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GEO. S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager.
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AEHIAL DEVELOPMENT
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
There is reason to believe
that Alaska is on the thres
hold of a great aerial devel
opment. The request for
air mail contracts is being
given further weight b\
the action of Pacific Coasl
cities and it is anticipated
that by the time another
summer season rolls around
the Post Office Department
will have funds made avai
able for establishing such
mail service in the Terri
tory. Not only will this
provide a much needed ser
vice to Alaskans but it
would be the means b\
which the Pacific Alaska
Airways would be enablec
to carry on in the North or
the main routes the year
around instead of discontir
uing as was the case this
winter.
1 hen, the air held devel
opment program for the
Territory is now before the
proper authorities in Wash
ington and is expected tc
get favorable action. Sur
vey was made this summer
for the actual needs by com
petent men and that data is
now in the hands of those
authorities. With public
works projects being push
ed throughout the country
as the result of direct relief
activities being discontinu
ed by the Government, it is
not unreasonable to sup
pose that a works program
might be worked out for
the North, centered around
1 the proposed air field de
velopment program. The
plans for emergency land
ing fields, expansion of pre
sent airports, radio beacons
and other development
along this line would touch
virtually every part of the
Territory and would afford
an opportunity for employ
ment to a large number of
Alaska residents.
Given air mail contracts
and airport development,
Alaska would forge ahead
by leaps and bounds for it
means faster transporta
tion and communication,
the two great needs of the
Territory. There is reason
to be hopeful at this time
that they are not far away.
—Daily Alaska Empire.
The rumor that the earth
quakes were caused by the
New Deal changing its
mind is without foundation.
The New Deal doesn’t
change its mind—or if it
does it doesn’t admit it.—
( Louisville Courier-Jour
nal. )
Some folks try for many
years to break themselves
of a bad habit and then
don’t succeed, while others
can break a good habit in a
single day.—Cincinnati En
quirer.)
Haile Selassie says he is'
trusting to his soldiers, the
insects and the Lord to win
the war.— (Times Union.)
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OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
Philip S. Lydick of Cor
dova and a graduate in
business administration at
Santa Clara University, is
now employed as account
ant in the Public Works
Administration in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Suzanne B. Jeffery,
for many years a resident
of Alaska, called at the
Delegate’s office while stop
ping over in Washington
last week enroute to Calif
ornia where she will visit
her son. Mrs. Jeffery lived
on Seward Peninsula at
one time and later in Fair
banks. where her husband,
George A. Jeffery, was
courl stenographer under
Judge Wickersham. Mrs.
Jeffery accompanied her
husband to Washington in
1912 when he was employ
ed as private secretary to
Judge Wickersham, then
Delegate. For a number of
years past, Mr. Jeffery has
been inn the Diplomatic
Service stationed at Istan
bul. Turkey. Despite the
extended traveling they
have done and the many
places where they have
lived since leaving Alaska,
the Jeffervs still hold that
Alaska is their legal resi
dence.
In a lecture delivered on
November 13th in the Na
tional Museum at Washing
ton, D. C., Dr. Ales Hrd
licka explained the pur
pose and results of the re
cent anthropological ex
plorations in Alaska. Dr.
Hrdlicka has been direct
ing excavating at numer
ous locations in the Terri
tory for several years; the
work being sponsored by
the National Museum und
er the Smithsonian Institu
tion. During 1935 explora
tion was carried on in the
vicinity of Larsen Bay on
Kodiak Island.
Dr. Hrdlicka showed that
the work of the past sum
mer tended to confirm the
generally accepted belief
that man originally found
his way to the American
Continent by way of Alas
ka from Asia, and the dir
ect indications are that he
migrated along the route
of the Aleutian Islands as
well as across the Bering
Straits. Strata of tilth ac
cumulated through many
ages were removed and
searched at the site of the
Kodiak Island exploration
for indications of human
residence. The results were
gratifying to the expedition
as many artifacts showing;"
a considerable degree of
; culture by their makers
were recovered. Most of
these were objects such as
iamps, utensils, tools and
arrow-heads carved from
granite rock and bone, and
a smaller number from
ivory.
Indisputable evidence
that these early inhabitants
even had some surgical
skill was shown by a skull
recovered by Dr. Hrdhcka
on which a trepanning op
eration had been perform
ed; the growth of new bone
structure showing that the
owner had probably lived
for many years after the
operation. One stratum
that was encountered, show
ed that in the distant past
the region had had a chan- ]
ge in climate covering
many years during which
very little rain fell, and
then for some unknown
reason the climate chang
ed abruptly to the rainy
climate that prevails today
and which lower strata
showed had prevailed be
fore the beginning of the
arid period.
Th articles recovered by
the expedition have been
placed on exhibition on the
main floor of the National
Museum.
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Mr. H. R. Plommer, General Manager, who visit
ed Nome last summer.
After investigating local conditions Mr. Plom
mer advised the introduction of COMAX COAL
on the ground of Economy and Efficiency. He pro
duced facts showing considerable saving compar
ed with oil burning. COMAX COAL is extremely
high in heating value, and because of its strong
coke qualities, is long-lasting. It is not recommend
ed that this coal should be used except in those
places where a healthy draft is available, and in
this regard it should not be inferred because the
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