VOLUME XXI. NUMBER 204.
SEWARD ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
<Two Hundred Per Cent
Silver Fox Increase
In Kussilof District
FOXES IN REGION ARE VALUED AT APPROXI
MATELY $250,000—MANY OF FARMERS HAD IN
CREASES EXCEEDING 200 PER CENT—AMPLE
j ' RABBITS, PORCUPINES, AND FISH KEEP FEED
LARDER WELL SUPPLIED
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1 WEATHE1 CONDITIONS IDEAL FOR RAISING PUPS
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^Activities of Region Described by Louis Nissen, Now in
The City—Improvements Being Constantly Added to
Modern Farms
Over a 200 per cent increase has been the average
noted this year in the breeding of silver foxes throughout
the Kussilof district, according to Louis Nissen, one of the
best known of silver fox raisers in the Territory, who re
turned to Seward last evening from a brief visit to the
Anchorage Fair. Wonderful success has greeted the ef
forts of the fox men of that region, which lies at Seward’s
fyck door, and all are tremendously pleased with each
others good fortune. It is a combined record, it is said,
that it is doubtful, has been surpassed anywhere in Alas
ka. A rough estimate of the value of the silver fox in the
Kussilof district is placed by Mr. Nissen at about $250,000.
The value of the breeders run from $1,000 to $3,000 a pair.
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■ PRIVATE MAUSOLEUM
RUDOLPH VALENTINO
BODY OF MOVIE STAR AT HOLLY
WOOD; SUBSCRIPTION CAM
PAIGN STARTS
HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 9. (/P)—'The
body of Valentino rested in a marble
lined crypt at Hollywood cemetery. His
brother announced plans to erect a
private mausoleum of the finest
marble from Italy and place thereon
a tablet bearing both his private and
stage names. The Valentino Memorial
Association began a subscription cam
paign for a statue personifying youth
^ and romance or for a children’s hospi
tal ward.
ICCIDENIILL1 SHOOTS
SISTER, SO KILLS SELF
CALUMET, Mich. Sept. 7. (^—Ar
thur Lawrence, 15, voluntarily paid
with his life for what he thought was
inexcusable carelessness on his part.
The boy went to the barn and shot
himself with the shotgun that had
killed his 11 year old sister a moment
before while he was cleaning it and
was discharged accidentally.
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
OTTAWA, Sept. 8. (&)—At the elec
tion a week from today, A. Lk Beau
bien, Liberal declared he would be
reelected to the Canadian parliament.
Two men carrying nomination papers,
one of them Dr. D. H. McFadden
conservative, reached Manitoba too
late to file. Muddy roads delayed
them.
GERMANY MEMBER OF LEAGUE
GENEVA, Sept. 9. (fi>)—Germany
was unanimously elected as a member
of the League of Nations.
I Outlines Activities
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Mr. Nissen together with John Sand
wick, conduct hut one of the many
farms in the region for, according to
him, every one is absolutely modern
in every respect and all are continual
ly adding to their improvements, both
in building and fox raising equipment.
Mr. Nissen has been! down in the Kus
silof country for the last seven years
but may relinquish his interest to his
partner and sometime, around Christ
mas plans leaving for the States
where he may locate in the silver fox
business. From eight pair of silvers
they now have 38 pups.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hardy, former
game warden for this district, and
who, it is stated may re-enter the ser
vice this fall and assume charge of
the Kussilof region, bought two pairs
from the Williamson fox ranch and it
is believed both pairs produced lit
ters. The Hardy’s have completed this
summer the construction of a fine log
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WILSON IS NOMINATED
BOISE, Sept. 8. (£>)—'The Saturday
Democratic executive committee
nominated Asher B. Wilson, of Twin
Falls, governor, William Morgan of
Boise having declined the convention
nomination.
M-IN KILLS THREE
IND INJURES OTHERS
JOHNSBORO, Ark., Sept. 7. (£>)—
Three men were killed and two severe
ly injured near here| when workers on
a right of way to the Cotton Belt Rail
road were buried in a cave-in during
excavation work. The injured are ex
pected to recover.
FIRE MEETING FRIDAY
The regular monthly meeting of the
Seward volunteer fire department
will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock
at the fire hall. Every member is
asked to be present.
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STATE ELECTIONS
AROUSE INTEREST
IN UNITED STATES
RETURNS FROM THE PRECINCTS
SHOW PROGRESSIVES
ARE LEADING
RENO, Sept. 9. (JP)—Six counties
are complete and 11 nearly com
plete, gave Oddie 7,857, Robert 3,741,
Baker 4,836, Brennan 727, McCarran
2,495, McIntosh 1120.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 9. (/P)—Of
2,728 precincts 1,922 gave Blaine 166,- •
983, Lenroot 151,312 Frank J. Kelly
23,744. In the Republican gubernator-1
ial fight, Fred R. Zimmerman, secre
tary of state an anti-Blaine progres
sive, received 95,170 votes; attorney
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M0NE¥T0lTi)H
LEGITIMATE EXPENSE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. (^—Mon
ey to buy liquor is a legitimate ex-1
pense for a prohibition agent, but
I if he wants a woman companion to
make his visit to places where the
liquor is sold look natural, he must;
stand the expense himself. This was
the decision of the Prohibition heads
when looking over the expense ac
count of one of its Colorado agents in
which he had S27.50 for liquor, S2.50 '
for carfare, and $25.00 for a woman
companion. The blue pencil was used
on the last item.
AFTER ELUDING SCORES
PURSUERS. ARE CAPTURED
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 9. (/P)— ■
George and Mrs. Mack Kimes, young -
Arkansas ex-convicts who eluded
scores of pursuers in the hills of east- •
ern Oklahoma and western Arkansas •
after wounding three peace officers,
one fatally were captured yesterday
near Rudy, Arkansas after a battle
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with officers it was reported here.
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SASKATOON GIRL SETS
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erwood, a Saskatoon school girl,
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jumped five feet two and seven six
teenth inches to better than an inch
of the world’s women’s record for the
running high jump.
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TUNNEY CONFIDENT CHAP
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9. (JP)—
Gene Tunney, who will battle Jack
Dempsey for the worlds heavyweight
championship here September 23rd,
predicted that he will win the champ
ionship in the third round and that
Dempsey will never answer the bell
for the fourth round.
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SAILORS, MARINES LANDED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. {JP)—'Two
hundred American sailors and Mar
ines have been landed from the cruis
er Galveston at Bluefields, Nicaragua,
to protect foreign life and property in
the present revolution.
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EXPLAINS BRIBERY
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (JP)—At the
beginning of the presentation of the
government’s case in the Daugherty
trial federal attorney Buckner used a
blackboard to explain the mazes of
bribery transactions.
DEMPSEY EXPECTS TO BE
MUCH RICHER TWO WEEKS
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 9. (JP)_
Jack Dempsey expected to be §775,
000 richer by the Tunney fight. He is
guaranteed §475,000 with 50 per cent
of the gate receipts 'which are now
above a million dollars.
KING ALFONSO PRESIDED
HENDAYE. France, Sept. 9. (JP)—i
Spain’s resignation from the League!
was agreed upon by the cabinet coun
cil at Madrid over which King Al
fonso presided.
PREMIER LANG DROPPED
SYDNEY, Sept. 9. (JP)—The expul
sion of Premier Lang, Labor party
leader, and two members of the cab
inet from the clerk union for disloy
alty, has been announced.
CHAS. HOPKINS CLARK
FAMOUS EDITOR OF
SPECIALIZED IN POLITICAL WRIT
ING AND MAINTAINED TRADI
TIONAL DEVOTION OF THE
COURANT TO PRINCIPLES OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; WAS
INCLINED TOWARD LITERA
TURE AND FINE ARTS
HAD TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY
Was An Ardent Sportsmen and Mem
ber of Many Clubs; Began News
paper Work Upon Graduation From
College; Became Permanent Fix
ture
HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. 8. —
Charles Hopkins Clark, 79 years old,
veteran and nationally known editor
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ONE HUNDRED TONS OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIP
MENT ON BOARD FAMOUS CABLESHIP—PER
SONNEL OF DEPARTMENT AND FAMILIES SAID
BE SIXTY-TWO
The cable ship Dellwood was due to arrive in port
from Valdez this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock with about
[hirty-five members of the cable headquarters staff, their
families and the remainder of the radio and cable equip
ment some 100 tons, according to a report received this
morning from the vessel.
Immediately upon the arrival of the personnel, auto
mobiles will carry them to their new stations and homes,
about the city and to the radio station, for everything has
been prepared for them. Wood has been chopped and
piled alongside of stoves in the various dwellings, meals
have been prepared, and even the beds made for them,
rhe household effects, supplies and equipment will be
ioaded on railroad flat cars from the Dellwood and de
livered to the nearest point of the station and direct to the
quartermasters department warehouse, on Railroad
avenue.
Upon the arrival of other membersl
rom the Interior with those already
lere, the total humber of new citizens
>f Seward will be swelled to about 62,
tccording to Captain Guthrie, officer
n charge of the cable and radio sys
em. There will be ten operators at
he radio station and when installs*
ion is complete there will be three
ets of apparatus, two operating at
he same time.
Local construction is proceeding
ticely and Captain Guthrie said it was
[uite probable that four cables might
e run across the bay, two for the
adio station—remote control—and
wo for the telephone and telegraph
ervice, connecting the radio station
rith the city cable administrative of
ices. In the Quartermaster's ware
ouse a large partition has been built
s well as many other changes neces
ary for the stocking of supplies, and
ffice, room.
It is expected the Dellwood will re
late in port for several days.
CANTONESE FORCES
FIRE ON BRITISH;
SEVEN ARE KILLED
THREE OFFICERS AND FOUR SEA.
MEN SHOT IN CLASH
ON YANGSTZE
LONDON, Sept. 9. (IP)—Daily ex
press Hongkong dispatches said it
was reliably reported Cantonese forc
es had cut down and fired on 60 blue
Jackets who landed from a British
cruiser- at Hankow.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 9. (IP)—'Three
British officers and four seamen were
killed and several wounded In a clash
between Chinese troops and British
gunboats at Wanshien on the Yang
3tze river on Monday.