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I’likotna, Alaska, February IS. 1926,*
PHEIMCTM rvrr.rRK SNOW
VffAt’TORS* A ROTH TRIP
Sewardf—That the snow motors to
belused by the Wilkins expedition in
'caching PAint. Harrow from Nenana
will be unable to surmount the huge,
snewfiekis north of the Arctic circle,
is jthe opinion of t>. T. L. Whitlatn.
conmande? of the Bureau of Educa
tion vessel Boxer, which left here yes
-eiilay..
Whitlam wishes them the best of
Uidk, but anticipates that dogs- will
eventually have to lie used to make
the trip. Ha said that thousands of
loUar.s' worth of tractors and other
niachaaiical c> ntrivances are littering
nvj ’M'll.r-, ailtHiUlUU'U |jy
previous expeditions. He said that
plan**', should have little difficulty in
reaching th« Pole from Point Barrow
Hial that there is a splendid lagoon,
fifty miles long and as smooth as a
millpond, at Barrow in April,.
Seattle.—The snow1 motors left with
tint first party today on the North
western The snow motor gets trac
tion by large, hullotlike steel drums
with blades around, them like screws,
and are propelled by Fordson engines.
Frederick R. Burch, a Seattle lawyer
and pioneer Alaskan invented the
machine.
Wilkins will leave here February 13!
with three monoplanes. Two of the]
plqne-s are capable of carrying fifteen j
passengers t-ach.
N'ew York.,—Major Thomas f,airt
ohjer, commandant of Selfridge Field
in iMjchigan and leader of the Army
Pursuit Squadron, has been granted
four months’ leave of absence and will
join the Wilkins expedition. Lam
phjer will act as an unofficial observer
anftpdvisor-at Point Barrow, and in
cas® land is discovered he will be
asked to claim it for the United.
States
Palmer Hutchinson, of the Detroit
News, w ill lover the expedition for the
American Newspaper Alliance.
Gordon Scott last week tested at
Snpqualmie Pass snow motors of the
type to. be used by the expedition.
Scptt said ten sleds cost STOP each.
The motors travel at 4 miles per hour :
in isecond gear and 10 miles in- high.;
The test, motor climbed steep, drifts,
tunned in and mi t of deep depressions!
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and traversed a deep crust of snow.
The spinning drums had a startling !
appearance, but propelled the motor
at a surprising speed
SAYS JAPANESE UPHEAVAL
HAS CHANGED THE COURSE
OF JAPANESE CURRENTi
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Seattle;—In the opinion' of A.. H.
Sousthagun, herring fleet operator of
Douglas, who is now visiting in this
cit.yr the- course of the Japanese cur
rent has been changed by the recent
earthfuake in Japan, with the result
that fish in Alaskan waters are un
able to find their way . home, forcing
them to seek.new. havens. .
“The habits of the fish have
changed and the climate has changed
. since the Japanese earthquake,” he
declared. “The changed direction of
the Japanese current explains the un
usually warm weather during the
last several winters and especially
winter.”
FRANK MEJSTRIC ADJUDGED
INSANE AT ANCHORAGE
Frank Mejstric. was adjudged in- j
sane hy a jury Saturday afternoon
in the U. S. Commissioner’s court,j
says, the Anchorage’Times.
It seems that Mejstric invested a
large sum of money in a lumber en
terprise at Seward about two >years
ago, which was promoted by Soo Hoc i
Cong, » Chinaman.; The enterprise t
failed, and Mejstric lost all, hisi
money . He seems to have brooded i
<>' t the affair and had emotional at i
tacks from time U* time and would.'
iose control of himself. The attacks i
have been getting worse and worse,
until his mind apparently completely (
gave way.
PRESS SQl'IBS v
The shah, it seems, has been guilty j
of lazy majesty.—Savannah News.
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The capital of America is .being;
moved to Florida.
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If only they would abolish the 1
"nuisance taxes” arid tax Die nuis-J
r.ncea.—Springfield News.
The -.un never sets on the British
iag or the American, tourist.—Atlan
ic City Bress-^nityi,
Our American, judicial procedure’s!
reatest difficulty seems to be to pro-;
teed.—Ohio State Journal .
Red propaganda in. America re
finds us of a cripple trying to tell
Nurmi how to run.—Jackson-OlarLon
fiedger.
Mussoliari says that there is no such
thing as liberty, and he’s doing his;
est to demonstrate it in Italy.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
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News item* says that in Georgia and !
Vermont the law entitles a. man to his j
wife’s earnings.. What have Florida j
nd California to offer that will offset
thisT—Arkansas Gazette.
If the public pays for a coal strike
anyway, possibly there is something
n this British system of paying to
ivoid it.—Detroit News. I
Signals help. When the driver in |
Vont holds out his hand, you know he j
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I Masquerade Ball
In Honor of Washington's,
Birthday
j At Pioneer Hali l
; Saturday Evening, Feb. 20th
i Under Auspices of
tgloo No. 14,. Pioneers of Alaska
Everybody Welcome
is going to do one of three things.—
Youngstown Vindicator.
It’s a wonder high prices don’t,
come down once in a while to get on 1
speaking terms with the country they ki
were raised in.—Atlanta Constitution., c
• Whichever side of whatever ques- (
tion a respectable man gets on he air : *
ways finds some people there that he
wishes were on the other side.—Ohio ! <
State Journal. ;
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It is said that many a child > of I
seven nowadays can read better than I
a gr.own-up man .of thirty years ago. j I
We often wondered where some of j
daily newspapers got their huge cir- j
culation.—Punch.
A conservative politician is one in
office.—Columbia Record.
If the spirit of Locarno had ruled at
Versailles, there wouldn’t have been
any need of Locarno.— Wooster Rec
ord.
Wftut is needed is less advice for
the merchant marine and more!
freight.—Jersey City Journal.
When we are wholly civilized, per
haps. something will be. done about
peace-time slackers.—Duluth Herald.
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When a man says “I run things at
my honse,” he may mean the wash
ing machine and the furnace.—Colum
bia Record.
Yes. Who?
Carl—.Htill, in spice of what you
say, I think marriage is a pretty good j
institution.
Carlotta—Yes, but who wants to
live in
Tiger. .
an institution V—Rrfncetoai
' Jones—Excuse me, sir, .are you Sir j j
George Compton-Keen?
Famous Actor—Yes, I am.
Jones—I thought you must be— j
you’re so much like him,-—Punch.
Max Simel
The. Pioneer Trader
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The Good Old Aunt.
Judge Xenophon llieks said .at a
inner in Knoxville:
ise English. We should never oth
iloy words that have several mean
ngS. .Such wards lead to confusion
r worse.
“ ‘And so, Jim, your old aunt has
iassed on,' I said to a . chap once.
What was the complaint ?’
“‘No complaint,’ saiu Jim. ‘No
omplaint whatevi r. -ihe. Jeft us all |
little something.’ ”
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McGrath, Alaska
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