The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-03

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 Ralph Clarkson recently, captured a live grizzly. bear north of Cordova and had caged the animal for shipment to a zoo. The bear broke from his prison and blazed fast trail for parts unknown.
 Ira Weesner intends to establish fast weekly or bi-weekly dog team service between Nenana and Tan ana this coming winter. Passen- gers and freight will be carried The service is to start about Nov ember l.
 Fairbanks will lengthen Weeks Aviation Field. Sometimes avi- ators barely escape striking trees taking off.
 A poem of 73 stanzas, descrip- tive of the recent Alaska tour of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com merce, written by Stella M. Cham bers, one of the excursionists, who signs herself The Rhyming Ram bler," was printed in The An chorage Times. Eleven of the stanzas are devoted to Juneau. The poem, set in small type, took two columns of the Anchorage news paper.
 To educate the people to the merits of the white king salmon, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce is urged by the Wrangell Cham Der of Commerce to undertake a national advertising campaign. The white salmon is a better fish to eat than the red king, declared Alaska Senator Charles Benja- min of Wrangell, although the red king sells for a higher price.
 Great sympathy for old persons is expressed by Col. o. F. Ohlson manager of the Alaska Railroad who gently issued an order against the employment of men more than 50 years of age. By the Fairbanks News-Miner he is quoted as saying persons physical ly fit will be employed irrespective of age, and that since the issuance of the order, IA AlaSkans over 50 have been employed. The rail- froad employs total of 1860 per sons.
 A service from Fairbanks to Val deg to connect with southbound steamers has been announced by Robert Kelly, owner of the newly formed Golden North Stage Line ] His company is the only one of fering direct passenger service be- tween Fairbanks and Valdez. The regular schedule will call for two days travel, with an overnight stor at Paxson Lodge.
 Julius Kendi of the Old Crowr Anglican Mission was ordained ar Episcopal priest at the Moosehide Church near Dawson by Bishop Stringer. The new priest will be in charge of Old Crow and Ram ! part House missions.
 
 Donald Macdonald, locating en- gineer for the Alaska Road Com mission and originator of the idea of the International Highway, re- gently visited Dawson. He is spend ling the summer making extended reconnaissance of the various ap- lproaches to the Sixtymile ridge which it is assumed will be the route of the proposed highway tc Dawson.
 | Thousands of caribou, young ane old, last week were travelling ovel the hills on the left limit of the | lhlOllulhC IklNCl dill III bllC LAlO3AaAhs IValley. Motorists from Dawsor drove up Hunker Creek and up tho Klondike to get pictures of tht animals. They were swimming across the Yukon River above Dawson.
 | A brown bear, estimated to weigf 600 pounds was seen just outside the city limits of Dawson by Stan ley Reid, radio man, the lattel being in an automobile. He die not molest the animal.
 s. A. Temple, 62 who participated lin the rush to the KIondike in 189' : and who afterwards engaged 1T the mercantile and banking busi. ness in Valdez, died recently 1T Seattle. He is survived by Mrs Temple.
 | Pursuant to the wish of the lats Charles G. Wulff, former residen of Valdez, who died at San Diego Cal, in August 193o, his widow recently journeyed to Valdez anc scattered his ashes on the water of Valdez Bay.
 I Mysteriously missing since Aug ust, 1930, while en route from Ia cof,,a t1 kHoCrotb in hic crf1 a 1