Hewnrd B nily Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OIL WELL SPOUTS
ON GUS BORGEN S
CLAIM, ARIZONA
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Telegram Received in Sew
ard Yesterday Conveys
the Good News
SOUTH ON THE YUKON
Well Came in on October 6,
Throwing Spray Hun
dreds Feet in Air
“Come at once. Oil well blew on the
-6th of October. Experts declare well
will exceed all expectations!”
This was the gist of a telegram re
ceived yesterday by Gus Borgen well
"known Seward resident, from Arizona
where he holds considerable stock in
an oil compapy. As a result of the
cable Mr. Borgen will depart on the
steamer Yukon for Seattle, en route to
the oil field.
This will make the second trip to
Arizona Mr. Borgen will have made
.luring the past year, in the interests
cf the oil project. The well, named
^ the Adamana is located near Paloalto,
Arizona. The telegram also convey
ed the message that the editor of the
Daily- Tribune, the president of the
First National bank, and Senator Tay
lor, all residents of the oil town, had
made statements to the effect that wit
the well coming in, another boom oil
camp had been barn over-night.
The spouting well threw a spray of
’ light green oil high in the air for hun
Jreds of feet, covering the derrick and
the surrounding vicinity with a coat
of oil. Mr. Borgen stated work on ,
^ cementing the well in was started im
mediately.
Mr. Borgen said this morning he
Jid not know how long he would be
absent l'rom Seward, but he believed
he would remain Outside for over the
winter, at any rate.
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CORDOVA FOX
RANCHER MEETS
* DEATH DROWNING
—
Jacob Lundgren Drowns at
Gravina Bay, While Out
in Rowboat
PARTNER SAVES BODY
Fellow Logger Dives for His
Remains—Taken Cor
dova on Gasboat
CORDOVA, Oct. 9. (/P)—Jacob Lund
gren, half owner of Observation Island
Fox Ranch, drowned yesterday near
Gravina bay, while going after logging
camp supplies in a skiff.
A fellow logger dived for his body,.
and brought the corpse here, thirty
miles, the trip being made in a gas
Teachers Reception
To Be Held Tonight
This evening at the Odd Fellows
Hall, the Seward Woman’s Club, will
entertain the school teachers, includ
ing the members of the Jesse Lee
Home staff, at a public reception. A
splendid reception has been arranged
for the occasion to which the general
public has been invited.
The teachers of the Woodrow pub
% lie school are expected to be present
this evening as well as the local
mar'ms.
Legal Blanks at the Gateway.
“GUSHER Gl/S”
e
USHER GUS is feeling fine,
Received a lengthy cable
Saying “After years of toil
Your well is busy spouting oil,
Which is flooding all the desert.
Think you’d better quit your chasing
Forget ’bout Mary, Jane and Mabel;
Oil is Oil and must be saved
Come back and sit upon the casing,
And hurry fast as you are able.”
When Gus read this wondrous tale
He gave away an unripe pear,
Quit weighing his hand upon the scale,
Rushed down to see about his fare;
Flew into an awful rage
When the genial agent told him
“For Oil Kings nothing left but steerage.”
He’s banqueting the town tonight
You are herewith all invited,
He wants to do the thing up right,
So no one will be slighted.
For table seats, and time, and place,
Just give the phone a ring. ^
Call for Main One-Three-Five,
Ask for Gus the “Gusher King.”
SERIES GAMES j
POSTPONED ON
ACCOUNT RAIN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (/?)—'Today’s
World Series Game was postponed on
account of a deluge of rain. There is
no lineup expected before Sunday.
DEATH TOLL IN AMONIA
EXPLOSION REACHES THREE
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9. (/P)—The death
toll in the amonia tank explosion has
now reached three. The ruins of the
first floor and basement have been
searched but no more bodies were dis
covred. Forty were taken to a hos
pital for treatment and forty others
were slightly injured.
FAVOR SENTENCE
HERESY BISHOP
WILLIAM BROWN
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9. (£>)—'The
House of Bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States
has approved the findings of the court
convicting Bishop William Montgom
ery Brown, of heresy. His sentence
is now up to Presiding Bishop Ethel
bert Talbot.
Bishop Brown is the first bishop of
the Episcopal church to be deposed
for heresy, and the fourth bishop to
be deposed in the history of the Epis
copal church.
The Bureau of Fisheries craft Kit
tiewake, Captain Cole, returned to
port from Thumb Cove yesterday af
ternoon. The Kittiewake is anchored
off the Seward wharf.
The Seward Volunteer Fire Depart
ment meets this evening in regular
session at the fire hall. All members
of the organization are expected to
turn out.
SEATTLE CHAMBER
PROTESTS CUT IN
MAIL SERVICE
SEATTLE, Oct. 9. (IP)—'The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce lias protested
the proposed sharp reduction in Alas
kan mail service. Charles Garfield.
Secretary of the Alaska Committee of
the Chamber, said “the threatened
curtailment is the worst blow which
could be struck at the development of
the Territory and if carried out will
cut off a large part of Interior Alaska
from communication with the Outside
world. It will stifle commercial de
velopment, and cut off entirely the
mail order business which is being
built up between the Territory and the
States.”
The cannery tender Waterland of
the Imlaeh Packing Company, return
ed to port yesterday afternoon from
Thumb Cove, where a number of the
local craft sought shelter from the re
cent blow.
CURIOUS WILL LEFT BY
WALL STREET MAGNATE
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 —The following
is from the will of a Wall Street man
which has been recently probated:
“To my wife I leave her lover and
the knowledge that I was1 not the fool
she thought I was.
“To my son, I leave the pleasure of
earning a living. For 35 years he be
lieved the pleasure was mine. He
was mistaken.
“To my daughter, I leave $100,000.
She will need it. The only good piece
of business her husband ever did was
to marry her.
“To my valet I leave the clothes
that he has been stealing from me
regularly for the past ten years. Also
the fur coat that he wore last winter
while I was in Palm Beach.
“To my chauffeur I leave my cars.
He almost ruined them and I want
him to have the satisfaction of finish
ing the job.”
AVIATOR KILLED WHEN
MONOPLANE FALLS EARTH
MITCHELL FIELD, Oct. 8. UP)—C.
D. Chamberlain, of Hasbrouck Heights
was severely injured and pilot Harry
Dunnelli killed, during the the nation
al air races, when the wing of their
home-built monoplane collapsed.
COOLIDGE BACK WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8. (£>)—
Coolidge arrived from Omaha after a
train detour on account of a freight
wreck near Sir Johns Run, Virginia.
CHINESE FURNISHING
SUPPLIES TO BRITISHERS
ARE BEING EXECUTED
CANTON, Oct. 1. (/P)—Reports that
the Chinese furnishing supplies to the
Britishers are being executed as one
of the steps toward the enforcement
of the anti-foreign boycott, have been
received at the foreign settlement.
BERING NATIVES
SWAP WIVES AT
FEAST OF WHALE
Open Polygamy Now Rare
Due to Close Watch of
Coast Guard
BEAR ON WAY TO CAL.
Steamer Baychimo Clear of
Ice, Says Commander
Coveil
SEATTLE, Oct. 9. (/P)—Bear officer
Wishaar, said open polygamy among
the Arctic and Bering Sea Eskimos
was now rare due to activities of the
coast guard; but a wholesale exchange
sometimes takes place, usually follow
ing a feast after the capture of a whale
where everybody exchanges wives.
According to Lieutenant Covell, the
commander of the Cutter Bear, natives
along the coast of the Bering sea and
the Arctic Ocean, are prospering.
The Bear will proceed today for San
Francisco for the winter. The steam
er Baychimo, belonging to the Hudson
Bay Company, is sufficiently clear of
the ice now, to be able to reach Van
couver, B. C.
The Baychimo, with a load of sup
plies aboard and a large crew of men
was caught in the ice while trying to
carry supplies to the R. N. W. M. P.
posts along the Arctic.
BASEBALL
COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 5, Oakland 6.
Frisco 5, Vernon 3.
Portland 7, Sacramento 6.
Seattle 9, Salt Lake 9, 12 irrnings.
CUSTOMS OF CIVILIZATION
KILLING OFF OF ESKIMOS
EDMONTON, Alta., Oct. 9. (£>)—
Dr. D. E. Scott, who recently return
ed here after one year at Aklavik,
in the delta of the Mackenzie river,
predicted that not many years would
elapse before the Eskimo would be
exterminated by disease thru adopt
ing white men’s ways of living.
Eskimos and Indians of the Del
ta are suffering from intestinal para
sitic attacks, due to eating raw fish,
rabbits and other meats, said the
doctor, but these are not so serious
a problem as cancer and appendicitis
which are becoming prevalent.
Since the Eskimos have been liv
ing in cabins and shacks instead of
snow houses, as in the olden days,
tuberculosis has ravaged them. Nine
ty per cent of the Delta people had
symptoms of tuberculosis, he declar
ed.
MRS. LANSDOWNE
APPEARS BEFORE
COURT INQUIRY
Said Husband Very Much
Opposed to Flight in
Lakes Region
ASKED NO QUESTIONS
Took Stand for Fifteen Min
utes—Stood Without a
Tremor
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9. (£*)—
Mrs. Lansdowne reinterated before
the naval court today, that the Navy
Department ordered the Shenandoah
western flight for political purposes,
over the protest of her husband.
She further stated. “My husband was
I very much opposed to this flight as
he felt the Shenandoah, a ship of war,
j should not be taken inland,” pointing
| out that war craft should not be tak
en to the Great Lakes.
“It has been proved this cannot be
done with safety at this time of the
year,” Commander Landsdowne said
to Mrs. Landsdowne, according to her
testimony.
Mrs. Lansdowne was asked no ques
tions as she occupied the stand for
fifteen minutes. She stood without a
tremor, dressed in black.
ALASKA MAILS
TOO EXPENSIVE
BE CURTAILED
LOCAL C. OF C. RECEIVES CABLE
FROM SEATTLE CHAMBER
URGING QUICK ACTION
—
In answer to the telegram dispatch
ed two days ago to theAssistant Post
master General at Washington, D. C.,
by the Executive Board of the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce, in which
the local organization protested the
contemplated change of the Alaska
mail service from its present status
I to a freight basis, the Alaska depart
ment of the Seattle. Chamber of Com
merce forwarding the following tele
gram to the local chamber:
Seattle, Oct. 7.
Our Washington Bureau wires us
j that Postmaster General positively
declares that the expense of delivery
of Alaska mail matter must be cut,
that the expenditure for last year
was more than $750,000 and the in
come less than $125,000. He has
promised to carefully consider the
matter before cutting the steamship
rates. He feels quite certain that
many positoffices in Alaska will be
discontinued.
In conclusion the Seattle Chamber
suggests that every effort possible
should be made by Alaskans to pre
vent a curtailment of the Alaska
mail servcie.
H. E. Dillon, a member of the head
! quarters engineering staff of the Al
j aska Railroad, arrived in town last
evening. Mr. Dillon is registered at
the Hotel Van Gilder.
A. A. “Max” Humphrey and Joe
J. Meherin, brokers of Juneau, were
Kodiak-bound passengers on the Ad
miral Watson this morning. The
well-known “knights of the grip”
boarded the vessel at their Juneau
headquarters.
Oscar Anderson, Anchorage business
man who recently became identified
with the tie making business, taking
over Knights Island camp, returned tp
Seward this morning on the Watson.
Mr. Anderson hopes to return to his
Anchorage office prior to Monday's
train.
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