The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-19
.RAD|UM FIELDS OF
ARCTIC DESCRIBED
BY VISITORS HERE
Or. Luther Gable, Radiologist,
Stops in City En- Route
From Great Bear Lake

Firsthand reports OF the discovery
Of new radium deposits in the Arctic
circle were brought to Bismarck
Thursday by DR.. Luther Gable, ra-
biologist and radium physicist. and
Dr.. E. J. Ryan, M. D.. both of Chi
cago. They stopped here to convey
greetings from the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce to the local civic
organization.
Drs. Gable and Ryan are just re-
turning from q 7,000-mile scientific
radium expedition into the north in
which they travelled 1900 miles north
Of Edmonton, Alta. by air to visit the
fsmed Great Bear lake radium dis
trict. DR.. Gable reports finding veins
o. pitchblende to feet in depth
running very high in uranium from
which he believes there probably will
be taken the largest amounts OF ra-
dunn yet discovered.
Freight Costs Are High
This new find. according to Dr..
Gable, is at Hottah Lake, some SO
rifles south Of Great Bear. There he
and DR.. Ryan found that everything
taken into the district must 60 by
airplane, meaning freight charges OF
IS cents per pound. An anvil costing
$l2, delivered while they were there,
carried freight charge of $1125O.
Potatoes are dollar a pound. Mrs
Read, who is known as the mother Of
the camp, has learned the delicate art
OF cooking with dehydrated vegetables,
powdered milk and even powdered
sweetened lemon Juice, to feed the
hardy miners during any hour Of the
day, for the sun neve. sets during
the summer time.
Thirteen planes were on Echo bay
when the Chicago men arrived. The
planes are bringing the radium ore
cut and carry from $500 to 5000
pounds each. Dr. Gable told of cross
ing the Great Slave lake, which is
ITS miles from shore to shore, by
plane. The country, he said. is i'm
penetrable and crossings must be
riade by tedious boats in summer or
BY dog team in winter If the planes
are not used. The trip in either of
the other ways would require three
months. DR.. Gable says that at one
time he saw six violent storms at diff
ferent points on the horizon while the
plane was riding in sunlight between
great banks Of clouds.
Has World Fair Exhibit
In the specially constructed travel
car loaded with scientific instruments
IN which they are making their trip,
Dr.. Gable and DR.. Ryan have some
Ilch pitchblende specimens which are
to be placed on exhibition at the Gen.
TRY OF Progress exposition. DR.. Ga
Gle already has set up an exhibit
there OF some 80 varieties of vegeta-
ton planted with minute quantities
OF radium dust. Plants so treated
show an increase in growth of from
100 to 300 per cent. he claims. When
the technic Is perfected. he expects
this method of soil treatment to be
economical enough for general use.
Dr. Gable said that he is the sur
Vlvor OF a group Of six men who re-
lined the first commercial radium in
america and produced the first ra-
o:um luminous watch dials in the
country. His five associates have met
death IN the laboratories where the
rIdlum was refined.
The chief interest of DR. Gable is
tc harness the energy radiated bv ra-
d,um. He believes that the CONNER
c:al application Of radium will open
up many new industries and will reyo-
ittionlze our present Transportation
and lighting systems.
Addresses before the Chicago Asso.
cation OF Commerce and Rotary clubs
VII. be given by DR.. Gable immediatelv
upon his return there. He and his
companion left for Chicago shortly
otter 1:30 o'clock THURSDAY afternoon
wnen ne gave an interview over