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Takolna. Alaska, March 20. 1926.
M \JOK 1 .VNI'HIKR TELI.S I>1 K
i»t)8E or xiwrrpc expedition
Major T. .(. Laftphitr, commandant
of Jpelfridc- Pie nf, who is accompany
nig^tke Detroit Arctic expedition and
who wiil claim any lands discovered
in the name of the United States, in
addressing; about 350 students and
’owpspe ipie «t Alaska College a few,
:iuyfs ago, spoke as follows .as told in
the, Fairbanks NewsMinert
“To address college students, F ftiut,
is a little bit different than some of
thej addresses we have made since
leaving Detroit, for, owing to the fact
that the city of Detroit is more or
less financing this expedition, we
have had to advertise the city of De
troijL e.Ti re ate. It is a relief to meet
people her** who ar. interested in the
subject an da pleasure to meet peoplt
who Wfioa* something of th conditions
w are facing end the hopes we have
for-thus expedition.
“In tiie first place 1 want to correct
yuur minds on the idea that we are
avoiding "punlioity, Much of the
money .received for this expedition
was raised by the. North American
Newspaper Alliance, and that has
meant that other newspaper agencies
have met with a very --old reception
from members of the party. This
is true also of the motion picture
right* Pathe. has contributed much
money to the cause and has asked in
return exclusive rights Pi the expedi
tion, so the members of the expedi
tion are forced to. try to prevent
othfrs from getting pictures. We are
under obligations to the N, A. N. A.
and. the I’athe News to give them
first-hand information—that we know.
Now l Hope this information will
cle^r up any idea that we are trying
to Ifeep- news froru the people.
“Now, another ♦hing about this ex
pedition. Owing to this fact, other
newspaper, alliances are knocking the
expedition quite a bit, saying that the
expedition is led by an Australian,
dying Dutch ships on American soil,
and it is reported that it is not an
American expedition due. to outside
| influence. 1 am glad that Captain
I Wilkins is not here today, so I can
’ 'dear up that point.
‘"fhey say that the Irish don’t
know what they want but are willing
to die for it; that the Welsh prayed
on t-heir knees and their neighbors,
and that the English are self-made
men and worship thejr Creator, Nev
ertheless the British Empire has ex
isted for some time and will continue
to- exist.
“Captain Wilkins is a unique char
acter. He was born in South Aus
tralia on a big ranch. There crops
' came around once every four years
find the rest, of the time the people
suffered, much want because of lack
iff rains. As a youngster he figured
if they could only foretell when those
rains would come what an advantage
ii would be to the country, and he has
been working on that principle ever
since he grew up. He was educated
in England and took post graduate
work in Europe and in this country.
His life since that time lias been
spent in meteorological work. As a
result , of his work in the Antarctic,
stations have been ehtablished there
and it is now possible to predict
weather conditions,, in Australia. He
is the only .aviator who is an Arctic
explorer—the only explorer who is a
flyer.
“Aa To our plans—- we are not going
after the North Pole. Peary did that,
years ago. and we are not going to
do it again. It. would be only a waste
of time and money. It is only a
place in the ocean where nothing is to
be had and nothing to be seen if we
get there. But from the reports and
investigations of all the scientists
who have investigated the Polar re-,
gums, we feel that there is land !
somewhere north of Alaska. We will
fly into this • • gim. if possible and see,
if there i land. It will take abutuut
three flights, and we can cover that;
flights, and we can cover that, dis- j
tance and come back easily. And if
there is land there, that iswhere you
will come in, l think, and that is why
I am on this expedition. It was hard
to get on this- expedition, because of
the wildcat schemes irr. the air ser
vice at the. present. 1 am making the
trip on my vacation, and it took the
President to get me. that leave.
“Some day in the near future we •
will b traveling between Seattle and
Europe by way of Alaska by dirigible
and. by airplane, and .when we prove
the feasibility of that trip the sooner
it will ••. me. We can save thousands
of tniies on thw trip.
“The more I see of this cold
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34 Y ears a Resident
of Alaska 4
10 Years a Member
of Alaska Legislature
8 Years Chairman
of Finance Committee
Territorial Senate.
Past Grand President
Pioneers of. Alaska.
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Senator Frank A. Aldrich
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Republican Primary Candidate
for Delegate to Congress
Primary Election, April 27, 1926
(Paid Advt.)
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weather the less trouble I think we
are going to have with our machines.
When you call it zero here I would
call it 40 above outside. They tell me
you drive your cars here now with
only water in the radiator. We
couldn’t think of doing that in De
troit right now. I have driven , my
car at 20 above zero in Detroit with
water in the radiator and .have
frozen it.
“I believe our equipment is going
to operate all right, and if it does,
witih the polar ice pack as a landing
field, in the next fifteen years you
will see air traffic between here and
Asia and Europe with Alaska as one
of the bases. I think the air service
will put Alaska on the map again,
even greater than the geld rush did.
“When called as a witness before
the President of the board investigat
ing air craft, I stated to Mr. Merrill
that the next war would he waged
through aerial forces. It. js only 80
miles across to Siberia. If our ene
mies come from that direction we will
need air forces... No other force can
cover that great plane, and it be
hooves us to learn flying conditions
in Alaska. So that is the reason I am
here. A nd tile results will be even
greater than you and I can see today.
We are giving this worldwide pub
licity in the States, and everybody’s
eyes in the States and in the world
are focused on Alaska. , With your
assistance, our equippient and our
personnel, we will succeed.
“Above all, remember that this, is
an American expedition, or 1 would,
not be here.’”
PRESS;' SQUIBS
It looks somehow as if the rubber
investigation was losing its snap.— j
Wichita Eagle.
If it is true the Prince of Wales
has taken to chewing gum, he should 1
put a little of it on his saddle.—^in- i
cinnati Enquirer. •
—
A eftemis-t says the first alcohol!
ever distilled was { Arabian,.. which
Max Sunei
i; The Pioneer Trader
Furs. Bought and
\ Sold*
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the .Inoka
< River.
Ask tho Psrnple jif Ofihir aV«»ut us. .
STATION
Fairvlew. Innoko River
Those who travel
the Nenana-Mc
Grath Trail] will
find the Old Trail
via Lake Minchu
mina kept open
and in good con
dition.
Roadhouse accom
modations.
Price, $5.00.
Kammersgaard
& Young
aw r.itfMt
may explain those nights.—Detroit
1 News.
It takes very little ingenuity to fig
| ure out why children are no longer
tied to their mothers’ apron strings^
; Arkansas Gazette.
| It’s an even break. If prohibition
; isnt effective, neither is home J>rew,T
North Adams Herald.
Captain Roald Amupdsen impresses
us as a man who was fortunate in not
being around when Dr. Cook was sell
1 ing oil stock.—Ohio State Journal.
Women are going into the diplo
matic service. Perhaps their interest
was aroused when th<; peace confer
ence convened in the Hall of Mirrors.
—Chicago Daily News,,
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It promises to bo an eventful year
l—Borah and Reed plan to take the
Court to the coupjry.. and Wheeler
and Andrews plan,to take the country
to court—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot,
The Swedish princess who1 is being
backed as the future Mrs, Prince of
Wales because of her ability as a
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Tokctna
Pool Hall
Avoid the Rash !
Toilet -ViH'ies
Cigarette Holders -
Cigar Holders
, Pocket * Com bsv
Sanitary Tooth Brushes
Extracts—Lera©**; Banana
and Strawberry Flavors
Imperial Cigarettes
at cost price
Jack: Mutchler,
Proprietor <
cook could cinch the job if. she'd take
a course in home setting*—Arkansas ' 1
Gazette.
One thing that made ithe powerful
preachers of other daya was receptive
listeners*—Shreveport. Journal. V
It usually takes .five years for a
tree to produce nuts,.but this isn’t
true of a family tree.—Detroit Free
Press.
A Chicago judge says most, of those ■
who get divorces love one another. If
on’: that were true of those who get
married.—Publishers -Syndicate.
Du Rand’s
| Cafe and
! Hotel,
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Flat City
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B. & L Store
McGrath, Alaska «
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Groceries .*? '
Hardware c
Miners’ Supplies I
of All Kinds i
Ladies’ Furnishings
Furs Bought end Sold
Moose Skin Mitts and Boots
King Island Mskluks
Baheesh, or Sled Lashing
Voigt’s Dog Harness, the rerj
Beat
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS i
A. R. Eidridge
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General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
See Joe Ferris or:Bud Riley
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