BIG COMMERCIAL PROJECT HAS
BEEN CLOSED, SAY ADVICES
FROM NEW YORK
CREDIT DUE FRANK L. BALLAINE
Wiill Mean the Expenditure of Mil
lions of Dollars and Make Sew
ard a Large City
Searue papers claim that It is an
assured fact that Seward will have the
long-looked for pulp mill, as negotia
tions that have been in progress the
past four years have been completed,
according to word from Frank L. Bal
laine during the past wreek. Mr. Bal
laine is said to be putting the finish
ing touches on the project, and it is
safe to assume that the Seward in
dustry will be producing paper pulp
during the year 1924.
The mill site that has boon decided
on is located at the head of the bay,
half way between Seward and the ra
dio station. It is on the line of the
Alaska railroad and will have the ad
vantage of rail and water transporta
tion for pulp logs.
The power site that has been de
cided upon is located on Kenai river,
at the canyon, where Bussian river
joins the Kenai, or about half way be
tween Kenai and Skilak lakes. At this
paint it will be possible to get an un
interrupted flow of water for power
the year around and never anv inter
ruption of supply through cold weath
er and ice.
It is the intention of the pulp manu
facturing company to install a heavy
duty power line to Seward. The course
of the power line will be up Russian
River, over the divide and down Re
surrection river, a distance of about
35 miles.
Mr. Ballaine has devoted his entire
time during the past five years to this
enterprise, and in his work has been
fj_„_,red and supported by Sewardites
' ' will now be in a position to reap
tk ' "ewards of their efforts.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Progres
sive leaders declared today that the
reddest flag official Washington could
wave across the wiieat fields of the
Northwest is the proposal to place
knee breeches on Frank Kellogg and
nt him to the King at Bucking
'. Palace in the place of Ambassa
c r Harvey.
SCHENECTADY, Oct. 20.—The will
of C. P. Steinmetz, the electrical wiz
ard, probated here today shows that
he left no fortune save his library of
reference books, an auto 11 years old,
and $1300 insurance.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.— Thirty
three thousand of the $105,000 the
government paid for the Livermore,
California, Veterans’ Bureau hospital
site was split up and distributed as
selling expenses, Lucien B. Johnson,
former owner of the property, testified
before the special Senate commission
probing the administration of Director
Charles Forbes.
SAN FRANCISCO MAN PAID
BONUS TO REVISE PLANS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—The pay
ment of an additional $33,000 tc
Matthew O’Brien of San Francisco, ar
architect, for revision of his plans foi
a government hospital at Livermore
California, to make them in aceorc
with the terms of his original contrac
was disclosed in the investigatoin o
the conduct of the Veterans’ Bureau
in the hearing today.
PRINCETON AND NAVY TIE
PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct 30.—Th
Princeton-Navy final score was 3-3.
One of the most important projects
of the Bureau of Public Roads in the
Third division the past season was
the completion of the Seward-Kenai
lake road. Its length is 18 miles, 4V2
of which was graded this season and
will be surfaced early next year. The
cost of the work was estimated a!
858,400.
Another important piece of work on
ihe Kenai peninsula was the building
of the Hope-Sunrise road from Moose
Pass to Sunrise, at a cost of about
*38,900. This road was builr. by the
Road commission in i905, and owing
to resuming of mining opera-ions, was
rehabilitated this year by the P>. P. R.
Another mining road tapping a dis
trict tributary to the railroad was the
completion of the Hope-Palmer ere f t
route. This road is 12% miles long
and cost $65,000 to build.
Work on the Girdwood-Crow creek
road was started this season, 4 and
a half miles of the total of seren
miles being constructed this season.
The total cost of this road is about
$25,000.
Surveys of projects with an aggre
gate of 31 miles were completed this
year.
Maintenance work was kept well up
on all roads this year said the re
port of Mr. C. W. Cheatham, assist
ant district engineer in charge of the
Bureau’s road work in the Territory.
LONDON, Oct. 30.—With the recov
ery of practically all of the treasure
from the sunken liner Laurentic, the
salvage championship between the sal
vage ship Racer’s eight divers is set
tled. The championship goes to Sea
man Mickie Maddison, who recovered
200 bars of gold, a total value of over
$2,000,000. His nearest rival, Petty
Light, brought up 170 bars.
The- Laurentic, which was sunk by
mines in 1917 was carrying $25,000,
000 worth of gold to America and the
Racer has been engaged in salvage
operations since 1918.
Salvage operations on the sunken
liner will cease at the end of the
present month, when the wreckage
will be dragged over, whether the few
remaining bars of gold are lifted or
not. The vessel lies in 20 fathoms
of water.
KEYSTONE VIEVY. CO, NEW YOHK
FOREIGN MINISTER IN JAPANESE
CABINET
Baron Shimpei Goto, formerly may
or of Tokio, who has accepted the of
fice of Foreign Minister in the new
Yamamoto Cabinet, according to lat
est reports. Baron Goto has been
prominent for years in Japanese polit
ical life. He is also a physician hav
ing studied in Berlin and Japan. He
has held numerous posts of impor
tance and during the Russo-Japanesf
War served as director of the Sani
tarv Bureau.
IP LETS BIN WHILE
CHICAGO, Oct. ai—Dr. John I
? Stanton, an army surgeon, and Mrs
, Stanton, who are on their way to a
army post in the southwest, celebra
ed the birth of triplets here today, on
born on the train and the others l
* a hospital to which the mother wa
removed. % . .
A call has been issued by the city i
of Ketchikan to all municipalities in
ihe First division to hold a special
election, Tuesday, November 6th, on
the question of territorial division,
and to that end gather the best pro
curable evidence to present to Con
gress. A convention will be held in
Juneau, November 15th, following the
election, to decide on further steps to
bring about the division.
Each municipality will elect one
delegate for every 300 registered vo
ters or fraction thereof.
The question or envision should also
be endorsed by the voters of the Third
division and other parts of the Terri
tory, as it is necessary that the mat
ter be unanimous. It is not believed
there will be any opposition to such
division, many residents of the rail
road section believing that it would be
better for us if Valdez and Cordova
were included in the territory assigned
to the First division.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
will be asked to indorse the division
at its meeting tomorrow.
CROSSES THE ITUIfTIG
IN 14-FOOT SIIL BOUT
Capt. Wm, A. Andrews, the Massa
chusetts piano maker, who in 1892
crossed the Atlantic ocean from Atlan
tic City, N. J., to Palos, Spain, in The
Sapolio, making the trip in 63 days
alone, is to have a rival. A New York
skipper now declares he will cross;
the Atlantic in 50 days with a 13 fool
boat.
The measurements of the sloop Sa
polio, in which Capt. Andrew's made
his famous trip are: length, 14 feet, 6
inches; beam 5 feet, 5 inches; depth
3 feet; mast 8 feet high, bowsprit
with jib. Total sail area less than
15 square yards.
Fill 10 GO TO POLLS
SPOKANE, Oct. 18.—A penalty for
failure to vote and a modification of
the direct primary were suggested by
Senator Wesley L. Jones, in a news
paper interview here before leaving
for Washington, D. C. The outstand
ing need in politics, Senator Jones
declared, was party responsibility and
the prevention of “candidates running
on personal platforms.”
“There ought to be a penalty fixed,
or something, to get people to vote,
Senator Jones continued. “I have not|
decided in favor of any particulai
plan. We might consider a penalty of j
temporary disfranchisement. We also
might consider a system of poll tax;
which would not be assessed to those
who voted. Or w’e might have a fine,
for failure to vote. It is bound Ur
come to something like this soon, as^
too many people are kicking about j
the government who never go to the:
polls.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Army air
service pilots are authorized to make
a flight from France field, in the ca
nal zone to Guatemala City and other
Central American capitals for the
purpose of establishing closer rela
tions between the United States and
the Central American republics.
LIQUOR FLOWS FREELY INTO
“DRY” YUKON TERRITORY
VICTORIA, Nov. 2.—It is reported
that liquor is flowing as freely as
J ever into the Yukon. It is believed
that some way has been found to get
the stuff across the Alaska panhandle
and it is thought that the agitation for
United States co-operation in getting
. liquor through the dry zone was pre
. mature and unnecessary. It is said
1 that booze has been shipped across
the dry zone as canned goods.
i Think of an absolute waterproof
s Coat. 24 oz. for ladies and men, and
guaranteed. Brown & Hawkins, tf
THROAT AFFECTION
FORMER BRITISH PREMIER AND
STATESMAN DIES AFTER
LINGERING ILLNESS
STRONG MAN OF THE EMPIRE
Leader of Opposition Forces Since
1911; Former Iron Merchant of
Glasgow, Scotland
LONDON, Oct. 30.—The Right Hon
orable Andrew Bonar Law, former pre
mier of England, died this morning in
his modest London Home. The for
mer premier’s daughter, his only near
relative left in England, was with him
during his last days. His two sons
were killed in the world war, a sor
row from which Mr. Law never recov
ered.
His death was due lo an affection
of the throat, from which he had been
suffering the past year or more.
Andrew Bonar Law was born ini
New Brunswick, September 16, 185S; j
a son of Rev. James Law and Eliza
Law. He was married in 1909 to An-;
nie Pitcairn of Glasgow. Four sonsi
and two daughters were born to them, j
Bonar Law was formerly an iron
merchant in Glasgow; was Mamber of
Parliament Bootle Division, Lancs, P.
C., 1911; leader of Opposition in the
House of Commons; premier of Eng
land.
PINCHED,
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 31.—Rev. Ca-I
!eb A. Ridley, known as the imperial
kludd of the K. K. K.. was to appear
in police court here today to answer
charges of being drunk and operating
an automobile, following his arrest
yesterday. He was released on $500
bond.
Motorcycle Officer L. E. Shumate
arrested the Klan official after he
had noticed the minister’s auto per
forming jazz on Peach Tree street, a
main thoroughfare of the city. The
traffic officer said the minister was
under the influence of liquor and
had two bottles of good corn whisky |
under a seat in his machine.
The imperial kludd declared he had
driven out into the country where he
was accosted by a man who offered to
give him some “mountain dew.” He
smelled, took a drink, and was lost.
'keystone viewJ'co, NEW.YORK
ONLY WOMAN ON PEACE PLAN
JURY
! Dr. Ellen Fltz Pendleton, president
' of Wellesley College, is the only wo
man member of the jury of seven
members who will be in charge of the
American Peace Award which has in
| charge the $100,000 contest establish
I ed by Edward W. Bok, of Philadel
phia, for the most practicable plan by
which the United States may co-oper
ate with other nations toward bring
ing about permanent peace. Dr. Pen
dleton is known internationally as an
educator.
SHIPPERS' AIDED BATHER
TURN THE FRIERS
; WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Senator
Ladd protested to President Coolidge
today that a proposal to buy wheat
for the relief of Germany would aid
the shipper and middleman, • as the
farmer had already sold his wheat.
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that, use Fuller Washable Wall Fiifcsh on your
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attractive colors and tints from which to choose.
Whatever your painting need, W. P. Fuller & Co.
makes a paint for the purpose. Always ask for Fuller
products by name. Your local dealer has them. Or
write our Service Department for advice and for a
free copy of our “Home Service” booklet.
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BROWN & HAWKINS’ CORP., SEWARD, ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Assistant!
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, ad
mitted today that he or members of
his family have been financially inter
ested in the Sinclair Oil Company’s
lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil
reserve since 1916. The admission
was brought out by an investigation
of the lease and the interests of the
Sinclair Oil Company during Secretary
Fall’s administration.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—The visit
of Lloyd George to America has been
a piece of good fortune for the cause
of international accord, President
Coolidge declared in a letter to the
Overseas writers’ clubs.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29—Mayor Williamj
E. Dever’s name is on the list of own
ers of personal property in Chicago,
who failed to file returns and thereby
have been penalized by the imposition
of an additional tax of 50 cents on
their total assessment, it has been
learned.
“I am already overtaxed far beyond
what I should pay, but I am willing to
pay this,” said the Mayor.
FIVE ENLISTED 18
1LED18 CfllllSl
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29—Five en
listed men met death when the sub
marine 0-5 was sunk in a collision
with the steamer Abangareg in Limon
Bay, Panama Canal zone, today.
BISHOP CRIMONT MADE
MEMORIAL ADDRESS AT NOME
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Crimont, who
was in Seward over Sunday, delivered
the memorial address at Nome August
10 for the late President Harding.
The Bishop said the entire town at
tended the exercises, which were In
the town hail.
CAMPIGNY, France, Qrt. 29.—Al
though professing to welcome Ameri
can representation on a reparations
commission, Premier Poincare in a
speech here yesterday declared that
France would refuse to allow the re
parations commission to be divested
of its functions or replaced by some
other body. He said France would
never agree to any reduction in the
German debt.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Oct. 29.—^
A resolution authorizing the expul
sion of two members of the Ku Klux
Klan from the membership was pass
ed by the Atlantic City Lodge of Elks
at its meeting last week.
In making public the resolution the
Exalted Ruler said the action was the
forerunner of a national campaign by
the Elks to Americanize their order
by ruling against the Ku Klux Kians.
Klans.
He said the principles of the Klan
were in direct variance to precepts
on which the order of Elks is found
ed and religious hatreds would not be )b
tolerated.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—Bert Clark of
Tacoma was killed, and Owen H. Wat
son, lighthouse keeper at Guard island
Alaska, was badly injured when a big
touring car in which they were joy
riding with two women, plunged off an
embankment on the Seattle and Tacc- ^
ma highway last night.
ALAMEDA HAS MADE LAST TRIP
OF SEASON TJO ANCHORAGE
Returning to Seward last night, of
ficials of the boat said that they had
made the last trip of the season to
Anchorage. The Northwestern and
the steamship Alaska will go to An
chorage on account of having perish
ables on board for interior points, and
will ply the remainder of the winter
as far as Seward only. The Victoria
will take the place of the Alaska thru
the winter season.
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