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THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 80' on July 11.
Low Temp.: 46 on July 5.
Aver. Temp.; 60 . 2 below
normal
Precipitation: Trace.
Weekend Outlook: Partly cloudy
to cloudy, with occasional light
showers. Temperatures near
normal.
Sunrise Today: 1:42 a. m.
Sunset Today: 10:08 p. m.
"Caught in
the Riffles”
By V. Maurice Smith
j nc c-asy w ay
Lawrence Johnson, who lives in
splendid solitude on the Goodpaster
River, gilnetted a grayling recently
Without lifting a hand.
Clarence Anderson, head of the
Territory’s department of fisheries.
Ed Marvich, senior biologist and
oldtimer Mike Todoroff visited
Johnson this past week and re
ported the incident in Fairbanks.
High water on the Goodpaster
covered the floor of Johnson's cab
in and, of course, ran over his gar
den in which stood a relatively fine
mesh wire fence.
When the water went down,
Johnson sloshed out into the gar
den. retrieved a grayling that had
neatly caught itself in the mesh of
the fence, cooked and ate it.
Big Radishes
Joe Kruger, who farms out on
Steel Creek road, dropped off a
bunch of huge radishes for the edi
tor last week. They were big and
tasty and looked good on the table.
Joe’s place is located on a south
west slope that overlooks Steel
Creek from the latter’s left limit.
He has been farming there for the
past 11 years. It has only been a
few years since we parked our cars
at the Fitz place on Columbia Creek,
where Green Valley Farm is now
located, and walked over a trail to
Steel Creek and on out to Hopper
Creek. Now, the countryside is well
covered by roads.
Pleased Over Response
Jackie Landru. author of Sled
Dog of Alaska, is tickled over the
response her book is getting on an
International scale.
In its third printing in this coun
try, the book is being published
in an English edition in Great Brit
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PHEW! WHAT A CREW!
• —Photo by Soapy Smith
I As a prelude to Golden Days July 19, E. F. "Swiftwater" Jessen deals out a doubtful hand to two of
his back room cronies, left , Paul "Dan McGrew” Mark, and right Harold "The Minnesota Kid" Mansur.
Kibitzing are left, D. L. Van t'leve, dredgmaster for Jessen’s Weekly, Lowell "The Dip” Soderstrom
and D. L. Van Cleve, Jr. Only man among the crew who is rightfully a pioneer is Jessen who walked
| in to Fairbanks from Valdez in 1905. Derby hats will be on sale by Igloo No. 4. Pioneers of Alaska mem
bers starting Saturday . c
Ninth Infantry
Arriving Here
Sunday Eve.
; Alaska loses an old friend this
I week end when the 2nd Battalion,
4th Infantry and attached units in
itiate the Gyroscope movement be
tween the 71st Infantry Division,
presently in Alaska, and the 2nd
Infantry Division, now at Fort Lew
is, Washington.
j Included in the first movement
| to leave Alaska will be the 2nd Bat
talion; Heavy Mortar Company, 4th
Infantry; “C” Battery, 274th AFA
Bn: and “D” Battery, 167th AAA
Bn. The flip’s staff for the USNS
General Freeman board aircraft on
Sunday morning through Monday
afternoon for Anchorage, where
they will set up operations aboard
ship in preparation for the main
body, which will arrive Monday
evening.
Heading the Ship’s Staff will be
Lt. Colonel’ Virgil J. Gass, Troop
Commander with "his staff consist
i ing of Captain Riehard H. Thomas,
Troop Adjutant, and M'Sgt. John
A. Brumley, Troop Sergeant Major.
The General Freeman wfll depart
the Sub-Port of Anchorage for Ta
coma on the 18th of July.
The main body will leave by
(Continued on page 16.)
Major < Mrs. Wise
Leave Today For
Montgomery, Ala.
Major and Mrs. Henry G. Wise
' of Ladd are scheduled to leave to
l day, both reluctantly, for the States
after three years spent in Alaska.
I The couple will go to Montgom
| ery, Alabama where Major Wise
! will attend school for nine months.
Their next stopping place is un
i known.
| Mrs. Wise has made many friends
l in Fairbanks through her successful
i Gladys Wise dance school. Major
I Wise has been with the Aeromedieal
laboratory at Ladd.
Major and Mrs. Wise are driving
to the States.
FRED NELSONS ARE NEW
OWNERS OF APARTMENTS
IN HAMILTON ACRES
The home and five apartments at
401 Fifth street in Hamilton acres,
formerly owned by Mr and Mrs.
Arthur Carpenter, has been pur
chased by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nel
son.
Mr and Mrs. Carpenter plan to
leave for the States soon.
The Nelsons plan to rent tire
apartments, and have chosen the
name Hamilton Acres Courtel'’ for
their new enterprise.
Tanana Valley
Fair Dates Set
For Aug. 16-19
Dates for the annual Tanana Val
ley Fair have been set for August
16 through 19 it was announced by
the Tanana Valley Fair Association
this week.
The TVFA board of directors,
working through their executive
secretary, promise a bigger and bet
ter fair than ever this year.
Any person or business firm in
terested in conducting a booth or
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Pistol Club Started By
Tanana Valley Sportsmen
A competitive pistol chub was or
ganized Monday evening at the reg
ular meeting of the Tanana Valley
Sportsmen’s Association.
A nucleus group of 12 members
signed up for the club, which is
hoping to expand further as fts
program gets underway.
Although a constitution has not
yet been drawn up and officers have
not been chosen, the group is en
thusiastic over what it can offer
Fairbanks spostmen in the future.
Anyone interested in competitive
pistol shooting is. asked to call Jim
Beckley at 5407.
Bill Beltz Says
Uranium Not !
Commercial
Back recently after over a month
prospecting with a drill, Bill Beltz
reported that he failed to find ura
nium in ground staked last year.
Beltz, with George Lilly, Maurice
Steff and his brother, Burke, staked
ground last year 16 miles out of
Candle on Montana Creek, a tribu
tary of the Kugru River.
The group prospected last summer
and Beltz went in again this spring.
A month drilling, he said, proved
the ground not of commercial quali
ty. Beltz brought core samples to
Fairbanks to be sent out for anajr
sis.
Over 300 claims were staked in
the area by prospectors.
Engineers To I
Meet Here 1
From All Over
In a concerted drive to increase
the safety of every person working
in any way with the Army Corps
of Engineers, government civilians,
military, and all contractors' per
sonnel, the North Pacific Division
has called District chiefs to a meet*
ing of the NPD Safety Council in
Fairbanks next Wednesday and
Thursday.
“I cannot enjoin too strongly y\ir
personal interest and concern in
this safety problem. Big. Gen. Louis
H. Foote. North Pacific division en*
gineer, stressed in his orders for the
Safety Council.
Meetings will be held in the of
fice of Lt, Col. Vernon T. Loes
ing, assistant district engineer, at
Ladd Air Force Base residency.
The technical staff, composed of
safety chiefs of the North Pacific
Division and each of the districts,
will arrive Monday night and be
in all-day session Tuesday. Other
(Continued on page 16 i
JSo Extension
On Assessment
The end of the assessment work
j year is still July 1 at noon.
The Territorial Department of
Mines reports that^ once again a
bill ha/ been introduced in Con
gress to change the assessment
work date, but as usual they say, it
will not pass.
The bulletin states that nearly ev
ery year a sinfflai bill is introduced
and fails to pass, but it is keeping
people confused.
Tom Canifax. business manager
i fur the Plumbers and Stearnfitters,
! local 375. returned Friday from an
! overnight business trip to Anchor
age. Canifax flew with Alaska Arr
j lines.
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