James Wickersham, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
Delegate to Congress, has sent out
to Juneau voters copies of his 1930
platform. It is understood that
copies have also been distributed
to other parts of Alaska at
an earlier date. Wickersham heads
his “platform pledges” with the
promise that he will “work with
and support President Hoover and
his Administration.”
The signed “platform pledges”
follow:
“In the event of my election
as Delegate to Congress, I pledge
the people of Alaska:
“1. To work with and support
President Hoover and his adminis
tration, in friendly cooperation, in
all matters for the welfare of the
Territory; for a more perfect form
of Territorial Government; for the
development of the Territory’s na
tural 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 Pacific-Yu
kon highway, for the joint use
of airplanes and automobiles, from
Seattle and Vancouver, through
British Columbia and Yukon Ter
ritory, to Fairbanks, Alaska, with |
branch lines to connect with Al
aska seaports at the mouths ofj
the Stikine, Taku, Skagway and!
Chilkat rivers, with equal privi
leges to Hyder and from Prince
Rupert to Ketchikan, and branch
lines to connect with the govern-!
ment highway in interior Alaska, j
and to Nome.
“3. To favor the connection of |
the main line of the International J
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 roadway for the unobstructed
JUST RECIEVKD. A FRESH |
SHIPMENT OF HAAS CANDY.
The Alaska Shop
CLEAN! IM Sn ,.iio toe best .u
meats our motto. Fry-Rrnhrrs
ll>Hntiiinit!lli!milC1!li!i1l!tllinil!!llill>ltt
'HOTEL SEWARD’ jj
Hot and cold water inf
AH Rooms I
Rooms with or without 1 j
Baths
§ |
Oscar Dahl
2
flow of trade with the interior
x.d the passage of airplanes and
rnrforv»ab'l°s. ns nearly without re
strictive regulations as possible.
“4. To support and aid in even
way the construction and imme
diate completion of the proposed
Basin at Ketchikan, for
the safety and accommodation o
Alaska fishermen and their boats
i “5. To support self-government
j in Alaska game, fur and fisheries:
| the better seeding of salmon
I streams; a more equal distribution
of the burdens of conservation on
i all forms of fishing gear; that
| bona fide residents of Alaska sha1!
! be allowed to take fish at al*
| times and places for their own
family use; that non-resident
fishermen, their boats and gear,
shall pay a higher license tax
than resident fishermen; and the
continuation of government inves
tigations of halibut, herring and
other food fish in aid of their
preservation and increase.
“6. To secure construction, as
soon as possible, of public build
ings at Ketchikan, Anchorage and
Fairbanks; a bridge across the
channel between Juneau and
Douglas; the opening of the boat
channel across the tide flats be- ;
tween Juneau and Auk Bay; the
construction of an insane asylum
in Alaska; continued necessary
appropriations for the Alaska rail
road and road and highway work j
in Alaska.
“7. To support river and harbor
projects, coast and geodetic sur
veys and aids to navigation in Al
aska.
“3. To assist in securing the ex
tension of all Federal Aid Acts to
the Agricultural College and
School of Mines at Fairbanks.
“9. To support and vote for all
nominees of the Republican pri
mary election.”
MOGOLLON DISTRICT
This New Mexico camp was dis
covered in 1875 by James C. Coo- j
ney, a sergeant in the U. S. army |
ct Fort Bayaud. His discovery of j
rich silver-copper ores in the area '
rf Mineral Creek led to the estab
lishment of the camp at Cooney.
It was not until 10 years later
thet the village of Mogollon was
established on Silver Creek. The
Apache Indians were the reason.
From Circle comes the report
thet the fur catch there has been
practically a failure.
Subscribe xo tne Weekly Gate
way: 18 p^ees of news every
week for $3 50 per vear.
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
.School athletics—3:40 to 5 p. m.
Monday .Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
Men’s handball—5 to 7 p. m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Satin day. j
Men’s indoor baseball—7:30 to 10 i
p. m., Mondays.
Ladies indoor baseball—7:30 to j
10 p. m. Thurcdays.
Boys basketball—7 to 8:30 p. m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays, j
Men’s basketball—8:30 to 10 p. m.
Wednesday and Saturdays
Women's basketball—8.30 to 10
p. m. Tuesday and Fridays.
SEWARD ATHLETIC CLUB
It makes a big
difference wAcw
you buy amus*
ie»l instrument
Take advantage of our
sfeeutiione fotfmeatplan
TONE QUALITY it the only
true standard by which a radio can
be judged 1 Hear new micro-syn
chronous Victor instruments. We
will prove they are unmatched by
nay other radio at nay price. AJso
with amaeing BleetraU. Bensation*
ally low prices.
firrfL Jfedfift
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
!
| Airplanes are bringing the min
j eial development of the north a
hundred years sooner than would
otherwise be accomplished, a group i
! of prominent Canadian and Amer- j
| ican mining engineers decided at
a conference in Winnepeg. Inves
tigation disclosed that of the 300
licensed planes in the Dominion,
200 were used in mining explora
tion. To date, only a few operate -
in Alaska.
Grizzled prospectors with the j
age-old glint of gold m. their eyes '
are traveling by plane to “loca
tion” and packing with them hea- j
vy machinery with which to ex
tract from rock fissures the gold I
which has accounted for the set
tlement of much of the North
American continent. Thriving tales
are told in Canada and in the
American Rockies of quick dash
es to discovery lodes, not by canoe
cr dog team, but by whirring
planes.
A recent example is the discov
ery of gold in the Red Lake Min
ing area in 1926-27-28. John E
Hammell, a veteran of 59 years in j
p’odding the cluttered Canadian!
trails, went in by dog teams in 12 j
years came out in one hour by j
airplane and then the next year j j
organized a $5,000,000 corporation
to prospect the inward reaches of
the vast dominion.
Another young man hastily left
a train that had brought him
from Hamilton, Ontario, to Sioux
Lookout and took an airplane 100
miles northward. Soon he return- ■
ed by plane and posted at the j
Recorder’s office location notice 1
for three claims which his father j
had staked 30 years before but j
had never worked because of their i j
isolation from civilization and ,
marketing. j ■
Officials of the Sherritt-Gordon I
Mines contracted with a com- j
mercial air transport company, to
freight 70.000 pounds of freight j
105 miles northeast of The Pas. I
Manitoba. This job would have,
t-ken months by any other means j
of transportation. It. was com- j
Dieted in two weeks by airplane, a
Fokker Universal capable of haul
ing 1,000 pounds a trip. Each trip
took one hour. ,,
corporation founded by
Hammell cmpleted in one summer |
what engineers estimated would :
have taken five years in placing
25 caches of food in the vast Wild
erness
Experienced prospectors point
out that before, they had to work
against the short Canadian sum- j
mers. Slow laborious work it was.!
they said, to drag in provisions bv |
portage and sled. When they had |
arrived at one destination they J
had to find gold or give up until j
another summer rolled around.
Now they can spot a likely place 1
from the air and motion the pilot!
to go down. If the yellow metal,
Is not to be found they take to the j
air again and fly to other terri
tory. It is uncanny the way an ex
perienced prospector can spot
gold-bearing ore property, they j
say.
t
Fresh Haas’ SCHALLER
FR’S ALASKA SHOP.
A TIMELY TIP!
TELL the people about
timely merchandise with
good printing and watch
your sales volume grow.
OTHER merchants have
proved this plan by re
peated tests. We’ll help
with your copy.
fHE GATEWAY
A request for information con
cerning the whereabouts of John
Davis, has been received at the
Juneau post office, from C. A. Max
well, R. 2, Box 360, Bellevue, Wash.
Davis is described as being of light
complexion, quite bald, about five
icet and eight inches in height and
is Scotch. He came to Juneau last
August.
LOST SCHOONER FOUND
After being missing for more
than four days, the British Colum
bia fishing schooner Qualicum,
of Chemainus and her crew of
three men, were found near the
south end of San Juan Island in
Haro Strait. The vessel's engine
was disabled and her cargo ol
herring had been lost overboard.
iiiiiiiiiiimilimsmniiiiDiiHiiiiiimm!
i Within the ne^r future, accord
ing to the Juneau Empire, fur
ther changes and advances may
be expected in the radio and ca
ble system in Alaska. Plans are
being worked out, but are being
I kept secret for the present.
. Write for a sample copy of
i Alaska’s newsiest weekly, Tne 1$
page Seward Weekly Gateway.
“PISTOL PETE'S"
A Good Variety of Cigars 1
and Tobaccos; Candy, etc. •
Cards, of course. J
“DROP IN SOMETIME!’’
Pete Anderson, Prop.
(.rrrriFLfrmiErrnrriiimiimrrrrEitfri
VOTE FOR |
CAL M. BROSIUS |
of Seward, Alaska |
on the Republican ticket for §
TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATIVE |
from the Third Division to the Alaska Lcgis- |
lature, at the April Primary, 1930. |
| VOTE FOR |
| L. D. ROACH |
Attorney and Counselor at law, Anchorage =
|§ for Representative to the Ah ska Legislature j§§
from the Third Division at the April primary gj
H! On the Republican Ticket §jj|
H!l!il!illlHlliUlj!Mi!t1!!!!illl!lilllllll11lilllIIII!lI!!fl!lll!!!lllillillllEli!!l!i!iilIlli!iliin[[ni[R!flip!^ll|I1i[tIiO
■-■
VOTE FOR
ROBERT S. BRAGAW
of Anchorage, Alaska for
SENATOR FROM THE THIRD DIVISION
to the Territorial Legislature, at the April,
1930 primary.
On the Republican Ticket
8
They got behind the
wheel * * got the facts
f * and bought Buicks
tt
The new Buick out
3erforms any car I
lave ever driven.” •
Mr. W. H. K., Shorewood, Wis.
{name upon request)
This enthusiastic comment merely typifies that
o£ thousands who have turned to Buick after
making their own exacting tests.
Be sure to drive a Buick before buying any car.
The more careful your comparisons, the mort
inevitably will they lead you to Buick!
The liberal G.M. A.C. Time Payment Plan makes
it easy for you to own a Buick.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN
Division of General Motors Corporation
Sedans
Coupes •
Sport Cars
SERIES 116
- $ 1220 to $ 1320
- $1195 to $1250
- $1225
SERIES 121
$1450 to $1520
$1395 to $1450
$1325
SERIES 129
$1875 to $2145
$1865 to $187?
$1525 to $1 550
These prices f. o. b. Buick Factory, specks* equipment extra. Buickde/iv
ered prices include only reasCiuble charges for delivery and fittanctug^
t C/tnsider the delivered price as well as the t
list price when comparing automobile values.
OGLES GARAGE
□'