34-Ounce Gold
Nugget Studied
At University
COLLEGE—University of Alas
ka school of mines faculty and
Students this week studied a 34
ounce gold nugget, apparently the
largest brought to light in the
territory in 43 years.
Patrick “Patty” Savage found
* the nugget during his operations
last summer on Long Creek near
Ruby, approximately 300 miles
west of Fairbanks.
The gold in the nugget is worth
about $1,200, and Savage has de
clined to .sell it for $1,700.
He said that approximately 70
percent of the gold he gets on his
dragline and bulldozer operations
is coarse.
Apparently the last reported
large nugget was found in the
same area in 1914. It weighed ap
proximately 96 ounces and was
worth $1,920 on the basis of its
$20 per ounce value.
Savage is reluctant to part with
his nugget, but says that an offer
of $2,000 might change his mind.
Anchorage Landlords
Having a Bad Time
ANCHORAGE—T h e economic
plight of Anchorage area land-!
lords is bad and it is liable to get1
worse unless something is done
about it, Herman S'arno, president j
of the Alaska Housing Corp., An
chorage’s largest landloard, said!
this week.
“There are 400 vacant rentals j
here how and the number could 1
snowball into 1,500 in a short,
while,” Sarao told members of1
the city council.
Travel pay allowances which,
permit newly assigned military j
personnel to bring their families
with them to assignments here j
should be reinstated, he declared.,
Woman Biologist Who
Died in Fire Left
$2,000 to University
Dr. Druska Carr Schaible, former 1
head of the University of Alaska !
biological sciences department,1
presented the institution with a
$2,000. life insurance policy short
ly before her death last month in
a Fairbanks fire. \
Dr. Ernest N. Patty, university
president, said this week that the
school complied with her wish
that the donor remain anonymous
during her lifetime.
Prof. Schaible was an alumna
jit theuniversity and one of its
finest teachers.” Dr. Patty said.
“The impressions that she made
upon the minds of her students
will last their lifetimes. Her gift'
is one more proof of her devotion
to the university and its students.”
I
Commonwealth Supporters’ Letter
Draws Reaffirmation of Seaton’s
Support of Statehood for Alaska
By FRANK W. y^Il^E
WASHINGTON, UB—Secretary
of the Interior Seaton believes “it
is unlikely that unanimity would
lever exist either for or against
statehood” for Alaska.
But he has advised an anti
statehood group of territorial res
I idents that he believes a majority
of Alaskans favor its admission
as a state.
Seaton’s reaffirmation of the
statehood support was made pub
lic yesterday when the depart -
! ment, in response to inquiries, re
leased the secretary’s answer to a
| recent letter by O. E. Parting of
Fires Take Toll
In South During
Cold Weather
(By The Associated Press>
Fires, mostly in the south, took
a toll of lives yesterday among
adults and children. The fires co
incided with a wave of cold
weather.
Eight persons in one family, in
cluding six children, perished in
a fire that swept thru a rural
tenant house at Ellabell, Ga.
A fire in the infirmary near
Bards town, Ky., killed five.
Three children burned to death
when their home was destroyed
in a remote area near South
Shore, Ky.
An explosion followed by rag
ing flames in the three-story
Beckham Hotel in Greenville,
Texas, caused at least one death
among the 32 registered guests.
Nine students were forced to
j leap from second story windows
I to escape a fire that destroyed a
! fraternity house on the University
of Mississippi campus.
A fire in a business block in the
Marshall, Mo., courthouse square
destroyed at least two buildings.
Chicago’s authorities sought a
firebug following 38 fires in the
city’s south side area in the past
seven days. They said major dis
asters had been averted only be
cause the fires had been spotted
quickly.
Seward, chairman of the Alaskan
.Citizens for Commonwealth Com
mittee.
Controversial Issue
Darling had advised Seaton that
statehood now for Alaska is not
the mandate of all Alaskans. He
noted that a petition is being cir
culated asking an “unequivocal
yes or no referendum on the con
troversial issue at the next terri
torial election.”
In the light of this, he said, the
members of the Commonwealth
Committee “respectfully reqqest
that you refrain from' further
public statements that indicate
your prejudice for statehood now
for Alaska until the results of the
referendum have made known
the true will of all Alaskans.”
Refusal Is Dereliction
Darling said “a refusal on your
part to conform to this request
can only be construed as derelic
tion to your sworn obligations to
uphold the rights of ALL feder
a 11 y disfranchised territorial
American citizens.”
In reply, Seaton said his posi
tion supporting statehood was
reached “only after careful study
of all aspects of the question, in
cluding possible alternatives to
statehood and the degree of pub
lic endorsement given statehood
in the territory.”
He continued:
“The magnitude of public sup
port is indicated by the over
whelming vote by which the pro
posed Alaska constitution was
ratified in 1956. Further, the last
three territorial legislatures have
passed memorials urging the grant
of statehood to Alaska.”
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