"CAUGHT IN
THE RIFFLES"
(Continued from page 1.)
air* and she recently heard that an
edition in Hebrew will be printed.
Jackie, who was born and raised
in Alaska, knows her sled dogs.
She has been racing them since the
1920's. The book is exceptionally
good for people interested in Alas
ka and who have not had the
chance to experience dog mushing.
Those who have are enjoying it as
well.
George Bojanich
Mary Bojanich received a letter
tins week from her husband.
George, now in. Room 414, Veter
an's hospital. Seattle. George is get
ting along all right.
fn the letter he wished to thank
hts many friends in the Pioneers Ig
l «t‘ who presented him with a beau
tiful fountain pen and a dinner at
the. Model Cafe before he left for
Seattle.
He Fooled ’Em
i Ba.ck nine years ago folks in Ne
braska said that George Fowler
Was told to go way up in Alaska
and homestead.
. .That was nine years ago but to
day Fowler, 61, and his wife have
a producing farm on Shaw Creek
2Mi miles off the Richardson high
way some 75 miles out of Fairbanks.
Last year they raised 10 tons of
barley which they sold to the Nor
thern Commercial Company for
seed and had one field that pro
duced 50 bushels to the acre.
With the Fowlers on an adjoining
farm are their son. Julian, and his
wife arid four children and a ham
radio station, KL7BKB
Fowler is in good physical health
and looks much younger than his
age. He and his wife carved their
home out of the bush and for some
time walked from the highway to
their homestead before a road was
built. If their opinion of their way
of life is reflected in their pleasant
manner they like what they have
done.
Sourdough Miner
Makes Brief Visit
O, L. Dutton. Tolovana pioneer
mining man who retired in 1948
and moved south to Portland, Ore.,
was back at the old stamping
grounds this past month.
The 82-year old gentleman flew
into the Bonnifield. then “mushed”
la miles to his placer ground, and
that's some hike for an 82-year-old
youngster. It was purely a business
tisp, the fourth or fifth he has
made from Portland.
The oldtimer seemed to be in
excellent physical condition and
plans returning north next spring.
He flew to Seattle last week Tues
day with Pan Am.
Helen Bell, Alcten Wilburs
Return From Camping Trip
Mi-*. Kenneth Bell returned Sun
day via Alaska Airlines from a
week's camping trip in the Anchor
age area with Mr. and Mi's. Alden
Wilbur.
The group drove down the Rich
nrdson Tuesday morning, the Wil
burs returning via the highway
Tuesday night. The three stated
that they enjoyed the vacation trip
very much.
I
Engineers To
Meet Here
From All Over
i
(Continued from page 1.)
division and district chiefs will ar
i rive Tuesday tor a full day’s meet
ing Wednesday. Some will visit
Whitehorse and Juneau en route*
and returning may make sidetrips
to Whittier.
This is the first time Alaska has
1 been chosen for the Council meet
ing. Attending will be representa
1 tives from the districts under North
Pacific Division jurisdiction—Port
• land. Walla Walla, Seattle and Al
aska—supervising multimillion and
often hazardous projects through
out Oregon, Washington, and the
entire Territory.
The objectives of the Council are
to attain at least 25 per cent im
provement in the calendar year, to
increase and enforce all practical
means of preventing injuries and
fatalities in construction work, to
establish positive and fixed stand
j ards with government supervisory
field forces in all work, profession
al. office, contract, hired labor.
The Council will go into techni
cal aspects of safety enforcement,
erection and maintenance of pro
tective facilities for elevated work,
! excavation, testing and inspection
i of equipment, enforcement of high
! “housekeeping” standards.
I They will make imperative the
j wearing of proper safety clothing
| to protect the individual from job
hazards, safety shoes, hard hats,
life vests, goggles, oxygen masks,
i respirators, insulated gloves.
The safety indoctrination of all
employees is to be increased. Field
surveys will be made on compli
ance with safety and fire preven
tion.
As incentives to carry out to full
degree the safety program, a safety
awards plan will be set up for con
i tractors: relations are to be streng
! thened with the American General
' Contractors Chapters for accident
j prevention. Corps of Engineer em
^ ployees will be eligible for safety
> awards.
1 District engineers will continu
! ously evaluate safety records. Safety
histories of contractors will be tak
1 en into consideration in awarding
| contracts.
I “There can be no compromise in
[ our fundamental requirements for
construction safety," General Foote
, said. This applies also to fire pre
! vention and civil works such as
flood control, improvement of har
nors and navigable water’s.
Attending the Safety Council will
be Col. L. L. Haseman. acting Alas
' ka district engineer: Col. Loosing,
' assistant district engineer, Ladd,
j technical staff members who are the
I safety chiefs, M. D. Ely, North Pa
i citic Division. Charles B Stillinger,
j Walla Walla district; J. Niel Chit
wood, Portland District; Bert Rich
1 ter, Seattle District, and Wardie W.
i King, Alaska District.
Other chiefs attending are Port
; land district, Roy N. Canu and
James E. Sidney, engineering and
Marion S. Lantz. personnel; Seat
tle District. Edwin Derrick and Wal
ter E. Spencer, operations division:
j Walla Walla District, Oliver J. Lew
! is, construction and John J. Old
(• field, legal; Alaska District. Donald
K. Josselyn, constructiorf and Ed
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ward A. Smith, acting resident en
gineer. Elmendorf Air Force Base.
During their stay in the Fairbanks
area, Safety Council members will
be located at Travellers Ins, and
Col. Haseman will be at Murphy
Hall on Ladd Air Force Base.
Ninth Infantry
Arriving Here
Sunday Eve. |
(Continued from page 1.)
troop train from Eielson in the ear
ly morning hours. Monday. AriV'ing
by rail late Sunday night, will be 1
the 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry
Regiment, who will reside at Eiel
son AFB for the next three years. j
2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Com-1
mander of Troops will be IA Col
onel Harvfey R. Bowman.
The 4th Infantry’s vital work
Alaska commenced when they dis
embarked at Seward, Alaska in
June 1940. The 4th Infantry imme
diately started clearing ground for
Fort Richardson. The World War;
II years saw the 1st Battalion of the
Fourth taking part in the short but
bloody Battle of Attu, In the Aleu- '
tians, while the 2nd Battalion
served as the only defense against
ekpected imminent assault in the lo
cality of the beaches at Nome.
The 2nd Battalion also served a?
Dutch Harbor and Adak Island in |
the Aleutian Chain. The 3rd Battal- j
ion, which served at Chilkoot Bar- -
racks near Juneau many years be
fore World War II, later saw duty
on Adak during the war years. The
4th Infantry returned stateside in |
the Fall of 1943 and later served on
occupation duty in Japan
The first 4th Infantry Troops re- j
turned to Alaska in July 1950 with
the 2nd Battalion returning. Sep
tember 7, 1951, to take up their mis
sion at Eielson AFB. The 2nd Bat- !
talion has been here at Eielson I
since September 1951 where its’ j
name and deeds have been synofty- i
mous with Eielson Air Force Base. 1
MANY IN ANCHORAG FOR
AMERICAN LEGION MEET j
Dave Adler, owner of Adler's j
Book Shop, left Tuesday morning
with Alaska Airlines for Anchorage
to attend the department of Alaska
American Legion convention.
Mrs. Adler left on yesterday’s
plane to join her husband and at- ]
tend the Legion Auxiliary conven
tion >o be held at the same time in
the Cook inlet city. Substituting for
the Adlers at the book store is
Mrs. Mary Williams, a former em- !
ployee.
Among the other Fairbanksans at
tending the convention are Mr. and ;
Mrs. Forbes Baker, Mr. and Mrs. •
Russell Huber, w'ho drove south I
earlier this week John KesseTl is
with the conference from Fairbanks,
as well as Mr, and Mrs. Roy Matt
son.
Egil Salvesen, owner of Fort Yu
kon’s Egil’s Nest, is a Fairbanks
visitor stopping at the Nordale ho
tel. j
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Lathrop High
School Will
Get Auditorium
Austin E. Lathrop high school is
going to get its proposed auditor
ium. according to Governor Hein
tzleman.
The structure will cost $1,143,000
and is to be constructed under the
Alaska Public Works Act.
Other projects scheduled for con
struction and with costs approved
include a women's dormitory at the
University, $735,000: a multipurpose
room building at Kenai for the Al
Railroad Family Tow*
Inferior In Own Mane
Mr. and Mrs. John Norty of Anch
orage were visiting in town last
week, staying at the Nordale.
Norly. in charge of equipment
for the Alaska Railroad in Anchor
age, flew his own plane to the In
terior. They left Sunday after mark
ing a round trip to Circle.
aska Department of Education,
$258,000: and two projects which
will provide an outfall sewer for
Anchorage as well as a sewage col
lection system in the south Moun
tain View area, 263.500.
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Above the Arctic Circle
on
Wien Alaska Airlines
Alaska's Arctic Airlines
Phone 3355 Fairbanks, Box 649
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