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NEWLYWED NATIVES
AT WALES, ALASKA.
ADOPT “FLU” ORPHANS
NOME, Alaska.—Natives who sur
vived the Spanish influenza scourge
at Wales, in the northwest portion
of Seward peninsula, known as the
wealthiest native district of Alaska,
have virtually begun life over and
with true American pluck, accord
ing to officials of the bureau of edu
cation who recently made a trip to
the village.
Ninety-five widows and orphans
are still being cared for by the
bureau,- but the rest of the popula
tion is self-supporting and have in
sisted that none of the orphaned
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children be taken away from ths
village. Many native marriage:
have been consummated lately anc
in nearly all cases the newlywed:
adopt one or more of the orphans
the population of the village deem
ing it their duty to care for th<
little ones left without parents as s
result of the epidemic.
The steamer Tanana is billed out
of Fairbanks tomorrow afternoon
The boat was expected at the uppe:
town this afternoon.
The condition of Andy Harkeom
who is a patient at the government
hospital, suffering from food poison
L ing, is considerably improved today
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1 Great Flying Ships
i To Be Evolved From
§ Seaplanes, Say Experts
WASHINGTON.—Flying ships in
stead of flying boats •will be the
logical evolution of navy seaplanes,
navy experts believe, as a result
of the first air trip across the At
lantic. First impressions of the
lessons taught by that trip had al
already taken definite shape in the
minds of the men who conceived
and created the N'C machines before
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Real
had manoeuvered the NC-4 to a safe
mooring at Plymouth, England
Strangely enough, it was to the
experience of the NC-1. lost off the
Azores, and the NC-3, battered out
of usefulness by heavy seas before
she made port at Ponta Delgada.
that the inventive genius of the de
partment turned for inspiration; not
to the NC-4 that battled her way
triumphantly through the historic
journey.
As far as they have yet gone and
lacking detailed reports and com
ments from the seventeen men who
set out from Rockawav on the great
adventure, the experts apparently
have reached certain definite pre
liminary conclusions to guide them
in future seaplane designing. They
are convinced that to play its full
part in naval strategy, the seaplane
must become as independent a unit
as a modem submarine or destroyer
It must be able to keep the sea
in heavy weather, riding it out on
the surface. It must be able to
lift itself into air or to plane down
to a safe landing even when tall
seas are running, and it must pro
vide for its crew safety, shelter
and reasonable comfort under very
adverse circumstances, for the effi
ciency of the plane depends upon
the efficiency of its men.
Also, to fulfill its function as
scout, this plane of the future must
be able to communicate at all times
by radio. When the NC-3 was forc
ed down west of the Azores wi.h
Commander John H. Towers, flight
commander, aboard, she became
dumb. As a scouting unit her value
to a fleet was lost from that mo
ment. \\ hatever her commander
might have learned of vita! import
ance to the fleet commander could
not have been transmitted.
Thc» answer to all of these re
quirements in the minds of the ex
perts spells larger craft—veritable
flying ships. The vision toward
which the designers are looking is
that of flotillas of seaplanes, rely
ing wholly upon their own power
for transportation on the surface or
in the air and operating from swift
"mother ships” as submarines and
destroyers now operate.
These conclusions will be written
into new designs gradually. As
battleships have developed from
11.000- ton pre-dreadnau^ts to the
43.000- ton monsters for which the
navy is now contracting, so naval
officers say, seaplane evolution will
come type by type and year by
year, each advance being based on
results obtained with preceding
types. This is the program laid
out by the navy department as the
basis for the request recently made
to Congress by Secretary Daniel?
for 545,000,000 for aviation de
velopment in the next fiscal year.
Part of this appropriation, if
granted, will go into lighter-than-air
development. The genera! board is
expected to recommend immediate
purchase of a British rigid dirigible
for personnel training and the con
struction of a similar vessel on
American designs as pilot ship of a
fleet of air cruisers. The purchase
of the British “Zeppelin” would per
mit the training of a crew to handle
the first American craft when com
pleted.
The navy department is said to
be ready to proceed with Zeppelin
construction on its own plans when
ever Congress grants authority anil
appropriations. The ship, it ;s
understood, would not be patterned
exactly on the British modifications
of German Zeppelin construction.
The discovery of non-combustibie
helium gas to inflate the bags is
said to have pointed the way to
some radical changes in design. De
i tails of what is contemplated, how
ever, have not been disclosed.
Naval experts point out that in!
both seaplane and dirigible develop
ment one of the most important
eiements to be considered is that j
of getting efficient power. The Lib
erty motors have proved highly sat- j
isfactory so far as endurance goes
on the transatlantic flight, but n > \
means have yet been evolved to get
full benefit of their power. The j
problem is the same as that en
countered with steam turbines ’n
surface craft. The efficient engine
speed of any gasoline motor now
known is too high for efficient pro
peller speed. Connected direct to
the engine shafts, the propellers re
volve so rapidly that the length and I
pitch of the blades cannot be set;
so as to obtain all of the lifting
power the engine could furnish.
The navy has been working for
months with a reduction gear sys
tem to go between the engine and
the propeller. A similar device has i
permitted destroyers to use tur
bine engines, but it has found a
difficult task to design a lightweight
reduction gear for seaplanes or i
other aircraft. Should this device
be worked out, the NC seaplanes
could be made much more efficient
and their cruising radius be greatly ]
increased.
As to the sea-keeping qualities
of the NC planes, the experience of >
the NC-1 and XC-3 indicate to ex-;
perts that some way must be found
to get the plane surfaces higher out
of water. This would save them from
battering into the sea when riding
■the surface. A monoplane type flying
boat is being experimented with
which may develop enough to war
rant search in that direction.
New gasoline motors for lighter
than-air craft have been worked
out and received their first test
on the flight of the dirigible C-5
from Montauk Point. Long Island,
to St. John’s Newfoundland. So
well did they function that decision
had been made to attempt a direct
flight to Ireland with the C-5 be
fore the ship was blown to sea and :
wrecked. Another attempt to cross I
the Atlantic will be made as soon *
as similiar engines can be installed ■
in another aircraft of the “C” type, j
Extensive tests with dirigibles i
(driven by the motors previously em-1
ployed for this service are said to j
have demonstrated that the big gas j
bags could not carry enough fuei
to insure safe passage across the j
Atlantic. A Pacific coast concern i
then turned out the engines which!
went into the C-5 after they had!
been tested at the navy yard gear;
in a 275-hour continuous run while i
gave remarkable results in fuel!
economy. Details of engine con- j
struction and performance have not!
been disclosed, but it is understood j
that on the 26-hour continuous flight
of the C-5 from Montauk Point to j
•'St. John’s, the motors did better!
than was expected.
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Margaret Volkmar. came down j
from Fairbanks on the Douse launch |
today to spend a portion of her
vacation in Xenana, as the sues*, j
of the Russell family.
Louis Johnson went to Fairbanks j
yesterday on the steamer Tanana ,
to be absent several days on busi- j
ness. He expects to return to Xe
i nana in time for the celebration.
Beatrice Belling, who had beer
visiting in Xenana as the guest of
Mrs. Larry O’Keefe, returned to he'
home in Fairbanks yesterday on the
' steamer Tanana.
The Hyde farm, on the Chena
slough above Chena. has beer, leases
to Alex Husack.
The Carl White'launch reached!
Fairbanks shortly after noon today, j
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RIFLE MISSING;
BRUIN ACCUSED
OF MING GUN
Of the many interesting boar
■tories that have originated in Gold
dream * valley this sprin g, '.indoubt
;dly the most unusual is that re
ated by Ed Thompson, oldtime
rlearyite, who has a tie eur>» about
:hre# miles bat from the river.
>n the Nenana-Fairbanks line.
Superintendent of Construction
Packer, who brought tne story to
.own, says that Thompson bad a .2
■ifle which he used frequently to
'righten bears away from his camp,
rhe visitors were numerous and
;he gun was compelled to stand
tuard constantly, with the result
Eat it was thoroughly drenched
luring the recent rainy weather.
For the purpose of offsetting the
;ffect of the rain, Thompson filled
:he barrel of the rifle with tallow,
ntendinp. to give it a thorugh elean
ng at the first opportunity. But
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when he found the time to do the
cleaning, he could not find the
rifle. It had disappeared completely,
leaving not a trace behind it to aid
in its recovery.
And while there is no evidence
■ at hand to prove the correctness
of his theory, Thompson is con
1 vinced that the rifle was stolen
by one of hi; bear visitors, perhaps
1 as a reprisal, but more likely be
cause of the tallow contained in the
barrel of the gun. At all events,
the rifle is gone, and a thorougn
j search of the surrounding woods
has failed to reveal its whereabouts.
But the owner is sure it will turn
up some day and that the evidence
i will show that bruin was responsible
for its disappearance.
How He Copped It
Wounded Tommy (to inquiring
lady visitor)—‘'How did l cop it?
Well, it were like this. I was sur
\ rounded, you see—fifty to one, it
were. I’d killed forty-nine of ’em
when I had to stop and sharpen my
bay’nit.”
Inquiring Lady—"I see—and then
the fiftieth wounded you?”
Wounded Tommy—“No fear. Id
j killed ’im at the start."
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
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statements.
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at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur. for which we guar
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Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
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,WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
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we "are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
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