! NEWS ITEMS FROM OTHER ALASKAN TOWNS
• Gathered From Our Territorial Exchanges •
Prospector Dies On Trail—
Thomas Lake, 50, met death on the
trail two miles out of Livengood re
cently, it was reported in Fairbanks.
With three other men and two dog
teams, Mr. Lake was enroute to
Lucky Creek when he was stricken.
He had planned to prospect on Lucky
Creek this summer.
TO-Toot Whale Captured—
A 70-foot right whale was brought
to the Ocean dock at Cordova recent
ly by a motorboat, which reported
that the monster was found crippled
and floating about four miles cut in
Prince William Sound. The crew of
the motorboat pulled alongside and
with the aid of a rifle and a lance
on a pL.epole, succeeded .n killing
the animal after a fight lasting some|
hours.
Reports Wolves 'Bolder'—
“The wolves are bigger and bold
er this year than ever before." ac
cording to Nels Anderson, oldtime
trapp r who came in to Xenana re-1
cently with a total of 10 wolf pelts
to his credit for the winter. Ander- \
■son said that the animals seem to!
be less afraid of men than usual.
Early in the -winter he killed five of j
tone pack that had surrounded two j
baribou in a slough. “Not one cf
them weighed less than 175 pounds,” |
-Anderson declared.
Locates In Tanana Valley—
From Texas to Interior Alaska to
^engage in farming in the famous
Tanana Valley, Carroll Phillips and
family arrived ret, ntly from the
‘coast, and is already located on his
new ranch. Phillips made a prelim
inary trip here from near Seward
■seveal weeks ago, and after looking
‘over the situation, selected a tract
•of 147 acres of land less than two
: ;i s from the heart of Fairbanks.
He has homesteaded the land, and
will get busy at once preparing the
: ground.
‘Granted Disability Pension—
Earl G. Reed, former Seward man,
'‘who as a police officer was shot in a
-gun battle with a killer in Hollywood
<r. year a o, has bt ^r. granted a t -
tal disab.lity pension recently by the
Los Arjrtles pension board. The two
bullets pased through the right arm
-r.i sb u, ier of^Reed, cutting nerves
c n i cords, i be officer was a pop
ular traffic officer and won lasting
f:i:ncl=hip of many Hollywood stars.
. by the gracious manner in which he
-handed them traffic violation tickets,
: says the Seward Gateway.
100th Baby Born In Valley—
A baby boy, born recently to Mr.
;and Mrs. G. Doughty, was the one
hundredth baby born in the Matan
uska Valley since the establishment
'of the colony on May 19, 1935. The
Doughty baby was the hist born in!
• i\- 'alley to colonist fanv’ cs f*"ly :
three of the hundred babies died. ]
The first one bom, on June 19, 1935,'
'was stillborn. There was one prem
ature birth in the winter of 1936 and
‘one baby bom to a private patient
in the summer of 1936 which died of
■a cardiac condition a few davs after
’birth.
Will Rebuild Cannery—
Owners^ of the large salmon can
‘nery at Kvichak which burned to the
grout. 2 last summer are planning to
ibegin - building this spring, accord
ing to Pilot Matt Flensburg of Dil
lingham. A few men are now at the
sRe and more are expected soon to
begin the rebuilding. It is understood
the company plans to build a plant
of five fast lines. The one which
burned had 10 lines, one of the larg
est in Alaska. It burned with a loss
‘of approximately a million dollars.
From a study of the salmon cycle,
fher; is evidence of a fine fishing
season this summer in the region
it X'ushagak, Flensburg said. The
‘country is beginning to open up but
•won’t see much activity until the
•cannery workers start to come in.
Will Ask For Airbase Funds—
Commenting on the presidential
•order reserving 900 acres of land
’near Fairbanks for governmental
purposes, army sources -aid the land
•was withdrawn as a precaution
against settlers entering the area
and possibly interfering wih or de
laying the final decision to locate an
army aviation base there. Delegate
Dimond, however, said there was no
question in his mind but that the
withdrawal of the land is tantamount
•to finally locating an airport on the
area. “While the budget bureau has
failed to submR an estimate to con
gress for the initial appropriation
for the base. I expect ? go before
the house appropriations sub-com
mittee soon to ask for $2,000,000 to
start construction on the five sec
tions of land covered in the presi
* dent’s, order," the delegate said.
AN AVIATOR S SHRIT
The young aviator crawled into the
Jenny
With a daredevil look in his eye;
“I'm going to put her through an
outside loop.
I'm going to do it or die.”
Determinedly he warmed up the
motor,
And gritted his teeth as she
roared
They pulled out, the blocks, he gave
her the gun
And into the air he soared.
Slowly he climbed to the heavens
And at two thousand feet in
the air
He tilted her nose gently earthward,
And on his lips was this prayer.
“Old girl, we’ve flown over this
country.
And have seen it both good
ard bad.
Please meet me half way in this
maneuver
And we'll call it the worst
we've had.”
She responded with the slightest
quiver
' As he shoved the stick clear
ahead.
At the bottom of the loop she
faltered.
Then straight to the ground
she sped.
She h'i the ground with a splinter
ing crash,
And lay there too awful to see,
But all the people rushed out, there
To find where the pilot could be.
The young aviator was dying.
And -as 'nteth the wreckage
he lay.
To the Ak-Emmas around him
assembled
These words he was heard to say.
“Take the cylinder o*l of my kidney.
Take the con rod out of my brain.
From the small of my back take the
crankshaft.
And assemble the motor again.’
—Anonymous
Plans 55,000 Home—
Oscar Neilsen, Anchorage black
smith, who was one of the two win
ners of the Nenana Ice Pool last
year, plans to build a 55,000 residence
in Anchorage this summer. He also
plans to win the Ic« Pool again this
year.
Honeymooners Start For Nome—
On a motorcycle trip to Nome from
Los Angeles. Ben Hatch, 24 years
old, and his bride, 23. left Los An
geles April 8 on their honeymoon.
When they reach Nome they said
they would “settle down and" start
life all over again.” The young
couple ca pots, pans, a tent and
a rifle. They hope to bag game for
their meals enroute.
Slayer Found To Be Insane—
Because of insanity, Arthur Meek
er, 55 years old, former employee of
the Seattle Municipal Railway, will
not be put on. trial in Ketchikan for
the killing of his partner. Joseph
Faden. 62 years old, on their boat,
the Frolic, March 31, at Craig in
Southeast Alaska. Meeker was de
clared insane by a six-man jury re
cently in the United States Commis
sioner’s court in Ketchikan. The de
mented man probably w ill be placed
in the asylum at Morningside, Ore.
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Alaskan Dies At Spokane—
Nurses at Spokane mourned tha
death of Fred Schili, 50, kindly AT
at? an miner wh >rr tiiey had attend
ed here f >r iroie t'an IB a* v.
| Schili died from a spinal injnry
which he suffered 18 years ago m
the north. He spent two years in a
Fairbanks hospital and then came to
j Spokarn where he has had special
care ever since.
Johnson Wins Dog Derby—
Albert Johnson, White Mountain
! Eskimo, won the three-day ting derby
I held in Fairbanks in connection with
.he third annual northwest Alaska
[ fair, held early this month, in a total
time of six hours, eight minutes, and
31 seconds. Others finishing in or
der were Edwin Punguk, 6:20:50;
Fred Tpkok 6:35:34; and Ernie
Buck.ro as ter 644:14. The final night:
of the fair saw nearly 1,000 persons
present.
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Trader Decides To Buy Cow—
If the plans of Warren Ferguson,
trader and air line operator in the •
Kotzebue district of Alaska go
through, a Western Washington Jer
sey cow will become a pioneer in
that part of the northland. Ferguson,
who arrived in Seattle recently, real-'
:zed he had not tasted fresh m3k in
20 years, and be declared he had de
cided to buy a cow. At Kotzebue,
which is north of the Arctic Circle,
he will keep the cow m an oil-heated
barn lined with bales of hay. “Maybe
it won’t work out, but I’m going to
buy the cow just the satae,” he said.
“I got an airplane mechanic who
says be once could milk.”
Insurance Finns Bern); Formed—
Formation of insurance companies
whioh are entire)]' Alaskan organiza
tions will develop as a result, of lawn
passed by the Territorial Legislature
regulating insurance firms, J. C.
Morris, president of the Alaska Mu
tual Benefit Association, predicted
recently. “To date there have been
no Territorial laws regulating in
surance organizations," . Mr. Morris
said. “.Such laws hare -now been
passed and I predict the formation
of organizations within the Territory,
thereby keeping in Alaska part of
the $2,000,000 each year which goes
to Outside insurance firms.” Mr.
Morris predicted the development
would see firms organized -in dll
branches of insurance, including life,
acident, fire and marine.
■Nary 'Brydock Near Sitka—
Sitka, Alaska, has been nelecbed as
a site for a floating dry-dock for use
by naval seaplanes, the Department
of tbe Navy announced recently in
Washington. It added that building
operations already have been started.
Delegate Dimond declared the Navy
Department refused to say -whether
the construction is in conjunction
with contemplated ifleet operations
this year in the North Pacific ocean.
Mayor Peter Kostrometinoff of Sitka
declared that “a naval airbase" is
being established at Sitka. Work
began an it April 6. The ‘‘air base”
is on Japonski island across the chan
nel from Sitka. Twenty-five men ar
rived April 5 to commence work on
“the airbase," while 25 additional
men are to be employed at Sitka in
connection with in' the immediate fu
tuce, the May or said.
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NEXANA ICE MOVED
1 *17—April 20, at 11:20 a. m.
1918—May 11, 9:33 a. at.
1*19—May 3, 2:33 p. m.
1920— May 11, 10:46 a. m.
1921— May 11, 6.-42 a. at.
1922— May 12 at 1:20 p. m.
1923— May U p. m.
1924— May 11, at 3:10 p. m.
1925— May 7, 6:3* p. m.
1926— April 26, 4:03 p. m.
1*27—May 13, 6:42 a. ns
1928— May 6, 4:24. p. m.
1929— May 5, 3:41 p. m.
1930— May 8, 7:03 p. in.
1931— May 10, 9:23 a. m.
1932— May 1, 10:15 a. m.
1933— May 7:20 p. m.
1934— April 30, at 2:07 p. ns.
1935— May 15, at 1:32 p.m.
1936— ri-April 30, 12:58 p in.
1937— ? 111?
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