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Takstna, Alaska, Nov. 23, 1929.
OPPORTUNITIES OPENING IN
ALASKA, SAYS E. W. SAWYER
Ernest W. Sawyer, Executive Assi&t
juit to the Secretary of the Interior,
who spent a large part of the sum
mer in Alaska, in an article contrib
uted to the Washington Star of re
cent date, writes entertainingly as
follows:
Several tilings are happening in
.Alaska which foreshadow the activi
ties of the future.
Southeastern Alaska has a real
•gold strike. It really is not on Amer
ican soil, but is in the mountainous
region of the Taku river, just about
10 miles across the line in British
•Columbia. It is in a district within
50 miles of Juneau, and the owners
•of the property are mainly residents
•of Juneau.
Rock which for years has been con
sidered of little value has recently
been found to be rich. The cost of
grubstake tq locals these claims was,
I believe, a totaPof $8,000, put up by
five men.
These claims were advertised for
•sale and sealed bids were accepted.
•One bid of a million dollars cash was
refused, and a working agreement is
reported now to be signed with the
Alaska Juneau Mining Company.
"This discovery has caused ronsider
jable activity in the Taku district,
which promises great advantages to
Juneau and also shows an added in
4centtive for pressing on with the con
struction of the Pacific-Yukon high
way.
The main highway no wends about
:50 miles north of Hazelton, British
Columbia, which is perhaps 1,000
jmiles from Seattle.
A few years ago six miles of road
•was buit running east from tidewater
on Taku Inlet. This will undoubtedly
'be extended on to the vicinity of the
-ore bodies, which are very large, and
■will eventtually join the International
highway about. 400 miles north of
Hazelton.
The other interesting discovery has
been due to the reeent airplane map-.
jriag by the navy fliers under direc
tion of the United States Geol {ical
Survey.
These fliers discovered a new lake
stot 20 miles from Juneau, winch will
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- ; oO.OOO horsepower
.j pulp industry an.-, whuc
»r... to a million dollar a in
die r .-.stauat.on costs. The pulp and
news j r.nt p.ants being promoted in
the vie.nicy of Jur.cau by Los Angelos
and San Francisco capitalists will in
volve installation costs of $10,u00,00o
and will give steady employment to
about 5,000 men, including those en
gaged in the woods, etc.
Juneau these days is wearing a
smile. In none short montth they
have found in their own back yard a
mining maim worth over a. million
dollars and water power about the
same value.
There are 80,000,000,000 feet of
timber in Southeastern Alaska, close
to water, easy to get out, and highly
suitable for making newsprint.
In that section, which is only a
very small part of Alaska, they have
a rainfall of 15 ©inches. Almost as
fast as the timber is cut, new trees
will spring up, and with the frequent
rains there is little danger from for
est fires.
The fishing industry of Sooutheast
ern Alaska is now steady and depend
able, and the tourist traffic among the
beautiful islands is steadily increas
ing.
Also Eastern capital is finding its
way into the power and public serv
ice developments of the section, re
leasing local capital for development
purposes.
Aviation is coming into its own
with 74 landing fields in Alaska, and
the airplane has put Juneau only a
few hours from SaSn Francisco. Se
attle is the gateway to Alaska. Ju
neau is the half-way house.
What I have told you of Juneau is
but a drop in the bucket of the possi
bilities of the great interior near
Fairbanks, an area of 378,000,000
acres of land.
The awakening of this huge in
terior section of Alaska is another
story, and every dollar spent on im
provements in Nome or Fairbanks
thousands of miles away will pay
tribute to Juneau and her sister
cities, Krangell, Ketchikan, Peters
burg, and SiStka.
JACK THAYER, FORESTER,
DIES FROM WOUNDS FOL
LOWING ATTACK BY BEAR
(Juneau Empire.)
The Alaska brojvn bear added an
other victim to its list when Jack
Thayer, junior forester, United
States forestry service, died near
Eliza Harbor from wounds inflicted
by an enormous bear. He was at
tacked about two and one-half
miles from the beach at 2 p. m. and
died at 10 o’clock.
Thayer was accompanied by his as
sistant, Fred Hering. Only the for
mer was armed. He had a .303 cali
ber rifle in his hand and had time for
but one shot, apparently wounding
the animal. Hering, unarmed, suc
ceeded in climbing a tree and es
caped.
Thayer and Hering were cruising
pulp timber. They were emerging
from a muskeg swamp and as they
approached a thicket at its edge a
big dark brown bear crashed through
distant. It was in a vicious moot,
and launched its attack.
Hering, in the rear, turned and fled
for a tree, as he was without weapons
of any kind. Thayer, an experienced
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woodsman and banter, fired one time.
The ballet apparently took effect, but
it failed to stop the maddened brute.
It bawled loudly two or three times
as it crashed into Thayer. ]
Hering, from his perch in the tree,
could not see clearly what followed
ov/ing to the heavy brash that inter
vened. However, he could hear the
sounds of the bear growling and
mauling and see the struggle dimly.
When the animal left Thayer, Hering
hurried to his side.
Thayer was still conscious when
h:s companion mtchivl 'him ile.mur
mured, ‘Sae .yourself, Fred,” and -al
most immediately lapsed into uncon
sciousness. He was terribly lacerat
ed, both from claws and teeth. The
left side of his bead -and neck were!
fearfully tom. His stomarh was tom
open, the fled) on the back of his
legs was stripped off, and his back,
hands and arms were pierced many
times by the bear’s .teeth, which ap
parently had both mauled and chewed
his victim.
Bering made Thayer as coomfort
able as possible. He then set off for
the Weeposse, the camp tender in use.
There he and Captain C. C. Collen,
third member of the cruising party,
loaded themselves with blankets, a
lantern, flour to close the gaping
wounds, and other first aid dressings,
and harried back to the scene of the
attack.
It was almost dark by the time
they arrived, and it was with some
difficulty Thayer was located. He had
regained consciousness and was able
too talk a little. But he was very
weak from looss of blood and the
beating he bad received. A -Stretcher
was made out of poles and a blanket
and Thayer was wrapped in blankets
to keep him warm. Everything pos
sible was done to ease his pains.
He was too badly hurt to be moved,
and at 10 o’clock he died. Thursday
morning Hering and Collen started
out with the body to the Weeposse.
They made about half a mile and
were forced to abandon the effort.
Thayer was a big man, and it was
not possible for the two men to carry
his body through the brush and wind
fall obstructions.
Collen took the Weeposse and went
to Pybus, where he obtained five men
to aid him, the cannery watchman, a
fox farmer, and three fishermen.
The dead a&i. was a World War
veteran, serving in the submarine
branch uf the United StSates navy.
He first entered the United States
Forestry service in Oregon in
transferred to. Alaska two years later.
He resigned from the bureau in Sep
tember, 102 , to enter Oregon SState
Colleg to take a special forestry
course. After .taking a competitive
examination, on July 1, 1927, he was
reinstated in the forest service «nd
given a rating of junior forester. He
served in both the Tongass and Chu
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ed in Ocq^n for .many years with his
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