The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX & MISSING MAN RETURNS TO TOWNTODAY PaulSinciclga(hesFarEnd of Berners Bay - Back for Rest, Supplies Paul Sincic, gaunt from losing 28 pounds in 55 days on the trail to Comet on the north end of Ber- ner's bay, arrived back in town this morning aboard Pete Lunde's boat, the Attu Some concern had been felt here about Sincic’s welfare. He had been unheard from since June when he left a note for friends at Echo Cove. After leaving Echo Cove about June 27, Sincic skirved Berner's Bay. He had to wait for low tides to get past the reefs and around cliffs that come down to the beach at high tides. At the mouth of Antler River on the Bay, he found a 10 foot dory. It was dried out with the seams open about half an inch. Plugging the seams with clothing and tacking his water- proof tarpaulin across the bottom, Sincic whitled out oars and oar- locks. Starting the two and a quarter mile trip across the Bay, Paul got|came to Douglas, where he sold his about a quarter of a mile from the opposite shore before his boat sank on him. Luckily, the tide was run- from there. Sincic started skirting the shorz|tineau Channel, George was en- looking for a route across the|¢ mountain range. At the deserted mining camp of Jualin he found| five pounds of flour and pounds of sugar. Three days were spent camp living mainly on pancakes made from the flour and drying| out clothing and equipment. Jaulin | ner's Bay. Leaving Jaulin, Sincic went to the Indiana Mine but had to ford Johnson Creek in waist-deep ice- cold water. He spent about a day and a half at this mine and cached | his pack there. A climb was made to the Kensington Mine on Lion's Head Mountain overlooking Sher- man Creek. This creek is opposite Johnson Creek and empties into Lynn Canal. A feast, as Sincic describes it, was made on a little rice at the Kensington Mine. He then spent two days at the Kensington Tunnel Site before going to the Northern Bell Mine opposite the Kensington Mine. The next day he discovered Comet Mine number one where he shot spruce hen. Half of the hen was saved for the following day when an entry in. his journal states: “Strange how each tiny bit of food is devoured when there is so little of it! Never again, when I get to town, will I leave food on the platter no matter how mucn I've eaten and never refuse food offered to me!” His food the next day was 8 weasel that he shot. He then re- turned to the Indiana Mine and went on to part of the Kensing- ton Mine Tramway at the base of a mountain that he did not know the name of. As he was picking berries, Sincic discovered a trail leading to the beach. After following it for about two miles, he heard someone shoot- ing a .22 rifle. He said he literally tore out down the trail and came to Comet Mine number two. There he met Lawrence Frank, | caretaker, and he was the first| human he had seen in 55 days on | the trail. The first thing Frank offered him was a bottle of beer | which €incic said tasted like soda | pop. | After being fed, Sincic asked the date and was nearly knocked over | to find it was July 31 | This morning, Pete Lunde, who | had been fishing in the area, stop- ped at Comet to see if Frank wanted | anything in town. Both Sincic and Frank came in with him, Sincic will be spending the next four or five days in town develop- ing pictures and picking up sup- plies before returning to Comet. His plans are then to finish his trip to Skagway and on to the interior of Alaska. JIRP MEN CROSS JUNEAU ICE FIELD IN 2-WEEK TREK! Two Juneau men and a Tacoma M. L. GEORGE, 88, PASSES AWAY IN CALIFORNIA HOME| [10OF IINSTALLING Father of George Brothers! physician completed the first cross- neau ning out and the boat sank in about several enterprises of the George two feet of water. He waded ashore | Bros.,, and their office quarters. in California. two | Order of Moose, Alaska Chapter in Juneau. His religion was the Holy | of promoting a summer ski project | | Eastern at the| Apostolic Church. their Matilda, Lilly, Virginia and DiMitri, is between Lynn Canal and Ber-|all in Huntington Park; his thre® i sons in Juneau, Thomas L., Joseph | greas. ‘ing of the Juneau Ice Field this | weekend after a two-week trek |||neSS across the glaciers east of here. l Anthony Thomas, U.S. Forest Service, Dean Williams, Pan Ameri- Michael Lazar George, pioneer |can Airways and Dr. Theodore Juneau merchant and father of the |Haley, Tacoma, Wash.,, all mem- George Brothers, passed away at|bers of the American Geographical 5 p. m. yesterday in Huntington |Society’s Juneau Ice Research Pro- Park, Calif., where he had made|ject, emerged irom the previously his home since leaving here injunknown high reaches by way of 1930. the Salmon Creek valley Saturday | He had suffered four strokes in |evening. the past several years, and had Thomas and Williams who have been bedridden for a number of |[been with the JIRP expedition in months. the Taku and Twin Glacier areas Michael George Lazar was born|for the past three weeks, departed July 28, 1861, in Duma, Lebanon,|from Devils Paw mountain on the Syria, to George and Ruby Lazar. | Canadian boundary July 21. They He began to earn his living as & |crossed the Twin Glacier Neve, shoemaker when 15 years old, in|reaching JIRP'S main base camp Alexandria, Egypt. July 23, where they were joined In 1881, he landed at Ellis Island, | by Dr. Haley. Two days later they! then worked at Providence and{cegan the traverse across the west | Pawtucket, R. 1., for several years. lTaku, through what they described When he received his Americflniss beautiful glacir passes. At the citizenship in 1901, the names were /point of convergence of the Taku transposed and the family has used jand Norris glaciers they followed the surname “George” ever since.|across upper Nugget and Lemon He was married in 1895 and was|Glaciers to enter the Salmon Creek father of three sons and daughter [valley and out to the Glacier High- by his first marriage. The sons;way. are now known in Juneau as the! They report seeing various small George Brothers. flowers and Nunatak growth along In 1909, he left the route as well as strange small birds and bugs quite different from interests in 1920 to establish the[any observed at lower levels. Leader Department Store in Ju-| The party carried a small radio That property now houses|set and held daily communication with both the JIRP bsse camp and Juneau. The trip ties in with the Forest Service's desire to- attain a high caged in the real estate businessijeve] ski route across the ice fields. { Williams gathered valuable infor- | mation for Pan American Airways which is considering possibilities | Dies After Long the East and After 1930, when he leit Gas- He was a member of the Loyal 1 Orthodox Catholic and|jn the area. ! i One of the majn results of the widow and | crossing is the establishment of a Ch'ld“efliwest entrance route to the ice field. All previous parties.have entered are his unmarried Surviving four the Taku emd pTwin Glacier L., and Gus, and a daughter, Mrs. | R R John (Mamie) Vades, Seattle. ! ' He also is survived by three| | grandchildren, Thomas, Jr., and! DO and Donald Martin, son of Vades. ~His only great-grandchild is T-month-old Lynn Patricia Love- | joy. Funeral arrangements will be an- | nounced later. Friends wishing to | send messages of condolence may ! address them to 2903 Broadway, Huntington Park, Calif. Tom and Joe George left today for the home Mrs. Robert (Esther) Lovejoy, chil- | | dren of Tom George, in Juneau, | NEWS \ Mrs. ' i JUNEAUITE REPRESENTS FROM ANCHORAGE Mrs. Thomas Jensen and sons Tommy and Tim arrived in Doug- las last week from Anchorage where the family now resides. Mrs. Jensen and children are vis-' iting friends and are houseguests at the Marcus Jensen home, in-| tending to visit here a week or so before going to Skagway to visit their parents and'grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Feero. there. ALASKA BUILDING PERMITS INCREASE RETURNS HOME FROM STATES Mrs. Bert Routsala returned home Saturday afternoon via PAA SEATTLE, Aug. 1—(®—A survey | from Seattle. She has been visit- covering six Northwest states and|ing for over six:'weeks in Wash- Alaska showed today that building |ington and Idaho. permits for the first half of 1949 are up nearly five and a half mil- lion dollars over the last six months of 1948, ing canvassed today by Paul Sol- | Compiled by the Construction|ka. Jr. representative of the US. News Bulletin, putlished in Seattle Bureau of the Cemsus, Department by the Pacific Builder and Engi-|of Commerce. This is the first neer, the report is based on ffgures | year that business houses in Alaska from 89 cities in Oregon, Washing- | have been contacted for informa- ton, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, |tion by that bureau. Utah and Alaska. During the first half of this year, permits totalled $144,806,189, com- | BUREAU OF CENSUS Douglas business houses were be- | SHEET METAL ROOF Mike's Place, famous eating today’s sun, with .a bright new sheet metal roof which was com- pleted by contractors last week. vious six months, | Alaska's totals jumped from $551,- | 746 to $1,654,421 during the two six- months periods covered in the re-| port. WELL BABY CONFERENCE Enough iron ore has teen taken'ence will be held Tuesday after- from the Lake Superior district to.;ncon from 1:30 to 3:30 o'clock fill an ore train long enough to|in the Douglas School. Miss Marie pared with $139,470,235 for the pre- ;sbot and night club, is shining in! | The Douglas Well Baby Confer- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CEREMONIES TUES. | T0 BE HELD HERE Installation ceremonies of the silver Bow Lodge No. A2 of the, IOOF will be held tomorrow night | at 8 o'clock in the' lodge hall, Installing officers will be Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master Olaf | Peterson, District Deputy Grand | Marshal Charles W. Carter, Dis trict Deputy Grand Warden James Larsen, District Deputy Grand Sec- retary George Jorgenson, District Deputy Grand Chaplin S. J. Paul, | District Deputy Grand Guardian J. R. Langseth. Officers to be installed ‘are: Henning Berggren, Noble Grand; Thorvald Jensen, Vice Grand; J. P. Christensen, Secretary; James So- foulls, Warden; Olaf Peterson, Conductor; George Jorgenson, Chaplain; Fred Jacobsen, Past Grand; James Larsen, Right Sup- | porter Noble Grand; George A. Fleek, Left Supporter Noble Grand; J. R. Langseth, Right Supporter Vice Grand; Arnie Johnson, Left Supporter Vice Grand; Dan Jek- nich, Inside Guardian; Rade Wuno, Outer Guardian; William Vernon, Right Scene Supporter; Harry Ton- kin, Left Scene Supporter; Charles | W. Carter, Trustee. | BPW Club Elects Dr. Butler io Be First Vice-President Dr. Evelyn Butler was chosen unanimously by Business and Pro- fessional Women’s Club memters to be their first vice-president at the club’s regular business meeting on| the Baranof Terrace at noon today. | Presided over by Mrs. Helen Ehrendreich, president, the club heard a report by Betty McCormick of her recent trip through the Ter- ritory. Mary Breland, club trea- surer, told of her vacation into the Yukon Territory by Alaska Coastal | to Skagway and the journey via White Pass and Yukon Railway| over the pass into Whitehorse. | It was decided at the club that| the BPW should continue its tra-| ditional September reception to teachers in the Channel area, as| & welcome to new teachers and an honor to those who are continuing their former positions on the teach- | ing staffs of local schools. ALASKA REPUBLICANS | Mrs. Ann D. Robertson of Ju- neau left San Francisco yesterddy | to attend a meeting of the Repub- lican National Committee in Wash- ington, D. C. As Mrs. Margaret E. White, Re- publican National ~ Committee- woman for Alaska, is unable to at- tend, she delegated her proxy to Mrs. Robertson, who will represent the Alaskan Republican Party. According to Albert White, who attended the last meetin of the National Committee at Omaha, Neb., in January, “At this meeting, matters will be taken up to create harmony, and to plan for aggressive interest in the 1950 election.” MISS RHOALES VISITS Miss Gertruge Rhoades of the Public Library staff at Indiana- polis, Ind., is the houseguest of a former Indianapolis resident, Miss Olive G. Montel of the Alaska Road Commission staff. The visitor is thoroughly enjoying her first trip to Alaska, and reluc- tant to leave Juneau next Tuesday. She arrived here July Zs. the conference. Interest- avs with babies or small are cordially invited to at- i conduct ed mot™ childrex \!endA REGULAR MEETING, EAGLES It was announced that tonight |is the regular meeting night of the F.O.E., Aerie No. 117. Meeting encircle the earth nine times. | E. Riley, public health "nurse, will will be in Eagles Hall at 8 o'clock. THE The reason Sincic gave for his| coming to the shoreline instead of following above the timberline was | that game was nonexistent. As (l} was, he lived on robins, porcupines, | camp robbers, skunk cabcage, dan- delions, and nettles. | Yes, sir! Rainier Extra There are no contour maps of the | area that Sincic travelled through. He had to travel by compass and a map sketched out prior to his taking off on June 8. ; PAVING GOES FAST With completion Saturday ol pav- ing on Seward and Third Streets and Capitol Avenue, the projects within the city are nearing com- etion, according to.City Engineer | james L. McNamara. | Yet to be surfaced are Goldbelt. | and Evergreen Avenies, Telephone Hill and the area at Third and| | DISTRIBUTED BY ODOM COMPANY Pale is the ultimate in beer. The smoothest, mellowest beer you've ever tasted. Extra re- freshing . . . extra de- licious. Ask for Rainier — the extra pale beer. SICKS'SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. Seattle, US.A. Unit of one of the Worlds Great Brewing Organisstions ————————300 Colman Bldg., Seattle 4. Dixon. PSR CABLE SHIP LENOIR 15 HERE TO REPAIR SUBMARINE LINES The captain says he came here 5HARVARD (LIMBERS MAKE FIRST ASCENT STEEP DEVIL'S PAW Arriving back in Juneau this | morning after the first ascent of |the 8584 foot Devil’'s Paw on the MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1949 ALASKA TOURIST TRAVEL REACHES PEAK OF SEASON to learn—that he and the first| juneau Ice Cap, Fred Beckey, Andy S. 5. Aleutian Leaves Seat- |after American troops recaptured | lieutenant are just students. Doesn’t sound like the Army? It does sound like the A.CS. A Signal Corps patry arrived here this morning aboard the cable ship Lenoir on a tour of duty out of Seattle, to repair submarine cable. The Lenoir will go to Midway Island tomorrow. The officers ex- pect to be in waters of this dis- trict for at least a week. 1st. Lt. Nels Ahlstrom is Officer in Charge of the ship. Capt. Russell Dragoo and 1st. Lt. Alred H. Sprague are the students of cable work. COL. ITSCHNER IS GIVEN PROMOTION SEATTLE, Aug. 1. —®— Col. Emerson C. Itschner became Dis- trict Engineer of the Army Corps of Engineers today. Colenel Itschner directed con- struction of the port of Cherbourg the French City. For the last three years he has been chief of con- | struction operations division of mil- | itary construction in Washington, D. C. He formerly was with the‘ Alaska Road Commission. i HOGUE TRANSFERRED' | 10 TEQMA,OI’FI(E_1 Transfer to Tacoma of Henry, Hogue, district manader here for two insurance companies was an-| nounced today by Harry K. Coffey, general agent for the Mutual Bene- | fit Health and Accident Association | and United Benefit Life Insurance' Co. i Hogue, accompanied by his wife' and son Duane, will leave here b,vf ferry for -Haines August 26 to drive out over -the Alaska Highway. | Hogue will- take over the position | of district manager for Tacoma and , Pierce County. lang call it “Colossal Enterprises.” Griscom, Harry King, Bill Putnam and David Michael will be leaving tomorrow by Mt. McKinley Air- ways for Seattle and home, The group was flown by Dean Goodwin to Twin Glacier Lake from where the climb was made. They covered the length of Taku Glacier. Other points climbed were Michael's Sword, Antler, Couloir Peak, Organ Pipe, Mung Tower, and Druxman Peak. The ascent of | the Devil’s Paw was made by Put-| nam, Griscom, ands Michael. Bec-| key and King climbed Michael's| Sword. The group made the first full trip from the Devil's Paw to Men- denhall Glacier doing it in three days travel. Griscom and Puinam reached the Airport last night just in time to catch the last bus into town. The other three members of the party are expected in some time today. The group of five are memkers of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. With them was their full grown malemute “Skagway.” The dog was not able to reach the last 500 feet on the climb of the Devil's Paw because of the rocky terrain. The fellows claim over 20 first ascents to elevations of over 10,000 feet for “Skagway.” The men financed their own trip MRS. MORROW-TAIT WANTS CLEARANCE FOR FLIGHT HOME BANGOR, Me., Aug. 1.—(@—Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait, 26-year-old British flyer, today awaited customs clearance to hop off on the last 'stages of a round-the-world flight begun last August. She landed ner single-engined trainer-type plane at Dow Air Field base here last Saturday after a flight from Burlington, Vt. He leaves after five years resi- Accompanying her was navigator | | Michael Townsend, 25, former | fle Saturday with 291 | Passengers Aboard 1 SEATTLE, Aug. ..—#— Tourist | travel to Alaska hit a peak for the season when the §8. Aleutian sail- ed for the north Saturday with a passenger list of 291. J It was a gala departure as the Alaska Steamship Company vessel left Pier 42 at 11 am. She will complete a 12-day round trip af- ter calllng at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Hawk Inlet, Seward, Val- dez and Cordova. The passenger bookings for Sat- day's sailing were the heaviest for the season thus far. Company of- ficials said indications were favor- able for large tourist volume the remainder of the season. The passenger farthest from home apparently was Miss Olive Coates, who lives in South Africa, and is at present on an extended tour, Also aboard the vessel was Miss Caroline Hendcn, Seattle, who was escorting a party of relatives from Shawnee, Okla., including her mother, Mrs. Clarence B. Hendon. Better BUY Better TRY 20 cenis Seattle Man Dies a pound With Winning Race Track Ticket in Hand SEATTLE, Aug. :—@®— Ralphi cents extra Monroe Cox, Route 1, Edmonds, | Ausu LAU“DBY collapsed and died at the Longacres Phone 15 Shirts finished at your request for a few the 58-year old man held a win- ning pari-mutuel ticket. race track Saturday, in his hand dence in Juneau, two years of | giiiicn Royal Air Force flyer. in Your ha for the insurance companies. which he spent as .representative | mne cambridge, Eng., woman flew | B heatta 2077 R e Bfle;to Burlington from “Montreal. | P “l‘ldflfl natlo: K‘I‘Kl:n ’;‘ was her second attempt to enter | b S v N the United States. Last July 21 she | Hogux bas: dhia msin Bl }landed at the Vermont community | St 0l 8ret, Be byt was refused entry by immigra- | ys. He aving “one heck of & | tjon officials who said her papers lot of food friends behind.” Mrs. Hogue has been ‘on ‘he‘wg;-;en::o::-c‘i}:x?l?:g tour ran into staff of the Territorial Depurtmenti{tm“me in Alaska, where Mrs. | It pounds of cargo aboard ‘its Alaska planes the first six months of 1949, double the amourit carried by the air line in the same period last Regional year, D. E. McMorran, Traffic Manager, said today. e e | Morrow-Tait crashed but escaped PAN AMERICAN UPS ALASKA BUSINES SEATTLE, Aug. 1 — (A — Pan American Airways carried 2,671,343 i without serious injury. 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