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PULP MILLS IN ALASKA
Dining the past two months, much was said about |
the establishment of pulp and paper mills in Alaska by!
large capital. The press of Juneau and Ketchikan, how
ever, do not blazon in glaring headlines the following:
“E. M. Mills of San Francisco, representing the
Zellerbach Paper company, was in Seattle Friday
looking over sites for a paper mill which the company
purposes to build somewhere on Puget Sound. Mills
discussed the matter with a committee from the Port
Townsend Chamber of Commerce. He also talked
with delegations from several other towns and said
that no decision has been reached as to where the ~
plant will be located. ‘Nothing is certain yet/ Mills
explained’ ‘beyond the fact that we will probably
build a mill/
Perhaps Alaska will get a pulp mill, but it is a cinch
that the Coast cities will get the major share of the indus
try. The way to build up Alaska is to bring in a summer
or tourist population and then lock up all business houses!
for the winter and go below. What good’s the old “Ice j
Box” except for dividends? What cares capital for mere!
human life and its needs?—The Alaskan.
The prohibition proponents say the Volstead law could
be enforced if the people would observe it. In this in
stance it would be interesting to know who is the “law”
and who are the “people.”
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Dry Cleaning
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the best cleaning and dyeing *
in town and that is at the ■
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not delay in having your i
clothes pressed and cleaned; S
do it frequently for it helps !
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approached the ice gradually. It was ;
not until we were practically touching j
that any note could be taken of the
surface where either death or safety
awaited, 'phe plane just topped a
great pressure ridge, so close that the
landing skiis were broken. Then the
plane came to rest in a sort of cup.
We were safe.
Five Days in Airplane Home.
For five days we lived in the cock-1
pit of the airplane while not taking
soundings through the ice. Here Cap
tain Wilkins chopped a hole six feet
deep and took soundings which show
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ed great depth. We were some 250
miles from land. It was impossible to
take off from the point where the
plane rested, so we decided to aban
don it.
During the preceding landings I
was compelled to work with uncov
ered fingers in repairing the motor;
the result was freezing four of my dig
its. This stub of my right little finger j
is all that is left after the physician at
Point Barrow amputated two joints.
The other two fingers were saved with
difficulty.
When we abandoned the plane we
took sleds and loaded everything we:'
felt we would need for the journey to j
land. After a few miles we were con
vinced that pulling the sleds was im
possible. We re-sorted the materials
and loaded our packs, abandoning the
sleds. We carried about 125 pounds
each. The going was like walking
over the irregular tops of those build
ings over there, indicating across the
street. I told Captain Wilkins that,
with the load I was carrying I could
make about a mile a day, so we again
sorted our supplies and abandoned
everything we thought we could spare.
Later the sleeping bags seemed super
fluous, so we abandoned one and tried
sleeping together in the other. It was i
like stuffing sardines into a box, but
it was the first night I had been re- j
ally warm since starting to walk. We ;
then cut the bottom from the remain
ing bag and retained it, sleeping in ;
our parkas and sticking our feet into
the half bag.
What with the perspiration and j
thawing frost in our garments all be-j
came damp. Drying socks wras impos-j
sible, as we only had a half gallon of j
gasoline for melting ice for wrater. |
So we would remove our socks, scrape!
the frost from them and then place j
them under our armpits while we
slept. They were never dry, but kept
pliable.
We had practically 18 days of going,
most of which was hummocky and
rough. Captain Wilkins periodically
^ook our bearings with the sextant
which showed that we were headed in
:he right direction. Calculations also
showed that we -were on a floe that
was drifting southward. This took
is about 110 miles: in five days. First
he current ran eastward and then
southerly. We found several open
eads but were able to pick narrow
jonnecting bridges and cross.
Captain Wilkins' knowledge of the
Arctic currents brought apprehension,
le feared we would be caught in the
current sweeping toward Siberia
which proved disastrous to other ex
slorers. Without means for subsist
ng for any length of time, we realized
(Continued on Page Five.)
Eiler Hansen, Alaska disbursing
)fficer for the Bureau of Agriculture,
s a visitor in Seward today en route
;o the Kodiak Experimental station.
Special deliver of freshly baked
?oods from 11 a. m. to 12 o’clock and
Erom 4 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Seward Bakery. Phone Madison 82.
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8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
REX BEACH’S
Most Popular Novel
"THE AUCTION BLUCK”
made into a magnificent picture play wonderfully
acted by
CHARLES RAY - ELEANOR BOARDMAN - SALLY
O’NEIL - Dll TORRENCE
Charles Ray*comes back again to popularity from
his work in this picture. It is the best thing he
has done for years
Five National Beauty Winners in This Feature
It is something extra good that you can’t afford to
miss
It will get you from the first reel. Remember that
every Rex Beach story is intensely interesting
And with it there will be a two-reel comedy
"TIKE YOUR TIME”
A Mack Sennett fun-maker
There Are None Better
IN OUR cold storage plant is always found
* the largest selection of choice cuts in
Southwestern Alaska.
WE ARE HERE TO PLEASE YOU
Carstens Packing Co.
CUFF RUSCHER, Mgr. PHONE MAIN 130
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HOTEL
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MEL A. HORNER
Manager
SEWARD ALASKA
On the Main Street
Seward Machine Shop
Chas. Lechner, prop. Seward, Alaska
MARINE and STATIONARY
GAS ENGINES SOLD AND REPAIRED
Ford Sales and Service
Sheet Metal Work and Stoves Repaired
Pipeless and Hot Air Furnaces and Circulating Heaters
Sold and Installed
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Mrs. Ralph Anderson, wife of the
rell known. Seldovia business man,
ecompanied by her children, were
mong the passengers en route to
eattle on the Admiral Watson.
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Axminster and Congolian rugs. J.
*. Graef.
FISHING SPECIAL
All points on Kenia Lake. Connect
trains every Monday from Lakeview.
Round trip $5.00. Boat operated by
licensed pilot; 14 years in Alaska.
HOWARD LONG, Lakeview, Alaska.