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NEWS FROM OTHER
ALASKAN TOWNS
WILL SOGERS' SISTER COMING—
Impelled by a feeling that she must
visit Alaska, where her distinguished
brother met his death two years ago,
Mrs. F. Thomas, a sister of the late
Will Rogers, will ai.-ive in Alaska
soon. She is a school teacher and her
husband is a road contractor. They
plan to live in Alaska permanently,
moving here from-Texas.
DEATH IS VERIFIED—
Finis has at last been, written to
the career of colorful Swiftwater Bill
Gates, hero of many an early Alas
kan episode. For many years he has
been prospecting and mining in South
America, and came to his death in
Peru, a victim of the accidental dis
charge of a riflel There have been
many tales come out of South Am
erica regarding his death, but his
mother, now in Seattle, confirms this
last story of his passing.
HOOVER UNRECOGNIZED
DES MOINES, la.—Former Presi
dent Herbert, Hoover was unrecogniz
ed in Des Moines when he stepped
ap to a department store clerk ano
asked for picnic supplies. He bought
• $5.00 picnic basket, salt and peppei
shakers and two thermos bottles. He
stopped overnight in Des Moines or
his return from his birthplace at
West Branch. Iowa, on his way by
auto to California, accompanied by
fcis wife, son and the latter’s wife.
ELK TERROR STRICKEN—
Stumbling, milling and bug-eyec
w ' h terror, the first elk ever to b<
- - ',-ed into the forest of the south
easern part of Alaska, were turns*
loose into the timber of Revilla islanc
recently. These elk, raised by the Se
atUe zoological park have never beei
in a wild state and it is feared the:
will become an easy prey to woive
before- they can accustom themselve
to their new freedom. They are eat
ing heartily, and it is hoped the fon
aramals will grow into a large here
CORDOVA PIONEER DIES—
Thomas Monohan, one of the pop
ular old-timers of Cordova, passe
dway recently at the age of 7(
Death was caused by cirrhosis of th
liver. He was born in Dublin. Ireianc
*nri in his younger days, sailed to ai
ports of the world. He had been i:
-nany of the mining camps of th
Tukon Territory and in Alaska. H
is survived by a brother and a sistei
During the past several years, he ba
leen employed by the Bureau o
Fisheries in various motions.
WILL BECOME PILOTS SOON—
Pilots James and Roy Dieringer o
Valdez, have been keeping them rev
Taylor Cub plane in the air as muc
as possible since they completed as
sembling the trim Kttla ship after it
arrival in Valdez from the state
some time ago. The plane is a 19S
model and is rated as one of the saf
cst of all jobs ever designed for stu
dent instruction. It has a very lot
gas consumption and a wide cruisin
radius. Every day shows a decide
improvement in the flying ability o
ooth the young men. according to lc
cal observers, and although they hav
made no cross country hops as ye
they plan within the next couple c
months to have enough time in t
fly to Anchorage and take a privat
pilots’ license best before Alaska
aeronautical inspector Hugh Brev
ster.
APPOINTED INSTRUCTOR—
Richard F. Date of Cordova, son o1
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Date, who is 9
graduate of the University of Alas
ka, has been appointed as instruct01
in civil engineering at the U„ replac
ing Thomas H. Campbell, who is or
a leave of absence. Mr. Date is spend
ing the summer at his home in Cor
“dova.
UNKNOWN EXPLORER—
A quest for recards left by an un
known American exporer. one of the
first whites to penetrate the Arcti<
Circle, was announced today by Ar
nold Haverlee. 34, leader of an expe
dition to explore Lapland. “No om
seems to know w-hom the Americar
was,” Haverlee said. "I was explor
ing the Arctic several years ago anc
when about 100 miles north of the
circle, found a cabin containing 2
puzzling inscription scratched on i
rock, which read: “W. Langhome
U. S. A.. July 23. 1787.”
RECALLS SOURDOUGH DAYS—
In the spring of 1897, a youngfel
low by the name of George Whits
was sick and tired of his $70-a
month job in Marietta. Ohio. He hac
been graduated from Princeton three
years before, but the rosy dream
of the commencement speakers hac
not vet come true. It was not mucl
of a’job anyway. Then news of :
fabulous gold strike in the far Nortl
reached Marietta. Everyone
talking about it. The next day
White's employer was looking for :
new assistant.’ George trekked ovei
the Chilkoot Pass. He suffered fron
the cold and hardships that evcrj
gold seeker knew. And he mada hi:
strike. In two years he 'eft the
' North with “a very comfortabli
stake”—as ex-Covernor Ge vge Whiti
oi Ohio said one night ue.ently ii
Jmio.iu. White who was a memb.-:
of Congress during the regime o'
Woodrow Wilson and was governo
[ of Ohio from 1931 through 1935, vis
i ited Governor John Troy while th
Prince Rupert was in port at Juneau
: Accompanied by Mrs. White, the ex
' governor was making the round tri
> to Skagway aboard the vessel. “Th
; only thing I can remember about Ju
- nea’u that hasn’t changed since I pas
r i sed through here in "97 is the moun
- tain range,” White laughed. “Thi
i wasn’t a very big town in thos
davs.” White first met Governo
Troy in 1920 at the Democratic Na
- tion’al Convention in the States.
i just decided that I’d come up Nort
. to see Governor Troy again and als
? trv to locate some of my old-tim
, friends." White explained. Ther
1 mutt be many of them still up her
t somewhere.” ’ White recalled hi
- friendship with W arren G. Harding
? who was lieutenant-governor of Ofci
. when he was a member of the stat
1 legislature. Although of different pc
f lineal parties, White and Hardin:
were well acquainted.
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I JULY ALASKA SPORTSMAN'
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With ten full par ?s of Alaska pic
tures and a cover showing a scene on
; a vessel steaming along Alaska s
i mountain-sheltered seas, the All-Al
aska Pictorial edition of The Alaska
Sportsman, the most ambitious effort
of the young magazine to • date, ap- I
peared recently.
The July number is the largest yet
issued and in addition to the ten full
pages of pictures, it contains many
other illustrations of the article it
contains.
George B. Petty’s story of his
moose hunt, in which the artist tells
of getting the biggest moose trophy
taken out of Alaska last year, is fea
ured with many accompanying photo
graphs.
“War’s End in Bering Sea, by
Robt N. DeArmond of Sitka .tells of
the firing -of the last shots of the
Civil War :*i Alaska by the Confed
erate cruiser Shenandoah two months
after the war was* over on land.
“Inside An Igloo/7 by Lena E. Nor-*
land-er, is an interesting story by1 a j
former Kavalina school teacher.
In “Alaska, the Beautiful," Dt. Will'
H. Chase describes the “Discovery of
Alaska” and about Alaska’s re
sources.
Earl N. Ohmer of Petersburg, in
another interesting article, tells of i
“The Future of Fur Farming."
Game fish and animals are featur
, ed in -the pictures, but there are jalse
mining scenes, scenic shots and many
photos showing phases of A1 ask am.-in-,
d us tries.
The magazines should do’ much to
; boost Alaska. A circulation of 12,000
copies is claimed for it. Many wiB
■ be sent Outside by Alaskans.
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MOOSE JUST REFUSED TO
LET CHECHAKO MILK HER
Milo Saulich, ■whom the Fairbanks
News-Miner says is known to be the
soul of integrity, tells this one about
a chechako he hired to help hi» da
his assessment work.
The young man was sent out to
milk the small herd of goats furnish
ing the lacteal portion of the camps
food supply. Pretty soon he called
jBt to Saulich and said that he could
not milk “that one,” aiming.his fin
ger at a two-\«ear-old cow moose
which had joined the goats but would
not allowi the chechako to approach
The moose had come to within “60
feet of the bunkhouse to lick up salt
that had been put out for the horses.
Milo has four witnesses to the che
chako’s attempt to milk “that one.
but refuses to tell the' name of the
young man who told him, ‘ If they
find out about this in Fairbanks, I
will never go ta town again."
The mistress was superintending
the dusting of her husband s library.
“Be careful,” she said ter the maid.
“Mind how you handle the books.
Some of them go back to Julius Cae-<
sar. you know.”
The maid smiled knowingly..
“Yes, ma’am,” she replied, “and
I see one or two of them ought .to
go hack to the lending library.”
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Second Newsboy: “Well, I ain't
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that for?”
First Newsboy: “I didn t say you
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an’ you eatin’ nuts.”
Have yon given the goldfish fresh
water? . . . , ,
No ma’am, they haven t finished
the water I gave them yesterday.
Talk, of .spirits at a seance is lis
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