Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 241.
SEWARD, ALASiL... THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTfa
DR.JOSEPH N. CANNON RELATES
INTERESTING JOURNEY FROM THE
KUSKOKWIM TO THE YUKON RIVER
Gateway readers will recall Dr. Joseph N. Can
non’s last contribution to these columns a few weeks
ago in which he gave an authentic description of his
travels from Bristol Bay to Goodnews Bay and partic
ularly the description of the latter, the platinum min
ing. Requests for the issue came from all over Alaska,
Yom many places in the States, were entirely too large
to supply the demand. In addition, Dr. Cannon’s arti
cle, while not republished by any other Alaska paper,
appeared verbatim in Outside publications.
The following article, sent to The Gateway exclus
ively, is another gem of adventure in a section of Alas
ka little known to the average Alaskan, and is certain
to be read and appreciated with more than usual in
terest.
The Gateway takes great pleasure in presenting
Dr. Cannon’s recently completed trip from the Kusko
kwim to the Yukon:
Upon my arrival at Bethel,
July 12. the most pressing need
was sleep, and let me say, I
slept the sleep of the just for
24 hours, on a feather bed at
Silver-tip’ Johnsons roadhouse.
The distance from Nushagak to
Bethel is approximately 500
miles, course indicated. and—
well, I didn’t sleep so comfort
ably. it was decidedly uncomfor
table. We didn't carry feather
beds with us, merely an over
sight.
Bethel, the Eternal City, is
situated on a high bank, on the
west side of the Kuskokwim. It
is the ocean terminal of sea-go
ing vessels and all up-river boats.
T*. also boasts of the Moravian
Mission, five trading posts, two
schools end Judge Brown’s bo
* /Meal garden.
Before taking up a consid
eration of the mining situation
7 want to say. the residents of
Bethel, one and all. showed me
every consideration and cour
tesy, and to a comparative
-'ranger as I was. such beauti
ful sunsets and such handsome
women as I’ve found at Bethel
was riecided’v an ‘eve-opener’ to
n-. havng been among the Es
kimos for a month. don’t you
7:row. wa$ a very pleasant con
t- cf indeed. T spent four won
rU rfid da vs therp and on everv
hand T was rjied with ciuestions.
the P.prio<r Sea nnd Anri lie
rvppv Wn will now consider
‘V. M+ter.”
AORILIC CREEK
This creek was the only ray
v sunshine I’ve found on the
K uskokwim • watershed. It heads
rp. east of Thumb Mountain at
an unnamed lake and empties
into the Bering, east of Kwin
hawk Bay. approximately 100
miles from Bethel. It has twTo
forks, east and west forks.”
butte creek
Twenty-five miles up the
Aorilic, Butte Creek empties it
self. The Pioneer Mining Co., an
Outside concern, have a drill
and three men in the field,
prospecting. Said to be 25 feet
:o ’bedrock, andesite and schist
out-cropping and some porphry.
Excepting the Pioneer outfit, on
ly five men were reported to
have staked ground, up to July
If,
•The consensus of opinion
among these oldtimers was that:
this is a continuation of the Wat
ermus paystreak, on Goodnews
i River, as it heads up parallel
~nd west of Watermus Creek.
‘Prospecting had begun in
j earnest, early in June, this year.
Wicker and Wicklund of Good
! news were enthusiastic over
prospects obtained. This was all
gold, as yet, no platinum being
i reported.
“Once in a blue moon, you
understand, some trusting Chee
; ehako is betrayed with a kiss and
| a promise. That was the ex
! perience of Mr. Benson, who was
induced to come to Alaska as
\ an asdayer for some wild-cat
concern. So he tearfully kissed
the old lady{ sold the family
1 cow and sailed aw’ay in quest
1 of the Golden Fleece,
j “It was agreed at Seattle rein
j forcements, in the way of mon
' ey, would follow on the next
boat. That was the ship that
; never returned—a sad story, the
| money never arrived. He was left
| out in the cold, cruel world to
| paddle his own canoe, which he
did. paddling all the way from
1 the Kuskokwim to Kennecott in
search of a job. An experience
like that lingers and may out
line a moral, just a gentle hint,
only that and nothing more.
"Mr. Bull was a man of flesh
and blood, a very handsome,
dark man, and we didn’t have
to tie him outside either. He had
a nice easy job—collecting wild
geese for some Eeastern institu
tion. Now, whether he had any
salt with him or not was not
known, the geese had noa report
ed—Reminds me of another good
one—but The Gateway is being
sent to the old folks at home.
“The most feasible route from
the Kuskokwm to the Yukon is
across the portage. Opinions dif
fer sometimes, even* among doc
tors, so three routes will be cit
ed; one could take a boat around
the western portion of the Ber
ing Sea, cross the portage or
fly—I haven't sprouted wings
yet. so decided to cross the por
tage—if its a paramount pic
ture its the best show in town.
“Allow me to present one of!
the most cultured (talks four
languages), the most handsome,
the most gracious and regal Es
kimo lady on the Bering Sea—
the Tulusak Queen. I was very
much delighted to meet her
most gracious Majesty. She
taught me a few lessons in the
Eskimo language, so well that I
can now order my bacon and—,
and be served. Can she cook? I’ll
say she can—the Queen can cook
and how! We have a pressing
engagement; we must cross that
portage.
(Pleaae turn to Pajre Two)
STORM OF PROTEST WHEN
NAMED VICE- GOV. OF
TIIE ISLANDS
_
I !
WASHINGTON, Sept., 25, (/P)—
Nicholas Roosevelt, a New York
i editorial writer about whose
: head a storm of protest raged
! when he was named Vice-Gov
ernor of the Philippines, and who
resigned his post, has been ap
pointed by President Hoover as -
| Minister to Hungary.
He succeeds J. Butler Wright,!
| former state secretary, who has
; been transferred from Budapest
to Minister of Uruguay which
j post was opened by the resig
nation of Leland Harrison.
It was announced today that
1 Roosevelt had not even started
' on his Philippine assignment.
WHITE SEALS HIE
SEEN IT GUILE.
DECLARE SCIENTISTS
SAN DIEGO, Sept., 25, (/P)—
| White seals, hitherto believed
| to have existe donly in legends
i of fishermen and sealers, have
been found among the volcanic
crags 6f Guadalupe, 220 miles
south of here, it was reported
when Captain Allan Hancock’s
yacht Voloro II, arrived after
a cruise about the island in
search of scientific data on fur
seal.
The scientists saw 10 large
white seals from the boat on
rocks of an outer inlet, a small
extinct volcano crater and lying
south of the main island.
Landing was impossible; five
of the seals looked like spooks.
HUG BUILDING
HOMES 8! SECOND
MOiiTSAGEb !•] [ill]
WASHINGTON, Sept., 25, (/Pj—!
Presient Hoover told the ini
tial meeting of the committee.1
in conference with him on hbmej
building, that it “should be pos
sible in our country for any
body of sound character and in
dustrious habits to provide him
self with adequate housing, pre
ferably, to buy his own home.”.
The President said financing
of home building, especially
through second mortgages, is
“the most backward segment of
our whole credit system.
GREAT STRIDES TAKEN
LONDON. Sept., 24. f/R—Before
another session of Parliament is
ended, Great Britain mav abandon
her traditional policy of Free Trade 1
and establish a system of tariffs'
designed to compete with that of
the United States, in the opinion
of obesrvers here who are in close
touch with the situation. Great
strides have been taken in the last
few months since the new tariff
act of the United Stateshas become
law.
ELECTED WORLD COURT
GENEVA, Sept. 25- (£>)—Frank B.
Kellogg, former Secretary .of State,
and 13 other men including two
Latin Americans were elected to
the World Court bench by As
sembly Council of the League of
Nations.
QUAKE WIPES OUT
SEVEN VILLAGES IN !
RUSSIA: 175 KILLED
J
STALINBAD, Russia, -Sept., 25,'
(/P)—An earthquake wiped out
seven villages and badly dam
aged 10 others..
It is estimated that 175 pea-!
sants were killed, 300 injured
and about 1,200 families left
destitute.
A special relief commission
has gone to the devasted region.
Many of the victims were bur
ied in the ruins of their homes
when death overtook them in
their sleep.
CONFESSES TO MURDER
COLFAX, Sept., 25, (/P)—Depu
ty Prosecutor Celgg announced
that Orville Gossett has con
fessed to murdering Mrs. War
ner and wounding her husband
by shooting through their win
dow of the ranch home.
The Alaska Juneau last month
boosted its operating profit to $111,- |
500 handling 353.850 tons of ore
with an average recovery value of
83.79 cents per ton. This was dis- j
closed in the company’s monthly j
report of estimated results made j
public from the Juryea uheadquar- j
ters of the Alaska Juneau Gold j
Mining Company.
The surplus for the month was |
$101,400.
WATSON NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Sept., 25,. (/P)—The
SS Admiral Watson, of the Pa
cific Steamship Cmpany, sailed
ofr Alaska yesterday morning at
10 carrying 42 passengers, 14 of
which are for Seward and among
which is A. J. Arrivee.
Int. Tel. 37
A. Can . 123
Stand. N. J. ... 65
Richfield 14
Zellerbach . 8
A. Juneau .. No sale
U. Cal. 37
Goldman . 17
Pancorporation . 29
Kennecott . 31
Steel . 161
Radio .- - C3 j
Consolidated Gas . 105 j
Cities .— 27
Carbide . . 71
Motors . 41
Durant 3
n,APPR WILL REVEAL
ROME, Sept., 25, (/P)—Augus
to Turati, secretary of the Fa
cist partyy, resigned. His rea
son was not given but he ex
plained they will be brought out
i n tonight’s issue of the Fog
lio Dordini, a Fascist sheet. His
successer is Giovanni Giuriati,|
president of the chamber of!
deputies.
CASTOR OIL IS ONLY MEDICINE
SUPLIED SICK AMERICANS
BY SOVIET REGIME
RIGA, Latavia, Russia, Sept. 25.
(/P)~~Four hundred and fifty Am
ericans, including 80 women and
children are held prisoners in the
Stalingrad tractor plaht Tractor
stroye by the Soviet government.
The Americans are highly skill
mechanics and engineers from
Dertoit who, after being laid off
because of the curtailment of the
automobile production, were offer
ed jobs by an employment agency
opened in Detroit by the Soviet
trade organization known as the
Amtorg.
Their lives are being threatened
by a number of dangerous diseases
and the Americans are all anxious
to leave Russia before winter sets
in but their petitions for visas to
leave Stalingrad have been refused
by the authorities.
Their communication with the
outside world are rigidly censored
and there is not 100 American dol
lars in the entire colony. Two Am
ericans just died from typhoid fe
ver and numbers of others are in
the hospital seriously ill and the
only medicine provided by the So
viet government is castor oil.
B! MSB:
BIB? TIED TRUCK
THOMASVILLE, Sept., 25, (/P)
—Willie Kirkland, 22, a negro
convict, said to have been iden
tified by a school girl nine years
of age as the man who attempt
ed to attack her, was lynched.
Kirkland was serving a sen
tence on the chain gang for
stealing a horse from Sheriff
Davis. Several deputies, sought
to transfer him to a nearby
town when about 75 men in a
mob took him from them.
After lynching Kirkland his
body was tied to the rear of a
truck which was driven about
the city, circled the public
square, then deposited the body
on the court house lawn.
SHOT BBS SHELL
151 BE ELBE 15
MYSTERIOUS KILLING
COLFAX, Wash., Sept., 25,
—Investigation into the death
of Mrs. Robert Warner, 28, shot
by a mysterious assailant as she
was preparing for bed, was
turned over to the coroner’s
jury.
Orville Gossett, 19, Mrs. War
ners husband’s nephew, was ar
rested after a 16-gauge shot
gun shell, similar to the one
found near the Warner home,
had been found on the porch of
his grandmother’s home.
The last words of the woman
were; “Tell Orville I love him.”
She refused to leave any mes
sage for her husband.