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Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 540.
SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ^ 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CANADIAN RAILROAD SENDS
PROSPECTORS FAR AFIELD
TO SEARCH FOR MINERALS
DIFFERENCE IN PLAN OF ATTACK UPON NA
TURE’S STOREHOUSES OF WEALTH SHOWN
BY ATTITUDE OF 2 GOVERNMENTS. CAN
ADA WANTS MINES FIRST AND WILL LET
THE FARMER COME ALONG ON HIS OWN
AT A LATER DATE.
There’s a vast difference between the way Canada
looks at development thru the aid of railroads and the
way the United States government regards its own
railroad in Alaska, according to a newspaper article
in the Vancouver, B. C. Province as a special to the
paper from The Pas, in Northern Manitoba.
Canada is sending out her prospectors and -scouts
by airplane to find ore deposits sufficient to warrant
building a railroad to them. In Alaska a railroad is al
ready in existence in what is conceded to be a great
mineralized country but the government makes no ef
fort to find ore bodies to increase the tonnage of that
railroad and make it pay.
In part the Pas dispatch to1
the Province says:
Consolidated Smelters, <a sub
sidiary of the Canadian Pacific)
one of Canada’s leading mine
corporations, has swung into its
most active season in its great
hunt for new ore bodies in the
more recent mineral fields of
the country. On every mineral
Air Trial in the Dominion today
may be seen the colors of the
powerful C. P. R. subsidiary.
''From British Columbia to
the Northwest Territories, from
northern Saseatchewan to the
.Manitoba hinterland, and into
Ontario and Quebec, geologists
and prospectors and pilots of
Smelter’s far-flung staff are all
working towards one end—the
discovery of prospects that may
be made into mines.
“It is no secret in inner fin
ancial circles that the Canadian
Pacific wants to push its rails
into the Far North. But first of
all it must have the business to
warrant the expansion. Agri
culture is not enough; there
must be new ore bodies. And it
is up to Consolidated Smelters
to develop the mines to enable
the parent concern to blaze
steel trails nearer and " nearer
to the Midnight Sun.”
There is no equivocation about
TOUCHY SUBJECT OF
SEA RIGHTS HIED
WASHINGTON, Oct., 28, (£>)—
After a delay of more than a
year the State department made
public the World War supple
ment to the foreign relations
of the United States for the
year 1916.
This document has been un
der lock and key because of the
fear that an acrimonious debate
between the United States and
Britain over the rights of neut
ralization on the high seas
might have adversely affected
the London Naval conference.
■ this and shows conclusively the
vast strides that are being made
in Canada toward getting at the
riches locked in her hills.
It is no secret that the matter
has engaged the attention of
the management of the Alaska
Railroad which has heretofore
expended money and is spending
money to promote settlement
of agriculturists. Col. O. F. Ol
son. general manager, has stat
ed that he is watching with in
terest the very positive efforts
of the Canadians to find ore
bodies to feed their railroads
and believes something of the
sort should be done in Alaska.
It is perhaps not too much to
say that he will take the mat
ter up when he gets to Wash
ington on his forthcoming vis
it, altho he has not officially so
stated.
In other words, it is coming
down to this. The thinkers of
the railroad belt and the rail
road management are coming
around to the attitude long
maintained by The Gateway to
the effect that the government
must develop our minerals first
and agriculture will come af
ter. With plenty of producing
mines the country and the rail
road will, take care of them
selves.
DISSOLVE STEEL CARTE!
PARIS, Oct. 28. (JP)—-Dissolution
of the European steel caiLel is ex
pected as a result of a series of
conferences held in . Paris. The
members are reported at variance
in their views as to wx.at steps
should be taken to improve the
cartel’s position.
FOR ATHLETICS
A program is to be given at the
Four H Club entertainment at the
Seward school building Thursday
night after which refreshments are
to be served. Since the proceeds are
to be used for school athletics,
everyone is invited to be there
There will be an admission charge
of 35 cents for adults and 25 for
children.,
SOON SHOUTING OIES
CROON SONGS STILLED
os rooms doze in
NEW YORK, Oct., 29, J/P)—
\ “Texas” Guinan’s night club was
raided by city detectives this
| morning. Miss Guinan was not
arrested but the captain of her
waiters, and the assistant man
ager were taken and charged
with maintaining a nuisance.
Several partly filled bottles
were taken from guests who said
the house was furnishing the
set-ups.
Miss Guinan was directing the
cabaret show when the officers
! arrived. It was her first encoun
| ter with the police since Grover
I Whalen left the commissioner’s
} post.
GALVA, 111., Oct., 29, T/P)—Earl
Yokum. wealthy banker, return
! ed home unharmdd** ' after Jtlp
1 posedly having been held for
| ransom.
The banker refused to receive
callers or answer the telephone.
His wife said he had been kid
napped but refused to say more
as she did not know where he
had been held by the extortion
ists and said “he is not sure he
i knows himself.”
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FOODSTUFFS TARIFF
LONDON, Oct. 28. (TP)—Former
Premier Stanley Baldwin announc
ed that the Conservatives if re
turned to power will take steps for
the adoption of a tariff on foreign
foodstuffs.
FOR MORROW
NEW YORK, Oct- 28. (/Pj—United
States Ambassador Walter Edge
returned home for a vacation and
“to add one more to Dwight Mor
row’s majority in the United States
Senate race.”
HOW TO KEEP PEACE
DOVE IN COOP IS OIC
IMPEBIIL PROBLEM
LONDON, Oct., 28, (/Pi—The
’ Imperial conference plunged in
j to important discussions when
| through its disarmament com
! mittee it debated proposals for
bringing into alignment the Kel
logg Peace Pact and the League
of Nations covenant.
There was general agreement
that the two documents should
be fused in purpose so that the
League covenant would not as
it does now countenance war
under certain circumstances.
At the same time the econom
ic committee heard experts ex
plain the bloc purchases of
wheat abroad so as to increase
that “bought from the domin
! ions.” It was suggested chat im
! ports might be controlled thru
customs but the question of fix
ation of prices was not reached
1 for solution.
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EIGHT BODIES FOUND
MC ALESTER, Olda., Oct., 29,
(IP)—The bodies of eight of the
129 miners trapped in the explo
j sion of the Wheatley coal mine,
were found on the 18th level.
HUS INTHSTIKS
TOPICSJT LUNCHEON
The Alaska department of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
deplores too much discussion in
| the newspapers of Alaska’s prob
lems, notably the Alaska Rail
road, where unfavorable criti
[ cism is the motive, according to
Secretary Garfield, who wrote
i the Seward Chamber of Com
merce about it. The letter was
read at Tuesday’s luncheon of
the chamber at the Seward Grill.
This time the comment was di
rected at the Seattle Star and
as such was deprecated by Mr.
Garfield.
Among other subjects brought
up for discussion was the reso
lution recently received from the
Juneau chamber directed to can
ning companies and protesting
against the use of paper contain
ers for canned products instead
of wooden ones on the ground
that the practice is ruining the
-lumber industry of Southeast
Alaska. After some argument
the resolution was endorsed, and
the Juneau chamber will be so
notified.
The Pan-American Progress
Magazine of Los Angeles, solicit
ed a page advertisement from
Seward for a forthcoming .issue
dealing with Alaska. No action
was taken on this proposal.
The New York American Man
ufacturers Export Association no
tified the chamber that it is
publishing a register of foreign
companies interested in Ameri
can products, which can be had
by applying to that association.
Telegrams were also read be
tween J. R. Ummel, purchasing
agent of the Alaska Railroad at
Seattle and Secretary Leonard
Hopkins of the chamber, regard
ing the stopping of the M. S.
Boxer, Captain Whitlam, at the
Port of Seward on her present
trip from the North with rein
deer meat. Upon the assurance
that there would be a number
, of buyers of reindeer meat here,
Mr. Ummel wired that the Boxer
would stop here, although no
date was given- She is however,
expected at any time.
The matter of preparing an
advertising booklet for the cham
ber again came up but upon re
port that the publicity commit
tee was lining up material and*
considering costs, the subject
was passed over and *the cham
ber adjourned anon.
SPEEDER, IN AND OJJT
A gas car will arrive today
from Anchorage, it is reported.
It was thought passengers for
Westward-bound Admiral Farra
gut were to be brought in. The
speeder was to return to the In
let city today and besides taking
passengers, would also carry lo
cal mail.
MORTALITY UP 300 PER CENT
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (/P)—Mor
tality from alcohism in United
States has ris^n 300 % since
the first year of prohibition ac
cording to statistics released by
the Prudential Life Insurance Co.
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AFTER SHOUTING
SHALE OIL SHOAL
WASHINGTON, Oct., 29, (/P)—
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
dismissed from service Ralph
Kelley, former Denver field
agent for the Department of In
terior, who charged mishandling
of the Colorado oil shale lands.
The brief letter to Kelley from
Wilbur said: “Referring to my
letter of September 29 suspend
ing you, your conduct has 'been
such in your connection with
the Interior Department that it
may now be considered terminat
ed by dismissal.”
As of the letter of September
29 Wilbur declined to accept
Kelley’s resignation which had
been submitted at the same
time with his charges, but he
was suspended pending investi
gation.
EXPECTING GERMANY
TO ASA m LAYOFF
1 DEBT PAYMENTS
LONDON. Oct., 28. (/Pt—Res
ponsible quarters announced that
the British government will not
be surprised if in the near fu
ture the German government
approaches London with an in
quiry as to the probable British
attitude if Berlin takes advan
tage of moratorium privileges
acorded to Germany mu' r the
Young plan of reparations payment,
ment.
Germany is expected to meet
her debt payment obligations
until April 1931 but her inquiry
in London is expected to be
based upon the ultimate sus
pension of payment if after
having tried every expedient, a
moratorium is found necessary.
Sir Philip Snowden is repre
sented as feeling the Germans
received fair treatment in the
Young plan and the German
people are not being taxed as
heavily for war as are Britains.
It is therefore believed British
advice would be for Germans to
tax themselves sufficiently to
meet their obligations.
SPEED IS ELEMENT III
BUILDING SHIPS FOR
PAM Ml S. S. CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 29, (JP)
—The offer of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation to com
plete four large liners four
mnths sooner than its compet
itors may win the contract for
the San Francisco firm even
though its bid is $321,000 higher
than the lowest one received.
The time element may be
taken into consideration by the
Panama Mail Steamship Com-'
pany, for whom the liners are
being constructed, according to
a ruling by T. V. O’Connor,
chairman of the U. S. Shipping
Board.