The Nome nugget., 1927-04-09

 a boat back headquarters. The boat got into trouble with the Bolsh, ;ks. 90 I took Japanese trading vessel down tc HaA 'dae train aown to Yokohama and Japanese liner Seattle then back up Juneau and got there three than if I had waited for the other boat If I in Juneau and want to go to Nome quickest is to get boat for Seattle and then take direct boat to Nome mp the outside That is merely to give you pie of the transportation.
 We put in bridge here 4o miles above Fair banks, years We bought that bridge in Beaver Falls, Pa. in September guarantee 45- day delivery paid ssooo in Beaver Falls In 45 days left Pittsburgh for Seattle and there a boat for Seward and in the railroad to Fairbanks. It freighed 10 miles the SHOW and the that still remain ing as work when the spring floods bridge there ready for service. Had failed to have our approaches the time, had that bridge been delayed in way, spring would have washed tho preliminary whole would have been lost
 this map have off the Panhandle Alaska, and l have cut off the Aleutian Islands. magnifed the great central districts. This s hundred forty=frst meridian 0ndicat- ing1, between Yukon and Alaska.
 Last summer l took boat c. Jun sau and across to Seward, in over th, Alaska Railroad down the Yukon River zoo mi'es to pioy- ukuk City; the koyukuk River zoo ie3 ny beat and overland with horses II miles Wtselnan. It days to travel by train. riyes boat and by horse Fairbanke Wiseu.an, ana oame haef t,,ree miautes by atplane. to Juneau to cicse up the f cal year. u that under Government accounting. t'.e very bu,isst l have back Juneau to submit he monthly reports and the annual reperss mates. all of which important.
 then back from Juneau Valdez. and
 drove my automobiles iivver because I do not maintain any expensive equipment-I drove my hivver to Fairbanks and down the river to Ruby and was joined by Delegate Sutherland He can 'el gou somethng abou that We wat1 ac- ross from RHbg lditarod: "a miles in an auto mobile and 27" lnil' with p,ck train. Then | eam~ down the Ia0aroa and 1nnoko Rivers down tfe Yukon river and across Norton Sound to Nome From Nome, by boat. getting stuck several tine. To the mouth of the koyuk River where We got stuck on bar. An Eskimo came along with an Eyenrude picked us up and took mp to Dime Landing We walked across miles to flaycock The three then had horse for 2S miles to Bear Creek Then miles the Tundra Candle caught gas boat keewalik and Kotzebue Sound then the Kobpk River, and hack Deerne Then about a5 miles by blackboard pack across the Kougarok. miles down Q Shelton tlc line S7 miles Nome and by airplane from Nome Fairbanks Then back by automobile and liner
 found deal mining actisf'y every where Fairbanks. As | explained last year this Fairbanks Exploration Company is building 90-mie ditch line paralleling result of their activities, three other dredging panies have gotten into the field. A dredge has been launched Fish Creek, the Greek to the west. We fonnd dredge operating Cleary Creek two of them near Tacotna: two Idiarod another dred&e launched at the head of solomon River big dredges Nome, doubling output of last year. That is big outfit that just got into full operation at ed the production of the whole peninsula. We found all the ground Candle had been taken by supposed subsidiary of the south African Gold Fields Consolidated
 Three other smaller companies are getting into shape there. them launching it's dredge here tindicating).
 SEN JONES. That to Nome?
 COL sTEEsE. Yes sir. Fifty miles from Nome of projects.
 SEN. FLETCHER. What sort of water do hey have Nome?