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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1925. ItLUJUr
E TEN CENTS
. TO MAP ALASKA
COASTLINE BY
USE AIRSHIPS
SAN PEDRO, Nov. 17. (^—Comple
tion of plans for aerial mapping of
more than two hundred thousand sq.
miles of the Alaskan, coast waterways
by Aviators of the aircraft squadron
of the navy battle fleet, was announc
ed by Ben H. Wyatt, in command of
the expedition which will include four
seaplanes, two naval tenders, twenty
pilots, photographers, and airmen.
The party will leave San Pedro in
April, the task to cover a period of
three years, providing for photo
graphs for a gigantic map showing
every feature of the Alaskan coast
line, and nearly all the island groups.
The navy, forestry department, coast
guard service and geodetic surveys
will get copies of the map and all aer
ological, geodetic and meteorological
data gathered.
For several months the secretary
of the interior, through his associates
has been in negotiation with other
departments of the government that
operate airplanes to have portions of
Alaska photographed from the air. The
reasons for these negotiations are set
forth in a letter from Secretary Work
A to the secretary of the navy in wiiich
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he says:
“This department, in connection
with its investigations of the mineral
resources of Alaska by the geological
survey, finds that the lack of adequate
maps of much of the region back from
the coast in Alaska, is a severe handi
cap. I believe that the investigation
of the mineral resources of this area
would be much facilitated and a con
siderable saving to the government
could be effected if this region were
photographed from the air, so that
knowledge of its general features
could be made available to the geolo
gists of the geological survey.”
Secretary Work has just received
reply to this letter from Secretary
Wilbur who assures him of the will
ingness of the navy to undertake the
survey as soon as possible and to fur
nish the airplanes and personnel, and
other necessary facilities, with the un
derstanding that the geological survey
will pay a portion of the expesses.
The area to be covered by airplane
is approximately two hundred thous
and square miles. The project pre
sents many technical difficulties, as
storms and low-lying clouds are fre
quent in Alaska, and the relief of
many of the islands along the coast is
strong, some of them rising abruptly
to heights of more than four thousand
feet: Furthermore, there is in Alaska
so little flat land that has been clear
ed, along the coast, that is suitable for
landing fields. Consequently consid
erable special equipment and person
nel will have to be assembled and a
good deal of careful planning must be
done to insure the economic conduct
and successful completion of the work.
Although the work is to be done at
the specific request of the interior de
partment, it is believed that the re
sults will be of material service to
many of the other government depart
ments and bureaus, both in the civil
development and in the military de
fense of the country. Members of
several other bureaus, especially the
coast and geodetic survey, the forest
service, the general land office, and
the federal power commission, have
expressed keen interest in the project
and have informally offered such as
sistance as their regular duties per
mit. Indeed, the entire undertak
ing appears to be one of close coop
eration by which duplication of effort
is avoided, economy is practiced and
the results are utilized by many. It
is expected that the experience in aer
ial surveys derived from the mapping
of this tract may furnish valuable in
formation that will be of service in
solving some of the difficulties that
prevent the examination of certain
■coastal tracts in other parts of Alaska.
ROBBERS STEAL JEWELRY
VALUED FIFTEEN THOUSAND
SEATTLE, Nov. 17. (jP)—Two un
masked robbers yesterday stole plati
num and diamonds valued at fifteen
thousand dollars from the offices of
Williams and Travis Investment Co.
Williams said the bandits asked to
inspect the diamonds he advertised
for sale, and said the bandits forced
him into an adjoining office where
they bound his hands and feet.
MINING CONGRESS IN SESSION
PHOENIX, Nov. 17. (/P)—The open
ing session of the Western Division
Mining Congress, opposed the revalu
ation of copper mines and approved
the present policies of the Bureau of
Mines. Copper mining men said un
der the proposal mining companies
would pay between eighty and ninety
million dollars in taxes since 191S.
RICE ON EXPOSITION BOARD
SPOKANE, Nov. 17. (/P)— Ben Rice,
former assistant secretary of the Col
umbia Basin irrigation league has now
been appointed exhibit commissioner
of the Pacific Northwest Commercial
and Industrial exposition to be held in
New York city next May.
KENTUCKY HOLDS
QUIET ELECTION;
ONLY ONE KILLED
HAZARD, Kentucky, Nov. 17. (JP)—
Captain Wooten, of the Kentucky Na
tional Guard, left with twenty-four
men for Hyden, Lesile county, in the
mountains, to disperse a mob seeking
the slayer of Sheriff Joe Morgan, kill
ed Saturday.
Dave Steel, accused of the slaying,
is reported barricaded in the Citizen's
Bank of Hyden, while friends of the
| dead man are maching up and down
i the streets armed, and uttering many
j threats of vengeance. Steel said he
| would surrender if assured protection.
The slaying is attributed to the elec
! tion of a successor to the man, later
I slain. Morgan’s wife, who was run
j ning to succeed her husband, was de
■ feated by two votes.
Steel, an influential lumberman of
i eastern Kentucky, as precinct election
j officer, refused to count a number of
j votes for Mrs. Morgan on the ground
; they were spoiled.
HARTLEY GIVES BUDGET
OLYMPIA, Nov. 17. (£>)—'The first
two years of Hartley’s administration
J will cost the state four hundred and
i nine thousand dollars more than the
i previus biennium, if recommendations
i in the Governor’s budget are carried
out. The governor asks sixteen mil
; lion fifty-nine thousand for the year
I beginning April 1st, 1926. This is
four millions less than appropriations
for the current year. The total cur
cent expenses were §36,400,000, com
pared with $36,003,000 for the previous
two years.
McCloskey of Juneau
Returning Home Town
E. (Gene) P. McCloskey, a member
of the well known McCloskey family
of Juneau, was a Southbound passen
ger on the Alaska, last Sunday, bound
for home, after spending the greater
part of the past summer in this re
gion. During his sojourn at Anch
orage, McCloskey, reputed to be one
of the best two-handed boxers of
Southeastern Alaska, appeared in -the
roped arena a couple of times; the
last time two months ago when he
lost to ‘^Soldier” Bortz, of the Inlet
army post. ,
Many of these coastal tracts are tra
versable on foot only with great diffi
culty and at so high a cost that their
survey is not warranted under present
conditions.
EIGHT DROWN IN
SAILBOAT WHEN
IT TURNS TURTLE
SHELBOURNE, Nova Scotia, Nov.
17. (JP)—Eight men of the United
States Coast Guard cutter Merrill
were drowned in the harbor last nite
in a sailboat, in which they were re
turning to the cutter after shore leave. |
The sailboat capsized during a sud
den storm. C. Taylor, engineer, was
the only one saved, swimming ashore
through the icy waters. The experi
ence and the loss of his shipmates has
nearly crazed Taylor, who saw them,
one by one, lose their holds upon the
upturned craft and slip into the water.
Five clung to the keel of the boat and
the others to the gunwales.
* TAX ON BEVERAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 17. (£>)—
The House Ways and Means Commit
tee approved a tax of one-tenth of a
cent a gallon on cereal beverages.
ALVAH EAMES’ CONDITION
REMAINS SAME — 'REPORT
A wireless report received from
Latouche today at noon to the con
dition of Alvah Eames, Sewrard resi
dent and postal inspector, who wras
suddenly taken seriously ill last
'Saturday, was to the effect that the
attending physicians have not yet de
cided to operate, the patient’s condi
tion remaining about the same as
was reported yesterday.
George Jenkins, train master, Al
aska Railroad, is in Seward on of
ficial business.
* Mr. and Mrs. Erickson, have mov
ed into one of the McKay homes on
Second street. Mr. Erickson is em
ployed by the Alaska Railroad as a
bridge carpenter.
SEWARD LADIES
TO RAISE FUNDS
TO BRING TEAM
...LOCAL ATHLETIC CLUB GRATE
FUL TO LADIES AND GIRLS
FOR TIMEMLY ASSISTANCE
The ways anu means committee of
the Seward Athletic club have had a
very valuable and much appreciated
offer from the ladies of the city which
the association has accepted. The la
dies have agreed to assist in raising
the funds necessary to bring the An
chorage ace basketball team to Sew
ard for the Thanksgiving week end.
Admission tickets to the series of
three games are being printed and
the girls and women of the various
gym classes have undertaken the en
tire task of converting the tickets into
cash.
According tq present plans, the first
game will be played at 3 p. m. Thanks
giving Day, but this time is subject
to change, possibly to S p. m., if it is
thought the evening will interfere
with the turkey bird feasts. The
second and third games will follow
on the evenings of November 27 and
28.
News from Anchorage that the
railroad city team is bending all ef
forts to get into tip-top shape, is w'ell
received by the local fans, as the Se
ward five, under the capable coaching
of McEwan, has shown more combin
ation strength to date, than teams of
former years. The Seward lads will
battle hard to take this series, thereby
regaining lost laurels of last winter.
It is expected that negotiations will
be entered into, challenging the speedy
Latouche “Giants,” providing the lo
cals sink the Inlet quintet.
BOBBY JONES AS INFANT WAS
ROCKED BUT NOT TOO PETTED
ATLANTA, Nov. 17. (/P)—Bobby
Jones, national amateur golf cham
pion, when a baby was rocked more
than modern physicians would have
approved, but was not “petted too
much.”
Mrs. Robert H. Jones, mother ofj
the golfer, made this statement in
connection with a discussion in At
lanta relative to present day meth
ods of caring for babies as compar
ed with those 25 years ago.
She disagreed with a young ma
tron that “the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world,” no longer
is true. In Mrs. Jones’ opinion, ba
bies still are rocked and mothers can
find time to do their part of ruling
the world even if they spend a large
part of their time in nurseries.
Bobby was rocked because he was
a delicate child, and young Mrs. Bob
by Jones rocks her six months old
daughter, christened Clara Malone
but already known as “Bobby” when
she is sick or needs “extra babying.”
Grandfathers, in the opinion of
Grandmother Jones, still are the prin
cipal causes of spoiled babies—but
they are not to be blamed, for they
know nothing of rearing babies.
FRENCH TO SEND
EXPEDITION TO
POLAR REGIONS
PARIS, Nov. 17. (/P)—The French
navy has announced plans for a North
Pole expedition to start next spring,
in an attempt to make an airplane
flight from the pole to New York city.
The expedition starts next April
from Dunkirk, France, and a base will
be established on the Spitzbergen ar
chipelago. From there they will de
part for the pole carrying seaplanes
on specially devised autosledges, cap
able of travelling in water.
RADIO AND TEAR BOMBS AWAIT
ROBBERS OF MED-WEST BANKS
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 17. UP)—
Protected on all sides by well-drilled
units of the new county ranger sys
tem many Minnesota banks are in
stalling still another line of defense
in the form of tear gas bombs.
These, declares Fred P. Fellows,
secretary, Minnesota Bankers asso
ciation, have become increasingly
popular since a band of robbers was
repulsed when it attempted to rob
a bank at Cold Spring.
The regular war-time tear-gas
bomb is being used by some institu
tions, but others adopting this plan
are using ammonia, only. The gen
eral method is to conceal these bombs
just inside the vault wall where they
are easily exploded if drilled into.
DES MOINES, la., Nov. 17. (Jp)—
Officials of the Iowa bankers asso
ciation believe that they have a plan
to make it virtually impossible for
a bank robber to escape more than
50 miles from the scene of the hold
! Up.
Radio receiving sets, operated by
inserting a plug into an electric light
socket, instead of the customery bat
tery, located in all banks, sheriff’s
offices and police stations, will be
in constant tune with radio station
WHO here.
When a robbery is reported to the
radio station operator he rings a but
ton which flashes a light and rings
a bell at each of the receiving sets.
Then the announcer explains "where
the robbery was committed, a des
cription of the robbers If it is avail
able, and other information.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Thatcher mov
ed recently into one of the McKay
residences on Third Avenue.
DERBY HAS FINE
BEAR HUNT ON
MONTAGUE ISL.
CORDOVA, Nov. 17. (JP)—Despite be.
ing stormbound for ten days on lonely
Montague Island, Dr. Richard Derby,
son-in-law of Roosevelt, was intensely
pleased with his Prince William Sound
hunting trip.
He shot brown bear, photographed
relics of an ancient sea otter hunting
settlement.
Richard Holbrook, formerly with L.
Lane, was a member of the hunting
party.
Cordova’s first snow fell Sunday.
Henry Lucas, guide for Dr. Rich
ard Derby, returned to his local head
quaters last Friday on the Alaska
and reported the brown bear shot
by Dr. Derby to be over seven feet
in length. While not a real large
specimen, Lucas said it was a very
good trophy and the hide was in par
ticular was in fine condition.
Leaving Seward about two weeks
ago, Dr. Derby and Lucas went to
Latouch where they were met by
Frank Cunningham, gasboat owner
and fox farm man. They then sail
ed for Nellie Martin river, on the
North side of Montague Island, -where
on the second day Dr. Derby got his
bear, completing his quota of three,
having secured two previously on the
Kenai peninsula.
The gasboat Shamrock was used
on the trip. Rain prevailed thruout
the entire hunt, it is stated, but this
did not dampen the ardor of Dr. Der
by, for he told Guide Lucas he was
planning to return again to Alaska,
within the next two years, at which
time he anticipated going into the In.
| terior for a big game hunt. From
Montegue Island Dr. Derby was taken
1 to Cordova by Mr. Cunningham,
where Southbound reservations were
made on the steamer Alaska.
WIRELESS STATION
AT FOX RANCH NOW
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
FIRST PRIVATELY-OWNED PLANT
IN ALASKA — WILLIAMSON
RANCH MODERN
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The commercial wireless station,
owned and operated by the William
son fox ranch at Kusilof, announce
ment of which installation was made
in the Gateway last week, is now op
ened for business, according to in
formation received in Seward yester
day. The Williamson ranch is the
only fox farm in the Territory to own
-and operate an independent wireless
station.
Visitors to the splendid fox ranch
are loud in their praise of the modern
conditions existing there. It is doubt
ful, it is stated, whether in the entire
Territory will another fox farm be
found which would compare favorably
with the Williamson ranch, in-so-far
as modern methods are concerned.
An electric light plant furnished
power for fifty lamps. Hot and cold
running water, not only in the dwell
ing but fti the fox kitchen as well. In
this kitchen will be found a large
stove for cooking the fox feed; a cool
er for the feed; a bone and meat
grinder operated by power; also a
good sized meat house. The fox pens
are large, each of them 20 by 100 feet,
with running -water in every pen.
John Luyben, former wireless opera
tor of Libby, McNeil & Libby can
nery at Kenai, is the Williamson Sil
ver Fox ranch -wireless operator.
Rev. W. A. Thomas of the Episco
pal church, who held the local ded
ication services for the painting of
the Ascension by Jan Van Emple,
departed yesterday morning for his
Anchorage home.