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BEN YOUNG
;U. S. ENGINEERS CALL FOR
BIDS ON HOUSING PROJECT
The U. S. Engineers have an
nounced that next week the office
will issue invitations for bids for
the construction of a housing pro
ject here.
This project will be for one
family quarters, hot water heated.
36 feet by 45 feet without base
ment. set on wood piles in perma
frost.
Drawing and specifications and
bid forms will be furnished after
| April 8th. the communication
stated and plans will be furnished
those interested from the Seattle
Division Corps of Engineers, Pier
• 51, Box 1949, Seattle 11, Wash.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
TREASURER VISITS NOME
Terris Moore, former president
and present treasurer of the Bos
ton Museum of Science arrived in
town on his own Taylorcraft plane
which is on skis. Mr. Moore woo
is on vacation has looked forward
for years to seeing Alaska and :s
enjoying this part of the country,
having followed the highway as
far as Fairbanks.
Back the Queen Carnival this
year and we'll give you an Ice
Carnival next Year!
Buy Queen Contest Tickets!
"We're all ready for you, Captain"
Wru radio-telephone equipment our
agent in any Alaskan port may talk directly
to the captain hours before the ship steams
into harbor. This allows time to arrange all
the details for handling the vessel in that
port.
Standard wireless equipment has not been
sufficiently flexible to meet all our com
munication requirements. Vessels were not
always able to give agents adequate notice
of arrival so they might make necessary
cargo handling arrangements and notify
passengers.
To correct this situation radio-telephones
are being installed on all Alaska Line ves
sels as rapidly as operations permit. (The
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steamers Alaska, Baranof and Denali and
the motorship Terminal Knot are already
equipped.)
This means you will receive accurate ad
vance information to help you make the
most convenient plans for arrival of visitors
or for your departure on a trip . . . this will
expedite loading and unloading of cargo in
Alaskan ports ... it will also .aid our vessels
in maintaining their schedules by eliminat
ing needless delays.
Installation of this modern communi
cation equipment throughout its fleet is
another of the many things the Alaska
Steamship Company is doing to make its
service more efficient.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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i SCHOOL NOTES
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SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES
These pupils have perfect at
tendance for the entire school year
up to this time: Elmer Greene,
Milton Willoya, Jack Muller, end
Donna Lyle. Others have had pei
fect for several six weeks’ period?
I but not for the entire time.
1 We had some very interesting
science lessons about “What We
Eat and Why,” and “Life in the
Sea.” We learned that sea plants
grow within 50 feet of the surface
and that they are so tiny that most
of the plants need microscopes to
see them. The deep sea fish art
queer looking with many lights on
their sides and heads. Tt is very
dark several miles down and *he
pressure is terrific.
HIGH SCHOOL
The early prospectors who car
ried scanty possessions and min
ing tools up over the snow clad
mountains int<> the Klondike gold
fields in lR9(j-139R endured many
hardships. It is no wonder that
those who returned reported that
Alaska was a land of ice and
snow. Alaska boasts of eleven
mountain peaks higher than any
in the United States proper. Mt.
McKinley is 20.300 feet high, the
loftiest peak in North America.
It was on March 30. IRfiT that
the United States paid $7,200,000
to Russia for Alaska. That makes
the price a little les- than two
cents an acre. It was called “Sew
ard's Folly” because William Sew
ard was secretary of state and
many people thought it was wast
ed monev.
Nine royal blue letters on a
background of white were pre
sented to the basketball players.
The six-inch-high lettrs had gold
'tripes attached for one year of
playing or move. Aarnout Castel
was elected honorary captain
which entitles him to wear a star
on his sleeve. Harold Bell was
named the best offensive player.
Aarnout Castel was called the best
defensive and all-around playe”.
Joseph Felder was chosen for the
most improved player.
Players who received awards
were Aarnout Castel, Harold Bell.
Edward O’Connor, Clarence Wil
loya, Joseph Felder. Robert Rose.
Vincent Ahkolik, Dean Bronson,
and Gary Longley. Dean Bronson
received a letter for being man
ager of the 1948-1949 season.
A typing pin was awarded Gary
Longley for typing sixty words a
minute.
The important star, Polaris, our
present north star, is close to the
intersection of the earth’s axis pro
longed northward to the sky. It
has not always been the pole star
in the past, nor will it always be
! in the future. About two hundred
years from now, the true north
pole of the celestial sphere will be
slightly nearer Polaris than it is
I now, but afterwards the pole will
retreat from it. This is caused by
; the procession of equinoxes which
is produced by the sun’s attraction
on the equatorial bulge of the
earth.
—
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Milligan
have left for the mining camp at
Council and expect to have them
full crew in this week. There is
' lots of snow reported in that lo
cality but the crew will be active
in preparing the dredge for sum
mer operation.
Chris Roust, formerly local
manager here for Glenn Carring
i ton, who has been in Anchorage
, for the past year has been trans
ferred to the Fairbanks branch of
1 fice. He and his family are mov
ing there this week.