. LINER BREMEN, WITH CA
PACITY OF 2,200 PASSEN
GERS, ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
BREMEN.—A record run of sir
days from Bremen is expected of the
~ Europa’s sister ship, the new four
propelered trans-Atlantic giant, the
Bremen, now ready for her maiden
trip to New York Monday.
Her giant size has compelled the
North German Lloyd to reorganize
. completely its docking facilities in
New York and move from Manhattan
to a Brooklyn pier, the largest in the
' harbor. The vessel measures 910
feet in length, with a 97.5-foot beam.
It is the big vessel’s tunnels more
than an yother factor that give her
< characteristic appearance, markedly
- digering from that of other great
‘ liners. Their unusual shortness, in
the first place, lend her an air , of
lying very deeply in the water. The
funnels are only two in number,
moreover, the unnecessary third and
fourth, ordinarily faked for appear
ances’ sake, having been omitted.
Both funnels, built with the ordi
narily rounded surface in front but
tapering to a V-shaped point behind,
. are constructed according to a prin
. eiple familiar in the physids labora
tory but altoiether ne win shipbuild
ing. By use of this prinriple, com
pany officials believe, the great ves
sel’s wind resistance will be cut down,
thus enabling her to maintain a high
speed in spite of the bulk which pro
' Tides room for spacious quarters for
her 2,000 passengers.
The second wholly new feature of
the vessel, the tremendous sweep of
* open space in its social rooms run
. ning almost the full length of B deck
without interrupting partitions, also
is due to the construction of the fun
nels or pipes carrying the smoke from
the engines u pto the funnels.
Instead of passing directly up thru
the center of the vessel, as is the
usual method, these Dig pipes are
constructed so that they bend to pass
up the sides of the ship and then
back to the funnels above, thus obvi
ating the necessity of covering them
with partitions.
A total of 600 first class passengers
can be carried by the Bremen, or.up
to 800 if all the extra extension or
"pullmen” berths are used. Another
500 can go second class, 300 tourist
class, and 600 third class, making a
grand total of normally 2,0000 or a
maximum of 2,200. If occasion arises
and the new tourist class proves es
pecially popular, it may be expanded
to take care of 500 by adopting a
part of the normally second class
space.
INAUGURATE RAIL AND AIR
SERVICE ACROSS CONTINENT
NEW YORK.—Officials of the
Transcontinental Air Transport have
made public a report of Lindbergh n
preparations for the company’s coaat
to-coast air-rail system, which .s
scheduled to begin regular service on
July 8.
Thirty-two skilled pilots and ten
tri-colored motorplanes will be used
at the start. An elaborate radio sys
tem, supplying pilots with wea her
information, has been worked out.
Lindbergh is chairman of the com
pany’s technical committee.
Passengers on the plane-rail v ute
will take their luncheons in the i r as
they fly across the country between
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Between St. Louis and Kansa City
and between Albuquerque, N. I- .. and
Winslow, Ariz., on the west-bound
trip, passengers will be served y the
Fred Harvey company, which long
has operated the restalrant a 1 din
ing service on the Santa Fe rr.'lroad.
In the afternoon there will be re
freshments of tea, bouillon or ice
cream.
Luncheon, prepared in advance,
■ will be placed aboard the planes in
containers, which will keep the food
hot until served. Portable tables with
special tableware will be set in front
■ of each seat by the plane’s courier
\jwhen the hot meal is served.
These tables maj Ttlso be used for
cards or writing. T‘u tables and
containers were developed to meet the
specific needs of the air liner dining
service.
A study of the most valuable for
air passengers is being made in pre
paration for th eopening of the line.
On the trip eastbound passengers
will be serve dlunchco nbetween
Kingman and Winslow, Ariz., and be
tween Kansas City and St. Louis.
Other meals will be served aboard
the Pennsylvania railroad trains and
at the Harvey restaurants along the
route. Westbound, there will be
breakfasts aboard the Pennsylvania
before reaching Columbus, where the
first transfer to the air is made, and
the second morning in the restaurant
at Clovis, N. M. Dinners will be in
the restaurants at Waynoka, Okla.,
Okla., and in Los Angeles.
On the east-bound trip there will
be dinners in the restaurant at Albu
querque, breakfast in Waynoka, lun
cheon in the air, and dinner aboard
the train after leaving Columbus.
DEAN DAVENPORT SUP
PORTS THE COLLEGE
As an “Outsider,” no one has vis
ited Alaska better prepared to pass
upon agricultural questions than Dr.
Eugene Davenport, dean and profes
sor emeritus of agriculture at the
University of Illinois. His visit to
the Territory two years ago gave him
a wonderful insight into the agricul
tural possibilities of the Territory
and the work the College has to do.
Ever since, he has given his hearty
support to the College and voluntar
ily solicited many members of Con
gress to extend the benefits of the
agricultural experiment station acts
to Alaska. When Congressman Ves
tal’s bill was pending in Congress
Secretary Jardine was committed to
this policy, but Dean Davenport was
not sur eof the position of the new
Secretary of Agriculture, so he com
municated with him. The reply for
warded to President tsunneii is as
follows:
“Washington, D .C., May 31, 1929.
Dean Eugene Davenport,
University of Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois.
Dear Dean Davenport:
“Your letter and telegram of May
14 relative to the College of Agricul
ture at Fairbanks, Alaska, were duly
received.
As you doubtless know, this De
partment has operated an agricul
tural experiment station at Fairbanks
since 1917, and has conducted investi
gations on crops, rotation, etc., to de
termine practices adapted to that re
gion. The President of the College
is very anxious to have this station
turned over to the College, and an
Act of Congress was passed that will
ultimately bring this about and ex
tend the various Federal Aid Acts tc
that Territory. No appropriations
can be made under this Act ‘until an
nually estimated as to funds and ac
counts by the Secretary of Agricul
ture; the estimates to be based upon
his determination of the ability of
the Territory of Alaska to make ef
fective use of the funds.’
We have gone over the matter fullj
with the President of the College anc
nave agreed that the institution will
need about $10,000 to $15,000 to begir
with from the Territory to enable it
fo meet the requirements.
We are hoping that the College will
obtain the financial assistance from
£he Territory to enable them to com
ply with the requirements of the law,
Viery truly yours,
ARTHUR M. HYDE,
Secretary of Agriculture.”
CONGRESS PASSES ADIMN
ISTRATION FARM MEASURE
WASHINGTON.—With a stroke of
his pen President Hoover placed ir
ccect the new farm policies which his
administration had drawh to allevi
ate th eills of agriculture. He signed
the bill .it noon.
Climaxing months of campaigning,
pre-inauguration activities and the
Congressional vuntroversy, the Presi
dent with ceremony appropriate to
such an event v ote his rame acros
the farm measure: and therv y placed
j it on the statute books. His signature
was affixed in the presence of a group
of Congressional leaders.
Senate opposition*' to..the adminis
tration bill vanished when the House
overwhelmingly voted against the ex
port debenture provision which the
i Senate had approved. The Senate
then passed the farm bill as approver
by Hoover.
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DIESEL WEIGHT DOWN TO
I 2 POUNDS PER HORSEPOWER
DETROIT.—A plant for the pro
durtion of the Diesel type of airplane
motor perfected by Captain L. M
| Woodson, aeronautical engineer oi
j the Packard Motor Car Company, is
■ nearing completion here.
Announced originally as a three
\ story building, b has bo'-n decided tr
add another floor. The change in
plans will proahly delay initial de
liveries of the new motor. The plant
will have a capacity of 500 engines a
month.
One o fthe real handicaps in adapt
ing a Diesel type motor, to aviation
had to be overcome by Captain Wool
son in perfecting the motor. This
was to reduce the weight of the en
gine. The great weight of the orig
* inal Diesel motor confine dits use al
most entirely to marine work or sta
: tionary plants. Captain Woolson is
understood to have developed his type
with a weight of about two pounds
per horsepower.
Using what Captain Woolson calls
“furnace oil,” instead of gasoline, it
is claimed the Diesel type motor can
be operated at from one-third to one
I fifth as much as a gasoline engine.
In a recent flight from Detroit to
Langley Field, Va., Captain Woolson
reported the 700 miles covered in 6
hours and 50 minutes and the con
sumption of $4.68 worth of furnace
| oil.”
Reduction of the tremendous
weight of the motor as brought out
by I)r. Rudolf Diesel, a German engi
neer, in 1897, has been made possible
through .the development of an alum
inum alloy that could withstand the
great pressure brought against the
cylinder walls.
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NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAI
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed his final reporl
and account as administrator in thf
estate of Sam Houram, deceased, ant
that such report -will be heard anc
considered by the Probate Judge cr)
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, at his office al
Ophir, in said precinct, on Saturday
July1.20, at 11 o’clock in the forenooi
of said day.
All persons having objections t(
such report may be heard at Sait
time and place.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, May 20th
1929.
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator of the Estate c\
Sam Hounam, deceased.
First pub. June 1, last June 29.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AN© FLA1
Milei
Nenana . 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 17V
Knight’s Roadhouse .. 23V
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58
Diamond Roadhouse . 76
Roosevelt .— 89
Lake Minchumina .-. £15
Trappers’ Cabin . 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 150
! Telida Roadhouse . 169 V
Slow Fork Roadhouse ..— 187
East Fork Roadhouse .) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse . 227 V
Big River Roadhouse .1 241
McGrath .-. 263
Takotna . 280
! Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .2®1
; Ophir..—. 300
! McCafferty .306
Brown Creek shelter cabin.318
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Schermeyer R. H. ..-— 360
Iditarod .— 376
Flat .. 384
i Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 mile
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, IS
miles from Bonanza.
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Furs Bought and Sold
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and
Canned Goods ®f All Kinds B
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Rough and Dressed
her of All Kinds
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Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
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