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NOME, ALASKA, FEB 14, 1916
The announcement that the postof
n i department lias called for bids for
an aerial mall service, embracing bi
weekly carriage of malls between tht
southeastern coast and the principal
points of interior Alaska is one thu.
will doubtless be received with con
siderable rejoicing by the citizens ol
those sections \v ho have, like ourselves,!
t een compelled to wait for weeks anu
months for the loiters, papers and
magazines which mean so much to i
those living in isolated places. But, in
the midst of on- -‘-““i, *i i» well to
remember that it is by no means cer
tar in that the proposed service w ill
be inaugurated, at least on the date
culled for, if at all. It Is the evident
Intention of the department to estab
lish such service If practicable but,
there are many factors attending thr
Installation of this novel departure
which must be taken Into consldera
tlon netore the project may be looked
upon as a certainty-.
The first of these are the costs
which must be Incurred in the estab
lishment of a comprehensive air ser
vice in a land where there are few
of the ordinary facilities of clvilza
tion and where the distances to be
covered are particularly Immense
What these costs may be, can hardly
be conjectured In the absence of in
formation, nearly all of which will
probably have to be ascertained before
prospective contractors will hazard a
bul tor service in such a formidable
and untried field.
Another, and perhaps the most vital
matter of all to be taken into account,
U whether or not the project is really
as feasible as it seems. The post
oflice officials evidently believe that It
ir or they would hardly call for bids,
bu.t at the same- time It must be agreed
that few, if any, really know anything
about it. In fact it appears from the
tone of the press dispatches that the
whole thing Is looked upon more or!
less as on experiment. No one hasj
ever tried the task of flying over
the far spreading, snow covered wastes
of the far north and it Is still a mooted
question among aviators if the Intense
ly cold temperature of far northern
latitudes will permit of extensive air
navigation.
According to several competent
sources of Information, as far as Is
known at present, air navigation In
extremely low temperatures, Is not
impossible but has been found to be
beset with many difficulties which
seem to form almost insurmountable
obstacles to long sustained flight. It
Is true aviators have flown In altitudes
where the cold Is of far greater In
tensity than that normally encounter
ed In Alaska during the winter season,
but, this has occurred during only
short periods of flight and nothing Is
decisively known as to the possible
effects of long flights In zero temper
atures on both men and machinery.
As far as has been learned, extreme
cold affects the engines of aeroplanes'
In such a wey as to make flight very!
difficult and extremely dangerous.;
Flights In Alaska during the summer;
^ season will probably be attended with
no more difficulties than are encoun
tered In lower latitudes, but, ns fur
us ascertained, the extreme weather
conditions of the winter season are of
a character to inhibit rather than
favor the proposed air service.
It la not the intention to attempt to
throw cold water on a project which
means so much to us of this and other
sections of Alaska but It Is the part
of wisdom not to build our hopea too
high on a mere prospect until the facts
and possibilities are ascertained with
a greater degree of certainty.
Anything which affords a prospect
of relief from the present unsatlsfaet
uoy mall service should be hailed with
Jojful appreciation but It may be well
remarked that we should, In no degree
lesson the present fight for better
service until the possibilities of the
aerial mail route have been fully
demonstrted and found equal to the
demands.
The project looks very practical In
the absence of contrary knowledge and
we echo the w ish of every one In this
section that It will prove as feasible
as It looks. If successful, It means
nothing less than that practically all
of the present day difficulties of mall
communication will be overcome and j
we will be able to carry on business
and social correspondence without the
certainty of having to wait from "ne
I to three months for an answer to our
communications This will be in al
most priceless blessing. Tn<l::> bii«l
ness is retarded and social lies strain
ed to the limit by the necessity of
, waiting giany weeks f >r a letter to
reach states or to at rive here.
Neither commercial intercourse nor
social affiliations can prosper. In more
than an Indifferent degree, under guch
conditions. In addition we are with
held from many other things that
makes life worth living, solely because
I of the exigencies of this restricted
( communication.
The establishment of an aerial mall
route will -greatly relieve all this, us,
with such a service we will be brought
Into almost immediate touch with
those far away persons and scenes to
which we are all more or less at
tached.
If the scheme is successful It means
according to the best information ob
tainable, that we will be able to com
municate with Seattle at ail times of
the year within a period of ten days,
possibly less. From this it w'lll be
seen that that if the project is prac
tical. its inauguration will really mark
the beginning of a new epoch in the
affairs of the people of interior Al
aska.
ALASKA NOTES
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United States Marshal Brenneman,
of Valdez, for whose appointment Vice
President Marshall was responsible
has rewarded his benefactor by for
warding to him a Christmas present
in the shape of a white Polar bear rug
The Wrangell lumber mill Is prepar
ing to start operations this year, with
new machinery throughout. The capa
city of the mill is to be doubled, In
anticipation of an unusually good
season In the lumber industry.
\\ illiain Elliott, better known all
over Alaska as "Billie the Horse" is
now lying very dangerously sick in a
cabin near Knlk and is expected to die,
' and yet he refuses to take aid as he
would rather die alone than suffer what
he thinks would be the humiliation of
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accepting charity.
John F. Wail (he oilot who piled ine
Mariposa upon the rocks at Pointer
island, B. O., has been suspended from
further operations until January 11.
The marine inspectors, Lord and Whit
nel, found him guilty of gross negli
gence. The Mariposa will be repaired
at a probable cost of $100,000.
The Yukon Patriotic Fund society
of Dawson sent another $10,000 to the
j Canadian war fund and have decided
to ask the Dominion authorities if a
uniform income tax cannot be raised
in Yukon for general war purposes.
The idea of this is to cover all side
steppers, foreigners and others who
have evaded contributing to this fund.
Dawson Is now subject to a tax of 18
mills for general municipal purposes,
with a exemption of $1,800 annually.
Native children of Kadiak Island and
vicinity take readily to agriculture and
' domestic science, says Rev. O. A.
j Loarn, superintendent of the Kodiak
' Baptist Orphanage. The orphanage,
which is maintained by the Women’s
Vmerlcan Baptist Home Missionary
vclety, has an average enrollment of
fty or sixty children, all them Indians
nd more than willing to learn the
hlte man’s ways. The girls are taught
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domestic science at the orphanage and j
the boys are taught agriculture and j
manuul training during their epare ,
time when not at the regular school.
An interesting feature of the work 13
the rapidity with which the girl grad
ates find husbands, indicating that
the demand for housewives is strong
and ever present.
Jack Curry who is running tunnels
on his claim at the extreme head of
Livingood creek Is reported to have
ground which will yield $3 per foot.
Two Step Louis Schmidt Is reported
to have located pay at the bottom of
a shaft on Duncan creek which yield
ed 60 cents to the pan. McIntosh
brothers operating claims opposite
discovery claim Livingood creek are
reported to have a pay streak which
goes from 10c to $1 per pan.
M Pierre I^^ery has been engaged
as manager of the Valdez Creek placer
mines for a period of five years. M.
Bouery has for fifteen years been man
ager of the Lagrange mine at Weaver
vllle, Cal., which has long been consid
ered an astonishingly successful hy
draulic mining property. The owners
of the property ascribe this success
entirely to him.
Power fishing boats on the Pacific
coast from 10,000 to 15,000 in number,
and manned by from 26,000 to 35,000
fishermen, will contribute approximate
ly $1500 a day to the federal govern
ment If the proposed tax of a cent a
gallon on distillate goes into effect.
This contribution will be made simply
because these fishermen were enter
prising enough to put engines into
their boats.—Seattle P. I.
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