Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 213.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Big Game Guide of
21 Years Ago, Same
Capacity Today
CHARLES MADSEN, HEAD OF KODIAK GAME
ASSOCIATION, WITH ASSISTANTS, HERE TO
MEET BIG GAME PARTY ON BOARD YACHT
“WESTWARD” FOR FIFTY DAY HUNT HERE
AND IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA—HUNTED
WALRUS IN EARLY DAYS WHEN COMMAND
ED FAMOUS ARCTIC-SIBERIAN TRADING
SCHOONER “SEA WOLF.”
Twenty-one years ago, almost to a day, Charles
Madsen, now field manager of the Kodiak Guides As
sociation, arrived in Seward as head guide for a hunt
ing expedition of Austrian noblemen, headed by Baron
Rudolp Ritter Von Guttman.
Some of the older residents of Seward will, no
doubt, recall the commodious Norwegian steamer “Tran
sit” which arrived here with the party in September,
1919. The “Transit” was especially outfitted for the ex
pedition and chartered by Baron Von Guttman in Vic
toria, B. C. Capable of making 13 knots and of about
4,000 tons displacement, she was a floating palace for
the hunters. At a cost of $750 a day, for the bare char
ter, the party proceeded to Nome and there secured the
services of Mr. Madsen as head guide for a polar bear
and walrus hunt in the Siberian Arctic.
At that time Mr. Madsen was an extensive fur trad
er along the Siberian coast and as a side issue also
hunted walrus for the market with his power schooner
the “Sea Wolf” which he had built especially strong to
withstand the Arctic ice pack.
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GOVERNMENT HOLD
CHIEF OF CLERK OF DRY OF
FICE INSTRUCTED TO BRING
TO COURT, CERTAIN RECORDS
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. (/Pi—With th~
cross examination of Hubbard ap
proaching a conclusion the govern
ment expected to call Olmsted,
head of the former Puget Sound
* Ring, to the stand today.
Defense attorneys subjected Hub
bard to a rigid cross examination
and repeatedly pointed out dis
crepancies between the testimony
he gave at former trials and testi
mony given in the present case.
Defense attorneys clashed with
the government counsel when they
charged the government was wit>
holding important public docu
ments wanted by the defense.
Howard Snodgrass, chief clerk of
the Prohibition ofice, was called to
the stand where he testified he
was unable to make a complete
search of the records. He was ex
cused by the court with instruc
tions to look up the records and
to report later.
air mail loss
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (/P)_
Air mail postage cfci a piece of
mining machinery flown from
Ohio to Chile totaled S580, but the
machinery forestalled closing
down of a plant with a les sof sev
f eral thousands of dollars.
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SUCCESSFUL HUNT
After a very successful hunt
among the treacherous ice floes
the party headed south along the
Siberian coast and after taking
| a large collection of specimens of
big game, birds and fish, the Si
berian hunt was concluded in
Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka
Peninsula.
The “Transit” then steamed
along the Aleutian chain and did
>not come to a stop until they
reached Portage Bay on the Alas
ka Peninsula. There some caribou
and bear trophies were taken and
after stopping for a few hours at
'Lighthouse Rocks, ,‘ust outside of
Chignik, for a few specimens of
sea lion, the party proceeded to
(Seward for a moose and sheep
j hunt on the Kenai Peninsula.
'Here the hunters got some ex
cellent trophies and left Seward
very much pleased.
FORMED ASSOCIATON
! At the outbreak of the World
i War Mr. Madsen discontinued his
Siberian fur trading and moved
| south to the Alaska Peninsula
i where he was appointed special
pohce and game warden by Gov
ernor Strong. In 1918 he volun
tarily resigned and moved to Ko
diak where he became engaged in
| the mercantile business. The call
of the wilderness, however, was
hard to resist and after an un
, successful career as a merchant,
he organized the Kodiak Guides
Association, which is composed of
business men, guides, packers and
cooks of the Ko'diak-Afognak
Island group. Being a lover and
student of wild life and with his
knowledge of the guiding profess
ion, he was unanimously elected
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HOPES TO FIND WAY TO IN
CREASE TONNAGE OR RE
DUCE OPERATING COST
CORDOVA, Aug. 20. pP)—Senator
Howell of Nebraska declared him
self in favor of the railroad but
sees “abandonment unless a change
is made ”
Referring to the annual deficit
Howell declared he could see the
|time when Congress would not pass
Ian appropriation bill to continue
operation.
“I am told there are 8,000 per
sons living along the railroad and
of these there are 4,000 in one way
or another connected with the rail
road. So we have an Investment of
$72,000,000 operating at an actual
deficit of nearly $1,000,000 a year
to serve these 4,000.
“Where else in the United States
!ar we treating our people so gen
ierous’y. I favor public ownership”
He said he hoped to find ways to
crease tonnage or reduce the oper
ating expense of the railroad.
LITTLE PROSPECTS
Till
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TOO EARLY NOW TO BEGIN TO
TALK ABOUT TAX SITUATION,
SAYS ANDREW MELLON....
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (£>) —
Treasury officials see little pros
pects maintaining next year in the
reduction of one per cent on in
jcome taxes as allowed this year as
an emergency measure by Congress.
Congressional action is necessary
to extend the reduction over an
other year unless action is taken
at the short session beginning next
December.
1 Tax rates enacted in 1928 apply
| to next year’s taxes. While the out
look is not regarded as hopeful for
| a lower tax scale, Melon said, it is
too early to begin talking with any
j definiteness about the tax situa
tion.
USU NORTHBOUND
FROM SEME WITH
SEATTLE. Aug. 21 (/Pi—The S.
S. Alaska of the A. S. S. Co. sailed
at nine and carried 23 passengers;
No steerage. Nine passengers are
for Seward as folows:
Mrs. C. H. Perrine, Myrtle Wood,
Fred Getchel, C. W. Minaker, A.
Schmidt, Dr. A. R. Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. V. C. Reynolds, and
Mrs. A. G. Sterne.
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167, Radio 40, Cons. Gas 105, Cit
ies 27, Carbide 74, Motors 44.
Committee Looking
to Future Alaska
Railroad Belt
BEAUTIFUL BAY GREETS INCOMING SENATORS
AND DESTROYERS—AND OTHER DISTIN
GUISHED VISITORS. CONGRESSMEN CON
TINUE ON TO THE INTERIOR BUT THE DES
TROYERS’ OFFICERS AND CREWS WILL BE
GUESTS OF THE CITY FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS
—mayor p. c. McMullen extends wel
COMES-OTHER PROMINENT LOCAL CITI
ZENS ON HAND TO GREET PARTY—RECREA
TION PLANNED FOR OFFICERS AND CREWS
OF WASMUTH AND PERRY.
Senator Howell as the head of the investgating
Committee visited the Gateway office early this morn
ing. The Senator recalled his former visit to Alaska and
trip over the railroad to Fairbanks, incidentally express
ing his regret that of that former Senatorial party,
Senators Warren, Ladd, and Jones of New Mexico had
passed beyond. Senator Howell paid a marked tribute to
| Senator Robinson, candidate for vice-president at the
I last election, a member of the London conference, also
of the 1923 Senatorial party.
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Upon inquiry Senator Howell dis
cussed briefly private ownership as
contrasted with public ownership,
stated his personal attitude in gen
eral terms and made the direct an
nouncement that the committee
was looking to the future relative
to the Alaska Railway project; that
| public hearings would be held upon
the return of the Committee to
Seward; information was desired as
| to the future growth of the sur
rounding country and its possibili
ties.
He made it very clear that con
|structive suggestions would be very
j welcome, thereby giving rise to the
(inference that matters of the past,
ior matters in the way of criticism
(would not be welcome.
THOMAS AND KENDRICK
Senator Thomas and Senator
Kendrick were much interested in
(the mineral possibilities of Kenai
I Peninsula and asked many very
pointed questions relative thereto
from some of the people of the City
who had gathered to welcome the
distinguished statesmen.
The whole personal of the,
committee made a very favorable
impression upon all who came in j
contact with them this morning. Ail j
the senators spoke warmly in '*p- J
predation of the magnificent bay,;
and the appearance of the City of
I Seward.
THE HOME TORT
Seward will be the home port
for many days to come for the
destroyers Wasmuth and Perry,
if present plans are not changed,
stated Comdr. L. L. Hunter, U. S.
Navy, senior officer, and the res
idents of Seward are extended a
most cordial invitation by Lt.
Cmdr. E. H. Quinlan, and himself,
to visit their ships; open house j
will be held between the hours of
1 and 4:30 p. m.
It is planned to overhaul the j
ships while here and possibly hold
gunnery practice outside the Cape.
Today, both boats are took on oil,
supplies.
I as long as the vessels remain
[alongside of the government dock
two-thiirds of the crews will be
permitted to come ashore. On the
other hand should they be compell
ed to anchor in the bay, only one
third of the crews will be per
mitted shore-leave each day.
It is hoped that during their
stay in port an excursion to some
nearby point on the Alaska may
be arranged but both officers and
crews expect to have their share
of the excellent fishing, hunting
when the season opens in a few
days, and local recreation such as
golfing, tennis, swimming, etc.
Several cars have been turned,
over to the visitors by citizens so
that they may view a real scenic
country—the Seward-Kenai Lake
Highway.
Rear Admiral Coontz, former
Comdr. of the 13th Naval District,
set foot for the first time in Sew
ard but he was in this vicinity 40
years ago. Ever a friend of Alaska,
Rear Admiral Coontz has a distin
guished record in the annals of
Naval history.
Rear Admiral Coontz accompa
nied the Senators to the Interior
as did also Frank McManamy,
chairman of the interstate com
merce commission and the var
ious attaches.
Commanders Hunter and Quin
lan are the kind of men whom one
forms an instataneous liking.
NAVY PILOT ANSELL
Capt. W. C. Ansell, Navy pilot,
but for over 30 years an Alaskan
heart and soul, is aboard the Was
muth. Among his many old
friends whom he met today were
Chas. Jansen, local manager for
the San Juan Fishing & Packing
Co,, and Capt. O. A. Johanson,
one of Alaska’s most noted mar
iners. It has been a number of
since he has been in Seward but
from what his friends say he has
lost none of his ‘booster’ spirit.
U. S. S. WASMUTH (338)
Named in honor of Private
Henry Wasmuth, U. S. M. C. Died
January 17, 1865.
He was attached to the United
States flagship POWHATAN and
displayed conspicuous bravery in
an attack on Fort Fisher, N. C. on
January 15, 1865. During a shore
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