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VOLUME XV, NUMER 196.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTb
I ( World’s Largest
Craters Explored
by Glacier Priest
REV. B. R. HUBBARD. S. J. OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF SANTA CLARA AND RODERICK CHISHOLM,
; OF FOOTBALL FAME, ARRIVE IN SEWARD AF
TER THRILLING EXPERIENCES ON THE ALAS
, KA PENINSULA.
Known in the European Alps and in America as
the “Glacier Priest” on account of his years of moun
taineering in seeking data for his favorite subject, geo
logy, Father Hubbard, head of the Geology Department
of the University of Santa Clara, Calif., gives The Sew-,
ard Gateway first accounts of. his experiences this sum
mer in exploring the two largest craters of the world,
% near Chignik, Alaska.
Last evening, in the Liberty Theater, Father Hub
bard described for over two hours the six reels of mov
ing pictures and colored slides taken during his travels
“off the beaten tracks” in the Territory. The theater
was filled with an audience whose attention never wav
ered from the opening remarks of Father Hubbard un
til ending. The learned and rugged geologist presented
his subject with clarity and his party’s adventures and
hardships were wonderfully recorded. The pictures were
truly magnificent; the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
was brought to Seward and there were many of the
spectators last night who were fully content to view, it
from a theater chair, rather than did “The Glacier
Priest,” “Red,” and other members of the party,, whose
-trained faces, as glimpsed occassionally in the pictures,
t resented ample evidence of physical suffering from
+ long, hard treks, etc. Their reward, however, justified
Gieir efforts, for in that isolated region Father Hub
lard found seenics unparalleled in the world.
Four years ogo the intrepid priest startled Alaskans by climbing
the Mendenhall Glacier back of Juneau and in a gruelling three-day
trek indentified a huge ice cap back of Alaska's capital whence flow
cozens of tongues, the Mendenhall, Eagle, Taku, Norris and others on
the United States side, joining the Tulsequah, Sloko. Leeiwelan and
many unnamed glaciers in Canada and forming one of the largest
he systems in the world.
The following summer, with his present cartographer, “Red’*
Chisholm and Jack Koby, he attained the heart of Kodiak Island
which he found to be a rugged mountainous country rivalling the
Alps.
Last summer, with three University of Santa Clara students, he
explored the Valley of 10,000 Smokes and climbed Mt. Katmai des
) sending into its vast crater which the party acclaim as a foremost
wonder of the world.
With four six-foot stars, students of Santa Clara, and St. Igna
tius Universities, this year, “The Glacier Priest” explored two of the
9 ieast known Alaskan craters and returns with the startling announce
ment that huge Katmai is small in comparison with the newly con
quered volcanos, Amiakchak and Veniaminof. “The Glacier Priest”
continues in an interview with the editor:
STARTED IN MAY
“With “Red” Chisholm, line
coach at St. Ignatius, his broth
er Kenneth, Jimmie Barron and
Charles Bartlett, all husky young
students, we left San Francisco
last May to be gone for a three
months exploration along the
Alaska Peninsula. The Alaska
Packers Association steamer Chir
ikof set us off at Chignik where
we made our headquarters at the I
cannery, experiencing every cour- I
tesy from Capt. H. A. Halvorson
■ of the Alaska Packeer’s Chignik
plant.
“It rained for 10 days and as
the spring season was late we ■
could not start for Amiakchak j
3ay until June 1. A fine day set j
in finally and off we went. From |
the cannery tender we moved |
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our equipment into our 16-foot
boat with outboard motor and
started up the Amiakchak' River.
THE TREK BEGINS
“Sand bars near the lagoon
held us up for a few hours but
later the river gets deeper and
we went up to the confluence of
the Amiakchak River and Albert
Johnson Creek where we cached
the boat and loaded up our pack
boards to hit the trail. The packs
were “killers” at first. “Red” had
120 pounds on his broad shoul
ders, Kenneth and I had 110, Jim
mie and Bart 100. Most of the
weight was picture taking equip
ment for we are not satisfied
unless we bring out a complete
photographic record in movies
and stills of the regions visited.
(Continued rase Twol
ST ABOUT 53,811
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (£>)—
! The 1930 census shows the popu
lation of Alaska close to 59.000.
All but 24 districts have been
enumerated and were checked
prior to July 31. These totaled 57,
347.
The check showed that 12 of
the remaining districts are sure
of at least 1,000 and others are
expected to bring the total to
within one or two hundred of 59,
000.
BUSINESS BLOCK ill
VANGOUVEB. WASH. !S
SCENE OF OIC Flit
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug., 1, (JP)
—A loss of about S125.000 resulted
when fire destroyed one business
block and two persons were in
jured.
C. L. Finlay, Portland fireman,
suffered a wrenched back and
an unidentified soldier from the
Vancouver Barracks received cuts.
The fire started in a restaurant
and spread to an adjoining gar
age and several other buildings.
All electric lights in the city
were out for a half-hour )when
several high-tension poles began
burning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. I/P) —
President Hoover appointed a com
mittee of prominent labor leaders,
economists and businss men to ad
vise the government on methods
for the revision of statistical ser
vices to determine the unemploy
ment and to secure closer co-op
ration between the government
and business
CANNEI1ES OPERATING
CAPACITY, 1 SOU!
CORDOVA, Aug. 1. I.-Pi—Nearly
5,000,000 pounds of pink salmon
are being packed daily in the Prince
William Sound.
All canneries have been operat
ing to their full capacity turning
out about 25,000 cases daily since
the first week of the salmon run.
The run is increasing hourly and
the fish are in good condition.
TREASURY OFFICIALS
REnONSIDERINC EMBARGO
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (/P)_
Treasury officals agreed to recon -
j sider their decison to ban ship
ments of wood pulp from Soviet
| Russia because they had been pro
duced by forced labor.
! The Senate is supposed to have
; taken a position in regard to the
action which might b^ regarded
as discriminating against Russia,
j Investigations will be carried on
[for two days before the final de
cision is announced.
MINERS INJURED
TILTONVILLE, Ohio, Aug., 1. (£>)
—Twelve miners were injured, one
critically, in an explosion of the
Keg Powder Rer Bird mine of the
Warner Colliers Company of
Cleveland.
RHODEMOlT
CHOSEN B! EDISON
FOB SUP
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WEST ORANGE, N. J., Aug., 1,
(/P)—Arthur Williams, Jr., of East
Providence, R. I., was chosen by
Thomas A. Edison from among
“the brightest boys” in every
state to receive the inventor’s
second annual college scholarship.
Williams gave the best answers
to yestrday’s written examina
jtion which means he will receive
a fouc-years scientific course at
any college he selects.
DIRIGIBLE B-10B
III QUEBEC 1PBRT
ST HUBERT. Quebec, Aug., 1, (/P)
—The Dirigiblee R-100 hovered
over the field awaiting the time
when it should land. It arrived at
1:30 E. S. T.
Storms which swept the St.
Lawrence valley delayed the air
liner which received a torn fin.
The torn fin caused a great re
duction in speed. Captain Hervey
St. Martin commanded the ship.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 5. New York 11.
Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 12. First
Philadelphia victory of 12. Babe
Herman had a perfect day a bat
for dodgers which brought five
hits hit. Ruth made five trips over
the plate including two doubles.
I St. Louis 3, Pittsburg 4.
No other games were played .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
i New York 14. Boston 13. Gehrig
igot his 33rd homer with the bases
I full in the seventh,
i Philadelphia 4, Washington 3.
1 St. Louis 2. 0, Chicago 10. 1.
| Detroit 3, Cleveland 5. Wes Fer
rel won his seventh game for this
season and made it six straight.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 5, San Francisco 6.
! Missions 1, Seattle 3.
I Oakland 5, Los Angeles 2
Hollywood 12, Portland 4.
BOSTON TONG WAR
BOSTON, #ug. 1, (ZP)Tong war
broke out in Boston Chinatown and
i Chinese reverted to the old hatchet
! methods of killing. Seon Toon was
found dead in a dark alley maimed
with a hatchet and shot.
POUND NOMINATED
LONDON, Aug., 1, (IP)—Dean
Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law
School was nominated by Britain
for pudge of the permanent court
of arbrltration. Others named are
Sir Cecil Hurst, Johnkhler Van
Heysinga. Jelge KlajGtad of Aust
ralia. Pound would fill the unex
pired term of Huges, as well.
HE TOOK A DRINK
LONDON. Aug., 1, WP)—Elijah
Sandham, Socialist member of Par
liament reiterated the charges of
| drinking in the Commons and said
'men right on the front benches
ihere in the cabinet and leaders of
[the opposition there were frequent
instances of intoxication.
SEVERAL FLIGHTS PLANNED
OVER CANADA WITHIN
NEXT TEN DAYS
ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, Mont
real. August 1, 1/P)—The biggest
airship the world has ever known
jthe R-100 completed its first
transatlantic crossing.
The British dirigible was delay
ed and somewhat damaged by a
storm.
The airship left Cardington at
9:45 Monday night and moored
here almost 70 hours late. Bad
weather ripped one of the fins
which was repaired in the air. An
officer said the damage was tri
vial and wouldn’t necessitate any
change in schedules which call
for several flights over Canada
during the next 10 days before
starting on the return trip.
The big air cruiser still had
five tons of fuel left when she
moored.
Sir Denistoun Bourney, design
er, said they never had a bump
all the way across the Atlantic.
IIS 0
TOKYO. An?., 1, (JP)— Pilot
Bromley is likely to be confronted
with difficulties when he arrives
here on August 8 as the Minister
of Communications has not been
notified of any change Indians
to fly from Tokyo.
No preparations have been made
and it will require time for these
to be made after he gets here.
Officials also said it is doubtful
if thre are any airways in Japan
long enough to permit taking off
of his heavily loaded plane. In the
meantime the season is favorable
for flying the North Pacific but
heavy fogs are due to set in soon.
| FAIRBANKS, Aug. 1. (£»)—Migrat
ing far from its natural habitat a
white whale swam several hundred
I miles up the Yukon, river.
The natives sighted it first op
posite the Koyukuk station. They
succeeded in killing it this morn
ing at a place about six miles be
low Nulato. The whale was 15 feet
in length.
GOLF CM IS
SUED OK I PILOT
j WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (/P)—
How Mai Freeburg, night air pilot,
probably saved Bobby Jones, golf
champion, and many fellow pass
engers of a railroad train bound
(from Minneapolis from serious in
jury was revealed by the postal
authorities who said Freeburg saw
a burning bridge and turned in an
alarm.
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TWO SHARP SHOCKS
KINGSTOWN, Aug., 1, (/P)—Two
sharp earth shocks were felt here.
Reports said no damage occurred.