rpE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as secono-class matter Au
'i^st 29th, 1933, at the postoffiee at [
Tojkotna, Alaska, under the Act of I
Mjrch 3, 1S70.
Takotna. Alaska, August 15*1931.
THE VANISHING PROSPECTOR.
(Stndler's Weekly.)
The prospector is rapidly vanishing
t‘r#m the hills and valleys of Alaska,
and with it the greater part of the
future prosperity of .the Territory.
Notwithstanding. Alfred Brooks, late
geologist and mineralogist, declared
there was more gold in Alaska than
had yet been taken out, prospecting
is nearly a lost .art.. While it is true
thpt many men from time, to time
seek the elusive metals, there is no
interest taken in comparison with
that of thirty, years, or "Vjap twenty
years ago.
"During the. fifteen years noi
strike worthy of note has been ryn-'
nounced. This is not because the
rare metals are not present, because
they are, in as great profusion as in
former years; Vot because the young
men will not mature the hardships
entailed; and the , old men.,; familiar
with the work, have etther- leff the
Territory or are ' mt feeble to keep
the
Several years ago the prospector
copld be met on every hand; enthusi
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Fljjin^pmfort t- all points m
A1 oka * in on? four-passenger
cabin plane. Large baggage ,
compartment separate from the
calfirv.. Equipment for water
. landings.
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Sig’ -seeing tripi any tim v,
$5.00 pe passcr^cT.
For Hates to Alccka Points
WIRE
Robdrt H. Romig
AGENT
Anchorage, Alaska
astic, eager and full of hope. Grub
stakes were plentiful and rumors of
strikes and near strikes filled the col
umns of the local press. Today, with
the exception of a fe wisolated lo
calities where the oldtimers still hold
forth, mining and prospecting have
been relegated to the;,back page.
Alaska, today, needs a good strike
A. strike that wqwlji bring back the>
best of the old prospectors, and that
would interest the younger ones to
the extent that they would grab an
outfit and hit for the hills. With the
hundreds of idle men in the, Territory
•it would seem that the greater, num
ber of them would prefer striking out
on their own, adding to the jriehes of
the, commonwealth and, living the in
dependent, healthy life incident to the
search for gold. ,
A tour of the stores today would,!
find no outfits being .sold; j. no pien,
leaving for the hillsj no > interest
whatever whetb -r Jtney^a, or pot.. We
have dropped into a rut,, and are de
pending for sustenance v upon the
steamships and department stores.
Until greater interest is developed in
the natural resources of this great
empire, how can w-e expect to ad
vance uv independence and produc
tiveness necessary Jo develop « .na
tion? More and more steamship? a.re
pouring their cargoes, into the Terri
tory while our own produce lies rot
ting, in the field; wa buy automobiles,
radios and gewgaws instead of axes,
picks and number .twos.
We venture to say that not one
twentieth of our population has ever
been off the main traveled roads, and
that not one? jn ;pne hundred has set
foot in the vast country_ lying back
of the., town.-,
AROUNBTHE WOJU/O JN 9 MAJLp. j
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(Fairbanks News-Mi^rer.) I
Around the world in nine days in j
1931! And. almost, yesterday,, Nellie-1
Bly wrote history (n her spectacular!
achievement.,, through circling tfeei
globe in eighty ;day$. ? j
Yesterday a giant mechanical bird !
soared into Fairbanks. ^ Today., it'
swept on breathlessly toward the I
East, roaring impatiently in its
gruelling race with time.
There was a short pause of four
lours, and in that interval a hundred
miracles of other days were per- i
formed. The Alaska Airways pressed !
its resources into action. Eight men
worked as one as they minutely ex-!
amined every vital part of the world- i
encircling plane, carefully checking ‘
each moving part, leaving the ma-:
chine as nearly mechanically perfect1
as was humanly possible.
While these trained^ licensed me
chanics toiled on the plane, the
world’s greatest news gathering
agency, the Associated Press, through
its Fairbanks member, the v News
Miner, gleaned from tjheiJips of the
exhausted flyers the story ofo their
spectacular course through £he air,
that millions of readers in New, York,
London, Paris, or- the far-flung ham
lets of the globe, would be thrilled
with the tale of daring as they drank
their morning coffee. He rev indeed,,
was another miracle.oi modern time
annihilators, performings calmly, effi
ciently, silently.
No less a miracle. wan- kindly Na
ture as she did hor part to ,bring suc
cess to the flight. With a thousand,
man-made wonders to make her projud
■Geo. W. Albrecht;
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Manager
( has. E. Taylor
Counsel -
Alaska Insurance Agency
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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
rp pi'Kusko Times.
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of her handiwork, she worked unsee
mly, relieving strained nerves, tired ■
muscles and exhausted bodies as her >
sleep pave these human dpnamos of
endurance courage and stamina to
continue.
The achievements of a mechanical
age are many, and the miracle of life
itself will ever, bring wonderment to
man. But even greater to be-arrayed,
the two working -in elpse harpiony,
silent, ceaseless cooperation. This is
fhe miracle a iy hanks witnessed (edgy.
MATT NIEMINEN TE^LS
EASTERNERS ABOUT ALASKA
(New .York AVprld-Telegram.)
Matt Nieminen is spending hi?, va- (..
cation in New )fi>rk—the first en? heK
has had in four year^-arplhe wishes
Jie were hack in Alaska .where a fel
low can. enjoy .himself anyl not „ be ^
jjothered by. a lot of noise and people, i
In fact, he’s_ a little bif jjomesick fori,
his flying job as the . manager fop j
Alaska Airways, Inc,, Americao.^ir- i
ways’ “farthest nojcth” subsidiary,
., “It’s a gr»at country gnd a great
life,” he said today; “I -wouldn't trade,
it for anything,” ' •
Nieminen wears snowsfureg . and t,
reindeer skin clothes when he’s op the1
ijob %t home, and his airplane has skis,
but in New York he’s just a pleasant
little chap with a £ood coat of tan
that migh,t have been .accumulated at!
Coney Island or one of the local' fty-J
ing fields.
“If we happen to be in Siberia on 1
a Sunday,” he said, wijth a grin, “and
forget to go to church, all we have
to do is go out and fly from Big Dio
mede Island, whicjj is in Russia, to
Little Diomede, which belongs to the
United States.^ Then it will be Sat
urday again, because wgcross the In
ternational date line, in a 10-mile
flight and there wiJJ be.,plepjty of time |
to prepare for observing- the Sab- j
bath.” ‘ |
Nieminen has. madje twcy flights
frorp Fairbanks to Point Barrow, the i
northernmost tip. of Alaska, and he
has carried twenty-three sick, or in
jured persons by plane from isolated
settlements to. points, whpre. they;
coud get proper medipa attention and
care. He has tR>,wr-( .prpsnectors, trap
pers, gold dust and furs, ruining ma
chinery and even sledge dogs in his ■
“I’ve flow nin Mexicq,4U<j: all over ;,
the United States,’’ he observed, “but
Alaska ip the only piece where I ever
have founl a boqndqrv line you actu
ally can see from the air. They5ve
surveyed the Canada-Alaska line and
cut a 60-foot swath straight north
through whatever timber there is in
order to mark it and avoid disputes
over gold deposits found in this area.”
Airplane gasoline in Alaska sells
all the way from 20 cents, to $2.50 ,a
gallon, depending on your distance
from the railroad.
“We fly in a day as far as a dog'
team can go in a month,” Nieminen j
said, “so Alaska is an ideal, country!
for the. airplane.”
ALASKA FUR CATCH LAST
YEAR WORTH. S24)00dH)0
WASHINGTON.—The Agricultural
Department announces that 494,597
skins of land fur animals, valued at
$2,128,148, were exported from Alas
ka in 1930.
The skins were valued at $238,571
less than the year previous, but there
were 197,245 more pelts.
Short Cut..
Alice,: “What are your views on
love?”
a Virginia: “I haven’t any views—I.
just love.”
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
Takotna, Alaska
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