The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-29
HUDS0N'S BAY
 INSPECTOR HERE
 FROM THE NORTH
I. P. O'Kelly Has Been to Coronation Gulf and Her
 schel Island Resting.

A little jaunt of many thousand miles from Coronation Gulf far up in the Arctic Ocean is nothing in the life of T. P. O'Kelly, inspector for the Hudsons Bay Company, who is here with Mrs. O'Kelly after an in spection trip of the northernmOst posts of the company on board the icebreaking steamer ''Lady Kinders- ley" They, in company with R. S Wheildon, bookkeeper at the Hud sons Bay Post at Herschel Island, at the mouth of the Mackenzie River arrived here on the Unalga from Akutan and will go to Vancouver on the Princess Mary Thursday morn ing.
 Travels Some
 Mir. O'Kelly travels some. He has his headquarters at Winnipeg and each summer his duties consist of visiting the far flung posts of the Ancient and Honorable Company, which covers an empire itself He has a first-hand knowledge of many places in the wilderness that ordin ary people only know of by reading stories of adventure. He has visited the Arctic before, but never by boat. His other trips were by way of the Mackenzie River to the sea.
 This trip of the Lady Kindersley was the first one made by the boat and a record was made by the big ice-breaker in the fact that il pena trated as far north and east as Cor0- nation Gulf, visited posts there and got back to Vancouver all in one season Coming out the boat was caught in the ice and preparations were made by those on board to spend the winter there The boat was boarded up and hunters started killing seals and polar bears for win ter food The ice broke loose and they proceeded south. They left the boat at Akutan on the promise that the Victoria would call and get them. but the boat did not call and they were picked mp by the Unalga En- zine trouble on the Lady Kindersley prompted them to leave the boat, thinking they would reach Vancouver more quickly
 On this trip into Coronation Gulf Mrs. O'Kelly was the first white woman ever seen by many of the Es kimos there, as large boats except exploring parties had never visited that section.
 Siberian Trade
 In speaking of the activities of the Hudson's Bay Company in Siberia, MT. O'Kelly said: There is noth- ing new in the fact that the com pany is trading in Siberia. The new fact is that instead of using Japan as our base for this trading Canada tinued. "This year Teller, near Nome, was our substation for the transfer of cargoes. This place will be extensively used again next sea son. We have a vessel now winter ing at Unalaska called the Alaska, and next spring supplies will be sent from Vancouver for this boat" he said. "and perhaps more than one cargo will be sent there for the boats as it is impossible to winter vessels at Teller. As in the past, a trading boat will leave Vancouver direct for Siberia also"
 MT. O'Kelly said that the big com pany is just recovering from the war, when it was engaged in many activi- ties of a patriotic nature, and the loose ends are being picked up and trading ventures entered into with new vigor. Among these ventures is the Siberian business which is being enlarged and co-ordnated
 The trade in the Arctic, where the company has many posts, will be looked after by the ice-breaker Lady Kindersley, which will he sent each year to Herschel Island. Herschel Island is the headquarters for Arctic trading. owing to the fact that there is moorings there for vessels where they will not be damaged by the ice The supplies will be distributed eacf year as usual from Herschel Island and no change will be made on ac count of the Siberian business.
 Fur Catch
 The fur catch as reported at tht Arctic stations. according to MT O'Kelly, has been very good. As al ways. he said. the fox catch wa more or less in spots, but taken as whole, was good. He also said tha the demand for furs is greater thai ever. more people using them thai ever before.
 Mackenzie River
 iMr. OKelly last summer visite, the Fort Norman post on the Mao kenzie River, of the company, nea which great oil gusher was recent ly struck. He said that the oil is 0 very high, grade and that the trans portation of it can be easily solve' by a railroad 400 miles long tha will hit the Mackenzie River yves of the Great Slave Lake. The raj road will run through rich agr cultural country. The oil will b brought to the terminus of the roa by tank barges and then pumped int tank cars. This will. Mir. O'Kell claims. give Canada a supply of O with much shorter haul than tn