STAR AIRWAYS
BUYS ARCTIC FIRM
Purchase of the Arctic Airway?
and plans tor expanding opera‘v-us
of the Star Air Service to cover the
entire railroad belt with special
vice between Anchorage and Gtod
news Bay, were announced this week
in Anchorage by Kenneth Neese,
manager of the Star Air Service.
The tri-motored Ford plane of Pi
lot Chet Brown has been added to
the Star Sect and Brown has been
m. ployed by the firm as pilot,
Mr. -sees- predicted ISS7 would be
he greatest year in Alaskan avia
i history and said the purchase of
the Arctic Airways placed the Star
Mr Service in line to meet all de
ir.ds for freight and passenger
transportation.
tVith the addition of the tri-motor
ed plans, the Star fleet was brc uglii
to a total of 11 ships capable of car
rying 5s passengers. It is the larg
est fleet cf planes owned by any firm
n Alaska and local aviation author
ities predicted that Anchorage would
continue its record as the hub of Al
askan aviation.
TTt"ger Neese said that besides
nil bouts at Seward as in
. ; .. car, Star plates would op
wee k’y between Seward and
rfcanks for freight and passenger
ains.
Letdes the extension of activities
to the north, the local firm will op
erate special planes between Anch
orage and Goodnews Bay where plat
lum mining is developing in giant
; t-rides.
Mining authorities have pointed to
the Goodnews area as the center of
greatest activity in Alaska in the im
mediate future and Manager N'eesc
-aid the Star Air would be ready to
service the mines there with regular
9 phis for supplies and passengers.
That Anchorage will benefit di
rectly from the expansion was seen
in the fact that the planes would
route additional business through this
city, making it the supply base for
:~-ws Eay.
-rr.pi rea pi&ue carries sum
ne for a flight from An
- • . to Goodnews Bay arid return
' -a. refueling. It could also trav
. : m Seward to Fairbanks without
ueling, Manager Neese said.
Chet Brcwn brought the equipment
i the Arctic Airways to Anchorage
fr mb N me this week to turn it over
to Star Air.
Mr. Xeese expressed confidence
-ha; Star Air would continue to prow
’with the development of Alaska. He'
a:d the business last year showed a
~3 per cent increase ever 2935, and
r reed a 50 per cent increase in
i53.' - rr 2984.
_r Air Seet includes, resides
he tri-motored Ford, five six-place
-witness one 10-place Pilgrim, three
four-place Stinsons, and one feur
place Waco, planes.
Sever, pilots, all well known all
mver Alaska, fly the ships. They are
Jack Elliott, Dan Victor, Gordon Mc
Kenzie. Ralph Savory, Kenneth Neese
—stol Cal] ana Chet Brown.
Star Air equipment consists of two
hangars m Anchorage, with complete
shops employing nine mechanics at
the airport; radio stations at Anch
--a ry Pass and Iliamna; and
gasonne stations at Iliamna, Naknek,
Kanakanak, Crooked Creek, Bethel,
z iat and Anchorage.
I BABY WEIGHING LESS THAN
POUND. BORN IN NEW YORK j
| NEW YORK, March 12—Ir. e New J
I York hospital a tiny spark of life is j
■ struggling f r e iatm ?. A b..by. to;*
: sma'J to put a -he stale? ana small!
enou. h to -crt ia Use T '-’:n of a j
noise’s barf, mai born to Mrs. Mas,
I ost. The tiny infant is estimated to j
weigh less than a pound ar.d has to
be fed m2k with an eyedropper.
AVIATION BILL PASSES
The avar; r> bill passed b.th Hous
es of the Alaska Legislature and is
now read;,* for Governor Troy’s sig
rature. it wts ameuneta today. The
biB calls for a board < f dir.ct rs com
pose :: four men who ur. rrstand i
oviati.n. I he bill carries vrith it an
appropriation cf $40X00 to be used
by the board of directors in their
■work.
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Ai Chapin, former Iditar der, has
gene to Wyoming to enter the cattle)
buesiness with Red Ellis, former op-:
era tor on Otter Creek, according to
a late arivaL
Dan McRae left Monday for Anch
orage. After a short stay s: the
coast town he will depart for the
Outside, and expects to make his
home at Renton, Vesh-, for the next
few months.
SEATTLE — Blind and helpless.
Hichatl Earner, of Ncncr.a. accom
panies by his wife and children, ar
rived here today from Alaska, com
pleting the 2,000 mile trip by dog
sled, railroad and steamer in the
hope that surrical science may be
able to restore his eyesight. Alas
kans here will see that every pos
sible aid is rendered.
A ten-stamp mil] and much other
machinery will he installed upon the
i.-arcz properties of the Treadwell
Mining Company in the Kuskokwim
-action during the present year, ac
cording v Livings, n Wemccke, Sup
erintended' of th TreadwA: Com
pany, now here an ' on his way north,.
who asserts that the company is j
planning to vigorously prospect thej
claims n w under their control. Th?
company will also install a wireless
plant to e-nrtee: with the Nulato
Telegtaph statirn.
DR- TOWNSEND FOUND
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 12— j
Dr. Francis E. T wr end. father of
To* .ge I ea
sier } -w as found guiity of con-!
tempt of c urt . nd to sentenced to'
20 days in ja:'. and flOO fine. After
the =erstenct was pasted. Dr. Town
send stated, “y en car imprison men, j
hut you car't irr.prisen ideas.”
TO WHO- it may concern
My wife, Amanda Stenbrrg, having,
left my bed and board, I will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
by her on and after this date.
JAMES STENBERG. j
MAKES TRIP TO GANES CREEK ;
Woodrow Vanderpocl made a trio I
to Gar.es Creek Wednesday, taking |
Charlie Anderson as a passenger. The
latter is lo-kirg up seme old friends
as well as attending to some business.
NUGGET ROADHOUSE
AND BAKERY
. THE BEST OF MEALS AND BEDS
GOOD DOG BARNS
| Everybody Welcome
i Mrs. John Rieck : Prop. ,
IA )CA I
Ralph Savory, flying a Star plane,
l&ned in T-kotna Friday enroute tc
? a; with a ,oad of freight.
Pilot Barnhill and Lyman de Staf
fany stopped over in Takotna Mon
day err .vote on a fur buying trip.
Miss Ellen Reidy made a business
trip to McGrath this week, making
the tr-.p with Joe Oates, local freight
er.
The Leg:s!ature approved of an
appropriation of $1,115,000 foT the
rii ir provement of schools
in Alaska.
Waino Ptmtilla was a Takotna vis- !
itor for a couple of days this week.
He made a trip to McGrath with Joe
Oates yesterday morning. Mr. Pun
tilla is staying out on Little Creek
this winter.
Pilot Don Goodman flew C. A.
Fowler out to his reindeer camp on
the Distna River last Sunday. The
pilot returned to McGrath the same
evening. He departed^ T n e s d a y
morning for Anchorage with a sick
man from the Lower Yukon.
REBEL ARMY BEATING DOWN
OPPOSITION IN SPANISH WAR
MADRID, March 12—The rebel
army, 20,0<K' strong, have made a
gain of 28 miles and are steadily
forcing the Loyalists back. The Span
ish government has thrown every
available man ino Hie faltering line
n an effort to stem the advance of
the reheis.
PAI MER VAX LOCATES HERE
Ralph Savory flying a Star plane,
landed in Tekotna Tuesday morning
with one passenger and freight from
Anchorage. The passenger, M. Miller,
who has been employed at Palmer,
will locate in the Kuskotwinn area,
for the canting year, he said.
EXCLUSION TRAIN WILL RLN
The Excursion train to the Ice
Carnival at Fairbanks is again
h raided to run. This train had
; been cancelled because the rail-mad
c old not get a sufficient guarantee
I to make the trip pay. The accessary
i funds were finally raised and the Al
i a., ka Railroad has decide to run the
j train.
KARTHOl \KES HIT STATES
A slight earthquake was felt in
’ ’he rr. id western states and Canada.
; Doors rattled and furniture moved,
j In northwestern Ohio, the shake
lasted for eight minutes. Ir, Indiana,
it was felt for a few minutes. San
| Frar.cisco also felt the shock.
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