Seward Daily Gateway
MEMREK ASSOCIATED t'KESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 157.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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OPPORTUNITY GIVEN SEWARD
TO ASSIST BUREAU OF
PUBLIC ROADS
For many years past Seward
has asked many things of the
Bureau of Public Roads. They
have always very courteously lis
tened attentively and in the main,
generally responded favorably.
Today, strange as it may seem,
or rather on Monday. Seward’s
cooperation is going to be asked
by the department, reversing the
usual run of things. A traffic
count is to be made.
This information is needed in
studies during winter months;
from figures obtained by this
* method the Bureau of Public
Roads estimate the actual amount
of maintenance work needed for
the coming year; the type of
work and. if traffic is too heavy
for the type of roadbed, other
plans are made for surfacing
capable of holding up under heav
ier roads.
But Imre is what Sew'ard mo
torists and drivers of other vehi
cles are asked to do on certain
designated days of each week
until a fair average has been ob
tained;
Beginning Monday morning at
7 o'clock, a man will be stationed
at about Mile 0. just this side of
the radio road; drivers are re
onested to please come to a halt
, for a moment and give this chap
information as to how far they
are going, pleasure of business,
though tonnage figures are not
necessarily desired. From / a. m.
*o 11 p. m. on these days of each
week .say on Monday next, then
t.he Tuesday in the next week,
the Wednesday of the third week,
and so on, the checker will be on
ob. After the first stop a driv
er will naturally know what it is
all about and practically no time
will be lost.
A record is to be kept of the
-rafTic for 16 hours on these
days; whether or not it is a boat
day; the kind of vehicle, auto,
wagon, tractors and destination.
In this cooperation, which has
•already been followed out at Ju
neau and Ketchikan, the public
is urged not to make unnecessary
trips over the road for only an
average amount of the traffic is
v desired.
So watch for the traffic “cop”
Monday, please.
QUINTER, July 11. (TP)—After ;
all efforts to find the source of the
gold nuggets taken from a chick- !
en‘s gizzard on the farm of Bert
Phelps, livng 13 miles north of this
city, have failed, J. D. Lynn, be
lieves he has the right explanation.
In the neighborhood of what is
now the Phelps farm is a very old
cross-country trail which Lynn says
was used by the “49ers” on their
^ way home from the California gold
rush. He believes the nuggets were
lost by returning prospectors. The
small particles of gold taken from
-he hen are said to be worth about
$40.
y A search for the “mother lode”
continues. 1
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TO SEE TIIE WORLD
' CALCUTTA. July 11, :/P)—To lift
'the veil of the “Purdah” ridden
women of India and permit them
to see the world as their sisters in
Turkel have done, is one of the
'aims of the Nationalist leaders
(fighting for India’s freedom.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 11, (/Pi—
The new Canadian destroyer Sagu
enay was launched; her sister ship
the Skeena, will be launched Sep
tember 1.
They are of 1,330 tons displace
ment. length 310 feet and the speed
is 35 knots. Thy will replace the
two British destroyers, loaned to
Canada.
WALLA WALLA, July 11. (/P>—
Preston Rae Clark died on the gal
lows of the State penitentiary at
dawn for the murder of A. L. Bid
well on December 19. 1927.
The trap was sprung at 4:11 a. m.
The body will probably be turned
over to Clark’s aged parents. Clark
showed no emotion on his walk to
the scaffold but protested his in
nocence
com TO THE TON
SPOKANE. July 11. (/Pi-Rrineing
back 1.000 pounds of ore that runs
S5.000 to the ton in gold, C. H. Mel
son, mining broker, and John CH
Semple, mining engineer, ana a
number of stockholders have re
turned from the Golden West Min
ing Co., property. 37 miles from
Libby, Mont.
“This is not a picked sample, but
how much of it there is we will not
knowr until the engineers make a
report,” Mr. Melson said. “Some of
our party also panned out free gold
and brought it back in vials. The
rich quartz ore comes from our
Little Annie claim.
FIXING UP THE ROADS
Some excellent work is being
done on the road just before
reaching the city limits and be
yond. Some real bad “chuck” holes
have been filled in. Either the
city or the Bureau of Public Roads
are responsible for the improve
ment.
ALUETIAN TONNAGE
A total of approximately 800
tons of general cargo was brought
to the Port of Seward for dis
charge; 22 local. 320 railroad
points, 28 for the S. S. Starr and
430 tons for the S. S. Redondo.
Sam Dubin. down-river business i
man, was an incoming passenger :
on the S. S. Aleutian, enroute to !
Nenana.
The local lodge I. O O. F., held i
installation of officers last night, i
After installation, a luncheon was j
served.
Mrs. Ward and twins, accompa- j
nied by her sister and son. are j
now at Hope visiting Mrs. Wolfe, (
heir mother.
(Special to The Gateway)
The discovery of a upturned dory
on the beach near the mouth of the
Little Susitna river, made by trap
pers returning to Anchorage, indi
cates that a man named Herfeld
lost his life while attempting to
reach the Susitna river.
At the time Herfeld ieft Anchor
age he carried consideiable sup-!
plies in a small dory, which was1
equipped with an outboard motor.
When the boat, now identified as
belonging to Herfeld was discovered
the motor was gone along with a
strip off the stern of the boat, in
dicating that it had been smashed
off.
Further circumstances indicating
a tragedy are found in the state
ment of Ames and Pierce, fur farm
ers on the Yentna, who saw a man
rowing a dory answering the de
scription of Herfeld. At that time
a. heavy sea and tide rip was run- j
ning making it dangerous for Ames i
and Pierce to approach the shoal j
waters.
The matter was reported to the
U. S. Marshal’s office, but it was
stated that there were no funds
with which to make an investiga
tion.
If Herield reached the shore alive
he couid have walked overland to
Knik. As he has been missing |
since early spring and no trace of
him has been found, it is believed
he perished when his boat swamp
ed.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 19; Philadelphia 8. The
Giants pounded three hurlers for
26 hits with a 10-run burst in the
third inning when 19 men went to
bat; nine made base hits. The
Giants failed to score in only three
innings. Klein hit his 25th homer
Jfor the League
This was the only game played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia ; New York 1. Earn
shaw scored his 12th victory of the
year. Pennock was retired in the
third inning.
Washington 7; Boston 2. Bluege
homered and doubled twice and
drove in four men
Cleveland 6; Detroit 5. Each team
hit 12 times each and used three
hurleds. Morgan homered his 15th.
Chicago 6; St. Louis 7: 10 innings.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 7; Los Angeles 1.
Missions 0; Oakland 2.
Portland 6; San Francisco 2.
Hollywood 3; Sacramento 0.
Night game.
Street superintendent Keilches
ki, and crew, are busy “peoples”
these days filling in the 1,999.999
holes in the byways and high
ways.
Otto Sondbeck, champion gol
fer of The Gateway staff, found
seven balls on the field yesterday.
Owners may have same by des
cribing same. (Try and do it.)
“Doc” Ward and three other
good scouts are out tin the
Mile 34 district doing a little
orosDecting around for an al
leged Eldorado said to be located
in that region.
“Tip” O'Connor, well known old
timer. arrived in town last night
from somewhere in the Interior.
WANTS MOVE LEGATION
PEIPING, July 11, (/P)—Amaze
ment was expressed in both Foreign
and Chinese circles here over the
report which American Minister
Nelson Johnson is understood to
have dispatched to Washington,
recommending the American Lega
tion be moved to Shanghai.
HIJSTON BILL SIOIICE
STATUS M FUTURE
WASHINGTON, July 11, (/P>—
Turning back his party foes for the
second time, Huston was given word
he would announce his status as
chairman after the Senate ad
journs.
The declaration was made to of
ficers of the National Committee
and Republicans interpreted the
statement meaning he would re
sign at that time.
Out of 73 female mink of
“The Pass Mink Ranch,” Oscar
Christenson, Moose Pass, 43 pro
duced 205 to 210 kittens. Mr.
Christenson has a total of 130
mink on his ranch.
Three females had eight each;
four had seven each; one had
one and the rest from three to six
kittens. Not a one has been lost
todate.
Mr. Christenson, who started
his ranch in December of 1925,
began with five wild females; one
of these had a kitten. In the five
years since he has run this fig
ure up to the above number not
including the large number of
breeding stock he has sold. His
ranch is one of the largest in the
Territory and the quality of fur
is said to be unsurpassed.
DIES, HEART ATTACK
NAPLES. July 11, </P)—Signorina
Elvira Bonturi Puccini, widow of
the famous composer, died of a
heart attack at the age of 70.
An improvement of considerable
merit has just been completed
at the radio station where the
old bridge was torn out and a
shorter, stouter one, replaced.
Joe Eamon, proprietor of the
popular “Panhandle” returned
last evening from abroad. Mr.
Eamon was at Moose Pass on bus
iness.
The S. S. Starr sails tomorrow
for the Westward and Bristol Bay.
Leo M. Douglas, member of
McMullen’s store staff, returned
on the S. S. Aleutian from a brief
trip to Seattle.
Harold Sogn, laboratory stati
cian, Seward General Hospital,
returned last evening from a
brief trip to Anchorage.
J. L. Freeman, well known
member of “Alaska’s Knights of
the Grip” organization, came in
from Cordova last evening.
W. F. Mencenbaugh, well known
mine operator at Mile 20, was an
arrival yesterday from his prop
erty.
Mrs. Frank Roycroft of Moose
Pass, arrived in the city last
evening.
SHOULD SUBMIT PAPERS IF NOT
INCOMPATIBLE TO PUBLIC
INTEREST
WASHINGTON, July 11, (Jp)—
President Hoover studied the prob
lem of the renewed request that he
deliver Senate confidential docu
ments in the negotiations of the
Naval treaty which he previously
declined to give to the Foreign Re
lations Committee.
The reqeust for the documents is
understood to consist of the mes
sages between Dawes and the State
Department before the conference
started.
The request came to the Presi
dent in the shape of a resolution
passed by a. 53 to 4 vote, which
said Hoover should submit the
papers if he considered such a
course “not incompatible to the
public interest.”
NEW YORK, July 11 (/pi-A ver
dict of guilty against thre-e of four
individual defenrinuT in second
Utah Lead Co., mail fraud trial was
returned by a jury in federal court.
Charles Beadon, promoter and
the principal defendant, was con
victed of mail fraud and conspiracy
to use the mails to defraud. Mich
ael Barnett, Philadelphia lawyer
and president of the lead company
and Harry H. Phillips, Philadelphia
and New York broker, were convict
ed of conspiracy. Joseph Morris,
statistician employed by Beadon,
was acquitted of all charges.
The jury also found two alleged
tipster sheets promoted by one of
the principals guilty of mail fraud
and it convicted the Utah Lead Co.,
of conspiracy.
INCREASING BANDITRY
SHANGHAI. July 11. (.^-Har
assed by increasing banditry in the
southern areas, the Nationalist
government fought hard to turn
back invading rebe larmies from
the north. A new Nationalist of
fensive was reported in Shantung
province to repel the northerners^
who recently captured Isinan and
swept on southward and eastward
FIRST TIME NEW RULE
NEW YORK. July 11. UP)-The
Boxing Commission ruled fhat no
further boxing contest shall end in
a foul. The Commissioners ordered
fighters to wear protectors. The
first application of the new rule
I will be in the Sammy Mandell-Al
jSinger fight, July 17.
CLEFT ASSUNDER
DHUBRIE. India. July 11, (£>)
an unconfirmed report w reached
here that the Sahki hills had been
cleft assunder by an earthquake
and a village in Kanchigaon com
pletely swallowed up. The quake
which caused the tragedy was
among the first of 112 shcoks regis
tered recently.
NO MORE SHIPS
PARIS, July 11, (jP)—Foreign
Minister Briand disclosed that the
French government has informed
Premier Mussolini of Italy that no
more ships would be put on the
stocks.