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VOLUME XX, NUMBER 329
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BUDGET FOR
FISCAL YEAR
GIVEN CONGRESS
The Coolidge budget estimated ex
penditures of the government for the
coming fiscal year beginning July 1
at $3,896,000,000, including the post
office allotment of $740,000,000 which
is expected to be paid from the pos
tal revenues. The estimated increase
of $160,000,000 over the current year
is recommended to pay the public debt
of $515,000,000 with interest at $795
000,000. The cost to run the govern
ment is estimated at $1,846,000.
The Veterans’ Bureau was given an
increase, and the maintenance of the
Army and Navy at the present enlist
ed strength is contemplated.
The aviation service is allotted a
larger fund for the purchase of equip
ment; the Treasury department is al
lotted $22,000,000; prohibition enforce
ment and the coast guard service are
increased from $20,600,000 to $24,300
000 for .1926. •
Cost Has Reached Normal
The Cooolidge budget message said
that the minimum cost of running the
government had about reached normal
with expansion growing rapidly. The
growing nation will involve added ex
penditures. He recommended a reduc
tion of taxes and suggested the ne
cessity of keeping the airplane indus
try alive, and replenishing and refit
ting the air service equipment with
an orderly policy in the air.
Declares Self on Prohibition
“Every available resource of the
government will be employed in the
enforcement of prohibition,” declared
the President’s message. He believed
the total estimates of $42,447,000 for
the combined air service should ac
complish the ends aimed at, and said
“the outlook for the coming fiscal
year and that of 1927 is most favor
able. It was estimated that the ordi
nary receipts would be $3,824,224,000.
This indicates a surplus of $330,307,000.
The outlook for 1926 and 1927 shows
the united efforts of executive and
legislative branches of the government
for economy is bearing fruit.
He promised to send to Congress a
request for funds to expand the Coast
Guard as a part of this prohibition
* enforcement plan, which includes the
construction of ten new cutters and
a number of smaller craft.
Ears of the Socialist
Agitators Are Cut Off
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 9 (JP)—The
ears of 15 socialist agitators have
been cut off by peasants in a Carpa
tho-Russo village during the bitter
election campaign which is. in progress
in Czecho-Slovakia.
The report says the campaign is
being conducted with extreme hatred
and Zionists, have assaulted and fa
tally injured a man for distributing a
list of candidates.
Mrs. Clara Talman, who arrived in
Seward about a week ago from Valdez,
where she attended court as a witness
has rented a house here and will make
her home in Seward. Mrs. Talman
is well known along the Alaska rail
road and at one time was employed as
lineman with her husband. Her pic
ture was shown in an Outside maga
zine as the only woman lineman in the
Territory.
It is estimated that cusswords have
been added to our language by every
alarm clock.
While it is true a lot of money is
spent each year for fun, there are
•some folk who never seem to have
-any.
Balloon trousers are now in gen
eral use but the high altitude record
is held by skirts.
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Treatment Broadcast by
the Radio Is a Success
EDMONTON, Alb., Dec. 9 (£>)—
Treatment broadcast by radio from
here was expected today to save the
life of a woman named Masters who
was seriously ill at the Church of En
gland mission at Wabasco, 60 miles
northwest of Lesser Slave Lake and
about 150 miles north of Edmonton.
Physicians formulated a treatment
which was broadcast by radio and
reports broadcast from the mission
say Miss Masters is recovering.
BILL INTRODUCED
TO DIVERT FUNDS
PRIBILOF ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9 (JP)—
Representative Hawley of Oregon in
troduced a bill in Congress today cre
ating a fund from the revenues of
Pribilof Islands to be administered
by the Department of Commerce, and
used to develop the fur seal industry,
fisheries and fox raising in Alaska. A
portion of the fund would be used to
provide the natives with necessities.
Long Search Ends In
Seeking Perfect Mate
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 9 (JP)—A 30
year search for his perfect soul mate
ended on the banks of the Rogue riv
er near here a til a. m. when Horace
McFarland, 59. Morripfcon, N. J., mar
ried Miss Veffha Edna Coulter of Stock
ton, Cal. This was reported today
by Rev. E. P. Lawrence of this city
who performed the ceremony.
The two principals met more than
a year ago at a meeting of a Yogi phi
losophical circle in San Francisco. De
termined to make a thorough test of
their attached, McFarland and his af
fianced visited a horoscope reader,
who declared they were perfect soul
mates. Then then consulted a numer
alogist who declared that eleven was
the mystic and lucky number for them
both.
The couple also consulted an astrol
ogist who told them to wed on the
eleventh day of the eleventh month
at eleventh hour on the banks of a
river flowing west while they faced
east.
Nine of the Thiryt-Five Built Were
Successful)—Salmon Run Increas
ed by Methods
OLYMPIA, Dec. 8.(JP)—Out of 35
salmon hatcheries built by the state
during the past thirty years, nine
have proven successful; sixteen
started moderately successful, but de
veloped into failures because of poor
location; eight have failed because of
irrigation ditches and dams; one has
been ruined by commercial fishing
and the last one is an uncertain ex
periment. However, artifical propa
gation has increased the salmon run
in the state.
This summary of hate he y experi
ments is made in the annual report
of Fisheries Supervisor C. R. Pollock
which has just been printed. The
report does not say so. but the ear
lier salmon hatcheries were located
through political influence very large
ly. For successful hatchery location,
Mr. Pollock advises the temporary
use of portable hatcheries which will
be able to prospect the more likely
streams.
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself
now and then you’re not honest.
“Man wants but little here below,”
remarked the dressmaker as he meas
ured the length of the gown.
People rich in experience are oftep
poor in spot cash.
GENERAL OUTLINE
PUBLIC LANDS
TIBS DISTRICT
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
Coast Guard captains opposing the
rum fleet oan hardly be charged
with a lack of zeal, however they
may err in judgment. One of them
opened fire on a “low, rakish craft,”
off the Maine coast, placing two one
pound shots close to the target,
which proved to be an Army steamer
laden with two tons of powder. Of
course, there is to be an investiga
tion.
MASONIC TEMPLE
IS DEDICATED
KETCHIKAN, Dec. 9 (£>)—'The Ma
sonic Temple, the last cornerstone of
which was laid by President Harding,
July! 19, 1923, was dedicated by Grand
Master Morton Gregory, of Washing
ton-Alaska jurisdiction of Masons, last
night. It is the largest fraternal hall
in Alaska.
SEES OPTIMISTIC
FUTURE FOR OIL
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (IP)—Gen.
R. L. Peeler, president of the Califor
nia Petroleum Corporation, declared
here recently that in the United States
the area in which oil may be found is
350 times the present production area.
“Before we prepare to go out of the
oil business let us examine some for
mer prophecies,” said the speaker.
He quoted that of Benjamin Crew in
1887, that California production was
a disappointment and that the Penn
sylvania field was rapidly diminishing.
He quoted the geological survey in
1909 giving but a decade more of pro
duction, and again in 1919 that the
peak of production would decline in
1921. He quoted recent estimates that
the known supply would largely be
exhausted within seven years in the
United States.
“These prophecies have been filled
with pessimism,” said General Peeler,
“and they have all been wrong.”
“In 1919 production in the United
States was 378,000,000 barrels; in 1924
it was 714,000,000.
“The American Petroleum Institute
committee shows that the last ten
years has produced more oil than the
entire previous production. Take Cal
ifornia: In 1921 the geological survey
estimated this state’s future produc
tion at 1,850,000,000 barrels. Since
1921 California has produced 650,000
000 barrels and at last year’s rate of
output it will, require but a little more
than five years to produce the remain
ing 1,200,000 barrels. Today, how
ever, the oil to be recovered from pre
sent producing wells and proven fields
in this state is estimated at over 2,
140,000,000 barrels.”
Barreled Herring By the
Hundreds on the Watson
Twenty-seven hundred barrels of
herring are aboard the Admiral Wat
son destined for Atlantic coast con
sumers. About 1700 barrels were
taken on at Seldovia, which comprised
the last shipment from the North
American Fisheries plant and 1,000
barrels from the Halibut Cove plants.
Oscar Anderson, owner of the tie
camp at Kpight’s Island, who has been
making an extended trip to the camp,
is due to arrive in Seward Saturday.
It is reported Mr. Anderson went to
the island a couple of weeks ago, and
that he has made many changes in the
personnel of the camp.
North Dakota Publisher
To Fill Senate Vacancy
BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 9 (/P)—Ger
ald P. Nye, 33 years old, publisher of
the Griggs County Sentinel-Courier,
at Coopertown, N. D., was appointed
by Gov. A. G. Sortie to fill the vacan
cy in the United States senate caused
by the death, of the late E. F. Ladd.
Nye has been seated in the Senate.
BILL M’KENZIE
KAYOS ANDERSON
SEATTLE, Dec. 9 (JP)—Bill McKen
zie, Canadian, knocked out A1 Ander
son, the Alaska heavyweight cham
pion in the first round of a scheduled
six round bout;.
McKenzie was imported from the
Canadian woods to fight Anderson,
whom he floored with a deft hook to
the chin as the bell ended in the first
round. Anderson was carried to Mc
Kenzie’s corner and seated. He hung
through the ropes and when the bell
rang to open the second round Ander
son’s seconds flung a towel into the
center of the ring, which which he
was fanning the boxer.
McKenzie lifted the ilmp Anderson
and laid him on his shoulders, climbed
through the ropes and down to the
floor from the platform, wending his
way out to the Crystal Pool, while
the crowd cheered.
McKenzie weighed 241 and Ander
son 183.
ADM. WATSON
ARRIVES PORT
SEATTLE BOUND
LAST OF HERRING PACK GOES
SOUTH ON ADMIRAL LINER
MANY OUT BOUND
. The Admiral Watson of the Pacific
Steamship Company arrived in port
from the westward at an early hour
this morning and will await the ar
rival this evening of the regular pas
senger train from the Interior before
proceeding to the south. The vessel
has close to 3000 barrels of herring
on board as well as 150 boxes • of
bloaters from Kjodiak and a consign
ment of furs from Uzinkie.
Seward arrivals and the southbound
passenger list follows:
Southbound—Mrs. D. M. Woodward,
R. Jacobsen, Mrs. J. C. Waller, M. Da
vis, John McNab, A. Petrie, Carl M.
Nelson, Oscar Snickers, Clifford
Crook, O. L. Grimes, Gus Freeburg,
George L. Devenay, Emma Ougland,
Gunnar Gusterferson, Mrs. J. Trier
scheil and daughters, Anita and Kath
erine, Anna Anderson, Walter Cleg
horn, John Campbell, Carl Olsen, A.
Bloomer, Gus Swanson.
Seward—G. R. Crook, Nils Schroe
der, Mr. and Mrs. John Roe, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Wagner and children.
Tonight at the S. A. C. gym the hand
players have the use of the floor be
tween the hours of-6 to z o’clock. Aft
ter 8 the basket ball players have
the use of the floor.
The Seward Volunteer fire depart
ment will hold its regular monthly
meeting Friday night. All members
are requested to be on hand.
WATSON WILL SAIL AT 9:00
The steamship Admiral Watson will
sail at 9 o’clock tonight, shortly after
the arrival of the train.
According to word received from
Anchorage the temperature has been
hovering around twenty below for the
past two days.
Nils Schroeder, an ex-soldier, ar
rived in Seward this morning from the
westward.
CONGRESSMAN
HAD 6-SHOOTER
STRAPPED TO HIP
SEATTLE, Dec. 9 (£>)—George M.
Schofield, Nome delegate to the West
ern Division Chamber of Commerce
convention said: “Congressman Free
when he traveled over our railroad,
had a six-shooter strapped to his hip
a la cowboy. He seemed to be afraid
of Alaskans. It is preposterous, yet
amusing. Why, a woman is safer on
the streets of any Alaskan town at
midnight than she is in any city in
the states, at midday.”
The convention adopted resolutions
urging the continuance of the Gov
ernment railroad in Alaska; another
urging a National policy for Alaska,
including retention of the present
mail service with improvements; a
continuance of the present tariff duty
on fresh and frozen fish products in
the North Pacific; development of the
wood pulp and production in the Na
tional forests; improvement of the
Nome harbor by the extension of the
present jetties.
The convefttion chose Colorado
Springs for next year.
WOMAN SLAIN IN
ABERDEEN HOTEL
ABERDEEN, Dec. 9 (JP)—Mrs. Jas.
Chapman was found slain in a hotel
room here last night, with her throat
cut with a razor. Her husband has
been arrested for the murder.
ALAMEDA OUT OF JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 8—The Ala
meda sailed west at 11:30 p. m. this
date.
FIRST SHIPMENT
COAL ANCHORAGE
NEW PROPERTY
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 9 (,£P)—
Nineteen carloads of coal from the
Alaska Matanuska Coal Company, the
first shipment from the new mine
and the first shipment over the new
new Moose Creek spur, arrived here
today. Regular production is prom
ised making the third producing mine
on the railroad. The two others are
the Healy River Mine, with a daily
output of 200 tons, operating with
electric locomotives, and the Evan
Jones bituminous mine at Jonesville,
which also recently installed electric
haulage.
SPUD PEELER TURNS UP
NOSE AT $700 PER MONTH
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 9 (/P)~Christ
Teirnan, 59, Omaha spud peeler, has
refused to accept an income of $700 a
month, left him in his father's will
because he said it was not enough.
His father, Christopher Tiernan, 84,
left property in Lincoln, Neb., apprais
ed: at $250,000 when he died. His will
provided that the estate be placed in
trust and that Tiernan and his sis
ter, Mrs. Katherine Tiernan Burdick
of California, share equally in the
income from the estate, amounting to
abount $1500 a month. After their
death the estate is to revert to an or
phanage at Lincoln. <
Tiernan said the estate would be
found to be worth $780,000 instead of
$250,000.
Tiernan became estranged from his
from his father several years ago.
“1 was forced to take a dishwasher
job in order to live" he said, “but I
am going to quit it soon and go down
to Lincoln to straighten things out.”
Friendship cost least in money and
makes most in profits.