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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 143.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
> MAURICE D. LEEHEY.
ORGANIZER SEATTLE
MINING CLUB. HERE
ALASKA AND THE WEST JUST
ENTERING NEW PERIOD IN
MINING ACTIVITY
ACTUAL SHORTAGE OF LEAD
Great Mining Men Predict Industry
Is Assured Positive Increase.
Maurice D. Leehey arrived on the
Yukon this morning and will be in Se
ward and vicinity for several days. Mr.
Leehey is a mining law specialist and
has been actively identified with Al
aska for more than a quarter century,
first in Southeast Alaska, then in
Nome, later in Fairbanks, but with
offices in Seattle since 1901. He has
interests in Seward, and has been a
director in the Bank of Seward ever
since it was incorporated in 1905, thus
claiming the distinction of member
shp on the board of an Alaska bank
continuously longer than anybody else
within or outside of Alaska.
Mr. Leehey is credited as the organ
izer of the Seattle Mining Club and
its first president. He has kept close
ly in touch with the mining situation
and his views on that subject will be
of interest to all Alaskans. His chief
business for many years has been for
clients outside of Alaska who have
been interested in Alaska mine devel
opment. Thus he speaks for a body
of men in whom we are especially in
terested for that is the sort of capi- :
tal Alaska most needs, and nothing
can be of greater value to Alaska than j
the men who are disposed to help de- '
velop its mining resources.
Mr. Leehey was surprised and great
ly pleased to note the many splendid
improvements in Seward and was par
ticularly impressed with the beautifi
cation of the city, mainly, Nile and
Arcade Parks. He said that Dr. Mayo
also complimented on their beautiful
and unique appearance.
we are just entering upon the most
active period of mining development
that the great west and Alaska has
known since 1906,” says Mr. Leehey.
“‘That is not merely my opinion. It is
[ the opinion of the most active mining
men of the nation. I was told this in
New York last winter, and by such
men as Mr. Kelley, president- of the
Anaconda company and his chief as
sociates by whom I was favored with
an extended conference of several
hours.
t “There is an actual shortage of
lead. I mean its production is not in
creasing while the demand for lead is
increasing tremendously. John J.
Gray, the famous Couer de Alene law
yer, himself heavily interested in those
mines, declares that district should
maintain its production for several
years but is without hope of increas
ing it. That seems true in the Missou
ri districts, only there the production
is actually on the decrease. Such
large producers as the St. Joe Lead
Company have men in the field seek
> ing new lead mines, with special in
terest in Alaska properties. The war
situation seriously affected the de
mand for copper during the five years
right after the armistice, but for the
pas-t two years the actual consumption
of copper has been much greater than
the boomed over-production during the
war years when the warring nations
were buying to accumulate great re
serves against the possibility of a
long continued war, just as we in the
United States were building wooden
ships for the emergency. The fear that
Chili and the African Kantanga would
produce copper in great quantities,
cheaper than we can has been proven
a false alarm. Chili cannot furnish the
labor, nor can outside labor be im
ported into that South American cli
mate unless at a prohibitive cost,
while the exploration of the Kantanga^
has met with perhaps fatal discour
agement. Then the demand has in
creased for zinc, and for such as the
platinum metals. Do you know that
last year Alaska produced more than
half of all the palladium of the world?
And the demand for that metal is
growing apace thru the discovery of
so many new uses for it, more espe
cially as an alloy in the manufacture
of the finest jewelry. Gold is more
and more realized as a waning prod
uct. It must be supplied, though still
under the handicap of increased costs
and a fixed price. Never before have
we seen the great mining men so as
sured as right now. The mining in
dustry is the one which gives the real
promise of increase, and it gives that
promise as a positive assurance. Al
aska will prosper by it, and it will be
a permanent prosperity.”
I
BERLIN, June 26. (/P)—Lightning
reported here killed nine persons in
small villages along Lake Constance,
and the Nekar river flooded over and
drowned sheep, swine and chickens.
All efforts were navailing to fill the
break in the levee over the River Stoa
in Saxony. The floods did $30,000,000
damage. Fifteen are listed dead and
approximately 100,000 acres of culti
vated land inundated.
SEWARD STREETS WILL
BE DECORATED, FOURTH
Though it has not been definitely
learned that prizes will be awarded
for the best decorated merchants dis
play window’s, store fronts, or resi
dence, it is believed the custom of
former years will be carried out in
this respect. The streets are to be
decorated by the fire lads and it is
assumed merchants along the aven
ues will do likewise with their estab
lishments and windows.
HORSEHIDE NOTICE
Baseball fans and members of the
S. A. Club are requested to turn out
at the ball park tomorrow morning
and assist in preparing the grounds
for the opening of the season, July 4.
TO MILITATE
DETROIT PUBES
BEN EIELSON CONFIDENT LAND
EXISTS BETWEN BARROW
AND THE POLE
KETCHIKAN, June 26. (JPj—Lieut.
Ben Eielson, who came ashore last
night while the steamer Northwest
rn was in port, southbound, said Capt.
Wilkins will follow him south in ap
proximately a week. All members of
the expedition will gather in Detroit
and plan new flights from Barrow to
the North for next March and April.
The expedition will return to Fair
banks in December to rehabilitate the
two planes in storage there.
Gasoline will be shipped to Barrow,
thiis time, by water. Eielson is con
fident that next summer they will find
land between Barrow and the Pole.
OUT OF SEITTLE:
| SEATTLE. June 26. (JP,—The S.S.
Alaska sailed this morning for Alas
; ka and war ports -with 250 passengers.
Those listed for Seward follow:
j Mrs. V. Gardner. Mrs. B. A. Klesin
ger, J. L. Johnson. Mrs. A Fitzsim
mons. M D Campbell, Mrs J. A. Baugh
man and daughter, Dorothy. Mrs. H.
Milton. Mrs. T. K. Orr, Mrs. C. J. Sral
I sen, Mrs. I. H. King and son. Margaret
j Collins, June Anderson, Mrs, E. An
| derson and baby, Mr. Jackson and
wife, E. J. Ard and wife and daugh
ter, Otto Werner, P. C. Hall. Miss D.
I Hurley, Mrs. F. J. Hurley, Miss C.
Ayer, Miss M. Ayer, F. C. Rogers and
wife, Miss B. Hurley, Miss H. Hurley,
Miss R. Dobbins, Miss I. Yeager, Mrs.
L. S. Thorpe and daughter, Lucile La
' very, Mrs. Max F. Lore, Mrs. Edna
j Mohle, Edith Hunt, Dr. T. H. Page,
; and wife, T. H. Page, jr., Mrs. F. Page,
: __
Airs, jlucv b. Brown and daughter, Ed
ward Brierly, Miss Anna Goldie, A. W.
Kelley, William Calvert, wife and two
children, C. T. Seift, Dr. L. S. Thorpe,
F. P. Henry, C. L. Redlich. Miss H.
Evans, H. T. Dobbins, wife and two
children, Miss E. L. Shaw, Miss M.
Shaw, W. A. Tayler and wife, Erno
Hooper, Margaret Bissett, Miss M. F.
Lowrey, Miss A. Vanattendorf, F. B.
Skeen and F. S. Gordon, two steer
ages.
NOTED SURGEON ON YUKON
Dr. W. J. Mayo, nationally known
physician and surgeon, of Rochester,
Mnnn., accompanied by Mrs. Mayo is
numbered among the round trip pas
sengers on the S.S. Yukon.
SEATTLE, BANKER ON VACATION
H. V. Alward, assistant manager of
the Bank of California, in Seattle,
came in on the S.S. Yukon this morn
ing. Mr. Alward continues on into the
Interior and plans returning to the
coast over the Richardson Highway.
SENIOR CONDUCTOR EETUITNS
Clarence Olson. well known eondoc
tot on tie Alaska Railroad returned
on the Yukon today from a protr*cred
stay in the States, main., the Eas- H*
visited in Xew York, Washing; on. IX
I C., where he called on Delect!e Dan
Sutherland, and points in Xev Jer
I Vhite in the East he said the ther
mometer registered way down, a cen
eral cold spell prevailing there ai:
during his stay. Arriving a* Seward.
he remarked the fine weather we are
! enjoying, and as usual, is giac to be
back and get into the harness once
more.
MINING MAN ARRIVES
James Girdwood, one ot the most
j prominent of mining men in this dis
trict of the Territory, returned :: Se
,ward today from the south. Almost
every year Mr. Girdwood comes north
from h:s Xew ^ ork home to inspect
ihis properties in the Girdwood mining
region. During his stay in Seward ht
is a guest at the Hotel Sexton
MANY DEAD IN FLOODS
! NOGALES. Ariz., June S€. i/P)—a
despatch from the Herald here esti
mated nearly lSOoO are dead in floods
at Leon Guana Juaro, Mexico. All
bodiies hare been recovered from the
Santiago river, which is reoeeding
NOTED SPECIALIST HERE
Dr. R. C. Coffey, noted cancer spe
i ci&list of Portland. Oregon, accompa
nied by Mrs. Coffey, are among the
! prominent excursionists on the SS
Yukon.
LOS ANGELES, June £€. __The
| Los Angeles Examiner offered $10.00©
for the arrest and prosecution of two
!men and a woman, whom Mrs. Mc
' Dherson asserted kidnapped her. The
examiner printed a dispatch from Tuc
!son, Arizona, Quoting R. a. C-ondros.
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce there, that two inen of Tuc
•son ^ave a **oman, closely resembling
! Aimee left in an automobile “three or
four nights ago.”
Condros said the men told him this
story. They were driving East from
Tucson which is in the direction of
, Douglas. When they overtook the wo
man v ho was walking in the same di
rection they offered her a ride. She
got in the car, noticing a resemblance
of Mrs. McPherson. They asked her
if she was Aimee. She neither con
firmed nor denied when they said they
would take her to the police station.
She begged them not to go out in the
car.
PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT
Another banner crowd is expected
to attend the public dance this even
ing at Odd Fellows halL These danc
es are becoming more popular each
week. The music is excellent and the
floor in perfect condition.
Rev. Wm. A. Thomas, arrives in
Seward this evening from Anchorage. -
OEAHI ENQUIRY OF
MURDERED SIRL IS
. USER MY SEATTLE
JURY VISITS ALDER GRCVE ON
SHOP.E GREN LANE W -ERE
GIRL WAS N LLED
ALLEGED rIEND DESCR SED
Next Door Ne-e*-bc* e* Ga «es Tes
t*R*s c* Fatbe-'s Vcvemeot*
SEATTLE Wb.. Jrre .3*—A r r
j oner's jury, consisting o' three house
’ wives, one woman nurse. one adrer
tisrnc thru, oth student of business
I admiaisiratiuMi m the university of
j Washintrror. out drucc.re deputy
l county assessor, eight. •ncludirr r**c
I in the grove with the body he tut-ned
it around sc tb*1 fee* were po:n*ed *o
ware the lake/'
Jurers were shown wbere the slijv
pet's lay 15© fee: from the body. &
bloodstained ha: 1?© fee: away, ana
where a bloody roc* xa<- picked c;
a bon: 15 fee: or the other side of the
| body.
alternates were sitting x -.be bo*
trhfei. i: opened yesterday the ar retry
into :be deft off S^trii H wart
- T
days ago.
The iur; ristted the alder grove s*
I Gr**er Lake. Depcty Coroner Jones
and obers Told off the findings and
their theories Jones test iff :ed ir 'be
grove ‘'brush. scratches were or the
girl's face and shoulders, ire.satire
she had beer dragged from the brush
or the lake store into ‘.be rrove A
triad] off blood spots showed pia.niy nt
the may. and when the tiller arrived
F. S. Stokes testified: ‘\!y wife arc
I let* home about eight o'clock ir *he
evening off June 16 Mr wife saw a
mar about 5 feet north off the path
jusi west off where the body mas later
found. After we passed the men we
saw a girl going ir his direction. My
wife said *1 bet that man refc rh*t
girl.’ He was about 5 feet ter and
weighed about 165 or 176 pounds, he
had a dark gray cap on, a blue serge
coat and dart gray trousers. He bad
a prominent nose but no: misshapen,
also a strong chin.’
Mrs. Stokes described minutely the
clothing of the slain gfirl and said this
was the clothing she saw with he
body in the morgue, and admitted she
and her husband disagreed whether
the man "wore a roa: or sweater. In
describing the man sh* said: “He had
shaggy eyebrows as I could see them
against the sun set, A hump 6n hrs
nose might hare been broken, his face
was hard anc tough, tough and hard
as nails. He was of wiry build with
broad anc powerful shoulders.”
George A M emmet. nert door netgh
bor of Wallace CJoyes Gaines test -
Tied that in the middle of the Bight
of the 16th and about dawn off the
17th. Wallace came ho his house and
said Sylvia was missing. In the af
ternoon off the 17th, after the body
had been identified. Wallace tried to
hide Sylvia’s parse. This recalled to
the hearers that when the body was
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