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PIONEER AERONAUTS OF ALASKA
'The air age has arrived in Alaska.
* That’s the word that Governor George A. Parks
brought to Seattle upon his recent arrival.
"'’“The airplane is revolutionizing Alaska,” the Gover
nor put it. The Territory has established 48 landing
* fields, he recounted, using highway funds on the theory
that airways are as important as routes for earthbound
travel.
Commercial companies are operating out of Fair
banks, Anchorage and Nome. Fish canneries are install*
ing their own services. Individual planes are increasing
so rapidly the Governor wouldn’t guess at them frequent
ly himself.
And the Governor expressed no regrets that the his
toric dog sled is mushing along its last trail, toward the
past of “Soapy Smith,” the “Ragtime Kid” and the lady
known as Lou.
“It’s like this,’ he explained, “here were two boys
that have a dredging outfit at Bear Creek, on the Kusko
kwim. It would have taken them three weeks by dog sled
to get to Nenana. Now it takes them a few hours. Their
claim is only nine days from Seattle.
“It means they can leave the States a month later,
practically, in the spring, and work a month later in the
fall.
“Big game hunters can be taken in a few hours to the
Rainy River country. The canneries are trying them,
too, but they have to have amphibian planes. The pon
toons are awkward.”
The Governor ss statement on aviation no doubt led
the Associated Press to ask Alaskan editors to sunply
their office with Alaska aviation material for a feature
story which will be published soon.
With stories such as the recent life and death experi
ences of Bessie Howe, Ninilchic school “marm’’, the pro
gress of Alaska aviation will thrill the world.
We, here in Alaska, are already “case-hardened” to
the exploits of our planes but to theseOutside they are
feats of daring to be marveled at.
When the Governor started to talk about Alaska avia
tion he started something from which the Territory will
receive much good,
A smaller percentage of deaths is credited to world
aviation in comparison to any other mode of transporta
tion. Statistics bear this statement out. For at least
five years commercial planes have been operating in Al'
aska and not one death or serious accident has occured.
A correspondent was killed in Fairbanks when he walk
ed into a whirling propeller but this death could not be di
rectly charged to flying accidents.
Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work called atten*
tion in his annual report of the wonderful development
of aviation in Alaska.
And next year chances are favorable that the Army will
have a squadron of planes in Alaska.
Progress and development come in various forms.
Yet there are some who still believe Alaska is not
forging ahead.
Thats a great bunch of resolutions the Delegate in
troduced to the House of Representatives yesterday. He
neglected to ask for $100,000 for experimentation in grow
ing musk mellons to accompany his resolution asking for
$50,000 for acquisition of a herd of musk oxen.
We see where the Delegate wants to transfer the
criminal insane from Alaska to Washington. Even the
Delegate is working to depopulate the country.
It would be kind of nice for the people of the Terri
tory to elect their own governor. Give us some thin£
more to fight about.
Speaking of the criminal insane perhaps Sutherlanc
is still sore over the last election.
SEWARD A. G. WINS
i FIST GAME SEES
FAIRBANKS TEAMS
TOWN OF FAIRBANKS AND COL
LEGE GIRLS PLAY INSTEAD
OF SEWARD GIRLS
(Special to The Gateway)
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 6. —Seward 31,
Town 14.
Leslie was high man with 12 points,
Galloway 11, Andresen 7 and Bath 1.
For the Town Lynch, forward, 7; Gen
try, forward, 7.
Seward showed the effects of the
strenuous schedule in their ragged
■ game with the Town who were out
! classed but gave a magnificent battle
Under odds. Bath, Galloway and An
jdresen was a combination very effect
jive. A small crowd was in attendance.
The Fairbanks town girls won from
the College girls 14 to 13. It was a
fast game, and was refereed by Mc
Bwen of Seward.
Mrs. Loftus, town center, was pain
fully hurt; Lo-we and Loftus star
red for the town. Seward teams left
| at 8 o’clock this morning iin weather
20 below zero.
SEWARD CHAPTER AMERICAN
RED CROSS MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Sew
ard Chapter American Red Cross held
December 12, 1927 in the Fire hall at
3 p. m. At this meeting officers will
be elected for the year 1928, the Treas- !
urer will make a report of funds re-|
ceived andi expended. Also report from
drive chairman relative to the success
l of the recent drive, and all other
[business necessary to come up before -
the people. This is your Red Cross f
meeting and you are requested to at-j 1
tend. The interest of the Red Cross is. \
the business of every one in Seward,1: .
so show a little interest in the thing; j
that is going on around you, and at-j ^
tend.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 6. (£>)—Although
the international fisheries schooner ;
Dorothy has been hampered by driv- <
ing snowstormes and generally unfav
orable weather, the scientific investi
gation committee has been making J
progress in the problem of tagging
hali but in Alaskan waters. More than
1,200 halibut have been tagged. \
WINS HIS SUIT
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. (£>)—Sebas- !
tian Kresge, president of the Kresge
Corporation won $640,398 in his suit!
to recover the value of 5700 shares of j
stock of the S. S. Kresge Co., which
had been loaned to W. E. Hutton Co.,
stock exchange firm. ,
URBACH’S have coming on the next
boats 200 late books for their circu
lating library.
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First low water 11:52 a. m.
Second low water 11:25 p. m.
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ka Travelgraph, published once a
month by the Alaska Steamship com
pany, contains a splendid account of
Alaska Indian basketry written by
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