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THE WEATHER
High: 78' on August 16.
Low: 41° 6n August 20.
Average: 59% 3° above normal.
Precipitation: .53 finches.
Week end Outlook: Partly cloudy
to cloudy with scattered show
ers. Temperatures near normal.
Sunrise tomorrow: 4:06
Sunset today: 7:42
THIS ISSUE CONTAINS
32 PAGES
2 SECTIONS
"Caught in
the Riffles”
By V. Maurice Smith
Beyond the Cali
Jessie Mayo, city police matron
has been ordered to take a rest. This
is unusual for the energetic Jessie
as well as the countless numbers
of people for whom she does a
great many things much above and
beyond the call of duty.
Jessie entered St. Joseph's hospi
tal last week for surgery performed
by Doctors Weston and Lindquist.
When she was released from the
hospital her physicians told her she
had to rest.
The matron’s job is a seven-day
a week affair with no days taken
off. Jessie is also a contractor to
the city for meals served to wo
men’s, men’s and juvenile jail.
Besides this she is the refuge for
welfare men when a deserted fam
ily with from two to 10 children,
dirty, and hungry seeks shelter.
Kindly women prisoners help bathe
youngsters while Jessie rustles
footgear, clothing and toys for them,
donated by local people and stores.
The detention home is often a
place of tears and tragedy as Jessie
summons erring fathers and some
times mothers while welfare work
ers scout out temporary homes or
foster parents.
All this business of resting is a
(Continued)
Enrollment Is
Up This Year
Over '55 Figure
An estimated total of 2.286 stu
dents registered in the Fairbanks
public schools yesterday, according
to figures publicized this morning
by Dr. James C. Ryan, superinten
dent.
Rosamund Weller. Main grade
school principal said that 1,020 stu
dents registered at the Cushman
street building yesterday, 46 more
students than last year.
I At the Nordale school, 666 stu
: dents signed up for the fall semes- i
ter, a great increase over last year’s i
; total of 574.
Denali school principal Richard
Carter could only estimate the num
ber registering there yesterday, but
stated that the total was in the
neighborhood of 600 students. Carter
registered 641 last year.
i The estimated total is in the
| neighborhood of 600 students. Car
: ter registered 641 last year.
The estimated total is 97 higher
I than the total who pre-registered
i last year at all three schools.
Dr. Ryan, who is depending upon j
| the pre-registration figures in set
ting up school organization and
; transportation routes, said that noth
ing could definitely be determined
j this early, since long study of reg
istration figures is necessary before
policies can be set up.
A breakdown of students by
grades and areas was unavailable
at press time.
The high school registration is
going slowly Dr. Ryan said, although
these pupils have an extra day in
which to sign up. He urged any and
all high school pupils who have
not signed up to do so today.
High school principal J. Ellsworth
McCarthy is taking registrations
from 9 a.m. until noon this mor
ning, from 1 until 4 p.m. this after
noon and from 7 until 9 p.m. this
evening.
About 300 pupils 50 per cent of
last year's enrollment have pre
registered in the past two days.
Double Error
In City Manager
Salary Estimate
i
An inadvertant error, neither the
j fault of City Manager Matt Slank
ard or Jessen’s Weekly, caused this
statement in last week’s issue: j
“The sewer foreman has averaged
$272 per month more than the city
manager for the past seven months.’’
The remark was made by the
manager in a report to the city em
ployees last week at the city gar
age. Slankgrd’s staff, in compiling
the report, accidentally combined
the salaries of two people and at
tributed it to the sewer foreman,
causing the erroneous $272 figure.
Insurance Man
Answers To
Labor Charges
R. M. Hardcastle, past president
of the Alaska Insurance Agents as
sociation, in a letter answering
charges made by R. E. McFarland,
president of the Alaska Territorial
Federation of Labor, clarifies charg
es made by McFarland in regard to
the Alaska Workmen’s Compensa
tion Law. The charges were dis
cussed at the recent conference held
in Fairbanks last week by the
agents.
Due to the length of the letter,
Jessen’s can only reprint part of
Hardcastle’s reply to McFarland, as
follows:
. . At our recent convention
in Fairbanks, we (agents) endorsed
in essence a proposed bill that will
help materially in regulating the in
surance business in Alaska to the
snd that the insurance buyer can
oe assured of a reasonable, fair rate
for the coverage or protection he is
ouying. The new bill to be present
'd to the legislature will make it
possible to keep proper records in
:he insurance commissioner’s office
so that the percentage of premium
returned to the insurance buyer or
oeneficiary will be accurately
known. This is not the case at pres
ent.
“. . . We kuestion your figure of
15 per cent which you stated was
returned to the injured workmen in
the form of benefits. The reason
. . is because it is not possible to
accurately tell how much of the
premium dollar has actually been
(Continued on Back Page)
NEW YORKER RECOVERS
IVORY LOST IN NOME
Mrs. Anna Zimet of New York
City has wonderful faith in the
honesty of Nome residents.
During her recent trip to Nome
with Cook’s tours, she bought and
lost a set of ivory which she had
picked out as a souvenir of Arctic
Alaska. She was unable to locate
it before she returned to the States,
but had her tour conductor. Jack
Gourley .contact Wien Alaska Air
lines in an attempt to recover ft.
Mrs. Zimmet just recently re
ceived her ivory.
General Alarm Sounded
At St. Joseph's Hospital
Residents of Fairbanks rushed out
of their shops and homes at about
9:20 this morning in answer to a
general alarm sounded by the horn
at City Hall. Cause of alarm was
a burned out transformer at St.
Joseph's hospital No one was in
jured and no fire damage was re
ported. A huge sigh of relief could
literally be heard in Fairbanks.
Every piece of fire-figHting
equipment in the city rushed to the
hospital and arrived there in rec
ord time. All equipment returned to
the City Hall in about five minutes.
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iVine- Year-Old
Shoots His Moose
Nine year old James Magoffin,
Jr., is a mighty proud lad this
week. He shot his first moose Mon
day morning.
Jimmy, in company with his moth
er and five year old brother, pulled
the trigger on his .30-.30 rifle at
4:30 Monday morning, the first day
of the hunting season and a big
bull bit the dust at Magoffin Lake,
100 miles west of Fairbanks.
Jimmy’s father shot his first deer
when he was 11. He is the owner of
1 Interior Airways and a well known
: bush pilot.
Someone Took
11 Tons Of Spuds j
The mystery of the Potato Caper,
or Who Slipped Away wdth 11 Tons
of Spuds, is still baffling the Ter
ritorial Police and the disgruntled
owner, Maurice L. Laurance of 15
Mile on the Richardson.
i
Laurance had stored his potatoes 1
in the root cellar of Clyde Sherman
on Farmer's Loop road. The “theft"
w’as discovered by Paul Elbert,
Laurance and Don Creamer.
If anyone knows the whereabouts
of the spuds they are asked to con
tact the Territorial Police immedi
ately.
IBM PRESIDENT SLATED
TO ARRIVE HERE MONDAY
President of International Busi
ness Machine Corporation Thomas
J. Watson is expected in Fairbanks
next week, it was announced here :
by Gene R. Ward. IBM’s local rep
resentative.
Due in Anchorage Friday Wat
son is flying with his son and two
friends on the combined business
and pleasure trip. They plan to vis
it Nome and Point Barrow, hoping
to arrive in Fairbanks Monday.
! They will spend one day here be- "
fore returning to Anchorage.
Gordon March, anthropology in- )
I structor at the University of Alaska
returned to the campus this week
after spending the summer carrying
on linguistic research at Eagle.
The area asked for has been un
der discussion for at least a year,
according to Robert Jenks, BLM
manager in Fairbanks. The area
known locally as the Chena area
and is located north of the Chena
Hot Springs road about 20 miles
northwest of Fairbanks.
Jenks stated that from the num
ber of maneuver permits obtained
through his office for small squad
training areas in the locale of the
proposed withdrawal that it seents
apparent to him there is an imme
diate need for some place that the
troops may go, whether it be the
particular area requested, or soma
other spot agreed upon. He said hi*
office has been receiving requests
for at least six of the maneuver
permits every week.
In explaining the Bureau’s posi
tion Jenks said that in cases whera
there is controversy over a pro
posed withdrawal of land that they
can sometimes aid in reaching <%
compromise.
He said that as custodians of ths
public land the BLM has the job
of protecting the public interest, and
(Continued on Back Page)
Regulations On
Waterfowl Are
Same This Year
The 1956 waterfowl regulation t
for the entire territory as released
by the Fish and Wildlife service are
listed here, along with a list of
times for sunrise and sunset. They
are the same as last year.
All dates are inclusive; on open
ing day shooting hours are front
noon to sunset; thereafter, shooting
hours are Vi hour before sunrise
to sunset.
Waterfowl may be taken with a
shotgun or bow and arrow, but
not with a rifle or pistol.
Shotguns may be plugged to a
three shell (total» capacity, r 1* r
Hunting is not permitted from a
power or ail boat, including m -
board boats when motor is attached,
unless such boat is beached, rest
ing at anchor, or fastened withir!
or tied alongside a'stationary hunt
ing blind.
There is no open season on shora
birds except the Wilson or Jack
snipe.
The season for Jacksnipe is from
September 1-30. The daily bag lim
(Continued o* Back Page)
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