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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 10.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Kenai Citizens
Petition for Road
Outlet, Railroad
COOPERATION OF SEWARD IS ASKED IN OB
TAINING MUCH DESIRED ROAD TO POINT!
ON ALASKA RAILROAD—THOUSAND PEO
PLE IN THAT VAST AND POTENTIAL RICH
DISTRICT WOULD BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY.
Gateway Editor—“I am sending herewith a copy of a
petition which we are sending to The Alaska Road Com
mission in which I have taken the lioerty of quoting
an editorial from your issue of December 1st which I
thank you.
“As the proposed road would benefit towns along
the railroad I feel sure the Chambers of Commerces
will lend it support. Any aid you may give us through j
youd paper will be greatly appreciated here.” I
W. F. Parrish, Kenai, Alaska
Petition
To the Alaska Road Commission
Juneau, Alaska.
Gentlemen of the Commission:—
The undersigned citizens of the
United States and residents of the
town of Kenai, Alaska, do hereby
present to your honorable body the
following petition, to wit:—
That the sum of $30,000 be set
aside from the funds for road
building to construct a road from
Kenai to connect with the highway
running from the city of Seward to
and along the bank of Kenai Lake,
and we respectfully submit for your
consideration the following reasons
why this petition should be* grant
ed:—
1st; The distance to be traversed
by this road is only about 55 miles
and that the completion of this
prrject would open a large section
of excellent grazing and agricultur
al land at present worthless be
cause of total absence of adequate
ficulties of transportation and com -
munication.
The village of Kenai was one of
the earliest sites chosen by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture for the
erection of an experiment station
because it is in the center of a very
large tract of level land with a rich
deep soil excellently adapted to cat
lie or sheep raising or farming. The
station was abandoned by the De
partment solely because of the dif
fiucltis of transportation and com
munication with the outside world.
These difficulties are not due to
climatic conditions but to the na
ture of the waterway which has
hitherto been the only possible
•means of entrance to this section.
The village of Kenai lies at the
mouth of Kenai river and the ero
sion and transportation of sand and
gravel by that river have so filled
the Inlet at this place with sand
bars and shoals that a large boat
* cannot approach nearer than twc
miles to the shore and smaller
boats can only enter and leave at
high tide. This condition can never
be remedied but grows worse everj
year. In a few years more even
This means will be cut off and the
only practical way of linking this
section with the outside world is by
a decent overland road.
2nd: I call your attention to the
following editorial published in
“The Seward Gateway” on Decem
•Kpr 1 1 Q?Q
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
Should an epidemic break oul
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■SB BUTE SCI
I OPENS ill BUST:
fib view points:
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1 WASHINGTON, Jan., 14, (/P)—!
The long awaited senate debate on ’
the sugar tariff opened with a blast
that swept four divergent view |
points into the controversy and
promised to carry it onward for
several days before a decision is
reached.
| So great were the differences at
the end of the first few days pro
ceeding as to the advisability of
voting an increase in duty that no
one would hazard a guess as to how
much of a majority would decide
the if:sue.
M RESOURCE
SOVIETS BE B
RESCUE EIELSOI
CITE SEVERAL CASES OF RES
CUES FROM ICE AFTER
MANY DAYS
MOSCOW, Jan., 14, (^—Be
ginning January 18 when the
first rays of the sun will start
dissipating the almost total dark
ness now enveloping the Arctic
region, all the resources of the
Soviet government will be con
centrated in a determined ef
fort to rescue Eielson and Bor
lan.
They express the hope that
the daring American fliers will
be found alive and the search
should not be abandoned, in the
opinion of General Kameneff,
member of the revolutionary war
council.
The chairman of the Soviet
Arctic commission, in a long ar
ticle in yesterday’s Izvestia, cited
the case of several Russian and
foreign fliers who were rescued
a'ive after as many as 49 days
on Polar ice.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 13. (/P>—
It was a snowy day for California
Berkeley was surprised by a light
snow flurry at 2:30 a. m. and Mounl
Tamalpair and Mount Diablo anc
the Livermore Hills, to the east o:
the city took on new white coats
while from a dozen different point!
between the Santa Ana section anc
the head of the Sacramento -Valle:
come reports of the snow phenom
enon.
THREE SLED VICTIMS
SEATTLE, Jan., 14, (ff)— Helen
Shaw, 15, and Margaret Chad
burne, 16, who were riding on
the bobsled which crashed head
on into an auto on Queen Anne
hill, both died, bringing the
total number of deaths to three.
POPM SEWARD
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TRIP ROB GLOBE
MISS PATRICIA RAY IS AN
NOUNCED VICTOR IN
SEATTLE CONTEST
SEATTLE, Jan., 13, (Special to
| The Gateway)—Robert Walsh,
secretary of the Seattle Press
Club, announced Saturday night
that Miss Patricia Ray, daughter
of Attorney L. V. and Mrs. Ray,
of Seward, was the winner of
the “Queen” of the “Circus Max
imus”, held here recently.
Vote counting has not yet
been completely counted and
therefor it can not be stated
positively who are the winners
of the second and third places,
j The race was close and the
* Press Club is experiencing diffi
I culties in completing the returns.
I Miss Ray, a student in journa
lism at the University of Wash
ington, will make the trip around
the world, the prize, at the close
of the present school term.
NEW SEARCH BEGUN
, | MOSCOW, Jan., 13, (^—Gover
nor Peer Meneev, of Wrangell
[ j Is’and, reported by radio that
; ! four dog-sleds have been sent
, j toward North Capes in search
; j of Eielson and Borland. Wrord
11 was also received that Krasno
r karsk, the Siberian pilot and
- Valerian Chukhnousky expected
to hop Tuesday for North Cape.
ONE NIGHT STANDS BECKONS TO THE GREAT SHIRES
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Smoking a trail of sock in the provinces, Art Shires is hot in
another ring victory and the gold that awaits only the great.
pursuit
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Ill, REID
FLYING PLIES
SIBERIA COAST
ESKIMOS GAVE GREAT ASSIS
TANCE TO REID S PLANE
NEAR UNALAKLEET
NOME, Jan., 14, (£>)—Pilot Matt
Neimenen, with a Fairchild plane,
arrived yesterday from Nulato
bringing Major Deckard, and Mac
Cauley who are now awaiting the
arrival of Pilot Reid from Una
lakleet
It is believed that Reid made
the trip there to obtain gasoline
in order that he might continue
his flight to Nome. But before
taking off from Unalakleet Reid
found it necessary to employ a
large number of Eskimos to pull
his Fairchild plane a long dis
tance from where he came down
to where the new takeoff was to
be made, at a lagoon.
A damaged wing was fixed up
by using a Christmas box and
cutting spruce trees which were
fitted into the damaged wing.
The natives also gave much as
sistance in carpentry work; Maj
or Deckard expects to return to
Fairbanks as soon as the two
standard planes return to Nome
from Teller when Pilots Dorbandt
and Neimenen will fly to Fair
banks taking Mechanician Cope
back to Anchorage.
Pilots Young and Reid will fly
the two Fairchild planes to Si
beria and hunt for Eielson and
Borland, Deckard said.
Though the planes consumed
more than a week between Fair
banks and Nome the flying time
is only four hours and 45 min
utes. It was also stated that the
I planes are meeting every emer
gency in the North country.
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REPORT ADMITTING FEDERAL
CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCE
MENT INADEQUATE
... ..
j WASHINGTON, Jan., 14, (&)—
I The raging furore over prohibition
'continued to gain momentum,
j Three moves of the administration
to bring the dry law enforcement
j problem to a head in congress were
noted.
President Hoover sent a report on
I his law enforcement commission
| with recommendations. Speaker
j Long worth and Representative Til
son gave assurance of their accord
with the President’s drive for better
law enforcment and promised
speedy action in the house.
George W. Wickersham of the
law enforcement commission, broke
the silence and made public a re
iport admitting that the federal
criminal law enforcement machin
;ery is inadequate.
CONTINUANCE, FUNDS
| WASHINGTON, Jan., 14, (/P)—
' The treasury and postoffice de
| partment supply bill provides a
| continuance of funds for con
| struction of the federal build
| ing at Juneau.