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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 200. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926.
PRICE TEN GENTS
< FIGHT FOR ROADS
STATES MARQUAM,
AT CHAMBER MEET;
BIO ASSET SEWARD
SIX HUNDRED MILES OF ROADS
IN INTERIOR WERE FOUGHT
FOR, NOT HANDED TO COUNTRY
ON SILVER PLATTER
SEWARD IS PENINSULA OUTLET
Kenai Country is Seward’s Best Bet
r and Road Should Be Constructed at
Once, Declares Delegate Candidate !
—
"Of all the things Seward ought to j
fight for is the connecting road be
tween the Seward-Kenai lake highway
and the Moose Pass road at Mile 29,”
stated Thos. A. Marquam. delegate'
candidate to Congress, in an address'
bt'fore the local Chamber of Com-'
merce last Tuesday. “Think of it,”
he added, “the idea that citizens of
;&ward must load their autos on rail
ed flat cars in order to reach the
Moose Pass highway, just a short dis
tance from this city. You people
should organize a campaign and in
general, raise the dickens, and in time
you will get the road. Of all the
things that are vital to your magni
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MORE RAIN FALLS IN 36 HOURS
THAN TOTAL OF LAST
SIX YEARS
CALGARY, Sept. 3. (/P)—Southern
Albertas rainfall, 36 hours preceeding
eight o’clock Wednesday night, excel
led the total for the last six years.
Every river in the province is swollen
pve inches. A heavy rain fell in the
Arrowwood district for 40 minutes and
a large irrigation ditch raised four
feet in a few minutes while the flood
water, pouring out from broken flumes
obliterated the highways. Calgary
subways are flooded.
fLOOOSTslN
' CAUSE 60 DEATHS
MARTIAL LAW FOLLOWS EARTH
QUAKE AT HORTA; HOUSES
UNHABITABLE
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 3. (/P)—
Sixty are dead from floods and 50 in
jured. The damage to property is
very great.
jp HORTA, Spain, Sept. 3. (/P)—'The
earthquake was followed by martial
law in order to control looting. The
dead list is estimated at 25.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (JP)—The
American consul reported nine are
%dead from the Horta quake and 200
injured. Ninety per cent of the houses
are1 unhabitable. The population is
existing in portable houses and tents.
SPECULATIVE SENTIMENT
IN N. y. STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Sept. 3. (^—Fre
quent shifts of speculative sentiment
characterized today’s stock market
which showed a tendency to heaviness
with repeated efforts to stimulate in
terest on the long side by bidding up
selected rails and specialties.
THREATEN FARMERS
WHITEWATER RIVER REACHES
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE
FLOOD OF 1913
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 3. (^—Riv
ers and streams in central Indiana
threatened to inundate thousands of
acres of farmlands. The precipitation
at 4 o’clock was 4.51 inches. White
Water river reached its highest level
since the flood of 1913. All the inhabi
tants in the threatened area are seek
ing refuge.
SPUN TO WIH
FROM THE LEAGUE
PARIS, Sept. 3. (£>)—'The Havas
Geneva correspondent said that Spain
would withdraw from the League of
Nations without waiting decision of
her demand for a permanent seat.
FIRST TRIP 26 YEARS
Martin Munson left Naknek for Se
attle recently, his first trip outside in
26 years. He has been employed by
the Naknek Packing company for 30
years.
Louis Tinkler, popular local batche
lor, has moved into an apartment in
the Ellsworth building.
"Getting' Worried"
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1 - SEE 'O
BRIG BACK BEER
SAY THOUSANDS
CHICAGO PARADE
THOUSANDS IN ALASKA WOULC
LIKE TO SAY THE SAME
THING
CHICAGO, Sept. 3. (IP)—A five foo
box. containing a petition for st&te
wide referendum and modi^cation o:
the prohibition law signed by 431,631
voters was taken to the Springfielc
train on a truck on which was dis
played au banner reading: “Bring Bad
Beer.” A large brass band, Georg*
Brennan, Democratic senate candidat*
and score of Democrat leaders follow
ed in line.
Good program at the Liberty.
POWER NOTICE
Power will be shut off on Sun
iay, August 29, from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m.
S. L. & P. Co.
MISSING ARMY FLYING
IGF FOUND IN HILLS
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Sept. 3. (£>)—
Lieut. Cyrus Bettis, army flying ace,
who has been missing since Monday,
was found alive in the Seven Sisters
mountains today. He was taken to
the Centre County hospital here in a
serious but not critical condition.
AROUSES WRATH
TOM TAGGERT, DEMOCRAT, DE
MANDS WITHDRAWAL OF
‘‘SHOW BOAT”
NEW YORK, Sept. 3. (&)—An arti
cle in the New York World said Tom
Taggart, democrat, demanded through
his lawyers, the withdrawal of Edna
Ferbers novel “Show Boat,” because
it inferred he was a professional
gambler. Taggart, Junior said “One
( of the characters speaks of going to
Taggart and taking some of his
money..”
: TREASURY EXPECTS
; MILLIONS. GERMANY
: FIRST PAYMENT TO AMERICAN
GERMAN CLAIMS COMMISSION
JUDGMENTS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (JP)— The
United States received $5,904,000 as
the first German installment under
the Dawes plan. The funds will go to
satisfy the American German claims
commission judgments. America re
ceives two and one-half per cent of
the German reparations. The treasury
expects $10,000,000 this year.
PRESIDENT CALLES DECLARES IS
PLEASED TO INFORM CONGRESS
j APPLICATION ALIEN LAND
LAWS SETTLED IN A DEFINITE
MANNER AND DOES NOT HIN
DER OPERATION OF COMPAN
IES OR ORGANIZATIONS
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3. UP)—Con
gress assembled with the prospect of
I having to consider some of the most
important questions in a decade,
j President Calles declared the Mexi
can government would sustain its
| right to enact and enforce alien land
'and petroleum laws because, “Funda
‘ mentally the enactment and enforce
I ment of these laws could not affect
legitimately acquired rights, than,
'what is permitted by the principles of
'right, justice and equity. I am pleased,
to inform congress that application of
alien land laws has not only been set
tled in a definite manner with respect
to specific cases presented but appli
cation has not hindered in any man
ner the operation of companies and
organizations affected by them.
ALASKA IS WORLD'S
GOAL BUNKER, SAYS
GOVERNOR SULZER
SPEAKS BEFORE THE SEATTLE
MINING CLUB ON TERRI
TORY’S FUTURE
SEATTLE, Sept. 3. (JP)—Former
Governor Sulzer of New York told
the mining club “Alaska in the future
will probably be the largest coal pro
ducing area in the world. Transpor
tation is the great problem in the de
velopment of the territory with the ex
tension of the Alaska railroad. The
whole territory is rich in coal and oil
and the country should be thrown
open for development and exploita
tion.” He said the evidence of coal
and oil between the Endicott range
and the Arctic is impressive.
U. S. RESERVATIONS
UNDER DISCUSSION
THREE ARE ACCEPTED; FOURTH
DEFERRED AND FIFTH BE
ING DEBATED
GENEVA, Sept. 3. (JP)—'Thirty-eight
states resumed consideration of the
five American reservations to world
court membership. The first three re
servations were accepted yesterday;
the fourth deferred but the fifth was
debated. Count Michael Rostvorow
ski of Poland argued the fifth reser
vation was reasonable. He interpret
ed it that the United States desirea
to be on an equal footing with the
league council which requests opin
ions from the world court.