ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Seward
Gateway
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
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THREE OCEAN
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 214.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
editorial
ALASKA, FOUNTAIN YOUTH
On the average Outside when i
3 man reaches the age of 60 he
IS old; everybody knows it% he |
looks it, feels it and is about all j
in, insofar as work is concerned.
But not so in Alaska!
When they reach that age the
average Alaska oldtimer—God
bless 'em-have just about got
through sowing their so-called
wild oats and begin to work in
real earnest. You see 'em every
day around the 80 mark cutting
trails, working on a road crew, j
longshoring, in fact doing work
which would kill a man in the
sates of the same age.
No fooling!
Nevei; a complaint but taking
life as they find it, passing out
a few gems of philosophy along
the way, courageous and square,
Gee, what a wonderful bunch of
fellows they are.
Keats may have been right
w en he wrote;
Some blithe wine
Or bright elixir peerless I
had drunk.
b in our humble opinion it may
h ve helped but the invigorate
outdoor life, as the good Lord
planned for all humans, is the
reason they continue hale and
hearty.
Instead of the so-called “Fro
zt.i North" lets call it the AFoun
t:.:n of Youth.'’
""he publicity agent for the
A:'.ska Railroad should start a
linle talk about excursion rates j
to Fairbanks next summer dur- !
ir.o the period the German dirigi
ble Graf Zeppelin will be hung
there. Swarms of residents along
the railroad belt, in fact from
many parts of the Territory, will j
undoubtedly like to view this
i nt leviathan of the skies.
We were just wondering today
i: there were any veterans in the
c y. or in this vicinity, who have
f hied to apply for their adjusted
compensation to which they are
tally entitled to from the govern
ment. Some 300,000 war veterans
have failed to make application,
says a recent report. Time limit
for such applications have been
extended to January 2, 1930.
Imagine the maritime loss in
Alaska this year; millions! and
the limited aids to navigation
along the rugged coast. And
if new aids should be a light
house at the entrance of Res
• erection bay the terminal of
U. cle Sam’s $100,000,000 railroad.
Two branches of the Alaska
departments we greatly admire
are the road builders and the
geological survey. A member of
the latter department, Norman
Wimmbler, is now here having
just completed several recoonais
sance of several districts in this
ar.d Interior regions. These lads,
and the pioneers, blaze the trails;
and what wonderful work that it
fee red-blooded he-men.
Remember those good old days
when one match sufficed for a
light; now it requires two or
three for the same service. Also,
when the ink did not evaporate
overnight and gum up. Those days
are gone forever.
Now is the time for Seward to
begin preparations for the recep
tion of the Soviet aviators who
are expected to arrive next week.
FOREST FIS
CLAIMS LIVES
AT LEAST DOZEN NEW FIRES
BURNING IN OREGON:
CARS COLLIDE
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept., 13, (/P)
—While flames continued to men
ace Western Oregon forests, the
fires claimed two lives and caus
ed injury to seven others.
J. H. McCubbins, of Eugene,
was killed and four others in
jured, two seriously, when a tree j
fell on them while they were ;
fighting flames near Mable.
James Fowler, vice president
of the Eastern & Western Tim
ber Company, died from heart
disease said to have been aggra
vated by a tour of the fire lines j
near the company holdings.
Mrs. August Frank is in a crit
ical condition from burns re
ceived when fire destroyed her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Surcamp
suffered severe injuries when
their car crashed into a truck
when Surcamp failed to see the
machine in the smoke haze.
At least a dozen new fires
t are burning in Oregon three of
| these have destroyed 600 acres
| near Horton. The situation in
Washington is comparatively
quiet but one dangerous new fire
has been reported.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7; Chicago 1.
Brooklyn 2; Cincinnati 3.
Boston at St. Louis postponed on
account of rain.
New York 8; Pittsburgh 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 2: Boston 1.
St. Louis 2: New York 5.
Chicago 3; Philadelphia 4.
Cleveland 5; Washington 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 2; Sacramento 0.
Missions 4; Hollywood 11.
Portland 8; Oakland 9.
Los Angeles 11; San Francisco 8.
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ARRIVE II KODIAK
KODIAK, Sept., 13, (/?)—'The
j crew of 31, and Captain Drewson,
(arrived on board the S. S. Admir
al Evans, and the tug Salvage
King is standing by the wreck of
the Golden Forest to help sal
vage part of the cargo. The Gol
den Forest was wrecked in a fog
in Uyak bay.
LIMIT AUTO IMPORTS
PARIS, Sept., 13, (/P)-Limiting
j importation of automobiltes to the
! amount exported has occured to
j a trade magazine editor as a
means of protecting the French
car industry. This plan for re
I striction is inspired by France’s
I adverse trade balance.
Owi' t * the delay in the S. S.
Yukon’s arrival from the south the
train, due from the Interior tonight
I at 7 o’clock, will depart for the
north at 7:30 a. m. Sunday morn
ing.
; JUNEAU, Sept., 13, (/P)—Profess
! or Robert McKennon, of Harvard
| University, seeking information
! relative to the Tinneh, or Atha
I bascan Indians for the purpose
of studying the aboriginal in
dian tribes of the least felt of
civilization, passed through here
enroute to the remote Sushana
! district to spend a year among
the Tinneh Indians.
LINDBERGHS WILL
FLY._G.DOI MILES
WILL FLY 6,000 MILES AND VISIT
16 COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL
SOUTH AMERICA
NEW YORK. Sept., 13, (/P)—The
Pan American Airways announced
that Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
will leave Miami. Fla.. September
20tli to inaugurate the Miami -
Dutch Guina airmail line, following
the route the Colonel blazed on his
good will tour to Paramaribo.
Dutch Guina, the southern termi
nus of the line; then return by
skirting the northern coast of
South America to the Panama
Canal. From there back by easy
stages stopping at capitols where
the Colonel was entertained on his
first flight to these places.
He will fly 6,000 miles and visit
116 countries in central South
America. For the crew he will have
| a co-pilot, radio operator and stew
ard as far as San Juan and Porto
Rico to travel the large transport
planes.
LOWERS OWN RECORD
CALSHOT, Eng., Sept., 13, (/P>—
Squadron Leader Orlebar raised
the world air speed record to 353.16 j
miles per hour. This is 1.19 miles '
per hour faster than he flew when j
he set. Tuesday. The flight was
made in the same plane as the one
in which he made the previous re
cord.
TflCQMfl BANKERS fifSE
FOB NOT 611111!
GF BRIBERY CHARGE
OLYMPIA, Sept., 13, (/P)— Peter
E. Tallerich and Glen A. Reeves,
South Tacoma bankers, were de
clared not guilty by a jury verdict j
after 35 minutes deliberation in a j
bribery trial. Cheers followed the
announcement and doubled when
charges against H. C. Johnson,
banking supervisor, of receiving a
bribe were dismissed.
The bankers were charged with
giving Johnson more than $3,000
for refusing to grant a charter to
I the Second Bank in South Tacoma.
PLANE STRIKES 11
j WBiJlLOT KILLED
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept., 13, (JP)
—An airmail plane flying from
New York to Atlanta, crashed
into the radio tower at Fort Me
| Pherson, in a fog fatally injuring
the pilot, “Sid” Molloy who died
at the hospital to where he had
been taken by soldiers. When the
plane crashed the tower took fire.
JOE MAGILL FUNERAL
SEATTLE, Sept., 13, (/P)—Last
rites for Joseph Magill, Anchor
age canneryman, were held this
i afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the Home Undertaking Parlor.
The funeral will be follewed by
1 cremation.
MECHANICAL EYE PIERCES
DARKNESS AND FOG EASILY
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The terror darkness has held for man may be dis
sipated by this snouted instrument that sees in the darK
| or fog. It is the invention of J. L. Baird, a British ex
i pert, who is demonstrating it.
LID OF SOVIET
SUPPLIES ARE PROVIDED ON
ISLANDS OF ALASKA FOR
WORLD FLIGHT
The Land of Soviets plane en
route here from Siberia on a
flight to New York City started
at 2:52 a. m. (Moscow time) Aug.
8, 1929, and will cover 20,000 kilo
meters. The Soviet plane “Strana
Sovetov” (Land of Soviets) is a
twin-motored, all-metal plane,
each motor having 600 horse
power. The plane was designed
by the Soviet engineer A. N.
Tupolev and, with the exception
of the motor was built entirely
in Soviet plants. The flight is
sponsored by the Society for Pro
motion of Aviation, and is be
ing made primarily for experi
mental purposes and for the pro
motion of good will. It does not
I have for its aim the establish
[ ment of records, especially speed
records.
The most difficult part of the
flight was between Habarovsk
and Petropavlovsk and over the
Komander islands. The first land
ing on American soil will be at
Attu. on the Aleutian islands.
From there the plane will fly
| over the sea and over unsettled
islands to Dutch Harbor, and
thence to Seward and Sitka and
to Seattle. San Francisco, Chey
enne, Chicago and New York.
The chief pilot of the “Land of
Soviets,” A. A. Shestakox, one of
the best of Soviet pilots, es
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! JUNEAU, Sept., 13, UP)—Discov
ery of a new mineral deposit car
rying aggregated values of $16
a ton, on Popoff Island, has been
made by A. H. Bradford, superin
tendent of the Pacific American
Fisheries, who is enroute to Seat
tle. Assisted by Frank R. Brown.
I former superintendent of the old
I Apoilo mine, in the Unga Group
of islands, the vein was traced
600 feet carying values of zinc,
lead, silver, copper and gold. It
is believed possible that the mine
will produce a high tonnage.
CHINESE MOON FESTI1
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 17
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 12, (if)—
The Harvest Moon festival, a holi
doy of the old regime in China cor
responding to Thanksgiving day.
will be observed this year Septem
ber 17, which is the 15th day of the
eight monht of the old calendar.
In those homes where altars still
are maintained prayers are said to
the moon in gratitude for crops,
and a fruit offering of grapes, fresh
lichee, bananas, pineapples, oranges
(and gambolas (Chinese pears> \s
made. After the offering has stood
for a time, it is eaten.