VOL. IV. NO 47
TOKOTNA. ALASKA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1924
PRICE 25 CENTS
ZK-3 to Be Renamed
Los Angeles; Some
Possibilities.
Washington—Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur has announced that;
the giant diiigible ZR-3 will be
renamed the ‘ Los Angeles.”
Lakehurst. N. J.—The average
speed of the dirigible ZR 3 in her
flight across the Atlantic was
62 85 miles an hour for the 5,066
miles from Prederickshaven to
Lakehurst The actual time of
the gmnt rigid airship for the
voyage whs 81 hours 17 minutes.
The fuel tanks were a quarter
full when she arrived at her
moorings. This is a great dif
fenenee compared to the fuel
’ tanks of the R-o4. which held
nearly a half hour’s supply at
the end of her journey.
The plans for the operations
of the ZR-3 in this country have
not yet been fully matured. It
can be mi id. however, tha' prac
tie-ally all parts of <the country
wftl have an opportunity to see
the airship in operation as a
commercial carrier. The possi
bility of demons' rating a trans
Atlantic mail schedule with the
• ZR 3 has been discussed and may
be tried. If it should material
ize, the world may see a three
day, or less, mail delivery be
tween New York and London.
The entire field of commercial
aviation will receive a great
' boost from the operations of this
f new airship. The practicability
' of airship service over long dis
tances, running into thousands
of miles, carrying freighi and
! passengers in a fraction of the
time consumed by train, will be
• demonstrated by the operation
• of the ZR 3.
The American business man
• of today is about to wit ness what
' may well prove to be a revolu
tionizing of our present day
methods of transportation. The
airkhip is another step in the
long line of development of
’ transportation which started
with the feeble back of man
1 himse'f, and has developed up
wards with animals, ships,
wagons, trains, automobiles, and
1 now aircraft.
Leaving here jesterdav for Nenaoa
: as passengers of Henry Nlartella were
Mrs. Frank Larsen and daughter. M4ss
' Frances, on their way to Seattle, and
' Charles Isaacson, who is also headed
for the Outside. Another passenger
will probably be taken on at McGrath.
A1 Colwell, driving his own team,
was a Wednesday departure, headed
for the Outside. He will spend the
greater part of the winter at his old
home in Maine.
Mrs. James Weir returned to her
home at Little creek on Wednesday,
going over with Charlie Isaacson and
t)am. _
A1 Goslaw returned Tuesday Irom a
business trip to Ophir » •
1
Secretary of Agriculture
Dies From Infection
of Intestines.
i
—
Washington.—Henry C. Wal
lace, Secretary of Agriculture,
died in the naval hospital here
• this afternoon at 4 o'clock, with
! Mrs Wallace and his daughter
Ruth at the bedside. The Sec
retary had been unconscious
i since early morning. He devel
oped tojiea»ia 1 from an infeetion
of the intestines. He v&s re
cently operated on for graved in
the bladder.
I
Chatanika Roadhouse
Destroyed by Flames
Robert Cacy’s roadhouse. rest anrant
and warehou~e i’ Cha'antka were
burned »<> ihe ground a low mornings
sign by & flr** which is ’bought t<* htu <•
•orig mated from a delaenve stovepipe,
arc i dint1 to t he Fairbanks M. ws
Miner "I be lire started at 7:30 aid
panted headway with such rapidity
i that, it was impossible to save the
buildings. The fii r-tig hters managed
| to save a portion ol the stock About,
sixty men were aiding, and by hard
worn they managed to prevent the file
from reaching Weltin's store aQd the
, dei»ot. A wind which was blowing in
the opposite direct ion was probably the
i only thing which saded the entire busi
ness section of Chatanika from going
up in flames.
|
More Railroads Com
ing, Brooks’ Opinion
It is the opinion of Or Alfred H
Brooks, chief Alaskan geologist, that
the time is Siam coming when the rail
road line ruoning between Seward and
Fairbanks will be merely -a-connecting
link for branch lines running through
Alaska. He sees no cause for delav .'n
the building of a railroad system here
that, will tap the country for cummer
cial uses and thereby render a profit
able service to the people of the coun
try.
Pointing to tbe mineral deposits that
cannot be touched without the con
struction of a railroad to haul the ore
in quantities that would pay. be calls
to mind the fact tbat Alaska -4s not es
sentially a land devoid of possibilities,
but has all the assetstomake it gieater
and g reater as the vears go by.
Among tbe deposits tbat can only be
handled in paving quantities when
fiwne way is arranged to take it out is
the one at White Biver, where copper
deposits are known to exist. Aooiher
i9 the great cal field lying east of the
Chicaloon river.
Another belt that needs a railroad
is the KantiShna and the country lyiog
to its west following the lode mining
belt. Thit would bring In tbe Kusko
kWitn 7alley, which would undoubtedly
pbctit by tbe influence of rail trans
portation.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
’John E. Strand, of Pearson & Strand,
*el! known Nixon mining men, was a
^e^ntsdafarrival 'o'* * f™w days' visit: ]
Oklahoma Asylum In
mate Savs He Is 3ur>
vivrjr of SophiaVvreck
j
l V i, rt G —Affirming hiatai-if
be i1- <• James Alexander, f«;j ;
mai 1 'he Engineer mine at At
and whose body was reported reeor •
from the wreck of the i I Mated st> *
Frit ces* Sophia an inmate of thi O
la hem a state lunai irPasy lum has star ee
an investigation which came t<» the
ears of Superintendent MeMuliid, of
■»he Provincial police, today.
Captain James Alexander and Mr9
Alexander embarked on the ill fated
«hip on her last southbound run. The
Princess Sophia drove bard on the
rocks of Vanrterbtlt reef on October 24, ;
1918. Two days later word reached i
this city that the ship had iieen broken;
up b\ heavy seas with a total loss of
her passenger* and crew, totaling 348 i
souls.
(Lafar ■•© ’be sad wads o.*. eeiov^rin.y
the bodien .-esctifer?, "cariife oii tha re ]
mains of a man and woman in the j
cabin assigned to Captain and Mrs. j
Alexander, and hisdeath was presumed ■
before the local courts. Yeats of liti- I
gat ion followed as to the inheritance of!
ihe mine, in which the claim of kinship
i f the relatives of Captain Alexander
contes'ed bitterly the right of inherit
ance.
Tht~ iorruoe of the Oklahoma ttatei
huiii'u: asvluni coi oulv asserts that, he
is Captain Alexander in person but
tells with considerable details events
which are kn< wn to have occurred in j
i be life of the famous mine operator.
The Provincial authorities are for j
warding photographs and data to otti-'
eials in charge of the Oklahoma state .
i lunatic asylum in ttie hope of clearing
l up the mystery. If the late Captain
James Alexander should be *Jive; the
denouement would be the most sensa
tional climax to the tangled affairs of
what turned out to be one of the great i
est mines ever brought to light in the
far North._
| Western Reclamation
Projects Are Approved
Washington.—Six new Western re
clamation projects, embracing more
than 400 000 acres, have been approved
as feasible from an engineering, eco
nomic, agricultural and land develop
oprnent standpoint t>y investigating
committees whose reports have been
made public by the interior Depart
mem. T-fce projects include Kittitas,
in Washington’, add Vale and Baker
City, iu Oregon.
Fairbanks Returns
Complete vie of Fairbanks and sur
rounding creeks;
Fop Governor—
Cole. Cash, p . -325
For Delegate to Congress—
Boyle, Frank A_. '<8?
Sutherland, Dan A . -482
For Attorney General—
Roden. Henry. . 250 1
Rustgard. John. >458
For Territorial Senator—
Pratt, Harry E, dem . 245
R iiheifoicrg. IT. C.28S
Smith, MurrayC., rep. 143
Thompson, W. F.. 93
For Territorial Representatives, 4— j
Baker, Forbes Lawson, rep. 205 i
Callahan, Dan.. . 255 |
Johnston. Fred B., rep .lGti
Joslia, John H., dem .. 58
Miller. M. F., dem . loti
Moody, George C., rep. 352
Nordale, A.'H., dem. 238
FTibs. H. H.. rep. 283
Ryder, James E.. dem.239
Sheldon, Robert E. 352
Taylor, Charles E... 118
Watson. Harry 44V
fl'l1
4 *
AN
M BOAT
-l-:z d Off New York
W ilh 43,000 Cases of
Assorted Liquors.
New York.—The coast guard
cutter Seneca yesterday seized
the Norwegian steamship Saga,
tino of New York, . with forty
three thousand cases of assorted :
liquors this being the remainder
of 100,000 cases .with which the.
, steamer »eft Antwerp with a'
| crew composed of derelicts.
I • When' the officers from the
jf ctm'St guard cuuer boarded the (
• Sagatino they found the captain
of the vessel locked in his cabin,
with twelve rifles and six pistols
beside his bunk. In the safe
they found $26,()GO in American
money.
The rest of the crew of the
s'eamship were found below in a
state of stupor, many of them
showing wounds. The skipper
said they began drinking and
: fighting the first day out from
| port. The coast guard officers
I boarded the vessel when they
! saw her floating aimlessly around
| off the coast of Hew York.
Shenandoah Shows
Commercial Value
Corona tin Beach. C'al —The dirigible
Shenandoah has proved the value of
j dirigibles for commercial purposes by
; her aehievemetris in the recent trans
continental flight, said Rear Admiral
Moffat, in a statement made here ;a>3t
night. He also said that the 1'R 3 s
: record has proved the practicability of
airships for transporting mail and pa; ;
seneers over land and water, in the i
high class flight from Germany to the j
United States.
Superintendent {loss Kinney, of the !
A. R. 0>, accompanied by Bill Persh- :
ioeer, returned rrere Tuesday from a j
! trip as far as Lone Mountain on the ;
Ophir-Kuby trail, in tne coarse of
which attention vas given to breaking
and tripod tag trail and doing a little
fixing on tiie same at various places.
The two relief cabins on the line also
received -■ me r, pairs and a general
e®ert.u. ; to bunks being given1
' > u esses,” walls ch oked !
w!' d, and other necessary
mat ■: tended to.
•Chester Brink left Wednesday for
Uen&na with three passenger s—Gert
rude .tody -who siw her way to Won
tana; Fay Bullock, who is making a
trip to Anchorage, and Austin Horner,
headed for Seaitle.
Mail Carrier Jack Lamoot, with the
Outside mail, arrived Friday night,
leaving for Ophir Saturday morning.
Frank Larson and Lars Indegard left
Saturday for a short visit at McGrath.
Adolph Carisou, Yankee creak who
a Thursday visitor.
Harry Mdehan sus a Thursday ar
rival from Gaues.
Pete Michels returned tv»>‘ihesd»,.y to
McO**atb
CAUGHT ON
ARCTIC ICE
Crew of Silver Wave
Have Narrow Escape
From Old Death,
Nome.—By walking the frozen
waters of the Arctic five mem
bers of the crew of the Silver
Wave were saved Irene ,a pose,
; ble death after the vessel was
! caught in the ice near Cape Es
, pnberg, 150 miles northeast of
j here, according to word received
i here: The vessel is a total loss.
Tho Lotnen Pelfldoer and
it rsdrng Corporation s scaooaer
Silver Wave sailed from Xotne
October 15th with passengers,
mail and freight for points on
! Kotzebue Sound, this being the
last tryp of the eeaeor? for the
vessel. Among the passengers
were Carl Pluger, Charles Nica;
and E. Scheidle. for Peering,
Frank Miller and Mrs. Nilluka,
for Teller; George Gosbaw and
R Silverman, forShistnaref; Mr.
Ivristensen for Tin City , and two
natives for Kotzebue.
Captain John Hegness,' who
drove the winning1 team ctf the
first Ail Alasldt Sweepstakes,
Albert Finis’s dog team, was the
commander of the Silver‘Wave,
! and he and the engineer hac
gone ashore near Kot.tebee ‘when
the vessel got caught in the
drifting ice and the- crew were
carried towards the Arctic.
The cutter Mojave was ’late:
dispatched from Nome to try anc
rescue the crew and savb the
veeso! cvom the ice, but ofi ac
count of the heavy pack was on
able to get near the schoonoi
and returned to Nome.
Pothier ^cQuitted of
Murdering- Cronkhit*
Tacoma.—Sergreaoi Major Kolacd I.
Pothier was accented of the charge of
murder of Major Alexander Groat bite
i by a . ur* here Saturday. The jury de
liberated cno and a half hoars before
bringing in their verdict.
A blare cf' shreetceirtg dimensions
on the roof surrounding the ctov'epipa
of the Fred Duboh residence, Yfcars
day evening, was ti-.e ha nee of some ex
citement, and for a 'fsv^ Arorcento the
flames seemed to forbode dire results.
Fortunately, a hre extinguisher' was
at liand in the it. E. Lowrie residence,
and this little weapon, in the hands of
Dan McGinty. undoubtedly saved the
building from destruction. In this
connection, it might not be amiss to
advise a little care on the part of all
householders, so far as safeties and de
fective stovepipes are concer ned.
Fred C. Andercob, ra-iic operator
returned Friday fro~ & short vim a;
McGrath.. r — .
G. W. C. Glass was a Friday arrival
from theG. A. oc,m^). panes ereok
Hans Erickson, Ganes creek, was a
Wednesday arrival.
Harr,> Skeen, of Flat, passed thrbuij'i
Thursday
\