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C O P Y

LOMEN BROTHERS

NOME, ALASKA

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Mr. A. J. Taylor, Bank of Hamilton Building, Toronto, Canada.

Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of a letter from Harold Noice, dated Point Hope August 9th. from which I have prepared a telegram to the North American Newspaper Alliance, as requested by Mr. Noice. I enclose a copy of the wire which I prepared.

My letter from Mr. Noice gave considerable information which I thought best not to transmit in a press wire. I quote from his letter:

"Hearing favorable reports of ice conditions to the north I decided that I would be justified in obeying Mr. Stefansson orders to continue the colony on Wrangell for the purpose of trapping foxes. I accordingly engaged one eskimo family and two unmarried eskimo men to spend the next year on Wrangel and purchased from Mr. Hall and others additional supplies which would insure them provisions, guns, ammunition etc. for a two years sojourn. Second mate Wells, as you know, had already signified a desire to spend a year or two on Wrangell and was quite pleased to learn that he was sure of having some companionship.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking at this from a purely commercial viewpoint I do not see how it can fail as these men who are remaining are all expert trappers completely outfitted for two years with two umiaks and plenty of walrus hunting gear, sleds, etc. ------------------------------- I believe we will reach Wrangell in two days time. Our ship has been placed in excellent repair and the engines are working perfectly. Our last run from Kotzebue to here was made without a stop of any kind. What is of equal importance we have perfect harmony on board now that Hanson is no longer with us. So far we have gone according to our schedule and I do not anticipate future trouble of any kind which will cause me to modify my plans.”

The additional bills which I have received from Kotzebue amount to more than a thousand dollars and I am paying them to-day. You will appreciate that in the event Mr. Noice is unable to get out this fall (which is hardly likely) the amount of money sent will not be sufficient to defray all expense. On the strength of the requests received from you we assured the creditors of the expedition that we had sufficient funds to meet any emergency. If It became necessary to pay full value of the boat, as well as other accounts, at the close

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of navigation we would expect the deficiency to be telegraphed by you upon call from us. This is a most favorable season and I do not anticipate any difficulty but mention these matters as I am writing to you and communication is too slow if it became necessary to explain by letter at a later time.

With kind regards I remain,

Yours very truly,

"RALPH LOMEN"

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