat. Both of these
methods were used by the Geological
SArveys-expedition that in 1926 under
took to extend topographic and geo
logic surveys into the upper portion
of the basin of the Sweritna river.
As- a result, of this expedition about
700 square : miles of hithertouriex- -
plbred territory, was mapped geolog-'
ically and topogi-aphicalty, and 3B0
stfuare miles;--,previously 'mapped -in
art -exploratory way, wete remapped
arid corrected: This work gave due
to the position and courses of the
rivers that drain many thousand
square miles of one of America’s
threat, mountain ranges, and to routes
of approach to- other unexplored
areas.
'JAINS 'MADE fN ALCOHOL
BATTLE BY RUSS SOCIETY
MOSCOW.—Forty million buckets
of vodka were consumed hy Russians
in 1928, as against 2ft.000.000 in 1926.
according to statistics prepared by
the Anti-Alcohol Society,
Last.year the. population of Russia
spent $750,000,000 on vodka.and other
alcoholic drinks. Alcoholism in Rus
sia turns out an average of 86,00(1
psycopathic cases every year.
The. Anti-Alcohol Society, which
was organized a year ago, now has
more than 100.000- members! Due tc
agitation carried <k>n by the society,
Muscovites spent $2,000,000 less or
vodka in the first three months of the
current year han in the same period
of 1928.
The society also has been credited
with inducing the government to re
duce the plan of vodka production for
the current year-from 46,000,000 tc
36,000,000 buckets, and the. beer
brewing plan by 10 per cent.
The society organized in 35 cities
of the Soviet Union anti-alcnhnlfi
demonstrations in which some 350,000
children took pant; The children pa
raded before factory gates, on payday
with banners bearing appeals to par
ents to quit drinking for the sake of
heir children.
WILBTJR ASKS HOOVER
FOR EDUCATION PLAN
WASHINGTON.—Secretary of In
terior Wilbur announced yesterday
that, he had requested President
Hoover to appoint an advisory com
mittee on education to work out a
program to be recommended to. Con
gress which would permit the federal
government to render the greatest
possible degree of service to educa
tion.
Dr. Wilbur said he believed • the
committee should he composed of rep-;
resen tatives of the great educational
organization*; and others interested in
education and that i tshould meet in
Washington soon to consider all
phases of the subject. He advocated
a plan which -would permit the gov
ernment to render the greatest pos
sible service “without disturbing that
local self-government which is fun
iamental to the success of-the na
tion.”
MARRIAGE TENDS TO PROLONG
LIFE, SAYS GERMAN DATA
BERLIN—Marriage tends to pro
ving life, the “weaker-' sex” lives
longer than the “strohget,”' and the
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Boat Rase*—Outboard and < Inboard.
Men's, Women’s and Children's Foot
Races.’ •
Ml kinds-'of-Running and Standing >
Jumps.
Hammer- Throwing.
Patato. Race for’ Ladies*
Apple Diving Contests for the ’•
Kiddies.
M«hty Sports of All Kinds—Too Nu-*
merous to mention. ■
PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY! '
BIG DANCE IN .THE EVENING! i
Come One Come All
A Grand Time Assured
average lift has since 1871 been
lengthened by 20 years, are the con
clusions drawn by the most recent of
ficial German vital records and mor
tality statistics.
In 1871, these records show, the av
erage feminine life in Germany was
38.5 years, and the masculine average
! 35.6. For the period 1024 to 1926,
however, the average girl baby could
look forward to .58.8 years of life, and
her brother to 56.
For the boy or girl who grew up
! safely as fa ras 20 years of age, the
prospects were still better. A young
man of 20 in 1871 could only count on .
reaching the age of 58.5, but his
grandson, a young man of 20 in 1027,
could safely look forward to 66 or 67
years.
The figures show indisputably an
average of 5 years more for married
folk, both men and women. Whether
this fact be regarded as proof that
people become stronger through mar-'
j riage or, again, as an indication that
only the strong dare marry, must re
main a matter of taste or prejudice.
The official statistics maintain strict
silence on this point.
! HARVARD’S STADIUM
TO BECOME A BOWL!
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BOSTON.—Permanent steel stand's)
are to close th eopen end of the1 big
concrete Harvard stadium, first of the
j,larger stadia in America.
For years the-stadium was enlarged
during each football season by.tem
| porary wooden stands which closed
j the open end of the U-shaped strltc
j ture. These were condemned by "the
Boston building commissioners' more
1 than a year ago.
Various plans were advanced by
alumni, some of which included ' sug
gestions for closing . the north end
with concrete stands, making the sta
dium a sort of - howl. Other plans
called for the closing of the open end
’ and, in addition, the addition of sev
eral tiers of seats around the ton. ;of
! the bowl. Temporary steel standh
: were rejected because of the cost of
erecting and removing them before
and after the football season. :
Although much of Harvard Univer
sity lies in Cambridge, Harvard’s sta
dium and athletic grounds, Soldiers’
Fields lie in the ciy of Boston.. This
was the reason why Boston offiiuals
were called upon to act in the case of
the-old wooden statute.
GREAT BEND, Kas.—A, modern
: “hue and cry” has been begun against
■ coyotes in Kansas.
I Whenever a coyote is sighted near
. Sts. Peter and Paul, communities
! near here, a general ring on the tele
I phone summons everyone to the
' chase.
Proceeds from pelts are put into a
( community fund. ■
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