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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 5-12.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MUSK OX BAND COMES FROM
GREENLAND’S MOUNTAINS TO
RANGE ALASKAS PLAINS
THIRTY FOUR DENIZENS OF SNOW-CAPPED
REGIONS BROUGHT TO TERRITORY IN
BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT TOWARDS DOM
ESTICATION FOR FUTURE MEAT AND WOOL;
SUPPLY FOR ALASKA SETTLERS. j
From their home in far Greenland where they last
looked on snow-capped peaks, 34 young musk oxen ar-1
rived in the Port of Seward today on board the SS Yu- j
kon to goze again on white mountains guarding Res-!
urrection Bay.
They have had a long and eventful journey from!
Arctic lands through temperate climes and now backj
again to close to the Arctic Circle for their travels will
not be complete until they arrive at the Alaska College j
and U. S. Biological Experiment Station at Fairbanks, j
coming again to the very land where members of their!
race trod centuries ago.
The shipment is in charge of L.
J Palmer, chief of the biological
station at Fairbanks. He is assisted
by Charles H. Rouse, who will con
tinue at Fairbanks to look after
the animals. Half of them are
calves about seven months old
and about the size of a prize ram.
The other half are yearlings and
art as big as Shetland ponies with
small horm just getting under way.
When full grown they will weight
as much n.s 600 pounds and the
bulls are .'egpiped with a sweeping
pair of sharp upturned horns that
b< uin in a broad horn plate over
the forehead. Congress appropriat
ed MO 000 for the acquisition of the
herd in an attempt to determine
if the animals can be domesticated
for a future meat and wool supply
for Alaskan settlers.
This herd of youngsters was cap
tured in Greenland by a party of
Norweigians. They were shipped via
Norway on the SS. Bergensfjord to
New York and were held for a
month in quarantine at Athenia. N.
J , 16 miles from New’ York City
to guard against any possible dis
ease that they might have brought
with them. They have been pro
nounced absolutely healthy and in
fine condition.
. Each musk ox travels in his own
crate and although they are be
coming tame with much handling,
they still resent curious pokings of
fingers and butt the ends of their
crates viciously. One ’longshoreman
on the Seattle docks had a hand
crushed when he attempted to pat
one on the head. They were hoist
ed from the ship’s hold here and
placed in three box cars for their
railroad journey to Fairbanks.
At that place they will go into
one of the huge pastures provided
at the College station. The total
of these pastures comprises 1500
acres. Already there, are several
head of mountain sheep, caribou
and reindeer, and all undergoing
the process of domestication in one 1
o fthe most unusual experiments
being conducted anywhere in the
world. About 100 miles from Fair
banks on the upper Tanana and
on open range is the herd of buf- j
faio introduced by the Biological
Survey two years ago, and which
are thriving famously, it is said.
' This shipment of musk oxen has
awakened a keen and unusual in
terest in the United Sates,” said
Mr. Palmer. “We would have been
a traveling circus if we had permit- ;
ted the public to get near the ani- j
mals. but this was impossible- The
newspaper boys all the way across'
the United States clamored for a
chance to get pictures, but this was
of course impossible as we could ;
not take them out of the crates ;
They are still wild and are fractious
u.tUe beasts to handle. However, we
will get plenty of pictures when
thev are turned loose in the pa: -
hire at Fairbanks. The little fcl — !
lows are already getting quite tame
and I think we''will have no diffi
culty in making them as easy to
handle as cattle or sheep.” They i
are being fed alfalfa on the trip
and they take to the new food
ereedilv. At Fairbanks it is believed
that the natural pastureage will
be just right for them, since their
is indisputable proof that musk ox
roamed the hills of the Interior ,
many years before the white man j
came North. Outside of these new- ’
comers there are none in Alaska
now and the herds that formerly i
roamed the barren lands of Canada j
have practically been wiped out. j
Those in Canada and Greenland
are said to be the last left in the
world. Of this shipment 19 are fe- i
males and 15 are bulls. It is hoped |
that they will breed prolifically in ,
their new home.
THEIR MtlltE VOWS
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct., 31, (TP) j
—Czar Boris and bride Giovanna j
received the nuptial benediction
in the holy synod of the Bul
garian orthodox church shortly
after their arrival.
There was no exchange of
rings thus satisfying the Vati
cans demands for a Catholic
ceremony. On the other hand
Bulgarians are satisfied because
the marriage crowns were held
aboce the couple’s heads and
they drank from the same chal
ice and kissed the gospel at the j
conclusion. 1
PiESlMCTl TO
BE BRIDGED FIRST
THE II SPRING
MOOSE PASS CREW TO STOP
WORK NEXT WEEK,
NOVEMBER 8
The first mile and a quarter
of the Moose Pass Highway to
be broadened and resurfaced
will be finished by November 8,
after which the crew of 30 men
will cease operations for the
winter, according to R. C. In
gram, district engineer for the
Bureau of Public Roads, who^ has
returned to his Seward head- j
quarters. This is the first of
eight and one-half miles of sim- j
ilar work to be done along the
highway and the work will start
again early in the spring. It is
expected that a contract for the
construction of the Quartz Creek
road to connect the Moose Pass
Highway with Russian River will
be let next season and this pro
ject gotten under way.
Bad weather conditions slow
ed up work for the last several
days with frozen ground, rain
and snow. However, the first
stretch of the new work will be
in good shape b« fore the men
leave the job in about eight days.
Another work that will engage
the attention of the bureau early
next, s? a soil will be the new
bridge over Resurrection River
on the Seward Highway. An en
gineer will be he o about March
t f >r the final checking of the
the end plan* for the bridge,
which is to consist of ■ two 80
icft trusses, and it. is thought
that the builders can get under
way about that time.
Mr. Ingram expects to leave for
Juneau on November. 15 where
he will be engaged in the head
quarters offices of the bureau in
checking up on the past sea
son’s work and figuring on the
work for next summer.
PSESICENT1KI
FLUES KELLEY IS j
MERCENARY. RUMPUS,
WASHINGTON, Oct., 30, MP)— j
President Hoover denounced as |
an attempt to fasten an odious I
oil scandal upon his administra-1
tion, the charges by Ralph S.!
Kelley, former head of the Den- I
ver oil field force of the depart- j
ment of the interior, that oil!
companies were obtaining ille
gally valuable oil shale lands
from the government.
He charged that Kelley came
to Washington last July and ar
ranged the sale of his story to
a newspaper but the publication
was delayed so that they could j
put it into the political Cam- j
qaign.
No effort was made to substan- j
tiate Kelley’s charges which were i
incomplete and mercenary, the
President said.
Moo! Moo! “ So boss!” Page
Paddy Welsh of Anchorage please
Decause a cow arrived for him m
:oday aboard the good ship Yu- ! i
kon.
PAY LAST RESPECTS
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 31, (/P)—
Airplanes zoomed a low last
farewell yesterday morning as
the train left for Seward bearing
the body of Ralph Wein, killed
in the airplane crash at Kotze
bue with Fathers Delon and
Walsh. The body is being taken
East by Wein’s widow who is ac
companied by her two smal sons.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct., 31, (/P}
—Robin Renehan, flying an Alas
ka-Washington Airways plane,
equipped with both ice and wat
er landings, is still missing since
he left here enroute to the Laird
River district to aid Dorbandt &
Cope of the Alaska International
Airways, in the search for Capt.
E. J. A. Burke and two companions
ions.
Pilot Renehan planned to fly
to Ketchikan or Juneau as a
preparatory flight into the Atlin
region.
Communication lines are being
watched for word from him
since he took off last Tuesday.
JUNEAU, Oct., 31, —Special to
The Gateway: The largest and
most enthusiastic political meet
ing in years took place at the
Republican rally here last night
and the great, audience was
most attentive.
James Wicker sham, candidate
for Delegate to Congress, spoke
for one hour and a half cover
ing all the issues of the cam
paign in a masterly manner.
All factions of the Republican
party here are united and con
fident of success with a large
majority in the 1st division.
Large and enthusiastic meet
ings have been held by the Re
publican candidates in Skag
way, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrang
ell, Ketchikan, Metlakatla and
at Hyder.
SHIPPING HUH HOPES
T1 GIVE EMPLOYMENT
MORE 20,000 IN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (/Pi
Employment for 20,000 men in
the nation’s shipyards for the j
coming year was assured by the j
Shipping Board as a call - was j
made to the women of the coun- |
try to aid the President’s emer
gency committee on employment
n finding work for the heads
3f hungry families.
Plans of the Shipping Board
:o advance $15,000,000 gave defi- j
lite assurances of employment
’or at least 20,000 or more men.
That number may be kept oc
cupied for two or three years as
■ebuilding of the American mer
chant marine continues.
MUSK OXEN, AIRPLANES, BABY
AUTO IN DIVERSIFIED
CARGO
There was much interest on the
| Seward docks today for the en -
! tertainment of local citizens as tim
i SS. Yukon of the Alaska Steam
ship Company began to discharge
her cargo- The musk oxen on th nr
way to Fairbanks were the magnet
i that drew many curious ones, while
; the “Midget” car of the U. S.
Austin Company, consigned to Os
car S. Gill, garageman and auto
dealer of Anchorage came in for
much attention. This tiny English
model is about as big as a water
bug and probably the first mo
del of its kind in Alaska. However,
it seats 2 passengers comfortably
has a four cylinder engine and de
velops much power and speed, it
is said- The boat has about 250 tons
of general cargo for Seward and
rail points.
There was a plane called the
Citv of-Seatle, consigned to Frank
Dorbandt of the International Air
ways of Alaska at Anchorage and a
Fairchild plane for the Alaska Air
ways at Fairbanks.
The SS. Tan ana of the same
company is still in port discharg
ing freight and will not depart un
til tomorrow. The Yukon is sched
uled to sail Saturday morning at
9 o'clock.
Incoming arrivals on the SS.
Yukon other than the Seattle list
ing published before were as fol
lows: From Ketchikan: H. F. Ken
nard. Mrs- H. F. Kenard, Chas. A.
Devlin.
From Juneau: Margaret Barnett
Nelson.
From Cordova: J. S. Cook. Thos.
Gaffney, H. J- C. Oster, C. A.
Schonacker, Dan C. Whiteford
BRITISH ENIPIBt TG
LONDON, Oct., 31, (>?)—'The
Prince of Wales, in the role of
a traveling salesman for En
gland, will cover much of the
same territory visited by Presi
dent Hoover on his South Amer
ican tour after his election.
The Prince plans to visit all
South American countries as
well as Central America and may
possibly visit the United States
and Canada next year.
NEW SETTLERS
Accompanied by their young
son, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. West
have arrived from the States to
make their home in Alaska. They
are taking a homestead in the
Matanuska Valley and are bring
ing the makings with them. The
newcomers arrived on the SS
Tanana with a shipment of live
stock including two horses and
a colt, two cows and two calves
and two crates of chickens. They
also have a fine Hudson road
ster truck.