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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 190
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SEWARD, ALASKaTtUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1925
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PRICE TEN CENTS
QUIT KIDDING,
SAYS WHITER ON
CALIF. PAPER
NEWSPAPER MAN BUYS TOTEM
POLES AND WILL ERECT ON
LOS ANGELES CORNER
Trail Is Not a Highway
Believes Interior Is Not Yet Ready for
Tourist Travel, But Says It Is
“A Fine Country”
With a pair of six foot totem poles
under his arms, F. G. McCoy, writer
for the Los Angeles Examiner, wrho
has been making a tour of this region
on a special assignment, staggered
down to the steamer Alaska last even
ing from the Alaska Shop, and accord
ing to Mr. McCoy, upon his arrival at
his old home town, together with a
much larger totem which he purchas
ed in Juneau, from 75,000 to 100,000
citizens of Los Angeles will daily view'
these same totems which wrill bo erect
ed permanently on one of his corner
business blocks, valued at $300,000
Pretty soft for Alaska totem poles,
one rises to remark.
To Give Away Data
Mr. McCoy said he also was going
to have a pamphlet printed in which
will be found correct data and infor
mation relative to Alaska. The history
of the totems will be published in the
literature and on the tw'o totems pur
chased in this city, the words, ‘Tur
chased at Sew'ard, Alaska,” will be
stamped upon brass plates. “I am a
strong booster for Alaska and think
it is the most wonderful country I
htt»e ever visited,*” Mr. McCoy stated
to a Gateway representative, but—
Right from the Shoulder
“I really believe you folks should
not advertise the Richardson highway
ns a ‘highway,’ but as a mountain
road for wre people in the States, when
one speaks of a highway, think im
mediately of a paved, macadamized,
or an oiled road, so when we come
North, carrying this thought with us,
and ride over the long, bumpy Rich
ardson trail, the impression gained is
not for the best.
Not Ready for Tourists.
“In my opinion, with all due credit,
I do not believe the Interior is ready
for tourists yet. The automobile trail
from the coast is a hard one, espe
cially on the older travelers, and tho
the accommodations are good, they
are not good enough for the people
who will be traveling with increased
numbers each year. These people on
an average look for comfort when
touring, and then again as was in our
case in Fairbanks, we were forced to
remain there a number of days long
er than our party desired for the
party wanted to visit other places on
the railroad prior to departing from
Seward for the States on the steamer
Alaska. During all of our trip over
the trail w'e never once caught a
glimpse of our grips.
Doesn’t Want to Be a Knocker
“For goodness sake, brother, be sure
and tell them I am not a knocker,
after what I have just said!” Mr. Mc
Coy exclaimed in all seriousness, “for
I am a booster for Alaska and you
will see this wrhen my story is pub
lished in the Examiner.
Tourists Have Brains
“Another thing, some of the people
of Alaska should know, and that is
that the people who are visiting your
beautiful country must have had
brains to accumulate the wThere-with
all to make a trip to your country. Yet
I found on every hand up here that
vte were being continually kidded
about ‘ice worms’ and other things. It
really would surprise you to know
.how many of your visitors leave the
.country with the idea that ‘ice worms’
are really a fact. Alaska is but a fron
tier country and this kidding of the
tourists should be stopped. Over in
Anchorage one of; the members of the
party wanted to know if Mt. McKinley
r
was a ‘kid’ also. He had been kidded
so much along the route that he did
not know what to believe.”
Accompanying Mr. and Mrs. McCoy
on the Alaska tour were the father
and mother of Mrs. McCoy. All were
passengers on the steamer Alaska
which departed from Seward yester
day for the south.
Electrons Hurled from
Parent Atoms Experiment
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (^—Elec
trons hurled from parent atoms with
incerdible speed were introduced at
the opening of the American Chemi
cal Society’s seventieth meeting by
Dr. Willis R. Whitney, director of re
search for the General Electric Com
pany. The electrons themselves were j
hurled from a specially constructed
sound amplifier.
Former Alaskan Heads
U. S. Tariff Commission
SEATTLE, Aug. 4 (£>)—Doctor Al
fred Pearce Dennis is here as vice
chairman of the tariff commission,
which is holding rate hearings on im
portant international products. The
last time he was here was 25 years
ago. when he arrived here broke from :
the Alaska gold rush.
Coolidge Will May Out
Aid for the Farmers
SWAMPSCOTT, Aug. 4 (^—Presi
dent Coolidge will recall an agricul
tural conference to may out a legisla
tive program for farm aid. He be-!
lieves voluntary consolidation of the !
railroads would pave the way for a j
solution of the problem. Mr. Coolidge
said the conference appointed a year 1
ago presented a program at the last
session of congress but it was not
adopted.
Hecla Mine Declares
Big Quarterly Dividend
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WALLACE, Idaho. Aug. 4 (/P)—'The
Hecla Burke mine declared a $500,000
quarterly dividend July 30, bringing
the total for the year up to $1,500,000.
The mine has paid a total of $13,000,
000 dividends since its discovery.
| Greek Troops March
on Bulgarian Frontier
PARIS, Aug. 4 (fP)—Greek troops on
their way to the Graeco-Bulgarian
frontier were dispatched by the gov
ernment following the assassination
of a Greek citizen in Bulgaria. The
terrorists are massing against the
Greeks on the border line.
Love Alaska, Young
Lady Visitors Declare
Miss Mattie A. Theobald and Miss
Vera M. Kummer, vdio have been
spending their vacation in Alaska this
year sailed Sunday on the Alaska for
their homes in Nebraska and Wyo
ming. Miss Theobald and Miss Kum
mer have visited Atlin, Dawson and
Whitehorse r.nd made the trip down
the Yukon to Nenana and then to
Sewrard on the railroad. They say
that they were delighted with Alaska
and would not have missed the trip
for worlds. The young ladies hope to
make Alaska another visit next year.
Mrs. M. Hamilton and tw^o daugh
ters of Pittsburgh, are winding up a
long sea voyage wuth their present
journey to Alaska. Mother and two
daughters are round trip tourists on
the Evans, joining the vessel at Se
attle following a trip from the Atlan
tic seaboard through the Panama ca
nal to the Pacific.
AIRMEN DROP
IN ON SEWARD
FROM JUNEAU
BUZZING DRONE OF SEAPLANE
STARTLES LOCAL RESIDENTS
WITH ITS ARRIVAL
May Remain In Seward City
Commercial Flyers Make Uneventful
Voyage from Capital City Over
An Uncharted Course
Zooming out of the horizon last
evening at 9 o’clock, a Curtiss F model
seaplane flew over the city for a few
minutes, then like a seagull, swooped
down upon the placid waters of Re
surrection Bay, while local citizens
swarmed down to the Seward dock
to see the plane coast to the beach
in front of Cal M. Brosius lumber
yards, where it came to rest, and two
leather helmeted, warmly clothed air
men stepped ashore and greeted the
assembled crowd.
The flyers, R. J. Davis, of Portland
Oregon, owner of the plane, and R. H.
Merrill also of Portland, stated they
had left Katalla at 4:30 yesterday aft
ernoon, taking things easy and not
attempting to break any speed re
cords. A slight fog was run into but
this did not hamper them in any way.
Four stops in all were made on the
trip to Seward from Juneau, at Yak
atat, Port Althrop, Katalla and La
touche.
Commercial Flyers
The long hop from Juneau to Sev^
ard, approximately 750 miles, was
made in about 10 hours flying time,
rhe air voyage was one covering new
ground for no personal knowledge of
he northern air lanes was procura
)le. The flyers virtually* followed the
»ame course as that taken by the
‘Round the World Flyers” who came
hrough Alaska la'St summer. It is the
Irst plane to hop off from Juneau, fly-,
ng over Icy straits and arriving in
Seward. The flyers, who were guests
it today’s luncheon and business
meeting of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, anticipate remaining in
Seward, making this their base for
commercial flying, providing business
warrants their stay. Both are guests
it the Hotel Van Gilder.
CANADA TO HAVE
NEW OCEAN PORT
FROM YUKON TY.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 4 (£>)—
A dispatch from Sewart, B. C., to the
Daily Sun says that Canada may have
a new ocean port giving direct access
to the sea from the Yukon Territory,
abviating crossing United States ter
ritory from Skagway, according to J,
P. Forde, a Dominion government en
gineer here on his way to the head
of Glacier Bay.
He said the open waters of Glacier
Bay now extend past the boundary
line into Canadian territory, making
it an international highway and a
Canadian port with a direct outlet.
He said the route was feasible pro
vided a way can be found to connect
with the Yukon or other interior
streams. A former ice barrier has
disappeared, allowing access to the
sea.
Engineer at Skagway.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Aug. 4 (£>)—
Skagway reports say that H. Forde A.
Halkett, a Canadian government en
gineer arrived there on his way to
the head of Glacier Bay to survey a
railway line from there to Lake Ben
nett, on the White Pass & Yukon
Railway.
Chicago Converses with
MacMillan In Greenland
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 (/p)—Chicago con
versed with Donald MacMillan at Etah
Satin day night and received answers
to five questions. Twenty minutes
elapsed between the time the first
question was sent and the first an
swer received. MacMillan was asked,
“Have you reserved seats for the
world series,” and replied, “I am
afraid I will not be back in time to
attend.”
The questions and answers were
sent on a very low wave, but the
answers were plain.
SNOW IN CHICAGO
FOR 5 MINUTES
EARLY TODAY
HAIL STONES AS LARGE AS EGGS
DESTROY TOBACCO CROPS
IN KENTUCKY
Damage Estimated $100,000
Unprecedented Weather Reported in
Many Section of United States—
Sun Spots Blamed
CHICAGO. Aug. 4 (£>)—'The North
west which a month ago sizzled in
record breaking heat temperatures, to
day shivered in a regeular mid-winter
snow stbrm, lasting five minutes. The
fall was reported for several square
miles in this region and Wisconsin.
Hail stones as large as hen eggs fell
in three counties in Kentucky, destroy
ing a thousand acres of tobacco. The
damage is esitmated at $100,000.
Peculiar weather conditions are re
ported in many sections of the coun
try today, caused, scientists claim, by
sun spots of unusual magnitude.
JUDGE JAMES WICKERSHAM
MAY MOVE TO SEWARD
It is reported on the curb that Jas.
Wickersham, former delegate to Con
gress from Alaska, may move to Sew
ard this fall, Mr. Wickersham becom
ing greatly impressed with the activity
manifested here during his recent
visit. Mr. Wickersham is one of the
foremost attorneys of the Territory.
He left on the Alaska Sunday night
for his home in Juneau.
GOV. PARKS RECEIVES GOLD
MEDALS FOR SIRUM MUSHERS
Gold medals for 18 men taking
part in the delivery of diphtheria an
titoxin from Nenana to Nome last
winter have been received by Gov.
George A. Parks for presentation.
The medals were presented by H. K.
Mulford Company* manufacturers of
the serum.
While Gov. Parks has been asked
to present the medals by their don
or, owing to the fact that the men
are widely scattered and it would
be impossible to bring there here
to receive them, he has asked Fed
eral Judge Lomen, of Nome, to rep
resent him in presenting the medals
to the men residing at or near
Nome, and E. G. Wetzler, U. S.
Postal Inspector, of Nenana, to pre
sent the ones going to men resid
ing along the Tanana and Yukon
Rivers between Nenana and Kaltag.
The medals have been turned
over to the Alaska Museum where
they will be on display until early
next week when they will be for
warded to Nenana and Nome. Each
has inscribed on it the phrase “For
Heroic Service,” and the name of the
men whom presented engraved on It.
Two fire companies at Carlisle,
Pa., had a wrnter battle w'hen one
outfit accidently turn a stream on
the other during a fire. While they
fought the building burned down.
NEW YORK PASTOR
TO TAKE PLACE OF
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
REV. JOHN ROACH STRATTON
OFFERED LEADERSHIP OF
FUNDAMENTALISTS
Organized To Fight Battle
Blames Evolutionists for Glorifying
the Flesh With Collapse of the
Modern Generation
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (/P)—Reverend
John Roach Stratton, pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, announced at
Asbury Park Sunday that he had been
offered the leadership of the funda
mentalist forces, of which William
Jennings Bryan was an outstanding
figure. He said those who urged him
to take the place were prominent
New Yorkers, who had formed an or
ganization to fight the teaching of evo
lution in the public schools of the na
tion.
Rev. Stratton blamed the evolution
ists for what he termed “the glorifi
cation of the flesh” at the expense of
“the ethical collapse of the modern
generation."
Baritone Dies Suddenly;
Wife Dies from Shock
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 (£>)—Charles Wm.
Clark, noted baritone, concert singer,
and professor of music at the Bush
conservatory, died suddenly in the the
atre where he was practicing his score
today. His wife died at her home
from the shock when the news was
telephoned to her.
Man Found Sans Head;
Undoubtedly Is Dead
PORTLAND, Aug. 4 (/P)—The body
of a headless mail was found in the
Columbia river. The police said the
head had been cut off with a sharp
implement, and expressed the belief
the man had been murdered and was
later thrown into the river.
Democratic Senator of
Iowa Has A Majority
WASHINGTON, D. €., Aug. 4 (/P)—
With 2,124 ballots not passed upon,
the recount of the votes in the Iowa
senatorial contest with 29 counties
complete give Brookhart 116,9S3 and
Daniel Steck, his democratic opponent,
117,147. The recount shows that
Steck was elected.
French Girl Attempts
Swim English Channel
BOULOGNE, France, Aug. 4 (Jp)—
Jane Simon, a French girl, entered
the water at 8:10 this morning at
Cape Sres Nez in an attempt to swim
the English channel from France to
the English coat.
Lillian Harrison of Argentine, set
out with Jane to repeat her effort to
swim across the channel.
FIFTEEN MINUTE
RIDE IN AIR $10
Contrary to the rumors prevalent
about town today the charge for aa
airplane ride of 15 minutes duration is
$10 and not $25. This sum was ar
rived at by Mr. Davis before he and
Pilot Merrill came to Seward. This
announcement is made simply for the
purpose of correcting the rumor.
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