Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASS< 'h\ I'EB PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 255.
ARD, ALAS]. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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GEORGE B. GRIGSBY DEMANDS
THE RIGHT OF ALASKANS
TO EXPRESS OWN DESIRES
DO WE WANT A CHANGE?
DO YVE WANT TO GET OUT OF THE RUT?
OR ARE ALASKANS SATISFIED?
DO WE WANT CONTROL OF RESOURCES?
DOES ALASKA WANT FEDERAL CONTROL?
OR ‘DO YOU WANT HOME RULE!”
Such in brief was the big question presented by
George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Delegate
to Congress to the voters of Seward last night befoie
a large gathering of Seward citizens at the Liberty
theater. In a cool, judgmatical manner he hurled a
number of questions at Seward voters who seemed to
feel the earnestness of the man who desires the light
to represent this Territory at Washington; they seem
ed to wish to give him that right for they followed
i every word he uttered, breaking into applause at \ut
ious' enlightening remarks, evincing keen interest at
certain quick changes in his conversational turn ot
subjects.
PLANE DISPATCHED
IB BARROW FOR
INSANE ESKIMO
ARCTIC RESIDENTS WILL RE
CEIVE MAIL MONTHS
EARLIER
NOME. Oct., 10. (JP)—'The Mar
shal's office is dispatching a
plane with Bill Graham as the
pilot to Point Barrow to bring
here an insane Eskimo in order
i-o make connection with the
last steamer for Seattle.
The Eskimo is described as a
big, powerful and vicious fellow.
Deputy Marshal Cremer and
Guard Cliff Allan will go with
the plane. It is a hazardous trip
because of the season’s storms.
The plane will carry mail,
fresh meat, fruits, watermelons;
some of the residents of Barrow
have been without fruit for
three years.
Stops will be made at Kot
zebue, Point Hope and Wain
wright. This will be the first
lime mail from here has been
delivered to those points and
under ordinary circumstances
mail would have not reached
them before New Year.
CREIT ERA OF
PROSPERITY 0U[
BOSTON, Oct., 11, (JP)—James
J. Davis, secretary of labor, ad
dressing the federation of labor
4 -ronvention, predicted an era of
prosperity “surpassing perhaps
all former periods of prosperity.” j
William Green, president of!
ihe federation pledged to do all
:n his power to drive labor rack
rteers from organizations.
ALASKA HIGHWAY
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 10, (A5)—
Governors from six Mexican
states and officials from Wash
ington, California and Oregon,
will meet here October 15 for
three days to discuss the exten
sion of the International High
way which is to start in Alaska
and end in Mexico.
It was a cool, judicial, un
biased exposition of reasons why
the Democratic candidate should
be elected Delegate to Congress
Mr. Grigsby’s address was grate
fully received as a relief from
familiar campaign dirt. All whc
had expected to listen to nox
ious remarks were disappointed
yet it is assumed they breathed
easier and listened more in
tently.
After presentation by P. C
McMullen who said he was pre
senting a couple of good Demo
crats to Seward, H. H. McCut
cheon of Anchorage, who u
candidate for Representative tc
the Legislature from this Divi
sion, made a short talk to the
effect he had known George
Grigsby in Nome and ever since
and was proud in extolling his
public career.
The paramount need of Alaska
is home rule, Grigsby stated
and in every platform of the
Democratic National Committee
for the last decade, and more
that plank has been in theii
platform.
There is an issue in this cam
paign, he asserted, in forcefu
terms; the present, unprogessive
system, and so-called fish trap
leasing bill of Wickersham’s v:
Grigsby’s home rule platform
wihch would -give Alaskans the
same rights of local governmenl
enjoyed by other terr i t o r i e :
in the conduct of their laws anc
control of resources. When the
Alaska voters go to the poll;
it is Washington which ha;
laid down the law as to who maj
and may not vote; not the Alas
ka legislature, as other legisla
tures have the right to enaci
laws and regulations for theii
own people.
“The present delegate has de
cided to take a rest so he want;
to turn it over to Wickersham,’
Mr. Grigsby said. “Wickershan
declares he wants to round oui
his career with this next term
I suppose when his two year:
pass, providing he is elected
he would pass it back to th<
present delegate so that he car
round out his career. Well, 1
would like to round out mj
career, too.”
He declared his Republican op
ponet was unworthy of bein£
honred by another term in Con
gress; that he had sold his poli
tical influence to interests. H<
protested that where the Repub
lican administration is now de
vising ways and means to creat<
(Please turn to Pase Two)
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Democratic Candidate for Del
icate tc Congress from Alaska.
Pile PITS ILL
STILUS Fin
STOPS PITOTS
LOWER RECORDS REACHED
THAN CHAOTIC TIMES
LAST YEAR
NEW YORK. Oct., 11. (/P>—
The suspension of business of
| the brokerage firm o| Prince &
j Whitely which has been meet
j ing its obligations for many
| years, was a severe shock to an
! already invalid market and
threw Wall Street into a near
panic that completely upset the
stock market and sen1 prices
plunging to levels even lower
’ than were reached bp some in
I the great panic of November last
year.
II The news precipitated a huge
! selling wave that swept every
; thing before it. Such leading is
• sues as U. S. Steel Common end
American Telephone went below
■ their deepest of las: year. A
, | turnover of 5.050,600 shares re
1 suited which was the greatest
since the fluvry of June 18. The
, final composite price for 90
' | leading shares was 140.3 or equal
| to the lowest mark of last year
i which was reached November 13.
. I Prince & Whitely are the
■ most prominent house to have
collapsed in recent years and
; the result was felt all over the
,! nation.
IISMIO sn UK
1 OF GRAZING LAND
SEATTLE, Oct., 11, (/P)—The
Alaska reindeer industry is head
ed toward prosperity and pro
per control, Eri ' st Walker Saw
yer, personal i nresentative of
Secretary Wilbui said upon his
return here froi a survey pre
cipitated by cha ges of Seattle,
former government teacher in
Alaska, who said private inter
ests were taking the industry
from the Eskimo< s by a confis
catory policy.
Sawyer refused to comment
upon Andrews charges but said
he found confusion in manage
ment and lack of money for op
eration and lack of market fac
ilities.
The shortage of grazing land
was the greatest government
problem. He left for California
enroute to Washington where he
will present his findings.
SOME COMPARISONS IN CLIMATE
The people of Seward have long known that they
dwell in the “banana belt” of Alaska. On the southern
tip of Kenai peninsula, looking out upon the broad ex
panse of the Japan current as it moves steadily along
from the tropic seas, they are conscious of their fav
ored location, proud of the purity and healthfulness of
j their stimulating climate.
But, thankful as they are, it gives them a “grand
j and glorious feeling” to wrake up some fine morning to
discover that the government of the United States in
j official documents is spreading the knowledge of SewT
| ard’s advantages in climatic condition to all the world.
; And that is exactly the good work that Uncle Sam is
: doing, as an incidental part of the dissemination of in
formation by the Weather Bureau about climate in all
parts of the continent of North America.
In a summary of “Climatological Data of Alaska”
recently published by 'the Climatological Division of
I the Weather Bureau at Washington, and also in a
“Bulletin of Soil Survey of the Kenai Peninsula” is
sued by the Agricultural Department, covering periods
j of years ranging from four to twrenty. In different lo
calities, comparisons are made of climatic conditions
I in Seward, Cordova, Valdez, Sunrise, Kenai, Anchor
! age, Fairbanks and other settlements where official
j observations have been kept. Th comparisons cover
such items as temperatures by the days of each month,
! number of clear days in the year, number of. partly
clear days, number of cloudy days, rainy days, and the
' mean average of temperatures for the months and for
the year.
In nearly every comparison, Seward stands at the
i top for number of clear days, average temperature and
| every other factor that contributes to make good ch
, mate.
Under the heading of “Average number oi clear
I and partly clear, cloudy days and days with rain or
snow,” tables are given by the Weather Bureau with
these results:
Average number of clear days in year:—Seward
; 144; Cordova 91; Valdez 9(5; Kenai 134; Sunrise 109;
Fairbanks 124; (Anchorage not given, but it is in the
same climate as Sunrise.)
Average number of partly cloudy days in the
year:—Seward 69; Cordova 83; Kenai 83; Valdez 83;
Sunrise 72; Fairbanks 108. (Anchorage not given.)
Average number of cloudy days in year:—Seward
152; Cordova 181; Valdez 186; Kenai 148; Sunrise 184;
Fairbanks 133; (Anchorage not given.)
Highest temperature for year:—Seward 88; Cor
dova 87; Valdez 84; Sunrise 79; Anchorage 87; Fair
banks 95.
Lowest temperature for year:—Seward -12; Cor
| dova -4; Valdez -17; Sunrise -29; Anchorage -36; Fair
! banks -65.
Average number of days in year with maximum
of 70 degrees and above:—Seward 13; Cordova 7; Val
! dez 7; Anchorage 9; Fairbanks, not given.
Mean average daily temperature for year:—Sew
ard 39.3; Cordova 41.2; Valdez 36.5; Kenai 33.3; Sun
| rise 41.2; Anchorage 32.5; Fairbanks 25.6.
Average number of days in year below zero: Sew
ard 7; Cordova 2; Valdez 15; Anchorage 59; Fairbanks
not given.
The weather Bureau compares these averages
with the corresponding averages in St. Louis, Chicago,
North Dakota and Montana, with surprising results
in favor of the Alaska towns.
And at most points Seward stands out conspic
uously among its neighbors as the best in general
warm weather, the best in the least number of cold
days, and the best in the daily mean average of tern
weather conditions.
It’s fine to live‘in the “banana belt. _
RULED OFF TURF
LONDON, Oct., 11, (/P)-Trainer
Charles Chapman, of Lavant Sus
i sex, was ruled off turf for dop
ing “Don Pat” at Kimpton Park,
August 13
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WINS OVER CALIFORNIAN
LONDON, Oct., 11, (/P)-L. Har
i bey, British middleweight cham
1 pion won 15-round decision over
Dave Shade, former California i
1 fighter.
NORTHWESTERN SAIS
SEATTLE, Oct. 11. (/P)—The SS
Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock
this morning and carried 58 pas
sangers and seven steerage. Of
these, eighth are listed for Seward.
Thy include W- F. Libral, F. A Gep
ner, H. T. Dominici, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Crosson, Mrs. A. H. McDonald,
Chas. Price and baby. There are
also six steerage passengers for Se
ward.