Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1935 — Page 19

APKIE 25, 1925.

67 MINNESOTA FAMILIES JOIN ALASKA TREK

Modem Pioneers Rejoice at Chance to Abandon Barren Soil. By United Pratt ST. PAUL, April 55 —S ; /-seven farm families, beaten .r .neir struggle to wrest a |vf* from Minnesota's parched le' Ad.’ out on a strange r:I 6 nmage tomorrow to settle on 40-acre homestead tracts in the fertile Matanuska Valley of Alaska. Many of them will leave homes hewn out of a wilderness forest by their ancestors nearly a century ago. Like their forebearers, they will push to anew frontier to seek a living in virgin territory. They are Minnesota’s contribution to a contingent of 200 families from Mid-Western states who will sail from Seattle, about May 1 in a Federal government project to rv rtTbve farmers from unprofitable land. In the Matanuska Valley the government will give them anew lease on life. Spirit That of Pioneers Their spirit is that of their pioneer parents but their equipment will be vastly different. They will have every tool known to modern agriculture. In addition to tractors and other modern farm machinery, the government will furnish the land, a comfortable, warm house and cattle for each family. Each family head has contracted to live on his 40-acre tract at least five years. Then it will become his property. A account of $3,000 will be provided each family to ease the way to ownership. Every family in the group eagerly •waited departure today. Housewives finished packing clothes. Men crated tools and machinery. Children sorted out their few toys and studied the geography of the new land. Children Are Enthused Typical of the families that will ’ make the journey is that of Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. Wilkes of Wahkon. They have five children. "Are we glad to go? I’ll say we are,” said Mrs. Wilkes. "We are getting away from where it has been nothing but drought and drudgery and nothing to show for our long, hard work. Os course w r e expect it will be nothing but hard work up there, too, but at least we may have something for it—and it can’t be any harder than it has been here.” The children of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alexander, living in a tiny frame house in Golden Valley in Hennepin County, were so eager they scarcely could contain themselves. Billy, 71, freckled and jauntily wearing a cap on the back of his head, talked for his two brothers and little sister. Advance Guard Builds Homes "Sure.” he said, “we’re all ready to go. I'm going to take my skates along.” Billy knew, though, that it isn’t always ice and snow in Alaska. He explained that the Japanese current swings across the ocean bringing warmth to Matanuska Valley. The only thing that worried him was seasickness. Preliminary work fox settlement has been started. A force of transient camp workers left April 23 on the government steamer North Star to lay out the 40-acre tracts, cut roads and build the bungalows in which the families will live.

Construction Crew Sails By United Pratt SAN FRANCISCO. April 25.—The first American colonizing expedition of modern times is under way. Sailing yesterday from San Francisco harbor, the steamer North Star carried 120 men toward Alaska, where, in the Matanuska Valley they will fell a forest primeval to open an 8000-acre tract for farming. The North Star carried 1900 tone of supplies, ranging from food to sewing machines. Tractors, trucks, radios, medicines, furniture, seeds and other goods needed for everyday living were piled high in her holds. The expedition was a forerunner of Federal Emergency Relief Administration plans to place 300 families from the drought-stricken Midwest on self-sustaining farms in the Alaskan Valley, immediately north of Seward and Anchorage on the southern coast of the nation's farthest northern possession. On May 1 the army transport St. Mihiel will take 100 families to their future homes. Fifteen days later another contingent will sail. Homes, schools, a church and stores will be constructed bv the pioneers. The surplus food they raise will be sold in Alaska, where there is a waiting market for fresh vegetables and other farm products. Each family will be given a 40-acre tract as its homestead. GUN CLUB TO STAGE CONTEST FOR PUPILS Times Shotgun School Students to Compete for Prizes. Officers and members of the Indianapolis Gun Club will hold a shoot in honor of pupils at The Indianapolis Times-Em-Roe shotgun instruction schoo’, Saturday, May 4, at the club. The club will award prizes for first and second place in each event and first, second and third prizes to the three high guns in all four events scheduled. The program will consist of four events of 15 targets each. The club will open its trap season with an all day shoot on Decoration Day, May 30. R. O. T. C.TO’BE GIVEN INSPECTION MAY 7, 8 High School Forces to Be Reviewed by Army Officials. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in Indianapolis high schools will be inspected May 7 and 8 by Lieut. Col. John E. Mori. Ft. Hayes, 0., commander of civil components in the Fifth Corps area, and Maj. J. H. Davidson, assistant chief of staff of the Indiana military area. Purdue will be inspected May 9 and 10. Indiana University, May 23; Rose Polytechnic Institute. May 22; Howe Military School, May 16; Concordia College. May 17, and Gary high schools, May 14.

RABBI WISE TO SPEAK AT PURDUE U. SUNDAY Famed New York Clergyman On Convocation Program. Dr. Btephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue of New Ycrk, will speak on “Why Go On Caring?" as the feature of the final religious convocation of the academic year at Purdue University which will be held Bunday morning beginning at 10:30 in Eliza Fowler Hall. An added feature of the convocation will be a special program of music by the Purdue Religious Choir of 70 voices under the direction of Albert P. Stewart.

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FIRE DESTROYS COLLEGE HALL Firebug at Dartmouth Is Cause of $150,000 Damage. By United Preß HANOVER, N. H., April 25.—A firebug’s torch caused $150,000 damage to historic Dartmouth Hall today and menaced other Dartmouth

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College property valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Five fires were set in rapid succession, and Dartmouth Hall, costing $250,000 when built in 1904, was ruined. Convincing evidence of the pyromaniac’s midnight foray was tom and charred telephone directories, books and a paper sack found at Dartmouth Hall, in Wentworth Hall, in Richardson Hall and in Middle I-ayerweather Hall. Eighty per cent of the damage was covered by insurance. President Ernest Martin Hopkins announced that the burned building i-ould be rebuilt as soon as possible.

PENNSY SERVICE TO NEW YORK SPEEDED New Schedule Will Go Into Effect Sunday. New and faster train schedules on The American and The St. Louisan of the Pennsylvania Railroad, operating through Indianapolis between New York and other Eastern points and St. Louis, were announced today by H. W. Jones. Pennsylvania general superintendent. The new

schedules, which will be placed in effect Sunday, are: The American: Leave Indianapolis 1:48 p. m., arrive New York 8 a. m., and Washington 7:58 a. m. Leave New York 6:05 p. m., and Washington 6:45 p. m., arrive Indianapolis 10:43 a. m., and St. Louis 4 p. m. The St. Louisan: Leave New York 9:10 p. m., arrive Indianapolis 1:26 p. m.. and St. Louis 6:10 p. m. The Pennsylvania train No. 319 also will operate on anew schedule. It will leave Indianapolis at 3:10 p. m., arrive at Logansport at 4:55 p. m.. South Bend, 6:45 p. m., and Chicago, 7:45 p. m.

RAIL ELEVATION IS PRESSED BY KERN Fatal Crash Stresses Need, Mayor Says. Mayor John W. Kern said today that the death Monday of Charles Crose. 15, at the Tibbs-av crossing of the Belt railroad proves the need of track elevation in that section. Mayor Kern said he would confer later today with Fred Hoke. Leo Rappaport and William H. Book,

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members of the Chamber of Commerce sub-committee on track elevation. concerning possibility of securing a PWA grant for the elevation. The mayor probably will go to Washington late next week to discuss plans for the grant with Federal officials, he said. Slays Wife, Shoots Children Hy United Prrsi BUFFALO. N. Y. April 25—A crazed man ran amok with a revolver today, killed his wife and seriously wounded their son and two daughters. The man police said, was Boleslaus Kaperzynski. He disappeared after the shootings.