To Try To
Impeach Three
In Labor Trouble
—
Rep. Parnell J. Thomas, submit
ted to the House a resolution
asking an investigation of Secre
tary of Labor Francis Perkins
with a view to impeachment. His
resolution also suggested the im
peachment of James L. Hough
eling, Commissioner of Immig
ration, and Gerard D. Reilly,
Labor department solicitor.
Thomas is shown reading his
resolution a few minutes before
he submitted it to the House.
(See picture below)
I
Dan McGrew And
Sam McGee Origin
D. E. Griffith, formerly of Fair
banks, now historian of the Inter
national Sourdough Reunion, re
cently received a letter from Ro
bert W. Service, famous as the
“Bard of the Yukon,” in which
he referred to the controversy
which recently arose at one of
the reunions regarding the orig
in of his two famous characters.
Dan McGrew and Sam McGee.
In regard to these characters
Service says:
“They need be identified wtih
no one, living or dead. Both were
written as recitations for smok
ing concerts. The McGrew poem
is a stock melodramatic story I
gave a Yukon setting; the other
is an after dinner story I heard
someone tell.
Representative Parnell J. Thomas
Pictures Of
Ice Carnival
Arrive Nome
Harold A Byrd, executive sec-1
retary of the Fairbanks Dog Der
by and Ice Carnival of Fairbanks
sent the Nome Nugget via the
last mail a number of p ctures
describing the activities which!
visitors to the Carnival will have
the pleasure of seeing. Among
which are pictures of the crowd
at last year’s event standing
along the shores of the river and
on the Cushman Street bridge
watching the dog races. Another
scene is two beautiful young la
dies holding skiis and dressed in
reindeer jackets. Another picture
showing five girls standing
around a “hot” box of music, and
[still another showing a girls’ or
•chesira—all dressed in furs. An
other depicts a charming bit of
femininity broadcasting an invit
ation to come and plaiy a.t the
1 1939 Fairbanks Dog Derby and
Carnival. March 9, 10, 11, 12.
Dog teams and mushers are now
in training for the annual dog
race. Among other interesting
xeaiures duruig carnival week
will be the se lee Con and corona
L.oii Oj. •iVl.ss Alaska,” n.ghtly
dances, the award of the $1,000
a One ol uold, and varied auiietic
enter un ament.
lne. p.o'tui'co are now on dis
play iii ale window of the Nome
a,-ore. "Cuppy” McDuugall,
^ropi.wiOi. X&Ks. a look!
>1. liLANKS CAItltlEL
^ .t>get earrie;
.. ailing blanks
. ee iJredgt
- ■ . i at ill icports
‘i. e , and Lodt
v iiurfre*>
1 V*orn«v form.5
Boy Scouts Accept 35,857 Acres in Kit Carson
Country From Mr. and Mrs. Waite Phillips
Boy Scout* of America will enjoy wilderness camping on the new 35,857-acre tract In New Mexico's Kit Carson
country, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Waite Phillips of Tulsa, Okla.
A GIFT from Mr. and Mr*. Waite
Phillips, Tulsa. Okla., of 35,857
acres of land a few miles northwest
•f Cimarron. New Mexico, and $50,
000 to be used In Improving and de
veloping the land for camping pur
poses. has Just been accepted by the
Executive Board of the National
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
When he made this announcement
Walter W. Head, President of the Boy
Scouts of America, said, “Mr Phillips
offered the property without any re
striction whatsoever save that it is
to be used for the benefit of members
of the Scout Movement. As a matter
of fact, he specifically stated, ‘If this
proposal were being made to any
other organization, whose rating was
Inferior to the record of service made
by the Boy Scouts of America, I would
be inclined to be more particular In
outlining the program, to be assured
that the property would be put to
full beneficial use as 1 visualize it’
In accepting his gift the National Ex
ecutive Board has in mind the estab
lishment of a Boy Scout reservation
for the development and furtherance
ef wilderness camping.’’
Kit Carson Country
Before formally proposing that the
Boy Scouts of America accept the
ranch property Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
and their son Elliott entertained a
party of Scout officials at Philmont
Ranch near Cimarron, immediately
adjacent to the new Scout Reserva
tion. The party included, besides
President Head, Dr. James E. West,
Chief Scout Executive, snd Arthur A.
i Schuck, Director of the Division of
i Operations The entire group was
greatly impressed by the scenic
beauty of the area and Its usefulness
' for Scout camping purposes.
Much of the property la virgin ter
ritory snd under the careful manage
ment characteristic of Boy Scout
camping those small parts which have
been grazed recently will quickly be
restored to their natural conditions.
Mr. Phillips has proposed, in accord
ance with general Boy Icout practice,
that the property immediately be
designated as a game preserve.
In a statement issued to the Execu
tive Board Dr. West described the
reservation in this way: "The prop
erty ii in the Rocky Mountains, all
above an elevation of 7,000 feet and
rises in spots to at least 11,000 feet. It
is the Kit Carson territory and the old
Santa Fe trail passes through it. There
are nine main canyons on the tract
converging either at the Cimarron
River or the main branch of the Ponil
River, which later flows into the Cim
arron.
Older Boys’ Paradise
“Each of the canyons is of the same
general make-up, flanked on each
side by ever-changing vistas, rock
palisades, timber growth, and with
smaller canyons in endless numbers
lingering out from the main ones.
There are also several high land
meadows or mesas, offering excellent
additional camping area spots. Bear
Canyon, Dean Canyon, and Turkey
Canyon have an extensive amount of
timber growth, comprised, principally
of western pines, Douglas flr, balsam,
quaking aspens and cottonwoods. It
is tha natural habitat of deer and
while on the property we saw mule
deer, wild turkeys, and dozens of
beaver dams and many evidences of
bear.
“While there are few Boy Scout
Local Councils throughout the coun
try which do not have camps both for
short camping trips and for summer
vacation camping,” Dr. West con
tinued, “there is e need of opportuni
ties for Troops end Patrols with ex
perience, training, leadership end
proper equipment to secure the bene
fits of wilderness camping, which
I believe will appeal to older boys
in all parts of America. By this is
implied a more rugged experience
with ‘nature in the raw* than is pos
sible in the customary local Boy Scout
Council camp but at no sacrifice of
our essential safeguards of health and
safety.”
A recent digest of Scout member
ship records revealed that more than
100,000 Scouts in nearly 4,000 Troops
live within a 600 mile radius of the
property. From this group will come
those who use the property, most fre
quently, although Scouts from ail
parts of the country will head for it
on roving tours under adequate lead
ership and according to provisions
laid down by the National Council of
the Boy Scouts of America.
Before reaching a decision to accept
the Phillips gift the National Council
sought advice from the local Boy
Scout Councils In the area to be
served by the reservation. Forty such
groups indicated that they would be
gin to make use of the spot in the
next camping season and many evi
dences of enthusiasm and offers of
active cooperation in the development
of the property were received.
Wilderness Camping Popular
George W. Olmsted, Chairman of
the Camping and Activities Commit
tee for the Boy Scouta of America,
report* great need In the Rocky
Mountain section for facilities for
Troops from far away which seek
wilderness camping. The Pikes Peak
Council of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
last summer had requests from New
Orleans, Shreveport, Toledo, Chicago,
five towns In Texes, four In Kansas,
and many Individual requests for
camping places in the Rocky Moun
tains. They were able only to help
one Troop from Kansas and this dem
onstrates that thare Is great need for
a place where these Troops can have
adequate facilities for mountain
camping under proper supervision.
As an avidtnce of the magnitude of
this problem and how the Waite Phil
lip* property would help to solve It,
be adds that in 1937, 200 touring per
mit* were granted by the home oflloe .
of the Scouts with e total mileage of
159,354 miles, averaging 775 miles per
tour, with 4,201 Scouta and 574 Scout
ers In attendance. To date. In 1935,
338 Touring Permits have been Issued
with an estimated attendance of 7,098
Scouts snd 1,115 Scouters. Eighty,
nine of the tours during 1938 travel d
more than 1,000 miles. Thirty-six tiu
eled more than 2,000 miles.
Deer Herder Of
Nineties Visits
Juneau Reeently
JUNEAU— When PAA’s4win-j
motored Electra swept down the j
runway at Mendenhall Airport |
and taxied to a stop before the
airport offices recently a bandy
legged little Laplander jumped
nimbly to earth in his parka and
mukluks to turn the clock back
to the wondersome nineties for
those who have read or remem
ber.
The little man was another ’98
arrival, “72 years my age,” but
unlike most figures associated j
with that often mentioned year!
of gold rush times he was not
| the typical Alaska oldtimer of
1 rush days.
His name is J. Runana, a little
Laplander, who “sometime 1890,
Something” came to North Am
l
; erica and Alaska with one of the
first reindeer herds brought to |
the Northland in an experiment
by the United State government
to determine whether or not such!
animal husbandry introduced
would give the Eskimo a meat i
.supply and a vocation.
That first herd came in 1892
■ and by 1902, 1,280 animals had
been brought from distant Lap
land to tundras north of Nome.,
Laplander ttierdedns were sent
with the reindeer to teach the
Eskimos and the Alaskan white
men reindeer handling.
Ruana does not speak English
well, and he was a bit bewilder
ed in Juneau. Even though per-!
haps he understands that his Lap
land reindeer he grew up with,
jhave become pawns in a confus
ing game of politics in Washing
j ton. D. C., yesterday he was only
! looking forward to seeing his •
; new home in Sitka at the Pio
' neers’ Home.
| He scratched his thatch of shin
ing black hair and his thin lips j
set in wizened Mongolian featur
es twitched the beginning of a
smile of amusement that finished
with a bright twinkle in his
small dark eyes.
“Some town!” he giggled in a
surprising American slang.
In the summers, Ruana worked
for the Kiwalik Dredging Com
1 pany at Candle, and in the win
ters he has been herding Lomen j
reindeer. Juneau is the biggest
■city he has seen in over forty1
years. His trip from Kotzebue to
Juneau was entirely by plane,
j his first time in the air.
“Something ’’ he grinned open
ly in that surprising 1938 slang
attempt again when asked how
he liked his only airplane ride.
! His poor English, his reindeer
; herder’s clothing of the Aret e,
and his lively bowlegged walk
i brought smiles to those who saw
him in the street, but to those
J who saw deeper and visioned the
! part this strange Lap had played
j in Alaska's' development, the
; smiles were tempered with a
deep respect for a hardy race
■ that gave Alaska something in
1 which the receiving parties have
forgotten the giving.
ICE DATES
Ice Moved at Nenana
1917— April 30 .11:30 AM
1918— May 11 9:33 AM
I 1919—May 3 2:33 PM
| 1920—May 11 10:46 AM
i 1921—May 11 . 6:42 AM
I 1922—May 12 .. 1:20 PM
i 1923—May 9 . ....... 2:00 PM
I 1924—May 11 . 3:10 PM
1925— May 7 .. 6:32 PM
1926— April 26 .. 4:03 PM
1927— May 13 . 5:42 AM
1928— May 6 . 4:25 PM
1929— May 5 . 3:41 PM
1930— May 8 . 7:03 PM
1931— May 10 . 9:23 AM
1932— May 1 . 10:15 AM
1933— May 8 .. 7:30 PM
1934— April 30 .. 2:07 PM
1935— May 15 . 1:32 PM
1936— April 30 . 12:58 PM
1937— May 12 . 8:04 PM
1938— May 6 .. 8:14 PM
1939— ?? ?? ??
1IOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
FAIRBANKS ICE CARNIVAL
and DOG DERBY
MARCH 9, 10, II, 12
FAIRBANKS, s : ALASKA
Selection and Coronation of "Miss Alaska,” nightly dances,
Skiing, dog racing and varied athletic entertainment, also the
Awarding of a SI,000.00 Poke of Gold, are some of the features
To interest you
COME TO FAIRBANKS AND PLAY!
Actress Hope Hampton (center), is shown a< sh; • . e-terl her
self at the Criminal Courts Building, N ew Y >rk, .just before ap
pearing before a grand jury investigating the ng of her
husband, Jules Brulatour Miss refused to t ..fy d stalemated
the probe. Brulatour, in a hospital was placed un . :rest. Police
reported he gave varying accounts f the sh- >..ng.
«
Survivors of the crash of the British flying boat Cavalier, mid
way between New York and Bermuda, praised First Officer Niel
Richardson (shown with his wife), for the manner in which hie did
everything possible to protect them. One survivor said “The most
amazing thing of all was the way that man Richardson isspt swim
ming around us in a circles, keeping us together, kick '.d splash
ing to keep away sharks.” Richardson also is pr Vr pipe.
It was in his trousers when he kicked them o ; :ru
better, and 2 hours later the trousers floated ny, : i it.