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JOHN JENKINS PASSES—
Verification of the death of Johr
C. Jenkins at the Pioneer K* rue. Sitr
ka. recently, has been received by
S.x r tary Richard S. Rorr nburg ol
tl". Fairbanks Itrloo of Pi i rs, .Jr.
Jerkins was born January 16. I'iu2.
in Jackson county. Alabama, and K
came to Alaska in May, 18P8. II
was among the early day tax col
lectors for the territory, according
to Mr. Rothenburp. He went to th«
Kar-.t-shna stampede, and later min
ed at Marshall. Twelve years ago
h came to Fairbanks, and a couple
cf ;■ . rs ago he left for the Pioneer:
Home at Sitka.
rLOOD CONTROL STUDIED—
K. F. Smrha, engineer attached tc
tht Seattle office f the war depart
{ kb i O. S. army engineers, ar
rived in Fairbanks recently to begin
the work of surveying 4he area
about Fairbanks in connect \ n with
tb proposed fiot>d control project.
Mr. Smrha contacted Mayor E. B.
Collins end other city officials. Pres
ident R. E. i" . .. n of the Chstr.be*
cf Commerce, ard others, and made
preliminary arrangements vth them
ir respect to coopeiative setion ir
making the survey. "I will have a
survey party in the field here within
a few day®.’’ said Mr. Smrha. “and
•w? will be ‘-ere about a month..’1
Am ' - m.a'ters. Mr. Smrha
V - - - date on the damage
<i rks and vicinity by
k- - flood.
T O ARE BURNED—
in an explosion aboard a small
pleasure cruiser pee
g! rs Cove, not far from Ketch kan.
Martin Buege. a miner, was ser'ous
ly L erred about the hands ard fate
and W. A. Bans, a banker, suffered
minor burns. Edward Bat- «. son f
the banker, and Arm:: I-lue, woo
were j. the craft at the time of the
accident, were not injured. Ail four
aboard the cruiser tc k its skit! to
pet ashore. They were seen by Av
ittoT Bob Ellis when his plane pas
sed over ♦hem. and he reported their
whereabouts to the United States
G .. 1 cutter Cyane at Ketchikan.
The Cyane picked them up.
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ICE CLOSES PT. BAR ROW *
SEATTLE—lee. closing in c r. Point
Barrow, prevents the ships from
reaching the port, according to ra
dio advices received recently in Se
attle from the United States Guar !
cutter Northland. The schooner C.
S- Holmes has aiandoned her at
tempts to reach Point Barrow this
season. She is blocked ly heavy ice
,gnd head winds. The schooner un
loaded supplies destined -for Pomt
Barrow and neighborhood at ^ Wain
wjight. which is on the Arctic coast
anti about 100 miles southwest of
Pt >irt Barrow. The supplies can be
moved from Wainwright to Point
Barrow later over the winter trail.
I; is considered doubtful if the Bur
j ei J of Education motor-ship will be
a to reach Point Barrow this sea
! sen.
TEI LS OF ARCTIC TRIP—
Searching conditions in the Arctic
are most unfavorable. Fog cove* -
thi vast for miles out to sea. The
weather is severe and the country
is forbidding. John A. Stump of
Fairbanks, who made the trip with
Jimmie Mattern as radio operator on
the $90,000 search plane “The Tex
an" spoke recently in Fairbanks of
the difficulties encountered by ths
’•famous round-the-world fliei n : !.
search of the Arctic for the lost
Russian aviators. "Fog is the great
est handicap in the search. At this
time of the year the air is cooler
than he water. Wherever there
art . pen leads in the ice, there
i.- heavy fog. For 50 milts out from
Point Barrow great cakes f ice float
in the water. Then it is more solid
j and it seem? as if he whole great
mass is moving slowly. Farther out,
200 or 250 miles, the ice is solid.
Landing is another difficult problem.
To 'and on the ice is impossible. The
•ee s not smooth anywhere. Bisky
tr „gfc is landing on land. Some
p’atvs are so soft that without ex
treme eauti.n the ship might sink
over the wheels. Spots of sand were
t,oo limited for Jimmie's plane, an:’
so when he landed it was 12 miles
south of Barrow, on tundra. Of
course, such a landing requires the
most expert piled- Honk Jones. Jim
mie. and 1 lived at Charles T . Brew
er - while we were there. Bob Ran
dull and his mechanic arc staF-g
with the Rev. Fred C. Kkrekoper.
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those living in the Kusko
kwim as efficiently as pos
sible ai:d to the best of our
ability.
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;.n missionary at Point
Ban:". Sergeant Stanley Morgan
■ aci as gue.-ls a Mr. and Mrs. Morris,
a: vers, ’ting 150 miles south. They
’>• r» waiting frr winter supplies to
,ne on the Holmes. It is summer
- ■ - - a:.... yet the weather is severe.
Nirht betore last it froze and yes
terday we knocked small icicles off
the wings of the plane*’.
EXPECTS LIVE TO BE 100—
The rigors of Arctic living doesn’t
daunt Carl Frank. Wiseman octo
trens an, who is determined to spend
his Hw birthday “up there.” He
has lived in Alaska since ’98 and
has almost IT years to go until he
will reach that, centennial anniver
sary. His work at Wiseman is as
storekeeper for James Kelly who
runs the mail boat from Nulato to
Wiseman in the summer and who
mines in the winter. Mr Frank ar
rived in Vaii-T.r-jifcs recently and left
for Pir.nam ok county, Oregon, to
visit relatives and friends. He has
) no: been Outside since 1929. During
7 r. f rank's absence from Wiseman,
S r . : sioner Charles Irish
.. . a.: a- storekeeper at the Kelly
ry'PTOR TAKEN* FROM SHIP—
: -r failure to pay bills to Fair
i- me;. hants, Ralph Cushing,
cent’y employed in Fairbanks, was
taken off the steamer at Juneau and
s held in the custody of federal
authorities. Complaint against him
- by Arthur S. Brown, Fair
banks jeweler. Other merchant also
were hi. creditors. Cushing had
rad? s v rai purchases before his
; nan At Juneau he told feder
al '!!.(rs that he did not have funds
for bail r f r the amount of the
?• attains him. The attorney for
the Fairbanks merchants is Harry
O. A rend of Fairbanks. The terri
torial law permits a creditor to de
tain a debtor who is attempting to
leavt Alaska without settling his ob
ligati ns. Cushing left Fairbanks
’ver the P.ichardson Highway to
b ard a southbound steamer at Val
dez.
MRS. TROY RAPS JAPS—
Mrs. H ien Troy, wife of Governor
in W. Troy of Alaska, declared
rec-. ntly in San Diego that “the
troubRd situation between Alaska
id Japanese fishermen is graver
than persons in the States suspect.’
Mrs Tr y, who spends a great deal
: ' me n Southern California for
r heahh, added: Japanese fisher
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MK and MRS« M. MYNTTI. Props.
men have been coming into waters
off the Alaskan coast, catching tons
of fish and canning them on their
floating cannery vessels. Alaskans
asked the United States Coast
• Guard to give attention to the situ
i ation. The problem is how to keep
j Japanese out of waters off the Alas
kan coast without open hostilities,
which might have serious consequen
; ces. The situation is the Governor's
paramount worry.” Asked about the
advisability of persons ' from the
j States going to Alaska to make
their homes, Mrs. Troy did not ad
vocate that older folks should go to
Alaska, but she said the Territory
i is a land of great opportunity for
younger men and women. •.
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Moher: "And what did you- do
with the dime I gave you for taking
your medicine?”
Small Son: “I bought five pennies
worth of candy and gave Tom the
other five pennies for taking the
medicine for me.”
“Any chance for a man to work
himself up in your concern?”
“Chance! Why nearly every min
ute there’s something to work a
man up.”
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