Saarela
Reports
On Mines
With no markets in the Terri
tory, mining for strategic ba'-c':
minerals is almost at a standstill
according to Leo Saarela. Commis
sioner of Mines for the Territory, [
who returned Monday from a field I
trip to the Interior. At least one i
chrome property at Red Mountain,1
Kanai Peninsula, is ready to go j
into immediate production but as'
there is no one interested in buy- j
ing chrome in Alaska, the mine
is not in operation.
Other minerals high on the stra- j
tegic list found in the Interior in- [
elude antimony, tungsten, copper, j
zinc, mercury and tin but even
development work on known prop
erties has dropped off according
to Saarela.
During World War II. federal
purchasing agents with authoriza
tion to buy certain strategic min
erals were ^stationed at Anchorage,
Nome and Fairbanks. With a guar
anteed market, properties continued j
to operate during the war. The:
program ended in 1944 and in spite
of the demand for critical metals,
government purchasing has not
been resumed.
Mines Have Problems
Mining, which ranked as Alaska’s
’ second largest industry in the pre-1
war economy, is having a difficult
time according to Saarela. The
high wages paid on construction
jobs and the scarcity of experienced
help has combined to make an acute
labor problem.
Saarela reported that for the first
time this year, many Eskimos were
hired by the placer producers. The
Eskimos, /many of whopi have a
natural mechanical ability, have
been good workers in spite of their
inexperience, Saarela reported.
With the price of gold set at $35
per fine ounce, mine operators are
caught in a spiral of rising labor
and material costs. Mine employees
often have been “shanghied” from
mining jobs by men hiring for con
struction jobs and offering higher
wages.
An additional problem this sea
son according to Saarela was the
shortage of mining equipment re
pair parts. During recent years
there has been an increase in the
number of two and thr#S man out
fits working placer ground with a
bulldozer and sluice box. Thesa op
erations were seriously hampered
this year because of the lack of
essential parts.
I nis Reason s uperauons
While in the Interior, Saarela and
Wiley D. Robinson, assistant coal
engineer, visited coal mining prop
erties in the Nenana and Matanusko
coal fields. The Nenana fields are
producing enough coal for the Fair
banks area but the Anchorage
market could use more -coal than
is being produced in the nearby
Matanuska fields.
The Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany operated five dredges in the
Fairbanks mining district and three
dredges at Nome. One dredge
owned by Calahan Lead and Zinc
Corporation is working at Livin
good.
Almost the only lode mine op
erating in the entire Territory is
the Fern Mine in the once famous
Willow Creek district. Four or five
men are working the lode accord
ing to Saarela.
On the Radovan property at (
Glacier Creek, diamond drilling on ;
copper deposits started this year.
The property is adjacent to the (
former claims of the Kennecott
Corporation in the Copper River
country.
Cairo Mob Riots
En Anti-Foreign
Demonstration
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 10—tP)—A
wild crowd armed with stones and |
clubs, surged through the downtown
streets of Cairo today, attacking j
western business houses in a frenzy
of anti-foreign rioting.
The outbreak sprang from Prime j
Minister Mustapha El Nohas Pasha’s
denunciation of the Ango-Egyptian
treaty and his bid to chase all Brit
ish troops off Egyptian soil.
The Red of the Arab world
meanwhile joined Egypt in full
support behind his plans to drive
British out of its Suez Canal en
campments and the Anglo-Egypt
ian Sudan.
A British and a French firm and
the trucks of Coca Cola and Pepsi
Cola distributors were first targets
for attack by shouting mobs.
They also stoned and ^tempted
to storm the big Immobilia build
ings in the heart of Cairo. The
two buildings, constructed around
an open court, house a number
of American and British business
offices.
“Down with Britain, up with
Egypt,” the rioters shouted.
Police reinforcements rushed tc
the scene of the riots and had some
difficulty dispersing the crowds
The mobs broke up into smal
groups and went off shouting fo.
cancellation of the Anglo-Egyptia;
alliance.
Steel-helmeted police, wielding
clubs, patrolled the main Cairc
streets. Shopworkers hurriedly low
ered their shutters.
43 Are Carried
On PAA Flights
Pan American Airways carried
43 passengers on flights through
and out of Juneau yesterday with
17 persons arriving and 21 leav
ing.
Arriving from Seattle: Lt. Robert
Becker. Jim Cavalero, Lou Dittrich,
C. A. Eschbach, Walter Chase, Fred
Ferrell, Eunice Johnson. Andrew
Makar, Elton Replogle. Evelyn and
Judy Reid, Marvin Pipke, K. C.
Sundin, Gordon Wahto, Glen
Walters, Stanley Socha. Dorothy
Jordon, Vallie Brown, Della Bill.
Leaving for Seattle: Mr. and Mrs.
F. Mills, R. Miller. Richard Freer,
Bishop O’Flanagan. K. Nelson, Rev.
Small, Mrs. Glafke, Sid Thompson,
R. Sullivan, Donald Ashburn, Laura
Donns, R. Wederin: , Elmer Carl
son, J. W. Berry. Mr. and Mrs. J.
Sturgill, E. Beckman.
Annette to Juneau: A. R. Ken
yon.
Juneau to Ketchikan: Allen Mey
er.
146 Seals Killed
By Two talers
On Stikine Fla's
Two Wrangell men, employed by
the Department of Fisheries this
summer to reduce the hair seal
herds on the Stikine river flats,
report they killed 946 seals in four
months, according to C. L. Ander
son, director of the department.
The two men, Cliff Kilkenny and
Bert McCay, gave a report showing
they killed 296 in May, 131 in June,
149 in July, 300 in August, and
70 in September. In addition to the
hair seals, the two hunters ac
counted for eight wolves.
Anderson said today that the
Stikine river seal control program
for 1951 had been successfully com
pleted.
Used Rifles
The Stikine and Copper river dis
tricts were selected by the depart
ment for initial experiments. An
derson said it seemed advisable on
the Stikine to hire experts with
high power rifles.
“This plan proved satisfactory.”
Anderson said, “As is evident by the
results.”
Anderson says the report is im
portant because of its comparison
to previous years when a $0 bounty—
twice as large as that now paid—
was in effect throughout the Ter
ritory. In 1950, only 200 hair -eals
were killed in the Stikine area, al
though this has been judged an area
where protection must be given to
commercial fisheries.
During the 1949-51 biennial,
when the $8 bounty was applicable,
the Territory expended nearly S3t>0,
C00 in payment of seal bounties.
Anderson says the greater part of
this money was paid out for seal
;calps turned in from the northern
and western coastal areas where
there are no important commercial
lisheries and where the hair seals
are articles of food and commerce.
“Instead of destroying them in
these areas,” Anderson said, “con
servation measures might be more
in order.”
Protect Gill Netting
According to Anderson, there is
ample evidence to show that hair
seals* are predators of salmon at
the mouths of many streams, es
pecially in rivers having important
gill net fisheries.
The 1951 legislature reduced the
hair seal bounty from $8 to $3 and
confined the bounty areas largely
to those with important salmon
fisheries. The legislature appropri
ated $50,000 to be used by the de
partment in localized areas where
damage to lisheries was considered
the greatest. ^
Because of the huge populations
of hair seals on the Copper river
delta, Anderson pointed out, it is
planmVl to f.ugment the usual
hunting procedure by the use of
dynamite bombs. This will be done
beginning about the middle of this
month, when the last of the salmon
runs is completed.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
Tuesday were Jim Marks, Richard
Dalton, Mrs. J. Snow, Hilda Jacobs,
Mrs. Ed Giovanetti, Mrs. Robert
Merrill, Kathleen Whiteley, William
K. Boyd; dismissed were Mrs. Arth
ur Muzzin and*baby boy; Kenneth
St. Clair, Maurice J. Whittier.
Admitted >’t») the GoRpnment
Hospital Tuesday was Dorothy Mar
vin of Hoonah; dismissed was Geo.
Lindoff of Hoonah.
LUTHERAN All) MEETS
The Lutheran Ladies Aid meets
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the social
room of the church for their regular
monthly meeting.
Mrs. Edward Dick and Mrs.
James Devon will be hostesses. Mrs.
Bert McDowell will be in charge of
the program. All members are urg
ed to attend as last minute details
of the bazaar will be discussed.
Those who have completed articles
for the bazaar should take them to
his meeting.
FROM EDGECUMBE
Registered at the Hotel Juheau
i-om Mt. Edgecumbe is Miss Elea
lor Riley.
FROM WRANGELL
Monte Clemmons, of Wrangell, is
a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
John Cushing, of Sitka, is a Ju
neau visitor at the Baranof.
Careless discarding of lightec
matches and smoking material wa:
responsible for nearly thirty percen
of all fires from known causes ove:
a ten-year period, it is official^
stated. A burring match or to
bacco debris recklessly tossed asidi
may start a disastrous fire takinj
heavy toll of lives and property.
Fire Chief Mill offers a few com
mon sense preoautions:
1. —Keep all matches out of read
of the little tots. Matches witl
easily inflammable heads shoul<
be kept in non-combustible contain
ers.
2. —I-Iave plenty of ash trays con
veniently placed and keep then
clean.
3. —Anywhere—be sure your light
ed matches or smokes are complete
ly snuffed out before discarding
them.
4. —Don’t smoke in bed or when
No Smoking signs are posted.
5. —DoiA strike matches in closet
garages or other places where in
flammable materials, dust or vapor,
may be ignited.
Electrical Dangers
One in ten fires oi known cause:
is of electrical origin. Circuits ar.
design'd to carry certain 1 :d?;. Tin
blowing of a fuse is a danger sig
nal that the circuit is overloadec
cr defective.
The use of a fuse of larger am
perage than that for which tin
circuit was designed destroys thi?
protective feature. An ov;: load o:
current may heat the wire to tin
point of starting a fire. Be sun
fuses are of correct ampere- .■ for tin
circuits—15 amperes usually art
right, and don’t tamper with thi?
“safety valve.”
More Precautions
Fire Chief Mill again offers tin
following precautions:
1. —Employ a skilled eleetricini
to repair or extend wiring when this
is necessary.
2. —Buy electric appliances anc
cords bearing the . cal oi labci
of Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc
3. —Don’t string wire under rugs
over (hooks, or in any* cxposoc
place. Wear may make them dang
erous.
One out of every four or five
fires is caused by faulty chimneys
Hues, cooking or heating stoves
furnaces, calessness with fireplace
or hot ashes, or spark- on roofs
etc. Most frequent causes of des
tructive fires in heatiiv plants o:
appliances are: sub-standard equip
ment, incorrect installation and con
struction, lack of care in mainten
ance and unsafe operation.
Suggestions
All heating plants, pipes or ap
pliances should be at least 13 inche:
away from any wall or burnabb
Story fold
AS Rotary
The Rev. Timothy Sullivan, of
Erie, Pennsylvania, addressed the
Juneau Rotary Club Tuesday at its
regular noon luncheon at the Bar
anof Hotel, giving some background
of the Moose Lodge and telling par
ticularly of the development and
operation of Mooseheart, the Child
City. Mooseheart is not an orphao
. age, nor a childrens' home, Rev.
Sullivan explained, but a home for
, the family, with the mother and her
i children living in their own family
I unit. The Kev. Sullivan is on a two
. week trip" In Alaska, having conic
here from Sitka and Ketchikan.
. He is accompanied on his tour by
, Dr. Arthur C. Monninger of Balti
more, Maryland.
Carson Lawrence summarized the
. objectives of Fire Prevention Week
. and listed the principle fire hazards
to be eliminated.
President Neil Fritchman and
Eric Newbould announced that Ho
■ tary would sponsor a drive next
. week to collett bundies of clothing
. under the American Relief to Korea
’, campaign. The Soroptimist and
Liens Club are participating with
Notary in this project. Locations
; in various parts of town will be
1 announced later where clothing can
1 oe leit by the public.
Cecil easier gave a short talk on
, work that the United Nations Food
i and Agriculture Committee has
done in the Near East.
Guests at the luncheon were
Lairy Johnson, Merrill Coon, J. D.
Smith, E. M. Fitch, Pete DeBoer,
Stan Strctton, L. A. Griffin, Lairy
Haven, Anthony Panilla, Ted Pitch,
1 Michael Haas, and Walter Herman
con.
LOST HUNTERS
RETURN TO KETCHIKAN
I Soon after the air search was
.started yesterday, the Coast Guard
| plane spotted the 50 foot boat, 30P
i 1303, which was overdue from a
1 hunting trip with two Ketchikan
men aboard. The boat was just
passing Ward's Cove when the
1 searchers found the boat.
Robert Mascn, of Anchorage, is
a guest at the Baranof hotel.
material. Heaters, including stoves
should be on insulated metal, cem
ent or other incombustible bases.
Walls and ceilings near stoves
houfci he protected by a: h:v too !
sheeting or other insulating material j
listed by Underwriter’s Laboratories
Inc. Consult the local fire ordinance i
or building code. Fire Chief Mill j
: cr insurance agent for advice, if |
1 needed. Don’t let that if be the big I
IF.
Make this week and every week
Fire Prevention Week, Says Mill, j
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been med George Robert.
SENIOR SCOl IS MEET
The Senior Service Scouts met
at Nickie Tydiacka's tiome Tuesday
evening. The meeting was m". i to
order in regular form by Sylvia
Davis, president. We discussed our
dues and the dolls for which we are
going to make dresses and sell. The
meeting was then adjuorned and
refreshments were served.
Pauline Greenewald, Reporter
EMBLEM (LIB MEETING
The Juneau Emblem Club will
hold a regular business meeting,
Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. in
the Elks ballroom.
The business matters are ex
tremely urgent and it is very im
portant that all members be pre
sent.
The usual social hour will follow
' the business meeting.
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