PILOT MAKING SUCCESS
IN MINING NEAR NOME
Hugh Ford, engineer in charge of
power for the Arctic Exploration Co.
operating two dredges at Candle,
stopping at Juneau recently, on his
way below for the winter, says three
gold placers of more than usual inter
est have been uncovered in the Nome
• region this summer.
One, according to Ford, is'that of
Sam Godfrey’s on the high reaches
of the Kougarok River where prom
ising showings have been found in
ancient river channels. Godfreys a
Fairbanks man. spent considerable
money in drilling operations this
season, the results of which may be
seen in expanded machinery develop
ment next summer.
Frank Whaley, veteran Nome air
plane pilot, had the most astounding
success of the year. It was Whaley
whose plane was st-uck by- lightning
this summer, a wing ripped clean of
fabric, and a ertsh- resulted- in which
engine and dash panel were broken
loose from the plane by the terrific
impact as the plane struck the sur
face of a small lake. No one was
killed or severely injured, and the
same luck followed Whaley into gold
mining.
Me is said to have taken a small
inadequate appearing outfit !n*o Nug
get Creek near Nome with his part
ners and cleaned up between forty
and fifty thousand dollars in gold
when the intension had been -mly to
prospect in the few holes put down.
Bill Oliver, from Fairbanks, and a
party of three men also have what
may be a big plater field in the next
few years, a’4hough bad luck d^gred
them all summer. It is understood
the men were respecting the va’ley
of a river about 30 miles up the Yu
kon.
High wafers that forced the men
to mount their ligh*: airplane drill
on a raft brought down a heavy run
of ice a few weeks aco and the men
had to walk out 'of the country, be
ing lucky to save their lives as well
as their outfit.
The men found a little coarse gold,
and if pay is found in general next
-summer, the-prospect should become
a big thing as the drainage of the
river in question is 250 miles in ex
tent.
HI NTING LICENSES AID
SECURITY OLD AGE DIVISION
JUNEATT—The Alaska Old Age
Assistance Division of the Depart
ment of Public Welfare is using trap
ping, hunting, r.r d fishing licenses
issued by the Alaska Came Commis
sion prior to April, 1937, in attempt
ing to prove age of the applicants.
The Alaska law requires that all re
cipients be 65" years of age or over.
Proof is required and birth certifi
cates are rare, as vital statistics
were generally recorded only in the
larger cities and some - few of the
eastern states 65-years ago. Usually
church records giving t,be date of
birth are available' for those who
were qaptised or-who were register
ed in a church. Family Bibles are
also helpful.
The Department of Public Welfare
has been finding information record
ed on trapping, hunting and fishing
licenses of great value in nr-'v-ng
age. -and the' Alaska Game Commis
sion has been- cooperating with the.
department-hr tracing many of these
records over a period of years, there
fore helping to establish the age of
many applicants in the Territory.
This work- would be greatly facili*
tated and grants could be made
much sconeriif applicants would be
careful to record the exact year or
years in wlficir they received licenses
from the Came Commission, as well
as indicating the kind of license that
was issuedf Other types of docu
ments fdtfnd invaluable are home
stead records, marriage records,
steamboat licenses and similar re
cords. The-investigation of other re
cords would be greatly facilitated
were exact details given when mak-!
mg the application.
JUSTICE BLACK DELIVERS
' HIS FIRST DECISION*
I
WA SHTNGTON—Associate JuST^e
of the Supreme Court of the United
States,'Hugo L. Black, delivered his
first Supreme Court decision today
sustaining the Federal Trade Com
mission's- contention that two firms
can be engaged in unfair methods of
■competition in marketing products j
in Interstate Commere.
Justice'Black read the opinion in a
" firm, steady- voice. No dissent was
announdedc
The decision reversed the rul'ng
againat'tne Commission by the Sec-1
oivTCircuif Gourt of Appeals of New
York. I
The Comrniasion contended that the
"Standard Education Society of Min
nesota and * the ' Standard Encyclo
pedia Coipuiaram of Illinois, told
prospective - customers they were es
pecially selected to receive a free en
- cyclopedia and would have to pay
only $69.50 for loose leaf material to
keep it up. The Commission declared
the price was the regular price plus
r the loose leaf - service. _
MIXING MAN CONDEMNS
TAX ON GOLD TAKE
Mining- development in the Seward
! Peninsula country is being severely
hampered by the three percent tax
on gold, passed by the last Territor
ial Legislature, according to Graham
D. Larr.mers of the Fox Bar Dredg
| ing Company, operating on the Kou
garok River.
“Many outfits in my section,” Gra
ham said, “and especially on the
Kougarok, are running on a marginal
I profit, and the three percent tax on
gross geld output definitely limits
the scope of operations.”
Larimers is on his way to the
States after a “fairly successful”
season. He has been working ground
with his partner, Guy Riegel, or. the
I lower reaches cf the Kougarok for
' five years.
Lammers and Riegel, are using a
3mall dredge to operate their ground
j with a three-foot bucket. Bedrock
is about nine feet deep on the sv«r
: eg? and using cold water thawing,
the Fox Bar Dredging Company has
; mined 213,000 yards of gravel during
•he f'0-day season that ended Octo
■ her 5.
Lammers opened a hydraulic plac
; er proposition on Buzzard Creek this
j summer that from Lammer’s smiles
j as he said the pay was “pretty good,”
! should be just that.
"There is some good country in
there,” Lammers said, “but as I said
be.'ere. the gold tax is discouraging
investment in that region and keep
ing a lot of capital out of Alaska.”
FSKTMO IGLOO IS NOW
EXTINCT SAYS SURVEYOR
(Alaska Daily Press)
The day of the igloo is peechuk,
that is to say, all gone.
No more do the little miekaimin
nies crawl through the frozen en
trance of their round snowhouse and
nibble on tallow by the light of a
seal oil lamp, while raping at a dim
world through a window of ice.
Leonard Berlin. U. S. Surveyor,
who has just finished a long season
in the far north, returned to Juneau
yesterday with the word that the Es
kimos from n:w on must be com*
rletely disassociated with igloos, for
there is probably not one in use to
dy. at least in Alaska.
When Uncle Sam’s northernmost
citizens go traveling, they occasion
ally erect a snowbouse for a "one
night stand,” if no other shelter of
fers itself. But this is rar°lv the
case, and if you were to visit the
north country today, you would find
the natives of the region living either
in frame houses or in “barabaras,”
such as are used on the Aleutian
islands.
The "barabsra” is built half un
derground. half above ground, and
covered with grass or boards or any
thing to keep out the elements.
When built underground, the ground
oftentimes has to fce thawed out by
building fires on it.
Such a decidedly rude exhrtence,
one would think, is not conducive to
the highest happiness, but Berlin
declares, that the Eskmos of this far
north country along the Arctic coast,
are as good-natured and carefree a
band of people as yon will ever meet
in this planet.
“They treat yon right when you
get around Point Barrow,” he said.
“It’s not always this “two bits, two
bits stuff, like the natives further
south, -or, as a matter of fact, like
the white man everywhere.”
The Eskimos are living exponents
of the truth of Thomas Gray’s line,
“Where; ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly
to be wise.” They don’t know any
other life' than the rigorous one they
lead :n the Arctic shore. They don't
know wanhtr. and snnsh'ne.
As a result they are jolly and con
tented, earning an indnstrous life off
their seahens and reindeer. They
are not lazy, not by a long way. And
Berlin found them mighty fine people
to know.
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NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Mt Mr Kin,
ley Preempt, Fourth Judicial Dive
sin, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Bert
Good pas ter, deceased.
Notice is hereby (riven by the un
dersigned. executor of the estate of
Bert Good pas ter, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against, the raid deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
I vouchers, within six months of the
' date of this notice, to the said exec
utor. at his place of residence in the
Town of Takotna. Mt. McKinley Pre
cinct, Fourth Judicial Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
AXEL PETERSON
Executor of the Estate of
Bert Goodpaster, Deceased
First Publication October 16, 1937.
i Last Publication, November • IS,
! 1937.
NOTICE
j Ir the Pro bat: Court fot Otter Pro-1
I cinct. Fourth Judicial Division, i
Territory of Alaska,
j In the matter of the Estate of
Charles Yost. d?ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the es
tate of Charles Yost, deceased, to
the creditor’s of, and all persons
having claims again=t, the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the ne
cessary vouchers, within sis months
cf the date of this notice, to the
said administrator, at his place of
residence m the Town of Flat, Ot- j
ter Precinct, Fourth Judicial Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
JOE CUMMINGS,
Administrator of the Estate ef
Charles Yost, Deceased.
p"*°d at Fiat, Alaska, September 11,
1937.
j First Publication October 15. 1937.
Last Publication, November 19,
1937.
NOTICE OF HEAPIN’O FINAL AC
j COUNT AND REPORT AND PE
:! TITION FOR DISCHARGE
| _ *
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tfry of Alaska, Fourth Division,
, Mt. McKinley Precinct
’ In the Matter of the Estate of F. C.
H. Spencer, Deceased.
. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
, J. J. Chisholm, the administrator cf
I the estate of F. C. H. Spencer, de
. ceased, has this day filed in this
> Court and matter h s Final Account.
, Report and Petition for Discharge,
and that the Court has designated
Saturday, the 27th day of Novem
ber, 1987, at the hour of 2 o’clock in
the afternoon of said day as the time
and office of the U. S. Commissioner
and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for the
Mt, McKinley Precinct, Fourth Divi
1 sion, Territory of Alaska, as the
1 place, when and where said report,
account and petition will be heard;
and all persons interested in said es-‘
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! tate are hereby required to file their
| objections to the said report if any
they hare, in writing, on or before
said day in the Coart. and to appear
at the time and pi see aforesaid and
present their objeciotia.
■ Dated at McGrath, Alaska this
25th day of September, 1937. >
W. J. WIDMAK
Probate Jadge
Date of First Publication, October 16,
1937. j
Dale or last Publication, November
15, 1937.
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