STEFAHSSOM PLANNING NEW
VENTURE IN FAR NORTH
Imagine n party ©ansist/ng of. any.
aai KfogUalimran, aJi American, u negro
"■•nii a native of the South Sea Islands
Kfdnx into the Arctic with a sled and
six doss, pitching a. camp at the -north
P»4)e a.nst living there fon- a year, not
depending for existence on what they
vwiM take with them, hut living right
off the land Itself.
"ImpoHstfble," would be the guess of
the. average man. but. Vllbjaimur
Sp.fansson, the noted Arctic expbyrw
who to at the Motel Vancouver, deiims
it could he acoomptWl.ed quite easily,
except, for the fact tha*. after havi* g
pitched camp for two weeks you would
taka nai astromomjcnl observetion and
discover 6mt you had drifted some 20
30 miles fmni. the pale, and sirnardiug
ly would have to movv hark, accord ins
to t he Vancouver World .
The World reporter Found the fatu
ous explorer surprisingly y«*ung look
ing arid typically blonde, fairly tall
and strongly built, with but. few traces
of his eleven years* exposure .iif the
Arctic cUnKiite.. Mis hands, for in
etane-e, are singularly white and well
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
IS.standard Oil Co.
11 .Carotene Cold Storage
14 .7. 4. Seaaoa Co. office
15 .Headquarter* Saloon
U ..The Lobby
24.Pioneer* Igloo
SS...Catholic Church
21.Point'* realdano*
12 .Yorker's Cigar Stor*
41.opp. Webb’* Market
Engine House, Phone Main ST.
2 whistle* water ,.t tre umt
E. L. HOLT
Dealer in General Hardware
MINING SUPPLIES
STEAM HOSE
STEAM FITTINGS
TIN AND GRANITE WARE
WHITE ENAMELED WARE
TENTS, TARPAULINS CANVAS
CANVAS HOSE
CROCKERY WARE
LANG STOVES AND RANGES
HOLTS CASH STORE
Talaphann Main 11
Miters & Madnts
BMk if Aliski
noma. ALASKA
Capital • - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
MEET ME I
at the I
|BOARD OF
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BLADDER
I c.a.i*ocl for. What Norse heritage re -
niafaui to him. although he was born
in Maliitnba. shown clotty in his
jeyos and gvaHir.il bLuidumss. l>nt he has
a ke«n ***nsj of humor and is a bril
liant. ''onverautkmnUst.
"Tile N'orth polo is comparatively
easy to reac.h” «aid Mr. Stefan*»son.
"1 have raever tried to get there, be
cause it 1» not a Rood policy for polar
explccvi-H to overlap in thefiv work, but
the true |x>le of inaccessibility :s pos
sibly 400 milds Sbuth of the pole, in
! tiie direction of Be.ritig’ Sea. in that
region which is yet unexplored."
It was nnt« this region, Mr. Stef
.i.issmi orantimiei]. that he intended to
launch sm expedition either next sum
mer or the summer following, if his
hcnJtJi xv.as Rood. "Kor this led tare
tour." he said, “is a great deal harder
on me than any amount . .r tredding
trav.rsi.il includes about 1.000,000
ailiure Hides north of Alaska and w -st
of the islands already discovered be
tween the pole and the Bering straits,
al*oiit north latitude 73-90.
The explorer docs rant pi(>i«nse to
use airplanes on this trip. In fact, al
though tlwi stir plane lias been mi crest -
cd and indorsed, and is «ven now in
use In Arctic and sub-Arctic explora
tion expeditituia. Mr. Stefimssom does
not. consider* thorn practical.
"While, iit is a. R.ittcral belief that
the Arctic is aill fj'oaon, fchais Ls not.
true, and there ds plenty of open
water fur ji Keeiplnaie to land on. but
the ice formation is distributed in this
in tine form of < hunks and irregular
bkwivS, which cannot Ik* seen from
HboV'. CoptacL with tdiose in landing
and riding would be almost unnvoid
On*< woauhyvHl haw at was tun t at-.
Stef.unxHon ever cn<me to be mi explor
er. but he robbed' Ova idea of nil Niig
geatiion of romanw, inhoritod adven
turous spirit from Vikirng ancestors,
eta., by stating: simply that he wis
asked U> head, tun exploration portv In
1904, whiten he was ;tn linstructor at
Harvard. beenusw lie Ivad read “book"
knowledge of Rskiimos. “There a rc on
lly aibout a dozen irvdn In the world
who have a. real knowledge of the
Kskimos." Ive said modestly, “and it
appears tluit the rest, were all old. or
sounMtlhJinitr. so they eh owe me."
“It is Hiu-porisimir the fgn.orn.nre that
eocists about Ajtefic ouml it turns." he con -
tinuod. “People believe that the Are
tie explomrar finds a. cartain fascination
ahwut discomfort and ilaager, but the
truth ilf Chat he goes again because
he lfltus it. ,'Uid »b always i-eady to g>»
"This is irrespective, also, of nn
tlonairt y, for a negro or Italian, once
iW.limiUad, likes it too. and une of my
! best, into, who is remaining hi the Arc
tic now. Hn a native of Samoa.*
Mr. Stefiainsacm, barked' by power
ful Interests, Ex now working un a
propwdtian which, af it. succeeds, will
[convert all of Canada into a. foetd-pro
[duclng area—that is tire pmdml Ion
of moat for export and home consump
tion from native animals,
j “I betfeve.’ he said, “that one of the
I most important ideals before the < *u
ruulitwi people is to develop, not ‘grapes
from thorns, nor figx from thistles.’
| nor to raise sub-tropic a.nimals Ln a
I sub-Arctic climate, but to develop
what we have for* what it may bring
us." If Air. Stefiuisson’s scheme
works out, although he adlinfts it will
take, unlimited capital, which will not
bring returns for ;i matter of ton years
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WEATHER CONDITIONS RECORDED BY U. S WEATHER BUREAU
Report for 24 hours ending 6 a. m. dally
Minus sign before figures means below zero.
Date Highest 6 p. m.
Tempt Barom
Weather
^■ernpt Barom Wind 6 a. m.
Apr. 2. 0 29.93
Apr. 3 . 5 29.97
Apr. 4.13 29.68
Apr. 5.16 29.81
Apr. 6.25 29.32
Apr. 7.20 29.22
Apr. 8.19 29.77
Apr. 9.29 *9.47
Apr. 10.37 29.36
Apr. 11.29 29.32
Apr. 12.22 29.53
Apr. 13.24 29.70
Apr. 14.31 29.80
Apr. 15.34 29.81
Apr.16.38 29.92
Apr. 17.30 30.03
Apr. 18.29 30.01
Apr. 19.18 a 29.99
Apr. 20.15 29.87
Apr. 23.2S 30.15
10 29.60
. 'P 29.9*,
26 "0.03
'16 30.06
NW Cloudy
E Cloudy
N Cloudy
N Cloudy
NE Cloudy
NE Snow
E Snow
E Cloudy
NE Cloudy
Calm Cloudy
Calm Cloudy
E Clouds'
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NE Clear
NE Clear
Calm Clear
Calm Clear
i>r more, we shall he raiding cnmut
on bison, reindeer. buffalo. car
ibou and mountain gi*»t meat in the
Mir. Stefansmm xplnin- d that these
animals need no such cai o as is given
to cattle, and *g their growth and de
velopment we fostered, it would
mean tliat such lands in the north
whe.re oil and mining ar-as a.re be
ing opened up would In* rendered selt
suppurting. ll would no be ronuired
to brftfg in supplies from outside. aJio
Llio costs of opeintion wou'd thus x»
greatly lessened.
St Andrew's church.
TREMENDOUS OLYMPIC TIMBER
LOSS RESULTS FROM
JANUARY STORM
changed a. fines
fire belt in the
the grp;i test ri;
of iTMstriet. Fore
Portland. on ret
bulletin of "Peli
the < *Iynu»i«: I’*
SO miles wide by 75 miles long, stretch
ing from Clallnim Ttay southwesterly
to Hear, Tyee and Fork:;, thence south
easterly toward the Queets and (juin
ij.ult Ttivor watersheds. "Fstimat'-s of
the damage- -and these estihvalcs at
best fan be only guessed at this time,
run as: high as S billion feet: of this
propably 10 per rent to 15 per ont
oeeurred on the. Olympic National
Forest." the District Forester report
ed. but lie emphasized lhat. although
the preliminary estimates might be
greatly exaggerated. there was no
question whatever as to the calamitous
character of the storm.
“So far it has been impossible to get
anything H1<e rea.sonnbTe estimates of
the damage done," «aM Mr. Cecil ■
"All roads and trails fine, blocked In
faJlen timber and t« wfll probably be
months before the ran can be opened
evnji to the meager means of travel
which existed before tlie storm.*'
side of the Olympic Mountains as the
saifest. tire belt, hi the Northwest, lint
Mr. (Veil emphasized the fact that
within a few hours on January 29, It
had been changed into one of flip
greatest possible .forest Are hazard
through the impenetrable mass of fall
en timber. While most of the timber
blown down is outside of the National
Forest and privately owned, still the
extent of the. damage is so huge that in
Mr. Cecil's opinion it is going to call
for absolutely united action on the
porto fevery po'i’vute owner. the Stale
of Washington, and tlie l,r. S. Forest
Service to salvage some part of this
loss and to prevent forest tires from
getting started.
How do you Ht* the* Weekly Nug
mai! it to somebody who might be
come interested in this part of Alaska.
• The mineral is here but it takes
men and capital to get it out. In
terest your best friends by subscrth
Ing to the paper for them. We will
mail it anywhere for $!.on p^r n
NEWS OF
AMERICAN
LEGION
.Vims and Oibjefcta o fthe American
| LetRteu as mumm'Hd bv the Com
tnandor fri Chief.
Col Frank D’OlUvr. of PhiLadelpe ••
ttr»t trad of tlhe American Legftan. is
doscr r*,».) by his trierois as a phir..
i-wbsis.ntia) American business man.
with no string- tied to him. no political
ambitions. no axes to »rrlnd. ;uid with
out an "ism” except Americanism.
Inn reonmt -imuirview. Colonel D’Olier
sets out what he conceives* to be the
I imposes of this n«vv "100 per rmt
Ameri* uiisrn" «!ffM.n.i2atti.on.
He ioit his fing«r down on the pre
amble the eonstiitution of tin* l.« -
ffion and quoted:
‘‘Ko < iod and Couji.tr>' wo associate
ourselves tuffethr-r for tlie following
purpose-,: To uphold and defend the
Amtii*1.' : to maintain law- and order:
to fast- and perpetuate a 100 per
memo: - aid inekUtftts of our assoc
iation ■> tin* (.rent War: !j» ineule.it.
a sens1** of udivfdiuil obligation to the
eontminiiis. State and \. it Jon: to e-rn
an.d t. masses: to make riffht the
master:- of might; to promote pence and
good will on eartli: to safeguard and
tnaiiKin t U> jnosteritj Line principles of
jifiwtin ■. freedom and democracy: h>
consei t t.- and san-tity our lamiradship
by cm: devution to mutual helpful
“There you have tiro whole program
in u i nisli**JJ.” a.ddrul Colonel l>’Oli*»r. ;
who snlunuliri.ttes liis own personality I
to the wui'U of the I^ejEfion. Ill- fights '
shy of the MmejHght: ho is 'he very j
essene.- of self- effaeann'ii t.
"The Vmoiiivm legion Is ee.ntraliz
ing its efforts nilong three d'-finite
linie.s.'’ ho oxpla .ned further.
jolt* feu- iMtiumod voter; uns.
them Ixi.cJv iuU» civtliitiU life
ns possible M'lu'”e 'they may t
t-> suc ioty jiml ti> themselves a
taking fiuv of all. disabled mm
in 11pafckwrai <1 ij-ectlon.
• i-eumutly. film legion is vi
i esU-fl in t.h« oroititton anil fir
o< or tdie.ro and fought for ;« principle
aro iletftflm'Snwl to mflJvo Aimui'a too
proi-ont Amej-Usui and to make Amev
a-.i sa.Ce far f ttrrpuglh the yean?
to eiimri The Legion Iraa tniton m>
stand as to eitiiecr the T newly of Peace |
of the f/en.gue of Natiwis. fts sole1
purpota* 4? to fender a flxt mUitfairy lml -
joy tluiit will saft*KUii;-d A.uwrt««.
"ThiitWy, and toy no mmna least. the:
Amertentn legion ii? determined U> pre
servo this great (.r,niitJ*d States of ours
lar wham. th«*?o juiJIrons of men nCTmed
tlieir lives dining the war. T«> that
♦mri the begum stands flat, fw Ameri
oajTLstm as against all other issues. and
in ]xi rtUcular as against the ali.itmien
within our gwtos. who are to lv» opposed
on foreign soil."
At the present t.unu' tin* *m«rjcu.n
for them In the matter of fighting
radicalism whore its puri*ose is to
overthrow tho f»ovorninent. "l.iw and
order are to ho maintained." wiys .Col
onel TV< >lfer, and continues:
• fn every- community in this oountry
lohr consent ns manifested
I innvetipolks « oiivention. to b.
•i-.nigjn.ized minions of tho law
(Jovernnioint.
r;unks to keep America supreme and
alhove and against these extremists
who ;tro Seek in-, to overtu rn a govern -
\inent and it democracy for which
thouaimds of Iww youwr Americans
laid down their lives.
"The American Legion will combat
Bolshevism and rjulirnlisni all the way •
The will of the men has been exj.rest
in this direction. They have pone on
reond as recommending a constructive
Americanism program for combating
a nttf-American propa»\nda and law
lessness, and It is now tip to us to
tnanfllaite thk* order wit htheiir coopera
tion Into concrete acts. The Minne
apolls convention recomnltuembcd the es
tablishment of a National American
ism thru the planning, establishment,
and conduct of a continuous con
structive educational system designed
to convUit all ant £ American tendencies,
activities and propjuganda: to work
for the education of immigrants, pros
pective AnutrCcan citizens and alien
residents in the principles of Ameri
canism; to inculcate the ideals of
Americanism in the citizen population.
•ttwnjJ.u-J,
; plo an* a.lK.ve those of . : .1 in
! torewt <»r any ko-i'lII-vI ■ . .. «*r m*. .
! tion of the peopk*: to s; 'noiiffh
out. tine peoph- of the ration infoCTii:<
r»l*-.4 uf Anv rUvw •iovimmirnt .in<l i»
foster the Usuhins of Ani-r;r ;in>sin in
nil schools
".Iiifft plain common wnsp and pat
riotism is dealing u ith this all-impor
tant phase of American life :it the pr< s
ent time-. <Wve *i*e peop'e all the farts
s:*rr»if Loanee of -hi* urjly menace di ■
j reefed a*»inj«t the- very foundation of
oui» fr*»* government: educate those
who do not know what America really
and frtirlessly stands for-—and t>-,.n
common sense, just plain Ameri.-i.n
• •■ojamom si-n.se. will wcnk out. the prop
lean of our sa Ivation."
(Reprinted from the. f Jtem.r\ rtinest
T)4«c«ntilM*r .’O. 1919 fhu?e f,8, Vol.
No. 12, YVhole No. IfHS.)
Nome. Alaska, April 22. |f»21 .
MINERAL APPLICATION
M S 1281
SERIAL 0394
I S I .A NT) OT-'I ICK,
NOMK. ALASKA.
' NT ACT CONTKilTi’V,
K ITM'KK^ AM,IA.\<T:
• T.nnd DiMtrtrt. Ter
LAST CHANCE CLAIM
CONTACT CLAIM
S. 61 d«fr. os miu. K.
.MS.* ft. Ic nf beffH
Aim 38.2*4 acres.
No. 1 BELOW DISCOVERY,
GOOSE CREEK
Biyrlaninir at Cor. 1 Identical
w-itb Cor. 2 Contact- claim not f*s
hTblls<h!»rt frnux which a
a limestone 24x10x3 Ins. set
12 Uia. in uroujid, chtfaeled W. C.
b**!i.n N. 6A iJecr.
ft. itistajii, t,nd IT.
1129 hears X. 52 def?. 06 mio. K.
:<r>9t ft.; dunce fmm true C-tt_b*
37 d«ff. 11 min. W. 528 ft.:
thewdw N. 58 de£. 58 nrtbi.
1320 ft.: thence X. 37 de#
wdn. F!. 526.5 ft.: thence S. 59
dee- 02 mlu. E 1320 ft. to the
place <jT beginninir. Aren. 15.869
CONTIGUITY CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1 not estab
lished. on line 2-3 Non- York this
survey ifrdm which witness Cor. a
limestone 24x6xS ins.. 12 ins. in
ground, chiseled W.C.. l-C-1281.
with stonr mound 30 ins. by 24
ins. high on east sldc.^bears S.^36
deg!"*' ofi” min'. e'.- 1324*7? Sft!?
leg™ 06 filin'. \Y." Vks” . 4 ft’:
chiseled. 1-N. V 1281, with earth
mound 30 by 24 ins. high on
north Side, for Cor. 1. from
whidh IT. S. T,. M Kur. 1129
bears N. 74 deg. 58 mlln. E. 646.9
ft.; thence N. 57 deg. 44 min.
\V. 910 ft.; thence; N. 36 deg. 10
min. E. 1900 ft.: thence S. 28
deg. 06 mfn. E. 972.7 ft.; thence
33.885 acres.
with Cor. 4. New York Claim
this Survey a limestone 28x8x7
lins 15 in®., dn ground with earth
1010.8 ft.; thence N. 28 deg. 06
rriln. W 972.7 ft.; thence S. 84
deg. 40 min. E. 2070 ft.; thence
14 deg. 07 min. E. 950 ft.;
earth mound 30x2'
north side, for Cor
81* deg. 11) min. \\\**2S19
1129 bears X.
thence N. 87
3092 ft.: thence
NEW YEAR CLAIM
T1 K>S. MrfiAVV
PiibJUrth^- +VV. ^it. •>;. M -vb r,. 12.'it.
MINERAL APTLICATlON
NO TICK IS HLT'W'V ClVKN.'tW
jinny. hi mr pom led. unde- Lh<- ta.w-».»f
Ciud. Hra-i its.’president nml Ttufhor
izeal aSrtQl. whose ot!ii»> addyosn
is Nome. Alaska, mad'- a»>i>3ien.Uo».
Hnder the utinmir l.<#s of th- United
Rtatrft, for a patent ft»r Hip fh'atiJ and
Royal I.olJr flfliinHA is3r-u5tt-d >m the
flrtijiil and Ituynt l.nd<*. on unsurvoyed
*rr»umJ. a© Tfcihl fhili-ii, a. tributary of
Lost Creek -a. tr£ha?v<.rr of Hrdwftrt
River. ajvouj. fbinly mi tea North
irf Che town of Name, ir the (t-iflo
Nome Mining- and neeuidjfcu: District.
[Territory of Ata<sK». xaj<i claanis Unity;
: dfiiCenaited Jvy Htp Tr. S. Surveyor f!«n
am.1 of AUol^i as* M.&erttl Hurvwr N».
' 1254. and Mirl) oxtt^ndins' ISWl feyt.
latnmr the strike rt>' «iihi fflnnH and
Royal Lodes. and fiOO &»•:! In width M
ecrcb side of the ratwirr fine Imrraof.
1 Th* t<xt>tnav bauhcta.Tflss nf sacii claims,
i according to the p'u: and ttejij not'**
| nxw on file in -SJriiJ Land DdU-n. vs
> with 3. variation cf I!# rl»-v;. 1. mis.
I V,. as Gullaws
!-•*. in earth mound.
!5$<i.L.. whrtu.'(* IT. S
• Royal Lode bears
The. av«t in conflict between the
aforesndd locutions is 1.865 acres, ami
the same is hereby waived in favor of
the Royal Rode, and excluded from the
Grand Ijotle: scnild conflict being de
scribed as follows: Beginning at
for. No. I of the Grand Rode Claim
aforesaid: then** S. 40 deg. 33 mir
K. 566.79 ft. tto Cor. No. 2 Royal
Claim: thence SR 49 deg. 27 min W.
along: line 2-3 Royal Rode Claim to the
intersection of line 3-4 Grand Rode,
being: 209.85 ft.: tbenre S. 76 deg
40 min. W. 72.61 ft. to «or. No. 4
of the Grand Rode: thenre N. 13 deg.
20 min W. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 1 of
said Grand I^ode. and place of begin -
There are no adjoining or conflict
ing claims.
U. S. Rocuttfon Monument No. 1256
is a triangular pi'dee of schist rock
10x7x8 ft. and 6 ft. high, situated
on the night limit of Gtihl Creek, and
about 96 ft. above the bed of the
creek, with a stone mound on the
Northeast side from which a high
mountain of the Sawtooth Range hears
N. 84 dog. W. In Ratitude 64 deg. 48
min. N. longitude 165 deg 18 min.
THOS. McO.VNN
Publish—Feb. 19. 26. March 3. 12.'19,
26. April 2. 9. 16, 1921.