THE ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
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M. S. SIERRA
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NAILING FOR XOMK
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Calling at—
I XALASKA, M'XIVAK ISLAM*. HOOFKK BAY, ST. MICHAEL, I XALAKLKKT,
KGAVIK, GOLOVIN, RLCFF, SOLOMON, XOMK, TKLLKR, WALKS,
,v SHISMAUKF, DKKRIXO, KKKWALIK, AM* KoTTKItl'F
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S. S. ARTHUR J. BALDWIN .
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Sailing from Seattle for Nome
MAY 28
Calling at—
I X ALASKA, XOMK, SOLOMON, BLUFF, GOLOVIN. KGAVIK
FXAIiAKLKKT, ANI* ST. MICHAEL
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LOCAL NEWS
NEW COUNCIL TO TAKE
OFFICE NEXT THAI RSI* AY
The canvassing of Hie findings
of the municipal election board,
by the Common Council of Nome,
took place at a meeting last Mon
day at the City Hall. The meet
ing adjourned witbont any fur
Jther business being tfone, except
to sef^ a date for another meet
’V o be held Thursday April
I9th, at which the old council
would resign and the new one be
installed for their coming term.
Those who will sit on the new
. council will be Harry Hagen. Ed.
Seirtenverg, Alvin Polct, Andi’ew
Slither, AWiln Poison and Ernest
Bateiger.
It. is understood that repor's
and further discussioji on the new
school will come up before the
{new council next .Thursday even
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MIROW OK NAT FIRST
LAND PLANE STRAITS
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j Pilot. Hans Mirow. of tin- X'iv
! thorn Air Transport Int., pf N’onn
I who recently returned ffe.ni a
; trio tot Germany. is the first pilht
|'o land a plane In Bering Straits,
Wednesday morning' pilot Mfrow
took off from Xnme., alioi.it 9: lift
am., enroiite to Lfttle Diomede
Island In Bering Straits. He lanfl
ed at Cape Prince of Wales and
Picked np all the mull and ex
press there for the peonie living
on the island, which Is situated
only a few miles out from that
point on the American side of
the International Boundary Lino,
•v'hie.h passes ijtidway between Lit
tle and Big Diomede islands, the
latter being odT tile Soviet side
of the line. He hnd as passengers
in the plane L. E. Hobinson, local
super! nfendent of the Bureau of
Indinn Affairs, and Leroy Sullivan.
Nome manager of the NAT. The
purpose of the trip was to insnoe*
the construction of (tip new school
house being erected on the Tslnnd.
The plane landed midway be
tween the two islands about 11:3ft
a.m. Pilot Mirow estimated the
plane was tied down right on the
boundary line. All three went
ashore, remaining until 2:3ft p.m.
when the take-off was Tnade. on
the return trip. The plane landed
at Cape Prince of Wales and plck
jt'd up Mrs. Bnnnnm. bringing her
j on to Nome, (he plane landing
here about 4:00 p.m. All of the
travelers reported the weather ■ ns
' being ideal.
From information obtained while
|oil thp flight, it was reported that
'•here were only three Eskimji fam
ilies still living on Big Diomede.
Hunting and fishing have been
reasonably good this winter for
the Eskimos there, hat nothing
extra.
The flight was anode In the
No. 6 plane, the Lycoming .tsin
ior which the company has in
operation here.
NOME AVIATOR RKTl’BNK
FROM GERMANY
Last fall Mr. and Mrs. Hans'
Mlrow started from Nome <»■
whut .proved to Ire a long and
interesting' trip from the west
: want to the East, across the At
' Inntlc and to Hamburg, Germany.
Upon' arriving Ip Seattle ‘they
purchased a new Chevrolet, and
drove tp . Portland urn! San Fran
cisco'; staying In each place about
three days visiting did friends
and relatives. They then drove
from there via Keno, Salt Lkko,
Cheyenne. Omaha. Chicago, Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia to New
York where they staved six days
taking in the sights. They saw
’ the picture "Eskimo” which was
tllmed by the MOM in Nome nnd
Jdller lawt yekr, enjoying it very
much. >
After visiting all the large air
ports they left New York on the
steamer “Bremen”, taking tlielr
car with them on their four und
a half day voyage. They took
residence In Hamburg, driving
some 5,000 miles on their Visits
to the Khijio, Bavaria, Heidelberg,
Berlin and the Baltic Sea.
They left Germany February 9,
on the steamship “Europa”, slst
ershlp to the “Bremen”, encount
ering a very stormy trip across the
Atlantic and arriving 24 hours
behind schedule. • Leaving New
York February 20th via Washing
ton D. C., they passed through
Virginia, Texas, and Arizona to
Los Angeles where they spent
four d^ys, driving thence to San
Francisco.
! Receiving word to go Rnst un<l
inspect a plane, they went bv
train thru Nebraska and Colorado;
t to Denver, where Hans purc.has
! ed same for the Northern Ait
ITransport Inc., of Nome, for which
'company lie flies. They then left
Denver, flying via Cheyenne, Salt
jl-dke City. Klko, and Reno to Oak
land. They left Oakland the l#ili
of March, picked tip Misp Mild
red Maynard of Nome at Portland
•and had her fly with thorn for
11lie trip ■ to Seattle. the follow
ing day.
! Tile plane wlajcli was purchas
ed by the_ NAT and which I hey
then flew to Nome, -after having
.shipped it to Cordova, is all 8
place Fokker Super-yUiilversa I,
formerly owned” by the Goodyear
Rubber Company and used by
’them to carry their executives to
| their various oftifes. It la eituij
PUd with a Beacon radio, hydrnui
jic alrwheels and special hydraulic
' druts. It lias a payload of 1335
pounds ami a cruising speed of
115 miles per hour. The ship
will be stationed at .present ' at
Fairbanks for overland trips to
Nome. %
nom»>; kKwkij ri.rirs
pack srm:ss
Past Sjindny morning id fl o'clock
four dog teams lined u' on the
he in front of Birr.tk Square
for the race to Solo.'iioft mid re
turn. Kit I*,.ng.inait \v:ts the lirst
to leave, am’ ton minutes later
Horry Kn.goonn pushed off, with
Ufepory As.-ihkimn and Frv,! Top -
knk following |n or;le<.
Bespit* the ‘(old winds they
ntot as they nenred Solomon and
on the. retui4 trip, which also
somewhat hindtred their speed,
Fred Topkok fqade the run in
si\ hours, twelve minutes and Ilf
tv-three seconds; Rd Pungaiutk
fame in second with It runiiin ■
time of six hours, thirty-seven min
utes and forty-seven seromls: ami
flmpory Asohkfuri. losing second
Place by less than a minute, was
followed by- Harry Kagoomi.
A large erowif witnessed hot It
the begin n Inp and the finish of
the race, and wagers that hark
ened^ of earlier days were In full
swing by. 'tht" time the race was
under way. Reports ware aent In
Ijy phone from each po^nt along
the sixty-tour mile course, and
posters showing the arrival and
leaving time at Cape Nome, Safe
ty and Solomon, and thence to
Nome on the return, were prom
inently posted in ninny public
places. '
A short time Jater the prixe
money was presented anti at such
time as records from outlying sec
tions pro afl received, tlto draw
ing for 'the pool will take plane.
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Mil,TON SI1,I,H IN “THF SKA *•
\VOl,F," COMING N
Sea stories seem to havi^ a spec
ial influence with Milton Sillsi His.
first big success was made in “The
Sea Hawk", which definitely esta
blished him as one of the fore
most play ops on the screen. And
now in.tho Pox Movietone talking
version of Jack London’s stirring “
novel at marine adventure, “The
Sea Wolf", be scores what many
ciltics are acclaiming as liis tlne
■est picture role.
“The Sea Wolf” which makes its
I bow to local’ audiences at t}ie
. Dream Theatre next Friday, intro
duces a unique triangle in the
persons of a domineering brute o.f
a schooner captain, a young wast
er who is shanghaied aboard as
tile vessel is leaving a Japanese
fishing port, and a mysterious girl
who goes along in a Quixotic de^
sire lo help the youngster. The
drama that, ensues as (he three
are cooped up on the schooner
during her long cruise to the
Aleutian sealing grounds is said to
lie the most breathless of any
(alkie of recent months, and var
ious fights In Sills’ best style en
liven the action.
Jane Keith and Raymond Iluck
eft have featured roles with Sills.
Mile-hell Harris. Mat Pendleton,
John Rogers. Sam Allen and. Har
ry Tenlirook are cast In Import
ant wupportlng parts. Alfred Stan
lell, who made “Romance of Rio
(Srande", and “The Arizona Kid”,
and who, as a boy knew Jack
London, was given the direction
of this first talking version nf
the famous story, which waa
translated to the screen by Ralph
lOrck and S. M. 8*>hnmiii.
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