Thru Northern Glasses
PAT O’COTTER
“PIPE DREAMS”
Aututnn on the Kenai
(From the Alaska Weekly)
Its chill up on the Kenai, there’s
a tang to every breeze, that ripples
down the river, or sweeps the naked
trees. The ducks and geese go honk
ing, swinging south by day and night,
and the ptarmigan are changing, from
summer drab to white.
The frost is on the berries, and up
on Juneau Creek, where the hunters
gather annually, the lordly moose to
seek, there’s snow enough for tracking
and the Brownie leaves his trail, head
ed for the distant sawtooth, to side
step tho wintry gale.
Down at Dune Little’s Cabin there
is always lots to eat, the shelves are
lined with berries and the cache is
filled with meat. The winter’s wood
is hoarded, under cover snug and dry,
thcTpoat is hauled up on the ways, for
Dune’s a thirfty guy.
And Andy Simon’s home again, he’s
brot his party in, you ask him of the
luck he had, and watch his modest
grin. The party all were satisfied,
with hide and horn and head, they
garnered back of Cotton Wood, when
the Hunting Moon was red.
Charles Lean has chinked his cabin
Home, and laid in malt and hops;
He’s packed a moose in from the hills,
and dug his season’s crops. He’s ready
now for winter, and enjoy it if he can,
for he’s the envy of the river, for he’s
a married man.
And Louie Bell is busy, as a steam
boat man should be, dashing madly
from the Landing, down the lake to
Twenty Three. I’d like to ride with
him again, for nothing’s half so fine,
as to stop off at his Homestead, and
tyy his rhubarb wine.
And Nellie Neal is logging, and
working out some schemes to entertain
the public and cash in on her dreams.
I'll bet she has a winter’s stock of
meat and fish and food, with blankets,
sox, and mittens, dog teams and sleds
and wrood.
So its clear along the Kenai, that
the whole camp is prepared—and all
have got a surplus, that might with a
friend be shared. And I’d like to hit
that River, and just mush along the
Trail, for I know at every Cabin, there
is a welcome without fail.
I’d like to take Kid Balderston, and
IjEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN
OF SEWARD. DIVISION NEMBER
THREE. TERRITORY OF ALASKA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a general election will be held on
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 4TH, 1924.
Between the hours of 8 o’clock a.
m. and 7 o’clock, p. m. of said day;
for the purpose of electing the fol
lowing officials, to wit:
For Governor of Alaska.
A Delegate to Congress from Alas
ka;
An Attorney General for Alaska;
A Territorial Senator;
/ Four Representatives to the Terri
ferial Legislature;
Two Divisional Road Commission
ers..
The Common Council of the Town
of Seward having heretofore, by ordi
nance, duly designated the voting pre
cincts of said town and the polling
place in each precinct thereof, the
electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters re
siding within the boundaries of voting
precinct, No. 1, of said Town of Sew
ard, which is as follows: The incor
porate limit of the Town of Seward
will vote at the Town Hall building,
located in rear of Lots 35 and 36 of
Block 10, which is owned by the Town
of Seward, the same being the duly
designated polling place in and for
said precinct No. 1 Town of Seward.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 3rd
day of October, 1924.
By Order of the Common Council of
the Town of Seward, Alaska.
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. 85
An ordinance making it a misdemean
or to break the seal on electric me
ters and | or shunt or bridge around
electric meters for the purpose of
stealing electricity, fixing the penal
ty for such crime and for other pur
poses.
Be it ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Seward, Alaska:
1. That any person breaking a seal
or seals upon an electric meter and
! or shunting or bridging of an elec
tric meter with the intent of stealing
electric current shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars
or by imprisonment in the municipal
yttl not to exceed thirty days or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.
2. That evidence that a seal has
been broken upon a meter or that the
meter has been shunted or bridged
shall be prima facie evidence of the
intent to steal electric current by the
consumer receiving electricity through
such meter.
Passed and adopted under the sus
pension of the rules this 15th day of
September, 1924.
(Seal) WM. H. WHITTLESEY
Municipal Clerk.
Approved:
L. V. RAY, Acting Mayor.
Publish, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 1924.
| take another trip, with guns and gear
and pack sack, and a drop to wet the
lip, and trail away down river, and
just drop in anywhere, and have them
i tell Friend Harry, just how far to
| “lead” a bear.
| I’d like to hear him chin with Lane,
of Christmas Days at “Home”, for
they both lived in Albion, ere they
began to roam. They “ ‘unted birds
wi’ Ferrets,” yes, that’s a Limey
sport, and they both sang Christmas
Carols, at least so they report.
Yes, it’s Autumn on the Kenai, and
I’d like to be up there and pack a
Thirty-Forty, on the trail of moose
or bear, and when the day is over, sit
ting by Dune Little’s fire, I’d like to
have a jury, decide who’s the biggest
liar.
EMPIRE DECLARES
DELEGATE PEEVED
AT PUBLISHERS
Delegate Sutherland arrived in Ju
neau recently, and the Empire report
ers who sought an interview were turn
ed down by the Delegate with the state
ment that he had nothing to tell the
Empire, “Now or at any time.” In
commenting upon the stand by the De
legate the paper says:
“Delegate Dan Sutherland, who ar
rived this morning from a campaign
ing trip to Westward and interior
points, declined positively to make any
statement of any nature to a repre
sentative of The Empire. He refused
to be questioned or to hold any con
versation with the reporter who had
sought him out.
The Delegate was apparently deep
ly resentful of criticism of his official
policies which have appeared in The
Empire on various occasions. Even
when assured that he might say any
thing he wished in any way he desired
and it would not be altered by The
Empire, he still maintained his stand
not to say anything for publication in
1 this newspaper.
Mr. Sutherland arrived on the S. S.
Yukon early this morning. After
efforts to get in touch with him at his
hotel had failed, he was approached
on Front Street near the Arctic by an
Empire reporter. As he was appar
in a hurry to join some friends await
ing him further down the street, he
was asked if it would be convenient
for him to be seen later when an inter
! view with him might be obtained for
! publication. “I have nothing to say
i for The Empire now or at any other
! time,” he said. He indicated he would
make a speech here during the cam
paign, however, in which he would at
| tack personally members of The Em
! pile’s editorial staff.
Among questions it had been ex
pected to ask Sutherland were queries
as to his position on the literacy test
issue, on the new Alaska fisheries
law, whether or not he had endorsed
! the candidacy of Senator La Follette
for President, his attitude on the pro
posed Alaska game bill, as to the cor
| rectness of reports that he had intend
| ed to renew his fight on Secretary
Hoover and the Bureau of Fisheries
at the December session of Congress,
: and whether he expected to take sides
; on the reported Rustgard-Paul split.
None of these, however, were put to
him. He stood “pat” on his decision
j not to say anything.”
WILL INVESTIGATE
SEDITION CHARGES
AGAINST EDITOR
LONDON, Oct. 13.—England's first
labor government practically ended
when the House carried by a vote of
364 to 198, the motion to demand a
selection committee to investigate the
|action of Attorney General Hastings,
| for withdrawing prosecution in the
| case of Communist Editor James R.
Campbell, of the Worker’s Weekly,
charging him with inciting his maj
esty’s forces to sedition.
The government asks the king to
i dissolve parliament tomorrow'. The
I louse met for what every member
[believed to be a fatal sitting. A high
and nervous tension prevailed, the
prime minister found himself under
obligation to mak personal apology,
the House having recently uninten
tionally mistaken his view's in con
nection with the Campbell case “in
the heat of a justifiable temper and
in resentment of some gross imputa
tions made.”
LONDON, Oct. 14.—Fascisti and
communists furnished the first dis
order in a campaign which promises
more strife than any pre-election pe
riod in recent years, w'hen four per
sons were arrested after a riot in
Trafalgar Square.
MUCH ACTIVITY AT NUKA BAY
Despite the recent spell of cold
weather much activity is going on in
mining circles at Nuka Bay, accord
ing to w'ord brought to Seward this
week. The new mill is being erected
on the Alaska Hills property, and
tunnel work is going on at other pro
1 perties.
SENATOR WHEELER BUSY
KNOCKING ALASKA R. R
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 13.—Sena
tor Wheeler, Saturday night, made
an impassioned speech reviewing the
Alaska railroad agreements, and the
Massachusetts banking transactions.
Mr. Wheeler was outspoken in his
remarks against the railway, declar
ing that it was being used to further
the interests of the Alaska Steam
ship company, and that the latter
had been paid huge sums to trans
port freight by water from Seward
to Anchorage, instead of it being
hauled over the railway line.
Mrs. Wheeler also delivered an ad
dress urging the support of LaFol
lette.
BORAH CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—Senator
jBorah canceled his speaking engage-;
intents today in behalf of the Repub !
Ilican ticket, to devote his time to!
ithe investigation by the Senate com-'
rpittee of charges of a huge slush
; fund being raised by the Republicans.
lLaFollette made the charges.
Senator Borah today before deput
ing fiom Cha nge to Washington, call
ed a meeting of the senate committee j
of that city to investigate the charges !
that a great sum of money was being j
used in the Republican presidential
campaign. Campaign Chairman But- j
| ler was ordered to submit figures as to I
| his expenditures.
! HOOPSTON, 111., Oct. 13.—Uncle
Joe Cannon, after nearly two years
i of private life, last night addressed
j the business men’s club here at their
| meeting. He vigorously attacked La
Follette and said:
“Men who have been elected as re
publicans and Democrats and then
have turned around and raised the
devil with those who put them in of
fice, have little regard for rules or
conduct.”
—
j BELOIT, Wis., Oct. 13.—Senator
jLenroot in the first address he has
| made in the present campaign, at
tacked the La Fllette ticket as one
!of the most dangerous ever placed
j before the people of the States.
He said it was composed of radicals
'and ultra radicals and meant the de
structions of the Constitution if the
ticket is elected.
—
WILL INVESTIGATE FUND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.—
An immediate meeting of the Senate
campaign contributions committee has
been demanded by James M. Good, pre
convention manager for Coolidge in
the west, to investigate the Lafollette
charges of a slush fund being collect
ed by Republicans to purchase doubt
ful states. The demand was made
by Good after a visit by Colidge.
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SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO
| FROM OUR OLD FILES
Seventeen years ago in November,
Cook Inlet was full of ice and the
steamer Tyonic was frozen in with
goods and passengers on board.
Mrs. Win. Sauers was running a
circulating library.
Silas R. Reed of Oklahoma was ap
pointed by President Roosevelt to
succeed James Wickersham as judge
of the Third Division.
The steamers Bertha, Santa Ana,
Yucatan, Dora, Jeanie and Saratoga,
were running to Seward, their com
ibined capacity being less than that
|of the steamers Yukon or Alaska.
| H. E. Ellsworth was running an
I assay office, charging $1.50 for a
gold analysis.
E. V. Boyle was in the drug busi
ness here and Clayson was clothier.
;The Palace was run by W. P. Henry
and Hawkins and Whittemore were
proprietors of the Hotel McNeiley.
Christiensen and Laubner ran the
Alaska Transfer then, and sold wood
and coal.
The steamer Shelikof arrived in
Seward from the westward, Capt.
| Moore being in command of the Do
jra. As usual the weather was rotten,
i Wes Allen was manager of the A.
; B. Drug company.
Knik merchants failed to receive
any horse feed and George Palmer’s
j supplies were frozen in. The Susit
na station road house had to close
on account of supplies failing to
reach them before the freeze-up.
Delegates to the Republican Na
tional convention declared for Home
Rule.
The Gateway was running a miner
al inquiry department, determining
the names and values of metals sent
in.
The steam launch Three M was
lost with all on board.
NEW FOX ISLAND STARTED
Fred Patten of the Storm Island
Fox Farm, near Cape Fenshaw, has
added T6 pairs of blue foxes to his
ranch. The foxes have been branded
and their pelts disfigured to keep
poachers from killing them. The
stock will be used for breeding pur
poses only.
Agent for Radio Corporation of America
RADIOLA RECEIVING SETS
the best on the market today
Radiola Super-Heterodyne
F*rice in Seward, Equipped,
C. M. B.
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
C. M. B.
Lumber
Below is a list of some of the broadcasting stations that von mav expect to
hear on the RADIOLA SUPER-HETERODYNE.'
Name of Station
Call
Letters
Pwr. Wve
wts. Lgt.
KDKA
KFKX
KYW
WBX
KGO
WBAH
WEAF
WEBH
WGN
WGY
WNYC
WTAM
WvVI
Westinghouse Electric Co.
East Pittsburg, Pa.
Westinghouse Electric Co.
Hastings, Neb.
Westinghouse Electric Co.
Chicago, III.
Westinghouse Electric Co.
Springfield, Mass.
General Electric Co.
Oakland, Cala.
The Dayton Co.
Minneapolis, Minn.
American Tele. & Tele. Co.
New York City.
Edgewater Beach Hotel Co.
Chicago, III.
The Tribune, Drake Hotel
Whitestone Co., Chicago, III.
General Electric Co.
Schenectady, N. Y.
City of New York
New York City.
Willard Stor. Bat. Co.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, Mich.
General Electric Co.
Denver, Colorado.
The Crosley Radio Corp.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
1000 326
1000 286
1000 536
1000 337
1000 312
1000 417
1000 492
1000 373
1000 370
1000 380
1000 526
1000 390
1000 273
1000
5000
PACIFIC COAST AND CANADIAN STATIONS
KFAE State College of Washington 500 330
Pullman, Wash.
KFCL Leslie E. Rice, Union Stock Yds. 500 236
Los Angeles, Cala.
KFI Earle C. Anthony, Inc. 500 469
Packard Bldg., Los Angeles
KFOA Rhodes Dept. Store. 500 455
Seattle, Wash.
KFPR Los Angeles County For. Dept. 500 231
Los Angeles, Cala.
KFQD Chovin Supply Co. 100 280
Anchorage, Alaska.
KFSG Echo Park Evan. Assn. 500 278
Los Angeles, Cala.
KGU Marion A. Mulrony, 500 360
Honolulu, Hawaii.
KGW Portland Oregonian 500 492
Portland, Ore.
KHJ Times Mirror Co. 500 395
Los Angeles, Cala.
KJS Bible Institute 750 360
Los Angeles, Cala.
KLX Tribune Publishing Co. 250 509
Oakland, Cala. '
Call
Letter
KPO
KTW
KWH
CFCA
CFCN
CKCD
WWJ
SOME
KFAE
KFGX
KFMX
KFPT
KLZ
KOB
KSD
WAAW
WBAP
W DAF
WEAY
WFAA
WHB
WHO
WOAI
WOAW
WOI
WOQ
KNX
Pwr. Wve
Name of Station. Wts Lgt.
Hale Bros. 500 423
San Francisco, Cala.
First Presbyterian Church 750 360
Seattle, Wash.
Los Angeles Examiner 250 360
Los Angeles, Cala.
The Calgary Herald 430
Calgary, Alta., Canada.
W. W. Grant Radio Ltd. 440
Calgary, Alta., Canada.
Vancouver Daily Province. 410
Vancouver, B. C., Canada.
Detroit News 517
Detroit, Mich.
MORE OUT OF TOWN STATIONS YOU
HEAR MOST ANY EVENING OR
LATE AT NIGHT.
Western Radio Corp. 500 278
Denver, Colorado.
First Presbyterian Church 500 250
Orange, Texas.
Carleton College 500 283
Northfield, Minn.
Cane and Johnson 500 263
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Reynolds Radio Co. 500 283
Denver, Colorado.
New Mex. State Col. of Agri. 500 360
New Mexico.
Post Dispatch 500 546
St. Louis, Mo.
Omaha Grain Exchange 500 286
Omaha, Neb.
Star Telegram 750 476
Fort Worth, Texas.
Kansas City Star 500 411
Kansas City, Mo.
Will Horwitz, Jr. 500 360
Houston, Texas.
The Dallas News-Journal 500 476
Dallas, Texas.
The Sweeney School Co. 500 411
Kansas City, Mo.
Bankers Life Co. 500 526
Des Moines, Iowa.
Southern Equipment Co. 500 385
San Antonio, Texas.
Woodmen of the World 500 526
Omaha. Nebraska.
Iowa State College 500 360
Ames, Iowa.
Western Radio Co. 500 360
Kansas City, Mo.
Electric Lighting Supply Co. 100 360
Los Angeles, Cala.
I
AMERICAN WARSHIPS
ORDERED TO CANTON
TO GUARD PROPERTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—
The American warships Sacramento
I and Pampanga have been ordered to
| proceed under full head of steam to
Canton as a result of severe fighting
there between Chinese Fascisti and
the Chinese Red army, composed of
laborers affiliated witft the Soviet
i movement.
The dispatch stated that American
j lives and property were endangered.
CALIFORNIA CLAIMS
ALASKAN VIEWS AS
NATIVE SON PRODUCT
SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—Carl E. Cros
en, addressing the Gyro Club in the
interest of Alaska, at the Alaska
Week celebration held here, charged
that a pamphlet sent out by Los An
geles, and intended to boost the pro
ductiveness of the southern Califor
nia soil depicted an attractive po
tato field with its proud owner sur
veying the growing plants, when in
fact the scene had been taken in one
of the fertile, productive valleys of
Alaska.
I
HAND BADLY BURNED
Dr. Richard Butler of Hyder had
his right hand so severly burned by
an explosion of gasoline of his of
fice last week, will be unable to use
the injured member for some time.
STAMPEDERS STOPPED
Mounted police have stopped stam
peders from going into * the Cassiar
district to the new strike, fearing a
famine this winter. It is stated that
prospectors and others will be allow
ed to go into the district next spring,
provided their outfit is sufficient to
carry them thru the year.
The first snow of the season fell
today, about a half inch, which is
melting about as rapidly as it falls.
SENATOR UNDERWOOD
BURNED IN EFFIGY
BY ALABAMA KLANS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 17.—
Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of the
Birmingham senatorial district, was
burned in effigy last night at an as
semblage of the local Ku Klux Klan.
Senator Underwood has been outspok
en in his denunciation of the Klan and
his speech Saturday aroused the ire
of the klansmen.
RAILROAD WILL SOON ISSUE
SPECIAL CLERICAL TICKETS
Following a proposal submitted to
the Secretary of the Interior by Noel
W. Smith, special assistant to Secre
tary of the Interior, Clerical tickets
for clergymen and officials of clere
mosvuary institutions will be issued
by the Alaska railroad. These tick
ets will grant half rates to those com
ing within the classification as
on the railroads of the states. Each
accredited recipient of the rates will
be supplied with credentials by the
rialroad as soon as the plans are
worked out.
JOHN COLBERG HURT
John Colberg, well known in Sew
ard, where he spent last winter in
company with his brother Albert, is
reported to have been seriously hurt
at Seldovia yesterday while fishing.
His leg is badly broken and may
have to be amputated. He has been
taken to the hospital at Anchorage.
No other particulars were received.
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Millard left Val
dez on one of the last boats for the
States, and will make their home in
Seattle. Mr. Millard has been mana
ger of the Granite mine for some
time past.
The steamship Admiral Evans
which served Seward and southwest
ern Alaska the past summer, is now
operating out of Portland to San
Francisco.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
\
DRIFTING FISHING BOAT
PICKED UP BY SCANDIA:
BE TOWED TO SEWARD
The halibut schooner Tom and Al,
which has been adrift since last Fri
day, was picked up Tuesday by the
fishing boat Scandia, and towed to
harbor, the captain being taken to
Seldovia where he wirelessed the
new's of his rescue to Anchorage. By
some oversight the local collector of
customs was not notified of the sal
vage and the cutters continued its
search until last evening when Dep
uty Abrams wirelessed the cutters
that the lost boat had been found. Its
crew of 11 men were well and in lit
tle danger as storm sails had been
set and the boat was riding easily
hove to.
The Tom and Al is said to have
had a load of fish aboard at the time
her motor broke down but in all pro
bability this has been lost. The ves
sel will be towed to Seward for re
pairs to her engine.
DIRIGIBLE ZR-3 WILL
BE NAMED LOS ANGELES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—
The United States desires that the
ZR-3 be christened the Los Angeles,
President Coolidge declared this after
noon. He said the purchase of the
dirigible should serve as a symbol of
peace and friendship between this na
tion and Germany. Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur this afternoon gave a
luncheon in honor of Dr. Hugo Eke
ner, commander of the airship, and
other officers of the craft, at which
many complimentary remarks were
made over the recent flight of the air
craft from Germany to the United
States.
PIONEERS ARRIVE
Petersburg Igloo of Pioneers are
planning a carnival Octorber 18, and
among the prizes offered will be a
free trip to Seattle and return. The
program will include a “roughneck
dance” and the election of a carnival
queen.
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