14 Capital Journal, Salem. Ort.. Wednwday, Oct. 26. 1949
ALONG FABLED YUKON RIVER
Rumors of New Gold Finds
Sweep Through 'Rush' Camp
By JACK DAUM
(nirbinki N.w.-Mln.r euHir)
FUhwheel, Alaska, Oct. 28 UP) Rumori that more nuggets had
been found along the banki of the fabled Yukon river awept
periodically through thia booming gold rush camp today. But
attempta to trace the flndi met with a cagey ailence.
Prospector! eyed one another auspiciously, unwilling to talk
about their luck In panning tne-
tram until they have tiled
thir claims.
Although the temperature it
IS below and still falling, many
of the early arrivals have begun
panning for the precious yellow
atuff all men aream aoouv.
from their results we may
know soon whether thia gold
rush la destined to be remem
bered along with the other fa
mous ones of Alaska history.
That is the opinion held by vet
eran gold seekers who impa
tientlv await each dawn to re
new their hunt for the yellow
metal amid the Yukon sands,
Feverish activity up and down
the river from last week's dis
covery site 20 miles southeast
nf Fort Yukon heightened its
temoo as a report trickled
through Flshwheel'a mushroom
ing tent city.
The word waa that a three-
eighth inch nugget had been
found.
The nugget waa aald to have
been accidentally pulled up in
a miner's bucket from the bot
torn of a water hole on the south
bank of the river one-quarter
of a mile from the original strike.
Earl Hurst, veteran Alaska
prospector, admitted he aaw the
nugget, which he described as
"good coarse gold.
A trapper from Eagle, Charlie
Biederman, also said he examin
ed nuggets panned half a mile
upstream from Discovery Island,
on which Clifton Carroll first
found pea-size nuggeta aa he dis
mantled his water - propelled
fishwheel.
In neither case waa It pos
sible to learn accurately who
made the later discoveries.
With aircraft atreamlng in
from Fairbanka and Fort Yu
kon, scorea of new prospectors
arrived daily lured to the rim
of the Arctic by the age-old
hunt for gold.
A second landing field was es
tablished about five milea up
stream from Discovery Island.
Bush Pilot Jim Magoffin paced
It off and dubbed it "Yukon
Ice" airport,
The Influx of gold seekers
has doubled thia mining camp'a
population from laat Saturday
night's 75 More than 60 plane
trips Into the area from Fair
banks werf logged Monday, com
pared to SO Sunday and 20 Sat
urday, Even heavier aerial traffic Is
expected witl two landing strips
available. Heretofore, small
aircraft bearing bearded pros
pectors had only a Discovery
Island sandbar on which to put
down.
It ia easy to separate the pro
fessional from the amateurs.
Oldtlmers veterans of strikes
at Chandalar, Pedro, Fairbanks
and Firth River go methodical.
ly about the business of setting
up camp, storing grub and kin
dling their stoves.
Then they find "color" In the
river mud with a few swishes
of their battered pans. Finally
they begin staking out their
claims. Color consists of min
ute gold flakea without com
mercial value.
Newcomers usually are over
equipped and are garbed In
Arctic clothing with the unmis
takable look of recent acquaint
ance with atore shelves.
They Invariably dash toward
the first group of men they sight,
ask directions and then plunge
off across the Ice toward the
tall enda of Fishwheel town
either up or downstream In a
ceaseless search for unclaimed
ground which may contain gold.
Monday night I saw men
tome with sleeping bags too
short for them, some with par
kas, some with overcoats, some
with pitifully inadequate cloth
ng sleeping in tents and in the
open as the temperatures drop
ed to IS below zero.
Things are easier for the vet
erans who brought stoves and
proper bedding.
Many others are seeking more
permanent shelter at Fort Yuk
on, to which the "taxi" fee by
air from the strike scene is $10
per trip.
Youths Fail in
Crime Atiempl
Chicago, Oct. 26 Ml Four
knife-wielding high school girls
tried their hands at kidnaping
and car theft yesterday but end
ed up in the Juvenile home.
They told Capt. Walter Healy
that they were playing hookey
from school and wanted an auto
mobile ride because "it was such
a nice day.
Mrs. Dorothy Hurley, 41, wife
of a packing company execu
tive, told Healey the girls forced
their way into her car in front of
her southside home. She said one
of the girls pressed "something
sharp against her side and in
structed her to drive west.
About five miles away, she
said, the girls showed her a knife
with a three-inch blade and or
dered her out of the car. Mrs.
Hurley snatched the keys from
the car and ran, screaming for
help.
Ihe girls also ran into an al
ley but were seized by police.
Police withheld names of the
girls because of their ages, but
they said one is 16 years old, the
others IS.
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Sheridan Youngsters
Will Parade Monday
Sheridan A parade and
treats for children at the Amer
ican Legion hall will be offer
ed aa a Halloween party October
31. The affair is under the joint
sponsorship of the American Le
gion auxiliary and the park rec
reation committee. The parade,
weather permitted, will start at
7:30 o'clock and refreshments
will follow.
The parade will have four
sections with cash prizes for the
winners of each. The first sec
tion will be for pre school chil
dren, second for the primary
pupils of the first three grades,
the third for intermediates in
the fourth to sixth grades and
the fourth for the upper grade
pupils.
Pleasantdale Mrs. Milton
Murphy entertained eleven mem
bers of the Aloha Needle club
at the Pleasantdale community
hall. Their own fancywork was
pastime diversion. Refreshments
were served. The next meeting
will be at the same place with
Mrs. Clarence Launer as hostess.
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Bus-Truck Crash A doctor, nurse and rescue workers give
first aid to a victim wedged in the wreckage of a Greyhound
bus near Paoli, Pa., after the bus and a truck loaded with
33,000 pounds of sheet steel collided on the Lincoln highway.
A sailor was killed and 31 others were injured, including sev
eral sailors returning to their base in Philadelphia. State po
lice said the bus crashed into the rear of the truck-trailer.
(AP Wirephoto)
Aurora Missionary
Offering Is Lifted
Aurora The Ladies Mission
ary society of Christ Lutheran
church, Aurora, met in the
church parlors for its annual
thankoffering service. Twenty
three members and two visitors
attended. The scripture lesson
and devotions were led by Mrs.
John Schwabauer, with "Giving
Is Living" as the topic. Plans
were made to collect clothing
and various other supplies at the
next meeting, to be sent to the
Martin Luther Home at Sterling,
Nebr., as a Christmas gift.
Chairmen of the different de
partments were urged to attend
fall rally at Peace Lutheran
church in Portland, October 28,
a letter from Mrs. E. Rosin,
read by the secretary. The
thankoffering part of the meet
ing was conducted by Mrs. L. J.
Schwabauer, acting in the ab
sence of Mrs. H. Mau, thankof
fering chairman for the year.
The program Included hymns
by the members, songs and
playlet. Thankoffering boxes
were collected, followed by re
freshments. Serving were Mrs.
Ben Ingalls and Mrs. Norman
Hurst.
Stewart Family Has
Reunion Gates Home
Gates A family retunion was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Stewart, the first time
the family had all been together
for seven years. Those present
were the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Stewart and three children,
Mr. and Mrs. William Athey and
family, all of Gates; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter McKean and three
daughters of O'Neal, Calif., Mrs.
Loretta Fancher of Renton
Wash, and Hugh Fancher and
two sons of Issaquah, Wash,
Mrs. McKean and daughters,
Mrs. Fancher and Mrs. Athey,
accompanied Fancher to Wash
ington for a visit.
Kiwanis Guests
Grounded by Fog
The Salem Kiwanis club pre
sented its yearly "ladies night"
dinner party at the Marion Tues
day night with a score or more
guests from Olympia, Wash., in
attendance. Victoria, B.C., Ki-
wanians did not appear as sche
duled, the party having been
fog bound.
Governor Arthur B. Langley
of Washington, a member of the
Olympia Kiwanis club, was rep
resented by Harold Van Eaton.
The special guest list included a
number of top Kiwanis officials
of the state and presidents of
other Salem service clubs.
T. Harold Tomlinson, of Sa
lem, lieutenant governor for dis
trict No. 14 presided as toast-master.
Entertainment was provided
by a group of Willamette uni
versity students.
This Woman Paid to Gain
Weight-Then to Lose It
New York VP) Gaining weight with many women is a matter
of self-indulgence and losing it is a matter of self-torture.
But with Fay Suskind, putting on pounds ana men laKing
them off is a matter of business. She is paid to do it
Miss Suskind, a pretty, dark-eyed girl with fine background
and a splendid foreground, has
one of the oddest Jobs in an odd , uu gtomach and get lota of
civilization. She Is a human
guinea pig for the mechanical
massage industry.
It is my job to test the re
ducing equipment," she said
as we sat in the anteroom of one
of the MacLevy slenderizing
salons where she acta also as
gymn supervisor.
Three or four times a year
I put on as much weight as I
can, and then take It -off with
massage rollers.
We have machines for every
place you want to reduce
calves, hips, arms, back, waist
or thighs. I test each machine
by taking weight off myself."
She keeps an elaborate chart
during the whole process
showing the changes in her own
measurements as she builds her
weight up. then takes it off,
We went into the gymn, which
was full of strange instruments
and resembled a medieval tor
ture chamber. There were two
fat lady customers present. One
was bent over a machine that
kept thumping her in the stom
ach mildly with a series of
wooden rollers.
The second fat lady was har
nessed in a gadget that kept
rolling several tightly-clamped
elastic wire springs up and down
her thighs.
"Does it tickle?" I asked.
"No, no, indeed," she said
"It feels rather good."
I took her word for it.
Both plump ladies looked
with a sigh of envy at shapely
Miss Suskind, whose weight is
now in the downward cycle. She
explained that the most she had
ever got her weight up to was
126 pounds, bu that now she
was down to 108 and still los
ing.
"I can put on as much as 12
pounds in four weeks by eating
candy and starchy things like
spaghetti, noodles and mashed
potatoes," sh- said. "When I'm
gaining I always go to bed with
sleep."
This system Is harder on her
husband than it Is on her.
"He really doesn't like me to
gain he wants me to stay slim,"
she smiled. "But he knows it's
my Job."
"And he doesn t suffer from
it. He's underweight himself.
He gets everything fattening to
eat and has beer at every meal
and still he doesn't put on
an ounce."
One aspect of Fay's Job might
make it attractive to many wo
men. She finds it necessary to
maintain two complete ward
robesone for the upsurge, one
for the downbeat.
"The advantage of mechanical
massage," she said, "is that it
enables women to remove fat
from any part of the body they
desire. 'It gives them control
over their physical contours.
The trouble with having to
test different reducing ma
chines, however, la that some
times Fay may be required to
slim her calves to Betty Grable
size while leaving her hips In a
Venus De Milo proportion.
"But this is only temporary,"
she said. "Aa soon as I have
completed the test, they let me
get back into shape all over."
All the patrons of slenderiz
ing salons today aren't merely
anxious to melt away blubber.
"In case it interests you, she
said, "we can build up the bust,
too. Many women now are in
terested in that."
N. Y. Milk Strike Averted
New York, Oct. 26 UP) Stoo
page of milk deliveries to 11,
000,000 consumers in the metro
politan area was averted early
today by tentative settlement of
a threatened strike of 15,000 milk
drivers and handlers. The set
tlement reached after 60 hours
of almost continuous negotia
tions and mediation requires
ratification uy five locals of the
AFL International Brotherhood
of Teamsters.
Rat-Proof Buildings
Sought in Portland
Portland. Oct. 21 UPl A new
ordinance was being drafted
here today to rid the city of rats.
City Commissioner Fred L,
Peterson estimated half a mil
lion of the creatures could be de
nied food and shelter if buildings
were rat-proofed. The presump
tion is the rodents would starve
or go elsewhere.
The code would cover moat of
the warehouses, docks, food
stores and commercial buildings.
Major alterations would be re
quired in some instances.
Because of his early efforts
with KDKA, Pittsburgh, the
late Dr. Frank Conrad still ia
rated as the "father of broadcasting."
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labor-management safety con
ference In North Bend Oct. 27
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dustries. Representing the Le
banon plant of Crown Zeller-
bach will be George Galloway,
resident manager; Hugh Croner,
safety superintendent, and John
Simi, representing the local 214
of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
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