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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 71.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1980.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GIANT BEAST OUTSMARTED
* MEN AND DOGS FOR
TEN YEARS
MEMPHIS, March 29, (A5)—Old
Two toes'' king of the timber
wolves must spend the remainder
of his days behind the bars of
rhe Memphis Zoo as the penalty
ior his ruthless crimes lie com
mitted when he led a pack thru
the forests of Arkansas
After 10 years of freedom the
giant beast, which outsmarted
men and dogs, was brought here.
He was named “Two toes” be
cause he lost ail the toes on his
right paw, except two, in traps.
He is famous in song and story
in Eastern Arkansas where his
pack kiPed sheep and goats by
the hundreds, and often cows;
,nd even bulls he pulled down.
Last week the pack slaughtered
14 goats in one day after which
a posse started to get him.
They found him exhausted in a
hollow log.
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THREE DAY EXHIBITION END
ING WITH DOG AND REIN
DEER RACING
NOME, March 29. (JP)—The first
exhibition in this section of the
Alaska Fair Association opened
: a Thursday with a dog.beach
show in the afternoon. At the
■rrand opening there were approx
imately 2,000 exhibits on hand
representing almost every phase
>f Arctic activity and more are
arriving daily via plane, dog
team and reindeer teams.
Airplanes are offering special
rates to the fair which will con
tinue for three days; the fair
is being held in the $100,000 aud
itorium.
The reindeer races will take
place the last two days. Four of
the fastest deer in Alaska were
Killed Thursday by dogs getting
into the corral.
The All-Alaska Sweepstakes
: hampionship dog races are sched
uled for Firday with a first prize
af $1,000, a second prize of $275
and a third prize of $100.
The race will be over a 160 mile
course, to Golovin and return.
WASHINGTON, March 29. (fP)—
The intentions of the House ad
ministration leaders is to with
hold action on more than $300,
000.000 of the annual Naval ap
propriation bill, for an additional
six weeks, in the hope the con
ference will reach an agreemnt on
tannage—if r.ot reduction on na
val armaments.
This was disclosed by Repre
sentative French, Chairman of the
House appropriations naval sub
committee, who expects that any
tangible agre*. ment reached by
xhe conference will result in sav
ing about $50,000,000 of the Naval
expenditure for the next fiscal
year.
F. E. Leslie, local foreman for
Hie Alaska Railroad, departed to.
day for Anchorage. Mr. Leslie if
returning Monday evening.
SUDDEN NSSK OF
IS. M. L Ml
SHOOKS CflMMiiT!
Mrs. M. E. Hoi ben, 33 years
of age, wife of the local caterer,
passed away early last evening,
at about 6:30 o’clock, death be
ing attributed to gall stones.
Mrs. Holben’s illness had exten
dd over a period of about three
weeks and Mr. Holben had
(planned to take her to the An
j chorage hospital today.
The news, last evening, of her
1 passing, shocked the community
terribly and few could realize
; at first that such a thing had
occurred, for though it was gen
erally known she was ill it was
not thought that her sickness
was so serious. Friends of the
family, as well as all who knew
her, were stunned by the sad
news and her passing is marked
by deep regret and sympathy for
the bereaved husband and three
little ones.
Born December 11, in Norway,
; Mrs. Holben came to America
: some years later and about nine
years ago, in Seattle, married
Mr. Holben. Soon thereafter the
newlyweds came to Alaska, where
Mr. Holben had been making,
his home for many years pre
vious. Here, three children came
to bring joy to their hearts, Beu
lah, age 7; Melvin, Jr., age 5,
and the baby which came four
months ago.
A sweet and gracious woman,
a tender and loving mother and
wife, the memory of Mrs. Holben
j will ever linger with those who
j knew, loved and admired her.
Her life was one of unselfish
.service and devotion and her loss
! is an irreparable one.
| Besides her grieving husband
j and three little ones, surviving
her are her parents in Norway,
a sister in Seattle and a brother
in Philadelphia- No funeral ar
rangements have as yet been
made, but interment will be
made in the Seward cemetery.
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CORDOVA, March 29. (IP)—Paul
W. White of Elma, Washington
was taken to the Valdez prison to
face the charge of robbing the
dead.
White is alleged to have con
| fessed, to Assistant United States
| Attorney Clyde Ellis and United
States Attorney W. N. Cuddy, that
| he found the body of Charles
Wallen, a trapper, frozen to death
| on the trail. White then went to
j W’allen’s cabin and took furs
I worth $260, then reported to the
U. S. commissioner that the body
had been found.
On federal instruction, White
brought Wallen’s body into Chi
tina, where the investigation
j started.
DEE ft TO GET EARRINGS
i MARQUETTE, March 28. ER—
: Michigan deer are going in for
i earrings this year. Three traps
have been set by th state con
servation department, which oro
poses to fasten rings with bio
graphical data to the animals’
ears and set them free, so hunt
ers may know the age of doe
j they shoot.
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The Kuru, new 77-foot yacht
! built by the Lake Washington Ship
yards for StewTart Edward White
| to replace his 50-foot yacht Simba
|on Alaskan cruises, was launched
last month in Seattle. Costing ap
proximately $45,000, the new craft
was designed especially for Mr.
; White’s Alankan trips.
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| Hans, the master carpenter em
; ployed by C. M. B., has completed
: a fine job for Gordon’s where he
1 made a number of store cabinets.
RUBY, March 29- (/P)—Ernest
N. Patty, dean of mining engin
eering, Alaska college, returning
from the new camp on Beaver
creek, reported prospcting is now
in full swing and that prospect
ors wall soon give a definite an
swer to the various opinions ad
vanced.
He checked up the formation,
wThich shows the geology, as pre
viously reported, is correct. In
dications are that the floor of
Beaver creek will be 2.000 feet in
width and runs to gold-bearing
ground not to exceed 58 feet.
Prospecting materials are not
adequate for the country, which
is generally wet, some of the pros
pect holes being lost on’ the top
gravel before any information
could be had as to whether it car
ried gold or not while tunneling
has been out of the queston n the
holes, which have been sunk to
bedrock in which favorable indi
cations were found. September 1
is considered the earliest date
when definite information will be
available there. Nothing has been
done except to prospect, which is
slow and expensive.
IME HID STATION
ill BE REBUILT
SEATTLE, March 29. (/P)—Bids
for rebuilding the Nome radio
station, destroyed by fire last
Christmas, were called by the
United States Army Signal Corps.
An appropriation of $25,000 has
been made for the work wdiich
includes construction of a modern
office building and quarters for
the station’s personnel.
Merle P. Morgan, former Juneau
man, was killed in an airplane
; crash on March 12 at Pocatello,
j Idaho. Mr. Morgan left Juneau
jwith his family, wife and two chil
dren, about six years ago.
WICKERSHAM VISITOR
James Wickersham of Juneau,
I Republican candidate for delegate
to congress from Alaska. wras
! among the prominent arrivals to
day on the S. S. Northwestern,
j en route to the interior, where 10
i days will be spent meeting the
I public and his many friends and
> supporters- Upon his return to
i Seward he plans remining here
i for a number of days and may
; make a brief trip to the West
ward. In Monday’s issue a state
j ment from him to the voters of
; this area will appear as well as
his platform.
YOUNG TRAPPER LOST
| NOME, March 29, (/P)—Charles
! Becker, Nome high school grad,
uate who has been trapping 60
; miles north of Nome, now missing
; over a month, has been given up
I for dead by the searchers who
I failed to locate him.
HATTON, N. D., March 29, {/Pi
! —Sir Captain Wilkins came by
airplane to lay a wreath upon
; Col. Carl Ben Eielson’s grave.
1 He had hoped to have reached
i Hatton in time for the funeral
i Wednesday but was delayed at
Detroit by bad flying weather.
The Explorer was accompanied
I by Arthur Schlosser, balloonist
| of Detroit, and Walter Deal, the
pilot.
1 After spending a few hours
i with the Eielson family. Wilkins
; and party departed for Milwau
kee.
COAST, STORM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. (/P)
—Two ships grounded on the Cal
ifornia coast last night; the Japa
, nese tanker Rhine Maru went
aground near Poinsur; the coast
al passenger steamer Humboldt
took aboard the 33 members of the
I crew and is proceeding here.
Just inside the Golden Gate
the lumber schooner Claremont
crashed into a submerged rock
near Point Bonita which was
reached by the skipper near, Cris
sey Field; it is believed the ves
i sel is in no danger.
VIENNA, March 28. (/P)—'They
i are making candy out of sawdust
: and wood shavings in the labora
tory of Friederich Bergius, the
German chemist who makes gaso_
line of coal, and coal from wood.
Bergius turns shavings into
sugar, which he says is good
; enough, mixed with 50 per cent
of cane or beet sugar, that it
makes candy and artificial honey.
j Today’s passenger train left for
the interior at 10 a. m.
Up to the time of going to press
today’s passenger list from Seat
tle had failed to arrive.
BROTHER.IN-LAW SAYS RIFLE
AGAINST WALL WAS
KICKED OVER
DENVER, March 29, (/P)—'Two
investigations have started over
the death of Benjamin Aluman,
10 years old, who was shot thru
the heart as he was being spank
ed by Stephen Sodie, 26, his
brother-in-law.
Sodie told the police that the
child was killed when a rifle,
which was leaning against the
wall, was kicked over when he
scuffled with the child in an at
tempt to discipline him for com
ing home late last night.
The child's mother is dead and
the father lives at Wichita, Kans.,
the child having resided at his
sister’s home for several months.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
The Liberty theater announces
they will give a half an horn*
classical music program preced
ing the show Sunday night. Pa
trans who love music are urged
to go early and bring any records
they deem especially good. The
music will start at 7 o’clock.
PICKS Hit
LONDON, March 29. (/P)—'The
principles which the American
delegation shaped to guide possi
ble United States participation in
a consultative agreement to ben
efit France, is said on the high
est authority, as being fully ap
proved by President Hoover. This
| in answer to reports that Wash
ington correspondents and Eng
lish newspapers that Hoover dis
! approved the principles.
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FLYING FIREBOATS ORDERED
MONTREAL, March 28. C/P)—
j Fire flying boats, of all-metal con
struction and capable of carrying
seven fire fighters, pilot, and me
| chanic, have been ordered by the
I Canadian dpartment of national
| dfense to combat forest blazes.
I The advance crew of the Prc
j mier Salmon company have ar
rived at Cordova and will begin
at once to get the cannery lined
| up for the operation at the be
| ginning of the fishing season.
The S. S. Northwestern of the
Alaska Steamship company, which
arrived in port early this morn
ing, is expected to get under way
for the south late this afternoon
or early this evening.
DEMME
DIRECTOR NATIONAL PARKS
BELIEVES CHANGE, FIT
TING TRIBUTE
WASHINGTON, March 29, (flP)—
Two Cabinet officials endorsed
the proposal that Copper Moun
tain be renamed Mount Eielson.
Senator Nye said he had ra_
ceived letters from Mr. Wilbur,
Secretary of the Interior and
from Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, Mr. Young, hoping that
the resolution would be adopted
as soon as the Senate reconvened.
In his letter, Sec. of the Interior
i Wilbur encclosed memorandum
from Horace Albright, Director
of National Parks, saying that
.“the name Copper Mountain was
| found only on a few maps; that
because of a slight trace of cop
per deposits being found in the
mountain, it was so named and
that the name, therefore, has but
little significance.
“The fact that Colonel Eielson
landed the first airplane at the
base of blru: McKinley, he be
lieved, was fitting tribute to an
outstanding character and he
| favored renaming the peak, Mount
Eielson.”
The people of Fairbanks spon
| sored the idea of honoring Col.
j onel EielsonJ6 memory in this way.
, KODIAK, March 29. '/P)—The
; halibut schooner Panama, headed
for the Kodiak banks, vent ashore
j on Marmot island on the night of
March 25 during a snowstorm.
Captain Henry Austrem and his
crew of eight reached r.ru re safe
ly- The schooner is a total loss.
After salvage and repair of the
dories, containing the entire par
ity braved the seas again and
rowed 30 miles to Uzmick, on
j Spruce island.
The captain arrived here yes
i terday on the Red Wing, bureau
j of fisheries boat. The crew ar
i rived on the Admiral Watson. Ar
1 rangements were made with the
; U. S. commissioner to take the
icrew to Ketchikan. The boat was
insured for $14,000.
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MVS UK TO
FATHER. EiFISOi
HATTON, N. D., Mar. 29. (&)—
Sir Captain Hubert Wilkins is to
| give the plane used in establish
| ing the base at their famous
flight across “The t c.p of the
I world” to Ole Eielson father of
| the late Col. Carl Ben Eielson. He
' said it is now in Seattle.
The plane was presented to
1 Wilkins by the Detroit Aviation
Society, sponsors of the Wilkins
•expedition
Ole said he probably will give
the plane to the State of North
Dakota or to the Eielson Memorial
Association to be placed in a mu
seum.
Wilkins said he would aid in the
negotiations to recover the plane
j flown from Point Barrow to
Spitzbergen and sold to the Ar
gentine government.
Attorney H. F. Morton of An
i chorage, was among the well
| known citizens from the famous
' Inlet City to arrive last evening.