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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 43
SEWARD, AIjASKA,
TUESDAY, FEB. 25, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ANCHORAGE CITY
GIRL CAGERS LOSE
TO LOCAL TEAM
SEWARD CITY WOMEN TAKE
FIRST OF TWO GAME SERIES
FROM CLEVER VISITORS
By the close score of 23 to 21 the
Seward Athletic Club girls took the
first game from the Anchorage
City Women’s basketball team in
t-he S. A. C., gym here last night
before a rollicking crowd of spec
tators who fairly cheered them
selves hoarse as the Seward six
trailing 13 to 5 at the half, gamely
came from behind and out-played
their rivals two to one thruout the
second half to barely grab the vic
tory by a basket.
Though the Seward girls started
the scoring, a field goal prettily
pegged by Mrs. Green during the
first, minute* of 4p(lay, the* entirjp
first half belonged to Anchorage
who demonstrated that the Inlet
City forwards, consisting of Inga
Lawson, Gertrude Lakshas and
Dorothy Davis, who can shoot ac
curately and give opposing guards
plenty of trouble and three sterl
ing guards, Helen Lingstrand,
Lynette Whitten and Mable Simms
who time and again broke up the
well intended plays of the locals.
Helen Walsh and Alice T each, two
more ready players whq accom
pa rued the team were not used.
Coach Elbert Kunz of the Seward
team opened with his announced
lineup of McCauley, Neville and
Green at the forward positions and
Nelson, Hopkins and Noble as
guards. Kunz shook up this com
bination in the latter second quar
ter when it was seen that some
thing m-as amiss, switching Neville
from forward to guard and bring
ing June Geyer into the game as
forward. The success of the strat
egy was evident thruout the re
mainder of the game.
FIRST QUARTER
David Turner, referee, lofted the
o'd and Green tipped to Hopkins.
V Cauley passed to Neville who
missed the hop by a narrow mar
V- ■ Ho--runs fouled Davis (tech
nical) DO - is failing to convert.
% Personal foul called on Davis,
Neville t. ng for the point but
n.isai ig. ure-m look a bounce
'C . a shot the
the game. Hopkins
' uucaily fouled Davis who again
missed the free try. McCauley
fouled Lawson. Lawson failed to
to convert. Whitten fouled Neville.
Neville missed. Lawson shot the
first Anchorage basket, tying the
score. Kunz at this point substi
tuted Hill for Nelson. Elsa Mc
Cauley shot a field goal, putting
Seward ahead again, but Lawson
quickly retaliated with a nice bas
« cuver worKing tne Dan tnru the
^•ricade of Seward guards, again
tying the score. Nelson was sent
?n for Hill. Lakshas tossed a bas
ket for Anchorage before the whis
tle ended the initial round. Score,
Anchorage 6. Seward 4.
SECOND QUARTER
Davis and Lawson were winning
the admiration of the spectators
by their smooth team work, Law
son seeming to be all over the court
*- at once. Lakshas passed to Davis
for a basket. Davis fouled, and
McCauley’ was awarded a free
throw but missed. Lawson eluded
ner guard and dropped in another
tsasket. Lingstrand fouled Green
who made the point good. Green
fouled and Lawson also converted.
Hopkins fouled Davis, Davis miss
ing. Lawson shot another goal, her
fourth up to this point in the
game. Kunz strengthened his
guarding combination by sending
Neville from forward to guard,
Geyer coming in as forward. Davis
fouled and McCauley failed to score
on the gratis throw. Score, Anch
orage 13, Seward 5.
THIRD QUARTER
t Evidently Coach Kunz, during
:he rest between halves, gave his
charges something of a raking.
They appeared altogether a differ
ent team, and commenced to make
PLANES TO STRIKE
FAIRBANKS, Feb., 25, </P)—
Pilot Dorbandt, with a Fair
child plane, landed yesterday
from Ruby, the scene of the new
gold strike where he took a full
load of passengers. He left again
after an hour stay with pros
pectors from Nome who are en
route to the gold strike.
ELEVEN DIE
100 INJURED
AUTO, TRAIN
| TRAIN TRAVELING AT HIGH
SPEED WHEN STRUCK
AUTOMOBILE
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KENOSHA, Wis., Feb., 25, (,P)—
E'even persons wrere killed and
and at least 100 injured when a
Chicago-bound passenger train,
I on the north shore of the the
Milwaukee Electric Railroad,
! struck an automobile at a cross
ing just north of Kenosha last
night, and w?as derailed.
The autombile was hurled di
rectly into the path of a north
| bound freight train as five cars
from the passenger train left
the tx-ack and piled into an eight
! foot ditch.
j The first car of the passenger
j train, which was going 60 miles
an hour, buried its nose many
The car behind piled into it
I but the passengers were more
| fortunate. Those in the forward
cars and Frank Buday, the auto
driver, were killed.
The automobile was passing the
| two highways, parallel to the
track, when struck. The horror
at the scene was great because
of darkness and scores of injured
frantically cried for help while
fumbling their way out of the
f debris.
passes writh results Geyer and
Green tossed baskets in rapid suc
cession as Seward guards kept the
ball away from enemy forwards.
Lakshas got thru for a basket, and
on Neville's foul. Lawson, deliber
ately and accurately made good
'the point. Davis shot a basket,
.bringing the score to Anchor;;”e 18
and Seward 9, but the:»firev/ari:s
I were due to commence and Mc
Cauley started it by perforating
the much shot at wire hoop fc. ' two
goals. Davis pulled up with a lame
knee and the referee called time
out. After resuming, Geyer brought
th Seward count to 15 with a bas
ket from under the net. Hopkins
fouled Lakshas while the latter was
shooting. Lakshas, awarded two
ifree throws, converted one. Score,
i Anchorage 19, SewTard 15.
FOURTH QUARTER
Geyer shot a Seward basket, but
| Lawson, Anchorage stellar light,
-offset it. McCauley made up the
[two points by neatly converting on
Jthe fouls of Davis and Lakshas,
| and then tied the score with a peg
I from the field. Hilarity ruled the
ifans, but the tumultuous climax
iwas reached a few minutes later
when, the S. A. C , guards having
solved and stopped the penetrating
attack of the Anchorage forwards,
and the forwards carrying thru be
wildering passing, another basket,
which proved to be the winner, was
'scored by McCauley after a lofty
pass from Green. Time out; Anch
jorage. Play resumed, Lawson took
jthe ball after Green had fouled an
Anchorage guard, but missed the
chance to pick up another point.
Final -score, Seward 23, Anchorage
121
| Seward, Baskets: McCauley 5.
(Geyer 3, Green 2. Fouls converted:
‘McCauley 2, Green 1. Personal
|fouls: Green 2, Hopkins 1, McCaul
ey 1. Technical fouls: Hopkins 3,
Neville 1.
Anchorage, Baskets: Lawson 3.
Davis 2, Lakdias 2. fouls con erted.
(Lawsor. 2. Laksiia'S Personal
.fouls: Davis 3, Lingstrand 1. Tech
nical fouls: Whitten, Davis. Lak
^-has. Referee. Turner.
QUIET MARKS TAFT’S HOME
AS JURIST BATTLES ILLNESS
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Behind the wide windows of his bedroom
left) Ex-President Taft is fighting his greatest
Sometimes Mrs. Taft meets a sympathetic friend
sidewalk, as she did Mrs. Horace H. Lurton, Jr.
(upper
battle,
on the
at left.
Barber Hits For
Hills; Men Folk
Grow Mattressei
Sperm! to The Gateway
WhQn a town’s only bar
ber emits hfs his shear
to so trappmo- there is liable to b<
|something stirring in the wilder
ness, or as the old cow-punche:
would sav. “There's h-amons
the yearlin’s.”
Th’$ happened this winter ove:
in Kodiak when Brwm Thorshe'n
closed np his barber ebon and wit!
J. W. Walker, of the Kodiak Guide:
iAssociation, went in+O the woods a'
Eagle Harbor on So. Kodiak Is
la»dr- He- had Town tired of on<
kind of fur-bearing animal aru
tried his luck on another. A fie:
two months and. a half in the with
open sp cees the two men cam<
bark with 16 foxes and a bunch o:
ermine in addition to a heavy croj
of fur on their chins.
In the meantime Kodiak wen;
Populist. Men who , had neve]
known • it before discovered tha
Li 1CV IlttU UCtti U5. • XUUllg lLL^L
sprouted mustachios and littlf
children were scared into fits bj
hairy individuals who prowled tin
back streets as though they werf
hiding behind bushes. The bobber
babies of the town learned for th<
I first time what a hairpin was bui
it was only after an intensivt
search thU one hairpin was founc
as a relic of this ancient imple
ment. Things are back to normalcy
now. Me a step boldly forth likr
woodchucks coming out of a holt
and it is said that back of the bar
bershop there is hair enough tc
stuff several mattresses.
AFTER THE GAME
After tonight’s game, the S. A. C
women’s basketball members wil
entertain the visiting team of An
chorage ladies and the four bas
ketball teams in Seward and theii
friends. The festivities, which wil
be in the form of a dance and re
freshments, will be held in th S. A
C. hall. Also as a special attrac
tion for tonight’s games, the wo
men have arranged for the tempor
ary installing of the musical equip
ment from the Liberty theatre.
A couple of local fortune tellers
who predicted the Seward girls
wpuld defeat Anchorage last nite
are seriously considering setting
up tents
LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
| S. S. NANUK, Siberia, Feb., 25,
| (/P)—The weather yesterda- was
| perfect and clear but today low
clouds and fog arrived.
\Admiral Rogers
!
Was iced Down
Captain Thomnson of the Admir
al Freer? reports the trip from
Kcriiak one of the rougnest in
’j yeti's; not only were high seas
■running but a GO-mile gaie push
: 'ire a blinding snowstorm ahead
1 which made navigation across the
r straits anything but a pleasure
;; port,-a.
Passengers aboard the boat were
■ 1a ud in ther praise of Captain
' ■ Thompson • who, they say. stood a
1.22 hour watch on the Kodiak to
Seward run. The steamer carried
! from six to 10 inches of ice from
■ her water line to masthead until
■ ; within an hour’s run of Seward
'i when the sudden softening of the
iweather caused the ice to loosen
; and fall away. Th falling of the
cnumcs or ice irom tne super
structure onto the decks and upper
1 cabins resembled the falling of
' minature bombs over the heads of
r the sea-sick passengers.
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| Indian Legends Indicate
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: He Hunted Mammoth
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' ! LINCOLN, Neb., Feb., 24, (/P)—In
. ;dian tales suggesting that the Red
, man once hunted the ancient ele
phant, the mammoth, in North
, | America, are submitted to the
l American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science,
j A report by Prof. William Duncan
jShrong, of the University of Ne
{braska, says one of these stories
comes from the Naskapi Indians
of northern Labrador. The hero of
the tale, after killing the “mon
ster” used its ears for a bed.
Charles Anderson and Dr. Pryor
of Kodiak have recently installed
modern and up to the minute mink
[ranches. These men, report recent
|arrivals from the Island town, have
ithe highest class of breeding stock
|obtainable and are equipped to
j make success of their venture.
The S. A. C. girls team goes to
^ Anchorage tomorrow to play the
return series with the team they
1 are playing the final with tonite.
A DRY SURVEY
SEATTLE, Feb., 25, (A1,!—Ar
| thur W. Henderson, special as
l sistant attorney general, is on
his way here to make a survey
of the prohibition administra
: tion in Alaska, Washington and
I Oregon, Anthony Savage, U. S.
! attorney for Western Washing
! ton, has been notified.
HUGHES TAKES
OATH AS CHIEF
JUSTICE OF U. S.
SIMPLE CEREMONY ENDED BE
GINS IMMEDIATELY ON
DAY’S WORK
WASHINGTON, Feb., 25, </P)_
Charles Hughes became Chief
Justice of the United States tak
ing the oath at 12:06 p. m. Only
a short and simple ceremony
was sufficient for him, in the
; historic old chambers of the
: highest court.
Prior to his induction into the
office ho took the preliminary oath
| of allegiance to the Constitution
; in the court robing room shortly
I before noon.
Only members of the court
i were present. Then, as the black
robed justices assembled on the
bench, beginning a new term,
about which stood clerks, the
chamber became crowded.
Mr. Taft recited the pledge
to sit in judgement impartially
“and do equal right with rich or
poor,” which ended the ceremony.
The court then proceeded upon
the dav's work.
The Chief Justice is 68 years of
age and is the 11th to have suc
ceeded to the chair.
MC BRIDE NOMINATED
j WASHINGTON, Feb., 25, (/P)_
John McBride of Juneau was
nominated by President Hoover
for reappointment as collector of
customs
Raw Munition Material
Are Near New Depot
HAWTHORNE, New. Feb., 24. </P)
—The new $3,500,000 naval muni
tions depot under construction here
is close to an abundance of prac
tically all the raw materials that
enter into the manufacture of
munitions.
Within a radius of 50 miles are
big deposits of pure alum, sulphur,
kaolin, barium, bentonite, hemitite
iron, diatomaceous earth and bru
cite, the latter a magnesium hy
drate. The sage covered hills also
abound in lead, copper, zinc and
other lesser minerals.
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FINE LOOKING ROCK
' Joe Matthews, oldtimer of the
Territory and one of the best
I known prospectors and miners of
I Alaska, is in Seward enroute to
! the Interior from where he will
j continue, by dog-team, to his
fine looking quartz holdings in
the Kuyukuk, Wild River. Mr.
Matthews has a sample with him
of a piece of float from the
; ground which is one of the finest
specimens the writer has ever
seen. Assays run from $50 to $50, j
000 a ton, he said, but he is not
one bit excited over it because
he does not know' howr much of
it there is. And, apparently, he,
doesn’t seem to care so very much.
From which it can be assumed if
[ it turns out rich he will turn j
to new fields for the thrill of1
finding more gold.
George B. Phillips, Pacific Coast
sales manager for The Osborne'
Company, noted for its art cal- j
endars, was an arrival from the j
south on the last steamer making
his annual tour of the Territory!
visiting his many clients. Mr.
Phillips departs for the Interior j
tomorrow.
FOG DELAYS
! PLANES FROM
FLYING NOME
GUARD OF HONOR OVER RE
MAINS UPON ARRIVAL
AT NOME
NOME, Feb., 26, (A*)—Foggy
conditions between the S. S. Na
nuk and Teller continue to delay
the funeral cortege. Pilot Gillam
expects to fly back with the
Stearnian plane. Pilot Crosson
will probably leave the Waco
plane behind and come first if
good weather holds.
Services will be held at the
landing field upon the arrival
here and representatives of the
United States, Canada and Sov
iet flying corps will attend.
Coast guard members will form,
a guard of honor over the re
mains until the take-off for
Fairbanks.
Cattle Go Through
Winter Fine Shape
W. T. White, animal husbandman
Alaska Experiment stations, stated,
when interviewed yesterday upon
his return from the Westward, that
litrorf onV An Wnriir. b* Tclo n/^ o TTCl
gone t^ru the winter in fine shape.
Mr. White states that Galloway
cattle wintering on the range at
the Kalsin Bay, Kodiak Island sta
tion are butcher fat. That while
these cattle have grown long win
ter coats of hair, the animals are
sleep and could not appear in bet
ter condition if they had been barn,
fed.
Mr. White was a returning pas
senger on the Admiral Rogers hav
ing spent a week at the Kalsin
Bay station, where he inspected the
station and in conference with his
foreman Peter Johnson, layed out
plans for the coming year’s experi
ments and station work. He now
returns to his headquarters at
Matanuskn where he has charge of
tie animal susbandry work being
carried on there ond the animal
husbandry experiments at Fair
banks and Healy.
“Landing Beam” Lead
Pilot To Field In Fog
WASHINGTON, F*eb., 24, Ife—
Hazards of landing in dense fogs
may be eliminated by a “high-fre
quency landing beam” being per
fected by Dr. J. H. Dellinger, bu
reau of standards.
The beam will not only lead a
nilnt. t,n th#> lanriincr fiolrt hnf will
enable him to “slide down” for the
actual landing. The pilot will pick
up the beam at an altitude of 2.000
feet when 3 miles from a field
and be led directly to the ground
regardless of the rensity of the fog.
Kodiak Island appears to be fav
orer with a fair fur catch this
year, both in the rapch and wild
fur, blue fox farmers in that vicin
ity are generally pleased over the
number of furs taken.
The fuse blew out during a crit
ical period of the Hi-Firemen
ame last night and, in a way,
was timely, as it gave the lads
an extra breathing spell which
both sides sorely needed.
Dr. R. V. Ellis of Ketchikan has
been appointed to attend the an
nual meeting of the American Med
ical Association in Chicago, starting
February 17.
J. A. Johnson, owner f the die
sel boat Olive is spending $5,000 in
the erection of mink and fox pens
and breeding stock on Crooked Is
land adjacent to Picnic Island,
owned by W. T. White close to the
town of Kodiak.
See the Basketball Games Tonight S. A.C. Hall