Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 538.
REWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1930.
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4 NEW IMPETUS GIVEN TO
FARMING POSSIBILITIES
OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
A. A. SHONBECK POINTS WAY OF ACHIEVING
QUICK RESULTS BY RAISING GRAIN HAYS
WHICH FIND READY LOCAL MARKET AT
GOOD PRICES—MAY GO INTO STOCK FEED
ING WITH OWN PROVENDER.
After leading the way in business in several camps
■of the Territory and pioneering in airway activities in
• Anchorage, A. A. Shonbeck of that city is showing the
tiie farmers of the Matanuska Valley how to do it, ac
cording to W. T. White, in charge of animal husbandry
for ihe U. S. Experimental Farm Service.
After an investment of approximately $10,000 be
ginning with the purchase of his farm of 320 acres
last fall near Matanuska, Shonbeck has cut 200 tons
of oat, wheat and vetch hay which he is selling at $40
a ton, thus practically getting back his investment in
the first year of operation.
That is a record in Alaska in the farming game and
* one that will stand up anywhere in the States, it is
said. Shonbeck's operations are being watched with in
terest by the officials of the Alaska Railroad and the
Agricultural Experiment Service as furnishing new
material for the campaign to bring more settlers into
the railroad belt.
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ASSIST Italy. Oct,. 27, (/P)-~
Ivrly will lose a princess and
Bulgaria acquire a queen when
r: the mystic peace of St. Fran
cis of Assisi, Kina Boris, 3rd of
Bulgaria., weds Princess Giovan
r.. of Italy.
The entire countryside on the
eve of the wedding is ablaze
with flags and bonfires lit by
peasants in honor of the event
which will marl: the realization
of the princess’s dream of love
and the forging of a political
link between the Bulgarian and
Italian nations.
The ceremony will be simple
and in keeping with the life of
the Saint whose home is to be
the scene of the wedding.
Premier Mussolini has arrived
here to attend the affair.
SEATTLE, Oct., 27, (JP)-~Colo-!
nel Frank Griffin applied for aj
permit to construct a radio;
transmitting station on a 321
acre tract on a hill at West j
Duwamish waterway.
f, The station would be operated j
by the Army Signal Corps in
place of the cable system to |
-Alaska. The cable would be used !
in emergencies when the radio;
was not operating.
NEVER EVEN FELT IT
DENVER. Oct., 27, (JP)—An
earthquake, believed to have
centered in Alaska, register
ed on the Regis College seismo
graph. The temblor started at
5:23 a. m. and continued for 17
minutes.
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Shonbeck’s farm is about two
miles from Matanuska and about ,
cne-quarter mile from the rail
road. When he purchased the
ground there were 90 acres
cleared and part of this was put
into or.ts and wheat and oat
v t.-h .seeding at the beginning !
of the season. In spite of a
backward and wet season, the
crop did well and the resulting
fodder is in great demand.. The
Alaska Guides, ne.. with their GO :
head of horses near Matanuska,
are using quantities of the hay
for wintering their stock and,
there is a steady demand from.
the dairymen.
In addition to the 90 acres j
chared, Shonbeck is clearing an
additional 40 acres, and besides
the hay will put in barley and
oats for grain next season. He is j
raising some vegetables but isj
making hay and grain his chief!
standbys.
He has the best of modern I
implement equipment including!
a newr thresher, a binder, mow- ■
ing machines, hay baler and a !
tractor. He is employing three j
to four men on the farm, and
it is believed that the time is not
far distant when he will intro
duce livestock on a considera
ble scale for feeding purposes,
using his own provender.
It is pointed out that he is
demonstrating beyond doubt the
farming possibilities of the sec
tion, and altho he has the ad
vantage of the necessary rfloney
to go at the proposition on a !
large scale, it should by no!
means discourage the smaller \
homesteader who might have a j
longer time to go to reach the
same goal.
TREATY ARRIVES
LONDON, Oct., 27, (/P)—The
Japanese ratification of the
Naval Treaty arrived Saturday.
TWO DIE IN CRASH
LE BOURGET, France, Oct., 27,
(/Pi—Crushed against the heavy
motor of their monoplane, Gil
bert Lane, American pilot and
Pierre Nicolas, passenger, were
burned to death when their ma- j
chine crashed a few miuntes af- j
ter taking-off and plunged onto j
the roof of a nearby house.
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THROWS WRENCH !i!T8
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Oct.,
27, (fP)-Captain Juarez Tavoro,
commandant of the Northern
revolutionists, notified the com
mander at Bahia that he him
self wa,s not ready to take orders
from the military junta which
has taken over the government
at Rio Tavora and who- has
been advancing with a fo^e of
former federals and volunteers.
A message was sent to the
General at Bahia to surrender
and to obey the junta orders. Ta
vora telegraphed back he would
be glad if the General gave in
and avoid useless bloodshed but
was indifferent as to whether
accepted his authority
He said that as soon as he ar
rived at Bahia he intended to or
ganize a provisional government
under responsible civilians.
“Military men don’t revolt to
gain positions; military wM ad
hered to the revolution to the
11th hour, were not worthy to
exercise such positions. He re
ferred to the junta.
OAKLAND, Oct.. 27, f.-P)—A fire
which for a time threatened to
assume, the proportions of that
of six veers ago, endangered
the Claremehi. residential dis
trict of Berkeiy and northeast
ern Oakland.
The fire swept over 80 acres
of brush and grass land and
was only brought under con
trol after two fire departments
and nearly 1.000 volunteer cit
izen fire fighters dropped all
else to curb its activities.
ILL STREET NEGLECTS
18 REMEMBER BLACK
DAY STOCK HISTCRY
NEW YORK, Oct., 27, (IP)—
Yesterday was an important an
niversary in Wall Street for
which no celebration was ar
ranged. It was the anniversary
of one of the blackest days in
recent Wall Street history, the
13,000,000 share day which sent
the leading bankers into hur
ried conference to deal with the
stock market crisis.
Although share prices have
continued to decline with inter
mediate rallies for about one
year, Wall Street was at least
satisfied yesterday believing it
was again approaching the end
rather than the beginning of a
bear market for stock market
history shows few declines last
ing much longer than a year.
DENIES REPORT
HAVRE, France, Oct., 27, (IP)—
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice
Bellonte, French fliers, debarked
from the SS France here. Coste
was greeted by Madame Coste
and promptly squelched the re
port that he had married an
American girl. M. Coste praised
the warmth of his reception in
the United States.
HARRY GOSLING LiES
LONDON, OCt., 27, (/P)—Harry
! Gosling, member of Parliament
and outstanding figure in the
; trade union movement for 30
! years, died of heart disease. He
! was 69 years old.
PUSSES ST SITKA
| JUNEAU, Oct., 27, (/P)—Joseph
A Snow, pioneer of Juneau, 69
years of age, died at the Pio
neers’ Home at Sitka after an
illness of several weeks.
He is survived by Mrs. George
Snow, a sister-in-law, and Mon
te Snow, a nephew, both of
Seattle; and Mrs. Crystal Snow
and Jenne of Juneau.
Interment will be made in a
Juneau cemetery; the funeral
will probably be held under the
auspices of the Elks.
He came here in 1887 with a
theatrical company but the lure
of gold held him and he pros
pected in many districts.
H. P. WHITNEY DIES
NEW YORK, Oct., 27, (/P)—
Harry Payne Whitney, 58, sports
man and capitalist, died here
today. His wife, the former
Gertrude Vanderbilt, s c u lptress,
and three children, were at his
bedside when he passed away.
He had been ill for several
weeks.
LOS ANGELES, Oct.. 27. i/P,)—
The first air liners carrying
passengers and mail over the
new Transcontinental & West
ern Air Express, arrived.
A second plane carried Clar
ence Young, assistant secretary
of commerce.
A firemen’s band and 5,000
spectatrs were on hand to greet
the planes. An overnight stop
was made at Kansas City and
mid-clay at Columbus, Ohio.
Eight passengers and 600
pounds of mail were carried.
ACROSS U. S. IN 1 DAY
NEWARK, N. J. Oct., 27, (/P)—
The first Transcontiental Air
mail and passenger liner arriv
ed at 6:26 p. m. Eastern stan
dard time. The plane left Los
Angeles at 5 a. m. Pacific coast
time yesterday and stopped j
overnight at Kansas City and
at mid-day, Columbus, Ohio.
There were eight passengers and
500 pounds of mail aboard.
SPEC! SESSION NOT
NECESSARY TO HOLE
UNEMPLOYMENT 0. S.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 27, UP)—
Confident that voluntarily peo
ple would enable the adminis
tration’s unemployment relief
organization to cope with the
problems of finding jobs for the
bread-winners, was expressed by
President Hoover in silencing re
ports that he would call Con
gress in a special session.
No special session is needed,
he said.
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WAYNE FOX ALSO KNOWS
WHERE TO FIND THE
HIGHGRADE
He doesn’t look like a mill
man when he’s in towm with a
white collar and bellies up to
the bar and demanas a pine
apple sundae, but he’s a fura
tailed wonder when he’s in the
hills and has the old stamps
pounding on the highgrade from
the Sonny Fox mine. The mine
is named after him, even if it
is the rapidly-growing famous
Downey & Babcock gold mine
in the Nuka Bay district. And
he’s a mill man even if he is
only 12 years old and the grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Dowf
ney. He’s the youngest mill man
in Alaska, if not in the world
and he’s in town with his first
cleanup. He’s probably the
world’s champion highgrader
too.
Learning of the arrival of
this newest addition to the min
ing fraternity, and noting an
unusual swelling in the local
bank clearings, The Gateway de
tailed its star reporter to in
terview the young mill man
and get the dope on the latest,
mill practices as indulged at
the new camp. Wayne W. Fox,
tor that's his full name, instead
of Sonny Fox as his grandma
and grnadpap call him,—re
ceived the reporter with due
gravity.
“I noted some ’wasteful meth
ods in Mr. Babcock's and my
grandpa’s milling operations so
I decided to build a mill of my
own.” he said gravely. 'I think
that the results have more than
justified my presumption if I
may be so bold as to state, be
cause I believe I got about .100
per cent recovery.” That is not
to be doubted because it is re
ported by the mine manage
ment that the stuff he picked
to run was practically all gold
and there was very little waste
to run off the plate.
Anyway, the fact remains
(Please turn to Pa«e Seven)
NEWARK, N. J. Oct., 27, UP)—
Planes from here flew westward
and planes from Los Angeles
flew eastward; planes from Kan
sas City flew eastward and west
ward in the inauguration of the
new transcontinental airline
which will bring New Yori? and
Los Angeles to within 36 hours
of each other.
All planes carried heavy mail
and passenger loads. There will
be two ships daily out of Los
Angeles, Newark and Kansas
City.
NEW EFFORTS MADE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 27, <JP)—
The State department was in
formed that two new efforts had
been initiated to effect the re
lease of Reverend Bert Nelson
of Minneapolis, American mis
sionary captured by bandits in
China. Frank P. Lockhart said
that he believed no Americans
remained in that territory.