Werner Henschel is
An American Now
Werner Henschel went to Val
dez and got his citizenship papers
on May 6.
He left here by speeder, and
went as far as Chitina. He then
took a ear to Gakona, where he
stryed overnight. He then took
a plane to Valdez, became an
American citizen and flew home.
Werner, who is with the Ken
necott office force, has been in
the United States since 1920,
and came o iginally from Ger
many.
Doctor Peregrinates
Dr. G. W. Cline visited the
mines on April 22 and 2?. He
visited Jumbo, Bonanza, and
Mother Lode . Dr. Cline says
he enjoyed the tram: ride, but
that of course dangers had to be
braved. Dr. Cline met just
about all of the miners and
muckers.
Dr. Ciine says that the tram
is not as good as an airplane for
comfort. This is the first time
be visited the mines.
Dope On Dogs
Tam and Ginger, two dog eiti
Bens of Kennecott, are making
regular trips into the woods.
Tam comes home with his.feet
blistered from tr.ving to keep
pace with big, strapping Ginger.
Mrs. Hooks is nuking mocca
sins for Tam to keep his feet
from getting all banged up.
Rink Demolished
The yard gang tore down the
skating i ink two weeks ago.
The rink was made with the
first real freeze up. At first it
was used quite a bit. but after
awhile it was not used for weeks
on end.
On May 4 a speeder broko
down at Long lake and was
towed up to Kennecott by anoth
er s| eeder. The speeder was
fixed the next day.
A brilliant red aurora borealis
was reported on April lfi by the
engineers.
School Cleans Up
The school finished its spring
yard cleaning on April 29. We
cleaned up the yard with rakes.
This is a blow to the yard gang,
as they usually do all of the
cleaning. It will make them
happy, hove/er, to know that
the wind has blown most of the
trash back again.
Tommy, Lyle and John hauled
away the rubbish on Billy’s
scooter, while the others gather
ed it up.
School will be out on May 20
and the bedraggled and study
worn scholars will have the op
portunity to poll their frazzled
nerves together for next win
ter’s siege.
Herb Rogers is still the un
beaten tennis terror. 11 is pre
dicted that he will be a National
champion soon. .
Seagerville News
Sam Seager received a con
signment of ammunition for ins
.45 cannon. He is getting to be
quite a shot. Sam probably
needs protection from his pet
black bear. Sam . is also the
proud possessor of a de luxe
Whirlumdisk&punchumbangpor
table typewriter, value $1.98.
Sam’s eye ran into son e hing
and he had to come down and
get it stitched up. Now he is
looking forward to coming in
from Seagerville every week
end,for six weeks to have one
stitch taken out.
A llack bear was reported
at Seagerville on April 28, and
it is thought that it may be the
pet of last year. He was heard
in the canyon rattling tin cans.
Last year the bear got so friend
ly that the cook was afraid to
go out to dump the garbage.
Strange Alaska Chart
Mystifies Historians
OLD MAP PLACES MARCO
.POLO-S KINGDOMS
IN ALASKA
Although Alaska is officially
recorded as having been discov
ered in or about 1730, the Dutch
seem unconvinced, for they
have a map of Alaskadated 1593.
A copy of the mysterious
chart shows the contours of
the Seward penninsula clearly
defined, altnough the Yukon riv
er is indicated as emptying into
the Bering sea bear Point Bar
row. The Kuskokwim is there,
together with an attempt at rep
reenting Cook inlet, although
the Alaska peninsula is absent.
This flaw may be due to the fact
that the map-makers portaged
across lake (liamna, as is done
today.
It is possible that Juan de
Fuca may have come in contact
with the Haines Indians. They
were known as wood-carvers,
artists, and professional map
makers. In their long voyages
through the Inside passage and
over the ocean, they freqently
came as far south as Pug6t
sound.
A report comes from Russia
that explorers of czars’ treasure
in Len n.'rad have unearthed a
legend pertaining to a group of
persecuted Russians who es
caped from Russia and formed
a colony somewhere in Alaska.
There is some connection be
tween the time worn Alaska map
and the travels of Marco Polo,
for the names found on the map
are those of the mythological
kingdoms Marco Polo set out to
discover in the East.
The Chinese Jews had a far
flung colony engaged in the cap
ture of sea- otter. Marco Polo
may have gotten the map from
them.
Dili Marco Polo obtain the
chart from the ancient Chinese
archives? Or was it Juan de
Fuca, through his Indian con
tacts, or the Russians, who in
troduced the map to Europe?
Historians are not sure, but are
trying to find out.
Dauntless Daredevils
Defy Death’s Devices
On May 8 Dr. G. W. Cline,
Ed Chivers and Bill Tolnen
hiked across the glacier to the
island.
They report that there still
is quite a bit of snow there.
Bill and Ed claim the doctor
was sitting down most of the
way but he denies this. Dr.
Cline insists he was lying flat
on his back.
Two roaring bonfires were
built and hot dogs were roasted.
Since Ed Chivers doesn’t think
much of hob dogs, he staggered
along carrying a tremendous
steak.
Mrs. Frame Returns
Mrs. Bill Frame returned to
Kennecott on April 23. She
l r >ught Boots thedogand Patty
the cat M rs. Frame came by
1 lir.e from Valdez to McCarthy.
The Frames plan to stay in Ken
necott until#the camp shuts
down.
Hospital Notes
The following hospital notes
were given us on April 25:
Adrian Carlson of Chitina left
April 24. Dan Yan Brisked of
Erie mine returned April' 25.
Nicolai Jenson of Bonanza is im
proving and Mrs. Elizabeth Nel
son of of Valdez is holding her
own. She had a shattered
arm and inficion of it.
Risky Rickety Rig
The professor put a board be
tween the swings so that all of
the children could ride at once.
This dangerous contraption
picked them off one by one, and
now only one or two foolish souls
dare to look sideways at the
thing.
The Road Commission is up
on the summit opening the
Richardson highway. Many
tourists are expected to travel
out of Valdez this summer.
The ground squirrels were
out on April 24.