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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 546.
SEWARD, ALASKA
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRISONERS KILLER
IIS FOUR ATTEMPT
RASH JAIL BREAK
ASSISTANT JAILER SLUGGED
WHEN HE BROT ‘CHOW’
TO PRISONERS
CHANDLER, Okla., Nov., 8, </P) j
—Four prisoners escaped from
the Lincoln county jail but their j
break for liberty ended in the
fatal shooting of Jim Hapgood, j
an alleged holdup, by Sheriff!
Ted Mears and capture of two
others. Fred Moore, burglarly
prisoner, escaped.
Herman Cheveraux, bank rob
ber, and Bill Daniels, were sen
tenced with Moore to the refor- j
matory and were the two recap- !
tured shortly after the break.
Hapgood engaged in a gunj
fight on the edge of town.
Moore escaped by forcing a
motorist, at the point of a gun
which had been taken from the j
sheriffs office, to drive away
from the scene.
All ascaped from jail by slugg
ing the assistant jailer when he
brought breakfast.
VASIIINGTON, Nov. 7. i?) —
)or:fttion of aliens unlawfully
.a the United States will be con
tinued in a normal manner H. E.
Hull, immigration commissioner,
.v id in comment on the voluntary
0-* rush of aliens in San Francisco
seeking to ’ return to their native
lands.
J. D Nagle, immigration officer
in the California city said that so
many aliens were giving them
selves up for deportation that his
office could not handle all of them.
The rush was attributed partly to
unemployment in this country.
The last Congress appropriated
$1,500,000 for the current fiscal I
year which allows 1,500 individuals!
to be deported monthly.
ST. GERMAIN France, Nov., j
3. (/P)—The former Maharajah
of Indore announced the birth
of a second daughter to Mah- j
aranee Sharmistabai Holkar, the j
former Nancy Miller of Seattle.;
The child was born Thursday !
at the country home of the
couple. Both mother and child
are doing well.
ALAMEDA LISTING
SEATTLE, Nov., 8, (/P)—'The SS
Alameda, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 a. m. today for Alas
ka with 86 passengers, 11 for
Seward: F. C. Lang, Mrs. E. Bortz
and baby, Mrs. A. S. Walkowski, !
Lynn Smith. Miss E. M. Farleigh,!
Roy Gilly, Paul Coe. Fred C.
Lounsbury, Dadiv A. Hoffman, j
A. L. Nuland and two steerage, j
DIVISIONAL VOTE
(Incomplete)
DELEGATE
Grigsby Wick.
1st Division 2465 2214
2nd 240 347
3rd 1254 1286
4th 888 987
Total— 4847 4834
TREASURER
Hardcastle Smith
1st division 1915 2146
2nd 115 369
3rd 806 1523
4th 425 1225
Total— 3261 5263
AUDITOR
Cole Gaffney
1st division 2398 2231
2nd 180 413
3rd 1404 1013
4th 921 784
Total— 4903 4443
ENGINEER
Hesse Ulmer
1st division 2042 1668
2nd 286 193
3rd # 1310 924
4th 914 689
Total— 4552 3474
Commissioner Education
Karnes Keller
1st division 2478 2044
2nd 179 274
3rd 1277 1016
4th 656 994
Total— 4600 4328
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JUNEAU, (Special Bulletin Ser
vice)—The total election results
in the 1st Division up to the
evening of Nov. 7 gave Grigsby
2451 and Wickersham 2170.
Smith 2550, Hardcastle 1900.
Cole 2407, Gaffney 2107.
Hesse 1932, Ulmer 1727, John
son 675.
Karnes 2369, Keller 2057.
The unofficial Territorial count
gave Grigsby the delegateship
with 4717 as against Wicker
sham’s 4626.
Smith 5326, Hardcastle 3159.
Cole 4796, Gaffney 4231.
Hesse 4251, Ulmer 3458, John
son 871,
Keller 4274, Karnes 4268.
ORATORICAL CONTEST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. (/P) —
The fifth international oratorical '
contest was won by Edmund Gul- I
lion of Washington. Paul Leduc of
Canada was second an dClemente
Perez Zanartu of Chile was the !
third. The contest was limited to 1
high school boys. There were eight j
contestants.
MILLION OUNCES OF
SUO WANTED BY
UNA FOOM AMERICA
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. (/P) —
Lend us a million ounces of silver.
This was the plea brought from
China to the American government
by Judge .Paul Linebarger, legal
adviser to Chinese government
and special envoy of president
Chiang Kiashek. who arrived here
on the Sichchibu Maur to nego
tiate for the loan of the silver val- |
ued at roughly $360,000,000.
By the loan Linebarger said a j
step toward the relief for Amer- j
ica's stagnated maritime trade with
China could be accomplished
as well as considerable advance
ment in the emtfracement of polit
ical status with a future world
power.
WEST P A LM BEACH, Fla.,
Nov., 8. (iP)—Tlie Radio marine
corporation said the SS Az
tec reached the disabled schooner
Dunham Wheeler off Cape Can
averal, Florida and had taken the
crew aboard.
Full details are not known as
■ he Dunham Wheeler h*»d no
wireless. Two flares were "seen
by the freighter Upshur welch
also is disabled and anchored
off the cape while awaiting a
D,r>; from Jacks* nville.
The Upshur tr 3 US calls
which brought the Aztec to the
aid of the schooner.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 8. UP) —
Sidney Brock, socially prominent
member of the firm of Roilly, j
Brock and Company, shot and
killed himself just three days after
his partner George Roilly ended
his own life.
Mr- Brock ended his life within
60 hours after he assigned his firm
to bankruptcy to facilitate pay
ment of creditors.
Brock also left $675,000 worth of
incontestable insurance for the
firm and the sum with a similar
insurance fund left to the company
by Roilly will more than meet
the liabilities it is believed.
RED CROSS
ROLL GALL j
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“To all of the ladies who volunteered their services *
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in putting Seward over the top in past Red Cross drives,
and those who may find it possible to assist in this
worthy cause, this year; you are notified that your
presence is greatly desired, and respectfully requested, Jj
at the Fire Hall, at 9:00 a. m. on Armistice Day, Tues
’day, November 11, 1930.” !
Leonard Hopkins * i
Roll Call Chairman »
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 8, i/P) i
—Hope of recovering the tanker
Tamaihua from the sands and
rocks of Pescadero Reef, 50 j
miles south of here, have #al- i
most been abandoned.
Three tugs and a coast guard
cutter broke the tow-line in at- j
tempting to pull her out the ves- |
sel settling still further onto;
the beach.
STARR DUE AT 9 P. M.
The SS Starr is due to arrive
in port tonight at 9, according
to Manager Chas. Jansen.
KENAI
Wickersham 42, Grigsby 17.
Cole 38, Gaffney 15.
Smith 41, Hardcastle 14.
Ulmer 30, Hesse 22.
Keller 36, Karnes 17.
Foster 45. Brosius 36, McCut
cheon 35, Murray 45, Roach 35. '
DOME
Grigsby 13, Wickersham 7.
Smith 13. Hardcastle 3.
Cole 12, Gaffney 7
Karnes 11 Keller 7.
Hesse 15. Ulmer 3. Johnson 3.
KI AWOCK
Wickersham 61, Grigsby 43.
Smith 61, Hardcastle 36.
Cole 63, Gaffney 42.
Ulmer 61, Hesse 41, Johnson C.
Keller 62, Karnes 46.
KANAKANAK
Hes^e 11.
Ulmer 13, Sommers 6.
Keller 37, Karnes 1.
Bragaw 33,
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Grigsby 7, Wicker-ham 5.
Smith 11. Hardcastle 1.
Gaffney 9. Cole 3.
Keller 9, Karnes 2.
Hesse 8. Ulmer 3, Johnson 1.
Sheldon to Little Eldorado
Wiekersham 8. Grigsby 4.
Smith 11. Hardcastle 1.
Cole 11. Gaffney 1.
Keller 9, Karnes 2.
Hesse 7, Ulmer 5.
AKIAK
Wiekersham 13, Grigsby l.
Smith 13, Hardcastle 1.
Cole 5, Gaffney 5.
Keller 13, Karnes 0.
Ulmer 7, Johnson 2, Hesse 2.
NENANA
Wiekersham 56, Grigsby 44.
Smith 58, Hardcastle 21.
Gaffney 49, Cole 37.
Keller 46, Karnes 35.
Hesse 47, Ulmer 31, Johnson 7.
SUNTRANA
Wiekersham 11, Grigsby 9.
Smith 15. Hordcastle 4.
Cole 13, Gaffney 6.
Keller 12, Karnes 7.
Ulmer 9, Hesse 8, Johnson 3. j
LATE TERRITORIAL CHECK
11 a. m. Saturday
JUNEAU, Special Bulletin Ser- j
vice—Territorial count: Grigsby :
4,717, Wiekersham 4,626.
Smith 5,426 Hardcastle 3,159.
Cole 4,796. Gaffney 4.231.
Hesse 4,251, Ulmer 3,458, John- ;
son 871.
Karnes 4,368, Keller 4,275.
Through many years the musk
rats have been multiplying thru
out the United States and Canada.
This prolific semi-aquatic mam
mal occurs over the greater part
of North America, from the less
frigid regions of the Arctic to the
Mexican gulf. While the beaver was
potentate, the sly denizen of our
marshes and streams was disdain
fully ignored. Today he furnishes
an annual crop fo 17,000,000 skins.
Thus Edward Jerome Vogeler, a
former Baltimore newspaper man
talks about “King Muskrat and
His Empire,” in the Review of Re
views for October. He declared that
the possibilities of muskrat farm
ing are undreamed of. His article
is well worth the perusal of all
fur farmers in Alaska.
He tells about the fur dyeing
secrets that were so jealously
guarded before the war and how
American fur manufacturers final
ly wrested the secrets from Europe
and after spending vast sums, suc
ceeded in putting that fine fur
“Hudson seal” on the market. Hud
son seal is muskrat and a very
fine coat it makes.
“Today we are the world’s great
est producers as well as consumers
of furs.” lie writes. ‘Our annual
harvest is more than twice that of
Russia—our nearest ^competitor—•
and nearly five times that of Can
ada,. Louisiana alone produces more
actual pelts than all the provinces
of the Dominion.
“Although $50,000,009 has been
invested in fur farming in the
United States—chiefly for silver
foxes—muskrat farming in a strict
sense has never been attempted
seriously- (Editor’s Note—In this
we think the writer is in error. In
Montana muskrat are being suc
cessfully farmed on a large scale.
This fur industry is also being
taken up in Westward Alaska.)
“The muskrat requires but little
attention and it is impracticable
to build fenced in marshes when
millions of acres of marsh lands
are available.” He tells how coastal
marshes of Louisiana, Maryland,
Delaware and New Jersey are
known as muskrat farms and are
controlled by business interests
which patrol their holdings and
regulate trapping.
“The great bulk of our furs are
still taken from animals in their
wild state” says Voegler. “ The
sheltered city dweller has but lit
tle conception of the role our host
of trappers play in 20th century'
life. With between 700,000 and 1,
009,000 men busily engaged during
the season gathering the millions
of pelts absorbed annually by the
fur markets, the question has often
arisen as to whether or not fur
bearing gentry would be able to
pay his toll with out eventual de
cimation. The question is met
squarely by Johnny Musquash.
(The muskrat).”
The muskrat breeds early and
often and has many pups to the
litter- He is a wise bird and ad
apts himself to conditions as he
finds them. From an Alaskan fur
farming standpoint, he should be
a big bet.