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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 42.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIGNAL CORPS \
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OPERATOR TELLS {
OF NEW STRIKEj
OBTAINED FIVE DAYS FUR
LOUGH, RUSHED TO STAKE
GROUND NEAR POORMAN
WASHINGTON. Feb.. 24. (/P)
From the far reaches of the Yukon
river where the temperature hovers
around 40 below the terse staccato
of a telegrapher’s key brought a
vivid picture of Alaska’s latest gold ;
strike.
“The richest gold strike in the
nistory of this camp was struck on
Poorman a few days ago and every
man in the whole vicinity who can
get transportation of any kind is
going or has gone.
“The temperature is 40 below
aero at Poorman where every cabin
s crowded. The one roadhouse and
store are filled to capacity. All
alining plants have closed down
t-nd all have rushed to stake
ground at the new discovery which
-s panning out unusually well. We
visited a prospect shaft and were
told to pan for ourselves. We broke
off a piece and held the pan of dirt
m boiling waters to thaw out find
ing about $2.96 of fine looking
tvaaiicu buiu in iwu
Thus reported Army Sergeant
Orowden of the Signal Corps, an
•aerator at Ruby who was bitten so
nard by the “golft bug” that he
asked and received a five days
leave. He travelled 29 miles a day
•y dog team with an Indian guide
and reached the discovery grounds
enly to find them virtually all
staked. He went on “next morning
accompanied by Mike Kovas. the
original discoxery, to Butte Creek
the only one not yet staked.”
The heavy clothing and strenu
ous hill climbing with snow-shoes
**as somewhat painful and he wras
pretty much in but kept going. He
returned home to camp across the
wo divides convinced that the
’Tost must have shoved up the
mvides a few thousand feet higher
?4ran when “we crossed them”.
“In the morning we had a fine
■loose steak dinner waiting some
•a rt v wi th b: > d 1 y fro ?;• :: 1 h and ~.
To-ted thru the' parka. The next
morning we wrent over to Diamond
CKrc-'-’k :d staked claims overlook
ed by : ‘ others. We hope it is
go- d r- ■' don't know yet.”
Growden was careful to add: “No
messages were on file when I re
turned: this is the only one filed
rtnce, so my ab ence was of no in
convenience to patrons”.
He also added the suggestion;
Looks as though construction
days for the new find might require
\ temporary station.” He concluded
o caution, however, the cost was
nigh as freighting is five cents a
pound and transportation scarce,
idding, “Will inform you of pro
gress at the new camp. Thanks for
:he furlough.”
Southbound Listing
On S. S. Alaska
Taking out a fair list .of res
ervations, the S. S. Alaska, of
theA. S. S. Co., sailed south Sat
urday afternoon.
SEATTLE—Mrs. J. Sandvik, Mrs.
Fred C. Miller, Mrs. Frank Reed,
John H. Towler, Mrs. F. D. Paige,
F. D Paige, Nellie Lee Hamilton,
Henry Pope, G W. Pearson, W.
A. Taylor, John Kehden, Mrs. J.
Kehden, Frank M. Reed, P. Molor
zoror, Marion Swenson, Olaf
Swenson, C. H. Phillips, T. J.
Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schil
ler, Patricia Paige, Alex Gwinn,
R. Heirvley, H. Fengya, Nolan
Hudson.
LATOUCHE—Mrs. James Me
Corinel, Patsy Foley.
KETCHIKAN—Tom Dean
JUNEAU—M. Modjander, Carl
Strass, Gerald L. Church.
CORDOVA—K. G. Robinson,
M. G. Butorae, Ben Zuidore, B.
Putman, H. P. Allen.
MINERS KILLED
WALLACE, Idaho, Feb., 24, (fP)—\
Charles Bush and A1 Burns, miners,
were killed when the cable, carry
ing the bucket they were riding in,
snapped and hurled they 135 feet
to the bottom of Sunshine mine
shaft. Burke had just returned to
work after having his skull frac
tured when a rock fell on him two
months ago.
BRITAIN OBTAINS
REVOLUTIONARY
WAR PAPERS
COLLECTION INCLUDES MANY
DOCUMENTS NEVER. BEEN
PUBLISHED
NEW YORK, Feb., 24, {/P)—The
acquisition of headquarters papers
of the British army in America
during the Revolution, and which
contains the largest known bulk of
official correspondence between
English and American command
ers, by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach,
dealer and collector of New York
and Philadelphia.
The manuscripts, numbering
20,000, have been acquired from
the Royal Institution of Great
Britain, where they have been
iou4t.
Rpsenbach declined to reveal the
price and said the Institution sold
them, primarily, to finance the re
construction of the original build
ing of a theatre in London.
Included in the collection are;
Colonial declaration work, bearing
John Hancock’s signature; a letter
from Washington to General Howe
in which the declaration was in
closed; a letter from Washington to
Sir Henry Clinton explaining the
necessary death penalty for Andre,
the spy and many other documents
which have never been published.
Member Gateway Staff
Nearly Loses Finger
Through an unfortunate ac
cident whereby Otto Sandbech,
valued employee of The Gateway
almost had a finger on his left
hand tore off when caught in a
folding machine, the young man,
who is a star on the high school
basketball game, will probably
be out of the lineup for the re
mainder of the season. The in
jury is a bad one and very pain
ful the entire finger-nail being
i ripped off and portions of the
j flesh down to the bone. Not
; withstanding, the lad refused to
take the rest of the day, or lon
ger, off. “A man might be hurt
' hut \rr\n pcirt’t Irppn fl prtdri man
; doyn, especially one who takes so
much pride and interest in his
work as Otto. And that goes for
Ills brothers, too, Edwin and
Glen, an unbeatable trio.
Sourdough Bill, well known local
man-about-town, says that on the
voyage to Seattle the first six days
are usually the worst for these
suffering from weak innards.
Seldovia Machine
Shop Burned Ground
Special to The Gateway
SELDOVIA, Feb., 24,—The Seldo
via Machine Shop, operated by
Austin Horner, was burned* to the
ground at noon yesterday when it
caught fire around the smokestack.
Every able man in town turned
out and in a few minutes formed a
half-dozen bucket brigades. When
it was seen that the machine shop
was doomed, they turned their at
tention to saving other buildings.
The poolhall and dance hall was
within 20 feet of the shop and by
fast work was saved.
The rotary plow will arrive here
today from Anchorage.
OBSERVANCE OF
ANNIVERSARY FOR
COVERED WAGON
PROCLAMATION 'CALLS FOR A
NATIONAL OBSERVANCE
FIRST DEPARTURE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 24, (£>)—
President Hoover, in a formal
proclamation, called upon the Na
tion for commemoration on April
10, of the 100th anniversary of
the departure of the first wagon
train from St. Louis toward the
Oregon country.
He said that as President of
the United States is in line with
the wishes of Congress, he urged
that the country observe the per
iod beginning April 10 and end
ing December 29 as the “Covered
Wagon Centenial” and in so do
ing recalled the national signifi
cance of this centennary to that
great westward tide which es
tablished American civilazation
across the continent.”
Wonderful Party For
Grandma Murphy
With her host of other local
friends, The Gateway desires to
extend congratulations to Grand
ma Murphy upon the arrival Sat
urday of her 89 birthday. May
the grand old lady enjoy fifty
more happy days such as yester
day when a large group gather
ed at her home to do her homage.
The years are passing over
her lightly, God bless her, and,
as far as her health is concern
ed. she has never felt better; and
she looks it, too.
It is hoped no names have been
omitted from the accompanying
list but if so, it is not intention
al as there were so many who
visited the Murphy home during
the day. Among those at the
party were the following:
Mrs. Osbo. Maude Larsson. An
na Horton. Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Lar
sxm. Doris Suliian. Frances Hor
ton, Katherine Horton, Thelma
Osbo, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Du
Mnrce, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Hagen
and daughter, Tena Howkinson
Mrs. Amend, John Jtmenci, Mary
Jane Amend, Mrs- Sandbeck, Al
va Pet r on. Mrs. Leonard Hop
kins. Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. McIn
tosh and daughter, Oliver Amend
Mrs. Prater, Mrs. Peterson.
Each year the arrival of Grand
ma Murphy’s birthday is a great
and welcomed event and yester -
day’s party was no exception. It
was certainly wonderful for both
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy and fo:r
the visitors.
One of the great surprises of the
day came when Grandma and Mrs.
Gilmore, in talking over early days;,
discovered they were old Skagway
friends 30 years, ago. One can imag
ine how much these old friends had
to talk about.
Seppala Second In
International Derby
—
; QUEBEC, Feb., 24, i/P)—Emile .SI.
Goddard, of The Pas. won tbe
eighth Eastern International Dog
Derby setting a new record. He lead
I a crack field over a 120-mile course
in a total elapsed time of 11-01
while he clocked in a three hours,
!30 minutes and 20 seconds as hie
won the final 40-mile lap.
Leonard Seppala finished second,
ifve minutes back of the winner,
in the elapsed time,
i The victor got $1,200 and a silver
;Cup; Seppala received $800.
Tha country’s saved; The Uries
are coming back. Take heed, Sol
says he couldn’t make a living
out yonder.
The Alaska College defeated the
Anchorage Moose at Anchorage last
night, by the score of 28-30.
ANNIVERSARY OF
G. WASHINGTON
IS OBSERVED
; HIGH OFFICIALS OF NATION
REVIEW ANNUAL PARADE
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
! WASHINGTON, Feb., 24, (/P)—
i The 198th anniversary of the birth
of George Washington was ob
served throughout the land and
, President and Mrs. Herbert Hoov
er joined Governor Pollard of
Virginia, Secretary Hurley, and
| other high government officials
in review of the Alexandria an
nual Washington Birthday par
ade.
Senator Vanenberg read Wash
ington’s farewell address, in the
the Senate, and nine speeches
were delivered in the House by
members of the Washington Bi
centenial Commission which is
preparing for the 200th anni
versary of Washington’s Birthday,
two years hence.
Champion Athlete
In Game Tonight
There is a young lady arriving
in the city this evening from
Anchorage, a member of the in
land city basketball sextet, who
is, so to speak, a girl of near nat
ional renown.
Her name?
Miss Dorothea Davis.
Miss Davis is a star player on
the invading team as she was on
two All-Star teams in the states:
Sreidan Cunty, Wyoming, and
Sheridan County, Wyo., and
Not from her lips would one
ever hear that she is the pos
sessor of of a beautiful trophy, a
cup, awarded her for her prow
ess as a high jumper, a champion
of the State of Wyoming- But the
truth will out regardless of the
modest demeanor of the athlete.
Furthermore, (we know the
young lady will wonder how on
earth we uncovered this page
from her active pre-Alaskan car
eer, but we’ll never tell—another
cup was presented to her by
K t-hyrn Lee, world’s champion
lady high jumper, whom she out
jumped at the time and only for
the fact it was a state champion
ship, she would have been the
world’s champion today.
And again, she is an accom
plished and talented artist having
taken first awards at two fairs.
| Then again, she is an extraor
dinarily fine musician, besides be
ing a very attractive girl, from
the standpoint of good looks, and
I one ox me most popular young
| ladies in* this section of the Ter
ritory,
This charming girl of many
! accomplishments will be seen
in action this evening at the S.
A. C. gym.
Body Of Wifels~
| Found In Ash Heap
‘ NILES, Mich., Feb., 24, {&)—
Philip Plovie, 52, wealthy contract
or, shot and killed himself after
officers questioned the disappear
ance of his wife.
Strands of hair belonging to the
woman who has been missing since
last November wete found in an
ash heap in the rear of the house.
Plovie was her third husband and
she was his second wife. Relatives
,told the police they were suspicious
of Plovie who told conflicting stor
,ies.
An after-theater dance wsa
held in the Liberty theater after
last night’s fine show, in honor
of recent arrivals.
What a flock of Alaskans are
returning North for the summer’s
pickings.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Feb.,
24, (lP)—Martin Jensen, holder of
the world’s solo endurance record,
created a new stunt by blying in
a biplane of 100 horsepower, back
ward and up-side-down for about
a mile. He stalled the speed to 30
miles per hour and a 40-mile wind
carried him backward at 10-miles
per hour.
Allege Measure
Killed At Instance
Of Wickershaml
Special to The Gateway
WASHINGTON, Feb., 24,—A spec
ial dispatch to the Juneau Empire
today said the House claims the
committee had killed the measure
introduced on January 8 by Suth
erland at the instance of Wicker
sham permitting Southeastern Al
aska Indians, to bring suit against
the government in the Court of
Claims for loss of lands, fishing,
hunting, trapping and timber and
other alleged rights.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood
last November contracted with
Wickersham and W.'L. Paul to rep
resent them in getting this bill
passed and bring suits.
WORKMEN KILLED
HAVANA, Feb., 24, (/P)—Ten
workmen were killed at the Palti
no Pumping Plant, Havana, in an
explosion of a giant boiler and
damage amounting to $100,000.
The water for a section of the city
was cut off.
The drinks are on The Gateway.
It appears as though T. W. Haw
kins is aboard the S. S. Yukon, not
the S. S. Alaska which arrived Sat
urday.
Alaska Dog Masher
Seventh In Race
ASHTON, Idaho, Feb., 24. (£>)—
Earl Kimball of Cascade. Idaho,
won the annual American Dog Der
by and was awarded a silver cup
and $1.G00 in cash. His time for
the 25-mile race was two hours,' 10
minutes and 25 seconds.
Delbert Groom, boy musher, was
second; Thula Geelan, the only wo
man, wTas third; both are of Idaho.
George Allen of Nome, was
seventh; two hours, 14 minutes and
36 seconds.
GEORGE COON BURIED
The burial of George Coon, one
of the oldest residents of the Hope
district, took place last week, ac
Wi v**4*5 vw luu/i iuauuu icatiiUig
the city ill the last mail. Mr. Coon,
who was very well known here, was
found dead in his cabin several
days ag:o, frozen for at least three
or four days previously. Interment
[was made in the Hope cemetery.
In later years he had been engaged
in mink raising having about eight
or 10 of them.
_
Like the birds of spring, this
| is the season of the year when
I “knights of the Grip” head for
the North.
Everybody in town this morning
was busily occupied in shoveling
away the deep fall of snow before
their homes and business establish
ments. '
Mrs. J. Landers, local resident,
j was among those leaving Satur
j day for Anchorage for a brief
I visit.
A request for a five-cent per
pound tariff on Japanese halibut
! imported to the United States will
I be sen t to the delegate for presen
tation to congress it was announc
jed at Juneau at the weekly meeting
| of the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce.
YUKON ENROUTE
TO ALASKA WITH
LARGE LISTING
LARGE NUMBER WELL KNOWN
LOCAL AND ANCHORAGE
PEOPLE ABOARD
SEATTLE, Feb., 24, f/P)—'The S.
S. Yukon of the A. S S. Co., sailed
Saturday at 9 a. m. and carried 220
passengers, 65 of whom are for Sew
ard, as follows:
J. E. Strand, A. C. Vermes, Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Sessions, M. M.Hy
land, Mrs. S. B. Finley, Mrs. Mary
Strong, G. W. James, Mrs. W. G
Hughes and two children, A. W.
Kendall Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Irwin and child, Wm. Ryason, C
Clauson, Mrs. S. Eamon, Mrs. R. H..
Shelly, Chas. Kastnar, Sam Nelson,
Dan Ralston, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Kinkle, Wilma Urie, Sol J. Urie, Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. McDonald, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Moore.
Mrs. C. F. Lotsfeldt and baby, 8.
McMullen, B. H. Barndollar, Mr.
and Mrs. C. N. Nelson, Frank Scul
ly, Mrs. L. Levenhagen, Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Romig, Oscar Bonninger.
H. Seidenverg, H. W. Barnhill, F.
Spieljack, Donald McDonald, C.
Jansen, Martin Urie, Mrs. S. J. Urie
and child, B. A. Dool, C. B. Taylor,
T7» T TJ”** 4 4- a 1; rr» tv_l tri
• *-<• *fc**i54*bt *^**vv u. iv.au5«.,
C. A. Reece, J. J. Chilholm, John
Cook, Mrs. T. C. Campbell, Mrs. H.
A. Boyes, T. W. Hawkins, Colonel
and Mrs. O. H. Ohlson, Mr. ami
Mrs. Frank Wright, L. A. Kidwalder
and three steerage.
Funeral Planes
Awaiting Weather
Before Taking-off
S. S. N ANUK, Feb., 24, (/P)—Com
mander Slipenov received permis
sion from Moscow, that hr and a
mechanic in a Junk a? may accom
pany th todies ol Si J *11 a;. J nor
land to Fairbanks. Per mis.'; at ton
land in Alaska was previously given*
by the U. S. government.
Gillam brought the two men back
from the scene of the v. rh in a
plane Saturday for a rest. The
digging crew is notv enreute to
North Cape by dog team. The fun
eral planes are waiting for good
weather for the Nome hop.
OLD TIMER GOES ON
News of the death of "Doc” T. R.
Sewell, pioneer druggist of Juneau*
Skagway and Haines, has been re
ceived by the Empire from Haines.
Influenza is said to be the cause of
his death. “Doc” Sewell was per
haps 70 years of age, born in Ne
Draska. He came to Skagway dur
ing the Klondike rush and was em
ployed by William Britt in his drug
store there. He afterwards had a
drug business of his own in Juneau
ana Haines.
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tt PORT OF MISSING MEN «
j “I am trying to find the where
abouts of my mother from whom
I was separated when a very
small child. Recent information
leads me to believe she is fur
larming in Alaska, probably in
your neighborhood. At the time of
our separation her name was
; Laurs Yd, whose maiden name
was Laura Erickson, formerly of
Astoria, Ore.
“Any information vou may be
able to give me which will put
me in communication with my
mother will be greatly appre
ciated by me.
Gus Yd, Jr.
The above letter was received
I by L. W. Bishop, of Russian River.
. . —.
The Anchorage dog ordinance
i which has long been a thorn of
I annoyance to the council, past
and present, is to be tested in the
! district court.
See the Basketball Games Tonight S.A.C. Hall