CESSOR TO
GOTWALS NAMED
* ON COMMISSION
LUNSFORD E. OLIVER AP
HflFTED ENGINEER offi
cer FOR A. R. C.
VEAU, Alaska, April 11—(By
-The appointment of Maj. Luns
2. Oliver, Corps of Engineers, as
oer Officer of the Alaska Road
ission, was made public here
day by Capt. P. A. Agnew, Sec
of the Commission. He was ad
of the appointment by Colonel
G. Steese who was in Seattle
day and is expected to >eive to
w mo’ ning on the steamer North
•n.
ar Oliver is said to be a high
engineer, a fine type of officer
have a splendid record in the
service. He was in charge of
iction of a large bridge across
itomac River at Georgetown
he National capital two or 3
igo; (Since that time he has been
connected with the Mississippi
; of the Board of Rivers and
■?. No word has been receiv
indicate whether he will report
1 Commission headquarters for
Te will replace Col. J. C. Got
;ho was recently recalled to
ith the Corps of Engineers af
r year’s tour of duty with the
ssion.
appointment apparently indi
he continuation of the hereto
tablished policy of the War De
nt specially assign an en
officer to handle the Commis
field work instead of placing
irden on the President of the
it is believed. Coincident with
rement of Col. Gotwals it was
~ed that Colonel Steese would
Engineer Officer of the Board
appointment to that position
de public. It was known, how
iat he desired to have another
sent here but was dubious at
ic of getting such an assign
Coes is Juneau
On Official Business
e A. Parks, chief of the field
of the United ‘states laud of
s a southbound passenger on
me1 Alameda Saturday night,
ks, who was recently appoint
tant superintendent of survey
laska, succeeding John Walkei
r to Juneau for the purpose
rring with Mr. Walker regard
affairs of the new office. H(
to return to Anchorage in £
ks. Air. Walker has been tram
o the Washington-Idaho dis
jt lo Place Duty
on American Coal Fails
'AWA, April 13—A resolu- 8
ntroduced in the house of 8
ons calling upon the gov- 8 j
nt tC place a duty on coal 8
the United States and set- 8 j
'orth that the commodity 8.
be given a preferential 8,
sis on the railroads '..as in- 8 |
defeated last night. 8 I
>. Church, liberal, Toronto, 8
iced the resolution, which 8
ailed for a national policy 8
tl, and in adopting it the 8
first voted to strike out 8
ice to duties and rates. 8
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Mills"
USE SCHOOL
. E. Olsan of Anchorage, sup-1
nt of the Anchorage public j
ias been reappointed for an- j
m, it was announced last
Beeson was elected a direc- 1
e Municipal election April 2,1
lifiecl as president of the:
car Gill is clerk and H. C.'
reasurer.
N B. MEANS
AGAIN ON STAND
NGTON, D. C., April 17—
. Means was recalled before
e committee today and testi
he had collected a quarter
ion dollars in liquor graft
ving it to Jesse Smith.
1 you that he split his graft
citl* Harry M. Daugherty,
” asked Wheeler,
e did. Eevrybody on the in
ie liquor ring knew Smith
ing with Daugherty,” Gas
: answered.
I
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INTERIOR MINE STATION
CLOSED BY DEPARTMENT
According to information received
from Fairbanks this week, the Gov
ernment’s bureau of mines station in
the Interior city, has been closed by
the department of interior.
Part of the equipment is to be turn
ed over to the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines at Fair
banks ,and the rest of it will be ship
ped to Anchorage. Paul Hopkins, as
sayer, long with the bureau station
and one of the most efficient men in
his line in the territory will continue
his work at the college.
John A. Davis, head of the station
has been transferred to Washington,
D. C.
Associated Pictures Have
Purchased Alaska Film
SEATTLE, April 14—Associated
moving picture exhibitors have an
nounced the purchase of the “Cheecha
kos,” first moving picture made in Al
aska. Over two years were required
to make the picture which is really a
pictorial history of the great Ameri
can Northland.
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop and Lewis
Mooman were in New \ork two
months negotiating with the Para
mount and First National and Asso
ciated Exhibitors. The deal with La
throp is said to involve half million
dollars. A national advertising cam
paign is being planned before the pic
ture will be released for its first
showing. The few who saw this pic
ture predict that it will take the coun
try by storm.
Just what influence this transaction
will have on the value of stock is un
certain. it is however the opinion that
the price of the picture was consid
erably !e«s than was anticipated which
may have a depressing influence on
stock values.
TRIAL TO DETERMINE
SANITY HARRY THAW
PHILADELPHIA, April 11—In a
trial to determine the sanity of Thaw
a deposition by Judge Cecil H. Clegg,
of Fairbanks, Alaska, was read into
testimony describing two visits of
Judge Clegg with Thaw, whom he
characterized as the best posted man
on Alaska I met in the east outside of
Albert B. Fall.
Charles Mattie of Anchorage has
sold his residence in Anchorage, and
will leave Saturday for the States.
ANCHORAGE PITCHER SIGNED
The Seattle baseball club lias
signed up Clyde Hitchcock, one of
the ace pitchers of the Legion City
1923 baseball team in Anchorage. Ho
was in the pitcher's box three times
last season and won all three of
the games. The last game was a nu
•un no hit game against the commis
sion team.
KENAi WIRELESS STATION OPEN
The radio s’.ation at Kenai has
j been reopened by the Libby, McNeill
and Libby cannery, and citizens of
the camp are once mire in touch
with the outside world
! C. B. Luckow was an outgoing pas
t senger for the States on a recent
I boat.
[ I. M. Fisher, who handles Selby
[ shells left on the last boat for the
’ South. Mr. Fisher is an expert shot
* and gives demonstrations of his skill
[ in towns having gun clubs.
[ ; Fred Hamberg, a fur buyer for the
* i well known Hudson’s Bay Company,
| loft on the last boat for Vancouver.
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—produces standard 110 volt
electi :city
-—hoc a capacity of 1500 watts or
two electrical horsepower
—operates simply at the touch
of any button anywhere on
the circuit
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Come in and see the plant in
operation
C. E. Orlander
MOVIE MAN WILL TAKE
WILD LIFE IN NORTH
J. Robertson, who for the past three
years has been filming the natural
wonders of the Territory, will spend
the summer taking pictures of wild
game life in Alaska, it being his pur
pose to take pictures lor an 11 reel
movie, which he is confident will be
a ready seller. Mr. Robertson who
’eft for the interior Monday will go
down the Yukon and to Nome, thence
to Cape Lisburne, Bering strait, East
Capt, Siberia, and then down to the
Pribilofs where he will take pictures
of the seal herds. From the Pribi
lors he will go to Kodiak island and
the Alaska peninsula where he will
attempt to film an Alaska brown bear
charging the camera, a most danger
ous proceeding. Following this he
will return to Seward, going to the
Kenai lake region for moose pictures.
Mr. Robertson is well acquainted
with Alaska, as for the past throe
years in company with Mr. Yeung, he
has taken thousands of scenes of
ihe Territory including the Valley cf
Ten Thousand Smokes.
PLANES MAY HOP OFF
DUTCH HARBOR TODAY
CHIGNIK, Apr. 18— Early weather
reports are favorable with indications
that the air cruisers Chicago, Boston
and New Orleans will hop off today
for Dutch Harbor.
Dr. J. H. Romig of Fairbanks will
reach Anchorage tomorrow and may
visit Seward before returning to the
Interior.
Mrs. P. A. Cook, who was a dele
gate to the Sitka convention from
Anchorage, returned on the Admiral
Watson leaving yesterday for her
home.
C. V. Cedar or Anchorage, left on
one of the last boats for the States
on a vacation.
TIERNEY GOES TO HOPE
George M. Tierney, formerly super
tendent of the naval coal fields at
Chickaloon and recently identified
with the McKinley bituminous coal
company has taken a position as mint
foreman at Hope.
FRED SPACH NAMED CLERK
Fred J. Spaeh, well known engi
neer, has been appointed town clerli
at Anchorage. He succeds W. A. En
glish who left on the last boat foi
the States.
NORMAN DAWN PICTURE
SOLD TO EASTERN COMPANY
A wire was received at Fairbanks
this week stating that Norman Dawr
! bad negotiated for the sale ot the
picture taken at Fairbanks last sum
mer to eastern parties. The picture
was called “The Lure of the Yukon.’
The price obtained was not given.
REDONDO IN PORT
The steamship Redondo arrived it
port from the westward last night
and is unloading about 200 tons o
freight at the San Juan dock. Abou
150 tons are on hand for westwan
ports.
SEWARD RESIDENT SELLS
RANCH TO THE FENTON!
B. Storey, who has been ranchin;
on the Kenai road at Mile 4, sold ou
j yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Fenton
j who took immediate possession. Mr
I S-0will lea- o within a few da"
j for St. Paul via the Grand Trunl
j railway, where he will make his res
idence. His ranch has been one o
the show* places of Seward, having ;
fine greenhouse and neat buildings
Mrs. Guy B. Erwin, wife of Distric
| Attorney Erwin of Fairbanks, wai
| an outgoing passenger on the Alarm
| da, en route to Minneapolis to visi
j relatives. She also expects to visi
I in Boston and Washington, D. C. S'n<
will return to Alaska about the middh
of summer.
MACHINERY FOR EL DORADO
Marshal Bert Stevens of Fairbanks
who arrived on the Alameda, brouglr
with him $10,000 worth of mining
machinery which will be used on his
claims* on El Dorado creek in tin
Fairbanks mining district.
Fred Peterson, who sold his trans
fer business in Anchorage to J. W
Blase, has left for Portland, Oregon
PTARMIGAN SEEN IN DAWSON
Thousands of ptarmigan are flying
about the streets of Dawson this weels
the spring migration being on. ri :
Yukon council has forbidden killing
the birds during the mating season.
SELDOVIA MAN STRICKEN
David Peyton, an old timer of the
Martin lake district, was taken tc
Seldovia Monday suffering from s
stroke of paralysis. He is in a seri
ous condition.
CHARLES BENSON BUYS
LOCAL BUSINESS LOT
A deal was completed yesterday 1
whereby Charles Benson, a local bus- |
iness man, purchased the George I
Schmidt property, between (lie drug !
store and Orlander’s, consideration !
unknown. It is stated a new build- '
ing may be erected on the property.
NEW LANDING AT McGRATH
Vail Carrier Ben Eielson reporrs he
has laid out a new landing field a*
McGrath.
DR. BLYTHE IS NOW RANCHER
Dr. H. A. Blythe, Anchorage den
tist, who returned on the Alameda,
purchased two fruit ranches near Se
attle while he was outside. He also
bought a 1924 Buick sport model,
which will arrive on one of the next
boats.
MAN HAS FINGERS CRUSHED
Ed Peterson, of Anchorage, had
two fingers crushed off this week
while loading supplies for the Cache
Creek Dredging Co.
STOCKMAN NOW DEPUTY
MARSHAL AT KOYUKUK
—
Arthur Stockman, a former teacher
for the Bureau of Education, who
has been stationed at Koyukuk for
several years has been named depu
ty marshal at Nulato.
Body of Watchman Found
by Crew of Destroyer
While the crew of the U. S. destroy
er Corry were ashore at Kailagvik
i Bay searching for Major F. L. Mar
tin they found the body of a .watch
i man employed by the Associated Oil |
| Company, dead on the beach. The
; body from the head to the waist had j
been devoured by wolves. The man, i
who was said to have been a for- j
eigner, had apparently died from ex-1
posure.
RASMUSON FOR KETCHIKAN
A. E. Rasmuson, president of the
Bank of Alaska, who lias been in An
chorage the past month or two, left j
on the last boat for Ketchikan. Mr.
Rasmuson in a convesation with a
I Gateway reporter stated that his firm
would enter the Seward field some
time in R.e future provided a suit
able building could be secured.
POLAR FLIGHT
IS DANGEROUS
NAVIGATOR WARNS
Experienced Explorer Doubts If Dir
igible Shenandoah Can Make
Trip With Safety
LONDON, Apr. 17.—Grave doubts
' as to whether the Shenandoah will
L | succeed in reaching the North Pole
, ! safely in case the trip is undertaken
| is expressed by Captain Joseph Ber
r j nier, a veteran Arctic explorer in an
i | interview here.
A Canadian citizen, Captain Ber
nier has made ten expeditions to the
Arctic and has announced his intern
> tion of shortly making the eleventh
with the object of formally taking
t possession of the North Pole area in
t the name of Great Britain. His
. knowiege of that area is said to be
• unrivaled.
: “To my mind,” said Bernier, in dis
^ cussing the Shenandoah project, “the
- task is one which is too great.
f “Having had a long experience
i in the Arctic regions, the question I
• ask myself is, how are the airmen to
overcome one of the worst difficul
^ J ties, that of frozen fog?
5 ! “The wind which comes from the
' j south cools when it gets over the
" ice and being moist freezes, with the
- result that a solid mass of ice set
tles on everything in the vicinity,
: the rigging of a ship for instance be
coming a thick mass. In fact, a ropd
no larger than one’s finger will be
come a foot through.
“The encountering of such a fcg is
fraught with great danger even to
a ship, but the airmen would be
; forced to the ground by the tons of
! additional weight, and all they would
have below them would be the rough
surface of the ice pack, impossible
to land a di ible on.
“I certainly . iew the project as one
attended by great risk.
“In my view the North Pole con
I sists only of water to a depth of
about 2000 fathoms. In effect, it may
be said to represent the hole caused
by the eruption which led to the for
mation of what is now Greenland.
Nansen and other explorers have
helped to prove this.”
STANDARD OIL TANKER DUE
The Standard Oil tanker, Alaska
Standard, is due in Seward with a
cargo of oil. Clyde Kagel is master
of the Alaska Standard.
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standard
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Sales Agent for Seward
GEN. CONDOURIOTIS
PRESIDENT OF GREECE
ATHENS, Greece, Apr. 15.—General
Condouriotiis, regent of Greece, has
been proclaimed provisional president
of thp new republic.
M’CORD WILL STOCK ISLANDS
J. W. McCord, who left on the Ala
meda for Los Angeles plans to inter
est capital in stocking the esdands to
the westward with cattle and sheep.
In a speech here before the cham
ber Mr. McCord stated that these isl
ands were capable of feeding vast
herds of cattle and sheep.
HEIMRICH TAKES RADIO SET
TO KUKAK BAY CANNERY
Walter Heimrich of Kukak Hay,
who passed through Seward this week
on his way to the company’s plant,
took in two fifty watt tubes for a
radio set he is installing. These (wo
tubes are worth $50 each and have
great power. He is a radio fan of
great ability.
AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS
The members of the Seward aux
iliary 10 ihe American Legion en.'er
tainod the Legionnaires on Thurs
day evening at the club rooms under
the Bank ol Seward. Whjjt was the
diversion for the evening, i-ig.i scer-'s
goiing to Mrs. J. P. Hannon and G.
B. Horton and consolation favors to
Miss Sylvia Sexton and C. J. Grover.
At a late hour a light supper was
served. There were five visitors from
Anchorage, among them the Anchor
age delegates to the Sitka conven
tion.
KENNEDY READY FOR TOURISTS
Dan Kennedy, who recently return
ed from California where he inter
tiewoQ a number of agencies, states
that he is now ready to convey tour
ist parties through McKinley Park.
Mr. ana Mrs. jack Bolam of Out
look, Wash., are rejoicing over the
arrival of a baby girl born March 31,
according to a letter received by Mrs.
Valdez. Mr. and Mrs. Bolam were
Belem’s mother, Mrs. W. E. Egan of
former residents of Seward.
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the sum total of all those Buick qualities and
traditions which together make up Buick
character. A Buick owner fully appreciates
Buick character. He knows the dependable,
satisfying and trouble-free transportation
which Buick gives, however long or however
far a Buick owner may elect to drive his car.
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Buick Sales and Service