Let's Make a Recognized Terr itoriar Classic of Seward’s Marathon Mountain!
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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 81
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Pm BE DROPPED
LOADED WITH OVER TWO TONS
OF FREIGHT FOKKER TAKES
TO SKY; MUCH GASOLINE ALSO
SUPPLIES FOR IMPOVERISHED
MUSHERS
LENGTH FIELD REQUIRED IN
TAKING OFF WITH BIG LOAD
Will Endeavor To Locate Trail Ex
pedition After Crossing Endicatt
Range; Expect Meet Difficulty ow
ing to Thawing Season.
FAIRBANKS, April 10. f/P)—The
plane Alaskan, loaded down with 4100
pounds, approximately S00 more than
its first trip, hopped off for Barrow.
The plane ran nearly the full length
of the field before leaving the ground.
It described a wide circle, taking its
altitude, then headed in a northwest
erly course for Barrow.
Included in the freight, which was
mostly gasoline, was 300 pounds of
dried salmon and tallow for dog feed;
also other provisions to be dropped
for. Sandy Smith and his party. The
plane will drop to a low altitude after
crossing the range in the hope of find
ing the impoverished trail expedition.
Some difficulty may be met in discern
ing river courses as the cut banks are
not yet exposed by thawing of the
snow.
CHARLESTON DANGERS TO
COMPETE TONIGHT FOR
CUSH PRIZES BE GIVEN
Miss Sigrid Rosness, by popular ac
claim. walked off with Charleston
dancing honors Thursday evening at
the Liberty theater, and last night
Miss Cecil Leslie was the winner. To
night, at the amateur performance,
these two young artists will compete
for first prize. The second and third
prizes will also be danced for by the
other contests.
The management of the theater an
nounces owing to the large number of
visitors in town that it might be well
to come early in order to procure a
.good seat. The house practically has
been packed each night this week and
this last performance, is the most im
portant of them all.
Otto Schallerer. of the Alaska Shop
is calculated to be well along towards
his destination, the head of Peters Ck.
in the Talkeetna district, where he
will await a favorable opportunity to
take a series of photographs of Alas
ka’s premier mountain—McKinley. Mr.
Schallerer left Seward the first of the
week with Chas. Cooper, who traveled
with him by dogteam as far as his min
ing camp from which point Mr. Schal
lerer was to strike it out alone. He
expected to return home within six
weeks.
CAMILLE McGOWAN in town
Camille McGowan, Anchorage busi
ness man and property owner who has
been Outside for the past few months,
returned to Seward last night a pas
senger on the S.S. Alaska. While in
the States, Mr. McGowan underwent
an operation at the Mayo Brothers
hospital. He returns in fine health
and glad to be back in the north once
again.
J. F. Toman, well known business
man of Anchorage, who has been in
the States for some months during
which time he underwent an opera
tion, arrived in Seward last evening
on the S.S. Alaska. Mr. Toman de
parts for the Inlet town on Monday’s
train.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
! CONVICTS ELUDE PURSUERS
WITH AID OF STREET CAR
NASHVILLE. Tenn., April 10. (/Pi
Sixteen prisoners in the Tennessee
State penitentiary, overpowered the
guards and escaped when they com
mandeered a street car and eluded the
police, their pursuers.
U. OFUI. OARSMEN SWEEP
THRU TO THEIR FIFTIETH
CONSECUTIVE VICTORY
SEATTLE, Wn„ April 10. (VP)—
Washington winning its 5-dli consec
utive Pacific Coast inter-collegiate
crew championship swept everything
before it on Lake Washington in the
annual regatta with California. Wash
ington won the freshman race by half
a length, time being forty-four and
eight-tenths; the Junior varsity won
by three-fourths length, time sixteen
minutes and six and six tenths sec
onds; the varsity won by five lengths,
j time sixteen minutes, twenty-six and
| three-tenths seconds.
PORT LEE USE
PASSENGERSABOARD
The S.S. Alaska. Capt. Nonl. of the
Alaska Steamship Company, arrived
in port early last evening from the
south, bringing one of the largest pas
sengers lists of the season to this port,
signaling the annual higera to this
section of Alaska is in full swing.
A total of approximately 400 tons
of general cargo is being discharged
including about 50 tons for railroad
points. A pleasant voyage was enjoy
ed north from Seattle. The vessel
leaves at midnight for the south.
The following were passengers
in Seward direct from Seattle:
Evelyn Berg. G. Berg, Mrs. George
Berg, J. E. Holmgren, Mrs. R. H. Og
burri, G. Knighton. W. H. Walker, Miss
Ruth Ogburn, W. Block, G. H. Parker
P. C. Edlund. Mrs. Edlund. YV'. A. Ly
man, L. M. Jesson, A. F. Dally, E
Wickstrom, Mrs. Wickstrom, R. R
Reeser, Mrs. Reeser, W. P. Hughes
L. J. Till, Wm. Morrison, Mrs. V'. Pet
erson, C. J. Peterson. R. J. Peterson
S. Fienson, Jessie Edwards. E. Nor
land, Mrs. G. YV. Albrecht, M. F. Love
C. D. Munch, Y\'. S. YY'urtz, C. C. and C
L. Branch J. F. Cushing, T. Giggins
R. Peeremond. Ethel Bellmont, H. Cra
gel, H. S. Landers, Mrs. Landers, Mar>
Brinkly, A. S. Lien, Y\r. D. M. Forbes
Irene Dahl, V..E. Anderson. J. L. Me
Allen. Mark McAllen. MrsM. D. J. Hos
ler. Mrs. Ed. Thomas, Miss Thomas, R
Annabel, J. F. Toman, Camile IVIcGow
n, M. Kolinger, K. Gerald. C. L. Kemp
E. J. Hartness, A. L. Hanot. R. Char
ies, W. Willy, R. Dickman. C. F. Erick
son, G. Y'edin, J. Porter. F. Wright, A
P. Stone, J. C. Maloney, K. C. Palmer
C. L. Cadwallader, L. L. Gibbs, Mrs
Gibbs, George W. Gibbs, Nels Johan
sen, J. B. Jones, J. Edwards, Mrs. Ed
wards and eleven steerage.
I hose leaving Alaska towns south
of Seward, for this port were:
Ed Bellmont, T. K. Dorset, G. A.
j Moncrieff, Fred Mueller, Ed. Lynch,
X. J. Xicholson, H. H. Bietel, Mrs. A.
Hendrickson, Frank Gruber. J. Mar
j tinson, A. Swanson, H. T. Jensen, W.
i A. Smith, N. S. Hall, P. j. Mullen, H.
: E. Ellsworth I. W. Wells, J. L. Galen,
: L. R. Stewart, George Waltz, W. A.
, Allen, H. F. Lofquist, P. R. McGuire,
| S. Makino, R. S. Duff, A. Cox, Mrs.
■ Lillian High, Patricia High, Helen
High, Oscar Anderson, Win. Watson,
I M • Chaner, E. Leine and 17 steerage,
i For Valdez, from Seattle.—E. Ed
! wards, Mrs. Edwards, H. W. Gorman,
X. Brown, O. Rogne, E. Chase, Mrs.
j Chase, Betty Chase, W. E. Hubbard,
Is- A- Poe, J. M. Regan, J. Nickels,
| Mrs. Nickels, C. A. Truitt, G. A. Hen
sel and five steerage.
For Latouclie from Seattle—J. T.
I Freeman, Mrs. Freeman, C. Johnson,
! K. Wold, N. Stolar, C. Axelson, R. J.
I Wahl and O. Lian.
j The Admiral Evans is scheduled to
arrive in port from the westward on
Monday.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
ACCORDING COTTER
: NUMEROUS SMALL OUTFITS ARE
READY TO MUSH OVER FROM
TELEGRAPH CREEK
SEATTLE, April 10. Cotter,
newspaper man has arrived at Wran
gell and wrote the Seattle Post-Intel
ligencer “The Stikine river was open
March 26 and the rush to the Cassiar
begins Sunday when the first steam
er of the season sails from here for
Telegraph creek. It is reported Rob
ert Martin of the Cassiar Imperial
Mining Company lauded an outfit of
supplies and equipment at Palmer
Creek on March 30, and struck good
pay. Jack Blick, field supt. of the
Dease Lake mines, said the hydraulic
plant landed at Laketon will be in
stalled and operating at Dease Lake
by August first. Other outfits which
left here in small boats reached Tele
graph Creek. It is rumored the Can
adian government is planning to close
the Dease Lake trail for repairs until
June 1.
HEW VESSEL SERVICE
TO WESTWARD REGION
COMING THIS SPRING
1 SEATTLE SKIPPER TO INAUGUR
ATE NEW SERVICE SOON;
SEWARD BE HOME PORT
There will be placed in service this
] summer between Seward and the west
i ward, including the Cook Inlet region,
' an 85-foot power vessel, for passenger
and freight service, according to Capt.
C. L. Smith, of Seattle, Wn. Letters
to this effect were received locally
during the past week. Capt. Smith
also states he will operate regularly
to Nuka Bay.
The boat will be equipped with a
125 h.p. engine, there will be state
rooms, a social parlor, smoking room,
dining saloon, and washrooms. The
vessel will be modern in every respect
and will carry two lifeboats.
Capt. Smith states in his letters he
plans operating out of this port on a
weekly schedule and anticipates car
rying mail as well. The average
speed of the craft is given at 12 knots
per hour.
EN ROUTE TO SELDOVIR
S. Feinson, herring packer, former
ly with the W. J. Imlach Packing
Company, this year returns to Alaska
at the head of his own company,
and is in Seward at the present time
on his way to Seldovia where his
plant, the old Northwestern Fisheries
buildings on the wharf, is located. Ac
companying Mr. Feinson is J. Ed
wards, expert saltery man who will
be manager of the plant. They will
go to Seldovia on the S.S. Victoria
which is due to arrive in port tomor
row.
GHOST WALKS AT FIREHALL
- The ghost walked at last night’s
regular monthly meeting of the local
fire department, which was about the
main event of hte evening. It was
( regularly moved, seconded and so or
dered that the vacancies created by
Tom Roberts, Alex Bolam, Halvorson
and Chas. Cooper, be filled by Clarke
, Andresen, Henricson, Dr. Tyler and
“Tiny” Moehring.
All bills presented were ordered
paid.
FRISCO BUSINESS MAN HERE
Lee M. Jesson, San Francisco busi
ness man and a member of the coal
mining firm of the Alaska Matanuska
Coal Company, which operates a mine
on Moose Creek, was among those ar
riving in Seward last night from the
south. He is in the auto accessory
business in the California city. Mr.
Jesson goes to Moose Creek Monday.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL
Seattle 2, Portland 8.
Missions, 8, Sacramento 1.
Hollywood 4, Frisco, 3.
Los Angeles and Oakland, Rain.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10 (/p),
—Senator Curry of California, intro- j
duced the Alaska Administration Bill I
to the House this afternoon.
UNITED STATES AIB
PROGRESSING VERY SLOW
i
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10. (/P)
—Only one bid was received for the
contract to establish a Chicago to At
lanta air mail service, which the post
ofifce department is contemplating
providing that satisfactory arrange
ments can be made. The bd was sub
mitted by the National Airways Sys
tem of Lomax, Illinois, who is willing
to undertake the establishing of a ten
plane service for a consideration of
sixty-one and one-half per cent of the i
revenue derived. The contemplated j
route will link up St. Louis, Indiana- j
polis, Louisville, Nashville, Birmngham j
and Mami with Chicago and Atlanta.
The Postmaster General had not de
cided whether the offer of the Lomax j
Company would be accepted.
PLANES COLLIDE, FIVE DEAD
HENLOW, Eng., April 10. (£>)—'Two j
airplanes collided and fell 300 feet
and burned, killing two officers and
three enlisted men of the Royal Fly
ing Corps.
NEWFOUNDLAND SEALER
KILLED SY EXPLOSION
SAINT JOHNS, N. F„ April 10. (TP)
—One stoker on a sealing vessel shoot
ing at a seal was killed when cart
ridges for shooting seals exploded. The
accident in the bay of Verge Kester
zak set the vessel afire. Five of the
crew were burned seriously but the
men worked their way ashore in small
boats amid ice floes. The government
steamer Eagle rescued them.
LISRARf OF CONGRESS
WINES GATEWAY PAPERS
The Seward Gateway is one of the
Alaska newspapers selected for bind
ing by the Library' of Congress, Wash
ington, D. C., according to H. S. Par
sons, acting chief, periodical division.
The files to date, however, are incom
plete for several numbers apparent
ly have been lost in transit. Mr. Par
sons asks in a special letter that per
haps if the missing numbers were ad
vertised subscribers might be able to
supply them.
The issues needed are all from 1925,
as follows: June 8, July 7, Aug. 10,
Sept. 1, 7, Oct. 8, 9, 16, 19, Nov. 9. Dec.
26.
DANCE AT I. O. O. F. TONITE
The diyice at Odd Fellows hall
tonight promises to be a great suc
cess with the goodly number of peo
ple in town. Every one is invited to
this weekly affair which has proven
so popular among visitors and towns
folk alike.
VICTORIA DUE TOMORROW
The S.S. Victoria was reported to
day 200 miles out of Seward and is
expected to arrive in port tomorrow.
Among the local residents who are
leaving on the S.S. Alaska tonight for
the south is Mrs. H. F. Starr, who is
making a trip to Juneau on business
where she expects to be occupied for
the coming month. Later, Mrs. Starr
expects to go to Seattle for a'couple
of weeks prior to returning to Seward.
H. E. ELLSWORTH HOME|^GAlN
H. E. Ellsworth, local business mam
who has been in the States for over
the winter, returned home last night
on the S.S. Alaska from Juneau. Mr.
Ellsworth left Seattle two weeks ago,
but stopped off at Juneau where he
conferred with other members of the
Territorial Fish Commission, of which
he is a member.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
CRIME WIVE 111 RAMPANT DURING PROHI DAYS
IN MANITOBA, ASSERTS MODERATION OFFICIAL
WHEN QUESTIONED DURING SENATE DEBATE
COULD WELL HAVE SAID THAT MANITOBIANS
WERE DECEIVED WHEN THEY VOTED DRY
IN 1916—REVENUES SOAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10. (AP).—Francis
William Russell, of Winnipeg, president of the Manitoba
Moderation League, told the Senate Liquor committee to
day that Western Canada “never had such a crime wave
as we had in the last two years of prohibition. Thank
God, we are rid of crime at present. It went out with
the bootleggers and rumrunner.”
Russell said Winnipeg was voted dry in 1916 by 10,
000, but 23,000 were against prohibition in 1923 when an
other vote was taken. “Seventy per cent of the women
voted against prohibition in 1923 because they wanted to
save their families.” He declared the present government
control of liquor has resulted in an additional $3,000,000
of revenue to the province, instead of, like in the United
States more than that amount is paid out in trying to stop
crime caused thru enforcement of an unpopular law.
ALASKA IS REPORTED
SEATTLE, April 10. (/P)—Burns Poe,
collector of internal revenue said in
come tax payments for the state of
Washington and Alaska had decreased
from $24 to $10 per capita in the last
six years and said while 108,000 filed
returns in 1921 only 41,000 reported
in 1926. ‘In spite of the reduced tax
es and collections for the first quar
ter of this year fell only $205,000 be
low that of the first quarter in 1925.”
INGOT HAWAII GAME
DISCOVERED IT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, T. H., April 9. —A
number of discs of polished lava U3ed
by Hawaiian nobles centuries ago in
a bowling game known as mai-ka have
been discovered by excavators at work
on the site of the royal palace and
palm grove of Hawaii’s kings where
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is now un
der construction.
The discs are about two and a half
i inches in diameter and an inch and
a quarter thick. The object of the
game, according to David Malo, an
authority on Hawaiian customs, was
I two-fold—to roll the disc between cer
tain stakes set on the earthen course,
and at the sfame time outdo the other
contestants in the distance rolled.
Up until a quarter of a century ago
! some of the old mai-ka courses, worn
i smooth by centuries of use, were still
plainly visible at various localities in
| the islands.
OSCAR ANDERSON IS VISITOR
Oscar Anderson, one of the most
prominent business men in this dis
trict, was an incoming passeger on
the S.S. Alaska from Latouche. Mr.
Anderson has been personally in
charge of the logging, mill and tie
making activities at his large camp
on Knights Island, for the past two
months. He is en route to his Anch
orage headquarters. While in Seward
he is a guest at the Hotel Van Gilder.
CORDOVA BUSINESS MAN HERE
James Galen, head of the Alaska
Transfer Company of Cordova, is a
brief Seward visitor while en route
I to Anchorage. Mr. Galen departs on
Monday but returns on the following
' train. He is a guest at the Van Gil
der.
Mrs. Lillian High, wife of the local
cable operator, accompanied by her
twro children arrived in Seward last
night from Valdez. Mr. and Mrs. High
former residents of Seward, will take
up their residence here once more.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
FOR THE NORTH WITH
BANNER LIST FDR HEBE
SEATTLE, Wn., April 10. (/P)—The
steamer Northwestern sailed at ten
this morning for Seward and way
points with 253 passengers aboard for
Alaska ports. Those scheduled to ar
rive in Seward are:
M. V. Latten and wife, Feo G. Reiss,
J. Love, Frank Manley, O. J. Hirgel,
Clark Hamilton, Mrs. E. Lyons, D. W.
Flanagan and wife, Mrs. Bella Bennett,
W. V. Jacobson and wife, John Faulk
ner, A. A. Rehne, Fred Ellums, W. H.
Frank, C. F. Lane, Anne B. Craig, H.
Kusky, Mrs. John Rapp, Earl Pierce,
Andrew Olson and wife and son, Sam
Dubur and wife, Mrs. J. A. Rohodes,
Grace Foster, George T. Shelford and
wife, Ed Holbrook and wife, Ed. Gun
derson, M. A. Pinska, B. Potter, Chas.
Dennison and wife and daughter, Thos.
B. Hyde, C. W. Adams, E. J. Adams, E.
J. Josie, S. E. Lancaster, W. Harnett,
C. Deitrick, J. T. Micholby, Walter
Johnson and wife, H. Magnuson and
nineteen steerage.
COLLISION AT SEA
TIKE TOLL OF LIVES
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 10. (£>)
—The Dutch steamer Silvanul collid
ed with the Standard Oil tanker Thom
as M. Wheeler last night and 35 of
the Silvanus crew are unaccounted
for. Fifteen of the crew were picked
up or swam ashore.
Forty-four were injured in explo
sions on the Standard Oil tanker O. T.
Waring, while the boat was in dry
dock for repairs. All were alive at
down. Hundreds are searching for
victims of the two disasters.
ADDING MACHINE 1!) ILL
BE III 101 FOB 1 WEEK
Representing the Sundstrand Adding
Machine Co., of Rockford, 111., H. F.
Lofquist, of the Ketchikan firm of Lof
quist & Morrison, arrived in Seward
last night on the S.S. Alaska. Mr.
Lofquist will remain here for the com
ing week on matters pertaining to add
ing machine business. During the
week he will have on display in the
sample room of the Van Gilder hotel,
one of the well-known machines of
which his firm is the Alaska represen
tative.
P. R. McGuire, representing the
Northern Life Insurance Company,
came in on the Alaska and will remain
here for the coming week.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty