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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 128.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
By FLBRV ms
STRONG APPFAL
ALASKA BROADCAST OVER N.
B. C. BRINGS A FLOOD
OF REQUESTS
“Agriculture and Forestry in Al
aska,” a radio talk delivered in
Washington by Commissioner Chas.
H Flory and broadcast over the
N. B. C. network of 35 stations has
proved to be one of the most popu
lar talks put out by the depart
ment. according to advices receiv
ed at the office of Commissioner
Flory.
Requests for printed copies have
oeen received in the Washington
offics from 25 states scattered from
the Atlantic States to the Rocky
Mountains. Persons living in Wyo
ming. Michigan, Indiana. New Jer
sey. Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado,
New York. Kansas, Missouri, Gecr
gia, Connecticut. M i n n e sota
M a r y 1 a n d. Iowa, North Car
olina. Rhode Island. South Dakota,
Mississippi, Texas, and Oklahoma
nave requested copies, expressing
•.nterest in the Territory and a de- ;
sire to get more information about j
TEXT OF ADDRESS
The address, which is of interest
to Alaskans, follows:
“Alaska, America’s last frontier,
.s a land of surprises.
“There is no region under the
American flag which is less un
derstood today than that vast Ter
ritory of ours in the Far North,
•mown as the Land of the Midnigh
Sun.’
“The very name 'Alaska’ immed
iately pictures in the minds of
many of you a frozen land covered
with perpetual snow and ice, in
habited only by polar bears and Es- i
■cimos.
“But Alaska has something be
sides fur-clad Eskimos, dog-teams
and 65 below zero.
“Alaska is a world in the variety
of its climates, its lands, its waters
and its resources. It has nearly as
many islands as the Empire of Ja- j
pan and a vast continental main- 1
Land with great mountain ranges
and valleys; rolling plateaus and
great lowland plains. There are na
vigable streams many thousands of
miles in length. Contrary to popu
lar conception its deep protectd ,
harbors ar open to navigation at a1! ,
times of the year with the one ex
ception at Nome on Bering sea
“It is a land where the white ,
man wi thhis family can live in j
comfort with the most of eonven- !j
rences and many of the opportuni- |<
ties found in the older and more!,
settled communities in the states. !
a
s
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CLIMATE IS VARIED
“It is an Empire equaling in size
a fifth of the area of the continen- <
tal United States, and is far flung <
in extent that if it could be lifted 1
up bodily and placed on top of our 1
Union, the waters of the Atlantic f
would bathe it on the East while 1
the Pacific Ocean would break up
on the shore of the Aleutian Is
lands.
“In some parts it has winters as t
mild as those of Virginia and in §
others the winters are no more se- U
irere than those of Montana or £
North Dakota v It has summers as c
hot at midday as in parts of Cali
fornia and so comfortable cool at
night that one welcomes blankets.
“It has seasons when the sun c
shines at midnight and the chick- .?
ens do not know when to go to11
roost and winter days so short and jr
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FIND CZAR’S DIARY
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I
! LENINGRAD, June 4, (/^—Man
uscripts found in the Pavlov and
Alexandroff palaces at Tsarskoe
Selo, included four diaries of the
late Czarina Alexandra Fiodorovna
and a diary kept by Nicholas 1 in
1856.
USE STILE !T USEE
i IONIA, Mich. June 4. (/?>—'The
capture in a rye field of the three
men who attempted to hold up
another freight train bound for
Owisso, Michigan, reduced to four
the numer of inmates who are
still at large after the break from
the State Hospital for Criminal
Insane.
The men, when captured, of
fered no resistance.
DENIES RUMORS
LONDON, June 4, (/P)—Ambassa
dor Dawes, while preparing to sail
for the United States, reiterated
that despite all rumors of his in
tention to resign, he would be back
on hte job after a month’s vaca
tion. I
REPORT REVEALS
SPOKANE, June 4, (IP)—'The al
most amazing quality of the ore in
the VLernecke mines of the Tread
well Yukon Co., in the Yukon Ter
ritory is levealed by the report cf
P. R Bradley, consulting engineer:
“On the Silver King group two
shafts have been started and one
has been advanced 24 fe tail in
frozen surface muck ana gravel.
I he No 2 shaft was also in frozen
muck ana gravel for the first 40
feet. Then for 20 feet came high
grade shipping ore assaying 397
ounces of silver, 284 percent lead
and 7.9 percent zinc. Below this
came ore of a lower grade, assaying
112 ounces of silver and 21.3 per
cent lead.
“The shafts are 400 feet apart
and within this distance along the
vein it is expected to mine, sack
and have ready for shipment 2,500
tons of ore by spring. On March
1. 1930, the No. 2, shaft had been
sunk to a depth of 100 feet. The i
average width of the ore from the
40-foot level to the 100-foot level1
is 5-2 feet and the average assay
is 184.7 ounces of silver, 23 3 per
cent lead and 8.8 percent zinc”.
The ore referred to by Mr. Bradl!
ley will reach the Bunker Hill j
Smelter at Kellogg, Idaho, this!
summer.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Collins at Fairbanks was the scene :
a pretty wedding recently when i
Mrs. Eunice McIntosh became the I
bride of Reese C. Collins. Mrs.
Sadie Hart and Eddie Dahl were
bridal attendants.
It is a curious concept that all
ihe principles that were found by
;reat masters of American journal
sm two or three generations back
ire necessarily inapplicable in this
lay.
S. R. Capps and F. H. Moffit, in
:harge of the geologic parties
vhich will study mineral deposits p
n the vicinity of the Alaska Rail-! z
oad, arrived in Seward this mom- h
ng on the S. S. Alaska. z
KING, QUEEN, PRINCES AND
MANY AMERCANS WERE
SPECTATORS
EPSOM DOWNS. June 4. (JP) —
Before a vast throng which in
cluded the king, queen, and prin
ess and many Americans, the Aga
Khan, Indian prince, now living
in France, won the derby on the
colt Blenheim, ridden by Jockeg
Wrangg.
Blenheim was a length ahead
of Sommerville, Tattersa’ls, liad,
and the favorite Diolete, being two
lengths behind.
Blenhiem’s time was two, thirty
eight and one fifth.
Mrs. D. O. Kennedy, who has
been outside for some time, return
ed on the S. S. Alaska this morning
enroute to her home in Anchorage.
Mr. Kennedy, prominent Anchor
age business man, came to Seward
on one of the last trains to meet
Mrs- Kennedy.
J.EME KGDIIK
KODIAK, June 3, (Special to the
Gateway)—The call of the sea has
In addition to those fishermen who
have gone to the Westward and
surrounding canneries Nels Chris
tensen has taken his motorship
Acorn to Williams Bay. Jimmy
Peterson has gone with him- They
wall fish for the new company there
known as the William Bay Packing
Co. This company is backed by two
well-knowm seamen, Pete Wall of
the Attu and John Thorwig, who
was formerly manager of a canning
plant at Anchorage.
Bryan Thorsheim, who has been
barber in Kodiak, has heard the
call of the sea. In order that there
will be no over-stuffed mattresses
in Kodiak, Tommy Jasper has con
sented to clip the locks of Kodiak’s
fairest. He has barbered at La
touche and Seward. Thorsheim
and Charles Bowker left on the
Eider to be engaged with the fish
commission for the summer.
The S. S. Starr wall arrive in Sew- :
ard Saturday, June 7, according to !
a wireless dispatch received from
Squaw Harbor.
I BASEBALL |*
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YESTERDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 13; Chicago 7.
Philadelphia 4; St. Louis 1.
Washington 8; Detroit 4.
Boston 3; Cleveland 8.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5; Brooklyn 6.
Chicago 15; Boston 2.
Cincinnati 1; New York 9.
St. Louis 11; Philadelphia 10.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 4; Seattle 5.
Missions 11; San Francisco 4
Hollywood 2; Los Angeles 3.
Sacramento at Portland post
poned on account of rain.
The S. S. Alaska, Captain C. V.
Westerlund commanding, which
arrived in port early this morning,
will depart for the South tonight
at 9 o’clock.
DETECTIVE DIES
i CAMBRIDGE, June 4. (£>)—De
' tective Sergeant Willis died from
wounds received yesterday when
D. N. Potts, undrgraduate, shot
and killed A. F. R. Wollaston, tu
tor and famous explorer.
HLMUd! numm
TACOMA, June 4. (JP)—Lumber
| production in the Douglas fir re
| gion is expected to be 55 to 60
; per cent normal during the next
two or three months it is iinbkely
that it will rise much above a
higher fiugre for the remainder
of the year.
A survey of production plans
was discussed at a meeting of the
West Coast Lumber industry and
it showed that the rail trade
j areas apparently need lumber but
are hesitating in buying as long
as the values are unstable.
SELECTED NAVAL AID
WASHINGTON, June 4. (/P>—
Capt. Charles R. Train, commander
of the Battleship Utah, has heen
selected as Naval Aid to President
Hoover. He succeeds Captain Allen
Buchanan who is to become Naval
War College Chief at New Port.
SEIM SENSATION
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 4, (/Pi—
Helen Madison, Seattle, swimming
sensation, added 400 yard free style
inddor American swimming record
to her long list of aquatic feats
when she negotiated the distance
in five minutes and six and one
fifth seconds.
The former record of five min
utes and 14 seconds was made by
[Martha Norelius of New York.
Miss Madison competed against
time sanctioned. She was timed by
Ameiican Amateru Athletic offi
cials.
Despite a late spring Cupid has
his arrow out- As witness two wed
dings in which the knots were tied
by U. S. Commissioner Stowe at
Kodiak. Floyd Olsen, who is a
rancher four miles north of Kodi
ak, married Florence Shuralof of
Kodiak. Alfred Anderson of Uyak
and Annie Reft of Karluk were
married in Kodiak.
MANY PASSENGERS
ON CIRCLE Gin TOUR
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The passengers who arrived in
Seward from Seattle included A.
i Lindahl, J. Johnson, W. Bergen,
i Mrs. D. O. Kennedy, May Rom
erger, S. R. Capps, F. H. Moffit,
Mrs. C. M. Cravey, Fred C Pence,
Mrs. Sophia Washburn, G. W.
Pearson, Miss R. Forest, Miss E.
M. Ard, Mrs. Pence, P. C. Caisen.
Those arriving in Seward who
will make the Circle City Tour
included O. Wallis, Miss Ames,
Mrs. P. Humason, E. E. Sheets,
H. I. Plumb, Miss S. Fay Milner,
W. F. Crist, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs.
Wallis, Mrs. A. M. Richards, Mrs. j
W. T. Syester, Mrs. Sheets, W. W. j
Perry, L. W. Hempill, Mrs. Crist,!
W. B. Dennis, Mrs. Ames, Francis!
Beverly Mix, W. T. Syester, Mrs. H. ’
I. Plumb, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Hemp- !
hill, C. W. Stewart, Mrs. Dennis.
The S. S. Starr is scheduled to
depart on its next voyage to the
Westward, Monday June 16.
CARRY ON EXPLORATORY. RE
CONNAISSANCE, GEOLOGIC
AND TOPOGRAPHIC WORK
The Department of Interior an
nounces plans for surveys that
I will be conducted in Alaska the
l coming season by field parties
of the Geological Survey, in con
| tinuance of the investigation of
' Alaska’s mineral resources. The
projects include exploratory, re
connaissance geologic and topo
j graphic surveys in several parts
Iof the Territory and a more de
tailed examination of certain
tracts and mineral comodities.
In Southeastern Alaska a to
pographic party, in charge of R.
H. Sargent, will continue the airial
mapping of parts of the region ad
jacent to Ketchikan. The field
work of this party will be much
facilitated by the use of pictures
of that tract taken from air
planes by the Navy Department at
the request of the Interior Depart
ment and the Department of Agri
culture. The complete photo
: graphing of Southeastern Alaska
by the Navy expedition has fur
nished the Geological Suivey with
(nearly 50,000 pictures which will
drainage maps of that region.
; serve as the basis for compiling
These pictures will be worked up
into preliminary maps as rapidly
as funds and personnel permit,
I and then parties on the ground
wil complete the topographic map
ping. The surveys mad by Mr.
Sargnt- this summer will com
plete a tract of aout 2 000 square
miles that has thus be*.in course
of survey for the last several
years.
Another project in Southeastern
Alaska will consist of mineral
investigations in the newly dis
covered lode in the vicinity of
Taku river, east of Juneau. This
work will be assigned to B. D.
Stewart, supervising mining eng
ineer, whose headquarters are at
Juneau. If time permits Mr. Stew
art will also carry on general
studies of mineralization in the
Juneau and Chichagof region.
In South-Central Alaska two
geologic parties—one in charge of
F. H. Mofit and the other in the
charge of S. R. Caps, who arriv
ed in Seward this morning— will
study mineral deposits in the vi
cinity of of the Alaska Railroad
that may be productive of ton
nage for the road. Much of the
time will be spent in th Kantish
ina rgion, where lodes of silver
lead, gold, and other metals have
long been known. The principal
work of the Capps party will con
sist of surveys in the vicinity of
Broad Pass and the head of the
Chulitna river, where mineralized
areas have long been known but
have not heretofore been fully
studied. The two parties will also
conduct surveys In other mining
camps adjacent to the railroad,
so far as time and other condi
tions permit.
In Southwestern Alaska a topo
graphic exploratory and reconn
aissance party in charge of Gerald
Fitzgerald will conduct surveys in
the large unmapped tract north
:>f Nushagak and Dillingham. This
project is undertaken primarily to
obtaining general information re
garding this tract and to deter
mine the best means for carry
ing on furher surveys there. Little
s known regrading the potential
nineral resources of this tract, but
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