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SEWARA ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY
99
1930.
PRICK TKN ( KN1:
Connecting lo
Is Now Assured
Pass and Seward
ASSURANCE THAT THE LONG-SOUGHT CON
NECTING ROAD OF APPROXIMATELY ELEV
EN MILES BETWEEN THE SEWARD HIGH
WAY AND MOOSE PASS, MILE 18, IS SEEN IN
A TELEGRAM RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE
DISTRICT OFFICE, BUREAU PUBLIC ROADS.
Engineer Ingram, of the- B. P. R., is informed by
wire that’ funds for survey work on the so-called “Miss
ing Link” will be available August 1 at which time the
work will start. This construction will give ingress
and egress from Moose Pass, Hope, Sunrise and lower
Kenai Lake regions direct to Seward.
Like wild-fire the good news was quickly circulated
about the city today, and phoned out to Moose Pass,
of the receipt of a telegram here this morning by^Resi
dent Engineer Ingram, of the Bureau of Public Roads,
from the district office at Juneau, that authorization
and appronriation has been made to survey the Missing
Link” road beginning August 1.
Eyes flashed in appreciation to eacn and e\ ei \ one
(;f the* many whom The Gateway had the pleasure of in
forming of the good news. Never, as far as can be ic
cailed, has news of such importance to this entire aiea,
been received with such evident happiness.
With the survey of the Quartz Creek road already
underway with indications of early construction and
completion, an extra six and one-half miles below t cop
er’s Landing, Kenai Lake, will be reached. Thus, iiom
Seward to a complete circuit of the magnificent roac
system, there will be approximately 180 miles of high
way available.
' The “Chugach Highway” is no longer a dream! <
Eventually, and not too far in the near future, this
system will be extended to the village of Kenai and Cook
Inlet ports thus making available and opening up 2,800
square miles of what is said upon the highest authority
the finest agricultural land in Alaska. __
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PICTURE INTERESTS
DIVIDE TERRITORY
PARIS, July 22, (£>)—American
and German motion picture in
terests have signed an agreement
to settle differences over the use
of recording apparatus between
the interests involved.
Each will now enter the other
country with pictures and territory
will be divided between the two
nations.
America will take .Canada, New
foundland, Australia, New Zea
land, Strait Settlements, India
and Russia.
Dune Little, well known old
timer from the Lower Landing,
Lake Kenai, arrived in Seward
last evening.
WAGES DROP
WASHINGTON, July 22. •/Pi—
Farm wages have dropped two per
cent, on the average in the last
four months, the Department, of
Agriculture announced.
FIVE MINERS LOSE
LIVES IN GOLD MINE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, (IP)—
Despite a desperate battle to rescue
them, five men lost their lives in a
burning gold mine in the Sierra
mountains. Their flaming tomb
was the Glenn mine, 22 miles east
of Forest Hill, Placer county.
The fire broke out in the cook
house on the surface, swept all the
super-structure including the com
pressor, or ventilating apparatus,
and licked it’s way into the main
| shaft, cutting off all escape.
TEST FLIGHT TO PORTLAND IS
MADE FOR PURPOSE OF
CHECKING GAS
TACOMA, July 22. (/P)—1With the
passing of a gas cnsumption test
of Bromley’s plane his backers be
lieved he was ready to take to the
air within the next two or three
days. -
Lieut. Bromley flew from Ta
coma to Portland averaging 93.4
tenths mile per hour consuming
23 gallons of gas per hour.
Nome advices said the plane
could refuel at Solomon Spit.
Lieut Wark and Brown are in
Seattle placing special gas tanks
and expect to be finished about
Thursday when they will return
to Tacoma.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6: New York 0. Hack
Wilson got his 28 and 29th homers.
Philadelphia 7. Pittsburgh 2
Brooklyn 9. 10. Cardinals 8. 17.
Brooklyn dropped its National lead.
The Cardinals made four homeruns
and Brooklyn one.
A MERIC AN LEAGUE
Detroit 7. Athletics 6.
Boston 3. Chicago 1. This broke
up the White Sox three game winn
ing streak.
New York 7. Cleveland 3- Ruth
got his 35th homer and Gehrig his
28th.
St. Louis 6. Washington 4. St.
Louis was aided by making five
runs in the ffth inning.
DEMONSTRATIONS
BUCHAREST. July 22. (VP)-Anti- I
Semite riots and demonstrations,
accompanied by the destruction
and pillage of Jewish shops, was
reported from several parts of Rus
sia last week.
INCREASE
NEW YORK. Julv 21. (/P)— The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, world’s largest utility
system, reported gross earnings to
the amount of $144,565,711 for the
first half of the year, as compared
with $130,737,594 for the corres
ponding six months of last year.
AMERICAN RAILWAYS BEST
MOSCOW, July 21, (/P)—Ivan Nik
itch Mirinov, member of the com
mission which studied railroads in
America and Europe, reported that
the former systems are the most
economical and efficient. He said
that application of American tech
nique would increase the capacities
of some Russian roads ten times.
TO ATTRACT HUNTERS
MOSCOW. July 21. (/P>—'To attract
big game hunters to soviet union
the State Tourst Bureau has under
taken to organize special hunting
trips to the Siberian forests and
to various mountain regions. Each
group will be provided wth a guide
and interpreter.
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THE STOCK MARKET
By Associated Press)
T and T. 45, A. Can 123, Oil N.
J. 71, Richfield 17, Zellerback, no
sale, Leh gh 10, Alaska Juneau 5,
3-4; U. Oil Cal. 4, Goldmans 29,
Bancorporg-tion 30, Kennecott 38,
Steel 162, Radio 40, Gas 107. Ser
vice 91, Carbide 71, Motors 42.
TREASURY AND STATE DEPART
MENTS DISMISSED EMPLOY
ES BECAUSE OF HEAT
UNDATED, (TP)—A bull market
and hot weather continued East of
the Mississippi while showers re
lieved Western states and broke
the Kansas drouth and which al
so besran to fall in Iowa, Nebraska,
and Minnesota.
Temperatures went up to 102 at
Philadelphia, 106 in Nebraska and
Minnesota.
Temperatures went up to 102 at
rnnaaeipma, jluo m several unio
cities and the upper 90’s in Wash
ington. New York, Cleveland. Bal
timore and Pittsburgh.
Scores of deaths, due indirectly
to heat, occurred. Secretaries of the
Treasury and State Departments at
Washington, dismissed their em
ployes because of the heat.
PACT AND TREATY MUST BE RA
TIFIED WITH ENGLAND AND
JAPAN BEFORE EFFECTIVE
WASHINGTON, July 22, (/P)—
The Senate ratified the treaty 58
to 9.
The vote came suddenly after
more than a dozen reservations
were thrown out bv heavv maiori
ties. The reservation accepted was
offered by Senator Norris who
stipulated, in ratifying the treaty,
the Senate didn’t approve of any
secret agreement or understanding
which might exist relating to the
pact and the treaty must still be
ratified with England and Japan
before effective.
S35.000 ANNUALLY
NEW YORK, July 22, (/P)—Jean
Acker Valentino, the first wife of
the late sheik of the screen, brot
suit against William R. Deananty,
promoter, to compel him to pay her
$35,000 annually for the rest of her
life. She said that she made this
agreement with him when she left
the films at his request.
RUSSIAN MORTALITY DROPS
MOSCOW, July 21. (TP)—Official
figures claim that mortality in so
viet Russia dropped in 1929 to 18.2
a thousand of population, the low
est in a century. Child mortality
decreased to 167 a thousand for in
fants under one year, claimd to be
the lowest rate in the world.
JARDINE IS CONFIRMED AS
MINISTER FROM U. S. TO
EGYPT
WASHINGTON. July 22. i/P)—
The Senate adjourned after ap
proving the Naval treaty and
will meet again next December.
Members will now rush home
to repair “fences” rather 'than
precipitate another long contro
versy.
The Senate adjourned without
acting on the Federal Power Com
mission nominations; aLso on the
nomination of Nicholas, Roose
velt, Governor of the Phillipines,
Senator Walsh of Montana in
dicated, together with McKellar,
that they will go into the quali
fications of the power commiss
ion appointees, howevtr. Jardine
was confirmed as Minister to
Egypt.
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FLURRY OF SNOW
PARIS. July 22, f/P>—A brief snow
flurry caused the Pari an street
crowds to gape in amazement.
THREE MONTH S STRIKE
BOMBAY, July 22. f/Pt—Leaders
of the Bombay Merahants Asso
ciation have recommended a three
months strike, as a protest against
the government’s repressive cam
paign.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Bids for installation of an auto
matic stoker and vacuum system
in the Seward School were opened
last night but will be considered
at a special meeting which will
be called by Mayor P. C. McMullin
HEAVE EO!
For t^e b'nefit of the officers
and crew of the Cutter Haida,
Seward has a swimming hole:
Harnman Lake, to the left of the
Ro^e Bowl—baseball grounds. Not
a day passes but what the little
beach and lake is crowded with
mermaids and mermen.
CHAMP TEAMS CLASH
According to the dope sheet
early this morning the Haida
baseball team, champions of Bel
kofski, Chignik, Kernokski, Mak
ushin. Uiaga and Amlia Islands, as
well as many other far Westward
metropolises of renown, the sailor
lads will take a chance today with
the Seward Giants who hive only
been defeated 13 times this season
out of 13 games. The game will be
for pleasure and sweet charity.
Tommy Jasper, Kodiak business
man, returned last evening from
Anchorage. Jasper returns to his
Westward home on the Admiral
Evans.
Pete Olson of Cordova has been
awarded a contract for t ae con
struction of tl^e Old-Town-Lake
Eyak loop road on a bid of $750.