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NEWS ITE .IS FROM OTHER ALASKAN TOWNS .
c C ohered From Our Territorial Exchanges •
Br\;» n
-ar- Stop Tractors—
r -r-'V.r bears d<> tractor?
;<kin oil driir
*ok Inlet s
camp on
H. H. Ma:
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tfce an*
who is in An.horag
'ciit »be wliit* r and
r p as watchman.
ibe tracers push over
r;,c j-al] t 35 of fniti.t_without
nc. However, be aaaeti, brown
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U, budge. 1 be drivers c:
yell, ?ac* -heir engines
t heavy 1
the tround
frighten
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r.-a where lb
;Lng for oil.
vinter in
company
Wl.I Work in Circle Rtsho—
J hn H. Dimond, s-r. Itelegaie
A. J. Din.end. arrived a rairtam.
arid ’eft it • Miller House
work with Bob Bartlett this sent:'
Young Dimond riad not : -a ie.
btr.-.s s.nee ii<25 and he was very
much ?u:ovi?ed at the gr ''fin of -e
city. His arrival here was a surprise
to" ..any. Having c.tuple- i bis high
sc'r.o wo:k n u -t St. John s
College, Washington, D. G, Mr. Di
rer-.. I plans t ndy
m;- at the Cathcii- fin -v'f'O- r.
Washington r.rt year. In:. rest?s m
mining, be will get some pra-nical^ex
perience in the Circle set it -
annate., wtrsatg with i •• -'art.f t.
Mi. Dimond it ate the tup irotp
Washington to Seattle by auto w.th
Peti Li n. On the w. y they were
stopped by pol.ee ana wM _a« i,u'j
peo’ts .n a bank robbin. .t Happened
shortly ester they had dr en tf rs
the v ridge between Council ri.uits
sr . Omaha. An Otr.ar.a sack had
b-er. held up. and the c.: were st p
pinp all strangers. After -'tng ‘ e.n
■fi iskedfi’ the travelers finally suc
ceeded in convincing the police of
their innocence.
Takes Movie Outfit to Canneries—
:->• m the sea to the can. the story
of the salmon industry on Bristol Bay
is to bt pictured :n a irov _ this sum
mer bv W . E. Goss, ers*o; r..e fisher
man, traveling showman. gn painter
and news cam :-man. L- nc pur
er: cd a new portable generator for
hi; .alkie protector, Mr. Goss is reaoy
for a siren jobs summer. With five
complete shows, news roc's. comedies
and features, he will go from Anch
orage to Bristol Bay by plane and
present the picture? on the coast. In
ahc: cion, he will fish, having had six
years uperience .r. gill netting, and
while fit in his sailboat, take movies
of .he sailing fleet, 'fiber, he will foi
Irv through, showing the processing
a.. . pacify, s cf red saint on. After the
fjsi.tr season, he will make a tour
of osnntries ->n the coast, going
th cuth False Pass and up the coast
to K >i k. His route wiU include a
Tc a. f 27 salmon canneries and one
wiJing station, Akutan Well eqcip
p.:. for the summer, his taikie outfit
in.lodes two portable projectors and
o..: amplifier, a 9r.fi inch screrm and
the new generator. Powered -with a
gasoline engine, the generator unit
g.ves 1503 watts. AC. and weigr.s
cn.y 2‘’0 pounds.
Defeated in Adoption Sul' —
Application by Mrs iVilhelmina
Sum: of F ..banks to au pt her rwc
grandchfi en, G-rorr-. Houston C-o: a.
i2 year id, and Rut:; Marion Cook.
11. was enied recency by Yr.stec
States Commissioner WCimm Grow
den, acting in his capacity as probate
judge. The decision of the commis
sioner, if it were stayed by appeal,
would leave the status of the children
under the guardianship of Aisie M.
Yeung of Coleman, Mich. An appeal
from the decision will be taken to the
United States district court in Fair
banks, and pending appeal, the chil
dren will remain with Mrs. Sum: with
whom they have lived since the death
of their parents. Mrs. Surai’s suit tc
adopt the children was pressed aftei
she had been defeated in litigatiei
that went to the United States su
preme court in their application to be
their guardian. The children are or
phans. Their mother was the late
Mayme Sami Cook Younu. the daugn
ter of Mrs. Sumi, and of Mrs. Young":
first husband, the late George Cook
who passed away in Vancouver, B. C
After the death of Mr. Cook, his wid
ow was married in Fairbanks t<
George Edward Young, aviator, wh-i
lost his life in an airplane acciden
in September, 1933. After his deatl
the two children lived with tber
mother in Fairbanks until her deatl
in May 1934. Mrs. Young directec
in her will that the children be pu
under the guardianship of Aisie M
Young, the brother of the second hus
band. Mrs. Sumi, with whom th
children have lived ever since th
death of her mother, resisted in th
cturt her daughter's wrill, first apply
ihg for their guardianship was de
Tried, seeking their adoption. An ap
peal will be taken.
Native- I'rted to faint Houses—
To spread the gospel of houst
painting among native? from >ne cn
of Alaska to the other is the missio
st--it will b undertaken by Dana Ftt
.. who eft Seattle recently for th
tot there Territory. At Cord va. M:
} er twill disembark and rta.-semb]
rr r plan-. that the steamer Yv
- w discharge ft r him there. I
. lane. he will visit all part
Ah.iha. Mr. Fuller will be accoir
■ n he Yukon and on his ait
. ur by George Feldman an
r C • ngt. u. k:.! known Alask
. • nl traveling men who wi
• : ‘feetre their . ne f business. M:
“ Her. itt sj-ea-.-Rg of his plans t
i f pe'nt among native
n Alaska, -aid: ‘Most of the native
n Alaska w w use paint only <n the:
ets. They seldom use paint o
houses. I h ’•e to charge the:
. isiinds.”
Will Wire Action on Licenses—
Action of :■« A neb -rage city corn
c;’ regards r e three ii -uor license
will be wired to the district com
following completion of an invest
gallon now under way by the polic
committee, it was decided at a spet
ial meeting of the council recent]]
Fourteen more licenses were at
ra red by the council at anothe
special meeting. Seven licenses wei
vea at the council's regular se:
n ea-:ier in the week. Ail license
int olvea are to become effeetjv
July 1. when the new Territorial 1:
quor iaw goes ir.io effect. Approvj
f licenses for Ben Weeda; Loui
* ■ no f the Hunter er Parlor; an
Ann Efiler of Ann’s Place, were witl
held by the council when Co sue lima
L. D. Roach, chairman of the polk
: orr.rc ittee, said the committee ha
net finished an invesigation regardin
the three licenses, and was not read
: . make a recommendation to th
council regarding them. It was d<
tided to mail the applications to th
rict court and wire the action c
the council as soon as the investigs
ti n is completed. This was done t
save time in the mails and give th
applicants a chance to secure the!
licenses by July 1 if the council take
favorable action.
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Strawberries Go By Airmail—
Alaska strawberry plan ;s. desirable
d! because of their sub-Arctic oiigin
n and hardiness, left Faiibank by
- plane recently for Juneau, enroute to
e Akron, Ohio. They are consigned to
■.! 1* ilium E. Burge, of Akron, and will
e be speeded to their destination from
-1 Seattle by airmail. The plants are
n : from the ranch of Harry Badger, lo
s cated 11 mik-s easterly from Fair
- banks, or. the Chena River. So many
- airmail stamps were required on the
1 package that it was literally wrapped
a in stamps. The package is a foot in
.1. length and six inches in diameter.
■. Postage on the parcel amounts to
0 three dollars. The plants are being
s sent in response to a telegram from
s Mr. Barge, who gave specific instruc
r t ons to send the plants by air mail,
n " he pi. Jits are wrapped in moss, to
r retain moisture, and then wrapped in
■ ware: proof paper, and there are holes
in the ends of the parcel for ventila
tion. The plants are known as the
John Scharle hybrid variety. They
- were originated by John Scharle. a
; pioneer Fairbanks gardener, who
t cross d ordinary wild strawberry
* plants, i end on Birch hill, near Fair
s’ tanks. Mr. Scharle grew the hybrids
* there tv :h much success, and pro
dueed eacsBent strawberries. Mr.
* Badger bar been producing berries of
r eXf-cJltni size and quality with the
e plants on his ranch the last 16 years,
- and is .he chief strawberry grower
s of the region. On favorable seasons
e he gathers and markets in Fairbanks
■ 250 to 030 crates. His strawberry
1 patch is confined to an acre and a
s half in area, and is located on the
^ lowland a quarter of a mile back
* from the Chena River. “My plants
0 are grown in a clay silt, something
especially favorable for the plants,"
says Mr. Badger. “The silt is heavy
and gummy. The plants seem to with
stand more cold there. In other
ground they freeze out during the
winters. 1 leave the plants in the
e ground all winter. The berries usually
f ripen here by the tenth or twelfth of
* July. This year they probably will be
0 ten days late, due to the late spring
e which we have had.”
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Roosevelts Return From Hunt—
Bearing the pelt of the largest
brown bear shot in Alaska tht- year,
Mr. and Mrs. Hermit Roosevelt were
sailing toward Seattle on the steamer
Yukon last week, returning to their
home in New York from their first;
Alaskan hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Roose
velt went straight to Kodiak frem
their brown bear hunt on Kodiak Is
land and boarded the steamer Cura
cao, from where they traveled to
Cordova and took passage on the Yu
kon. The famous couple left Anch
orage May 22 on their bear hunt. Mr.
Roosevelt killed two brownies. The
’argest measured 10 feet six inches,
believed to be the biggest brownie
shot in the Territory this year. Mrs.
Roosevelt bagged a brownie that
measured nearly 10 feet. The trophies
of the couple will be placed rn the
American Museum of Natural History
at New York.
Caribou Surround Trucks—
The unusual spectacle of 12 mod
ern motor trucks heavily loaded with
the last thing in mining equipment,
passing through a deep snow bank
and a herd of hundreds of w ild car
ibou surrounding the motorcade, was
witnessed recently at Eagle Summit
l
on the Steese Highway between Fair
banks and Circle. News of the rare
sight was brought to town by Ole
Ansen, old-time Alaskan, who was
present. “The trucks." says Ansen,
“were passing through a huge long
bank of srow fully 30 feet deep when
suddenly there appeared above the
cut a herd of no fewer than 50G ca
lbou. They! nailed for a time and
gazed curiously at the strange pro
cession of trucks bearing dredge,
dragline, hydraulic and other parts,
including steel pontoons for one of
the dredges in the Circle district.
Not a man in the party had a camera,
much to the regret of all.” Mr. Anson
is one of the real Sourdoughs of Al
aska. He has prospected and mined
m many camps of the North since he
first entered the game in the rush to
Cook Inlet in the days before the
Klondike was struck, more than 40
years ago. He and Capt. A. E. La
throp were among the pioners in the
Cook Inlet rush, prior to 181*6, and
vividly recalled today hew they re
covered gold from the sands at An
chor Point in tho=>e hectic days. “Oh,
boy, if we only had some of these
tractors, bulldozers and draglines in
rtead of rockers on the C ok Inlet in
those days,"" exclaimed Ole, as he
and the captain recalled the historic
events of the period.
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