Whitehorse Daily Star from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada • 9

Hffifti'e bj GffliOinaJ Gtamd AMHERSTBJRGONT VA IJ i This advertisement is not pub! shed or displayed by the Governmenof the Yukon Territory TRY A STAR CLASSIFIED to be much moie comfortable and scenic method of going the at Niagara Here viewed Star jet banks steeply some 3000 feet above the gorge to present an aenal photogiaph with a OVER THE FALLS People occasionally do it a barrel but judging from the pictuie an RCAFT-33 jel trainer would seem Local residents will be glad to know that Radio Station CFWH is undergoing a complete renovation and will soon be operating smpothly froiA its new site at the Air Base in the former Roman Catholic Chapel near the store' The change in location was made in older to hayntcOinieians more easily available a3 these men work at the Telecominuhica-tions Centre just across the road from the station at theAr Base The transmitter has also been moved to a more desirable spot now being about four miles out oil Range Road near the oil TJCAF transmitters vhcie iheie are people on duty who can look after the radio station 'niwml-tcr along with the rcgulsr equip ment FO A Helnunslon aid hip staff wire chaige of wiring the station and Cl Stoikwell who Stabon Manager is spending as much as eight houis at the station getting things older addition to his regular duties at the town wheie lie is a control ler FO Ucrnim ton also vvuiks at the tower as Senior Telecommunications officer In co-ojjoratinn vvith)Arn pt r-sonnel the Air forte people aie endeavouring to put the station on a levi with private padio stations Outside with as riiahv as possible ot favourite radio piograms A program schedule is being drawn up and when complete will be in the Siar foi the listening audience In the new location Stockwell feels that the station will operate moie efficiently mainly because any station trouble can be handled moie easily now The transmitter has been completely i ci built though even with the old equipment Fort Nelson was sometimes able to hear Whitehorse They know the range of the new equipment yet says FO Stockwell and will be intei eetd to bear from any outly- ing points ho can pick up CFWH Wbh a libiary of about 10000 iccotds and the CBC tapes which aie about two weeks old when they arrive here the station will be able to provide good listening for all tastes and live shows will also be possible in the new studios There are an estimated 60 The Silent North A FOX Reprinted from sheriff from me A One-Stop Machinery Service For The Yukon CATERPILLAR Motor Graderg 0ny Caterpillar a complete Motor Grader Because engine clutch transmission final drive and blade mechanism are all designed to give matched performance there are no weak links starting fine operator visibility and positive constant controls are other features Blade poxi-tamiing is easy and takes only seconds For a belter range of blade positions and better control of blade creep under load stresses make your next motor grader a a size for e-very job murjiio baekgiound (ND Photo) him: is another victim of that same bank I lost alt I had vith its closing and my wife also Vb saw only povorty'fncing Then he said tin re was a re-vvaid on his head for 'clacking bank safes and if I wanted it he would 'tell me his right name I told him I did not want it Then he told me that he went to cracking to regain what the bank had robbed him of As he was xi mochimst by trade he knew just how to go about this and after iifhng a few which didn't yield much he was caught in the act one night by knocked him senseless ith his jnnmie but not before the policeman had leeogmed him The next morning he read his name in an account of the escapade and at once stalled foi the West Oust and from thence ninth to Juneau Fiom Juneau he made his way to the Iliad of the Yukon and di if tod down-stieam to Fort Yukon- From there he went noilh to a tribe of half-eivihed Indians took himself an Indian wife and felt safe I have a list of similar cases half ns long as my arm vvhuh I got fiom the lips of Old Timeis ho sough and then flc 1 Nmth ot 1 i i I -1 I I 11 II i 1 I i 1 I mil i i 1 1 of I si iii hi 11" i I I pilli'ls o'l ol tile ill Ige to tain the pi isoner into a bat k-inom to give him some ndvuc Tins adv ii cm eomtAb of -a small lope which the lavvver took fiom his inn kot and as he tied one end of it to a i adiator he handed the other to the pi isoner and opened the window That vVas the last seen of Mr until he tinned up piospectmg in the Ketcluimstock Mountains Alaska I met hup in Dawson 1900 and some jeam later at bt await liner vvlieic he (bed Novvadavs the Noithlmd las a fiom another aiuraft the Silver getting his hands on Only a modicum of tt nth in 1ms despite the faet that suifaie appeal antes would mdieate that the fust comers vveie a mimn il element This surface appearance certainly did not correspond with the woi Id-famed honesty and generosity of most of the Old-Timers in the Silent North The real truth of the matter is this Absolutely honest originally they expected honesty of others anti whin they were made the victims of ili-honi st deals frequently in ictalmtion handed back kind Hist what they had received This holds true of a good many of them I know After coming among the honest natives they felt themselves ohco more in a position to practice their original honesty to the limit On one of my trips into the Arctic Circle I came toan Indian -Village There I found a vell-pi poi tinned white-haired man lying on his deathbed his Indian wife and two beautiful daughteis watching hi lift slow I ebb 1 'at down bv 1 is bed and nsk- ed -J I i ml 1 do In i 1 i nlbmg for him lilt In i'll 1 I 1 )k id i pi He II I ll lit a 1 that null li In I an 1 spoiled ili It is- onlv i rotten wind stands for nothing but dis hone- tv Thin lie asknl what pail I had mine ft om "I told him Di nver Culm ado and he gave a'stut Then he the pkue vvlieic iiviliation hit me a slap 'in the face anil robbed me o( my hiid-eai tied cash The Arneiican National Bank failed uni I lo I mv I i ti mjed hand and told i li loir fO ft 1 1 I The ALASKA MUIAZINE Srptjpfihrr 1941 For years the greyf Silent North has been fictional settings as the final haibor of hardbitten fugitives fleeing the Jaw officers of all points east west and south For years writers have portrayed and editois purchased yarns about chorai tots run foul of the law find sei king sanctuary in the vast spaces of the Yukon Ter-ritoxy and Alaska For yeais the real of the Noithland have' bnn painted black when a much lighter pastel would have been more jn keeping with the ti ue facts As one who has been over the greater part of both Temtories during -the past'fmty yeais I should like to do my hit for the Old-Timers I have met and called my friends by a little timely debunking of what has become almost a legend I lefer in particular to the men ho came to these Terntoiies long befoul1 the big Stampi de of 'PH In the a iv Him i i 1 or 111 1 1 ib i' ion no li 1 1 11011 I a 1 I 1 i I 1 1 i 1 1 i a 1' ilm one ni the to mall vv mil I M'k of 'the would he brought jim line whin theie was no inducement Often the Old Tuner would give the questioner a stem seal clung look as he crimped hisrfuce ih half disapproval and utti red some casual icmmk that no-thing Another would Take the question lightly give a heaitv laugh and icmaik had to get to safety somew line to keep the Printing Thiit Pays Off To Yo Your lin 11 (lam to vi 1 HYSTER ft I Vv ft ni 17 hours a week of programs from A the CBC now and it lk hoped that "iih i op Jar lR'ms a- the World i liHitb ill mu pi 'in I I 'll i i i i i lav i i i ei 1 ian i i 1 i 0 ty t- Tine volt '01 inlii i rani ed for the voluntui (mm town Station horns will 'be from 7 am to midnight Monday through Saturday if am to mul- night on Sundays Along with hi Ip in hnnouncing the volunteer staff at the radio station need a hand in filing the records in the new lnuldmg all painted and effluent rmkii'ig "it would be a lot of fun am would-be announcers and injone interested jij the tvvo-vveil ti lining for the ob will be vvel-i omed th Cipt un llov Mi ho 1 ol 1' Ibe ni Yu I hovv do we put in oui tunc Our answer is that we aie ouite con- toned in this the last Paiadise op the American continent which we fed is fast slipping away and getting polluted by a false civilization whose principal pioducts are crime and BLUE STRAND Answers All Wireltape Needs And 1 i i in -1-meiit of lOli tools find ut-t i Irom vvlii'h to jiii tlie ight U)jmLai tor your job plot of Ti uidi 1 1 ti 1 hi i ed in ep it mg lu lied 1 ud Men and equipment ned the mrr Biilish Hopes KiUbS'i'KVND i ri tm 'pa dravvn-n-ni der sled vre- aie endur IYcf 'rrtmg and e'ii i my ie-- a i I i 1 a 1 giving a hull'll vao pe 1 1 1 it 1 i mis and spool i si non i IJ nl sal i 1 ellicieney at In ve-f end eirt whtisi always specify jjiul suaii pretornul tl l0 while they spent tlv lightm drinking smoking and geneial debauchery Many such youths get married and produce more like themselves and thus civilisation progresses by leaps and bounds We Old-Timers often are asked by tourists if we feel lonc- Better Printing Gets a Warmer Reception First Impressions count in your favour when you let us produce your anything from a letterhead to a broadside The quality of our work steps up your results costs no more Let us quote you TIIE STAR WHITEHORSE RADIATOR SPECIALISTS Have Your Radiator Cleaned and Repaired by a Specialist Good Stock of New and Used Radiators Special Attention to Mayo and Dawson Customers FREE ESTIMATES Phone 3661 4th Ogilvie 32-tfc NC DEPT Machinery bhltlonNorthr Commercial Cov Ud Fhonc 2432 Corner Main and Third Ave WHITEHORSE YT.