LIEUT. EIELSON ANTICIPATES
SECURING CONTRACT FOR
CARRYING INTERIOR MAIL
(Seward Gateway.)
Having conclusively demonstrated'
the feasibility of air mail service in
Alaska, by reason of his former fly
ing in the Interior of Alaska up- to
about two years ago, Lieut. Carl B..
Eielson, Alaska's first air mail pilot,,
states that the company which he. re
cently formed ini the East , and of
which press dispatches were pub
lished in the.Gateway<same days ago,
anticipated being awarded contracts
from the Government for carrying of
mails, by airplane, in the Interior..
The Alaska,,Railroad, is like the
main artery which has, sub-arteries to.
feed it. There are..no feeding lines
running :into th. eadjacent territory.
There are a bandful of single wagon,
roads leading from thei railroad out. .
TaAing these things into,considers.*,
thin, the Alaska field is therefore an.
ideal -Situation for airplane transpor
ation-n. With.these facts;, in view,
LieUt. OaCtLiB.JSifelson, in the- spring
jf<l!i20, engaged in commercial flying
in vjthelvFairbffnks ditrtrict.:. At that
rime, ,bel operatediiwifh a Curtis JN-4
deplane with an- OX-5- motor. This
pl^fi*t,liajis.(»nly a carrying capacity of
one passenger besides the' pilot, and a
dying, radius of less^than 200 miles..
Nevertheless the plane and all ex
pepses were covered- before Lieu
tenant Eielson hadiflo'tvn-twentytdays,
rhe’dJriitcd States ostoffice -Depart
ment Budatainedj. htr that time, a dog
team.'maifc Service, .to .ali the: mining
camptr, .It was the wish of the De
oaf unent.-at.t hat time, to,conduct an,
experiment to see if it were practical
iX)1 dy.f-alli winter in Alaska . Lieut.
Eiefscin tilth’ receiv-edattr mail contract.
THU'vrowtte selected .was from Fair
bahks 'to McGrath,' a flying distance
of, 300 miied one- way. The cheapest
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the dog mail teams had ever made,
this return trip was said to be $1,022
per trip, and they claimed there was
no profit at that price. The dog team
schedule for the trip was 22 days.
When the air mail service was started
in February, 1924, the schedule was
cut from 22 days to seven hours. No
trouble was encountered in the air
mail service, and that it was a success
was attested by letters of congratula
tions from President Coolidge and
Col. Henderson,, chief of the United
States Air Mail. Though Lieutenant
Eielson received no more per .trip than
| the dog teams, he gave 100 per cent
| better service and made a profit of 50
per cent better service, as well as in
gross receipts. No trip was ever
postponed .on account" of weather com-,
f ditions.
When the experiment was complet
ed .the Postoffice Department asked
'■Congress for a..law permitting the
permanent use of airplanes in Aiaska,.
at the discretion, of the Postmaster
General. . This bill was passed in the
last session of Congress, and last De
j cember the Department called for bids
for the operation of these routes by
airplane or dog team.
); The company .which Lieut. .Eielson
has organized entered their bid om six
of the most, desirable routes. . The
company’s income, will not be from
mail .contracts, as. it is their purpose
to carry passengers and express, but
i the mail contracts, alone, will pay all
| expenses and still.show a.substantial
jprofit per year, with the passenger
| and express business extra.
L Uoulfcs Uid On.
! Nenana to Tanana. from Octoher'25
, to. April 3..;.TO (take care of this con
; tract 46 trips would, have to be made.
Xanana to ■ Unaiakleet—Landings
| also be made at Kokrines, Ruby, Koy
i ukiik ami Nulate•• > The scheduled trips
J would be 46 trips from Tanann to
j Ruby anti 461-trips from Ruby to Una
j la Fleet.
Unalakleat to Nonas—Landings
j would be made at Golovin, Solomon
and Nome. Twenty-three trips would
I pe made betweeu these points,
r Route No. 11—Summer trips, .Nd
! narnrbo Flat. Twenty-six-trips. Land
J ings to bd made at Tokotna and Flat.
Route! No. 3—Nenana to Flat Stops
| made at Robsevelt, McGrath, Takbtna,
! Ophir, idSturod.and Flat. Twenty-dwo
trips. v
Route N6. 4—Fairbanks to Circle,
to Eagle, Fort Yukon, Beaver. Other
landings would be made at’ Miller
'House and Deadwaod. Twenty-si a
,^nps.
' Circle to Fort Yukon, 13 tripsc Fort
1Yukan to Beaver, 6 trips.
Route iNo. 5—Tanana to Wiseman,
Jandirig -rat Betties, Ooldfout ■ and
Wiseman. •-.Seven trip si
Route No. 6—Nenana to DUnbar or
LNetigood, III trips./
Flying Conditions in Alaska.
- - Compared with moat of the air mail
Jfvutes in the United' Stfates, flying
^conditions in Alaska are ideal. The
*'sn© weave Bed rivers and lakes provide
practically continuous landing fiolda
alwaysv.within gliding distance. On
the mustsddiiCuh route, from Nenana
to Circle,' landing fields can be-foundi
on the bare tops of the snow-covered
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hills. On the summer route, pontdons
will be used, for the entire route is
studded with lakes and rivers, provid
ing an excellent aerial highway. Dur
ing last summer, fields were, con
structed throughout the Interior re
gion by the Territory.
Lieut. Eielson stated to the Gate
way yesterday the company’s plans
call for seven planes,, spare parts and
motors, and as it is their intention to
have a series of heated hangers, five
new hangers will be built.
In a comparison of weather condi
tions, Lieut. Li el son said there is but
one-fifth as much fog in the interior
of Alaska as there is around New
York. The temperature is not as cold
as one might imagine, and airplanes
have been successfully operated bv
the Air Mail and Fairchild AeriaL Sur
veys (of Canada) at much lower tem
peratures than that found in Alaska.
The Interior routes aw. shielded to
the south by the Alaska. Range (high
est mountains in America) and to the*
north.J>y the Kndicott Range, so there,
are no serious winds or- storniH. The
weather, flying the year, around, is
much better t han New York, weather,
becaus the interior part of Alaska
(Toes not have the fog and storms that
are common in the East. Nome is
about the only part of the Territory
where storms may be encountered.
Generally the weather is remarkably
clean the entire year around.
In the middle of the winter, when
light. conditions: are the worst, fair
daylight is enjpyed for five to six
hours a day. Aiso, during the rest
of the day and night the light is good
. enough for flying, because of the
light from th emoon, stars, and the
axiom. In the winter many dog team
drivers travel at night, because the
light is good and the trail much better
than during the day. In the month of
> February, Lieut.. Eieison has flown as
much as seven and one-half hours per
clay within 90 miles of the Arctic Cir
;cle, and without any lights on the
plane or at landing fields.
REGENT VIOLATIONS OF
ALASKA GAME LAW
Juneau.—The executive office of the
Alaska Game Commission has re
ceived reports of recent cases in the
Cordova and Nenana regions.
J. C'. Leon, a well known fur buyer
iff CorSova, was taken before the
Unites! States (Joinnhssioner at Cor
dova on January 1U,’ charged with
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Charles Rebhun
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failure to keep record of furs pur
chased, and to pay Territorial pelt
taxes, lie was fined the sum of $21,
that being the amount of the irregu
larity in pelt taxes over a period of
: five years.
j On February 1, Warden Frank Du
• fresne, of aFirbanks, took Charles
Matich, of Nenana, before U. S. Com
; missioner C. C. Hyde, charging him
with dealing in furs without a license.
He was fined $25, and in addition the
j skins of 2 black bear, 7 lynx, 2 red
I fox, 1 marten and 1 muskrat wer.
! seined. Proceedings have been start
j ed for the forfeiture of the skins
I seized.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF PRI
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY. APRIL 27, 1920
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at McGrath, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now on this day pursuant to Chap
ter ,1ft, Session Laws of Alaska, ap
: proved May 3, 1919, entitled “An Act
to provide for the holding of primary
i elections in the Territory of Alaska,
1 to fix the manner and time of holding
I the same, to prescribe the qualifica
tions of candidates to he nominated
at such elections, and to designate the
manner of filing and authenticating
their candidacy, and for other pur
poses,” and in conformity therewith
It is hereby ordered that, for the
purpose of the primary election to be
held on April 27, 1926, all of the ter
ritory in the recording district known
as Mt. McKinley Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, is here
by divided into voting precinct*, 'in
each of which a polling place is here
by specified.
Said voting precincts are desci ibed
and bounded as follows:
Voting place at McGrath:
Voting place at Takotna;
Voting place at Medfra.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday',
April 27, 1926, for the puipose of
i nominating candidates to the various
political parties for the following
offices to itj;,;
A Delegate to the House of Repre
: ggaie-ui 'ey--, a1_ ! .. .——
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four.
The said election will be held in the
voting precincts above named and
the polling places specified. Tho said
polling places will be open between
the hours of eight o’clock a. m. and
seven o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, March
1st, 1926.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt.
McKinley Recording District,
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska.
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long, extending from No. 1 below discovery to
the mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a diatance of about three miles frotr
upper end, and pretty well prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7 to 20 feet. Top is all Mack
muck,that can be scruped freely. No rock bigger than ene’s fist.
Ground will go from 16 cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, S miles long, together with water r'ghts.
Ground is pretty well cleared. There is also a drain, 3 miles long.
Also a water right -n Eeady Bullion creek, from which water can
he brought to Yankee creek with a, ditch less than a mile long
(4,800 feet), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1800 feet to the
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck thera will be from 4 to 6 feet »f
dirt to handle.
Only about $11,080 has been taken out.
Prospecting work during the past winter lias resulted in finding
value* that run up to |1 per (hquare foot of bedrock.
I will either sell the ground or give a lease on it. If the prospect
ia satisfactory to the buyer, a cash payment will be expected.
Fer further information, terms,
telegraph me.
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etc., call on ground, or write er
ED NOLLETTE,
Teketna, A teak a.
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