fiUBLI CRECEPTIO NACCORD
ED COLONEL EIELSON UPON
HIS RETURN TO FAIRBANKS
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Fairbanks paid honor to Colonel
Ben Eielson last night at a banquet
and public reception in his honor. At
the reception, as a token of. esteem
from the citizens of the city, Colonel
Eielson was presented with a watch
fob in..the shape of a golden heart,
suitably, inscribed.
Over sixty persons were present at
■hfe banquet, which was given by the
Fairbanks Commercial Chib at the
Model CAfe. A. splendid dinner, was
served by the management of the cafe
and it was not until after' 8 o’clock
that adjournment was taken to the
Masonic Temple, where* the reception
was held. At the banquet there were
no forma ltalks,.but Robert E. Shel
don had the diners laughing heartly
with his impromptu sallies.
Paul J. Rickert, president of the
Commercial Club, introduced the
speakers at the reception. An ad
dress of welcome to Colonel Eielson
was made by Mayor F. de la Vergne,
who sketched the Colonel’s exploits
since he carried the first air mail
from Fairbanks, to McGrath and
spoke of the- honors that have been
accorded him . in. his aerial achieve
ments.
Presentation of. the testimonial to
Colonel Eielson was made by John A.
Ciark, who .welcomed the flier back to
Fairbanks not as a high ranking offi
cer in the army air corps nor. a man
to. who mfame has come ,but simply
“As one of the family.. There will al
ways be a.. warm spot in Fairbanks
heart for.him,” Mr. Clark said,, “and
we want him to come back as often
as Dossible.”
€olonel. Eielson was asked by Mr.
RIckert to tell of some of his experi
ences since leaving here last year and
irt responding, the Colonel said that
thte best way he could1 express the
way he felt.about. Fairbanks was^to
aqint to the number- of times he had
come back_. He thanked the people
of Fairbanks, for the fob that had just
been given to him and said it would
always be one. of his treasured pos
sessions^
In telling about his experiences of'
-,hfc: last year Colonel Eielson dwelt
blit little , upon the history-making,
flights in which-, he. participated, pre
ferring to. deal with.some;of the hu
morous happenings in Europe after
the Barrow.-Spitzbergen. flight. On
one occasion he. and Captain Wilkins
were met at the railroad station in. a
Norwegian town by a band and; the
assembled population, but as it was
the. dead of night and they knew they
would not have time to dress-before
the train pulled: out., they persuaded
an American traveling salesman with
whom they had.'become; acquainted on
the previous night and who happened
to be still up to represent them, hi
r.he role of. Captain Wilkins- the sales
man went out on< the rear platform
of the train and made a rapid-fire
speech on his Arctic flight, to the
great enjoyment of all.
The Colonel told more about, the
ilarrow-Spitzbergen flight than any
of his other trips.. The heavily load
ed plane,, which carried 3/&1 pounds
and weighed only 1800, wat . not able
to< take ta> the: air from the lagoon
where a runway three-quavers of a
mile long had been built. One set of
3kais had already been broken and if
anything happened'’to the. remaining,
set the flight would have to be called
off.
Dog teams were called into service
tt> haul the . plane to a larger lagoon,
six miles away. Av runway- a mile
and a quarter- long was Built, and' on
The second try the plane rose. The
runway was only 14 feet wide, leav
ing only three feet clearance, and had
The plane swerved it would have been
wrecked..
Fine weather was experienced for
the first 2,000 miles of the flight, al
though the temperature dropped
down to 48 below. Then the explorers
P ran. into. a. storm, and., passed, over
King’s Bay, teir destination, without
knowing it.
They landed 140 miles inland, and
Colonel Eielson said they had no hope
of averting a wreck, but what he de
scribed as “luck” prevented any dam
age. For six days he and Captain
Wilkins were stormbound, and then
they flew to Green Harbor, which on
first sighting they believed to be a
' deserted village.
j There were only six or seven per
1 sons there, most of them connected
j with the radio station. Why the Nor
wegian government maintained a sta
tion where generally there was no
business at all the Colonel said he
; was unable to realize. Only a few
dollars’ business had been done all
winter, but after the explorers ar
rived it mounted to $30,000 in ten
days.
Colonel Eielson told briefly of the
journey to Europe and their reception
tion there. “There was a lot of
amusement, but little sleep,” he said.
Returning to the United States, he
and Captain Wilkins made a hurried
tour by plane and then departed for
the Antarctic. Colonel Eielson did
not speak about explorations made in
j the south polar regions, but described
! the country. The members of the
party had a lot of fun with the pen
| guins, the peculiar birds that can
; walk and swim but cannot fly. They
were very curious, and as there are
j no land animals in the Antarctic to
! molest them displayed no fear. Near
fhe camp was a giant rookery where
millions of penguins lived.
Before concluding Colonel Eielson
expressed once more his thanks for
the watch fob and the hospitality that
had been shown him.
GANGSTER WAR RESUMES
IN CHICAGO; THREE KILLED
HAMMOND, Ind.—A triple slaying
this morning terminated the brief;
truce in the Chicago gang war. Three
men, identified by newspaper men as
John Scalisi,. Albert Anselmi and Joe
Guinta, were found shot to death on
a rural road- In the forfeit of their
lives is seen retribution of foes for
the massacre of George (“Buggs”)
Moran and' his seven clansmen ini
Chicago, on St. Valentine’s day.
Scalisi and Anselmi are reported to
be henchmen of “Scarface” A1 Ca
pone. Scalisi had been released on
$50,000 bonds a week ago, pending,
trial for the Moran gang executions..
Two of the bodies were found
heaped in the back seat of a stolen
coupe, the hodies being covered with
blankets. Twenty feet away the other
body was found.
Scalisi and Anselmi were known as
the “duet killers” and were regarded',
as the. ace men of the Capone staff .
Thrice have they been charged with
killing policemen, but each time es
caped conviction, contending that
they thought the policemen were
members of rival gangs.
—
TWO CORDOVANS REPORTED
LOST, HINCHINBROOK ISLAND
CORDOVA, June 10.—A searching,
part yot ten men was sent out today
by Commissioner E. P. Harwood to
locate Arthur Cox and John Wagner,
who have-been lost for two days on
Hinchinbrook island. Neither man
was armed’. The island abounds with
brown bear, and some fear the men
were victims of these animals, as the
search; has failed to reveal a trace of
them, although they were seen an
hour before tbeir disappearance, and.*
the search started within two hours
of their baring lost.
Indications . that smallpox has
broke nout in Valdez were received
here in a cable request-.foiv vaccine for
a hundred persons. The serum will
be shipped on the steamer Alaska,;
now e nroute north.
After flowing1 a-; thousand miles im,
six and a half years for hydrographic j
observation, a sealed bottle was pick
ed up near Cordova by fishermen. The
note was dropped in "the sea on the
Seattle-Oriental shipping lanes by;.
the steamer Empress of Russia, Cap
tain A. J. Hooker, on December 15
: 1922.
FOUR DROWNED IN ATTEMPT
TO RESCUE STRICKEN BOi
RANDOLPH, Vt.r June 11-—^
father, mother and two sisters gav
their lives in a vain attempt to sav<
their son and brother, Harry Board
man, 15, who was seized by cramp:
while swimming in the White river a
the rear of their home.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. .Henrj
Boardman, Harryonea, 14, and Be
atrice, 16. The tragedy orphanec
three other children, the oldest oJ
whom is 4 years old.
Henry was swimming with Ran
dolph Bennett, a friend, when he wa:
seized by cramps. At the outcry, hii
father rushed from the home, fol
lowed by.his wife and .two girls. A1
plunged into the swiftly, moving
stream, fully clothed...
Bennett swam ashore_ and. soughl
assistance. When aid arrived the five
bodies were found in the stream.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Warren Al
ford, on Sunday last, about -12-p. m.
a son, Dr. J. A. Sutherland of.Fair
banks, who had arrived an hour.or.se
before via airplane, giving every as
sistance. The circumstances sur;
rounding the advent of the little .one
were none too auspicious,..and* not
destined to participate in or ^ to .com
bat the trials, tribulations and ago
nies of this, world of .woe,, it passed
into final slumber .at 3:30 yesterday
afternoon. Interment was made in
the local cemetery, last .night, a few
friends being present
luck jviatxnews, wen. tuiown nmuus
man of the Nixon section, is a late
arrival at McGrath; where he awaits
airplane for Fairbanks,'headed for . a
visit to the .Outside.
Andy Peterson; better-known to his
friends and familiars as “The Trav
eling Swede,” isra-reeent arrival at
McGrath, j
The steamer vTana; Oaptain George
A. Green, arrived at' McGrath earls
yesterday morning:;
Warren Alfdrd and ’ Joseph1 Oates
left late last night:for McGrath;.
Are you a*K)uskb Times subscriber 1
Why not ? _
NOTICE OF" HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersignecf has filed his final repori
and account as administrator in the
estate of Sam Hounam, deceased, anc
that such hreport will be heard anc
considered*: by the Probate Judge oJ
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, at his office ai
OJjhir, in7said precinct, on Saturday
July 20, at 11 o’clock in the forenooi
of said day;
A11.’persens having objections tc
surfr report may he heard at saic
time and place.
0Uted at Ophir, Alaska, May 20th
192H
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator of the Estate ol
SUm Hounam, deceased.
First pub. June 1, last June 29.
TABLE: OF* DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLA1
Mile*
Nenana . 00
Tamnr Roadhouse .—. 17%
Knight’s Roadhouse'•. 22%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse-. 68 -
'Diamond Roadhbuse.76
•Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchunrfna . 116
Trappers’ Gabin .—. 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 150
TeBda Roadhouse.-. 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse .— 187
East Fork Roadhouse .> 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse 227%
Big River Roadhouse.— 241
McGrath . 263
Takotna .-. 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .-. 291
Ophir —. 300
McCafferty . 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin- 318
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Scflermeyer R. H. _ 360
Iditarod... 376
Flat . 384
Bonanzza sheler eabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter eabin, 19
miles from Bonanza...
B’
4'
Babeesch Moosehtde Mitts and Boots
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R. Eldridge
McGrath
TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
Where Everything Is Homelike and
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG HOUSES
BATHS
Ivar Ghilstrom
Prop.
V