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The Nome nugget., 1940-06-03
Notice of Hearing and Settlement of Final Account, Estate of
 Thomas Gaffney, Deceased ..-

Notice is hereby given, that Father Joseph McElmeel, s. J., the undersigned, executOr of the estate of Thomas Gaffney, de- ceased has filed in the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Pre- cinct, Second Division, Territory of Alaska his final account and report of the administration of the estate of said deceased and his petition for the distribution of said estate and that Monday, the 26th day of July, 1940 at the hour of eleven o'clock am. of said date at the Courtroom of said Court at Nome, Alaska has been fixed by the order of said Court as the time and place for the hearing of the same and Ob- jectiOns thereto and the settle men thereof, and that at said time and place the said Court will adjudicate and determine who are the heirs or distributes of said estate.
 Dated this the 18th day of May 1940.
 Father Joseph McEImeel, s. J.
 ExecutOr of the estate of
 Thomas Gaffney, Deceased Publish May 27, June 3, 10, 17
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-03
Roads, Not Colonies Is
 Great Need Of Alaska
 Declares Delegate Dimond

WASHINGTON - The follow ing excerpts are taken from the Alaska Colonization bill now be- fore Congress, which he will pre- sent to the subcommittee
 My special objection to the bill is based on those provisions which seek to admit non-quota aliens to Alaska and at the same time bar them from the United States. l wish my position on this be made clear. l am not here con cerned with any changes that Congress see fit to make in our immigration laws so as to take care of some of the people of Europe who are deserving not only of our sympathy but of all the help that we can give them consistent to our own people.
 But I shall oppose to the full measure of all my strength any proposal which will admit any body to Alaska who is not elig- ible to enter the United States. Alaska is part of the Nation and we decline to have it set off from the rest of the Nation as a sort of special land where people may reside who are not citizens and who are not permitted to be in the remainder of the United States. In the long run to permit anything of that kind would be disastrous for the Territory. My views on that matter have been snore fully expressed in a letter dated March 20 addressed to Sen a.or Tydings in answer to his in bi.ation to state my views on the b. under consideration.
 If it is really desired to in crease the population of Alaska, n9thing additional Is needed, ex cept transportation facilities, prin cipally to consist of roads in the Territory As fast as roads are built in the Territory in suitable regions, people will settle along th. m and will make use of the agricultural and mineral lands "a - of the fisheries of the ad- J94sing seas. Without roads, how eyer, life in the more remote re- gi5as is hopeless, particularly for W men and children.
 > # Congress will provide, in addition to present appropria- t. y.s, $l,O09,0O0 a year for the -ne%t ten years for road construc- ton, and if Alaska is connected with the States by highway, it is
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-03

any kind at the earliest possible moment.
 Therefore, while I have sug- gested for the settlement of AL aska what is desirable and what is needed is an extension of roads in the Territory and have further stated that the sum of $l,00O, GOO year could be well and profit ably spent upon that work for the next ten years, may l invite the attention of the Committee to the fact that under the plan proposed in the bill it will be ab- solutely necessary, in my judge ment, for the government to un- dertake the building of roads and the expense of that construction will be at least as large as the sum l have suggested. So even if the bill is passed l anticipate, and 1 have good grounds to believe, that the government will be call ed upon to spend at least $1,000,- 900 year for ten years in the construction of roads in order to make life tolerable for the set tiers. And if the government spends that amount of money on roads it is not necessary to pass the bill at all because Alaska will be populated just as fast as roads are built to take care of the need of the settlers.
 Tn fact, the principal reason why we in Alaska are obliged to call for aid from the Federal Government for the construction of roads and for other public works is largely because more than 99 per cent of the area of Alaska is still in the public do- main and the Government is proprietor and landlord. The roads to be built run through the public domain and open 1t up to settlement and development. If the Federal Government will give to the Territory of Alaska the title deed to all of the public domain in Alaska, both reserved and unreserved, the Territory of Alaska will never call upon the Federal Government to give single dollar in subsidy or hand out or any expenditure whatever except as to those functions like the Office Department, which are monopolized by the Federal Government.
 The people of Alaska are not to blame for existing conditions
 in the Territory. It is obviously to the national interest to have more people in Alaska and since the national interest is served by the increase in population of Al aska t is not unjust or unfair, nor should it be considered as crying for existing on Federal subsidies if we suggest to the Federal Government that as the great landlord of Alaska that gov ernment may well provide a req sonable amount of money for the construction of roads in the Ter ritory.'
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-03
"WIN-THE-WAR" RALLY IN HELD IN AUSTRALIA
SIDNEY, May 31 Prime Min

....SIDNE May oI -FrIme NIn ister Menzies told huge "win- thewar" rally at Sydney that the British empire would never be beaten because freedom is eter- nal. Said Menzies:
 "The light of freedom is flick ering all over the world, but that flame which burns in every Brit ish heart will never go out. We can't be beaten because the inn mortal things in life are indes- tructable."
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-03
N O IT c E

Write to your friends and rela lives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get bls <ick out of it.
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Suggestions and Criticisms Invited
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
Anaconda Is Awarded
1910 State Football
ChQ711DiOnShiD Battle

Anaconda's Mitchell stadium will be
the scene of the 1910 Montana high
school football championship battle.
The title game is a traditional
Thanksgiving day finale to the Treas
ure state prep school grid race. The
game was awarded to Anaconda by
the board of control Of the Montana
high school association at meeting
at Livingston.
Butte and Great Falls also presented
bids for the gridiron classic. played
last year at Billings.
The board of control also selected
the following centers for l941 basket
ball tournaments:
State round-robin finals-Grea t
Falls.
Northern Glass divisional-Havre
Southern Glass A divisional-Boze-
man.
Northern Glass B divisional-Glas-
gov. brentwood was named a pos
sible alternate location).
Southern Glass B division-Hardin.
The board voted to allow Glass AA
and Glass A schools to conduct foot
ball play on the same basis in 1910 as
in 1899. except that the Glass A cham
pion will have the option of challeng-
ing the runnerup team in the Big Six
to determine which one shall play the
Glass AA titlist for the state crown.
Last season the Glass A winner was
compelled to play the Glass AA run
ner-up to determine the Turkey day
opponent for the Big Six leader.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
Completion of Dead Mans
Basin Project Seems Sure

Completion of the Dead Mans basin
project was virtually assured with the
visit of BARLEY NJ. Harloe, assistant
commissioner and chief engineer of the
work projects administration, Washing
ton, D. c., who came to Montana for
the purpose of conSummating final
agreements with the state water con-
servation board and working out de-
tails to assure speedy consideration
of the project application.
The project is on the Musselshell
river in the vicinity of Shawmut and
will create a storage capacity of $1,000
acre feet of water, which will be avail
able to irrigate 10000 acres along the
lower Musselshell river.
Harloe reviewed the plans and spec
ifications submitted by the state water
conservation board and will personally
facilitate the processing Of the applica-
ton in Washington to the end that
the necessary contracts can be award
ed assignments made and work start
ed within the next go days. The state
water conservation board expects to
receive a loan from the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. to be used in connection
with the construction of the project.
The recent meeting at Butte was at
tended by Harloe, E. B. Donohue of
Helena, chief engineer for the water
conservation board; Ralph Fifield, state
construction engineer; George Sahinen,
state designing engineer; j. c. Cory,
state WPA engineer; Emil Sandquist,
director of the WPA division of opera
tons; G. NJ. Macmillan, deputy WPA
administrator for the state, and State
Administrator Joseph E. Parker.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29

were In it., excepting one man, who
secreted himself, were killed. After
they had taken out of the fort all
the property which they could con-
veniently carry away with them, they
set fire to the fort, and proceeded to
the establishment of the North West
Co., which was 200 rods distant from
that Of the Hudson's Bay people, with
the intention of treating it in the
same manner. The fort gates. provi-
dentially, had been shut previously to
the approach of the Indians. There
were in the fort three men and several
women and children. They took their
stations in the blockhouses and bas-
tons, and when the natives had come
sufficiently near, fired upon them. The
Indians instantly returned the fire,
and the contest continued until night
approached"
Jacques Finlay was the unsung hero
of this attack upon the fur forts The
Missouri Indians" were probably the
Blackfeet, who warred for generations
against the establishment of trading
posts in what they considered their
private hunting preserve. The feats of
sheer daring and heroism performed
by the employees of the early fur COM
surpassed anything done by John
Bozeman. General Custer and other
comparative latecomers, but there was
seldom anyone on the spot to record
the doings of the Jacques Finlays and
the Henri Gareaus.
In the records of the first North
West Co., the organization of 1899,
Jacques Finlay is listed as an employe.
at a salary of 1900 liveres. A livere
was about 18i cents, but even this
small yearly stipend made him one
of the best paid members of the fur
company staff. OF course the COM
panies had never heard of the Wagner
act, and it Is a source of eternal won
der how they secured men to risk the
dangers and hardships Of the frontier
for the meager salaries offered.
Was Thompson's Assistant
Jacques Finlay Is also listed as an
employe OF the second North-W West Co.,
as clerk at Fort des Prairies.
From 1900 to 1906 Jacques was an
assistant to the great David Thompson,
and accompanied Thompson on most
of his wilderness trips. Finlay also
made expeditions of his own in the
wild trading country, but where he
per some Of the time and did not re-
veal the sources of his furs to rivals.
This secrecy on the part Of the trap
pers has shrouded the early history of
the northwest in mystery.
In 1906 Finlay crossed the Rocky
mountains to the upper Columbia river
and there built a canoe which was
used a year later by David Thompson.
1t Is probable that Finlay had crossed
the mountains before this, using
Howe's pass into the F1athead country.
This was a particularly dangerous
route, for the Blackfeet guarded it
jealousy. Their enemies, the Salish
and the Kootenais, lived in the west
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
Is Nursery Schools
In Montana Report
Enrolment of 1876

Montana WPA nursery schools for
the six-month period from July to
Dec. 81, 1889, numbered 10 schools
with a total enrolment of 496, Clara
K. Dugan, state supervisor of WPA
nursery schools, reported recently. OF
the total enrolment 449 children were
white, 80 Indian, IL Mexican and 2
were negro.
The 10 schools were located at
Browning, Missoula, Deer Lodge, Great
Falls, Fort Benton, Lewistown, Helena,
Miles City, Sidney, Scobey, Bozeman,
with two each at Billings and Ana
conda and three at Butte. The num-
Der of schools has increased to 20
with an enrolment Of SIT since
Jan. !, 1910.
The 1876 children enrolled came from
425 individual homes. In these homes
164 or Al percent Of the mothers were
working to support their families, the
report pointed out.
The report also showed that 29O
children of the total enrolment or Ga
percent, gained in weight each month.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29

Jacques in reference to a gift of fine
salmon the old man gave. Jacques had
taken over Spokane House as a resi-
dence after the fur company abandoned
it. There he lived with a vast family
of sons and daughters. There seems to
be no information about Finlay's wife,
but in all probability she was an In
dian woman and a member of either
the Flathead or Kootenai tribes, among
which Finlay had spent much time.
J. A. Meyers says Finlay's sons and
daughters were 'noted for their fine
physique" and that many had light
blue eyes. The men, said Meyers, were
competent and trustworthy" the
women fine wives and mothers" Old
Jacques lived at Spokane House until
his death about 1850. Many of the pio-
neers" Of western Montana did not
arrive until long after his passing.
Many Of his descendants live today IN
the northwest, some Of them residents
of the Flathead country. Francois Fin
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
PENNSYLVANIA COAL OPERATOR
SUCCEEDS ALVIN ADAMS IN
WESTERN AIR
Largest Individual Stakeholder Is
New President; Expansion of Lines
Company Chosen by Directors as
Service Is Proposed.

william A. Coulter, since 1884
the largest individual stockholder
of Western Air Express, replaces
Alvin p. Adams as president Of
the airline following his election
by the board of directors. Re-
elected by the board to serve with
Coulter, who is well known in the
try, are Leo II. DwerlkOtte, first
vice president and secretary
treasurer; Charlie N. James, vice
president, operations; TIL OF mas
Wolfe. vice president, traffic, and
Earnest H. Brown, assistant Sec
rotary.
At the annual stockholders meeting
Coulter was elected to the board for
the first time, and the following were
reelected to serve as directors:
Serge F. Ballif Jr.. Los Angeles:
Dwerlkotte, Los Angeles: Harold P
Fabian, Salt Lake City; Alfred Frank,
Salt Lake City; Stanley W. Guthrie
Los Angeles; Charlie N James, Los
Angeles; James G. Newton Jr., Denver;
William F. Nicholson, Denver; Ralph
Waycott and Thomas Wolfe, both of
Pasadena.
Coulter, of Greensburg and Phila-
delphia, Pa, is president of the
GreenS-burg Coal d Coke Co.. and q
graduate of Princeton university.
Commenting upon his election as
head of the airline, he stated, II have
been interested in Western Air Ex-
press and the aviation industry for
several years. Naturally. it is pleasure
to take active part in an industry
which has made such healthy progress
in the past and one which IS on
the threshold of still greater era
The officers who will work with
Coulter are all prominent in airline
circles. Dwerlkotte has been with
Western Air Express II years; Charlie
N. (Jimmie) James went with the air
line at the time of its organization
in 1925 as the first pilot for the COM
pany; Earnest Brown rounds out 10
years with Western Air, and Thomas
Wolfe, active in aviation for Is years
has been head Of the traffic depart
ment since 1886.
Expansion of the airline's service
was indicated when the board author
lied additional service from Salt Lake
City to Yellowstone park to care for
summer tourist travel. Upon approval
by the civil aeronauticS authority of
the proposed route and airport at
jackson, Wyo., the new schedule will
fly over Grand Teton mountains with
stop at Jackson. This eliminates
plans to bring scenic and dude ranch
country to air travellers, as well as to
handle the rush of business to Yellow
stone park, which was a popular STOP
over last summer for transcontinental
passengers.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
Myrnu 10y Will Restore
Her Grundfuther's Ranch

driving from Corinne, Utah, to Virginia
City in the days when road agents free
ly operated in the new gold camps Of
the territory. After he established the
ranch he made it his home until his
death in 1904 and it was one of the
show places of the state.
Since his death the place has re-
manned in the family's hands, but has
been in charge of tenants.
Mss Logs plans include restoration
Of the buildings to their former state
and making it a summer home for her
spend few weeks each year in isola-
ton. Miss Logs mother, Mrs. Della
Williams, will be in charge of actual
plans for restoration of the old place.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29

Myrna 10y, player Of sophisticated
motion picture roles, plans to restore
her grandfather's cattle ranch near
Radersburg, so miles southeast of Hell
ena, her Montana relatives have been
informed.
When Miss 10y, who in private life
is Mrs. Arthur Hornblow Jr., was in
Montana a few weeks ago. she spent
several days at the ranch planning its
restoration. In years past it was one
of the large cattle ranches of Broad
water county, containing more than
1000 acres.
The ranch dates its settlement to
1865 by D. T. Williams, grandfather of
Miss 10y. He was a pioneer freighter,
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
Montana Association
OF Future Farmers
To Meet April 24-27

With delegates attending from each
of the Sc chapters in the state, the
Montana Association of Future Farm
ers of America will hold its annual
convention at Montana State college
April "a to 81 in conjunction with the
1910 High School week program at the
college.
Including the two delegates who will
represent each chapter and the mem
berS who will participate in the various
contests to be held during the week,
the convention will be attended by
more than 400 Future Farmers, accord
ing to Paul Holzer Of Stanford, state
president.
Besides a wide variety OF contests,
number of entertainment events are
being arranged for the FLA boys in
Guiding two banquets and concerts
played by the state FLA band under
the direction of Lou Howard, director
of the college band
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29

lays name is connected prominently
with the discovery Of gold in Montana,
for Francois is said to have brought
gold dust to Angus Mcdonald at
Saleesh House as early as 1851. Fran
co.'s was either a son or grandson Of
the intrepid Jacques.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29

A Californian is exhibiting a string,
originally "A miles long. in which he
has tied 100000 knots during his
spare time. Silly, isn't it? Yet he has
a string with a million knots to show
for his spare time-and what have you?
Washington Post.
Glacier County chief., 1940-03-29
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giving Pinkham's Compound has helped tens
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-11
U.S.. Army Opens Full Time Office
Here for Recruiting as Part Of Big
National Program for Nations Forces

The United States army estab-
llshed a permanent recruiting sub
station in FL Centre Tuesday one
Of thousand such stat ion
throughout the nation. as the first
step in a program to raise the
standing army to nearly half a
million men,
Sergeant Frank Zajata termed the
establishment of the base as a
routine assignment in the Presi-
dents national defense program as
he took over his office in the Post
Office building five months earlier
than year ago.
Under ordinary circumstances the
recruiting Substation is open in
Imperial Valley only from November
to April, according 20 zapata but
several hundred sub-stationS have
been reopened to increase the stand
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-11

amy trainers and $9000,0O0 con-
tract for Swedish pursuit p!anta
which probably Will De turned over
to the Allies
Three Shift are working cay
and night IN The big North Amer
can Aircraft plant, which has con
centrated on training planes but
Is now reported working on new
super pursuit Snip The plane would
be driven 450 miles an hour by u
1000 horsepower liquid cooled mo-
tor, according 10 reports.
Nolthrop Aircraft IS working a
Part shift at night and has an
nounced that % patrol boMbrrs 1t
has been building Tor Norway Will
be turned over to Great Britain.
Consolidated Aircraft near San
Diego is hiring 1000 men a month
and expects to reach peak produc-
ton by midsummer ON $7O.000.-
600 backlog, mostly big Dombers for
the u S. navy.
Plants are begging for more en-
glneers and need experienced ma
chlnistS tool and sheet metal work
erS badly.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-11
Bernard Fabares
Rites SoIenlnized

Funeral services for Bernard Fa-
bares, for 10 years l. resident of
Ell Centre, were conducted Tuesday
morning in San Diego. with re-
QUEEN mass at ST AnneS church.
i service at Goodbody Ivy chapel
ana burial in Holy Cross cemetery
Fabares, n;,:.ve of Franco and
for many year resident Of Al
gers, louisiana dIpd carly Sunday
morning at the home Of ms daligh-
ter, Mrs. Pauline Leblanc of lngle-
wood
survivor. III ,lGdltlnn /, Mr.. IL
Blanc, lnclude the following chil-
dren. A l.. tabarc& OF IL Centre.
Mrs. Elenore McGurk OF Bostonla
Raoul Fabares OF Los Angeles, Mrs.
Nanette Bailey of San Diego, Nick
olaS F'abareS of New Orleans, Lit.
and one sister, Mrs j. M. Luqet of
New Orleans.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-11
Flag Salute Riot Brings
Gunfire to M oine Area
KENNEBUNK. Me. June II. CUP !

KENNEBUNK Me, June II. CUP
Extra state troopers patroled
southern Maine today and Coy.
Lewis O. BarroWS said he was pre-
pared to muster the national guard
if necessary to halt disorders arising
from the refusal by religious cultiStS
TO salute the American flag.
-Four youths had been shot, scV-
eral cultiSts beaten. three homes
stoned and the Kennebunk head
quarters of the sect burned. within
The past three days. MurderouS as
sauit charges against six cult mem
berS. held in 100000 total bail. were
to be heard today
The Wounding of two youths last
night caused Gov. BarrOWS to warn
that he would use the national
guard if state police failed to cope
with the situation The riots were
precipitated indirectly by citizens
anger over the cultists refusal on
religious grounds to salute the flag
Victims of the latest shooting were
among so men who StOrmed the
home at nearby Wells of a man
apparently by mistake.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-11
Roosevelt Asks SO
Millions for Red
Cross Relief Work

WASHINGTON, June II. CUP)-
President Roosevelt today drafted
a request for a S50,0OOOOO congress
sional appropriation to help finance
Red Cross refugee work in Europe.
He arranged to send the request
to congress later today in the form
of identical letters to Vice -PreSi-
dent John N Garner and Speaker
William B. Bankhead. He proposed
that the money be appropriated
directly to him as president and
honorary head of the Red Cross to
be turned over to the Red Cross
and administered directly by the
relief organization.
The presidents request was an
notlnced by White House Secretary
Stephen +. Early, who said the
money will be used for purchases of
food, clothing, medical supplies and
for other relief purposes which the
REQ Cross deems necessary in a
most acute situation The Red Cross
low is raI5ing $40 900 600 from
American citizens.