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Tafcotira, VlasKa( April 17, 1926
PROCRAM TO RUUD AIRPLANE
KANGAR AT ANCHORAGE AND
i ) MAKE CITY AIR CENTER
• Anchorage: Timex'. >
r.v • t ;>*-ogressibe move the
council has made looting toward the
prosperity of Anchorage "-as the ap
pr. m'i.'f.ii n Ir-.'t . ight of $3,000 for
the ’purpose of erecting an airplane
hanger on. the aviation tied.
A. A. ShonbecSr appeared before the
ity< council at its reguiar meeting
.. t evening explaining the value of
. hangar to the city and -fating that
the hangar would built this year,
Du* hhat it was desired that everyone
in Anchorage have a part in the pro
ject, rather than that a few business
men nut, up the money out of their
own- pv« ke'- u He-pointed ->ut that had
Anefii-age had a r.artgar .this winter,
in ali likelihood the Vv’ilkins North
Pole expedition would have assembled
their planes in Anchorage; This one
tiling could lave more than repaid
the proposed cost, ofsucli'a hangar.
Mr. 'nonhock also explained that
tad'if n n-.ssible for the Wilkins i
planvs to have been assembled here,
the dates .set for test flights and flight,
t tfhe.. Pole would h»v attracted,
many people from out of town. The
direct. ! eiu iit o m rchants would
f-ave (seen considerable, since the
oarty outfitted eompicvdy. at the
poilft of; Sm.emhlage. * ‘
Already Touted Possible Air Center.
Due mr the argument before the
c.tyufath ’fs Mr. dhonbe ci' pointed out
that Aviator Ren Eielscn, during the
two’ve.'-.- he was in the States, con-j
tm rally referred to the Anchorage,
aviation-g df course as the most pro- I
gressivc civic move under aken by the]
citizens of any city, ar*i that ii was.!
without question the best landing .field '
34 Years'* Rasidcoc
of Alaska
KKYemrs a Member r
of Alaska Legislature
1
;
8 Years Chairman
of Finance Committee
Territorial Senate.
Past Grand President
Pioneers of Alaska.
VOTE FOR
Senator Frank L Aldrich
Republican Primary Candidate
for Delegate to Congress
Primary Election, April 27, 1926
(Paid Advt.)
in Alaska. Several multimillionaires
are behind Mr. Eieson in pioneering:
aviation in Alaska on a large scale,
and following the flight to the North
Pole this company will commence op
erations.
Anchorage is the most central city
in Alaska anil is easily within flying
distance from any point in the Terri
tory, therefore, making it the logical
base for a large airplane industry.
In a talk had with Ben Eielson, pi
oneer flyer of Alaska, Mr. Shanbeck
was told that Anchorage is the logical
place for a flying center.
McGrath Closer Than From v Fair
banks.
In this talk before the council last
night Mr. Shonbeck also pointed out
that Anchorage, is 60 miles closer in
I an air line to the city, of McGrath
! than is Fairbanks, and two days closer
by rail. McGrath is the center of the
great mining district, and,many, peo
ple arc now flying to and .from that,
point. with many unable to make the
flight dm to limited flying service.
lie also pointed out that easy fly
ing disianec only separated Anchor
age from Kodiak, Cold Bay, Seward
and many ocean points.
The holding up of bank messengers,,
looting of fur lofts and jewelry shops,
theft of payrolls aul bowing of vaults,
which finl space in steadily increas
volume in the newspapers of the big
cities of the country, .are-only part of]
the story of banditry now being re
corded, says an exchange. There late
ly has come into prominence a new
kind of bandit, a “white collar" high
wayman. who p revs upon men and
women who are not frequenters of
the financial district but.who are .will
ing to invest in stocks that appear to
offer a shortcut to brig profits.. The
white-collar bandit, is a development
of the common variety of .oil swindler.
He plays for higher stakes, runs less
ris kof going to jail and apparently
finds the business man and small cap
italist quitu as easy t.q fleece as the
small-fry victims of the threadbare
oil game. The stock bandit operates
much in the same manner as Soapy
Smith worked his shell game—when
he has satisfied himself that .bis pros
pect has a certain sum of money, usu
ally 510,000 or more, he lets, him win
o nan initial small mrestnjefitgy.and!
then lays the s*re*rr|jjfor-.the ,. entire j
bank roll—and usually gets it. Every i
day in New - York victims appeal to
the police to aid them in the recovery i
of. their money, and it is estimated I
that many more 4ake .their- losses .in !
silence, rather than disclose the fact i
that., they lost their, money through;
failure to investigate before investing*!
The--band its exaot a toll that runs into1
many millions annually;and operate!
in a manner that makes them harder j i
to catch than the common variety; of
outlaw. They prosper because people
will not take ordinary precautions to
protect themaelves against loss, be
cause they deal with Strangers and.an
strange securities.
AMUNDSEN. OR COOK’S CLAIMS?
(New York Worlds);-'
Roald Amundsen's statement on Dr.
Cook’s polar explorations is to .be
! considered in the light’ of attending
circumstances. The generous Norwe
i gian remembered Cook as a well
I loved companion on the Belgian Ant
1 arctic, expedition decades ago. He had
I admired Cook then and predicted a
i great future for him. He had greeted
him enthusiastically at Copenhagen in
1909, and had never suspected him of
deception until Peary’s attack was
published. Now he finds his old com
panion disgraced, 'penniless, a felon,
worn out and doing needlework for a
pastime., With an impulse of loyalty
and pity, Amundsen tries to say that
even yet he finds it difficult in his own
mind to convict Cook of a monumen
tal lie, and is misquoted as saying
that he thinks Cook’s claim- is just as
good as Peary’s.
The unfortunate fact is that it is
impossihe to be generous to Cook
without being unjust to PPeary, and
that an explorer of Amundsen’s au-«
thority has.m right to' represent hint
self as ignorant of the merits of the
issue between a. proved charlatan and i
the accredited discoverer of the North
Pole. Amundsen tells the* reporters;
“I could not for man opinion without
first having the records of both Co*k
and Peary, before me lor study;”;Hie
formally, declares that “the only evi
dence I could accept would be the pub
lication of their- complete observa
tions.” This is hardly creditable to
Amundsen as a scientist. If he has
not studied the evidence he should
leave statements regarding ,, Cook’s
claims to.those who have. But it is
difficult to believe that he has not
read Peary's “The North Pole,” with j
its fac simile reproductions of .the j
Max Simei
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The Pioneer Triider
Furs Bought and>u
} Sold....
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and Trappers’ ’
Supplies
Steamer Serrice Oa the Inoka.
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PIONEER
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Sheet Metal Work
All Kinds of Repairs
Stores Built
and Repaired
Robt. E. Lowrie
Toketaa, Alaska
final jotted observations; that he is
unacquainted with the thorough sci
entific endorsement of Peary and re
, pudiation of Cook. Why should he
not simply have said that-Cook .might
be self-deceived?
It was a.heroic and generous’.rival*
r ythat sent three men of three na
tions—Peary, Amundsen, .Scott—to
the two Poles. There is no -.place for
controversy regarding the. exploits of
any of them.
London’s empty cradles are causing
much agitation. Only eighteen babies
were born for every 1,000 of popula
tion in 1925. The rate for all Eng
land was 18.3 babies to every 1,000
persons. Last year, showed a lower
birth rate than the lean years imme
diately after the.war. The decline is
spread among all classes. France had
a birth rate of 18.7 for 1925, so Eng
land has fallen below the average rate
for all France.
Just for our own interest and satis
faction, we’d like to get a Florida
man 4*nd a California man together
! in Honolulu on one of these fine su- j
—— IMH —i
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Avoid the Rush!
i Toilet Articles
' Cigarette Holders
'j C’igrar Holders
Pocket Combs
Sahitary Tooth Brushes
Extraats —Lemon, Banana
and Strawberry Flavors
Imperial Cigarettes
at cost price
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
lubrious mornings.—Honolulu Star
Bulletin.
By diligently reading the Foreign
Comment in the Literary Digest you
come to the conclusion that the aver
age European nobleman is elaborately
equipped with a coat-of-arms but has
only one pair of pants to go with it.
—Lebanon (Ind.) Reporter.
The report that aligator shoes are
coming back must be cheering to
those who have been wondering what
to do with their suburban villa sites
in Florida.—Life.
Du Rand’s !
Cafe and \
Hotel |
Flat City
B. & L Store
McGrath, Alaska
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
I-adiee’ Famishing*
For* Boaght and Sold
Moose Skid Mitts and Boots
Kin* Island Maklaks
Babeesh, er Sled Lashing
Voigt's Dog Bars ass, tka rery
Best
FRESH GARDEN" SEEDS
A. R. Eldridge
FREIGHTING
General Transportation
H6w About Wood Hauling?
Joe Ferris - - Takotna
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