R. A. Pope Describes
Alaska Communications Co.
Mr. R. A. Pope, head of the Alaska
Communications, a corporation de
signed to take over the radio and tel
ephonic communications in Alaska,
arrived on Saturday’s boat and left to
day for a trip to the Interior. In an
interview with a representative of the
Gateway, Mr. Pope said:
“My motive in establishing a radio
telephone and telegraphic service
throughout Alaska is a disinterested
one, financially. I love Alaska and
wish to spend the greater part of my
time here, and to further my project
have laid aside the majority of my
mining plans this year, and am devot
ing practically all my time to com
pleting this Alaska Communications
service. My motive may be express
ed in one sentence, ‘What can I do for
Alaska ” I feel that the most impor
tant asset for Alaska is communica
tion—telephone and telegraph. So
many enterprises are jeopardized by
lack of men, lack of supplies and lack
of communication at a critical time;
and when an enterprise fails it hurts
Alaska. I could have saved thousands
of dollars in my mining camp alone if
I could have had instant communica
tion with Seward. We are going to
make it possible for every hamlet,
camp and town in Alaska to be in in
stant communication with important
centers here in the Territory and
with the outside cheaply and effi
ciently. We believe the enterprise
will pay for itself in the future and
ultimately will pay dividends and
make itself self-supporting.
We expect to have our first Wash
ington station completed before fall
the location having already been de
cided upon.
“In saying we will improve the ser
vice and reduce the rates, we do not
wish to underrate or disparage the
great service rendered by the Army
and Navy for Alaska—but governmen
tal service has different objective and
a different viewpoint than commercial
service. A governmental service can
not secure an appropriation at once—
in lact a great passage of rime often
elapses—for improverueun, thus hin
dering the advancement.
“The greatest drawback to govern
ment telegraphic service is the pri
ority given government business over
commercial business.”
“A tariff agreement has been made
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company which will do much toward
the rapid relaying ol messages thru
the United States and Europe. Offices
ol the Alaskan service will b-- contig
out to Western Union offices. This
will especially expedite the sending ol
messages destined for points thruout
this country and abroad.
“In regard to news our idea there
is to handle press service at cost, be
lieving that the maximum amount of
news can be interchanged between
Alaska and the states and will in
crease the Alaska Communication’s
service, and thus thru this increas
ed volume a satisfactory dividend for
the investors will ultimately be mart*,
certain.
“Some of he leading and most im
portant business men of Alaska and
the Northwest, at my solicitation,
have instituted compiel'^n-he inves
tigations and will in the n-*ar future
make a import indoisinr tin- needs of
service fi nt a *1 and in
tepudmt point of view Anmh^r ob
jective the have is after proving the
competency of the company to tender
service on a sound business basis, is
to give the investors a chance to
participate in the earnings: but only
after the directors have proved their
competency to render the high qu^l*
ity of service they have set us a stan
dard and proven that the financial
soundness of the undertaking.
“By such co-operative participation
we believe the company wiii auto
; matically and substantially reduce the
rates and increase the business. The
1 company plans to establish a 2-1-hour
j watch in all principal stations—an
J improvement over the S-hour watch
which has proved a handicap, not only
to the steamship compaines, but tc
! tourists, hotel managements, in fact,
i to all transient people traveling thru
out the Territory or to the States.
One of the most important results
of the kind of service we hope to
establish will be the reduction of the
cost of mining. Every time the min
ing costs are reduced more mines
will be investigated and operated.
This will be affected in part by the
elimination of an enormous part of
lime spent in attending the arrival of
trains or boats, which will be obviat
ed by an exact knowledge of all trans
portation carriers. This knowledge
will ultimately be available to every
town, hamlet, camp, and fox farm in
this great northern empire. Not only
knowledge, but pleasurt will be dis
seminated—all the news and programs
and musical concerts of the States
will be possible as a large broadcast
ing station will be installed.
In order to realize the ideals of
servke it will be necesasry lor the
Alaskan Communication to have the
co-operation and sympathy of all true
Alaskans and it will reciprocate in
every way to the fullest of its ability.
“The initial installation will have a
capacity of 100.000 words per day and
the capacity will be increased as busi
ness warrants, everything equipped to
do business in the most modern and
thorough way.”
MARSHAL STENS TAKING IN
MACHINERY FOR DREDGE
United States Marshal Stevens of
the Fourth division, who arrived in
Seward Saturday from the States,
where he conveyed a number of in
sane, spent Sunday in town, leaving
on today’s train for his home at Fair
banks. Mr. Stevens stated that one
of his prisoners, a Japanese, jumped
overboard and drowned. The man
jerked away from his guard and out
running him? precipitated himself
pver the side, never coming to the
surface. . J “
Mr. Stevens is taking in a quantity
of machinery and supplies for his
dredging company, and is very optim
istic over the future of Fairbanks as
a mining camp, stating that much of
the old ground can be dredged at a
profit of thirty cents a foot. He be
lieves there are hundreds of millions
of dollars which can be recovered by
this method.
A Dodge sedan car with railroad
flanged wheels, arrived on the Alaska
' for use by the commission.
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First it requires young, tender pork to make perfect hams
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same time retaining all of the fine, sweet juices.
FRYE’S WILD ROSE LARD, containing the rich leaf
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Minced parsley, sliced onion, or hard
cooked egg may be added.
AFTER CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Harding Glacier, a huge ice pack,
ninety miles long and forty miles in
width, extending from Seward to Sel
dovia, has been named the Harding
Glacier, in honor of the visit of our
nation’s chief executive. In view ol
the visit of President Harding, Sew
ard citizens have given his name to
the huge ice pack, believed to be one
of the largest in existence, and a
remnant of the glacial period when the
ice cap covered the northern part of
(he Western hemisphere.
Innumerable large and small gla
ciers radiate from the main pack into
the ocean. The pack extends west and
southwest from Seward and can be
reached by way of Lowell creek, by
an auto road not exceeding four
miles in length where machines could
drive directly upon the ice field. A
more feasible route at the present
time is to go down the beach a half
mile to Spruce creek, thence up the
creek to Harding glacier, a mush for
an Alaskan of about three hours. The
trail is brushed out good and it is an
easy climb.
It is the hope of the people of Sew
ard that the President himself will
at some future time step foot on the
ice field which bears his name. At any
rate for ages to come it will perpetuate
the visit of our President.
RESULT OF BIG MILL
HELENA, Mont., July 12—The First
Bank of Joplin, Montana, closed its
doors this afternoon as a result of in
direct financial support of the Demp
sey-Gibbons fight.
MARTIN GOES TO COLD BAY
C. G. Martin, of the geologic sur
vey, passed through Seward on the
Watson for Cold Bay, where he will
spend part of the summer investigat
ing the oil field and will make a re
port on the oil fields of southwestern
Alaska. He states that almost the
entire appropriation received by the
survey from congress for this year’s
work will be used to investivate the
oil fields in Alaska. The navy de
; partment has also turned over to the
geologic survey an appropriation re
i ceived by that department for inves
tigation of the Arctic oil fields, which
the navy may develop for government
use.
FORMER PUBLISHER HERE
Charles G. Wulff, and son Henry,
former oldtime Valdezans, where Mr.
Wulff was editor and proprietor of
the Valdez Prospector and Miner for
a number of years, arrived on the
Admiral Watson, and will spend the
next few days in Seward. Mr. Wulff
and family now live at Los Angeles.
In the early days he was connected
with a number of enterprises in this
division, and has a large circle of
friends and acquaintances.
CORDOVA BOY DROWNED
The young son of R. J. Boyer, for
merly of Cordova is reported to have
been drowned in Lake Washington,
last week. He hired a canoe and ac
companied by a girl friend, went out
on the lake and failed to return. A
search was teing made for the bodies
as the Watson left Seattle.
Dry Cleaning done at Jordan’s Val
et Service. tf
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LOCAL MAN STRIKES OIL
John E. Ballaine received a tele
gram today from his partners in Los
Angeles county, California, that a
2000 barrel oil well had come in on a
310 acre tract owned by Mr. Ballaine
and two other oldtime Alaskan asso
! ciates.
PERSHING OPPOSED TO BOY
SCOUTS MILITARY TRAINING
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y., July 12.
General Pershing today voiced his op
position to military training in the
Boy Scout movement, in an address to
the National Council of Boy Scouts of
America.
MARSHAL SULLIVAN HERE
Marshal H. P. Sullivan and Mrs.
Sullivan returned to Seward last
night from Anchorage, where he has
been arranging for the Presidential
visit. Marshal Sullivan has the pick
of his deputies in Seward, including
Deputies Reed, Ross, Minor, Hoffman
and others, and may go thru with the
party, at least as far as Anchorage.
Evenrude Motors at J. L. Graefs. tf
PERSONNEL OF PRESIDENT AND
GUESTS GIVEN OUT—THREE
MEMBERS OF CABINET
The personnel of the Presidential
party, which will arrive here tomor
row morning on the transport Hen
derson, is as follows:
President and Mrs. W. G. Harding,
Governor and Mrs. Scott C. Bone.
Hon George B. Christian, jr., Secre
tary to the President.
Gen. Chas. E. Sawyer, U. S. N., phy
sycian to the President.
Capt. Adolphus Andrews, U. S. N,
aide to the President.
Major O. M. Baldinger, U. S. A.,
aide to President.
Mr. Judson C. Welliver.
Lieut. Com. Joel T. Boone, U. S. N.
Mr. E. W. Smithers.
Stenographer M. J. McDermott.
Stenographer J. N. Murphy.
N. B. Nichol, Kinograms.
K. W. Fasold, Pathe News.
John Painter, Fox Film Co.
E. Carl Wallon, Inti. News Reel Co.
Henry Miller, Keystone View Co.
Hon. Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior, and Mrs. Work.
Mrs. Charles E. Sawyer.
Hon. Frederick H. Gillette, Speaker
of the House.
Hon. Henry C. Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture.
Mr. Malcolm Jennings, and Mrs.
Jennings.
Hon. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of
Commerce, and Mrs. Hoover.
Gov. Wm. Spry, Commissioner of
General Land Office.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. S. N.,
and Mrs. Rodman.
Col. W. J. Greeley, Chief of the
Forest Service.
Mr. H. M. Bain, Secretary to Mr.
Wallace.
Mr. W. J. Donald, Secretary to Mr.
Work.
E. R. Bartley, Associated Press.
Geo. R. Holmes, Intr. News Service,
Lawrence C. Martin, United Press.
Jas. R. Nourse, Universal News.
Service.
David Lawrence.
Richard V. Cuiahan, New York
Times.
Louis Seibold, New York Herald.
Carter Field, New York Tribune.
Robt. Barry, Philadelphia Ledger.
H. P. Stokes, N. Y. Evening Post.
Grafton S. Wilcox, Chicago Tribune.
Robert L. Norton, Boston Post.
C. G. Ross, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
R. B. Armstrong, Los Angeles Times
Arthur J. Sinnott, Newark News.
Carl Smith, Oregon Journal.
Ashmun Brown, Seattle Times.
J. Hayden, Detroit News.
M. J. Bloomer, Co-operative News
paper Syndicate.
F. G. Bonfils, Denver Post.
Frank R. Kent, Baltimore Sun.
Joe Mitchell Chappie, National Mag.
Stephen T. Early, Asso. Press.
G. M. Foote, Western Union.
Secret Sendee Men—R. L. Jervis,
W. A. Landvoigt, W. G. Ferguson, A.
R. Oesker, H. L. Barker, J. L Style,
J. J. Fitzgerald, Messrs. Cooper, Edick
and Jerold.
SECRETARY HOOVER
WILL HOLD PUBLIC
HEARING III SEWARD
ALL PERSONS HAVING SUGGES
TIONS OR COMPLAINTS ARE
ASKED TO BE PRESENT
SKAGWAY, July 12.—Secretary of
Commerce Hoover will hold public
hearings upon the working of the fish
ing reserve at Seward, Anchorage,
and Cordova, and hearings will also
be held at Fairbanks and Nenana on
the Yukon fishing questions. He is
anxious that all persons having com
plaints or suggestions should appear
and give the fullest statements of
their views and recommendations for
betterments.
The hearings will be held at An
chorage and Seward upon his return
from Fairbanks, approximately the
16th or 17th of July. These hearings
will be held at Fairbanks on the 14th
and 15th; and at Cordova on the 19th.
At Seward and Fairbanks the hear
ings will be held at the United States
Commissioner’s offices, and at Anchor
age at the city hall. Precise details
of the hour will be announced on the
arrival of the Presidential party at
Seward.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In Probate
In the United States Commissioner’s ^
Court in and for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, Unga-Penin
sula Precinct at Unga. In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of G. R
Cunningham, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, Mary F. Cunningham, was
duly appointed administratrix of the
estate of George Rankin Cunningham,
deceased, on the 19th day of May, A.
D. 1923. All persons having claims
against the said estate are hereby re
quired to present the same with the
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice to the
undersigned administratrix, at Unga,
Ala clffl
MARY F. CUNNINGHAM,
Administratrix of the Estate of George
Rankin Cunningham, Deceased.
Publish in daily, Mondays, July 2, 9,
16, 23, 30, 1923. 5t
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Seward, Alaska, March 23, 1923.
To A. F. SPRAGUE, his heirs, execu
tors, and assigns:—
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the year 1920 and
during the period January 1, 1921, to
July 1, 1922, the sum of two hundred
dollars ($200.00) in labor and im
provements on each of the following
lode mining claims, situate on Gilpat
rick Mountain in the Kenai Recording JT
Precinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, to-wit: Summit, Lisbon, Olym
pia, Hattie, Meat-in-the Pot and Clara,
recorded respectively at Page 132,
Book 4, Page 133, Book 4, Page 132,
Book 4, Page 46, Book 5, Page 84,
Book 5, and Page 46, Book 5. Said
books mentioned being records of min
ing locations of the Kenai Recording
Precinct aforesaid.
All of the said expenditures were
made to hold said claims under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States, and all amendments
thereto, concerning annual labor on
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said claims for the year
1920, and the period ending July 1,
1922. And if within ninety days after
the publication of this notice you fail
or refuse to contribute your propor
tionate share of such expenditure,
which amounts to Three-three dollars,
Thirty-three cents ($33.33) each for
the Summit, Lisbon, Olympia, and
Hattie Claims; Fifty Dollars ($50) for
the Meat-in_the-Pot Claim and Twen
ty-five Dollars ($25) for the Clara
claim, then your interest in said
claims will become the property of the
subscriber, one of the co-owners who
has made the required expenditure as
I herein stated, by the terms of said
section and laws.
GUS BROWN. J
Date first publication May 12, 1923.
Date Last publication Aug. 11, 1923.
Run fourteen weeks in Sat., continu.
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