The Nome nugget., 1927-04-16
ANCHORAGE PLANE COMING
 TO NOME

Aviator Cope of the Anchorage Air Transport Company. who is at present in Nome. state that the incosed plane piloted by Ed Young, which ar rived at Fairbanks yesterday from McGrath, will fly to Anchorage and wait for passengers who will arrive at Seward the steamer today The railroad train will not arrive at Anchorage from Seward until Monday, and in that event the air plane is not expected to take of for ophir until early Tuesday morning with its passengers for that section. Weather permitting the plane will prob ably deliver it's passengers Ophir and come to Nome. arriving here the same day-Tuesday.
 After its arrival here the plane will take Mir Cope to Candle, where Pilot Merrill will be picked up They will then proceed to the wrecked plane On Selawik Lake and make survey of the dam age with view of rehabilitatng it. The feas- bility of hauling the plane from the scene of the wreck to Candle or Keewalik, will also be consid cred in which event the supplies will be shipped in and reconstruction begun.
 Pilot Young has been held up McGrath by stormy weather fol several days and states that his engine is working to perfection and every thing is o, K. We hope that some of enter prising merchants will wire Anchorage send over some fresh lettuce. radishes. and lem and any other commodity that Nome might be short of. In this way Nome may be able ship supply other towns enroute with supplies where there may be shortage. On the return trip to Anchorage half reindeer will be taken by -the aviators and it is expected that get-together meeting of the citizens of that city will have op portunity to discuss closer business relations with the people of Nome and vicinity
 Already several persons have made partial ranRementa to make he flight from Nome chorage between and the opening of. naviga tion. and when 1t becomes generally known in Se atte that the airplane will be making regular trips to Nome, doubt sourdough mining and business men wishing to arrive fin Nome before the steamer, will avail themselves of the opportunity of flying to Nome from Anchorage.
 It is earnestly hoped that the Territory will offer susidies to the airplane companies to carry mail matter. especially during the season of the year known the "break-up" periods This would tend to help the companies who blazing the trails and pioneering the establishment afr transporta- tton in Alaska.
 This winter certainly has established the feasi- blfty of air transportation in Alaska what with the Fairbanks and Anchorage airplane companies making trips to Nome seven hundred miles distant, and to numerous other sections of Alaska. the Wilkins EtApeuition HyIng rom F4fDankS to Point Barrow, with two of the planes making the trip Kot- zeoue which, by the way. is only two hundred miles northeast of Nome. and all without slight est accident In this connection recall that just recently Joe Crossen piloting Fairbanks plane made . trip to Nome for passenger, and after re- turning to Fairbanks he made a trip to Point Bar row for the Wilkins party. returning to Fairbanks via Kotzebue. covering about $500 miles in seven or eight days. including his trip to Nome. The actual travelling time probably three or four day. For the old pioneer trail blazers to go over this same route would probably consume three years steady travelling by the oid-fashioned dog team methods.
 Let all Alaska put up . howl which will be heard clear back at Washington, demanding air mail all the year around. with parcel post included on the ground that if citizens of one section of the