Four Little Walrus In Nome
Fnroute to Chicago Zoo
The “woofs” and “barks” of
live walrus were heard in Nome
last Wednesday evening for the
first time in many years, when
Carl Dreutzer, a former president
of the Adventurers Cub of Chic
ago returned by airplane from
Cape Prince of Wales.
With him he had four live,
youpg walrus, captured near the
Diomede Islands in the center of
Bering Straits, between the west
era. and eastern extremeties of
Alaska and Siberia.
Four of them, two males and
two females will be taken to the
Brookfield Zoo at Chicago, main
tained by the Chicago Zoological
Society, reputed to be the finest
zoo in the world.
Mr. Dreutzer made the trip
from Chicago, partially on be
half of the Chicago Zoological So
ciety and his own interests in A1
aska. The young walrus will be
taken to the States, under a spec
ial permit from the Bureau of
Fisheries, on the southbound sail
ing of the S. S. Columbia of the
Alaska Line.
Being “daddy” and “mamma”
to a menagerie of Arctic animals
ranging in age from six weeks to
three months, is right up Mr.
Dreutzer’s alley. He has installed
them temporarily in “baby cribs”
in th& rear of the M. & M. Bank,
and regularly tends to their feed
ings of milk and glucose, with the
acme of motherly efficiency.
Named after prominent friends
of Mr. Dreutzer’s, the four young
walrus are receiving the finest
care obtainable. They have their
daily shower baths, and their ev
ery want meets courteous atten
tion.
The two males have been nam
ed by Mr. Dreutzer as follows;
1—Major George Fitzgerald Lee.
a retired U. S. Army officer re
siding at Washington, D. C., 2—
Wright Patterson, Editor-in-chief
of the Western Newspaper Union
with headquarters at Chicago.
The two females; 1—Mayr Has
tings Bradley famous big game
hunter and author of exciting
tales of hunting in the far cor
ners of the earth; and 2—Harriet
ta, after Mrs. Dreutzer. both of
whom live in Chicago.
These walrus have the distinc
tion of being the only ones to be
transported in captivity by air
plane. They were brought to
Nome by Mr. Dreytzer from Cape
Prince of Wales, after a five-day
hunt in Bering Straits in an Es
kimo skin boat captained by
Louis Tungwenuk of Cape Prince
of Wales.
At the present time there is on
ly one walrus in captivity, except
ing the four now at Nome, and
he is an old bull kept in the
Hagenbeck Zoo at Hamfoerg, Ger
man.
Capt. Bob Bartlett, noted Arc
tic explorer some years ago
brought to Chicago, two walrus
from the Arctic, but both of them
died within nine months after
their captivity.
Mr. Dreutzer, however, has
paid particular attention to the
results of the autopsies perform
ed on the other two, and has the
fullest confidence that with the
proper diet his four charges will
thrive in their new habitat.
Home Arts Club Provides
Nome Piayfiled with Supervisor
Wednesday, June 5 will be
Field Day at the Nome Play
Field at which time all the school
children interested in cleaning
j up the play field will be served
' refreshments by the Home Arts
Club. The children have been in
structed to bring rakes and shov
els to level the field.
The supervised play field will
be officially opened June 10th un
der the direction of Mrs. Charles
Esch whose services have been
procured by the Home Arts Club
for the summer. Mrs. Esch will
be at the play field five days a
week from one until 4 and has
been planning a schedule of tour
: naments including baseball, horse
shoes, marbles and other appro
priate’games. Pre-school children
will be supervised from three to
four on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. This will be the first
time Nome will have the benefit
of a supervised play field altho
in many towns in Alaska and the
States this has become a regular
part of City, Club or youth pro
jects.
The Home Arts Club has spent
close to $1000 in preparing the
play field and planning this sum
mer’s program and they are to
be congratulated on what they
are attempting to do, as keeping
' the children off the streets has
always been a civic problem.
MIROW ACTIVITIES
Pilot Sasseen returned from
Anchorage with four passengers:
Miss Nixon, Mr. Atkins, Mr.
Brauwn and Mr. Chas. Grillin.
Mrs. E. E. Roberts, Mrs. Mirow
and Ann Mirow were also passen
gers from Anchorage
Pilot Sasseen made a flight to
Teller with a native child and
Mr. Chas. Griffin was a round
trip passenger.
Saturday Pilot Chambers arriv
ed Nome from Degnan Field,
Camp Creek with Tony Lind
strom, Sam Godfrey and Frank
Degnan.
An emergency trip was made
to Teller in the afternoon on Sun
day.
Pilot Chambers made a trip to
Council with Tony Johansen and
a load of freight.
Pilot Chambers left for Shish
maref for four passengers to
□ring into Nome this afternoon.
A trip is scheduled for Unal
akleet tomorrow afternoon.
Munz Air Activities
Saturday Joe Martin was a pas
senger to Solomon.
Herb Wackrow, Roy Bassett
and Manny Atkins were taken to
Taylor.
Manny Atkins of San Diego,
California, is the Munz Air Ser
vice’s new mechanic to be sta
tioned at Taylor. He arrived in
Nome via Mirow plane.
Sunday Walt Kirklin was a pas
senger from Taylor to Nome; H.
G. White, Nome to Taylor and
Francis Christmas, Taylor to
I Coffee Creek.
Red Cross Appeals For Further
Aid For War Sufferers Europe
The following telegrams have
been received by the Chairman
of the Nome Chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross, from Norman
H. Davis, National Charman:
San Francisco, May 28
When American Red Cross ask
ed minimum war relief fund of
ten million dollars no one could
foresee that in 2 short weeks the
greatest tragedy in all history
would be unfolded. It is impos
sible to describe the pitiful plight
of the millions of refugees in
France, sick, wounded, hungry
and homeless, they cry out to us
for help. We will need much more
than ten million dollars, there
fore quotas originally assigned
should be regarded only as a min
imum for immediate objectives.
Chapters should then go on and
where possible double their quo
tas. In fact the only limitation
should be the maximum generos
ity of the American people. We
should complete this campaign
within shortest possible time.
San Francisco, June 2
At the International Confer
ence of all Red Cross societies of
the World, held two years ago, a
unanimous appeal was made to
all nations to enter into agree
ments prohibiting the bombing of
open towns and cities or at least
to establish zones of immunity
where civilians could seek sanc
tuary. This appeal has not been
heeded. In fact established agree
ments against warfare on civil
ians are not even being respect
ed. In all the experience of the
Red Cross it has never been fac
ed with such a heartbreaking
problem as that of caring for in
nocent women, children and aged
against whom merciless and ruth
less war is being waged. For the
sake of humanity, we must do
everything possible to relieve the
suffering and to maintain the
morale of these tragic victims of
war.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
Saturday Pilot Wien made
three trips north with freight and
passengers. Bud Thompson,
Nome to Taylor; and K. Jackson.
Taylor to Nome.
Yesterday morning a load of
freight was taken to Taylor, Fox;
Bar and Coffee Creek.
Charles Strom was a passenger
to Council and Joe Lucas and
Hans Larson were brought to
Nome on the return trip.
Pilot Lerdahl arrived Nome
from Fairbanks Saturday even
ing with Charles Strom and
freight.
Tony Lindstrom was a passen
ger to Fairbanks late yesterday.
Pilot Wien took freight and
Mr. Wilson to Taylor today. Trips
are scheduled for Council and
the Kougarok with freight and
passengers this evening.
POSITION WANTED
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cook on the creeks. Inpuire Nug
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SUMMONS’FOR PUBLICATION
No. 3459
In the District Court of the United
States for the Second Judicial
Division of Alaska
United States of America,
Plaintiff vs. 1199 Reindeer, more
or less, and J. C. Widstead, et al.,
defendants.
The President of the United
States of America:
To the following named De
fendants: J. C. Widstead. admin
istrator of the Estate of Fred Lar
sen, deceased; Carolyn Larsen;
Rikke Larsen; Charles E. Parker;
The Alaska Scandinavian Rein
deer Corporation, an Alaskan Cor
poration; Carstens Packing Com
pany, Inc., a Washington Corpor
ation; J. C. Carstens; Manitou
Park Land Company, a Washing
ton Corporation; Dr. L. Maude
Parker, A. P. Bennett; and Any
and all unknown non-native own
ers of reindeer in the Territory
of Alaska, Greeting:
You are hereby cited and re
quired to appear in the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska
Second Judicial Division, at the
time and place herein specified
and show cause why the reindeer
described herein should not be
condemned as prayed for in the
complaint of the above-named
plaintiff on file in the above-en
titled court in the above-entitled
action.
The said plaintiff in said action
proposes to take a fee simple
title, free and clear of all liens
and encumbrances, to the follow
ing described reindeer in the
Territory of Alaska to-wit:
All those reindeer and cari
bou as have been introduced
into the animal husbandry or
have actually joined reindeer
herds, and the increase there
of which belong to such herds,
owned and maintained by J. C.
Widstead, administrator of the
estate of Fred Larsen, deceas
ed, Charles E. Parker, the Al
aska Scandinavian Reindeer
Corporation, Jens A. Kvamme,
and Joe L. Jean and any and
all unknown non-native own
ers of reindeer in the Territory
of Alaska, including all rein
deer earmaked with the re
corded marks of such named
owners, together with all un
marked remnants, insofar as
said reindeer are situate with
in the exterior boundaries of
the Territory of Alaska, the
number of which has been es
timated to be 1199 reindeer,
the said reindeer now being
situate on various ranges in
the Territory of Alaska, the
reindeer of defendant J. C.
Widstead as administrator of
the estate of Fred Larsen, de
ceased, being situate particul
arly on the Nome-Douglas
range in the Cape Nome Pre
cinct, and estimated to num
ber 555 head, the reindeer of
Charles E. Parker and the Al
aska Scandinavian Reindeer
Corporation bemg situate par
ticularly on the Koyuk, Buck
land and Shaktoolik ranges,
Koyuk, Fairhaven and St. Mi
chael Precincts, all in the Sec
ond Judicial Division, and esti
mated to number 160 head,
those of Jens A. Kvamme,
particularly on the Kvamme
range, Kuskokwim Precinct,
Fourth Judicial Division, and
estimated to number 300 head,
those of Joe L. Jean, particul
arly on the Wood River and
Nushagak ranges, Bristol Bay
Precinct, Third Judicial Div
ision and Goodnews Bay range
and precinct, Fourth Judicial
Division, and estimated to nu
mber 40 head, and those of the
unknown non-native owners
on each and all the above men
tioned! ranges and all other
reindeer ranges in the Terri
tory of Alaska, estimated to
number 144 head
for public use as provided in
Public No. 413, 75th Congress
(50 Stat.-900) for the establish
ment and maintenance for the
natives of Alaska of a self-sus
taining economy and means of
subsistence by the acquisition
and organization for and on be
half of said natives of a reindeer
[ inudstry or business; and in addi
i tion to taking said reindeer in
! said action, the said plaintiff de
; mands the folowing relief:
1. That the Court cite the de
fendants named in said com
plaint to appear in this Court
at a time to be fixed by the
] Court and set forth their in
terests, if any they have, in
said reindeer.
2. That the Court ascertain, de
termine and adjudicate the
value of the interests or claims
of the defendants, if any they
have, in accordance with the
law and statutes made and pro
vided and to make an award
of damages therefor.
3. That the Court take such ac
tion and pass such orders, de
crees and judgments as may
be necessary or proper to ex
ecute the objects of the afore
said Acts of Congress, and to
cause the reindeer described in
said complaint to be condemn
ed and taken by the United
States of America and the ab
solute and unqualified title
therein, free from all liens, en
cumbrances, charges, servitud
es, restrictions, and covenants .
whatsoever, to vest in the
United States of America.
4. That the Court grant such
other and further relief as the
nature of the case may re
quire.
You will each, therefore, take
notice that you are hereby cited
and required to appear before
the above-entitled Court or
Judge thereof in the above-en
titled action and cause, in the
Federal Courtroom of the Feder
al Building in Nome, Alaska, on
the 8th day of July, 194(1, at 10
o’clock a.m. on said date, and
show cause why the property
above-described should not be
condemned as prayed for in the
said complaint.
And in the event you fail to so
appear and answer, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you
for want thereof and will apply
to the Court for relief demanded
in his complaint and as herein
above stated.
Witness the Honorable J. H. S.
Morison, Judge of said Court, and
the seal of said Court hereunto
i affixed on this 13th day of May,
1940.
! (Court Seal)
Aimer Rydeen, Clerk
By Norvin W. Lewis,
Deputy Clerk
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