THE
KUSKO
TIMES
VOL XL NO.'Hb*
TAKOINA AI AS K / MTU.l/V lvOVkHJEK M 1S3.
PRICE 25 CENT.
Brothers Feltes and Lapeyre
Arrive From Stalled Plane
Eleven "days, for the mast part in
'he cabin, of. their stalled airplane,
unahie to do much to relieve them
selves, and with rations getting very
low—that was the experience of
Brothers G. J. Feltes and M. La
p. yre, of. the Holy Cross Mission,
who arrived here last evening with
Charlie- Goebel and Charlie O’Hal
loran, both of whom left Takotna. last
Sunday to go to the relief of the
stranded fliers.
The story is best told in the words
of Brother Reltes, who said:
“We left McGrath for Holy Cross
on November 22. When just about
over Crater Mountain our motor
slowed down about two hundred revo
lutions. There was a large open field
below us and we circled over it at
about four thousand, feet to see if the
motor would pick. up again. When it
did not, we decided to land in the
large field and check it up and then
fly on. We landed in a normal land
the snow was three feet deep and
very soft, so that when we stopped
the ski is were fourteen inches under
the snow. We cheeked up on the
motor and found a little trouble with
•me. of the air valves, which would
have caused the motor to slow down.
We corrected this, but by this time
it was dark and we had to get ready
to spend the night. In the meantime
a. fierce storm came up, and with the
excessive high wind,, at times as
much as sixty or seventy miles an
hour, we had. great difficulty in tying
down the ship strong enough sa- that
would not blow away. We tied all
our bags anti things of heavy weight
1.0 the wing into the wind. Even at
that, with three ropes on the ship, it
. ow’d 1 ft from the ground as far as
he oleo struts would permit. The
a p thing that saved the ship was
the fact that the skiis were buried
...ear under the snow and frozen in.
V, e had no. sleeping bag or blankets
and we could not lie down in the
ship. We could not sleep or keep
warm. During the storm we were
for ed to use up our fuel for cooking
and trying to keep warm, so that
when the snow packed down and got
hard we had no fuel with which to
take off.
“After being there six days Pilot
Blunt of the Pacific International
Airways and Marshal Stanley J.
Nichols of McGrath flew over and
dropped off a note. It blew over into
the trees and we could not find it.
In the afternoon they flew over afiain
and dropped off provisions, but they
also landed off about three hundred
yards in the trees, and we could not
find them either, although we spent
about ten hours looking in the deep
snow. As we had no snowshoes, this
was v ry difficult work. In the mean
• food was gctt.i.g :ow, ,-v.n
tho .gh v, were using v-.ry iitt.e for
the two meals a day. On Monday
lJilot. Eilis of the Alaskan Airways
dew over very low and dropped us a
note which told us that a party was
on ill . way in to us on snowshoes and
that they should reach us in a short
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital
(By; W. A. S.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—The Bu
reau of Fisheries concedes that thi
Alaska salmon industry has not beei
affected by the general business de
pression that seems to be prevalenJ
over the world. A tentative ^ptimati
of the pack for the 1931 season t(
September 1 shows that the total t<
that date was 5,335,461 cases, a:
against 4,839,500 cases in -930 t<
August 31, and 5,032,236 for the en
tire season of 1930.
It is of interest to note that thi
output of red salmon in 1931 is al
most double that of the preceding
year and also shows a fair increase
over the average for the five-yeai
period. This was due primarily tc
the splendid runs in the important
Bristol Bay region, particularly or
the east side of the bay, where there
were good, runs and escapements ir
1926, the brood year for a large pro
portion of. this season’s fish. Excel
lent runs-of pink salmon entered the
waters of Southeastern Alaska, wit!
the result, that despite curtailed op
erations the production of this spe
cies was well above the average for
recent yens, although it was sub
stantially leas than the 1989 output
Comparing the preliminary aguies
for 1931 with the average for the
five-year period from 1926 to 1930, by
districts, both. Southeastern and Wes
tern Alaska show gains of approxi
mately 6 per cent, while for Central
Alaska there is a decline of 11 per
cent. It haslater been estimated that
th» total Alaska pack for the 1931
| season will be 5,440,000 cases, which
1 will include 1,680,000 cases of reds,
3,000,790 pinks, 540,024 chums, 170,
000 cohoes, and 52,762 king's.
I ; _
Skins of fur-bearing land animals
• to the number of 404,547, and valued
! at $2,128,248, were reported from
• Alaska in 1930, a report from the
• Alaska Game Commission to the Bio
1 logical Survey, U. S. Department of
• Agriculture, shows. This is $2,385,
715 less than the value of the 1929
shipments, although 197,245 more
1 pelts were exported. The smaller re
turn for 1930 resulted from general
decline in the market value of indi
vidual furs. The report is based on
the statements that fur shippers arc
1 required to file with agents of trans
portation companies or with postmas
ters handling the shipments, who in
turn must forward them to the. Alas
ka Game Commission.
The Delegate is endeavoring to
have the Geological Survey under
, take the mapping of Kodiak Island,
in the belief that it would lead to
valuable mineral development. Direc
tor Mendenhall states that, this: is one
of the projects that Philip. S.. Smith,
h ef Alaskan geologist,, has urged
and is one of several projects now
under consideratio nfor the next field
.s-as,n. But in the absence of. in
formation as to funds and personnel
available for next season, nothing
definite can now be decided, on, al
though it is gratifying to. know that
it is the intention of the Survey to
(Continued from Page 2.)
inia that day. That afternoon, about
3 o’clock, Charlie Goebel and Charlie
O Hailoran arrived and told us they
would bring a dogsled in the morning
o lake us to Takoina. They came
about 10 o'clock and we started for
No. 6 comp on Ganrs creek, arriving
n- p about f>:30 p. m. There
. . . iiL.en, Andy Schwartzdall and
.i....ppy Jacobson made us right at
cmo and gave u.s one of the finest
• eas we ever tasted. We laid over
. 'ay there to rest up and then made
r p in to Takotna in seven hours,
r.iv.n,, here about 5 o’clock. On the
way down from Camp 6 to Takotna
Charlie Baker insisted on us coming
n, where we warmed up and sat
down to a firstciass feed. We also
stopped off at Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to
warm up and stretch our legs Every
one, wherever we stopped, was most
kind to us.
“Our greatest hardship during the
eleven days we were storm-bound
was the long, cold nights, for we had
no bedding and had no way of keeping
the cabin of the plane warm, and we
.tie not have room to lie down, even
.lio_gh wj hadremo.ed all the seats
from the plane. We intend to mush
n with fuel and fly the plane out as
oon as possible. We wish to take
ids opportunity to express our sin
_rest thanks to ah those who went
o so much troub.e to help us out in
. ir pr dicainent.”
Fclie said Lapeyre, with
b :i and his dog team, left
ii , a es, headed f;.r
Arrangements have been
-uul.r.g of oil, aside from
.. took with them a few es
. .. . a the way of food to tide
liieiii ..er till they may be able to
make their get-away.
hmliipi's made manv friends
i during their fe whours’ stay in r. ^ -
kotna. Brother Lapeyre. a native of
i Louisia7!a, this winteT, incidentally, is
! viewing snow and ice for the first
time in his career.
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MR. FRANK SPELJACK ANI)
MISS MINNIE REED UNIT
i ED IN MARRIAGE AT OPHIR
That Frank Speljack had desterted
baihelorhood, had really joined the
benedicts, and that he and Miss
{ Minnie Reed had been united in the
bonds of matrimony, was the event
ful, cheerful news brought here on
Tuesday, the 22d, by Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Lottsfcldt, Mrs. Warren Alford
and Joseph Oates, all of whom had
accompanied the bride-elect to Ophir.
T.fee wedding ceremony took place
on Monday afternoon, the ceremony
having been performed by U. S. Com
missioner Christian Belgen. Mrs.
T ottrfa dt acted as bridesmaid, while
Lot ifeldt was at the side of
Mr. Speljack. The pretty ceremony
large y attended.
. e weuJng dinner, prepared by
time Host Billy Sanatkas, was one
h' best.
Fo:.owing the excellent dinner the
i merry throng danced until 6 o’clock
l the next morning, all thoroughly en
joying themselves to the fullest.
The Kusko Times extends its most
hearty felicitations.
Martin Clancey, after a visit here'
of a couple of days, returned to his
home at McGrath a couple of days
ago. i
Mr. and Mrs. James Weir, Spruce
creek, were re.er.t visitors here, as
hou.se guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Taylor.
A. H. Twitchell, coining from his
reindser headquarters in the Dietna
section, accompanied by George W.
'■OKAS A. MARQUAM, FOR- |
MLR NOTED ALASKAN, DEAD .
FAIRBANKS.—Thomas A. Mar-!
.1. , prominent Fairbanks attorney
a.id unsuccessful independent eandi i
date for Delegate to Congress in
9?.6, dMonday in New York City, <
r... ng to information received by
^ iairbanks friend.
Marquam went to the States three
years ago to defend himself against
a~ges of violation of the election
.hrough failure to report his
a g i expenses, and he had been i
„i.e East since that time. i
1 ar ,uam was engaged in news- 1
pr-i-er work at Fairbanks during the :
•„riy days of the camp and after
wards engaged in the practice of
aw, eventually becoming one of the i
foremost criminal lawyers of the 1
North and a prominent figure in Ter- ■
ritonaJ politics. He is survived by
his widow, residing in Fairbanks, and
by three brothers and sisters in the
States. He was a member of a prom
nent Oregon family.
V. OEIKNG AT TOP SPEED TO
! 1..1CH STALLED PASSENGER
TRAIN, TOP OF HIGH DIVIDE
DENVER.—In the way of a bliz
aar 1, high on Cumbres Pass, South 1
eastern Colorado, the crew of a huge •
rotary snow plow worked at top
speed late today to reach a passenger :
t ra •. stalled near the crest of the
continental divide on the Denver & <
Rio Grande Western narrow gauge
a , oad. Search also was being eon
i d south of Springfie d, C .1., for
e.. Holt, substitute mail carrier,
ho left Springfieia for Graft, thirty -
: ’ ;-s away, Saturday morning. He
has not been heard from since. j ‘
MRS. CARAWAY SUCCEEDS
HER HUSBAND AS SENATOR
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Mrs. Hattie ,
Caraway, Democrat, was appointed
United States Senator by Governor '
Parnell. She will, serve until a suc
cessor to her late husband is selected
in January. She will be the second '
won.an to serve in the Senate.
He ry Martella was an early-in-the
w_ek visitor from Yankee creek. He
ueciares that the wind storm of sev
eral day sago at Yankee was one of
h worst, although no damage was
at ’ that point.
. he condition of Dan Callahan, who ‘
was taken to Fairbanks some weeks 5
ago following a paralytic stroke, is 1
repoorted as unchanged, according to 1
recent advices from Fairbanks.
-|l
Jack McDonald,, after an absence i
of several months, returned here yes- ;
e 'ay from Flat,.and is scheduled to (
...ivc today for Ganes.
I .
. 1 C'oss arrived yesterday for a (
,: ; f town visit. ! ,
McGRATH NEWS NOTES. I
I I •1
McGRATH.—There were four air-' I
planes hee Monday.
Pilot Ellis came from Anrhorage, ]
headed for Flat, bringing Jack Brink, (
who is returning to his headquarters
at Napoimute, after having given as
sistance in taking George W.Hoff
man to Anchorage Hospital.
ri ot Monsen of tre Parific Inter- 1
a. ona. . ad as a passenger Miss <
oeriui K eth, headed for Flat. ij
Pilot Iiarry Brink of the Pacific In- (i
varnat.onal had’as passengers for An- t
horage Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Crook of s
Iditarod, who are on their way to the f
States. | l
Fire Destroys
S.S. Alameda
ANDS AT HER DOCK AT 1 I\ M
AND TOTALLY DESTROYED
AT J P. M.
SEATTLE.—The steamship Ala
neda, owned by the Alaska Steam
hip Company, was totally destroy<-<i
iy fire at her own pier, following her
irrival from Seward.
The Alameda docked at her pier a
p. m. Fire broke out on her a
lour or so afterward, and at 4 p. r
ter loss was coomplete. She was i'
ured.
FLAT AND IDITAEtOD
FLAT.—Pilot A1 Monsen of t ■
Pacific International left with Miltc
vice for Takotna and Dona and Wii
red LaChanee for Anchorage.
The Beaton dredge closed opera
ions for the season on the 22d, af'r
ighting frost for two weeks, closi; r
i long and hard summer of dredgin
dost of the crew are bound outsic
or the winter.
The Riley Investment Compa
Iredge closed down for the season < •
he 23d, after a good season dree
ng at Discovery.
Julius ShafTrick visited Flat yes
erdav, coming down from Discover;,
ifter a Ion gabseaco.
A dance was given by the Pioneer.
Saturday in Moose Hall. It was we!
ittended.
Harry MenzofF, who has been suf
ering with a bad leg, is improving
Denny Parent and s.n Sam n>e
Porn Berlander arrived in Flat a ft -
lays ago, and left yesterday
P rooked Creek.
John Anderson freighted a load
upplies to Slate creek yesterday *
''rank Anderson’s .wood camp.
Paul Bruin, dredgemuster on t'
leaton dredge, has canceled his tr.’
o the Outside this seasoi, preferring
ittractions of Flat City for the wb
er.
High winds yesterday tore the r
rom Miller’s weather radio stat
it Crooked Creek and blew down ..
mtennae and mast and caused othr
mall damages there. Sixty mil
vas recorded before the wind bit
he station away.
Mrs. Mattie Crosby’s ice house i.
wo other small sheds were lilt
resterday. Fifty-one miles was
orded at Flat station.
The wind storm in Flat also
iome damage, breaking windows : ■
carrying away all loose mater n
iround various structures.
A Thanksgiving dance was held
doose Hall Thursday night.
Frank Walker left Holy Cross
log mail for Flat Thursday morn.
Evald Gustaffson left yestcr.
or his winter camp on Caribou err
Eli Lind made a quick trip ^
■Tat for supplies for his quartz
>n Granite.
ERM OF COURT. McGRATH,
POSTPONED TILL FEB 2b
The term of court to have born
leld at McGrath during this month
ailed principally for naturalize,ti •
urposes, has been postponed to Feb
uaiy 29, 1932, at 11 a. m., acco: 1 inr
o advices received by Deputy Mnr
hal Stanley J. Nichols, deputy clerk
rom Robert W. Taylor, ‘Clerk-jof- tL
district n urt.