The Kusko times., 1926-02-20

last winter Rossman put the finishing touches on the film and collaborated in the promotion and advance work. He also completed work on his book, "Black Sunlight" which is being pub lished by the Oxford Press. The book is a log of his experiences dur ing his two years in the shadow of the pole, and includes an introduc- tion written by Vilhjalmar Stefans- son. He expects it to be on the mar ket by the middle of March.
 MT. Rossman also has in his pos session a Masonic Bible, which was presented to him and autographed by the propriestors of the Oxford Press. It is a beautiful volume, and Mir Rossman declares if he is for tunate enough to reach the pole he is going to lay that Bible right lon the top of the world" and leave 1t for future discoverers to find. He ex- poets to be one of the first leaving for Barrow, as official photographer.
 Rossman is also contemplating writing history of Alaska for the Oxford Press, after his return from the northern trip. He has taken up his residence at Juneau, and expects to make Alaska his home With the material available at Juneau, and with help promised him, he expects no difficulty with the work. He de clares it will not be a cut-and-dried history, but will be written more along the narrative line, with enough life to it to make it interesting, talk ing Alaska from the Czarina's first expedition down to the present time.
 Howard F. Mason, youngster from Seattle, who joined the party at the Spirit City, is assistant pho tographer. and wireless man for the journey. He has been busily engaged in accumulating sleep for the hard trip ahead of him, sleeping in the shows at Seward, on the train en route north fro mthe Gateway, and most of the time on the journey from Seattle. The expedition carries portable wireless station with 1t, and at the overnight stops the rig will be hooked to the tractors and daily re- ports sent out of the progress and events as they transpre. A base for te dispatch of the wireless news to the Outside will be established either at Fairbanks or Anchorage, and the news matter received and transferred to the cable for transmission to the States. Mir. Smith had not definitely decided which place would be selected when he left Anchorage, and efforts were made to induce him to settle on this point. The news will be sent out in code form, exclusively to the North American Newspaper Alliance, com posed of seventy of the biggest news papers of the United States, which is one of the sponsors of the expedition The American Geographic Society and the Detroit Aviation Society are also backing the party.
 Sandy" Smith is one of the best known oldtimers of the Territory, and enjoyed his visit here yesterday re- ewing acquaintances. He was the head of the expedition into the oil fields at Point Barrow several years ago, and owns forty-two claims with in the reserve. He declares Anchor age cannot lay claim to the honor of having the farthest north golf course m the world, as he and four other members of the party constructed a nine-hofe course at Barrow and used the grounds to keep up their game while isolated at the top of the con tinent But one set of clubs was pos sessed by the party, and the members took turns in using them Mr. Smith will be base commander during the time the flights are being attempted, but declares he hopes to have the op- postunity to hop off in one of the planes. However, he recognizes the fact that an experienced man will have to be in charge of the base op- erations in case of emergency, and doesn't expect to have a chance to