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Visiting Sportsmen Look to Laurels
During the past week Corey
Ford and Dan Holland .those well
known sportsmen who never
seem to tire of Alaska, had to
look to their reputations as fisher
men. In company with O. S. Wea
ver, President of the Northern
Light Sc Power Co, and G. R.
Jackson, President of the Miners
Sc Merchants Bank, the two visit
ors, who have been guests of Mr.
Jackson, made a trip up the Kou
garok Railroad and fished in the
Pilgrim River.
Mr. Holland had landed two
beautiful trout and stood admir
ing them and visualizing what
"whoppers people back East
would consider them." Realizing
that action caught by the cam
era is very convincing he asked
Mr. Jackson to cast into the
stream and bring forth a nice
photogenic trout. And Presto! He
did just that —but to Mr. Hol
land’s trepidation the trout was
not only photogenic but “was so
large he must have been the
granddaddy” of the two fine
specimens he himself had caught.
Of course we’ll have to admit
that the visitors started off with
a terrific handicap—namely, that
Mr. Weaver early this season
landed with a hook and line a
trout 32 inches in length and
! weighing 12 pounds, which is be
t lieved to be the record catch dur
ing recent years in this locality.
Mr. Ford remarked that in the
j past he has managed to have a
[lot of fun out of a rubber fish1
I which he could blow up and
which would exceed in size any-;
thing that would be caught—but
even that gag was flat this time
because he couldn’t blow the fish'
up large enough to outdo the
Nome fisherman’s catch.
Trip Up Kougarok Railroad
j The trip up the railroad was a
[ sportsman’s delight in the opin-i
1 ion of the two visitors. They saw,
snipe, curlew, ptarmigan, rein-j
deer, and at about thirty miles;
out they saw a sow bear and two
yearling cubs. The sow weighed
not ujnder a thousand, 'pounds
according to their estimate. “The
greatest fishing and hunting in
the United States and probably
in North America is right here
in Alaska,” they said, “and the!
trout fishing is the finest in the
entire world. And then there is
the fact that you can leave New
York on Thursday and be fishing
here on Saturday morning."
This is Corey Ford’s third trip1
to Nome He came here first in
1934 with his associate Allister
McBain, and last year they made
an overnight stop on their way
to Kotzebue with Inspector Mc
Williams of the CAA Mr McBain
was unable to make the trip this
year. Mr. Ford is one of Collier
Magazine’s best known writers
and he has also done articles for
Saturday Evening Post and Cos- j
mopolitan.
Although Dan Holland has.
been to Alaska three times this
is his first visit to Nome. Mr. Hoi
land is Fishing Editor of Field
and Stream Magazine, and is con.
sidered the best informed man on)
fishing in the United States. Mr.
Holland is doing the photography
on this trip, most of which is in
color film. The pictures will be
used by Collier’s in connection
with Mr. Ford’s article. Mr. Hoi
'and is writing for Field and
Stream and will also use his pic
tures to illustrate his own story.
Reporting Defense Progress
The specific assignment on
which the two writers are mak
ing the trip is to report on de
fense bases throughout the Terri
tory, and the progress made in
Alaska defense, how far they are
coming along, and what chances
of protection there are in case
of unpleasantness in the Pacific.
They have already visited Sitka,
Kodiak and Dutch Harbor and
after leaving Nome they will con
tinue to Fairbanks and Anchor
age and also make a visit to Met
iakatla to report on the progress
of that work. One of the main
ideas of these articles is to in
crease the public confidence of
Alaskans. The writers are work
ing with the Army and Navy De
partment.s.
Alaska Dislikes Being Developed
Both Mr. Ford and Mr. Holland
have noticed a prejudice in Al
aska against “being developed,”
they said. "We would like to see
Alaskans given a chance to de
velop themselves and not be de
ve oped by officials in Washing
ton,” they stated. “We are not
presuming to tell Alaskans what
to do,” they continued," but we
would like to point out the nec
essity of Alaskan conserving
what they have. As sportsmen we
hope Alaskans will do something
about the fish and game, and pre
serve them and protect those re
sources so they won’t be exhaust
ed.”
They have also noticed more
feeling in Alaska against the Al
aska Highway than formerly
they stated. ‘It woud be better to
have a local system of roads,”
they said, “and the danger from
building the highway would re
sult particularly in the upsetting
of the economic situation in Al
aska.” i
Nome Aviation Future Certain
Of Nome they agree with ex
pressed opinions of others that
Nome has a definitely great fu-;
ture as a crossroads for aviation. |
Two enthusiastic travelers had
anticipated a flight to the Kobuk
River where they might try their
skill at fishing but old man wea
ther has kept flying conditions to
practically zero the past ten days
so the trip has been given up due
to their limited time, and the gen
tlemen are now awaiting a PAA
plane to Fairbanks “But,” they
said, “the adverse weather is a
good excuse for coming back to I
fish north of the Arctic Circle at!
some future time.”
The unsettled weather of the
past week has seriously ham
pered flying in the Nome area
and has made impossible the
lightering of freight from the
transports in the Nome road
stead. The weather man promises
no change in the weather for to
morrow having this to say: Con
tinued cloudy with intermittenti
light drizzle and fog tonight andj
Tuesday. Prevailing southerly
winds with velocities ten to fif
teen miles per 'hour, becoming
slightly stronger Tuesday night.|
Not much change in temperature.
WIEN ACTIVITIES
Aug. 11 — Sig Wien returned
to Nome from Point Hope arid
waypoints with Mrs. Stringer
and Cljas. Maxwell.
* Trips are scheduled for the
Kougarok and waypoints as soon
as weather permits.
NOTICE
All members and all interest
ed in the development of Nome
and Alaska are invited to attend
a Get-Together Social Luncheon
to be held at the Nevada Grill,
Tuesday noon, August 12.
, Corey Ford and Dan Holland
Have consented to speak.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
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1941 SAILING SCHEDULE
BERING SEA ROUTE
SHIP Sails from Seattle Due Nome
SUTHERLAND (Freight) Aug. 20th Aug. 30th
Nome, Kotzebue, Keewalik, Deering,
Sliishmaref, Wales, Tin City, Teller,
Nome. (Calls made in order named).
DERBLAY (Freight) Sept. 1st Sept. 11th
Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet,
Ungalik, Golovin, Solomon, Nome.
(Calls made in order named.)
Vlt. McHINLEY (Passengers Sept. 13th Sept. 21st.
Freight) Nome, Golovin, St. Michael
Mt. McKINLEY (Passengers Oct. 12th Oct. 20th
Freight) Nome
NOTE:- Arrival dates Nome approximate only. All sailings subject
to change without notice. M. J. WILCOX, Agent