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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF MOOSE PASS AND KENAI PENINSULA
Vol. 1,Moose Pass# Alaska - April 17, 1939Hg..s—^5..
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WILL SAIL THRU NORTH PASSAGE
PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC
Dr. Homer Flint Kellens of Delaware
county, Oklahoma, veteran of four expedi
tione to the arctic, who last summer was
in this region en route to Point Barrow
to erect a memorial shaft in memory of
Will Rogers and Wiley Post, will be back
this summer to sail the north passage from
the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
With a crew of four in his 38-foot Pan
dora he will sail from San Francisco in
June, retrace last summer's trip to Point
Barrow , turn east and jog along thru the
Arctic ocean and Beaufort seauntil he e
merges into the Atlantic.
It will be recalled that last summer Dr.
Kellens plaeed considerable credence in
the story of some Eskimos that they had
seen a large plane plunge into the sea
near Jones islands,150 miles north of Point
Barrow. As the ill-fated Russian flyers
would have been in that vicinity at the
time of their crash, he dragged the sea
with the poor equipment he had, in an en
deavor to discover their plane. This sum
mer he plans to spend a week or moretrying
to find their Diane, with more adequate
equipment which he will bring.
Only once before has a successful pas
sage been made the entire length of the
farthest north route and that was made
from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific
by Amundsen from 1903 to 1906. Dr. Kel
lens expects to spend but one year in ma
king this trip. Two years ago a trading
vessel from San Francisco sailed around
from Bering Sea and a Hudson Bay Trading
company boat came in from the Atlantic and
both boats met at Fort Mackenzie.
After reaching the north Atlantic Dr.
Kellens will sail southward down the coast ;
of Labrador to New York and then return to j
San Francisco by way of Panama, The Pan- |
dora and her crew will be featured at both
the New York and the San Francisco fairs.
The death of Mrs. Ohlson, wife of Col.
Otto F. Ohlson, manager of The Alaska
Railroad, occurred last Friday at a hospi
tal in Chicago. Mrs. Ohlson had under
gone an operation from which she was re
covering but a faulty condition of her
heart brought about her sudden death. It
is reported that her funeral was held in
Chicago Sunday,
Wreckage of the plane of M.D.Kirkpat
rick, lost since last Friday, was found
near Observation Island off Cordova. No
trace of Kirkpatrick or of his one passen
ger, Con Miller, was found. Last heard
from the plane was en route from McCarthy
to Cordova in heavy weather. Hope is not j
strong that the two men are alive.
LOCAL ITEMS
Dale Applegate, Californian who visit
ed in Moose Pass, left Friday for Fair
t nks.
Stanley R. Duke who spent last summer
in Moose Pass, arrived on the "Yukon" and
will have charge of the CCC boys camp at
Fairbanks this season. He spent the win
ter at Roseburg, Ore.
Mrs. L.E.Ely of Wasilla and Mrs. Gor
don Kennedy of Anchorage will arrive soon
for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Scheiber.
Frank Swartz, engineer in charge of
Bureau of Public Works roadwork in this
section and Walter Gerwels will arrive
Saturday on the "Alaska" from Juneau to
begin the season's work.
R.H.Stock was in Moose Pass Saturday
en route to Sunrise where his trucks are
loading equipment left there last Fall.
His barge will be at Hope Wednesday to
move the equipment to Anchorage.
Among the Moose Pass people who attend
ed the Carnival, card party and dance giv
en in Seward Saturday night by Seward
Woman's Club were Mrs. Ray Stafford, Miss
Mary Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.Smith,
Charles Clements, Kenneth Gwynne, Lewis
Tulare, Ed. Tulare, Vem Whitmarsh and
Lyle Saxton. Miss Stafford played piano
accordion solos on the program. Mrs.Jack
Ives won the handsome afghan made by Mrs.
Harry L. Smith.
John Howard of Clemons, la.,cousin of
Mrs. Ray Stafford, is expected to arrive
on the "Alaska" and will visit in Moose
Pass a few days en route to Fairbanks,
Howard Brooks will go to Anchorage to
work for the R. H. Stock company.
Mrs. Leora Roycroft has received word
from her son, Joe Estes, that he and his
wife and little son,Joe,Jr., have moved
from Wahpeton, N, Dak,, to Deer Creek,
Minn,,where Mr. Estes has purchased a
blacksmith and general repair shop.
George Lindsay has finished and deliv
ered his tie contract with The Alaska
Railroad.
Harry Johnson of Mile 45 spent last
weekend in Moose Pass,
Mike Connolley of Sunrise visited Moose
Pas« Tuesday.