Sourdoughs Unveil
Lengthy Yarns of
Cold Rush Days
SEATTLE Ufl — A bunch of the
boys, and girls, were whooping
it up yesterday at the Olympic
Hotel.
And they sang a song of Soapy
Smith and the Oregon Mare and
the lady known as Lil.
The tales they spun were so
tall you needed a space needle
to catch the words.
And the handshakes were so
vigorous and the kisses so lasting
they would sap the strength of
any but a fired-up sourdough.
Registration began for the 30th
International Sourdough Conven
tion, a three-day turning back of
the calendar 66 years to the
fabled era that began on El Do
rado Creek in the Yukon terri
tory.
The old-timers gestured with
canes and fondled gold-<watch
chains.
There were Dave Griffith of
Seattle, sourdough historian; G.
Ryder Davis of Fort MacLeod,
Alberta; William A Ellis of Seat
tle; Jim Mellen of Seattle, gen
eral chairman, and Ed Conrad
of Toppenish, Wn.
And this what they talked
about:
Soapy Smith — the legendary
“con” man who played crooked
poker and the old shell game in
saloons and on trails around
Skagway, and who earned his
name by selling tiny bars of soap
<$1 each) on street corners. And
for the lucky bar-buyer, there
was a $20 bill inside the wrapper
-—except that only Smith’s con
federates got the money.
Chin-whiskered Soapy gunned
down miners in cold blood until
he got his come-uppance from E.
J. Reed, elected by a miner’s
vigilante committee to “do Soapy
in.” Soapy fired first, mortally
wounding Reed, but Reed shot
from the ground and put a bullet
through Soapy’s heart.
Ah, those were glorious days—
when men were men and Jack
London and Rex Beach were
there to immortalize the history
makers.
Lulu Fairbanks, secretary of the
Sourdoughs for 30 years, summed
up:
“We are perpetuating the gold
en friendships of a bygone era.
In those days, instead of being
juvenile delinquents, the men
went north.
“It was the making of the pups.” i
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White House Brushes
Off Cuba’s Feelers
For Truce Talks
HAVANA (*> — Fidel Castro’s
regime has admitted sending out
a feeler to President Kennedy for
truce talks. The White House gave
it the brushoff.
. Cuba’s economic czar Ernesto
Guevara made the approach to
presidential aide Richard Goodwin
last Friday in Uruguay at a cock
tail party after the Inter-Ameri
can Economic Conference.
Guevara told a radio-TV audi
ence Wednesday night that he in
formed Goodwin, one of Ken
nedy’s Latin-American experts,
that “Cuba is ready to talk” about
solving differences.
Guevara said he told Goodwin
Cuba “wants to remain within the
hemispheric community.” But he
said he emphasized the Castro
regime is determined to maintain
its socialist political and economic
systems — systems branded by
Washington as Communistic.
Goodwin told friends he met
Guevara by chance at a party
given by a Brazilian diplomat.
White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger told newsmen
the meeting “had no political sig
nificance.” Salinger said it was
“just a case of two men meeting
at a reception and one of them
being polite enough to listen for a
few minutes to someone he met at
a party.”
Doesn't Like Slacks or Shorts
WASHINGTON W — Shorts
and women’s slacks should be
banned from the stately halls of
Congress, says Rep. Walter Me
Vey, (R-Kan.). He introduced a
bill yesterday to prohibit such
attire in the capitol. It would ap
ply only to persons over <12.
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Indications Show Army
Will Call In Some
National Guard Units
WASHINGTON <*> — Indica
tions are that the Army will be
gin bringing into federal service
by early or mid-October some of
the 37 National Guard units which
have been alerted for callup.
This seemed to be suggested in
Army answers to questions about
possible methods for bringing
alerted units up to full strength.
Under the law, a member of a
reserve outfit or an individual re
servists cannot be transferred in
voluntarily to a National Guard
unit while that unit is still under
control of a state. He may be as
signed only temporarily for train
ing.
However, he may be “desig
nated” in advance, a spokesman
explained. This means that he
may be informed in advance that
if and when a certain National
Guard unit goes into federal serv
ice — and passes out from under
state authority — he will be as
signed as a filler to build up
strength of that unit.
The fillers would be drawn
from reserve outfits which them
selves have not been alerted for
possible call.
Such notification to individuals,
under the new program, must be
made by Sept. 15, the Army said.
This appeared to indicate that
the Army is shaping its plans to
provide for summoning in the
month following Sept. 15 at least
some of the 37 National Guard
units, and possibly some of the
76 U. S. Army reserve units, which
have been alerted.
Lion Bowlers Take
Measure oi Advisors
Five lions of Nome were asked
to roam
To the Aukruk Lanes last night.
The Advisors were tough, but it
wasn’t enough,
Lions took two out of three.
Major Money and crew put up
a good battle last night, going
down to defeat in a best two-out
of-three bowling series. The Lions
were led by Jack “the Ripper”
Carpenter with a 604 series and
a 233 high game.
The Lions today announced that
they will accept any and all chal
lenges from any organized group
to a scratch bowling series, the
losers to take home stock in the
Aukruk Lanes.
Other Lion scores posted were:
“Smilin” Jim Casey 542, Jim “the
Crusher” St. Amour 478, “Flying”
George Lienard 473, and Don
“Wha Happin” Foster 390.
Advisors’ scores were:' Posey
643, McIntyre 505, Money 500,
Petrivelli 425, and Blevins 405.
NOTICE OF BID
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Nome Light It Power Board for
the hauling of fuel oil during the
year ending Aug. 31, i»2. Closing
date of bids, 5 p. m., Aug. 31. 1961,
Details may be obtained at
Utility Office.
Nome Light It Power Utility
By Barrow Morgan, Secfy.
Pub: Aug. 23, 25, 28, 1961.
Delta Junction Firm
Submits Low Bid on
Valdez Mental Facility
JUNEAU UP) — The State De
partment of Public Works said
yesterday the Alaska Construction
Co., Delta Junction, submitted a
low basic bid of $25,587 for al
terations to the Valdez Mental
Health facility.
The basic bid involved en
closure of a passageway and al
terations in buildings 6, 7 and 8
at the facility.
POLAR TOUR VISITORS
Among the Polar Tour guests
arriving with Wien today were:
Miss India Johnson of Hono
lulu, Hawaii; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Swenson, Mabel, Minn; Dr. Leslie
Smith and Ann Smith of Oakland,
Calif.; Chas. Sievers and Dr. R.A.
Abernathy, Winston-Salem, N.C.;
Julie Bechak, North Bergen, N.J.;
and Edith Lee of Mabel, Minn.
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