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P O BOX 1968 523 SECOND AVENUE DIAL 31«V
THE CHAMPAGNE MAGIC OF
LAWRENCE WELK
SEVEN IP ALBUMS TO CHOOSE FROM
THE WEATHER
High: 76 on August 15
Low: 45° on August 13
Average: 60 . 3 above normal
Precipitation: .91 inches
Weekend Outlook: Partly cloudy
with temperatures near norm
al.
Sunrise tomorrow: 3:44 a m.
Sunset today: 80:06 pm.
THIS ISSUE CONTAINS
36 PAGES
3 SECTIONS
"Caught in
the Riffles”
By V. Manriee Smith
The Old and The New
What was once a country prin
cipally inhabited by woodcutters
and loggers is now rapidly becom
ing one of the most important farm
ing areas in the Interior.
When the Steel Creek road was
pushed through to Hopper Creek in
the latter 1940’s and a few years
ago on to the Little fchena, home
steaders began pushing back the
spruce and birch timber and turn
ing the ground. The ring of the
axe is being replaced by the sputter
of Farmalls.
Th country along the road at
Columbia Creek, Steel Creek, Hop
per and out along what was once
the Chena Hot Springs trail is dot
ted with farms and lined with roads
that were not there a few years
ago.
Until the latter 1940's the Fitz
place and Leigh and Bert Stimple's
Green Valley Farm was the end of
the road. From there, 20 years ago,
we walked over the ridge into
Steel Creek, crossed that quiet lit
tle stream on an old log bridge and
walked up the next slope through
an old burn that had grown into a
beautiful meadow.
Near the top we entered the tim
ber. clean birch and spruce with
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Wildlife Man
Says Hunting
Should Be Good
San B. Fredericksen, U. S. game
management agent in this district,
says that there should be very
good hunting this year. The season
opens Monday.
Moose and caribou population is
good, according to Fredericksen.
\ He said that the Steese-Fortymile
j caribou herd is presently scattered
i between the two highways and that
they are not moving in any partic
ular direction. The herd will cross
the highway during the season,
however, and the take this year
should be profitable for hunters.
The game agent would like to re
mind hunters of three important
i game laws.
j 1. No game can be taken while
i the hunter or the animal is less
I than 100 feet of the road. He added
! that wildlife officials have more
! trouble with violaters of this par
I ticular rule than any other
2. Hunters must leave evidence
of sex on moose or sheep during
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Water Rescue
Members Are
Lauded For Job
i Robert H. Dunn, president of the
Tanana Valley Water Rescue and
I Emergency Unit, has received a
letter from Dr. Ira L. Wiggins, sci
entific director of the Arctic Re
search Laboratory, commending the
members of the unit for their work
in the recent attempt to recover the
body of Donald MacVicar from
Chandalar lake in the Brooks range.
Wiggins wrote, “May I request
that you (Dunn) extend to other
members cf the Rescue and Emer
gency Team who participated in
the search by sincere thanks and
high regard for their public spirited
efforts in helping in our search
for the lost man. I am very sure
that the parents of Don MacVicar,
also, will be grateful for the efforts
which were expended in their be
half in the attempt to find the re
mains of their son. Thank you very
much for your efforts and for the
sacrifice that you and your com
panions made in leaving your own
occupations to help during our time
of stress.”
Dr, Wiggins stated that on August
5 five Navy Frogmen began under
water attempts to locate the body
of MacVicar but that their efforts
were also unproductive. They did
come up with a glove worn by the
man, but nothing else, so the search
was given up.
Members of the Fairbanks group
who made the trip included Dunn,
E. A. Cornforth, James and Audrey
Coffey, Carl L. Hartmann and Llvod
I Bottoms They were flown by Wien
I Alaska Airlines to Betties and then
j were transported by Wien bush
j pilot, Jim Anderson, to the Chan
dalar lake area.
Fairbanks Is
Building As
Summer Ebbs
A new look is springing up in
Fairbanks. Wing additions here,
new homes or business houses
there, all telltale evidence that
Fairbanks is keeping up with the
latest in the modern trend.
One of the many modern build
ings to grace the city's downtown
area is the new wing on the First
National Bank, a two-story struc
ture with a full basement, which,
upon completion will measure about
1 3100 square feet. The $350,000 proj
ect will more than double the pres
ent size of the bank. Work on the
building is already underway by
i the Burgess Construction company. j
The flew addition will allow the
bank to offer more paying and re- !
ceiving windows, include another !
vault, and begin a safety deposit
box service. Bank employees are
also looking forward to more el
bow room, since the plans call for I
a direptors' conference room and I
additional office space.
The whole interior will be mod- I
ernized, in full keeping with the
latest styles. The present bank will
also be remodeled.
Amid much nail-hammering and
buzz-sawing, a new store and of
fice building is going up next to
the present location of Cooper's
Hardware on Second avenue.
Frank Link, who is putting up the
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Enterprising Engineer And
Wife Hove Going Ranch In
Less Than A Year's Time
With 1,000 laying Oster White hens, 35 acres of grain ani
a job as a civil engineer at Ladd AFB, A1 Wendt, his father, R
Wendt and his wife and five children are probably the busiest
people in the Tanana Valley.
The Wendts homesteaded on the Chena Hot Springs road
Thomas J. DeVane
Dies In Seattle
Word has been received here of
the death of Thomas J. DeVane, 69,
well known trader in the Ruby
area.
DeVane passed away in Seattle
on August 1. He leaves his wife.
Anna, a son. Harvey, and one
daughter. No details are known.
Ho owned and operated a store
at Ruby for many years. In 1939
the Northern Commercial company
bought his store. He moved to the
States shortly thereafter. He served
as a representative in the Territorial
legislature at one time. He had been
employed by Pan American World
Airways in Seattel.
FAIR OPENS TODAY
Today marks the opening of the annual Tan
ana Valley Fair, an event that has grown with the
years and has now become an important communi
ty affair. It is no longer limited to the display of
agricultural and home produce if it ever quite was,
, but has broadened to include the interests of
S'YV townspeople, many ot whom are tarm people as
well, and of the military personnel in onr midst.
Advance information indicates that exhibits will be1
bigger and better than ever. Here is an opportunity to see
what Tanajia Valley farms and homes produce, what the
youngsters are doing in 4-H club work, what nature herself
produces without the aid of man in such things as delectable
mushrooms, what gardeners are growing, and also what is j
being turned out in the artistic sense.
When one become a little tired of looking at these
wonderful displays, diversion of many kinds is offered, es
pecially for the children. Local civic groups are cooperating
to make the fair a success. Someone will win a prize. It
might be you.
At any event that is education and entertainment for
all and the proceeds of the fair will go to a good cause,
including university scholarships.
Dedicating the fair this year to the Armed Services
is a gesture that should do much toward bringing together
„ , / /f r- ' v" service men and civilians
in a spirit of neighborli
ness. We hope to see all
you folks, in uniform and
out, grown-ups and chil
dren, townspeople and
country dwellers at the
fair today after you have
read your Jessen’s Weekly.
• just short of the Little Chena Ri"
er valley, about 18 miles out of
Fairbanks; and built a three-bed
room home, a huge chicken barn,
cleared over 35 acres and seeded
it this spring.
Besides holding down his position
at Ladd. Wendt is a private pilot
and has his own landing strip at
the ranch.
The Wendts moved here from
California five years ago and after
spending a few years decided they
would cast their lot with the coun
try. Says Mrs. Wendt, ‘’there is no
excuse for poverty in Alaska. This
is the country of opportunity for
those who will work for it ”
“I'm city-bred, but you couldn't
drag me away from the farm now.”
she said.
The farm home is modern with
Golden Valley Electric power, t
well and all the appliances nec*l;
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Family Crusade
Of Prayer To
End With Rally
The Family Prayer Crusade will
close with a rally to be held in
Griffin Park on Monday evening at
7:30 p.m. At that time Father Pat
rick Peyton, originator and dir
ector of this world wide movement,
will speak.
There will be appropriate music,
and the assembled people will off -r
the prayers of the rosary for the
peace of the world and of families,
A living tableau, presented by mil
itary personnel of Eielson AFB, wfll
illustrate five scenes from the life
of Christ.
This program, sponsored by the
Catholic church, highlights th ■
great need for the spiritual strength
and unity of the family. Father
Payton's appeal is addressed to
people of all church denomination
Struck by the gradual di-integ -
tion of the basic social unit of
ciety. Father Payton has chosen
his slogan the words: "The family
that prays together, stays together."
He feels that all peoples of all
creeds and races should he ai out .1
to the need for family prayer. To
date he has enrolled over ten mil
lion families throughout the world
in a pledge to have daily prayer
around the home fireside. In keep
ing with this practice, five fan ih 5
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