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VOLUME YX. NUMBER 144.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
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ESI)AY, JUNE 24, 1930.
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SKELETON OF A
PREHISTORIC
SIR IS FOUND
HELD IMPRISONED IN ICE AND
SHALES FOR 18,000,000 YEARS
OR MORE
After being held approximately
18.000.000 years imprisoned in the
frozen tundra and shales along
Cook Inlet, the remains of a pre
historic “saur” or flying reptile
were discovered by Russell Annabel,
formerly with the Forestry Bureau,
but now a big game guide, while
guiding Herman Burkhard. a Los
Angeles banker, on a brown bear
hunt near Chinitna Bay.
The remains, having a length of
about 60 feet, still retained portions
of flesh and four square feet of
hide which was two inches thick
and like armor plate. This is pos
sibly the first time that fleshy re
mains of these prehistoric monsters
have been found and its discovery
is one of the most important con
tributions to science yet made, as it
affects the progress of research in
planetontology
The remains were dug up by
brown bears in shales classified as
belonging to the Saurian age, or
Messozoic period, which represents
the secondary epoch in geology.
Photographs taken of the skull
show it to be 38 inches long, and
appears to have belonged to a large
lizard or alligator. It contains 40
massive ivory teeth weighing each
10 ounces. The five feet ribs have
a curve of nearly 18 inches.
Science tells us that these great
reptiles inhabited the earth im
mediately after the development
of vertebrates. Thy are pictured as
immense flying or creeping lizards
weighing many tons, some of which
were herbivorous and others carn
ivorous- As time passed, many of
these great mammals progressed
into other species, to travel the
lands, while others, like the whale,
seals, alligator and other known
sea monsters, remained in the
water. Of these, the sperm whale
appears to be the nearest connec
tion to the great saurians, classed
as Brontosaurs. Dnosaurs. Ptrodac
tyls. Diplodocus. The sperm whale
retains its teeth and has evidence
of atrophied limbs. Of the remain
ing saurians, products of that age,
the alligator and various lizards,
including immense dry-land saur
ians discovered in Java, remain to
tell us of the strange life existing
on earth at that remote period. We
still have the bat as a remnant of
the flying reptile.
The discovery a iew yeuia agu
a mammoth preserved in the ice in
Siberia, was heralded as the great
est discovery made by science with
respect to the older age, or Messo
zoic period. It proves Alaska a
veritable scientific treasure-house
for the scientist, and further ex
ploration in the region where the
rare discovery was made may reveal
a complete specimen containing
flesh and hide intact
In addition to its value to science
the discovery completes the geolo
gical elements essential to oil pro
duction. The remains of these im
mense, fatty mammals or reptiles
are found in fossil form adjacent to
all oid fields. Hitherto they have
merely been outlines, shown in the
sandstone and shales, and it has
been necessary to reconstruct the
complete specimens by measurer
ments and by the reassembling of
fragmentary particles, often neces
sitating the use of the microscope.
This specimen, perfect with respect
to skeleton structure and capable
YESTERDAY S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
I Washington 9-3; Cleveland 5-2.
St. Louis 0-10; New York 15-6
Detroit 0; Boston 2.
Chicago 1-9; Philadelphia 2-17.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 12; St. Louis 9.
; Brooklyn 19; Pittsburgh 6.
j Brooklyn tied the Cardinals Lea- <
gue record by 12 consecutive hits;
, 10 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th.
j Philadelphia 8; Chicago 21; Wil
son made his 22nd homer.
New York 3; Cincinnati 0.
RUTH’S 24TH HOMER
NEW YORK. June 24, (/P)—Babe
Ruth made his 24th homer and
Gehrig his 19th in yesterday’s
: games.
SOARING OVER ATLANTIC
PORT MARNOCK, Irish Free j
State, June 24, (/Pi—Captain Chas. j
Kingsford-Smith and his three j
1 comrades took off in the South-j
' ern Cross from the beach here on
a trans-Atlantic flight to America.
The plane took off at 4:27 a. m.
! feisibWof rI
TO POINT BURROW
HIT BE INIIESTISSTED
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j WASHINGTON. June 24, (/P)—}
A bill providing for an investiga
i tion of the feasibility of a Mid
night Sun Highway from Fair
banks to Point Barrow where the
sun is visible, was reported favor
I ably to the Senate from the Agri
i culture committee.
! Senator McNary’s measure
would amend another statute
authorizing the President to ap
point a commission to study the
i feasibility of a highway to con-,
nect the United States with Brit
| ish Columbia, the Yukon and the
I Territory of Alaska.
TERRiFIC BEST AT
CHICAGO, June 24, (/P)—The
j terrific heat here has set a new ^
j season’s record; 97 degrees, caus-j*
j ing the death of 12. During the
! night, however, gentle north winds'
arrived at dawn bringing the tem
perature down to 76.
Centralia reported its pave- j
ments were buckling under a 106
degree temperature.
Chicago’s death list at this
time is greater than all of last
| summer. Farmers reported their
oats and corn were parched due
to lack of rain and gardens are 1
withering. .
MAKES GOOD RECORD (
The Evans Jones Coal Co., com- (
pleted their contract for 1,000 tonsj4
of steam coal, in two shipments to j
the Alaska Railroad. A good record
to make.
Rev. Wm. R. Macpherson, of I
'the Protestant Episcopal church !
| of Seward and Anchorage, will t
j arrive from Anchorage on Friday,
I according to word received from
| him yesterday. Reverend , Mac
; pherson will hold services Sunday. x
I
j form, will be welcomed by the field t
of being reassembled in its natural^
form, will be welcomed by the field 1
jOf science as a treasure without;
price.
MiSKt DESTINED 19 I
BECOME ERUT STATE
WITH TEN YESRS
ENDAKO, B C. June 24, (Jp)—
Alaska will be a full-fledged state
with congressional representatives
voting within 10 years after the
;oast highway to Fairbanks is
completed, predicted Er st Wal
ker Sawyer, who is go g to in
vestigate Alaska affair as a spe
cial representative of the Secre
tary of the Interior, T e. Wilbur.
Sawyer is a mem' r of the Ca
nadian-American ,< arty making j
the auto tour to iiazelton to ad
vertise proposal o extend • the j
road beyond thr V city.
PUBLIC IIP JEST IS
ENGLEWOOD, N. J.. June 24, (TP)
—Public interest in the son born
to Col. and Mrs. Chas. A. Lind
bergh, is keenly centered with
the choice of a name for the in
fant either Charles Augustus, af- -
ter the father, or a name combin
ing the grandfather Charles
Dwight (Morrow).
Unofficial words from Mrs. Lin
dy were that their*" infant is.
“making satisfactory progress” as
well as herself.
A baby carriage manufacturer
attempted to deliver his product
but was turned back on informa
tion that the Lindbergh’s had not
ordered the carriage and did not
want one.
TIIE STOCK MARKET
Int. Tel. 42, A. Can 116. Stand,
of N. J. 64, Richfield 15, Zeller
bach 13, Lehigh 8, Juneau 5, U.
Cal. 39. Goldman 19.
FORBID LIQUOR, YOUTHS
TOKYO. June 24, OP)—Hampei
$agao, a deputy, is campaigning
:or a bill introduced by him, for
Didding sale of liquor to persons
inder 25 years of age. The present
av; limits sales to persons of 20
/ears or more.
EXPANDS IN NORTH
ARCHANGEL, June [24, OP)—
Soviet authorities on Novaya Zem
ya, the great Arctic Island off the
Russian coast, have appropriated
unds to establish a new colony
vhich will be the norther-most on
he island and about the same lati
ude as Spitsbergen.
SUSPEND CONSTITUTION
LONDON, June 24, (JP)—Pre
ttier MacDonald announced the
government has decided to sus- f
>end the Maltese constitution j
temporarily in view of the tense |
tolitical situation on the Island
)f Malta arising from the prolong- j
k1 dispute with the Vatican over ^
exiling a priest. 1
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MAY SUE SENATORS
WASHINGTON, June 24, {JP)— .1
tishop James Cannon announced <
te will probably sue several Sena- ']
ors for libel.
BEST IN THE NORTH
Wm. MacHenry, retired Califor- ]
iia business man who last week (
»assed through Seward enroute |j
o the Interior, wrrites the Gate- 1
;ay from Fairbanks that after j
coking over all the towns in It
.laska, “Seward is the best look-'I
lg little city In hte North”. s
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DIRT EXPENSIVE
NEW YORK, June 24, (/P)—Rare
arths, being expensive and diffi
cult to prepare, are not much used.
One of them, cerium, is used in gas
mantles
CUSTOMER’S VALUE
WASHINGTON, June 23, (/P)—
The average value of a customer on
the books of a clothing store is!
from $85 to $150 a year, Depart
ment of Commerce figures show.
GLASS FROM NEPHELINE
LENINGRAD, June 23, (/P)— A
glass factory here has made glass
from nepheline, and aluminun sili
cate which, it is claimed, does not
require soda mixture and sul-;
phate as is the case with quartz.
MAKES GOLD GREEN
BOSTON, June 23, (/P)—Cadmium
is one of the rarer metals, the
world production being about half
a million pounds a year. When
mixed with gold it makes a green
alloy.
FIRST KNOWN METAL
NEW YORK, June 24, (JP)— Cop- j
per was man’s earliest known metal
and by its scale man has been a
skilled artisan for a very long time.
Six thousand years ago, copper j
pins and needles were buried in the
tomb of Snefru, an Egyptian king.
RUSSIAN POWER PLANS
BERLIN, June 24, (/Pi—How Rus- j
sia proposes to solve her energy
distribution problems will be re
vealed at the second world power
conference in Berlin this month.
Russian engineering experts ara on
the program for 25 papers.
PREFERS PLUMP GIRLS
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 23, {JP)
—The reducing fad is not yet felt
seriously in Turkey. Mubedjil Han
im, “Miss Turkey” of 1930, weighs j
168 pounds, with 110-pound Feriha
Tevfik Hanim achieving only sec- I
ond place.
SILVER PRICE, SLUMP
WASHINGTON, June 24 (JP)—
The price of silver in world markets
has fallen to 42 cents an ounce j
from a figure of more than $1 in ;
1920, as a result of the widespread j
return to the gold monetary stand
ard.
HAS YOUR GOLDFISH FLEAS?
SEATTLE, June 24, (£>)—If your
pet goldfish turns an occasional j
flip-flop and rubs against the side!
af the bowl as though it wanted its j
gills scratched, it probably has
fleas. They are known as copepods,
says Dr. John E- Gulerlet, authority <
Dn the piscatorial vertebrate and
[Jniversity of Washington professor.
ARMY MOVES ASYLUM
HONOLULU, June 24, (A3)—Five
lundred and 61 insane patients re- 5
:ently were moved a distance of 14 (
niles on the Island of Oahu with ]
ihe cooperation of the United States £
Irmy. The army furnished 33 1
rucks and two soldiers were plac- j
id on each truck in addition to the t
lurses.
GOV- GEN. RESIGNS
LIBSON, June 24, (A3)—It was re- ,
jorted that Col. Berto Roma, Gov- <
sraor General of Portuguese West 1
Africa, had rsigned. Portuguese j
Vest Africa has been unsettled for i
ome time, the outcome of difficul- (
ies occuring at Loade, where the 1
)eputy High Commissioner was j ]
hot in a riot. i
PRESIDENT HAD WARNED OF
POSITIVE INCREASE IN
TAXATION
WASHINGTON, June 24, (.?>)—
Ignoring Presidential objections
the Senate passed the Veterans
relief bill after rejecting amend
ments designed to reduce expend
itures which would have required
a vote of 66 to 6. The opponents
were all republicans.
The bill adds a long list of
new diseases for classification ser
vice and provides $8 a month to
veterans, hospital care for non
service disabilities, $30 per month
for veterans wives and $6 each
month per child.
President Hoover had warned
of a positive increase in taxation
providing the bill was passed.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24. ffl—
Camera, the vast Venetian, won
from George Godfrey, negro, cn a
foul in the 5th round of a 10
round match.
Camera weighed in at 262 and
Godfrey 250 pounds; 36,000 paid
$160,000 into the coffers of Bakers
Bowl.
Godfrey had the lead all the
way. There were no knockdowns.
The final blow was a left hook
several inches low which sent
the giant Italian writhing to the
canvas. Referee Tommy Riley
called the blow an intentional
low one.
MINISTERS SHE Ilf 3
FOB MS CHURCHES:
LOCAL MEMBERS STM
SEATTLE, June 24, (P)—The
appointments of ministers for
Alaska Method ist-E p i scopai
churches were announced at the
Northwest conference here.
Anchorage, Juneau; G. E.
James, Hyder, H. R. Cross; Ket
chikan, C. L. Walker; Nome, Rev.
White and F. W. Baldwin; Seward
E. E. Reisner; associate, Mrs.
Reisner; Jesse Lee, C. T. Hatten;
Seldovia, E. E. Reisner; Unalaska,
J. Armstrong.
PRODUCES MORE LEAD
MEXICO CITY, June 24, (&*)—
Jetting a new record, Mexico pro
ceed 248,401 tons of lead during
929, figures compiled by the gov
rnment reveal. The output put
Mexico in second place in world
iroduction, United States taking
he lead.
NEW DRY CHIEF
WASHINGTON, June 24, (P)—
\mos Woodcock, former Federal
iistrict attorney of Maryland but
nore recently an aide in law en
orcement and prohibition stud
es, has been named to take full
harge of prohibition enforce
nent for the Justice department.
ie is 42 years of age and has
>een practicing lawr since 1914.