Section. Two
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 165
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
CONDITIONS IN
OIL DISTRICT
TO BE SURVEYED
EDGAR S. YOUNG. OF PORTLAND,
SAYS HAS AMPLE CAPITAL
AVAILABLE IF FIELD IS REC
OMMENDED.
“Apparently there has been no au
thentic oil news emanating from the
Cold Bay region in recent months,
in fact news from the district is be
ing withheld from the public. I de
cided a few weeks ago, in the Port
land office, that I would take a run
up to the district and obtain first
hand information. Providing the
field looks promising, upon recom
mendation to certain interests, un
limited capital will be released for
development work which will start
immediately. So stated Edgar S.
Young, president of the Oregon-Al
aska Development Co., Inc., in the
State of Oregon, with offices in
Portland, who arrived in Seward on
the steamer Yukom and who is going
to Kanatak on the steamer Starr,
next week. He will remain on the
ground for probably two months.
^During his stay in Seward he is a
euest at the Hotel Seward.
One Original Locators.
Mr. Young’s claim, 1,800 acres, is
adjacent to the Ben Poindexter and
Star group of claims, squarely in the
heart of the reputed oil field. Mr.
Young made a brief trip to the An
chorage land office the first of the
week for the purpose of transacting
business in connection Avith ar
ranging to take over another claim in
the oil district.
Especially to those showing good
faith in their intentions, the govern
ment is very lenient to original hol
ders, Mr. Young stated. A few can
celations are taking place at the
present time but the moment the
time expires the claims are refiled
on.
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Two-Year-Old Company.
The Oregon Alaska Development
Co., was organized two years ago,
Mr. Young said, and among his as
sociates are his brother, \Y. E. Young,
who heads the Astoria Railway Co.
and also the Linton Transfer Co.;
D. M. Hart, president of the Great
Northern Brokerage Company, of
Portland. Mr. Young himself, is a
sourdough of the North, having first
come to the Territory 30 years ago.
lie has followed the mining and oil
game throughout the wo'rld, and un
til a short time ago, was a member
for three years of the field engineer
ing staff of Crompton & Schwabe, of
London, one of the foremost inter
national firms of its kind in the
world. Since his resignation from
this company, Mr. Young has been
striking out for himself, the Port
land company being the result of
his years of active and practical
work. The development of mining
and oil properties is the business of
the company, particularly of oil and
for some period to come, Mr. Young
expects to spend all of his time on
the Cold Bay oil problem. He is
sincere in his hopes that oil may be
struck, not only for the benefit of
those interested in the district but
for the benefits which will accrue
to the Territory as a whole.
Friend of Vanderlip.
Mr. Young is a close friend of
Washington D. Vanderlip, the Calif
ornian who, a few years ago, secur
ed such valuable concessions in oil,
coal and fisheries from the Kamchat
ka authorities in Russia. Quite a
furore resulted in the United States
ui>on his arrival from Europe, but as
results later proved, his concession
was iron clad. Mr. Young and Mr.
Vanderlip were formerly associated
together for years in the mining and
oil business.
Veteran Mining Man.
There is hardly a country on the
globe, in which mining is carried
on, that Mr. Young has not visited,
he stated. A few of these are Si
beria. Australia, India, Manchuria,
China, Japan and Korea. He is re
puted to be the first locator of cin
nabar in Korea. Regarding the Si
berian fields, Mr. Young has lived
off and on, for five years, in the
country, leaving there the last time!
about three years ago. Siberia was j
once an ideal country for the miner
or prospector but not now, Mr.
Young stated emphatically, in fact,
is just the reverse. He speaks the
Russian language fluently and can
converse with ease in four other!
languages. “A man soon becomes a!
linguist after he has spent so many
years in foreign countries as I have,”
he exclaimed. With reference to his
Alaskan activities, Mr. Young stated
these were confined mostly to the
buying and selling of fur and in j
prospecting in Southeastern Alaska.j
Later he spent considerable time in
the Nome fields and visited Seward
for the first, time when he landed
here in 1904 on the steamer Cor
win, en route to Nome. Naturally
he notes a great many changes and
all for the belter he said. Upon
his return to Seward, following the
completion of his investigations in
the oil fields, Mr. Young promised the
Gateway a further interview with re
spect to his expert opinion of his
findings in the district.
LIONS CLUBS WILL DISCUSS
BUILDING BETTER CITIZENS
CEDAR POINT, Ohio, July 2. (fl>)
—Adoption of a detailed program
under which each Lions Club will
carry on the relief of handicapped
children, will be the principal feature
of the program conducted by the In
ternational Association of Lions
Clubs, which hold their ninth annual
convention here June 29-July 2. Res
ervations indicate an attendance of
at least 4,000. The organization
now consists of 950 clubs in the Uni
ted States and Canada, with a mem
bership of approximately 44,000 men.
The international organization has
fixed upon the club program in child
work as the best method of carrying
on its work of building better citi
zens.
Among the speakers are Helen
Keller, James E. West, chief scout
executive of the Boy Scouts, and
Jay W. Stevens, chief of the Na
tional Board of Fire Prevention, San
Francisco.
The convention will elect a sue
eessor to the retiring international
president, Harry A. Newman of Tor
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LIGHTNING FOREVER
UNLEASING STUPENDOUS
STORE OF POWER
LONDON, June 30. (/P)—Scarcely a
second passes, year in and year out,
winter and summer, when there are
not at least 100 lightning flashes
somewhere in the world, according
to the recently issued Blue Book of
the meteorological office of the Brit
ish government service.
During a year, says the book, the
world experiences 16,000,000 thunder
storms, or an average of 44,000 a
day. The amount of energy released
bv these flashes is too stupendous
for the human mind to grasp, the
book points out. It is suggested by
the meteorologists that the water
power of the earth, which has al
ready been harnessed, be used as
a measure. Figuratively on that ba
sis, it is estimated that double that
amount is represented by one flash
of lightning, consequently in any giv
en second there is released from the
clouds more energy than the world’s
water power stations yield in six
months.
Telephone messages flying between
Seward and Anchorage the last two
days are to the effect that there will
be many residents from the Cook In
let town who will make the trip to
Seward tomorrow and take in the
celebration.
SHANGHAI, July 2 (/p)—'The Chi
nese foreman of the Shanghai water
works was shot and killed in the
streets today.
i Join the Chamber or Commerce.
men of judgment
are measuring cities and towns by
their Chambers of Commerce.
In any survey of an American town
or city, it is impossible to name a
live, growing community, which
does not have a virile Chamber of
Commerce that numbers in its
membership every successful busi
ness and professional man and wo
man in the community.
The
Seward {Chamber of Commerce
welcomes you to the big 4th of July Celebration.
Welcome to Seward
and to "Sylvia’s”
Where ICE CREAM, the kind you like, is made daily.
Thirst-quenching soft drinks.
Box and bulk CANDIES of all sorts.
SYLVIA’S
IN THE SEXTON HOTEL BUILDING - \
A full and beautiful assortment of Alaskan photographs,
and curios. Pictures framed. Expert Developing.
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