MECHANICAL DETAILS NEW
DIESEL TYPE ENGINE CLOSE
LY GUARDED BY INVENTOR
DETROIT.:—Mechanical details and
new Diesel type o foil-burning air
even a close-up public view of the
plane motor with which the Packard
Motor Company is carrying on ex
perimentts here, are being withheld
until final tests-of. the motor are-made
within the. Packard laboratory^.
The motor, first of its kind,. if* the
invention,of Captain L. M. Woolson,
aeronautical .engineer of the company.,
It is not a Diesel engine, but. a “Diesel
type of togine,’’ utilising the principle
of oil for- fuel. In the construction,
Captain Woolson, it is said, has ac
complpshew hat many engineers have.
tried and failed to do—reduced the ,
weight of the power plant to leas;
than., thtee pounds per horsep«wer |
unit Heretofore the lightest oil- j
burning- engine has weighed, 100.,
popnds-.per horsepower unit, making;
it adaptable only to big power plants)
and boats..
Captain Woolson has declined to
discuss.details of his engine for pub
lication,:] as- have others associated
with the..company’s aviation depart
ment, ..The latter do say, however,
that “What this means to the auto
motive industry, particularly aviation,
has.-beam, only hinted at, if the fur
ther, tests bear opt what the prelimi
nary, trials have indicated.”
The. engine is a radial, air-cooled
type, and .develops 200 horsepower.
With igipjtion systems, carburetors,
spapk nlugs. and other pacts discard
ed, its simplicity is one of. its. out
standing*, characteristics, fewer parts
entering,its construction than go into
the.. lightest. gasoline engine now in,
use. .Power is developed by firing
, from compression in the cylinders, as
| in the heavier type of Diesel engine..
So...simple is the: construction said
to be that, according to Packard rep
-reaentatives, important secrets would
4 i be instantly apparent to a technically
f trained .observer if a close view of it
were permitted. Hence photographers
haye not* been permitted to taoke
■r front view close-up of the Stinson
.monoplane in which the new motor
has been, installed for, the. present
tests.
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DR..GRAVES SAYS ALASKA HAS
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FURS
“The 1 fur-farming possibilities in
tasks, ace wonderful,” declared Dr.
. F. Graves, Territorial veterinarian,
pon the completion of a survey of
-farming conditions in the Copper
||>iv.er and Prince William Sound dis
tricts, , recently. Dr. Graves was in
BDordova when the statement was
p made, having reached that city from a
• vgeperal tour of the Territory.. He
is working south from there to J.u
f,. Beau, accompanied hy Mrs. Graves..
' t “The industry is really finding it
, self,” he continued, “and now. that the:
■ fox boom ins over. and . the1 industry
ilized, fur farming promises to. be.
very profitable.business in which, to
|jg Pe engaged, if. properly conducted.
» “That, by. the way,, is the big fault
•j' ttat I. find with,the present ranching,
conditions. The foxes and fuc-bear
, ing animals that I. have studied and
,'Observed' <m: itux survey have been no.
f 'worse than the animals I have seen in
’ the States; but I have seen far too
■ many inferior animals.
“At one place or another I have
^fVlHben greatly, pleased, to lnd truly won
derful animals, but frequently these
endid individuals are existing un
conditions far from the ideal, or
jjproaching the ideal, hence their
efforts to raise large litters or
luce. the best fur were handi
“Just aa in. any other enterprise,
correctly run establishment is
likely- to be the most successful.
“Fox ranchers;, «n the whole, would
. considerably better ifmuch of the
work waa eliminated and more
itrol of the .stock was practiced.
'It is my opinion that for the best
Its the animals should be raised
control, and those individuals
which are to furnish the pelt crop
should be turned out into a large en
closure or upon an island, in order
that they may have much exercise
and hold fur at shedding time.
“I receive many communications
from people who have received a
false impression of riches to be
gained in fur farming. These people
wish to stake their all, in many cases,
on a proposition with which they are
entirely unfamiliar. My advice to
people about to engage in the fur
raising industry is always the same.
It is hard work and. constant work.
No one should go into, it without
being fully prepared,, any more than
one should engage ia the in the paint
ing business or grocery or banking
business, withofct first having an ap
prenticeship, as it were, and becom
ing thoroughly familiar with all
phases of the game.
“Fur farming is just as much a
phase of agriculture as any animal
husbandry subject and the laws of
Mendel, apply to breeding fox and
mink just as they do to cattle, swine
and vegetables.
“In a brief interview but a few of
the problems can bet ouched upon—
there are so many ramifications.
‘T am. asked—or rather told—fre
quently that the Alaska animals have
no disease. My survey has not borne
this view out. I have found the
Alaskan foxes to be suffering from
the same ailments that foxes do in the
States. I have found entire ranches
where fox diseases had practically
wiped out their animals, yet the
caretakers were unaware that there
was anything seriously wrong until
the ranch: was virtually ruined.
“Fur farming in Alaska has
reached such proportions that it is
surely entitled to be considered on an
equal plane with fishing and mining,
and deserves the same careful legis
lative consideration.
“I am firmly convinced that Alaska
needs a small demonstration and ex
perimental fur farm to the working
out of Alaska’s fur problems. At such
a farm short courses would' be- held,
and it would do more towards co-op
eration and unity than any fur asso
ciations hove. Ranchers could come
or send their managers to study and
take notes and then return. t:> their
own ranches and put into effect the
ideas which each considered practical
and worth while in. his own need.;.
“At such a place Alaskans could
meet in convention as a yearly affair
and papers and! ideas exchanged, all
working for better fur and subsequent
prices.
“I have enjoyed the splendid hospi
tality extended: me all over the route
I have taken, and it is with sincere
regret that I could not visit every
ranch in the Territory. Some of the
places are difficult to reach and so for
distant that k was not practical to
visit them."
PREDATORY ANIMAL ROUNDUP
SUGGESTED BY FRANK MANLEY
A gigantic plan for the extermina
tion of bears, wolves, coyotes and.
other predatory animals which are
overrunning Yukon territory, has
been suggested by Frank B. Manley,
pioneer Alaska mining man, who re
cently has become interested in. the
development of placer holding? on
Yukon river a short distance below
Dawson. When he goes outside this
fall he will attempt to interest East
ern capitalists in. his big idea.
The scheme of the well known old
timer is to organize a hag party to
come North: next summer- for.- thm sole
purpose of chasing these destructive
animals from their lairs into- the
Yukon river. Once driven to the,
water, the energetic Northerner
states that fast, boats cam be em
ployed to capture‘the animals by
means of ropes, motion pictures of
immense value can be taken of the
wild game roundup, and then the an
imals can, be disposed of gsibest seen
St.. The prime-mover of tikis bigun
iertaking intimates that'they could
cither be killed off wholesale or
itherwise they might be corraled off
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in large natural game parks. It is
understood that Mr. Manley is al
ready in touch with the Lasky Mov
ing Picture Company for picturiza
tion rights o£ such a spectacle, the
first of its kind ever conceived.
In giving his reasons for such a
vast undertaking, Mr. Manley pointed
out to the Dawson News recently that
bears are overrunning the Yukon
Territory at the present time and
that they are becoming pests of the
worst kind, even imperiling human
life. Only a.short time ago»a Forty
mile. sourdough cauie witrin an ace of
losing his life in a terrific struggle
with a biy brown bruin. Again, bears
are said to be most destructive to the
fur supply of the Territory. Theyj
savagely destroy the beaver,, dig putt
the muskrats, and .consume a -large,
number of moose and caribou calves
each season. The wolverine, one:. of
the meanest animals known, is also
instrumental each year .in the de
struction of a large number of smaller
fur-bearing animals. It. is a known .
fact at Dawson that the wolves are
also infesting the country in largef
numbers, slaughtering an enormous!
number of weaker animals for prey.:
Of these animals of destruction, the!
bear is in all probability the most:
ferocious offender, on account of its j
power and size. Caches of prospect- j ^
ors, miners, trappers and hunters J
throughout the country are always'
easy prey for these grizzled ma- g
rauders. ! !
“It is high time that something was j
done to exterminate these pests,” coi*- j
eludes Mr. Manley, “and I sincerely,. I
hope that my efforts to organize such j f
a movement may prove fruitful. The |
matter will he taken up with the Ca-.. J
nodian government upon my .arrival in; 1
the East, and I expect that by next j $
spring plans will be well under way: j
for the big round-up of Yukon’s most! j
destructive pirates of the forest.” =
At’ Ex-Soldier Tells.
An ex-soldier tells that during the' |
war he was billeted in a certain vil
lage which bad a charming river me
andering by its outskirts. Here, in
the bed of the stream, a ..tern-faced j
man cultivated a splendid crop of \
watercress.
The soldier, in anticipation o fat-,
ternoon tea, sent his batman on Sun
day to buy some watercress. He
found the cultivator hard it. work in!
the middle of the stream.
“I want six pennyworth of water-!
cress,” said the batman.
“No,” said the cultivator. “I ain’t j.
open on Sundays.”—Ex..
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Ooubtul Compliment
Ike Sewell landed himself, a new!
job the other day as a guard out at j
the asylum. Ike was strolling thru
the grounds yesterday afternoon
when one of the patients- came up to
him and asked:
“We all like you better than our
last guard, sir.”
“Thank you, my good man,” replied
Ike, pleasantly. “And why?"
“Well,” replied the inmate, “you;
seem to be more like one of us.”—Ex.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Alt piersons having claims against
the estate of Edgar Ryder, de-l
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same, under oath, to the un-I
dersigned, administrator of the said
estate, at his residence, at Flat, i
Alaska, or at the office of the Probate
Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before
May 31, 1929.
Dated, Flat, Alaska, October 15,
1928*
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of :
Edgar Ryder, deceused.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of .Carl Alfred Johnson, de
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same, under oath, to the un
dersigned, administrator of the said
estate, at bis residence at Flat,
Alaska, or at the office of the Probate
Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before
May 31, 1929.''
Dated, Flat, Alaska, October 15,
1928.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of
Carl Alfred Johnson, de
ceased.
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