William Huson
Dead at 93 Years
SUMNER, Wash., UPV—Funeral
services wefe held hfete yesterday
for 93-year-old William Huson,
l&fcfk'-'tbok part in' tire Klondike
goltt ttiif? ’and pa’tkred the only
|>ikno'’ ‘kVe'r ' taken ' oVer Chilkoot
Pass’. ’” **■' ‘ ‘
Huson' 'died Saturday. He had
lived in’-Sumner since 1942 when
his wife, "tena, died.'
*' Hiisdn was born in'(Dallas, Ore.
fie and-Kis wife left in 1893 for
Juneau,’where they established a
hotel. In 1897 -they went to the
Klondike and took the piano over
Hie pass’. The piano was bought
for $125 in Juneau’ and sold in
Dawson’for $1,200 to a saloon.
Mr. fhison and his wife spent
-JfeVeral years in the Klondike and
later irt* Nome. A musician, he
was leader of several orchestras,
fie also‘served dri' the Nome City
CouhciL ‘
In' 'about 1010 the Huso ns re
turned *t6 Washington and Huson
spent many years ln Walla Walla
in the' real estate business.
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and legal flto folden
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Fairbanks Will Vote on
New Fire Fighting System
FAIRBANKS UP)—The voters of
Fairbanks will go to the polls on
Jan. 22 to vote on a proposed
$400,000 bond issue which will
vastly improve the city’s fire
fighting system.
The bond issue would provide
funds for construction of a sub
fire station, probably in the
southern part of the city. The is
sue would finance the construc
tion of a new downtown fire hall
to be built somewhere near the
present municipal utilities build
ing.
Red Cross Campaign
For Hungarian Refugees
Brings in $5,170,00Q
WASHINGTON MV-The Amer
ican Red Cross said today its spe
cial campaign for funds -to help
Hungarian refugees has brought
in $5,170,000.
Altho this exceeded the goal of
five million dollars, Red Cross
Chairman E. Roland Harriman
said still more money is needed,
and he voiced hope that “many
who have not yet contributed still
will do so.
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Sourdoughs Will
Revisit Scene of
Klondike Rush
VANCOUVER, B.C., lit—Sour
doughs who trod the trail of ’98
will have a chance to revisit the
scene of the Klondike gold rush
next fall.
For the first time since they
began holding international con
ventions 26 years ago, the sour
doughs will have a chance to take
a tour, leaving Vancouver about
Aug. 21 for the Yukon The steam
er tour will take them via the!
White Pass and Yukon route toj
the scene of the great gold rush.
On the way, they will pass by
one of the last of the river boats
used in the area.
The International Sourdough
Reunion will be held in Seattle
Aug 28-30.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Ralph Cun
ningham, David Carter, A. R.
Mitcrheltree, Mrs. Andrew Ner
land, Edward Keen, Marvin Mur
vine, Sarah Smith, John Heafer,
Sig Krogstad.
To Kotzebue: Sarah Smith.
From Kotzebue: Rev. Reiners.
To Anchorage: Alary Asila, Ed
Howerton, Douglas Swalm, W:m.
Kubik, D. Smith, Eileen Tweet,
Helen Reader, Karl Hertig, Col.
Coleman, Arnold Teayoumeak, P.
Tocktoo, Wm. Wililoya, Ken Ka
tongan, Roy Tingook, John Ibi
onna, Lt. R. Steele, Eliza Jones.
TV Set Has Picked Up
36 Stations in 17 States
WARWICK, RJ„ UfV—Richard
Lindemann says he has watched,
at various times, 36 stations in 17
states on his television set.
He said last night he does it
with a 46-foot antenna, plus a
booster and a filter.
FAIRLY SHARP QUAKE
IN DIRECTION OF ALEUTIANS
NEW YORK, OP)—An earth
quake, described as fairly sharp,
was recorded today on the Ford
ham University seismograph.
The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch,
seismologist, said the first shock
was registered at 3:03:13 a.m.,
and the second at 3:11:34 a.m.
EST. He estimated the distance
as 4,100 miles, in the direction, of
the Aleutian Islands.
Advance Film Used for
Red Skelton Show
HOLLYWOOD, 13—Red Skel
ton’s show over CBS-TV went on
as scheduled, but it was a film
that had been prepared for use
later in the year.
A network spokesman said the
decision to use the film last night
was prompted by the recent dis
closure that Skelton’s 9-year-old
son, Richard, has leukemia.
The boy is still unaware of the
serious nature of his illness. Doc
tors have estimated his life ex
pectancy at five months to a year.
Normally Dry Town
Getting Too Much Rain
DARWIN, Australia, (3—Ten
nant’s Creek in central Australia,
where normally they have to buy
water from carriers, has had more
than a year’s rain in one week.
And it was still raining today.
Annual rainfall in the area av
erages 14Vfe inches. So far 15
inches have been recorded.
Cattle which had been facing
starvation in the arid 50,000-mile
area around Tennant’s Creek now
are in danger of being bogged or
j drowned.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow
with occasional snow and east
erly winds 15 to 30 mph dimin
ishing Thursday. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight '20 to
25 degrees, rising tomorrow.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 17, lowest 14. Max. wind 16
mph from the east. Sunrise at
9:47 am, sunset at 2:32 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature -1, lowest -20. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 34
in 1937, lowest -32 in 1954.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
TULIP BROWNIES
The Tulip Brownies met Jan
uary 3 after school. We received
our membership cards. Carrie
Ann Ulrich was elected scribe
and Nancy Gray is our patrol
leader for January.
—Carrie Ann Ulrich, Scribe
3rd GRADE BROWNIES
Our chairman is Catherine
Walsh, Elizabeth Walsh is scribe,
Kathleen Olson is secretary, and
Jejm Foster is treasurer.
—Elizabeth Walsh, Scribe
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Basketball Fans
Friday Enjoyed
Two Fast Games
A large crowd enjoyed two fast,
well-played basketball games last
Friday night in the school gym.
In the first game the high-fly
ing Merchants downed a deter
mined North Star team 65 to 51.
Scores by quarters were 13-9, 28
27, 42-35, and final period 65-51.
Howard Bell, Merchants’ cen
ter, stood out with 31 counters.
Other Merchant scorers were
Clyde Nershak 11, Amie Caste! 8
and Ike Larsen 8.
For the North Stars, Bill Cald
well made 23 points and Willy
Willoya put in 16.
The second game, between the
Hornets and the All-Service Pan
thers, was close for the first three
quarters but from then on the
Hornets moved rapidly ahead to
win 75 to 58.
Outstanding player in this
game was Bob Herman of the
Hornets who chalked up 36 count
ers. Other Hornet players tallied
as follows: Tony Willoya 18, Sam
Mogg 11, and Dave Bell 8.
Friday night the Panthers will
tackle the North Stars and Nome
High plays the Polar Hornets.
$2.50 GOLD PIECE PUT
IN' PARKING METER
BRUNSWISK, Maine, (JC-Se
lectmen have decided to sell at
auction the $2.50 gold piece which
a motorist accidentally dropped
into a parking meter.
The decision to sell was
reached last night after newspa
per stories failed to turn up the
owner.
Coin dealers indicated the gold
piece might be worth $11—or
13,200 parking minutes.
HE'S OUT ON 3rd STRIKE
JERSEY CITY, N.J., l®—1The
third crash outside his home woke
Charles Burns up yesterday
morning.
He discovered a milk truck had
skidded on new fallen snow and
struck his parked car.
Inside the car were notes from
two other drivers, apologizing for
having rammed his vehicle dur
ing the night.
David Pimentel, who has been
cook at the G.R. Jackson resi
dence for several years, leaves
tomorrow for Santa Barbara,
Calif., where he will continue to
be employed by the Jacksons.
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