POINT BURROW
RELIEVED BY
CUTTER BEAR
(Continued from Pace One)
the ice had parted from the so call
ed "Ridge” and was drifting north
ward. Mr. Brower the head of the
H. Liebes Company at Barrow dis
patched two skin boats with seven
men to rescue the people on the ice.
'After great difficulty the ’people,
sleds and dogs were safely landed;
aahpre. While on the ice the,
Bloomfield party was making slow!
progress,due to the rough ice, in
fact they traveled but two miles in
three hours.
After hearing the warning cry
from shore Mr. Bloomfield dispatch- ;
ed two swift runners to the Bear to
notify the Captain what had hap
pened and to Inform him that they
would come aboard as soon as posst
Several hours after the Bear re
ceived the message from the shore
party both she and the Herman, who
had arrived In the meantime, worm
ed their way to within two miles
from shore. Taking skin canoes
and paddling along the coast until
a safe lead was encountered the
party from shore finally reached the
Bear and safety.
The party from the Bear had ar
rived at the edge of the ice and
came ashore. Miss Mueller, the
only froraan in the party had an
experience that she will remember
as long as she lives. Many times
i+ was necessary to leap over cracks
in the ice and she conducted her
self in a manner truly heroic, con
sidering her experience and the try
ing conditions prevailing.
The schooner Herman , anchored
along side the Bear and |i to unload
freight consigned to Barrow. Ac
cording to Mr. Bloomfield there is
grave doubt as to her being able to
again get out this season. Some
where North of the Sea Horse Is
lands the Herman was caught in an
ice jam and thrown over on her
beams end. Captain Pederson pre
pared to abandon his vessel; ha
loaded his sleds with food supplies
and warm stuff* to protect his crew
against great hardship. Suddenly
the wind veered to the NE. and the
ship, relieved from the tremendous
pressure, righted herself and the
vessel steamed South. A heavy fog
overcast the sea and the fog horn
on the Herman was emiting continu
ous blasts when suddenly an answer
ing blast was heard to leeward and
upon investigation it was found that
the Schooner For • was almost
agroun at the Sea Horse Islands and
In great danger. Captain Pederson
made a line fast and towed her into
Wainwright , where he found the
Lady Kindersley and tjie Holmes,
both unable to proceed farther thru
the ice. From Wainwright the Her
man crawled to Barrow, where she
arrived a few hours after the Bear.
Mail for Barrow was on the Her
man but ice conditions were suoh
that the people aboard the Bear
were forced to leave without receiv
ing it. Mail on this boat was the
first to arrive since April 28. mail
of that date of arrival being of the
vintage of January 5th date. It can
be readily understood that the mail
on the Herman was of great inter
est and value, but all was left be
hind and may be procured some
time in the future;
After tne party ooaraea one near
.she at once proceeded down the
coast towards Nome. The trip as
far as Sledge Island was a continu
ous series of hazzards and It Is felt
that the boats left at Wainwrlgkt
and Barrow are in a most precarious
position.
A atop of 24 hours was made^at
Point Hope where Rev. Good mail
mg landed and other boat affairs
were, attended to. At Kotzebue a
stop of five hours was made to pick
up a number of passengers, but it
was found that they had procured
transportation on another boat.
AU passengers carried by the Bear
oa this perilous trip sing the praises
of Commander Cochran in no low;
voice; they are highly appreciative
and thankful for the courteous
treatment and the untiring efforts
made by the Commander of the Bear
to assist these isolated white peo
. pie. separated from their kind by
the-vast reaches and tremendous ice
; fields. In appreciation of the great
service rendered them they volun
tarily drew up dnd signed a letter to
the 8ecr*tanrof the Navy at Wash
-■ ' ' ‘ tSAfAnb*
the secretary oi
tattoo. tholr aoarcda.
tloB of the aorrloos readerod by the
Boor la th«M Arctic watera.
Raaardiax Point Barrow and Ua
OBTliwaa Mr. Bloomdcld atatea. that
many oil claims have been staked
for miles along the coast. Seepage
oil occurs in numerous places, indi
cating the presence of valuable de
posits. The claims staked will be
heid by the stakers and effort made
to interest capital in the develop
ment of the field. At Cape Simpson
is found a lake of oil so pure that
with out further refining it can be
used for lubricating purposes, Both
the Standard Oil Company and other
oil companies have their eyes on
this part of the country and develop
ment probabilities are very encour
The new holpital at Barrow has
been running for the last year and
a Miss Mueller, the nurse from New
York, proves herself a valuable ad*
dition to the hospital staff. Miss
Florence Dakin is the chief nurse
and badly needed assistance to con
duct the rapidly growing institution,
which is filling a great want in the
country. People come for hundreds
of miles to obtain assistance from
Dr. Greifit. the physician in charge.
LOCAL NEWS
PASSENGERS ARRIVE
FROM ST. MICHAEL
The following passengers arrived
in Nome on the Sea Wolf from St.
Michael. Aug. 29th: Marshal Grif
fith, District Attorney Harrison,
Peter Lee, Geo. W. Mock, Jack Skain
and Miss Virginia Goff. Miss Goff
is a new member of the Nome Pub
lic school teaching staff and corner
from Juneau.
ARCTIC CHIEF ARRIVES
FROM GOLOVIN
The Harry Chester gas schooner
Arctic Chief arrived in Nome Mon
day from Golovin with three pas
sengers and a number of summer
mine cleanups aboard. Mr. Ches
ter also brought 12 barrels of crude
oil from his Golovin cupply for the
Nome market.
W. B. Volentine. Carl Hendrick
son, H. Chester and a native girl
were passengers from Golovin.
Mr. Volentine was in charge of
cleanups from Dime while Mr. Ches
ter had those frbm Bluff where Chas
Meegan and P. McGraw are mining.
Mr. CMbster stated that at Golo
vin whales are plentiful while the
herring run is just beginning. Four
whales were caught Just before he
left. Deer in the Golovin district
are unusually fat this year due in
the hiain to the fact that mosquitoes
and flees have not raised the havoic
of former years, when the deer were
driven from their feeding grounds
by the pests.
ORDER WINTER COAL NOW ! ! !
fa order to avoid the possibility
of a wiater coal shortage the public
is requested to place winter coal or«
ders immediately so that an addi
tional supply may be stripped from
the Outside if necessary.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE &
COMMERCIAL COMPANY.
N.W-M.P. OFFICER
ENROUTE OUTSIDE
Dr. and Mrs. Doyle ^-rived from
Point Barrow on board the Bear
August 29th. Dr. Doyle is the •act
ing assistant surgeon of the North
West Mounted Poliec, stationed at
Herschel Island and both he and
Mrs. Doyle are enroute to Ottowa
i their home.
During the winter Dr. Doyle tra
veled overland^, to Point Barrow to
obtain medical attention for Mrs.
Doyle, who was operated upon at
the Barrow hospital and the Dr.:
states that the hospital corps underj
the capable supervision of Dr. Grelst
saved Ws wife's life. Both Dr. and
Mrs. Doyle speak in high terms of
the treatment rendered them by the
hospital and state that the hospital
fills a gpeat neeed in that far North
country.
Speaking of the natives ot the Her
schel Islands it is reported that they
are most prosperous, many owning
their own schooners, and the furs
caught by them has placed-them be
yond want and need.
Dr. Doyle has been stationed at
Herschel Island for the past three
years while his wife has been with
him for’'two years. They will re
turn to Ottawa .and their future
plans aro uncertain due to the fact
that mail intended for them was on
the Herman and passed them at Bar
s' eta a day will give you the Ifellv
Bulletin and Weekly. Nugget.
UNDAUNTED AVIATOR
WILL TRY FLIGHT
AGAIN IN 1923
Among the passengers arriving on
the mail launch Tanana on Thursday
August 17th, says the Nenana News,
was C. O. Prest. aviator, who has the
misfortune to lose his plane when
almost within sight of his goal. He
went to Fairbanks yesterday and
will return to Nenana within a few
days to connect with the through
train for the coast, enroute to the
States. Mr. Prest expects to build
mother plane during the coming
winter and will make another flight
next year, with Siberia as the objec
tive point.
Although quite a young man. Mr.
Prest has had twelve years flying
experience. He had intended mak
ing n. flight from New York to some
point on the Siberian coast, and
back. He left Curtis Flying field,
at Buffalo, during the latter part of
Ma-\ and followed a mapped course,
making brief stops -to replenish his
fu-M. at the following places, in the
or.-l*v named: Cleveland. Bryan,
Chicago, Clinton. Ia.. Towa City. Des.
Moines, Omaha, Grand Island.North
Platte, Cheyenfte, Rawlins. Rock
Springs, Salt Lake City. Ogden. Lo
gan. Roberts, Dillon, Anaconda,
Helena, Shelby. Glacier Park. Kalis
p.-1, Spokane. Seattle. Juneau. Skag
way. Whitehorse. Selkirk. Dawson,
and Eagle. He came to grier when
about 50 miles out of Eagle on his
line of flight to Fairbanks.
* The machine used was a standard
Curtis motored biplane, slightly
smaller than the De Havilland bomb
ing planes used by the Black Wolf
Squadron which visited Alaska un
der the command of Captain Streete,
and had the advantage of being able
to land in places where the bomb
ers could not. The motor used
was a 90 horsepower, eight cylinder
engine capable of a speed with full
load of 65 miles an hour, greater
speed being possible with less load.
The flight was commenced in bad 1
weather and Mr. Prest says that
during his long journey he did not
have a single day of anythiug like
fair weather, rain alternating with
snow daily until he was forced to
land near Eagle, where his plane be
came a total wreck.
On Sunday July 16. be hopped
off from Eagle, headed for Fair
banks in the early morning. Tt was
raining at the time but not very
heavily. When he had flown about
half an hour spark plug trouble de
veloped. one cylinder went out en
tirely. His altitude at this time
was about 9.500 feet and. although
he could have held his altitude with
six cylinders, he could not climb and
as he knew there were some moun
tains ahead of him. coupled with
the fact that plane could not long
stand the vibration resulting from
partial use of the engine, he made
preparations to land, intending to
resume the flight after he had put
the engine in order. He picked out
a sloping plain at the top of a hill
in the neighborhood of the Seventy
mile river. He knew it was a nig
gerhead swamp but it was the best
he could find, and he made the
landing safely, coming down among
scattered bands of caribou not in the
least disturbed. by his sudden ap
pearance. Tn a very short time he
had corrected the engine trouble
and then spent a couple of hours
clearing a runway through the
swamp by tearing out the nigger
heads with his hands. When this
work was completed he climbed in
and taxied for the takeoff. The
plane was gathering speed and al
most ready to leave the ground when
a soft spot was encountered. The
wheels buried themselves in this,
bringing the plane sharply on its
nose and breaking the propeller.
Luckily for Prest he was strapped in
his seat and escaped being hurled
from the machine.
It was impossible for him to
right the machine alone, so he gath
ered, up the more important. Instru
ments and started In search of a
trail. The weight of his pack being
too much for him. it was cached
about three miles from the scene of4
the wreck and the aviator returned
to the machine, intending to take
shelter under its tail from the rain.
' Before leaving the plane a second
time, he set up his moving picture
camera, hoping to film the caribou
among which he had landed. But
tbhfr werfc too far away. Leaving
the machine In port t ion i he climbed
11 nearby hill to see If he could lo
fate a trail and, upon looking hack,
he saw his plane and camera sur
I'uuuded by a band of 700 or more
caribou. He shot one of the ani
mals and lived on juicy steaks until
discovered by a searching party on
the following Wednesday. In the
meantime, the plane had been com
pletely wrecked by a gale of wind.
After having killed the caribou,
Prest took a quantity of the meat
and made another start to find the]
trail. The meat was cooked in1
primitive manner, over a camp fire,
and eaten without salt or other food.
He left the plane on Monday and on
Wednesday morning he found the,
trail and shortly afterward met the |
searching party headed by Deputy
Marshal Dudney. “I had a lot of
fun," was the way the aviator put it
in telling The News man of his ex
perience, remarking, in concluding
his story, that the trip to Fairbanks,
by the river route, would consume
three weeks from Eagle. He would
have covered the distance by plane
in three hours, by the cross country
aerial route.
Prest flew from Los Angeles to
Prince Rupert last year, his plane
being wrecked at the latter place
after he had made a round trip
flight to Ketchikan.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Burcnu of Internal Revenue
Tacoma, Washington.
TO THE EDITOR:
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
is asking the co-operation of your
paper in publishing information rel
ative to the new revenue law. Please
use the following for publication
August 7. 1922.
BURNS POE, Collector.
The following statement is issued
by Collector of Internal Revenue,
Burns Poe, of the District of Wash:
Tacoma—Following recent deci
sions in the Supreme Court of the 1
United States in the cases of the
Union Trust Company et al, execu
tors versus Wardell. Collector, and
Shwab. executor, versus Doyle, Col
lector, according to Burns Poe Col
lector of Internal Revenue of the
District of Washington, the state
ment was published that it would
not be necessary for estates to file
claims for refunds to which they
were entitled under sucU decisions.
The existing regulations provide
for the refunding of estate taxes
only upon the filing of a claim there
for by the taxpayer. It will there
fore be necessary for all taxpayers
who are entitled to a refund of es-;
state taxes by reasou of the above
entitled decisions to make formal j
claim therefor on Form 843 which j
claim should be filed with the coi-1
lector, for the district wherein the j
tax was paid for transmittal to the |
Office of the Commissioner of Inter- j
nal Revenue for appropriate action.
Section 3228, Revised Statutes, as i
amended by Section 1316 of the.
Revenue Act of 1921 provides that]
all claims for the refunding or cred
iting of any internal revenue tax al-1
leged to have been erroneously or i
illegally assessed or collected must j
be presented to the Commissioner of |
Internal Revenue within four years
next after payment of such tax. j
Consequently estate taxes affected
by the above decisions can only be;
refunded provided a claim therefor |
is filed within four years next after]
the payment of such taxes.
JAPANESE RECOGNITION OF
SOVIET INSISTED UPON
Peking Sept. 2—Recognition of
the Soviet government by Japan will
be insisted upon by the Russian del©
gation, according to Adolph Wolfe
from the Moscow government. The
delegation will leave Peking today?1
tor Chan Jr Hun Fu, Manchuria,
where Russo-Japanese negotiations
will open Tuesday.
ANOTHER CAVE-IN AT
ARGONAUT MINE
Jackson, Calif., Sept. 2—Another
cave in at the Argonaut mine occur
red yesterday and cuts off the little
remaining hope of rescuing the eii
tombed miners.
REINDEER HERD FOR SAKE
On account of going Outside I
will dlnpnst of my reindeer herd,
numbering over 900, at reasonable
price aad easy payments. For in
formation inquire at Nugget Office,
j J. M. JOHANSEN.
Vaalaklset, Alaska.
Subscribe for the Nngget
Nome Sheet Metal Works
Wm. SINHOLD, Prop.
TIN, SHEET IRON AND
COPPER WORK ESPECIALTY
Rater* ted Super-Heaters
OPPOSITE DREAM THEATRE
GOLDEN GATE HOTEL
JAS. SWARTZELL. Prop.
Best Accomodations in Alaska
STEAM HEATED. ELECTRIC LIGHTED
BATHS IN CONNECTION.
S.S. VICTORIA
VICTORIA LEAVES SEATTLE FOR NOME
ABOUT
SEPT
1st
Leaves Nome for Seattle
About September 15th
Alaska Stcamsnlp Co
R. A. CARROLL, Agent
Telephone 87
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S CLEANING,
PRESSING AND REPAIRING
MODERN METHODS AND PROMPT SERVICE
Nome Tailoring Co, j
Opposite Nugget Offic. A1*»ka C
3fie fUvoda
Finest line of Soft Drinks,
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco
I Meet your friends at the Nevada
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 10c loaf straight
CHAS, CAVEY. Prop.