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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 69.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930.
JIMS OFFICIAL
TO INVESTIGATE
SEWARD US BASE
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT
EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL WILL
BE STATIONED HERE
That the possibilities of Seward
r.s an Alaskan airport will be fully
investigated by the Alaskan Air
ways Inc., the Fairbanks subsidi
ary of the Aviation Corporation of
America, was intimfcied by Arthur
•V. Johnson, vice president and
general manager, successor to the
.ate Col. Eielson as head of the
ompany’s operations in Alaska.
Mr. Johnson’s statement to this ef
ect was contained in a reply to
-he Seward Chamber of Commerce
when the local organization recent
y decided to commence steps to
wards interesting air transporta
tion companies in establishing a
and and sea plane base here, and
nvited an expression from the Al- j
i,kan Airways Inc. regarding their j
Ians involving Seward.
Mr. Johnson s letter, wnicn wu;> ;
.ddressed to Leonard Hopkins, sec- j
retary of the Seward chamber,;
.aid: “I contemplate operating !
irlines at all points in Alaska at;
vhich there is a reasonable possi- j
’ility of such operations being
rofitable. I expect to make a sur- \\
ey at Seward giving consideration ;
> such factors as climatic condi-1
* .ions, landing fields, availability of
meteorological data, competetive j
ransportation, cooperation of of- j(
.'icials of city as well as that of j‘
lvic organizations and general'
itizenry. and possible gross vol
.ime of business. If, after making
i survey, I think conditions will!
warrant it I shall station equip-j.
merfc and personnel at Seward and \
,dd‘Sewara to our list of bases.” j'
Sewardites are convinced that a j.
urvey of this nature will reveal!'
jnlimited possibilities for an air- i
ine company having a base here, j
as Seward is the logical distribut
ng point for Westward Alaska and
Bristol Bay areas, as well as Kodiak i'
sland and the Kemai peninsula, j!
There are merchants, traders and jl
nail routes to be served all-year !'
round, trappers and a vast cam- I
aery trade in season. Seward, on!
Resurrection Bay, Ls strategically !
ocated for the basing of sea
>lanes or amphibians.
GONTfioTonjoyoo
IMPOSSIBLE. SHIS 0000!:
WASHINGTON, March 27. f/F>— 1
The assertion in most of the Ca- 1
nadian provinces that "we havp '
not really even a pretense of gov
ernment control” of liquor was <
made at the prohibition hearing 1
oy E. C. Drury, former prime min- :
.ster of Ontario. *
“Government control is not tv”‘ 1
remedy for effective control,
which is impossible,” he said.
RECEIVES NEW FORD
William Burns is the latest
proud owner of one of the new
model Town Sedan Ford automo
biles the local agent, Charles
Lechner of the Seward Machine
shop, having accepted delivery to
day from the Admiral line. The
car arrived last night on the Ad
mirai Watson.
H. H. Malcolm, Soldo via cannery
men, passed thru the city last eve- j
r ing en route to his plant to be- I
gin preparations for the coming i
season.
The S. S. Northwestern, of the
Alaska Steamship Company, will
discharge at the Port of Seward
a total of 305 tons of which 35
tons are for Seward businesses
and 35 for the Steamer Redondo;
the remainder go to points along
the Alaska Railroad.
If Paul Revere had taken his
famous ride along the Canadian
border, he'd have had his nag
shot from under him.
“WHAT, ANOTHER!’
WASIUNTON, March 27. (/?)—
An investigation of the wet and
dry organizations is planned by
the senate lobby committee,
Chairman Caroway said the in
quiry will probably begin as soon
as the investigation into persons
interested in Muscle Shoals has
been completed, which is expected
to end not later than next Tues
day.
SEATTLE, March 27. (/P)— House
wives of the United States are go •
ing to learn about the numerous
ways to prepare salmon for din
ner.
The Northwest Salmon Canners
Association, composed of 31 can
ners of Alaska and Washington,
have voted a three-year national
advertising campaign to cost
about $250,000 a year.
FOR TIE WESTWARD
ON MIL WATSON
A capacity list of reservations
:ame north on the S. S. Admiral
uVatson last night, the majority of
;hem continuing on to the West
ward. According to the local of
:ice the Watson is expected to re
aim to the Port of Seward either
Saturday night or Sunday, south
Dound; the change in schedule is
iue to the special work.
The incoming and westbound
isting was as follows:
Seward—Frank Meier, Mrs. A. G.
3al!s, L. G. Brigel, R. Waugaman,
md five tl id class.
Port Williams—John Tormick, P.
Boll, John Engen, Andy Anderson.
Uzinkie—Egbert I n t v e 11, Tom
Dunn.
Kukak Bay—F. E. Conaghy, Chas.
3. Swanson, W. A. Fee, John A.
Smith, Wm. Stone, Fred Grindle,
John W. Fraser, Geo. H. Schreuxs,
Lester Wilkins, Mrs. L. Wilkins,
Lawrence Plumb, and two third
ilas-s.
Seldovia—Miss Meta Anderson,
V4r. and Mrs. V/. A. Estus, S. A. Es
/as, Chas. Hamley, Mrs. E. H. Ma
son, H. H. Malcolm, A. K. Thomp
son, K. N. Armstrong, R. G. Morris,
md two third class.
Kodiak—Ben Kraft, Mrs. Chas.
>V. Pajoman, Chas. W. Pajonian,
Uarl W. Pajoman, H. S. Abberts,
VIrs. H. S. Abberts, Howard H. Hun
jerford, A. M. MacFee, Mariane
Wills, Frieda Kraft, R. L. Sparen,
2. G. Clark, C. M. Gott, Mrs. C. M.
Dott, Ralph Ostrom, J. H. Worrell,
rhomas Jaines, Mark Butler, L.
Holland, Guy Madenese, John Bar
iahl, K. Miyayi, T. Samura, Hans
Disen, Sverri Hohansen, Jacob Ton
’ansen, Andrew Systad, Harry An
ierson, G. A. Larsen, H. T. Bell,
'Jells Torfaing.
Local westbound, kodiak—Miss
K. Hubly, John Kehevk, Miss A.
Penuka, Nick Darcnof, Wm Chiche
£Off.
Seldovia—Dr. J. R. Alcorn, Paul
Peterson.
CALL FOR Bros
Bids will be received at ^he of
fice of the Municipal Clerk, City
3f Seward, up to the hour of four
3’clock p. m. Saturday, April 29,
1930, for the auditing ot the books
h the City and School of Seward,
Alaska, for the year 1929.
Council reserves the right to re
lect any or all bids. Dated at
Seward, Alaska, March 27, 1930.
A. D. BALDERSTON,
Municipal Clerk.
Mr. and Mrs.. W .A. Estus, w'ell
snown residents of Seldovia, are
returning home on the Admiral
Watson following a trip to the
states.
Marion Wills, who has been at
tending high school at Seattle,
was a passenger on the Admiral
Watson enroute to her home at
Kodiak.
I
THREE OF GANG CAPTURED
WHEN ARRIVED TO NEGOTI
ATE FOR BIG RANSOM
MEXICO CITY, March 27. (/P)
—A dispatch to the newspaper
Excelsior from T'epie said th*
three bandits who kidnaped J. E.
Bristow, the American oil man.
were captured when they entered
Tepic to negotiate for the ransom
The names given were Emilio
Perez, Jose Guerrero and Jose
Guerrero, Jr. The account says
Bristow was a victim of his own
imprudence, entering that part of
Nayarit which is beyond civil and
military control.
It is said he located a gold vein
and disregarded all advice.
Rodriguez dispatched troops
after the remaining bandits.
FORMER SEWARDITE DIES
SEATTLE, March 27. (JP)—J. E.
Bonnell, 63, Tacoma contractor. !
died here yesterday. He built!
many buildings in Seward 25 years!
ago.
HIGH FEELING IN SOUTH
FIGHT PROVOKED BY CON
TROVERSY LIQUOR CASE
CLARKSVILLE, Miss., March 27.
(A5)—The fatal wounding of M. L.
Doggetti, 57, lumberman and
planter, in a gun fight by E. S.
Chapman, deputy prohibition ad
ministrator, is being investigated
by the State and Federal author
ities.
Charged with murder Chapman
was denied bail and is held at an
unnamed place. Officers said in
tense feeling is against him.
A dozen shots were fired in the
shooting yesterday, the light being
provoked by a controversy started
during the trial of A. D. Blister,
prohibition agent, charged with
possession; Brister was acquitted.
I
ARNETTSVILLE, West Va., Mar.
27. (JP)—Five of the 11 miners en
tombed by an explosion in the Yu
kon mine of the Crownhill Coal
Company are knowm to be dead.
Rescue crews are pushing into the
workings to determine the fate of
the others but all are believed to
be dead. One of the bodies locat
ed was that of J. Livingston, night
foreman.
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NEW YORK, March 26. (/P) —
Wall street can not be paved in
gold for there is not enough of the
yellow metal. Scott Turner, di
rector of the United States bureau
of mines, has computed that the
entire world production of gold
since Columbus discovered Ameri
ca, if melted together would form
a cube only 38.5 feet long.
Howard H. Hungerford, head of
the Bureau of Fisheries activities
in the Westward area, passed thru
Seward last night en route to his
Kodiak headquarters.
Frank Foster, prominent attor
ney of this Division and a mem
ber of the Alaska Legislature for
many terms, passed thru Seward
last evening, accompanied by
Mrs. Foster, enroute to Kodiak
and return.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
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HOMEWARD BOUND
DUNEDIN, New Zealand,, March i
26. (/P)—Carrying 60 members of
the Byrd Antarctic expedition
homeward, the back City of New
York, flagship of Rear Admiral
Byrd, sailed from Otaga harbor
for Tahiti, en route to New York.
MAYOR QETS 10 DAYS
RANGOON, India, March 26. (JP)
—J. M. Sengupata, mayor of Cal
cutta, was sentenced to 10 days’
imprisonment after conviction on
a charge of seditious utterances
growing out of his support of Ma
hatma Ghandi and Ills campaign
of civil disobedience.
W. DAVIS INJURED
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March
23. (A*)—Walter Davis, brother of
the Secretary of Labor, James Da
vis, was severely injured in an au
tomobile accident.
KLONDIKE FUR CROP LIGHT
JUNEAU, March 26. (/P)—Indians
of the Klondike district report'a
scarcity of fur bearing animals
this winter.
ITALY HIKES AIR BUDGET
ROME, March 26. (/P)—Italy’s
aviation budget for 1930-31 calls
for an outlay of $37,790,000, an in
crease of almost a million dollars
over the past year. Of this some
$6,533,550 goes toward civil avia
tion, the rest being for national
defense, pay of army fliers and
pensions.
MINNESOTA TO MARK ROADS
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 26. (JP) j
—Minnesota highways will soon j
bristle with sign posts marking S
historic spots for the benefit of the
thousands of tourists who visit the
state every summer.
TWO NEW LAND-SEA AIRPORTS
JUNEAU, Mar. 26. (/P)—Wrangell
and Petersburg will build hydro
plane landing ports this year, mod
eled after Ketchikan's land and
sea airport. The two communities
will expend $16,000. The war de
partment has authorized a similar
airport for Juneau.
PROVISION TOO LARGE
WASHINGTON, March 26. (/P>—
Asserting the requirement that at |
least 30 per cent of naval air j
pilots should be enlisted men is
too large, Acting Secretary
Jahncke of the navy asked con
gress to pass legislation to do
away with the provision.
LONG ENOUGH
FORT MEYERS, Fla., March 26.
(VP)—Thomas Edison does not ex
pect to live to be a hundred years
old, but he does expect to stay
in the harness of busy life until
machinery has been completed for
the production of emergency rub
ber from goldenrod.
TOO GREAT ECONOM Y
LONDON, March 28. (JP)— The
Labor government was attacked'
by Conservatives for too great
economy in expenditures of the
Royal Air Force. Sir Samuel
Hoare declared England is behind
I the United States and Italy in
I the air.
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WANT DUTY ABOLISHED
| SPOKANE, Wash., March 26. (JP)
;—Business men have started a
| movement to abolish exemption of
| $100 duty on goods brought into
I the state from Canada which does
inot make a similar exemption.
IRREGLARITIES
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March
24. OP)—Irregularities on the
ocean speedway prevented Kaye
Don, British contender for the
world’s automobile speed record,
f from making a trial run.
SECRET WIRELESS
BUENOS AIRES, March 26. (#)
| —Tests have been completed with
| a novel device which makes pos
i sible secret wireless telephone,
j through dissembling of the human
j voice and reassembling it at the
| receiving station.
CAPTAIN DIES ON SHIP
PLYMOUTH, England, Mar. 27.
(ft3)—Capt. William Rind of the .
United States liner President j
Harding died suddenly of cerebral j
hemorrhage aboard ship. He was ;
taken ill on the bridge a few
hours before arriving in the har
bor. T The body will be sent to
New York.
HP. BOM
ALASKA DELEGATE PAYS TRIB
UTE TO ALASKA ACE, WHO
PIONEERED AIRLANES
WASHINGTON. March 27. (ft3)—
A tribute to Col. Carl Ben Eielson
was delivered in the House by Rep
resentative Burtness of North Da
kota who urged passage of his bill
to award the aviator the Congres
sional Medal of Honor.
He related Eielson’s flight across
the Pole and his numerous other
flights in Alaska. Burtness said
many awards had been given Eiel
son by foreign governments for the
Pole flight and the War depart
ment had awarded him the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for his
World War service but that Con
gress had done nothing in recogni
tion of his services and for his de
velopment of aviation in the Far
North. He asked early consider- i
ation of hi s measure.
paid Eielscm tribute and for recall
ing the interest Colonel Eielson dis
played in Alaska and other North
regions before his flying days had
begun. He was a piuneei in Polar
explorations by airplane and Al
aska, he said.
FORCEFUL BLOW TO
LIQUOR SMUGGLERS,
BELIEF OF QFF1CHU
WASHINGTON, March 26. (/P)—
The passage by the Canadian
house of commons of trie bill de-'
signed to prevent clearance of li- S
quor to the United States is con- j
sldered by American officials as j
giving promise of a forceful blow!
to liquor smuggling across the |
northern boundary.
The bill is now before the Can'1
dian senate and officials said it
might make possible a reduction
of the border patrol and decrease
motor boat smuggling.
RANSOM MONEY
MEXICO CITY, March 27. </P)_
Friends of J. E. Bristow, Texas oil
man, being held for ransom, were
trudging into the mountains near
Tepic to take $15,000 ransom to
the robber chief for Bristow’s re
lease.
TODAYS WEATHER
Place Tem. Condition
Seward—40.Cloudy; calm ;
Divide—31.Light snow; calm
Hunter—34 ...Cloudy; light S. wind
Grandview—30.Cloudy; calm
Tunnel—38.Cloudy; calm
Moraine—35.Cloudy; calm
Girdwood—37.Cloudy; calm ,
Anchorage—40 Cloudy; light wind j
Wasiila—40.Cloudy; calm j
Talkeetna—32.Rain; calm |
Curry—35.Cloudy; calm j
Broad Pass—30 .. Cloudy; light w. ■
Healy—35.Clear; light wind ,
NenanS'—23.Part cloudy; calm j
Fairbanks—20....Part cluody; calm 1
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Abberts,
prominent among the cattle rais
ers in the Kodiak area, are home
ward bound on the Admiral Wat
son after several months Outside.
Frank McConaugh, and a small
crew, are aboard the S. S. Admiral
Watson bound for Kukak Bay
where salmon and clams will be
packed this season. An additional
crew of 70 will come North in the
near future.
STATE.. IT BEST
'THOUSANDS ATTEND FINAL
SERVICES AT COLONEL EIEL
SON’S HOME TOWN
HATTON, N. D-, March 27. (£>)_
Beneath overcast skies and with
a cold wind hurling snow out of
the north, Col. Carl Ben Eielson
was buried.
All night long former buddies
of the American Legion stood
guard over his casket in the mor
tuary. After brief and simple
services at the church where Eiel
son had worshipped as a boy, he
was buried beside his mother, a
brother and a sister in Hatton
cemetery.
Many stood outside the little
church, where amplifiers had
been erected so that the thou
sands attending could hear the
services. Then came the march
to the grave.
With the Fargo Legion band
playing, thousands shivered as
they followed the bier. Then the
final services at the grave.
a firing sauad rnd^red a last mil
itary salute and the soft not^
taps echoed over the cemetrey.
In this manner did Hatton,
North Dakota, commit to the
grave a man who brought honor
to the town and to the state.
RETIRED BANKER WITH
! 000 HOBBY 10
IS FOUND DEAD
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 26.
UP)—Elwyn Bently, 60, a wealthy
retired bank president, whose
hobby of pulling women’s teeth
caused his arrest at St. Louis last
week, v,ras found shot to death in
his palatial residence.
His brother, Frank, found the
body clothed in a bath robe and
propped up with a bullet wound in
the head apparently inflicted with
suicidal intent.
SEHOUTS BOUT
E. 0. P.
HI HSUS m
KANSAS CITY, March 26. (/P)—
In the first test of strength since
the Hoover-Smith fight, Kansas
City Democrats, led by Bryce
Smith, millionaire bakery execu
tive, completely routed Republican
candidates for all municipal of
fices.
Smith was elected mayor by a
majority of 24,000, defeating
George Kinball, lawyer.
Democrats also elected eight
councllmen and two municipal
judges.
REGISTRATION MOUNTS
Registration for the city elec
tion next" Tuesday, April 1,
reached 150 yesterday, which in
dicates- a larger vote than last
year will probably be poled this
year. Last year's registration was
189. The last two evenings, pre
ceding the election, the city clerk's
office will remain open each eve
ning until 10 o’clock to permit
those to register who are unable
to get away during the regular
hours.
SEWARD BRIDGE CLUB
The Seward Bridge club will
meet Friday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock at the residence of Mrs.
George Sexton.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Pajoman,
well known citizens of Kodiak,
were among the westbound passen
gers last night on the Admiral
Watson. The Pajomans have been
visiting in the states for the past
few months.