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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 539.
■SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
. DOUBLE-BITTED STONE AXES
WERE WEAPONS OF LONG AGO
ILLIAMNA WARRIOR HEWERS
ROUTE OF EARLY MIGRATIONS FROM ASIA
THRU ALASKA SHOWN BY PRE HISTORIC
IMPLEMENTS LEFT BEHIND BY VANISH
ED RACES OF NOMADIC PEOPLES.
(Editor's Note:—This is the second installment of
a paper by Dr. J. J. Cannon, now to the Westward, who
has heretofore discussed pre-historic animals in Alas
ka and who gives a brief survey of man’s early strug
gles in this vast land as shown by the implements and
weapons he left behind. Researches of inestimable val
ue are these as hinting of the great discoveries to
come, since Alaska is now conceded to be the first
stopping place of the great migrations from Asia
which peopled North and South America. This is the
final paper from Dr. Cannon, at least for the present.
THOMAS GAFFNEY ON
• WHIRLWIND FINISH OF
A LONG CAMPAIGN
JUNEAU, Oct., 28, (^—Thomas
Gaffney left Sunday night on
the SS Admiral Farragut for
Cordova; Gaffney will wait
there for the SS Yukon for Sew
ard and Anchorage as well as
going to Fairbanks later, if time
permits. *
He has completed a careful
and apparently successful cam
paign in Southeast Alaska and
says he has been assured every
where of the strong support of
Democrats. He expects to carry
the first division with specially
large majorities at Juneau, Ket
chikan, Sitka. Petersburg and
in other towns.
* NEW YORK, Oct., 27, <7P)—
Three of the great industrial
leaders of the United States join
ed in the prediction that the
new year will see industry surge
forward and depression definite
ly left behind.
James A. Farrell and Charles
Schwab, leaders of the steel in
* dustry, delivered a message of
returning good times before the
American Iron and Steel Insti
tute while John Rascob express
ed expectation of a boom in the
automobile business after Jan. 1.
MINE DISASTERS BHING
AWFUL HOMAN TOTAL
SAARBRUECHEN, G e r many,
Oct., 27, (/P)—At least 100 were
¥ killed in a coal mine disaster
at Maybach yesterday; 90 bo
t dies have been recovered and no
hope is held for 11 others who
are known to be buried.
Rescue plans have been aban
doned because of the heat.
Flags are still at half-mast
for the 262 men killed in the
Alsdorf mine explosion last
week.
Together with the Neurode
mine tragedy this third brings
‘ the total to 500 miners killed
h in the German coal fields with
in four months.
CRUDE IMPLEMENTS
The Aleutian and Eskimo stone
axes found along the North Pacific
! and Bering Sea coast lines, give
us a clue to the migration of the
natives, the routes of travel, etc.
The modified shape of axe bitts
I is as clear to the scientist as finger
prints, for instance, the single bit
ted axes are more often found
along the Bering than the North
Pacific coast lines, the double bit
ted axes being more frequently en
countered along the North Pacific
coast line and Lake Illiamna re
gion.
Those paleolithic and neolithic
stone implements were secured to
wooden handles, with rawhide. The
crudest specimen obtained, chipped
variety, found on the Eastern
Bering Sea, in a washed out bank
seven feet deep and indicated a
probable age of 200 or 300 years;
while the later, finer, polished
specimen was encountered in the
Illiamna Lake region and indicated
a higher degree of culture, pro
bably not over 150 years. Bear in
mind, these are personal observa
1 lions, there being no work extant,
to my knowledge, on this subject
in Alaska.
TRAVEL ROUTE
This would suggest to us the j
routes of travel extended from Asia j
via Siberia across to the Diomede j
Islands; thence along the coast to
mouths of rivers—Kobuk, Yukon. I
Kuskokwim, Bristol Bay and across
Lake Illiamna to Cook Inlet
It is said, at one time the Arctic i
Eskimoes drove the Yukon Male- j
mutes up the Shagluk Slough, a na
tive settlement being built about
35 miles up, now grown over and
only a few mounds here and there j
mark the village- It js now over
20 years since this folklore story
was told me by a Yukon native, j
long since departed to his happy
hunting grounds.
FOUGHT FOR HERDS
It appeared the main bone of
contention among the natives was
the great caribou herds ranging
between the Arctic and Yukon wa
tersheds. No quarter was given by
the Arctic Eskimoes, the women
and children bei n g dispatched
first and then everything was quiet
along the Yukon.
The Arctic natives used to save
one boy, about 10 years old, take
him back to the Arctic slope, teach
him the language and later return
the hostage as a good will Am
bassador. It appears early Al
askans were not slow. The best the
returning Ambassador could expect
would be a nice strip of smoked
salmon and a nice cold drink of
Adams’ Ale—if he lived long en
ough. j
IN FROZEN GROUND
Most all specimens of the Qtia- j
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BIG THE SHE
BIBS SOLEMNLY
NEW NIL PiCT
UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND
JAPAN DEPOSIT NAVAL
RATIFICATIONS
LONDON, Oct., 28, (^—Rep
resentatives of the United States,
Great Britain and Japan, depos
ited their ratifications of the
London Naval Treaty at the
Foreign Office.
The Prime Minister’s speech
followed Hoover’s message and
Premier Hamaguchi touched at
length on the Franco-Italian
negotiations to solve the .naval
limitations between them and
ultimate failure is unthinkable.
The Premier said since the
world hopes for disarmament
progress focused on the efforts
of Hoover who classed the treaty
“fair to all and dangerous to
none.”
Hoover joined McDonald and
the Japanese in ah international
broadcast. Hoover said it was a
pleasure to felicitate the people
of Japan and Great Britain, and
the United States, upon the
conclusion of the sound and
reasonable agreement which
has been accepted by each as
affording equal protection which
substitutes for suspicion and
competition, mutual trust, good
will and confident^?.
Hamaguchi said he felt it a
great privilege to have contri
buted to “this happy result.” He
said the new treaty was bound
to exercise an immense moral
influence on mankind and said
it was a striking demonstration
of the mutual confidence and
good will among the nations.
SUITE OUT*
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 27,
(/P)—With eight motion picture
operators under indictment, in
cluding Floyd M. Billingsley, bus
iness agent of the San Francis
co Union, and more arrests pre
dicted, District Attorney Brady
issued a statement on the bomb
ing and planting of dynamite in
talkie theaters, declaring that no
effort will be spared to appre
hend these criminals.
They be prosecuted as soon as
possible and to the fullest ex
tent made possible by law.
RESIGNS BOTH POSTS
LONDON, Oct. 28 (/P)—Following
a report Great Britain is excluding
immigrants to Palestine pending a
census in that country, Doctor
Chaim Weizmann, president of the
Zionist world movement and che
Jewish agency for Palestine an
nouced that he had resigned botii
posts. The British government in a
formal statement made it plain it
will continue to administer Pale
stine in acordance wih its man
date.
FILING PROTEST
MADRID, Oct., 28, (/P)—The
Spanish government instructed
their minister at Rio de Jan
erio to file a formal protest
against the firing on the Ger
man SS Baden on which 27
Spanish citizens were killed and
29 injured, 15 seroiusly.
ATHLETE STRICKEN
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 28, UP)
—Ward Edmonds, rated as one
of the greatest pole vaulters
ever produced at Stanford, died
from infantile paralysis. He was
22 years of age and graduated
last year. Edmonds was employ
ed by the Bank of Italy.
fill ofliiv" is
DECLARED I11FNT
MADRID, Oct., 27, UP)—The
fall of the monarchy and estab
lishment of a republic in Spain
is inevitable and the downfall of
the present regime is more im
minent than appearances might
indicate, said Manuel Azana, re
publican leader, in an exclusive
interview.
He was formerly a member of
the reformist party, which is
strongly monarchist.
The government realizes the
danger menacing King Alfonso
and the regime has taken ex
traordinary measures for de
fense, said Senor Azana.
L1ISTHS IN CHINN
IMPERILED. INVISION
RUSSIAN REI GREED
SHANGHAI. Oct., 27, UP)—Mis
sionaries who arrived here from
the devastated area said anti
American and anti-British red
armies were swarming over the
three provinces of China, killing
thousands of natives.
They are robbing and burning
property, both Chinese and for
eign, in a declared campaign
against Christianity and capi
talism said to be inspired by
Russia.
Many missionaries have fled
to places of concealment. Others,
their missions destroyed, are held
for millions of dollars ransom.
HMIDI IF FORMER
PRESIDENT SDGOOMBS
GREENWICH, Conn., Oct., 28,
(/P)—Mrs. James Robert McKee, j
daughter of President Benjamin j
Harrison, died at her home j
here.
She was the only daughter
of the President and was ac
tive in charity and Daughters’
of American Revolution work.
She lived in the White House
when her father was President
and was cnsidered one of the
belles of Washington during her
father’s administration.
HIED DESCENDANT OF
RUSSIAN ADMIRAL DIES
BURLINGAME, Calif., Oct., 27,
Mrs. Mary Mitropolosky, 72,
great great ^ granddaughter of
Admiral Basil Kashavaroff who
took possession of Alaska for
Russia, died here.
She was born at Kodiak in
the original Russian settlement
and had lived in Alaska most of
her life.
She was the widow of a Rus
sian priest. Eight children sur
vive her.
TWO HUNDRED PATIENTS ARE
TREATED SINCE OPEN
ING LAST JUNE
—
“It’s mighty gratifying to us
people way out to the Westward
to know that there is such a
splendid institution as the Sew
ard General Hospital now func
tioning, and the fact cannot be
too widely circulated among the
towns along the coast,” said
Derrick Lane, of Kanatak who
was a recent visitor in Seward
and who has always been a
strong exponent of the need of
such a hospital. “I shall certain
ly spread the good news thru
out my section of the country
because I know it will relieve
a certain feeling of apprehen
sion felt by many out there who
have longed for the sense of se
curity that good medical and
surgical attention can give.”
Casting back on the record of
the Seward General Hospital
since it opened its doors last
June, it is found that approxi
mately 200 patients have been
treated there, among them be
ing visitors from far parts of
the Territory. There have been
many major operations, in some
instances of a peculiar and baff
ling nature, but under the gifted
hands of Dr. A. D. Haverstock,
these difficult situations have
been successfully met. Thus far
the hospital has maintained a
practically unbroken record of
successful treatment, and with
in its kindly doors many a
youngster has opened eyes for
the first time on the light of day
in Seward.
As now equipped the hospital
is one of the most up-to-date in
stitutions of its kind in Alaska
with a skilled staff capable of
handling practically any emer
gency. Many people who de
termined to go Outside for what
they deemed would be more ex
pert treatment, have changed
their minds and placed them
selves in the Seward hospital
where they found the right
methods used and where they
were quickly relieved of their
distress at a far lower cost than
the expensive journey to the
States.
Though eqipped to accommo
date fifteen patients at one
time, the hospital has been tax
ed to the limit but a few times,
but on the average there are 12
patients there keeping th£ or
ganization going at full tempo.
The X-Ray apparatus is of the
latest and quickly locates the
hidden troubles or injuries. The
surgical room is thoroughly
equipped and the laboratory
for bacteriological and other
tests is said to be as complete
as any in the Territory. TTienj, is
fine equipment for electrical
therapeutic treatments. The
maternity ward is* one of the
best. Aside from two large wards,
with splendid natural daylight,
good ventilation and furnished
with the most comfortable beds
which can be had, there are a
number of private rooms. In all,
those who have experienced the
care and attention administered
by the staff installed there with
all the facilities available, seem
sincerely enthusiastic in their
declarations that Seward is to
be congratulated on having such
an institution.
Dr. Haverstock is becoming
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