Winter Playground -
New Alaska Concent
Not too long ago, you didn't
near much about the winter
time when you talked to an Al
askan. Not that Northlanders
f*on t enjoy that season — far
Irom it, they love every cool
minute. But there was a feeling
■somehow that people already
had too strong a misconception
of the 49th State as a land of
year-round ice and snow.
The theory went something
like this: If you admitted the
presence of frigid temperatures
during one season of the year,
the feeling might get around
that the state never did warm
up.
Suddenly, all that has chang
ed. Maybe it's because so many
thousands of past summer vis
itors can now testify to Alas
ka s warm summer climate. Or |
maybe i t's simply because
there's just too much fun to be
had in Alaska in winter. At
any rate Alaskans are touting
their state as a winter play
ground as never before.
Even the carriers—or rather,
especially the carriers—are do
ing it. Pacific Northern Air
lines, previously the only op
erator in the winter tour field,
again thus year offers an entire
brochure-full of winter tours
and destinations including a
tour to the Arctic. Too, the air
line offers a ski-Alaska folder
listing every ski resort in t h e
49th state. Alaska Airlines dra
matically enters the winter
tour competition with daily
overnight excursions to Nome
as well as Kotzebue, north of
the Arctic Circle. Ice fishing,
dog sled rides, and Eskimo
games and dancing are only a
few of the frigid-but-fun at
tractions in this package.
Alaska’s senior airline and
one long famous for it’s Polar
zone tours, Wien Alaska Air
lines will introduce it’s own
“Eskimoland Snowtime Tour” :
next April with daily overnight
tours to Kotzebue. Of particu
lar interest to parka-clad vis
itors (the parkas being furn
ished by Wien) will be a visit
to a genuine ide-block igloo
and a chance to fish through
the ice of the Arctic Ocean.
A surface carrier offering a
winter operation for the first
time will be Alaska Hyway
1 out's (Gray Line of Anchorage
and Fairbanks). This bus firm
predicts its sightseeing tours
out of Anchorage and Fair
banks will fully equal the sum
mer program—if not in visitor
number volume then at least in
visitor fun and satisfaction. Out
of Juneau, Gray Line, too, has
offered winter visits to near
by Mendenhall Glacier—whose
lake in winter becomes one of
the nation’s largest skating
rinks.
Even the state of Alaska,
through its “Marine Highway”
ferry system, offers winter
tours through the Inside Pass
age of scenic Southeastern Al
aska.
Skiing and Alaska's nearly
unique sled dog racing provide
yet more attractions for the
:ool-at-heart.
Clinching the appeal of Al
aska is a season-long list of
local fairs and festivals which
include: Cordova Ice Worm
Festival, Feb. 7-9; Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous, Feb. 16-23;
Homer Winter Carnival, Feb.
28 to March 1; Alaska Champ
on Dog Races at Kenai, Feb.
28 to March 1; International
Airlines Ski Festival, Alyeska
aear Anchorage, March 13-15;
ind the 19th Annual North
American Championship Sled
Dog Derby, Fairbanks. March
13-22.
The Alaska Travel Division,
Juneau, Alaska will send infor
mation on Alaska winter tours
:ree upon request.
“Hot Line” Between U.S., Russian
Capitals Not New Idea, Bartlett Says
In a statement made to the
Senate recently on the occasion
of the 97th anniversary of the
transfer of Russian America
from the ownership of the Czar
of all the Russias to the United
States, Sen. "Bob” Bartlett of
Alaska reminded the Senate of
Alaska’s long and colorful his
tory in its dealings with the
Russians.
“As an example,” he said,
"the hot line which President
Kennedy and Chairman Khru
shchev are installing between
their two capitals is not really
a new idea. I wonder how
many senators know that this
proposal . . . was first advanced
by Abraham Lincoln.
“Some of the reasons may
be different, but the essential
fact remains. In 1864, in the
midst of the Civil War, the
President in his annual mes
sage to the Congress proposed
the construction of an over
land telegraph route from the
east coast of America through
Alaska and Siberia to the then
capital, St. Petersburg, where
it would connect with direct
lines to the European capitals.
Work on the project actually
was commenced both on the
Seward Peninsula and in Si
beria. The successfu. comple
tion of the laying of the trans
Atlantic cable in 1866 made the
overland route no longer neces
sary and the project was drop
ped.”
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
In and out at the Valley Pres,
byterian Hospital during the
week of Oct. 23-30 were Pacej
Varney, Eve Hermon, Naom
Ruth Reed, Stanley Smith. Vir
gil Eckert, Mark Sexton anc
Donald Benson.
Listed on yesterday’s rolls
were David Bailey, James Lo
berg Vendilla Wyman, Deanl
Fox, George Bellfontaine, anc
April Pokzwinski._
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TOP — Oldsmobile's 98 aeries for 1964 ia ele
gant and distinctively styled. New rear quarter
profile further emphasizes the long sleek look
of this most luxurious series. The 98 Holiday
Sports sedan, shown above, is one of six 98
models for 1964. Powered by Oldsmobile’s 394
eubic-inch Rocket engine, all 98 models feature
power steering, power brakes and Hydra-Matic
transmission as standard equipment.
BOTTOM — The new Jet*tar 88 aeries for 1964
la a lower-priced companion to the high-per
forming Dynam’. -s and Soper 88. The Holiday
sedan, shown above, la one of four models in
this new Oldsmobile series. A now lightweight,
cast-iron Jetfire Rocket V-8 engine, delivering
245 h.p. and an optional 290 h.p. version, are
teamed with an entirely new Jetaway auto
matic transmission, available at extra cost.
Department of Highways Reaches
$70,000 Goal; More Work Scheduled
The Alaska department of
highways has reached the goal
of a $70 million highway pro
gram as forecast earlier this
year. deputy commissioner
Robert E. Sharp said last week
in an address to the Alaska
Municipal League convention
in Seward.
By the end of the year the
total figure will be even great
er than the predicted amount,
Sharp pointed out ,as the high
way department will continue
to call for bids and let con
tracts throughout the winter.
More than $8 million w-orth of
new projects is in the final
stage of pre-construction and
will be advertised before the
end of December. In addition,
the department has more than
$10 million under advertise
ment now' with bid openings
scheduled within the next few
weeks, Sharp said.
As the construction season
comes to a close, the depart
ment of highways shows $20
million worth of construction
work completed, and a $50 mil
lion carry-over to next con
struction season.
“This, of course, leads us to
predict an even greater high
way construction season next
year . . . without question the
highway program is a vital
growing industry in the State
of Alaska." Sharp told the
group
He reported other accom
plishments of the department,
including the completion of the
permanent primary and secon
dary routes for all cities and
urban areas except one in the
state: the inauguration of sev
eral training classes for em
ployees: the completion of a
study on local service roads;
the initiation of the federally
sponsored Alaska Highway
Study; the installation of a
highly advanced system of ac
counting; and the elimination
of cities’ responsibility f< r
matching funds within the in
corporated boundaries for Fed
eral-aid highway projects.
In closing, Sharp compli
mented the cities for the
prompt completion of highway
and street cost reports request
ed by the planning and re
search section, and the pro
gress noted in the adoption of
the uniform signing ordinances.
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