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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 237.
SEWARD, ALASK-.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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SPENT SIX WEEKS FISHING j
AND HUNTNG IN THIS
DISTRICT
Alaska has Switzerland beat j
mile,” ejaculated Robert F.;
Welsh. investment broker of
Philadelphia, who is back in
Seward after a wonderful six i
weeks fishing and hunting trip !
in this vicinity. Mi'. Welsh, un- 1
doubtedly referred to all three |
which Alaska excells in, fishing, ;
hunting and scenies.
As brown as a nut and ap
parently in the “pink” of condi
tion, the Eastern sportsman is
taking home two splendid spec- ;
.mens of sheep heads and one j
of moose; the limit. He departs'
for Seattle today on the SS Yu- I
, i
kon.
The sheep were shot in the j
.ewer Kenai Lake country and j
-he moose, near the Chickaloon .
Fiats. Fishing for salmon, and i
the famous Alaska Rainbow and
Dolly Varden trout, was indulged
in the nationally renowned Rus
sian River.
Mr. Welsh and party saw at |
4 least 80 moose. 300 or 400 ^heep, J
and a total of 53 brown and |
browp bear.
Reminiscent o, the trials, trib
ulation and joys of the trail
Mr. Welsh recalled the time he j
woke up one morning in time to
prevent a porcupine from eat- |
tog up his rubber-covered sleep
ing bag.
This was his first trip to Alas- :
ka, he said, but he is returning.
However, it was not his first time
m the North country for last
year he traveled in the region
about the head-waters of the
mighty Yukon River.
About 15 days were spent at
the beginning of the hum at
Towle’s beautiful resort on Ke
nai River. It was from that
Ant the Izzak Waltons got
their fill. Also, during this per
iod Mr. Welsh gathered many
weeimens of flowers and other
plant 'life which he is taking
p-.st to a botany society.
One day Mr. Towle took Mr.
v, -ich to the top of a high range
ft: m which advantageous point
marvelous panorama of thou
ads of miles spread before
.nn in its majestic splendor.
Another magnificent view was
r aiained of Skilak Glacier which,
Mr. We ;h asserted, far surpass
.. any ala ier he had seen, from
o deck of his steamer when
“Lake Louise, in Canada, has
t;..inn on Russian Lake,” Mr.
i;n*!sh asserted after Mr. Towle
• a.-:;) the world wide travel
three times in the Swiss
■ to that famous Alaska
• attraction.
4 an-:- of the pleasures of Mr.
7 P'h’s six weeks in the Alaska
. as having companions such as
Prank Towle, head guide, Bob
x:ns and Harry Johnson. Bob
was the cook and Harry the
Attorney Clyde R. Ellis, mem
ber of the Cordova firm of Fos
/ r & Ellis, accompanied by his
arnily, arrived last night from
xcherago '’'here they attended
ne A. L. Convention. Mr. and
Tx Elliss were residents of this
x.v prior to Cordova.
WHEAT SELLING SHORT
CHICAGO, Sept., 20, (/P)—
Traders took no open cognizance
of Secretary Hyde’s charges that
Russia was selling wheat short;
prices rose as much as two cents
due partly, to the traders' idea,
that some action will b<y- taken
to hamper the short selling.
STOMPS
COAST OF FRANCE
STEAMERS ASHORE
LIFE-SAVING CREW SAVE SIX
BY SHOOTING OVER A
ROCKET LINE
LG c j „-N, Sept., 20, (JP)—Six
members of the French schoon
er Madeline Tristan were res
cued in a terrific gale which
caused distress to numerous
small vessels and lashed the
southern coast of France.
The Madeline was driven upon
Chesil Beach and the Portland
life-saving crew there succeed
ed in getting a rocket-line over
the vessel, landing safely the
crew.
The British steamer Temple
meal sent out a call for help last
night but later notified her ow
ners that she was out of dan
ger and was proceeding to Car
diff.
The 9,000-ton steamer Over
leigh was blown on the rocks in
Plymouth Sound.
NOME, Sept., 20, UP\— Captain
Jocquinson of the motorship
Karise, Swenson Trading Co.,
is reported seriously ill aboard
the ship which is in open water
but surrounded by ice off Cape
Serdge.
Pilot Frank Dorbandt, of the
Pacific International Airways of
Alaska, is now enroute to Nome
from Anchorage and will fly to
Cape Serdge and bring the
Captain to Nome for medical at
tention.
SEATLE, Sept- 20. (/P)—The SS
Northwestern sailed at 9 o'clock to -
day and carried 90 passengers oi
which 10 are for Seward.
The Seward passengers were. .
Helen L. Savoy. Oscar Afcdereon,
Wm. Bonnette, Amanda Price. Ro
bert Wilder, Miss E. Grigsbeck.
J. Johnson, Mrs. Annie C irk on,
Mrs- T. Gibson, E. Slohnes and four
steerage.
A1 Jones, prominent young
icanneryman at Kustatan. Cook
j Inlet, accompanied by Mrs. Jones
| and children, were incoming
passengers from Anchorage last
evening enroute to Tacoma for
the winter.
E. A. Rasmusen, prominent
\ la ska banker, arrived yesterday
from Anchorage enroute to
Southeastern Alaska.
R. T. McCulloch, former local
resident, now of Cordova, re
j turned from Anchorage where
j he attended the A. L. conven
tion.
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BEAUTIFUL AND APPROPRIATE |
EULOGY BY D E. STUBBS
GIVEN AT GRAVE SERVICE
(Special to the Gateway)
McKinley Park, Sept. 20. —At;
six o’clock on the evening of Sep- !
tember 13th, on the eastern sunny ;1
slopes of the foothills west of this :
camp, was laid to rest the remains |
of the oldtimer, neighbor, and
friend, O. M. Smith
After the coffin was lowered into 1,
the grave which was surrounded
by 22 of his old friends and neigh
bors who, standing with bowed, un
covered heads in a pouring rain, I
asked D. E. Stubbs to say a few
words on the passing of the old
-timer. Stepping to the head of the
grave Mr. Stubbs spoke in part as
follows:
i “liver M. Smith, aged about 74
years, died September 10th, 1930. j
While preparing to retire for thej
night, he lay down by the wayside!
and fell into that dreamless sleep
that closes down his eyelids still.
“It is thought he was born in
some part of Southern California; i
but little is known of his early
life. He was a member of the Pio
neers of Alaska. Igloo No. 17, Nen
ana
| “After coming North he worked
in most of the Northern camps, and
at one time was employed as a J
mail carrier.
“He came to this camp a few years j
ago. and part fo the time worked
in the road camps of the Park, and
it was there, in an instant, he pas
sed to silence and pathetic dust.
“One of his old friends and
neighbors said to me this morn
ing of Mr. Smith: ‘No squarer
man ever lived in the North.’
“No higher praise can be said ]
than those simple words spoken
by his neighbor and faithf u 1
friend: ‘No squarer man ever
lived in the North.’
“He reached the highest Mile
Stone on Life’s Highway, and .
were all his friends to bring but
| a single blossom, he would sleep
tonight beneath a mound of
' flowers. Every life, no matter
when the end, becomes a trag- !
edy.
‘May he rest in peace.”
A large wreath made by Mrs.
Elizabeth Stubbs with native
mosses and golden yellow and
green leaves of autumn, draped
with lavendar ribbon, lay on the
coffin.
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NEW YORK, Sept., 20, (.Pi—
,"vvO U. S. diplomats, Hugh Gib
son and Frederick Saekett, Am
bassador:; to Belgium and Ger
many, arrived on the SS Levia
than. Both declined to comment I
of foreign affairs.
Gibson is going to Los Angel- j
es to settle his mother's estate j
and Saekett also is going home,
to care for business matters at
1 Louisville.
Completing his annual trip1
to Alaska, Philip S. Smith, Chief
Alaska Geologist, United States
Geological Survey, arrives!., here
! last evening from the I’^erior
ienroute to Washington, D. C.
LATE METEOR HEAVIEST
PARAGOULD, Ark. Sept. 20,UP)
'he 820 pound stone meteor which
ell near here February 17, 7930, is
he yargest stone meteor ever re
orded. Iron meteors have been,
ound much— heavier up to and
letween 30 and 40 tons
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MIST FUND OF
Tffl Mil 111 FI
SON IS BRIDE
NEW YORK, Sept., 20, (/P>—
rhe Daily News says that Ras- j
:ob has set aside a trust fund
Df $2,000,000 for his son and
aride to become operative upon
:he marriage of John Rascob,
Jr., and Minerva Aaronson, sec- j
retary in a New Haven broker- j
age house and who will be mar
ried next spring. She is 19.
The New York World says j
that Rascob said: “John is a
working boy and is employed
by a firm near Boston and he j
Isn’t going to be set up in bus
ines.”
INTIMATE FRIEND IF
EMERY VALENTINE IS ]
NAMED SOLE DFID
JUNEAU, Sept., 20, (JP)—Er
nest Lee Pulver, intimate friend
and business associate for many
years, was named sole heir by
Emery Valentine in his will
filed for probate.
Monetary bequests were made
to several persons from $1 to
$50 per month.
The value of his estate was
not given but includes property
in the center of the business sec
tion including the Valentine
block, also a jewelry store.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE :
St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 3. St.
Louis increased its lead to two and
one-half games. Klein homered
twice but St. Louis rallied for five
runs in the seventh inning.
Chicago 5, Boston 4. Hartnett’s
double in the ninth inning and
Kelly’s single pushed over the win
ning run.
Cincinnati 0. New York 7. Walter
pitched for the Giants to a two
hit shutout. Five hits in the fourth
inning netted the Giants five runs.
Dtt homered- New York is now five
and one half games behind.
The above were the only National
League games,
AMERICAN LEAGUE:
Boston 5, Clveland 7. Cleveland
clinched fourth place.
New York 18, Chicago 9- The
Yanks collected 21 hits to Chicago’s
13. Gehrig homered making his 40
for the season.
Washington 8, Detroit 4. Wash
ington is now assured second place
in the league race. Hargrave hit a
double, a triple, and a homer in
four times up to bat against his
former teammates. Hayes also hit
a homer. McManus hit a homer for
Detroit.
The above games were the only
American League games.
PACIFIC CAST LEAGUE:
Hollywood 5, San Francisco 6
The game went 11 innings.
Night games:
Oakland 3, Sacramento 14.
Portland 9, Seattle 0.
Misions 5, Los Angeles 6.
DAN KEELER, OUT OE GRUB FOR
MANY DAYS, FOUND BY
RANGERS
(Special to the Gateway)
McKinley Park, Sept- 20.—The
Park rangers who were searching
for Tom Kenney and Dan Keeler,
who had become lost in the Mt.
McKinly National Park, returned
here September 13th
They first found Dan Keeler, a
Kantishna miner, who had been
laid up for three days with a dam
aged knee he had received while
making camp fire. This together
with high water made progress
slow, and for 10 days previous to
the Rangers meeting him, he had
been out of grub. They gave him
supplies and he came in to this
place and went North on the train.
On September 3rd the Rangers
found the lifeless body of Tom
Kenney, laying straight on his back
with his arms by his side. He was
on a bar of Mud River, about 300
yards from his last camp in a stand
of wilows, where he had a big sup
ply of dry wood gathered but not
yet burned. His presence on the bar
would indicate that he made fre
quent trips to the river bar to be
sure and meet any passing search
ers for him who might chance
that way. One shoe was off and
he had been applying salve to his
foot, which would indicate that he
had been in his right mind up to
the last.
It is the belief of the Rangers
that he had lived at least 15 days
and perhaps longer, as they found
a number of camp fires all having
been made without the use of an
ax At one camp they found his
rain coat. Wild berries of several
different kinds were plentiful, and
he seemed to have killed several
porcupines. He was about 8 miles
in a straight line from where he
and his partner Thomas Black
C olored) had separated, and had
nav'Ied duwn stream all the time.
The body was found six miles
fro'in the Kantishna Ranger sta
tion. and had the Rangers been at
their station instead of being de
tained at the Park headquarters,
Kenney would have been found
alive.
It is known that Kenney always
kept a diary, but as his pockets
were not examined before burial
it will never be known whether he
wrote an acount of his wanderings
or not
Tom Kenney disapeared July 19,
and there were six camps in the
Park with horses, men, and other
equipment, besides Park Head
quarters to the East of the Park,
equipped with horses, and Rangers,
and not till the 46th day—Septem
ber 3rd—was he found, with a
Coroner’s verdict of death from
hunger and exposure.
' D. F. Sisson, Assistant U. S.
Attorney, Washington, D. C. who
has been in the Interior for the
oast several weeks on depart
ment affairs, arrived in the city
last evening.
Chas. H. Fiery, Commissioner
of Agriculture for Alaska, was
an over-night visitor from the
Interior. Mr. Flory departed to
day for Matanuska nad returns
again next Friday enroute to
Juneau.