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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 72
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 31, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STEAMER ALASKA
OFF FOR NORTH
USE LISTING
TOTAL OF 33? PASSENGERS
NORTHBOUND ON A. S.
CO. LINER
SEATTLE, March 31. (/P)—The
H 6. Alaska of the Alaska Steam
rfiip company sailed at 9 a. m.
•aturday and carried 259 passen- |
»ers and 73 steerage; 84 are Sew- j
ard passengers as follows:
VV. Tensvold, A. Anderson, J.
Holden, L. Peterson, P. Peterson,
Y. Ramseir, G. Decker, M. R. Ste
vens, Arthur T. Flanstein, H. Met
gard, A. Berg, J. T. Coffey, Earl
Ingebrethon, J. Grcgerson, H.
Metgard, Mrs. E. Foster, Mr. and j
Mrs. F. Crowm, B. Klwaara, Lee
Parker, P. Wilckee, A. D. Kneip,
Capt. A. Neilsen, B. Crown.
L. Slipnev, S. Fahrig, Fak Deli
alr e, P Drakula, Mrs. A1 Goss,
Mi's. J. R. Pederson, H. L. Reed,
M. T. Franklin, Mrs. J. A. Wheel
er, F. McDougail, Peter Botme,
Don Oilman, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
iam Duffy, N. J. Nicholson, Mrs
E. Boringo, Miss E. E. Boringo,
Mrs. T- F. McDougail, Pat O’Con
mor.
S. L Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs.
3. Johnson. A. J. Taroshi, J. H.
Payne, F. Statler, Charles Ran
dall, C. Rasmussen, Joe Link, Mrs.
O. Everson, Mrs. A. Hilty, H- Lord,
J. J. Buckley, M. E- Seers. J. D.
Seers, J. D. Harlan, Mr. and Mrs- j
J. S. Rodebaugh.
R. T. Hirsh, W. K. Crowdy, R. ;
3. Lowrie, A. L. Leland, C. F. Me- j
Pherson, Mr. and Mrs- H. Harper,
Cal Townsend, Victor Durant,
Miss Grace Lowe, A. Wickmaii, C.
Olson, R. E. Miller; C. A- Ander- j
son, J. H. Bender, Mr. and Mrs- ,
M. L. Adams, Mr. and Mrs- B. M.
Stone, V/. Brown, A. F. Ellum, I
Mrs. W. H. Wightman, Mrs. V.
Johanson and two steerage.
WASHINGTON, March 31. (/?)— |
Fcr the first time since August,
1929, the rise in the employment j
has been checked, William Green, |
president of the American Fed- :
eration of Labor, reported after |
a survey of trade unions In 24
cities.
The first two weeks of March j
show a slight decrease in the to- j
tal number of unemployed, the
report pointed out. The unions, j
Green said, reported 21 per cent
of their membership unemployed
in March, as compared with 22
per cent in February.
PIRATES DEFEAT OAKS
OAKLAND, March 31. (/P)—The
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Oak
land Oaks at Oakland in a slug
ging match by a score of 12 to
9, thereby winning the series of
three games.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
E. P. Harwood, returned Saturday ;
night from a brief business trip j
to the Westward.
The shipwrecked crew and cap
tain of the fishing schooner Pa
nama, which struck a reef last
week off Marmot Island, were
passengers on the S. S. Admiral
Watson out of Seward Saturday
night. 'They are en route to,Ket
chikan.
The total count of the registra- j
tion for tomorrow’s election was ;
nearing the 250 mark at noon
today
The S. S. Starr, of the San Juan
Fishing <fe Packing Co., Capt. C.
E. Anderson, commander, is sched
uled to arrive in port from the
Westward at 4:30 this afternoon,
according to the local office.
“FEU GOODNESS SAKE!"
POINT BARROW, March 31. (A>)
—The census man reports a story
of a gigantic bird on the east
coast bigger than the largest
plane was seen carrying a beard
ed seal in one claw and a native
in the other. This, with the le
gend of a 10-legged bear, is seem
ing to keep eastern natives in a
state of abject terror.
POLITICAL WHIP TOO
MUNICIPAL ELECTION:
KEEN COMPETITION
To clear up the political at
mosphere, with regard to tomor
row’s municipal election, the of
ficial ballot bears the following
names:
For Mayor, P. C. McMullen.
For councilmen, two-year term,
chas. C. Cooper and A. R. Roberts.
Three members for this term are
to be elected.
For councilmen, one-year term;
Leonard Hopkins. Two are to be
elected for this term.
For member of the school board
William M. Abbott and M. S. Ban
bury. One is to be elected.
Saturday the following inde
pendent ticket made its appear
ance:
Dr. A. R- Roberts, C. E. Orlan
der and R. D. Sullivan for the
two-year term on the council,
and Leonard Hopkins and J. S.
Badger for the one-year term.
The names of Orlander, Sulli
van and Badger must be written
in should a voter desire to cast
a ballot for them
F. E. Leslie announced his can
didacy Saturday which name
must also be written in. Several
other names have been mentioned
but no public announcement
made.
In any case, at the last mo
ment. more interest has been
aroused than in many years past.
Which is good.
LATER:—
Since the above was written
the names of J. S. Hof man for the
one year term and Jess Lander
for the two year term have been
announced. Both of these names
must be written in should voters
desire to cast a ballot for them.
A1 Jones, Cook Inlet cannery
man, anticipates a pack of eight
or 10,000 cases this season- A1
went to Anchorage Saturday, ac
companied by Mrs. Jones and
two children.
While the S. S. Northwestern
was at Voldez last Friday, Gillam
the aviator, was making test
hops in one of his new pines.
Southbound passengers Sat
urday night on the S. S. Admiral
Watson were G. F. Scott and Eide
Berthenson, the former for La
touche and the latter for Cordo
va.
HE BE IS
cifib mm
LOS ANGELES, March 31. [&)—
Suffering from a severe throat
and bronchial infection, Renee
Adoree, film actress, was in a La
Crescersta California, sanitarium
Dr. Patrick J. Byrne said her
condition was not serious, but no
visitors will be allowed to see the
actress at present. He said she
probably will remain in the sani
tarium until August for a com
plete rest.
ATTENTION VOTERS
‘‘We recommend to the
voters of Seward that the
name of (X) J. S. Hof man
be written in the ballot for
the one year council term
and (X) Jess Lander for
the two year term, both be
ing tax payers in Seward.
—A Tax Payer
(Advertisement)
1
VIEWS Ofl
WPS QUESTION
ANSWERS RUSTGARD’S LETTER
TO GATEWAY; IIAS MADE NO
PROMISES TO ANYONE
In reply to Attorney General
j Rustgard’s letter published in tills
Issue of The Gateway, Jame3
Wickersham of Juneau, a visitor
at The Gateway office Saturday,
had the following to say:
“I notice in his letter published
in this issue of The Gateway that
Mr. Rustgard is greatly excited
, because he says I drew a trap site
j leasing bill for the canners to pre
| vent indiscriminate “jumping” by
'the opposing canners. In the bill
j he mentions the public interests
i are carefully protected, so much
| so that the canners do not agree
to support it. However, in his
platform Mr. Rustgard approves
: the general trap site leasing plan,
but without any limitation for the
protection of the fishermen or
public interest. He says in his
! platform:
“ I also believe that owners of
fish traps and trap sites should
be protected in such ownership
against all interference except by
the government, and to that end
should receive leases for their
| trap sites for a fixed period, sub
ject always to revocation and
whatever rules and regulations the
.government may see fit to op
pose.’
“In spite of this approval of
trap site leases I did not approve
the plan in my platform, for I
will not consent to such a plan
i except where the public interest
i Is thoroughly protected.
“I have not promised to intro
duce such a bill in congress, and
j would certainly oppose it without
tit shall first protect the fishermen
■ and the public interests of Alaska.
In the meantime the trap men
i are in possession of trap sites
without limitation or payment of
I rentals of any kind. I give you
a copy of my platform which you
may print in your columns to
show what pledges I will stand
for if I am elected as delegate to
congress.”
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PLATFORM PLEDGES
In the event of my election as
Delegate to Congress, I pledge the
people of Alaska:
1. To work and support Pres
ident Hoover and his administra
j tion, in friendly cooperation, in
| all matters for the welfare of the
| Territory; for a more perfect form
I of Territorial government; for the
| development of the Territory’s
I natural resources, with reasonable
| conservation, for the upbuilding
; of a permanent population in the
Territory.
2. To support in every practi
cal way the construction of a con
tinuous International Paciflc
Yukon highway, for the joint use
of airnlanes and automobiles,
from Seattle and Vancouver,
through British Columbia and Yu
kon Territory, Canada, to Fair
banks, Alaska, with branch lines
| to connect with Alaska seaports
! at the mouths of the Stikine,
j Taku. Skagway and Chilkat riv
■ ers. with equal privileges to Hyder
! and from Prince Rupert to Ketch
!ikan, and branch lines to connect
J with the government highway in
! interior Alaska, and to Nome.
3. To favor the connection of
the main line of the International
highway in British Columbia down
one or more of the branch lines
joining it to the coastal towns of
Alaska with a free zone or road
way for the unobstructed flow of
trade with the interior, and the
passage of airplanes and automo
biles, as nearly without restrictive
regulations as possible.
6. Td support and aid in every
way the construction and imme
diate completion of the proposed
j Thomas Basin at Ketchikan, for
the safety and accommodation of
i Alaska fishermen and their boats.
(Continued on Page Three)
NEW YORK, March 31. UP)—
! The greatest shipbuilding race in
: history, in which four nations will
| attempt to wrest from Germany
i the honor of having the fastest
j steamship afloat, was foreseen
i last night.
Gennany’s hold on the mythical
: blue ribbon of the Atlantic was
firmly clinched when the new
! North German Lloyd liner Europa
| established a record of four days,
i seventeen hours and six minutes.
This bettered by 18 minutes the
former record established by her
j s'ster ship, the Bremen.
; After all there will be a fight,
| and a bitter one, against the con
! firmation by the Senate of Judge
; John J. Parker of North Ca.ro
jlina as an associate justice of the
i United States Supreme Court.
The American Federation of
j tabor yesterday declared war on
; Judge Parker because he upheld
"he injunction issued against the
! XT’ Pod Mine Workers in West Vir
i'-irle, c’"' r ' the hardest blows
ever dealt organized labor in this
I country.
Together with the United Mine
Workers it was learned that the
I F. of L.. will file briefs of for
j'mal protest against the confirm
■ at*on of Judge Parker with the
; Senate Judiciary Committee.
MISSIONARIES SAFE
j SHANGHAI, Mar. 31. OP)-French
missionaries were reported safe in
Han chow, Kiang Si province,
I which has been besieged for three
! weeks by Communists and bandit
#
! armies. The fate of ten men and
| six women of the American Ca
! tholic Mission in Kanohow re
mained unknown,
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NORTHWESTERN LIST
A small list of reservations sail
ed south Saturday on the S. S.
[Northwestern, as follows; Seattle
; Mrs- C. M. Osborne^ C. Buell, Mrs.
A. Miller, M. F. Murphy, John
| Brnesch, H S. Dillon, C. McAuely.
Valdez-Harry Morton, Mr. and
j Mrs. John Bailey, Dorothy Bolam,
| Mrs. Jack Bolam, Virginia Bolam.
! Cordova-Ellsworth Boyes, T. B,
Bertison, Dan Wixtrom. Latouche
Otto Bunde.
THREE PAPERS SELECTED
The papers of Otto Sandbeck,
Donald Shellhorn and Doris Sulli
van, Seward high school students,
were chosen as the best three of
the 16 local entries to the D. A.
! R. essay contest which was par
j ticipated in here Friday. The pa
pers have been forwarded to Fair
banks for final competition with
papers from other Territorial
schools- A gold medal goes to the
winner. The subject was: “How
can high school pupils aid in de
veloping the sentiment of law en
forcement?”
MASONS NOTICE
Regular communication of Sew
ard Lodge No. 219, Tuesday, April
2, at 8 p. m., Masonic Hall. Work
in the 3rd Degree. Refreshments.
Visiting brethern cordially invit
ed.
M. S. Banbury, Secty.
---—
NOTICE
; “I wish to advise my friends
| and supporters that, contrary to
the hand-bills circulated yester
day, showing my *hame as an ap
plicant for councilman for two
i year term, lam running for a one
(year term only.”
1 R. D. Sullivan. (Advertisement)
WAITS ON WEATHER
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March
31. f/P)—Determined to make an '•
attempt to break the world’s au
tomobile speed record, Kaye Don,
English driver, announced last
night he would remain here in
definitely, watching for favorable
beach conditions and weather.
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
i According to information gather
led at Ruby the whole of Beaver
creek, from 5 Above to 4 Below dis
covery, has been let to lays.
| The reason that the rich pay hole
i on Beaver has not been cross-cut
I is that water is feared. Water was
| struck above the pay hole, and also
below. John Vig, who has a plant
upstream, will move his 30-horse
| power boiler to the pay hole, and
with it, together with other equip
ment being assembled, it is be
lieved the flow can be taken care j
of easily. As soon as the plant is
steamed up drifting will start.
McConn & Miller put a hole down
30 feet on 3 Above on Beaver. They
found 6 feet of gravel and good i
prospects. Water was encounter
ed on bedrock. Within 18 hours
the water had risen to within 10,
fee: of the top of the hole. They
believe pumps will ea^ly handle!
the flow.
On 3 Below Farrel & Kennett
sank a shaft 57 feet, when they
struck slide formation. They are;
again sinking, this time 100 feet
mcaver the creek. They are not
[yet a own to bedrock.
Fred Rummers & Son have a lay
on 4 Below Beaver. Gerald & Med- [
jigan are working on 3 Belova John
iViv is located on 1 Above. Bill Far
rell has two lays, one on 2 Above
iand one on 3 Belov;. Boland &,
| Gragen are on 3 Above. McConn &
[Burke on 4 Above, Miller & O’Brien
Ion 5 Above and Harry Jensen on 1
. Below.
Deputy Parker v/as shown a $90
peke of gold, which represented 45
j pans from the bottom of the pay i
hole on Ec-avcr. Dean Patty will;
| bring the dust here for assay at the
'College.
On Wolf creek a cross cut has i
been completed which shows the
ipaystreak to be 20 feet wide, with
[values estimated at $6 to the foot, j
TODAY'S WEATHER
!
Place Tem. Condition i
; Seward 40 part cloudy but calm
j Divide 26, cloudy but calm |
| Hunter 30 Cloudy but wind :
j Grandview 24 light snow north
Tunnel 30 light snow but calm
Moraine 38 light snow but calm
Girdwood 30 light snow but calm
Anchorage 29 cloudy south wind
Wasilla 25 snow' south wind
Ta;keetna 30 snow but calm j
Curry 34 snow but calm !
Broad Pass 26 snowT but calm
Healy 30 cloudy light north
•Nenana 30 snow but calm
Fairbanks 35 snow but calm
HOLDOUT SIGNS UP
CLEARWATER Fla., March 31.
| (/P)—That “Babe'’ Herman, the big
! holdout man from Brooklyn, who
i demanded $18,000 per year and
I was offered $15,000, has decided
’ to relent was the big news In
I Robinland. It was said Herman
j had indicated he was ready to re
I oort immediately.
I' _
Frank H. Foster, prominent at
toreny of this Division and Rep- j
resentative candidate to the Ter
ritorial legislature, accompanied
by Mrs. Foster, returned Saturday
from Kodiak and will leave Wed
nesday for Anchorage.
Westbound passengers Satur
day on the S. S. Redondo included
Nels Erickson and Ben Pinks for
Uganlk, and J. Roach, Dan Tay
lor and A. Shappee.
Today is the last day to regis
ter for tomorrow's election. The
book will be open until 10 o'clock
tonight
BOAT RETURNING FROM DED
ICATION OF BRIDGE AT
LONGVIEW
ST. HELENS, Doe, March SI,
(JP)—Four are dead and four ar»
missing and 12 Injured seriously,
a chek-up revealed, after the ex
cursion boat Swan, returning
from Vancouver, Wash., with 28*
passengers from Longview, wa*
rammed headon of? St. Helens,
on the Columbia River early Sun
day morning^ by the coastwise
steamer Davenport.
The excursionists were return
ing from the dedication Saturday
of the new bridge at Longview.
The dead are Mrs. J. E. Hage
dorn, J. E. Larson. Mrs. G. I.
Lundy, and Mrs Stanley Stone,
a’l of Vancouver.
The missing are Richard Bel
land, Jr., of Portland: Jack Mit
chell, a deckhand; Sat. R. G. An
derson, bandman of the 7th In
fantry, Vancouver barracks. One
of the mising Mrs. Lundy, was
later fon^d de^d- Another late
report gives two more missing.
Darkness overtook the craft
just after leaving Longview and
the crash came without any warn
ing at the height of merrymak
ing. The Swan was equipped as a
floating dancehall and was towed
by the tug Dix. The Davenport
crew was saved; most of them
had been hurled into the water
The Swan drifted downstream
and lodged on a sand-bar but the
tug, which towed it, sank. The
Swan was later towed to St. Hel
ens. The crash is being investi
gated
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EUREKA, Calif., March 31. (JP)
—Two possible identifications of
the red-haired beauty found mys
teriously murdered in the woods
60 miles north of here hns devel
oped. One was the identification
of the body by Harry Roach% Eu
reka insurance man, as that of
Mrs. Thelma Hughes who, up un
til six weeks ago, conducted a res
taurant in Areata, eight miles
north of here, with her husband.
Roach said the young couple quit
their business and left .Areata in
a small coupe.
SOUTH SHIVERS
ATLANTA. Ga., March 31. (JP)—
The upper south shivered from
chilling winds and saw prospects
of freezing weather in portions
of a number of states last night.
“KID” IS ILL
NEW YORK, Mar. 31. (,P)_“Kid
Chocolate,” Cuban featherweight,
was ill in a hospital, suffering
from influenza. All of his en
gagements have been cancelled.
The regular passenger train
from the Interior will not arrive
in Seward this evening owing to
snow conditions along the line.
H. S. Bclderston, president of
the Bank of Seward, and Mrs.
Balderston, when last beard from
were still In San Francisco. They
are expected to return home the
latter part of April.
HONORS WERE EVEN
The Seward grammar grades
and the Mission school broke even
Friday in the spelling match. The
fifth and sixth grades of the lo
cal school won the oral match^
the Mission taking the written!
Between the seventh and eight
graders the Mission won the oral
and Seward the written.