LIEUT. CLAYTON BISSELL ARRIVES
IN SEWARD ON CUTTER HAIDA;
ROUGH WEATHER TO WESTWARD
DESIRES TO THANK PEOPLE FOR AID EXTENDED TO U. S.
FLYERS—POUR FEET OF SNOW ENCOUNTERED
AT ATTII—FORTY WOMEN AND ONE MAN
Lt- Clayton Bissel, advance agent for the American World Fly
ers, arrived in Seward Sunday evening on the Coast Guard Cutter
JIaida, after spending several months to the westward in connection
with the world flight program. In an interview with the Gateway
Lieutenant Bissel gave a short account of his trip:
Leaving here on the Steamer Starr in March, the trip to Unalas
ka proved uneventful, with the exception of the night that the boat
struck a rock in lvukak Bay. They reached their destination on
March 28th, where the business of transferring supplies to the West
ward on the Bureau of Fisheries boat Eider, began immediately.
Other supplies were stored in the warehouse of the Alaska Commer
cial Company.
Lt. Bissell was very sincere in his appreciation of the help ren
dered him there, stating, “I desire to stress the most courteous co
operation received from the Alaska Commercial ( ompany and to es
pecially commend Mr. Louis Strauss, representative there, who did
every thing in his power to insure the success of the flight. All the
people at Unalaska were very anxious to cooperate and placed every
available facility at our disposal.”
i
Aid British Flyer
Lt. Bissell met Col. Broome, ad
vance agent for the British fight at
I'nalaska and assured him that any of
the American moorings or other facil
ities would be placed at his disposal.
The Colonel reciprocated by extending j
a courteous invitation to use fuel or
supplies being placed there for the
English plane. It did not prove nec
essary to use any of the British ma
terial, however. Moorings have been
left at Atka and Unalaska for Col.
Broome.
Capt. Beck and the efficient crew
of the Eider, with the assistance of
the cargo men from the Starr trans
ferred all material for use west ot
I'nalaska to the Eider in a very few
hours. All ground plans were com
pleted at Unalaska the day the Starr
arrived, the Eider proceeding on her
way at midnight of the same day.
Trip West Stormy
The trip from Unalaska to Atka,
which took three days, was stormy,
the usual violent March weather pre
vailing, somewhat delaying the pro
gress of the ship. Mr. Donald ttev
enson, game warden ot the Aleutian
Islands, was the best informed man
on conditions west of L nalaska, and
accompanied the advance officer and
gave suggestions of great value. 1 he
moorings were placed in the best
protected part of the bay which
forms the Atka harbor. Oil. gaso
line and various supplies were plac
ed on shore. Mr. Nye, teacher em
ployed by the Bureau of Education
permitted the storing ot ceiiaiu ma
terials in his house. Ail details at
Atka were completed in one day and
the Eider started for Attn.
Attu Is Desolate Place
It required seven days to cover the |
five hundred miles Detween A tka and I
Attu. A series of violent storms
were encountered greatly retarding
speed. In one period of twenty lour
hours the vessel only covered lorty
miles. To add to the confusion the mo
tor broke down and was out of com
mission for two hours while a broken
rocker arm was replaced.
Arriving at Attu we iound the
ground covered with snow, the aver
age depth being four and one hall
feet, while in places it had drilted to
six feet. The village of Attu was in
an unusual condition. There were
forty women and only one man. Ihe
rest of the men were on other islands
trapping foxes for Fred Schroeder.
They cannot return to Attu until his
boat picks them up. Schroeder was
still at Unalaska on the 24th of May.
He was then launching his boat. The
only craft available at Attu was a
more or less dilapidated row boat.
The Eider carried four small dories.
The crew of six men with the assis
tance of the Captain and Mr. Steven
son put ashore two thousand gallons
of gasoline, 200 gallons of oil, and six
boxes of supplies. One box -weighed
800 pounds and two of the others
over six hundred pounds. The prob
lem of landing these dry presented a
serious difficulty, and after getting
them there, more trouble was en
countered in moving the heavy boxes
over the soft snow. Everything was
eventually finished and the Eider pro
ceeded on her way back lo Unalaska,
about forty hours from the time o'1 ar
rival.
The return trip was not particularly
unpleasant as westerly winds were
encountered. The Eider reached Un
alaska on April nth and the Coast
Guard Cutters Haida and Algonquin
arrived exactly on schedule, April 15.
Lt. Bissel transferred from the Eider
to the Haida at that point. The Haida
had picked up the pontoons and all
larger airplane parts which the Starr
could not handle, and transported
them to Unalaska. In closing Lieut.
Bissel laid particular stress upon (he
value of the Coast Guard Service,
saying, “I desire to especially em
phasize the importance of the work
done by the coast guard and the Bu
reau of Fisheries bo3t Eider. It is
very questionable whether the flight
could have passed through the Aleu
tian Islands without the invaluable as
sistance which they rendeed. They
placed all their facilities at the dis
posal of the flight; their personnel
cared for the planes and the pilots,
refilled the gas tanks; secured and
disseminated weather informatio; pa
trolled the route flown by the planes
and awaited them at their destination,
always willing to do everything pos
sible. Few people realize the im
portance of the part played by the
Coast Guard. The value of their ser
vices cannot be over-emphasized ”
INDIAN BOY HAS
BAD EXPERIENCE
IN KUSKO WILDS
Living in a tent on the shores of the
Kuskokwim river for thirteen days
with a great hole in his leg, the re
sult of the accidental discharge of a
shotgun at close range, wyas the ex
perience of an Indian boy twelve
years of age who arrived recently at
Bethel, where the injured leg was am
putated just above the ankle by Dr.
Firestone, formerly in charge of the
Bureau of Education hospital at Ak
iak.
Mrs. Herron, widow of the late dep
uty marshal at Bethel, who was a
nurse before her marriage, took the
youth in charge after the operation,
remained with him through the long
watches while life hung by a slender
cord. Infection had set in before the
boy reached the doctor but it is thot
now his life can be saved.
The delay in reaching Bethel was
due to the fact that the accident oc
curred shortly before the breakup- and
it was impossible to carry the lad
overland, or move him down to Beth
el by boat, the river being filled with
ice. When he finally reached the set
tement, the leg was in a terrible con
dition. The shot almost took the
foot off.—Anchorage Alaskan.
.<om L.e Chamber of Commerce.
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HARD LUCK FOLLOWS STANDARD
OIL OPERATIONS AT PEARL DOME
BREAK JARS AND SEVERAL SETS OF DRILL STEMS—AS
SOCIATED OIL COMPANY ON WAY BACK TO
WORK PROPERTY
KANATAK, May 25—Hard luck continues to follow the Stan
dard Oil Company’s drilling operations. Resuming drillings after
cementing to shut olf the water, they broke a set of jars and three
drill stems. With no stems nearer than San Francisco, the Associat
d Oil Company’s tools were borrowed, but a few days later both sets
of jars were broken. Drilling operations were then suspended await
ing th arrival of new stems and jars. These are expected about the
first of June. The Lee No. One is said to be approximately 1880 feet
deep in sandy shale formation.
The Associated Oil Company will continue drilling operations on j
the Pearl Creek Dome. Their wireless operator states that a crew j
of men is expected to leave Seattle about the first of June for Kanata
with G. L. Jones superintending drilling operations- Mr. Jones and
wife are passengers on the Alaska for Seward, leaving Seattle Satur
day morning.
Mr. Miller^ geologist with the Stan
dard Oil Company, and a member of
the Standard’s geological party 1922,
is expected to return to the district
about June first. Pack horses have
been secured in Kanatak for Mr. Mil
ler.
W. R. Smith, geologist with the U.
S. Survey, is expected to return about
the middle of June. The survey has
secured pack horses for the Smith
party in Kanatak.
The Alaska Road Commission sent
a small crew of men to Kanatak on
the May Starr. They will work on a
road out of Kanatak.
Major Martin, pilot of the Seattle 1,
and in command of the U. S. Army
planes, was a reluctant visitor in the
city from the 16th to the 25th of Apr.
Their plane was forced down off Cape
Igvak on the 15th, on account of en
gine trouble and when rescued were
towed to Kanatak and taken into the
creek here for repairs. Winter wea
ther and Kanatak winds were partly
responsible for the prolonged stay.
The winds kept the plane in motion
so that the old engine could not be re
moved and the new engine installed.
Ice formed on the creek during the
nights of the 23rd and 24th and the
plane was frozen in. The w'est winds
held back the tides so that the water
did not back up the creek far enough
to float the plane out so a cradle was
built and the pontoons were floated
upon it and hauled down the creek to
the bay by a tractor. The Major left
Kanatak in the face of a blinding wet
snowstorm and a regular southeaster,
but made Chignik safely.
EIELSON DAMAGES
SHIP IN LANDING
ON FAIRBANKS FIELD
Fairbanks News-Minor
To make a perfect landing and then
as the plane was coining to rest, to
strike a mudhole on the fiei ! which
tipped it up and caused breakage
which mil require the ordering of new
parts from the outside, was the dis
couraging experience of Pilot Ben
Eielson a? he completed the eighth of
his senes cf ten mail flights to Me-1
Graft last night.
Descending at 9:40 p. m., 2 hours
and forty minutes from McGrath, the
wheels cx the plane met the landing
field on the race track on the eastern
edge of the field and as shown Ly the
well defined mark of the tail skid had
rolled over the field for more than two
hundred feet when the boggy pot was
struck. The plane tipped over gent
ly and lay on its wings. The propel
ler, two wing struts and the rudder
were broken. Th parts have been
wired for and it is hoped they will
be received in time to prevent delay
in making the next regular trip.
BRINGS SICK MAN
Charles Nystrom of McGrath, who
under the advice of his pay-, c .an,
Doctor Moore cf lditarod, is making
a hurried to the Mayo Brotne:5 Clinic
at Rochester, IvJinmv-uta, was brought
over from McGrath by Pilot Eiels <u
and was n the < ockpit when -.t turned
tuitle. Strapped in and standing on
his head, with the mail on top of him,
considerable difficulty was exper
ienced ;n extricating him. But for a
scare and a few minor bruises to the
top of his head he was none the worse
for the experience,
Eielson freed himself t>f his straps
ard bounded out of the plane a mom
eni after it turned over. After ex
tricating his passenger, he gave the
ship a brief examination and left the
field. He was not disturbed by the ac
cident. 1
RIVER BOAT LEAVES FIRST TRIP
The steamer Davis in the river boat
service plying between Nenana and
Holy Cross, will make her first trip
from Nenana Saturday for Holy Cross.
Commencing Wednesday, June 11th.,
the Davis will maintain a weekly sched
ule out of Nenana. The Davis oper
ates with the General Jacobs in this
service.
To Test Closed Season
And Pack Tax Laws
Two test cases of the Alaska fish
laws are set to be heard before the
appellate court at San Francisco
early next month, according to an an
nouncement made by U. S. District
Attorney A. G. Shoup. In both in
stances, the validity of the statutes
in question is at issue.
The first case to be heard involves
the constitutionality of the territor
ial closed season law on salmon fish
eries. This question is raised in the
case of the U. S. vs. the Auk Bay
Salmon Canning Co. In the local fed
eral district court during the Ketch
ikan term just closed, Judge Reed
upheld the law.
The second case is set down on the
Appellate Court calendar for hearing
on June 9. In it the validity of the
graduated pack tax law on salmon
canners’ product is attacked. This is
a suit brought by the territory against
the Pacific American Fisheries to col
lect the disputed graduated taxes. It !
also, was decided in favor of the ter
ritory.
As soon ah the original trials were I
concluded appeals were taken and the !
clerk of the appellate court notified
of the action by telegraph. In order
that the situation might be cleared
up before the end of the present fish
ing season both were entered on the i
calendar for the summer term—Ju-!
neau Empire.
Joseph Kane is held in the custody
of the U. S. Marshal at Tanana charg
ed with rape and with attempted as
sault, says the P airbanks News-Miner.
The x’ape Is said to have been com
mitted upon Hazel Shade, aged five
years, who is reported to be in a ser
ious condition, and the attempted as
sault upon the daughter to M. Pet- \
erson, whose age is given as eight
yeai-s. The complaints were sworn
to by Mrs. Lizzie Shade and Martin
Peterson.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Ser. No. 05178, Sur. No. 1400
United States Land Office, Anchorage
Alaska
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
SHUMAGIN PACKING COMPANY,
a corporation, as assignee of Haziah
George, being entitled to the benefits
of Sec. 2306 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and the amend
ments thereto, has applied to make
entry of lands embraced in U. S. Non
Mineral Survey No. 1400, situate on
East Shore of Popof Straits, on Popof
Island, on Sand Spit at South Entrance
of Humbolt Harbor, in Lat. 55° 19'
15" North, Long. 160° 31' 30" West, in
the Territory of Alaska, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
Beg. Cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit.
cor. bears South 87 links dist; U. S.
L. M., and iron pipe marked U. S. L.
M. Sur. 1146 bears S. 74° 20' 04" W.
13.22 chs; U. S. Coast Geodetic Survey
Astronomical Station, a concrete block 1
marked “Sand Point Astronomical
Station 1913” bears S. 71° 50' 20" W.
13.25 chs. Mag. Var. 19° 00' East;
thence from said Cor No 1 meandering
mean high tide of the south shore of
Humbolt Harbor (1) N. 86° 38' E. 5.96
chs; (2) N. 82° 44' E. 5.43 chs. (3) N.
79° 15' E. 3.97 chs. to Cor. No. 2, cor.
not set, wit. cor. bears South 85 links,}
Mag. Var. 17° 45' East; thence South j
13.63 chs. to Cor. No. 3 ,a stone set
in ground marked S. 1400. Cor. 3; |
Mag. Var. 18° 30' East; thence West
15.23 chs. to Cor. No. 4, Mag. Var. 18°
00' East; thence North 11.85 chs. to
Cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Area
19.09 acres.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Haziah George whose rights
are on file in the United States Land
Office and are referred to in the Ap
plication filed herein.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above des
cribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver of
the United States Land Office at An
chorage, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication or within thirty days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statute.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First Publication, May 31, 1924. L
Last Publication, July 26, 1924. f
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Stage Fistic Battle
Over Garbage Deal
A mimic battle which was not down
on the regular proceedings, w. s pull-1
ed off at Anchorage irc.niiy between
two of the c.'.y off • ’ i s ai a council
leetiug w j * . i b.iv. >. tract
wras under consideration. It was a
dirty deal all around, garbage includ
ed and two of the o i' it .-. a:e nurs-j
mg so’e spots an 1 In:* canker? and
corrodes their tlnaig i's
When the con race it. p--lic- up
“Spotless Town” was brought up on*^
word brought on another, and the
first thing the participants kn-wv they j
were over their heads and life belts
unbuckled.
“You’re a liar,” shouted one of ihe j
men. precipitating a casus belli.
“I’m a liar, am I,” shouted :he other
one and walking around (he table
swatted the fly. A brief sparring -bout
was followed by a nun s fling match
alter which the beligerems were sep
arated by the council, and agreed to
go outside and i'ight it out. They did
so and the eagle of victory rested on
the shoulders of the husky auto deal-,
er.
No arrests were made, the garbage
contract was let and the dove r.f
peace has descended again over the
council chamber.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 3—A de
cision was given Stribling last eve
ning over Ray Newman, of Jersey City
in a twelve round bouth.
NOTICE OF HEARING
No. S-189
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of Dissolution of Arctic
Brotherhood Association, a domestic
corporation.
To All Whom These Presents Shall
Come, Greeting:
An application and petition having
been filed in the above entitled Court
wherein and whereby an order of
said Court is prayed for decreeing
the dissolution of the Seward Arctic
Brotherhood Association, a corpora
tion: Now, therefore, in accordance
with an order of said Court made
rr. the 5th day of May, 1921 notice
is hereby given to all parties inter
ested to be and appear in the above
entitled Court on the second day of
' ugust, 1924. at Seward in said Di
vision and Territory, and then and
there show cause, if any there be,
why the dissolution of said corpora
tion should not be decreed.
Dated at Valdez Alaska, May 5th,
192 4.
W. N. CUDDY,
Clerk of the bove-entitled Court.
Publish May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14.
21, 28, 1924.
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