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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 92.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
“TEDDY” ROOSEVELT
NOW URGES REPEAL
0 F VOLSTEAD ACT
ADDRESSES LARGE GATHERING
OF NEWSPAPER MEN IN
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, April 23. (^—Theo
dore Roosevelt, son of the former
President, urged last night a repeal
or modification of the Volstead Act
and a substitution of local option per
mitting alcoholic beverages of alcoho
lic content, legal under the Constitu
tion.
In speaking before the Bureau of
Advertising and American Newspa
per Publishers association, he assert
ed the Volstead Act “Had brought
about law violation on a more com
mercialized gigantic scale than the
country has ever known before.” He
was supported by the Anti-Saloon
league which in the campaign spon
sored him for Governor of New York
against Governor Smith. At that
time he said he was opposed to the
return of the saloon.
FED. COURT CONFIRMS
RECOMMENDATION TO
SUSTAIN PHONE RATE
JUDGES SIGN PERMANENT IN
JUNCTION FORBIDDING CITY
TO INTERFERE
SEATTLE, April 23. (/P)—The Fed
eral Court yesterday confirmed the
recommendation of the late John T.
Condon, Master in Chancery, sustain
ing 25 per cent of the rate increases
of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company, effctive in Seattle, Spo
kane and Tacoma on August 1, 1924.
District Judges Neterer of Seattle,
and Webster of the Spokane Circuit
and Judge Rudkin of San Francisco
signed a permanent injunction for
bidding the Department of Public
Works to interfere with the higher
rates.
PROMINENT SEflnLE
BUSINESS MEN WILE
HUNT WESTWARD, JUNE
BELLINGHAM, April 23. (>P)—A
party of big game hunters residing
in Seattle have made reservations on
the Steamship Catherine D, the can
nery vessel, which sails for Alaska
on May 1. The party comprises
Joshua Green, J. W. Eddy and E. I.
Garrett. They will land at Port Mol
ler.
JUDGE CLEGG RESIDENT
SEIM ns ISO
It was just twenty years ago, or,
to be exact, during the years of 1904
5-6, that Federal Judge Cecil H. Clegg
of the Fourth Division, was a resi
dent of Seward as United States Ass
istant District Attorney. His Honor
has passed thru the town innumer
able times since that period, but his
present trip to Seward, during which
time he is presiding over the brief
term of the District Court, has given
him the opportunity to once again
renew the friendships and acquain
tances of many years standing.
BOUND FOR KUSKOLINA
Word has been received that G. L.
Hurlock and Charles Simonsted, go
ing into the Kuskolina for the Alas
ka Pioneer Copper Company, will
leave Seattle on April 24. The com
pany is interested in a new develop
ment project for which Mr. Simonsted
is consulting engineer.
NEW DEPUTY APPOINTED i
J. M. Regan of Iliamna, has been i
appointed Deputy U. S. Marshal by '
Marshal Sullivan, and for a time will i
be stationed at the Valdez headquar- ]
ters.
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NEXT WEEK-CLEANUP
Whatever unselfish effort is put forth in civil
service brings to the citizens many times as great
a return.
There should be, and is, a feeling of satisfaction
to know that your neighbor appreciates a well kept
lawn, and sanitary conditions in the alley to the
rear of your premises; aside, from your own knowl
edge that accumulated refuse of winter is not a
breeding place for germs and the ever present Alas
ka humming bird, upon your own premises, there is
the added pleasure in knowing that your friends
and neighbors also receive protection through your
innate demand for cleanliness.
Seward is a “jewel in a perfect setting” to quote
that kindly hearted President who became a citizen
of Seward for one day.
Let us all take a hand in clean-up week and
demonstrate the self-respect we have ourselves, the
consideration of our neighbor, and the example to
young America.
The personal activity and expenditure of one of
our prominent residents in the parks at the foot of
the Kenai Road, or Broadway, is worthy of simula
tion.
A proof of this appreciation is to go and do like
wise. For you remember the adage about imitation
being a sincere form of flattery. We have a splen
did community, none better, so—“Make it Snappy.”
ALASKA MINING LAWS
IN NEED OF REFORM
ASSERTS E. MANLEY
ASSOCIATION LAW WOULD WORK
PROFITABLY TO TERRI
TORY’S BENEFIT
“We Alaskans should demand a re
form In our mining laws that will en
tourage the development of large
areas of fairly rich placer ground that
ire lying about neglected,” stated
Frank A. Manley, well known big
operator of the Interior who passed
:hru Seward the forepart of the wreek
sn route to his ground on Willow
creek, Iditarod district. “The trouble
with mining in Alaska today is that
it has been retarded, and will con
tinue to be held back, until the law
las been changed permitting associa
tions to stake.
“No one now can hardly afford to
grubstake anyone for one cannot stake
i sufficient amount of ground to jus
tify the expense and the chances one
takes. In other words, take a cheap
ir low grade creek; if you wanted
:o secure ample ground for operating
in any kind of a large scale you
would have to stay on the creek for
i year before enough ground is pro
cured to make it worth while to go
ihead with it, and cheap ground
seems to be all that is left. As an
example, take the ground I now pos
sess in the Iditarod. It cost me over
>3,000 to stake about 100 claims.
Hundreds of creeks and gulches that
lught to be worked, and that could
ie worked profitably under the asso
ciation law, now are producing noth
ing.”
Last season Mr. Manley construct
ed an eight and one-half mile ditch
in order to get a proper head of wa
ter for this season’s hydraulic opera
tions which will be carried on with
the aid of a huge drag-line outfit. Last
season he employed about 30 men
but he said about 12 would be all em
ployed this year.
LATOUCHE NORTH MAY 5
The freighter Latouche, of the Al
aska Steamship Company, sails north
from Seattle on May 5, carrying a
general cargo and explosives. This
announcement comes in ample time
for local merchants along the Alaska
Railroad belt to order last minute con
signments.
DLDTIMER STRICKEN PARALYSIS
Steve O’Neill, one of the earliest
)f the Pioneer stampeders to the In
ferior, was brought to Fairbanks last
week from the Kantishna district,
he victim of a paralytic stroke. He
las been placed in St. Joseph’s hos
>ital.
BASEBALL
National League.
Philadelphia 2, Boston 6.
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 3.
New York 11, Brooklyn 4.
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 5. (Called in
eleventh because of darkness.)
American League.
Chicago 11, St. Louis 7.
Boston 9, New York 8.
Washington 8, Philadelphia 2.
Detroit and Cleveland, rain.
Pacific-Coast League.
Seattle 2, Hollywood 2.
San Francisco 5, Oakland 1.
Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 5.
Portland 8, Missions 11.
JILL TEACHERS BEELEOTEB
EXCEPTION OF BURNETT
FOR COMING TERM
All teachers were re-appointed at
last evening’s meeting of the Seward
School Board with the exception of
Superintendent Guy D. Barnett, who,
it is reported, had made previous
plans to move back to the states. His
successor has not yet been named.
The teachers re-appointed for the
next school term were Miss Grace
Moulton, primary; Miss Ruth Eccles,
third and fourth grades; Miss Helen
Bevier, fifth and sixth grades; Miss
Elsie Hoffman, seventh and eighth
grades; Miss Minnie Rausch, commer
cial; T. R. McEwen, mathematics and
natural science, high school.
CULLING FOII BIDS TO
BUILD SCHOOL KENHI
According to an official communi
cation, the Territory of Alaska is
about to erect a fine school building
at Kenai, and is calling for bids on
the job. Bids are to be opened at
the office of the commissioner of ed
ucation at Juneau on May 5,
Plans and specifications for this
school may be obtained from U. S.
Commissioner C. R. Morford. The bids
are to be accompanied by a good and
sufficient bond in half the sum of the
bid.
Award to the successful bidder will
be cabled not later than May 8.
YUKON DUE SATURDAY 3 P. M.
The S. S. Yukon, will arrive in port
tomorrow afternoon at 5 o’clock, ac
cording to the local office of the Al
aska Steamship Company. The liner
has 55 tons of general cargo for local
merchants and 490 tons for rail ship
ment.
AROUSED CITIZENS
MOB TAKES PRISONER FROM
JAIL; WAS ACCUSED MUR
DER OF TWO MEN
GULFPORT, Miss., April 23.—Har
old Jackson was taken from the jail
at Poplarville and hanged by a mob.
He was accused of being implicated
in the deaths of J. A. McLemore and
W. M. Mingee, Federal Entomologists.
Jesse Favre was sentenced for life for
the murder of the Entomologists but
had testified Jackson fired the fatal
shots. Favre admitted he was pre
sent when the Entomologists were
killed and then robbed. Jackson was
arested soon after Favre, and was
held for two months in the jail here
but was not indicted by the Grand
Jury that indicted Favre. Jackson
was taken to Poplarville Tuesday for
trial to face the charge of murdering
Mrs. Emaline Pearson in 1924.
FOURTEEN TOURIST
PARTIES BOOKED
TO ALASKA. TO DATE
CRISWELL, AMERICAN EXPRESS
AND CRABTREE FEATURING
ALASKA TOURS
Fourteen tourist parties are already
booked for Alaska during the coming
summer and numerous others are
planning triph. The first of these,
the Criswell Alaska Tour A, composed
of 30 tourists, will arrive at Nenana
from Dawson, June 30. Following a
stop-over at McKinley Park they will
continue thru to Seward, then south.
A party of 25 from the Crabtree
Travel Service, Tour 2, of Oakland,
will arrive in Seward July 3, continue
on to Fairbanks and back to the coast
over the Richardson trail.
The American Express, Alaska Tour
D, a party of 20 will arrive in Seward
the first part cf August from Fair
banks via Cordova and the Richard
son trail.
Criswell’s Alaska Tour D, party of
30 tourists, will also reach Seward
from Fairbanks about the same time
as the party mentioned above.
The American Express Company’s
Alaska Tour A-8, of 20 people, will
arrive in Seward from Fairbanks the
latter part of July.
Another Criswell party of 30, Alas
ka Tour C, will arrive in Seward from
the Interior the latter part of July.
The Crabtree Travel Service, Tour
3, another party of 25, forming at Oak
land, Cal., will disembark from the
steamer at this port, then into Fair
banks and back to the coast over the
highway. It is believed this group
will arrive early in August.
Gillespie, Kenports & Beard of New
York City have a party of 25 tourists
who will arrive in Seward July 24
from Seattle. They will make the
highway trip back to Chitina and Cor
dova.
Criswell’s Alaska Tour E, a party
of 30, will arrive in Seward early in
August, leaving for Seattle from this
port.
Still another Criswell party on Tour
B, will reach Seward the first week in
August. There will be about 30 in
this party.
The Frank Tourist Co., • of New
York, will bring their first group of
20 people, to Seward on July 31, mak
ing the trip over the Alaska Railroad
to Fairbanks and out over the trail.
The American Express Company’s
Tour A-9, will arrive in Seward about
August 8, thence south from here.
There will be 20 in this party.
Tour A-10, American Express Com
pany, comprised of 20 tourists, will
reach Seward about August 2, from
Fairbanks.
Another American Express party of
20 will arrive September 6 from Fair
banks, going to Seattle from Seward.
QUAKE SMOTES SEWARD '
Small jolts followed up by gentle
tremors awoke many Seward citi
zens about 2 o’clock this morning
when an earthquake smote the earth’s
crust on this portion of the globe.
IMPORTANT PIONEER MEET!
Tonight at 8 o’clock, every member
of the Pioneer Order of Alaska, are
particularly requested to be present
at the special meeting at Odd Fellows
hall. Business of the utmost import
ance will come up for discussion and
it is vital a full representation be on
hand.
The report of the Grand Igloo ses
sion at Valdez, March 29 will be read,
but that which will be pleasing to all
will be the presence of Tony J. Di
mond, grand president.
SEATLE FUR OFFERS
Si BE UNUSUALLY
LARGE; El PRICES
FORTY-FIVE BUYERS ATTEND
AUCTION; AVERAGE PRICES
ARE LISTED
SEATTLE, April 23. (£»)—Offerings
at the fur auction were unusually
large at which 45 buyers attended.
Mink was the largest offering and
90 per cent were sold at the average
of $11.23; Red fox, averaged $17.00
and $18.00; inferior lots of White fox
brought the average dowrn to $33.73;
Blues improved the Cross w'hich were
weak and neglected; the Silver col
lection was poor and averaged $71.18;
Beaver improved and averaged $22.45;
Marten also neglected, averaged
$22.45; Ermine declined and averaged
$16.14; Muskrat was strong, averag
ing $1.28.
MAY DAY DANCE AFFAIR.
Will BE A GALA EVENT
Headway for the Fourth Annual
May Day Dance to be presented on
the evening of May 1, at Odd Fel
lows hall under the auspices of the
American Legion Auxiliary, is mak
ing splendid progress, according to
committee reports. Literally thou
sands of beautiful flowers have been
made from which, it is indicated, the
hall will be a perfect bower reflect
ing the spirit of spring. The special
program, wThich has been under w*ay
for some days past, is swinging into
splendid form and should please the
public when presented.
JESS LANDER NOW “DADDY”
Announcement is made that on
April 10th, there arrived in the fam
ily of Jess Lander, an eight pound
girl. Mrs. Lander and baby are at
Everett, Wash., and according to the
last telegram received by Mr. Lander
both were getting along very well.
FORMED SEWARD PEOPLE
AT M'CUTCHEON FUNERAL
Among the former Seward residents
who attended the funeral of Harold
E. McCutcheon, former Seward and
Anchorage resident, who died at Palo
Alto, Cal., April 1, were Mrs. E. O.
Sawyer, Mrs. Thos. Towle, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Woods, Leo Margules, Dr.
Sloane, Dr. Daggett, and Dr. Reed,
formerly of Anchorage.
BOY SCOUT NOTICE
The local troop of the Boy Scouts
will meet this evening at 7:30 o’clock
at the S. A. C. All members be pre
sent.
FORD YARD MOTOR
The Ford yard tractor at the Stand
ard Oil plant, which arrived about a
month ago, is generally the cause of
considerable comment when it is
viewed for the first time. They are
a common sight in the States and
are widely used, but Sew of them
have found their way into Alaska as
yet.
NOTICE
Meet me at the Liberty theater
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock and all
will be forgiven.
SALLY
ATHENS, Greece.—Dictator Panga
los recently sworn into office as presi
dent of the Greek Republic.
DETROITER HOPS OFF
TOMORROW IN SEARCH
FOR MISSING PUNE
MAJOR LAMPHIER WILL FLY DIR
ECT BARROW ASCERTAIN
WORD FROM WILKINS
FAIRBANKS, April 23. (£>)—Nana
announced the Detroiter would leave
early Saturday.
FAIRBANKS, April 23. (/P)—The
testing of the monoplane Detroiter’s
instruments have been completed.
The marine compass is similar to that
used in naval aviation and is being
installed, replacing the aviation com
pass, which was found to be faulty.
The flight will be made direct to
Point Barrow to determine whether
Captain Wilkins is there or whether
he reported there. If not the plane
will return to Fairbanks, refueling
immediately, to penetrate the ice
pack. The sky is cloudless and no
breeze prevails. Calm weather is re
ported general throughout the North.
IMPOSSIBLE ELECT
ROLE OFFICE MEN
CHICAGO MAYOR MAKES FRANK
STATEMENT TO THE SEN
ATE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, April 23. (^—Ma
yor Dever of Chicago told the Senate
Prohibition Committee it was impos
sible under present conditions to elect
able men in the large cities as a re
sult of the prohibition controversy,
and said in some Chicago wards the
Dries couldn’t be elected to the City
Council while in other wards the case
was just the opposite.
SIX CENTS FOR BROTHER
AND $64,000 FOR FOLKS
AWARDED SIX YEAR BOY
QUESNAL, B. C., April 23. (£>)—
Word received of six cents damages
for the death of his brother and $64,
000 for the loss of his parents and
injuries to himself was awarded to
Tommy Ross, aged six, living -at Wil
liams Lake, B. C., with an uncle.
The New Jersey Supreme Court de
cided against the Pennsylvania rail
road holding the line responsible for
the accident in 1923 when a Pennsyl
vania train collided with an automo
bile driven by the boy’s father, kil
ling the trio.
PUBLIC CAUTIONED NOT
PURCHISE MOTOR SHIRK
Circulars from a Minneapolis house
containing a plan to make a bushel
of money quickly has reached Sew
ard. The Eastern concern offers to
sell Canadian Ford shares at $10 a
unit or $1,000 a share. Papers from
other Alaskan towns and Outside
cities all advise the public to pro
ceed with caution in investigating in
these shares. One exchange goes so
far to explain that the Minneapolis
house will make $421 profit immedia
tely upon receipt of $1,000 from a
client.
MINING CASE STILL UP
Yesterday was taken up entirely, in
the local term of the District Court,
by Attorney Dimond and Attorney
Reed in arguing before the Court,
the Primrose mine case. The argu
ments were continued this morning
but will probably be completed this
afternoon.
ALAMEDA SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, April 23. (£>)—'The S. S.
Alameda sailed this morning for
southeastern ports carrying 75 pas
sengers. C. A. Schonaker is booked
thru to Seward with a stop-over at
Juneau.