Cows Are More
Airworthy Than
Caretaker
PALMER, Alaska, (/P)—A farm
er who acted as “stewardess” for
15 cows on a flight to Alaska com
mented yesterday, between his
busy round of milkings:
“I was in worse condition than
the cows after that flight.”
The DC-4 “aerial dairy barn”
flew across the North Pacific and
Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage. The
cows were brought immediately to
the Matanuska Valley and started
giving milk with enthusiasm that
indicated they knew all about the
four bits a quart it would bring in
Anchorage.
Merle Anderson, the flying
farmer, dropped his plan of milk
ing any of the cows during the
flight from Paine Field, Wash. In
stead, he milked them promptly
after their arrival, milked his own
herd and then milked the aerial
herd a second time.
The cattle, which were bought
in Briitsh Columbia, were getting
a taste of northern winter yester
day—without a chilblain in the
herd. It was 2 above zero in the
Valley.
Anderson got one scare on the J
trip north.
“Because of the weather, the
plane was almost forced to head
for Fairbanks (100 miles from the
Arctic Circle) or Homer (a village
to the south of Anchorage). Of
course it didn’t worry the cows
any, but I sure worried about
what I’d do with 15 cows at
Homer.
The plane landed at Anchorage ,
after the weather cleared.
Five of the cows in the flight
are “expecting.” The other 10 gave
about 225 quarts of milk today,
which is worth around $110 to
$115 at retail in Anchorage.
Anderson flew back to Seattle
last night to escort another 15
cows north today. A third place
load will follow Dec. 29. In addi
tion, 25 heifers will leave Seattle
for the Matanuska valley by ship
today.
AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage
Thursday was Mr. Robinson.
Departing for Unalakleet were
Lenora Sigoonick, Mrs. Chas.
Traeger to Moses Point, R. C. Am
burn. To Anchorage, Col. M. Mar
ston, Jack Peck; To Seward, Fran
ces Payenna and Mad e 1 i n e
Charles.
Passengers for Wales yesterday
were Cecilia Narvoruk, W. Adloat.
Arriving from Teller were Lon
C. Rice and John Esonituk.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Wednesday George Bayer, Capt.
Stan Morgan and Ester Henry
were brought to Kotzebue and on
Thursday the plane returned
with George Bayer, Capt. Morgan
and Joshua Sours.
Mrs. Carl Forsen was a passen- j
ger from White Mountain Friday, j
Albert Mazonna was taken to
Wales and Tommy Walluk to
Shishmaref.
Friday Irving Smith, Grace
Smith, Netty Smith, Frank David
ovic, and Mary Tukrook were pas
sengers for Kotzebue; Gerald Mo
drow for Fairbanks, enroute to the
States, and Sgt. Duckworth for
Fairbanks.
OMITTED FROM LIST OF
CHRISTMAS CONTRIBUTORS
Additional contributors to the
C o m m u nity Christmas Fund
turned in too late to be in the list
of Page 8 of this issue, are: Dr.
Fred Langsam, Dr. M. Kennedy.
Service Cleaners, Nome ^Laundry,
Pete Olson, The Hut, Snack Shack,
Herk Edwards, John Strack, Bill
Major, Will Gillis, City Cab, Arc
tic Club, Dick Small. A. and A.
Sanitary Service, Nome Sanitary
Service.
The Boy Scouts are assisting in j
the making up of Good Cheer
packages as well as with the dis
tribution of the baskets, assisting
the committee composed of Helen
Olson, Emma Willoya, Lois Mor
gan, Elmo Miller and Chief Laws.
Santa has put on a lot of weight
this year it seems, so Mrs. M.
Hirchberg has made him a nice j
Two Boys Buried
By Bulldozer
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. </P)—
Two tiny boys—both five—died
late Thursday under dirt and de
bris apparently pushed over them
by a bulldozer as they played in a
shallow gully.
A forlorn dog, playmate of the
boys, led to the discovery of Billy
Rogers and Donnie Tolten and
ended a search by hundreds along
the banks of the Wichita river.
The two little boys had been
sought five hours.
The bulldozer was owned by
Billy’s father. It was being used
in a leveling job being performed
by his construction company.
Sheriff Hammet Vance said the
boys were apparently covered by •
the bulldozer. They were believed J
to have been covered about 3:30 '
or 4:00 pjn.
Billy’s body was found under a
foot of dirt at 9:50 p.m. At 10:10
p.m., Donnie was found under two
feet of earth.
The bodies were found about 15 '
feet apart, approximately a block .
and a half from Billy’s home
The boys had been playing with
their dog along the river, near the
Rogers construction company.
Bulldozer operator Leon Trice
remembered that the boys had
been playing nearby as he leveled
uneven ground above the gully.
He said he warned them away,
telling them they might get hurt.
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Christmas Cheer to the amount
of about $500.00 was collected by
the Pioneers through the generos
ity of local citizens. Half of that
amount will go to the Pioneer
Home in Sitka and the balance j
will be used for needy pioneers in
Nome.
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new suit for his visit to Nome.
Ted Duffield, chairman, states
that in addition to the many com
mittees which have been named in
several past issues of the Nugget,
Jack Estes should be added for
his assistance in making the affair
a wonderful party for young and
old.
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• Holiday Greetings from The
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more Alaskans can enjoy Flying
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Season and throughout 1950.
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For somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The )oy that you give to others
Is the jov that comes hack to you.
H’hillirr
SERVICE
CLEANERS