Army Doss
J c
Leave Haines
For Fairbanks
With 600 mi’es of forbidding
terraine before them, a detach
ment of two officers and eight
men are on the trail behinl 43
dogs, bound from Chilkoot Bar
racks for the Army Air Corps
Cold Weather Experiment Sta
tion in Fairbanks.
The detachment, headed by
Major Charles Hart Jr. and Cap
tain Avery Cochran includes four
noncommissioned officers and
four privates. The load is packed
on three Yukon si ds and two to
boggans.
The mushers are equiped with
portable radio facilities by which
they can communicate occasional
ly with other stations and partic
ularly to Army planes which will
fly over them at regular inter
vals to check th ir progress.
Ground Signals
A system of ground signal- —
consisting of various colored
cloth strips to be laid out on the
snow to form word and design
will also provide communication
with overhead planes.
Food for dogs and men and
other suppli s have already been
dropped at points along the route
by plane from Ladd Field.
Civilian “Tags Along"
Reported “following” but not
actual y accompanying the Army
sled caravan is Charles Morgan,
cheechako postal clerk and fr e
lance writer from Anchorage.
Morgan was said to have been
permitted by General Simon B
Buckner to make the trip entire
ly “on his own hook," providing
his own dogs and grub.
Soldiers were told to allow no
delays on Morgan’s account.
The Anchorage civilian plan
ned to take notes and shoot photo
graphs of the expedition during
the 30 to 40 days they are on
the trail.
Historic Route
The announced route of the
party wil take them over historic
3 Thousand
Workers To
Come North
SEATTLE — Capt. B. B. Tal
ley. United States Army Engin
eer-in-Charge today said 3,003
skilled workers will be signed up
■ere and in olh r Pacific North
west cities within the next few
months for employment on $24,
030.000 air base construction
jobs at Anchorage and Fair-'
banks.
The workers w;ll be employed
for one year and will b: under
contract. The payroll of the two
projects will total approximately
$57,003 daily.
Seven other Army airfb Ids are
also to be built at B:g Delta,
Boundary, Kotzebue, Cordova,
Nome, Ruby and Juneau. They
wi! cost $3,000,C00.
Fr e transportation to the
noryi will be provided for the
workers but families of the men
will not be permitted to accom
pany the employees at first.
Next month 15,000 tons of mat
erials will be shipped north and
21.000 tons will b shipping north
in March and 30,000 tons in Ap
ril.
Capt. Talley said the amount of
money to be spent on Alaska
airbases and the work to be done
is almost beyond imagination.
Chilkoot Pass. Other points on
the itinerary are Glacier Camp.
Yu ken Territory, Bear Cabin.
Dalton, K ukshu, Kathleen Lake.
Bear Creek, Kluane, Burwash
Landing, Wellesley Lake, Snag,
Tanacross, and Big D lta.
Indian guides and officers of
the Canadian Royal Northwest
Mounted Police will escort the
Army men over some sections of
hie trail.
Purprse of the tundra trek is
to furnish official Army annals
authoritative information on foot
travel and living conditions for
th: military man in the frozen
north.
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER—a Mexican girl in native
garb seems to have charmed lT.S. Ambassador to Mexico Josephus
Daniels, who helped dedicate a schoolhouse near Mexico City.
School is memorial lo Brousom Iluinsey and Daniel Roosevelt.
Reappointments
\rc Submitted
To Legislature
—
Four r anpointrrsnts were sub (
mitted to th Legislature by Gov.!
Ernest Gruening fir canfirm
at:on.
A. H. Ziegl r of Ketchikan and
Michael J. Walsh of Name were
reappointed to the Territoria
Board of Education.
Howard Lyng of Nome and J.
G. Rivers of Fairbanks were r - I
appointed to the Board of Public!
Welfare.
Republicans j
Spend la Million
Demos 6 Million
/
WASHINGTON — Republican
political organizations were crcd
ited with spending nearly $15,-1
000,0' 0 last year, their Demo
cratic rival, slightly more than
$6,000,000. according to a report
approved by a special Senate
committee investigating cam
paign expens s.
1
Attempt Made
To Establish
Bad Feeling
r
With defense attorney M. E.
Monagl ■ xaminin.g Wi dlife
Agent Hnsea Sarber in an appar
ent attempt to establish the ex
istence of bad feeling between
the plaintiff and the ag nt, the
case of Cornelius Hoogendorn
continued in Federal Court at
Juneau this week.
Hoogendorn’s case, which is a
charge of alleged violation of the
gam laws by buying furs with
out a proper license, hinges on
whether or not the defendent is
an alien.
Early this week Sarber was
still on the stand testifying to th
facts of contacting Hoogendorn
for several years and asking the
defendant to prove that he is a
citizen of the United States.
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ICE MOVED AT NENANA
1917— April 30 11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11 9:33 a.m. i
1919— May 3 2:33 p.m.1
1920— May 11 10:46 a.m.;
1921— May 11 6:42 a.m.;
1922— -May 12 1:20 p.m.’
1923— May 9 2 p.m.
1924— May 11 3:10 p.m. |
1925— May 7 6:32 p.m.1
1926— April 26 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10 9:23 a.m. j
1932— May 1 10:15 a.m
1933— May 8 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 2:07 p.m.
1935 -May 15 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6 8:14 p.m.
j 1939—April 29 1:26 p.m.
j 1940—April 20 3:27 pm.
VISITORS DAY IN U.S.A ,—Included in first group of Central and South American offi
cers being given a taste of Yankee hospitality are several men shown in capital. Left to right: Lt. Co!.
Enrique Peralta of Guatemala; Gen. Luis Castaneda of Colombia; Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general Pan
American Cnion; Lt. Col. Eduardo Gomez of Colombian embassy; Col. John A. Crane. C. S. army.
Reaction To
Gov. Message
Is Immediate
Battle lines for the big issue o
the 15lh Territorial Legislature
D 'gan to be drawn immediat ly
. ji ih ■ Governor’s message.
These l.nes could be preceivc
;;.nily in the reacation of Sen
c..rs a.id K presentatives to the
.il v
F.i,. S .nator Norman R. (Doc 1
v'v'aikor of Ketchikan, Pres,den
ot the Senate a year ago, moved
.or a rising vote ot Wanks “to
mr honorab e Governor for tlu j
,-nend.d mcssag he has deliver*,
ed.”
Without putting the motion to '
a vote, Senaie President Hmr.> !
R den, who was presiding over
the joint session, asked Lrgi?i«i* ■
tors to stand, which they did. ap j
plauding.
But 15 minutes, later. afU r the!
joint session had adjourned and
tlie House continued in session,
Rep. Harvey J. Smith of Anchor
age introduced a memorial by
himself and Rep. James. V. Davis
■ J' Jun au backing a bill by Dele
fate Diir.jnd whicli would forb.d
the appointment as Governor ol
A aska of any person not a resi
dent. Govrenor Gruening was a
non-resident,
Then Rep. Frank Gordon of
Fairbanks arose to note that the
remarks of the Gov rnor failed
I
to include a mention of the In
ternational Highway or of the
■‘scandalous” rates of the Alaska
Railroad.
Rep. Leo Rogge added that the
Governor made no mention of
tolls on the Richardson Hig.ifay.
Message Defended
Tli is caused Davis to remark
that in fairness to the Governor
Legislators should realize the
message tflok almost two hours to
i deliver as it was, and the Gov
ernor could not be expect d to
go into every matter on which
they might like to hear him.
Rep. Howard Lyng of Nome al
so took issue with Gordon’s crit
icism.
A report of the Rules Commit
tee of both hous s recommended
an amendment to the 193.9 rut
which would limit the pow'er of
Free Conference Committees by
permitting them to suggest only
am ndment germane to the ques
tion in controversy. In some in
stances in the past Conference
Committee have reported entire
ly new bills.
Stockholders M’Duffee .Mine Meet ]
- I
The annual stockholders me t
I
ing of the McDufTee Mines. Inc.
was completed Feb. 1st at A.
Polet’s office. A new board of
directors was elected.
Ralph McDuffie: was appointed
president, W. W. Laws Vice Presi
dent and Stuart Stangroom sec
retary and treasurer.
The former secretary’s report
was read.
McDufTee who was manag r
last summer reported that the
work done last year was: 1.500
tons of high grade ore blocked
out, a bunkhouse erected, some
new track laid and much other
work accomplish d.
McDufTee in his talk with Mr.
Polet and other stockholders
present stated that plans for the
future were to place a certain
amount of stock on the outside
market and to drive an 800 foot
tunn l on the lower level which
will block out about 15,000 tons
of ore. McDufTee stated that the
cost of driving this tunnel, com
pressor and other machinery
would be $15,000. The cost of er
ecting a mill 9 or 10 thousand
dollars.
McDufTee also stated that the j
amount of ore exposed by cross
cuts and open cuts was estimated
at more than 9,000 tons.
When we consider that the
ore ran th»'V>ugh a small test
mill and recovered by amalgam
ation has shown an average of
considerably more than $100 per)
ton, bank assay returns, there is
no reason to doubt that this
should be a paying mine.
Newspaper advertising
jyill develop new business
for you.
T W 0 HEADS NO W 0 N E—“I think we'll be very
happy,” said Mrs. Clara A. Barrie, 94, upon her marriage to John
Cpeneek, 69, at Camden, N. .1. Friends for years, they decided to
wed because both were lonely, Cpeneek is a retired builder.
L'iitil they met in Kansas City, Mrs. Sarah Wilson, 71, (left), of
lopkins, Mo... and her twin sistter, Mrs. Jane Young (right) of San
"rancisco, had been separated for 56 years. A year ago, Mrs. Young
tarted a search for her sister and with the aid of relatives traced
ler to Hopkins, Mo. They spent Christmas together.
STATE THE
1941 SEASON
WITH
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Dredge Shift Reports
Non-Liability Notices
Voucher Forms
Proof of Annual Labor
Special Power of Attorney
Placer Location Notices
Lode Location Notices
Bill of Sale
Deeds
Mining Laws in Brief
Social Security Receipts
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