The Nome nugget., 1928-05-12
RETURNS FROM
 ARCTIC OCEAN POINTS

| lAkC1lC CUBAN IOlNIS
 Gus Mask. left Nome in 1924 enroute to Coronation Gulf in com pany with Peter Brandt and John Olson, sailing on the Tug Oriop. reached Herschel Island but due to it's being Canadian territory they were forced to return to Mar tin Point in American territory, where they wintered the first year, trapping. trading and prospecting.
 Mr. Mask left Martin Point for Nome March goth. by dog team. following the coast via Point Ear TOW. and thence here. arriving Sunday night. At Point Barrow he met Captain Geo. Wilkins and Pilot Ben Eileson and assisted them with the plane. A runway 2,5O0 feet long was leveled on by 25 natives for the takeoff. MT. Mask and Captain Wilkins are old friends, having been together with the Stefansson expedition several years ago in the Arctic.
 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Riley and Chas. Brewer who are looking af- ter the Liebes Company trading station at Point Barrow were in good health, and expect to come out this summer.
 Miss Emily Morgan, formerly in charge of the Maynard Columbus Hospital at Nome, is cozily situated at Barrow and likes the place. Peter Brandt and Bill Seymore are wintering in the vicinity of Coronation Gulf, on a trading ex- petition.
 Arnot Castell and his family are wintering up the Colville river, trading and trapping.
 Tom Gordon, who is running a trading store at Partar Island for the Liebes Company, has had fair catch of furs. Gordon is we'll and feeling fine.
 Henry Chamberlain is trapping and doing fairly well near Flaxman Island.
 John Olson, a nephew of Jafet Lindeberg. and we'll known for mer Non,eite. is prospecting and trapping at Martin Point. C. w. Scarborough. former photographer of Nome. who accom- panied ''Gee-Pole'' Larsen and Henry Chamberlain on an expedi- tion to the Arctic in 1923, and who was reported to have been lost by walking out on the ice and disap- bearing into lead, apparently turned inland instead. Mr. Mask states that it is reported in the North that Scarborough's body was found on the tundra between Flax man and Carlson Points and about 25 miles inland back from the coast. showing conclusively that he lost his way and was frozen to death.
 Mr. Edwardson, representing the Liebes Company at Beachy Point, was expected to leave there April goth for Nome. He plans on go ing from Barrow to Kotzebue by dog team and from Kotzebue to Nome by Airplane. His trip of 1900 miles is for medical atten- tion.
 N John Hegness, former postmaster and driver of the first dog team to win a prize in the All-Alaska Sweep stakes race, was visited by Mir. Mask. Hegness is operating a trading store for c. T. Pederson of the Northern Whaling and Trad ing Company. and IS doing fine. Mr. Hegness is putting his place in order for the coming of his wife ! and daughter this summer. N John Allan is at Wainwright. where he runs trading store for the Liebes Company. He recently made trip to Barrow with three dog teams which brought back sup plies to relieve the shortage of goods at Wainwright.
 Dick Hall is operating trading store at Kotzebue in which he and Captain Backland are interested. N MT. Masik is in Nome on busi- ness and is not certain what his l