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VOL 38 No. 235 NOME, ALASKA. Wednesday, AUG. 11, 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
2 N. Y. Canoeists Arrive At Nome
NO DEBATE—-LOWER COURT BILL PASSED
"Afraid Establish Precedent”—Give Alaska Check
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Complete Journey
New York to Nome
Canoe: Are Happy
Jeffrey Pope and Sheldon Taylor \
Taylor who arrived at Nome this
morning in a canoe from New
York, talked of their vivid ex-'
periences of a year and half on
the voyage via lakes and rivers
from New York City, Ottawa,
Northwest Territory and Alaska
to Bering Sea and Nome.
Leaving New York April. 36th, i
they spent the winter at Fort
Smith, Y. T. when the freeze-up
came. Left there May 12th this
year, came down Mackenzie Riv
er, thence via portage *r m Rat
River into the Porcupine River,:
thence over to Fort Yukon on the1
Yukon River, down the Yukon to'
St. Michael and along Bering Sea1
to Nome.
They traversed the entire dis
tance by paddle and sail, no other
means of locomotion was used.
Their greatest mileage in 24 hrs.!
was 136 miles, made on the Mac- •
kenzie River with fair wind and
an eight mile per hour current. 1
At one time they spent sixteen :
days in the canoe, heaiting water
for tea and eating on such grub |
they had in condensed form. Mr.
Taylor figured they had arrived
at Nome, their destination, six
weeks ahead of schedule.
In 1936 they average 28 miles
per day, but had better going in
1937, averaging 40 miles per day.
It is estimated they made 500 por
tages totaling about 300 miles on
the trip—otherwise they came
the entire distance by water.
They left New York with an
Oldtown canoe but changed to a
Chestnut Peterborough Canoe at
Ottawa, which is the same canoe
in which they landed here today. |
This Spring they left Fort Smith
with the breakup of ice in the
rivers and lakes, and for more
than seven hundred miles had
tough going, combatting running
ice. They fashioned a guard for
the bow of the canoe made out of
cedar, which allowed them to
push through the thawing ice,
thereby escaping long portages
overland.
Mr. Taylor’s folks live at Hono
lulu where his father is manager
of the Honolulu Paper Company.
Pope’s father is an accountant for
the firm of Arthur Young & Com
pany, New York, his mother is
in Minnesota. Today they are
both busy wiring their parents of
their safe arrival here.
Both of these young men are
in fine health and condition fol
lowing their long trip. They stat
Northland Is In
Heavy Ice Near
Icy Cape, Is Said
fBy The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 11. — Com
mander Frederick A. ZeusLer of
the Coast Guard Cutter Northland
wirelessed today he was in heavy
ice extending from off Icy Cape
northward into the Arctic which
may delay ships bound for Point
Barrow.
The Schooner C. S. Holmes
completed discharging cargo at
Point Lay Tuesday. The North
land was at Barrow on the 10th
and llth last year.
Fear Chinese To
Attack Tokyo In
Bombing Planes
(Bv The Associated Press>
TOKYO, Aug. 11, — The Domei
news agency reported a major
engagement between the Japs and
Chinese at Nankow Pass, 30 mil
es northwest of Peiping, and Nan
kow was said to be in flames. The
city is the gateway to Hopei and
Chahar provinces, where both
sides have been massing troops.
The first report said a unit of
the central army participated in
the major engagement. Chinese
reports from Peiping said the
Japanese army was being defeat
ed at Nankow Pass. Jap rein
forcement are said to be rushing
from Peiping.
At Tokyo the slaying of a nav
al officer and a seaman is consid
ered as having comprised what
ever slender chance for peace re
mained.
The Japanese expressed fear the
Chinese might strike without
warning with a huge fleet of Am
erican-made tri-motor bombers.
To offset this they have ordered
the construction of five new air
dromes on the outskirts of Tokyo,
equipped with fast pursuit ships
and the latest anti-aircraft bat
teries. The Japs sent twelve de
stroyers and three light cruisers
to Shanghai where five hundred
marines were landed, and tanks
and other mechanized equipment.
ed the purpose of their unique
voyage was to be the first to
make the trip from New York to
Nome via canoe, also to take pho
tographs of their adventure and
write a book.
Their immediate plans are un
certain as to how long they will
remain in Nome.
LOWER COURT BILL WAS PASSED
AND SENT WHITE HOUSE
FOR SIGNATURE
(Bv The Associated Press?"
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 11,
—The House today ended the
bitter court controversy by approv
ing the lower court procedure
bill ar.d sending it to the White
House.
The legislation was embodied
in a conference report which the
j senate accepted yesterday with
j out a word of debate.
President Roosevelt’s supreme
| court recommendations, however,
were deleted.
Chairman Summers of the jud
ieiary committee presented the:
conference- report, ar.d made a,
br.af statement exp'aining the
measure.
“I beLievs it will be welcomed
and supported by the country's
courts", he said. Twice Speaker
Bankhead stopped the proceed
ings by rapping for order; there
was so much confusion and talk
ing going on.
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Believe Gold Be
Raised Soon To
$41 An Ounce
fBv The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE. Aug. 10, — R.
A- Thompson and M. E, Clifton of
San Francisco, members of the
Wall Street Journal staff, said to
day that the price of gold may be
: increased to $41 an ounce in the
near future.
They declared they firmly be
lieved financial circle will never
go below $35 an ounce. The two
staff members left today to go
to Fairbanks.
Bradford Washburn chartered
a plane and flew over Mount Mc
Kinley yesterday. The plane climb
ed to an altitude of 22,500 feet,
where the temperature was 15
degrees below zero, and the wind
blew at 70 miles an hour.
Washburn had the door off the
plane to make photographs. Pil
ot Estol Call flew the plane.
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 10, —Wil
i liam Marsh, pioneer farmer here,
j formerly of Aberdeen, died to
i day following an operation. He
! owned “the Aberdeen ranch" on
I the outskirts of the city.
Marsh came to Alaska in 1915.
He helped build the pioneer can
nery at Cordova. He has seven
children here and a son William
in Los Angeles, in addition to
nineteen grandchildren, who sur
vive him.
Miner Hitt said he had pur
chased a new dragline which he
will install next summer at his
Stuyahok mine on the lower Yu
kon river near Holy Cross. It
will double the capacity of the
one line operating this season,
which is running well ahead of
last year. He arrived here with
his first cleanup, and is leaving
on his return trip today. Frank
Arnold a mink rancher north
of Anchorage died today.
Ten New Planes
Soon Augment
Boeing’s Fleet
SEATTLE, Aug. —Ten addition
al new twin-engined Mainliner
transports of the type now operat
ed in and out of Seattle, connect
ing there with steamers to and
from Alaska, will be delivered to
United Air Lines for coast-to
coast service under an order just
approved by the company’s board
of directors.
According to advices received
here, the new planes will supple
ment United’s original order for
30 Mainliners on which delivery
now is being completed. Includ
ed among these are 21-passenger
club-type transports, 14 passen
ger deluxe Skylounges and 12
berth sleepers. It was announc
ed that, in addition to this Doug
las fleet, United will continue op
erating 27 twin-engined ten-pass
enger Boeings on supplemental
inter-city schedules and on trips
connecting at division points with
the company’s three-stop coast-to
coast flights.
Inauguration of the new coast
to-coast Mainliner services has
substantially increased long-dis
tance business and length of the
average trip, with the company
today flying more passenger re
venue miles than ever before in
• its history, officials said. United’s
1 traffic projection studies warrant
ed the order for the additional
I
planes, W. A. Patterson, presi
dent declared.
i
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A J DtMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J ECKLES)
Washington, D. C.. July 24.
The Senate on July 22nd passed
H R. 1561, the bill introduced by
Delegate Dmnond for the protec
tion of oyster culture in Alaska.
The measure is to protect and
encourage the development of
oyster culture for commercial pur
poses in the Territory This would
be done by amending the Alaska
fisheries law so as to authorize
the Secretary of Commerce to
lease bottoms in Territorial wat
ers to those interested in oyster
cultivation for commercial use.
With tiie seed oysters planted in
such leased bottoms the owners
would have a definite and legal
property right which they do not
have now because the present
laws do not permit the establish
ment of any private right in these
waters.
Since 1931. when the cultivation
of oysters was first started in Al
aska, nearly 2 million seed oys
ters have been planted there.
Most of these experimental beds
are in southeastern Alaska, al
though one bed has been planted
as far north as Valdez. The re
sults of these experiments gener
ally have indicated that a worth
while industry may be developed
in supplying the local markets
with oysters if only a way would
be provided to protect the title
that the planter should rightfully
have in his oyster beds. The bill
proposes to meet this need.
The House passed on June 21.
so, with the approva now receiv
ed from the Senate, it requires
only the approval of the Presi
dent to become law.
The bill authorizing the trans
fer of the cancelled check given
in payment of the purchase price
of Alaska to the Territory passed
the House July 19th.
If this measure, sponsored by
Delegate Dimond, is enacted the
check will be delivered to the
Governor of Alaska to be placed
in the Territorial Historical Libr
ary and Museum. In explaining
the reason for enactment of the
bill, Mr. Dimond said it seemed
particularly fitting that this draft,
which marks the beginning of the
life of Alaska as a part of the
United States, should be trans
ferred to the Territory where it
will be of definite interest to all
who visit the Territorial Library
(Continued on Page Two)
Having Time To
Find Check Alas
Purchased With
- i
—— ,j/ ,
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D C.. Aug II,
—Federal officials admitted em
barrassment over the misplacing
of the check with which Alaska
was purchased for 57,200.000.
Treasury employees said they
had not seen it for thirty years,
suggesting that the accounting
office had it.
The accounting office said it
must be around but could not
find it.
The mystery developed when
Delegate Dimond asked Congress
to authorize the transfer of the
check to Juneau, capital of Alaska
for exhibition.
‘ Apparently it is going to take
a search warrant or a writ of
habeas corpus to get a glimpse of
it”. Dimond said.
Dimond then learned that the
senate committee on territories
will not approve the bill because
| “it might set some sort of a pre
cedent”.
However, officials promised the
| Delegate from Alaska a “nice”
photographic copy.
Zurist Congress
Overrides Wise
Over Palestine
I
(By The Associated Tess}
ZURISH. Aug. 11, — The wor
ld Zionist Congress voted to ne
gotiate with Britain on royal com
missioners and recommendations
for partition of Palestine.
Despite the impassioned opposi
tion of Rabbi Stephens Wise of
New York the vote recorded was
304 to 158. Wise pleaded for a flat
rejection of the royal report
which envisages the splitting fo
the Holy land into Jewish and
British mandated sections.
Burning, Bombing
| Take Place In The
jDoukhobor Seetion
i _
(By The Associated Press)
NELSON B. C.. Aug. 11, —The
police today reported that a rail
way rar, the community hall, had
been fired and an irrigation tanJc
bombed in Grand Forks, a Douk
hobor district, last night.
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