Alaska and Alaskans
as Viewed by Late
President Harding
Following is the address of the line
President Harding, on the Oda.-don of
his visit at Fairbanks, taken from the
Fairbanks News-Miner, in which he
paid splendid tribute to Alaska and
Alaskans:
“Mr. Major and Fellow Americans:
“I wonder if you know what has
most impressed us on our rno.r. inter
esting and enjoyable trip to Alaska.
You have a sample of it hero n Fair
banks. One who comes to Alaska from
the States, even though measurably
well read, usually has an impression
that this is a man’s country, that it ; -
the home of the itinerant adventurer
and prospector and sometimes of the
roughneck. He does not stop to think,
as I myself did not, of the ' harm of
Alaska as a home country: and I had
no idea of the incomparable American
childhood which I have seen here, and
of Course that implies also the match
less American womanhood. (Applause.1
While Alaska is majestic and bound
less and mighty, an empire i self, it
is also strictly a home land, anil Mi ,t is
the finest thing that mav be said of any
section of anv nation in the world. (Ap
plause.) Lpresume the explanation for
the magnificent specimens of youthful
Americans that I see everywhere in
Alaska may be found in the open life
which is led here, in the inspiration of
environment, in the boundlessness of
their hopes, and in the wonders of the
Alaskan climate, with its long nights
in the winter during which they may
grow,- and the long days of the summer
during which they may play. There
are compensations in all things. God
must have worked it all out. 1 have
cotne to the conclusion that you need
your long winters. W.e have come in
the summer and found your hospitality
so generous and the sun so decepti ve
and so constantly ‘on the job’ that we
do not want to go to bed. 1 am sorry
to sav, however, that Mrs. Harding
was obliged to go to the hotel in order
to rest, for the lure of Alaska, the
charm of the new surroundings, anti
the invitation to be doing someth,t g
all the time have really so worn her
out that she has had to seek rest.
“If 1 may digress for a moment, wh .
is the great object in life? I think
little philosophy might, well be applit u
to Alaskan conditions Ido not know
of any aspiration that, is more desirable
than that to enjov health and lmpti
'ness. What do we live for? For the
compensations of friendship, the de
lights of association, and the happlncs
and contentment of home: and you have
all of those in Alaska as much as any
people in the world. (Applause.) 1
have a suspicion that insist of the com
plaint which comes from Alaska must
come from those who are commercially
disposed, who have a desire to aeipri '
more than the average share of thi
world’s goods and then to take it some
where else. (Applause.) From thi
day forth my official as well as my pc:
sonal interest in Alaskans will he in
those who are trying to make a reel
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empire of Alaska and who intend to
abide in the empire whioh they have
helped to create. [Applause ]
“I share the ambition that seeks to
develop this wonderland. That is a
very natural ambition for men of tal
ent, genius and industry. Men like to
take the tremendous bestowal God has
made and turn it to practical use. They
are not patient; they are not willing to
await natural processes- -and that is a
perfectly normal tendency- hut just as
nurely a?- the sun shines th;^ beautiful
morning, just, so surely will Alaska at
uin the fullest development that God
ust have intended for her. ! Applause.]
.1 do not think that the Government
can do it for vou, but it can probably
be helpful. That, is why we are here;
we want to know Alaska bt Her from
first-baud information and from inti—
mate contact. The knowledge wo have
eom:red lias been a revelation, al
though some of us perhaps thought we
knew a great deal before, vm left Wash
ington. Hut, whatever tin Govern
ment may w: h to do, vfhat'■ a it may
do, after all, I would rather trust, the
fortunes of Alaska to the sons and
daughters of pioneers than 1 would to
all the politicians that ever assembled
together at any place. [Apt ause.]
"1 pay un tributt to tin pioneers.
They constitut■ the reasc fot these
lino children. It takes a good deal of a
man to bo a pioneer. He has to have
strength of character, stui iness, and
determination of purpose. It is very
natural that men of that tvje after
doing the work of pioneers should
leave a very fine, sturdy ran to follow
them. [Applause.] I wish the pio
neers could all live to see tin fruits of
their efforts. I am the m treat to a
Presidential sourdough tha was ever
known. [Applause.] If the first Pres
ident to come to Alaska is entitled to
be called -a sout'dougo,’ I am he. I
know how you feei about a Presidential
visit. I know how I should have felt
when 1 was 'a Main Stn eter* in Mar
ion, Ohio, If the President at that time
should have come to my homo town;
but 1 should like you to know that this
experience is just as wonderful to the
President as it, is to you. J have come
to have an expanded pruh- in our re
public, and it is a tine thing to know
what a splendid part of i: vou are. It
is good to realize what magailicent,
1 wholesome American citizenship there
is in this great Northland. [Applause ]
I would be willing to ti n- the fortunes
Of America to a popular verdict in
Alaska. [Applause.] I have every
confidence you will work iut your prob
lem- wit!< such help us we can give, to
theultim.it' satisfaction to the aspir
ing peopd of this Territory. Alaska
is a wont rful land, am i say with all
the sincerity I can pu in my words
that you arc a wonderful people. While
there are nm so many of you as you
hope to iut'. and undoubtedly will
have, do not worry about that, but con
sider the qual y and prospects that lit:
before you.
“1 want you ><> know the members of
our party, anti they will he introduced
to you.in a for moments by vour dis
tinguished mayor. ! want vou to know
that we have cumn to Amska to learn,
to understand and to be understood. Jn
conclusion, let me repeat that it is a
very great pleasure to have seen you
and greeted you and to know what a
magnificent bn , Of citizens dwell in
this great sect! n of the American re
public.” [Applause.]
The Thor left this morning for Mc
Grath, gelling away at, 5 o’clock.
Mineral Application No. 0599.
IT. S. Land Oftiee, Nome, Alaska, Au
gust 8, 1923.—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flumo Dredge Company, organ
ized and existing under the Laws of
the State of California, whose post
office address is Mills Building, San
Francisco, California, has made ap
plication through Charles E. Kimball,
its authorized agent, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska, be
fore the United States Land Office
of Nome, Alaska, for a United
States Patent for the consolidated!
placer mining claim known as No. I
4 ABOVE DISCOVERY ON VAN' -,
KEK CREEK, No. ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK, I
BENCH CLAIM, RIGHT LIMIT, i
OPPOSITE NO. 3 ABOVE DIS-1
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,1
FRACTION BETWEEN NO. 2 and!
No. 3 ABOVE DISCOVERY ON!
YANKEE CREEK, BENCH CI.ALMJ
No. 2 ABOVE ON ANKEE GREK,'
and No. 2 ABOVE DISCOVERY j
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the Lino-1
ko Mining & Re< .rding District, j
Territory of Alaska, and designated '
by the United Stale. Surveyor Gen !
eral of said territory as Mineral
Survey No. F272; tie exterior houn-1
darie of said placer claims, accord 1
ing to the plat and field notes ofj
said survey, now on, file in sail
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E ,) beiii"
as follows:
NUMBER FOUR ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginn in at Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor No. 4, sur. No.
1.271, No. 5 Above >n Yankee Creel.
Placer, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.
set 2 ft. above g >und, in earth
mound, scribed 4-1271-5 Ah., and 1
1272 1 Ab., whence U.S.L.M. No.1270
hear: S. 21 deg. Id min. 02 sec. W..
264S.K2 ft; thence N. 63 dug. Oh
min. VV. 862.15 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 2 min. E., 761.8 j
ft. to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 65 deg. i
.09 min. E., 753.35 ft. to Cor, No. j
4; thence S. 27 deg. 18 min. W.,|
780.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place i
of beginning, containing an area of!
14.199 acres.
NUMBER THREE ABOVE DIS
COVERY-—Beginning at Cor. No
1, identical with Co No. 4., No. 4, ‘
Above on Yankee ('reck, this sur
vey, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sep,I
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth i
mound, scribe 4-1272-4 Ab., and |
1-1272-3 Ab., whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears S. 22 deg. 37 min !
35 sec. W., 3426.31 ft.; thence N. j
65 deg. .09 min. VV., 753.35 ft. to,
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 8 deg. 55 j
min. E. 659.8 ft. to Cor. No. 3;j
thence S. 78 deg. 43 min. E. 500.5 |
ft. to Cor.-No. 4; thence S. 73 deg.
24 min. E., 317.45 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 15 deg. 22 min. VV.
808.3 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area of
13.233 acres.
BENCH CLAIM RIGHT LIMIT
OPPOSITE NUMBER THREE
ABOVE-—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 4, No. 4
Above on Yankee Creek and Cor.
.No. I, No. 3 Above on Yankee
Creek, this survey, a hewn spruce
post, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribe
4-1272-4 Ab., 1-1272-3 Ab., and
1 1272 3 Bh., tlhence N. 15 deg. 22
min. E., 808.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 71 deg. 24 min. E., 167.25
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 66 deg.
58 min. E., 259.1 ft. to Cor. No.
4; thence S. 7 deg. 31 min. W.,
857.6 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence N.
6) deg. 38 min. W. >.8.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and plac< of beginning,
containing an area of 9.134 acres.
FRACTION BETWEEN NUMBER
TWO AND NUMBER THREE
ABOVE-—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, No. 3
Above on Yankee Creek, this sur
vey, a hewn spruce po.. , 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 3-1272-3 Ab., and
1-1272-2 F., whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears S. 10 deg, 07 rain.
15 sec., W., 4195.91 ft.; thence N.
9 deg. 33 min. E., 1041.1 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 54 deg. 46 min.,
E. 761.8 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 24 deg. 10 min. W . 739.85 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 78 deg. 43
min. VV., 500.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 12.270 acres.
BENCH CLAIM NUMBER TWO
ABOVE—Beginning at Cor. No. t,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Fraction
between No. 2 and No. 3 Above on
Yankee Creek Placer and Cor! No.
4, No. 3 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, this survey, a hewn spruce
post 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribed
4-1272-2 F., 4-1272-3 Ab., and 1
1272-2 Bh., whence U. S. L. M. No.
1210 bears S. 16 deg. 56 min. 17
sec. W., 4215.56 ft., thence N. 21
deg. 10 min. E., 739.85 ft. to (’or.
No. 2; thence S. 60 deg. 07 min. JO..
504.55 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence '
26 deg. 03 min., W., 631.3 ft
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 71 de;
min. W. 167.25 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence N. 73 dog. 24 min. W., 317.45
ft. to (\or. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of 7.713
acres.
NUMBER TWO ABOVE DIS
CI OV ERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor. No. 2, Bench
Claim, No. 2 Above on Yankee
Creek Placer, and Cor. No. 3, Frac
tion Between No. 2 and No. 3 Vbove
on Yankee Creek Placer, thi sur
vey, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. :-:q.
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 2-1272-2 Bh., 3-1272
2 R, and 1-1272-2 Al>.; whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. IS deg.
00 min. 37 sec. W., 4950.51 ft.;
thence N. 54 deg. 46 min. W., 761.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 12 deg.
57 min. E., 502.7 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
ihence S. 5-5 . g. 00 min. E. 720.1
f. to Cor. No. !; thence S. 10 deg.
0 min. W. 53 ?, '5 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
and place of beginning, -ontaining
an area of 8.l-’p acre?!.
Total area applied for 04.688
acres. ’
The adjoinin-" claims arc: on the
. X. No. I Aie>. • on Yankee Creek
Placer, unsureeyed; on the S., Sur
vey No. 1 27 i, ■>. 5 \hove on Yan
kee Creek Pine r and claims un
known and un urveyed; on the E.
and W., claims unknown and unsur
veyed.
V. S. h. M No. 1270 is i hewn
spruce po.-t, .:itc<l anout 75 it.
E. of Prow of mall bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek and
about 60 ft. in elevation of bed of
same. Latitude 63 do;". 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 dog. 20 min. W.
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