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DWGKIIS OF \OHTH I’OI.K FLIGHT KX.\<iGKlL\TKl>
The Literary Digest in the edition of January 12th.. 1924. carries
i story under the caption of “Dixmude's Lesson to Shenandoah.” and
the story quotes a battery of outside newspapers condemning the United
States Navy for the contemplated Polar Flight this summer or next, and
as has been the case from the time the first gold discovery was made in
Alaska, the people of the States are treated to a lot of sensational news
from the pens of writers who know no more about Alaska and the dau
gers of an Arctic flight than a two-year-old boy would know about the
mechanism of a valuable watch.
Among the many papers quoted, practically all of them seem to have
arrived at the conclusion that should the Sheuandoah attempt the trip,
all. or a large paryof the lives on hoard will be sacrificed.
The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph has the fillowi-ng to say in re
gard to the weaknesses and imperfections of the dirigible type of airship,
according to the Literary Digest:
' “From the nature of their construction and their immense size,
these steerable balloons are subject to perils to which the airplane is
immune. They are inflamable, unwierdy. requiring enormous supplies
of fuel, and It is not easy to make a safe landing in bad weather.
“The fate of the Dixmude will revive discussion as to the wisdom
of sending our Navy Department's dirigible Shenandoah on an attempted
flight to the North Pole. The Dixmude succumbed to seasonable gales
in the Mediterranean, but tjre winds of the Arctic are equally severe
and indeed hurricanes are not unknown in that region.”
i Such articles as the one printed above, and which, according to the
Literary Digest, was published in the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph,
causes the red blood of resentment to well up in the vein? of all Alaskans
who are familar with weather conditions in Northern Alaska. This
artticle states that winds equally severe to that in Africa are to he ex
perienced in the Arctic. Possibly the writer of that article has trav
eled extensively where the comforts of traveling are to be had. but there
Is a certainty that he never traveled north of the Arctic Circle, for had be
done such, npver would he have made the statement that severe winds
equal to those In Africa were to be found in the Arctic.
The article referred to above is only one in a thousand of such ar
ticles printed from time to time about ‘‘Ice Locked Alaska.” Terrific
Arctic Winters,” “Mammoth Icebergs.” and anything else that will make
the readers thrill with excitement while reading.
“The Jersey City Journal.” says the Literary Digest, “agrees that
the Shenandoah will make it« projected trip.” For, explains the Jersey
City Journal:
“Science has a way of laughing at Death and going ahead with Us
work. The trail of almost every step forward, from steam to gasoline
transportation, from the submarine to the ship of the air. is strewn with
the bones of daring adventurers who risked all for a short at knowledge
and power. These men of science blaze a path of glory that lifts hu
man life lo its sublimest point. Doctors innoculating themselves with
germs to test out a remedy; engineers and inventors gambling with fate
above and beiow the water; explorers pushing their way through disease
infested swamps and into unknown continents—these are the luminaries
that give all and seek only the reward of accomplishment.
"The fever of war produces its heroes, but the thirst for knowledge
of the human mind produces its giants.”
The above paragraphs from the Jersey City Journal are mighty
fine, and are very true, but who is responsible for the word being broad
casted that the Polar flight is destined to end in a tragedy? Why make
a flock of heroes before the feat is accomplished or tried? If the Navy
Department is short of a crew for the dirigible, there are at least 100
sourdoughs right in the vicinity of Nome who would Jump at the chance
to make a trip over the Pole In the gia-nt airship, and they are men who
are familiar with the country. They may not all be aviators, but it Is
our personal opinion that they would come much closer to the mark of
operating any kind of a craft on land, sea ot air, than the imaginative
writers who sit hack in their swivel chairs and pound out stories about
a land they never visited and know very little about, to the detriment of
the country mentioned.
There are sourdough prospectors and miners in this vicinity, who
would, for half what it costs a dirigible to make the pnlaT flight, at
tempt, and nine chances to one. make the trip to the pole by dog team.
The trip might take a long time, but if there was a reported pay streak
in the vicinity of the North Pole, some Alaskan sourdough would be
found there prospecting. Had it not been for the sacrifice made, not
i by men of science so much as it was the common, ordinary proapecto
| and miner, what would Alaska amount to today?
Some of the articles written on the Shenandoah’s contemplated tri|
!to *he North Pole are so erratic and erroneoua that it makes* one in th<
‘profession of a newspaper writer desire- to be in a more enlightened at
I tnosphere, such as a boilermaker, ship’s cook, or most anything el«
; but a newspaper writer.
I It has been only a few months since all of the large newspapers
of the United States were carrying -stories proclaiming the strength, dur
ability and improvements over other designs of aircraft the Shenandoah
contained at the time of her launching at Lakehurst. N*ew Jersey, but
J since a certain announcement was made that British interests were con
templating. the flight, faults of every description are being found with
the Shenandoah, such as her being “hard to land in a storm or bad wea
ther." and "enormous amount of fuel consumed by her engines.'” and
“from the nature of their construction and their immense size, these
steerable balloons are subject to perils to which the airplane is immune."
and several such faults that were not visible at the time that the big
sheets outside were proclaiming the Shenandoah the Fast word in air
ship construction.
If the Shenandoah is so hard to handle, how did slie escape the recnt
I storm in which she broke loose and made a wild dash up the Atlantic
(’oust, md was brought back safely to her hangar without injury to menr
The stony published in the Literary Digest quoting various papers
| throughout the States is indeed hard to understand when one recalls
ithf optimistic opinions favoring the polar flight published by some of
| these same papers only a few months ago. A coincidence worthy of note
i is that almost simultaneously with the announcement that foreign in
terests contemplated malting the Polar flight, brought forth the first
■ bitch in the arrangements of our Navy Department's preparations for
! the flight this summer. Possibly the Teapot Dome is not the only
i investigation which should be launched by th> American people. It
might be well to ascertain what foreign propaganda has to do with the
hitch in the arrangements of the Polar flight with an American dirigible.
■1KSSON TELLS OF LONG
RIDE AS STAMPEDED
Hiding a bicycle front Dawson to
Nome, a distance of 1.400 miles, in
the short space of twenty-one days,
is the story of R. R. Jesson. interior
placer operator, who has jnst acquir
ed with Hartley Howard, the Leroy
coal property near Anchorage, tells
of his early day experiences in the
This happened, he said, when pay
was struck at Nome, and the rush
front Dawson began. In all of his
many trail trips in the territory, he
said this was far the easiest trip he
imd ever made. Stampcders and
dog teams on tht ir way to the
new strike, to the number of TOO.
made a hard roadway for him all the
way down the river. Many days of
this trop could have been cut ofT. .les
sen said, but due to to the fact that
he had in his possession, seven late
topics of papers telling of the end
ing of the Spanish-American war. he
was compelled to stop at every road
house and let the folks read his pap
ers. The delays got so .bad that he
finally hid the papers in bis pack
and from that time on made fast
His first entree to Alaska was in
the fall of 1896. when he went to
Juneau. Here he stayed for about a
year, working around at many diff
erent Jobs until one day early in
June. 1897. the Day Brothers came
out from ’ Eldorado in the Klondike,
with a lot of nuggets from Clarence
Berry’s claim, .lessen quit his job.
went to Seattle, bought an outfit and
returned 'to the North over the Chil
i koot Bass and down to Dawson. Af
Iter some time in Dawson he left for
jth*- Seventy-mile district, which
proved to be a failure. From there
he made the bicycle trip to Nome.
Arriving at Nome he turned his
newspapers over to MaJ. J. F. A.
Strong, who at the time was editing
the Nome News. The papem which
.lessen carried to Nome with him,
proved to be the first news of the
ending of the war with Spain, which
the Nome people had received. The
papers were read aloud In halls dur
ing the day and evening.
Following the big storm In Nome
in 1900, Jessen left for Seattle
where he outfitted again, and return
ed to the Seventy-mile district,
where he entered into business,
opening a store and the postoffice.
Reaving his partner in charge of the
store some time later, he went over
to Eagle City where he met Bartley
Howard, his present partner In the
Moose creek coal property. Form
ing a partnership with Howard they
built a number of cabins and flumes, i
In tfce fall they went to Tanana
Crossing with a load of supplies and
did considerable prospecting. Hear
ing of the strike in the Fairbanks
district and beiieving It would make
a g«»od camp. the*y erected a scow,
and floated down the river to Fair
banks. In March 190B. .Tesso-n lo
cated on Ester Creek, where, with
his brothers, he struck it rich. He
remained on the creek until 192S.
He and his brothers took out over
*2,000.000 <torin? the seven yea1** ,
they operated on Ester. It is said
$12,000,000 has been taken out «>f i
Ester ere- k to date. Je.sson still owns
two and a half miles of ground on
Ester Creek of which one and a halt
miles in on paystreak and is yet un
touched.
Mr. .lesson is still In Anchorage i
making preparations with Hartley |
Howard, who will be in actiyo
charge of the Moose Creek coal ac
tivities which wil start within a few
lays.
raw FIRST I .ARY OF THK L«1»
Sh** was born of sturdy, hard
working Vermont country folk.
Sh»* went to college in her native
She became a teacher to support
lersolf. She chose the hardest work
n her profession—teaching the
■She fell iu love with Galvin GooT
dge. a young lawyer of Northhamp- ,
< n. Massachusetts.
When she married she knew his
ory well enough to realize that no
uiblic servant can raake money and
;hat some of our best national read
ers had been forced to retire to pri-1
.•ate life to pay their debts.
She has lived within the small in- j
•oine of a public servant. She has j
iroved that life can be enjoyed and i
idovned without extravagance.
She has never owned a car and
leve.r wasted an hour envying peo- J
de who do.
She has always had to live on a
inilted purse- -and she has done it :
She has done her own housework
most of her life.
She is a good cook—and Is proud
She Is one of the best dressed wo
men in Washington. And her hus
band helps her buy her hats.
She is the mother of two sons, fif
teen and seventeen years old.
She knits their socks.
She is a good dancer, a regular
church member and leads in the
community songs.
She can talk politics or history r
baby care in two languages.
Men like her. Women love her.
Men say: "She has a head on her
and she knows how to use it."
Women say: “She is a wonderful
mother. And she has no affecta
She is the sort of woman who has
old friends.
She has much charm, and beauti
ful eyes that soften with sympathy
at the suffering of man or beast.
She has set in high places for fif
teen years and it has not dizzied her
She meets life with the same en
thusiasm. the same kindliness and
pure unaffected manner that made
the young teacher of the deaf belov
ed at Vorthharapton nearly twenty
years ago.
She believes fervently in her God.
her country and her family.
Have The Nugget print the
Polar Flight Slogan oil
your envelopes
jj OV SAI.K A7> TUB
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XOTICE OF FORFKfTTRB.
j To P. A. Kornell, V. A. Julien, C. E.
i Ryberg, J. Godin. L. Williams, C.’
Pelletier and J. Dubois, your and
each of vour heirs, executors, ad
ministrators and assigns:
You are hereby ooUflod that the
undersigmed has expended during
each of the years of 1914, 1915j
1916. 1920. 1931, 19-22 and 1923.
the snm of One hundred Dollars,
i $100.00). in Labor and Improve
ments. upon that certain pla
cer minim; r-Ilaim known as and
being OSBORNE NO. 1 ASSOCIA
TION, situated on Osborne Creek a
tributary of the Nome River,
in the Cape Nome Mining District
and Precinct.' Territory of Alaska;
the location certificate or notice of
which said claim is of record in the
office of the recorder of said mining
district and precinct, in V61. 190. at
Cage 173. of the records of loca
tions of said mining district and
precinct.
That said work was performed as
provided by Sec. 2324. of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
the purpose, of holding said oJaim.
And you are severally required to ,
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure according to your sev-:
eyal interests in said claim, to the j
urdersigned, co-owner with you
therein, within ninety days after the J
service of this notice on you by pub- j
Heat ion thereof, or your interest in I
said claim will become forfeited j
.•md vest in the undersigned, as pro- j
v-ided by said statutes.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this I
2nd day of February. 1924. !
.TOE BOtlRGBl
By A. A. Chacrnt>n. Agent i
F*nbiish Feb. 2. 9. 16. 23. March 1, 8..
l.r*. 22. 29. April 5. 12. 19. 26, 1924
NOTlfF OF FORFKTTrilK
To P. A. Kornell, V. A. JbTian. C. E.
Ryberg. Jeff Godin. L. Wflliains.
C. Pelletier and J. Dubois, your
and each of your heirs, adminis
trators. successors and'- assigns:
You and each of you are h“reb>
notihe.d that Cl>e undersigned, a?
co-owner therein, has expended th»
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during each of the years 1914.
1915. 1916. 1920. 1921. 1922 and
1923. for labor and improvements
upon and for the benefit of tb* j
placer mining claim known and l
being OSBORNE NO. 2 ASSOCTA- j
TION plater min’ng Haim, situated1!
on Osborne Creek a tributary of I
the Nome River, in the Cape Nome i
Recording District and Precinct !
Territory of Ataska. The original j
location of which dftim is recorded
in Vol. 190. at Page 174. of the
records of locations iD the office of
the recorder of said precinct.
That said work waj» performed as
provided by Sec. 2324, of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
the purpose of holding said claim.
And you are ae-verally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure according to your sev
eral Interests in said claim, to the
undersigned, co-owner with you
therein, within ninety days after the
service of tMe notice on you by pub
lication thereof, or your Interest in
said claim wfll become forfeited j
and west in the undersigned. as pro- 1
vuled by said statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
2nd (tar of February. 1984.
JOE rrotmoET.
Co-Owner
By A. A. Chegnon. Agent i
Publish Feb. 2. 9. 16. 22. March 1. *.
lf». 22. 29. April 5. 12. 19. 26. 1924
notice of FORPurnmt.
To Win. Frazier, J. Godin. A. G.
Taft. Wm. Dougherty and W.
Getchell. you and each of your
heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
You. and each of you. are hereby
notified that the undersigned. as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred (1100.00)
dollars during each of the rears
1916. 1»20. 1921. 192? and 192*1.
for labor and Improvement • on and
for the benefit of the ;**r min;n*;
claim Known and being tho NEW
YEAR ASSOCIATION CLAIM, situ
ated on Washington Creek, a tribu
tary of Nome River, in Cape Nome
Minins and Recording District.
Territory of Alaska, notice of loca
tion whereof is uncorded In Book
190.;at page 364, In the record* of
said recording. district.
That said work was performed as
provided by Sec. 2824. of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
the purpose of holding said claim
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of aucb
expenditure according to your sever
al interests la said claim, to the un
dersigned co-owner with you there
in, within ninety days after the ser
ylce of. this,notice on you by publi
cation thereof, or your interest in
caJd ciaJm will become forfeited'and
veet in the undersigned, as proved
by easd statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
2nd day of February, 1924.
JOE BfeURGBT,
Co-Owner
By A. A. Cham on, Agent
Publish Feb. 2. 9. 18. 23, March 1. 8.
15. 22, 29, April 6, 12. 19, 26, 1924
4 Hmw and uptodato tapal forma for
I I ^roof of Annual Awwwwwi Work
ijaloa Oil Location* Mwki, Oood blanks
II »ar general uiov Sprainl and General
I PadWr of Attomop forma. Plaoor and
Quarts Location forma not* on cam
at Napf* Office-. PHee 15 ecnta aaom
or $1.00 per dome.
NOTICE OR HiUE OF
RRAIMHTATK
EC THE V. S. COMMISSIONER’S
COURT IN AND FOR THE PRE
CINCT OF CAPE NOME, ALAS
KA. SECOND DIVISION.
IX PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of
PETER BRENNAN, Deceased.
Notice is hereby Riven. That in
pursuance of an order dU1y made by
the above entitled court, on- the 15th
dby of December. 1923. the under
signed administrator of the above
estate wiTl sell, at public auction,
I to the Highest bidder for cash, sub
ject to the confirmation of said
I court, Saturday, the 1st day of
' March. 1924. "at the hour of two
o'clock P. M., at the office of the
j U. S! Recorder for the above Pre
cinct and Territory, at Nome. Alas
ka, all the right, title and interest
of the said Peter Brennan at the
time of his death, in and' to that
certain mining claim, in said Pre
cinct and' Territory, known as the
Mandoline Placer Mining' Claim,
situate at the head of Nekkla Gulch,
and notice of location of which said
claim is In Volume 29, Page 42, of*
the records of Cape Nome Precinct.
Terms and conditions of’sale:
Cash, in lawful money of the Un
ited State's: twenty (20^) percent
to the undersigned on the dhy of the
sale and’ the balance upon confir
mation of sale bv the above court
and the delivery of a conveyance.
Dated' at Nome. Alaska, this 15th
day of December 1923.
DAN CONNOLLY,
Administrator.
Publish Tan. 19. 26. Feb. 2. 9\ 16.
FrmFKITTBK NOTIFY!
To J'. R. STLVA. your heirs-, legal
representative* and assigns:
You are hereby notified’that the
undersigned, as co-owner therein,
has- expended the sum of one hund
red: dollars for the years 1901. 1902,
1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908,
1909. r9iu, 1911. 191*2, 1913. 1914,
1915, 1916. 1917, 1918. 1919. 1920,
1921. 1922. 1923. in labor and im
provements on and for the benefit
of CLAIM NO. TWO ABOVE oa
Candle Creek, in Fairhaven Record
ing Precinct. Territory of Alaska,
notice of Location whereof is record
ed in Vol. II. Page 25b. of the re
cords of the Falrhaven Precinct, in
the performance of the annual
tabor required by section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United Staten,
and Supplemental legislation, id
order to hold said claim.
And you are hereby required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure according- to your in
terest in said claim to the under
signed co-owner with* you therein,
within ninety days after the service
of this notice on you by publication
thereof, or your interest in said
claim will become- forfeited and
vested in the undersigned as pro
vided by the sard statute.
M. E: THOMAS;.
Co-Owner
By Fred Tiepteman. hi* agent.
Publish Jan. 26, Feb. 2; 9. Tfl. 23,
March 2, 9, 16, UST. 90. Avpitfl 6; 13.
FORFKITFRK NOTfc*B
To AARAN JOHNSON. WILLIAM
BENSON. yowr and each of your
heirs and legal representatives:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned, as co-owner therein,
has expended the sunn of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improve
orients upon the ALBATROSS Placer ,
Mining Claim (location notices of
v hich are recorded iir Vol. Ifi3 at \
Page 257, and Vol. 171 at Page S32v
I of the Records o.f the Cape Nome
M.ning Dtatrict, Territory of Alae
’ kn) for the year 1916. and for a like
sum for each of the years ending
July first 1921. 1922 and 1933. at
provided by Section 2324 Revised
Statutes of the United State# and
legislation supplemental thereto, la
order to hold said claim.
And you are hereby required to
contribute your proportion of sue*
expenditure, according to your intej -
i e.st in said claim, tovthe undersign
ed co-owner with vou there'n. at
Nome, Alaska, within rV’ety days
alter the service of this notice on
you by tmblicidtion thereof, or yonr
interest in eaid claim will become
forfeited, and vest in the undersign
ed, as proyidede by the said statutes.
WINIfIFlUBD H. RANK.
Co-Owner
Publish Jan. it. tdv^mb t. 9. II,
23. March 2. 9. II, S3. 80, April 6,
13* XSSI. '
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