The Nome nugget., 1930-10-25

to him and bring him to Nome, where he could catch a plane for Kotzebue. He arrived in Nome on Saturday and flew with Pilot Gra- ham to Kotzebue on Monday, ar irving there at four thirty in the afternoon.
 Father LaFortune will care for the mission for the winter until some one is sent in from the out side 10 take his place.
 The people of Kot2ebue were very anxious to have Father Walsh buried there, as he had often ex- pressed the wish to spend his whole life there and be buried there. They wired to his father and mother in Oakland, California, for permission to do so, but orders Father Walsh and Father Delon on the steamer Baldwin to Seattle
 The remains of father Walsh will go to Oakland and Father Delon's remains will be shipped oSpok- ane, Washington. where he had been professor of mathematics at the Gonzaga University. run by the Jesuit Order, of which he was a member and Superior of all their work in Alaska.
 Brother Feltes received wire calling on him to accompany the remains to Seattle and thence to San Francisco
 The accident was great blow to the many friends of the three men kiNed and Very great loss to the Catholic Missions of Alaska The entire village of Kotzebue was sud denly thrown into deep mourning for the great less they had suffered in the deaths of Father DelCn. who had made possible the founding of the Mission last year. and Father Walsh. who had done so much good work there and was beloved by everyone in the village. His good
  der the capable guidance of Father Lafortune, a man. who is univers- ally known and loved throughout the whole territory of Alaska. His great work among the natives of King Island is outstanding. He Was just preparing to open his new cAurch on the island on the follow ing sunday. when he was asked to come to take care of the work of the mission at kotzebue.
 Before the plane was flown if was carefully checked bv pilots Ralph Wien and Brother FeItes, who had flown in the plane ahont 13 o0o miles and who dec'ared that i, had not given a moments trou- : ble in all that time in the air. T. was 'revved" up to full speed ] fou times before leaving the field and all the instruments. fuel and s oil tanks, and controls thoroughly inspected and was pronounced rum ming just fine by Pilot Wien after 2 his test flight of about 10 minutes. It appeared to work perfectly while , in the air on its lasf flight. The . plane remained with the tail, which was practically unchanged. stand ing straight up in the air The motor and plane are practically damaged beyond repair. The cabin and fuselage stood the terrific inn pact exceptionally weM, and did not collapse. The plane was Bellanra Pacemaker. six place cab in monorlane, powered with a 225 HIP. Packard Diesel motor
 Incdently. this was the first Diesel motor to fly across the con tinent. the first to fly in Alaska and the first to fly across the Arc tic Circle, and showed rema rka ble performance in all temperatures ranging from zero to hundred and seventeen in the shade over the deserts of Arizona. It had been flown up to fiftee thousand feet in California by Brother Eel teS
 In closing the publisher of the Nugget wishes to state that Bro ther G. J. Feltes who had become interested in aviation. felt he could be of service to the missions in Alaska, which are widely separ- ated, by the use of a flying mach inc. he had hoped to spend the