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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 94.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WHAT? NO POLICEMAN?
We may be weak in the head or
>ee thru the glasses of a misogyn
ist but we never did quite get this
naval disarmament proposition
straight, that is, straight enough
:'or it to mean much to us except
a lot of blah. We clapped and
stamped our feet along with the
rest of the country over that Hard
ing conference but our heart wasn't
really in it and we got our fingers
crossed under the table when we
Thought of all those millions going
onto the junk pile and wondering
vhether Great Britain and Japan
were scrapping their ships too, and
vhether we’d ever build any more
and if not why?
Same feeling now. Its just an
t-mpty gesture; nobody’s heart is
,n it. France is irretrievably com
mitted to a strong armed footing.
She must have a gigantic army she
Thinks, and won’t give up the sub
marines. Italy has growing pains
ander the dynamic and ambitious
Mussolini and Great Britain will
never give over her fond delusion
of domination of the waves. Japan
:s not ostensibly war-like but you
can rest assured she is not over
looking any bets when it comes to
preparedness. All these countries
« have too much war history behind
Them to treat this peace dove, olive
branch stuff with any degree of
seriousness. Sounds nice and would
be lovely when they agree but im
mdiately they lay the keel for
another battleship.
As for us, we seem to be the
prize altruist-s of the world and at
the same time the prize saps. We
go around waving the olive branch
at the other nations while we are
all muddled up at home. We
wouldn’t think of abolishing the
police fources of our cities but we
would take our naval policemen
:rom the seas We gracefully agree
to scrap a lot of ships and then ap
propriate a lot of money to build
some more. Where’s the sense in
’hat?
Why not be sensible about this
Thing and settle ’own to one policy
and stay with ic. We should no
more think of d apping our guard
4 of Gur commerc ■ and our coasts
‘han our homes. In the late war
our lack of preparedness cost us
many lives and .,26,000,090,000. We
-hould have i navy the equal of
ny in the world and keep it there;
anything else is applesauce.
"The Alaskan,” the name re
cently given to the Seattle-Chi
cago train by the Northern Paci
fic Railway Company, should re
bound in considerable fine pub
licity for the Territory and The
Gateway wishes at this time to
extend sincere thanks to the “N.
P.” for doing their bit, in this
manner, in assisting the great
and difficult task of putting Al
aska on the publicity map.
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Now if General Manager Ohl
son, of the Alaska Railroad, will
bring down to Lake Kenai one of
the smaller river boats from the
Interior, everybody will be happy.
A boat, say, capable of carrying
50 or 100 people.
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It is about that time of the
year now when due thought and
consideration should be given as
to when and where you are going
on your vacation. Again we wish
to call the attention of the pub
lic to the magnificent highway be
ginning at Valdez and ending or
the bank of the mighty Yukon.
TAKES THE AIR
WASHINGTON. April 25, (A*)—!
Colonel Lindbergh took-off at 9:45
a. m. for Miami. He expected to >
make the flight in one hop and
leave Miami tomorrow with the :
first batch of mail for Buenos
Aires. He will stop at Havana over- |
night.
RUSTGARD, ATTACKING CAPI
TAL BAITERS, DECLARES
INVESTORS NEEDED
(Jimeau Empire)
Denouncing the opposition as
demagogic capital baiters of the
type that successfully stopped de
velopment of Alaska's rich re
sources in the last two decades,
John Rustgard, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Del
egate, opened his campaign in a
speech at Petersburg in which he
asserted that Alaska “must invite
capital to come to the country
to start things moving.”
“If we want the natural re
sources developed we have to bless
and not curse the men who are
willing to come here with their
money to start the industries and
furnish the jobless with jobs,” he
told his audience.
Attacks Opposition
With Mr. Rustgard were C. T.
Gardner and Walter P. Scott, can
didates respectively for Republi
can nominations for the Senate
and House in the Territorial Leg
islature. The opposition, he charg
ed, that is persistently attacking
the Federal bureaus, is solely res
ponsible for the bureau system
which they created by anti-capi
talistic propaganda and attacks
on foreign capital coming to the
Territory to develop its raw re
sources.
Basing his address on the rec
ognized need for industrial devel
opment. he asked the question,
••How can this be accomplished?”
and declared:
“Our opponents, judging by their
actions, seem to think that the
proper way is to villify men of
means and create enmity towards
all those who seek to start the
wheels of industry moving. There
is not a great industry but is the
object of their attacks.
“You who are old timers re
member how our troubles started.
Those of us who came here 30
or more years ago believed then
| that in a few years the Territory
would have a million inhabitants.
We saw the vast natural resourc
es, we saw the metals, the for
ests, the coal, the oil, the fish,
and we said to ourselves all these
things humanity needs and wants,
and soon there will be large ci
ties and busy communities all ov
er this land supplying the human
meeds; and we all had a vision of
sharing in the general prosper
ity. But what happened? We
have gone backwards and not for
wards. The industries did not
i come except the canneries and
even they have had a stiuggle.
Scores of them have gone bank
rupt and been dismantled or sold
at bankruptcy sales. The coal,
i oil and timber have remained un
touched.
Capital Driven Out
> “Why is this? You well remem
ber that 25 years ao representa
APPEARS ON PLATFORM ALONE
URGES ELECTION OF
THREE MEN
(Special to The Gateway'
JUNEAU, April 25.—In his open
ing speech in his Southeast Alas
ka campaign, Judge Wickersham
last night paid a warm tribute to
Walstein G. Smith for his faith
ful service since the office of
treasurer was created but did not
even mention the name of Knight,
Smith’s opponent.
He urged the nomination of
Cole for auditor and Paul as rep
resentative for the ticket in this
division.
Judge Wickersham is carrying
the brunt of the campaign here
and appeared on the platform
alone.
lives of capitalists swarmed over
the country looking for opportun
ities to start new industries and
were ready with their money to
go ahead. Then the cry went up
from a thousand throats that
they came to steal the country
| from the poor man. and the de
1 mand was made that the gov
! ernment step in c nd stop the
theft. The magaziafcs and news
papers were full of demands that
the government conserve the re
j sources of Alaska so individuals
or corporations could not get
them. The government, as was
j proper in a democracy, acceded
i to the demand. The public lands
with their natural wealth were
withdrawn from individual appro
priation and put into reseives.
“This ended the growth of Alas
ka. At that time retrogression
set in.
“Who are responsible for this
situation? Not the government
The government is only the obedi
ent agent of the public.
Bunked by Demagogues
“The responsbiilitv for our stag
nation and retrogression rests up
on the shoulders of those who in
flamed public sentiment against
private ownership and individual
industry. The people of Alaska
i are not alone responsible, but
we are responsible for supporting
this system of conservation b>
sending men to represent us at
the Capital who joined in this
hue and cry against capital and
this demand that the Territory
j be protected against the investor
| “We are paying dearly for al
; lowing ourselves to be bunked bj
| demagogues. Can we correct oui
| error by sending the same men tc
' Washington now?
“If we want an opportunity tc
make a dollar we will have to let
| the dollars come to the country
to start things moving. If wt
want the natural resources devel
oped we have to bless and nol
; curse the men who are willing tc
! come here with their money tc
I start the industries and furnist
the jobless with jobs,
j “My opponents shout themselve:
: hoarse against the bureaus. Bui
j'w'ho made the bureaus? They anc
i their kind did.
i “Who caused the public land:
j to be withdrawn from private ap
' propriation? Those who run hot
1 foot over the country shouting
I‘Guggenheim!’ whenever an inves
( Continued on Page 5)
PRINCE IS HOME
WINDSOR, Eng., April 25, (/P)—
The Prince of Wales is home from
his African hunting trip, having'
landed from the air on Smith’s
lawn at Windsor Great Park. The
Duke of York and Prince George
were waiting to greet their elder
brother.
SIMLAW, April 25, (/P)—British
authorities are in a serious mood
and view recent events in India
;with alarm, especially the troubles
1 at Peshawar, along the northern
border.
All women and children are be
; ing evacuated at that place and
it is believed all military leave
in India will be stopped.
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TO SPEND S MILLION
SEATTLE, April 25, (/P)—'The Al
aska and Northwest fish canneries
last night made plans for a $1,000,
000 national advertising campaign
ifor the salmon industry.
The packers at the meeting rep
resented the annual production
was 4,000,000 cases and it is plan
ned to advertise the sockeye, silver.
Chinook, pink and chum salmon
rather than one particular species.
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! BASE BALL I
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 1; Seattle 5.
Sacramento 8; Los Angeles 5.
Oakland 5; San Francisco 20.
Missions 11; Portland 7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati post
poned on account of cold.
New York at Boston postponed
on account of cold.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia post
poned on account of cold
St. Louis S: Chicago 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia at New York post
poned on account of cold.
Chicago at Cleveland postponed
on account of cold.
Boston atWashington postponed
on account of cold.
Detroit 4; St. Louis 12.
OPPORTUNITY EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, April 23, (&)—
•An opportunity was extended to
Bishop James Cannon Jr., of the
! Southern Methodist church, to ap
pear before the Senate Lobby Com
mittee in reply to charges by Rep
resentative Tinkham, republican,
Massachusetts, that he had engag
ed in offensive and coercive lobby
action.
, | Jack Coble, Ketchikan resident,
11 has been appointed United States
> Deputy Marshal at Ketchikan. He
. succeeds Deputy Frank Sayers
who was drowned there recently.
The New York Sun of recent
l i date devoted some space to the
! proposed second trip to the Terri
; i tory of federal employees from
i Washington, D. C.
' i ...—
; j In the Bristol Bay district
• alone there are 25 four-line can
neries.
DICIPLINE IS RESTORED IN
OHIO PRISON; MEN MARCH
ORDERLY
COLUMBUS, O., April 25, (/P)—
Apparently accepting restoration
of prison dicipline the convicts in
tne Onio penitentiary went to
breakfast in an orderly manner.
The death toll from the terrible
fire which swept the penitentiary
the forepart of this week mounted
to 320 when James Andrews and
Alvin Baltezko died from pneumo
nia.
Catcalls and hoots were absent
today for the first time in four
days and the men marched in a
snappy style to their duties. An
unnamed convict appeared in the
warden’s office and said that one
of the prisoners sections would
be burned on Sunday and that
“this block will be set afire to
morrow.”
The convict is said to have
named the man who so informed
him and he was immediately
turned over to the state fire mar
shal for further questioning.
FREIGHTER 111 CREW
BIRR UP EAST CRUST
STAMFORD, Conn., April 25. f/P)
—Sixteen members of the crew of
the freighter Thames, plying be
tween New York and Bridgeport,
burned last night.
Ten others are reported missing.
| The black, charred hull of the
| craft is on a reef near here. Many
I miles have been searched for the
i 10 missing but no trace of then:
: was found.
SEWARD’S POPULATION
For the benefit of those who
! may desire to ascertain the unof
! ficial census report of Seward, the
i figures- are again published. The
! Seward total was 832 a gain of
182. The Seward recording district,
including Hope. Jesse Lee Home
and other points, totalled 1,269.
NOT BAD, AT ALL
j Irving Reed, assistant territor
j ial raining engineer, who recently
j visited the Poorman strike, brot
i back word to Fairbanks that while
j there undoubtedly will be found
.more pay on Beaver, the strike
! did not turn out another Cleary,
I as many expected. The whole re
| gion is being prospected with
| every indication that the district
j will be kept alive with good pros
i pecting and new discoveries.
CHAS. SEELEY CALLED
Charles Seeley, former owner
| of the concession now operated
j by Pappadis & Balios, at Latouche,
j is reported to have passed away
i in Toronto, Canada. Seeley was
! also formerly one of the owners
| of the Seeley-Davis mine near
j Fairbanks.
j Ford Butler, of Juneau, received
| minor injuries when he fell from
i framework on the Territorial and
federal building, at Juneau, to the
ground. His body was punctured
I under the left ribs.