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TAF RISMARCK TRIRUNY © SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1999- -. ONGRESY’ DEBATES. (77 APPEAR FUBUSTER | AGAINST SHIP BILL ‘Benate Is Far Behind Regular i Schedule in Disposition of Bills + igh Adventure Marks © Eatest Rush tor Gold---By Airplane orthland’s Shades of ‘High Flying’ in Gold Rush of 98 ‘Tiny shacks’ in the midst of vast, ‘Rogers, left,.is head geologist. Lower left are shown two of the party’s cabin planes barren wasteland—that’s the base of the Dominion Explorers as piotired the upper photo. Captain Charles Sutton, right, is chief pilot of the adventuresome expedition and Ji and held against the arc tic winds by ice . e e * . « New York, Jan. 19.—(NEA)—Har- The|dy sourdoughs who mushed over Yu- able ponents insist they have the two required for a cloture if such necessary. But even after -dj . |prise the field exp kon and.Klondike trails would have been staggered by the thought of taking along a ping-pong outfit to while away the winter months at their diggings. ‘ And many a gold-seeker who non- chalantly braved the perils of roar- ing rivers and rocky trails, blizzards ‘and ‘starvation, would have trembled at the idea of invading the fastnesses of the northland in fragile airplanes. Yet these things are just what Captain Charles Cutton and a party of flying adventurers are going to do. Sutton, chief pilot, and about 15 other aviators and geologists com» ition of. Domi: ion Explorers, Ltd, a syndicate which is hunting gold throughout the ’ |snow-covered stretches of Norther’ ”BY FORMER FUNGE Los Angeles, Jan. 19.—(P)—A war ‘of damage sults, in which Lillian picture - actress, on is in New York to buy ad- ditional airplanes and supplies. : “There's gold in Canada,” he said, “There are big deposits of gold in those rocks under the snow. We ex- ‘pect to find mines as profitable and maybe more extensive than those found in Alaska, But the cold cli- and|mate and the difficulty of transpor- 2 3 F Eg Bebe? H gi fe : i a ie tation heve kept anyone from find- ing it. Aerial Geology. “Our plan is to cover the 60,000 square miles at the top-of Canada, between Hudson Bay and Alaska, right under the pole in the. Arctic Circle, from the air. We will fly ‘over this. whole country, with expert ogists who can tell by the rock hidden, AU country: that: looks fa, "eee country that’ lool fa vorable will be marked on maps and other planes will take miners and | . . * . ° engineers to these places to do the actual prospecting. “Air hunting can be done the year around because the tops of the rocks always are swept free of snow. Ac- tual prospecting can be done only between May and November, when ne , Weather is sufficiently temper- ate. A Year’s Experience The expedition started last year, and already has had one year at thie base which was established at Ta- vane, about 1,000 miles directly north of Winnipeg, considerably above Churchill, the last settlement. This country is a wasteland of rock and snow with no vegetation. ‘All the neeessities for life have to be taken there. Now the party has seven shacks, built with double wall to keep out the snow and dampni ‘Ten thousand tons of coal have been taken up by boat, and gasoline caches have been established at the various sub: bases. Large supplies of, food, blankets, oil, clothing, and lumber have been provided. The cqulpmienit includes thtee Fairchild planes, a tractor and a Ford car. at they will edd two more Fairchild cabin mono- planes. Sutton was a war-time Royal Fly- ing Corps pilot, has three German planes officially to his credit, and years of commercial flying since the war, The explorers are a subsidiary of the Thayer Lindsley mining group, a syndicate of adians who have enormous capital and are willing to put years of work and millions of dollars into aerial gold rushing. In Touch by Radio “Though ‘miles from any human habitation there,” Sutton said, “we into the special sheds are in communication by radio with Ottawa. We never see a newspaper, but we get all the news and the mining prices from Winnipeg, and we. get Honolulu and Los Angeles dance music in the evening. Of course, we pick up the stations around New York. “During the winter, ture is between 40 below zero, and it However, the cold is very healthy and we never have had a casualty Te, “We fly every day, and our ma- chines are out in the coldest weath- er. We have built special sheds for hi have thei When not in use they shave to be tied down with ice anchors or the arctic winds certainly would car- ry them away. During the winter, Pontoons are removed and skis put on,’ the temper: id 50 .. Game 1s Scarce Their only neighbors are the Es- He 10 OVERTHROW CHACON GOVERNMENT Border Traffic Stopped as Two | Towns Are Captured by Dis- satisfied Army Leader Mexico City, Jan. 19.—(@)—A re- volt in Guatemala was described to- gay in advices from the border stating two towns were in the hands president. The other general who joined in the revolt, Miguel Lar- ave, is now minister of war and up- on him will probably fall the duty of suppressing his erstwhile ally. view of the dissatisfaction of certain ‘army leaders, The newspaper El Universal com- menting on the triumvirate of Gen- erals Ubico, /Orellana and Larrave said that at the time of their coup detat in 1922 they agreed to succeed one as heads of the govern- ment, each holding office one term. General Orellana’s death before his TRESPASS Jacob Wetsch, fully entering Vincent Geiss'’s garage at Mandan, will be given a hearing before A. R. Herman, city justice there, next Friday, January 25. AIR STATION TALK Associated Press) January 19 by WIR. Lewis, soprano, of the Metro- Decorating the new California State Library at Sacramento is this statue by Edward Field Sanford, jr. It is called “Inspiration” and it has in- spired oceans of comment. Some say it is art, others say it is indecent. METHODIST CHURCH WILL TAKE CENSUS North Dakota Pastors’ Confer- ence to Make State Survey on World Service Program nm, N. D., Jan. 19—(#)—A complete census of every member of the Methodist Episcopal church in North Dakota on world service, in accord with the proposal made at the Evanston conference, was devided on by pastors and representatives of this church in their conference here, which will close Sunday evening. ‘This census will be taken between now and May 12. following personal visitations of every member with world service messages and personal solicitation to support the world serv- ice enterprises, not only with finan- cial contributions but with study and Prayer. ‘This action is in cooperation with the national church body, the nation- Evansten Jan. 5 and May 12, 1929. Attending the conference here are Pr0-! the bishop and four leaders of the kimos whé work for them and will |Wil be used for labor when the actual mining begins. “Some of the time we have good Mantle, and fishing and have fresh at, bu it much of the time we live on canned foods, having spent one year there, we know better what to provide for this year. “Last year, for instance, we had ay two decks of playing cards, with nothing to do evenings but play bridge, the spots soon wore off. ine year, we shall have several decks, and we are alxo taking baseballs and bats and ping-pong outfits. “It probably is as good an adven- ture as the world affords today, and we are having the time of out lives,” church from Philadelphia and Chi- ee and 100 pastors from within the sl Bishop Wallace E. Brown of Helena, Mont., is presiding. Other leaders it are Rev. M. A. Dawber of ladelphia, Rev. J. A. Chalice and Rev. R. A. Ward of Chicago. Speakers discussed evangelism, re- Iigious education, foreign missions, home missions, and education. A wind blowing at 76 miles an hour produces a pressure of 22 pounds: per square foot on a tall building. STATE GATHERINGS Magic City Wants to Show Its Progress to Conventions Extending Over Summer Minot, N. D., Jan. 19.—(4#)—Prepar- ‘ the visitors may see for themselves progress which has been made. partial iist of conventions which ‘Meet here this year, together with es of the officers who will the A will the have charge of them, has been com- BE HOST -/7 led by D. S. Owen, secretary of the | was chosen of Comme! ree, The Minnesota-North Dakota District of Rotary, April. 15 and 16. George P. Sheridan, Rochester, Minn., governor (in general charge), Dr. A. D. Mc- tional association, April (date not set). C. L. Codding. Velva. president; Miss Hazel McCulloch, Minot, sec- Minnesota-North and South Da- kota-Manitoba-Saskatchewan District of Lions, May 27 and 28. Morton Newcomb, Foshay Tower, Minne- apolis, Minn., district governor. A. F. Blonde, Minot, president of local club. orth Dakota department of G. R., June 13, 14 and 15. R. M. Do nelly, Jamestown, department com: mander; R. D. Bagley, Minot, senior vice chairman. Woman's Relief Corps, June 13, 14 and 15. Daughters of Union Veterans, June 18, 14 and 15. North Dakota Bankers association, June (date not set). M. ©. Bacheller, Grand Forks, president; W. C. Mc- Fadden, Fargo, secretary; R. E. Bar- Ton, Minot, local convention commit- tee chairman. North Dakota Funeral Directors, June—date not set—Mr. Jacobson, Crosby, secretary. Mijosenlaget, June 23, 24 and 25. Mathias Rohne, Northwood, N. D., president; and Carston Woll, local convention committee chairman. North Dakota Department of Amer- ican Legion, July (after Northwest Fair). John Kennelly, Mandan, state commander; Jack Williams, Fargo, state adjutant and Wm. H. Johnson, Minot, commander of the William G. Carroll Post. American Legion Auxiliary, (same date as American Legion) Mrs. J. R. State Historical Board Reelected J. L. Bell, Judge L. E. Birdsell, G, McDonnell, and Governor Shafer, all of Bismarck, Dana Wright, St. John; J. Grand Forks, and Mrs. J. Ashley. RECRUITING IN MANDAN tion is in thé postoffice> ADVERTISEMENT ‘amous Cough : Prescription Contains No Chloroform. or Other Harmful Drugs The use of medicines cont chloroform or dope to relieve cough- ing is dangerous and unnecessary. Now anyone can get quick sure re! with a famous prescription called Thoxine, which contains no chloro- form or other harmful drugs and'is safe and pleasant to take. Thoxine is thoroughly efficient be- cause it has a double action—soothes Pence, Minot, president and Mrs. Clinton F. Philips, Fargo, secretary. North Dakota State Nurses asso- ciation, October (date not set) Esther Teichman, Bismarck, president, and Mathilda P. Paul, Minot, correspond- ing secretary. 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