Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 191.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 15)30.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD RESIDENTS AMAZED
WORKINGS OF NEARBY
QUARTZ MINE
On the Kenai Peninsula and
near Seward lies a mineralized
region 100 miles in length and
50 miles in width Since 1896,
Americans have been mining in
that area continuously, and be
fore 1867 when the United States
purchased Alaska from Russia,
the Russians, even with their
primitive mining methods were
removing gold.
In the very heart of that re
gion, about 45 miles north of this
city and within 6 miles of Moose
Pass station, Alaska Railroad, lies
the property of the Alaska Oracle
corporation.
The officers of the company
are J. W. Edmunds, president;
C. H. Keil, vice president, and J.
J. Starks, secretary-treasurer.
Reprrts of the government’s
geological survey and expert min- !
mg engineers indicate, beyond a
doutt. that the holdings of the
corporation contain gold which
car. be mined and milled at an ex
cellent profit,
Last week a group of Seward
business men toured the Pass and.
of course, called on Mr Keil who
is managing the property which
is under active operation and
the showing tcdate. satisfactory.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Keil
the visitors w'ere conducted thru
every inch of the workings which
are impressive; frequently parti
cles of gold, sticking out of the
vein, could be glimpsed, caught
in the flash and gleam from the
carbide lamps which adorned the
cap of each; the party was more
or less wet from climbing stcpes
*o other levels but every minute
of the underground journey was
thoroughly enjoyed.
The realization was brought
home to the visitors that at Sew
ard's very back door are mining
resources which haven't been
.scratched; that economic man
agement, such as was plainly evi
dent on this property, together
with additional machinery and
equipment, a tremendous industry
has been started. Quartz mining,
has been practically dor
mant since the gold fields were
first discovered.
The Alaska Oracle Corporation
is incorporated under the laws
of the Territoryy. Its authorized
of the Territory. Its authorized
into 1,000.000 shares of common
Ftock. par value $1 per share,
fully paid and non-assessible. At
the" present time 400.000 shares
are in the treasury.
There are 12 factors which vir
tually assure the success of this
mine and these are as follows:
Large tonnage of ore assured,
high grade and consistent value
of the ore, enormous additional
tonnage practically certain to be
encountered, accessibility and ease
of transportation, economical
handling of ore—no hoisting and ;
no pumping of water; abundant
water and timber, expensive work
ing tunnels, ventilation and road
already provided, favorable cli
mate for year round work, small |
amount of capital required to
put the mine on a producing bas
is, no indebteness against the j
property, no payments to make, j
the short time required to put j
the property on a producing bas-,
is, an assured market at all times j
(Continued on Page Five) J
THE STOCK MARKET
By Associated Press
Tel. and Tel. 46, A. Can 131,
Oil, N. J„ 73, Richfield 18. Zeller
bach 15, Lehigh, no sale; Alaska
Juneau, no sale; Oil, no sale;
Goldman 19, Bancorporation 30,
icon. Gas 111, Motors 45, Kenne
cott 40, Radio 45, Carbide 73,
Steel 167, Cities 29.
UNABLE READ ENGLISH BUT
SIGNED STATEMENT RE
GARDLESS
DETROIT. July 26, The
Detroit News says Frank Chock,
whom the paper identified as a
I “bootlegger” in an affidavit, ac
; cused Police Commissioner Wil
1 cox tricking him into signing an
affidavit accusing Jerry Buckley
of an attempted shakedown.
The News says that Chock’s ori
ginal affidavit repudiates his ori
ginal statement said r.o be held by
l the police Commissioner and made
public by Thomas Kennedy, Buck
ley's law partner.
Chock said he is unable to read
English and he was unaware of
the contents of the statement he
signed to which he only affixed
his signature when he feared he
might be sent to jail.
TOKYO, July 25- (/Pi—’The Lon
don naval treaty was placed in the
hands of the privy council for
consideration..
Following Premier Hamguchis
visit to Hayama formally to place
the treaty before the Emperor for
approval, the Emperor’s aids-de
camp came to Tokyo and asked
the privy council to deliberate and
advise on the document.
When the premier returned to
Tokyo he met with Baron Kur
atomi, president of the privy coun
cil, who promised early action. It
is authoritatively expected that the
treaty will be ratified before Sept
ember.
BENE VINTO, Italy, July 25. (/P)
—New earthquakes, a violent cy
clone and heavy winds swept over
a stricken Italy fighting to dig out
of its ruins left by the disastrous
seas and tremblors of Wednesday.
The destruction of Volpago, Ner
visa and Susegna were sent to the
scene of Treviso.
One mllion persons were estimat
ed to be homeless in the stricken
region. The government officially
listed 2, 778 dead and 4.264 injured.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORM
SPOANE, July 26. (/P)—Tod Mor
gan, former junior light-weight
champion, showed what ringside
experts termed championship form
in winning a six-round decision
over Don Fraser, Spokane light-1
weight.
THREE SHIPS WORK
WHY THROUGH ICE
| PUCK ST BARROW
ICE FAST DISAPPEARING AS
WARM WINDS DISPELL
CROWDED PACK
POINT BARROW, July 26, (/Pi—
i Three ships, the first to work
| their way through the ice-pack
this season, are here and a fourth
which followed them through the
; narrow lead, continued Eastward
I after its doctor came ashore to
attend a man with a dangerous
hip wound.
Captain Pederson, who risked
his ship in order to be the first
at Barrow to land supplies and
buy furs, anchored first; then the
Canadian police boat Saint Roch
came in with a small cargo of
supplies and then followed the
Old Maid, No. 2.
The vessels tied up about one
mile out on the edge of the pack
land 90 sacks of mail were dragg
ed, in boats, over the rotting ice
to shore.
The Hudson Bay boat Baychi
mo headed northward in the fog
toward the Canadian Arctic.
After the doctor’s visit the po
lice boat attempted to follow but
jammed in a narrow lead spend
ing hours retturning a distance of
50 feet.
A radio message from the Bay
chimo said it was steaming strong
and that the ice Is *ast disappear
ing due to a south wind which
is crow’ding the ice north.
AMERICAN IE AGUE
St. Louis 6, Boston 3.
New York 14, Detroit 7.
Chicago 6, Washington 5.
Philadelphia 14. Cleveland 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3, Pittsburg 1. .
Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 2.
* Boston 5. St. Louis 4,
Chicago 9, Philadelphia 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francsco 12, Oakland 6.
Missions 5, Portland 1.
; Los Angeles 8, Sacramento 0.
Hollywood 7, Seattle 4.
FEATHERWEIGHTS
; C i : DAGO, July 2o (/p» - Ear l m.
jM’Stro of Chicago and Fidel t ~
Birda of Los Argeles -> pair of
the country’s outstanding feather
weights will meet in a 10-round
tut in the Chicago staoij.-a on
!August 7.
NMNB FLOOD
ENGLISH VILLAGES
LONDON, July 25. (/Pi—Floodlike 1
downpours in North Yorkshire have !
marooned several villages and forc
ed scores of inhabitants to aban- !
don their homes temporarily.
One woman lost her life. Coast
guards rushed inland with life
boats to bring those driven from
their homes to safety as over-swol
len rivers spread over the banks
and isolated a number of towns.
It was estimated that a two
month rainfall poured down in the
three days.
Accidental drowning was the
cause of death of Jesse Borbridge, |
two and one-half years old,
whose body was brought to Ju- j
neau last week from Hawk Inlet.
RETURN MATES SOON
1 CHICAGO, July 26. PP)_Rogers
JHornsby, the Cubs injured second
baseman, did not join his mates
at Philadelphia as he had expect
ed. An examination of his left an
kle, injured in the morning game
jMemmorial day, revealed almost
complete recovery, but it was de
cided that additional rest would be
beneficial- He will join the club
| when it returns from the East.
'recount casualties . •
i IIU» EARTHQUAKE
! PUCE DEATHS!.!«
ROME, July 26, (>Pi—An official j
recount of casualties placed the j
dead from the earthquake placed I
,the dead at 2,542 and the injured
'at 4,551.
These figures may be augment
ed by unrecovered bodies which
are still believed to be under
many of the ruins.
The King visited Melfi where
the scene is like war days, the S
destruction being terrible.
The passenger list from the S.
S. Yukon, which was due to sail
today from Seattle for Alaska,
failed to arrive up to the time
of going to press.
BRISTOL BAY RED FISH SHORT
i AGE WILL CUT HEAVILY
INTO TAX RETURNS
The short pack of red and king
salmon in the Bristol Bay district
will reduce the Territorial tax re
venues for the current year be
tween $140,000 and $150,000, it is
jestimated on the bases if tax re
ceipts from that district in 1929
| Records of the Territorial Treas
urer’s office at Juneau show that
a total of $430,000 derived in taxes
last year from the pack licenses of
;the entire salmon canning industry.
! Of this sum, $147,000 came from
^he reds and kings packed in the
Bristol Bay area.
The total pack of all varieties in
Bristol Bay, it is estimated, will be
j about 350,000 cases this season. The
red and king pack should range
around 300,000 cases,
j The base tax on those varieties
[is 10 cents per case, which would
; produce $30,000 n revenues on a
[300,000 case output Five cents per
.case is collected on each case in ex
jcess of 10,000 up to 25,000 cases
'from each individual cannery, ten
! cents 25,000 to 40,000 cases, 15 cents j
40,000 to 50,000 and 20 cents above'
; 50,000 Last year the graduated i
! taxes from Bristol Bay amounted
| to $64,282 and the base tax to $110,
043
On the basis of current pack re
ports, the base tax this season will
I be approximately $30,000, and the
graduated tax, it is believed, will
be practically nothing.
Federal pack taxes, collected by i
the Federal government and re-!
mitted in part to the Territory, will I
also be materially reduced this
year. No records are available here |
of the normal receipts from thati
source in the Bristol Bay, but this
season’s returns will be about 25 [
per c§nt of normal.
MHO FLIGHT
HOWEVER, WARK INTENDS TO
TAKE A CHANCE ON TWO
OF 80 FIELDS
TACOMA, July 26, (^-^team
ships triumphed over the air
plane when Lieut. Bramley, de
clared he expected to load his
plane on the S. S. President Lin
coln and go to Japan.
Unavailable landing fields in
Alaska was given as the reason
: for abandoning his nonstop hop
j to Tokyo.
He will now attempt a flight
j from Tokyo to Tacoma as he
thinks tail-winds will boost his
speed to 100 miles an hour mak
ing the new flight possible.
Lieut. Wark hopes to take-off
early Sunday refueling over Ju
neau and Nome.
SOVIETS WILL MIKE
FOUL PROTEST II. 5.:
INTERFEBENEE FUNG
MOSCOW. July 26, i/P>—LitvL
noff. foreign affairs chief, inti
mated the Soviet government
will make formal protest to the
United States against the “un
warrantable and unprecedent in
terference of the fish commiss
ion into the affairs of the Soviet
Union, if normal diplomatic re
lations existed between the two
countries.”
The matter, has already been
referred to the House congress
ional committee.
! shipment of mm
NABBED ST NEW YORK
I NEW YORK, July 25- <;P>—Gov
ernment agents here seized a ship
ment of morphine valued at $50,000.
i The shipment was concealed in
10 packages marked “Table lamps,”
and was seized at pier 2, Hoboken.
:by special agents of the treasury
department.
I The contrabrand came as part of
| the cargo of the freghter Innoko
; of the American Diamond Line,
.which arrived from Antwerp.
i 1 *1“ UlLvUilUg, not vi
on the S. S. Aleutian of the A. S.
S, Co, other than the listing pub
lished last week included:
' FROM JUNEAU—
I H. W. Woodcock, Mrs. H. W. Wood
cock, L. M. Carrigan, J. H. Fitz
gerald, C. F. Rhind, Ben Stufvater,
B. Langerfield.
FROM VALDEZ—
Judge E. Coke Hill, N. H. Castle,
Hans Ditman, Lew Smith, El L.
Wolcott, F- B. Ohlbaum, A. Dimond,
W. Bull.
FROM CORDOVA—
H. W. Welken, D. Tuttle, A. Ben
son, Fred Gaham, J. H. King, Miss
L. Docken, Donald Frazier.
FROM KETCHIKAN—
Phillip S. Smith.
FROM PORT ALTHORP—
E. W. Sawyer, Mrs. E. W. Sawyer,
Richard Sawyer.