genau-d Daily Cateumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED TRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 151.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY. JV1A 5 2
PRICE TEN CENTS
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T JULY ism
NORTH PACIFIC PRODUCTS COM
PANY ERECT BUILDINGS;
HAVE LARGE PAYROLL
Whaling activities at Port Hobron.
the new station just about completed
near Kodiak by the North Pacific Sea
Products company, will begin July 15,
according to information given to The
Gateway by recent arrivals from the
westward. There are now 115 men
♦ on the payroll and this number will
be increased considerably with the ar
rival of whaling vessels from the Aku
tan station in Bristol bay. Whaling
•will continue until November 1.
The construction of the numerous
buildings, tanks, etc., is just about
completed, it is stated, and number
j ed among these is a large bunk house,
a dining room and kitchen, a radio
station, and a hospital. Four large
whale oil tanks have been erected,
a large fertilizer drying plant, as well
as six blubber cookers and fifteen
meat and bone cookers. The power
plant is up and is equipped with three
steam boilers. Two crude oil tanks,
each of 5,000 barrels capacity, are al
so finished.
At the present time there are sev
en whaling vessels at the Akutan
plant but a number of these will be
^ diverted to Port Hobron. It is said
the construction of additional build
ings will be carried on throughout the
summer and all the bricklayers, elec
tricians, boiler makers, steam fitters,
carpenters and laborers, will remain
on the job until November.
Australia Gets 192S
Eucharistic Congress
CHICAGO, July S. (£»)—Official an
nouncement was made today that the
twenty-ninth international Eucharis
tic congress would be held in Syd
ney, Australia, in 192S.
The formal announcement was
made by the Rt. Rev. Thomas L.
Heylen, bishop of Namur, Belgium,
and president of the permanent com
mittee, International Eucharistic con
gress, through Count Henry D’Yan
ville, of France, general secretary of
the permanent organization.
DELEGATE LEAVING SATURDAY
It was reported in The Gateway
two weeks ago that Delegate Dan Su
therland would arrive in Seward on
the S. S. Victoria en route to Nome
but according to a report from An
chorage the delegate is leaving Se
attle Saturday for Seward on the S.
S. Yukon.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature 56 above; clear and
calm and a bear on the mountain at
6 o’clock this morning.
SALE OF WHITE STAR
SHIP LINE APPROVED
NEW YORK, July 8. (#)—Sale of
the White Star line to Furness, Withy
& Co., and other British interests was
approved today by stockholders of
the International Mercantile Marine
Co. foT between 7,000,000 and 7,500,
000 pounds.
Commander Sends Regrets
Inability Attend on Fourth
Commander F. S. Van Boskerck. of
the Bering Sea Patrol, wired to the
local Chamber of Commerce a few
days ago, that he deeply appreciated
the local invitation to participate in
i.
the Fourth of July celebration but the
activities of the cutters forced him
to tender his regrets. The Haida.
by long previous invitation, was de
tached and sent to Cordova but he
could not spare the services of any
other unit of the force. Commander
Van Boskerck said that he will re
commend at this time that the force j
; commander next year detail a vessel'
j to Seward for the Fourth of July, in
! 1927.
SKEEN WOULD LIKE TO
SEE ROAD COMMISSION
WIDEN NUKA BAY ROAD
Frank Skeen, one of the stockhold
ers in the Alaska Hills Mines Corp.
Nuka Bay, left for the quartz camp
today where he will spend some
time looking over past activities.
Perhaps a little later, he may do
some prospecting that he has had
long in mind. Conditions at the
mine appear quite promising for this 1
season, he said yesterday, the com
pany having already taken out S.000
up to June 27.
Mr. Skeen returned to Seward last .1
week from Tacoma, Wash., his home
where he spent the greater portion
of last winter with his family. Dur
ing the winter he took a run over
to Morton, in Lewiston County, Wn„
where quicksilver activities are now
quite extensive. Tacoma people are
installing another plant, making two
which will shortly he in operation.
He said he has hopes that the Al
aska Road Commission would be able
to appropriate a small sum at Nuka
Bay this surner in maintenance work
and in widening out the splendid
road completed last summer.
MAY RELEASE FORBES
WASHINGTON.—A movement is
afoot to have Col. Chas. H. Forbes
released from the Federal prison at
Leavenworth in connection with Vet
erans Rehabilitation bill, Representa
tive Amherst announced, charging
that petitions were being circulated,
and denouncing the move.
BIG GRAIN FIRE
THE DALLES.—A thousand men
are fighting the worst grain fire in
years about five miles east of the Dal
les. The fire is spreading at the rate
of 12 or 15 miles an hour and practi- j
cally all the land in its path is in
grain. Fire crews are being organ
ized here to aid the volunteers.
SOVIET FINANCES
NEW YORK.—Soviet Finance Com
missioner Sokolnikoff is reported pre
paring for conference here with New
York bankers to discuss the honoring
York bankers to discuss the honoring
of Czars’ regime debts and signing
of the U. S.-Soviet trade agreement
IRENE SAILS FOR PARIS
NEW YORK.—Irene Castle, origin
ator of bobbed hair in America 12
years ago, sailed for Paris on a shop
ping tour saying she regretted start
ing the fad because the present boy
ish bob is making women mannish.
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SAN FSANCISCC — S£^ a£—
ASKA AIRPLANE ^aSSENGE*
PLANES NEXT SJJVWEf?
HUBBARD \mm PHOT
Triple Motored cokve **©»«jpiaT«e*
With Carrying Caoare‘ Ter fca«
senders
SEATTLE. July F —Be wart
Hubbard, veteran Sea mail pj],v.
and commercial aviator announced
he will stan an airplatr passenger
service from Sat Fran -cc to Alas
ka and out of Seattle r xr summe:
He said a group of Sea re protession
al and business men an asost ia*ec
with him. He will use riple motored
Fokker monoplanes each of is* pas
senger canning capacir These bar
already been purchasec anti wUi be
ready for delivery August IS The air
planes will be powered with Wright
whirlwind motors. One motor on each
is sufficient to drive a piane. It was
also announced the company will con
struct an airport in Seattle.
TELEGRAPH 5:fi"
SHANGHAI.— A Dev c*vil war
looms in China. Sut Cbuan Fang the
overlord of the southwestern p-tw
inces is preparing for ar attack tit
the Tsung Change. Sha: ung troops.
NEW YORK —A *30 KbWC* loan
was quickly sold or the bond mar
ket here today.
RIGA.—According to t special de
cree of the finance coma, asking the
price of Yotka will bf "educed 23
per cent throughout Russ a.
BERLIN.— Illegal withdrawal of
millions of tanks of alcch I from the
government warehouses ijy German
bootleggers caused the s niene.ng of
the king of the Germar bootleggers
to one year and nine mot hs.
NEW YORK.—Mrs. Gectge Garpen
tier arrived to join toe Prenen
champion disclosing that she wants
George to Quit the ring and reports
are that he is about ready to Quit.
OTTAWA.—The Royal Canadian
mounted police are being stationed a;
all vulnerable points on the Canadian
border from the Atlantic to the Paci
fic to aid in the prevention of smug
gling.
PHILADELPHIA.—Mrs. Barokay K
Washburn, Jr., brought a Paris sui:;
for divorce against the grandson off
the late John Wanamake:
OTTAWA—Arthur Meighen. the
Conservative leader took oath off of
fice as prime minister following the
resignation of ministry off king
NEW YORK—The writer off lore
letters to Mrs. Sydney Brewster,
rhich caused her murder and the sui
cide of her hushanc was idsntihec
as Roscoe G. Con kl log a mining en
gineer.
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year. This means ikai ske must ser«a
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