THE TERMINUS OF
THREE OCEANIC
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE COAST TERMI
NUS OF THE ALAS
KA RAILROAD.
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 40.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SOVIET PILOT
AND SWENSONS
ENROUTE HERE
RUSSIANS PRAISED BY TRAD
ER SWENSON FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE
FAIRBANKS, Feb., 21, (&)— j
Landing here as dusk settled, Capt
Hilozorov, the Russian a via to*,
®[r. Swenson, the trader^ and his
daughter Marian, completed the
ait leg of their journey, via the j
»lr from the 8. S. Nanuk, Siber
ta and boarded a train this morn- j
for Seward, bound for Seat
The flight from Nome was made
li the new Fairchild plane, pil
«*e<i by Dorbandt in the face of
kderse winds.
Marian welcomed the Pu.lman
#iair and Mr Swenson, speaking
tor the party, unstintingly prais
ed the Russians for their woik
$ connection with the recovery
01 the bodies of Eielson and Bo r
irnd. He particularly mentioned
fce flight commander, Slippenov^
who, he said, had fulfilled to the
tetter t he order from his govern
,«ent. , t xv,-,
Captain Milozorov, also of the
#artv, was given praise for every
assistance in time of need.
Pilots Crosson and Galam,
said, almost failed in the prac
Bically impossible task of finding
*ae lost plane; when they first
landed at the S. S. Nanuk there
were less than four hours of rnur-.
ty daylight and no sun at all.
Sey searched the barren coun
S. in the sort of visibility
Which almost defied the human
**On the first day the sun peep
ed forth the reflection^ glistening
*um a wing of the wrecked plane.
was seen.
ICELANDER FRIGID
IN ENGLAND, LONGS
FOR BALMY HOME
SOV'M>OrGH F ?POU NORTHERN
( ■ (JNTR Y F IN D 5 ENG LAN D
A COLD PLACE1
LONDON, Feb., 21. ;^’ni
•alssen of Reykjavik, is visiting
England but finds it cold and
f^et here. He is going back to Ice
land soon to get warm.
“We have mild winters and
summers,’* he said. “Here it is
i»oid and wet both- In Iceland,
•*hen it is cold, it is also dry.
There are three cinemas, one
heater, 12 policemen, 20 motor
oars, a jail containing three pris
oners and many beautiful wo
men in Reykjavik.
“The women of Iceland are
•evely," said Pallsen. “And the
children of Iceland are lovely,
too.
The only alcoholic drink ie
wine and beer. There are no rail
ways in Iceland and no murder
ers. Servants are their employers
equals. They sit at the same
liable with the family, and eat
-he national dish, smoked mut
ton with mustard. Then the in
terviewer was quizzed.
“Which country had the firsi
Parliament?” asked Pallsen.
“England,” was the prompt res
ponse
“Oh- no it didn’t,” said Pallsen
Iceland was first. Next year w<
celebrate the thousanth anniver
sary of our Parliament.”
“Who discovered America?”
■ext asked Pallsen.
“Christopher Columbus,” wa
answered after a slight hesita
lion.
“Oh! no he idn’t,” said Pall
^n. “It was Leif Ericson, a vikini
of Iceland. He discovered Americ
m the year 1,000.”
“Who wrote the Sagas?” aske
Pallsen fiercely. “Er-er-ah; Ed
ear Wallace?”
“Oh! no it wasn’t,” said Pall
•en. “It was a poet of Iceland "
USE TONS OF DYNAMITE
AMADOR, Calif., Feb., 21, (/P)—
Fo loosen rock used in the Salt
Springs dam here, 45 tons of dyna- j
mite were exploded in one blast,;
oreaking up 500,000 tons of granite, j
CHARGES^FALSE,
DECLARES BOMMER
POWER OFFICIAL
WORK COULD BE ABSORBED BY
STAFFS FROM WAR, AGFU
CULTURE DEPARTMENTS
WASHINGTON, Feb, 21, (JP)—■
F. E. Bonner, secretary of the Fed- j
eral Power Commission testified j
before the Interstate Commeu i
regarding charges against him as j
“absolutely baseless.”
A dissension in the commission
was brought into the foreground as
the committee began a general in
vsetigation of the commissions af
fairs.
Bonner said it developed that a
large part of the commission’s
cost and determination of the work
could be absorbed by staffs of the
War, Agriculture and Interior De
partments, asserting that is was
more trustworthy than if an ac
countant had been sent out from
Washington
“Naturally,” he added, “this dis
turbs some personal ambitions
and the plan encounters some op
position from the accounting divi
sion” he $aid.
Young Oldtimer
Setting A Pace For
Others To Follow
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(Special correspondent)
Andy E. Anderson, a former stu
dent of the Alaska College and now
located at Lignite) Alaska, just be
low Healy Fork, Alaska, on the Al
aska Railroad, came down to Chu
litna and visited with Moose John
ston all of last week, to talk over
times and prospecting
Andy, as he is known, is quite a big
boy, being six feet, one inch in
height, 23 years of age, and weighs
just 200 pounds. He is quite a shiek
and is well liked by all the fair sex.
In fact, he said it keeps him busy
trying to dodge the girls and the
hills are the only place where they
will let him alone.
He sure got to be an old sour
I dough pretty fast, as he only came
to Alaska four years ago in March
and he took to the hills right away,
prospecting every summer and tak
ing in the mining short course at
I the college in the winter time. He
says that this short course at the
college is the best thing there is
j for a man that wants to stay in the
• hills to prospect. He located several
good copper prospects a year age
about 12 miles west of Healy.
| Mr. Anderson and his partner
i Andrew Dragick, also have a fine
.tourist camp located at Lignite
| with five good pack horses anc
seven acres plowed up where thej
raise oats, hay to feed their horses
on. So far this winter the horses
have pastured out in the open as
there is only six inches of snow or
the ground and plenty of grass
When it gets too cold the horse:
come in to be fed.
| The tourist camp is just outsid<
'of the McKinley Park country lin<
and the boys are building fine cab
Uns every five and six milse to ac
■ commodate the big game hunter
! | whom thy will have charge of, ant
’ I all the cabins will be furnished it
‘first class style for comfort. Then
j is all kinds of big game in this dis
-trict, bear, moose, caribou, moun
> tain sheep, besides very fine fishini
- as a side sport.
Mr. Anderson stated tW he wa
. corresponding with quite i few bii
r game hunters now that are think
l; ing of coming up to Alaska to hun
i this summer and next fall. He.als
j stated that trapping was very poo
i in the Healy district this wintei
' | and most of the trappers quit be
fore Christmas as there was noth
- ing to trap. Scarcity of rabbits i
to blame for the fur shortage.
Honor Guard From
North Dakota To Act
i
Escort Body Eielson
BISMARK, N. D.. Feb., 21. (A*)—
When the body of Colonel Eileson
arrives at Seattle, it will be met!
by an honor uard from No. d8- j
kota, Governor Schafer said, when j
informed the body had been
found.
The guard will remain with the i
body on the entire journey to1
Hatton where interment will be
made.
It has been suggested to thej
Governor that a perid of public
mourning be declared, for Eiel
sn. The Governor is giving the
proposal serious consideration and
such an order may be issued at j
about the time of the funeral. j
New Speed Record
Established, Airmen
Carrying Big Load
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb., 21,
(JP)—Carrying a weight of 2,204
pounds, not including his own
body, Lee Schoenhair, chief pilot
for thp Goodrich Rubber Co., estab
lished a new world airplane speed
record over a 1,000 kilometer
course.
Flying the monoplane “Miss Sil
vertown” he averaged 175 point 997
miles thru and exceeded by 15
'point 71 the former record held try
Captain Broad of Great Britain.
AUTOMOBILE PAWN SHOP
| WASHINGTON, Feb., 21, (/Pi.-A
pawn shop lending money on auto
mobiles, trucks and tractors has
been established in Prague Czecho
slovakia, according to the automo
bile division of the Department of
Commerce.
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Soviet Plans Air Link
With China, Japan
—
MOSCOW, Feb., 21, (JP)—-Begin
; ring this spring, the Soviet gov
! eminent plans to link Russia by
airplane with China and Japan.
Air lines will run direct from
Moscow to Irkutsk, and from Ir
kutsk to Vladivostok, which will
I connect w:.th Japanese airplanes
and steamers.
LAKES FOR WILD LIFE
i RALEIGH, N. C., Feb., 21, (/P)—All
state owned lakes in North Caro
lina have been set aside as wild
life sanctuaries.
Russian Aviators
To Escort Bodies
Eielson, Borland
WASHINGTON^ Feb., 21, (JP)—
Sutherland announced that the
State department approved the
request from Russian aviators
that they toe permitted to escort
the bodies of Eielson and Bor
land to Fairbanks.
Sutherland took to the State
department the request for the
Mayor of Fairbanks, Dr. DeLav
erne, that Commander Slipenov,
and his mechanic be permitted
to fly to Fairbanks. The State de
partment gave its “unqualified
approval.”
RELIEVED CHAIRMANSHIP
WASHINGTON, Feb., 21, (/P)—
Chairman O’Connor of the Ship
ping Board, requested President
Hoover to replace him as chairman
but said he would retain the mem
bership on the board. On account
of the necessity of him sailing for
his health, he will have to be reliev
ed of the chairmanship.
Evicted Old Lady
Saves Landlord's Life
CHICAGO. Feb., 21, (/P>—A 75
year-old mother he evicted, savec
Louis Friendman’s life last itight
He was fined a week ago for evict
ing the mother from her home.
Last night Mrs. Friendman, re
turning from a walk, found tin
doors and windows locked and be
lieved she was barred again so she
called her son-in-law, who broke
in a window and found Friendmar
unconscious on the floor in the gas
filled kitchen. He was revived sev
eral hours later.
t NATURAL GAS IN TRUCKS
!
' MOORPARK, Calif.. Feb., 21, oP
—Natural gas is hauled here b;
trucks and then distributed in tin
main lines. It is compressed in tin
trucks.
KIND WORDS
“Nearly three months ha
e’apsed since I left Alaska am
my Alaskan friends.
“I have missed the mountain
and streams of Alaska^ and
1 have missed her people.’
“They don’t grow folks on th
Outside like they do in Alaska
I’ve found that out.”
The above is from C. V. Stuarl
techincal sergeant, Q. M. C-, for
merly stationed in Seward bu
now at Fort George Wright, Wr
TAXED ON INCOMES ^
BRUSSELS, Feb., 21, (ff)—Only
[2,400 Belgians were etaxed on in
:comes of more than $7,000, accord
ing to figures just published. There
[were 9,500 people with incomes
ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 while
3,348,700 had incomes of less than
$750 a year. I
BOTTLE PICKED
UP AT KODIAK
FROM JAJAN
IN CURRENTS FOR YEAR AND
HALF; BE RETURNED TO
UNIVERSITY
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I KODIAK Feb., 21, UP)—After d
j floating for a year and one-half
I from the center of the Pacific
1 Ocean, 3,000 miles from here, e
I a message in a bottle was picked f
; up by “Red” Malutin, 19, a na- e
: tive, on the beach at Chinuak j
! Cape. e
The message was from Rissho s
University, Osaki, Japan and had J
been in the water since June 15, f
1928. The bottle was in a tight j
box, a foot square, and had been It
dropped in the ocean in com- I
memoration of the 25th anniver- m
sary of the founding of the Uni- c
| versity. i c
i The box was one of 25 dropped ^
! from a steamer in an effort to £
I get information on the flow of c
1 ocean currents and complete data t
of other nature. It is being return- ;
: ed to the University. 1
HYDROPLANE BASE
HOQUIAM. Wash., Feb., 21, (TP)— J
The Department of Commerce is \
surveying, the tide flats here with a 1
view to establishing a hydroplane 1
base.
Herb Takes Hand
Power Controversy 1
, WASHINGTON, Feb., 21, (/P)—
r President Hoover took a hand in
. the Federal Power Commission con
» troversy by urging Senator Couzens
to push legislation making the Pow- :
er Commission a permanent body.
) He told the Michigan senator at
breakfast that the Power Commis
5 sion as now constituted has three
* cabinet officers of no particular
value either as regulatory or advis
ory body and recommended a full
* time commission like the Interstate
Commerce.
'; EXTEND WATER AREA
j SAN DIEGO, Feb., 21, (TP)—Gov- i
l .eminent dredging is under way to;
~ extend the deep water area of San
1! Diego harbor to new federal plants |
and naval warehouses.
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DIXIE FROLIC DRAWS DIAMOND GENTRY
!
Lester*
Sweetiand
*
" They’re easing into the spring training program down in Florida. It’s
s an Indian war club the Bambino is g ripping. Sweetland, Philly pitcher, has
gone in for sun tan and Connie Mack is touching up his golf a bit.
COLLEGE MOPS
VP ON FIREMEN
CAGE TEAM
?EYTON ONE MOST FORMIDA
BLE GUARDS COLLEGE HAS
RUN UP AGAINST
Fast passing combinations el
ected by Coach Ryan’s college cage
tars against the Seward Firemen
ast night brought about the defeat
f the hustling local quintette who
uccumbed in the game which end
d 40 to 22
The Varsity was out to expunge
he licking handed to them by the
’ire Fighters last week, and made
, good job of it. The Firemen
[rew first blood, a basket negotiat
d by Shellhorn after a pass from
indresen, but the two pointers fad
d into insignificance after the
usilade of eight field goals loosen
ed by O’Neill, Brumbach and
'ackcon before the initial quarter
aided. Three baskets apiece were
hot by O’Neill and Brumbach,
fackson getting two. Ek missed a
oul.
The second quarter saw the
earns match basket for basket,
Cubon, Ek, Brumbach and Morton
vho went in for O’Neil each ringing
>ne, as the Firemen, led by their
liminutive Captain Elbert Kunz
with three goals and Shellhom’s
second goal, made it eight points
?ach for the period. Half time saw
he score, College 24, Firemen 10.
The after half, featured by a
Fireman spurt in the final quarter^
svas more even. College netting 16
points and the Firemen 12. Kunz.
ibsent from last week’s game
igainst the College on account of
illness, was back at his forward
berth and topped the scorers of
both teams with six baskets and a
free throw for 13 points Peyton,
who Coach Ryan says is one of the
most formidable guards that his
team has run against this season,
played the second half. After the
1st quarter with his team sailing
along with the comfortable lead of
14 points, Ryan rested O’Neill, star
forward, who’s left eye showed the
results of a collision in one of the
Cordova games. Morton substituted
at center, and gave a good account
of himself.
The teams now stand even in ohe
series, and will play off the tie
this evening at 8 o’clock. The ad
mission charge will be 25 cents. No
preliminary will be played.
Summary of last night’s game:
College, Baskets—Brumbach 4
Morton 4, Jackson 3, O’Neill 3, Ku
bon 3, Ek 3. Personal fouls—Jack
son 3, Kubon 1.
Seward Firemen, Baskets—Kunz
6, Turner 2, Shellhorn 2. Fouls con
verted—Kunz 1, Peyton 1. Personal
fouls—Peyton 1, Kunz 1.
Time out: College 1, Firemen 1.
Referee: D. Shellhorn. Umpire: J.
Rosness
Saves Years For Car,
Dies On First Jaunt
ASHEVILLE^ N. C., Feb., 21, (tf't
—All his life’ Alexander Vallottn
wanted to own an automobile.
Year after year the farmer sav
ed his earnings, added to the fund
by doing odd jobs between sea
sons. When he was 47 he had
enough saved and the day came.
Proudly he had the bright new
sedan brought home to show his
wife. With a youth hired to show
him the tricks of driving, Vallot
ton started out on the highway.
He met his first car and turned
out too far. The car plunged
oer an embankment, overturned
Vallotton was killed.
A WHALE OF A STORY
Capt. Heinie Berger^ skipper and
master of the M. S. Discoverer,
will go whaling in the near fu
ture. He’s going to run some poor
ton and a half beluga whale half
way to death then toss him onto
the forward deck and bring him
to the Port of Seward. Here, the
mammal of the deep is to be em
balmed then shipped outside and
put on exhibition. All this hinges
on an inquiry received months
ago the writer, himself, planning
to come North to do the embalm
ing act.