The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-04
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Representative Helle rich Says Lomen Will Be
 Territorial Senator

WIldb IIle OeCOllu OlNlSlOH WdllJS Ol the next Alaska Legislature, de- clares George Hellerich, Republi can of Nome. who at the recent election was chosen representa- tive to the Territorial lawmaking body. Included in the Second Di- visions delegation will be Alfred Lomen, Republican, whose present lead of 10 ballots for Senator over J. H. Anderson will not be overcome in the 30 votes still unreported from Lower Yukon River precincts, ac- cording to- MT. Hellerich.
 MT Hellerich arrived from the Westward on the steamship Victor ia. He will leave Juneau this eve ming on the motorship Estebeth for Sitka, where he will visit for several days with Mrs. Hellerichs lp parents, MT and Mrs. James Brightman. On returning from Sit ka he will go to California to join Mrs. Hellerich, who has been in the States since early in the fall. He Twill come back to Alaska in time to be present at the converting of the Legislature in March.
 Nylen Goes to States
 With MT. Hellerich from Nome to Juneau were Andy Nylen, Indc- | pendent, also elected Legislative representative from the Second Dl- vision, and MT. Anderson MT Ny | len and MT. Anderson continued on the Victoria to the States, where MT. Nylen will remain until just before the meeting of the Legls- l lature.
 The other members of the Sec end Divisions delegation, Represen- tatives Henry Burgh and Cliff AL lyn, as well as probable Senator elect Lomen are at Nome, and hold over Senator Richard Sundquist Independent, is in Seattle. MT Burgh and MT. Allyn are Republi- cans.
 80 far as I know" asserted MT Hellerich, Second Division legisla- tors have no set program. We need money for roads and trails, and Of course, we shall be united in an effort to obtain it."
 In speaking of the Senatorial race between MT. Lomen and MT. Ander- son, MT. Hellerich explained
 "The unreported precincts are or the Lower Yukon, and are regarded as likely to favor MT. Lomen. 1r any event, they do not have more than 30 votes and with this num- Der there is scarcely any probabil- ity that MT. Lomen's present leac Of 10 will be overcome
 Made Quick Trip
 MT. Helerich and MT. Nylen lief. Nome a week ago yesterday. They entered an airplane at 8 o'clock in the morning and landed at Fair, banks seven hours later. From Fair banks, they travelled by train over | the Alaska Railroad to Seward I where they boarded the Victoria Airplane fare is $250, train fare $28 and steamship fare to Juneau $35, total of $313.
 "Airplanes have become a neces- sity to the Interior and to the Nome region" said MT. Hellerich By plane in seven hours we tray- eled a distance and over country that would have required 30 days to traverse by dog sled. Two avia- tion companies plan a regular bi- weekly schedule this winter between Fairbanks and Nome. They carry first-class mail, receiving 75 cents a pound on an emergency contract
 Nome" continued MT. Hellerich who is a mining engineer associated with the Hammond Company which operates dredges on the Seward Peninsula and in the Fairbanks Dis trict, ''has experienced a success ful year. The Hammond Company in the past season gave more men steady employment than in any l other season since 1925. Prosperity in mining was reflected in the good trade enjoyed by commercial enter