EARLY DAY CAPTAIN TAKES LAST VOYAGE
Another chapter of the great
North Country of Alaska passed
into history on April 13, when
death came to Captain Ralph W.
Newcomb, 82, pioneer and fa
mous Tanana and Yukon River
pilot and skipper, in Seattle
where he lived in retirement.
He had been in poor health for
many years.
Captain Newcomb’s father was
1 also a famed early day Yukon River
pilot and skippered the Hannah be
tween St. Michael and Dawson be
‘ fore and after the turn of the cen
•' turv.
The son. Captain Ralph, whose
ff friends in Fairbanks and Anchorage
and up and down Interior rivers are
* numbered in the thousands, cap
tained Alaska Railroad river steam
f
, ers out of Nenana for years, but in
' the 40s joined* the Peterson Naviga
tion Co., and Yutana Barge Lines.
Prior to this he had worked as pilot
with another famous skipper, Capt.
George Black, on the old Idler,
out of Fairbanks.
Able Navigator
Captain Newcomb was an ex
tremely able navigator of Alaska’s
, inland rivers, the twisting Yukon
being one of the largest in the
world. He was also a prime favorite
among tourists who crowded each
of his voyages up and down the
Tanana and' Yukon.
His last season on the Yukon and
tributaries was in 1955 as pilot
with CaDt. Arthur Peterson on the
M. V. Yutana. Captain Newcomb’s
health at that time, in the Fall, was
not too good. In Seattle he worked
as a relief watchman on various
ships along the waterfront, mostly
~L EG A L^VDVER TI SE M E NTS
sttpe*?tor court
prtr? rT,^-TT^ o'TM'T'Tr1 qjp at a ov \
FOURTH JUDICIAL district
In the Matter of the Estate !
of 1
NELLIE JEANNE BARRIER )
Deceased. 1
NOTICE to CREDITORS
No. C% ?4
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the
creditors of the above-named decedent
that all persons having claims against
the said decedent are required to file
them, with the necessarv vouchers, with
the undersigned at 218 Lavery Building.
Fairbanks. Alaska, which is the plac*>
of business of the undersigned in all
matters pertaining to the estate of the
said decedent, within six months after
the first publication of this notice.
Date: April 20. 1962.
PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK
By:/s/ D. F. HASKELL, Trust Officer
tName of personal representative!
Fi>-st Pub.: April 25. 1962
Last Pub.: May 16, 1962
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received in the Office of the
Comptrollerd. 106 Bunnell Building, no
later than 2:00 P.M.. AST. May 4. 1962.
for the purchase of five Wurlitzer Elec
tronic pianos, with ear-phones for each
and monitor set for teacher, including
speaker. Legs on each instrument are
necessary, but not carrying case. Esti
mates to include cost of installation. All
bids received will immediately thereafter
toe opened and read aloud. Invitation
and Bid Forms may be obtained from
the Purchasing Officer of the University
of Alaska.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
/s/ Clarence George Beers
Purchasing Agent
Pub.: April 25, 1962
TRANSPORTATION
PROPOSAL INVITATION
The Commissioner of Education for the
state of Alaska invites proposals for the
operation of transportation service for
the area serving the Fairbanks School
District for a term of three years The
Present service utilizes twenty-six buses
f0‘, a daily mileage of 1100.2 with a CG
ar,d "2 passenger capacity.
Transportation prorosal forms may be
secured from the Office of the Super
intendent of Schools. Fairbanks, Alaska
Proposals for the transportation service
to the Fairbanks School District shall be
hi the Office of the Superintendent of
schools. Box 1250 Fairbanks, Alaska, not
later than 5:00 P.M., Mav 4, 19G2
First Pub.: April 25. 19G2
Last Pub.: May 2. 1962
„ UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Fairbanks Land Office
516 Second Avenue
Fairbanks, Alaska
Date Apr. 9, 1962
Fairbanks 011016
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Leroy K.
Aandal, 825 East Ocean Avenue, Lompoc,
~ra“*ornia. together with his witnesses,
j V'r* Doughty, Fairbanks. Alaska, and
Arthur G. Baker, Tok Junction, Alaska,
has filed application to purchase for his
nomesite Fairbanks Serial No. 011016,
for lands described as:
Township 18 North, Range 12 East,
Copper River Meridian
Section 18: Lots 6. 7. 11, 12
containing 8,80 acres.
Any or all persons having knov ’edge of
aaV reason why Final Certificate and
Patent should not be issued to said per
son should file their protest in the Fair
banks Land Office within the period of
Publication or thirty davs thereafter. \
ROBERT F. HILTON
Chief. Lands Section
First Pub.: April 25, 1962
Last Pub : May 23, 1962
with the Alaska Steamship Co. dur
ing the summer months, when extra
men were needed.
In 1942, three months after the
Alaska Railroad bought the steam
er Yukon, the late Col. Otto Ohl
son, General Manager of the rail
road, told Captain Newcomb that
he was needed in the war emergen
cy, so he served the next five
years with them.
Many Friends
Among the many life-long friends
of Captain Newcomb were the late
Dr. Charles Bunnell, President
Emeritus of the University of Alas
ka, and Dr. Ernest Patty, mining
operator and later, President of the
Alaska University. Captain New
comb was pilot with Captain John
S. McCann on the steamer Yukon
when they took gold dredge equip
ment to Coal and Woodchopper
Creeks down from Dawson. (As
Buckwheat Charley would say:
Those were the good old days.)
The miblisher of Jessen’s Weekly
was also a life-long friend of Cap
tain Newcomb. Few knew that at
various times early in his career the
Captain attempted to get rich by
gold mining and joined several win
ter stamDedes by dogteam but never
got within a hundred yards of any
pavstreak.
Captain Newcomb and Sgt. Bill
Yanert, ex-soldier, pioneer, poet,
artist and philosopher who loved
the solitude at his notorious and un
usual sourdough cabin and home at
Purgatory, yet was a most enter
taining chap, were close friends. A
few years back Henrietta Mc
Kaughan, associate editor of Jes
sen’s Weekly for almost 20 years
wrote an interesting factual account
of the brothers, William and Her
man Yanert, from voluminous data
and photographs supplied by Cap
tain Newcomb.
Alaska Enriched
William Yanert may have left
.behind a priceless Alaska legacy in
pioneer sketches and philosophy
but it is also no less certain that
the pioneer history carved from the
Northland wilderness by Captain
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
LOST AND FOUND
LQST — at 716 25th Street, female
German Shepard, 6^2 months old;
rabies tag 1613. If found call GL
6-6404, Fed. Elec. (J. E. Douglas).
$25 reward.
FOR SALE
GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
BUILDINGS
The U.S. Army Engineer District. Alas
ka. is now issuing Invitation for Bids 62-15
offering for sale 3 military type wood
frame buildings at Eielson AFB. Alaska.
Bids to be opened 2:00 P.M., 21 May
1962.
Further information and bid forms
may be obtained by calling at Hoorn 7D,
Bldg 21-700, Elmendorf AFB or by writ
ing to the U. S. Army Engineer District.
Alaska, P. O. Box 7002, Anchorage, Al
aska. ATTN: Real Estate Division.
First Pub.: April 25, 1962
Last Pub.: May 9, 1962
In the heart of the city —
9000 sq. feet of prime
business property.
Sell or long term lease.
Present improvements de
preciable and bring a nice
income.
THERE IS NO BETTER
LOCATION IN
FAIRBANKS
_ SERVICE, '
STATION
Large sales volume.
Owner quitting because
of health.
Sell on terms or lease
to good operator.
GRADELLE LEIGH
REALTY
434 Third GL 6-7911
R. W. Newcomb has enriched Alaska
immeasureably.
Some day, someone will write a
book about this kind, generous,
man of action!
Choral Croup To
Present Annual
Spring Concert
The University-Community Chor
us will present its annual Spring
Concert Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church, Seventh
and Cushman. This year’s program
will include a varied selection of
both sacred and secular music.
The highlight of the group of
sacred numbers will be the per
formance of a motet by the group’s
accompanist, Gilbert Martin. The
motet, “Humbly I Adore Thee” is
written in block-harmony style in a
modern harmonic idiom.
Other works to be performed in
the same group are Sateren's “Seek
Not Afar for Beauty,” Winslow’s
“Last Quarter Moon.” and Dia
mond’s “Young Joseph.”
The University of Alaska Madri
gal Group will sing a group of
“Liebeslieder Waltzes” by Johannes
Brahms, and the full chorus will
sing the “Song of Destiny” by the
same composer.
“Five Canzonets,” by Jean Berger,
will provide a touch of the “light
fantastic"; and the program will
close with the presentation of se
lections from Broadway musicals.
Miss Charlotte Key is director of the
group.
Council Members To Probe
Sewers Of South Fairbanks
By Colin Mick
The City sewer system will be up for close inspection at next
week’s City Council meeting following a series of complaints by
several residents of the Turner-Laurene area in South Fairbanks.
Mrs. William Weholz, 1418 Turner, appeared before the
Council Monday night to complain about the condition of the
sewer system in her area. She*
stated that the sewer has been
backing up in her basement for
the past several years, but lately,
as more people hook on to the line,
the problem has become more acute.
She said that at high water time,
the City engineers were pumping
water into the sewer mains, caus
ing the sewage to back up into her
basement. Mrs. Wenholz said she
had called the City many times, but
had received no satisfaction.
Mrs. Taylor of the same area also
complained about the sewers. She
said she spent three and a half
hours dipping back-up watei nut. of
a basement toilet to keep her base
ment from flooding.
Same Problem
Claude Douglas, 1418 Laurene.
also reported the same problem, and
objected to paying nearly $1000 for
sewer hook-up just for the privilege
of having the City dump water and
raw sewage in his basement.
City Manager Nordby explained
that in that area, the storm sewers
and sanitary sewers all emptied into
one main. He said that during wet
periods City personnel had attempt
ed to close off the storm drains, but
i then the water rose and went down
the manholes into the sewer main,
and the sewers backed up.
Councilman Brewington referred
to a complaint log and pointed out
that at that time there had been
many complaints about sewers- back
ing up, to which Douglas replied,
“There would have been more, but
the line was busy.”
Wants to Know
Brewington then demanded to
know who had approved the sewer
system, when it obviously was in
efficient.
Nordby explained that he had not
been here at the time, but that the
plans would have had to hav^fbeen
approved by the City Council.
Dr. Frank Spaulding told Coun
cil members that he had just hooked
up his residence in the 1500 block
on Airport Way to a new sewer
last year. He said that during the
hook-up he was forced by the Citv
to lower the sewer line four feet and
put in a trap to avoid backups.
Spaulding said last week he found
12 inches of water in his basement.
“And it wasn’t all water.” he added.
The problem was referred to the
City Manager for investigation and
possible solutions.
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