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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1950)
i i ? ' 3' Th' Statssncmy Solera; Oregon; Friday, May 19 1S33 -A mwm 'J: I. - Salem 'Sourdough' to Revisit Scene of 1898 Alaska Gold Rush - - ' . ;. Br lister F. Coar i i Valley Editor, Th Statesman A. L. Lamb, 83-year-young Salem resident and veteran of the 1238 Alaska gold rush, will leave Saturday witb a group of his sour dough friends to visit the territory where millions were dug and lost half century ago. - :.- Lamb, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Robert Coe of 'Salem, wiS carry greetings from Gov. Douglas McKay to Gov. Ernest Gruen- lnf of Alaska when he disembarks t Juneau on the first leg of his Journey." : '.(' -ir--' ' ' The Salem group will Join other members of the Oregon Alaska Yukon society Sot the trip; They will leave Vancouver, B. C, on the liner Prince George. From Juneau they will take the Yukon railroad to Caracross, Yukon territory, and will also visit; in Sftka, the old Russian capital, before returning borne. . ' t :' . Laired by Gold Strike Lamb, a retired contractor, was lured to Alaska by the 1898 gold strike and remained there 10. years, working his own claims and acting 3 engineer on several large min ing projects. Hie admits "doing all right in his search for wealth, in . the frozen wastes, . , He recalls the famous strike on Cheechaka hill, located high above Bonanza creek; near Dawson. The strike was made by a big, raw boned Swede, name unknown, who pestered miners working along Bonanza creek, when he arrived in 88.' i - "The Swede was a Cheekhaka an Indian nickname for a rooky in Alaska at that time," Lamb said. "Just to get rid of him, the boys who were hitting it rich on the creek sent him up the hill. The . joke was on them when he hit It rich a few days later." Crated Like Apples Lamb related how his-11 - man crew mined S 23,000 in gold ore I rem a claim near Dawson in 3ft days. He saw gold crated like ap ples In boxes for shipment to the coast. One - day, -1 6 miles from Dawson, he Nvas passed by 23 mules loaded to capacity with pay dirt. "But out of the 66,000 men who trudged through zero weather, few came home with the fortunes they sought," Lamb reminisced. "I worked for Alec McDonald, the Tune of the Klondike.' He was the richest man ijn Alaska then, but djednbrpke. They made it fast and lost It the same way. , Lamb lust Imissed making an other Alaskan strike recently. He was off only 21 minutes in guess ing when the) ice would break In the Tanarur river. Twenty -nine guessers divided the $175,000 pot wis year. Salem Teacher Association Committees Set At Salem Teachers association meeting Thursday, Maxine Her- ringer, new president, announced standing committees for the coming-year. " Committees appointed are as follows: Professional advancement Audrey Arties, chairman, Mrs. Genevieve Carrey, Mrs. Lucille Bernt, Clarence Irving and Quen tin Aubel; legislative Robert Voigt, chairman, Mrs. Carolyn Blake, Mrs. Helen Philippi, Mrs. Leah Hogue and Henry Landis. Public relations Del Ramsdell, chairman, William Bender, Mrs. Mary Swegart; courtesy Mrs. An geline Self, chairman, Erma Han na and Alleyoe Spencer. Grass Silage Demonstration Slated at Canby Since no grass silage demonstra tion is scheduled in Marion coun ty this spring, Ben A. Newell, ex tension agent, is urging Marion county farmers to attend that set for Clackamas county at the Roy Zimmer farm at Canby today. The farm is located just north of Canby on the right after pass ing the overhead crossing. Field work will start at 10 a.m. and lunch will be available on the farm. 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