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gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Hehotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
1‘akotna. • Alaska; February 14, 1931
H^ H. RICE NAMED CHAIRMAN
‘ YUKO NHIGHWAY FOR U. S.
Ttejpjdrf H. Rice of Detroit, assist
ing to the president of General Mo
tors nnd treasurer of and director in
the National Automobile Chamber of
Cpmmerce, has been appointed chair
man of the commission for the
Upited States created to study the
construction of a highway to connect
the northwestern part of the United
States with British Columbia, Yukon
Territory and Alaska, according to a
statement recently given out by the
Interior Department. The other
members of the commission are Er
nest Walker Sawyer, representing
the Department of the Interior, and
Major Malcolm Elliott, of the army,
president of the Alaska Road Com
mission.
information received in Washing
ton is to the effect that British Co
lupibia is continuing her exploration
oft a route of the proposed road 500
miles beyond its present terminus at
the famous totem poles of Kispios
nejar Hazelton, which itself is 839
miles nort hof Vancouver. This ex
ploration is being done largely
through aviators, protographing from
the air, but supplemented by ground
surveying parties. The results of
the summer’s work is in the hands of
Premier Tolmie. The present termi
nus of the automobile road at Hazel
ton is 150 miles east of Ketchikan,
Alaska, back of the coast range. Tift
route from there on, as indicated by
thp recent survey activities, will lead
northerly to Lake Atlin and will en
tep Alaska by way of Dawson.
At the northern boundary of Brit
ish Columbia the road will enter Yu
kon Territory, and its development
thfough that area will be in the
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hands of the Canadian government
itself. Survey now actually is pro
ceeding. When it reaches the Alaska
border the completion of the road to
Fairbanks will depend upon the gov- ■
ernnient of the United States.
The mileage that will have to be
built in Alaska may not exceed 50
or may run as high as 200, depend
ing upon the point to which entry is
made. This short piece of road,
which will open up a virgin mining
section of Alaska, will also connect
with the main highway system of
2,000 miles already in Alaska. The
presen activity in the development of
this highway has grown out of the
trip made last summer under the
guidance of Premier Tolmie of Brit
ish'Columbia accompanied by repre
sentatives from the United States
and fro mthe Chamber of Commerce
of Seattle.
The distance from Seattle to Fair
banks is approximately 2,000 miles.
When this road is completed a new
and novel venture will be offered to
the automobile tourist, and one of
the greatest gestures of friendship
between English-speaking nations
will have been consummated. The
will tie into the proposed interna
tional Pacific highway which is
planned as the. longest road in the
world, reaching from Fairbanks to
Buenos Aires, toward the other end
of South America.
TACKLED BY TWO !'IG BROWN
BEARS IN V BRUSH PATCH,
NO CHANCE TO GET AWAY
To be tackled by two big brown
bears in a brush patch, without a
chance to get away, and to have one
them rear up within a few feet
wounded and roaring with rage, and
ready to claw the life out of one, is
not a pleasant experience, declares
the Ketchikan Chronicle.
In such a case a man’s very life de
pends upon his coolness. That’s what
happened to R. A. Zeller supervisor
of the Tongas national forest, with
headquarters in Ketchikan,
Mr. Zeller kept tilt story to himself :
for some little time, considering the
incident merely a part of his routine I
work, but some of the other employes ’
of the forest survey tipped it off.
The night of last November 2 Mt
Zeller and two other men anchored
in Headman’s Reach, Peril Strait, on
the tip of Baranof Island.
The next morning the three men 1
started out in the hills. They sep- j
arated, the other two taking across
the country in a southeast direction
and Mr. Zeller going along the main
valley. He traveled to an elevation
of about 500 feet and came across a
faint deer or game trail through the
huckleberry bushes. The slope was
fairly thick with brush which came
up to his shoulders and there were
columns of dense low cedar which
grew close to the ground.
While angling up the slope he
passed within fifty feet of two brown
bears bedded down in a patch of
cedar. When he was about 25 feet
above them they caught his scent and
began sniffing the air to try to locate i
Jiim.
Mr. Zeller was still in brush to his
shoulders. Since a member of the
forest reserve was killed a year ago •
by a brown bear Mr. Zeller carries a
rifle in the woods and advises other
men in the service to do the same.
The bears seemed to locate the man
by scent and started for him. Mr.
Zeller glanced about quickly to size
up the best place to make a stand.
The trees were too small to climb and
afford protection even if time had
been given him to get up one.
Twelve feet above him he noticed a
more open space. He made it in a
split second, but the bears came so
fast that they were already on his
trail and not more than 16 feet away.
For a moment they swung to the left
and disappeared around a clump of
cedars.
Then the lead bear came in sight
ready for business. Mr. Zeller held
his fire for a second, as there was
still t6o much brush between him ana'
the bear.
When the bear came within 10 feet
of -him he shot it in the breast breast.
It collapsed, seeming to squat down
on all fours, but almost instantly got
to its feet, roared out in wounded
rage, reared on its hind legs and
came at him. It was so close that he
could feel its breath in his face, but
it overbalanced itself on the slope
and fell over a couple of times.
Mr. Zeller had not tired the second
time, fearing the appearance of the
second bear more than the one he had
wounded. He stood tense and ready,
but the other beas did not appear.
Meantime he could hear the first bear
roaring and tearing its way down the
hillside. He remained at attention
at attention some little time, keeping'
watch in all directions for the mate
of the wounded bear.
Upon its failing to appear he scout
ed about and found by signs it had
left that vicinity.
He then returned and followed the
bloody trail of the wounded bear. It
had clawed up great chunks of dirt;
and bushes and its teeth marks show
ed on small trees whiih it had bitten
in its rage. It was found dead aboot
150 feet down the slope. It was a
female bear and weighed about 900
pounds.
BILLION DOLLAR STEEL
MERGER DENIED BY COURT
YOUNGSTOWN, O.fThe proposed
billion-dollar merger between the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
was denied by Judge David E. Jen
kins. He granted minority stockhold
ers an injunction restraining the com
bination.
Judge Jenkins handed down the
decision six months from the inrep
tion of one of the bitterest legal bat
tles in corporate history. The strug
gle of millions was carried out first
with proxies and then with lawsuits.
Minority forces marshaled by Cy
rus S. Eaton, Cleveland financier,
went into court with charges of fraud
after a spectacular battle for proxies, i
Judge Jenkins said the Youngs
town Sheet & Tube Company board
of directors did not give adequate in
formation to their stockholders on
the merger when .they met last April
md approved it, and also said the ac
countants delivered misleading re
ports to the! stockholders.
DEATH OF PAVLOVA.
THE LIAGUE.—Anna Pavlova, 45,
Russian dancer, who was considered
he world’s greatest ballerina, died
this morning after a three days’ ill
ness from influenza and pleurisy. She
-'anie here on a tour from Laris. Her
lusband, Victor D’Andre, her accom
panist, wat at her bedside when the ,
md came..
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