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Entered as secona-class matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postotfice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska. September 27, 1930.
TOM GAFFNEY HOPEFUL
OF FUTURE OF ALASKA
“The Nome country and the other
districts covered during my recent
trip up the Yukon river and over the
Alaska Ralroad from Fairbanks,
show signs of increased activity in
mining,” stated Tom Gaffney, pioneer
of the Seward Peninsula country, in
an interview given to the Anchorage
Times. He is the Democratic candi
date for Territorial auditor.
“Alaska in general is recovering
from the effects of the depression en
gendered by the World War, when
the purchasing power of our gold
■was reduced to almost one-half of its
pre-war value,” the oldtimer ex
plained. “This is evidenced by the
increase, small though it be, of our
population and the fact that Alaska
advanced to second place among the
gold-producing States—the acid test
of returning prosperity. The old
spirit of the individual in the hills is
again apparent, as witnessed at Rus
sian Mission, where a new strike was
made during the spring on Buster
creek; and a strong revival of pros
pecting in the Ruby district. Airplane
piots recently brought in to Fair
banks a quantity of coarse gold dis
covered this summer up in the Koyu
kuk district. This gold was placed
on display at Vance McDonald’s store
at Fairbanks. Down the Yukon from
Tanana, Walter Fisher is developing
an immense hydraulic or dredging
proposition, which informed parties
Shave stated will rival the Fairbanks
camp.
“Coupled with all this activity is
the revival of lode activity in the
Fairbanks camp. One or two of the
quartz properties under development
have passed into the dividend-paying
class, with favorable results from
others in a prospecting sense. Some
time in the near future in the vast
hinterand of which the Alaska Rail
road is the supply agency, don’t be
surprised to hear of good strikes. We
have the greatest mineral country on
the face of this earth, as stated by
men of such eminence in geological
research as the late Alfred Brooks.
“Here in your own section you have
the Willow Creek quartz belt. From
what one can gather, the nucleus of
a great quartz camp is now in the
making in that section of the rail'
belt. Here again your Alaska Rail
road solves the insurmountable diffi
culties that beset the early pros
pector. Considerable talk with od
time miners and prospectors here has
convinced me that you have in these
hills, back of Anchorage, quartz pos
sibilities that only the prospector can
unfold. Your promising Alaska bays
some of these days will dig them up.
“Considerable apprehension is felt
by the people here and at Fairbanks
and other places along the railroad
as to the consequences of the Sena
torial investigation, more especially
among the mothers, the first in war
or peace to fear the shadows of dis
aster. My conviction is that the Sen
ators who are conducting the inquiry
will prove to be our best friends if
we have the necessary sense to assist
whole-heartedly in pushing our in
terests ahead. As stated most em
phatically by one Senator, speaking
' for the committee, there must be act
ive co-operation of every Alaskan if
they wish assistance. That means
that we must get in the harness and
pull loyally together. These men of
highly constructive minds and imbued
with the visionary spirit of the pio
neers of the Old West, who overcame
obstacles greater than those with
which Alaska has to contend, real!;:e
better than we do our conditions, and
as fellow Americans wish only for
. our success.
“ am very much pleased with my
visit in Anchorage. Numerous of my
old friends of early days in Nome
formed, as it were, a reunion, and we
talked of people and the happenings
of long ago. Nome being the parent
camp, few there are of the old-time
Alaskans who have not trod on the
golden sands of the Nome beach, and
it is one of the joys of pioneer Alas
kans ‘ net and talk of the days
wr ere young. I wish to
people of Anchorage for
Kindnesses.”
PREDATORS f# YUKON AD
VANCING 100 MILES YEARLY
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Coyotes now extend north to the
Kobuk river.
They are found to the southwest
as far as Stony creek on the Kusko
kwim river.
They extend down the Yukon to
Marshall. '
Their rate of advance is over 100
miles per year.
These are the facts ascertained by
Haran H. Gubser, leader of predatory
animal control, during the course of
investigations he has been making
during the last several weeks. Mr.
Gubser was recently at Ruby.
A number of officials of the Lomen
reindeer corporation informed him
that over 600 Oreindeer have been
killed by wolves between St. Michael
and Marshall during the last two
years.
The Kokrine herd, belonging to
Waechter Bros Company, lost 1,000
head in two years.
To check the advance of predatory
animals and tp exterminate them in
the areas they are already estab
lished, Mr. Gubser said a predatory
anima hunter will start at Kokrines
and will gradually work down the
Yukon river, working in cooperation
with and giviag help wherever pos
sible to trappers in taht district.
It is planned to have lure or scent
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I tive agreement between the Depart
; ment of Agriculture .and .the Terri
■ tory. Mr. Gubser has been with the
predatory animal service since 1923,
and since then has destroyed 1,500
coyotes and wolves.
While 60 Omiles back of Kokrines
in the country where the Waechter
herd is ranging Mr. Gubser saw sev
ers fresh killed deer which had been
pulled down by wolves.
FIND THE REMAINS OF A
PREHISTORIC MONSTER
After being held approximately
18,000,000 years imprisoned in the
frozen tundra and shales along Cook
Inlet, the remains of a prehistoric
“saur,” or flying reptile, were dis?
covered by Russell Annabel, formerly
with the forestry bureau, bat now a
big game guide, while guiding Her
man Burkhard. a Los Angeles bank
er, on a brown bear hunt near Chitina
Bay. The remains, hawing a length
of about 60 feet, still retained por
tions of flesh, and four square feet of
hide, which was two inches thicsk and
like armor plate. This is ipossibly the
first time that fleshy remains of these
prehistoric monsters .have been found
and itt discovery is one of the most
important contributions to science
yet made, as it affects the progress
of paleontology. The remains were
| dug up by brown bears in shales
classified as belonging to the saurian
age, or mesozoic period, which repre
; sents the secondary epoch in geology.
Photographs taken of the skull show
it to be 38 inches long, and appears
' to have belonged o a large lizard o.
alligator. It contains 40 massive
ivory teeth, weighing each 10 ounces.
The five-foot ribs have a curve of
nearly 18 inches. .Science tells us
that these great reptiles inhabited
the earth immediately after the de
velopment of vertebrates. They are
pictured as immense flying or creep
ing lizards, weighing many tons,
some of which were herbiverous and
others carsiverous. As lime passed
many of these great mammals pro
gressed into other species, to trav£f
the and, while other species, like the
whales, seals, .alligators .and other
known sea monsters, remained in the
water. Of these, the sperm whale ap
pears to be the nearest connection to
the great saurians, classed as bronto
saurs, dinosaurs pterodactyls, and
diplodocus. The sperm whale retains
its teeth and has evidence of atro
phied limbs. Of the remaining sau
rians, products of that age, the alli
gator and various lizards, including
immense dry land saurians, discov
ered in Java, .remain to tell us of the
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strange life existing.on earth at that
remote period We- Still ;have the bat
as a remnant - of the flying reptile.
The. discovery, a few years ago of a
mammoth preserved in !the ice in Si
beria was ..heralded , as the greatest
discovery made by science with re
spect to the older .age, or mesozoie
periqd. It proves Alaska a veritable
scientific treasure-house for the sci
| entist, and further exploration in the
region where the rare discovery was
made may creveal a complete speci
men containing flesh and hide intact.
, In addition to its value to science, the
discoverer completes ^.the geological
elements essential to oil producton.
The remains of these immense, fatty
mammals or reptiles! sr< found in
fossil form adjacent??4o. all old oil
fields. Hitherto tljey have been mere
ly oatlines skoira nn 'the sands.* one
and shales, .:md if. lias .been necessary
to reconstruct the eomolete specimens
by measurements and;.the reassem
bling of . fragmentary particles, often
necessitating the use .of the micro
scape. This specimen^ perfect with
respect to. skeleton structure and ca
pable of being reassembled in its nat
ural form, will be wecomed by the
field of science as a treasure without
price.—Ex.
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