THE WAY IT WAS DONE
—Jessen’s Staff Photo
Back In the early days a Koyukuk prospector and miner built this
gadget to measure out his claims. Louis Johnson, pictured here, ac
quired tbe relic from a friend in the Koyukuk. It is made of axe and
pick handle hard wood and is designed so that it can be stuck in the
ground while the prospector took one end of the string and pulled
until he reached the end, which took him the required distance. To
retrieve the cord he wound it on the windlass type part of the gadget.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICIALS MEET HERE
Regional Director of the U. S.
Department of Labor, John R. Dil
ly, arrived in Fairbanks Thursday
■with Sven Janson and Walter Nel
son, two investigators from the
contracts division of the department
in Juneau.
Dilly left for his office in San
Francisco Friday evening with Pan
American. The two Juneauites will
remain headquartered at the Nor
dale hotel for over a week. Jan
son has just recently been trans
ferred to the Juneau office from
his former home in Portland.
Ethel Liedtke Visits
Art Meisers From Calif.
Miss Ethel Liedtke of Monterey,
California, is currently the house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Art Mefser
aqd family of 1309 First avenue.
Miss Liedtke arrived nere last
week end to attend the post-session
at the University of Alaska.
JAY McNAVISH MARRIED
IN FOLEY, ALABAMA
The marriage of Miss Geraldine
Hooks of Bon Secour, Alabama and
Jay McNavish, son of Opal Mc
Navish of Fairbanks, took place
recently in the Bon Secour First
Baptist church.
The bride and Her parents were
visited by Mrs. McNavish recently
during her trip to the states.
Jay, a naval airman now stationed
in Foley, Alabama, has been in the
service for two years.
DICKEYS VISIT HODGES
ON ALASKAN VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. C. Warren Dickey
arrived in Fairbanks last week,
driving up over the highway from
Shelton, Washington to be the
houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. EllioU
Hodge and Mrs. Catherine Hodge.
Mrs. Dickey is Catherine Hodge’s
sister. The family spent an enjoy
able week at the Hodge cabin at
Harding Lake. This is Dickey’s first
trip to the Territory.
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Sourdoughs To
Observe Silver
Anniversary
The International Sourdough Re
union is holding its silver anniver
sary celebration starting today
and lasting four days. Headquarters
for the affair will be the Multno
mah hotel in Portland, according to
Lulu M. Fairbanks, secretary of the
group. The Alaska Yukon Society
of Oregon is the host club.
Several oldtimers from Fairbanks,
Anchorage and Whitehorse, includ
ing Mrs. Jess Rust of Fairbanks,
have flown to the States. Reserva
tions have been received from Van
couver, Seattle, San Diego, Los
Angeles, Oakland and San Fran
cisco. All indications are that this
year’s celebration w'ill be the larg
est ever.
Tomorrow the pioneers will
celebrate the 60th anniversary of
the discovery of gold in the Yukon
in 1896, with oldtimers present from
Dawson, Nome, Iditarod, Cordova,
Fairbanks and other noted “camps."
The host group has secured enter
tainers for the banquet and “Days
of ’98 Ball," with costumes of the
'90s to provide color. A tea will be
j held at the home of Mrs. Harriet
Osborn of Dawson and a stag party
with “moosemilk” for the men will
follow the “Discovery Day” meeting
on August 17. A tour of the city and
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; Franklin Wells Butterfield
Transferred To Charleston
Franklin Wells Butterfield son of
Wilma Jensen of Fairbanks, now a
sonerman on the USS Odax, has
been transferred from Key West,
Florida to Charleston Heights, So,
i Carolina, it was learned last week
I
Born in Fairbanks. Wells has been
in the service for over 14years
a windup picnic over Sunset High
way to Oregon's beaches will alsc
be featured for the Sourdoughs.
International president, Capt
John J. McNeill of Oakland, will
fly west from New York for the
meeting upon arrival of his boat
from Germany. Robert W. Service
83. now living in Monte Carlo, has
sent a special poem for the Re
union.
Plans are under the management
of Mrs. Sarah Berthed sen. second
vice-president of the Internationa]
club, and Mrs Jerry Morgan of the
Oregon club.
\4 H Club Fair
Opens Tomorroic
In Anchorage
Exhibits are being prepared all
over Alaska by 4-H boys and girls
to send to the All-Alaska 4-H Fair
in Anchorage which opens tomor
i row and runs through Sunday.
Anchorage junior high school is
; being used for the exhibits and
! demonstrations. 4-H cooks will dem
onstrate bread making and enter
the cherry pie making competition
with non-4-H members. Each club
in the Territory may enter an in
dividual or team in the club dem
onstration contest.
Clothing, handicraft, baked goods
or garden products are expected.
Members living in or close to An
chorage also will exhibit livestock
in the event. Otudoor activities in
clude a tractor driving contest and
competition in livestock showman
ship. Entertainment includes a
dance Saturday night, a dress re
vue and a country store.
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