Alaska Motes
(By William Humpheries, 4th.)
The Standard Oil and other
important companies are drill
ing for oil at Jute bay on the
Alaska penninsula. They are
using very experienced men
There are Jots of clams in
Cordova. There are also lots of
crabs. Fifly men are employed
in the clam beds.
They will build a hospital that
will occupy a city block in An
chorage, It will be built by
Catholic sisters.
There was a fire in Fairbanks.
It swept half a block while it
was 20 below zero.
Japanese whalers threaten to
invade Alaska waters in whal
ing. It is said that if they keep
on killing whales there will not
k be many left in 2G^years. '
They are building a new gym
nasium-in Seward. The steel
for it arrived on the S.S. Yukon.
The dairies of Alaska are going
to have report cards. They
will have a seal of approval or
doubt from the health officers.
There were huge ice c ikes in
Cook inlet that stopped a trip
of the M. S. Kasilof. It was
the worst storm in 2o years.
There are only $8000 left for
wolf and coyote bounties. That
will last a month. Then they
will have to wait until the legis
lature meets to get their money.
Kenai wants to build a road to
Seward. Kenai is going to have
lots of fi>h.
The old army barracks across
from St. Michael near the mwer
Yukon is going to be burned.
They are not going to burn the
U8 year old bowling alleys there
because they are going to use
them.
The body of Ed Erickson was
found in Kachemak tay. He
slipped from his fishing boat
The Russians have stepped
looking for the missing fliers.
The Jones brothers have
moved to Homer from Washing
ton. If they like it, 15 more
families will come.
Election Dated
For April 26
MIDTERM PRIMARY SLATED
FOR LEGISLATORS
A primary election will be
held on April 26 througout Alas
ka. In this district it will be
held in the following places:
Kennecott, Post office; McCar
thy, Pioneers’ Hall; Bonanza,
Bonanza Mine bunkhouse.
Sane persons 2i or over who
have had residence in Alaska at
least, one year, may vote. One
delegate to congress, one terri
torial treasurer, one territorial
senator, and four territorial
representative s are to be chosen
from each party. Here are the
tickets:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegate: Anthony J'. Ditnond
Treasurer: Oscar G. Olson
Senator: J S. Holman
O. A. Pollard
Representative: Fred Broadwell
Thomas O. Burchett, Fdw. D.
Coffey, Karl A. Drager, Leland
R. Hancock, Herbert H Mc
Gutcheon. 0. \V. . Minaker,
Freeman A. (Bill) Roberts,
Harvey J. Smith.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegate: Al White
Treasurer: Will H. Chase
Representative: Moritz A. An*
dresen, Hans Elvig, Florence
Nafsted, M. D. Snodgrass.
Weather Report
The following fact* on the
weather for March were given
to us by the engineers:
The average maximum tem
perature for March was 33.4°;
the average minimum, 13 8°; the
whole average temperature was
23.6°. The highest the temper
ature rose, on March 5, was 46°;
lowest, March 28, 2° below. The
month's average was 5.5° above
normal March temperature.
Precipitation amounted to .63
inches, about .5 inches below
March normal; snowfall, 9 ins.
The winter had a snowfall of
ol.5 inches. The winter of 1936
and 1937 had 117 ins. This is
over twice this winter’s snow.
Plumbers Work
To Purify Water
SAFETY ASSURED BY NEW
PUMP LOCATION
On April 5 the plumbers fixed
a sewer pipe which had been
fo mil broken on the 4th, and
width, it was feared, might con
taminate Kennecott's water
supply. The pipe is located
within a few feet of National
cn ek, and comes out of the a •
nex built ing just above what
was the temporary source of
Kennecott’s water supply.
To be sure of safety, on April
8 a pump was put in well above
the camp, to provide Kennecott
with water in place of the for
mer location.
On March 27 Pat McCann was
over by the sewer pipe which
runs out oi the annex and found
it was all right. Later in the
same day some ice was knock* d
from the roof of the annex build
n*, and it is t! o.ight that this
might have been the cause of
the broken sewer pipe iound on
the 4th
E’umping of water from this
Ijwer section of National creek
was only temporary, and had
been used to take the place of
the main pipe line from higher
up National creek, which froze
up in February.
This position has now been
moved well above the camp and
this will also be abandoned when
the main line is running full
blast once more. As soon as
possibility of contamination was
discovered, spring water was
carried to the bunktiouses and
messes.
It Is explained that the pump
had to be put in the lower posi
tion at first because all of the
pipes above were frozen.
On April 6 the school found
out about the danger of contam
ination through general report,
and verified the rumors by ask
ing first-hand sources. Warn
ings were put up by school fau
cets. They were taken down
again on the 9th, when it was
sure that the water was safe.
Trappers Bring
Seasons's Catch
JACK O'HARA LEADS FUR
MEN IS LATEST REPORT
Trappers are coming in with
furrow. JaokO’Hari caught
the most.. He caught five coy
ote, ten lynx, 15 martin, three
mink, three wolverine, and one
weasel on a nine mile trapline
in eight weeks. ilis trapline
starting at Moose lake and run
ning up the Hanigita valley.
Wm. Urliss comes with the
next biggest quantity of ur
cratch. He caught eight lynx, one
wolverine, one vveas '1, >'iid one
coyote at Spruce Point cabin.
Steve Hasko and Rhinehart
Berg caught seven lynx and one
coyote on Young creek. Arthur
“Doc” Welch and Joe McKenzie
caught 11 martin and one wol
verine at Sunshine lake on the
B re inner trail while chopping
wood t.nl freighting.
Drs. Cline And Egan
Make Change of Shift
Dr. G. W. Cl ne arrived in
Kennecott April 6 by plane from
Cordova, and Dr. I. 8. Egan,
who resigned a month ago, left
on the same plane.
Dr. Cline is an ex Navy sur
geon who has been in private
practice in California for the
past 20 years. He is a graduate
of Stanford University.
For the past four years he
has spent the summers in the
Bristol bay area. Dr. Cline
says he is much impressed by
the glacier and scenery of the
vicinity.
Ralph Snyder left Kennecott
April 4. He left for the hills
between Ohitina and Kennecott.
He expects to prospect but says
he has no definite claims. How
ever it is rumored that he might
be found with George Todd on
Slate Creek.
Ben Cecil and Bob Gallun left
on April 3.